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Home My WebLink About2 - Minutes, 12/17/03CI'fY OF I300LDER, COLORADO I30ARDS AND COMMISSIONS MEETING MINIITES FORM NAM~ OF IiOARD/COMMISSION: UNIVERSITY HILL GENERAL IMPROVENiENT DISTRICT NAME/TELEPHONE OF PERSON PRPPARING SUMMARY. LORRAINE ZAIVIORA - 303-413-7318 NAMES OF MCMB~RS, STAFF AND INVITED GUESTS PRESENT: BOARD M~MBERS: MCMOLLEN, CURTIS, CHO, STRIiGT (LARSON ABSENT) STAFF. WINTGR, ZAMORA, ~06ERT, MAYHEW, TAYLOR, EIOGAN, SERGEANT TRUJILLO, SERGEANT SEPER GUEST: ZESSIN AGENDA ITEM 1- ROLL CALL: Meetmg was aallcd to order and roll taken at 7 40 a m AGENDA ITEM 2- APPROVAL OF NOVEMBPR 19, 2003 MINUTES: (See Actiun Item Below) AGENDA ITEM 3- CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Dave Zess~n - usked to change OHGID Board meetings to evenings. He suggested evening meetings would get morc people to attend. He suggested Wednesday nt 5:30 pm on the hill. Street asked that if meetings were chun~ed to evenin~s, nei~hbors should commd to cnminQ to the meetin~s. AGENDA ITEM 4- POLICE OPDATE: Sergennt Trujillu said [here was more graPPti, a couple of assaults in the last month, some auto thefts, unfounded r~s they were just miss-parked cars, 6 burglaries last month, and 14 trespt~sses. Also last month there were 23 drug arrests, A of wh~ch were felonies. Dave Seper ~s the new hill sergeanL He's been on the force 20 years. Street asked thut Sergeant Seper continue giving the Board the update as Sergeant Tru~illu did, w~th index cards uf crime facts. Curtis thanked Tru.jillo for his time us the hill eer~eant. Sergeant Seper will be~m ,Tanuary 5' 2004. AGENDA IT~M 5- CU/CITY LIAISON AND HILL MARKETING UPDATE: Taylor updated the Bourd on home~oming, and said ~t was amazing to see the different departments at CU in support. They are waiting to hear on funding from those departmen4s. Hausmg wmmitted $1000. Winter sa~d it was Larson's involvement that made us go to CU for funds and support. Curtis thanked Tuylor and presen[ed a going away g~Ft frum [he Roard. Winter sa~d we have benefited From her leadership. EIogt~n gave the 13oard the Hill Marketmg Updute. She said the efforts uf h~ll businesses was great. She is trying to put together a 15 % discoun[ to several businesses for people who are around for [he holidays. Rail Jam is March 12. City Manager Frank Bruno w~ll attend the ffill Alliance meeting and give his turnin~ the ship presentutlon. AGCNDA ITEM fi- PARKING SERVICES UPDATE: Mayhew told the buard that the snow removul lust Monday was so much be[ter wrth the suppurt of the ut~6ty vehicle. They were abie to get around. He thanked the 13oard for the money for the veh~cle. McMullen asked if anythinq cuuld be done to shovel suow from [he Everyday Store. Several people have fallen. Sergeant Trqplln said he would email Steinborn with Env~ronmental F,ntorcement abnu[ the snow ut the I~:vervdav Store. AGENDA ITEM 7-OHNA UPDATE: Zessin thunked the Board for [he rtunutes uf the stakeholder meeting wrth Russ Cunsultmg Group. AGENDA ITEM 8- HILL ALGIANCE UPDATC: Sm~th sa~d they had a hugely successful membership drive party. She said people are getting inwlved now and they are getling a check from businesses. Luts of peuple put in an effnrt for th~s mem6ership drtve. Hogt~n d~d all [he work for the party and Srtuth thunked her. A DRUH~II Alliance happy hour is bein~ planned wdh,~enkins from the Downtnwn Busmess Imprnvement DistricQ Smrth sa~d we ure stnrting to sec wre bus~nesses,join [he Hill Allinnce. Tlie UHGID Re[reat with the I~ill Alliunce was d~scussed. It will he Februury 12, w~th the Alliance attending from ii:ao -i:nn. AUENDA ITGM 9- HILL V[SION PLAN OPDAT~ BY 2055 CONSULTING GROUP: Tom Wooten and Luura ? of' RCG w~ll tiend the Ruard emad ~~pda[es. Wooten usked the 1Soard d the update he gave was the information [hey wunted. The City Attorney added language to the current confidenliality ordinance of sharmg tax informution. They are waiting for the tax informatmn which Wootan said is critical for their tinancial modeling. 2egarding where they are, what needs lo he done, coning issues and restr~ctions on tinanc~al modeling, they have gone as far as they can qu unt~l [hey get the tux mtormut~on. He spuke to Fine abuu[ bonds. He said it was usetul [o them for determmmg the toul k~t to develop some scen:irios. They have louked mto the iumn{~ issues. He discussed BMSX mnmg, looked mto d und tried tn compare wrth other distr~US. He discussed the restne[ions il involvea. He diswssed R131X ~oning also, [he ditPerences between ex~h und advantages and disadvnntages nt' each.. Rll1X is Peari St, BMSX is the hdl. I3e d~scussed encouruqmg property owners to wnrk together tu keep tl~e his[oric mtegrity oF the h~ll. Wm[er sa~d u historic district has landmarks. The hill as a regmnal druw was discussed. And it bewming more oP a neighborhood draw. Cho aeked how ticx~ble is zonmg around other nmvere~ties. Wmter sa~d we must 6e aaretul nf wh~ch umvers~t~es we look at. McMullen su~d tliere shuuld be some kind at' adv~sory bnt~rd. M~Mullen suqgested 13rad Power ~ome to UHGID to make ~ presentadoa Wooten usked what is the r~ght prnxy to lonk aL He ya~d [here rre murvelous examples here m Boulder to look ut 'Chey m~x with histnrmal 6uddmgs. I~e wdl try tn ~denhfy wrth the 13oard some proxy's that ex~st now. They wdl get a physical iden oP what the 13uar[Ps v~bion wdl lonk like. Wm[cr sn};ges[ed Don Durso .md Pollock and others do .t walkmq tnnr of the proxy's and uiso look at tadored ~oning. Sfreet asked about ~unmg east of 15°1i and west of 9°' on Pearl St. Winter expltuned Tlie Board discussed east Pearl, tlie hdl, buffer 7one, etc. Winter wdl tlunk about domg a tour and talking about what works and what doesn't. The west Pearl area w~s discussed. Cho asked if there wus a way of ge[ting a venue or oftice space, that is somethmg not commerc~al. Wmter sa~d there is an mterest for W to have some kind of public use, to 6e a pubLc stakeholder. Wouten said it is ~mportant to have a police annex nearby. Wmter bruught up the ~ssues w~th the buffer cune. Wooten d~scussed the buffer zone. It prohib~ts any tLndamental changes from hnppemng. Street asked about buffer zone, rnd what needs to be changed. UHGID has not made a recommendahon. McMullen asked about next steps, Woo[en said they will build scenarws, changing zoning, number crunching, will bmld models. McMnllen asked when RCG would get the information to them. Wuoten said 60 days after he gets the information he needs. Curhs nsked where they are with tasks, Wooten adv~sed the Board of the tasks completed, not completed. Some tasks are modeling. 1,2 and part nf 3 tasks ure wmpleted. Part of task 5 is also dnne. Curtis discussed the buffer zone, said we shotdd try to straighten it out. Winter said her Wsk will be to get together with planning, have a~irst meeting, t6en tour. She w~ll articalate to planning staPf some of the zoning restnct~ons. Curtis would like to attend the meeting ulso. Go over details and zonmg regulations. Wmter sa~d she would email out to the Ifoard what Wooten brought today. AGENDA ITEM 10 - MATTERS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS: McMullen a[tended [he Clty Council/ CU meetmg and took the walk around the hdl to encouraged Regents to strategize with hill neighbors. Curds suid there is a request from UHNA to change the time oP the meeting, he would like to hold meetings on the hill. He said it is healthier to hold meehngs closer to the hill business community. Winter said the DMC mee[s here in Council Chambers with only a few people attending. People only come when there is an issue. Winter would support more consistency to meetings. Havmg meetings on the hill creates technical problems, and more wurk. She would like to Gnd someplace we don't have to pay for. The original reason for having the morning meeGng wt~s it ~s during therc busmess day. Winter also said a key issue is expectation, usually only staff attends. Cho would like to meet on the hill and asked if lo~ation and time make a big difference with the Alliance. Smdh sa~d this location ~s Cne but the hme is an iesue.(7:30 am) She suggested malung the time work for bus~ness people. There would be more attendunce at 9:00 am. Mid utternoon would work also. Edher 9 nr 2, pm. Winter suid she would look into locations. Zessm said ahove Buchannans would work, also that evenings work better for the hill neighbors. McMullen said we're branding, so we need to meet on the hill so more people wdl come, we'll make a statement, dodt need this forrt~al utmosphere of Council Chambers. He said 5:30 would be tine. W~nter wdl do some nveshgat~on. Curtis wan[s to move to the hill, but 5:30 is the latest he wants to meet, Winter will look into rt. AGENDA PPEM 11- MATTERS FROM THE DIRCCTOR: • Hill Retreat - February 12. Winter said they are trying to get more groups mvolved Winter said the tirst UHGID llourd meeting wdl be here m Council Chambers at 9:00 am. McMullen asked to track the money grven to the alliance, what was spent on markehng, and Mandi's posihon. • Pa[io Railing - Via Via- There is an issue w~th radings, iPs a new breed of putio extens~on, s~ts on top of the railing. Wmter suid we will monitor thm new patio extension. Mayhew sxid patio extensions work, it gives ambiance to the hdl, and there are more applicatiuns cortung in to the plamm~g department. A concern about th~s is mmgling in a traffic aren, and more trash bemg distributed around. Street su~d she thuught the paho railing was good. Mayhew's concern is ma~ntenance. McMullen sa~d ]ns concern is it's a place to gather after hours. There was dis~ussion on whether it could be a detachab(e extensmn, to be taken down after hours. Cho asked about the permit for the railing. Barbara Huntinger spoke to the Board. She said she bough[ Abos. She understood the crowd issue, but hasn't noticed any lingering or addit~onal trash. Win[er sa~d this is just a heads up for the Board und we will monitor the ra~hngs. Street asked about tables bemg taken in at night, doesn't see an issue. Cho would 6ke a clause m the permit that says it will be revoked. • GraFtiti Repnrt Mee[mg adjuurned 10:00 AM ACTION ITEMS: MOTION: MCMULL~N MOVED TO APPROVE TI-IE NOVEMBER 19, 2003 MINUTES. STREET SECONDED. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. FUTURE MEETINGS: January 21, 2003 7:30 AM Regular Meedng Coun~il Chambers APPROVED BY UNIVERSITY HILL GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Bill Curtis, Chair Attest Lorraine Zamora, Secretary