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Home My WebLink AboutDowntown Development Authority - Minutes - 07/06/2006DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHOR11Y REGULAR DIRECTORS' MEETING STEVE TAYLOR, CHAIR 221-0524 (W) KURT KASTEIN, COUNCIL LIAISON 223-0425 (W) LINDA GULA, STAFF LIAISON 484-2020 (W) MINUTES OF JULY 6, 2006 REGULAR MEETING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT 7:30 A.M. ON JULY 45, 2005 IN THE MEETING ROOM AT HOME STATE BANK LOCATED AT 303 EAST MOUNTAIN AVENUE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524. PRESENT STEVE TAYLOR, CHAIR GEORGE BRELIG MCCASE CALLAHAN KURT KASTEIN KIM JORDAN WILLIAM SEARS PATTY SPENCER ABSENT CAREY HEW=. SECRETARY%TREASURER JACK WOLFS, VICE CHAIR STAFF ROBERT STEINER, DDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MATT ROBENALT, DDA PROJECT MANAGER LINDA GULA, DDA STAFF LUCIA LILEY• COUNSEL GUESTS JEREMY REESE AND KATHY CARDONA. CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT, KAREN WEITKUNAT, MATT EVANS, MIKE JENSEN, BLUE HOVATER. CALL TO ORDER MR. TAYLOR CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:35 A.M. ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MR. SEARS MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF JUNE 1. 2005. SECONDED BY MS. JORDAN AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, TAX INCREMENT BOND CEILING RESOLUTION MR. STEINER STATED THIS RESOLUTON CALLS FOR AN ELECTION BY VOTERS WITHIN THE DDA DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH A NEW DEBT CEILING OF $ 1 50 MILLION. MS. LILEY EXPLAINED THE RESOLUTION IN THE PACKET IS IN A DIFFERENT FORM THEN WHEN THE BOARD LAST SAW IT. THIS FORM HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY BOND COUNSEL AND CITY ATTORNEY, STEVE Roy. THERE ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS - ONE THAT THE DDA WOULD BE ADOPTING THAT CALLS THE SPECIAL ELECTON AND THERE WILL BE A COMPANION RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL THAT APPROVES THE CALLING. THE TWO ARE MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH OTHER. SHE STATED WITHIN THE RESOLUTION IS THE ACTUAL BALLOT LANGUAGE AND IN SECTION THREE THE $ 150 MILLION DOLLAR NEW BORROWING AMOUNT HAS BEEN INSERTED AND THAT IS THE NEW DEBT CEILING THAT THE DDA WILL HAVE IF THE VOTERS APPROVE IT. THIS IS THE FIRST ELECTION THE DDA WILL HAVE HAD SINCE TABOR WAS IN EFFECT AND THAT IS WHAT A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE RESOLUTON IS ABOUT. SHE WENT ON TO NOTE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY WILL FALL ON THE DDA TO EDUCATE THE VOTERS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO ISSUE $ 1 50 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT ON NOVEMBER 7. DDA BOARD MINUTES PAGE 2 JULY B, 2008 THERE WAS DISCUSSION AMONG BOARDMEMBERS ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TABOR LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING TO THE $ 1 50 MILLION CLAUSE. THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT PERHAPS M5. LILEY COULD WORK WITH BOND COUNSEL TO DO SOME FURTHER WORD$MITHING TO BETTER GET THE NOTION ACROSS THAT AT LEAST FOR THE PURPOSES OF FINANCING DDA PROJECTS IT IS A MAXIMUM OF $ 1 50 MILLION. M3. LILEY STATED UNTIL THIS IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL THERE STILL MAY BE SOME ROOM TO PLAY WITH SOME LANGUAGE AND THAT SHE WAS WILLING TO GO BACK TO BOND COUNSEL TO DO SOME FURTHER WORDSMITHING. MS. JORDAN MOVED THAT WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE CONSIDER A CHANGE IN LANGUAGE IF POSSIBLE ON THE WORDING OF A CEILING OR THE WORDING OF THE DDA DEBT THAT WE ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION. SECONDED BY MR. SEARS AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MR. BRELIG SUGGESTED THAT THE WORDING SAY THAT THE DDA WILL NOT SPEND THE $ 1 50 MILLION IN ONE YEAR AND THEN MOVED THAT THE WORDING IN THE WHEREAS CLAUSE STATE IT IS CONTEMPLATED BY THE AUTHORITY THAT THE DEBT TO BE AUTHORIZED IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION SMALL BE INCURRED OVER THE LIFE OF THE AUTHORITY. SECONDED BY MS. SPENCER AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THE BOARD THEN HAD AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL {CAMPAIGN PIECE OF THIS ISSUE. THE QUESTION WAS HOW TO GO ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY THE VOTERS WITHIN THE DOA DISTRICT, MR. STEINER STATED HE WAS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INDEPENDENT GROUP TO ADVOCATE FOR AND RUN THE CAMPAIGN AND THAT MATT ROBENALT HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH ON IDENTIFYING QUALIFIED VOTERS. THE BOARD DISCUSSED PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMITTEE TO WORK ON THE EDUCATIONAL/CAMPAIGN PIECE, COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS PATTY SPENCER Kim JORDAN BILL SEARS MIKE JENSEN MATT EVANS THERE WAS A SUGGESTION TO GET JOHN ARNOLFO (SILVER GRILL) AND STEVE LEVINGER (ARMSTRONO HOTEL) INVOLVED, AND ALSO SOME BEET STREET COMMITTEE MEMBERS (MARY ROBERTSON). SUOGESMONS • PUTTING A BETTER FACE ON WMAT THE DDA IS AS FAR AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC 15 CONCERNED BY PUTTING TOGETHER A 'A HOUR PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTING THE DDA'S HISTORY AND WHAT T-IE DDA DID TO CREATE OLD TOWN SQUARE AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE PUT THE FACE ON OLD TOWN. - PRODUCE A DVO AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND HAVE COPIES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IT COULD EXPLAIN T1F AND WHERE IT COMES FROM, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, AND HIGHLIGHT THE KINDS OF PROJECTS THE DDA HAS DONE. - HAVE THE DVD AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND ALSO HAVE DDA BOARD MEMBERS 00 OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO DO INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION$. BEET STREET VISIONING PROCESS UPDATE MR. STEINER STATED Kim JORDAN HAS BEEN GUIDING THE BEET STREET COMMITTEE THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE VISIONING PROCESS, MS. JORDAN STATED SHE THOUGHT IT HAS BEEN A GOOD PROCESS FOR THE COMMITTEE TO COME TO SOME COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND EXPECTATIONS. THE PROCESS FOCUSED ON PURPOSE - CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS MISSION - STRATEGY ENDS S MEANS THE MISSION STATEMENT AT THIS POINT IS: BY 201 1 BEEF STREET WILL BE A VITAL, SELF SUSTAINING COMMUNITY CATALYST WITH 24 WEEKS OF CULTURAL PROGRAMMING. THEY HAVE ALSO COME UP WITH A PARKING LOT FOR AREAS THAT NEED MORE EXPLORATION AND DEFINITION. THESE INCLUDED: - HOW TO MEASURE ECONOMIC SUCCESS. - IS THERE A PLACE FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE? - DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC ENGINE. - WHAT IS OUR GEOGRAPHIC IMPACT? WHAT IS FINANCIALLY SELF-SUSTAINING? - WHAT DOES THE WORD "CULTURE" MEAN. DDA BOARD MINUTES PAGE 3 JULY 6, 2006 THEY HAD ALSO DISCUSSED SOME NON-NEGOTIABLES. THESE WERE: -THE PHYSICAL FOOTPRINT OF THIS ORGANIZATION, WHILE IT IS UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE DDA, Is THE DDA DISTRICT. - THE CHARTER OF THE DDA IS TO BE AN ECONOMIC CATALYST: THIS ORGANIZATION WILL NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT. -THIS IS NOT A GRANTS MAKING ORGANIZATION PER BE. MS. JORDAN STATED THIS PROCESS HAD BEEN HELPFUL FOR THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHEN THEY HAD MET WITH THE HEADHUNTER. MR. TAYLOR AGREED THE PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE GROUP. OTHER BUSINESS MR. STEINER STATED THAT HE AND BEET STREET COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD BEEN INVITED TO VISIT CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK. THE INTENT WOULD BE TO VISIT AND TOUR THE CAMPUS, MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT, AND ALSO ATTEND AN EVENT ON CAMPUS. HE STATED THE ATTENDEES WOULD BE: CHIP STEINER, DARIN ATTEBERRY (CITY MANAGER/BEET STREET COMMITTEE), ANN GILL (CSU/BEET STREET COMMITTEE), BRUCE FREESTONE (BEET STREET COMMITTEE), CHERYL ZIMLICH BOHEMIAN FOUNDATION/BEET STREET COMMITTEE), MERRY HUMMEL (BOHEMIAN FOUNDATION), BRUCE HENDEE (BHA DESIGN), IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE A 24 HOUR TRIP OUT ON JULY 19 AND BACK ON JULY 20, 2006. MR. STEINER NOTED THAT THE DDA EXECUTIVE BOARD HAD DISCUSSED THE DDA PICKING UP EXPENSES FOR UP TO SIX PEOPLE. THIS WOULD INCLUDE AIRFARE FOR THREE PEOPLE — THE OTHERS WOULD BE TRAVELING WITH THE BOHEMIAN GROUP ON PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION. HE STATED HE WAS SURE THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS WOULD PAY FOR THEIR OWN EXPENSES (CHERYL ZIMLICH. MERRY HUMMEL AND BRUCE HENDEE). MR. SEARS MOVED THAT THE DDA PAY THE EXPENSES FOR UP TO SIX PEOPLE TO TRAVEL TO CHAUTAUQUA. NEW YORK. THAT WOULD INCLUDE THREE AIRFARES AND SIX HOTEL ROOM EXPENSES PLUS MEALS AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES CONSISTENT WITH CITY POLICIES. SECONDED BY MS. JORDAN AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY TTY UOUNCIL WORKSESSION KAREN WEITKUNAT THANKED THE DDA BOARD FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AT THE JUNE 27 WORKSESSION. ADJOURN THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED 9:00 A.M. i CAREY HE TT, SECRETARY