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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-07-10 EDDA MINUTES• • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 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 • FORM SD C. F. HOECK EL a. e. a L. co. MINUTES July 10, 1991 Page Two • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 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 • FORM SO C. F . HOECKEL B. B. a L. CO. MINUTES July 10, 1991 Page Three • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS additional hours and monies Creative Associates would require 100 Leaves 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. FORM SCI C. F. HOECKEL a. e. a L. co. MINUTES July 10, 1991 Page Four July 23 seminar • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves 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. Respectfu l l y Submitted by