01-12-12 DBID MinutesKALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
Board Meeting Agenda
Thursday, January 12, 2012
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Whipps Building Conference Room
14 3rd Street East, Second Floor
Kalispell, Mt. 59901
Approval of the Agenda
Acceptance November 30, 2011 work session notes
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC
BUSINESS
City of Kalispell - Growth Policy discussion - Tom Jentz, Sean Conrad,
and Katharine Thompson
Cygnet Strategies next step
Request - Chocolat Affaire sponsorship
Meeting dates - 2012
COORDINATORS REPORT
NEW BUSINESS
Next meeting - Thursday, February 2, 8:00 AM
ADJOURNMENT
P. O. Box 1997, Kalispell, Mt. 59903 * (406) 253-6923 * pam@downtownkalispell.com
KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting date: January 12, 2012
Location: 14 3'd St. E., Kalispell, MT.
PRESENT: Janet Clark (Chairperson), Tim Price, Melanie Cross, Jon Fetveit, Marshall Noice,
Margaret Lekander & Pam Carbonari (BID Coordinator)
ABSENT: Pam Mower
PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: Tom Jentz, Sean Conrad, Katharine Thompson all from the City of
Kalispell, Diane Medler; KCVB & TBID and Jim Ness; KDA
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 8:05 AM by Chair Clark
MOTION: to approve the agenda dated 1/12/12 and work session notes of 11/30/11 by Marshall,
second by Margaret - Approved by all board members present
HEARING OF THE PUBLIC: No public comment
BUSINESS:
Tom Jentz and Sean Conrad presented information regarding the current review of the growth policy
for the City of Kalispell. The board spent a great deal of time discussing concerns related to
downtown and the entire city with Tom, Sean and Katharine. Items included; west side Main Street
water pressure, alternate truck route roundabouts, sweeping of roadway on Main Street, replacement
of deteriorated sidewalks, clarity of building process & requirements need simplicity, revisions to code
to allow for sidewalk dining, parking lots and the desire for a contiguous building block with parking
lots off Main Street. There was also support for the Westside Tax Increment District expansion and
relocation of the railroad tracks for a more pedestrian friendly downtown including the walking/bike
trail connection to the Great Northern Trail and the incorporation of Complete Streets design work in
the city.
Pam updated the board on the Chocolat Affaire which will be held on February 10 from 5:00 —10:00
PM. A motion was made by Margaret to support the Chocolat Affaire with a $500.00 sponsorship and
it was seconded by Melanie. Passed unanimously.
Discussion regarding our meeting dates resulted in the board deciding to meet on the first Tuesday of
each month beginning in February at 8:00 AM.
ADJOURN
Margaret moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:50 AM, seconded by Melanie - Approved by all board
members in attendance.
NEXT MEETING
Tuesday, February 7 at 8:00 AM — Whipps Building, Second Floor Conference Room
Respectfully submitted,
Pam Carbonari, BID Coordinator
January 12, 2012 Coordinators Report to the Board
Downtown Development
• Met with the owner of a business in Kalispell regarding the possibility of relocating her business
downtown. If determined feasible it will probably take a year.
• We continue to run 30 second commercials based on events — Art Walk and then holiday shopping and
First Night. A new 30 Shop, Play, Stay downtown Kalispell will be running this week. A new Chocolat
Affaire commercial is near completion. We continue to run them on KAJ and KCFW..
MEETINGS
• In coordination with Katharine Thompson and Diane Medler an RFP was released requesting RFP's for
design, placement and construction cost of the way -finding signage system. The RFP is posted on the City
web site. A webinar was held in December to answer any questions regarding the RFP request and the
RFP's are due 1/17/12. This work is part of the Historic Preservation grant.
• I spoke at the Kalispell City Council meeting last week in favor of adding projects to the West Side Urban
Renewal plan.
• Julius Masker has requested a meeting with the board to discuss his role and your requests for the coming
year. He will be scheduled for the February meeting.
• I will be meeting with Alert Security the end of January to discuss the ideas and costs regarding security
cameras in the downtown. Cameras are a suggestion of Chief of Police Roger Nasset.
• I will be attending the University of Montana's Annual Economic Outlook Seminar on February 10.
COMMUNICATION/COORDINATION
• I have requested input from downtown businesses regarding the wooden coin. program. To date all
responses have indicated a desire to continue with the program and that they believe more use will happen
in the upcoming tourist season.
• Kalispell Trippons statistics — November 10 — January 10; Over 3 500 page views, Over 185 coupons
redeemed, average time spent on a page is 1 minute & 17 seconds. Sample conversion rates; Bonnellis
30%, (90 page views and 31 redemptions), Norm's News 40% conversion rate, Stone Chair 50% and
Blooming Bellies 15%.
• We have written a year end review letter which will be sent to property owners in the BID this week.
EVENTS
• First Night Flathead was a success. Approximately 700 buttons sold. They were down $6,000 in
sponsorships this year and cut costs significantly.
• The Chocolat Affaire is scheduled for Friday, February 10 from 5 — 10:00 PM. Music will once again be
sponsored by John Simpson and the music event will be held at the Split Rock Cafe.
• August 11, 5:00 — 9:00 is the scheduled date for the Taste of Kalispell at Central School
• Thursdaff est will begin June 28 — September 6. This year 11 events rather than 9. The decision to run
until September 6 is to coordinate an event when visitors are in town for the TBID/KCVB Dragon Boat
festival on Saturday September 8.