[0:00] - Outlaws coming on.
[0:01] Okay, let's call to order a regularly scheduled meeting
[0:05] of the Vail Local Housing Authority.
[0:06] August 11th, 2026.
[0:09] It is 3:01 PM We have a quorum with
[0:14] Dan, Mr.
[0:17] Denton and myself. And Kristen is coming, I believe.
[0:20] And did you hear from Christine at all? I did not. Okay.
[0:22] Anyway, we've got a Quorum Citizen participation.
[0:26] Nobody in the room? Anybody on? No. Okay.
[0:31] I think this is the appropriate place I
[0:33] wanted to, there she is.
[0:34] Here we go. Kristen, here. We just started.
[0:39] We are at Citizen Participation.
[0:43] So after, at the end of our last meeting we had a,
[0:48] a, a little update on upcoming stuff
[0:51] and one of which was a potential drive
[0:55] around little tour.
[0:57] You know, we had talked about that in the spring,
[1:00] didn't get it going, but that came up.
[1:03] And so we had a question from
[1:08] the view usages and staff responded, I think,
[1:12] in a pretty timely fashion.
[1:13] But I just thought I'd go over a few things for the rest
[1:16] of our public if they're interested.
[1:19] First off, you know,
[1:23] this spring we had talked about, you know, the,
[1:26] the town is kind of gathering
[1:29] or compiling all of our de restricted
[1:33] information into a good format
[1:36] so we can all see where it is.
[1:38] And we had thought, you know, it's a good,
[1:40] that would be a good time for us to all kind of take a drive
[1:43] around, see where we've got stuff.
[1:45] And you know, a few things around that.
[1:48] But also what's come up in, in the meantime is the town
[1:52] of Ale also owns a lot of properties
[1:54] that they've been acquiring over the last kind of bunch
[1:58] of years as an employer for their employees.
[2:03] It is not part of the town's housing community program.
[2:07] It is town for town employees
[2:09] and that they're not de restricted.
[2:11] They are, you know, employer housing for their employees,
[2:16] but, but they're, they're kind of scattered.
[2:18] And some of the discussion has come up, you know, should we
[2:22] as a, as a town, as a community, look at maybe some
[2:25] of those are less appropriate than others
[2:28] to keep over the long term.
[2:29] We've got some new opportunities at Timber Ridge
[2:33] for the town to own some units
[2:35] for housing if that's what they wanna do.
[2:37] And so the other thing that's come up is now
[2:42] the town has wanted to have a discussion about those types
[2:46] of units and probably the whole bigger picture.
[2:50] So this would be a good opportunity for housing authority
[2:53] and staff, maybe with council, maybe not to go have a,
[2:56] a drive around to look at those kinds of things.
[2:59] So that's what, that's what the tour is about.
[3:02] And it is not about any kind
[3:05] of looking at open space lands or that, that kind of thing.
[3:09] Those have been addressed in a couple of different plans,
[3:12] 2007, 2018.
[3:13] So nothing to do with that.
[3:15] It's really about getting a handle on our inventory
[3:19] and seeing if there's opportunities to do, you know,
[3:24] keep this, we, we own some properties in buildings that are
[3:28] kind of ready for redevelopment
[3:30] and kind of have a look at is it worth really being a part
[3:34] of that or just sell it to the, the private sector
[3:37] with the funds elsewhere.
[3:39] Just that sort of larger discussion.
[3:45] So another question about sort of discussing,
[3:50] making sure that we are staying as transparent is
[3:55] we should be, and a couple things along those lines.
[3:58] First off, we have advice from our legal counsel
[4:01] periodically, especially when we have new members about open
[4:05] meetings, what we should
[4:07] or should not discuss in public versus executive session.
[4:12] One of the things about real estate is it's a couple things.
[4:16] There's some private personal information involved in,
[4:20] in some of those that we have to be very aware of.
[4:24] Second, a lot of these are, you know, negotiations,
[4:28] real estate negotiation.
[4:29] Sometimes it is down to actually, you know, preparing
[4:34] to make an offer on something.
[4:35] Sometimes it is more, you know,
[4:40] preliminary, but it,
[4:42] but at any rate, they're oftentimes something
[4:45] that is not appropriate for public meetings
[4:47] because as soon as we start talking about a particular
[4:52] property, either the, the landowner doesn't know about it
[4:57] or you know, isn't ready to talk about it
[5:00] or the public is saying, what about wait, wait, you know,
[5:04] before we've even gone the next step.
[5:06] So that's what some of that's about.
[5:09] So we're I think complying with as much transparency
[5:13] as is appropriate on these things.
[5:15] And when it comes to a decision making, obviously
[5:19] that is a council writing the checks open meeting decision.
[5:24] So that's when it really comes down to that kind of thing.
[5:28] And the last comment was about the,
[5:32] I guess we're calling it now West Lion's head,
[5:36] the old evervale with Vail Resorts.
[5:38] And yes, we are very well aware of that
[5:43] and we're keeping an eye on that.
[5:44] But it is, in my opinion, it's still early innings.
[5:48] We kind of, you know, it's hard for us to engage
[5:51] until we're starting to see something to engage with.
[5:54] So just anybody's looking we are, yes, very aware of that.
[5:59] So that's my comments.
[6:00] Anybody else that cover everything that you covered? Yes.
[6:04] Okay, let's move on to
[6:09] approval of our meeting results from July 14.
[6:14] I didn't see anything to change.
[6:17] - I move that we approve the meeting minutes from
[6:19] July 14th, 2026.
[6:21] - Second motion. Second. Any questions if not all in favor?
[6:26] Aye. Aye. Unanimous four zero housing development
[6:29] information update.
[6:30] You got anything cooking out there?
[6:32] - Projects? Yeah, I'm,
[6:33] I'll go in reverse order just to mix things up today.
[6:37] - Okay. - You're crazy. Yeah, getting really wild.
[6:42] We're gonna go east to west.
[6:44] So on the CDOT eastvale property side of things,
[6:48] or as we have said in our, in the RFP,
[6:51] the Columbine Neighborhood Community Housing Project,
[6:54] as you guys know that RFP opened on July 15th
[6:59] and the proposal window closes this Friday
[7:03] at 5:00 PM So really the update there is that we,
[7:08] we know of a handful of parties who are going
[7:11] to be putting in bids already.
[7:13] We also know there are some who are kind of on the radar
[7:15] who we believe we'll be putting in bids.
[7:18] So we should get a good selection
[7:21] and we have our selection committee put together
[7:23] and ready to go opening the bids on Monday morning.
[7:28] And then it's about a two week review process
[7:30] before we will notify finalist candidates
[7:33] and start scheduling interviews depending on what we get.
[7:35] So that's what we have in terms of upcoming steps
[7:40] on the RFP front for that project.
[7:43] Any other Jason, anything to add or questions on that? No.
[7:47] - Looking forward. Great. Yeah, yeah. What comes in?
[7:50] - Yeah. Yeah. Exciting.
[7:52] We had about eight, eight
[7:55] to 10 people show up for our site walk.
[7:57] Thank you Steve for coming to that. It was, yeah.
[8:00] And a lot of good conversation.
[8:01] So it's moving along
[8:05] on South face.
[8:07] South face Vale, they're, they're really just in a flow
[8:11] with their construction right now.
[8:14] Again, a lot of the things that you will see is
[8:16] that they're just working through regular concrete pores
[8:21] moving east to west on on grade
[8:25] at the elevated deck.
[8:28] And then they're starting to work up to the third level.
[8:31] So they're placing shoring
[8:32] to start framing out that third level.
[8:35] So a lot of really good progress on on
[8:38] that front across the site.
[8:40] There's also just continued utilities work
[8:42] that happens right in front of those concrete pores.
[8:47] I think the other big thing that folks will see in the next
[8:52] few weeks is that micro pile drilling
[8:56] for the soil nail wall on the far west side will
[9:01] resume for its final push.
[9:03] So that should be the last of what we're seeing there.
[9:06] But that work has gone a little bit more slowly
[9:07] because they're drilling right into bedrock,
[9:11] which is good from a structural standpoint,
[9:13] but slow for work.
[9:16] So that will be picking up.
[9:18] And then the only other big update from the last time we
[9:22] spoke was, I think I'd mentioned we had a couple
[9:24] of site visits to material storage locations.
[9:29] One of those was from, one
[9:33] of those was Quorum Real Estate Group going
[9:35] to look at a site in Arkansas.
[9:37] That went well. And then I went down with our owner's rep
[9:41] and Quorum Real Estate group to the lumber storage yard
[9:46] and the Panelization factory where we have our first orders
[9:50] of lumber coming in just to watch how things are stored,
[9:54] how things are labeled, how things are tracked,
[9:56] and then how they transition to the panelization factory
[9:59] to actually be put together
[10:01] and then brought to our storage site up here
[10:06] over at the state land board property
[10:08] to start framing this fall.
[10:10] So that was also really positive
[10:13] and nicely organized, well run system.
[10:17] So good to see that in person.
[10:19] And interesting just to hear about the lumber dynamics.
[10:23] - This, this is gonna be a different one to watch
[10:26] 'cause we've, so far we've had boxes come right.
[10:28] As opposed to panels. So I think this is
[10:30] gonna be fascinating to watch.
[10:32] - Yeah. And once, once full production starts
[10:34] and they're framing it's, it's gonna happen pretty fast.
[10:37] Yeah. They're gonna be delivering very regularly
[10:40] and picking from that the storage site in, in Minter area
[10:45] very regularly.
[10:46] So, and again right now they're on track
[10:50] to start framing this fall.
[10:52] - It'll be slow by comparison though.
[10:54] - Yes. Well yes.
[10:56] - Their goal is to have, I think the first building framed
[10:59] up before winter.
[11:03] - That'd be good. - Yeah. Yeah.
[11:09] And I think just last comment on that,
[11:11] when we were down there, we also went by one
[11:13] of CO's other projects that's in Denver
[11:15] and got to see some of the finishes that, that they are
[11:19] recommending for the project
[11:21] here as well, which is really nice.
[11:22] Again, just to see, be able to see touch,
[11:25] feel these things in person and they do an excellent job.
[11:29] So it was nice to see that in action.
[11:31] See residents kind of moving around one of their buildings
[11:33] and how those things actually look once they're put together
[11:39] and questions,
[11:40] other comments on, is that there?
[11:44] - It's just a great looking wall when you drive by it.
[11:46] - Yeah, that's a by today. Green on there.
[11:51] - Yep. Yeah, they're just rolling.
[11:54] So last one, timber Ridge.
[11:58] You know, I think in, in general it's looking less
[12:00] and less like a massive construction site.
[12:03] As they start wrapping, wrapping things up,
[12:08] you see a lot of changes happening in the actual site.
[12:11] They have final asphalt across the site in
[12:15] and over the next month they'll be finishing
[12:17] with all the sidewalks across the site too.
[12:19] So a lot of the on the ground site work is
[12:24] hitting big milestones toward the end of the project.
[12:28] Big site work that you'll see right now is
[12:30] that they have started and should be finishing this week
[12:33] excavation for the Western site access stairs
[12:36] that will go up to Lions Ridge loop
[12:39] and you'll see the piers start going in
[12:41] and then the stairs which are fabricated offsite coming in
[12:44] by the end of the month and being set.
[12:49] So that,
[12:50] and then you'll see a lot of difference on the
[12:53] frontage road as well.
[12:54] Since that work in the island right in front
[12:58] of building A is finished,
[13:00] the monument sign will be going in
[13:01] and that whole bus transit stop that's in the overhang
[13:04] of building A is finished out as well.
[13:08] So big differences on, on the site front
[13:11] and then really with, with the buildings,
[13:15] just working through the interior punch lists,
[13:19] interior painting, final stuff
[13:21] and all of the exterior finishes in
[13:24] progression from building to building.
[13:25] And they're still on track for buildings B and E.
[13:30] So the next two to come online by the end of September.
[13:34] So we're, we're tracking with them closely on that to do
[13:37] what we can to support them hitting that milestone.
[13:40] - The, the, the original schedule was
[13:44] for the whole thing completion in October, how, how close
[13:49] or far think that's gonna go
[13:51] - Their, their projection for the whole
[13:54] and I think the schedule has shifted a little bit.
[13:56] It, it bumped up
[13:58] and now is bumped to back to
[14:02] these two in September.
[14:04] I think they will have the next
[14:06] and then the next three through November
[14:09] to early December. I think that's what I seen
[14:11] - On and that would be the last one in dec December.
[14:14] Well that's still this year. Okay. Yeah, that's good.
[14:21] - And I don't know Jason,
[14:22] do you have any updates on sales front? That
[14:24] - Was my next question.
[14:27] Yeah. I had walked, met with the Avon,
[14:31] several folks from Avon to walk the modulars timber bridge.
[14:35] They were looking at doing a, a project.
[14:36] So I was meeting with their public works director, Eric Kyle
[14:41] and com director
[14:43] and they had indicated they had two new contracts
[14:46] with the EV team since it's started roughly a month ago.
[14:51] And several in process, another five or six in process.
[14:55] So, but I think there's two on actual
[14:59] that would show on the MLS
[15:01] - Got.
[15:02] I just haven't a chance. I've been out last,
[15:04] - But - That was the update on, yeah, Friday last week.
[15:10] - Okay. - Other questions?
[15:15] - No, we're trying to get our meeting scheduled.
[15:18] - It is scheduled now for Thursday at 11.
[15:20] - Okay. Sorry about that. I can't,
[15:22] - That's fine. There's,
[15:24] - I he postponed that before I just, I can't miss that.
[15:28] - What was it? - Okay.
[15:31] Any other projects or is that enough for today? Not that
[15:34] - I, not that I know of yet.
[15:35] - Alright, - Thanks Alex.
[15:39] - So - Did you have a bicycle thing or whatever?
[15:43] - I did not have a bicycle accident.
[15:46] This is from a tunnel slide
[15:49] that no adult should be going down,
[15:50] but I have a 2-year-old who
[15:54] if you don't intercept him at the right time, goes
[15:56] to the top and has no other way to come down other than
[15:59] with an adult through the tunnel slide.
[16:01] - Oh gosh. Kind of. Okay. - A playground wound
[16:08] - Better than a bear - Say mountain lion or something.
[16:14] - I went my, I went mountain biking
[16:15] and this is not correct. That's
[16:16] - What it's like a perfect mountain biking. Yeah,
[16:19] - There.
[16:20] Okay. Main agenda. Five one.
[16:24] Resolution number two.
[16:28] You want a quick summary?
[16:31] - Yes. This is just a resolution approving the purchase
[16:35] of a val deed de restriction with the subject property.
[16:38] So all we're looking for is a motion
[16:40] and a second and a signature. Yep. Because
[16:43] - When was it? We went through this one.
[16:45] - Yep. This is already in the
[16:46] - Books.
[16:47] No, but when, when was it last meeting or the one before?
[16:50] - It was - The meeting before.
[16:51] - That's what I thought. Okay. Alright.
[16:54] Anybody have questions on this?
[16:57] - I move that we approve 2026 dash oh two V LHA,
[17:01] resolution number 2 20 26 approving the purchase
[17:04] of a deed restriction at 29 23 Bellflower Drive.
[17:08] Unit two.
[17:11] - Second. Second. Motion second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.
[17:14] Unanimous. Four zero. Okay.
[17:20] Our next, I guess
[17:21] before we go to executive session, any other matters?
[17:25] Open items? Anyone?
[17:31] - Nothing new?
[17:32] - Nothing new. Okay. Executive session.
[17:37] Somebody wanted to read us a, a motion to go.
[17:41] - I move that per CRS 24 dash six dash 4 0 2 4
[17:46] AE to discuss that we move into executive session
[17:50] to discuss the purchase acquisition lease, transfer of sale
[17:53] of property interests
[17:55] and to determine positions, develop a strategy
[17:57] and instruct negotiators
[17:58] regarding one submitted veil deed applications
[18:01] and program details. And two, buy down
[18:05] - Motion.
[18:06] Second. Anybody? Second? Second. All in favor?
[18:10] Aye. Aye. Four zero. Thank you.
[18:16] We are reconvening our regular meeting
[18:18] of the available housing authority on
[18:22] August 11th, 2026.
[18:24] It is 4 0 8.
[18:26] We just exited executive session
[18:29] during which we discussed nothing except for the
[18:33] two items noted in
[18:37] our motion going in.
[18:39] Any other questions today? Nope. Any other comments?
[18:43] If not, let's adjourn and it is 4 0 9. Thank you much.
[18:50] Awesome. Awesome.