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12/18/2024 Minutes
Economic Advisory Board
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 – 4:00 PM
300 Laporte Ave, CIC Room
1. CALL TO ORDER: 4:00 PM
2. ROLL CALL
a. Board Members Present –
• Tim Cochran
• Denny Coleman
• Chris Denton
• Val Kailburn
• Braulio Rojas
• Renee Walkup
b. Board Members Absent –
• Thierry Dossou
• Erin Gray
• Richard Waal
c. Staff Members Present –
• Ashley Kailburn, Sr Specialist, Economic Health Office
• Erin Sporer, Business Support, Economic Health Office
d. Guest(s) –
3. AGENDA REVIEW
4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
a. Brad Kreikemeier with Bank of Colorado join the meeting as he is interested in
learning more about the board and possibly applying to be on the board.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. No Minutes to approve this month. The board will approve November and
December minutes in January.
6. NEW BUSINESS
a. Working Meeting – Annual Report
• The board updated the annual report from 2023.
• General Updates
• The Board updated the staff and Council liaisons as well as
the board members to reflect the correct names from the last
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year.
• Board Duties
• #1 (a) - the wording “events and trends” was changed to
“factors” as they thought it was more accurate.
• #1 (b) - added “opportunities”.
• #2 - added “City departments”.
• The board updated the goals and priorities to reflect their goals and
priorities from their 2024 workplan.
• The board updated the key topics and action summaries to reflect
the topics they covered and actions they took in 2024.
• The board updated the list of memos the provided to reflect the
memos they wrote in 2024.
• Chris motioned and Renee seconded to approve the 2024 annual report.
Motion passed unanimously. 6-0
7. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
a. Denny – Saw a headline for an article regarding Larimer County purchasing
2,000 acres of nature preserve. Does anyone know where that is?
• Is it the land that is off of highway 34 near the entrance to the canyon? There
are a lot of proposals for what people want it to be.
• Chris – was in Peru last month volunteering at a conference for local
entrepreneurs who are just getting their businesses started there. They did a
Shark Tank event for the entrepreneurs who had been working with advisors.
They reviewed their business plans and picked a top 3 or 4 to give a
monetary award. The businesses they saw ranged from giving facials to
baking to starting a guinea pig farm. The next day they did multiple
presentations. It was an interesting experience and made him think about the
part of our City where they are doing mainly ESL for small businesses. T
• Why Peru?
• A friend of mine has worked with a charity and has
established relationships there. It was important to have trust
and ability there.
b. The board also introduced themselves to Brad, shared why they joined the
board, and what the board does. Brad also introduced himself and why he has
interest in being on the board. Brad also asked the boards thoughts on their
effectiveness. They shared they thought although they might not have a lot of
power, they do have influence. They also think they are being heard now and
have good momentum. They also shared that they have a lot of indirect impact
by interacting and giving input to staff. They were also told by multiple Council
members that they recommendation for building performance standards weas
“very heard”, so they are being heard as a board.
c. Val motions and Braulio seconds adjourn early. Motion passed unanimously.
6-0
8. STAFF REPORTS
a. Ashley reminded the board that terms are coming to an end in March. There is
four board members whose terms are up. Braulio, Erin, Richard, and Renee.
She also learned that Braulio and Renee can only serve 2 more years if they
choose. The board will have 2 – 2-year terms and 2 – 4-year terms available.
Applications are open until Jan 10th.
b. Ashley also shared that they are working on a meeting location for 2025 as the
CIC room is unavailable for when they normally meet.
9. OTHER BUSINESS
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10. ADJOURNMENT
a. (5:25 PM)
Minutes approved by a vote of the Board/Commission on 01/15/2025