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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-09-12 EDDA MINUTES• BRADFORD PUBLISH I NG C0 .1 DENVER RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTIIORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS REGULAR MEETING Wednesday, September 12, 1979 • Board Members Present: Allen, Coleman, Gasson, Kaufman, Maxwell, Mausolf, Robolun, Stones and Executive Director Keller Board Members Absent: Glenn, Holthaus, Mann Guest & Visitors: Sanun Bassett, Art Davis of Cinderella City, Rich Wanush Board Chairman Kaufman called the meeting to order at 12:30-P.M. Minutes of the Special Board meeting of Wednesday, Augus t 22 were approved as published, on motion by Gasson and second by Mausolf. Motion carried. Treasurers Report -Gasson. None. No computer printout. Received by the City from Arapahoe County Collector for the EDDA account, for the month of August, $46,396.19 in taxes, $599.75 in interest penalties, $1698.89 in Specific Ownership fees, less $704.94 tax collection fee for a net income of $47,989.89. Bills to be paid in the amount of $597.04 were approved by motion of Robolun, second by Stones. Motion carried. Note: Included in the appro- val of bills to be paid was the future statement for the second week of service by Sally Fullerton of Norrell Services in the approximate amount of $150.00 The letter of estimated cost for the 1979 annual audit by Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. was approved on motion by Gasson, second by Stones, with the notation that anything to bring the cost below $500.00 would be appre- ciated, and that $500.00 was top price. Motion carried. Board member Gasson noted that the cost of copying service was approaching the point where it sould be advantageous to have our own machine. He suggested the Executive Director look into acquiring a copy machine. The discussion of insurance proposals was postponed until the regular October meeting. Report of Committee Chairmen: Transportation/RTD -Maxwell. Meeting set with RTD Thursday, September 13, 1979 .' Rich Wanush noted that the topic of downtown traffic was on the agenda of the 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 18 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board. Urban Drainage -Maxwell. In the absence of Dr. Glenn, Keller re- ported on the joint City, School Board, EDDA meeting Wednesday, September 5, regarding Little Dry Creek. A compromise position has been proposed by City Manager Mccown. A draft of this proposal is to be prepared and submitted to the respective entities for consideration and critique. Merchants Association -Mausolf. See attached memo to the file. The Merchants Assn. Committee stands ready to cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce in moving forward toward organization of a permanent downtown business entity. Finance and Bond -Gasson. Chairman Gasson reported on the meeting with Robert Joyce and the broad scope of his comments. Mr. Joyce had met with the board previously at a full board meeting. A meeting has been set for 10:00 A.M. Thursday, September 13, with Bob Giltner of T.H.K. Associates. PAGE 2 • Board of Directors September 12, 1979 Goals and Objectives -Coleman. Chairman Coleman stated his committee members are Walt Tomooka, Leonard Rifkin and Lee Jones. This committee would like to see the setting of an architectural style to encourage refacing of the store fronts, and a bank program to help finance the improvement. Board Chairman Kaufman asked Goals and Objectives Chairman Coleman to work on setting up a Capital Improvement budget request for submission to City Council. Real Estate -Allen. Report by Allen of his meeting with Mr. Sachter regarding sale of vacant land adjacent to Public Service property on 3400 block of S. Lincoln. Mr. Sachter is not at present motivated to consider a sale or exchange. Allen also reported the September 6 reply letter from Cliff Henry of Public Service stating their desire to meet with the Board representatives to discuss sale of their property in the near future. No specific date is Eet for the meeting. Chairman Kaufman reminded the board members of the rapidly approaching date of September 17 for the first public hearing on the City Budget and the need to get a proposal into Council for consideration. Chairman Kaufman brought to the floor for dicussion the International Down- town Executive Association Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference in Hartford Connecticut, September 16-19. Board member Holthaus will be in the area and will be attending. On motion by Mausolf, second by Maxwell, the Executive Director is to also attend the meeting. Expenses for Holthaus while attending the conference and all expenses for Keller are to be paid by the Authority. Budget estimate $1,000.00. A request for donation of funds has been received from the Englewood High School Bank for their trip to the Rose Bowl Parade. No motion was passed but Board Chairman Kaufman urged all present to be sure to purchase raffle tickets at their earliest opportunity. Under "Director Choice" of the agenda, Executive Director Keller suggested a program of recognition should be started to acknowledge and express appreciation to property owners who upgrade and improve the quality and appearance of buiness properties within the Authority district. Upon motion by Mausolf, second by Allen, the program is to be instituted ,1with an award each month. As much publicity and public notice as possible is to be generated in the media. The designer and construction contractor are also to be recognized. Motion carried. Under the new recognition program, the first award is to be presented to Canges Herzog Properties for their work in the 3300 block of S. Broadway. Motion by Mausolf and second by Allen; motion carried. It was agreed to hold a Special Board Meeting at noon, Wednesday, September 26 at the board office to discuss cost projections for the parking lot pro- posal in the 3400 block of S. Lincoln. Executive Director Keller reported that Tina Channel will be working in the board office beginning Monday afternoon, September 24. She is a high school senior and a member of the Cooperative Education Program of the Englewood High School. Generally, her hours will be 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM each week day.