06-05-18 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 — 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting date: June 5, 2018
Location: 14 3rd St. E., Kalispell, MT.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Karen Sanderson, Kisa Davison, Maggie Doherty,
Debbie Snyder, Christopher Petersen & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Director)
ABSENT: No One
CITY ATTENDEES: None
PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: None
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:35 AM by Chair Marshall Noice
MOTION: to approve the agenda dated June 5 and the minutes of May 1 and May 3 by Debbie
Snyder with a second by Maggie Doherty — approved
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: None
BUSINESS
Budget prep for workshop with City Council on June 11, 2018: The City of Kalispell has
requested a budget meeting with the KBID Board of Directors for the evening of Monday, June 11 at
7:00 PM. All board members present at the meeting have indicated that they can be in attendance.
After discussion it was determined that each board member would speak about a piece of the budget
and then the board would open it up for discussion and questions by the City Council. Marshall Noice
will speak about the assessment formula, Karen Sanderson will address bikes and pedestrians,
Maggie Doherty would talk about the need to continue to be an advocate for downtown, Debbie
Snyder the importance of the downtown Ambassador and Director and flowers and trees within the
district. Kisa Davison will discuss the breakdown of stakeholders in the district and what they will
receive as a KBID stakeholder. Christopher will talk about parking in the district.
Facade grant extension requests: Blue Samurai and Heartlander Inc. have requested extensions
for their fagade grants which were to be completed by the end of June, 2018. Both are having
difficulty in completed due to contractor timelines. Extensions were issued to both until October 1.
CORE Trail — Deep Dive overview and input sessions: The board was encouraged to participate
in the Deep Dive process for the CORE Trail from June 5 through June 8. Thursday the design team
and engineers will be offering train rides to look at the trail area. Every day there will be sessions for
the public to participate and offer input to the design process. Some of the items that will be
discussed are signage including potential Kiosks, North/South connections & lighting.
Set date for 4 hour fall retreat: This item will be postponed at this time per Marshall Noice, Chair.
Independent Contractor contracts: At the last meeting the board approved increases for the
Executive Director and Downtown Ambassador. The board reviewed the contracts for both and a
motion was made by Karen Sanderson with a second by Christopher Petersen to approve both. The
motion passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS: Future meeting dates: Changing the date of the meeting do a different time or
day was discussed and it was determined that the meetings would remain the same day and time; the
first Tuesday of each month at 8:30 AM.
BOARD MEMBER RECRUITMENT: Debbie Snyder told the board that her building could be sold by
August 15 and that her position would need to be replaced if that happened. There already is a need
to fill the position left by Eric Robbins who is no longer a representative for Aluma Glass. A letter of
interest has been received from Curtis Bartel with Aluma Glass. Christopher offered to talk with him
and invite him to our next meeting to observe. Potential other new board members mentioned are:
Trek or Renee Stephens with the Toggery, Rick or Hanna with Ceres Bakery, Jandy Cox with RMO,
Stan Pine with Cedarhouse who owns the building that Montana Coffee Traders occupies, and/or
Amanda with Bias Brewing.
ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:00 AM by Karen Sanderson with a second from
Maggie Doherty. The motion passed unanimously.
NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, August 7 at 8:30 AM — Whipps Building, Second Floor small Conference
Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Carbonari