Archive 2004-2008

Take VHA Affordable Housing Survey

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Take VHA Frontage Road Parking Survey

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2007 VVHA Annual Report

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VVHA Vail Vision Reports

• Eliminiating I-70, A Grand Vision for Vail - Executive Summary

• VVHA White Paper: Eliminating I-70, a Grand Vision for Vail   (access pdf. version)

• Town of Vail I-70 Bypass Tunneling Study (DRAFT 12/2005

• Preliminary Tunnel Engineering Analysis 12/27/2007

• A Commonality of Purpose - VVHA Voice for Second Homeowners. Vail Home Magazine Article 12/06

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• VVHA 2006 Annual Report - Executive Summary:

• VVHA 2006 Annual Long Report 12/24/2006 - Internet Version

November 2008 Newsletter

October  2008 Newsletter

September 14, 2008 Newsletter

July 27, 2008 Newsletter

June 28, 2008 Newsletter

May 2008 Newsletter

April 2008 Newsletter

March 2008 Newsletter

Access I-70 Closure Survey

VVHA Fall 2007 Newsletter

EX Director 2007 Mid-year report to VVHA Board of Directors.

VVHA Spring 2007 Newsletter

VVHA Report - TOV Affordable Housing Impact Fee Proceedings 2/21/07

VVHA Report - Tract E Open Space Protective Covenant Litigation 11/20/06 

VVHA Report - Vail Community Wellness Center Concept - Lionshead Parking Structure Redevelopment 11/19/06

VVHA Fall 2006 Newsletter

VVHA Newsletter 06/06

VVHA 2005 Annual Long Report   (access .pdf version)

VVHA 2006 Mission Statement and Goals

VVHA Status Report:Town of Vail 2005 Election Report 

VVHA Position Statement for the proposed Vail Conference Center Election. 11/03/05

VVHA Report: Conference Center - Computer Animation Graphic Analysis 10/25/05

VVHA Report: Town of Vail Election - Lapse of Fair Campaign Practices.  10/20/05

VVHA Crossroads Recommendation to Vail Town Council 8/1/05

Interstate 70 Expansion  VVHA Status Report - Action  Recommendation 7/25/05

Pine Beetle Infestation VVHA Status Report - Action Recommendation 7/25/05

VVHA Crossroads at Vail Report to theTown Council 6/15/05

VVHA Vail Conference Center Position Statement - 3/13/05

2004 Annual Report

White Paper:Vail’s Economic and Community Development Evolution - The Next Chapter 12/29/04

Relocation of Lionshead Snow Cat Access Route - 08/07/04

Vail Valley Drive and Golden Peak Neighborhood issues under discussion - 07/06/04

Vail Convention and Conference Center – Architect Request for Qualifications (RFQ) - 06/08/04

VVHA Whitepaper Report – Proposed Vail Convention and Conference Center - 05/26/04

2003 VVHA Annual Report

Ever Vail Development:

Zoning and Master Planning Issues: Vail Resorts/Town Council Presentation July 1, 2008

Vail Village Loading and Delivery System:

• Watch out for those handcarts in Vail - Vail Daily 060507

• The riot at Vail’s town hall - Kaye Ferry Commentary - Vail Daily 060507

Outdoor Amplified Sound Ordinance - TOV Amendment Proposal

• VVHA Position Statement and news article - 050807
• Commentary - Proposed Amendment - Outdoor Amplified Sound Ordinance - 050907

Affordable Housing Impact Fee - Town of Vail Proposal

• VVHA Position Statement – Town of Vail Affordable Housing Impact Fees Proposal  

Vail Cultural Arts

Vail Art Museum:

• Welcome to the Museum of My Stuff - Logan Modern Art Collection New York Times 02/18/07

Seibert Circle Fountain: 

• Seibert Circle Fountain - Wet Design Concept as approved by Vail Town Council 10/2006

Community Amenities:

Wellness Center:

• The wellness boom, Economist 12/04/2007

• VVHA Report - Vail Community Wellness Center Concept - Lionshead Parking Structure Redevelopment 11/19/06

Transportation System:

• Vail Grand Boulevard - TOV Master Plan for North and South Frontage Road 02/06/07

• ECO Vail to Eagle County Airport Light Rail Proposal 02/20/07

Town of Vail Wildfire Protection Plan:

• Wildfire Emergency Evacuation Plan - TOV - 3/4/07

• Bugs could cause Hayman-like fires, U.S. senator says.

• Vail Emergency Evacuation Plan. Town of Vail  10/30/06

• Wild Fire Protection Plan. Town of Vail 03/06

• Wild Fire Hazard Map, Town of Vail 05/06

Vail 20/20 - Community Visioning Process:

Master Planning: 

Transportation Issues:

• VVHA Executive Summary: T own of Vail 20/20 Community Visioning Process and I-70 Issues - 082109

• Eliminating I-70, a Grand Vision for Vail - VVHA Update Report - 082106

• VVHA White Paper: Eliminating I-70, a Grand Vision for Vail - 122905

Recreation Issues:

• VVHA Status Report - Vail Recreation District/Town of Vail Recreation Master Planning 082106.

Development Issues:

• VVHA Status Report: Redevelopment of Lionshead Parking Structure Site (a.k.a. consolidated Vail Civic Center Site) 082106.

• Vail:  A Post-redevelopment Vision - Kent Logan

Environmental Preservation Issues:

• VVHA executive Summary Report:Environmental Issues – Pine Beetle Infestation, Gore Creek Clean-up and I70 Noise Berms 082106

• VVHA Status Report: Pine Beetle Infestation 072506

Social Equity Issues:

• VVHA Status Report: Vail Community Visioning - Conflicts And Consensus Ahead 082106

Lionshead Parking Structure/Vail Civic Center Redevelopment 2006

• Vail Resorts has veto power over garage. Vail Daily 2/28/07

• A closer look at the Lionshead proposals. Vail Daily 12/02/06

• It is the people's land' - Lionshead Parking structure proposals Vail Daily 11/23/06

• VVHA Report - Vail Community Wellness Center Concept - Lionshead Parking Structure Redevelopment 11/19/06

• Lionshead proposals hit Vail town offices

• Vail Town Council Election: Candidates and Incumbents Responses to VVHA/I-70 Issue Questionnaire 11/07

• THE ALPINE MEGA-TUNNEL, Der Spiegel 12/31/06

• Infrastructure Financing - Is It Time to Add a Parking Lot to Your Portfolio?, New York Times 12/31/2007

• Vail Tunnel Has Other Benefits. Letter to Editor, Rocky Mountain News 12/10/06

• Staring at I-70 with tunnel vision. Rocky Mountain News 12/02/06

• Furtive Talk of Vail's Underground. Vail Magazine 11/06

• I-70 planning grinds on. Vail Daily 11/26/06

• Are Olympics tunnel's only hope? Vail Daily 09/10/2006

• Vail Mountain could muffle I-70 - Vail Daily 09/30/06

• Vail still trying to muffle I-70 - Vail Daily 0908/06

• Four better or worse- Vail Tunnel - Rocky Mountain News 06/30/06

• Coalition wants to curb rush hour traffic 05/29/06

• Minturn landslide eyed for disaster potential 06/20/06
  Clogged Rockies Highway Divides Coloradans 1/25/06

• I-70 Noise and Design Issues - TOV/VVHA Frustration11/19/05

• TOV I70 Noise Study Update - 10/24/05

• Dowd Junction in state's sights - 5/16/05

• Mass transit may mean more people - 5/16/05

• I-70 Coalition meeting in Granby ended Friday - 5/4/05

• 'Euro-engineering' touted for I-70 - 5/5/05

• Vail council: Transit not best for I-70 - 3/19/05

• Environmentalists oppose freeway plan - 2/15/05

• Vail still trying to stifle I-70 - 1/9/05

• Town of Vail Staff Memo - 1/4/05

• Mono rail report: We could build it today - 10/12/04

• I-70 Mountain Group gets to work - 07/27/04 

• Temporary walls part of Vail noise research

• I-70/Vail Downtown Noise Issue - Research:

Crossroads Redevelopment:

• A Ski Town’s Battle Over Growth - Solaris/Crossroads Redevelopment. New York Times 02/18/07

• Crossroads Special Election Results - Redevelopment Approved

• Lifting the Vail -Westword 06/08/06

• Vail at the Crossroads: Must Peter Knobel destroy the village to save it? Westword - Denver weekly newspaper report 05/04/06

• Peter Knobel, Phone Home: Interesting developments in a developer's background.  Westword - Denver weekly newspaper report 05/04/06

• VVHA Final TOV Approval Position Statement 03/21/06

• Special deal for Crossroads? - VVHA Commentary 1/11/06

• Board ready to go on Crossroads 1/09/06

• Crossroads Gets Special Privilege- VVHA Letter to TOV 1/8/06

• VVHA Board of Directors Statement regarding Crossroads Redevelopment

• Too soon to OK Crossroads v Crossraod Ready Now - VVHA vsVCBA Commentary 11/08/06

• VVHA Board of Directors Statement regarding Crossroads Redevelopment 11/29/05

• Developer Peter Knobel makes second attempt to renovate Crossroads building12/13/05

• VVHA Town of Vail 2005 Election Report - Crossroads 11/29/05

• Knobel says he didn’t know about alleged scam 12/8/05

• Knobel aims to resubmit Crossroads plans 11/18/05

Crossroads Redevelopment 2005:

• Developer Kills Plan for Crossroads - 08/08/05

• VVI to Proposed Crossroads Height Comparision - 08/05

• VHHA Crossroads Recommendation to Vail Town Council 8/1/05

• VVHA Crossroads at Vail Report to theTown Council 6/15/05

• Planning and_Environmental Commision - 04/25/05

• Crossroads Special Development District No.39 - 4/25/05

• Project stretches concept of 'Vail' - 11/09/04

Vail Resorts:

Change at the Top:

• Vail Resorts’ Katz to get $815,000 salary 03/04/06

• Vail Resorts relocating corporate offices to Denver 02/28/06

• Aron calls new CEO 'closest confidante'02/28/06

• Analysts: Katz brings Wall Street know-how 02/28/06

West Lionshead Master Plan:

• VRI - Ever Vail Announcement. Building Design & Construction 03/05/07

• A new way to get on the mountain 12/05/05

• Cascade plans don't include theater 11/21/05

 Community Town Center - West Vail Master Plan

• Hotel rooms, condos planned for Roost 11/23/05

• Redesign for aging mall in the works 10/02/05

• Rebuilding boom is coming to West Vail 09/27/05

Town of Vail 2005 Election:

Conference Center Defeated:  806 to 542

• Failed conference center leaves $7M behind 11/09/05

• Vail says ‘no’ to conference center 11/09/05

Approved Charter Amendment:  604 to 583

Important Town of Vail Election Notice (10/28/05):

KURZ WITHDRAWS TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDACY

FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION ERROR BY VAIL ELECTION OFFICIALS; PROCESS UNDERWAY TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY OF ELECTION 

Beginning today (10-28) and continuing through Nov. 4, anyone who takes part in the early voting process or requests an absentee ballot, will be informed of Kurz’s withdrawal. In addition, election judges will be required to notify each voter during the at-the-polls election on Nov. 8 at the Vail Municipal Building. This notification is necessary because the ballot will continue to list Kurz as one of the 10 town council candidates. Due to the timing of the circumstances, reprinting the ballot is not an option. 

Candidates:

Vail Town Council/Vail Daily candidate questionnaires: Click name to view positions on the issues.

• Robert Aikens 557

• Dick Cleveland  560           

• Diana Donovan  579

• Kevin Foley  620****

• Mark Gordon  657*

• Farrow Hitt  646**

• Ludwig Kurz - withdrawn 10/27/05

• Greg Moffet  623***

• Scott Pittman  146

• Kristy Slack  226

• Ten step forward to run for Vail council 10/7/05

Charter Amendment:

• Limitation on Municipal Court to hear Zoning Matters deferred to Eagle County District Court

Conference Center:

Access Conference Center Revote Committee Web Site.

 

Conference Center - Computer Graphic Contexts  Analysis, Bulk,  Mass, Architecture,  Adjacent Building Studies.

 

Town of Vail Official Pro/Con Statement. 10/19/05

• VVHA Report: Conference Center - Computer Animation Graphic Analysis 10/25/05

• Final Vail conference center showdown begins 10/03/05

• Conference Center Ballot Resolution 9/06/05

• Council/Staff Electioneering Financial Compliance Guidelines 9/06/05

Town of Vail Convention and Conference Center:

• Voters to be asked for more lodging tax - 5/17/05

• Conference center? When pigs fly - 5/10/05

• Proposed Vail Conference Center - 5/8/05

• Community should have last call - 5/1/05

• Vail still fingering trigger on convention center - 4/26/05

• Why a revote? - 4/21/05

• Lost election? Do it again! - 4/14/05

• Effort begins to repeal conference center tax - 4/4/05

• We didn't know - 3/26/05

• Scheme B - Conference Center Graphics

• Forbes article - 2/28/05

• Conference center roof may go green - 1/21/05

• Space Available:  The Realities of Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy

• Lots of questions about center - 1/4/05

• Slow down with center - 1/4/05

• Too much space for too few conventions? - 12/30/04

• Letter to the Town of Vail - 12/20/04

• Vail conference center decision postponed - 12/23/04

• Lessons of the Denver center - 12/21/04

• This is a scary picture - 12/21/04

• 2nd thoughts about center - 12/14/04

• The rush to a conference center- 12/9/04

• Wavy roof wows town looking for ‘icon’ - 12/8/04

• VVHA Report - Vail Conference Center Concept Preference and Associated Matters

• 'Natural' convention center plan advances - 11/22/04

• 'Natural' design draws a buzz in Vail - 10/22/04

• Vail center presentation this week - 09/20/04

• Vail sets up a blizzard of conference center sessions - 08/17/04

• Architect for Vail Convention and Conference Center

• VVHA Letter to the Editor: Get the best and brightest, take time, do it right - 6/15/04

• Vail Convention and Conference Center – Architect Request for Qualifications (RFQ) - 06/08/04

• Vail launches search for convention center: Important constituency group gets word out to firms on the A-list - Allen Best, Mountain Town News - 06/11/04

• VVHA Whitepaper Report – Proposed Vail Convention and Conference Center - 05/26/04

Town of Vail Exparte Issue:

• Exparte Article - Colorado Lawyer 03/04 Provided by TOV

• Silence on hot topics is itself also a hot topic - 9/07/05

• TOV Town Attorney Response to Vail Preservation Exparte Letter - 08/29/05

• Vail Preservation Attorney Exparte Issue Letter to Vail Town Attorney-08/19/05

West Vail Master Plan:

• Redesign for aging mall in the works 10/02/05

• Schedule - Scoping Sessions 09/26/05 thru 09/30/05

• West Vail Commercial Center Master Plan - Approved Work Program 09/20/05

Battle Mountain Development Issues:

• Vail Resorts wins round of development dispute - 09/24/05

Architectural Preservation

• To Save or Scrap? - 3/8/05

Condemnation

• Eminent Domain - Despotism by Stealth - 2/17/05

Open Space Issues

• Lionshead Land Use Plan Amendment Protect Residential and Open Space Use For Beaver Dam Circle and West Forest Road. (attorney attachment)

• Creation of two parks under way in Vail - 2/16/05

Vail Village

• Checkered flag - 3/25/05

• Noise Issue

Vail Recreation District:

• Vail Parks and Recreation Master Plan - 03/23/07

• Taxing questions for rec board - 12/7/04

• Vail rec vote could clear financial future - 10/9/04

• VRD Site Plan

• VRD Elevation

• VRD Program

Vail Recreation District - November Election

• VVHA letter sent to Vail property owners whose primary residence is outside of Vail and in Colorado

• Self-Affirmation Special District Elections County of Eagle, State of Colorado

• Colorado Absentee Registration Form

• Election Resolution - November 2004 - Final 090104 bonds

• Mill Levies of Park and Recreation Districts

• Mill levy support reasons

Redevelopments: Manor Vail

• Venerable Vail condo complex set for re-do - 12/26/04

• Status Report Manor Vail Redevelopment - 09/07/04

• Manor Vail Condominium Association Letter - 09/03/04

• Redevelopments: Manor Vail - 09/03/04

United States Forest Service - White River National Forest

• Minturn opposes McInnis' forest land bill - 08/06/04

Special District Issues:  Water and Sewer

• Lake Powell could drain mountain water - 08/17/04

• Wolcott Reservoir part of water web - 08/13/04

• Menconi appointment roils water board - 08/04/04

Urban Renewal Authorities

• Supreme Court Roundup; Justices Will Hear a Property Rights Case Contesting the Limits of Eminent Domain - 9/29/04

• Poletown's Revenge - Wall Street Journal - 08/03/04

Affordable Housing

• Housing surplus continues - 11/26/04

• Project's finances caused concerns - 10/06/04

• Affordable Housing: Too Much or Not Enough? - 07/23/04 

Economic Development

• Celebrate Vail's Billion Dollar Renewal 

• Totals tell a prosperous tale - 1/7/05

• Mountain town mistakes - 09/16/04

• Still an Employer's Market - 08/14/04

• Aspen Retail Analysis - 01/04

Ice Bubble:

• Controversial bubble moves to East Coast.  Vail Daily 12/01/06

• Bubble inches closer to the sale block - 09/11/04

• Ice bubble to stay in storage - 09/03/04

• Grownups may be bubble's only hope - 08/29/04

• Clock ticking on bubble's season - 08/15/04

• Just call bubble the albatross - 07/16/04

• Skaters trying to raise bubble - 07/08/04

• Vail 'Ice bubble' closer to the sale block - 06/21/04

Gross Residential Floor Area

• Vail Continues wrestling with home size regulations

Vail Front Door Project - P3&J Parking Structure:

• Vail Resorts buys Vassar Meadows - 08/17/04

• Dollar Signs - 08/16/04

• Lot P-3 Development Agreement 

• P3 Ground Breaking 05/22/04

• P3 Project Approved by Vail Town Council 05/04/04 

• P3 Status Report 05/01/04 : Vail Town Council to Make Final Decision Whether Project Is To Proceed

Vail Front Door - Lodge at Vail/Vail Village Ski Base:

• Vail Front Door 

Lionshead Redevelopment: - Core Site: