04-07-20 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 – 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting date: April 7, 2020
Location: Virtual meeting – via ZOOM Meetings
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Curtis Bartel, Kisa Davison, Ryan Berweger, Jon
Fetveit & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Coordinator)
ABSENT: Christopher Petersen, Maggie Doherty
CITY ATTENDEES: None
PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: No one
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:36 AM by Marshall Noice, Chairman
MOTION: to approve the agenda dated April 7, 2020 and the minutes of March 3 by Curtis Bartel with
a second from Kisa Davison, approved unanimously.
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: no comments
BUSINESS
Board vacancies – May 1, 2020: Effective April 30 there will be three terms on the KBID Board of
Directors that are expiring; Christopher Petersen, Curtis Bartel and Jon Fetveit. Christopher has
notified the City Clerk that he will not be requesting reappointment. Jon Fetveit and Curtis Bartel
indicated that they would send in their application for re-appointment. Other potential board members
to approach were discussed. Ryan Berweger will reach out to Tim Phillips with Hops, Marshall Noice
will reach out to Cara LaMire and Kisa Davison will talk to Gabe Mariman with Bias Brewing about his
interest.
Trees: As part of the projects for the 2019 – 2020 season, the board approved the replacement of 12
dead or dying trees in the downtown district in coordination with City Parks and Recreation. The
arrangement is for the City of Kalispell to plant the trees and the KBID will pay for the trees. The city
ordered the trees in January and will be planting them the end of April. Parks and Recreation are
requesting the locations for placement of the trees. The board reviewed the map of trees in the
downtown district and determined the following locations; 8 locations on Main Street from 1st St to 4th
St., two on 2nd St. W between 1st Ave. W. and 2nd Ave. W., 1 at the City Valley Bank parking lot on
3rd St. W. and one on 1st St. E. closest to Main St.
Develop work plan 2021 Fiscal Year: The board reviewed the projects for 2020 and indicated that
the same projects should be placed on the 2021 work plan as continuing projects/goals. The property
owner meetings will be changed to annual instead of semi-annual. The program for placing bike
racks has been developed and now the BID will continue to support a program in 2021. A new item to
develop a mentor program for new developers will be discussed and potentially implemented. There
are a number of issues to discuss with regards to a mentor program including; how does the BID
reach people who are thinking of developing; a developers package to help guide them through the
process; and a landing page on the cities website as a resource for downtown development. The
board would also like to add a new project that would identify and support art projects in the
downtown. They board would also like to look at the potential of a resource page on downtown
website which would include a list of contractors that provide sidewalk/ parking area snow removal
and a list of other contractors that perform property cleanup such as power spray cleaning, weed
removal, window washers. An additional new project item for 2021 would be the continued discussion
regarding a parking structure.
COVID19 discussion: Continue to update COVID information on the Downtown Kalispell website.
This issue will be discussed at the next board meeting.
New Business: Bill Goodman requested the KBID endorse a letter requesting the City of Kalispell to
place a priority on a parking garage for the downtown district if funding becomes available for
infrastructure from the Federal or State level with potential COVID 19 funds. The board decided not to
sign on to the letter but would consider sending individual letters if they chose.
A future meeting of the BID will also include a discussion regarding the BID sponsoring public
workshops on “How to do Business in Kalispell”.
The board requested that Pam approach the City Manager regarding painting parking spot paintings
on the streets in Kalispell. The board agreed that they would pay for the paint if the City will supply
the labor.
ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:10 AM by Ryan with a second from Kisa. The motion
passed unanimously.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday May 5, 2020 at 8:30 AM – Whipps Building, Second Floor
Conference Room or by ZOOM if the Governors order for social distancing remains in place.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Carbonari
Executive Coordinator