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| | | | | | | | ITEM/TOPIC: Resolution No. 39, Series of 2017, A Resolution of the Vail Town Council Authorizing the Acquisition of Lot 1 Bighorn Subdivision Second Addition
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| | | | | | | | PRESENTER(S): Matt Mire, Town Attorney and Chad Sali, Project Engineer
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| | | | | | | | ACTION REQUESTED OF COUNCIL: Approve, approve with amendments or deny Resolution No. 39, Series of 2017.
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| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND: The Town and seller have negotiated a purchase price for the property of $140,000. As part of the sale, the seller specifically requested that the Town pass this Resolution to Acquire the property. Lot 1, Bighorn Subdivision Second Addition is located adjacent to Bighorn Road between Bridge Road and I-70 Right of Way at the East Vail Interchange. A portion of the Gore Valley Trail is currently located on this parcel and no easement exists for this encroachment. The Town and Eagle River Water and Sanitation District has proposed relocating a sanitary sewer main that currently crosses the Gore Creek at Bridge Road to the existing trail alignment in anticipation of the reconstruction of the bridge at Bridge Road. This would eliminate a sanitary sewer aerial crossing of Gore Creek once the new bridge is completed. When approached by the ERWSD for a sewer easement on the parcel, the property owners stated that they would not grant an easement but would prefer to sell the parcel. This parcel is also identified in the 1994 Comprehensive Open Lands Plans for acquisition to protect riparian areas and again in the draft 2017 Open Lands Plan Update for protection of environmentally sensitive land from development and trail development. The acquisition of this parcel by the Town of Vail would allow for protection of environmentally sensitive areas, legal rights for the Gore Vail Trail to remain and relocation of a sanitary sewer aerial crossing of Gore Creek which will also eliminate the need to work around a live sewer main during the reconstruction n of the Bridge Road bridge.
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