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03-02-21 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 — 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES Meeting date: March 2, 2021 Location: Montana Modern Fine Art BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Curtis Bartel, Jon Fetveit, Kisa Davison, Pam Mower, Gabe Mariman (by Zoom) Cara Lemire & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Coordinator) BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: No One CITY ATTENDEES: Rachel Ezell & PJ Sorenson PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: Katharine King and Rachel Ezell MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:40 AM by Kisa Davison, Chair MOTION: to approve the agenda dated March 2 and the minutes of February 2 by Cara Lemire with a second from Pam Mower. Motion passed unanimously. INTRODUCTIONS HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: Katharine King, City of Kalispell offered an update on property sold by the Mall. Sunrift has purchased the property that their 2 businesses are located on and have also purchased the old Loose Change Casino. Another buy/sell is in place from a different buyer for the old Davies car lot. BUSINESS Downtown Design Standards —Rachel Ezell, City Rachel reported back to the BID Board what transpired at the Planning Board meeting. Changes were made to the wall signs and will require that they now will go to the Architectural Review Committee if in the Historic District. (Pg. 9 of the draft). There was discussion and concern about ARC reviewing art murals and ghost signs and color of paint. The board discussion had concerns about a city committee having control over color. There was a great deal of conversation over murals. Rachel offered reassurance that the purpose is not what is liked, but does it do damage to the historic elements. The board supports Kalispell getting an arts council and knows that there is some discussion currently to develop one. Curtis Bartel wanted to know why the district did not go to the court house and Rachel explained that it basically follows the B4 district. Some new language will be prepared for section 4 A & B — (not so restrictive). Rachel reminded the board that the intent of the design standards is to preserve the historic integrity of the building. The board would like the potential standards to encourage development not deter development. The draft will go to the Planning Board on March 9 at 6:00 PM and BID board members are encouraged to attend. RUIS Holdings — Could not attend the meeting and Kisa will try and set up for the April meeting. Facade Grant —Masonic Temple Corp. — Submitted a grant request of $5,000 to replace the second story windows. The cost for the project is estimated at $13,700. Cara Lemire made a motion to approve the grant request of $5,000. The motion was seconded by Marshall and approved unanimously. Curtis Bartel did indicate that he will visit with them about higher quality windows as he is concerned about the durability of painted vinyl. KBD Communications — Kisa would like to see a newsletter created and sent out. She will follow-up on this and get an outline of topics. Walking Tour Guide update — The next on line passport will be the walking tour guide. The BID board does not think it needs to be gamified. Pam Carbonari will communicate with Bandwango about what they will need and then follow up with Rita Fitzsimmons. The BID would like to see the next passport after the Walking Tour to be a food and beverage passport with an optional coupon and gamified. Developer Update — Cara Lemire reached out to Montana West Economic Development and the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce to request a meeting to discuss how to facilitate the building/development process in Kalispell. The meeting will be held on March 3 at 9:00 AM at the MWED office in Kalispell. Holiday Decorations — Due to the lack of time during this meeting, Cara offered to look at the information that Pam C. has received in the mail and come back with suggestions about replacing the current holiday decorations downtown and/or adding to them. OLD Business: There has been previous discussion regarding the watering of the trees downtown and if placing bladders around the tree would help. Fred with the City is mixed on his feelings if there really is a benefit to utilizing them. His suggestion is to purchase and place a bladder around the new trees that will be planted this spring and see if they work well downtown or not. New Business: None ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:25 AM by Cara Lemire with a second from Jon Fetveit. The motion passed unanimously. NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 8:30 AM — Montana Modern Fine Art, 127 Main Street and by Zoom. Respectfully submitted, Pam Carbonari Executive Coordinator