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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDowntown Business Improvement District Report and 2013 Work Plan and Budget May 24, 2012 TO: Chris Kukulski Anna Rosenberry Bozeman City Commission FR: Chris Naumann Executive Director RE: Downtown Business Improvement District FY 2013 Budget and Work Plan Commission Meeting: June 4, 2012 Attached are the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) FY2012 Annual Report, FY2013 Work Plan and FY2013 Budget. The FY2013 Budget was unanimously approved by the BID Board on April 18, 2012. I will be presenting these documents at the City Commission meeting on Monday, June 4, 2012. If you have any questions regarding the annual report, work plan or budgets, please feel free to contact me at any time. Respectfully Submitted, Chris Naumann 65 The BID Misson: Keeping Downtown Beautiful and Vibrant The downtown Bozeman Business Improvement District (BID) is an organization of downtown property owners who through thoughtful, pro-active collaboration and partnership with local government, business owners, residents and citizens strive to create a shared vision and voice for the community of downtown Bozeman. The BID will commit resources, identify, plan and act on short-term and long-term initiatives otherwise unavailable to individual owners. The BID has a goal of ensuring the long-term preservation and vitality of the city’s underlying economic, cultur- al, social and environmental assets and the BID will work together to keep our downtown a safe, beautiful and vibrant place. Downtown Business Improvement District FY2012 BID ANNUAL REPORT Eric Bowman-Chair Owenhouse Ace Hardware Mike Basile Prudential Real Estate Dan Himsworth Insty-Prints Ileana Indreland Delaney & Company Steve Stinson Wells Fargo Bank Eric Sutherland 360 Commercial Buck Taylor Community Health Partners BID Board Below are some interesting “statistics” demonstrating the quantity of work accomplished by the BID in FY2012. BID by the Numbers: They All Add Up to Success 849 Number of hours worked by BID maintenance staff 3147 Number of trash receptacles emptied 91 Number of graffiti tags removed 202 Number of flower baskets purchased and installed 135 Number of consecutive days flowers watered 27270 Number of individual flower baskets watered 100 Number of holiday decorations installed 405 Number of street lamp banners installed BID Graffiti Removal Program: Winning the Battle Against Vandalism The rising level of graffiti vandalism in our downtown is an eyesore that threatens the well-being of downtown and is an affront to our entire community. Graffiti contributes to lost revenue associated with reduced retail sales and declines in property value. In addition, graffiti generates the perception of blight and a sense that a place is in a state of decline and may even be un safe. A survey conducted in 2008 documented over 300 separate tags in the downtown district. That same year, the BID Board com- mitted funds to launch the Graffiti Removal Program to tackle this growing problem. Case studies have repeatedly proven that the number one deterrent to graffiti is prompt removal of new tags. Therefore, the BID maintenance program strives to remove all new tags within 48 hours. In FY2012, BID maintenance staff removed 91 graffiti tags bringing the total number removed over the life of the program to 1244. Below is a series of “before-during-and-after” photos showing the BID Graffiti Removal Program in action. 66 Over the years the BID maintenance program has grown to include one full-time employee and two part-time employee. The maintenance staff work 7 days a week during the summer and 4 days a week in winter do- ing a variety of projects to keep downtown clean, appealing and inviting. On a daily and weekly basis, maintenance staff: Empty the trash recepta- cles; Pick up garbage from storefronts, doorways and sidewalks; Water the flower baskets ; Clean up Soroptomist Park; Remove stickers and posters; Remove graffiti tags; Snow removal from crosswalks. Year round the BID maintenance staff maintain the light pole banners, assist with DBA events, and install holiday decorations. The BID mainte- nance team utilizes the ever-present Mule ATV and pick-up truck to per- form many of their day-to-day tasks. BID Maintenance Program: Keeping the Downtown Attractive Page 2 Downtown Business Improvement District BID Flower Basket Program: A Downtown Summer Tradition Perhaps the most beloved BID initiative is the Flower Basket Program that adorns the street lamps downtown with over 230 baskets of color every summer. Not only does the BID purchase the planted baskets of Super Petunias, but the maintenance staff waters them seven days a week for over 130 consecutive days to ensure they remain vibrant throughout the summer. To make this program a reality, the BID orders the baskets to be planted in Feb- ruary. The flowers are cultivated until early June when they can be hung down- town after the last hard frost. Then the work begins for the staff to water them each and every day. The BID utilizes a pick-up truck complete with a 500 gallon water tank, pump and hose. The BID flower baskets are invaluable to making downtown beautiful and unique during the summer. BID Holiday Decoration Program: Celebrating the Winter Season The BID installs the holiday decorations that make downtown fes- tive from Thanksgiving through New Years. Year after year, the BID relies the commitment of the many community partners that make “lighting up the town” possible. For over 20 years, the BID has installed the large intersection deco- rations affectionately known as the “Christmas Spiders.” The BID relies on the following groups to make all the holiday decoration an annual tradition: Bozeman Fire Department, City of Bozeman For- estry Division, Streets Department, and Sign Department, Bozeman Arborcare, Montana Crane Service. The other holiday decorations that adorn downtown include 80 lit strands of garland that the BID maintenance staff wrap around each historic street lamp up and down Main Street. A total of 16 large wreaths and bows are hung from the traffic light standards. The BID also lights the large trees in Soroptomist Park. Prepared by: Chris Naumann Executive Director 222 East Main Street Suite 302 Bozeman MT 59715 406-586-4008 www.downtownbozeman.org chris@downtownbozeman.org 67 Downtown Business Improvement District FY2013 BID Work Plan and Budget BID Mission Statement The BID is an organization of downtown property owners who through thoughtful, pro-active collaboration and partnership with local government, business owners, residents and citizens strive to create a shared vision and voice for the community of downtown Bozeman. The BID will commit resources, identify, plan and act on short-term and long-term initiatives otherwise unavailable to individual owners. The BID has a goal of ensuring the long-term preservation and vitality of the city’s underlying economic, cultural, social and environmental assets and the BID will work together to keep our downtown a safe, beautiful and vibrant place. BID Assessment Programs The following programs are funded by the special assessments collected from property owners within the Business Improvement District. The BID assessment for FY201 3 will be $114,000.00 for the fifth consecutive year. The BID also received approximately $10,000 in additional revenue from sponsorships and interest earnings. Downtown Bozeman Partnership ($65,000) The BID is a member of the Downtown Bozeman Partnership. The BID contributes to the administration of the Downtown Partnership office located at 222 East Main Street. In turn, the Partnership manages all the payroll expenses associated with the BID Director. Summer Flowers ($17,100) The BID purchases, installs and maintains (which includes watering 7 days a week) 230 hanging baskets of Super-Petunias. These flower baskets are hung throughout downtown from June through September on the historic lamp posts. This program grows each year as additional historic street lamps are installed downtown. Holiday Lighting ($4,000) The BID installs the following holiday lighting downtown: 1) lighted garland on each historic lamp post along Main Street; 2) lights on the large conifer trees in Soroptimist Park; 3) garland wreaths at the Rouse, Church, Wallace, and Grand intersections; and 4) the infamous holiday “spider” decoration above the downtown intersections. 68 Maintenance Program ($26,000) The BID hires a full-time maintenance employee in addition to a part-time maintenance employee for the summer months. Primary tasks performed by the BID maintenance staff includes garbage collection, flower watering, tree watering, Soroptomist Park upkeep, installation of the light pole banners, maintenance of pedestrian benches, graffiti removal, and limited snow removal. The BID maintenance staff removed 3147 bags of garbage in 2012. Graffiti Removal Program ($1000) The BID comprehensive graffiti removal program is in its third year of operation. To date, this program has removed 1244 graffiti tags. The BID maintenance staff removes tags from public property and works with property owners to clean private buildings of graffiti. The BID will continue to actively remove new tags as quickly as possible considering immediate removal has proven to be the most effective deterrent. Downtown Banners ($3,500) The BID purchases, installs and maintains the downtown light pole banners. Seasonally the BID installs banners for MSU, Bogert Farmers Market, Bridger Bowl, Moonlight Basin, Big Sky Resort, Sweet Pea and Hatch. 69 Tree Replacement ($2,000) The BID replaces trees that have died in the downtown district. In coordination with the City Forestry Division, dead trees are removed and then replaced by a local nursery. Smaller newly planted trees are susceptible due to physical damage and insufficient water. The BID replaces between 1 and 4 trees a year. Downtown Marketing ($2,500) The BID contributes to the general marketing of downtown Bozeman. These funds are made available to the Downtown Partnership which places advertisements in ten to twelve local, regional and state-wide publications. --Please refer to the included 2012 BID Annual Report for more program details-- 70 Downtown Business Improvement District FY2013 Assessment Budget APPROVED FY2013 Budget Income BID Assessment 114,000.00$ Interest Income 500.00$ Flower Sponsorshihps 7,000.00$ Christmas Light Sponsorships 3,500.00$ Total Income 125,000.00$ Expenses Management Fee 65,000.00$ Total Expenses 65,000.00$ Payroll Expenses Maintenance Staff 15,000.00$ Taxes 1,200.00$ Work Comp 2,000.00$ Total Payroll Expenses 18,200.00$ Programs Christmas Lights 2,500.00$ Christmas Light Spider Repair 1,500.00$ New Banners 3,500.00$ Flower Expenses 17,000.00$ Flower Water 100.00$ Tree Purchases 2,000.00$ Marketing 2,500.00$ Maintenance Supplies 1,000.00$ Garbage Bags 1,250.00$ Graffiti Supplies 500.00$ Mule Service & Fuel 1,500.00$ Truck Service & Fuel 2,000.00$ Truck Insurance 2,000.00$ Other Total Program Expenses 37,350.00$ Total BID Expenses 120,550.00 NET INCOME 4,450.00 The BID Board unanimously approved the FY13 budget on April 18, 2012 71