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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.min.02212007 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 21, 2007 Chairperson, Bill Dinsmoor called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Commissioners in attendance: Mark Goodman, Stan Hajenga, Shae Singer, Terry Butler, Don Sheeley and John Starr. Staff present: Kathy Strickland, Chief Deputy Clerk Takah Sushi, Casey Kaufman Bill said the crux of the problem is that the mall space is not used during the day. Shae said it is our intent to try to come up with a way that your area is not fenced in during the day so that we can all make this work. John said possibly the lease can be modified for only when it is being used. Casey said the fence protects her at night. Don asked ifthere was anyway to open the fence during the noon hours when the restaurant is not open. Casey said part of the issue is that we need to secure our property. I can't have the tables and chairs loose. Casey said she cannot afford to be open for lunch. Shae said the space is not being occupied during the noon hours and that area becomes dead space on a comer that gets a lot of exposure. It is a closed off space with no access. Bill asked Casey to contemplate as many options as she can and to get a read from the City attorney as to how flexible the city can be regarding liability during the hours that the restaurant is not open. John said it is either a pass through or a sit down in that area. Mark said it would be nice to have something during the day. Casey said what if we were to set up the whole thing at NOON and leave it open until that time. John said it is the physical feel of that space in the summer not being used. Bill said it is the busiest part of the mall that is blocked off during the day even though dinners are served in the evening. Mark said in general CCLC would love to see the tables occupied by people during the day. I COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 21, 2007 Casey agreed to meet with the City Attorney regarding the liability. Chair & Vice-chair Bill said he felt it was time to have someone else on the board chair. If the BID goes through he probably will resign. John said we can address that when it occurs. John said Bill does a great job and should continue to be chair. MOTION: John nominated Bill as Chair and Terry as Vice-chair; Don second. Motion carried. Allegheny Meadows acceptance into the Saturday Market Bill said based on conversations last summer Shae and Kathy were under the assumption that Allegheny was not coming back into the market. Bill said doing over notification of past vendors should be included in the future. Terry said Allegheny has been with the market in the past. Mark said he was a big assistance. Allegheny said there was miscommunication and he was exhausted at the end of the season and missed the last few dates. Kathy pointed out that she does not notify applicants for the following year. The market application has always been on the web site for the past three years. Allegheny was the only one that did not reapply by the deadline. John asked if all the vendors were notified. Kathy said she notified only those that were in the market last year that were accepted. New vendors were not notified. Three booths will have to be eliminated in order for the airstream to fit. MOTION: Terry moved to accept Allegheny into the market; second by Don. All in favor, motion carried. Dave and Sue Whittlesey, Agriculture representatives for 2007 Dave informed the board that Borden Farms was on the reserve last year. They were accepted this year into the market. They require 20 feet. Kathy reminded the board that Council approved the resolution for the market for another five years with the condition that they try to fit in another agriculture farmer. Bill said CCLC thought it appropriate that farmers should represent farmers. If you have a farm you would be reviewed by the agriculture board. Pasta, breads, brownies, popcorn are not agriculture and should be reviewed by CCLC. Dave said at their annual meeting the board felt differently. They felt that the food vendors should be reviewed by them. Dave also said they discussed an ending date for 2 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 21, 2007 the market. It is difficult to get produce at the end of October. The board voted to end the market Oct. 13 tho Dave pointed out that farmers are putting in green houses in order to get product earlier. Kathy pointed out that she represented the artisan's and they would all prefer to end earlier. Heaters were purchased by the vendors in order to keep warm in their booths. Sales are obviously down in October. Motion: Terry moved to end the market on the 13th of October instead of having it strung out; second by John. Motion failed. Discussion on the pros and cons of the 13th or the 20th by Dave and the CCLC. Kathy said there is an agreement with the farmers and the CCLC. The farmers feel they are not being included in any discussion and that CCLC is making all the rules without including or listening to them. They discussed the 13th at length and voted on it. We should support their decision in order to unify the two entities. Shae pointed out that the vote was close. MOTION: Shae made the motion to end the market October 20th as a compromise; second by John. Roll call vote: Terry, no; Bill, no; John, yes; Don, yes; Stan, yes; Shae, yes; Mark, no. Bill asked Dave to relay to the farmers that the market will end Oct. 20th. Terry pointed out that team playing is important for the market and all vendors need to comply. Bill said food is the most problematic in the market. In order to maintain our criteria the ingredients have to be Colorado. Food vendors need to find Colorado origin ingredients. Maybe we need to identify the food standards in the application. Felix, owner of Louis Swiss said he uses Colorado ingredients and everyone in the market should do the same. He has no problem getting them. Jim Pomeroy, food vendor, requested to sell chocolate sauces pre-packaged in the market in addition to his pre-packaged brownies. Jim said in the past he did not use Colo. ingredients and ifhe did his costs would go up. Jim said he needs to know the criteria for food. Felix, owner of Louis Swiss said he thought the criteria for food vendors was to use Colorado ingredients and he does. He offered to share that information with Jim. Shae said if Felix the owner of Louis Swiss can get from Colorado ingredients and keep his prices reasonable so can everyone else. We need to be consistent. 3 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 21, 2007 Bill said we need a way to justify the chocolates. As a good citizen of the market you need to comply and use Colorado ingredients. Jim said he will research what is available. Kathy suggested that all food vendors have a sign and identify their Colorado ingredients. Terry agreed. Dave said they discussed the budget and one of the agricultural vendors is an accountant and offered to do the taxes for the market. He will also handle payroll and issue 1099's etc. and changing the market to a non-profit corporation. They also discussed having a market assistant as a backup for the manager to help coordinate for the first five or six weeks. Sue and Kathy will do a proposed budget when all the checks are in and deposited. Meetij; a9.iourn~ at II :OO.a.m. 'la.-<-itL....- ~ Kathleen J. Strickland, Chief Deputy Clef1("'-- 4