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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.min.03052003 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MARCH 5~ 2003 Bill Dinsmoor opened the Commercial Core and Lodging Commission meeting at 9:30 with Andrew Kole and Charles Kennedy present. Eric Cohen and Jon Busch were absent. Excused were John Starr and Terry Butler. Mall Leases The Colony - Annette represented the Colony; a diagram and written description were provided for the mall lease. Annette asked if they could be more than 10 feet from the edge of the building. Bill Dinsmoor replied that the mall lease read 10 feet from the building and that they must be must be in compliance. MOTION: The commission agreed in favor to grant the mall lease for the Colony for 2003. Scott Engelman, the Colony, asked if the measurement was from the edge of the building. Bill Dinsmoor noted that Paragraph 5a the mall lease provisions described 10 feet from the building. Bill suggested that he call Sarah Oates for further clarification and he could obtain a copy of the language from the city clerks office. Red Onion - David Walbert, owner of the Red Onion, was present. MOTION: The commission was in favor of granting the mall lease for the Red Onion for 2003. Bill talked about the alfresco dining in relation to the outside seating for the Red Onion. Kathryn Koch explained that Don Pace, the head of the liquor enforcement for the state of Colorado, said no. Andrew said that he did not hear no, he heard that it might be possible based upon the way the law read; a plastic fence could meet the continuous requirement. Kathryn said that she didn't know what the liabilities were but there were problems. Pacifica - Ed Curtindale asked if the mall lease was 10 feet from building edge and had questions on the sign. Bill Dinsmoor explained that Sarah Oates handled lighting and signs. Bill noted that everything was to be contained inside the fence including the edges of umbrellas and tables. Bill encouraged him to be 10 feet from the building again. Ed Curtindale will come before CCLC again for lease approval. Ed Curtindale said that he could increase the bus~ness if he were allowed to expand his outside seating area. COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MARCH 5, 2003 The Grottos - Jackie Lothian reported that the Grottos paid their outstanding monies due from the 2002 mall lease and that the business was being purchased. Trash Ed Sadler explained the position of the city on trash compactors and that City Council would hold a public hearing at the earliest on May 12, 2003. Bill spoke about the memo dated Feb 12, 2003 to Mayor& Council. Nick Lebby stated that the compactors had a "big ooze" that came out of the in the alley on Hopkins between Mill and Monarch. Bill said that Cache Cache compactor doesn't meet the city specs. Nick Lebby said that the same issues were brought up 5 years ago and that they were not notified of this last public meeting with the city council. Ed said that there was a request for Council second reading to be in June because they will be out of town in May. Ed spoke of the visuals of maps to see where the locations o£the compactors. Lee Cassin and Nick Adeh were present. Bill asked if compactors provide efficiencies over dumpsters. Bill said that there were components of enforcement that have been lost without Brian Flynn. Jim representing Waste Management was present and spoke about a 30%, broad statement, of reduction of trash with compactors. One yard of trash will equal three yards ofuncompacted trash; 10 dumpsters = one compactor but the compactor takes more space. Charles asked if the effiCiencies haVe improved and asked what the response time was for repair or replacement. Jim replied that compactors were mechanical and mechanical things break; they cost about $30,000.00 each. charles asked if any other cities had a compactor program. Jim responded that Breckenridge had several and Terry Perkins was the director of public works in Breckenridge. Jim said that every other month each one would break. Waste management brought in roll offs when the compactor broke behind the Red Onion. Bill spoke about Carl Bergmans' problems. Ed Sadler said that an answer was needed for this compactor issue so this would be reviewed; engineering will review the width of the alleys and identify potential sites for compactors. Jim explained the key pads and the problems with the pads in relation to the charge for the trash. 2 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF M~RCH 5~' 200~ Lee Cassin asked of there was an intention to apply this to recycling. Bill answered no, there was no vision on recycling. Lee said that if the recycling containers were not conveniently located then the compactor would not work. Bill said that they would like to have the recycle containers but it changes from alley to alley with their use. Lee asked how CCLC envisioned preventing compactors from being not up to standards. Nick Lebby asked about the accountability of his trash behind his building and that needed to be addressed; it came down to accountability. Lee mentioned that the n'ash enforcement personnel had been cut again. Nick Lebby said that the businesses or landlords should police their own establishments because it was their responsibility. Bill agreed that Nick was correct but it wasn't the reality anymore. Jim from Waste Management Stated that he would offer assistance in drawing up plans. Saturday Market Andrew spoke about the petitions for the Saturday Market and that he had a fight with Hanna Pevny. Andrew said that he was not going to do the petitions. Bill talked about the market expansion for city council on Monday night (3/10/03). Charles noted that he spoke to Rob at The Cooking School about sponsoring the Cooking Demonstrations for the Saturday Market. Charles said that the cooking school stated that they did not have ;he time to do it. Andrew also spoke to Rob. (A letter was to have been included in the record that was sent to the mayor). Charles felt that the CCLC should present the issues to the public in the form of letters to the editor. Andrew said that the Daily News would place a column in the newspaper from the CCLC with issues either monthly or bi- monthly. CCLC summarized this to a possible Featured Monthly Colunm. CCLC discussed a presentation to city council for Monday night. Bill said that they explored opportunities last year and he wants to go forward with more for this coming year but only for expansion of the market. There was discussion of the perceptions of ACRA, Antique Fair and Saturday Market. COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MARCH 5~ 2003 Bill asked Mark Bressner to keep attending the meetings. Charles asked for direction on the design for the Saturday Market logo for the bags; the commission agreed to 4 visuals items and to have 2 produce and 1 craft. Meeting adjourned at 10:35 a.m. J~kie '' Lothian, Deputy City Clerk