The Buena Vista board of trustees will discuss appointments to the Chaffee Housing Authority board, vote on retail marijuana ordinances, and hear from a member of the Southern Colorado Economic Development District, an organization with an interest in large capital improvement projects, espe…
The second time was the charm for a measure allowing businesses to sell retail marijuana in Buena Vista, as unofficial results from Nov. 3’s election show that ballot question 2B was approved by BV voters.
Here are the highlights from the Oct. 27 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
At the Oct. 27 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees, the board is scheduled to discuss a lease agreement for the Texaco building at the corner of East Main and Highway 24, as well as code changes that would allow the town’s code enforcement officer to issue fines for certain violations.
Thanks to a partnership between the Buena Vista Public Library and the town of Buena Vista, McPhelemy Park now has free Wi-Fi.
Last Thursday, policymakers gathered in Thonhoff Park in Salida for the signing of an Intergovernmental Agreement officially forming the Chaffee Housing Authority, a new organization that will change the way Chaffee County addresses its lack of affordable housing.
Members of the Central Colorado Unmanned Aerial Systems Club and the Buena Vista Recreation Department broke ground Oct. 8 for the Buena Vista Drone Flying Park, which, when complete, will offer multiple ways for drone pilots to hone their flying skills.
Here’s what you missed from the Oct. 13 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
Buena Vista was named as one of the 46 municipalities in Colorado to be awarded grants through the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Revitalizing Main Streets program.
Sales tax returns are in for July, the highest-earning month of the year in Buena Vista, with receipts rising 8.85% over the same month in 2019.
Applications are open for the town of Buena Vista’s local business COVID relief grant program.
Here’s what you missed from the Sept. 22 meeting of the Buena Vista Board of Trustees:
When the Buena Vista board of trustees next meets on Sept. 22, they’ll consider adopting an intergovernmental agreement that would create a multijurisdictional housing authority in the county.
In a brief specially called meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Buena Vista Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a change of contract to Dibble Engineering that will extend seal coat work along Taxiway A of the Central Colorado Regional Airport.
Buena Vista code enforcement officer Grant Bryans said he has been seeing town code violations related to yard signs and flags.
Here are three takeaways from the Sept. 8 meeting of Buena Vista board of trustees
In the spring, Earl Richmond, director of Buena Vista’s recreation department, anticipated that the summer would be “slower than normal” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trustees will get an update on, and potentially consider adoption of, the architectural design guidelines drafted by the town’s Historical Preservation Commission at the next meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees on Sept. 8.
The rules in the town of Buena Vista regarding recreational vehicles (RVs) and camping on private property changed in March after discussion between Town Staff and the Board of Trustees regarding how the Town wants to approach the use of RVs and camping.
Sales tax returns for June were up by 8.52% over that month last year, according to the latest report from town treasurer Michelle Stoke.
Earlier this month, the Buena Vista board of trustees approved plans for a drone park on a section of the Rodeo Grounds property.
Here’s what you missed from Tuesday’s meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
When the board of trustees next meets Aug. 25, it will hold public hearings for the annexation of the Sange de Cristo Electric Association property into Buena Vista town limits, and will vote on whether to approve two questions for the November general election ballot related to allowing retail cannabis sales in BV.
Last week was pleasantly rewarding for 13 local businesses as the town of Buena Vista Beautification Advisory Board handed out its 2020 Curb Appeal awards.
A yard sign in a residential zone (R1, R1OT, R2, R2OT, MU-1, MU-2) can be no larger than six (6) square feet in size, cannot be up for more than 90 days, must be located on private property (no city parks, no public rights-of-way, etc.), and can only be posted with the property owner’s permission.
Here are three takeaways from the Buena Vista board of trustees’ Aug. 11 meeting:
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Last week was pleasantly rewarding for 13 local businesses as the town of Buena Vista Beautification Advisory Board handed out its 2020 Curb Appeal awards.
A yard sign in a residential zone (R1, R1OT, R2, R2OT, MU-1, MU-2) can be no larger than six (6) square feet in size, cannot be up for more than 90 days, must be located on private property (no city parks, no public rights-of-way, etc.), and can only be posted with the property owner’s permission.
Here are three takeaways from the Buena Vista board of trustees’ Aug. 11 meeting:
The Buena Vista board of trustees will continue to discuss the fine details of a potential ordinance that, if passed, would allow the sale of cannabis for recreational use in the town of Buena Vista.
The Buena Vista board of trustees enthusiastically gave the go-ahead to the BV Rec department’s pursuit of a Great Outdoors Colorado grant that would assist in funding the creation of a multi-generational facility at the River Park including long-awaited pickleball courts, ADS-accessible trails and additional singletrack opportunities.
Increase is 11.4% above 2019’s record receipts
Here’s what you missed from the July 28 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
The Buena Vista board of trustees will be back to an all-virtual meeting format through Zoom when they next meet July 28.
A lifejacket loaner station will be “up and running next week,” said Buena Vista Recreation director Earl Richmond.
The Buena Vista board of trustees voted 4-2 July 7 to direct town staff to gather information relevant to drafting an ordinance that would allow the sale of retail cannabis in town limits.
The town of Buena Vista is requesting that residents voluntarily restrict their water usage during the dry summer months.
At its virtual meeting July 15, the Buena Vista Planning and Zoning commission will hold a public hearing on the major site plan for South Court Social, a proposed 3-story mixed-use development at Court and East Main streets.
Here’s what you missed from July 7’s meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees’ first meeting in the community center since the COVID-19 shutdown in March:
The Buena Vista board of trustees will return to the BV community center meetings for its Tuesday meeting on July 7.
More than 70 people stopped by the pump track in Buena Vista’s River Park last weekend to help out with a rehabilitation of the practice track before BV Rec installs new features.
The Buena Vista board of trustees have been concerned about what the economy in a town with a business community built around outdoor recreation would look like during a period of Stay at Home mandates.
Here are three things to know from the June 23 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
The Buena Vista board of trustees will hear from incoming police chief Dean Morgan about the police department’s standard operating procedures.
Here are three things to take away from the June 9 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
In the early months of 2020, before the COVID-19 was re-classified as a world pandemic and widespread quarantine measures began to be put into place, sales tax receipts continued the upward trend seen in Buena Vista throughout 2018 and 2019, with a particularly massive spike in February.
At the Buena Vista board of trustees June 9 meeting, the board will resume discussion of public improvements to the block of Main Street across the street from Avery-Parsons Elementary School.
Here are three things to take away from the May 26 meeting of the Buena Vista Board of Trustees:
The Buena Vista Recreation Department is opening back up, although its programming, rentals and events are postponed until “at least June 1.”
The Buena Vista board of trustees will take up discussion of short term rentals at their next meeting May 26, as well as newly-announced state regulations that would allow businesses to temporarily extend the premise of their liquor license to facilitate social distancing once restaurants and bars are permitted to reopen.
The long-established kiosk signs at Buena Vista’s popular Boathouse trailhead got a facelift last weekend as part of National Public Lands Day.
The Buena Vista trustees heard public comment and discussed allowing recreational marijuana sales in Buena Vista, ultimately deciding to table the discussion for a later date – possibly a work session ahead of a future meeting.
Like common mullein beginning to reach their slender flowering stalks up again from out of the cracks in the earth along the railroad tracks in the warming spring air, or like some other kind of weed, the topic of recreational cannabis sales in town will once again come before the Buena Vista board of trustees.
The board reappointed town staff members and Libby Fay as Mayor Pro Tem at the Buena Vista board of trustees April 28 meeting. Here’s what else you missed from the meeting:
Households that have received a 2020 Census invitation in the mail and have yet to respond should expect a paper questionnaire in the mail by April 30, according to a news release from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Andrea Carlstrom, Chaffee County Public Health director and incident commander for COVID-19, explained what a phased approach to lifting restrictions and reaching recovery from COVID-19 could look like Wednesday in her daily Facebook Live update.
The eastern end of Midland Trail, which is at CR 315 at Shields Gulch, will be extended by about a mile to CR 305 at McGee Gulch.
Here are three things to take away from the Apr. 14 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
Next week, the Buena Vista board of trustees will seat three members and bid farewell to two departing trustees.
As the COVID-19 quarantine continues, residents of Buena Vista continue to hold on to hope and community values – and encourage them.
The Chaffee County Clerk’s Office remains closed, but many of its functions can be completed online, by telephone or through the mail, County Clerk Lori Mitchell said.
Here are three things to take away from the March 24 virtual meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees.
The town of Buena Vista has reported its first sales tax returns of 2020, with receipts attributable to January coming in 35.33 percent higher than the same month in 2019.
The Buena Vista board of trustees voted Wednesday to extend a local disaster emergency declaration until April 15 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Wednesday afternoon meeting was called following town administrator Phillip Puckett's executive action Tuesday making the declaration. Per town code, Puckett's executive action was limited to 48 hours.
The board also set its official policy regarding virtual meetings, held through a video conference application called Zoom, expecting that Wednesday's meeting would not be the last held remotely.
Richard Lipton claimed in his lawsuit that the town government violated his constitutional right of free speech by arresting him for extending his middle finger toward police officers and toward the town in general as he passed through.
The town of Buena Vista declared a local disaster emergency Tuesday in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Buena Vista town hall will be minimally staffed and closed to the public from March 16 through at least March 30 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the town announced late Friday.
Here are three things to take away from the March 10 meeting of the Buena Vista board of trustees:
The Buena Vista board of trustees voted Tuesday night to cancel the April 7 municipal election.
When the Buena Vista board of trustees convenes March 10, they’ll welcome new firefighters to the town fire department, hear the results of a historical assessment of the old St. Rose of Lima church building and discuss Buena Vista’s tobacco policy.
On Saturday, Feb. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Chaffee County will be hosting a Decker Fire Recovery Community Fair at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds, 10165 CR 120, Salida. This free preparedness fair is open to the entire county and surrounding area regardless of whether the Decker Fire had …
Sales tax returns for the town of Buena Vista were remitted from the state for the month of December, giving a complete picture of the town’s sales tax activity growth in 2019.
Here are three things to take away from the Buena Vista board of trustees’ Feb. 25 meeting:
The town of Buena Vista was awarded a $350,000 grant from the Colorado Aeronautical Board for maintenance and repair of the Central Colorado Regional Airport’s runway.
Spring must be right around the corner, because the agenda next week’s meeting of the Buena Vista Board of Trustees is filled with housekeeping items related to cleaning up town codes.
Here are three things to take away from the Buena Vista board of trustees’ Feb. 11 meeting:
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