Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutDowntown Development Authority - Minutes - 04/05/2001&OWNTOWN � DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 19 OLD TOWN SQUARE, SUITE 230 FORT COLLINS, CO 80524 Telephone (970) 484-2020 Telefax (970) 484-2069 Mary Brayton, Chair 484-1401 (W) Chuck Wanner, Council Liaison 484-0810 (H) Anne Garrison, Staff Liaison 484-2020 (W) DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REGULAR DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 5, 2001 REGULAR MEETING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT 7:30 A.M. ON APRIL 5, 2001 IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT HOME STATE BANK, 303 EAST MOUNTAIN AVENUE. PRESENT THERE WERE PRESENT: MARY BRAYTON, CHAIR LARRY STROUD, VICE CHAIR JASON MEADORS, SECRETARY/TREASURER GREG BELCHER JOHN PITNER CHUCK WANNER ABSENT RICK GOODALE CAREY HEWITT Kim JORDAN STAFF JAY HARDY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNE GARRISON LUCIA LILEY, COUNSEL GUESTS JOHN FISCHBACH, RICHARD FOX, DAVID SHORT, BILL SEARS, ANGELA MILEWSKI CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING CAME TO ORDER AT 7.35 A.M. AND ROLL CALL WAS TAKEN. APPROVAL OF MR. MEADORS MOVED TO ADOPT THE MINUTES OF MARCH 1, 2001 AS WRITTEN AND MINUTES MR. PITNER SECONDED THE MOTION WHICH CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. RIVERFEST MR. WANNER DECLARED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND EXCUSED HIMSELF FROM THE SPONSORSHIP MEETING FOR THE WRATION OF THE DISCUSSION. MR. HARDY INTRODUCED RICHARD FOX OF TREES, WATER AND PEOPLE AND IN THE PRESENTATION WHICH FOLLOWED, MR. FOX INDICATED THAT HE WAS REQUESTING A COMBINED FlGURE OF $4,000 FROM THE DDA AND DBA. MR. HARDY CLARIFIED FOR THE BOARD THAT IN HIS DISCUSSION WITH DBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DAVID SHORT, THE AMOUNT OF $500 HAD BEEN CONSIDERED AS THE DBA CONTRIBUTION. HOWEVER, DBA BOARD APPROVAL IS NEEDED BEFORE A COMMITMENT CAN BE MADE. THIS WILL MATTER WILL THEREFORE BE DISCUSSED AT THE DBA RETREAT ON APRIL 1 1, 2001 . DDA MINUTES • • PAGE 2 MR. FOX SHARED THAT LONG BEFORE RAILROADS AND CARS EXISTED, THE RIVER WAS THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FOR COMMERCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND A VITAL PART OF THIS AREA'S HISTORY. PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED 'WILDFLOWER WALK' ARE UNDERWAY WHICH SHOULD GREATLY SERVE TO BEAUTIFY OUR CITY, AND IN ADDITION, THE SAME TYPE OF SANDSTONE BENCHES CURRENTLY IN PLACE AT THE CATHY FROMME WILDLIFE PRESERVE ARE BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THE WALKWAY, AND WILL SERVE AS A PERMANENT FOOTPRINT WHEN RIVERFEST IS OVER. MR. BELCHER MOVED THAT UP TO $3,500 BE DESIGNATED AS A SPONSORSHIP FOR THE 2001 POUDRE RIVERFEST, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF THREE SANDSTONE BENCHES. MR. MEADORS SECONDED THE MOTION. THEN Ms. BRAYTON ASKED FOR A CLEAR DEFINITION BETWEEN THE SPONSORSHIP AND THE COST OF THE BENCHES. AT WHICH POINT MR. MEADORS OFFERED A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IN WHICH HE STATED THAT THE BENCHES SHOULD BE OF THE SIZE AND CHARACTER DESCRIBED IN THE PRESENTATION, AND AT A COST OF UP TO $2,000., THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WAS ACCEPTABLE TO MR. BELCHER AMD THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. FOLLOWING THE VOTE MR. WANNER RETURNED TO THE MEETING. SCOOTER'S PATIO MR. HARDY ADDRESSED THE REQUEST BY COOPERSMMH'S, TO LICENSE SCOOTER'S PATIO, LICENSE AGREEMENT FORMERLY KNOWN AS HUCKLEBERRY'S. AS PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED BY THE BOARD, LICENSES MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UPON THE SALE OF A BUSINESS, BUT MUST BE APPLIED FOR AGAIN BY THE NEW OWNER, IN THIS CASE, SCOTT SMITH. MR. SMITH'S FORMAL LETTER OF REQUEST IS CONTAINED IN THE PACKETS. IN GENERAL, THE THEME OF THE RESTAURANT WILL REMAIN THE SAME, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE PATIO SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT SET UP. A NEW LICENSE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED IF THE BOARD WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD. IN THE DISCUSSION WHICH FOLLOWED, COUNSEL CLARIFIED THE BOARD'S INTENT TO KEEP THE SAME TERM AS IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, SO THAT ALL AGREEMENTS COME DUE AT THE SAME TIME. FOR CLARIFICATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FLAT FEE IS DUE IN JANUARY, BUT FOR BUSINESSES WHICH CHANGE HANDS MID YEAR, THE LICENSE FEE WILL BE PRORATED. MR. PITNER MOVED TO APPROVE THE NEW PATIO LICENSE FOR SCOOTER'S AS PRESENTED, THIS WAS SECONDED BY MR. STROUD AND CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MR. FISCHBACH WAS ASKED THE STATUS OF THE Cm' AGREEMENTS. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE MATTER HAD BEEN TABLED PENDING A REVIEW BY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, WHICH TODATE HAD NOT COME BACK WITH A DETERMINATION. LPC UPDATE ANGELA MILEWSKI UPDATED THE BOARD WITH THE PROGRESS OF THE LAND PRESERVATION COMMISSION (LPC'S) NEW LOAN PROGRAM, WHICH FORMERLY OFFERED GRANTS. TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOW DOING OFFERED IN ZERO INTEREST LOANS TO THREE COMMERCIAL AND TWO RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE THE POWER PLANT OWNED BY THE CRY AND LEASED TO COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE PRESTON FARM AND THE GIL NELSON FARMHOUSE. OTHER BUSINESS ■ A NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS BEING FORMED TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR THE FORTHCOMING ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE DDA. MR. GOODALE AND MS. JORDAN HAVE AGREED TO SERVE. MS. BRAYTON ASKED THAT ANY OTHERS WISHING TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS SHOULD MAKE IT KNOWN. B THANKS AND APPRECIATION WERE EXTENDED TO MESSRS. FISCHBACH AND WANNER FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THE RECENT RESOLUTION BEFORE CITY COUNCIL CONCERNING THE MULBERRY/LEMAY SPENDING, WHICH PASSED WITH A 7-0 VOTE. B CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED OVER THE SIGNAGE ON A BUSINESS AT THE CORNER OF MASON AND LAPORTE AVENUE. IT APPEARS TO CONSTITUTE A MATERIAL CHANGE FROM THE RENDERINGS APPROVED BY THE DDA BOARD WHEN THE BUILDING WAS PRESENTED. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, MR. WANNER MOVED THAT THE BOARD DIRECT MR. HARDY TO INITIATE A DIALOG WITH THE OWNER, SO THAT HE, IN TURN, MIGHT COMMUNICATE THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT TO HIS TENANT, AND THUS RECTIFY THIS SITUATION. MR. BELCHER SECONDED THE MOTION. COUNSEL SUGGESTED THAT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT SHOULD STATE IN URGE LETTERS THAT NO CHANGES TO THE BUILDING, DDA MINUTES PAGE 3 INCLUDING SIGNAGE, MAY BE MADE WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE BOARD, AND THIS SHOULD BE A PART OF ALL FUTURE CONTRACTS, SO THAT OWNERS AND TENANTS ARE FULLY COGNIZANT. MR. FISCHBACH AGREED TO WORK WITH THE BOARD IN THIS REGARD, AND REQUESTED A LIST OF FACADES OWNED BY THE DDA, WHICH HE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENT. THESE PROPERTIES CAN THEN BE RED FLAGGED SO THAT WHEN PERMIT APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED IN THE FUTURE, THE DDA WILL BE APPRISED. MS. BRAYTON RESTATED THE MOTION ALREADY ON THE TABLE, WHICH THEN PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ADJOURN THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:30 A.M. JASON MEADORS, SECRETARY ddoIOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 19 OLD TOWN SQUARE, SUITE 230 Telephone (970) 484-2020 FORT COLLINS, CO 80524 Telefax (970) 484-2069 To: DDA Board o Directors From: Jay Hardy Date: May 3, 200 RE: Downtown Play Area Lee Swanson, owner of Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop in Old Town Square will be in attendance to present for conceptual review, a play area proposed for the north end of Old Town Square. Mr. Swanson is presenting this project for feedback only and is not currently making a fimding request. The proposed project would fall in an area, which is part of the Old Town Square plazz, owned by the DDA. In addition to the DDA area of the plaza, the project also lies in the City's right of way, requiring their approval. A play area located downtown has been met with an initial favorable response. Old Town Square tenants and Progressive Old Town Square (POTS) have both endorsed the project in its proposed location. The Downtown Business Association has also reviewed the project conceptually, and has yet to offer an opinion. Mr. Swanson is proposing a play area located in the area utilized for Santa's House during the winter holidays, and street vendors during the summer months. Other parties, which must review the project, are the City of Fort Collins and the Landmark Preservation Commission. Discussion on this item should first focus on the concept and location. While fimding elements are included in the proposal, today's deliberation should focus on project size, scope and cost. Fundraising for the project will not begin until the appropriate approvals are obtained. As the DDA considers different ways to attract visitors' downtown, this project seems to be an element, which could provide a boost in the `family and children' category. The project would effectively reduce the amount of `open area' within the square, and the consideration of whether this is the `highest and best use' of this space is a critical, long- term question for the Board. ddo&OWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 19 OLD TOWN SQUARE, SUITE 230 Telephone (970) 484-2020 FORT COLLINS, CO 80524 Telefax (970) 484-2069 To: DDA Board of Directors From Jay Hard Date: May 3, 20 1 RE: CooperSmith's Silo Agreement In 1997 the DDA voted to allow CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing to construct a malt storage silo at the south entrance of Old Town Square. The license agreement for the use of this space has expired and the owner, Scott Smith, wishes to exercise his option to renew this license. A copy of the agreement is included in your packet. The general terms of the agreement are as follows: -Signed 1997 for an initial four-year term -Five-year extension being sought by CooperSmith's -Annual fee of $1,800 during initial term -$1,500 security deposit currently held by the DDA -130 square feet at base, 20 feet tall -CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing responsible for all maintenance -DDA is additionally insured on CooperSmith's insurance policy -License in non -transferable During the initial term of the agreement, CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing has complied with all elements of the agreement and staff recommends approval of the request to extend the agreement. #5 Old Town Square Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970)-498-0483 Fax(970)-498-0471 04/30/01 Mr. Jay Hardy DDA Re: Silo Agreement Dear Jay: I would like to renew the existing agreement between the DDA and CooperSmith Brewing Company. Can we keep the existing agreement and just change the dates? Sincerely: Scott Smith President CooperSmith Brewing Company 1 ddaIFOWNTOWN 9 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 19 OLD TOWN SQUARE, SUITE 230 Telephone (970) 484-2020 FORT COLLINS, CO 80524 Telefax (970) 484-2069 To: DDA Board of Directors From: Jay Hard Date: May 3, 200 7 RE: 185 N. College Facade Signage During the regular DDA Board meeting held on April 5, 2001 the Board briefly discussed the sign on the north facade of the building located at 185 N. College Avenue. The DDA Board directed staff to meet with the property owner to discuss this situation and report back to the Board. The DDA participated in this project for a total of $105,600 and holds an easement on the entire facade. Section 4 of the Grant of Easement for Facades states the following: 4. ALTERATIONS No alterations of the facades shall be made without the express written approval of the DDA. The DDA, in considering such request, shall take into account the reasons for such request and whether the requested alteration is consistent with the historic character of the original Facades' designs or otherwise is compatible with the character of the redeveloped properties within the downtown as well as the specific area in which it is located. The DDA shall not remove or alter the Facades except in performing any maintenance or repair thereof in accordance with this Grant. Following a meeting with both the property owner and tenant, they have requested some direction as to which parts of the sign are at issue, as well as some consideration being given to a desired remedy. I have included a photo of the current sign, as well as the rendering the DDA originally approved for your review. Clearly, the agreement with the DDA is well worded, and the foundation for DDA requiring a change is clear. In the future, we will include additional language, which further defines signage. The property owner and tenant would like to address the Board in June with newly proposed signage. No Text