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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDowntown Development Authority - Minutes - 12/05/1985DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 102 REMINGTON STREET, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80524 DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Regular Directors Meeting December 5, 1985 The Board of Directors of the Downtown Development Authority met in regular session at 7:30 a.m., December 5, 1985 in the DDA Conference Room. There were present: Barbara Schofield, Chairman presiding George Betz Eldon Ward Earl Wilkinson Dan Larsen Chuck Wanner Larry Estrada Bill Friedrichsen Staff: Also: Bill Kingsbury, Executive Director Chip Steiner San Martin Sim Reidhead Greg Denton Chris Sholly Gene Mitchell Don Berland Nancy Frazier Absent: Dick Dunn Tracy Eaton Dick Beardmore Ted Davis Mike Komppa Barbara Rutstein Barbara Liebler Barbara Schofield called the meeting to order and asked for approval of the minutes of November 21, 1985. Earl Wilkinson moved approval, seconded by Chuck Wanner. 1 (303) 484-2020 PRESENT ABSENT MINUTES • The first order of business was discussion of the Small Wonder SMALL property located at the corner of College Avenue and LaPorte Avenue. WONDER Before this item was discussed, Chip Steiner reviewed the funds remaining in the tax increment funds. A sheet detailing the available funds was provided to the Board members. With these figures in mind, the discussion on whether or not to proceed with Small Wonder ensued. The consensus of the Board was not to proceed with the purchase of the Small Wonder property now without a plan for the downtown. The Board members thought it would be difficult to see how this area would tie into the downtown without a plan, and most of the members did not want to borrow money to buy this property. The majority of Board members expressed their continued interest in the area. Chip Steiner informed the Board that the City has drawn a conceptual plan to re-route LaPorte, but that they have not committed to vacating the southern portion of LaPorte which would in effect double the property size. The next item on the agenda was Mountain Avenue Plaza. After MOUNTAIN discussion on the condition of the alley and City participation in AVENUE undergrounding utilities, George Betz moved that the DDA Board PLAZA approve participation in the project by committing $47,500 to the project; $10,000for streetscape, $15,000 for 60 lineal feet of alley in the original request, and $22,500 for 90 lineal feet which would have originally come off the increment from the Opera House project, seconded by Earl Wilkinson. A roll call vote was taken and the motion was unanimously approved (Barbara Liebler was absent). The Garage Close-out was the next item. The Board discussed future GARAGE ways to qualify bidders. Discussion followed. Chairman Barbara CLOSE-OUT Schofield appointed Earl Wilkinson to work on suggestions for this RESOLUTION procedure. Earl Wilkinson then moved to approve Resolution 85-15 85-15 accepting as complete the construction of the public parking facility located at Remington Street and Mountain Avenue and closing out the garage contract with Madsen Western Builders. The motion was seconded by Bill Priedrichsen. A roll call vote was taken and the motion was unanimously approved. First Interstate Plaza was the next item on the agenda. Don Berland FIRST from Murray Properties asked the Board to give direction as to INTERSTATE what would be acceptable DDA participation in this project. Bill PLAZA Kingsbury further explained that Don Berland had received mixed reaction from the Board on the viability of this project. Dan Larsen expressed that he thought the Board had done a disservice to the developer by not coming up with any unanimous agreement on this project. The Board members further discussed this project and the consensus was that they essentially supported a new bank building in the downtown, but further negotiations would be necessary to consider DDA participation. The Board also expressed the opinion that the political ramifications of this project would have to be dealt with. A committee consisting of Barbara Schofield, Bill Friedrichsen, Eldon Ward, and Chip Steiner was formed to work with Murray Properties. The next agenda item was personnel matters. Earl Wilkinson moved PERSONNEL that Chip Steiner be appointed acting director of the DDA effective MATTERS December 15, with Bill Kingsbury remaining in an advisory capacity 9 until January 3, 1986. The motion was seconded by Chuck Wanner. The Board unanimously approved this motion by roll call vote. Earl Wilkinson suggested the formation of committees by Board members for support. He asked for suggestions from staff. Chuck Wanner then moved for executive session at 9:35 a.m. to discuss salaries. At 9:55 a.m. executive was concluded and Larry Estrada moved that the salary for the Administrative Assistant, Jan Martin, be set at $18,500 per year. Chuck Wanner seconded the motion and the motion was unanimously approved by roll call vote (Barbara Liebler, Dan Larsen, and Bill Friedrichsen were absent). Earl Wilkinson then moved that the base salary for the Associate Director, Chip Steiner, be raised to $30,000 per year with the addition of $1,000 per month for a minimum of five months starting December 15, 1985, while Mr. Steiner serves as Acting Director. The motion was seconded by Chuck Wanner and passed unanimously by roll call vote. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned. Barbara Liebler, Secretary EXECUTIVE SESSION SALARIES ADJOURN