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201 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Regular Directors' Meeting
CONTACT: Chip Steiner, Staff
MINL'TES OF January 12, 1"5
Telephone (303) 484-2020
Telefax (303) 484-2069
REGULAR MEETING
The Board or Directors of the Downtown Development Authority met
in regular session at 730 am. January 12, 1995 in the conference
room at 201 South College Avenue, One West Art Center.
PRESENT Board members:
Stephen Slezak, Chair presiding
Mary Brayton
Rick Goodale
Roger Gunlikson
Bonnie BWerSzidon
Chuck Wanner
Jim Martell
Board members absent:
Ed Baldwin
Carey Hewitt
Staff: Chip Steiner, DDA consultant
Lucia Liley, Legal counsel
Sina Polyakov
CALL TO ORDER Steve Slezak called the meeting to order. A motion to approve December 01,
1994 minutes, as written, was made by Roger Gunlikcon. Seconded by Rick
Goodale. The motion was approved unanimously.
Chip Steiner introduced Chuck Wanner, City Council representative, to the
DDA Board.
154-156 N. COLLEGE
FACADE REQUEST Ellen and Ted Zibell, owners of this building at 156 N. College, are asking DDA
for financial assistance with the facade improvements. The total estimated
expenditure for building renovation is $71,000 with an estimated $11,000 for
the facade. Since the building is located within local and national Historic
districts the Zibell's have began the review and approval process with LPC on
all rehabilitation work. The Board is being asked to consider approval of
S8,000, for facade renovations, and possible $11,000, if State grant money is
received. The DDA currently has $154,000 in the Capital Improvement fund of
which S100,000 is committed. Jim Martell made the motion to commit $8,000
from the capital improvement fund for facade renovations on Ted and Ellen
Zibell's building and $11,000 if DDA receives matching funds from the state
grant request Seconded by Rick Goodale with unanimous board approval.
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NEW DDA
OFFICE LEASE
The major terms of the new lease are as follows: 1) total square footage is
reduced to 620 with DBA moving into the former office of the DDA Executive
Director; 2) the per square foot cost will be $8.77 which accounts for the
S2,000 still owed from tenant finish work); 3) the lease can be renewed for two
years with mutually agreed upon terms; and 4) DDA will not be charged for the
use of the conference room in return for providing, at no charge, its
conference room furniture (chairs and wall board) and will also continue
scheduling meetings in the conference room if asked to do so by One West.
RESOLUTION 95.1 Motion to adopt RESOLUTION 95.1 OF THE FORT COLONS, COLORADO
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING THE CHAIR TO
NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ONE WEST ART
CENTER was made by Jim Martell, seconded by Rick Goodale and
mnanimously approved by a vote of the Board.
POUDRE RIVER
LAND USE
FRAMEWORK The Board directed Chip Steiner to draft a letter to the consultants of the
Poudre River Land Use Framework explaining the DDA's recommendation for
a more clearly stated downtown vision of the Poudre River and emphasizing
Its urban character.
CONGESTION
MANAGEMENT
PLAN The Board made the following observations with regard to the Congestion
Management Plan as presented by Brian Woodruff of the City's Natural
Resources Department The plan outlines seven steps:
1. How does the plan address the creation of activity or neighborhood
centers with neighborhood opposition to such centers?
2. Implementation of the plan will negatively effect the cost of living here;
3. More education of the public regarding public transit 1s needed;
4. City needs to reduce, not increase, land on regulations;
S. Focus on College Avenue for mass transit services to reduce number of
day trips. Quit worrying about home to work to home trips;
6. The plan attempts to impose a system that does not fit, I.e. a European
system based on historically high development densities versus the U.S.
with historically low density development;
7. More factual and balanced background information is needed before
decision based on the Plan are made;
8 Need to assess more thoroughly the implications of infnll development
recommendations.
PURCHASE OF
OFFICE FURNITURE Chip Steiner would like In make an offer on DDA's office furniture which
includes 2 desks, 2 credenzas, 1 chair and 1 small conference table. The
Board suggested that an independent appraiser assess the furniture. In the
interim Chip may u.se the furniture.
ADJOURN There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Ed Baldwin, Secretary