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HomeMy WebLinkAboutminutes.cclc.071724 1 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION JULY 17, 2024 Chairperson Cunniffe called the meeting to order at 8:36 a.m. Commissioners present: Kiki Raj, Amanda Tanaka, Charles Cunniffe, Stephanie Davis, and Angi Wang. Absent were Bill Dinsmoor, Noemi Kiss-Baldwin, Terry Butler, Jeb Ball. Staff present: Nicole Henning, City Clerk Emmy Oliver, Downtown Services Ms. Wang motioned to approve the minutes of April 17th & June 19th; Ms. Tanaka seconded. All in favor, motion carried. Commissioner Comments: None. Block Captain Project: Ms. Wang said she needs to get caught up on that. Ms. Tanaka said she got to speak to most of her people and they all had the same concerns. Parking, construction and traffic. Mr. Cunniffe said that is the same he heard from people. He asked if there was anything unique. Ms. Wang said there were complaints about Kemosabe’s music as well as Jing. She said they are playing music outside that is super loud. Ms. Henning made a note to notify environmental health to check out both places. Ms. Davis said she has concerns because she went door to door, and no one knows what CCLC is. It’s been on the agenda since April, but it seems that only two of them have done it. She asked what’s the point of this group if we aren’t engaging with businesses, she doesn’t see the point of being here. Mr. Cunniffe said we should be liaisons as a link to the city. Part of it is on us to reach them and explain what we do. She asked why people haven’t uploaded anything to the sheet. Ms. Tanaka said we all work differently. She said she has great relationships with the businesses around her. Maybe we need to restructure if it’s too much. Ms. Wang agreed that she just hasn’t filled out the sheet and the same with Mr. Cunniffe. Mr. Cunniffe said if all of us are here, hopefully we can go around and talk about our blocks and share. Ms. Wang said we’ve done this also in the past and there is so much turnover every year with the businesses, we have to start over again each time. It feels frustrating to pound the pavement to do this on her own time when they spent a lot of time collecting signatures for the parking issue and when they took it to Council, they still went ahead with the plan. Ms. Tanak explained that we are not business liaisons and that our purpose is to collect signatures and do projects like that where Council wants our feedback. Mr. Cunniffe said ACRA are the business liaisons but only for the businesses that are members so the others need representation too. 2 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION JULY 17, 2024 Ms. Raj entered the meeting at 8:50 a.m. Ms. Raj admitted her data entry is her weak point. She spoke about Kemosabe and the businesses not liking the lines, blocking the alley, not being able to walk on the sidewalk, and the music. The board spoke about the parking issues in town. Ms. Tanak said we understand our business’s complaints about parking, and we can’t solve their issues. Our job is to be the messenger to Council. Mr. Cunniffe said each of their homework is to add a list of concerns for discussion. Mr. Cunniffe said they should move on to the survey for the Castle Creek Bridge. Ms. Oliver said it closed already, but the point was to get feedback from businesses in town. They have since reopened it and will close again this Friday. Mr. Cunniffe said they need to build an adjacent bridge while they work on the other one. That is the only logical thing in his mind to have no disruption. He said the people in town who don’t like growth would not like that idea, however. It’s a false fear. Ms. Henning gave the market update from Ms. Strickland. Ms. Raj said it’s been amazingly vibrant in town this summer. Ms. Oliver asked about the Colorado made idea and Mr. Cunniffe explained the goal of the market. Ms. Tanak asked Ms. Oliver for a link to the survey so she can share it. Ms. Tanaka said she gathered a lot of emails from the block captain project so she can just shoot the survey off to everyone. Ms. Henning asked about the next agenda for August 7th and the board said they would like to discuss the survey results and the block captain project. Ms. Oliver said parking and transportation will take the results to Council on August 5th. Ms. Wang motioned to adjourn; Ms. Raj seconded. All in favor, motion carried at 9:16 am. ______________________ City Clerk, Nicole Henning