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04-12-19 Business Improvement District Retreat Minutes2017 — 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD RETREAT MINUTES Meeting date: April 12, 2019 Time: 12:00 PM — 5:00 PM Location: 312 6t" Ave. E. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Karen Sanderson, Kisa Davison, Maggie Doherty, Christopher Petersen, Ryan Berweger, Curtis Bartel & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Director) ABSENT: No one CITY ATTENDEES: No one PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: No One MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 12:25 PM by Chair Marshall Noice BUSINESS Election of Board Chair: Maggie made a motion to reappoint Marshall as the Chair for a 2nd year. The motion was seconded by Karen Sanderson and approved by all. Select Date for the spring social: Marshall has a conflict on May 9 and would like to reschedule the spring social. The retreat was selected for May 16 from 5:30 — 7:30 and will be held at Montana Modern Fine Art, 127 Main Street. Christopher will take care of the food, Maggie will bring beer and Karen will bring wine. Review property owner survey: The revised property owner survey was reviewed and approved. Projects 2019 — 2020: As presented at the retreat the following items were on the agenda. The list is in no particular order of importance. • Water wagon — with the increased size of the BID the board had agreed to add more flowers within the district. The larger district will require an additional ambassador to assist Paul with watering and other tasks. Christopher said that he would figure out a new water wagon. Flowers should be delivered by June 1. • Snow removal —The board spent time discussing options and realized that it will take much more discussion and research to determine what might work downtown. Maggie agreed to get some bids to further the discussion at another meeting. • Signage — Discussion about adding signs directing people to parking might be needed. It was pointed out that the wayfinding signage does reflect where parking is available. Additionally, the current parking hour signage needs to be addressed by the city with correct enforcement times and days. Some of the signage is in poor condition. • Banners — The board would like to look at the possibility of adding seasonal banners to the highway light poles on Main Street. Pam will look into the cost and how many banners would be needed on Main Street. • Walking Tour Brochures: This item has been discussed at a couple of meetings. Some of the board see the value but would like to see a mobile application added. Should additional properties within the district be added? Should the BID sell advertising within the brochure to help pay the cost? Could we partner with TBID to help with the cost? The discussion will continue at a future meeting. We currently have enough books to last a couple of months. • Facade Grants: Everyone wished to continue this program. Discussion around getting the word out about the program was held. Kisa agreed to write a PSA. • Bike Racks: The Kalispell Downtown Association has developed a committee to work on "Kalispell Art on the Street" — KAOS. The committee has been working on developing the first project which will be a bike rack design competition. The BID has agreed to sponsor $1500 to this first phase of the program. Three bike rack designs will be selected and then fabricated by FVCC Manufacturing Department. The bikes racks will be installed this fall. • Liquor Laws: Nothing good to report. Working with Frank Garner we hoped to have new legislation that would allow for a few additional beer and wine licenses. Unfortunately, his legislation never left committee. It does not appear as if any legislation other than a comprehensive revision, making permanent temporary changes that were authorized in 2017. This bill is HB35. There is also a bill to establish an interim committee. The fate of this is unknown at this time. Further board discussion is needed. Marshall opened the discussion up to brain storming and here are some of the ideas that were mentioned. These items will need further discussion and determination if they are to be implemented. • Parking signs — perhaps a Kiosk or google map with pins locating parking. • Four seasonal banners. • Trash cans — Ryan sees a need for additional trash cans downtown and will research where he thinks they are needed. • Fun Improvement Grants could be developed and the cost covered under the development line item. • Advocacy —Traffic, parking & communication. • Get email addresses for property owners. • Quarterly newsletter. Karen agreed to work on the first newsletter that would call for input from property owners, explanation of projects, summarize last year. • Buy the Eagles. • KDA and BID Boards collaboration. • Winter Brewfest — The KDA and the Kalispell breweries held the First Frosty the Brewfest in January and are planning on the 2nd annual in January 2020. • Street dance! • Storefront window display competition at Christmas and perhaps other times. • Market downtown to CORE Trail users. • Walkability improvement grant. • Look at grants for additional bike racks and features for playground equipment. • History and architecture. • Art. • Downtown is welcoming. Where you party. • Food and beverage festival — more entertainment. • Festival — Demersville Days. • Future discussion — What makes cities great? The following items were placed on a 10 year plan list. • Walkability —slow traffic, pedestrian friendly, safe crosswalks. • Attractions — Family friendly, balance of attractions, things to do downtown. • Indoor markets. • More outdoor seating. • Artful alleys. • First Avenue East and West one ways. • A large bike trail loop with downtown as the main hub. Develop BID vision for social media/on-line marketing: This item was not discussed and will need to be placed on a future meeting agenda. Budget 2019 — 2020: Changes as directed at the last board meeting have been corrected and the new draft budget was presented. Christopher made a motion to accept the budget as presented with one correction of changing the walking tour book to walking tour brochure. Karen seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Action items: • Kisa — Fagade grant PSA • Karen — Quarterly newsletter • Christopher — water wagon • Ryan —trash cans • Maggie — snow removal bids • Pam — banners; locations and costs Mission/Vision/Purpose: Curtis explained his personal thoughts with regards to the Mission and Vision. There was a general consensus to reflect culture within the Mission and Vision with a few changes. The purpose area does not need to be modified. Discussion began with regards to the Mission. The following was discussed but the work was not completed. Mission Statement —The Kalispell Business Improvement District is an organization comprised of its members: proud and dedicated people who work together to inspire and create a healthy, vibrant downtown culture that embodies its rich history of beauty, integrity and kindness while fostering a thriving economy. Vision Statement — Curtis is proposing the following; By creating a beautiful downtown culture, Kalispell will be an attractive, worthy place for the delight of its residents, and the continued success of it entrepreneurs. New Business: Karen mentioned that she thought there was an opening on the Architectural Review Committee at the City of Kalispell. She thinks it would be helpful for a BID Board member to be appointed to the committee and will put in a personal application. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM Next regular meeting: Tuesday, May 7 at 8:30 AM Respectfully submitted, Pam Carbonari Executive Director