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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcoa.cclc.min.02152006 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 15. 2006 Chairperson Bill Dinsmoor called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Commissioners in attendance were: Mark Goodman, Stan Hajenga, Don Sheeley, Shae Singer and Terry Butler. John Starr was excused. Staff in attendance: Kathleen Strickland, Chief Deputy City Clerk X Games Jeff Woods, Parks Director explained that Ski Co. was to provide security for the Wagner Park bathrooms but they did not. Smoking and drinking were occurring in the bathrooms. For the health and safety we closed the bathrooms. Security in Wagner Park was marginal. Jeff said his employees are not trained for drug and alcohol abuse. There will be a debriefing of the X Games. For safety concerns, the concert might not come into town next year. Jeff said we need to weigh the public safety and it was close to being out of control. The fencing was up but they did not check ID's etc. There was no control in the concert. We need to make it a better event for next year. People were crowding and pushing into the buses. There were 150 arrests. Stan said his business was one of the businesses that had to deal with the X Games until 3:00 a.m. He would like to be involved for next year. Stan pointed out that there were problems all over town. Jeff said we need to work with the businesses. It has grown beyond what we can handle for the community. Bill asked Jeff what he had in mind for organization. Jeff said Lorren Ryerson wants to get all of the affected parties together. Bill asked if the ACRA should be used to get the word out when the meeting is set up. Jeff said transportation was overwhelmed. People were walking across the bridge drunk. Jeff said he would give the sales tax report to stafffor the next meeting. We need to work as a community on this. Stan requested that he be kept in the loop. 1 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 15. 2006 Terry said the event that was held by Paradise Bakery had porta-potties in front of her hotel. None of the sales people could hear their customers because it was too loud. It was also a Ski Co. event. Don and Bill felt the X games should remain in town. Jeff said we did not know until one week before who the band was. Bill said we mentioned the bathrooms in Conner Park to the City Manager. Staffis to send Jeff the minutes for the 2007 budget. Bill asked Jeff about artificial turf. Shae said she had artificial turf and it doesn't work, it was a mess. When it rains or snows it moves. Jeff said artificial turf will be installed at the middle school. The school will be in charge but the Parks Dept. will help. Stan asked in general why Wagner Park restrooms are closed. When they are closed people go to the nearest lodge. We get a lot of traffic. Jeff said the bathrooms are kept open until I 0:00 p.m. and II :00 p.m. in the summer. They have had employees assaulted in the bathrooms. If CCLC wants to take it to council for additional funding for security that is OK. If council gives additional money for security that would be fine. Jeff said on special events they can go open later like the 4th of July. Bill said Casey Kaufman was concerned. Ski Co. was to provide security and they did not and it will be addressed for next year. Don asked about the Saturday market and the use of City hall bathrooms for the market. Bill said porta-potties do not work. People broke into them. Bill said we will have someone in front lobby of city hall and the bathrooms will be used. Shae said the recycling ordinance said containers would be provided for newspapers. When is that happening? Jeff said this spring. 2 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 15. 2006 Jeff said he would suggest to the City Manager that the public restrooms at the parking garage should have better signage for the public. Jeff said the bathrooms were designed for the Rio Grande Park also. Jeff said they can get a sign installed in the park indicating the bathrooms in the parking garage. DWELL Scott Chism - present manager for the Dwell. Regarding the hearth concrete footers and all the infill structures at being installed at Galena. The steel fabricator walked off the job so we have been scrambling for someone to finish the job and to achieve it by the end of the month. It will be fabricated off site and dropped on the site. The Pavilion building, kiosk structure, landscape enhancements at Manrico will occur in the spring around April. The fire hearth will be used all year long. Don asked when the kiosk will be functional. Scott said hopefully by mid March. It will be a heated space and will accommodate two people all year around. They are removable for potential special events. Themail boxes will be shifted. Stan asked what the cost was for the pavilion. Scott said $130,000. for all three elements. Jeff said they are upgrading the mall electricity. Scott said the hearth is too the side because the focal point is to the mountain. Jeff said the tables and chair are a growing element. Shae said the painted ones are the best. Shae said the Parks Dept. should sell them and have businesses pay for them. Shae also pointed out that the Rio Grand needs benches. There is no place to sit in the Rio Grand. Jeff said he could put some tables and chairs in the Rio Grand. Bill asked about wireless in the mall. Staff is to check on this. Bill said it would be a great service to have wireless on the mall. 3 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 15. 2006 Shea said Clarks Market has it and she pays $10. a month to do it. Terry said she had to put three antennas in her hotel. Scott Chism said the mall stream will be reworked and council can look at it. There will be a demo with curved benches and a wider stream for council to look at. At some point down the road there will be funding to redo the streams if council deems it important. Lighting. Scott said we are addressing the power and getting sufficient electricity then we will come up with a new lighting scheme. There are people that do not like lighting. Scott they have four upgraded globes. Each globe is $600. Jeff said everyone in town has a different idea on what should occur downtown. It is difficult for the government to make decisions. Terry said we have accomplished three things, alfresco dining, dwell and the Saturday market. Market Don said the ACRA does not want to have an information booth. Maybe the Chamber information can go in with the ACRA business booth. Downtown catalyst. Shae relayed that she had a meeting with Steve Barwick, City Manger to discuss a downtown catalyst. Once the $27,500 is raised for the BID, City Council would match the funds for the BID. The downtown catalyst portion of the BID wouldn't function until the funding is provided. Bill said they are close to getting the funding together. Shae said the downtown catalyst job would be separate from the BID catalyst. We need to come up with a list of what the catalyst would do. Right now there is no budget for a catalyst. Shae said she personally feels there was momentum throughout town with a catalyst. She said Steve agreed that there is a lack of communication. 4 COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 15. 2006 Don asked what the catalyst would do. Shae gave an example such as the Dwell information. Bill said someone walking around and asking businesses what they want to happen downtown would be a portion of the job. Shae said the catalyst could go to the Ski Co. and find out what events are happening and the catalyst would report to Steve or the chamber. Shae said Steve indicated that he could find some funding and or person that could do the catalyst job. Bill said he feels the catalyst is redundant. There is concern as to how we would execute this catalyst. Bill said he will talk to Shirley and Katherine about what their position would be. Meeting adjourned at 11:00 a.ill. Kathleen J. Strickland, Chief Deputy City Clerk 5