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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcclc.min.050300 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MAY 3, 2000 Meeting was called to order by Bill Dinsmoor. Members in attendance were John Starr and Eric Cohen. Terrry Butler and Jon Busch were excused. MOTION: Bill moved to approve the minutes of April 5, 2000; second by Eric. All in favor, motion carried. Bill mentioned an article that he read about the Old Boulder mall and the idea of encouraging or discouraging Chain stores for the retail community. The notion of having a Commercial taxation district to raise funds to purchase property is being addressed. The committee is trying to find ways to keep the rents down and buy buildings and rent them. John relayed that the AACP looked at this issue but could not come to a consensus. Bill said the idea would be that the retail community would purchase buildings to keep the chain stores out. The death of small retail is the chain stores. Eric brought up that some small stores are owned by locals and after numerous years can now afford to expand. Where do you draw the line, local management or what? Is it the name of the building or corporate ownership. John relayed that the problem is that locally service businesses are being pushed out. Bill said the majority of stores that are not locally owned are not putting anything back in our community. He also said the trend of loosing our specialty shops is of concern to the community. John said the Bidwell space, ground floor used to be one shop and now there are four shops. Bill directed staffto contact Boulder for input for the next meeting. COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MAY 3, 2000 MALL LEASES Staff informed the applicants that the mall leases are approved yearly by CCLC and the fee is determined by City Council. The mall leases run from May 25th to October 1, 2000. ACME Bar & Grill Tim Lucca was sworn in. He relayed that he is the night manager but will be assuming more responsibilities throughout the day. He is taking a more active role in the restaurant and will be the general manager. Bill stated that the mall lease must be paid in full before the outside seating can be opened. He also had a concern for the future regarding the lease. If the regulations cannot be controlled he would recommend denial in the future. Tim stated that there are no changes from last year. Staff interjected that the violations last year were the umbrellas hanging over the fence and the storage of chairs/tables in the exit area from the second floor apartment. Those violations were never corrected. The fire marshal and the building official requested that they be corrected before the mall lease is issued this year. Tim requested that the fire Marshall and building official meet at the site for clarification of the code violations. MOTION: Bill moved that the general manager, Tim Lucca meet with the fire Marshall and the building official regarding the exit and storage of chairs in order to correct the life and safety issues. The Mall lease must be paid in advance prior to any use of the space by May 25th; John second the motion. All in favor, motion carried. Tim said he understood that the mall lease must be paid in advance. Music will occur with local musicians. 2 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MAY 3, 2000 PACIFICA John Michaels, the new manager relayed that there will be no changes in the mall lease. The adjacent property owner's lease expires July 1, 2000 and he is moving his business. Pacifica will be taking over the lease and presently they are in the design phase in trying to bring something through the city. The revisions have to go through HPC also and the process is quite lengthy. They would like to have seating in the court yard area. In the interim they might buy Rob Tobias's inventory that is in the space until they get a chance to work out the issues. To bring the building up to code, the financing is quite substantial. The menu will be changing. A raw bar is proposed. MOTION: Bill moved to approve the mall lease at Pacifica; second by Eric. All in favor, motion carried. Eric suggested that John Michaels contact the Parks Dept. regarding the new Wagner Park. MIRABELLA & RED ONION Staff informed the board that the Red Onion was closed but there were no changes and Mirabella had no changes. Staff conversed with Doug Allen, attorney for Mirabella. WORKSESSION Bill said there is a long list of irresponsible ownership regarding liquor licenses or businesses and they walk away. They do not pay their employees or their taxes; The community ends up sucking up the bills that were not paid Possibly the city should have a dialogue regarding an insurance policy to underwrite the losses from businesses. Maybe it could be built into there COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF MAY 3, 2000 business licenses. Bill said he was concerned because the cost of doing business here keeps going up. John said he does not understand how it is allowed to slide to the point that it creates such a huge problem. Kathy said that the clerk's office does not see these problems, they are internal within the restaurant. There is a penalty if the taxes are not paid on time. Bill said the city enforcement regulations almost do not exist. Kathy relayed that fines can be imposed up to $1,000. Eric informed the board that the owner is given the opportunity to make it and if the city staff goes in and closes the business then they will not get the money at all and then you have to deal with whomever is coming in next. Employees need to be coarseful but at the same time give businesses the opportunity to pay. Another issue is the possibility of charging for business licenses at a different percentage level if your business is sending items out of state. Businesses need to get together in creating incentives to keep sales in the city. MOTION: John moved to adjourn; second by Eric. All in favor, motion carried. Motion to adjourn 10:15 Kathleen J. Strickland, Chief Deputy Clerk 4