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Home My WebLink About05-22-19 BID Minutes Downtown Business Improvement District Board Meeting Minutes May 22, 2019 Attending: Jolee Barry, Eric Bowman, Ileana Indreland, Susan Neubauer, Eric Sutherland, Chris Naumann Absent: Mike Basile, Erik Nelson Public Comments: None Minutes ACTION: Eric Bowman moved to approve the April minutes as presented. Eric Sutherland seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Finance Report Chris presented the finance report as of May 21st. Total income equals $164,000; slightly in excess of budgeted amount for the year. All expenses are tracking as budgeted. Between checking and CDs cash on hand exceeds $120,000. Chris said looking ahead to FY20 he anticipates ending the year with approximately $95,000 in reserve. The board did not have any questions. Executive Directors Report Maintenance Program Update We are transitioning to our summer staffing levels. Currently we have one full-time general maintenance employee (Mike Grant), one weekend general maintenance employee and one part-time garage maintenance employee. We have hired our 5-day flower watering employee for the summer and still have the 2-day position open. Flower baskets are scheduled to be installed on June 17th or 18th. Below are the maintenance statistics comparing the year-to-date figures from this year (FY19) to the corresponding figures from last year (FY18). FY2018 YTD FY2019 YTD Total Ave/mnth Total Ave/mnth Difference Trash Emptied 1857 186 1812 181 -45 Recycling Emptied 333 33 410 41 +77 Graffiti Removed 94 10 228 23 +134 Flower Basket Update One issue from last year was that the crew would run out of water before finishing all the baskets. This would require them to drive down Rouse to add water to the 450-gallon tank to then come back and finish watering the remaining baskets. Therefore, I am going to purchase a new 535-gallon tank for $700 from Murdoch’s. Flower baskets are scheduled to be installed on June 17th and/or 18th. We will be testing two “self-watering” baskets this season. The manufacturer, EarthPlanter, indicates that the 4-gallon bottom-feeding wicking system only requires watering 2-3 times a week. A reference we contacted in Tempe AZ says they now only water twice a week. Building Project Updates Etha Hotel (Armory building) Construction resumed April 30, 2018. Black & Olive Apartments under construction to be completed Fall 2019 Osborne Building (233 East Main—last vacant lot) 4 story mixed use building with 2 floors of restaurant use and 2 floors of offices. Construction began October 2018. “OSM” Building 5 story mixed use building proposed on southwest corner of Babcock and Wallace—construction begin Spring 2019 BG Mill Building 5 story mixed use building proposed on southwest corner of Mendenhall and Broadway—final site plan submitted One 11 Lofts (corner of North Willson and West Lamme) 50-unit apartment building with 53 parking spaces. Currently in final review by Community Development Department. Merin Condos (on North Bozeman across from Dave’s Sushi) 28 units of owner- occupied housing. Currently in development review. Village Downtown 84 new residential loft units have been approved and 30 new residential condo units are under review by the City AC Hotel (5 East Mendenhall) 6 story 140 room full-service hotel. Currently in development review. East End Flats (240 East Mendenhall) 6 story mixed use project. Currently in development review. Old Heeb’s Bldg(544 East Main) New ownership. Currently available for lease. New Businesses Update • Miller’s Jewelry—35 West Main (formerly Taco del Sol)--OPEN • Nina’s Tacos & Tequila—5 West Mendenhall—OPEN • Theory Salon—129 West Main Street—OPEN • Hail Mary’s—221 East Main (formerly High Country Grill)—OPEN • Good Food Company—229 East Main—restaurant to open in Osborne Bldg which is under construction • TBD—2 East Main—former Miller’s Jewelry location • TBD—23 West Main—formerly Bent Lens • TBD—17 East Main—formerly Sun Dog Gallery Planning Updates In this section, I will provide update about several ongoing City planning processes. Community Plan (City Growth Policy) Update Consultants: Logan Simpson (Ft. Collins) Update: Draft Plan is being developed. https://www.bozeman.net/city-projects/bozeman-community-plan-update NCOD and Design Guidelines Update Consultants: Bendon Adams Consulting (Aspen, CO) and Orion Planning (Missoula, MT) Update: Final Document due to be released in June 2019. https://www.bozeman.net/city-projects/ncod-review Housing Needs Assessment and Action Plan Consultants: Navigate, LLC Workforce Housing Solutions Update: the draft Community Housing Needs Assessment was presented to the City Commission March 11, 2019. The assessment and corresponding action plan are being guided by Housing Work Group consisting of community stakeholders including the Downtown Partnership. https://www.bozeman.net/city-projects/community-housing-needs-assessment Parking Garage Utilization Data Considering the recent, and what will sure to be future, discussion about the capacity and utilization of the Bridger Park Garage, I wanted to provide a few snapshots of data collected by the garage T2 system. Below is the peak hour occupancy data from the month of December 2018 and the first two weeks of April 2019 for the “main” 335-space garage which excludes the basement. December Data Notes: 4 out of the 31 peak hour occupancies exceeded 70% with only 2 exceeding the 85% management goal with one of those being the evening of the Christmas Stroll. During the busiest 3 weeks of the retail year (12/1-12/22) the average peak hour occupancy was 189 cars which equates 57% of capacity. April Data Notes: Peak hour occupancy for the two-week period was 219 vehicles at 1pm on Wednesday April 4th which equates 65% of capacity. Discussion and Decision Item Assessment FY2020 Budget Chris presented the draft budget for fiscal year 2020 that was reviewed and discussed by the board at the April meeting. The budget proposed incomes totaling $168,350. Expenses are proposed to be similar to this year. Chris noted the only new expenditure of $3000 to contract for large graffiti tags on upper floors of buildings. He noted that the DBP management fee would increase by 4%. He reminded the board that last month they discussed adding a fiscal commitment to implementation of a high priority project from the 2019 Downtown Plan. This money would not come from the assessment budget but rather from board reserves. The board agreed it would be good to show this commitment as we plan ahead for next year. The board agreed on a $15,000 commitment of board reserves. ACTION: Eric Sutherland moved to approve the FY2020 BID Assessment Budget as presented. Ileana Indreland seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Mike Grant Thank You Gift Ileana wanted to recognize how grateful she is for the fantastic job Mike Grant does as our downtown maintenance employee. The board whole-heartedly agreed that he consistently goes above and beyond expectations. Ileana suggested that the board members each pitch in $20 to $25 dollars to buy Mike Downtown Dollars as a token of the board’s appreciation. Everyone agreed to do so. Eric Bowman volunteered to collect the contributions from the board and deliver to Chris. Chris said he would then write a letter from the board expressing their gratitude and include the Downtown Dollars. **Meeting was adjourned at 1:05pm**