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FORM 50 C. F. HOECKEL e. B. & L. c o.
ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
3333 s. Bannock -Englewood, Colorado ao110
Members Present:
Members Absent:
Staff Present:
Visitors/Guests:
MINUTES
July 19, 1991
Tomooka, Oxman, Pendleton, Green, Steele,
Shepherd, Hathaway, Close
Birdsall, McElhinney
Persinger
none
The regular meeting of the Englewood Downtown Development Authority
Board of Directors was called to order by Chairman Close at 12:20
p.m.
Chairman Close stated there were no guests and proceeded to ask for
a motion to accept the Minutes as written from the June 12, 1991
meeting. W. Tomooka moved, seconded by G. Oxman to approve the
Minutes. The motion passed by voice vote. D. Green questioned the
reason for the Farmers Market probation as stated in last month's
minutes. Chairman Close explained the probation was due to
problems during last year's Farmers Market, such as parking and use
of the various s. Broadway merchant restroom facilities, and noted
if such problems arise again this year, the EDDA has the right to
revoke the Farmers Market permit. D. Green also suggested
withholding approval of the minutes pending G. Birdsall's comments,
if any, regarding Cinderella City. All agreed.
TREASURER'S REPORT
In G. Birdsall's absence, Chairman Close asked for any comments
regarding this month's Treasurer's Report. Since there were no
comments, Chairman Close asked for a motion to accept the
Treasurer's Report. R. Hathaway moved, seconded by w. Tomooka to
accept the Treasurer's Report dated May 31, 1991. The motion
passed by voice vote.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT
Director search
Chairman Close stated the Director Search Committee held a meeting
prior to today's board meeting. Chairman Close also stated the
committee revised the executive director job description and also
decided to advertise the position in the Colorado Business Magazine's
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professional directory and the Rocky Mountain News Sunday career
section with a deadline of Sept. 30 to accept resumes, assuming it
is too late to advertise in the Aug. issue. Chairman Close also
noted the resumes would be sent to a PO Box. Chairman Close stated
12 resumes have been received by word of mouth at this point and
some look ve~y good, with the majority of the resumes being from
media personnel.
Awnings Along s. Broadway
Chairman Close stated he had met with City of Englewood
representatives , Roger Fraser, city manager and Rich Wanush,
director of economic development for an update on Mr. Fraser's
business trip. Chairman Close noted R. Fraser's business trip
involved meeting with Cinderella City management regarding ways the
City of Englewood can help Cinderella City. Chairman Close stated
that he had also presented R. Fraser and R. Wanush with information
of the awning idea that he and G. Oxman had gathered at this point.
Chairman Close noted R. Fraser and R. Wanush were very interested
in the idea and offered to help the EDDA with any planning idea or
concept, not necessarily the awnings, but also stated the City
would need to know a dollar amount by Aug. 1 so that could be
included into their 1992 budget considerations. Chairman Close
presented to the board members the same drawings that were
presented to the City representatives. The drawings were made to
illustrate the effect of awnings on store fronts. G. Oxman noted
that he felt the two positive points regarding awnings he obtained
researching this were that awnings seem to cut down crime in the
area due to the extra lighting and awnings give a totally different
appearance to store fronts. In conjunction with the awnings, R.
Hathaway stated that a discussion took place at last city council
meeting regarding future plans for the empty lot at 3400 S.
Broadway and stated the possibility of coordinating efforts with
the EDDA's plans of a special project with that lot. Discussion
ensued further on cost, types of awnings, city codes, etc.
Chairman Close asked for further comments and asked if the Board
would like to continue to pursue this issue; if so, a dollar amount
needs to be proposed to the city for budget purposes. Chairman
Close volunteered to put a proposal together for the City and R.
Hathaway suggested to Chairman Close he enlist the help of awning
companies to help with that proposal.
creative Associates
Chairman Close stated to the Board that a letter was sent to his
attention regarding extra assistance during the festival planning
by Creative Associates in the absence of an executive director.
Prior to P. Hayes departure, she suggested to the Board that
Creative Associates be hired for additional hours of assistance to
help with the planning of the festival. This letter outlined the
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additional hours and monies Creative Associates would require
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to help. It was noted this issue need not be approved by the board
as it is within the budgeted money for the year.
The subject of more pay for the administrative assistant during the
absence of executive director was also mentioned. Chairman Close
noted that this was a subject that should be discussed in the
Executive committee meeting.
south Metro Denver Chamber of commerce
Chairman Close stated to the Board the annual dues has come due and
asked for any comments. There were none.
Chairman Close asked to defer to the Director's Report at this
time.
DIRECTOR'S REPORT
sounds of summer Update
c. Persinger stated the attendance of the last concert was similar
to our previous concerts, but was not sure how the audience reacted
to melodrama. c. Persinger also noted 50 chairs and two san-o-
lettes had been rented for the concert and felt the chairs were a
big hit. C. ~ersinger noted the next concert to be the "Darn
Thirsty cowboys" on July 11.
Tuileries Park Festival Update
c. Persinger gave an update of the festival planning at this time
and noted there were .a total of 33 vendors signed at this time with
12 being food vendors. C. Persinger noted that figure was half of
last year's, but also noted vendors turn in their applications at
the last minute.
subsidized Ad w/Denver Post
c. Persinger stated there will be subsidized advertising in
conjunction with the Tuileries Park Festival in the Denver Post on
Aug. 2. c. Persinger noted this ad would be a 4-page pull-out in
the Weekend section and also stated extra copies of the pull-out
section would be available at the festival as well.
sign Bid Project
C. Persinger stated there have been three proposals received out of
the six original RFis. That information is now in the hands of the
committee and they will follow through with the sign project.
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c. Persinger stated the next seminar is to be held on July 23 at
the Englewood Library. C. Persinger noted this seminar is the
third of four the EDDA sponsors in conjunction with the Gr.
Englewood Chamber of Commerce. C. Persinger noted this seminar is
given by Deanna Harpham on visual merchandising. The speaker will
be focusing on drive-by traffic window displays.
Urban Renewal Authority
c. Persinger noted there was no report at this time.
other
c. Persinger reminded everyone of the family picnic on July 19 at
Cushing park and that the formal invitations were in the board
packets.
c. Persinger passed on to the board an invitation from G.
Birdsall's office to a kick-off party for the new science museum,
Lab 2000, opening at Cinderella City Mall.
OTHER
Chairman Close asked W. Tomooka to speak on the possible idea of
having a Teikyo University shuttle service run from downtown
Englewood to Teikyo University on South Federal. Discussion ensued
as to the possibilities.
As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:45
p.m.
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