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Home My WebLink About2 - Minutes, 8/18/04CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO D COMMLSSIONS MEETING MINU1'ES NAMF1fELEPHONE OF PERSON PREPARING SUMMARY: I.aurie NAMES OF MEMBERS, STAFF, AND IIVVITED GUESTS PRESENT: BOARD MF.MBERS: CURTLS, ABRAMS, STREET, CHO, ROGERS STAFF: WIlVTER, CUNNINGHAM, JOBERT, SEPER GUEST: Smi W, Hogan, McMuI-en, Otto AGENDA TfEM 1- Roll Call: MeeGng was called to order and roll taken at 9 OS AM Wmter swore m new member Dav~d Rogers AGENDA ITEM 2- Approval of July 21, 2004 Mmutes (See Achon Item Below) AGENDA TfEM 3- Public Participation: Ma[t McMullen spoke bnefly wncemmg the Pubhc Affa~rs Commrttee appom[ed by the Hill All~ance When the Ross ConsulUng Study is completed the Pubhc Affa~rs Comrtuttee has volunteered to mee[ md~v~dually w~th each property owner Cums suggested meehng w~th all stake holders m[h~s manner AGENDA 11'EM 4- Potice Update: Seper remazked there was nothmg s~gmficant to report Several burglanes were reported where lap[ops were taken and detecnves aze [rymg to pmpom[ who ~s mvolved Trafric actrv~ty was a httle b~[ h~gher than asual Assaul[s and d~sorderly conduc[ types of cnmes were also reported and several alcohol t~ckets were issued Twenty arrests were made for the month and were ma~nly wattants Seper addressed Back to School activ~ues saymg 30 officers are ass~gned to the hill to respond to complamt acUvated calls September 4'" will be [he CU/CSU game w~[h these same officers ass~gned as well as SWAT o~cers There w~ll also be an extra 25 officers ava~lable after the game The Pohce Department put compazable sta[s together to annc~pa[e the lund of act~v~ty that will be occumng at the beAmm~g of school They are hopmg for a declme m numbers from last year Abrams asked ~f ~t was the Pol~ce DepartmenYs mtennon ro be more forceful at the start of school and Seper responded that was theu plan They are encouragmg the educauon aspect of enforcement and w~ll be handmg out mformahon brcehures when summonses are ~ssued Jen Korbehck has orgamzed block part~es on the h~ll CU ~s plannmg a"hill-stop" on August 20'" from 7-11 pm They w~ll be handmg out p~zzas and water Th~s w~ll be a hme to greet and meet s[udents Four officers have been ass~gned to momtor The Welcome Back Fest August 27`" wnh two add~aonal officers for stree[ closures AGENDA TfEM 5- CU/City Liaison: None AGENDA 1TEM 6- Hill Marketing Hogan presented posters for the Welcome Back Fest She repoRed August has been a very busy month Plans for [he Welcome Back Fest are almost comple[e There will be three bands pefforrtung FoRy booths have s~gned up and half of them are hill busmesses Hogan reported Homecortung ~s commg [ogether and menhoned Alex Garaa has worked hard Stagng for the parade is around Farrand Field The parade route ~s through the hill busmess d~stnct to Ihe CU quad There w~ll be a pep rally wIIh door pnzes grven away John Hessler w~ll be the honorary pazade martial along wrth CU Pres~dent Ehzabeth Hoffman and [he Boulder Mayor The stage for the Welcome Back Fes[ w~ll be m front of the Pox Theater Colorado Dazly ~s the sponsor for the Welcome Back Fes[ The Dwly Camera will be the med~a sponsor for Homeconung grvmg an ad for the largest sponsor Hogan also menponed that thev have created on-lme reg~stratwn for the parade th~s yeaz AGENDA ITEM 7- Pariring Services Update Wmcer reported that the pavmg m the alleys was completed Rogers commented [ha[ i[ ~s a huge improvement New banners have been placed on the hdl They are phoros of CU acadertuc and athletlc celebnnes The sidewalks were cleaned Monday mgh[ m preparanon for the return of students Rogers mquued about gemng pazlung revenue compansons from the summer months [o the wmter months AGENDA I'1'EM 8• UHNA Updete: NONE AGENDA ITEM 9-Hill Alliance Update: Snuth spoke regardmg the Pubhc Affa~rs Comrtuttee, Homeconung, and the Welcome Back Fest They w~ll be targenng freshman She reported The Hrll after hours was very successful The Da~ly Camera and pmperty owner Lmda Foss have offered to sponsor After Hours and the Alhance ~s hopmg th~s will become a monthly event AGENDA ITEM 10 -Vision Plan Update: None AGENDA ITEM 11- Mattcrs from the Commissioners: Abrams commented she never sees the Tax~ stand bemg used and asked ~f [here was a poss~bd~ty rt m~ght be used for Night R~ders Cunnmgham reported [hat this stand can no[ be used for profit purposes Hogan sa~d she thmks this ~s an ~mportant and viable opnon for students ro get home m a safe manner Wmter commented that they can look at optwns and wdl follow-up w~th Cunnmgham and others but revunded everyone cau[wn nceds to be taken wrth the pubLc nght of way Abrams reques[ed [he BID mformauon Wmter will send ~t out AGENDA TfEM 12 - Matters from the Director Wmter received the draft of the final report from Ross Consulhng Group commentmg ~t is an elaborahon of the Power Pomt presentanon Copies have been sent to Bruno, Pollack, Poweq and Stump for theu rev~ew and [hey w~ll subnut commen[s to Wmter Once fcedback ~s rece~ved ~t will go back [o Ross and a draft w~ll be ready for publ~c comment Wmter proposed d~fferent ways of presennng the study to the pubhc and asked for mput on this as well She suggested usmg the Econortuc Vrtality Comrtuttee, imit~ng the pubhc and havmg Ross ConsWhng Bve a presenta~on and conduchng one-on-ones for the property owners wh~ch the Pubhc Affa~rs Commrttee has offered to do 7'here is a large amount of mformahon ro present and Wm[er suggested the plan would be to let people d~gest what they heaz and answer quesnons at a later meehng Wmter asked for ~deas from the Board about what they would l~ke [o see and menhoned UHGID may need to get feedback from the Plannmg Board and have a study sess~on wrth Counc~l on this issue Abrams commented [ha[ she would Lke ro see a amelme Wm[er responded [hat once they get a draft from the pubhc they can proceed w~th one She commented a broad nmelme vught be poss~ble but ~t ~s di~wl[ when quesUOns haved t been asked Wm[er hopes [he draft for [he pubUc will be completed by [he end of the month and suggested a spec~al meet~ng at Grace Lu[heran a[ that nme Abrams remarked that before th~s meehng occurs she woald l~ke to mee[ to deal w~th basic concepts of the study Street commented that a meeUng already occurred at Grace Lutheran and asked whether or not we should pay Ross [o do th~s aga~n Wmter feels that ano[her meenng w~ll be benefiaal Curtis asked that by the next meeung s[eps be spec~fically wntten out aod presented He asked wha[ the first two steps w~ll be Wmter responded Ihat she has sent ~t ro the above people and when she rece~ves theu feedback she will d~stnbute the report for addmonal comments McMullen asked that the fimshed report be posted on the websrte and suggested havmg Hogan handle the med~a d~smbunon to reach a larger populanon Elechon of officers Wmter updated new members on the elecnon process Cho mot~oned to nortunate Curus for Cha~r, SUeet seconded, approved unarumousty Stree[ mononed ro novunate Abrams for Co-cha~r, Cho seconded, approved unarumously Wmter presen[ed mformanon on an update for a pazlnng uuluat~on study She suggested exam~mng what [he unl~zat~on ~s and lookmg at the demand m order that addmonal pazlnng be conswc[ed Development scenanos may need to be looked a[ as well The money to accompl~sh this will come &om the fund reserves Wmter menGOned they w~ll look at pedes[nan, hansrt and bike traffic also Jobert reported Sales Tac Revenues are down 1% for the mon[h of May Abrams reported a slow summer Curds rev~ewed [he May Sales Ta~c Report and had several quesnons concemmg revenue which Jobert answered CurUs thanked all for their wnfidence m him and for elecnng h~m as Cha~r Meeting adjoumed at 10:15 AM. ACTION ITEMS: MOTION: Street moved to approve t6e Ju~y 21, 2004 minutes. Cho Seconded. Approved Unanimously. ~ ~- FUTURE MEETINGS: September 15, 2004 Couacil C6ambers Regular Meeting APPROVED BY UNIVERSITY HILL GENERAL I ROVIEMENT Bdl Curtis, Chair /F3~~ ~1 ~~ /' Attest Laurie Chestnut, Secretary