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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-05-12 EDDA MINUTESENGLEWOOD DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 3333 South Bannock Street, Suite 480 Englewood, Colorado 80110 (303) 781-7885 MINUTES May 12, 1993 Members Present: Birdsall, Close, Collins, Kaufman, Hathaway, Todd, Shepherd Members Absent: Green Staff Present: Celva, Pardys, BeDore None Guest/Visitors: Prior to the meeting being called to order H. Celva requested that board members please notify the EDDA office if they will not be attending board meetings so an appropriate number of lunches can be ordered. The May regular meeting of the Englewood Downtown Development Authority aoard of Directors was called to order by Chairman Close at 12:15 p.m. I. Approval of Minutes H. Celva asked board members if they had comments on the fact that the April Board Meeting Minutes were delivered within the week of the April meeting. S. Collins said he liked that approach, and G. Close asked if it could be continued. H. Celva replied that it would be continued. S. Collins than inquired if there were any comments regarding, or changes to, the Minutes dated April 14, 1993. A motion was made, seconded, and passed by voice vote, to accept the Minutes as written. 2. Treasurer's Report There was no Treasure Report for April due to lack of revenue information from the City. G. Birdsall reviewed expenditures and stated that all expenditures were the normal operating fee, except for $550.28 which was the cost for repair/revisions to the signs along Broadway. G. Birdsall continued to say that the Treasurer's Report for April would be presented in June with the M~y Treasurer's Report. 1 Minutes April 14, 1993 Page 2 3. Chairman's Report A. Chairman Close requested a report on the Englewood Small Business Development Corporation. Loren Shepherd reported that the first loan had been made to Anita's Coffee Shop. The ESBDC moved quickly on this loan since Anita's is an established business and had a need for a small short term loan. R. Hathaway asked how many applications had been submitted. H. Celva reported that two applications had been submitted, and that there were three other inquiries. 3. Continuing G. Close asked Z. Todd for information on the merger of Swedish Hospital. Z. Todd reported that the merger could be viewed as a marriage between Swedish and PSL. That the era of the single location hospital was probably ending. He stated that the staff had responded well to the proposed changes. These changes will probably take place after a 90 day study period and will better position Swedish for "managed care". Director's Report H. Celva related that there was a board member position was opening up, as L. Shepherd had decline to seek re-appointment. R. Hathaway asked if Peggy Hannon had been confirmed as a board member. H. Celva said no, b·ecause the City Council would not be making appointments the boards until June. The Sounds of Summer concert series was mentioned. H. Celva recounted the difficulties of using funding from the MPFT. H. Celva reported that the cost of the Sounds of Sunvner concert series for 1993 is within budget, 30% less than 1992 and 60% less than 1991. The facade program was discussed and H. Celva stated that he was still trying to enlist Jeans Dress Shop (Mary Joseph). The cost of M. Josephs' share of the renovation would be decreased to $600.00 with payments of $50.00 a month, with the additional provision that should the business be sold the debt would be forgiven. It was stressed that some participation on her part was necessary. S. Collins stated that it was too good of a deal to pass up. G. Birdsall remarked that the City of Denver was getting quite a bit of press for its' efforts to revitalize store fronts and older buildings. His thought was that as the revitalization begins taking place here in Englewood that the EDDA should encourage press coverage. 2 Minutes April 14, 1993 Page 3 S. Kaufman inquired when the facade revitalization would begin, and would the Armitage Building still be the first one? H. Celva said that it could easily still be the first project. It was also reported that Roger Robohm was interested in revitalizing his store front, but that due to current signage codes, EDDA would need to work closely with the City. H. Celva stated he was confident that everyone's needs could be met. G. Birdsall asked how the legal documentation was being worked out. H. Celva stated that the City Attorney's office was redrafting the grant agreement and eliminating any unnecessary verbosity G. Close asked what the present status of the property located across from Kaufman's was. R. Hathaway reported that Prestige, a furniture store was moving in, and performing a tremendous amount of work to restore the ·building. G. Close asked about the City's plans at one time develop the entire block. R. Hathaway stated that those plans were still an option and that was probably one of the reasons that Prestige was only given a three year lease. It would be cheaper and easier to buy them out should a developer buy the property. G. Close then questioned what was happening with Trolley Square. R. Hathaway stated that action was still pending with the FDIC, and that owner of Trolley Square was current with payments to the City, but not to the FDIC. Discussion ensued on the proposed site for the Englewood Depot. R. Hathaway explained that there may be a better -spot for the Depot, and that they were investigating locations along Santa Fe where the City was having murals done depicting the history of transportation. G. Close opened the discussion of the RTD Corridor Station. H. Celva stated that in a recent conversation with Chuck Reid, Assistant City Manager, that the City had decided not to take a position on the station location at this time, to allow all potential development options to remain open. The Board took the position that catering to what a developer "might" want has not always proved to be in the best interest of the city or the EDDA district. R. Hathaway stated that the north parking lot of Cinderella City has always been "ear-marked" for a RTD Transit System, and that Englewood should not close the window on a potential opportunity. She further stated that she felt that notifying RTD of the decision to have a station located in downtown -area needed to be done in a timely fashion, since there was competition for sites. After discussing the issue, S. Kaufman made the following resolution: " 3 Minutes April 14, 1993 Page 4 3. In order to promote the development of the Englewood Downtown area, EDDA endorses the concept of a mass transit stop at or adjacent to the current location of Cinderella City." The resolution was seconded by S. Collins, and unanimously approved by voice vote. S. Coll ins asked that a representative from EDDA be in attendance to present the EDDA position at the June 3, 1993 meeting. H. Celva said he would attended as a representative of EDDA. H. Celva reported on a poll taken by the EDDA office with regards to a sidewalk sale to be held during the Summerfest. He concluded that there were enough businesses willing to participate in the 3400 block of South Broadway to make it worth promoting. Also the fishing derby will be held on June 19, 1993 and the EDDA will be recruiting board members as volunteers. This year with the application for the derby a list of Downtown Englewood Businesses will be handed out and applicants who present $10.00 worth of receipts from any of those businesses will receive a 20% discount on their fee. Board Member's Choice S. Kaufman reported that Anita's Coffee Shop was very pleased with the new signs along Broadway which pointed to off Broadway businesses. He also commented that it was a very good public relation move for EDDA to distribute notices regarding the burying of cables by public service for the next two weeks, and would it be possible for EDDA to monitor how business's is being affected. H. Celva said that distributing the notice with EDDA's phone number on it, EDDA had already established itself as a liaison between businesses and the City/Public Service and that any business experiencing problems would feel free to contact EDDA. S. Kaufman also requested an update of "Cedar Mountain". R. Hathaway stated that clean up had indeed been done, but that there were a few obstacles impeding progress, one was that the owner had inherited the mess, and two that intense sorting of materials was necessary, since cedar, tar and nails had all been mixed together. 4 • the meeting was adjourned at 1:42 pm. SEC:jmb 5