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Town of Vail - Town Council - Town Council Highlights - Archive - March 28, 2000 Page 4 of 6 Announcements included: the annual Town of Vail Employee Appreciati Breakfast will be held from 7 to 8:30 a.m. on April 6 at Seasons at the Green; dinner with the Avon Town Council is scheduled for March 30; a a meeting has been scheduled for 5 p.m. May 9 in the Vail Town Counci Chambers for the Open Space Board of Trustees to determine if additio properties should be recommended to the Town Council for designated open space status. Also yesterday, Councilmembers agreed to award a bid for construction of the Buffehr Creek Park expansion to B &B Excavating, the lower bidder at $247,133.96. Construction will start in May. Next, Russell Forrest, Community Development director, received approval from the Town Council to adjust the public meeting schedule fo the community facility "Hub" site discussions. By postponing a series of upcoming meetings, the additional time will be used to address programming, operational and financial considerations, he said. Those meetings, one of which was scheduled to occur March 30, will resume in late May or early June. For more information, contact Forrest at 479 -214 or see news release issued March 29. Tom Moorhead provided an update on correspondence between Charle Lipcon (through attorney John Dunn) and the town regarding Lipcon's allegations of conflict of interest by Councilman Greg Moffet. The complaint will be heard by the Council at its April 4 work session. Also yesterday, the Council voted 5 -0 ( Moffet did not vote) to request paperwork and other related materials to be presented by John Dunn, b distributed to the Town Council no later than Friday (3 -31). -- Council Reports Kevin Foley, who serves on the Eagle County Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of the town, announced the recent resignation of Jim Shrum, the agency's director. Foley also inquired about the status of the town's request to Eagle County to provide information about the benefits Vail residents receive from county tax collections. Sybill Navas reported on a recent meeting of the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments. She asked for feedback on what services the agency might provide for Vail within the next year. Also, Navas reported on a recent development with the Vail Valley Exchange in which the organization (through Sister Cities International) has lost its ability to iss J -1 training visas. Navas says the organization must now wrestle with its mission and purpose. Greg Moffet said he would be attending a joint meeting between the Vail Valley Tourism and Convention Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce later in the week. He also described the gatekeeper role he'll play as a member of the Local Marketing Advisory Committee in approval of a Vai http: / /www.ci.vail.co.us /town council / highlights /archive /2000/000328.htm 01/30/2002