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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,2009
7:30 AM
CAMUS CREEK YARNS
338 Main Street
Kalispell, MT.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 15, 2009
BUDGET & GOALS
KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WORKSHOP
April 22, 2009, 7:30am
Camus Creek Yarns, 338 Main St., Kalispell, MT
Present: Bill Good man(Chairperson), Tim Price, Jon Fetveit, Melanie Cross, Tana Rae (KDA), Katharine Thompson (City of
Kalispell), Margaret Lekander. Representatives from local businesses (Flowers by Hansen, First Interstate).
Meeting called to order 7:30am. by Bill Goodman.
Approval of Minutes of April 15, 2009: tabled until next meeting due to lack of hard copies.
Margaret Lekander sent her letter to the Mayor indicating her interest in joining the BID board.
2009 — 2010 Work Plan / Budget Discussion:
1. Logo
Marshall submitted to Bill three quotes for logos: Rita Fitzsimmons - $900, SnowGhost - $800 and James Clayborn for
$3,000. Sample work was circulated to the group.
2. Staffing
Need an updated job description.
3. Signage
Historic plaques — 76 buildings qualify according to Katharine. Current draft budget amounts should cover them.
4. Web Site —Jon collected three bids: Snow Dog-$16,000 (verbal ballpark estimate), $8,000 minimum, Paul A. Spade
$4,215 (written estimate), Joe Militello - $3,000 - $6,000 (email).
Jon asked to add public wireless internet access to the budget. Pilot at Depot Park. $2,000 per year.
5. Special Events
Melanie gave an update on the Downtown People's Market. No changes to the budget.
Bill suggested we offer to help pay insurance for other events that organizations host through a "downtown umbrella
policy".
6. Tourism
Katharine Thompson submitted a written request for money to print Historic Walking Tour brochures for Kalispell.
Melanie moved to approve up to $3,500 for the printing of the downtown brochures. Jon seconded and all approved.
This approval was ahead of an overall budget due to time constraints in getting brochures printed for this summer tour
season.
7. Beautification
Cowboy art — issues raised by Jon, Melanie and Tim. Concerns are that project may too subjective.
Facade renovation grant — Bill and Janet have an idea for providing a grant to local businesses to restore the fagade of
their storefront — 50% cost share or similar. Details of program to be determined. $4,000 per year in draft budget.
8. More User Friendly - Bike racks
Bill and Margaret to walk around town and come up with proposed sites.
Jon suggested that next meeting we finalize the 2009 and 2010 budgets, including a spending cap for 2009, preliminarily
$60,000, and a budget for 2010 that we can submit to the city. City manager would like to meet with BID representatives
to discuss the budget in May which budget will be submitted to the City Council in June.
There was a discussion of the roles of KDA and the BID and how the two organizations might work together.
Desire to choose vendor for logo next meeting.
Meeting adjourned around 9:30am. Jon moved, Melanie seconded. Approved by all Board Members present.
Respectfully submitted,
Jon Fetveit, Secretary Pro tempore