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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-08-12 EDDA MINUTES.... • • • ENGLEWOOD OOWNTOIIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 3333 s. Bannock -Englewood. Colorado so110 Members Present: Members Absent: Staff Present: Visitors/Guests: MINUTES August 12, 1992 Birdsall, Close, Collins, Green, Hathaway, Myhre, Oxman, Pendleton, Shepherd Kaufman, Watts Celva, DeGray None The regular meeting of the Englewood Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors was called to order by Chairman Close at 12:15 p.m. 1. Introduction of Guests and/or Visitors No guests or visitors were present at this meeting. 2. Approval of Minutes Secretary S. Coll ins inquired whether there were any co11111ents regarding or changes to the Minutes dated July 8, 1992. D. Green moved, seconded by G. Birdsall, to accept the Minutes as written. The motion passed by voice vote. 3. Treasurer's Report Due to a delay in month-end close at city accounting, no financial information for July was available; the Treasurer's Report for July will be presented (along with the report for August, we hope) at the September meeting. Data for preparation of the June Treasurer's Report became available after the July meeting, and the Treasurer's Report for June was presented at this August meeting by Treasurer Birdsall, as specified in the July meeting minutes. Report for June shows that EDDA, as of mid-year, had received 66% of budgeted income and expended 32% of budgeted expenses. $54,600 has been expended to date on the sign program. It is anticipated there will be a major increase in income shown for the months of July and August, with receipt of the last installment of property taxes. Mot ion was made by R. Hathaway, seconded by D. Green, to accept the June Treasurer's Report as written. Motion carried . • • • • MINUTES August 12, 1992 Page Two 4. Chairman's Report a. Cinderella City Chairman Close advised that in Executive Conmittee meeting it had been discussed and determined that the EDDA should be more prominently included and involved in the discussion process between City of Englewood and Cinderella City owners. The media reporting of possible condemnation of this property by the City has seriously affected Cinderella City merchant sales, and in fact even impacted Best of the West Country Fest attendance due to parking tie-in. Executive Director H. Celva was directed to coordinate a meeting date with the City Manager for the Executive Conwnittee, open to attendance by all board members. R. Hathaway advised she is serving on a conwnittee working on development of bus circulator routes to include stops at Cinderella City. Current thought is to run this route hourly. It is hoped that this program may be completed and implemented prior to Christmas. RTD is currently working on a number of new projects and programs, so this is an ideal time to broach this idea. Chairman Close was directed to write to City Manager R. Fraser a letter indicating EDDA's support of the bus circulator route plans, advising this program would ideally be in place prior to the holidays. 5. Board Member's Choice a. G. Close, T. Myhre, and G. Birdsall discussed the possibility of establishing a "bus welcome area" at the lower level of Cinderella City mall. This area would be well-lighted, with seating, hostesses, and possibly refreshments of some kind. b. Merchant Identification Signs -these signs were installed on Broadway the week of July 31, at a cost of approximately $1700 each. They will be re- worked to include some corrections and to skip a space between the Downtown Englewood logo header panel and the block of business names. Some off-Broadway businesses have requested inclusion in the business name block; where space is available on these signs, it was proposed that the first business around the corner to east or west off Broadway be included. Siting one of the "Welcome to Downtown Englewood" signs at the Plaza was discussed and approved. This sign would have a large panel to hold changing activity information. Custom Englewood Street signs, to be funded by EDDA and maintained by the City, were discussed. These signs would have the circular logo theme with a red street name panel, street names to be in reflective white (this could be done by City with equipment already owned.} R. Hathaway advised that DRCOG (Denver Regional Council of Governments} in conjunction with traffic engineers in the metro area have suggested that traffic signs should have a green or blue background this is • • • • MINUTES August 12, 1992 Page Three .e not law nor official policy, but a matter left to the discretion of the particular municipality (Cherry Hills Village uses red signs), and it should not be too difficult to obtain Council approval. c. Small Business Development Corporation -L. Shepherd advised that there has been little-to-no progress made on implementation of this program. It appears to be stalled at the City. Perhaps the Board can aid in expediting this. 6, Director's Report a. Goals for 1993 -H. Celva spoke briefly on the question of whether the EDDA wishes to continue current activities program --Sounds of SuR111er concerts, festivals, the facade program. H. Celva requested board participation and assistance in evaluating benefits of these programs, and suggested possibly retaining a facilitator to define the mission of EDDA. Celva was advised by the Board that an inclusive document covering the EDDA mission had been prepared in the past; there is no copy of this document in EDDA files. R. Hathaway and G. Close are to search their files for a copy for Celva. Due to time meeting constraints, D. Green proposed this matter be discussed in a special board study session . As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:40 p.m .