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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-10-09 EDDA MINUTES• • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves FORM 50 C. F. HOECKEL B. e. 8: L. c o. ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 3333 s. Bannock -Bl)glm,OQd, eo1orodo uo110 Members Present: Members Absent: staff Present: Visitors/Guests: MINUTES QC'J'OBER 2, 1991 Birdsall, Close, Pendleton Green, Hathaway, Oxman, Shepherd Persinger McElhinney, Rich Wanush, Walt Tomooka, Kevin Steele The regular meeting of the Englewood Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors was called to order by Chairman Close at 12:19 p.m. Chairman Close welcomed the guests. R. Wanush asked to make a presentation to the Board regarding rezoning South Broadway between Eastman and Floyd Avenue. R. Wanush explained that this proposed rezoning would allow the 3200 block of South Broadway to change from a downtown district to a business district. R. Wanush stated the main reason is to permit more automobile related businesses to open in the area. R. Wanush asked for comments from the Board, as this is part of the EDDA district. R. Wanush stated he didn't feel like the EDDA district would have to be rezoned as a result of this. Discussion ensued. Chairman Close thanked R. Wanush for his presentation. Chairman Close asked R. Wanuah for any report on the URA at this time. R. Wanush stated there was nothing to report at this time, however, revenues have increased each year, but no where near the shortfall. R. Wanush also stated he has not heard of any bond holders taking any legal action at this time. Chairman Close recognized w. Tomooka and K. Steele by presenting each of them with a plaque ~s a token of appreciation for all their time and dedication to the EDDA Board of Directors. Chairman Close wished them well and invited them to attend Board meetings at any time. w. Tomooka gave the EDDA his strong support. MINUTES Chairman Close asked for a motion to accept the Minutes as written from the September 11, 1991 meeting. G. Birdsall moved, seconded by o. Green to approve the Minutes. The motion passed by voice vote. • FORM 50 C. F, HOECKEL 8 . B. & L. CO. MINUTES October 9, 1991 Page Two TREASURER'S REPORT • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves G. Birdsall stated there was a good chance we would not obtain our year-end projection, as property taxes were down. G. Birdsall stated he had spoke with Julie Lucas, chief accountant for the City of Englewood, regarding his projection of property taxes; Julie stated she would have to further check our situation. G. Birdsall noted that expenses looked good at this time with nothing out of the ordinary showing on the report. G. Birdsall also noted the festival expenses have now started to show on the reports. D. Green asked if the EDDA was in line with regards to contractual services. G. Birdsall stated he would have to further check, as he didn't have all the information with him today. It was noted that the 1992 budget would be done within the next month and would be ready for a vote at the November meeting. With regards to a memo the Board members received prior to the meeting pertaining to the "dissolution of the EDDA" and disbursement of EDDA funds, it was questioned whether this memo be considered when discussing the 1992 budget. Discussion ensued. It was asked whether the Mayor should be addressed with our intentions/concerns. R. Wanush noted a phone call to the Mayor would be recommended. Chairman Close volunteered to call the Mayor. D. Green motioned, seconded by B. Pendleton to accept the Treasurer's Report. The motion passed by voice vote. CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Memo; Regarding Dissolution of EDDA Chairman Close noted the memo regarding "dissolution of the EDDA" has already been discussed under Treasurer's Report. Executive Director search Update Chairman Close stated the review committee is in the process of reviewing resumes, and also stated he feels this search has been dragging on and needs to be handled soon. D. Green asked about the quality of the applicants. Chairman Close stated we received numerous qualified resumes. It was noted that the EDDA issues should be resolved before hiring a director, as this would be fair to both parties. Chairman Close and the committee set a meeting date to finalize the decision of applicants for interview purposes; Oct. 15, at 5:00 p.m. was decided upon. Board of Director search Update Chairman Close stated a letter was sent to each of the men/women recommended by this Board as possibilities for the Board vacancies. Chairman Close read the names of those who had responded. Chairman Close reminded the Board that there were three vacancies and asked FOR M so C. r . HO ECK EL B. B. a L. co. MINUTES October 9, 1991 Page Three RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS • 100 Leaves if the Board wanted to fill two or three of those vacancies. Discussion ensued. N. McElhinney suggested three names be recommended for review by City Council. Chairman Close stated he would contact the three names selected from the list to let them know their names were being submitted to City Council for review to fill the EDDA Board of Director vacancies. G. Birdsall moved, seconded by B. Pendleton to contact these names for review. R. Wanush stated that City Council might not address this issue until Jan. 1992 while also reviewing other authority board vacancies. It was decided that after City Council made their decisions, the other names on the list would be contacted and thanked for their interest. Appointment of Board Member to Executive committee Chairman Close stated that following last week's Executive Committee meeting, Neil McElhinney was asked to fill the vacancy on the Executive committee; N. McElhinney accepted the invitation. BOARD MEMBER'S CHOICE No discussion. DIRECTOR'S REPORT sign Project Update c. Persinger asked N. McElhinney to update the Board. N. McElhinney stated a walk-through would be held after today's Board meeting with R. Wanush, Chuck Esterly, director of Public works, and Rick Kahm, City of Englewood Engineer. The walk-through's purpose is to discuss placement of the Merchant Signs with regards to electrical wiring along South Broadway. N. McElhinney also stated that a prototype will be made to aid in the presentation to the merchants and City council; the Board members will be contacted upon completion. Englewood Parade Association Donation c. Persinger stated the EDDA's donation of $750 is due. c. Persinger also stated that in the Executive committee meeting last week, L. Shepherd suggested raising our donation to $1,000. Chairman Close asked for comments from the Board. After hearing the Executive Committee's recommendation to raise the donation to $1,000, B. Pendleton motioned, seconded by N. McElhinney to raise the donation. The motion was passed by voice vote. • FORM so C. F. HOECKEL a. a. a L. co. MINUTES October 9, 1991 Page Four Holiday Progrom • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS 100 Leaves Per the Board of Director's request from last month, c. Persinger stated she had checked into the possibility of holding a school chorus competition in the mall as part of the holiday program and explained to the Board that this idea would not work. c. Persinger stated she had talked with Dr. Jess Girardi, Assistant Principal of Flood Middle School and also Director of the Bronco Band, and stated his comments were that at this late of date it would be hard for schools to schedule practice time for competition of this nature; this should have been planned a year ago so that the competition could have been included in the school music department's budget for 1991. Mr. Girardi also stated that the schools generally do not compete at this level for money. He stated the schools usually only perform at state competitions now. Dr. Girardi suggested to c. Persinger she contact Mike Wiker, President of Colorado Music Educators Association, for his opinion. c. Persinger noted this gentleman still had not returned three messages from her. c. Persinger then stated she met with Mindy Wallis, Cinderella City Mall Project Manager, and Connie Daviet, Creative Associates, regarding an alternate program in which we can work with Cinderella City Mall. It was suggested the EDDA hold a treasure hunt in the mall while carolers are singing throughout the mall. G. Birdsall, general manager of Cinderella City Mall, stated he'd rather not see a treasure hunt inside the mall, as there would be too much couotion while shoppers · are doing their holiday shopping. G. Birdsall stated he would still like to see a choral competition of some kind; maybe involving churches. c. Persinger stated she would check into that possibility. c. Persinger then asked the Board for ideas on what they would like to see for gifts to be given away from Santa and his elf. Ideas were discussed. c. Persinger also noted she had checked into prices for subsidized advertising with the merchants prior to the holiday celebration. Holiday Decorations c. Persinger stated it would cost approximately $500 for the City of Englewood Parks department to wrap the light poles with red ribbon (candy cane effect) for the holiday season. The Board okayed the red ribbon decoration for this year. Lab Jooo Donation c. Persinger stated that the EDDA was sent a general donation flyer asking for various amounts of donations. c. Persinger asked G. Birdsall to comment, as Lab 3000 is located in Cinderella City Mall. Discussion ensued as to the intent of the Lab 3000 and whether a donation should be made at this time. G. Birdsall motioned, seconded by a. Pendleton to donate $250, a "platinum sponsor". The motion passed by voice vote. • FORM 54 C. F, HOEC KEL B. a. a L. co. MINUTES October 9, 1991 Page Five • RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS The report had already been given earlier in the meeting. Other other 100 Leaves -c. Persinger reminded the Board of the Oct. 23 seminar with John Brown. His topic will be "How to Run Your Business, so You can Leave It In Style." c. Persinger stated the seminar will be held at the George Perrin Room at the Englewood Library at 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Please make reservati9ns, as workbooks will be used for this seminar. -c. Persinger asked for suggestions regarding a holiday party, as reservations would have to be made soon. The Board discussed the possibility of holding a company outing in January. Nothing was decided at this time. OTHER The 1992 budget was previously discussed under Treasurer's Report. As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:10 p.m.