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TC Minutes 02-27-1990E i MINUTES OF THE REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 27, 1990 - 7:30 P.M. The regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Avon, Colorado, was held in the Municipal Building, 400 Benchmark Road, Avon, Colorado, in the Council Chambers. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Allan Nottingham at 7:48 p.m. A roll call was taken with David Garton, Albert Reynolds, Mike Bennett, Gloria McRory; Jim'Stovall and Jerry Davis present. Also present were Town Attorney John Dunn,!Town'Manager Bill James, Director of Engineering Norm Wood, Director of Municipal Services Larry Brooks; Director of Community Development Rick Pylman,,Fire Chief Charlie Moore, Town,-Clerk._Patricia.J. Doyle, as well,as, members of the press and public. The Mayor called for Citizen Input. Ted Martin with U.S. Sports and, representing the Mountain Man Triathlon approached the Council. Mr. Martin updated the Council on the event. He reviewed the air dates of when the event would be shown. Mr. Martin thanked the Town Council for their support for this event. He stated that there were 196 competitors this year. He also gave special thanks to the Public Works crew for a-fine job they did in preparing the ice'and.the set up for this event. He stated that next year the event was scheduled for February 2, 1991. The Mayor thanked Mr. Martin for his comments. Charlie Wick, representing the Eagle Valley Child Care Task Force approached the Council. Mr. Wick stated that purpose of this Task"-Force was to assess child care resourses and to act as a catayst to facilitate improvement of availability, affordability, accessibility, and; the quality of care for all the children in Eagle County. He stated that they needed to raise money before they could commit to the assessment. The cost of the assessment would be approximately $25,000 from Avon. After some discussion, Councilman Davis moved approval of the expenditure of $1,500 for the Eagle Valley Child Care Task Force - Child Care Assessment Team. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman .McRory and was unanimously carried. • • Len Weas, General Manager of the Christie Lodge approached-- the-Couincil. He stated that.the Christie Lodge was able to extend and be accepted as the Post-Hotel for the U.S. Pro-Team. He wanted to invite the Town Council to a press hearing meeting and a autograph-session which was scheduled from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Christie Lodge. He had hoped that the Council could attend. Mr. Weas had a concern of the re-scheduling date of the Balloons, Bluegrass, and BBQ,Event.for 1990. The event would take place-in July instead of August. He stated that there was no input from the lodging community about this change. He stated that he has bookings for summer lodging based on this event, because visitors thought this event was to take place in August. He felt it would have been courteous"that:_the;ReSort Association would have least tested the larger lodges in Avon before this change of such significance was made. He stated that it would cause him some problems. After,some discussion, the Mayor stated that Mr. Weas's comments were well taken and that the lodges should have had some input. No action was taken. There being no further Citizen Input, the Mayor closed that portion of the agenda. First reading of Ordinance No. 90-1, Series of 1990, AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND RE-ENACTING CHAPTER 5.04 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF AVON TO.PROVIDE FOR AN OCCUPATIONAL TAX; PROVIDING DETAILS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION.' HEREOF. John Dunn reviewed the ordinance with the Town Council. He stated that this ordinance followed the Town of Breckenridge's ordinance. The definition of "Employee" was changed from 20 hours to 30 hours as minimum hours worked. The business license fees were discussed. He stated that he also followed the Breckenridge's approach on how to calculate the number of employees hired - that each business was to advise the-Town at the time of application, of the highest number of employees the applicant had for the subject business for anyone month in the prior year - or for the new businesses the number of employees applicant intends to employ for anyone month for the current year. The effective date of this ordinance would be become a new tax rather than rolling over the ten dollars. The money from this fee would go the Town. April 2, 1990. This would Town Registration fee of into the General Fund of -2- • • Councilwoman McRory suggested that she would like to see these fees go toward Marketing. Councilman Davis stated that it should not be earmarked for any one thing, but should be used for things such as general operations for the Town. Mr. James suggested that between first and second reading, the ordinance be mailed out to all the Town businesses with a cover letter showing that the fees would be going toward general operations of the Town. He stated that with Valerie Smith's help, they would bring back a public relations program to get this information out to the businesses, and then to have the public hearing set for March 27, 1990. Councilman Reynolds moved approval of Ordinance No. 90-1, Series of 1990 with the stipulation that between the first and second reading, the ordinance would be mailed out to all the businesses in Avon with a cover letter showing that the fees would go toward general operations of the Town, and that the public hearing be scheduled for March 27, 1990 at 7:30 p.m. The motion was seconded by Councilman Davis. There being no further discussion, the Mayor called for a roll call. Those Councilmembers voting aye were: David Garton, Albert Reynolds, Mike Bennett, Gloria McRory, Jim Stovall and Jerry Davis. There were no nay votes. The motion was unanimously carried. Resolution NO. 90-4, Series of 1990, A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 1990 TOWN OF AVON BUDGET. Bill James stated that he would like to combine 4-a and 5-a of the agenda, which were basically the same. He stated that the $140,000 was for the preliminary design of the railroad crossing on Avon Road. The Council was presented with an outline of the study. He requested that Council give authorization to amend the 1990 budget in the amount of $140,000 to start this preliminary design program for the railroad crossing. The only proponent that was missing was the financing from the State of Colorado, which would soon be resolved. The $140,000 would be reimbursed back to the Town out of the Bonding Issue. Councilman Davis stated that it should be made clear that the pedestrian issue was covered, that there would be pedestrian ways on both sides of the underpass, which would consist of a shoe-fly underground passage-way for pedestrians to move under the railroad and, whether or not that could be added to the scope of work. Mr. James stated that they were also going to research to see if there could be a pedestrian underpass at the Eaglebend site as well. Mr. James suggested that Council and staff go through the whole project with Centennial Engineering, Inc. on March 13, 1990. The Council agreed. -3- 0 Councilman Garton moved approval of Resolution->No. 90-4, Series of 1990, The motion was seconded by Councilwoman-McRory and was unanmously carried. Councilwoman McRory moved approval of the preliminary design which was provided to the Council by Centennial Engineering, Inc. for the railroad crossing. The motion was seconded by Councilman Reynolds and was unanimously carried. Councilman Bennett moved to table the Settlement Agreement between Avon Metropolitan District vs Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority and the Town of Avon because the Agreement was not ready for final action. The motion was seconded by Councilman Garton and was unanimously carried. Three of the Planning and Zoning Commission members terms will expire May of 1990 (Clayton McRory, Denise Hill and John Perkins). Councilman Stovall moved to direct staff to advertise in the local papers for the three vacancies. The motion was seconded by-Councilman Garton and was unanimously carried. Next on the.agenda was the Sublease Agreement between City Market, Inc. and the Town of Avon... Mr. James stated that the Town had been working with City Market in respect to the expansion of 10,000 square feet-to that building. The expansion would be, 5,000 to the north side of the building, and 5,000 square feet to the south side of the building. Under--the expansion plans, the Town of Avon would like to lease 5,000 square feet for the Town's purposes, which would be for a library, and the Avon/Beaver Creek Resort Association's offices. If that move occurs, he stated that the Town anticipated asking the County to move their annex offices in the Chamber's space, at the Town Hall: He stated that the 5,000 square feet at the City Market would be for a period of five years, at which time City Market anticipated that they would move into that space. The'- 5,000 square feet of-.space would be paid for by the Town of Avon, and that the space,would be free of charge to the library and to the Resort Association. The price amount for the space would be a one-time payment for five years in the amount of $156,440, which averages around $8.00 a square foot. Mr. James stated that there would be no common costs, but there would be'a cost for the parking maintenance, snow removal, and real estate tax, if there were any. The space would be leased to the County, if they were to move into the Town Hall. Councilwoman McRory moved approval of the Sublease Agreement between City Market, Inc. and the Town of Avon, and directed the Mayor to execute the document. The motion was seconded by Councilman Reynolds and was unanimously carried. -4- • • The draft amendment of February. 14, 1990 in respect to the Intergovernmental Agreement between Eagle County, Town of Avon and Town of Vail was next presented to the Council.. John Dunn stated that Vail was having difficulty with the participating of Town of Avon and-.the County in the acquisition of the Miller-parcel. He stated there was a concern of the way the first draft of the Agreement was written that the Town of Avon or,'the-County would have the power to, in effect, veto the acquisition if Avon did not agree to the terms of the purchase.. Mr. Dunn stated that he.assumed that if Avon agreed to this amendment, it would bring the'Vail Town Council up to the level of comfort. This amendment also provided that if negotiations were commenced to acquire the.Miller parcel,the negotiating party must notify the other parties-within five days' and there must be an attempt in good faith, to agree on terms'and conditions, and if that does not happen, then the negotiating party may accept the final offer of the seller of the parcel. Mr. Dunn stated that::,he felt comfortable with the amendment and if the Town Council was comfortable with-this amendment, he would recommend that they proceed-with this project. Councilman Garton moved approval to.-accept the amended language and make it part of the Intergovernmental Agreement between Eagle County, Town of Avon and Town of Vail. The motion was unanimously carried. The Financial Matters were next presented to the Council. Councilman Bennett moved approval of the General Fund of Accounts Payable for February 27, 1990. The motion was seconded by.Councilman Reynolds and was unanimously carried. Councilman Bennett-'...moved approval of the Reconciliation Sheet of Accounts Payable for February 27, 1990. The motion was seconded by Councilman Reynolds and was unanimously carried, Councilman Bennett moved approval of the February 13, 1990 Council Meeting minutes as presented. The motion was seconded by Councilman Davis and was unanimously carried. -5- r~ U There being no further business to come before the Council, Councilman Garton moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Councilman Bennett. The meeting was adjourned by mayor Nottingham at 8:50 p.m. The Town Council then referred back to the work shop items that were not discussed earlier. RESP CTFULLY SUBM Patricia J oyl -6-