TC Minutes 01-23-19909
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
HELD JANUARY 23, 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 7:40 p.m.
A roll call.was taken with David Garton, Albert Reynolds, Mike Bennett,
Gloria McRory and Jerry Davis present. Councilman Stovall was absent.
Also present were Town Attorney John Dunn, Town Manager Bill James,
,Director of Engineering Norm Wood, Director of-Municipal Services
.Larry Brooks; Fire,Chief.Charlie Moore, Police',Chief Art Dalton,
Town Clerk Patricia J. Doyle, as well.as;-members of the press and
public.
The Mayor called for Citizen Input.
There..being,no one wishing to be heard, the Mayor closed the Citizen
Input'-portion of the agenda.'
Second reading of Ordinance No. 89-15, Series of 1989, AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO CHAPTER 3.12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF AVON
AS IT PERTAINS TO EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX.
Bill James stated that this ordinance would allow a owner/occupied
unit the first $80,000 to be exempted from the Town of Avon's transfer
tax:" He stated that he had reviewed the 1988 sales for impact of
--finances. According to the properties that were owner/occupied it
-showed $20,000 to $25,000 in terms of loss sales in 1988.-
Mr.'James stated that out of 158 sales last year, there was 22 units
sold-to owner/occupied buyers.
Councilman Davis moved approval of Ordinance No. 89-15, Series of
1989 on second reading. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman
McRory.
The Mayor opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no one
wishing to be heard, the Mayor closed the public hearing.
The Mayor opened the meeting for Council discussion. There being
no discussion, the Mayor entertained a.roll call.
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Those Councilmembers voting aye were: David Garton, Albert Reynolds,
Mike Bennett, Gloria McRory and Jerry Davis. There were no nay votes.
The motion was unanimously carried.
The Intergovernmental Agreement between the Town of Avon, Town of Vail,
and Eagle County was next on the agenda.
This Agreement was in respect to the Recreation Site in Edwards.,
John Dunn reviewed the changes with the Council.
1. page 2, line 2, add, "In the event the Town of Avon and the County
or both have exercised their right to purchase an interest in the
Berry Creek parcel pursuant to paragraph 9 before acquisition of
the Miller parcel by the Town of Vail, and if the Town of Avon*or the
County wish to participate in the purchase of the Miller parcel and share,
in,the cost of such purchases, than the terms and conditions of the
acquisition.of the Miller parcel shall as_wel'l be acceptable-to the
Town of Avon, the County or both, as the case may be".
2. page 4, Section 10, the last sentence was added, "In the event the
Town of Vail sells the property prior to the election,-costs of
consultants paid by the County and the Town-of Avon pursuant to
paragraph 5 shall be refunded to them".
After some discussion, Councilman Garton moved approval of-'.:the
Intergovernmental.Agreement'between the Town Avon, Town of Vail and
Eagle County -in the final form and to-authorize the execution of
such. The motion was seconded by Councilman Davis and was unanimously
carried.
Next on the agenda was the proposed Business License Fees., Mr. James
requested that this item be deferred until the next regular work shop.
Councilman Davis suggested that staff come back with a recommendation
that the Council could work on. It was suggested that this be discussed
at. a work shop.
The Council agreed.
Next on the agenda was a supplemental payments for Census works.
Norm Wood stated that the Bureau of Census had scheduled a meeting for
testing census workers. There was only one person that applied :.for the
job of enumerator. Mr. Wood stated that based on the number of housing
units in Avon it was estimated that it would take about 1300 man,
hours to complete the census. It would consist of one team of seven
enumerators and one Crew leader. The pay scale was #5.50 per hour and
the crew leader was $6.50 per hour. One of the problems in hiring
workers was the wage scale they were allowed to offer. He stated that
there were provisions in that municipalities could supplement the
standard wage to help increase the pay scale to the workers.
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This supplemental wage could be limited to census workers within the
Town of Avon and exclude all outside areas. Mr. Wood stated that a
supplement of $3.50 per hour would increase the wage for enumerators to
$9.00 and crew leaders to $10.00 per hour.
The Mayor urged the Council to support the supplement pay increase.
Councilman Reynolds moved approval to authorize the maximum expenditure
of $6,000 to supplement census workers wages by $3.50 per hour for
work within the Town of Avon. The motion was seconded by Councilman
Garton and was unanimously carried.
The Town Attorney report was next presented to the Council.
Mr. Dunn discussed open space tracts. He stated that the Town has
been working with Benchmark for sometime to accomplish the conveyance
of the Wildridge/Wildwood open space tracts. Benchmark has stopped
paying taxes on those tracts sometime ago. The long range plan has
been to have those tracts conveyed so that they would be tax exempted,
and the Town would pay those back taxes as to assure the open space
nature of those tracts for prosperity. He stated that the Town had
assurances from Linda Rodgers, at the end of last year, that those
deeds would be signed, but as yet, this has not happened. Mr. Dunn
felt that the reason for that not happening, was that in November
of last year, Benchmark had applied for exemption from the Town's
real estate transfer tax with respect to two conveyances of several
lots. He stated that that request was denied, and at this point
it seemed there was a stand-off. He stated that following a discussion
with Jim Wells, Mr. Wells indicated that he was linking the two issues.
Mr. Dunn felt it was time for Bill James to write a letter to Jim Wells
to see if this matter could be resolved.
At that point, Mr. Dunn reviewed the history of those tracts and the
request for those,exemptions.
Discussion followed.
Councilman Davis requested that the Town Attorney proceed to acquire
the properties.
It was the consensus of the Council to authorize John Dunn to work
on this matter and try to acquire the open space tracts for Avon.
The Mayor- reported on the upcoming Annexation bill that was before the
legislature.
The Mayor reminded the.Council of the Colorado Municipal League work
shop.,scheduled for February 8, 1990.,
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The Financial Matters were next presented to the Council.
Councilwoman McRory moved approval of the 'Sales Tax Update for
January 23, 1990. The motion was seconded by Councilman Reynolds and.
was unanimously carried.
Councilwoman McRory moved approval of the General Fund of Accounts
Payable for January 23, 1990. The motion was seconded by Councilman
Reynolds and was unanimously carried.
Councilwoman McRory moved approval of the Reconiliation Sheet of Accounts
Payable for January 23, 1990. The motion was seconded by Councilman
Reynolds and was unanimously carried.
Councilman Garton moved approval of the January 9, 1990 Council Meeting
minutes as presented. The motion was seconded by Councilman Reynolds
with the correction on page 5, first paragraph, and a correction on
page 6, fifth paragraph. The motion was unanimously carried..
Councilman Garton moved approval of the January 15, 1990 Special
Council Meeting minutes-as-presented. The motion was seconded by
Councilman.Reynolds and was unanimously carried.
Councilwoman McRory moved approval of:-.the Employment Agreement with
respect to the Town Manager. The motion was seconded by Councilman
Bennett and was unanimously carried.
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There being no further business to come before the Council, Councilman
Bennett moved to adjourn and to refer back to the work shop items.
The.motion was seconded by Councilwoman McRory. The meeting was
adjourned by Mayor Nottingham at 8:20 p.m.
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