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06-02-20 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 — 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES Meeting date: June 2, 2020 Location: Montana Modern Fine Art BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT IN PERSON: Marshall Noice, Curtis Bartel, Kisa Davison, Pam Mower, Cara Lemire, Jon Fetveit & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Coordinator) CITY ATTENDEES: Katharine King, Rachel Ezell, PJ Sorenson PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: None MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:40 AM by Kisa Davison, Chair MOTION: to approve the agenda dated June 2, 2020 and the minutes of May 5 by Marshall Noice with a second from Curtis Bartel. Motion passed unanimously. HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: no comments BUSINESS Discussion regarding Historic district design guidelines grant - Rachel Ezell, City Planner Rachel opened the discussion with an overview of the project and a timeline. The entire project could take 1 year and the grant documents will be amended to reflect the new time frame. Pam Carbonari mentioned that the State of Montana awarded the grant in February however the contract will not be available until the end of June. Rachel provided a map of a proposed boundary for the project which led to discussion regarding the appropriate areas without overlapping other districts such as the Westside TIF. The board also discussed the specific goals of the design guidelines and wanted to make sure they were broad enough for creativity. Discussion regarding parking downtown — Katharine King, City Community Development. Katharine is in the process of writing an RFQ and then will write an RFP for development on the Valley Bank parking lot. Without historic standards in place the city will be looking to require that a project on the lot keep with the historic nature of the neighborhood. The city is looking to offer the lot to encourage a developer to build a quality project. The developer would be required to provide for parking of building tenants on site, hopefully on a second or third floor. It is hoped that development happens next year. Katharine provided the board members with the draft downtown parking lot redevelopment policies. Some members of the board felt that item 6 of the policies — The quality of development and overall aesthetics shall be beyond that whish is minimally required by the UBC, seemed vague. Potential project request —Electric vehicle charging stations downtown Pam Carbonari was approached by City Council member Ryan Hunter regarding a proposed project for the BID. The project would be to potentially find a grant opportunity with matching funds from the BID and possibly the TBID. The board supported looking into the possibility. Maggie indicated that she felt it would be a way to keep people downtown and that she thought it would be a good project to work on with other groups like Glacier Smart, TBID and Flathead Electric Coop. Marshall made a motion to coordinate with the TBID and other partners, looking into the possibility. The motion was seconded by Maggie and passed unanimously. As a point of interest, there are approximately 8 Tesla charging stations in Kalispell, one at the Red Lion Hotel. Acknowledgement of email votes —May 2020 After the May board meeting a number of items with time sensitivity came up. 1. May 8 -Motion to authorize the purchase of new batteries for our electric water cart in the amount of $900.00 from Pam Mower with a second from Cara Lemire. Passed unanimously. 2. May 12 — With a desire to help our downtown businesses deal with the Covid — 19 protocols and safety issues, Pam Mower made a motion to purchase 500 masks @ $ .92 and also find and purchase bottles of hand sanitizer to distribute within the BID district. The motion was seconded by Maggie and passed on a 4 to 2 vote with Curtis Bartel and Cara Lemire voting in opposition. 3. May 15 —Wishing to connect and receive input with property owners in the BID Cara Lemire made a motion to schedule a KBID social for property owner in June. The motion was seconded by Marshall. A vote did not happen via email. This will become an item on the June agenda to be discussed. 4. May 15 —The Kalispell Downtown Association will be holding an event on Saturday, June 6 — Comfortable in Kalispell. Music will be located on 5 corners downtown and for every purchase downtown during the event, the purchaser will be given a raffle ticket for entry in a drawing for 10 $25.00 gift certificates redeemable at downtown locations. The KDA is requesting a sponsorship to assist with the event financially. Marshall made a motion for a $1000 sponsorship with a second from Cara. The motion passed unanimously. 5. May 21 —The KBID Executive Coordinator was approached by the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce to sign a joint letter to the Governor requesting that Glacier National Park open on June 1. All board members with the exception of Maggie were in support and the letter was signed by Pam Carbonari on behalf of the BID. All motions done via email were reviewed and a motion from Marshall to acknowledge the email discussions and vote with a second from Cara passed unanimously. Summer Social - There was an open email motion to hold a social in June. Board discussion was held and the motion failed unanimously. PPE Distribution update — Pam Mower received the face masks and delivered some to Marshall for distribution on his block. The sanitizer has not arrived. When the sanitizer arrives, it will be distributed to businesses that have a need. Executive Coordinator report: 1. Budget: The budget was amended to reflect the $15,000 grant that will be received in 2021 for Historic Design Guidelines. The amended budget was delivered to the City of Kalispell 2. Thursday!Fest will begin on June 25 and the KDA is requesting a sponsorship of $1100. 00 for the first event. Marshall made a motion to support the sponsorship with a second from Cara. The motion passed unanimously. The KBID board will have a tent at the event and will invite the property owners to stop by and share their ideas. Pam C. was requested to mail an invite to the property owners, 1 week before the event. Kisa will make display boards demonstrating some of the work the BID has done and has plans for. 3. A facade grant request arrived on June 1 and was presented so that the property owner would not have to wait an additional month to begin the work if approved. Kim Crum, owner of the Ford Building is requesting a $5000 grant towards $20,000 worth of improvements. Marshall made a motion to approve the $5000 grant with a second from Curtis. The motion passed unanimously. 4. The KBID received a membership request from the Northwest History Museum. Marshall made a motion to join as a lifetime member at $1000.00 with a second from Curtis. Motion passed unanimously. 5. The Great Bear Festival, a brewery event of the Rotary Clubs of the Flathead Valley will be held on August 1. The KBID has been asked to support the event with a sponsorship. Cara made a motion which was seconded by Marshall fora $1000 sponsorship. The motion passed unanimously. New Business: 1. Kisa requested that Pam send to the board a bi-weekly email updating the board on issues and work being performed by the Executive Coordinator. 2. Board members have noticed a lot of graffiti downtown and discussed what could be done to eliminate it. It was determined that asking Paul to write down the locations would be the first step and then further discussion would happen regarding what to do. 3. The board would like to explore an annual newsletter sent to BID property owners. 4. The board will explore a separate meeting to discuss a developer mentor program. ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 11.10 AM by Marshall Noice with a second from Cara Lemire. The motion passed unanimously. NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday July 7, 2020 at 8:30 AM — Montana Modern Fine Art, 127 Main Street. Respectfully submitted, Pam Carbonari Executive Coordinator