HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-07-09 ACE MINUTES•
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ALLIANCE FOR COMMERCE IN ENGLEWOOD COMMITTEE
City Council Conference Room
July 9, 2015
I. CALL TO ORDER
The reg ular me etin g of the Alliance for Comm e rce in Englewood Committee (ACE) was
ca ll ed to order at 11 :30 a.m. in the City Council Conference Room of the Englewood Civic
Center, Chair Whyte presiding.
Pr ese nt: Godd ard , Michels, Ruiz , Ph e lps-Ro ge rs , Knoth , Wh yte, Coonan, Weinberger
Abse nt: Non e
A lso present: Jo e Jeffe rso n, City Council Liai so n
Miguel Corral, El Tep Restaur ant
Randy Pe nn , Gre ater Englewood Chamber of Commerce
Staff present: Mike Flah e rt y, Deputy City M anage r/Inte rim Community Development
Direc tor
D arr e n Hollin gswo rth , Economic D eve lopment Manager
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
• Jun e 11 ,20 15
C h air Whyte stated th at th e Minutes of Jun e 11 , 2015 were to be co nsid ered for approval.
It was determined th ere was a quorum. Chair Whyte asked if th e re were an y c han ges o r
adj ustm e nts to the Minutes. Th e re were non e .
Weinberger moved:
Michels seconded: THE MINUTES OF JUNE 11 , 20 15 BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
Th e motion car ri ed un animously.
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II. ACE BUSINESS
a. El ec tion of Vi ce Chair -Chair Whyte nominated Chad Michels and Laur a Ph e lp s
Ro gers volunteered for th e position. Th e Committee se lected Chad Michels as
Vice Pr es id ent via an electronic poll.
• b. Business Survey -Chair Whyte reviewed previous discussions on conducting a
business survey. He presented the Committee with samples of questions that
could be included in the survey. The group discussed the purpose of the survey
and potential questions.
Possible questions:
Who are you?
1) Do you a. Own b. Lease c. Neither
2) How much commercial space do you occupy?
3) How many employees? Part time_ Full time_
4) Why did you locate in Englewood?
Where are you going?
1) Expanding, Downsizing, Staying Steady?
Want your opinion
1) How easy is it to do business in Englewood?
Open Ended Questions
1) What factors, positive or negative, are affecting your business?
2) How could the city help your business?
Ms. Rogers volunteered to develop additional questions for the survey. Mr. Coonan also
volunteered to help with the questions. The goal is to have the survey information to City
• Council early fall.
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Ill. PUBLIC COMMENT
Miguel Corral, El Tep Restaurant, is interested in ACE activities and participating in the
Committee .
IV. COMMENTS
t!lJ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Mr. Penn supplied information regarding the upcoming car show being held August 15th in
the Kaiser Permanente parking lot. Mr. Penn updated the Committee on activities the
Chamber is undertaking to shift the focus to business support and functions related to
business.
l!l] STAFF COMMENTS
Mr. Hollingsworth reviewed the projects currently underway in the City and reminded the
Committee that they do receive the Monthly Update from the Community Development
Department that contains information on current projects. The City website now has a new
interactive map that identifies projects throughout the City.
• ltlJ CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilman Jefferson thanked the members of the Committee for volunteering for ACE.
ltlJ ACE COMMENTS
Chair Whyte reiterated the purpose of ACE which is to attract and retain business in
Englewood.
Ms. Rogers informed the Committee that she currently has a show of her artwork at Ice Cube
Gallery in Denver.
Mr. Whyte announced that First Commercial Bank is merging with SMB Bank this fall.
Mr. Corral suggested that the business survey be made available online and in a hard copy
format.
Ms. Ruiz updated the Committee on the current expansion taking place at Swedish Hospital
and the new office building that is in the planning stage.
Mr. Michels thanked Mr. Coonan and Mr. Goddard for joining the Committee.
• Mr. Goddard announced that he has purchased additional property and his business,
Mastercraft Truck Equipment, is expanding. He feels that Englewood makes it easy to do
business.
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Mr. Coonan shared that his organization, HOPE, is sponsoring an event at their site.
Chair Whyte asked the group if they would prefer a different meeting time or day. It was
decided that their meetings will be at 11 :30 a.m. on the first Wednesday of the month for
the remainder of the year.
V. UPCOMING ACE BUSINESS
a. The next meeting is scheduled for August 5, 2015.
No further business was brought forth for consideration. The meeting was adjourned at 1 :00
e,<.i, ~Cf , Recording Secretary