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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.min.06052019 1 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION JUNE 5TH, 2019 Chairperson Jeb Ball opened the meeting at 8:36 a.m. Commissioners in attendance: Bill Dinsmoor, Jeb Ball, Kiki Raj, Charles Cunniffe, Terry Butler, Angi Wang, Steve Fante, Amanda Tanaka. Staff present: Nicole Henning, Deputy City Clerk Mitch Osur, Parking Services Director Other attendees: Kathy Strickland MOTION: Mr. Dinsmoor moved to approve the minutes of May 15th, Mr. Cunniffe seconded. All in favor, motion carried. PUBLIC COMMENT: None. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS: Mr. Dinsmoor mentioned that Woody Creek has encouraged the county to be more proactive in preventing flooding. They want to also encourage the city to have a mud and flood department or plans in place for evacuation at the very least. They are preparing for flooding due to the damn overspill. Mr. Cunniffe said it will certainly surge at some point. Ms. Butler entered the meeting. Mr. Osur brought up the engagement zone idea and said there is a plan ready to go with a few minor changes. They will be going to council in July to get approved for next spring. He said Sara Ott has approved KemoSabe as a pilot for this new program. Ms. Raj entered the meeting. Mr. Fante asked what KemoSabe is currently working on in front of their store. Mr. Osur said they are just repairing the sidewalk out front and putting in tile that looks like wood. They City also repaired the curb and KemoSabe did the sidewalk at their own expense. There will be four engagement zones at a time and just one per block. The cost will replace the lost revenue for parking and is still currently TBD. No amplified music has been added to the list of requirements. Mr. Osur said that in four weeks, we will take the four busiest parking meters and change them to colored touch screens because they are hard to read in the sun. They are fairly expensive, so we will experiment with those four first before purchasing more. Mr. Cunniffe asked about parking for residents only in town and said it’s going to be a growing problem. Mr. Osur asked who the city is here to serve? Locals? Tourists? Commuters? Who should the city take as the number one priority? Council says it’s all of the above. Ms. Raj said she feels everything caters to the tourists. Mr. Cunniffe said the root of the problem is being able to buy a place that doesn’t have a parking space. 2 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION JUNE 5TH, 2019 The board brought up sandwich boards and asked for status. Mr. Osur said he feels that staff will choose to keep kicking the can down the road on this for now. NEW BUSINESS: Alternatives for the Saturday Market Mr. Ball said that he, Mr. Cunniffe and Mr. Osur walked around yesterday morning to take a look at the market area. Mr. Ball mentioned the back to back booth idea and reiterated why they didn’t like this idea from the discussion at the last meeting. He also brought up the discussion about moving it over to Monarch and there was some feeling that it was an interesting alternative, but it wasn’t the same as having it where it currently is. Mr. Osur said they looked at the retail spaces and feel the best option would be to leave a pathway to their storefronts. They can have a sandwich board right there directing them inside and they might actually have more traffic than they currently do. Mr. Cunniffe said this could actually add character to the market. Mr. Ball agreed and said it’s also not an automatic in just because you have a store front, and everyone will still have to apply like usual. Mr. Osur added that there will be no net loss of booths or revenue. We can add balloons, a red carpet or sandwich boards; whatever draws attention. In the case of the Core building, it would be the building which would have the entrance and would include Shakti, Pure Barre and Cycle Bar collectively. We’re still accommodating, just in a different way. The restaurants would still have to apply as well. Mr. Osur said they will get Mr. True’s approval and then go to council and get approval from them. Mr. Fante said we should talk to the businesses and get buy in before we go to council, so we have some support. Ms. Strickland said that none of the restaurants make money being out in the market. She said the St. Regis wants to do a food demonstration. Mr. Dinsmoor said we would need more detail. Ms. Strickland said its advertising for them. The board did not feel that this was fair and they all agreed on no. Ms. Strickland mentioned that Dr. Wells wants to hand out sunscreen and do skin checks. She said t’s a health issue and maybe we should let them in one time. Mr. Cunniffe said we are then asking for trouble. The board were all in agreement on not allowing this. Ms. Strickland said she will send a list of all the nonprofits and that she has a lot of new and unusual ones this year. She also said that Louie Swiss needs wifi and want to use someone else’s. She said it’s the same for T- Lazy 7. The board agreed that both places need to get hotspots and supply their own wifi. Ms. Strickland said she has high school kids ready to go and everything is ready to go for this weekend. She got a new wagon and got a new tent. She needs one more kid to work the trash station. Ms. Wang said she has received many complaints from businesses on Hyman about Escobar being loud and dirty while generating a lot of ruckus and leaving trash out there. It hurts the other businesses when their trash cans are being left out, etc. It’s just not a good image. CCLC doesn’t feel that we are doing as good of a job at enforcing as they used to. Ms. Wang said that no one wants to make a formal complaint because anytime they have in the past, they are aggressively approached by the manager. 3 REGULAR MEETING COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION JUNE 5TH, 2019 Mr. Dinsmoor said the board should talk about what to do next after the market has been dealt with. Mr. Ball said he will need some help with the interview for the next newsletter. Ms. Wang and Ms. Tanaka said they will help. Mr. Fante said the engagement zone issue should be put in the newsletter and everyone liked that idea. They could do an interview with Mr. Osur about it. Mr. Ball said he will bring a draft of the newsletter to the next meeting on June 19th. Mr. Cunniffe mentioned doing the new City of Aspen office presentation on June 19th as well. Ms. Tanaka mentioned that she will be participating in the Snowmass market and she would like a list of the vendors who were rejected from the Aspen market, so she can reach out and see if they are interested. This market will take place on Fridays from 4-8 at the Limelight ice rink. Sara Halferty from East West Partners is curating this. Ms. Strickland said she will send the list of rejects to Ms. Tanaka. Mr. Dinsmoor focused the conversation back to what the board should focus on after the market is over. Mr. Osur brought up Winterskol and also mentioned doing some type of business education for local businesses such as how to read a financial statement, etc. Ms. Wang liked the idea and said it sounds interesting and suggested doing a different topic each quarter. Mr. Fante mentioned using social media to do some digital marketing for the newsletter among other things. Mr. Osur said the ARC started using social media and it helped them out drastically. Ms. Tanaka said KSPN has a digital marketing program available. MOTION: Mr. Fante moved to adjourn, Mr. Ball seconded. All in favor, motion carried at 10:58 a.m. __________________________________ Nicole Henning, Deputy City Clerk