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MINUTES
VAIL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
JANUARY 5, 1988
7:30 P.M.
A regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Tuesday, January 5, 1988, at
7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building.
MEMBERS PRESENT
MEMBERS ABSENT:
TOWN OFFICIALS PRESENT:
Kent Rose, Mayor
John Slevin, Mayor Pro Tem
Eric Affeldt
Mery Lapin
Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal
Gordon Pierce
Tom Steinberg
None
Ron Phillips, Town Manager
Larry Eskwith, Town Attorney
Pam Brandmeyer, Town Clerk
The first order of business was a presentation of plaques to Paul Johnston and
Hermann Staufer for their service on the Vail Town Council. Mayor Rose noted
Hermann served on the Council for six years and that working for the town was always
close to Hermann's heart. Hermann thanked Council members, congratulated the newly
elected ones and thanked the Town staff for their hard work. Mayor Rose then stated
that everyone had been missing Paul, too, and that Paul had been on the Council for
seven years. Paul commented that it had been a privilege to serve as Mayor and to
be on the Council.
The next item was a ten year anniversary award to Mike McGee. Ron Phillips stated
that Mike is the Town of Vail Fire Marshall and has worked for the Town as a
Firefighter since December of 1977. After mentioning more background information on
Mike, Ron congratulated him for ten years of service. Dick Duran then explained how
Mike was instrumental on the fire programs and thanked him for all of his hard work
over the years.
The next item was the approval of the minutes from the December 1 and 15, 1987
meetings. Mayor Rose noted that on the December 1 minutes, first page, second
paragraph, that the name was "Steve Simonett", not "Dave Simonett". There was no
other discussion on the minutes. Tom Steinberg made a motion to approve the minutes
as presented, including the correction noted, which Gordon Pierce seconded. A vote
was taken and the motion passed unanimously 7-0.
• The fourth order of business was an appointment to the Local Liquor Licensing
Authority Board. Pam Brandmeyer commented that Colleen McCarthy was the only
applicant for the position, and that Colleen had served on the Liquor Board during
1984-85 until her residence was deannexed from the Town. There were no comments
from the public or Council. Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal made a motion to appoint
Colleen to the Board, and Mery Lapin seconded,. A vote was taken and the motion
passed unanimously 7-0.
The next item of business was ordinance No. 1, Series of 1988, first reading,
regarding an amendment of the business license fee ordinance. Mayor Rose read the
full title of the ordinance. Mayor Rose stated that on Monday, January 4, 1988, the
Town Clerk had received petitions requesting a referendum on this issue. Therefore,
this ordinance would be set aside until the referendum process had been completed.
The sixth order of business was Ordinance No. 2, Series of 1988, first reading,
regarding West Vail assessments. Mayor Rose read the title in full. Larry Eskwith
stated that before Council took action on this ordinance, he wanted to present
witnesses and also let those who object testify. Ron Phillips, Town Manager of the
Town of Vail, was sworn. He testified the Town staff had forwarded objections on to
the Council, assessment roles were open for inspection by the public, notices had
Is been sent to all affected property owners, and that notices were also published in
the Vail Trail. Stan Berryman, Director of Public Works and Transportation for the
Town of Vail, was sworn in next. He testified he had been involved in the
construction of the street improvement district, that construction began May 15,
1987 and construction is completed now, improvements were reconstruction of 2-1/2
miles of roads which were available for use by the property owners, the total cost
of the work was $1,020,000 which the Town would pay $495,000 and the residents
$525,000, the bonds to be used totaled $525,000, the formula for the assessments was
created by the Town of Vail engineer under Stan's supervision and described the
formula used, and the assessment formula had been prepared by the Town engineer,
Bill Andrews, Next, John Schwartz, an independent field appraiser from Denver, was
sworn. John testified as to his education, described how he performs appraisals,
that he has been used as an expert witness in appraisals for the State of Colorado
and District Courts and had done many appraisals within the Town of Vail, was
familiar with the West Vail street improvement district, had seen the area before
and after the improvements were made, had evaluated the improvements, and the
improvements enhanced the value of the properties equal to or exceeding the amounts
assessed. Hud Wirth, representing a group of affected residents, was sworn in next.
He testified they approve of the improvements, but disagreed because of some
technical questions concerning certain properties; i.e., one lot was shown with the
wrong square footage, some properties had parts that could not be used because of
the slope grade and therefore should not be assessed, and did not feel that
assessing developed property at half of the assessment of undeveloped property was
fair. Stan responded to Hud's concerns. Larry stated that staff would look into
the possibility of the error in square footage. Stan explained how the figures were
decided on, to which John Schwartz was in concurrence. After some discussion by
Council, Larry asked for anyone to comment in favor or disfavor to speak their mind.
•Byron Brown agreed with Hud Wirth, explained why he was opposed to the district and
asked the Council to work on funding it another way and quit using street
improvement districts. Mayor Rose agreed with Byron and that it had been discussed
at the Work Session today, they were working on to improve it this year, but they
had to go through first reading to keep the ball moving. Larry explained why and
what's happening with the bonds according to bond counsel. He stated he would have
a report for Council at the next Work Session. Dick Peterson asked questions
regarding the cost of the work and funding to cover it, to which Stan responded.
Dick then stated his dissatisfaction with the results. Stan then agreed to go with
Dick sometime the next week to review the area in question. After a short
discussion by Council, Eric Affeldt made a motion to approve the ordinance on first
reading. John Slevin seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed
6-1, with Mery Lapin opposing.
The seventh item was Resolution No. 1, Series of 1988, opposing Homestake II. Larry
Eskwith gave background information leading up to this resolution. Ron Phillips
stated this resolution would reinforce the letter opposing Homestake II signed by
local municipalities. Jim Lamont thanked the Council and staff for moving quickly.
Jim then noted information to bring the Council up to date on what was happening
presently. He then requested the Council incorporate his documents into the
resolution or give reasons why Council does not agree, and requested Council make a
resolution to adopt the wording of a letter from the Historical Society to Eagle
County Commissioners to safeguard the historical sites in the area. Larry Eskwith
stated this resolution gave a complete disapproval of the project which was what he
was instructed to do by the people who signed the letter, and suggested the
resolution stay the same. Ron Phillips explained the resolution was the same as Jim
Lamont's position, but just does not go into detail. After a brief discussion by
Council, a motion to approve the resolution was made by Mery Lapin and seconded by
Gordon Pierce. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 7-0. Tom
Steinberg then requested a resolution be written incorporating the wording of the
letter from the Historical Society. Ron stated that Council could adopt a
resolution in general which Larry could draft and get approved later. Tom Steinberg
then suggested the Council approve a resolution requesting the Eagle County
Commissioners to consider and approve the letter dated October 27, 1987 from the
Historical Society. A motion to approve this resolution was made by Tom Steinberg
and seconded by John Slevin. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously 7-
0.
There was no Citizen Participation.
Under the Town Manager's Report, Ron Phillips noted Tom Steinberg and Ron attended a
reception for Governor Romer, and they presented the Governor with one of the Town's
• VAIL books as a gift from the Council. Tom and Ron thought the Governor and his
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wife were very appreciative. Ron then commented that bus ridership for December
1987 was down five percent from December 1986 and for the year 1987 totals were down
six percent overall. He stated that the shuttle route for 1987 was down four
percent and that one factor was that private shuttles increased from 65 two years
ago to 127 in 1987. He thought more people were riding on the private shuttles, and
that staff would be examining the statistics in the next few months. Ron next
mentioned the Vail Community Chorale was requesting a donation from the Town of Vail
for 1988. He noted last year the Town donated $500 so the Chorale could purchase
material to make their outfits. He stated that the Vail Resort Association is
helping the Chorale, too. Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal commented it was amazing that the
members of the Chorale devoted so much time to practicing and performing. Mery
Lapin suggested that instead of the Town donating money to them, to send them to the
Eagle Valley Community Fund for financial help. Gail Wahrlich-Lowenthal and Gordon
Pierce agreed to have the Chorale approach the Community Fund for help, but if it
did not work out, to resubmit their request to the Council.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
. ATTEST:
Pam���rayileyer, own Clerk
Minutes taken -by Brenda Chesman
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Respectfully submitted,
Kent o�ay��
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