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Vail Town Council <br />Evening Meeting Minutes <br />Tuesday, October 02, 2001 <br />7:00 P.M. <br />A regularly scheduled meeting of the Vail Town Council was held on Tuesday, October <br />2, 2001, at approximately 7:00 P.M. <br />Present: Ludwig Kurz, Mayor <br />Sybill Navas, Mayor Pro -Tem <br />Diana Donovan <br />Kevin Foley <br />Greg Moffet <br />Chuck Ogilby <br />Rod Slifer <br />Staff Members Present: Bob McLaurin, Town Manager <br />Pam Brandmeyer, Assistant Town Manager <br />Allen Christensen, Acting Town Attorney <br />The first item on the agenda was Citizen Participation. <br />Tom Steinberg, Vail resident and former Vail Councilmember, gave an overview of <br />telephone surveys that had been conducted in Vail over the past two weeks. Steinberg <br />stated one of the surveys appeared to be testing responses to negative statements <br />about the proposed Charter Amendment and thought to be funded by Vail Resorts, Inc. <br />Steinberg stated he had helped initiate the Charter Amendment ballot issue, stating that <br />many locals cannot trust the present Council to do what is best for the town. Steinberg <br />stated he felt four of the present council had conflicts of interest, either personal or <br />business related, and were slanted towards Vail Resorts. Steinberg also suggested the <br />Council was passing resolutions instead of ordinances to avoid being called -up by <br />Town of Vail citizens. Steinberg also reported on a second telephone survey he had <br />received, initiated by Suzanne Silverthorn, town community information officer, <br />regarding participation in a focus group to improve relations within the town. Steinberg <br />congratulated Silverthorn for her efforts. Steinberg then returned the $75 he had <br />received for participating in the survey to Mayor Kurz. Kurz stated he would donate it to <br />charity. <br />Dan Telleen, owner of Karats jewelry, distributed copies of a 1981 cartoon drawn by <br />former Mayor John Dobson, relating to conflicts between Vail's urban and natural <br />environments. He then read a letter he had written to his landlord protesting the Town <br />Council's interest in creating a mixed use development on the south side of the Vail <br />Village parking structure. Telleen stated the town was getting into competition with <br />town businesses. <br />1 <br />