02-04-20 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 – 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES Meeting date: February 4, 2020 Location: 14 3rd St. E., Kalispell, MT.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Curtis Bartel, Christopher Petersen, & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Coordinator) ABSENT: Kisa Davison & Maggie Doherty (maternity leave), Ryan Berweger, Jon Fetveit CITY ATTENDEES: No one PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: No one
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:46 AM by Marshall Noice, Chairman MOTION: to approve the agenda dated February 4, 2020 and the minutes of December 3 by Christopher Petersen with a second by Curtis Bartel – approved unanimously. January meeting cancelled – no minutes HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: No public comment
BUSINESS Kaos Update: Waiting for Flathead Valley Community College to fabricate the racks. The committee is still planning on doing a public unveiling when the racks are installed. Forrest Buddies could be
installed early spring. Name that trail: The committee has reviewed names and chose one name to bring forward to the City Council. The name for the trail will be the Kalispell Parkline Letter of Support – National Main Street Façade program: Montana Department of Commerce has requested a letter of support for the Montana Main Street Program’s application to be one of 4
chosen States to receive a National Main Street Façade grant. If Montana is a chosen rural State
then we would have the opportunity to apply for funds from Montana. There are only 5 cities in Montana that would qualify and Kalispell is one. Three Montana cities out of the 5 would be approved to participate in the grant application process if Montana is chosen. Christopher made a motion to approve sending a letter of support which was seconded by Curtis and approved. Executive Director Contract: The board would like to review the contract services in the Executive Coordinators contract. This item was postponed to the March meeting in hopes that more of the Board will be in attendance. Pam will send the contract services list to the board prior to the meeting. New Business: What can the BID do to assist making the District more development friendly? There was significant
discussion regarding this item. Todd LaMere the owner/developer of the old Ivy Building located on the corner of 1st Ave. W. and 4th St shared some experiences with Curtis and he would like to invite Todd to come to the March Board meeting and share some of the issues. Some of the obstacles discussed are; levels of standards need to be consistent. Some potential projects that the board would like to hear from are; Todd LaMere, Maggie Doherty, Mark Hensley, Pam Mower, Christopher
Petersen, Curtis Bartel, A – Z Engineering. Curtis will make the invitation to Todd LaMere to attend Tuesday, March 3, 2020. ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:10 AM by Curtis with a second from Christopher.
The motion passed unanimously.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday March 3, 2020 at 8:30 AM – Whipps Building, Second Floor
Conference Room.
Respectfully submitted, Pam Carbonari Executive Coordinator