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ALLIANCE FOR COMMERCE IN ENGLEWOOD COMMITTEE
City Counci I Conference Room
January 8, 2015
I. CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the Alliance for Commerce in Englewood Committee (ACE) was called to
order at 11 :53 a.m. in the City Council Conference Room of the Englewood Civic Center, Chair
Whyte presiding .
Present: Whyte, Knoth , Vigliano, Michels
Absent: Farris (Excused), Weinberger (Unexcused), Miller (Unexcused)
Also present: None
Staff present: Alan White, Community Development Director
Darren Hollingsworth, Economic Development Manager
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
December 11 , 2014
Chair Whyte stated that the Minutes of December 11, 2014, were to be considered for approval. It
was determined there was a quorum. Chair Whyte asked if there were any changes or adjustments
to the Minutes. There were none.
Michels moved ;
Knoth seconded: THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 11, 2014, BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
The motion carried unanimously.
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II. ACE BUSINESS
Chair Whyte commented that there has been no response from City Council regarding previous
discussions and subsequent motions by the Committee.
He supplied the Committee with copies of the memo from City Manager Eric Keck regarding the
newly developed Mission , Vision and Values statement for the City.
Mr. Knoth expressed an interest in creating an action plan as a priority. Mr. Michels commented
that ACE 's mission statement should closely align with the City's.
Chair Whyte outlined options for an action plan and ideas to present to Council. A survey would
be helpful to identify the issues facing current businesses. A comprehensive marketing plan would
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A specific action plan could be developed based on Council's priorities. Attraction and retention
are the two major issues.
Retention:
1) Survey to determine needs of businesses
2) Refining City services to make doing business with the City easier
3) Platform for communication to businesses
Attraction:
1) Marketing and branding plan to promote image
2) Incentives such as fee waivers, Catalyst Prog ra m
3) Proactively pursue businesses
Mr. Hollingsworth spoke regarding the Economic Development Plan in relation to the
Comprehensive Plan. The current Economic Development Plan is outdated and will need to be
revised based on the new Comprehensive Plan.
Chair Whyte asked the members of the Committee to think of the objectives of retention and
attraction and bring ideas for each to the next ACE meeting.
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Ill. PUBLIC COMMENT
There were no members of the pub I ic present at the meeting .
IV. COMMENTS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
There were no representatives from the Chamber present at the meeting.
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STAFF COMMENTS
Director White informed the Committee of the next steps with the development of the
Comprehensive Plan. There will be a joint work session of City Council and the Planning and
Zoning Commission January 26th at 6 p.m. and the next public meeting will be February 11th at 6
p.m. The topics will include defining economic vitality as stated in the mission statement by
identifying elements of the commercial environment that are important to the community.
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
No representative from City Council was present at the meeting.
ACE COMMENTS
Chair Whyte encouraged the members to bring specific ideas to the next meeting to further the
discussion of the Committee's direction .
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v . UPCOMING ACE BUSINESS
a. The next meeting is scheduled for February 12, 2015 .
No further business was brought forth for consideration. The meeting was adjou rned at 12 :38 p.m. ak ~Recording Secretary