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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-08-10 EDDA MINUTES1 -y e ENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 3333 South Bannock, Suite 480 Board of Directors Minutes 8/10/94 Members Present: Coleman, Close, Collins, Duemke, Kaufman, Kientz, Pfannensteil, Sanchez, Oxman Members Absent: staff Present: Todd, Hathaway Celva, Doyle Guests/Visitors: Lee Merkel, Director of Public Works; Duke Nielsen, Performance Systems I. Introduction of Guests and Visitors Harold Celva introduced guest Duke Nielsen of Performance Systems. Duke was Director of Education 72-87 for Associated General Contractors of Colorado amd he has done consulting in both the public and private sectors. He then welcomed Director Lee Merkel to the Board meeting. II. Approval of Minutes Chairman Close asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes of the July 8th meeting. There being none a motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously approving the minutes as presented. III. Treasurer's Report Information from the City's Financial Services Department being incomplete, the Treasurer's Report for July was not presented. IV. Chairman's Report v. Chairman Cole reminded everyone about the reception for new City Manager, Doug Clark on Thursday afternoon preceding the sos concert. See all of you there. Director's Report Director Celva gave a brief background on the Board's concern regarding the Englewood Building Department and his suggestion of a facilitated discussion between City representatives and affected businesses. He stated that ·" initially the thought was that once the City became aware of the concerns and potential problems, solutions would evolve through action on the City's part. However, after learning more of the history behind the issue and hearing reports of reactions within the Department to the expressed concerns, he believed that a more in depth process was necessary. At the recommendation of Steve Collins. Director Celva had contacted Duke Nielsen, of Performance Systems, who after meeting with Celva and hearing his perceptions of the issue drafted a proposal for a process to seek solutions. Celva invited Nielsen to present his proposal to the Board. Nielsen explained the rationale behind the elements of his proposal and expressed his feeling that "cooperative samenesses" has to be emphasized. He outlined a multi step process to achieve this goal while still seeking resolution to the perceived differences. Examples were given of successful use of "partnering" in both the public and private sector. After extensive discussion, Director Celva thanked Mr. Nielsen and stated that he would be contacted after the Board had an opportunity to discuss both his proposal and contract price. In discussion the Board examined EDDA's role and responsibility in this instance. While prior resolve to avoid potentially "political" issues was emphasized, agreement was reached that EDDA should pursue solutions. It was decided to forward Mr. Nielsens' proposal to City Manager, Douglas Clark, along with an offer to partially fund either this proposal or some other mutually agreed upon process. Due to the amount of time consumed by the discussion on the Building Department no other reports were given. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 1:25 p.m.