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Downtown Urban Renewal District
Board Meeting Minutes
August 16, 2022
Attending: Bobby Bear, Cory Lawrence, Marley McKenna, Tony Renslow, Angie Rutherford, Nicholas Wickes, Jen Madgic, Ellie Staley, Emily Cope
Absent: Nick Zelver
Minutes
ACTION: Cory Lawrence moved to approve the minutes from the June URD board meeting. Nicholas Wickes seconded the motion.
All voted in favor.
Discussion Items
Board Member Appointments/DURB By-laws Ellie provided an update that three interviews were completed for the vacant positions, candidates
interviewed with Nicholas Wickes, Cory Lawrence and George (Jake) Van Dusen. Angie Rutherford submitted an application as well but later decided to withdraw her application. Bobby Bear has said that she would like to take a step down from the Chair position. The board will hold a discussion to then pass along their recommendations to Jen Madgic for Chair and Vice-Chair appointments. Bobby and Cory provided a summary of their meeting with City Manager Mihelich and City Attorney Greg
Sullivan to discuss the inconsistencies from Resolution 5323 and the DURB By-laws when it comes to appointment Chair and Vice-Chair. Cory also stated by the commission appointing these positions, there is another element to consider as these two board members also serve on the DBP Partnership Management Committee.
Parking Updates Ellie gave an update of the current work being done on the topic of paid parking. Walker Consultants and the COB Economic Development Department held two focus groups surrounding the topic of the employee parking program. Walker Consultants will compile a report with recommendations and examples if an employee parking program is implemented. The next City Commission work session
surrounding paid parking is slated to be set for early fall. The URD discussed the impacts of paid parking on URD projects. The URD has requested staff to
get additional information for future meetings including the total cost to implement paid parking and
where that funding is coming from. The would also like more information regarding the digital or
infrastructure platform for paid parking management, staffing needs, camera installations, etc.
The board also discussed bringing city economic development staff to the URD board to present
same info slated to present to CC and advisory boards regarding paid parking with a request the URD
give a “recommendation, similar to what will be requested of the Transportation board. This request
was mentioned to Jennifer Madgic to bring up to City manager Jeff Mihelich as the paid parking work
session schedules are formalized.
Executive Director’s Report Ellie gave an update from the ED report on downtown projects, events and developments.
Meeting was adjourned at 1:10 pm