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01.21.15 UHCAMC MinutesCITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING MINUTES NAME OF BOARD /COMMISSION: UNIVERSITY HILL COMMERCIAL AREA MANAGEMENT COMMISSION NAME /TELEPHONE OF PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: Ruth Weiss — 303 - 413 -7318 NAMES OF MEMBERS, STAFF, AND INVITED GUESTS PRESENT: BOARD MEMBERS: RAJ, GRIFFITH (absent), SOIFER, RUBINO (absent), LIGUORI STAFF: WINTER, WIEBENSON, LANDRITH, McHEYSER, TRUJILLO, JOBERT GUESTS: NANCY BLACKWOOD AGENDA ITEM 5 — CUSG Update: None AGENDA ITEM 6 — Hill Boulder Update: Liguori mentioned the Hill Boulder had its fourth meeting and had great attendance, next meeting is at the end of February. The focus is creating events; Herring is working on the Slide the City event and hopes to make it a large event. Liguori continued that Soifer is creating a coupon book for the Hill and hopes to get more businesses involved with a minimum of 25 to 50 businesses participating. Non Profit designation for the Hill Boulder paperwork is in the works. Go Boulder is looking to partner up with Parking for the coupon book. There was a CU breakfast last month, they would like a job board on the website, more movie events, and open the lines of communication. The transients were discussed, the smoking ban downtown, and cleanliness was discussed. Liguori said the hill need to be regularly scrubbed clean. Raj was in agreement. Liguori said she will see about bringing the Boulder International Film Festival to the hill in 2016. Jobert mentioned that some of the World Conference meetings were held on the hill years ago. Soifer mentioned that a high end coffee shop is going into the former Yeye's Caf6 space. YoYo's and Budget Alterations are gone. Alpine Caf6 is taking the former Co op location at 9 and College. AGENDA ITEM 7 — UHNA Update: Nancy Blackwood, UHNA, is excited with entities going in on the hill. Blackwood thanked the commission for all they are doing on the hill and in the neighborhood. Blackwood asked for support by the commission on the over occupancy issue and offered that another advantage to have office uses, would make a huge difference in the economic vitality when students are gone. AGENDA ITEM 8 — Parking Services Update: Winter said the steam cleaning is a budgetary issue. Examination of the budget and revenues will determine if funds are available for additional cleaning. Soifer suggested marijuana shops open on the hill for its sales revenue and obtain special zoning for a coffee shop to allow on- premise smoking. Jobert mentioned that the UHGID fund does not get sales tax. Winter said she is not familiar with marijuana regulations and find more information. AGENDA ITEM 9 — Hill Moratorium Update and Feedback for Study Session Memo: McHeyser said that next Tuesday at City Council Meeting the Hill Moratorium will be presented at Study Session and it will be televised. Materials are being sent out for the Planning Board's Public Hearing and Consideration of a Recommendation to City Council on February 5th. Both packets go out today. Staff recommendation is some ordinance changes, a number of strategies that will be incorporated into the Uni Hill Reinvestment Strategy work plan and changes to the CP &S work plan. Raj asked what kinds of ordinances are being considered. McHeyser said it will relate to the BMS zoning district. Winter will send to commissioners the Study Session memo for the council meeting when it is public. There is no public comment at the Study Session and the commissioners were invited to attend. Notice to property owners and stakeholders will go out today. Final decision will take place in March. Soifer queried McHeyser on the Daily Camera Grenadier blurb. McHeyser replied that they were happy that they were highlighted, office uses are viable and the challenge is that there are no other spaces for them to move to. McHeyser said that at the Planning Board meeting, they discussed the office situation on the hill in a more robust way. Soifer mentioned the number of people supporting the businesses on the Hill; they need to rely on the students /residents currently and not business support. Winter offered that it's a matter of getting people up to the Hill to understand the dynamics. SPARK was discussed and Wiebenson mentioned that they are doing well, student focused, and looking at shared work space for an older group. Dakota mentioned Jen Lewin and event space on the Hill. Raj questioned the parking garage and the building above it, is it just housing for professionals or will it be office space. Winter said that nothing is decided. Raj said that it's a good idea to look for communal space for other events on the hill and to get buy in from CU. Wiebenson said that one of the strategies is that the UHGID sites are catalyst sites, and two sites under UHGID control are opportunities for partnerships. Wiebenson mention incentives and programs for businesses. AGENDA ITEM 10 — Matters from the Commissioners: None AGENDA ITEM 11— Matters from the Staff: Winter said there was a meeting last week regarding 2A projects, will be working with Event Street, irrigation and lightning; there is a February 20 deadline to get these schedules in. The event street design will be examined while students are in and construction when the students are gone. Soifer suggested that construction while students are in would be more desirable from a business viewpoint and using the student down time for hill events in the summer. The contract with the RSD coordinator is being finalized, there are two components to the Residential Service District with one being the Ready to Work crews and the other to have a part time coordinator to supervise the Ready to Work Crew, and to work with Wiebenson, CU, and Code Enforcement on litter and graffiti in areas adjacent to the commercial district. There were two responses to the RFP. The Parking Utilization study is looking at revenue analysis, and parking enforcement officers are doing car counts in the lots and on the streets. Hope to have some initial feedback by the council Study Session. Wiebenson gave an update on progress with the UHCAMC and Council priorities, including the contract with RRC to put together a focus group of hill stakeholders to establish abaeeline public perception of the Hill at the start of the Hill Reinvestment Strategy (HRS). Baseline information is anticipated to be available after the first quarter of this year. Liguori questioned the criteria. Wiebenson replied that they are trying to identify a broad range of people. Soifer suggested including people with no current connection to the Hill. Wiebenson replied that RRC is examining this direction. Soifer requested a copy of the questions to be used. Wiebenson provided an update on the Hill EcoPass feasibility study, an intercept survey was created and they would need a minimum $10,000 contract to pursue the pass. Fox, Tuttle, Hernandez are doing a survey to collect data. There are approximately 90 businesses and 14 vacancies. Both the baseline perception study and the Eco Pass feasibility study are components of the HRS. An HRS work plan continues to be developed; numerous existing programs in the residential areas and new programs being developed for the Hill Commercial Area. Raj questioned what UHNA is looking at. Wiebenson replied that UHNA will be partnering with the City and CU on welcome bags, student orientation and beautifying the Hill in partnership with CU and The Hill Boulder. Messaging and branding of the district will happen later. The focus now is the moratorium, uses in the district and how to attract users next. The work plan spread sheet will be available shortly. Winter said that the 1/27 council Study Session will focus on the moratorium, conference center and an update on the Revitalization Strategies. It will be a head's up for council and another formal study session will occur in May for additional council feedback on policy. Wiebenson said the newly established partnership with CU volunteer organizations will provide dozens of people per month to help clean up the hill, alternating between projects in the residential and commercial areas. Projects will include painting of the bicycle racks, railings and other streetscape elements in need of beautification. There will be a student contest to name the partnership but for now it is the Volunteer Partnership. Liguori asked if the commission has areas in the revitalization that are not being addressed. Winter suggested linking the board to council members to chat over coffee as a liaison to UHCAMC. Liguori questioned roles and deadlines for the new commissioner. Winter replied that Griffith's term is up, deadline is 2/12, needs to be a Boulder resident and Citizen at Large, will be appointed by city council, staff s role is to get the word out, and interviews are in March. B _s: s ' - 9 - & �'$ i � x + f�a &9 -:s .s 6.4. Rs ' f.� ��� es�_�3 '� -�.;; u � ���+e�a,��. -�� se a� �• �;m_� >ai�es fe�k � s'�v� -_�° si� a� :�a`�B. °� �' ��'�� ;�� ;,� r I T