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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-04-08 EDDA MINUTES• • • ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 333 WEST HAMPDEN AVENUE, SUITE 602 BOARD OF DIRECTORS APRIL 8, 1998 MINUTES MEMBERS PRESENT: Kientz, Collins, Oxman, Waggoner, Powell, Kaufman, Duemke, Sanchez, Weinberger MEMBERS ABSENT: Pfannenstiel STAFF PRESENT: Celva, Doyle GUESTS/VISITORS: Darren Hollingsworth, Business Development, City of Englewood; Ron Straka, Consultant I . II. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS AND VISITORS Chairman Kientz introduced Darren Hollingsworth, Business Development, City of Englewood and Ron Straka, Consultant to the Board meeting. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. Chairman Kientz asked if there were any additions or corrections to the March Board meeting minutes. There being none, a motion was made by Steve Collins, seconded by Emmett Duemke and passed unanimously approving the minutes as presented. III. TREASURER'S REPORT IV . Gary Oxman asked if there were any additions or corrections to the February, 1998 Treasurer and Revenues and Expenditure reports. There being none, a motion was made by Clifford Weinberger, seconded by Emmett Duemke and passed unanimously approving the reports as presented. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Chairman Kientz told the Board that the Clean Up day is scheduled for May 2nd, Larry Nesbit is the Englewood High School coordinator and there will about 30 high school • v. • • students participating in the project, in addition to Board members and the EDDA staff. There will be plastic bags, provided by the Glad Bags, with gloves and brooms provided by EDDA. The groups are scheduled to meet at Bank one on Saturday morning at 9:00 or 9:30 and work until noon. Public Works will be collecting the trash bags and cleaning the streets. EDDA will be donating $1,000 to the Englewood School foundation with the amount dependent upon how many students participate. The check will be given to Larry Nesbit who will split up the donation among the different associations. Emmett Duemke made a motion to except the $1,000 donation amount, seconded by Kells Waggoner and passed unanimously approving the motion as presented. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Facade Program Director Celva asked if any Board member had comments or questions about the Facade Grant application and criteria that had been distributed in the Board packet. The subjective nature of two criteria were questioned and Celva related that the Executive Committee had suggested that it would be beneficial to have the criteria reviewed by an attorney to avoid any potential problems. He went on to tell the Board that with work being completed on the "El Tepehuan'' building that he had received inquires about the program from the Dartboard Bar, the Englenook and Scientology and that the need for more formalized criteria for making grants was necessary. In response to a question from Steve Collins Celva pointed out that in response to previous Board discussion that the criteria included the stipulation that applicants must be for profit, retail tenants located in the district. Criteria he felt was important was, that while projects would be funded in the order in which applications were received, that the EDDA Board reserved the right to immediately fund new requests, if in the judgement of the Board, a significant contribution to the vitality and well being of the community was achieved by a specific project. Celva went on to relate several recent projects including Wagners and Medical Depot and the reasons that they received immediate funding. Several other applicants, Ted's, Sir Speedy and Ultra Legs are still in a design and negotiation phase, but we hope to have one or more of these projects ready to proceed soon. B. Concert Series Celva stated that there were several items to report regarding the concert series . 1) This years concerts will start on June 11th and continue weekly for twelve weeks. The performances are • • • 2) all scheduled with a number of new groups that have not appeared in the series previously. EDDA has submitted a grant request to the Arapahoe County Scientific and Cultural Facilities District for $13,400 to support the 1999 series. 3) The Englewood Cultural Arts Commission has written to EDDA that they will be presenting a proclamation honoring EDDA for the tenth anniversary of the Sounds of Summer Concerts. Celva read the proclamation to the Board, who expressed their appreciation of the Commissions action. C. Personal Property Tax Celva brought to the Boards attention a letter from the Arapahoe County Assessors office related to a proposal which would exempt the first $10,000.00 of Business Personal Property from taxation. This exemption would generate $1,974.00 a year less revenue for EDDA. After discussion Connie Sanchez moved to approve the county's request and to follow their suggestion of phasing this in over a three year period. The motion was seconded by Emmett Duemke and passed unanimously. Ron Straka -Downtown Plan Director Celva told the Board that Ron Straka would be presenting a finalization version of the Downtown Plan and that it had been presented last week to Ann Nabholtz, City Councilmember. He asked if EDDA would make a presentation to City Council at the study session. Celva added, that he would like the Board to take a look at some of the elements related to Cinderella City prior to any presentation made to City staff or City Council. There are some rather contentious elements about Cinderella City Development, and Celva felt that it was appropriate that the Board reviewed the plan beforehand. Ron Straka reviewed the plan for the Board with a focus on Cinderella City. Discussion continued . • • • VI. BOARD MEMBER CHOICE The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Connie SancheZ::) Secretary