HomeMy WebLinkAboutDowntown Development Authority - Minutes - 08/07/2003DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUtHORRY
REGULAR DIRECTORS' MEETING
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MINUTES OF AUGUST 7. 2003
REGULAR MEETING
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MET IN REGULAR SESSION
AT 7-30 A.N. ON AUGUST 7, 2003 IN THE MEETING ROOM AT HOME STATE BANK LOCATED AT
303 EAST MOUNTAIN AVENUE, FoRT COLLINS, CO 80524.
PRESENT THERE WERE PRESENT:
Kim JORCAN, CHAIR
JASON MEADORS, SECRETARY/RHEASURER
BILL BERTSCHY
MARY BRAYTON
BILL SEARS
CAREY HEWITT
LARRY STROUD
ABSENT:
STEVE TAYLOR, VICE CHAIR
GREO BELCHER
STAFF:
ROBERT STEINER, ExECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ANNE GARRISON
JIM MARTELL, COUNSEL
GUESTS:
JOHN FlSCHBACH, Joe FRANK, DAVID SHORT, ALAN KRCMARIK, CLARK MAPES
BUD FRICK, DIANE JONES. JJ JOHNSON. CHRIS MCKEE
CALL TO ORDER MS. JORDAN CALLED THE MEETTNO TO ORDER AT 7:30 A,M. AND ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN,
APPROVAL OF MINUTES MR. HEWITT MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF DULY 10, 2003 THIS WAS SECONDED BY MR.
MEADORS AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY,
I N-STTU, INC. MESSRS. STROUD AND BERTSCHY DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION OR VOTING DUE TO
A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN EACH CASE.
THE BOARD REVIEWED THE PROJECT EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WAS OENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT,
IF RELOCATED FROM LARAMIE. WYOMING, THE COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN 10745 WILL PROVIDE
MORE THAN FIFTY JOBS IN THIS AREA. BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE NORTHERN
COLORADO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS SEEKING A STATE GRANT OF $ 1 20,000 TO
AID IN ITS RELOCATION. THIS ORANT REQUIRES MATCHINO FUNDS, AND ODA MAY BE IN A POSITION
TO PROVIDE THAT MATCH. HOWEVER, SUCH A COMMITMENT WOULD BE CONTINOEHT UPON IN -SITU
TAKINO TITLE TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON LINCOLN AVENUE TD THE POUoRE RIVER, AND
REQUESTING ANNE(ATION IN THE DOA DISTRICT. DDA AND CITY COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO APPROVE
THIS UNDERTAKING, AND OF COURSE SUBMITTAL BY IN -SITU OF ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
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INCLUDING ELEVATIONS, SITE PLAN, DETAILED COST BREAKDOWN, AND APPROVAL OF SUCH
DOCUMENTATION BY THE DDA BOARD. OVER A SIX YEAR PERIOD, (2006 - 2,01 1) THIS WOULD
GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $300,000 IN TAX INCREMENT.
MESSRS JOHNSON AND MCKEE SHARED THAT THE ENTERPRISE ZONE WILL PROVIDE $2,000 FOR
EACH JOB CREATED, THAT THE COMPANY REPRESENTS CLEAN INDUSTRY WHICH IS VERY DESIRABLE
IN FORT COLLINS, AND THAT THE STATE GRANT PROPOSAL WILL 00 TO THE STATE ON SEPTEMBER
22, 2003. THE BOARD WAS UNANIMOUS IN ITS DECISION TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS FOR THIS
PROJECT.
BUILDING HEIGHTS MR STEINER INTRODUCED THIS TOPIC, REFERRING TO A MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY WHICH
OUTLINED A CURRENT PROPOSAL TO SPECIFY BUILDING HEIGHTS FOR INDIVIDUAL BLOCKS.
STAFF FAVORS RETAINING THE CURRENT PERMITTED HEIGHT OF 168 FT CLOSE TO OTHERS OF
SIMILAR STYLE, WITH REDUCED HEIGHTS NEAR RESIDENTIAL AND HISTORIC AREAS. STAFF ALSO
SUPPORTS 5TEP'BACKS, 5ETSACKS, FAS.ADE ARTICULATION AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DESIGNS.
MR, STEINER DID REFER TO THE FACT THAT HEIGHT AFFECTS SHADING ON STREETS, WIND PATTERNS
AND OTHER CONCERNS. SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS GAVE INPUT WHICH INCLUDED:
• SETNO CAPS WITH A LIBERAL REVIEW POLICY
• MITIGATE HEIGHT WITH INTERESTING FACADE DETAIL
• SET CAP AT 1 50 FT (LOWER THAN TALLEST EXISTING BUILDING)
• PROVIDE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES THAT ALLOW DEVELOPERS SOME CREATIVITY
• PROPERTY VALUES COULD BE REDUCED FOR SOME AND RAISED FOR OTHERS BASED ON
DENSITY
• GUIDELINES HELP NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS DEVELOPERS
• ALLOW FOR EXCEPTIONS, RULES SHOULD BE IN 'JELLO' NOT CONCRETE
• IF RULES ARE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE, ABILITY IS LIMITED
MR. STEINER NOTED THREE ELEMENTS IN CONSIDERING A PROJECT. HEIGHT, MASS AND
ECONOMICS, AND THERE 15 A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALL THREE. IF HEIGHT IS CAPPED AND YOU
MEMO TO INCREASE THE MASS. YOU END UP WITH A BROADER, LOWER STRUCTURE.
INPUT FROM CLARK MAPES AT THIS TIME, SUGGESTED THAT WHILE THE MEMO FROM THE CRY WAS
CLOSE, MANY ASPECTS WERE NOT YET SOLIDIFIED. MR. BERTSCHT STATED HIS SUPPORT OF CITY
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
IN SUMMATION, MS. JORDAN SUGGESTED THAT THE TENOR OF THE BOARD SEEMED TO REQUEST
THAT THE REGULATIONS NOT BE TOO TIGHT, AND THAT THERE BE ROOM FOR NEOOTATION, BASED ON
THE CREATIVITY OF THE PROJECT. DDA WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MEMO AGAIN BEFORE IT GOES TO
CITY COUNCIL, AND THAT ESSENTIALLY, CITY STAFF AND DDA ARE IN THE SAME SPIRIT.
TRANSPORTATION BALLOT PRESENTING THIS ISSUE TO THE BOARD, MS. DIANE JONES REVIEWED THE STRATEGY FOR VITAL
ISSUE SHORT TERM CAPITAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. THERE ARE TWO CRITICAL NEEDS:
TIMBERLINE AND HARMONY WHICH HAVE BECOME CHOKE POINTS AT RUSH HOUR. CITY COUNCIL IS
CONSIDERINO ASKING VOTERS TO ALLOW EXISTING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $6.5 MILLION TO BE
REALLOCATED FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS FROM COMMUNITY BUILDING CHOICES. ALTHOUGH IT IS A
STOP GAP MEASURE IT IS CRUCIAL AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, IT STILL LEAVES MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE BUILD OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY NOT YET ADDRESSED.
MS. JONES STRESSED THIS 15 NOT A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS: IT IS A REQUEST TO
REDIRECT EXISTING FUNDS TO MORE NEEDY PROJECTS.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DAVID SHORT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN BU51NE55 AS$OCATION, OUTLINED THE
2003 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS PROPOSAL FOR DOWNTOWN. INSTALLATION WALL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER
AND INCORPORATE COLLEGE, MOUNTAIN, WALNUT, PINE, LINDEN AND THE OAK STREET PLAZA. THE
LIGHTS WILL BE TURNED ON NOVEMBER 1. AND REMOVED IN MARCH.
EXPENSES INVOLVED ARE THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL AND REPLACEMENT LIGHTS, CORDS,
CONNECTORS AND ZIP TIES, AT A COST OF $8,000. IN ADDITION, CONTRACT LABOR TO TAKE CARE
OF INSTALLATION, REPAIR$, DECORATIONS, REMOVAL AND STORAGE WHICH IS BUDGETED AT
$30,000. IN THE PAST, THE CITY, DDA AND DBA HAVE SHARED THE CO3T OF THIS PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY, THERE U A BUDGET GAP OF $23,000. MR. FISCHBACH IMMEDIATELY COMMITTED
THE CRY TO $ 1 1,500.
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DAVID SHORT ADVISED THAT THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ALSO SHARES IN THE LIGHTING
AND SUPPLY COSTS, AND IN ADDITION, PROVIDES ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, CARRIAGE RIDES,
SANTA'S WORKSHOP, ADVERTISING AND INSURANCE.
MS. BRAYTON THEN MOVED TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM UP TO $ 1 1.500 AND THIS WAS
SECONDED BY MR. MEADORS AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
UPDATES THE BOARD WAS REFERRED TO THE WRITTEN UPDATES CONTAINED IN THE PACKETS.
BOARD RETREAT A TENTATIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER 5, HAS BEEN SET FOR THE DDA ANNUAL RETREAT TO BE HELD
IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE EDWARDS HOUSE, IF AVAILABLE, MB. GARRISON WILL EMAIL THE
BOARD WITH DETAILS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING WILL
PRECEDE THE RETREAT.
ADJOURN THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9.20 A.M.
JASON MEADORS, SECRETARY