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10-06-20 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 — 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES Meeting date: October 6, 2020 Location: Montana Modern Fine Art BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Curtis Bartel, Kisa Davison, Cara Lemire, Jon Fetveit, Gabe Mariman & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Coordinator) BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Pam Mower CITY ATTENDEES: Katharine King & Vonnie Day PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: No one MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:38 AM by Kisa Davison, Chair MOTION: to approve the agenda dated October 6 and the minutes of September 1 by Marshall Noice with a second from Jon Fetveit. Motion passed unanimously. HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: Vonnie Day with the KCVB and KDA indicated that the KAOS Bike rack program appears to be back on schedule. FVCC fabrication was postponed due to the pandemic but the hope is that Forest Buddies is on track for completion by around the end of October. Vonnie also discussed the CARES Act grant that the KCVB received. Their theme is Safety First and Adventure Second. They have utilized some of the funds to provide machine that will take your temperature and also dispense sanitizer. They have hired an artist Tessa Heck to paint a mural outside of Montana Modern Find Art on Main Street with the safety messaging. There is also a small grant program for visitor amenities for the downtown area and the broader Kalispell area outside of downtown. They would like to see additional murals downtown but do not have funding at this time. Staff is available to promote this &will work to connect property owners with artists and will work with Kalico. Kisa mentioned that SBG Gym will be doing a mural and potentially the west side of her new building that she purchased (the old Kalispell Lock &Key) would be another potential site for a mural. Katharine King indicated that the draft RFP for the development of the Valley Bank parking lot was presented to the City Council on September 14. The City Council appears to be supportive of the project and now an appraisal will be pursued. Some of the members of the City Council would like to see some affordable housing included in the project. The RFP should be published by January. The build will be required to happen with 24 months. Katharine informed the BID that the Parkline Trail BNSF property will close by the end of the week. Design is close to 90% complete. Additionally, 2 miles of new sidewalks between 10t" St. W. and 18t" St. W. and a new parking lot will be completed soon. BUSINESS Request to support web -based digital experience passes or phone app: Vonnie and Pam shared with the board a web based platform from a company located in Utah, Bandwango. A few members of the KDA met with a Bandwango representative and would like to continue the discussion and pursue working with this firm to create a web based coupon program and additional passport programs such as the walking tour brochure. Vonnie told the board that the Kalispell Visitors Center receives hundreds of requests for the walking tour brochure each summer and that they are really missed. The BID Board wanted to know if Bandwango does push notifications. Vonnie will follow up with the Bandwango representative to get the answer. The board was invited to join a meeting on Zoom Thursday afternoon at 2:00 with Bandwango to have their questions answered. The BID if they determine to support this program would be primarily concerned about the walking tour brochure. The cost of the program for 1 year is $14,500 for unlimited passports. The KCVB is prepared to sponsor $5,000 of the fee with the understanding that they would have significant messaging in the coupon book regarding safety measures. The KDA is potentially wishing to be partners with the KBID in a contract with Bandwango for one year. Discussion will continue on Zoom. Kisa also looked into an app that the KBID might be able to utilize. The My tours App.com cost is $2300 for set up for 1 year. She believes that push notification is an important aspect that they offer. If Bandwango is not pursued then an app would be an option. Postcard notification to property owners re: Facade Improvement Program: Kisa is working on this and will send a draft via email. Architectural Design Standards update — Rachel Ezell with the City of Kalispell. A & E Architectural firm will be conducting research for the historic downtown design standards project. They have prepared a survey that they would like our assistance is distributing to members of the community. Pam will send the request from Rachel to the board and will email the survey to our business list. Member Survey & Downtown developer mentor program — continued discussion: To date Cara has received 5 responses out of 14 requests to a member survey. She compiled and presented the responses to the board. Follow up with the members who did not respond yet will be completed. Curtis Bartel is currently working with the City on the potential remodel of his building. Overall it has not been a cooperative experience. Curtis has been frustrated by the process. The BID will continue collecting information and will share with Jarrod Nygren the City Planning Director after completion. The perception is that the City of Kalispell is unfriendly to developers. Executive Coordinator Report: Downtown flowers pots will be picked up this week by Plant Land and our temporary assistant downtown ambassador will be done by the end of the week. Plant Land supplied a map of corner planters that need repair to the watering systems. It is hoped that with the map the city can have them operational for next season. Pam has requested a new map of the trees in the downtown that need to be replaced. The map should be available for discussion at the next meeting. Pam reminded everyone about the friendly turkey drive for families in need between the KDA and the Flathead Building Association. The cost of a dinner for 4 is $40.00. The fundraising drive will last until November 13. New Business: None ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:10 AM by Marshall Noice with a second from Cara Lemire. The motion passed unanimously. NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 8:30 AM — Montana Modern Fine Art, 127 Main Street. Respectfully submitted, Pam Carbonari Executive Coordinator