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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.min.12172003COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF DECEMBER 17~ 2003 Chairperson, Bill Dinsmoor called the meeting to or'der at 8:30 a.m. Commissioners in attendance: Eric Cohen, Andrew Kole, Mark Goodman, Marc Breslin and Terry Butler. John Starr and Charles Kennedy were excused. The chair welcomed our two new members that were recently appointed by city council, Marc Breslin and Mark Goodman. David Hoefer, Assistant City Attorney went over the rules of ethics and handed out reference booklets. David pointed out that the board is protected from civil liability, which is a state law. The city also has insurance that covers ~ts members. Core construction: Nick Adeh, City Engineer said the gas company, Kinder Morgan has done a survey in the soils this past year and there are leaks. There are also a lot of galvanized pipes that are pitting. Nick said the lines would be replaced on Aspen Street, Original St., Main Street and Durant Street. Kinder Morgan will be replacing the lines next summer. The lines are in the alleys. We will need to make sure the merchants stay open. In exchange the city is asking for fire pits to be hooked up. The board requested a copy of'the level of leakage from Kinder Morgan. Nick said half a street will be closed at a time. We will also have to coordinate with the water department and our IS department which have fiber optics in the alley. We may be able to upgrade the fiber optics and water lines at the same time the alley is torn up. The coordination has to be precise. Bill suggested that we also do extra conduits for future needs. Nick said the process would be very slow. Bill asked about the property owners and if the pipes are bad from the alley to the building who pays for that? Nick said Kinder Morgan would be able to answer those questions when they do their presentation. ,.COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES O~ DECEMBER 17, 2003 Andrew asked if the city put emergency money aside due to the negative impacts of this. Staff said the city .just became aware of the situation two weeks ago. Jeff Woods, Parks Director said we have the opportunity to do electric in all of the alleys. Nick said the primary gas lines are four feet under ground. Jeff said this would be a tremendous impact to the city. Bill asked Nick to follow-up on some questions for the next meeting. 1. Could the digging be done'at night? 2. Will buildings be without gas? 3. Is there a liability to business owners? Bill said when this gets finalized we need to have public hearings in Feb. inviting the merchants. Andrew asked if the City has the responsibility to let homeowners know what is going on and doing a press release. Mark Goodman suggested this be done in the off-season. Nick said wet soils and freezing occur from Nov. 1 st. to April 1 s~., which would make it difficult to work. Kinder Morgan was to get it done as quickly as possible. Phil Overeynder, Water Department Director said there will be outages in the alleys. We do not want unplanned outages. Phil suggested not working during the peak times during the summer months. Andrew said there might be financial impacts from landlords and tenants and we need to make his fun . We need to have someone with a smiling face helping businesses be aware of what is going on. Andrew asked if it was the liability of the City to inform people? COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION .MINUTES OF DECEMBER 17, 2003 Eric said we need to get Kinder Morgan here as soon as possible. We realize they do not have a full plan and they could supply us with some kind of feedback. The CCLC cares about impact and the people and citizens they represent. Fire pits: Jeff presented diagrams of coal cars used as fire pits in Park City, which are on every comer. They are mobile and can be moved around. Bill suggested a work session with city council to discuss funding for the coal cars. SATURDAY MARKET Jack D'Orio, Steve Kossler (Homestead Meats), Maggie Dorrough, Agreed upon items: Booth fee: $400. 10 x 10 Split booth $250. each $500.00 for each produce vendor. Bill said the advertising should also come out of the ACRA market. ACRA needs to be more in the marketing of this event. Maybe we are not taking full advantage of marketing. Bill mentioned on-line advertising. Maggie Dorrough, market manager for 2003 started a web page. Dave Marlow will help market the cook book. She suggested advertising the market in the Aspen Times three days a week. Another suggestion was to make brochures and take them ro every hotel Maggie also said she saved money on the microphones and got them for free. Bill said on-line marketing has yet to be proven successful. Andrew said there are three areas of marketing, print, radio and point of reach, which are the hotels. COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF DECEMBER 17, 2003 Bill said the ACRA has taken the position to focus on heads in beds. We need to get the ACRA to do something on the Web end to promote the market. Eric suggested the ACRA put it on the v~eb as a pull down. We need to get with Rick Jones in January and coordinate the web. Bill said having a "barker" at the market is important. Bill said we need to get bios and digital images of the products being sold at the market. Setup time is 7:00 am to 8:00 and ending at 3:30 p.m. Dates are June 19th through Oct. 30th' Eric said we would use the priority system for choosing vendors. Eric smd information sheets need to be handed out on what is happening at the market. The CCI_ C decided to include the 1-70 corridor, Parachute to Eagle and the West Elk Loop for their demographic area for vendors. Jack said the farmers need input for the manager position. Maggie did quite well and worked with the produce vendors on a one to one. The farmers support Maggie as a manager. Bill suggested that the farmers get together and come up with a job description that will work and the CCI_C will come up with a job description and they can be discussed at the next meeting. Bill asked staffto check on the power supply to the light polls and circuit brakers, which go out weekly. The service is too small for the load. MOTION.. Bill moved to adjourn; second by Mark. All in favor, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m Kathleen J. Strickland, Chief Deputy Clerk 4