{"id":1320106,"date":"2020-05-19T17:30:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T23:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=478199"},"modified":"2020-05-20T07:36:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T13:36:49","slug":"vail-looking-at-options-to-relocate-booth-heights-housing-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/vail-looking-at-options-to-relocate-booth-heights-housing-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Vail looking at options to relocate Booth Heights housing plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VailEmergencyFund-VDN-032520-1024x586.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VailEmergencyFund-VDN-032520-1024x586.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VailEmergencyFund-VDN-032520-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VailEmergencyFund-VDN-032520-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VailEmergencyFund-VDN-032520-1536x879.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VailEmergencyFund-VDN-032520-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VailEmergencyFund-VDN-032520.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Building more units near the Middle Creek Village apartments is one of the options to the Booth Creek housing plan being examined by town of Vail officials.<\/strong><br \/><em>Coughlin Property Management<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Town of Vail officials for the past few months have been looking for alternatives to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/vail-town-council-hears-booth-heights-appeals\/\">Booth Heights housing project<\/a> in East Vail. Nothing\u2019s been decided, but some options have been found.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to look for options also included a directive to work with Vail Resorts, which owns the 23.3-acre site in East Vail, and Triumph Development, which proposed the plan for a total of 49 deed-restricted rental and for-sale homes on the site. The plan also included 12 free-market townhomes.<\/p>\n<p>The town has presented an option for an alternative site to Vail Resorts and Triumph, but that site hasn\u2019t yet been identified in public documents.<\/p>\n<p>Vail Housing Director George Ruther on Tuesday updated the Vail Town Council about progress made on the search for alternatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row vail-donation vail-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VD-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vaildaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/03\/VD-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Focusing on town land<\/h3>\n<p>The questions involve possible building sites, of course, and Ruther\u2019s research focused primarily on town-owned sites.<\/p>\n<p>Those sites include the town\u2019s public works maintenance and administration facility on the north side of Interstate 70, a town-owned parcel west of the Middle Creek Village apartments, and the middle Bench of Donovan Park. The options also include the west side of the town\u2019s municipal campus just west of the main Vail interchange. That option looks primarily at the property west of Town Hall, now occupied by a building that holds the Vail Community Development Department.<\/p>\n<p>Other options include redevelopment of the existing Timber Ridge apartments and adding to the Vail Gymnastics Center. That site could possibly be used as an alternative site for the Children\u2019s Garden of Learning, which is now on a lot adjacent to the Middle Creek apartments.<\/p>\n<p>While Ruther said the primary focus has been on town-owned sites, the study also examined other sites including the former Park Meadows Lodge site in Intermountain, the Cascade tennis court site, and a roughly 1.5-acre site in East Vail owned by the Colorado Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>The study determined that the most viable options could be the property adjacent to the Middle Creek Apartments and redeveloping Timber Ridge. The Park Meadows site, as well as the former Roost Lodge site, are off the list, since owners are pursuing other plans.<\/p>\n<h3>Much work remains<\/h3>\n<p>A lot of work remains to pick an alternative site.<\/p>\n<p>The town needs to consider public input from residents and needs buy-in from Vail Resorts and Triumph. Redeveloping the Children\u2019s Garden of Learning site will also require finding a suitable new home for that facility.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s likely to be an addition to the Vail Gymnastics Center, which is near Red Sandstone Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>Town Manager Scott Robson said putting the preschool there could help create a kind of campus on that site and create a multi-purpose facility on the site.<\/p>\n<p>Moving the housing proposal off the Booth Heights site in East Vail would allow the town to work more broadly on environmental rehabilitation projects across that part of town, and into adjacent federal land. One of the opponents\u2019 main arguments against Booth Heights is the potential impacts on a herd of bighorn sheep that winters in that general area.<\/p>\n<p>Town officials are working on a project that would ultimately cover roughly 4,500 acres and would include a combination of prescribed burning, clearing and other efforts. Town officials are currently working on that plan with the &nbsp;U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Ruther\u2019s presentation was well received by council members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis makes us feel better,\u201d Councilmember Jenn Bruno said. \u201cThere are really some great opportunities here.<\/p>\n<p>Councilmember Kim Langmaid echoed Bruno\u2019s remarks, adding, \u201cYou really have looked under every nook and cranny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Vail Daily Business Editor Scott Miller can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:smiller@vaildaily.com\">smiller@vaildaily.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/vail-looking-at-options-to-relocate-booth-heights-housing-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building more units near the Middle Creek Village apartments is one of the options to the Booth Creek housing plan being examined by town of Vail officials.Coughlin Property Management Town of Vail officials for the past few months have been looking for alternatives to the Booth Heights housing project in East Vail. 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