Business Retention and Development Committee Agenda and Packet 2012 07 02

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Business Retention & Development Committee Meeting Minutes June 4, 2012 Page 3of 4 Citizen, Doug Walter –assumed the patios belonged to the restaurants. Shelley Angell –When the patios went up were the restaurants required to have a patio or did they have a choice?Jill Midgleyconfirmed all the restaurants wanted in on the patios. City Manager Fleming –the City provides a Revocable License Agreement to each restaurant for the patio space, restaurant owns the tables and chairs, DBA owns the patios. Councilmember Jasiak –patiosare a clear benefit to the City, but let’s not forget about our friends in Centennial Valley. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton –do we want a wide boulevard or wide sidewalks?Important question to answer for future design. BRAD Chair and Councilmember Sackett –good discussion. Staff needs to tell us what should be done, asked City Manager Fleming to come back at a future meeting to discuss. City Manager Fleming wants a broader discussion and input from all parties. Michael Menaker –the DBA came very close to not putting up the patios this year. Councilmember Jasiak –directed her comments to City Manager Fleming that when we look at this issue be creative on funding, involve the public. Scott Reichenberg –restaurants are the stakeholders. Mayor Pro Tem –supportsMalcolm’s suggestion to involve the community. City Manager Fleming –didn’t realize that it was a close call on whether the patios went up this year. Need to meet with the DBA on this and discuss design details, funding, implementation, and be ready fornext year. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton –include the patios in budget discussion. RETENTION MEETINGS – None. Economic Development Director, Aaron DeJong,still ramping up, but will get retention meetings back on track andscheduled for June. Shelley Angell from the Chamber said that the Chamber usually is successful meeting with smaller businesses, but it’s difficult to get into the larger organizations. The smaller businesses really appreciate visits.Michael Menaker asked that there be a focus on the PUD and meet with the owner of the office building to discuss the landscape issues in Centennial Valley and elsewhere. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTBRIEFING –Aaron DeJong ICSC Trip –Met with: -Current business owners in Louisville and many others. -Held two goodmeetings, one with Home Depot and one with Lowe’s. Both say they are doing well. Staff informed them of the DDI design at the US36 and McCaslin interchange. Aaron will keep them updated on the project. -Regional Director for Walgreen’s. The South Boulder Road location is continuously being evaluated and will continue to be watched. -Wal Mart representative and three of their brokers. City Manager Fleming said that Wal Mart does extensive costs benefit analysis indetermininglocation for their stores. This analysis helps them decidewhether to allow a competitor to purchase the vacant Sam’s building or is it more cost effective for the company to have the building vacant. -Kroger’s, owner of King Soopers, and they are happy with their remodel but they would like a bigger market share in Louisville. -Broker for Louisville Plaza -there is an interested tenant for the vacant Big Lots. -Met with Buxton who does cost benefit analysis for properties.