06-01-21 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 — 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting date: June 1, 2021
Location: Montana Modern Fine Art
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Marshall Noice, Kisa Davison, Pam Mower, Cara Lemire, Gabe
Mariman & Pam Carbonari (BID Exec. Coordinator)
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: ion Fetveit, Catherine Potter
CITY ATTENDEES: Katharine King, City of Kalispell - Rachel Ezell, City of Kalispell
PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: No one
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 8:45 AM by Kisa Davison, Chair
MOTION: to approve the agenda dated June 1 and the minutes of May 4 by Marshall Noice with a
second from Pam Mower. Motion passed unanimously.
INTRODUCTIONS - None
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: Katharine King, City of Kalispell is applying for a MDOT grant for a trail
on the North side of 4 Mile Dr. by Kidsports. The application will be going in by Friday and she has
requested that the BID write a letter of support. Kisa Davison will write the letter and submit it to
Katharine for inclusion in her application. Additionally she wanted to let the BID Board know that this
week the Sweet Peaks site will be completed with the Brownsfield clean-up work with the old fuel
tanks being removed and a relocation of sewer pipes.
BUSINESS
Update on Historic Standards: Rachell Ezell, City Planner, reminded the Board that June 14 the
City Council will hold a work session to discuss the draft Downtown Historic District Design
Standards. She requested that some of the BID Board be in attendance to show support and speak
on the standards. If the City Council makes a determination to move this forward there will be 2
readings of the ordinance in July and 30 days later the Standards would be formally adopted. Pam
Carbonari will notify the Montana Department of Commerce about the potential schedule of a
September 1st completion. MDOC has paid $7500 to the BID so far and the balance of the grant
which is another $7500 will be paid when the project is complete.
Update on current projects downtown: Postponed until a future meeting when Bill Goldberg and
Denver Maddux can join us.
Downtown priorities: Parkline programming/maintenance; Kisa has been thinking about the future
programming and maintenance of the Parkline Trail once it is complete. She sees 3 options to make
sure the trail is maintained to high quality. Her thoughts are the creation of a Friends of the Trail or
the expansion of the BID district or the BID doing the work and billing the City. We were informed by
the City that the Parks department did put a full time maintenance person for the trail and the
inclusion of seasonal workers in their 2022 budget that is set for adoption the first part of August.
Cara Lemire will call the Parks Director to inquire about the budget amount and what their
maintenance plan would incorporate. The Board will continue to look into the possible creation of a
Friends of the Parkline Trail to meet a higher standard if the cities plan is not sufficient.
Another item on the Downtown priorities list is the water main upgrades necessary on Main Street.
Cara Lemire offered to call Mark Rohweder with KLJ Engineering about the timing of this work in the
City of Kalispell Transportation plan. She will request information about the timing of re -surfacing
Main Street and ask if they are including water main improvements within that project.
The third item to discuss regarding Downtown priorities is the potential of a monthly newsletter. Do to
timing this item was postponed to the next meeting.
BID Budget presentation: The Bid budget is scheduled to be presented to the City Council on June
7. Board members will be in attendance to present the budget for 2021-2022. Pam Carbonari will
send the budget letter to assist Board members with talking points.
Review Social Media posts — This item was postponed to next month.
Review BID Purpose Statement — This item was also postponed to next month.
KAOS Update — A concrete contractor has been secured to move the trash can from the corner
where the new artistic bike rack will go. The contractor will also place the bolts in preparation for
delivery and installation the end of the month.
OLD BUSINESS:
Christmas Decorations — Cara Lemire has been working on this and will give a report next month.
New Business:
Facade grant -Iron Star Construction had been previously approved for a facade improvement
grant. They have done all of the work with the exception of an awning over the front door. They no
longer plan on the installation of the awning and are requesting a change to their grant for the
removal of that item. Marshall Noice made a motion to change the grant amount from $4,070.50 to
$31 408.50 to reflect the change. The motion passed unanimously with Kisa Davison abstaining.
Facade grant Music One: has requested a facade improvement grant in the amount of $5,000.
Marshall Noice made a motion to approve with a second by Pam Mower. The motion passed
unanimously.
Great Bear Festival sponsorship: Marshall Noice made a motion to approve an event sponsorship
of $1000 for the Rotary Clubs Great Bear Festival. Pam Mower seconded the motion and it passed
unanimously.
Thursday!Fest sponsorship: Pam Mower made a motion to approve an event sponsorship in the
amount of $2,500 for Thursday!Fest. The sponsorship is a sound sponsorship and the BID will have
recognition every week of the festival. The motion was seconded by Cara Lemire and passed
unanimously.
ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:05 AM by Pam Mower with a second from Marshall
Noice. The motion passed unanimously.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 8:30 AM — Whipps Building, 14 3rd St. E.,
Second Floor conference room.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Carbonari
Executive Coordinator