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MINUT ES OF REG ULAR MEET I NG OF THE
BOARD OF DI RECTORS
ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPM ENT AUTHORITY
March 14, 1979
12:00 P.M .
Th e meetiLg of the En g lewood Downtown Development Authority met at
Noon, March 14, 1979, at the En g l e wood Chamber of Commerce Building.
All me mbers we r e present e x cept Kenneth Mausolf. Also present by
invitation was Tom Marriott, General Manag e r of the Cincerella City
Shopping Center.
The Chairman reported on his discussion with Richard IL Simon,
Counsel for the Authority, who says that he has under study the
proposed bylaws of the Authority. Tentatively, these should be
presented to Authority members at the next meeting.
It was reported that a statement from the City showed tax collections
to the Authority a t $16,610. ll~. Mr. Wanush s a id that taxes collected
to date now are approximately $22,480.00.
The Chairman additionally reported on conversations with Martin Herzog,
who has a contract to purchas e the Park 'N Shop proper ty on the west
side of Broadway in che 3300 South block, and with Sam ad a ms of the
Greeley, Colorado Development Authority.
Thereafter minutes of the preceding meeting, which had been sent
to the members, we r e appi:-oved.
Mr. Ma riott explain ed the thinking a nd plans of the new ownership
of Cinder ella City, pointing out that they have been at work sinc e
the first of January. He added that the Cinderella City ovn.1ers are
desirou s of working with and participating in the actions of t h e
Author ity.
Mr. Kaufm a n asked Mr. Marriott if the Center owne r s would entertain
an idea of joint employee parking both for the Center a.nd f or other
parts of the Eng lewood downtown business area. Mr. Mariott replied
in the affirmative.
In commit t ee repor t s, Mrs. Holthaus and Mr. Allen said they h a d
had no mee.tings of their committees in the past month.
There was a discussion on the Authority's second priority, namely
acqui si tion of land for parking, and several members raised the issue
of acquisition of the Public Service property on South Lincoln.
Mr. Wanush s aid the property recently h a d been a ppraised. Mr. Allen
·is to pursue this with Mr. Kerr of Public Service Company on t h e
basis of the appraisal. Some members proposed the ta.king of op tions,
and this issue was raised indirectly by Mr. Mann in his questioning
of the legality of the Authority procedures in view of t h e leg is lative
act. An attorney's opinion will be soug h t as to the leg a lity of the
Authority's actions with or without a Director.
Ther e followed a discussion on Mrs. Holthaus' request for direction
on the s e eking of a Director. It wa s moved and sec ond e d t ha t the
Au t \ .... r ity a dve rt i s e reg :i.on ally a nd n n tiona lly for a Director under a
p r eviously discuss e d job description, an · that the Author ity be
author ized to pay t r ansportation for ·.te views for top candid ates.
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