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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.minutes.08042004COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF AUGUST"4~' ~004 Vice-chair, Terry Butler called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Commissioners in attendance: Charles Kennedy, Andrew Kole, Mark Goodman, Eric Cohen and John Starr. Bill Dinsmoor and Marc Breslin were excused. DUCKY DERBY Chh s Bendon, Rotarian said they should have come to CCLC before hand. The tent is up on the mall and we are here to ask your fOrgiveness and your approval. The request is the same as last year. Motion: Andrew moved to approve the Ducky Derby request for 2004; second by Eric. All in favor, motion carried. KETTLE CORN REQUEST TO SELL LEMONADE Jeff asked if the little girls could do a lemonade stand at his booth. The money would go to the animal shelter. The Health Dept. is OK with this. Pine Creek cookhouse will provide the lemonade. Andrew said Bill Dinsmoor was concerned about this. John said this is the same issue as the last meeting of selling food etc. We struck a deal with Wildwood to have the exclusive on selling water. John said 'he was discouraged. The issue is competition. We have existing guidelines in place. Jeff said his little girls are selling Wildwood water. Wildwood couldn't man their station so Jeff took it over. MOTION.. Eric made the motio~ to have lemonade at the market in support of the animal shelter under Jeff's supervision; second by Charles. Motion carried 6-0. ASPEN GOES BAZAAR Andrew asked about an insert in the paper. Newspaper inserts are a good piece. Andrew asked Lisa if the ACRA was spending money on Cocktail COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF AUGUST 4, 2004 ' Classic? Lisa said they were but the money is all lumped together. Does this have to be a new buy? Lisa said yes. Andrew said the small hotels did very well last year. The Gems of Aspen (10) hotels should kick in a little. Some of the retailers might chip in for Aspen Goes Bazaar. Andrew said he could see if Lisa Baker will help with a gallery walk. Andrew asked what else Lisa needed from the CCLC? Lisa said volunteers would be a great help. Andrew said Lisa Weiss can take the lead and if she needs his help he would be available. Lisa Weiss said tying the gallery walk in with Aspen Goes Bazaar is a great idea. Have a locally pitched event. Andrew said if the galleries Can encourage each other to have music it would encourage locals to go to our art galleries. John said if we can get the galleries to do it that would be great. Andrew said he would help Lisa Baker with the gallery walk which would be Friday night. Lisa Weiss said Thursday is the Cocktail Classic. Friday would be all day Shopping and music with the gallery walk. Lisa said she feels this event could grow into something like what Cherrv Creek has. It is a great opportunity for retailers to turn their merchandis~ around. Lisa also mentioned that she contacted the City to see if they could spend money for good SMAS decorations. The Parks Dept. decOrates 90 light polls and they have already ordered for this year. Maybe stores can take ownership of their individual blocks to get more decorations. Eric said the biggest partner in this should be the Ski Company. Hanna Pevny said we work closely with the Ski Co. but we are trying to help the businesses in the core to extend the Christmas shopping time. We COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF AUGUST 4, 2004 are trying to focus on the retail and restaurants etc. and trying to get people to extend their Christmas for more than one shopping week..64 cents on every dollar is spent in aspen from Snowmass. Hanna said the biggest shopping day is the day after Thanksgiving. Charles said maybe the retailers would want to have a pre-season sale. Lisa Weiss also suggested a West End Holiday home tour to help the Aspen Historical Society. Mark said that concept is fantastic. Mark said he woUld contact businesses on the mall to see who wants to do events during the Holiday Promotion. Mark said the holiday focus should be four days max. Lisa said the ACRA and CCLC should go to council together to request the funding for Aspen Goes Bazaar and the Holiday Promotion. Hanna said on a bigger issue we need to talk to council about sponsorship and cars. Events to need to be self-funding from car sponsorships. John said he is not ready to go to the broader spectrum yet. Motion: Mark moved that the CCLC and ACRA go to city council to request funding for Aspen Goes Bazaar and the Holiday Promotion; second by John. All in favor, motion carried. CCLC - new name for Holiday Promotion December.Dazzle Terry said the additional flowers throughout town are gorgeous. It gives the town a European flavor. People are thrilled with the tables and chairs on the mall. Men smoke their cigars at the tables while the women shop. People are also asking for umbrellas. We also need heaters in the winter. Terry said her people who stay at her hotel love the Saturday Market. The board talked about more valet parking. Staff was directed to contact the parking department to discuss the issue at the next meeting. CCLC also discussed lighting of existing buildings. COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF AUGUST 4~ 2004 MOTION: John made the motion to support the code being amended to allow the frontage of buildings to have up lighting; second by Andrew. All in favor, motion carried. MOTION: John moved to adjourn; second by Terry. All in favor, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m. Kathleen J. Strickland, Chief Deputy Clerk