01-02-19 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 — 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting date: January 2, 2019
Location: 14 3rd St. E., Kalispell, MT.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Debbie Snyder, Kisa Davison, Christopher
Petersen, Maggie Doherty, Karen Sanderson & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Director)
ABSENT: no one
CITY ATTENDEES: None
PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: Curtis Bartel —Alums Glass
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:40 AM by Board member Kisa Davison, Marshall arrived at 9:00
and the meeting continued with him chairing the meeting.
MOTION: to approve the agenda dated January 2 and the minutes of December 4 by Debbie Snyder
with a second by Christopher Petersen— approved
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: No public comments
BUSINESS
Review property owner survey results and dissemination of the results: Survey results were
reviewed and discussed by the board. The results were presented with all comments listed. The
board would like to share the information with not only the property owners in the district but with
other leaders in the community. There was discussion about engaging the City Council, the County
Commissioners and possibly Jane Karas from FVCC to a future meeting to share the results.
Marshall would like to offer a snapshot of the survey results to the City Council as soon as possible.
The creation of a pamphlet with what we are doing with this information and what you can do could
be looked at. If a pamphlet is created it could be designed in 3 categories; Things we can't do
anything about, Things we can assist with, and Things within our control. Brookings Institute shared
a great article on Kalispell and Kisa encouraged at board members to read the article and also that
we place a link to the article on any printed material that we utilize to encourage the public to read it.
Maggie pointed out that a number of the comments mentioned community feel and that is something
that the board should keep in mind.
General discussion continued with regards to the results from the survey and how the board can best
advocate for the comments of the property owners. With the City Council looking at the creation of a
TIF District downtown, the board would like to make sure the opportunity is available to comment on
priority projects such as the water main on Main Street and a parking garage and which one should
come first. Marshall reminded the board that we should be looking for ways to re -open the Main
Street (Hwy 93) EIS as nothing will change on Main Street unless the EIS is updated.
There was also a brief discussion about the City of Kalispell Parking Committee with Christopher
asking if the board might be interested in absorbing the committee. It was determined that would not
be an option at this time.
Schedule spring social: The board scheduled a spring social for downtown property owners for
Thursday, May 9. The results of the survey will be disseminated at the social.
Schedule a meeting date with Glacier Bank leadership: Bob Nystuen, President of Glacier Bank
requested a short meeting with any BID Board members that might be available to have a general
discussion about the work of the BID. Marshall will contact Bob Nystuen to set a date.
Discussion regarding downtown trees &watering: Fred Bicha with the City Parks and Recreation
offered his suggestion for a tree purchase this year. After review about availability of trees from
nurseries in the area and the best possible stock, Fred believes the BID should purchase the trees
from Glacier Nursery. There will be a variety of 3 different trees for a total cost of $2,070.00 for 12
trees. The City of Kalispell will be able to plant the trees. Christopher made a motion to accept the
price of $2,100 from Glacier Nursery. His bid also stipulated that the authorization is contingent upon
the BID being authorized to utilize the Parks and Recreation water truck a minimum of once per week
to water the new trees and our downtown flower pots and that the BID process of requiring 3 bids on
purchases over $1500 is eliminated on the purchase due to the availability of appropriate stock and
pricing that the City of Kalispell received. The motion was seconded by Karen and passed
unanimously.
Snow removal discussion: It was determined that snow removal on the sidewalks is an
enforcement issue with the City of Kalispell. Some of the board would like to encourage pride of
ownership and perhaps next year could look at trying to acquire a bid for the district for snowplowing
of the sidewalks with the property owners paying the fee. Perhaps looking at other cities for their
policy and working with the City of Kalispell should be the direction for the future.
Mission, Vision and purpose discussion: Curtis Bartel has offered comments with regards to this
item. Due to a lack of time during this meeting, the item has been postponed and will be placed first
on the agenda for the February meeting.
Yearend bonuses: The board discussed yearend bonuses for the contractors hired by the BID.
Maggie made a motion to give Carbonari Associates a bonus for $500.00, Paul Faessel $250.00 and
Ted Davison $100.00. There was a second by Karen Sanderson. Kisa Davison had left the meeting
prior to the snow removal discussion so was not in attendance during this motion and discussion.
The motion did pass unanimously by those in attendance.
NEW BUSINESS: No new business
Executive Director Report: Pam will be working with Representative Frank Garner regarding
potential liquor law legislation. She will report back to the board. Pam will also be attending the City
Council meetings regarding the potential Downtown TIF District.
ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:55 AM by Debbie Snyder with a second from Karen
Sanderson. The motion passed unanimously.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday February 5, 2019 at 8:30 AM — Whipps Building, Second Floor
Conference Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Carbonari