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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-10-12 EDDA MINUTESFORM ~O C. F. HOE CKEL B. B. & L. CO . RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS ENGLEWOOD OOWIITOWN DEVELOPMENT AUIDORITY 3535 South Sherman -Englewood, CO 80110 MINUIES October 12, 1988 • Board Members Present:, Close, Coleman, Green, Hathaway, Oxman, Platou, Pendleton, Tomooka 1 Board Members Absent: Steele Staff P.resent: , M. Miller 100 Leaves Guests and Visitors: Gregg Birdsall, Dana Breier, Eric Breier, Pat Crow, Dick Hinson, Nancy Koltay, Howard McGregor, Rich Wanush, Bob Marks Mr. Tomooka thanked Pat Crow, City Clerk for attending the meeting and swearing in Gordon Close. The regular meeting of the Englewood Downtown Development Authority Board of . Directors was called to order by Chairman Walt Tomooka at 12:05 p.m. on October 12, 1988. There were a number of guests and visitors in attendance at the meeting. Mr. Tomooka suggested everyone introduce themselves. The Minutes from the previous meeting were present e d for approval. Mr. Pendleton; moved, seconded by Mr. Col e man, to approve the Minutes from the September 14, 1988 regular meeti.ng. The motion was pass e d unanimously by voice vote. The Treasurer's Report was presented by Mr. Pendleton. He noted that revenues and expenditures are on schedule for th e first eight months of the year. Mr. Green, moved, seconded by Mr. Tomooka, to accept the Treasurer's Report, dated August 31, 1988. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Mr. Tomooka noted that the entire Board was extremely pleased that Mr. Gordon Close had once again been appointed to serve on the Board. Mr. Tomooka conveyed to Mr. Birdsall, the new General Manager at Cinderella City, the importance of representation from the Shopping Center on the Board. Mr. Tomooka then asked Mr. Birdsall to give the Board some information as to his background. He has been involved with several property management companies in Denver. He noted that he would l i ke to be involved, and be as active as poss i ble, FORM ~o C. F. HOEC KEL 9. B. a L. co. MINUTES October 12, 1988 Page Two RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS in the Authority. Mr. Green commented, on behalf on the entire Board, that he was happy that Mr. Birdsall was interested. It was suggested that his name be submitted to the City Council for appoiritment to the Board. Ms. Hathaway noted that the Council usually does not require an interview when a candidate is sent before them with a unanimous vote from the Board of Directors. Mr. Tomooka then asked Dana and Eric Breier to give the Board some background information on themselves. They have been the sole proprietors for the Mountain Miser, Ltd. for three years and just recently relocated the store to the Englewood Marketplace. They are also Englewood residents. Ms. Breier gave a short history of the store ,. since they have been the owners, the services they offer and the merchandise . they carry. The Board was interested to know if they had looked at other locations, and if so, why did they choose Englewood Marketplace. Both agreed that transportation access to the area was unparalleled when compared to other shopp i ng centers and being Englewood resid e nts they would eliminate commuting. They also made the comment that Englewood has a very solid retail base. Eric and Dana will decide October 14 which one of them would like to serve on the Board. Mr. Tomooka noted that Englewood has the l e ast amount of unoccup i ed retail space of any other municipality in this region and that it was very important to susta i n the vis i b i l i ty of the central business di.strict through promoting downtown. He then gave a short history of the EDDA, the commitment to and i nvolv e me nt in th e redevelopment projects and public improvements. Mill Levy Authorization On Tuesday, October 12, 1988, the Execut i ve Committee was called to make an immediate decision about the mill levy authorization without the benefit of being able to discuss it with the entire Board, which was on · the Agenda for this meeting. It was the consensus of the Executive Committee that the Authority did not need to increase the revenues for the Authority, although legally the mill levy can be increased · up to 5. 5% over the tax revenues of the prev i ous year. The decision not to increase the budget resul te.d in a total levy of 2.559 mills to be e xt e nded on a valuat i on of $60,044,540.00 to produce $153,653 in revenue. Mr. Pendleton noted that the Authority is at a major turning point and there are a number of options open for continuance under State Statutes. It was the general feeling of the Board to leave the tax dollars with the tax payers for this year's budget. It was noted that next year an increase may be in order depending on the direction EDDA takes, and the results of programs this year. It was noted that Mr. Coleman also agreed with Mr. Pendleton. Discussion ensued and Mr. Coleman, moved, seconded by Mr. Platou, to endorse the actions taken by the Executive Committee. The motion was passed unanimously by voice vote. 100 Leaves FO RM 50 C. F. HOECKEL 8. B. 8: L. CO . MINUTES October 12, 1988 Page Three RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Proposal from Gilbert Frye The proposal from Gib Frye, in its final form, was distributed to everyone in attendance. It was the Chairman's feeling that since there had not been any time to review and absorb the proposal that any motion to accept it would be premature. Discussion ensued. It was decided that the Board would be giv~n until the next meeting on November 9 to read through the report · and be prepared to make a recommendation at that time. Mr. Tomooka noted that Mr. Frye was exceptionally astute and his ability to grasp and evaluate such a diverse retail community as Englewood has was outstanding. It was then asked if Mr. Frye would be available for future services, should the Boa.rd decide it is necessary. Mr. Tomooka assured the Board ~hat Mr. Frye would be available upon request. Mr. Pendleton did raise the question of what is legally permi ssable -should public . funds from a tax base be used to promote private enterprise. Discussed ensued. It was the general consensus of the Board that promotions, not advertising, was the dir e ct.ion the EDDA should take. Many comments were made with regard to Mr. Frye's proposal, as to it being a sound and well-founded perspeciive of the entire spectrum. It was noted that the role of the EDDA has completely changed due to the completion of the redevelopment projects. The position of the Authority should be more promotional than administrative in the future. It was felt that this is a one-time opportunity for downtown Englewood and the only other parallel to what Englewood is experiencing at the present time is the role the Denver Partnersh i p, Inc. played ih promoting downtown Denver. With regard to Mr. Frye 's report Mr. Pendleton, motioned, seconded by Mr. Coleman, to initiate and follow through wi th the Co-operative Advertising Program , in the Englewood Sentinel as proposed in the report, not to exceed $10,000, plus production costs, if there are any. The motion was passed unanimously by voice vote. It was noted that the proposed format submitted by Christine Santucci from the Englewood Sentinel, who has since then resigned her position, was not acceptable. Mr. Coleman and Mr. Oxman volunteered to work with the Sentinel in developing some format other then the standard "Grid" which most merchants find to be ineffective. Ms. Miller was directed to get the program organized. It was her feeling that the best way to introduce thls program to the merchants, and to measure the level of interest in such a program, would be to set up an early morning meeting and to invite the merchants and have the representatives from the Englewood Sentinel do the presentation. Ms. Mi.Iler said she would follow through with this project. 100 Leaves FORM 50 C. F . HOECKEL B. B. & L. CO. MINUTES October 12, 1988 Page Four STAFF REPORT Parade Committee • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Ms. Miller noted that the next committee meeting will be October 14, at 9:30 a.m. at Anita's Coffee Shop. Ms. Miller will be representing the EDDA this year as a judge for the parade. Task Force Mr. Green who had attended the last Task Force meeting noted his concern that with Ms. Dietrich having resigned there were not two representatives from the EDDA on the Task Force. He felt that if there were two representatives there would always be representation .from the EDDA if one or the other could not make it. Mr. Tomooka volunteered to be on the Task Force. Mr. Tomooka asked for some background information regarding current projects. Mr. Green deferred to Mr. Wanush who gave the Board an update stating that the main concern of the Task Force was to address the economic development needs ' for the' City of Englewood. The Task Force is not restricted to the downtown district, and it was noted that any involvement/ commitment on the part of the EDDA has to be limited to the district of the Authority. Business Fair Ms. Miller noted that she had received two letters, one from Marj Nickum the Chairman of the Business Fair this year, and the Englewood Chamber of Commerce thanking the EDDA for their contribution and participation in this event. Ms. Miller also noted that she atended the booth the EDDA shared with the City of Englewood from 10: 00 a.m. 2 :00 p.m. on Friday, September 30. For a display she had set up the pictoral history of Englewood as well as the Display Board plus the economic brochure and the newly illustrated Map of Englewood as handouts. engleword Ms. Miller distributed a copy of the most recent newsletter. She noted that she will continue with publishing and distributing the monthly newsletter to maintain communication with the merchants and property owners. Centennial Magazine The EDDA submitted an ad to the magazine . This wi 11 be the third of four we contracted for. The ad "Location -Key to Success" will appear in the upcoming issue. Property Availability List Ms. Miller noted that the list had been updated and distributed again this month. This program will be discontinued at this end of this year. It was noted that the EDDA does receive inquiries regarding the list and Ms. Miller indicated that she will be maintaining the list for office purposes only. 100 Leaves RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS FORM ~Q C. F. HOECKEL 8. B. & L. CO. MINUTES October 12, 1988 Page Five Before moving on Ms. Miller suggested to the Board that a motion be made to submit Gregg Birdsall' s name to the City Council for appointment to the Board. Mr. Tomooka moved, seconded by Mr. Pendleton to submit Mr. Birdsall' s name. The motion passed unanimously by voice ·vote. Urban Renewal Authority Mr. ~inson noted that the Little Dry Creek project would be finished the end of this week. Paving has begun at Phar-Mor and construction is ahead of schedule. The ·completion date for this project i s set for January 1, 1989. Trolley Square has three new tenants: The Mulberry Bush, Fantastic Sam's and Anita's Coffee Shop. Mr. Hinson indicated that more leases are being negotiated. Mr. Hinson also stated that the Urban Renewal Authority will be starting a series of articles to be published in the Chamber of Commerce newsletter explaining the redevelopment projects in detail. Other Mr. Platou gave the Board an update on the projects at Swedish Medi.cal Center. Construction on the second medical offi.ce building will begin in November. The projected time of completion is twe 1 ve months. He also noted that Spalding Rehabilitation and Swedish Medical Center have merged for the most part. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:43 p.m. 100 Leaves