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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoa.cclc.min.01182006COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF JANUARY 18~ 2006 Chairperson, Bill Dinsmoor called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Commissioners in attendance were: Shae' Singer, Mark Goodman, Stan Hajenga and Bill Dinsmoor. Don Sheeley, John Starr and Terry Butler were excused. Staff present: Kathleen Strickland, Chief Deputy City Clerk Saturday Market issues: bathrooms, storage of tents and chairs Bill relayed that in the past the market has paid for someone to sit in City Hall and direct people to the bathrooms and make sure no one goes up the stairs to the second or third floors. Bill said that is not securing City Hall. Steve Barwick, City Manager said when he entered City Hall the person sitting at the table never challenged him at all. Bill said the issue is how can we make sure City Hall isn't ransacked and making sure it is safe. Steve said the building is not able to be locked off. Bill suggested locking offthe stairway and hallway. Steve said because of the fire code we can't lock the building. Steve said the biggest problem is not securing the building, it is more personal security for people who are working on Saturday's. We are responsible for their safety. Steve said the idea is to trigger the person who is working on Saturday to be more challenging. We can put police tape on both stairways to indicate that no one should be going up or down the stairs. We can also send an e-mail out to all employees about the security on Saturday so that they are aware that someone will be at the front door. Bill said in the past we had a port-a-potty and that was not successful. It was never cleaned for Saturday and people used it during the week. Steve said the solution would be to build a public bathroom on Conner Park that could be used for the market. People are always looking for bathrooms. Steve said COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF JANUARY 18~ 2006 he would add the bathroom suggestion to the 2007 budget discussion. Staff was directed to e-mail Jeff Woods, Parks/Recreation Director and request that the bathroom be added to the 2007 projected budget. Steve also suggested that we educate the person sitting at the table. Kathy suggested incorporating the stewardship program but Steve said that wouldn't work because we would be taking away from another program. Storage issue: Kathy pointed out that in the past we had two parking spaces on Saturday, one for the market manager and one for the chef. Staff said she posted the spots every Friday and someone kept taking the signs down. Steve said the market can have the two spaces every Saturday. Steve directed staff to contact Tim Ware, Parking Director and relay to him the approval of the two parking spaces for Saturday's. Bill pointed out that the market is the second largest event in Aspen. Moving the market: Mark Goodman brought up the idea of moving the market. Mark feels Mill and the malls would be better suited for the market. Bill said the ACRA doesn't feel this is a priority to have the market on the mall. Shae' stated that she talked to numerous store owners and they do not want their streets and store fronts blocked by the market. Bill asked staff to contact Allegheny Meadows to see if he is interested in representing the craft vendors. If not maybe he could suggest someone else. BID: Bill said the next BID meeting is February 3, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. The location is at the Community Bank. Shae said she was not contacted by Bill or Katherine about the meeting. Commissioner comments: Shae said she feels she is not being effective on the board. It seems that there are no ways to go forward in finding out what our business community wants. Shae pointed out that she walked the streets in order to find out what businesses 2 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF JANUARY 18~ 2006 reactions would be regarding moving the market. She would like direction as to how we can be effective in the community. How do we address things that come up. Bill commented that there are no means o£ communication with businesses other than the paper. Shae brought up the downtown catalyst. Shae suggested that we add an agenda item for the next meeting. How do we get the position of the community catalyst funded. There was great communication when we had the catalyst. The catalyst communicated to our commercial core people. We need to figure out how to communicate to people effectively. Kathy pointed out that we have a new community relations person that does press releases and she could be utilized for communication. Shae stated that she feels the committee is complacent. The CCLC needs to change their way of communication. Stan agreed that the BID is a good thing. He pointed out that it took 2 ½ years to change the lodging code. He suggested that Shae be involved with the BID. Shae said we need to figure out who is going to do what regarding follow through. CCLC needs to designate who is doing what on the ACRA and get more organized. Meeting adjourned 10:30 a.m. Kathleen J. Strickland, Chief Deputy Clerk 3