04-02-19 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 — 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting date: April 2, 2019
Location: 14 3rd St. E., Kalispell, MT.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Kisa Davison, Maggie Doherty, Curtis Bartel,
Christopher Petersen & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Director)
ABSENT: Ryan Berweger & Karen Sanderson
CITY ATTENDEES: None
PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: No one
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:35 AM by Chairman Marshall Noice
MOTION: to approve the agenda dated April 2 and the minutes of March 5 by Kisa Davison with a
second by Maggie Doherty— approved
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: No public comments
BUSINESS
Expiring board positions: The board seats held by Karen Sanderson and Ryan Berweger will expire
on April 30. Both have turned in applications for reappointment. The Mayor and the City Council will
make the appointments within the next few weeks.
Budget 2019 — 2020: Discussion regarding the budget continued with a few changes on the
proposed budget.
An addition of $10,000 was added to the contract staff to reflect the 4 months, full time work of
a temp employee to assist Paul with cleaning and watering.
• Website development / Maintenance line item was decreased $500 reflecting a total of $2,500.
• Development Activity expenses in fiscal year 2018 — 2019 includes $2,000 to Serious JuJu for
putting up and taking down the Christmas decorations. $7,000 additionally has been expensed
for the new flower pot hangers and pots authorized by the board previously.
• Fagade Improvement Program was increased from $15,500 to $25,000. The board will work to
get more information out on the program in hopes of encouraging more applications and
potential improvements to the buildings downtown.
• $5,000 was added to sponsorships and events. The BID will make a determination about
sponsoring a project of the KDA instead of helping cover insurance costs. It is the desire of
the BID to secure a liability insurance policy for the BID only. Past years there has been one
policy with both entities listed.
• The insurance line item was reduced from $4,000 to $2,000 as explained in the bullet item
above.
The line item for printing was discussed further. $10,000 is in the proposed budget and could be
used for the Walking Tour Brochure. Christopher made a motion to pay 1 /3 of the cost for the walking
tour brochure and Kisa seconded the motion. Discussion continued with some of the board members
questioning whether the brochures actually attract tourists downtown. Perhaps we should make the
necessary changes and then only print one year. It was suggested that a conversation with the TBID
might be in order to see if they would like to do a joint project. Christopher's motion to approve 1 /3 of
the costs of production failed with no one voting in favor. Kisa made a motion to leave the $10,000 in
the budget as a line item in printing. The motion was seconded by Christopher. The motion passed.
Further discussion on the brochure and or a web based product will be discussed.
Retreat Planning: Kisa Davison will host the retreat at her home located at 312 6th Ave. East.
Marshall requested that Pam prepare a BID folder that includes; a list of board members and their
terms, Montana Code Annotated for BID's, a copy of independent contractors current contracts, and
the current BID Mission/Vision/Purpose. Kisa proposed starting the retreat with a discussion about
personal values. She passed out a list of values and asked that everyone choose 2 items from the list
in preparation for the retreat. Marshall requested that Pam pick up 2 dry erase easel boards to be
utilized during brain storming. Everyone will bring food to share at the retreat. A list of agenda items
for the retreat was developed.
Survey results: The board reviewed a refreshed one page report that will be sent out with invitations
to the social. After review the survey results were approved for dissemination.
May social location: The social will be held on May 9 at Montana Modern Fine Art, 127 Main Street
NEW BUSINESS: Paul Faessel the Downtown Ambassador will be celebrating his 60t" Birthday. It
was suggested that the Board do something for him. Maggie made a motion and it was seconded by
Marshall to buy Paul a downtown gift certificate from the board with personal contributions of $10.00
each. Pam will create the gift certificate and deliver a card and the certificate to Paul.
Marshall mentioned a Rotary event that will be taking place on June 8. The event is called Dig Days
and will be a family friendly event allowing children and adults to operate construction equipment.
The event will be located behind Kalispell Ford on Highway 93 north of town. Marshall requested a
$500 sponsorship. A motion was made by Christopher with a second by Maggie. The motion passed
unanimously.
Executive Director Report: Pam reported that the KDA was actively working on sponsorships for
Thursday!Fest. She asked if the board might be interested in offering a sponsorship and they
indicated that there was no interest at this time. The date for Ladies Night Downtown has been set for
Friday, May 10 from 5:00 — 8:00. Pam offered an update on the liquor bills and indicated that most
bills never made it out of committee. There is still hope that an advisory committee/interim committee
might be established.
ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:40 AM by Kisa Davison with a second from Maggie
Doherty. The motion passed unanimously.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday May 7, 2019, 2019 at 8:30 AM — Whipps Building, Second
Floor Conference Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Carbonari