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Federal BID Board Feb 2012 Minutes

Friday, March 15th, 2013

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE

FEDERAL BOULEVARD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

HELD: Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. at Real Architecture, 2899 N. Speer Blvd., Denver, Colorado

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting of the Board of Directors of the Federal Boulevard Business Improvement District, City and County of Denver, Colorado was called to order with the following directors present and acting:

Marshall Vanderburg

David Jensen

David L. Berton

Luis Gilbert Vasquez

Also in attendance was Jerry Guida of the Federal Boulevard Partnership.

ADOPTION OF ORGANIZATION MEETING MINUTES

Upon motion duly made, seconded, and unanimously approved, the Board adopted the Organization Budget Hearing Meeting Minutes of December 4, 2012.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Board President Marshall Vanderburg indicated he had no potential conflicts of interest with topics associated with the agenda for this meeting and asked the Board members in attendance whether they had a potential conflict of interest – none were raised or disclosed.

DESIGNATION OF THE 2013 OFFICIAL POSTING LOCATION

Upon motion duly made, seconded, and unanimously approved, the Board adopted the location of 2914 West 25th Avenue, the location of the business 2914 Coffee located within the boundaries of the Federal Boulevard BID (FBID), to be the official posting location until further notice for information regarding activities of the Board. (more…)

Partnership Takes Position on Interchange Report

Friday, January 11th, 2013

Half Cloverleaf - one of the design alternatives in the Report

In fall of 2012 Denver Planning released a draft of the Colfax Federal Interchange Alternatives report (Report). The report provides four interchange alternatives (design approaches) to replace the existing cloverleaf. The Partnership has long advocated for the removal of the cloverleaf. It does not provide safe pedestrian access along Federal and is wasteful of property utilizing 29 acres, which could be better utilized as developable land and contributing open space. Plus, there is a big uncomfortable gorilla sitting on top of the cloverleaf – a brand new gleaming Federal bridge recently completed by the Colorado Department of Highways. This multi-million dollar investment is probably not going anywhere soon – though it is hard to stomach that the bridge could mandate the future of our community for the next 30 years. Any future interchange redesign/reconstruction must contend with this reality.

At the fall public membership meeting of the Partnership November 15, Denver Planning and the consultant team on the project presented the Report. After the meeting, the Partnership board met and discussed the Report during two board meetings. From the meetings a position letter was drafted and provided to Denver Planning, City Council representatives and surrounding community organizations. As reflected in the position letter the Partnership supports several of the recommendations of the Report. There are two primary concerns. (more…)

Busy First Year Plans for the Federal BID

Friday, January 11th, 2013

2012 a busy year…leads to aggressive program planned for 2013

Open House with BID panel discussing attributes of a business district

Fueled by a grant in late 2011 from the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) to pursue organization of a Business Improvement District (BID) for Federal Boulevard, the process to organize, define and established the district was rigorous and involved many elements. BID’s are complex tools (see this Fact Sheet) and expertise was required to assist the effort. Paid by grant funds, the project began by hiring a BID Consultant and Project Manager. The process then involved one-on-one meetings with all accessible commercial property owners, several public meetings to seek input on drafts of the operation plan with the proposed mill levy on commercial property owners, a petition signed by over 60% of the affected commercial property owners, unanimous passage of the Federal BID by Denver City Council in August, and the successful TABOR election November 6th, 2012.

Due to the timing of the district creation

the Federal BID cannot levy commercial properties in 2013. Knowing this, the Partnership applied for and received a $50,000 grant from OED to pursue activities in 2013. It begins by hiring a part-time Executive Director (job announcement, applications due noon January 28, 2012), who will assist the Federal BID board pursue the 2013 work program. The work program involves opening a district BID office, providing economic and small business development services, developing a branding and marketing plan, establishing a maintenance program for landscape improvements and convening several pubic meetings beginning in the spring to vet ongoing activities and future plans. (more…)

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