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After two weeks of meetings dedicated to applicant presentation and board questions, this week’s Edwards RiverPark public hearing before the Eagle County Board of Commissioners will be all about hearing from the public.
The sixth public hearing for the Edwards RiverPark proposal will begin at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. The county is compiling a list of public speakers for the Zoom session.
The Edwards RiverPark is a commercial/residential planned unit development proposal from a group called Sierra Trail Investments LLC. The project is planned on a 53.7-acre parcel located north of U.S. Highway 6 and south of the Eagle River on land that was formerly the site of a B&B Excavating gravel pit operation. The proposal includes two large condo buildings and a condo/hotel building along with commercial buildings, multifamily residential and townhomes.
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Week of Feb. 18, 2016
Eagle’s search for a new town manager netted 48 candidates during an abbreviated 18-day job posting. Members of the Eagle Town Board were criticized for marching ahead with the town manager search when the April 5 municipal election would bring on at least three new members who would have to work with the person the previous board hired.
Mike Piscoiotta, the court administrator for the 5th Judicial District, proposed a unique plan for the former Eagle Town Hall building on Second Street. He asked the town board to allow him to use the space for a youth boxing program.
The applicant for the Edwards RiverPark proposal has requested the Eagle County Board of Commissions table their advertised Feb. 9 public hearing regarding the project.
Tuesday’s meeting was scheduled to include questions for the development team from the commissioners and county staff as well as the 1041 permit hearing regarding extension of water and sewer services to the site. Those discussions have been pushed back to Tuesday, Feb. 16. Originally, public comment was slated for next week’s meeting, but that session has now been rescheduled to happen on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Eagle County Community Development Director Morgan Beryl will be in touch regarding next steps for anyone who already signed up to provide public comment at the Feb. 16 hearing. For additional information, contact Morgan.Beryl@eaglecounty.us
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An overview of the avalanche accident site near Silverton on Monday, Feb. 1. The red line marks the general path of the group, down the slope and then down the gully. The blue lines mark the approximate boundaries of the avalanche. The large avalanche on the left caught the group of skiers. The small avalanche on the right released simultaneously.
Photo from Telluride Helitrax
Editor’s note: The Vail Daily has changed the language in this story from “confirmed dead” to “presumed dead” to reflect a fluid situation on the ground in San Juan County as a search operation continues to recover the three missing skiers caught in Monday’s avalanche.
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In a year where a global pandemic altered every aspect of our lives, people regularly reached the point when they couldn’t abide one more weekend spent at home.
But vacation options were limited, with one notable exception. The great outdoors wasn’t subject to COVID-19 closures. Many visitors found the scenery change and wide open spaces they craved in the White River Forest but they left behind some unfortunate evidence of their discovery.
Fortunately, however, Eagle County’s Front Country Ranger Program was positioned to address the issue.
The program is a local government partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to provide additional patrol services for the national forest. With funding from Eagle County and various municipalities, the Forest Service maintained a team of five rangers to tackle five primary priorities::