07-06-17 Business Improvement District Minutes2017 -- 2027 KALISPELL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting date: July 6, 2017
Location: 14 3rd St. E., Kalispell, MT.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: chairman Jon Fetveit, Debbie Snyder, Chris Peterson, Jayson
Peters, Jarrod Shew, Eric Robbins & Pam Carbonari (BID Coordinator)
ABSENT: Karen Sanderson (Out of the country)
PUBLIC IN ATTENDANCE: Toni Jentz, Jarod Nygren & Katharine Thompson
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 9.10 AM by Jon Fetveit, Chair
MOTION: to approve the agenda dated July 6 and the minutes of June 6 with one amendment adding
Eric Robbins to the members present at the meeting by Debbie with a second by Jarrod Shew —
approved unanimously
HEARING of THE PUBLIC: No public in attendance
Downtown Plan: The plan was presented to the board members by Toni Jentz and Jarod Nygren.
Parking was a topic of great conversation. Some suggestions presented by board members included:
• Removing the 2 hour parking on 2nd Ave. W.
• Bringing the parking committee together with the BID board to discuss parking availability not
just enforcement which is believed to be the concentration now
• Remove curb cuts that aren't being utilized
• Some areas have extended yellow paint on the curb — can the paint be removed at those
corners and create additional parking spots
• Continue discussion and financial options for a parking structure -- (cost approximately
$25,000 per space)
• Schedule a meeting with the parking commission to walk the area and also discuss options.
Boundary: The BID board would like to see the boundary of the downtown plan the same as the BID
boundary. After discussion it was agreed that inclusion of the BID map in the document would be
acceptable.
Highway 93 -- Main street redesign or upgrades: MDT is currently utilizing at 25 year old
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) with regards to Main street in Kalispell. The Transportation
Advisory Committee (TAC) will be meeting in 4 -- 6 creeks to look at updating the Kalispell
Transportation Plan. It is hoped that MDT can be encouraged to update the Main Street EIS.
Suggestions: It was also suggested that the Table of Contents have more detail for the ease of
finding issues. It was also encouraged to include more detail regarding multi --tenant residential.
Montana Main street grant opportunit : Pam Carbonari introduced Katharine Thompson from the
City of Kalispell Community Development department. She explained that the BID and the City have
worked together previously on grants and that both were approached by the Director of the Montana
Main Street Program to discuss grant opportunities that will be corning up in August. A conference
call was held with the three (Katharine, Tash Wisemuller and Pam Carbonari) to discuss possible
projects. The BID is the member agency of the Montana Main Street Program and would need to be
the sponsoring entity in any grant request. After a lengthy conversation it was determined that a joint
project for engineering and design of the new pedestrian trail in the CORE with the BID and the City
of Kalispell might be a good option. Montana Main street grants vary in amount with a high of about
$15)000.
Catharine Thompson explained and answered questions regarding the removal of the railroad tracks
and the pedestrian trail plan within the CORE. The plan has $3.9 million to build the trail with
$200,000 set aside for acquisition. Currently funds to engineer and design the trail do not exist.
Katharine and Pam are encouraging the BID board to support a grant application from the BID to
request a grant of $15,000 with $3,000 matching BID funds that would be supported with a CDBO
grant that the City of Kalispell would apply for and additional funds from the Westside TIF to engineer
and design the trail, historical signage and bike racks. The design of the bike racks could continue
throughout the downtown area.
After discussion by the board a motion was made by Eric Robbins with a second by Jayson Peters to
utilize the opportunity to support CORE design of the trail and write a grant application for $15,000
with matching grant funds of $3000 from the 2017 — 2018 budget.
Fa a e Improvement ro rangy timeline: Para will review the current fagade improvement program
and email the document to all of the board members for their review and suggestions for change.
Chris Petersen with a second by Jayson Peters made a motion to leave the $5000 maximum grant in
place and to send out a notification by the end of August that the application process is open and
grant applications will be accepted until October 31. Approved grantees will be notified by November
30 for a spring build which must be completed by June 1, 2018.
NEW BUSINESS:
Meeting time will remain at 8:30 and not 8:00 AM. Pam will contact Wade Rademacher with the
Kalispell Police Department to arrange a meeting with the Parking Advisory Committee.
ADJOURN: Motion to adjourn the meeting at 10:20 Ails and for future meeting to begin at 8:30 AM by
Eric Robbins with a second from Chris Petersen. The motion passed unanimously.
NEXT REGULAR MEETING: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 8:30 AM — Whipps Building, Second Floor
Conference Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Pare Carbonari, BID Coordinator