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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.min.06192019 1 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION JUNE 19TH, 2019 Chairperson Jeb Ball opened the meeting at 8:42 a.m. Commissioners in attendance: Jeb Ball, Kiki Raj, Charles Cunniffe, Terry Butler, Angi Wang, Steve Fante, Amanda Tanaka. Absent was Bill Dinsmoor. Staff present: Nicole Henning, Deputy City Clerk Mitch Osur, Parking Services Director Jeff Pendarvis, Assistant Capital Asset Director Other attendees: Kathy Strickland MOTION: Ms. Wang moved to approve the minutes of June 5th, Mr. Cunniffe seconded. All in favor, motion carried. PUBLIC COMMENT: None. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: None. Ms. Raj entered the meeting. NEW BUSINESS: Jordan Bullock of Pure Barre Ms. Bullock said she recently bought Cycle Barre and will be moving next to Shakti Shala in the Core building. She is in the midst of a lawsuit with her neighbors where she currently is, which has ruined her financially. Moving to the Core building will be a new life for her. She said she would like to be in the farmers market to sell memberships, sell clothing and let the community know that she is still open and operating. She’s still open above L’hostaria currently and will be moving to 535 E. Hyman. There will be three fitness studios in this one building. She said that Ms. Gottlieb of Shakti Shala is excited to have her because it will make it a cohesive space. Having this booth would keep her in people’s minds eye. She would like to be in the market next weekend and said she will take over the new lease on July 1st. Mr. Cunniffe explained the rules of the market regarding the deadline and the Colorado made and grown products. Mr. Ball said the thing that we need to discuss is that we have created a level playing field for everyone and allowing her in, would provide a crack in this and other people will come out of the wood work. Mr. Cunniffe suggested some signage with Ms. Gottlieb in her booth as well. Ms. Bullock said in the entrance to the building, there is a foyer and the owners said she could have a table there to sell things. Mr. Cunniffe said this would be on private property and then we could make this work for you this year. Ms. Butler asked Ms. Strickland if there is room to make a walkway and she said no since we allowed Shakti in this year. PUBLIC COMMENT: Brian Semel, who is the broker for Ms. Bullock said they tried to get this organized as fast as possible. It’s not helping anyone to figure out how to get a walkway. No one walks behind the tents on that side of the street. He doesn’t think it’s going against anything to make a space for her. Ms. Wang said it is, and we have rules for this reason. If we make an exception for one person, it’s not ok. We have someone asking us to let them in every single week. Mr. Ball also noted that every other person that has a ground space or second tier space, have applied. Ms. Wang and Mr. Cunniffe 2 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION JUNE 19TH, 2019 continued to explain the compliance issues. Ms. Raj explained how we can try to help without just giving her an exception. Mr. Cunniffe suggested a table, signage, balloons, etc. to attract people to where she is without doing a booth. Mr. Ball agreed and said we want to be helpful, not harmful. Ms. Tanaka mentioned that she is doing the Snowmass market since she doesn’t qualify for this one. She also mentioned the buddy program and the race and said these are two things she is doing for her business as well, which Ms. Bullock could also participate in. Mr. Fante entered the meeting. NEW BUSINESS: Kathy Strickland - Update on the market Ms. Strickland said Shaun’s Towing has been very effective and everyone was off the street before she got there. The first market was very successful and there were a lot of people who said it was their best market ever. She brought up the electrical bills she received from Linda Chi and she verified for Mr. Osur that she did not ask for any of the new outlets. Mr. Ball said there was obviously a communication snafu. Ms. Strickland noted that the rest of the money is allocated to music for the market. Mr. Osur said he and Mr. Ball will go speak with Andy Rossello today. The board agreed that it is better to have music. Mr. Osur also mentioned us getting on the calendar and going to speak with council. Mr. Cunniffe gave Ms. Strickland a couple of contacts for music in the market. PRESENTATION: Jeff Pendarvis of Asset and Jess Robison of Concept One Group Mr. Pendarvis said they want to make sure to have as much public outreach on this project as possible. They want to make sure this project is transparent. We’ve had numerous interactions and feel like we have been engaging. He went on to show the project highlights on screen and walked through it with the board. The board agreed that they found the presentation very helpful and answered a lot of questions. NEW BUSINESS: Newsletter Mr. Ball took the last newsletter that they did and stripped it down to create the next one. He said he needs Ms. Wang’s help on page 1 and will keep page 2 as the interview. He needs Ms. Tanaka’s help with this and page 3 will be dedicated to engagement zones. He would like to interview Mr. Osur for this. He said the goal is to have this out by the first of next week. We have created a database and we need to go talk someone about getting more email addresses. These will go out via email this time. Ms. Tanaka moved the conversation back to the Saturday Market and suggested having an event to celebrate the retailers and say, we know you can’t be in it, but here’s what we can do. Something along these lines to support the businesses, so it offsets all the negativity. Mr. Osur liked that idea and also suggested doing a lady’s night the first Tuesday in December and do a men’s night the following Tuesday. Ms. Wang said we could mention this in the next newsletter as well. We could serve wine, cheese and drinks. Mr. Osur said he spoke with Sara Ott and she wants to come up with rules/regs of what is expected regarding alleyways. She wants to bring in 5-6 dumpsters and have an alleyway cleaning day in October 3 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION JUNE 19TH, 2019 or so. This will be a good starting place to have a dumpster day of sorts. He said we should put this idea on the agenda for the next couple of times and think about a date for October. MOTION: Ms. Wang motioned to adjourn, Mr. Ball seconded. MOTION: Mr. Fante moved to adjourn, Mr. Ball seconded. All in favor, motion carried at 10:58 a.m. __________________________________ Nicole Henning, Deputy City Clerk