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Home My WebLink About2002-12-17 Town Council MinutesTOWN COUNCIL EVENING MEETING TUESDAY, December 17, 2002 7:00 P.M. TOV COUNCIL CHAMBERS The regular meeting of the Vail Town Council was called to order at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 17, 2002, MEMBERS PRESENT: Ludwig Kurz, Mayor Rod Slifer, Mayor Pro-Tem Dick Cleveland Diana Donovan Bill Jewitt Greg Moffet Chuck Ogilby STAFF MEMBERS: Bob McLaurin, Town Manager Pam Brandmeyer, Ass't. Town Manager Matt Mire, Town Attorney The first item on the agenda was Citizen Participation. . Joe Staufer, longtime Vail resident and business owner, addressed the Council, expressing concerns with the location of the proposed conference center. Staufer felt a better choice would be the Hub site originally planned to connect Vail with Lionshead. Staufer also urged the Council to proceed with caution on the Holy Cross site, making sure environmental tests were complete and not the town's responsibility. Staufer also referred to the announcement by Keystone after the town's election regarding the losses in their convention center. Staufer advised the Council to be careful and not rush into anything. The second item on the agenda was the presentation of TOV Youth Award Winners. Sybill Navas, Vail Valley Exchange Program, addressed the Council, asking she be moved to the next item, as all of her award winners were not yet in attendance. The Council then addressed the third item on the agenda, a presentation by Leslie Fickling, Art in Public Places, regarding Art contest winners. Fickling and Mayor Kurz recognized Carla Marquez, a Minturn Middle School student, and Carder Lamb from Vail Mountain School as winners of the art contest, based on the theme "what my community means to me." The winners' work will be reproduced on disposable trash cans that will be used during special events in Vail in 2003. Honorable mention recognition also went to Levi Vasquez, Adriana Alterman, Kym Salazar, Jordan L'Heureuz, Andres Apostol, Jesi Fox, Renee Fresquez, Ross Mondragon, Moises Hernandez, Myranda Swedlund, Edgar F:mcaster/agendaftcmeett2002/121702 1 is McKinney, Kaitlin Zdechlik, Aubree Tietbohl, Whitney Berry, Morgan irons, Forrest McKinney, Jell] Ellefson and Devon Ferguson. Awards were also presented to Pam Brandmeyer, assistant town manager, and Larry Pardee, streets and maintenance manager, for their creation of signature manhole covers. Fickling stated the replicas were very popular over the holidays. Mayor Kurz stated the manhole covers were seen throughout the country, with various news media doing stories on the sale of the covers. Mayor Kurz then went back to the presentation of the Town of Vail Youth Award Winners. Sybill Navas, Vail Valley Exchange coordinator, introduced Alexandra Dulude, a junior at Vail Mountain School. Dulude was the dual winner of the Youth Recognition Award and the Youth Ambassador Award. Duncan Robinson was recognized as the Youth Ambassador Award winner from Vail Mountain School, and Maggie Sheahan of Battle Mountain High School was introduced as the recipient of the Youth Recognition Award winner. A $1,000 scholarship award will go to the recognition award winners, and a trip to Australia and $500 expense money will be given to the ambassador award winners. These formal awards will be presented to the winners during the school awards ceremonies in the spring. Two Australian exchange students, Bonnie Leighton and Simone Labelle, were introduced to the Council, expressing their appreciation for the opportunity to visit Vail and live with their host families. • The fourth item on the agenda was a discussion regarding next steps for appointments to the Conference Center Oversight Committee. At the recommendation of Mayor Kurz, the committee will be appointed at the January 7, 2003, Council meeting. Council encouraged applicants to get their letters into the town manager's office, in a single -page, resume style. The Council agreed to appoint the committee with interviews if needed. The fifth item on the agenda was consideration/approval of Request for Proposals (RFP's) for the Conference Center. Town Manager McLaurin recommended discussion of this topic be postponed to the January 7t" meeting to enable additional time for evaluation of the two draft RFPs associated with the conference center project. The sixth item on the agenda was discussion regarding approval of Ford Park Managed Parking for 2003 Summer. General consensus was that the plan had gone the smoothest it ever had during last summer. Diana Donovan and Dick Cleveland stated they had not been notified of the last meeting and Assistant Town Manager Brandmeyer stated she would see they were added to the e-mail list. Donovan suggested exploring ways to modify the program during the early morning periods. Greg Moffet then moved to approve the plan. Chuck Ogilby seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 7- 0. • The seventh item on the agenda was Ordinance 32, 2nd reading, An Ordinance F:mcaster/agenda/tcmeett2002/121702 2 Adopting a Public Accommodation Tax; Providing Amendments to the Town's Sales Tax Code Town Attorney Mire presented the ordinance to the Council, stating the ordinance had been approved on first reading with no changes. Greg Moffet moved to approve Ordinance No. 32 on second reading. Dick Cleveland seconded the motion. Diana Donovan asked for clarification in the event the town did not proceed with the convention center what would happen to the money that had been collected by the town. Town Manager McLaurin explained the town would seek the best way to return the money to the public. Attorney Mire stated if the conference center was not built, an ordinance would be written repealing this ordinance and refunding the unspent portion to the public. A vote was taken on the motion and the motion passed 6-1, Bill Jewitt opposed. The eighth item on the agenda was Ordinance #33, Series of 2002, second reading, second supplemental appropriation to the 2002 Budget. Judy Camp, Finance Director, stated the was the same ordinance as approved on December 3rd, 2002, on first reading. Dick Cleveland moved to approve Ordinance #33 on second reading. Rod Slifer seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 7-0. The ninth item on the agenda was Ordinance #34, Series of 2002, 2nd reading, an ordinance providing for the levy, assessment and collection of town ad valorem property taxes due for the 2002 tax year and payable in the 2003 fiscal year. Greg Moffet moved to approve Ordinance #34 on second reading. Bill iJewitt seconded the motion. Judy Camp, Finance Director, advised the Council this ordinance had been modified on second reading to reflect final assessed valuation figures from Eagle County, setting the town's property tax rate at 4.717 mills. Moffet amended his motion to reflect the change in assed valuation figures. Jewitt amended his second. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 7-0. The Council then referred to a discussion held during the afternoon work session regarding Ellefson Park. Dick Cleveland moved to approve a request from the Art in Public Places Board to authorize an expenditure of $8,500 from the existing Public Works budget to commission a memorial plaque by local artist Kathryn Wheeler that will be carved into the picnic pavilion at Ellefson Park. Greg Moffet seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 7-0. Greg Moffet moved to direct staff to accept the lowest bid for publication of legal notices in 2003. Dick Cleveland seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 7-0. The tenth item on the agenda was the Town Manager's Report. Town Manager McLaurin reported on a recommendation from the Lionshead Task Force to allow a landscape design team from Vail Resorts to prepare an initial Lionshead • streetscape sketch plan relating to the proposed Lionshead redevelopment. F: mcasterlagendaltcmeet120021121702 McLaurin also referred Council to a proposed revenue/budget discussion 41 calendar which extends from December 17, 2002 to February 18, 2003. McLaurin was also congratulated by the Council for the publicity generated by the town manager's office regarding $20,000 in manhole cover sales. As there was no further business, Greg Moffet made a motion to adjourn. Rod Slifer seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously, 7-0, and the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 P.M. _ Respectfully submitted, 0OF SEAL Ludwig Krt"r,�, Mayor ATTE T: (�Oi 'Q or i Donaldson, Town Clerk 0 Minutes taken by Mary A. Caster 0 F,mcaster/agendaltcmeet/20021121702 4