2009 Board Meeting Minutes

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2009 Meeting

Minutes

LCDC Meeting Minutes 1/21/09 1

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 21, 2009 5:30 P.M.

COEUR D’ALENE PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM

1. CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Davis called the LCDC Board meeting to order at 5:33 p.m.

LCDC Board members present: Goodlander, Davis, Elder, Colwell, Hassell,

Jordan, Hoskins, Patzer.

2. PLEDGE TO ALLEGIANCE

3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Gordon Dobler, Dennis Grant, Dick Stauffer, Tom Hasslinger,

Chris Hollibaugh, Craig Wilcox.

Craig Wilcox – Craig shared an idea with the Board re. the placement of benches

at CityLink bus stops around town. Craig shared the bench idea on behalf of a

subcommittee formed under the auspices of the Kootenai Metropolitan Planning

Organization (KMPO). Craig and team are working with the City of Coeur

d’Alene, CityLink, KMPO and other entities on the concept. Craig shared that a

risk assessment analysis has been completed and the appropriate insurance

coverage will be in place once the initiative is sanctioned. Craig and team are

looking for bench sponsors to help pay for the costs of the benches. Bench

installation will be performed by local service organizations at no cost. Craig

shared that his current visit with the Board is just informational in nature, and that

he will come back to the Board with a funding request once the bench initiative

gains steam.

Commissioner Patzer asked how many benches are planned to be

installed, and how much do the benches cost? Craig shared that they are

currently targeting 20 bus stops as a start (there are 88+ bus stops in the

system). The cost of a bench is not absolute at this time, but will most

likely be in the $500 range depending upon the resolution of placement

issues pertaining to urban vs. rural areas.


Commissioner Hassell asked if there will be any bus shelters installed?

Craig shared that a few folks are interested in buying and installing

shelters, but the KMPO subcommittee is just focusing on benches at this

time.

Commissioner Elder asked for clarification on the cost of bench

installation and shared with Craig that the LCDC can only spend funds on

projects located within the LCDC districts. Craig shared that he

understood the funding limitations of the LCDC, and shared that the

current plans are for the benches to be installed at no cost by service

organizations like the Kiwanis.

Commissioner Jordan asked if any federal dollars were available for this

initiative? Craig shared that the subcommittee is waiting to see if the

Administration’s proposed stimulus package will contain any such funding

– they are not sure at this time.

Board members thanked Craig for his comments and wished his team well on

their project, and look forward to hearing back on how the project is progressing.

4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

December 17, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Elder, seconded by Goodlander to approve the December

17, 2008 Minutes. Motion carried.

5. COMMITTEE REPORTS

Finance Committee – Rod Colwell

Lake & River District Monthly Financials

Lake & River District Payables

Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the December

Lake and River District financial files, and the December account payables

sheet, with the Board.

Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Hassel, to approve the December

accounts payables and the December financial packets for the Lake &

River Districts as presented. Motion carried.

Midtown Project Financing Recommendation

Chairman Colwell, along with Committee members Dave Patzer and Denny

Davis, shared that the Finance Committee has analyzed various ways to fund

LCDC’s share of the 2009 Midtown 4th

Street reconstruction and placemaking

initiative. Rod, Dave and Denny shared that, from a financial planning

perspective, the Committee concluded that funding the LCDC’s estimated


project cost contribution of $1,654,000 would best be accomplished by

financing $850,000 of the project cost, and paying the remaining portion of

the project cost utilizing existing Lake District cash reserves. The Committee

feels that the LCDC could arrange financing for the $850,000 in the form of a

tax increment revenue anticipation note, and benefit from favorable loan terms

due to the current economic climate.

In closing remarks, Rod shared that the Committee believes the

aforementioned funding formula for the Midtown project is the best financial

approach for the LCDC, and thus the Committee recommends said approach

to the Board.

Commissioner Goodlander asked Rod, due to the current economic

climate, if LCDC will have any problems acquiring bank financing for

the Midtown initiative? Rod shared that LCDC Lake District

financials are solid, and that the projected tax increment revenue

stream for the Lake District is strong; he does not anticipate any

problems in obtaining financing.

Commissioner Elder asked what the interest rate might be associated

with this financing proposal? Rod shared that in this current market,

he envisions an interest rate in the 4-5% range.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins, to accept the Finance

Committee’s recommendation that the LCDC seek financing for

$850,000 of the total estimated LCDC Midtown Project cost of

$1,654,000 and pay for the remaining portion of the Midtown Project

utilizing Lake District cash reserves. Motion carried.

Library Pledge Payoff Recommendation

Chairman Colwell shared that while reviewing the financial status of the Lake

District via the Midtown analysis, the Committee felt comfortable in

recommending to the Board that the Board consider paying off the

outstanding portion ($150,000) of the LCDC’s 2007 $250,000 pledge to the

City of CDA (this LCDC pledge was intended to help offset the additional

costs associated with the construction of the CDA Public Library). This

recommendation is based upon financial modeling forecasts used by the

Committee to evaluate the pros & cons of retiring certain debt obligations

early. In this case, the Committee feels that the outstanding CDA Library

debt obligation should be retired early to balance revenues and expenditures

anticipated in future fiscal years.

Commissioner Elder asked Rod to provide more of an explanation to the

TV audience as to why the Committee recommends financing $850,000

for the Midtown project, while also recommending retiring the Library

pledge debt obligation early? Rod shared that the Committee


recommendations are based upon the nature of the specific projects, the

size of the debt obligation, and the timing associated with each project. In

the case of the Library, the remaining portion of the LCDC’s pledge to the

City is in an amount that will not hinder the Board’s possible actions on

other funding fronts in the Lake District. The Midtown project’s fiscal

scope and scale is much more significant, and thus is more impactful to

the projected cash flow forecast for the Lake District; therefore the

recommendation to finance a significant portion of the Midtown debt

obligation.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Patzer, to accept the Finance

Committee’s recommendation that the LCDC payoff the outstanding

Coeur d’Alene Public Library pledge amount of $150,000 to the City

of Coeur d’Alene in the first quarter of 2009. Motion carried.

FY2008 Audit Update

LCDC Executive Director Berns shared that the fiscal year 2008 is nearing

completion. Auditors are awaiting a few final reports from the County to

finalize the audit package.

Q1FY09 Report

LCDC Executive Director Berns shared and reviewed the first quarter (Q1)

fiscal year 2009 quarterly report with the Board. The three page report

provides updated information pertaining to LCDC partnership projects and the

LCDC’s strategic property portfolio.

Sorenson School Partnership ADA Funding: Update

Background: Please refer to December, 2008 LCDC Board meeting minutes

for more background regarding this initiative.

Executive Director Berns shared that he is working with LCDC legal counsel

to develop a draft LCDC/School District 271 agreement that will structure the

partnership between the two entities involving the Sorenson “Americans with

Disabilities Act” (ADA) funding improvements. Tony shared that he hopes to

have a copy of the draft agreement to SD271 leadership by the end of January.

Housing Committee – Jim Elder

Housing Committee Chair Jim Elder welcomed Dick Stauffer (Miller-Stauffer

Architects) to share an update with the Board regarding the Midtown Idaho

Housing & Financing Association (IHFA) workforce housing project. Miller-

Stauffer is the architectural firm retained by the IHFA to design the Midtown

mix-use workforce housing project.


Dick Stauffer joined the Board meeting and shared with the Board that his

visit today might be a bit premature as the project’s concept is still evolving.

Dick shared that IHFA is still scoping the project to determine how “big” it

should be; i.e. how many residential units, how much office/retail space, how

big of a building envelope on the site. Dick shared that information presented

today to the Board will be slightly vague because some project issues are still

fluid.

Dick shared the following project conceptual graphic with the Board, stating

that this is still just a concept and not an actual depiction of the project:

The project will be either 3 or 4 stories tall (there is a 45’ height limit in the

City’s Midtown infill district), and contain 25-35 residential units. Residential

units will range in size from 600-1,800 square feet. Initial plans call for

approximately 8,000-10,000 square feet of commercial space (i.e.

retail/office) on the first floor at street level. The project will have 40-50

secure parking spaces onsite, plus additional non-secure public parking. Via

the overall Midtown redevelopment project proposed by the City and LCDC,

there will be a significant net gain in overall public parking for Midtown.

Proposed IHFA project enhancements include:

Pedestrian connection through the site (i.e. from 4th

street to the alley

and parking)

Areas for public art

Public space

Upscale design and façade materials

Sidewalk canopies


Streetscape amenities

Estimated overall “fully loaded” project cost (i.e. construction costs, permits,

fees, design, etc.) is $4-$10 million.

Commissioner Patzer shared that at the last Midtown stakeholder meeting

held in November, a conceptual design graphic was shared with the

stakeholders that looked very similar to the graphic showed tonight at this

Board meeting; is that a fair assessment? Dick shared that yes, the graphic

presented tonight is very similar to the design shared with the Midtown

stakeholders in November.

Commissioner Elder asked about the project’s time frame? Dick shared

that IHFA does not have an official start date set yet, but plan to

coordinate the project’s construction effort with the planned 4th

street

reconstruction effort scheduled for this coming spring.

Commissioner Davis asked when the existing Idaho Youth Ranch building

(located on the corner of 4th

and Roosevelt) will be razed? Dick estimated

that the Idaho Youth Ranch organization will move into their new building

within 4 weeks, so the demolition of the old Youth Ranch building will

probably occur within possibly 6-8 weeks.

Commissioner Hassell likes the graphic concept as presented and

congratulated Dick on a fine effort. Al thinks the proposed design has a

unique look and feel, very fitting to Midtown.

Commissioner Elder asked if IHFA plans to use brick on the façade? Dick

shared that brick will be the primary façade element.

Board members thanked Dick for his presentation and efforts, and would

welcome him back for an updated presentation once the design becomes final.

Parking Committee – Jim Elder

Parking Committee Chair Jim Elder, who also serves as a member (and LCDC

liaison) on the City’s Parking Commission, shared that the Commission’s “in

lieu of” parking recommendations for Midtown have been approved by City

Council. The price of an “in lieu of” parking space in Midtown will be $5,000

and the Midtown “in lieu of parking” area has been geographically defined by

the City and is depicted as follows:


Communication Committee – Dave Patzer

Communication Committee Chair Dave Patzer discussed the following

Committee initiatives with the Board:

Midtown Place Making Initiative Update: (Please refer to the October,

November, December, 2008 LCDC Board meeting minutes for more

background information re. this initiative.)

Dave invited Gordon Dobler, City of Coeur d’Alene Engineer, and Dennis

Grant, staff engineer with the City, to visit with the Board and provide a

Midtown project update.

Gordon shared with the Board that the City and Consultant team have been

focusing on getting the basic reconstruction plan completed for the project

area – i.e. road and curb alignments defined and located from Lakeside

Avenue to Harrison Avenue. All of the property owners have been very

cooperative and supportive in the project planning process. The team is also

working the following project issues:

meeting with 4th

street property owners to discuss driveway

placements - no major issues encountered to date.


working on the street tree plan – no major issues encountered to date

with the planned installation of the new street trees. However, a few

existing trees will need to be removed due to road alignment issues.

Commissioner Davis asked if the property owners have been

contacted regarding the tree removals? Gordon shared that the

property owners have not been formally contacted, but will be

contacted soon to discuss the issues.

working on street light placement

working on the design of colored accents for the sidewalks and

intersections in the “placemaking” area of the project (Roosevelt

Avenue to Boise Avenue).

Gordon shared that the construction plans should be completed in early March

and ready for bidding. The only issue that has arisen that will need a bit more

work is the issue of tree irrigation. Irrigating the trees in the Midtown project

area is somewhat complex, and it appears the best solution will involve a

“common irrigation system”. This type of system will water all of the street

trees via drip irrigation from one main system. These types of systems are

usually paid for and maintained by a Business Improvement District (BID).

However, since the Midtown stakeholders did not want to form a BID, the

issue becomes who will pay for, and maintain, the common irrigation system?

The City? The LCDC? A City/LCDC partnership?

Commissioner Goodlander asked if the BID issue should be revisited

to address the tree irrigation issue? Gordon is reluctant to reopen the

BID conversation because there was very little support for a BID from

the Midtown stakeholders during all of the public meetings held last

summer. Gordon does not view the tree irrigation issue as a major

issue; he views the issue as solvable without a BID.

Commissioner Elder asked how the project will be scheduled and

sequenced? Gordon shared that the goal is to start reconstruction work

in April or May, 2009. As for project sequencing, the strategy will be

to open up the entire project area at one time, providing the contractor

full flexibility in an effort to reduce the overall construction time

frame. Historically, property owner and business owner feedback has

been that they would rather be inconvenienced for a short period of

time given an overall shorter project duration. Tentative plans are

calling for a 3 month construction time frame. The challenge for the

project team is to maintain good access to the project area during the

construction period via a business access plan; i.e. directional signs on

3rd

and 5th

streets at key intersections.

Commissioner Patzer asked if there will be any performance

incentives, or performance penalties, included in the contract? Gordon

shared that there will be a defined time frame for the project and that


penalties would be incurred by the contractor if that time frame was

exceeded.

Commissioner Patzer asked if there has been discussion re. the hours

of construction? Gordon shared that historically, contractors are asked

to start work later in the morning (e.g. 7 a.m.) and are asked to

conclude work at dusk (e.g. 7 p.m.) on weekdays and Saturdays. The

contractors typically do not work on Sundays unless the construction

timeframe so dictates.

Commissioner Patzer asked if the project will last through the

summer? Gordon shared that if the contractors are up and running in

May, they should be done in July. The City would rather have the

contractors finish the project in one timeframe rather than stop them in

mid-June and restart the project after Labor Day. A shorter project

time frame is the better plan, without breaking the job into two parts.

Commissioner Patzer asked if the contractor will be asked to start

work in one direction, e.g. south to north on 4th

? Gordon shared that

his plan will be to open up the whole area at once and let the

contractor determine the best way to sequence the project. Contractors

usually develop some creative, and cost/time saving, ideas for how to

make the projects work better.

Board members thanked Gordon and Dennis for attending the meeting, and

invited them back on a monthly basis to provide project updates to the Board.

Communication Strategy Implementation:

Commissioner Patzer shared that the Committee met on January 20th

to review

initial recommendations for the re-designed LCDC website. Chris

Hollibaugh, LCDC/Chamber Online Communication Coordinator, developed

the website recommendations and presented them to the Committee at the

meeting. Committee members shared their insights with Chris, and asked

Chris to have a refined website re-design available for Board review at the

February LCDC Board meeting.

6. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT

LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns reviewed the first quarter fiscal year 2009

Lake & River District Scorecards, discussed operational issues and updated the

Board on LCDC initiatives.

Lake District Strategic Plan (ZGF Plan) and Walker/Macy Plan Reviews

Tony asked the Board to review both of these plans over the next several weeks.

Commissioner Nipp has volunteered to spend some time at the February and

March Board meetings reviewing the recommendations of these two well done


planning efforts. The 2003 ZGF plan will be reviewed and discussed at the

February Board meeting, and the 1999 Walker/Macy plan will be reviewed at the

March Board meeting.

2009 LCDC Strategic Planning Session

Tony advised the Board that they should target either April or May to schedule

the Board’s 2009 strategic planning session (formerly referred to as the LCDC

retreat). Holding the strategic planning session in April or May will allow for the

inclusion of any fiscal impacts associated with the Board’s 2009-10 tactical

planning efforts in the FY10 budgeting process which begins in June.

3rd

& 4th

Street Midtown Lots

Tony shared that initial ingress/egress work has been completed on the 4th

Street

lot. Final ingress/egress work will coincide with the 4th

street reconstruction

effort scheduled for the spring/summer of 2009. Snow removal efforts have been

completed wherein the record snow from the December storms has been removed

from the lots to facilitate use by the public and the Idaho Youth Ranch. Lot

striping and lighting will be the next foci as weather permits.

7. PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment.

8. EXECUTIVE SESSION – Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1)

Subsection C: acquiring an interest in real property not owned by a public agency.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins, to enter into Executive Session, as

provided by Idaho Code 67-2345(1) Subsection C: to discuss acquisition

of an interest in real property which is not owned by a public agency.

Roll Call:

Nipp Absent Goodlander Yes Hassell Yes

Colwell Yes Patzer Yes Jordan Yes

Elder Yes Davis Yes Hoskins Yes

Motion carried.

The LCDC Board entered into Executive Session at 6:55 p.m. Those present

were the LCDC Board of Commissioners and LCDC Executive Director Tony

Berns. Matters discussed were those of property acquisition.

No action was taken and the LCDC Board returned to regular session at 7:35 p.m.

Following Executive Session, the Board discussed the possibility of touring the

Kroc Community Center in either March or April. Ex. Director Berns will


explore possible tour dates. The Board also discussed potential meeting sites for

the upcoming LCDC annual strategic planning session.

9. ADJOURN

Motion by Colwell, seconded by Elder to adjourn. Motion carried.

The LCDC meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.

Minutes prepared and submitted by Tony Berns.



WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2009 5:30 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER


LCDC Board members present: Goodlander, Davis, Elder, Hassell, Jordan,

Hoskins, Patzer, Nipp.


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Dennis Grant, Tom Hasslinger, Chris Hollibaugh, Dick Stauffer,

Denise Lundy, Dale Baune, Alan Soderling, Arlin Berge, Elizabeth Garland, Dell

Hatch.

No public comment.


January 21, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Hassell, seconded by Elder to approve the January 21,

2009 Minutes. Motion carried.

5. LAKE DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW

LCDC Board Commissioner Charlie Nipp led the Board, meeting attendees, and

the home viewers through a review of the 2003 Lake District strategic plan as

prepared by the consultant group Zimmer-Gunsul-Frasca (ZGF). The ZGF Plan is

available for review in its entirety on the LCDC website (www.lcdc.org). Charlie

and Board members spent significant time reviewing pages 102-104 of the report

discussing the successes to date by the LCDC as per the ZGF recommendations

for the Downtown, Midtown and NW Boulevard areas of the Lake District.

http://www.lcdc.org/


A key insight generated by the report is that communities take a long time to

grow, meaning that patience, good planning & partnerships are key ingredients to

the success of long-term value creation within a community.

Charlie ended his presentation by emphasizing to Board members and the Coeur

d’Alene community how much the LCDC has accomplished over the past few

years per the direction and recommendations of this strategic planning effort.

Charlie suggested that the Board consider updating this strategic planning effort

since it has been five years since the plan was completed. The April LCDC

strategic planning session would be an optimal time for such a Board discussion.

Board members thanked Charlie for his presentation, and all agreed that updating

this planning effort will be a discussion topic at the April strategic planning

session.





LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns, in Finance Committee Chair Rod

Colwell’s stead, reviewed and discussed the January Lake and River District

financial files, and the January account payables sheet, with the Board.

Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Nipp, to approve the January

accounts payables and the January financial packets for the Lake &


Midtown Project Financing - Update

LCDC Executive Director Berns updated the Board as to progress made on

the Midtown financing initiative involving seeking bank financing in the

amount of $850,000 of the total estimated LCDC Midtown Project cost of

$1,654,000. Bank financing proposals are due by the end of February and to

date, two of the five banks contacted have expressed interest in submitting a

financing proposal for the Midtown project.

Sorenson School Partnership ADA Funding: Update



Executive Director Berns shared that a draft LCDC/School District 271

agreement involving the Sorenson “Americans with Disabilities Act” (ADA)

funding improvements has been developed by the LCDC and reviewed by

SD271 leadership. A final draft of the agreement is expected to be completed


by early March for Board review/approval at the March 18, 2009 Board

meeting.

Trails Edge Condominium Project Parking Cost Issue

Background: on 2/21/07 the LCDC Board agreed to fund $42,194 of public

improvements associated with this project in the form of a grant payable over

3 years. One element of the $42,194 was $6,250 towards the off street

“public realm” parking element of the project. This value equates to 25% of

the projected public realm parking cost which was submitted at $25,000

($25,000*.25 = $6,250). The Board felt that some level of public support was

warranted for the developer to create off street parking to facilitate the

parking issues in that area of town. The total build out value of the project

was estimated in 2007 to be $4 million. As of 2008, the assessed increment

value of the project was $425,029 yielding a FY09 increment revenue stream

to the LCDC of $3,545. If the project is fully assessed at the estimated $4

million value, the project will yield an estimated annual increment revenue

stream to the LCDC of about $33,000.

Tony shared with the Board that an issue has developed re. this LCDC

partnership grant. A cost submittal error was contained in the developer’s

application package when sent to the Board in 2007. The actual public realm

cost of the three off street parking spaces created by the project was equated to

be $52,500 and not the $25,000 as submitted. Art Elliott, developer for the

project, discovered the error recently when compiling the project’s cost

validation package, and asked if there might be some form of reconsideration

on the Board’s part to increase the support level for the project’s public realm

parking element above the $6,250. Mr. Elliott’s 2/12/09 correspondence to

the LCDC regarding this matter follows:

____________________________________________________

Tony,

I went back and reviewed Trail’s Edge LLC’s original request. The

footnote on the Underground Parking request reads as follows “the parking

garage provides two additional parking spaces over the requirements of the

city code thus improving the neighborhood by getting vehicles off the street.

This figure represents the proportionate cost of providing those two spaces

underground.” There were actually three extra spaces created at an average

cost of $17,500 or a total of $52,500.00 rather than $25,000.00 as originally

requested. On a 1 in 4 basis this would increase the payment to $13,125.00. In

addition we ask that you increase the proportionate contribution to 1 in 2 or

$26,250.00.

The project is viable and 100% contributing to the tax base. The

original design of the project could of have had open parking on the ground

floor. This, however, would have entailed unsightly open parking with a two


story living space above requiring a flat roof to meet height restrictions to

incorporate the allowed living space. In keeping with an architectural design

reflecting the character of the surrounding Sanders Beach area the election

was make to incur the extra expense to construct underground parking. This

allowed a much more attractive and architecturally interesting building

design.

Art

___________________________________________________________

Denise Lundy was invited to join the Board meeting to address a few project

related questions. Denise was the realtor involved with selling the Trails Edge

condominiums and was representing the Trails Edge development team at the

meeting.

Commissioner Patzer asked Denise how on-street parking is working

in the neighborhood, and also asked if the Trails Edge residents are

utilizing any on-street parking? Denise shared that to her knowledge,

no Trails Edge residents are parking on the street, and that the project

has not created any adverse on-street parking issues.

Commissioner Davis asked how many residential units comprised the

project, and how many parking spaces are contained within the

development? Denise shared that the project contains eight residential

units, and sixteen internal parking spaces.

Commissioner Jordan asked since it appears that the project is not

fully assessed at this point, are all of the condominium units sold?

Denise shared that all of the residential units have been purchased.

Commissioner Elder asked how the $17,500 per structured parking

space value was calculated? Denise shared that Art Elliott supplied

the cost information as submitted and that she did not have the detail

backup in hand. Jim felt the price per space seemed a bit high and that

Art would need to provide some more detailed cost information as to

the cost’s derivation.

Commissioner Davis commented as to the 2007 derivation of the

Board’s 25% contribution percentage. Denny shared that back in

2007, the Board had thorough conversations pertaining to the LCDC’s

role in supporting “public realm” off-street parking. The development

team made a good case back in 2007 that they would build a few extra

off-street parking spaces within the project to mitigate the project’s

parking impact on Mullan Avenue and the accompanying Centennial

Trail. The Board rationalized that there was some public value being

created by the project’s off-street parking spaces and determined a


25% partnership funding level was valid in supporting the on-street

parking mitigation efforts. Denny shared that the Board should focus

its current discussion on what should be the level of public support for

this type of project element. Is a 25% metric the correct metric to use

for these types of project elements?

Commissioner Patzer, following up on Denny’s comments, asked if

the City’s recent efforts in trying to capture the value of off-street

surface parking via the “parking in lieu of” analysis could be of benefit

in addressing the issue at hand? Commissioner Goodlander shared

that the parking in lieu of recommendations recently adopted by the

City Council were generated by the recently completed parking study.

Deanna also shared that the study’s results were applicable to

commercial area parking issues and might not be applicable to

residential structured parking issues.

Commissioner Elder shared that he had a concern with the timing of

the request at hand, and that this parking cost issue should have been

captured much earlier in the process by the development team and

shared at that time with the LCDC.

Commissioner Jordan expressed the same concern as Jim in that there

is a very awkward time issue on the table. It has been over two years

since the development team submitted their costs – has too much time

passed for the Board to revisit this issue?

Commissioner Hassell expressed the same concerns and Jim and Brad

stating that too much time has passed on this matter and this issue

should have been discovered earlier in the build out process.

Commissioner Patzer shared that the LCDC needs to be consistent on

this issue. Was helping this development team with public realm off-

street parking a onetime deal, or will the Board entertain a similar

request in the future? Dave feels the Board needs to make a decision

on this project metric and stick with that decision metric as future

projects involving a similar issue arise.

Motion by Jordan, seconded by Goodlander, to table this

increased funding request until further analysis is conducted as to

the appropriate level of LCDC participation in this type of public

realm off-street project element. Motion carried.


Housing Committee Chair Jim Elder shared with the Board that there is

nothing new to report regarding the status of the Midtown Idaho Housing &


Financing Association (IHFA) workforce housing project. Jim did share that

the Idaho Youth Ranch retail store plans to open in their new Midtown

location in mid-March.



liaison) on the City’s Parking Commission, shared that there is no new news

to report at this time on the parking front.





November, December, 2008 & January 2009 LCDC Board meeting minutes

for more background information re. this initiative.)

Dave invited Dennis Grant (City staff engineer), Dale Baune & Alan

Soderling (JUB Engineering) and Dell Hatch (LCDC consultant to the

Midtown project) to visit with the Board and provide a Midtown project

update.

Dennis shared that Fred Ogram (Abbotswood Designs) has been retained by

JUB as the landscape architect for the project. Dennis shared that the City

team is still meeting with individual property owners on 4th

street regarding

project related issues. There will be a public open house for the Midtown

project on March 4th

at City Hall where the City and consultant teams will

look for public feedback on the conceptual project plans prior to going out for

construction bids. Dennis shared that the general public and the Midtown

stakeholder groups will be amply notified as to the open house meeting.

Commissioner Patzer asked if full design diagrams (e.g. graphics

showing where the curb cuts will be on the street) will be available for

review at the open house? Dennis shared that yes, full draft plans will

be available for review at the open house.

Commissioner Patzer asked how soon after the March 4th

open house

meeting will plans be ready for bid – i.e. how long will the City

entertain public input on the draft plans? Dennis shared that he

anticipates that plans will be finalized by the end of March time frame,

with a construction start time planned for May.


Commissioner Patzer asked if any “surprises” have developed in the

process? Dennis shared that there have been no substantial surprises

to this point.

Commissioner Goodlander asked if there were some design changes

proposed for the Midtown placemaking area (the area on 4th

street

between Roosevelt Avenue and Boise Avenue)? Dennis shared that

Fred Ogram has developed several design themes, in addition to the

original design theme developed by Dell Hatch, for the placemaking

area that will be shared with the Board for their review and input prior

to the March 4th

open house.

o Dell Hatch, as a follow-up to Dennis’ response, shared that the

original placemaking concept was shared with the JUB /

Abbotswood team as a guide to incorporate color into the

streetscape design. Dell felt that the Midtown stakeholders

were very much in favor of having color included in the

streetscaping element of the placemaking design.

Commissioner Davis asked Dennis to share Fred’s placemaking

conceptual designs with the LCDC commissioners as soon as possible

so that Board member feedback can be received prior to the March 4th

open house.

Commissioners Jordan and Goodlander both shared that the project

team needs to be very mindful of the disruptive construction effects of

the project on the local businesses along 4th

street. Dale Baune shared

that as a whole, this project should go rather smoothly and will be

approached in a manner designed to keep 4th

street open as much as

possible.

Commissioner Patzer asked how will the open house be advertised /

communicated to the public? Dennis shared that letters will be sent to

all of the LID-affected property owners on 4th

street. A story in the

Press will also run prior to the open house to encourage attendance.

Commissioners Patzer and Davis asked Dennis to also communicate

the open house meeting date to the Midtown neighborhood group that

has been meeting with the IHFA in regards to the Midtown workforce

housing project.

Board members thanked Dennis, Dale, Alan and Dell for attending the

meeting, and once again invited them back on a monthly basis to provide

project updates to the Board.



Commissioner Patzer invited Chris Hollibaugh, LCDC/Chamber/Visitors

Bureau Online Communication Coordinator, to visit with the Board and share

the latest draft of the re-designed LCDC website.

Chris led the Board through an online overview of the draft LCDC website re-

design, sharing all of the new parameters and functionality of the website.

Board members were very impressed with the draft re-design, and encouraged

Chris to finalize the design, populate the website, and activate the new website

in March.


LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns discussed operational issues and updated

the Board on LCDC initiatives.

Walker/Macy Plan Review

Tony shared that Commissioner Nipp has volunteered to spend time at the March

Board meeting to review the recommendations of the Walker/Macy plan.


Tony shared with the Board that the LCDC strategic planning session will be held

on April 9th

at North Idaho College’s student union building. Final meeting

logistics are still being developed. Holding the strategic planning session in April

will allow for the inclusion of any fiscal impacts associated with the Board’s

2009-10 tactical planning efforts in the FY10 budgeting process which begins in

June.

3rd

& 4th

Street Midtown Lots

Tony shared that he has met with City engineering staff on site to review issues

associated with the 4th

street parking lot as related to the pending 4th

street

reconstruction effort. The Idaho Youth Ranch organization will be opening their

relocated Midtown retail store operations in March. Lot striping and lighting will

be the next foci as weather permits.

Kroc Community Center Tour

Tony shared that he has contacted Major John Chamness regarding a possible site

tour for the Board. John looks forward to hosting the Board on a tour and shared

that the best time for a tour is during the week at lunch time (that is the time when

the work crews are on break and it is safe to visit the site). Tony will contact

Board members to arrange a tour time that works for all.


8. PUBLIC COMMENT

Tom Hasslinger, reporter with the Coeur d’Alene Press, shared with the Board his

apology for errors made in a February 18th

Press article involving the LCDC.

Tom shared that he will strive to be more thorough in his reporting and article

proofing efforts.



Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins, to enter into Executive Session, as

provided by Idaho Code 67-2345(1) Subsection C: to discuss acquisition

of an interest in real property which is not owned by a public agency.

Roll Call:

Nipp Yes Goodlander Yes Hassell Yes

Colwell Absent Patzer Yes Jordan Yes


Motion carried.


were the LCDC Board of Commissioners, LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns,

and Dick Stauffer (Miller-Stauffer Architects). Matters discussed were those of

property acquisition.


10. ADJOURN

Motion by Patzer, seconded by Elder to adjourn. Motion carried.





WEDNESDAY MARCH 18, 2009 5:30 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER



Colwell, Patzer, Nipp.


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Chris Hollibaugh, Art Elliott, Dell Hatch, Dave

Tomson, Wes Johnson, Ben Johnston, Wendy Gabriel, Chris Holloway, Nelson

Gourley, Terry Cooper, Ron Edinger, Jim Gray. Alison Boggs, Sandy Emerson.

Art Elliott, owner of Shelter Associates, addressed the Board re. the Trails Edge

project’s additional funding request that was submitted and discussed at the

February LCDC Board meeting. Art shared his comments as the builder of the

condominium project representing the owners of the Trails Edge development.

Art clarified the February request made to the Board for additional partnership

funding consideration for the project’s parking element due to the following issue:

The original Trails Edge funding request to the LCDC involved two off-

street parking stalls when three off-street parking stalls were actually

constructed; thus resulting in increased project costs but also an enhanced

public benefit due to the additional off-street parking stall.

Art thanked the Board for their consideration of this additional request and

expressed his sorrow that this issue drew so much misguided media attention to

the LCDC Board. Art then, on behalf of the project owners, withdrew the request

to the LCDC Board for the consideration of additional partnership funding for the

Trails Edge project.


4. PUBLIC COMMENT – LCDC STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION

No public comment was provided.


February 18, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hassell to approve the February 18,

2009 Minutes. Motion carried.

6. PRESENTATION: CDA SPORTS & EVENTS COMPLEX FEASIBILITY

STUDY – Wes Johnson (Conventions, Sport & Leisure) and Dave Tomson.

Recusal: - Chairman Davis recused himself from chairing the meeting during this agenda

item, and asked Vice Chairman Elder to chair the meeting while the Board addressed this

agenda item, citing a potential conflict of interest because his firm was recently engaged by

one of the developer’s entities on a matter related to the Riverstone development.

Executive Director Berns introduced Dave Tomson (Project Manager for

Riverstone) and Wes Johnson (CS&L Consulting) to the Board and asked them to

provide the Board with a summary overview of the CDA Sports & Events

Complex feasibility study.

Dave thanked the Board for helping to fund the feasibility study in partnership

with other community organizations and entities. Dave shared a few comments

about the community value of such a complex, citing its ability to draw a wide

array of regional sports and recreation events. Dave shared that there are over

147,000 residents in the area without any true gathering space for these types of

events, and shared that this project will have a huge positive economic impact on

the community mainly during the shoulder months of the year (mid fall to mid

spring); a much needed benefit to the community during the traditionally slow

time of the year. Dave concluded his remarks by sharing that CS&L has

performed many arena / sports complex feasibility studies across the country,

including the planning studies for both the Spokane Arena and the Gonzaga

McCarthy arena.

Wes led the Board through an overview presentation of the feasibility study. This

study is posted in its entirety online at the LCDC website (www.lcdc.org).

Following Wes’ PowerPoint presentation, Dave Tomson shared a few final

comments, including the insight that almost all sport complex/arenas exist in

some form of a public/private partnership, where multiple funding partners gather

to benefit the community as a whole.

Commissioner Patzer asked Wes which city that they have studied most

closely resembles the issues/demographics of Coeur d’Alene (CDA)?

Wes shared that Iowa City, which hosts the University of Iowa, is



probably the closest match. Iowa City has a lot of issues similar to CDA,

including that Iowa City is close to a large regional city (Des Moines)

which has a modern arena. Wes shared that CDA does have a uniqueness

in that it has such a strong tourism industry, possessing a fairly structured

seasonality (i.e. late spring to early fall). Wes feels that an arena complex

would work well in the CDA market because an arena would draw folks to

CDA during the “off season” (i.e. mid-fall to mid-spring) thus

complimenting the summer tourism industry.

Commissioner Colwell asked if the feasibility study financial pro-forma

included any debt service for the proposed arena building? Wes shared

that no, the pro-forma discussed just included debt service involving arena

operations. Rod then asked if there is a recommended method re. arena

building debt service to target for these types of projects? Wes shared that

there is no one recommended method for structuring arena debt service.

Commissioner Patzer asked if any ice sports (e.g. hockey) were

investigated as potential users (tenants) of the arena? Wes shared that

these types of users were not evaluated in the base case analysis, but they

were looked at in a separate analysis involving a tenant-type arena. An

ice-type tenant model showed a little better financial pro-forma in that an

ice-type tenant would most likely be able to attract longer-term “suite

sales”, and would also bring with them a larger advertising budget (i.e.

there is more money in advertising and promotions). Wes however shared

that a tenant-type model would be tough to host in CDA due to a host of

reasons.

Commissioner Elder asked Wes to comment more on the recommendation

that fairground leadership look at more of a clear-span flat roof type

venue. Wes shared that his team felt that a flat roof clear-span type

building without spectator seating would be a logical move for the

fairground board. Wes shared that the fairgrounds should focus more on

consumer type shows & exhibitions, capturing a larger market share of the

types of events they currently are attracting – i.e. lure more events to the

fairgrounds with a larger event hosting venue. Wes shared that this type

of venue would not be competitive with the proposed arena, but would be

more synergistic in its amenities.

Commissioner Patzer asked Wes how many motel rooms would be needed

in the community per the base case analysis? Wes shared that he did not

have that data with him, but would provide that number.

Commissioner Patzer asked how would a possible hotel bed tax help with

the project’s financing? Wes shared that if such a tax were to be

established, CDA would be able to produce a fairly significant value given

the number of hotel rooms currently in place. A tax of this nature would


not be the single answer for the project’s financing, but it could help

significantly when combined with other types of financing (e.g. tax

increment financing).

Commissioner Patzer shared that when looking at the project’s rendering,

it appears that the arena will need to access planned surface parking spaces

to the west of the Prairie Trail. How many arena users would have to park

in the planned area to the west of the Trail and access the arena complex

via the planned pedestrian bridge over the Prairie Trail? Wes shared that a

significant number of the arena users would park in those western surface

lots and access the arena over the pedestrian bridge.

Commissioner Jordan asked if an arena as planned can co-exist with the

fairgrounds and work well together? Wes shared that yes, there could be

synergies developed to make both venues work well together. Dave

Tomson shared that the Spokane Sports Commission is excited about the

proposed CDA arena because additional quality flat floor space is needed

for the Spokane-CDA region. The area as a whole would be more

competitive with additional space in the form of an arena and an enhanced

fairground operation.

Commissioner Patzer asked if the project’s estimated $25 million cost

included any funds for the: 1) development of the proposed ball fields to

the west of the arena site, 2) traffic engineering design issues, and 3)

needed site infrastructure? Wes shared that the feasibility study cost

estimates only relate to the operations of the proposed arena facility itself.

Wes stated that it is too early in the planning process to cost out the items

identified in Dave’s question.

Board members thanked Wes and Dave for their presentation.

7. RESOLUTION FY09-03: SORENSON ADA IMPROVEMENT GRANT

AGREEMENT



LCDC Executive Director Berns led the Board through an overview of the

Sorenson Improvement Grant Agreement, highlighting several key elements of

the Agreement.

Commissioners Patzer and Hassell asked a few clarifying questions as to

the Agreement’s governance involving potential building disposition

and/or closure by SD271.


Commissioner Patzer asked Sorenson Magnet School Principal Jim Gray

if all phases of the ADA improvements will be completed by the time

students return to school in the fall? Principal Gray shared that yes, all

proposed ADA improvements should be in place prior to the start of the

new 2009-2010 school year.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Colwell, to approve Resolution FY09-03 as

presented, approving the Sorenson ADA Improvement Grant Agreement

with School District 271.

Roll Call:



Elder Yes Davis Yes Hoskins Absent

Motion carried.

8. WALKER/MACY DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SPACES MASTER PLAN REVIEW

LCDC Board Commissioner Charlie Nipp led the Board, meeting attendees, and

the home viewers through a review of the 1999 Walker/Macy Downtown Public

Spaces Master Plan as prepared by the Walker/Macy led consultant group. The

Walker/Macy Plan is available for review in its entirety on the LCDC website

(www.lcdc.org).

Charlie and Board members spent time discussing the successes of this planning

effort, and how heavily involved the LCDC was in this planning effort from day

one. Board members shared that the Walker/Macy study was/is a key study for

the community, and that in just ten short years, a host of good things have

happened for the community.

Commissioner Hassell emphasized that the study’s recommendations

encompass a long-term planning horizon, and that improvements take

some time to happen, and that a lot of progress has occurred to date.

Commissioner Elder shared that the “Committee of Nine”, which was

commissioned to move the Walker/Macy plan forward, did a fine job in

their task, but it has been quite a few years since they made their findings

and recommendations. Jim suggested that representatives from the

original Committee of Nine be reengaged to update their

recommendations in light of current community opportunities. A

suggestion was made by Jim to possibly have Dell Hatch, a representative

of the Committee of Nine, visit with the LCDC Board about possible next

steps regarding a re-engagement of the Committee’s findings.



In closing, Charlie suggested that the Board envelop the recommendations of this

strategic planning effort in the discussions set to occur at the April LCDC

strategic planning session. Board members thanked Charlie for his presentation,

and all agreed that some of the study’s recommendations are worthy of discussion

at the April strategic planning session.





Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the February

Lake and River District financial files, and the February account payables


Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Patzer, to approve the February

accounts payables and the February financial packets for the Lake &


Recusal: - Chairman Davis recused himself from voting on the CS&L payable, citing a

potential conflict of interest because his firm was recently engaged by one of the developer’s

entities on a matter related to the Riverstone development.

FY08 Audit Presentation

Ben Johnston, of the Magnuson & McHugh accounting firm, provided Board

members with a copy of the fiscal year 2008 (FY08) LCDC audit, and

reviewed key aspects of the audit with the Board.

Board members asked several clarifying questions of Ben regarding the audit

report, and also asked Ben for any suggestions that he had regarding LCDC’s

business model for the upcoming year. Ben suggested that LCDC monitor

County processes more closely this upcoming year since the County now has

automated their systems to a point where LCDC-related information is more

easily accessible.

Commissioner Elder asked for Ben’s thoughts regarding a recent

newspaper story about the City of Eagle posting online some of their

financial transactions. Ben shared that he supports all efforts that

make public information more readily available to the public for

review if the conveyance of that information can be accomplished in a

secure manner – i.e. the interests of the public entity must be

protected.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hassell, to accept the FY08 LCDC

audit as prepared by Magnuson & McHugh. Motion carried.


Midtown Project Financing Recommendation

Background: the LCDC Board has chosen to seek bank financing in the

amount of $850,000 towards the LCDC’s Midtown Project estimated cost

obligation of $1,654,000. Bank financing proposals were sent to five area

banks, with financing proposals due by the end of February.

Commissioner Colwell led the Board through an overview discussion of the

three financing proposals received for the Midtown project (depicted below).

Bank Mountain West Inland NW Washington Trust

loan amount $ $850,000 $850,000 $850,000

amortization schedule

10 years 10 years 10 years

maturity = 10 years maturity = 10 years maturity = 10 years

fee (%) 1.00% 0.50% 0.75%

fee (amount) $ 8,500 $ 4,250 $ 6,375

tax exempt int. rate 4.10% 4.50% 4.15%

reprice @ 5 years reprice @ 5 years reprice @ 5 years

4.65%

reprice @ 7 years

4.80%

no reprice: 10 yr. rate

monthly payment $ 8,646 $ 8,809 $ 8,667

on 5 year reprice rate

pre-payment penalty no no no

Inland Northwest Bank, Mountain West Bank, and Washington Trust Bank all

submitted financing proposals for the Midtown project. Rod shared that the

Finance Committee recommends that the Board choose either the Mountain

West or Washington Trust proposal depending upon the Board’s time frame

preference for an interest rate lock-in. If the Board desires to lock-in to a five

year term, then the Washington Trust financing proposal is the best choice. If

the Board desires to lock-in to a longer term fixed rate proposal, then the

Mountain West financing proposal would be the best choice.

Commissioner Jordan asked why not lock-in to 10 year fixed rate

given these uncertain economic times, and the strong possibility that

interest rates will not be this low again in 10 years?

Commissioner Patzer agreed with Brad sharing that LCDC has an

opportunity to lock-in now for 10 years at a very attractive interest

rate. Dave shared that the jury is still out on how quickly the economy

will recover, and that economic volatility may be with us for quite a

few years.


Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Jordan, to accept Mountain West

Bank’s financing proposal as submitted, and to select the 10 year

fixed rate financing alternative of said proposal. Motion carried.

Recusal: - Commissioner Hassell recused himself from voting on the motion, citing a

potential conflict of interest because he is a shareholder in Mountain West Bank.

Recusal: - Commissioner Nipp recused himself from voting on the motion, citing a potential

conflict of interest because he is a member of Mountain West Bank’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Nipp also shared that he did not attend the LCDC Finance Committee meeting where

the individual bank proposals were discussed.




Financing Association (IHFA) workforce housing project.



liaison) on the City’s Parking Commission, shared that he and Executive

Director Berns met with Dan Geiger of Diamond Parking to review possible

management scenarios for the LCDC’s Midtown parking lots. Mr. Geiger is

reviewing possible scenarios and will be asked to bring his ideas to a Parking

Committee meeting in the near future.





November, December, 2008 & January, February 2009 LCDC Board meeting

minutes for more background information re. this initiative.)

Dave invited Dell Hatch (LCDC consultant to the Midtown project) to visit

with the Board to provide a Midtown project update. Dell shared the

following update memo with the Board:

__________________________________________________________ Dear Tony and Members of the Board:

The following represents my understanding of the current status for the Placemaking

Enhancements of Midtown and the 4th Street Improvement Project. This information

is based on my most recent meeting with JUB/City Engineering held at JUB’s office

following the Public Open House.


March 4, 2009 - Public Open House/Project Review

Approximately 80 people attended the 3 hour public meeting held at City Council

Chambers on March 4, 2009 to review the progress of the project. During that

meeting, two concepts were presented that illustrated the treatment of the sidewalks,

intersections, suggested tree types and their placement, tree grates, bus shelters,

pedestrian level light fixtures and street furniture. The two options shown were the

“Wave” pattern and the “Bubble” pattern. Each pattern was set within identical street

layouts related to curb alignment, curb cuts, parking, etc. Those attending were given

the opportunity to select their preferred concept by placing an adhesive colored

marker alongside the plan. According to City Engineering the Wave pattern received

a substantial majority of votes, although I have not been given the exact count.

Coloring of the sidewalks will be done using a method that combines acid etching of

the designed pattern followed by color stain applications. One mottled color range

will be used for the pattern combined with standard concrete.

Attendees were provided a form that requested their name, address and contact

information with a number of questions related to the design, should they have

concerns and wish to visit with a design team member following the meeting. I was

told that about 5-6 people responded to the questionnaire. Also provided for review

were progress construction drawings showing the overall project from Lakeside to

Harrison. Although not complete, these drawings illustrated such details as the curb

alignment, road width, driveway access to properties, adjustments to current

conditions, intersection layouts with “bump outs” and preliminary proposed tree

locations.

The plans showed a consistent 38’ wide roadway with parking on both sides.

Intersections at Foster, Roosevelt and Miller are intended to be raised intersections;

set approximately 2 inches below the adjacent curbing. Because of this height

difference there will still be the need to provide handicap access ramps at the raised

intersections, although bollards are not anticipated to be required.

Project Design Details

The intersections will be ramped to meet street level and are designed to be

comfortably negotiated by vehicles traveling 25 MPH; the raised condition combined

with the bulb outs is intended to act as a traffic calming condition as well as allowing

pedestrians a safer positioning related to seeing oncoming traffic and a shorter

distance to cross traffic lanes. The materials currently under consideration for use in

the intersections are concrete and colored concrete unit pavers. It is anticipated that

the colored pavers for intersections will be chosen and the color for the sidewalks

will be specified to match as closely as possible to maintain the consistency of the

pattern crossing intersections.

Final street furniture and tree grates are being selected now. I had anticipated being

provided copies of the product cut sheets for these items along with the color palette

for presentation to the board at this meeting but have not been provided this info yet.

At this time, those furniture items presented at the public open house are planned for

the project. Bike racks are anticipated to be opportunities for functional public art

and I believe this is being discussed with the Bike/Ped committee.

The open house drawings illustrated street tree placement in a preliminary condition

with some adjustments being required due to conflicts with drives or existing trees to


remain. During my last meeting with JUB/City Engineering, I reiterated that the

concept looked to not necessarily place trees in what appeared to be a consistently

spaced pattern along the street, but to approach the placement of trees in more of a

clustered fashion. I do believe that some street trees should be set within the

sidewalk however to provide occasional natural shade areas. All trees will be

irrigated by automated underground irrigation. Consideration for installing electrical

conduit that could provide future lighting of the trees is being evaluated against the

budget at this time. A new street tree layout has been completed and City

Engineering has used it while walking the project to verify that the placement of

these trees will fit within the context of the project. Positioning of decorative

pedestrian level lights must also be coordinated with the tree placement as well as

other enhancement elements. This plan has also been recently submitted to City

Engineering for review and verification. I was to have been provided copies of each

of these modified drawings for review and comment but have not as of today.

Project Schedule

In discussion with Dennis Grant, City Engineering, on Tuesday March 17th, I was

told that the project is still following the anticipated schedule that will have the

documents out to bid the first week of April 2009, with a Construction Start

scheduled for the first part of May 2009 following approval of bids by City Council.

Project Budget

I have not been provided an updated project budget. Based on the percentage of

completion for final documents I would anticipate a final Opinion of Probable Cost

within the next two weeks so that the bid documents can be evaluated against

anticipated costs so that enough time can be allotted for changes prior to bid should

adjustments be required. An alternative to this would be to develop an addendum

that addresses any changes to the bid documents that would alert the bidder to

changes made following advertisement.

______________________________________________________________

Commissioner Patzer thanked Dell for the update and asked if there were any

questions for Dell.

Commissioner Elder asked how is the timing of this project going to

work regarding Board review of the final plan documents if the City

plans to go to bid in early April and the next LCDC Board meeting is

not until April 15th

? Commissioner Davis shared with Jim that the

way he sees the process unfolding is that Dell will work closely with

the LCDC Communication Committee, with the Communication

Committee having a formal sign-off role for the plans prior to the City

going to bid. Denny also sees the possibility of calling an LCDC

Special Call Board meeting to have all Board members review the

final plans prior to bid.

Commissioner Patzer invited Wendy Gabriel, CDA City

Administrator, to visit with the Board. Dave asked Wendy if the City

has considered waiting to go to bid on this project until late summer to

give everyone involved in the project more time to work pending


issues? Wendy shared that waiting to break ground on the project until

later in the summer has been discussed, but that City staff feels there is

too high of a risk of running into weather issues during the early fall

months. Wendy shared that the City is still working towards a May

construction date, and also indicated that 4th

street will remain open

during the construction period in some fashion – i.e. at least one lane

open all of the time during construction.

Commissioner Elder shared with Wendy that City Engineering staff

and the City’s consultant team really need to work harder to make sure

that Dell is in the decision making loop on the project. Wendy said

that she fully agrees, and will make sure that Dell is fully engaged in

the planning aspect of the project.

Commissioner Patzer thanked both Dell and Wendy for their time with the

Board and for their comments.




an update regarding the LCDC re-designed website. Chris shared that the

look and feel of the new website is being well received, and that the mapping

ability of the website is working well via the utilization of Google maps.

Updates and enhancements are still occurring, and new information will be

posted as that information becomes available. Chris also is evaluating the

possibility of placing video of LCDC Board meetings on the website.


LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns discussed operational issues and updated

the Board on LCDC initiatives.


Tony shared with the Board that the LCDC strategic planning session is set for

April 9th

starting at 5:00 p.m. at North Idaho College’s student union building,

Lake Coeur d’Alene room. Mayor Bloem, Steve Griffitts, Jonathan Coe, Priscilla

Bell, Cyndie Hammond, Larry Branen, Rick Currie and Terry Cooper have been

invited to visit with the Board re. their respective organization’s strategic plans,

and how those plans interface with the LCDC.

3rd

& 4th

Street Midtown Lots

Tony shared that the Idaho Youth Ranch organization will be opening their

relocated Midtown retail store operations on April 3rd

. Lot striping and lighting

are the next foci as weather permits.


11. PUBLIC COMMENT




Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Patzer, to enter into Executive

Session, as provided by Idaho Code 67-2345(1) Subsection C: to discuss

acquisition of an interest in real property which is not owned by a public

agency.

Roll Call:



Elder Yes Davis Yes Hoskins Absent

Motion carried.





13. ADJOURN

Motion by Patzer, seconded by Colwell to adjourn. Motion carried.





WEDNESDAY APRIL 15, 2009 5:30 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Denny Davis called the LCDC Board meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.


Colwell, Patzer, Nipp, Hoskins.


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Chris Hollibaugh, Dell Hatch, Arlin Berge,

Steve Roth, Gordon Dobler, Dennis Grant., Teresa Capone, Don Murrell*, Marty

Kapintzi*, Jeremy Boler*, Pete Harleson*, Kali Dorrfler*. (* = phonetic spelling)



November, December, 2008 & January- March 2009 LCDC Board meeting

minutes for more background information re. this initiative.)

Chairman Davis moved this item forward on the agenda to facilitate the schedules

of invited guests. Committee Chairman Dave Patzer invited Gordon Dobler, City

of CDA Engineer, Dennis Grant, City of CDA Engineering Department, and Dell

Hatch, Dell Hatch Design Studio, to provide a project update to the Board.

Gordon shared with the Board that the Midtown 4th

Street reconstruction and

placemaking project is currently out to bid, with a planned bid opening date of

April 28th

. The preferred bid(s) will be presented to City Council for their

review/consideration at the May 5th

Council meeting. Gordon anticipates that the

chosen contractor will begin construction work by mid-May, with a not-to-exceed

construction period of 120 days.


Gordon also shared that he felt that all project elements came together effectively

prior to the bid date, and thanked Dell Hatch for his contributions on the project.

Gordon and Dell shared that due to lower than anticipated paver costs, that

colored pavers will be utilized in all five 4th

street intersections scheduled to

receive special “placemaking” focus.

Gordon and Dell shared that the best methodology for running electricity to the

curb side tree wells (for future street/sidewalk event uses) is to focus on one

centralized electrical system. JUB engineering is researching what the design &

construction costs will be for such a centralized electrical system.

As for street trees, Dell & Gordon shared that the tree species mix and tree

locations are all finalized and in the bid construction plans. There will be 120

trees planted via the reconstruction / placemaking effort. Tree grate selection has

been accomplished with the help of the City’s urban forester and the City’s Parks

department. Three inch (3”) caliper trees will be installed in the placemaking area

(Roosevelt Avenue to Boise Avenue).

Gordon’s final comments involved elements of the construction. The selected

contractor will have limited time between when asphalt is removed and when the

area is paved – not to exceed 22 days in length. The City will use its website to

keep stakeholders informed on progress, and to address stakeholder issues.

Newsletters will also be used by the City to facilitate communications.

Commissioner Goodlander asked Gordon to reconfirm the construction

timeline. Gordon shared that the contract calls for a maximum

construction period of 120 calendar days from notice to proceed to when

the project is completed. Gordon feels that the 120 day timeframe is and

“outside date”, and that the project should be completed in less time.

Following is a Midtown progress report submitted by Dell Hatch:

__________________________________________________________ April 15, 2009

Mr. Tony Berns, Executive Director

Lake City Development Corporation

March 2009 Board Meeting

RE: Progress Report: 4th

Street Reconstruction/Midtown Placemaking

Enhancements

Dear Tony and Members of the Board:

The following is a summary of my understanding of the Midtown Placemaking

Enhancements within the 4th Street Reconstruction Project since my last report to your

Board at the March 18, 2009 Meeting. Most of the following information was shared

with the LCDC Communications Committee.


Project Design Details – Design Development to Construction Documents

Following the March 18 LCDC Board Meeting, I was requested by City Engineering and

JUB Engineers, with authorization by Tony Berns, to assist the design team with the

integration of the ‘Wave’ pattern concept that was developed during the 2008 summer

public meetings. This effort involved the patterning of the sidewalk and intersection

areas; coordinating this pattern with the positioning of both tree and light locations. The

Wave pattern will be laid out over a five foot square grid. This pattern is then scored to

identify the limits that will be masked vs. the limits to be etched and stained. The Wave

will consist of two colors; basic gray concrete and the stain color which will be a

red/purple/rust mottled color.

The Wave pattern will also be extended to the intersections within the Enhancement

Area. The construction of the intersections will be of concrete unit pavers; using both a

similar mottled color to match the stain and a standard concrete gray. The intersections at

Foster, Roosevelt and Miller will all be constructed in a raised condition that will have

approximately a 1-1/2 to 2” curb edge. You will recall that this is intended to reinforce

the traffic calming for the vehicles traveling through the Midtown area. Another benefit

is that it lessens the pedestrian ramp gradient required to access the intersection from the

sidewalk area and vice versa. The intersections throughout the Enhancement area are

‘bulbed’ or extended. This allows for activity areas on the sidewalk or pedestrian zone as

well acting as a safety element; placing the pedestrian out in view of vehicles and

allowing the pedestrian to see on-coming traffic.

The other major benefit of the bulb is that it shortens the crossing distance and time by

more than a third. Although the intersections at Montana and Boise were not intended to

be colored or raised, the decision to include the improvements of colored concrete unit

pavers including the wave pattern was made just following the Bid Advertisement and it

is my understanding that they were sent to plan holders as an Addenda item.

Trees

The 4th Street project is planned to incorporate three (3) types of new tree plantings.

Within the Enhancement area, two tree species will be used; a Flowering Pear at the

intersections, and a Zelkova (a vase shaped tree that is similar to characteristics to an Elm

although not as susceptible to disease and pests) for the other locations on the streets.

Throughout the remainder of the project where new trees are being installed, a variety of

Silver Linden is planned. The tree locations within the Wave pattern are set so as to

either be fully in or out of the stained area; none will be broken by the wave edge. The

tree grates were selected with the input of the City Urban Forester, Ms. Karen Haskew

and the City Parks Dept., Mr. Bill Greenwood. Ms. Haskew also had input on the tree

selections. As you will recall, the trees within the Enhancement area will be

automatically irrigated with a drip type system.

Lights

The lights are also coordinated with the tree locations and the wave pattern. They will be

an Avista fixture; one that is more contemporary than used in other prior streetscape

projects. They will be mounted at a 14 ft. height on metal poles. The color is intended to

be black. The 14 ft. height was selected in part for the intent to add banners to the poles


at a future date. This height lessens the potential for vandalism to the banners. The lights

are set at approximately 75 ft. on center.

Furniture

The benches, trash receptacles, and bus shelters will be purchased by the City with an

allowance requested in the bid to install these items following the completion of the

sidewalk construction. The choices of furniture are consistent with those shown during

the Open House Presentation. The color selections will be made at a point following the

award of the contract. Bike racks will be provided as part of a design competition that

will feature ‘functional public art’; unique and interesting creations that will serve as bike

racks. These elements will also be located for installation following the completion of

the sidewalks.

Related Information, Schedule and Final Review

Since the documents being prepared for bid right up until they were advertised on

Monday March 30th, some of the fine tuning and adjustments related to tree locations and

count, added intersections and layout issues related to the Wave pattern, the Bid

Documents do not necessarily incorporate every item is a final form. To ensure that the

project reflects the intent of the concept studies conducted last summer, Gordon Dobler

with City Engineering has stated LCDC will be provided an opportunity to give a final

review to the project prior to the Award of Bid. At that time, decisions can be made in an

educated fashion related to the bid price vs. the budget.

It is my understanding that the project is considered to be on time and on budget at this

time.

Current Invoice

My current invoice represents time spent in meetings with JUB/City Engineering from

mid-March to early April and my time assisting with the incorporation of the details

related to the Wave patterning of the sidewalks in the Enhancement are. It also

represents a number of meetings with Tony Berns, Director LCDC, presentation to the

LCDC Communications Committee, as well as written correspondence and telephone

conversations related to the project.

The additional requested assistance to the project for the Design Development efforts has

exceeded that which I had allotted for in my original proposal to LCDC. I have

submitted this information to the Board with a request for an increase to cover this

overage and to cover my continued involvement on behalf of LCDC throughout the

construction period.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dell Hatch Design Studio, PC

Dell R. Hatch

Licensed Landscape Architect



March 18, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hassell to approve the March 18, 2009

Minutes. Motion carried.

5. DELL HATCH DESIGN STUDIO: MIDTOWN CONTRACT MODIFICATION

LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns shared, and Chairman Davis discussed

with the Board, the following letter submitted by Dell Hatch re. his efforts to date

via his Midtown contract:

_____________________________________________________ April 2, 2009

Mr. Tony Berns, Executive Director

Board of Directors


105 N. 1st Street, Suite 100

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814

RE: Landscape Architecture Consultant Services: LCDC Representation for

Midtown Placemaking Enhancements and 4th

Street Reconstruction Project.

Dear Tony and Members of the Board:

This letter is to inform you that based on my increased participation over the last 2 weeks

in which I was requested to assist JUB and the City of Coeur d’Alene in adapting the

original ‘Wave’ pattern and other streetscape elements to be applied to the Midtown area,

I have exceeded my anticipated and quoted fee related to my current contract with

LCDC.

My quoted maximum fee based on the identified scope of work in my proposal dated

November 2, 2008 was anticipated as a not-to-exceed figure of $7,500.00. That fee was

based on my involvement as a design resource for JUB and the City of Coeur d’Alene

and their consultants in that I would offer my assistance and understanding of the project:

“to ensure that the overall design intent and concepts that were developed during the

previously completed study by Northwest Dynamics are incorporated to the fullest extent

practical into the construction documents that will be prepared by JUB Engineers and

Fred Ogram, landscape architect”.

From November 12 through April 1, 2009 I have accrued 67.5 hours toward this effort.

My draftsperson has accrued 17.5 hours. Combined, these hours reflect a total fee of

$9,662.50, or $2,162.50 over my authorized contract amount. During this last week in

discussions with Tony Berns he inquired as to the status of my budgeted hours and I

replied that with this latest requested effort I was rapidly approaching and could exceed

my budgeted amount. Although my involvement has not followed the traditional design

format as outlined in my proposal, I am still anticipating my continued involvement

during the Construction Phase as noted in the original Scope of Services; scheduled for

approximately 3 months. In that phase, I had allowed for weekly observations and

reports as to the construction progress and presentation monthly at your Board meetings.


My continued involvement during the Construction Phase is projected to reflect a fee of

$3,000.00. This is representative of spending up to one hour per week in observation and

preparing a written report that summarizes aspects of the Placemaking elements of the

Midtown District from roughly Roosevelt Ave. to East Boise Ave.; also including the

intersection treatments and enhancements at Foster Ave. and Miller Ave.

With notice of this letter, I am requesting your consideration to increase my current

contract fee in the amount of $5,162.50. This amount would account for the current

overage of $2,162.50 and allow for up to $3,000.00 for my continued involvement

throughout the construction phase.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this issue. I look forward to your response

and the opportunity to further assist LCDC in this effort.

Sincerely,

Dell Hatch Design Studio, PC

Dell R. Hatch

Licensed Landscape Architect ________________________________________________________

Tony recommended to the Board that the Board modify Dell’s existing contract

and increase the contract’s not-to-exceed amount from $7,500 to $14,000 thus

allowing Dell to fulfill the intent of his initial engagement by the LCDC. Board

members expressed their appreciation for Dell’s efforts, sharing that Dell has been

instrumental in the success of the project’s planning phases to date.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins to approve the proposed

modification of Dell Hatch’s Midtown contract, increasing the not-to-

exceed contact amount from $7,500 to $14,000. Motion carried.





Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the March

Lake and River District financial files, and the March account payables sheet,

with the Board.


Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Hassell, to approve the March

accounts payables and the March financial packets for the Lake &


Review of Q2-FY09 quarterly reports

Rod and Executive Director Berns reviewed and discussed the fiscal year

2009 (FY09) second quarter (Q2) financial summary report with the Board.

Rod shared that Tony, at the direction of the Finance Committee, contacted

Mark Jackson regarding the status of his 114 Wallace Avenue project (LCDC

pledged $16,250 in grant funds towards public improvements associated with

the project on 11/21/07). Mr. Jackson shared that he has not proceeded with

the project for several reasons, and that he would be fine with the LCDC

rescinding the pledged amount due to his inactivity on the project front. Mr.

Jackson also shared that he might re-engage the LCDC on this project should

his circumstances change.

Motion by Patzer, seconded by Goodlander, to rescind the Mark

Jackson 114 Wallace Avenue project grant award totaling $16,250.

Motion carried.




Financing Association (IHFA) workforce housing project.



liaison) on the City’s Parking Commission, shared that he and Executive

Director Berns met with Dan Geiger of Diamond Parking to review possible

management scenarios for the LCDC’s Midtown parking lots. Mr. Geiger has

provided a draft proposal for LCDC’s consideration. Jim shared that the

Parking Committee will meet in the near future to review the proposal and

prepare a recommendation for the Board re. parking management oversight

for the Midtown lots.

Chairman Davis asked Jim to, where practical, engage the Midtown

stakeholder group during the parking proposal review process. Jim agreed

to do so.



Committee initiative with the Board:





an update regarding the LCDC re-designed website. Chris shared that website

“hits” are up quite a bit from a percentage point, but not a great in real

number terms. Chris suggested to the Board that the LCDC consider adding

other organization’s meeting dates (e.g. Jobs Plus) on the LCDC web calendar

to help better inform interested stakeholders of LCDC-related issues occurring

in the community. Chris also shared that he will be gathering additional

project photos for the website once the weather improves.


LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns reviewed the quarterly District scorecards,

discussed operational issues, and updated the Board on LCDC initiatives.

LCDC / City Council Workshop

Tony shared that the next LCDC/Council workshop is scheduled for May 14th

@

noon in the Library’s Community room. The workshop will be televised.

Library Community Room Sound System

An issue has surfaced regarding the Library Community Room’s ability to

effectively handle the TV broadcasting of larger group meetings held on the main

floor away from the City Council dais. The issue involves effectively capturing

and broadcasting the audio of these gatherings. The issue is described in the

following note from Jeff Crowe, CDA TV to Susan Weathers, CDA City Clerk,

regarding the upcoming LCDC/City Council workshop:

__________________________________________________________ Susan, We have done groups this large in the past, both this same workshop as well as others including Council-NIC Board workshops, Council-SD-271 Board workshops , etc. We don’t do them very well audio-wise due to the lack of boundary (table) microphones. We have four available where we should really have twice that many to do it correctly. We really stretch the ones we have just to accomplish the regular floor type meetings. Usually factor a boundary mic per 2 people, unless they are all loud talkers then sometimes you can get away with a mic per 3 people. I bring this up just so you know that there will be “dead-spots” at the table. Meaning those sitting in these spots will be difficult, if not impossible to hear. At the last LCDC/Council workshop that we taped, the Mayor sat in one of these spots and it was very difficult to hear her. There really is a finite amount of folks we can reasonably get with the equipment we currently have. If we are going to expand our group sizes we will need to expand our equipment to match. Of course with this, we will also need to purchase and run additional audio cables and need to purchase and install an additional audio mixer to adequately facilitate these larger groups. So if you get comments that some people at this meeting were hard to hear, you will know why. Jeff CdA-TV

_________________________________________________________


Chairman Davis invited Jeff Crowe to join the meeting. Jeff reiterated the

information in his email note above, and shared that he estimates it will cost

approximately $2,800 to purchase the necessary equipment to address this audio

issue. Board members asked several clarifying questions, and shared with the

audience that the LCDC helped to purchase the four existing area mics currently

in use at the Board meeting. All Board members were very supportive of

providing funding to enhance the effectiveness of communication emanating from

the Library’s community room.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Nipp, to authorize $2,800 of LCDC

partnership funding, in the form of a grant, to acquire the necessary

audio equipment to enhance the broadcast functionality of the

Library community room. Motion carried.

Chamber A+ Award for Education

Tony shared that the CDA Chamber of Commerce’s Education Committee

selected LCDC for its “A+ in Education Award”. The award was presented by

Jay Baldwin, Chamber Education Committee Chair (pictured below at left) to

LCDC Chairman Denny Davis at the April 14th

Chamber Upbeat Breakfast.

LCDC was nominated for the award by Jim Gray, Sorenson Magnet School

Principal, for LCDC’s partnership efforts with Sorenson pertaining to the

Americans with Disability Act (ADA) remodeling efforts scheduled to occur in

the summer of 2009.


8. PUBLIC COMMENT




Motion by Hassell, seconded by Hoskins, to enter into Executive Session,

as provided by Idaho Code 67-2345(1) Subsection C: to discuss

acquisition of an interest in real property which is not owned by a public

agency.

Roll Call:




Motion carried.





Following Executive Session, the Board briefly discussed the issue of engaging

the leadership at both the City of CDA and North Idaho College re. the Board

related education corridor goals involving the mill site engineering planning and

associated area traffic study. Executive Director Berns will visit with the two

leadership groups about how best to move these two initiatives forward.

10. ADJOURN

Motion by Colwell, seconded by Hassell to adjourn. Motion carried.



LCDC Planning Session Minutes 4/9/09 1

STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION

NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE

APRIL 9, 2009

MINUTES

1. CALL TO ORDER

Chairman Davis called the Strategic Planning Session to order at 5:00 p.m.

LCDC Board members present: Hoskins, Nipp, Patzer, Davis, Goodlander,

Jordan, Colwell, Hassell.

Community Stakeholder Guests: Mayor Bloem, Jonathan Coe, Steve Griffitts,

Larry Branen, Cyndie Hammond, Priscilla Bell, Mic Armon, Rolly Jurgens, Terry

Cooper.

General Public Guests: Gary Ingram, Sharon Culbreth, Kathy Sims, Chris

Hollibaugh, Ron Ayers, Nathan Armon, Tom Hasslinger.

2. WELCOME & RETREAT OVERVIEW

Chairman Denny Davis welcomed LCDC Board members, invited guests and the

general public to the strategic planning session and reviewed the agenda for the

evening. Denny shared that this is a workshop venue for the Board, and that

public comment would not be heard during the workshop; however, anyone who

wishes, may submit comments in writing to Tony Berns, Executive Director.

3. INVITED GUEST PRESENTATIONS

North Idaho College (NIC): Dr. Priscilla Bell, Mic Armon and Rolly Jurgens

President Bell discussed several possible partnership initiatives between LCDC

and NIC, in particular NIC’s Strategic Plan Theme VII: Physical Resources;

which includes Goal 1: Assure opportunities for college expansion. Dr. Bell

reported that NIC is currently in the process of acquiring the DeArmond mill site

property adjacent to the NIC campus. In addition, NIC has completed the

environmental assessment and remediation plan that has been reported to the

DEQ via the Stimson organization. The tentative closing date for the DeArmond

mill site acquisition is July 31, 2009 and NIC anticipates an on-time closing. Dr.


Bell noted that NIC has also requested for the mill site to be annexed into the City

of Coeur d’Alene (CDA). Dr. Bell reported that the three main higher education

institutions (NIC, University of Idaho, Lewis Clark State College) are working

together to provide a joint matriculation process for students, and based on that

goal, envision the first building built on the mill site being a collaborative facility,

shared by the participating higher education institutions.

NIC Trustee Mic Armon discussed that redevelopment of the mill site will take

several years. From NIC’s standpoint, the next steps will involve partnership

opportunities for LCDC. A first step will be to start looking at site design and

engineering, determining what infrastructure improvements are needed. Another

urgent issue will be to address the ingress and egress design issues for the

education corridor area. Mic stressed the importance of signalized intersections at

both the Hubbard and Northwest Boulevard intersection, as well as the proposed

River Avenue and Northwest Boulevard intersection. Other infrastructure needs

include lighting, sidewalks, and landscaping for the Hubbard Road extension

through the mill site area, and along River Avenue. Mic shared that additional

resources need to target creating a main entrance to the campus which might

include monumentation and landscaping. Finally, Mic shared that the Centennial

Trail needs to be relocated along the Spokane River, and that the possibility of

constructing a bike/pedestrian bridge over the Spokane River from the NIC

campus to Blackwell Island should be explored.

Rolly Jurgens, NIC Finance Vice President, shared that any upgraded

infrastructure needs to include technology networking capabilities that are

compatible with all of the education institutions, as well as the City’s wastewater

treatment plant.

Chairman Davis asked if NIC has a timeline for the engineering design of

Hubbard Avenue? Mr. Armon responded that NIC would like to start as soon

as possible, as he believes the sooner the engineering design is completed, the

sooner NIC can pursue construction designs.

Chairman Davis asked what the role of LCDC might be in constructing

Hubbard Avenue? Mr. Armon responded that NIC has invested heavily into

the purchase of the mill site property, and therefore will not be financially able

to start site redevelopment for several years. Mic shared that LCDC could add

great value by helping with the mill site redevelopment planning as soon as

possible, which includes the location and construction of Hubbard Avenue.

Commissioner Patzer asked how is parking being viewed on the mill site area?

Mr. Jurgens responded that when the mill site acquisition closes, NIC would

look to utilize certain areas of the site for temporary parking in order to

address some of the current parking issues. Rolly suggested that NIC might

consider using recycled asphalt as a temporary surface.


Commissioner Nipp asked how NIC sees the mill site design work

progressing, and what work needs to be done to coordinate that effort with the

need for an education corridor traffic study? Mr. Armon responded that from

a timing point of view, NIC would like to get started on these initiatives in

2009, and would like LCDC to consider partnership funding towards the site

engineering/design effort.

Chairman Davis asked what would be the priority for NIC: work completed

on the Hubbard Avenue intersection at Northwest Boulevard, or the

reconstruction of Hubbard Avenue through the mill site and the extension of

River Avenue to Northwest Boulevard? Mr. Armon responded that NIC

would need to review the results of the traffic study before making that

decision. Mic added that he believes the first step is to get a sense of the

engineering costs associated with reconstructing Hubbard Avenue through to

River Avenue. Dr. Bell added that NIC leadership wants to be prepared for

emergencies related to both NIC and the Fort Grounds community via better

ingress and egress routes onto Northwest Boulevard. Mr. Armon added that

signalization is essential at that Hubbard/Northwest Boulevard intersection.

Dr. Bell concluded NIC’s remarks by recalling that the Education Corridor

concept has been “in the works” for many years, and NIC is very happy that they

can be a part of the partnership that turns the corridor concept into a reality.

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (UI-CDA): Dr. Larry Branen

Dr. Branen thanked LCDC for their participation in the higher education corridor

initiative. Dr. Branen reported that the University of Idaho does not see any

major changes to the proposed UI presence in CDA, even in light of the current

economic conditions. As a matter of fact, the University of Idaho has added

programs in Coeur d’Alene. Larry shared that the UI is focusing on the “3P”

concept for their CDA campus: people, programs and place.

First, the importance of people. UI-CDA has added a total of five faculty

positions in education, business (the EMBA program), child development, and

nutrition. The UI-CDA currently has 16 faculty members. Larry noted that one

faculty member has brought $3,000,000 of grants funds to the UI-CDA campus.

Second, the importance of programs. UI-CDA works in collaboration with other

Idaho higher education institutions, with NIC being premier in partnering with

their 2-year undergraduate programs. UI-CDA works very closely with Lewis

Clark State College (LCSC) for both undergraduate and graduate programs. The

City of CDA has been a great partner, as have the local area school districts

(CDA, Post Falls and Lakeland). UI-CDA is currently partnering with the CDA

and Post Falls school districts to provide teacher training for their elementary

teaching programs. Another future UI-CDA program will focus on water quality

in partnership with the City of CDA, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality,

and the CDA Tribe.


Third, the importance of place. Following great internal discussion, UI leadership

has determined that the soon to be redeveloped mill site area is the best long-term

location for the UI-CDA. The mill site area is the prime choice due to its

proximity to NIC’s existing campus and related infrastructure. One of the

programs that UI-CDA is creating is an interdisciplinary degree program that

begins at NIC, and then migrates on to the UI-CDA and LCSC. UI has $420,000

in planning money available for the UI-CDA presence in the Education Corridor,

and their hope is that they will be able to begin planning once the mill site is

acquired. In the mean time, UI-CDA has renewed their lease with the City for

another four years (until 2013) which provides a four year period for planning.

Dr. Branen concluded his remarks by commenting that Harbor Center provides a

good place for their current functions, but space is limited. UI-CDA has

discussed increasing the amount of joint classroom sharing with NIC. UI-CDA is

very optimistic about their long-term presence in CDA, and hopes to have a

collaborative (i.e. joint use) building built on the mill site within 5-10 years.

LEWIS AND CLARK STATE COLLEGE (LCSC-CDA): Dr. Cyndie Hammond

Dr. Hammond thanked LCDC for their contribution to the community and

reaffirmed LCSC’s commitment to Region I by offering 13 bachelor degrees, and

working closely with 21 regional health agencies to provide further educational

opportunities. Cyndie believes that education is a pathway to employment.

On behalf of LCSC-CDA, Dr. Hammond presented several short-term initiatives

that might warrant LCDC partnership funding. Cyndie shared that The North

Idaho Committee for Higher Education (NICHE) organization requires that funds

received through this venture must be used for collaborative endeavors. Cyndie

shared that LCSC-CDA believes that a redesign and remodel of the Harbor Center

building will facilitate the goals of the NICHE program by creating a venue of

collaboration for the state’s higher education institutions. The Harbor Center

remodel vision includes two new classrooms for LCSC-CDA, which would

eliminate the need for LCSC-CDA students to cross Northwest Boulevard

(currently, LCSC-CDA has temporary classroom space in the Harbor Plaza

development). Cyndie believes that LCDC should focus on both the long-term

and short-term issues associated with the Education Corridor initiative, and that

LCDC participation with the Harbor Center remodel would be of great value in

the short-term until new facilities are developed on the mill site area.

Commissioner Colwell asked if there are any plans for a dental hygienist

program at LCSC-CDA? Dr. Hammond responded that LCSC has this type of

program at the Lewiston campus, but nothing is planned for the CDA campus

– more of an NIC focus.


CITY OF COEUR D’ALENE: Mayor Sandi Bloem

On behalf of the City, Mayor Bloem thanked LCDC Board members for their

time in serving the community. She reviewed the original goals and mission of

LCDC, and offered the following insights/opportunities.

Sandi shared that in the downtown, there is a small privately owned pocket park

(referred to as Sherman Park) located at the old Woolworths site. There has been

discussion that a public entity, possibly LCDC, could have first option to purchase

this property and assure the park’s long-term availability to the public.

Sandi shared that the City feels additional housing, across the pricing spectrum, is

needed in the downtown. Sandi noted that the strength of the surrounding

neighborhoods is essential for the vitality of the downtown area, and a great

example supporting the strength of these surrounding neighborhoods is the

success of the Sorenson Magnet School. She encouraged the LCDC to continue

its support of the downtown, so that it remains the vibrant heart of the City.

With regards to McEuen Field, Sandi shared that when LCDC was formed, the

City conducted hearings as to the potential boundaries of the district and whether

or not to include McEuen Field within the district – it was included. The City has

been delaying improvements to Front Street until the McEuen Field Plan could be

implemented. The Plan, completed in 2002, has not been implemented and she

believes that the time is right to re-look at the McEuen Field Plan. Two of the

values that accompanied the McEuen Field Plan were that 1) no high rise

structure(s) would be constructed on the site, and 2) if an asset is moved from the

field, an equal or better location must be found for that asset within the City.

Sandi asked for LCDC’s help in re-looking at the McEuen Field Plan and its

interaction with Front Street and the downtown.

Sandi shared that a fairly expensive Local Improvement District (LID) was

formed for the redevelopment of Sherman Avenue about 20 years ago. From a

community value standpoint, Sandi shared that a vital/viable Sherman Avenue is

critical to not only the health of the downtown, but is critical to the overall health

of the community as a whole. She suggested maybe a less expensive Sherman

Avenue LID, in partnership with LCDC, might be an initiative worth analyzing

pertaining to the updating of street improvements installed 20 years ago.

Sandi also shared that CDA has been selected as a city to benefit from a visit by

the members of the “Mayor’s Institute on City Design” this summer. This visit

will bring world class designers/architects/developers to the city to review the

potential of the Education Corridor initiative. City leadership might request some

funds from the LCDC to facilitate this visit.

Sandi commended the LCDC Board for their efforts in the Midtown District, and

she believes that the planned improvements will make a major difference to that

area. She commended LCDC for the quality of jobs that have been


created/retained in the city through the efforts of LCDC, such as the US Bank

Call Center, the Kroc Center, and Night Hawk Radiology. She also believes that

having a higher Education Corridor will be a wonderful addition to the city. She

commended the Board for televising their Board meetings on public access TV.

She also suggested that the Board consider having legal counsel present during

Board meetings to aide in any matters requiring legal counsel.

Chairman Davis thanked the Mayor for her support and leadership.

Commissioner Nipp asked Sandi about the status of a Northwest Boulevard

traffic study? Mayor Bloem responded that when consideration was given to

purchasing the DeArmond mill site, Northwest Boulevard was evaluated to

see if it could support the anticipated increased traffic load. She noted that a

conceptual study has been completed, and confirmed that Northwest

Boulevard could handle the projected increased traffic load. Sandi shared that

since the mill site acquisition is nearing completion, that a thorough traffic

study is needed encompassing the entire higher Education Corridor site impact

area.

Commissioner Patzer asked what the realistic time frame is for the

abandonment of the BNSF railroad right-of-way along Northwest Boulevard?

Sandi responded that the process has started, with an anticipated timeline of

12-18 months. Dave asked who performs the environmental studies and

railroad tie removal, and if BNSF plans to abandon the area in stages? Sandi

shared whoever owns the underlying ground is responsible for the due

diligence work, and that BNSF will most likely abandon the site in stages.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Jonathan Coe

Mr. Coe thanked LCDC for all the hard work they have done over the years and

reiterated the Chambers commitment to supporting the urban renewal economic

development tool. Jonathan asked that the LCDC consider three factors when

reviewing any/all potential initiatives:

1) First, evaluate how the initiative will impact local businesses.

2) Second, to cooperate with other entities when leveraging investment

dollars. Jonathan suggested that LCDC monitor the possibility of

partnering with federal dollars where appropriate, stating that he believes

CDA has not been very successful in gaining access to federal dollars.

3) Third, to the extent possible, encourage economic activities during the

“shoulder season” (i.e. late fall and early spring). Jonathan shared that our

community needs activities or programs that stimulate our economy

throughout the entire year, and a project such as the proposed sports

complex (or similar projects) be closely evaluated from a value added

perspective.

Commissioner Patzer asked if the CDA Lake Management Plan represents a

potential liability in terms of the economic viability of the city, and what is the


Chamber’s role in this Plan? Mr. Coe responded that the Chamber has

supported the Plan since its inception as the best approach to dealing with the

heavy metals issue in the lake’s sediment. The Chamber has also supported

the Legislature funding the Plan which will provide funding for the

administration of the Plan. What will be required in the future is funding for

support programs, such as a program focusing on lowering the phosphorous

level in the lake’s water.

Commissioner Patzer asked if the Chamber views the lake issue as a danger to

the economic climate of Coeur d’Alene? Mr. Coe responded no, because

efforts to date have made a distinction between a “Lake Management Plan”

and a “Superfund Site”. Jonathan believes that Lake CDA will always present

a possible liability unless the community preserves and protects this

wonderful community asset.

COEUR D’ALENE DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION: Terry Cooper

Mr. Cooper reported that in 1990, the Downtown Business Improvement District

(BID) was formed, comprising 25 blocks of the downtown. Today there are 1,150

employees who work within the BID, and the BID members are actively involved

in the Downtown Association. The Association has worked hard inviting people

to come downtown via their marketing and events programs, and Terry expressed

the Association’s appreciation to the LCDC for their continued support of the

events program. Events such as Car d’Lane and the holiday lighting ceremony

draw people from all over the west coast to downtown CDA.

With regards to the Sherman Park opportunity, Terry shared that this site has been

wonderful for hosting several downtown events. This year, the Association

assumed operational management of Sherman Park and is paying the property

taxes. The Association has been meeting with the owner of Sherman Park to see

if there is some way the Association can purchase the property in order to keep it

a viable green space in the downtown area for the long-term.

The Association strongly supports moving forward with the update of the

McEuen Field Plan and forming a possible LID for Front Street. Creating an

event plaza area on the McEuen Field site would be a great addition to downtown.

Terry shared that the weekly Wednesday Farmers Market has been a great

addition to the downtown, and it could be enhanced with a larger footprint. The

Association’s current focus during these hard economic times is retention of the

small businesses located in the downtown area.

Terry commented that the BID would appreciate LCDC partnership in the form of

possibly helping to create a low-cost LID on CDA Avenue. He noted that

anything that can be done to lure people off of Sherman Avenue and onto the

downtown side streets would be very helpful.


LCDC Commissioner Goodlander noted that some of the sidewalk pavers

along Sherman Avenue are wearing out and that a possible LCDC/Association

LID partnership to replace these pavers would be beneficial. Mr. Cooper

added that several trees have pushed up the pavers on the sidewalks creating a

liability, and he believes that a smaller valued LID would be doable to replace

some of the sidewalks that have been damaged.

LCDC Commissioner Patzer asked if the Downtown Association has

discussed forming a new LID with BID members? Mr. Cooper responded that

the LID issue has been discussed this year, and that there is some energy to

create an LID.

LCDC Commissioner Jordan asked if there are plans to remove some of the

street trees due to the paver issue, or simply perform some root pruning? Mr.

Cooper responded that he believes some trees need to be removed because

they are oversized for the area. He noted that tree roots have grown into the

foundation of some buildings and wrapped around the water lines which

would make root removal questionable. Some trees definitely need to be

removed.

JOBS PLUS: Steve Griffitts

Mr. Griffitts believes that urban renewal is the best economic development arrow

in the State of Idaho’s quiver; and thanked the LCDC Board for their wise use of

said arrow. Steve shared that the direct and indirect efforts of the LCDC helps to

bring jobs to the CDA area. Steve noted that hundreds of jobs have been created

as a result of LCDC initiatives, and hundreds more have been created in terms of

construction. Jobs Plus has been very successful throughout Kootenai County,

and Steve shared that a biotech firm will be coming to Post Falls soon. Steve

noted that even though the biotech firm is locating their business in Post Falls, the

firm would not have come here if it were not for the wonderful attributes of the

City of CDA.

Mr. Griffitts shared that Jobs Plus was formed in 1987, and noted that in 1991 a

prominent leader in the CDA community believed that Jobs Plus had reached its

peak. Since 1991, 72 businesses have been recruited to the area. He noted that

Seltice Way is one of the primary roadways that he shows to potential clients who

are looking at a possible move to the area.

Commissioner Patzer asked how important “to the quiver” is higher education

and the ability for a company to grow if they moved to the area? Mr. Griffitts

responded that every company that looks to relocate to our area looks at the

community’s educational offerings (K-12, NIC, UI-CDA, LCSC-CDA). He

added that if a company has any inkling that higher education is not a high

priority in a community, they will not relocate to that area. So, a viable higher

education offering is crucial to his recruitment efforts.


Commissioner Colwell asked Steve to comment on how today’s economy is

impacting Jobs Plus? Mr. Griffitts responded that even with today’s economic

climate, there are still recruitment opportunities and noted that Jobs Plus is

busier now than ever on working with quality companies that are looking to

relocate to this community. He believes that our area is positioned very well

at this time. Jobs Plus has a three-pronged marketing approach to their

success – quality of life, affordable housing, and a workforce that is available

and trainable.

Chairman Davis noted that with regards to the Seltice Way area, LCDC has

objectives still to accomplish in the River District and asked Steve from a

recruitment standpoint, what improvements need to be done in that area? Mr.

Griffitts noted that it is a matter of the chicken and the egg; in that some

companies have felt that there exists suitable infrastructure along Seltice Way,

while other companies believe that more work needs to be accomplished prior

to their relocation. So, he could not provide any clear cut answer for the

Board.

Chairman Davis, on behalf of the Board, thanked all invited guests for their

comments.

4. BOARD DISCUSSION: STRATEGIC (LONG-TERM) GOALS

LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns facilitated the Board’s discussion re.

LCDC long-term goals for both the Lake and River Districts. The Board

reviewed the existing list of key thematic LCDC goals, reviewed the input

received by the invited guests, and developed the following updated list for fiscal

year 2010 (FY10): (goals are listed in no specific order of importance, updated

goal areas are highlighted in purple):

Strategic (long-term) Goal Foci

Education:

o Facilitate the creation of the Education Corridor in partnership with the

City, UI, NIC, LCSC, Fort Ground Neighborhood, and other community

stakeholders.

Including an LCDC partnership effort to implement the “Four

Corners” plan (area of Government Way, NW Blvd. & Mullan).

o Help to support the success of the downtown neighborhood-oriented

Sorenson Magnet School by providing capital funding for appropriate

building improvements.

o Help to support the long-term viability of Winton Elementary School.

Workforce Housing: o LCDC will play a key support role in helping the city achieve its vision for

workforce housing in the community.


Midtown: LCDC / IHFA (Idaho Housing & Finance Association) /

THC (The Housing Company) workforce housing project.

Downtown: per ZGF Strategic Plan, “LCDC should explore

formal and informal partnerships with local housing agencies,

such as IHFA, to support the development of new affordable

housing units”.

Student Housing: per ZGF Strategic Plan, “LCDC should work

closely with both NIC and UI to evaluate the current housing

situation and quantify future needs and types” throughout the Lake

District.

Public Space: Create New & Enhance Existing Public Space:

o Help to implement the City Council approved McEuen Field Plan.

Part of the plan is to locate new public space for the relocation of

the American Legion ball field.

Front Street re-design included in planning efforts.

o LCDC will continue efforts to secure long-term public access to the lake

and river waterfronts (e.g. Mill River (Johnson) Park) and continue to

leverage public funds to create new public parks (e.g. Riverstone Park).

o Winton Park – partner with City to define the park’s long-term

community role.

o Sherman Park - partner with City and Downtown Association on

potential acquisition of this space as a permanent pocket park.

o Continuing Commitments:

Continued support of the CDA Public Library partnership

including a $250,000 contribution to capital costs (coupled with an

existing $900,000 contribution for library site acquisition).

Partnership funding for the Kroc Community Center; $500,000

pledge towards long-term public improvements.

Continue LCDC partnership with the North Idaho Centennial Trail

Foundation on developing the “Prairie Trail” bike/pedestrian trail

(Note: LCDC loaned Foundation $2.5 million to acquire old UP

RR right of way).

Job Creation & Retention o Continue partnership efforts to facilitate job creation and job retention in

both redevelopment districts.

Public Parking: o LCDC, in partnership with the City and the Downtown Association, will

help to rationalize and plan for a downtown mixed use structured parking

facility.


Midtown Redevelopment: o LCDC will partner with the City, Midtown property owners, Midtown

businesses, and Midtown stakeholders on opportunities to enhance the

vitality of the Midtown area.

2009 - Contributed capital funding to the 4th

Street reconstruction

project from Lakeside Avenue to Harrison Avenue,

2009 - Contributed capital funding for a “place making” initiative

in the core of Midtown (Roosevelt Avenue to Boise Avenue).

Downtown Vitalization: o LCDC will partner with the City, Downtown property owners, the

Downtown Association, and Downtown stakeholders on continued

economic support to enhance the vitality of the Downtown (e.g. partner

efforts involving building code review pertaining to renovation of older

downtown buildings, establishment of viable downtown pocket parks, LID

partnership endeavors where appropriate).

5. BOARD DISCUSSION: ESTABLISHMENT OF FY10 GOALS

Following the refinement of the LCDC long-term strategic goals, Executive

Director Berns reviewed the current annual goals with the Board, and facilitated

the Board discussion that resulted in the establishment of the following FY10

goals.

Note: Goals with a “green” status are considered progressing well. A “yellow”

status would mean a goal may be in jeopardy of not being achieved during the

year, and a “red” status would mean that the goal is in definite jeopardy of non-

attainment.


The Committee structure employed to achieve the aforementioned goals is as

follows (Committee Chair denoted by asterisk):

Committee Membership Acquisition Nipp*, Goodlander, Jordan

Finance Colwell*, Nipp, Patzer, + guest board members

Housing Elder*, Davis, Goodlander, Hassell

Communication Patzer*, Colwell, Davis, Hoskins

Parking Elder*, Jordan, Hassell

6. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT

No report was provided.

7. ADJOURN

Motion by Hoskins, seconded by Goodlander to adjourn. Motion carried.


Minutes prepared and submitted by Susan Weathers, City Clerk (City of Coeur

d’Alene), and Tony Berns.

A JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND

LAKE CITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

WORKSHIOP

MAY 14, 2009

The Mayor and Council met in a continued session in a joint workshop with the members

of the Lake City Development Corporation at 12:00 noon on May 14, 2009, there being

present upon roll call a quorum

Sandi Bloem, Mayor

Ron Edinger ) Members of Council Present

John Bruning )

A. J. “Al” Hassell, III )

Deanna Goodlander )

Mike Kennedy )

Woody McEvers )

Denny Davis, LCDC Chairman

Charles Nipp ) Members of LCDC Present

Rod Colwell )

Brad Jordan )

Scott Hoskins )

Deanna Goodlander )

A. J. Al Hassell, III )

STAFF: Tony Berns, LCDC Executive Director; Wendy Gabriel, City Administrator;

Jon Ingalls, Deputy City Administrator; Susan Weathers, City Clerk; Warren Wilson,

Deputy City Attorney; Troy Tymesen, Finance Director.

GUESTS: Donnie Murrell, Tom Hasslinger, Chris Hollibaugh

CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bloem called the meeting to order.

LCDC STRATGIC PLANNING SESSION REVIEW: LCDC Executive Director

Tony Berns reviewed the draft of the long term focus areas set by the Lake City

Development Corporation.

The first focus area is Education which includes the Education Corridor and “Four

Corners” area and involves participation in a traffic study for the Education Corridor

area; Sorenson Magnet School for ADA building improvements; and, Winton Elementary

School long-term viability. Chairman Davis noted that the first phase of the Education

Corridor design that LCDC would participate in is a traffic study. Councilman McEvers

related that Rolly Jergens has voiced NIC’s concerns regarding the open space that exists

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until construction is undertaken at the DeArmond Mill site. Chairman Davis noted that

the Education Corridor partners need to complete a plan to put the street through this site.

The next major focus area is Workforce Housing which has been expanded from

Midtown to include the Downtown area and Student Housing within the two LCDC

districts. Councilman Kennedy noted that the Workforce Housing group (North Idaho

Housing Coalition) is very active in light of the stimulus funds and have currently been

working with the Idaho Housing and Financing Association (IHFA) in Midtown. He

noted that the old Idaho Youth Ranch building owned by IHFA rents the building out on

a month to month basis so this old building could be demolished within a short period of

time.

The third major focus area is Public Space which includes LCDC partnership in help the

City/community implement the proposed McEuen Field Plan including the section of

Front Avenue abutting McEuen Field; continue to secure long-term public access to the

lake and river waterfronts; partner with the City and School District for the development

of Winton Park, and; the potential acquisition of the Sherman Park as long-term public

space downtown pocket park. Additionally, LCDC has continuing partnerships with the

Library, Kroc Center, and Prairie Trail initiatives. Councilman Edinger recalled that the

original McEuen Plan eliminated the American Legion Ball field and he personally does

not see anyplace where you can move the American Legion Ball Field and would like to

see LCDC work on redoing the existing plan with improvements to the American Legion

Field. Chairman Davis responded that LCDC was not looking at implementing the entire

McEuen Field Plan but rather, with the term of the LDCD Lake District becoming limited

for financing long term projects, there may be some elements within the McEuen Field

Plan that could be attained by the City in partnership with the LCDC. Board Member

Goodlander noted that the opportunity to find an equal or better location for the American

Legion ball field was part of the original McEuen Field plan, but there is more to

McEuen Field than the American Legion Ball Field and she believes that it is good to

look at other potential improvements to McEuen Field including opening up the

waterfront for more public use.

The fourth major area of focus is Job Creation and Job Retention in both the Lake and

River districts.

The fifth focus area is Public Parking which includes plans for a downtown mixed use

structured parking facility.

The sixth focus area is Midtown Redevelopment which is about ready to begin with the

4th

Street reconstruction project starting May 26th

. Executive Director Berns commended

the Mayor for conducting a fine meeting with the Midtown stakeholders on the evening

of May 12th

.

The final focus area is Downtown Vitalization which involves continued LCDC

economic support to enhance the vitality of the Downtown area including downtown

pocket parks.


Councilman McEvers asked if LCDC could do a report that shows what has been

accomplished in terms of financial expenditures. Tony Berns responded that LCDC has

two such reports one being a district “score card” and the other being a quarterly financial

summary report. Chairman Davis suggested that the Finance Committee visit with

Councilman McEvers to address his information requests.

FISCAL YEAR 2010 LCDC GOALS: Executive Director Tony Berns reported on next

fiscal year’s goals for the various subcommittees of LCDC which include

The Ad Hoc Public Space Committee working as a partner with the

City/Community on updating the 2002 McEuen Field Plan.

The Communication Committee will be working on meeting with key

community stakeholders to discuss community issues; continued implementation

of their LCDC communication strategy, hosting an Urban Land Institute forum in

Coeur d’Alene and; establishing an LCDC Advisory Group.

The Education Corridor Ad Hoc Committee will be working with the Education

Corridor partners on engineering infrastructure plans for old DeArmond mill site,

and working with the City and other stakeholders on commissioning a traffic

study for the Education Corridor area.

The Finance Committee will evaluate the merit of commissioning a River District

Strategic Planning effort, and continue frequent reviews of the district economic

forecasting models.

The Parking Committee will continue to work on acquiring property for the

downtown mixed used structured parking facility.

The Housing Committee will continue looking for ways to best partner with other

organizations on workforce housing projects within the LCDC Districts.

Councilman Kennedy, regarding job creation, asked if LCDC has a clear sense of the jobs

created in the Urban Renewal Districts. Mr. Berns responded that LCDC did complete

such a job quantification report a year ago but they could develop an ongoing reporting

system showing jobs created or retained within the districts. Councilman Goodlander

believes that type of information needs to be provided showing how many jobs have been

created through LCDC partnership efforts.

Councilman Edinger asked about LCDC hiring an attorney to be present at their Board

meetings. Chairman Davis responded that LCDC is currently exploring the options of

having current LCDC attorney, Ryan Armbruster, (based in Boise) attend their meetings

or if it would be more economically prudent to retain qualified legal counsel locally.

Chairman Davis shared that Ryan is viewed as one of the best municipal attorneys in the

state, so it would be hard to replace his level of expertise.

Councilman McEvers asked if there was any legislation this year that impacted Urban

Renewal Districts. Mr. Berns responded that the proposed changes that would have

adversely affected urban renewal across the state never made it past the House floor vote.

The only change to urban renewal code this session was more specific verbiage

associated with limiting the terms of urban renewal districts to 24 years.


ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Edinger, seconded by Kennedy that there being no

further business, that this meeting be adjourned. Motion carried.

The meeting adjourned at 1:05 p.m.

______________________________

Sand Bloem, Mayor

ATTEST:

___________________________

Susan K. Weathers, CMC

City Clerk



WEDNESDAY JUNE 17, 2009 4:00 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER

Vice Chairman Jim Elder called the LCDC Board meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

LCDC Board members present: Goodlander, Elder, Hassell, Jordan, Colwell,

Patzer, Nipp.


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Danielle Quade, Dennis Spencer, Chris

Hollibaugh, Dell Hatch, Dennis Grant, Kevin Stevens, Gordon Dobler, Chris

Guggemos, Terry Cooper, Monte Miller, Susie Snedaker.

Susie Snedaker: Ms. Snedaker inquired of the Board if they were going to discuss

Safco’s recent request for LCDC partnership funding directed towards the

Midtown project liaison effort (Dennis Spencer’s role). Commissioner Patzer

shared that he plans to address Safco’s request during his Communications

Committee update report.


May 14, 2009 LCDC/City Council Workshop Minutes,

May 20, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Hassell, seconded by Goodlander to approve the May 14,

2009 LCDC / City Council Workshop Minutes, and the May 20, 2009

Board Meeting Minutes. Motion carried.


Finance Committee – Commissioner Rod Colwell




Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the May Lake

and River District financial files, and the May account payables sheet, with

the Board.

Motion by Patzer, seconded by Goodlander, to approve the May

accounts payables and the May financial packets for the Lake &


Mt. West Bank 2009 Revenue Allocation Note

Background: pursuant to Resolution No. 09-04 adopted May 20, 2009, the

LCDC Commissioners approved, among other things, (i) the issuance and

sale to Mountain West Bank (the “Bank”) of the Agency’s Revenue Allocation

Note, 2009 (Midtown Redevelopment Project), in the principal amount of

$850,000 (the “Note”), and (ii) that certain Note Purchase and Security

Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) to be entered into between the

Agency and Bank.

Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell, LCDC Executive Director Tony

Berns, and LCDC Bond Counsel Danielle Quade (with Hawley Troxell law

firm), shared with the Board that following approval of Resolution 09-04 at

the May 20, 2009 Board meeting, Mt. West Bank leadership contacted LCDC

asking that additional property collateral be pledged by LCDC towards the

Note. This request by the Bank was made due to the pending Supreme Court

cases “In re: Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Rexburg, Case No. CV-

08-121” and “In re: Nampa Development Agency, the Urban Renewal

Agency of the City of Nampa, Idaho, Petitioner, Case No.CV-08-2431”

(together, the “Appeals”) where long standing urban renewal tenets will be

reviewed by the Court. Mt. West Bank’s property collateral request relative to

the Note will be released immediately pending a Supreme Court opinion on

the Appeals that does not declare the Note void or affect the LCDC’s ability to

service the debt associated with the Note.

Commissioner Jordan asked Commissioner Colwell if he thinks other

banks will also require this type of extra collateral; is LCDC setting a

precedent by possibly agreeing to Mt. West’s request? Commissioner

Colwell responded that he does not know what other banks might

require for these types of deals in the future, but he is not too

concerned at this time. Mrs. Quade shared that her firm has not seen

this type of request in other cities across the state where they provide

legal counsel.

Commissioner Patzer shared with the Board a concern he raised in the

Finance Committee discussion regarding the extra costs to be incurred

by LCDC due to the bank’s property collateral request (approximately

$1,000). With this added cost, is the Mt. West Bank financing


package still the best package for LCDC? The conclusion of the

Finance Committee was that yes, even with the added costs pertaining

to the property collateral request, Mt. West’s proposal of a fixed rate

for 10 years is still very attractive to the LCDC. Commissioner Patzer

also shared that he does not think the Supreme Court ruling on the

Appeals will affect this financing deal, or the LCDC’s ability to

service the debt on its existing debt obligations. Commissioner Patzer

also shared that LCDC needs to make the property collateral release

language in the documentation “crystal clear” so that no issues arise

when the time comes to release the collateralized properties.

Commissioner Goodlander asked if Mt. West would still require the

property collateral if the loan amount was reduced? Commissioner

Colwell shared that he felt Mt. West would still require some level of

real property collateral even at a lower loan value.

Commissioner Hassell asked how LCDC’s liquidity would be affected

if LCDC decided to pay cash for the whole Midtown project and not

seek bank financing? Commissioner Colwell shared that he felt LCDC

would be fine from a cash viewpoint in the short-term, but LCDC

would most likely be limited somewhat in the long-term. The primary

issue here is that we have the ability to borrow funds over 10 years at a

very attractive interest rate, thus allowing LCDC to use its cash

reserves for other value adding initiatives.

Motion by Jordan, seconded by Goodlander to secure the

debt service payments due under the Mountain West 2009

Revenue Allocation Note, in addition to the security

pledged to the Bank under the Purchase Agreement, the

Agency shall execute and deliver in favor of the Bank

certain deed(s) of trust (the “Deed(s) of Trust”) conveying

the six (6) properties itemized below:

1) 720 Young Avenue

2) Young Avenue Lots

3) 211 N. 4th

Street

4) 612 N. Park Road

5) 620 N. Park Road

6) 626 N. Park Road

Additionally:

partial deed release language will be included in the

Deed of Trust(s), providing for the efficient and timely

release of each individual collateral property at any

time upon payment of a negotiated release price,


at the closing of the issuance of the Note, the Chairman

or Vice Chairman of the Agency is authorized to

execute the Deed(s) of Trust in the forms provided by

the Bank, after approval thereof by Agency Bond

Counsel,

LCDC Executive Director is given approval to publish a

“Notice of Approval of the Motions” in the CDA Press.

Abstained: Commissioner Hassell abstained from voting on this motion.

Recusal: - Commissioner Nipp recused himself from Board discussion re. this agenda item,

and also recused himself from voting on the motion, citing a potential conflict of interest

because he is a member of Mountain West Bank’s Board of Directors. Commissioner Nipp

also recused himself from the Finance Committee meeting when the Mt. West financing /

property collateral issue item was discussed.

Motion carried.

LCDC Economic Forecast Models

Commissioner Colwell also shared with the Board that the Finance Committee

is working on its periodic fine tuning of the economic assumptions contained

in the Lake and River district forecast / simulation models. The Committee

has completed work on updating the model’s revenue projection assumptions.

At the July committee meeting, the model’s debt/expense projection

assumptions will be reviewed and updated as deemed appropriate. The

Committee plans to share the updated model assumptions / projections with

the Board later this summer.

Housing Committee – Commissioner Jim Elder

Housing Committee Chair Jim Elder shared with the Board that there is no

update to report regarding the status of the Midtown Idaho Housing &

Financing Association (IHFA) workforce housing project. Commissioner

Elder also shared that Ryan Armbruster, LCDC legal counsel, has issued a

draft opinion regarding the latitude LCDC has under Idaho statues re.

potential workforce housing partnership efforts with local workforce housing

entities like the North Idaho Housing Coalition (NIHC). Mr. Armbruster’s

draft opinion is currently being reviewed by Commissioner (LCDC Chairman)

Davis, who will recommend the best methodology for working the issue

further with the full Board.

Parking Committee – Commissioner Jim Elder


liaison) on the City’s Parking Commission, discussed the following



Diamond Parking – Proposed Management of Midtown Lots

Diamond Parking was asked to submit a proposal to the LCDC pertinent to

parking management of the LCDC’s Midtown surface parking lots. Diamond

Parking’s proposal, authored by Dan Geiger (Spokane-based Diamond

Parking General Manager), provides several possible Diamond Parking

management scenarios for LCDC’s consideration. Commissioner Elder

shared that the LCDC Parking Committee met to discuss the Diamond

Parking proposal, and the Committee recommends to the Board that the

following Diamond Parking management proposal essentials be accepted:

Diamond to patrol the LCDC Midtown lots once a day.

Estimated non-winter monthly management fee of $225.

Estimated winter monthly management fee of $290 (includes snow

plowing) Diamond will seek LCDC approval prior to spending any funds on

repair and maintenance expenditures (e.g. lot striping, asphalt

patching, etc.)

Diamond’s oversight of the lots on a daily basis will:

discourage folks from using the parking lots for long-term

storage parking of vehicles,

deal with any Idaho Youth Ranch parking issues,

discourage vandalism,

etc.

The Committee also recommended that LCDC approach management of the

Midtown lots assuming no revenue generation at this time. Diamond shared

with the Committee that the way parking currently works in Midtown, if

LCDC were to impose a parking fee in the lots at this time, patrons of

Midtown would just seek on-street parking, defeating the intent of what

LCDC is trying to do re. parking use in Midtown. The parking lot revenue

issue will be revisited once the Midtown redevelopment project is finished

and the IHFA mix-use workforce housing project is complete.

Commissioner Patzer asked if Diamond plans to patrol the lots seven days

a week? Commissioner Elder shared that was his understanding.

Commissioner Patzer also asked if Diamond will issue tickets for cars

parked illegally (e.g. cars parked on the lots for multiple days)?

Commissioner Elder shared that yes, dealing with illegally parked cars

would be a part of the negotiated agreement in that Diamond would help

LCDC manage parking abuses on the site.

Commissioner Patzer asked in the Midtown stakeholders had a chance to

provide input in the possibility of Diamond managing the lots?

Commissioner Elder shared that the Midtown stakeholders provided input

on possible lot management scenarios during the workshops held last

summer, but have not been asked for input recently.


Commissioner Goodlander shared that she was not inclined to move

forward with this proposed Diamond agreement at this time. She would

like to wait and see how the LCDC Midtown lots are utilized by Midtown

stakeholders after the Midtown / 4th

Street redevelopment work is

completed. She also suggested the possibility of the Midtown

stakeholders having some role in “policing” the LCDC lots.

Commissioner Elder shared that he is concerned that if LCDC does not

engage a professional management firm to oversee parking issues in

Midtown, then LCDC staff may bear an un-needed burden in dealing with

operational parking issues, taking time away from more critical LCDC

issues.

Commissioner Hassell shared that he is concerned that LCDC will have

problems on the Midtown lots if not managed correctly; i.e. if not

overseen by a group that has parking lot management experience.

Commissioner Patzer shared that LCDC may want to visit with the

management of the Idaho Youth Ranch retail store to see if there is any

common ground for parking lot oversight.

Commissioner Elder shared that after hearing the issues/concerns of the Board

members, the Parking Committee will re-visit the issue and return to the

Board with a revised recommendation re. a parking management scenario for

the LCDC parking lots in Midtown.

“ParkSide Park”

Background: the Coeur d’Alene Downtown Association (DTA) and the owners

of the currently vacant lots on 6th

and Sherman Avenue (Stauffer, Miller,

Galbreath) want to partner in utilizing that site for a community benefit before

the site is developed (development being at least several years out). The

proposal has the DTA grading the site and installing grass on the four lots

fronting Sherman Avenue. In return for the improvements, the owners of this

property will allow the DTA to use the site, at no cost, for the farmer’s market

and other appropriate downtown events. The DTA will insure & maintain the

property. The DTA and property owners are proposing to invest

approximately $25,000 into landscaping, irrigation, and grading with site

work proposed for early July.

The property owners and DTA are seeking LCDC partnership funding to

address a few public right-of-way issues involving the sidewalks, curbs, street

trees, and existing curb cuts (see graphic below). This initiative will result not

only in the creation of temporary downtown green space, but will add six (6)

valuable on-street parking spaces for that area of downtown, and make the


public walkway safer by fixing deteriorated portions of the sidewalk. The

approximate cost for the proposed public improvements is $39,719:

ParkSide Park Site Plan

Benefits of the proposed downtown green space initiative:

Creates new temporary green space for events in downtown.

Creates six (6) new on-street public parking spaces in downtown.

Will improve downtown Sherman Avenue aesthetics.


Will fix sidewalks that are in very poor condition, thus increasing public

safety. Although repair of sidewalks is the responsibility of property

owners, if the park concept materializes, investment of LCDC funds into

this DTA/developer partnership will add value to the downtown.

Commissioner Elder invited Terry Cooper (Coeur d’Alene DTA Manager)

and Monte Miller (property owner representative) to visit with the Board. Mr.

Cooper provided further background information to the Board regarding the

value of pocket parks to downtowns, and the success of the “Sherman Park”

pocket park in the downtown. Mr. Cooper shared that the DTA Board is

excited to partner with the property owners on this endeavor. Mr. Cooper also

shared that the DTA is needing more space to host off-street events, and that

this proposed green space (150’ wide by 105’ deep: 15,750 square feet) would

be of great value to downtown.

Commissioner Jordan asked how much is being invested on the private

property per this initiative? Mr. Cooper shared that the DTA is

planning to invest between $25,000-$30,000 for improvements on the

four privately owned lots.

Commissioner Hassell asked who will pay for the power and water to

the street trees? Mr. Cooper shared that the DTA will pay for those

city services.

Commissioner Jordan asked how long will the DTA be able to use the

park once it is created? Mr. Cooper shared that the DTA is planning

on a 5 or 6 year lease term of the site once improvements are

completed.

Commissioner Elder asked when will development of the park begin?

Mr. Cooper shared that the DTA would like to begin work on the

improvements starting in July so that improvements could be in place

by Street Fair time.

Commissioner Hassell asked what the value of the proposed park is to

the DTA? Mr. Cooper shared that development of this green space

will add a new quality venue for that area of downtown which will be

very valuable to the DTA. Mr. Cooper also shared that any new green

space and new venues will attract more folks to downtown benefiting

all downtown stakeholders.

Commissioner Goodlander shared that the proposed public

improvements will most likely be needed anyway when the property

owners decide to develop the property, and that the property owners

will most likely approach the LCDC for funding assistance for these

same improvements in a few years. Commissioner Goodlander asked


what would be the cost savings if the LCDC agreed to fund the public

improvements as proposed on just Sherman Avenue? Mr. Miller

shared that the project costs savings would be somewhat minimal,

maybe $5,000.

Commissioner Jordan asked how folks would access the site if all of

the curb cuts are removed? Mr. Miller shared that access to the site

would be off of the alley.

Commissioner Elder shared that the costs of the public improvements

as presented are quite a bit higher than the original cost estimate in the

$10,000 range. He feels that the Board will need some time to digest

the new proposed costs and associated public benefit.

Commissioner Patzer asked what is the market value of the additional

six on-street parking spots? Commissioner Elder shared that a good

estimate as to the value of each space is about $12,000. Mr. Cooper

shared that the City’s “in lieu of” parking cost for downtown parking

spots is $11,000. So a total value estimate would be in the $66,000 -

$72,000 range.

Commissioner Jordan shared that this proposal would generate a

definite needed improvement from an urban renewal standpoint.

Commissioner Jordan shared that he is concerned about the cost of the

public improvements. He also shared that since the DTA is using

Business Improvement District (BID) funds to pay for the

improvements on the private property, he thinks that participation by

LCDC at some level in the public right of way makes good sense.

Commissioners Goodlander & Hassell are concerned about site

security and asked about the security plans for the site? Mr. Miller

shared that the DTA will have the responsibility to protect the

property. The main issue is to keep vehicles off of the site to protect

the grass and irrigation system. Mr. Cooper shared that the DTA is

considering placing bollards around the property for site protection.

Commissioner Patzer discussed the issue that the previous land owners

paid the original Sherman Avenue Local Improvement District (LID)

charge for the original street-oriented public improvements, and that

the cost of those improvements were reflected in the purchase price of

the land paid by the current property owners. Commissioner Patzer

thus shared that LCDC potentially agreeing to fund these new

proposed street-oriented public improvements would not be benefitting

the current property owners at the expense of other downtown property

owners.


Commissioner Nipp shared that Mr. Cooper and Mr. Miller did a good

job of identifying the positive aspects of this initiative for the

downtown and the community as a whole. Commissioner Nipp further

shared that undeveloped land in downtowns is not a good thing from

both an economic development and aesthetic standpoint, and that

adding green space to downtowns is a key tenet of urban renewal. He

views this proposal as a good economic stimulus for the downtown

and urged the Board to strongly consider a partnership role.

Commissioner Nipp asked if this initiative will need a permit? Mr.

Miller shared that yes, a permit will be required from the city.

Commissioner Nipp suggested that LCDC consider approving the

“ParkSide Park concept” as presented, thus providing some feedback

to the DTA and property owners as they proceed with the permitting

process.

Commissioners Colwell and Hassell both agreed with Commissioner

Nipp and feel that a bit more time is needed for the Board to digest the

costs, and that the Finance Committee spend some time in July to

work the issue, and report back to the Board in July with a funding

recommendation.

Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Colwell, to approve the

“ParkSide Park” concept as proposed and presented, so that

the property owners can move forward with the City

permitting process (at their own risk and expense), with LCDC

to further review the project’s public improvement costs,

revisiting possible LCDC partnership funding at the July 15,

2009 Board meeting. Motion carried.

Communication Committee – Commissioner Dave Patzer

Communication Committee Chair Dave Patzer shared the following

Committee updates with the Board:

Midtown Placemaking Project

Commissioner Patzer shared that one outstanding project element discussed at

last month’s Board meeting that still needed some resolution (the design and

installation of an electrical conduit infrastructure system within the

placemaking area of the project - from Roosevelt Avenue to Boise Avenue)

has been resolved. The City of CDA Engineering Department worked with

Safco (general contractor) and Thorco (the electrical subcontractor) on a

design/build process for the electrical conduit infrastructure system. Thorco,

working through Safco, returned the following proposal to the city in the form

of a project change order:


City Engineering staff contacted LCDC with the Safco/Thorco proposal.

Following review, LCDC and City Engineering staff felt the change order was

viable, and directed Safco/Thorco to proceed with Phase 1 of the proposal (the

installation of the electrical conduit “piping system” costing $40,210) and not

Phase 2 of the proposal (the installation of the conductors and wiring) at this

time. Phase 2 can be completed at a later date via a potential partnership

effort with a Midtown business improvement district – if formed.

Commissioner Patzer invited Gordon Dobler, City of CDA Engineer, and

Dennis Grant, City of CDA Engineering Department, to visit with the Board

and provide a project update.

Mr. Dobler shared that phase 1 of the project’s 3 phases is going very

well. Several crews are currently working at this time on the phase 1

area of the project site (Foster to Miller Avenue). The majority of the

underground infrastructure is complete in phase 1 (i.e. stormwater,

water, sewer). Curbs are going in, followed by the various conduit

infrastructure elements (e.g. electrical conduit). Communication

between the City, contractor and the Midtown residents/property

owners has been going very well.


Mr. Dobler also shared that the electrical conduit piping infrastructure

cost discussed above may be able to be paid for out of project

contingency funds. He sees the electrical conduit change order as a

level two priority, so if there are sufficient funds remaining in the

project contingency fund at the end of the overall project, then those

funds will be used to pay for the electrical conduit piping. If not, the

City will approach the LCDC for additional funding to cover those

expenses.

Commissioner Hassell asked what happened to the “one lane on 4th

Street open most of the time” pledge heard prior to commencement

of reconstruction? Mr. Dobler shared that the City made the call to

have multiple crews work at the same time in order to finish the

project sooner, which is the primary reason for not having one lane

open for travel.

Commissioner Patzer invited Kevin Stevens (Safco President) and Dennis

Spencer (Midtown project liaison) to the visit with the Board and provide an

update from their viewpoint.

Mr. Stevens shared that the crews are ahead of schedule and he feels

the project is going very well. Mr. Spencer shared that he has received

95% positive feedback from area stakeholders, and that folks have

been very appreciative as to how quickly their concerns are addressed

by the contractor team. Mr. Spencer shared that folks in the area are

definitely feeling the pinch caused by the construction, but everyone is

thankful for the fast pace re. project completion. Mr. Spencer closed

his comments by sharing how often he has heard folks comment about

how quiet the noise level is for the project.

Commissioner Patzer asked if any unforeseen issues have arisen?

Mr. Stevens shared that nothing totally surprising has happened to

date, other than uncovering and removing an old wooden water

main from 4th

Street.

Commissioner Patzer asked Mr. Stevens how Mr. Spencer’s role is

working? Mr. Stevens shared that Mr. Spencer is doing a fantastic

job. Mr. Stevens also shared that the City staff have been very

good to work with to date.

Mr. Stevens also commented about the “one lane open” issue. He

shared that the plan was always to have the road closed for major

project work to 1) help speed the project along, and 2) for safety issues

(e.g. having folks working in the trenches with cars passing by is a


dangerous proposition). Mr. Stevens shared that one lane will be open

on 4th

when conditions permit.

Commissioner Patzer asked Mr. Spencer how is work load is shaping up?

Mr. Spencer shared that some days are mild, while other days are quite

hectic. He shared that he gets a lot of phone calls and works many

issues over the phone. There does not seem to be a routine day, issues

are all over the board.

Mr. Spencer also shared some clarification as to the funding of his

liaison role. Safco has budgeted $19,200 for the public relations

aspect of the Midtown project; $5,600 budgeted for project related

advertising materials, and $13,600 for his contract compensation. Mr.

Spencer shared that he is working with the CDA Press on several

Midtown related advertising initiatives. He shared that the CDA Press

has been very supportive, and wanted to publicly thank them for their

supportive role.

Commissioner Patzer discussed the possibility, as raised by Safco at last

month’s meeting, of LCDC funding a certain level of Mr. Spencer’s project

liaison work. Commissioner Patzer asked other Board members for their

thoughts / interest re. this request.

Commissioner Elder asked about the funding level for Mr. Spencer’s

role? Mr. Stevens shared that the budget for Mr. Spencer’s role is 3

hours/day, with an overall time budget of 360 hours. Mr. Spencer has

clocked 113 hours to date on phase 1 of the project. Mr. Stevens

shared that Mr. Spencer is doing a fine job and that Safco will continue

to utilize his skill sets for the duration of the project with or without

funding help from the LCDC.

Commissioner Colwell shared that LCDC did discuss having a project

liaison in place prior to the project bid, and supports some level of

LCDC contribution for this facet of the project.

Commissioner Jordan shared that he too supports LCDC contributing

some level of funding for Mr. Spencer’s role.

Commissioner Patzer thanked Mr. Spencer for his daily log

compilation reports, and asked him to keep them coming. These

reports will help the Board as discussions continue re. potential LCDC

funding support for his role.


Commissioner Elder suggested that LCDC keep an eye on the progress

of the project, and to monitor the time that Mr. Spencer spends on the

project, and revisit the LCDC funding issue at the July Board meeting.

Commissioner Patzer invited Dell Hatch, LCDC consultant to the Midtown

project, to visit with the Board and share his thoughts.

Mr. Hatch shared that he feels the project is going along well. He also

shared that he is hearing very positive feedback about Mr. Spencer’s

role, and even though Mr. Spencer has spent almost 1/3 of his allotted

ours in phase 1 of the project, it is tough to say if his time will slow

down or stay constant through phases 2 and 3. Mr. Hatch has been

working on several project elements with the City including getting the

correct pavers ordered for the traffic intersections, and working with

structural engineers to get the proper transit bus shelters developed for

the transit stop locations on 4th

street. Mr. Hatch was happy to see the

decision to green light the installation of the electrical conduit piping

infrastructure for the placemaking area of the project.

LCDC “e-brochure”

Commissioner Patzer invited Chris Hollibaugh, LCDC Online

Communication Coordinator, to share a draft version of the newly designed

LCDC “e-brochure” with the Board that will be available for viewing and

downloading from the LCDC website. Mr. Hollibaugh discussed the brochure

with the Board, and asked Board members to review the draft brochure and to

share their feedback as a final draft of the brochure is crafted.


LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns discussed the following issues with the

Board.

CDA Press Meeting

Ex. Director Berns shared that he and Commissioner Davis recently visited with

CDA Press leadership (Mike Patrick & Jim Thompson) to discuss LCDC

initiatives and address any LCDC-related questions. These meetings are held

twice a year and are a very important facet of LCDC’s efforts to enhance

communications with community stakeholders.

Legal Counsel at LCDC Board Meetings

Ex. Director Berns shared that he and Commissioner Davis have been discussing

the value of having legal counsel present at LCDC Board meetings with LCDC

legal counsel Ryan Armbruster. All agree that having legal counsel present at

Board meetings will help Board members better work through issues benefiting

from legal input. Mr. Armbruster is located in Boise, so costs and travel logistics

are an issue if the Board wants Mr. Armbruster to attend the monthly Board


meetings. It was decided by all involved in the discussion to seek the interest of

local area lawyers to fulfill the need of the Board for having legal counsel present

at the monthly LCDC Board meetings, to help the Board address any conflict of

interest issues, as well as provide counsel on general legal matters. Mr.

Armbruster will still handle all significant LCDC legal matters. Ex. Director

Berns and Commissioner Davis will work on a recommendation for the Board as

to the process for engaging local legal talent.

Sorenson update

Please refer to the minutes from the LCDC March 2008 Board meeting for

additional background information re. this LCDC partnership initiative.

Ex. Director Berns shared that School District 271 leadership recently opened and

reviewed contractor bids for the Sorenson remodel project (including needed

ADA improvements). The lowest project bid came in approximately 26% over

the architect’s estimated project cost. SD271 & Sorenson leadership have decided

to re-bid several aspects of the Sorenson project later this month to get better

pricing, allowing the contractors to work during the upcoming school year.

SD271 & Sorenson leadership will visit with the LCDC Board at the July Board

meeting to provide a more thorough project update.

823 N. 4th

Street Land Acquisition

Ex. Director Berns shared that The Housing Company (THC) and the Gagnons

have both signed an acquisition agreement for the real property located at 823 N.

4th

Street. THC is seeking financing for the purchase, and anticipates a July

closing.

7. PUBLIC COMMENT

Susie Snedaker: Ms. Snedaker thanked City and LCDC leadership for addressing

the alley issues (grading, dust control) in the area of Midtown currently under

reconstruction. Ms. Snedaker also thanked the Board for their thorough

discussion of potentially funding a portion of Dennis Spencer’s time in his role as

Midtown project liaison. Her input to the Board is to not provide any additional

funding for Mr. Spencer’s time in that Mr. Spencer’s efforts should be

compensated by the contractor (Safco). Ms. Snedaker also shared that she feels

5th

Street is being very heavily used as the alternate route around the 4th

street

reconstruction work and is concerned about potential issues on that street.

Commissioner Goodlander shared that she has been monitoring the traffic

use on 5th

Street and has not heard any other public concerns re. overuse of

the street by the commuting public.

8. ADJOURN


The LCDC meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m. Minutes prepared and submitted by

Tony Berns.



WEDNESDAY JULY 15, 2009 4:00 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER


LCDC Board members present: Elder, Hassell, Colwell, Patzer, Davis.


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Danielle Quade, Dennis Spencer, Chris

Hollibaugh, Kevin Stevens, Wendy Gabriel, Terry Cooper, Dan Geiger, Craig

Wilcox, Jim Brannon, Jeff Gilstrap.

No public comment was given.


June 17, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Elder, seconded by Patzer to approve the June 17, 2009






Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the June Lake

and River District financial files, and the June account payables sheet, with

the Board.


Motion by Hassell, seconded by Elder, to approve the June accounts

payables and the June financial packets for the Lake & River

Districts as presented. Motion carried.

Mt. West Bank 2009 Revenue Allocation Note

Please refer to the minutes from the LCDC June 17, 2009 Board meeting for

additional background information re. this LCDC financing initiative.

Background: pursuant to Resolution No. 09-04 adopted May 20, 2009 and a

Motion approved on June 17, 2009, the LCDC Commissioners approved,

among other things, (i) the issuance and sale to Mountain West Bank (the

“Bank”) of the Agency’s Revenue Allocation Note, 2009 (Midtown

Redevelopment Project), in the principal amount of $850,000 (the “Note”),

(ii) that certain Note Purchase and Security Agreement (the “Purchase

Agreement”) to be entered into between the Agency and Bank, and (iii)

encumbering 6 LCDC owned properties to provide additional security for the

Note pursuant to Deed of Trust(s) to include certain partial and full

reconveyance language (the “Deed of Trust”).

Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell, LCDC Executive Director Tony

Berns, and LCDC Bond Counsel Danielle Quade (with Hawley Troxell law

firm), shared with the Board that following discussions with Bank leadership,

Bank leadership felt that the best way to structure the desired partial and full

reconveyance language was to develop a loan to value (LTV) metric wherein

the value of the collateralized LCDC properties are on par with the proposed

total LCDC/Mt. West debt portfolio. Following the Bank’s analysis, a partial

and/or full reconveyance 100% LTV metric was established for each LCDC

collateralized property, resulting in a new approved loan amount of $712,435

vs. the original $850,000.

Motion by Patzer, seconded by Colwell to decrease the amount of the

Note to $712,435 and approve the terms of the Deed of Trust as

presented.

Additionally:

LCDC Executive Director is given approval to publish a

“Notice of Approval of the Motion” in the CDA Press.

Abstained: Commissioner Hassell abstained from voting on this motion.

Recusal: - Although absent, for the record, Commissioner Nipp has recused himself from

Board discussions re. this agenda item, and has also recused himself from voting on related

motions, citing a potential conflict of interest because he is a member of Mountain West

Bank’s Board of Directors. Commissioner Nipp has also recused himself from Finance

Committee meeting discussions involving the Mt. West financing / property collateral issue.


Recusal: Commissioner Davis recused himself from Board discussion re. this agenda item,


because his firm has undertaken the representation of Mt. West Bank on a single collection

matter.

Motion carried.

Sorensen ADA Project Update



Ex. Director Berns shared that SD271 leadership has re-bid certain portions of

the Sorensen renovation project to acquire better pricing for the proposed

improvements. SD271 representatives will open the new project bids on July

16, 2009 and will share their revised course of action with the Board at the

August 19, 2009 LCDC Board meeting.

Draft FY10 Budget Discussion

Executive Director Berns led the Board through an overview discussion of the

draft fiscal year 2010 (FY10) budgets for the Lake & River districts. Ex.

Director Berns also shared that, due to Idaho urban renewal law, urban

renewal agencies are required to prepare and finalize budgets prior to

September 1st of each year. Therefore, the LCDC Board needs to review draft

budgets at the July Board meeting, and authorize publication of the draft

budgets prior to the August Board meeting where a public hearing is held on

the proposed budgets.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Patzer, to authorize the Executive

Director to publish the proposed draft budgets as presented in the

CDA Press prior to the August 19, 2009 budget public hearing date.

Motion carried.

Parkside Park – Funding of Proposed Public Improvements

Please refer to the June 17, 2009 LCDC Board meeting minutes for more

information re. this issue.

Ex. Director Berns shared that the property owners and the CDA Downtown

Association are still working on several development aspects of this proposed

project, and plan to visit with the Board at the August LCDC Board meeting

regarding updated development plans and an updated partnership funding

request of the LCDC.

Review of Third Quarter (Q3) FY09 Summary Report

Commissioner Colwell and Executive Director Berns reviewed and discussed

the fiscal year 2009 (FY09) third quarter (Q3) financial summary report with

the Board.



Commissioner Colwell shared with the Board that the Finance Committee is

still working on its periodic fine tuning of the economic assumptions

contained in the Lake and River district forecast / simulation models. The

Committee has completed work on updating the model’s revenue projection

assumptions. Prior to the August Board meeting, the Committee plans to

review and update the model’s debt/expense projection assumptions as

deemed appropriate.


Housing Committee Chair Jim Elder shared with the Board that the

Committee had no initiative updates to report.






Background: Diamond Parking was asked to submit a proposal to the LCDC

pertinent to parking management of the LCDC’s Midtown surface parking

lots. Diamond Parking’s proposal, authored by Dan Geiger (Spokane-based

Diamond Parking General Manager), provides several possible Diamond

Parking management scenarios for LCDC’s consideration. Commissioner

Elder shared that the LCDC Parking Committee met to discuss the Diamond

Parking proposal, and the Committee recommends to the Board that the

following Diamond Parking management proposal essentials be accepted:

Diamond to patrol the LCDC Midtown lots once a day.

Estimated non-winter monthly management fee of $225.

Estimated winter monthly management fee of $290 (includes snow

plowing) Diamond will seek LCDC approval prior to spending any funds on

repair and maintenance expenditures (e.g. lot striping, asphalt

patching, etc.)

Diamond’s oversight of the lots on a daily basis will:

discourage folks from using the parking lots for long-term

storage parking of vehicles,

deal with any Idaho Youth Ranch parking issues,

discourage vandalism,

etc.

The Committee also recommended that LCDC approach management of the

Midtown lots assuming no revenue generation at this time. Diamond shared


with the Committee that the way parking currently works in Midtown, if

LCDC were to impose a parking fee in the lots at this time, patrons of

Midtown would just seek on-street parking, defeating the intent of what LCDC

is trying to do re. parking use in Midtown. The parking lot revenue issue will

be revisited once the Midtown redevelopment project is finished and the IHFA

mix-use workforce housing project is complete.

Commissioner Elder and Ex. Director Berns shared the following responses

from Diamond management with the Board pertaining to questions raised

about this initiative at the June Board meeting:

Will the lots be visited by a Diamond representative 7 days/week?

Yes.

Will the Diamond representative remove trash from the lots? Yes, as

long as the amount of trash is not excessive ("excessive" metrics will

be spelled out in a negotiated management agreement).

Will the lots be signed? Yes, Diamond will work with LCDC to post

the appropriate signage on the lots (e.g. "no overnight parking,

violators will be towed at owner's expenses").

How will a typical Diamond day look? At some time on a daily basis,

a Diamond representative will visit and walk the LCDC lots, pick up

garbage as warranted, check on lot conditions, and monitor parking

issues. The Diamond representative may chalk tires on cars parked in

the area, or enter license numbers in the handheld computer, in an

effort to monitor vehicles parked overnight. If there is a vehicle

parked overnight in violation, Diamond will issue a ticket to the

vehicle. If the vehicle remains parked in violation, towing of the

vehicle will occur as a last resort. Latitude will be given to local bar

patrons who have left their vehicles parked overnight and who have

taken a cab home (patrons will need to get back to the lot the next

morning and take their cars home).

Commissioner Elder invited Dan Geiger, of Diamond Parking, to visit with

the Board. Mr. Geiger shared, that following last month’s Board discussion,

he made the decision to further assist this LCDC Midtown initiative by

reducing the Diamond base monthly management fee by $25/month. Mr.

Geiger also shared the LCDC will not only be acquiring Diamond’s

professional management services for the Midtown lots through this proposed

management agreement, but will also benefit from Diamond’s “economies of

scale” position on minimizing costs associated with parking management

services – e.g. Diamond can provide snow plowing services for less money vs.

LCDC contracting for that service as a single independent customer.

Commissioner Patzer commented for the guests present, and for the

viewing audience, that the proposed contract with Diamond Parking is for

parking management oversight services, and that the intent of the LCDC at

this time is to not charge for parking on the Midtown lots.


Commissioner Hassel asked about the term, or length, of the proposed

Diamond contract? Mr. Geiger shared that Diamond’s proposal is on a

month to month basis.

Commissioner Patzer shared that he feels the utilization of the Midtown

parking lots will increase substantially following the completion of the

Midtown reconstruction effort, so having a parking management services

contract in place by early fall would be a wise move.

Commissioner Patzer also suggested that having appropriate parking

management signage (e.g. no overnight parking permitted)

installed/posted on the Midtown lots as early as possible would be a good

idea.

Motion by Colwell, seconded by Patzer authorizing the Parking

Committee and Ex. Director Berns to enter into contract negotiations

with Diamond Parking regarding parking management services for

the LCDC Midtown surface parking lots located at 839 3rd

& 845 4th

.

Recusal: Commissioner Davis recused himself from Board discussion re. this agenda item,


because his firm occasionally represents Diamond Parking on legal issues.

Motion carried.

Commissioner Elder thanked Board members and Mr. Geiger for the

comments shared, and indicated that the Parking Committee will work to have

an LCDC/Diamond Parking contract available for Board review by the August

Board meeting.





Commissioner Patzer invited Dennis Spencer and Kevin Stevens of the Safco

Construction firm to join the Board meeting. Mr. Spencer shared copies of his

most recent Midtown project daily log summary with the Board.

Commissioner Patzer commended Mr. Spencer for keeping such a fine record

of events associated with the Midtown reconstruction project.

Commissioner Patzer asked when will phase 1 of the project (i.e. the area

between Foster and Miller Avenues) be completed? Mr. Stevens shared


that he expects that phase of the project area to be 99% complete by

September 1st.

Commissioner Elder shared that, earlier in the day, he saw the first lift of

paving occurring in the phase 1 area. Commissioner Elder also shared that

the Press editorial on July 15th

was very complimentary of Safco’s work

on the project.

Commissioner Elder asked if the project is on schedule? Mr. Stevens

shared that based on the original scope of work, Safco would be about 2

weeks ahead of schedule. But with the value adding change orders to the

project (e.g. installation of electrical conduit to the street trees between

Roosevelt and Boise), Safco is back to being right on schedule.

Commissioner Elder asked Mr. Spencer how his role is going in the

project, and how his workload is shaping up? Mr. Spencer shared that he

is spending about 5 hours/workday on project related issues. Mr. Spencer

is not sure if his work load will diminish during phases 2 and 3 of the

project. Mr. Stevens added that he feels the time commitment for Mr.

Spencer will ease a bit once Safco enters phase 3 of the project.

Commissioner Patzer asked how phase 2 of the project is progressing?

Mr. Stevens shared that phase 2 is going well. Following feedback re.

phase 1 activities from Midtown stakeholders, Safco changed their process

in phase 2 and performed total demolition work at the outset of operations

(i.e. removal of the old asphalt from the streets and demolition of the

sidewalks at the same time). This process change removes the need for

two stages of demolition, thus resulting in a benefit to the property/

business owners.

Commissioner Patzer asked for an explanation re. the signage change

order cost incurred on the first project invoice? Mr. Stevens shared that

the original project design did not accurately capture the signage need for

the project. This issue was discovered and remedied by Safco once the

project started. Mr. Stevens shared that it was a minor change order cost

in the neighborhood of $2,000.

Mr. Spencer shared with the Board that there is an urgent need to have the

gravel alleys associated with the project area oiled for dust abatement.

The hot and dry summer weather is making this a serious issue for the

area’s residents and business owners. Mr. Spencer commended the City

for doing a great job of initially oiling the alleys, but that process needs to

be repeated. City staff shared with Mr. Spencer that there are no funds

budgeted for oiling of the gravel alleys in question. Mr. Spencer asked if

LCDC could help address this issue?

Commissioner Patzer summed up the Board’s response to this issue by

saying that the alleys need to be oiled, and who pays for the cost of the


dust abatement treatment can be worked out at a later date. (Note:

City of Coeur d’Alene Administrator Wendy Gabriel, who was present

at the meeting, shared with the Board that she would address this issue

right away. The Board thanked Mrs. Gabriel for her leadership on this

initiative).


Commissioner Patzer shared that Chris Hollibaugh, LCDC Online

Communication Coordinator, has completed a near final draft version of the

newly designed LCDC “e-brochure” that will be available for viewing and

downloading from the LCDC website. Mr. Hollibaugh shared the draft

brochure with the Board. Commissioner Patzer asked Board members to

share any feedback with Mr. Hollibaugh, and that the Communication

Committee will review a final draft of the brochure prior to bringing the

brochure back to the Board for final approval.


LCDC Executive Director Berns reviewed the quarterly District scorecards,

discussed operational issues, and updated the Board on LCDC initiatives:

Mayor’s Institute on City Design (MICD) Visit

Ex. Director Berns invited City of Coeur d’Alene administrator Wendy Gabriel to

update the Board re. this initiative. Following is a City press release re. this visit:

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CdA Awarded Mayors’ Institute on City Design “Alumni Technical Assistance Program” The City of Coeur d’Alene was selected by the Mayors' Institute on City Design (MICD) to receive post-Institute technical design assistance. In a three-day charette (August 11-13), Resource Team members Michael Singer, Scot Hein, Maurice Cox, and other nationally-recognized designers and planners will expand upon the urban design lessons learned last May in Portland, Oregon when Mayor Bloem presented the education corridor for the 2008 spring Institute. Portland METRO development team members will collaborate with Resource Team members to further realize the potential of the riverfront site. Because team members from the former Institute are invited to participate, the Alumni Technical Assistance program can build on the efficiencies of having some professionals “on the same page” with respect to plans, regional history, and stakeholders. What is the Mayors' Institute? The Mayors' Institute on City Design (MICD) is a partnership program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Architectural Foundation, and the United States Conference of Mayors. The Mayors' Institute has helped

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transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities since 1986. The MICD achieves its mission by organizing sessions where mayors engage leading design experts to find solutions to their most critical planning and design challenges. Sessions are organized around a specific issue presented by a mayor from his or her city for the other mayors and designers to discuss. The Mayors’ Institute on City Design Alumni Technical Assistance program is made possible by a generous $250,000 gift from the Edward W. Rose III Family Fund of the Dallas Foundation, directed to the National Endowment for Arts (NEA) by Mrs. Evelyn “Deedie” Potter Rose. “We are honored and are looking forward to the opportunity in August. The partnership with MICD, Portland Metro, and the community stakeholders will undoubtedly produce a quality program for our citizens,” said Mayor Bloem. “Because the Higher Education Corridor is vital to the economic development in our region, further planning is critical and we couldn’t ask for a better team of experts.” Mayors from Alexandria, VA., Auburn, WA, Little Rock, AR, and New Bedford, MA have also been selected to take part in the Mayors’ Institute on City Design Alumni Technical Assistance Program in their respective regions.

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Mrs. Gabriel shared that the City is extremely honored to have the MICD coming

to Coeur d’Alene. All of the funding for this visit is in place except for $15,000

needed to cover the City’s hosting costs for this event. Mrs. Gabriel hopes that

the LCDC might be a willing partner in helping to fund a portion of the hosting

costs. Other non-City partners being asked to provide funding for the hosting

costs are North Idaho College, University of Idaho, and Lewis Clark State

College. Mrs. Gabriel will come back to the Board in August with a formal

partnership funding request.

Commissioner Elder asked how the findings/recommendations of the MICD

will be shared with the community? Mrs. Gabriel shared that the MICD

sessions will be filmed, but probably will not be televised live. The taped

meetings / presentations will then be aired on public channel 19.

All LCDC Board Commissioners shared that they believe this is a wonderful

opportunity for the City, to gain world class insight on a strategic community

project.


632 N. Park Building Demolition

Ex. Director Berns discussed the following two demolition bids for the 632 N.

Park building with the Board:


Commissioner Hassell recommended that the Board choose the lower cost bid

from Cannon Hill, and to not remove either of the two large maple trees located in

the public right of way at this time.

Commissioner Patzer agreed with Commissioner Hassell’s recommendation on

Cannon Hill, and concurred with the decision to leave the two street trees in place.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Patzer to award the 632 N. Park

demolition bid to Cannon Hill, directing Ex. Director Berns to move

forward with the demolition planning / execution process.

Recusal: Commissioner Colwell recused himself from Board discussion re. this agenda item,


because Cannon Hill is a client of his employer.

Motion Carried.


Local LCDC Legal Counsel

Please refer to the June 2009 Board meeting minutes for background on this

initiative.

Ex. Director Berns shared that he and Commissioner Davis have been working on

the local LCDC legal counsel initiative with LCDC legal counsel Ryan

Armbruster. Mr. Armbruster has prepared draft Request for Qualification (RFQ)

documentation for Commissioner Davis’ review. Mr. Armbruster has also

provided recommendations re. the RFQ advertising process. Ex. Director Berns

and Commissioner Davis are working on a recommendation for the Board as to

the process to utilize for engaging local legal talent.

LCDC Partnerships: Job Creation / Retention Summary

Ex. Director Berns shared a summary as to how the LCDC, through its numerous

partnership initiatives, has helped to create and retain jobs in both LCDC

redevelopment districts. The table below provides June 2009 estimates as to the

jobs created and retained in the respective LCDC Districts. A few key success

examples: US Bank Call Center (River District: 472 new jobs), NightHawk

Radiology (Lake District: 173 retained jobs), Kroc Community Center (Lake

District: 150 new jobs). (“New” = new jobs created in CDA) / (“Retained” = jobs

retained in CDA).

Summary Table New Retained Total

Lake District 780 484 1264

River District 597 12 609

Total 1377 496 1873

7. PUBLIC COMMENT

Mr. Jim Brannon asked the Board for clarification regarding several proposed

FY10 budget values. Ex. Director Berns reviewed the primary budget line items

per Mr. Brannon’s inquiry.

8. ADJOURN

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hassell to adjourn. Motion carried.


Tony Berns.



WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19, 2009 4:00 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER


LCDC Board members present: Elder, Hassell, Colwell, Patzer, Davis, Nipp,

Hoskins, Goodlander, Jordan.


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Dennis Spencer, Chris Hollibaugh, Craig

Firkins, Jim Brannon, Jim Gray, John Austin, John Goedde, Deanna Austin.



July 15, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Hoskins, seconded by Goodlander to approve the July 15,

2009 Board Meeting Minutes. Motion carried.

5. ICRMP INSURANCE POLICY: COVERGE UPDATE – John Goedde

John Goedde, of Panhandle Insurance, updated the Board on recent Idaho

Counties Risk Management Programs (ICRMP) insurance policy coverage

changes applicable to the LCDC.

Mr. Goedde shared that a new issue ICRMP is working with is insurance

coverage pertaining to the federal “Terrorism Insurance Act”. ICRMP has $20

million in terrorism umbrella coverage for all of its policy holders in Idaho.

ICRMP is required to see if any policy holder wants to obtain individual terrorism

coverage for their specific entity. Mr. Goedde feels that LCDC obtaining

additional terrorism coverage would be duplicative to the ICRMP umbrella


coverage, and thus recommended that the Board not pursue additional terrorism

insurance coverage.

Commissioner Elder asked if ICRMP’s umbrella coverage provides protection

for all of its policy holders in the state. Mr. Goedde answered yes.

Motion by Hassel, seconded by Elder to decline individual terrorism

insurance coverage for LCDC. Motion Carried.

Commissioner Colwell asked if the current LCDC deductible levels are

appropriate? Mr. Goedde shared that yes, LCDC’s deductibles are

appropriate.

Commissioner Patzer asked if there is any LCDC loss history with ICRMP?

Mr. Goedde shared that there is no LCDC loss history, and that LCDC has not

filed any claims to the best of his knowledge.

Commissioner Davis asked if the current LCDC policy contained director and

officer coverage? Mr. Goedde shared that yes, that type of coverage is

provided under the errors and omissions section of the policy.

Commissioner Patzer asked if Mr. Goedde had any coaching for the LCDC

regarding insurance issues involving the management of surface parking lots?

Mr. Goedde shared that he had no specific recommendations, other than to

have the entity providing parking lot management services possess very good

liability coverage.

The Board thanked Mr. Goedde for his time with the Board.

6. LCDC FY2010 BUDGET

Sorensen ADA Project Update



Ex. Director Berns invited SD271 Sorensen principal Jim Gray to visit with

the Board and share a Sorensen project update. Mr. Gray shared that the

school district was successful in receiving better construction bids following

their revised project approach. Sorensen leadership is approaching the project

in two phases, with phase one focusing on accessibility issues and the

installation of the internal lift (elevator) infrastructure. Completion of both

phases is planned for the fall of 2010.

Commissioner Elder asked when Sorensen will be ADA compliant? Mr.

Gray shared that Sorensen may never be 100% officially ADA compliant,

but that organizations that have buildings like Sorensen look to address


ADA concerns as remodeling efforts occur. This current project will

move Sorensen much closer to ADA compliance.

Commissioner Davis asked about the plans for Sorensen to invoice the

LCDC for project payments? Ex. Director Berns shared that Sorensen

leadership estimates that approximately $216,000 of the LCDC allotted

ADA funding of $450,000 will be requested from the LCDC by the end of

the current LCDC fiscal year (September 30, 2009). The remaining

portion of the $450,000 allotted LCDC funding will be requested by

Sorensen in fiscal year 2010.

The Board thanked Mr. Gray for his time and wished his team good luck on

the overall Sorensen remodel effort.

LCDC FY2010 Budget Public Hearing

Chairman Davis called the fiscal year 2010 budget public hearing to order at

4:21 p.m. and asked Executive Director Berns to provide an overview of the

proposed budget prior to public comment.

Mr. Berns shared summary comments re. the following LCDC proposed FY10

budget:


Notice of Public Hearing


Redevelopment Agency for the City of Coeur d’Alene

Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2010

A public hearing for consideration of the proposed Lake City Development Corporation (LCDC) budget for

the fiscal year that begins October 1, 2009, and ends September 30, 2010, will be held in the City of Coeur

d’Alene Public Library’s Community Room, 702 E. Front Ave, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on August 19th

,

2009 at 4:00 p.m., pursuant to Idaho Code 50-1002. Written or oral comments about the proposed budget

are welcome.

The budget provides information about revenue sources and allocated costs for LCDC services and

facilities incurred for FY2008 (audited per GASB No. 34 required standards), Plan FY2009 and Proposed

FY2010. The LCDC’s FY2010 proposed budget includes financial information for two Districts, the Lake

District (original LCDC District formed in 1997) and the River District (LCDC District formed in 2003).

The FY2008 and FY2009 data reflects financial information for both Districts.

The LCDC budget funds the programs, services, and capital projects that the LCDC Board has determined

to be important to meet the LCDC’s strategic goals. Additional information regarding the LCDC’s FY2010

budget, goals and strategies is available from the LCDC’s Executive Director, or from the LCDC website

(www.lcdc.org). You may call the Executive Director’s office at 208-292-1630, or submit your comments

or questions to LCDC Executive Director, 105 N. 1st, Suite 100, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 83814.

This public hearing on the proposed budget is required for formal adoption of the FY2010 budget. The

Library is accessible to persons with disabilities. Any persons with disabilities desiring accommodations

for the public hearing, please contact the Library office at 769-2471.

FY2008 FY2008 FY2009 FY2009 FY2010 FY2010

Actual Actual Plan Plan Proposed Proposed

Expenditures Revenues Expenditures Revenues Expenditures Revenues

(Audited) (Audited)

Administration $131,142 $ 161,684 $ 170,873

Expenses/Debt Service $1,835,801 $3,704,963 $4,102,778

Capital/Debt Service $1,042,348 $1,646,909 $1,434,480

Totals $3,009,291 $5,513,556 $5,708,131

Tax Increment Revenue (1) $3,489,785 $3,795,923 $5,129,411

Rental Receipts $ 209,611 $ 181,713 $ 168,333

Int. & Misc. Funds $ 126,471 $ 85,000 $ 61,000

Capital Financing $ 967,193 $1,040,000 $1,040,000

Totals $4,793,060 $5,102,636 $6,398,744

FY2008 FY2009 FY2010

(Audited) Plan Proposed

Fund Balance (2), Beginning of Year $2,175,916 $4,103,842 $4,936,183

Revenues $4,793,060 $5,102,636 $6,398,744

Expenditures ($3,009,291) ($5,513,556) ($5,708,131)

Fund Balance (2), Ending of Year $3,959,685 $3,692,922 $5,626,796 (1) FY2009 & FY2010 tax increment revenue generated from Kootenai County data - estimated at time of publication. (2) FY2009 (Plan) & FY2010 (Proposed) fund balances are estimated values at time of publication. Fund Balances can

be applied to debt service, applied to Board approved initiatives, or held in reserve.

Tony Berns

Executive Director, LCDC Publication Dates: August 5, 2009 & August 12, 2009


FY2010 Budget Detail

Revenues

Lake

District

River

District Total

Estimated Tax Increment $ 3,442,123 $ 1,687,288 $5,129,411

Property Rental Receipts $ 168,333 $ - $ 168,333

Int. & Misc. Funds $ 55,000 $ 6,000 $ 61,000

Capital Acquisition Financing $ 1,040,000 $ - $1,040,000

Total $ 4,705,456 $ 1,693,288 $6,398,744

Expenses

Administration $ 102,524 $ 68,349 $ 170,873

Office Expenses $ 5,556 $ 3,704 $ 9,260

Travel $ 7,200 $ 4,800 $ 12,000

Professional Services $ 58,580 $ 40,920 $ 99,500

Notices $ 2,000 $ 1,750 $ 3,750

Communications $ 4,500 $ 3,000 $ 7,500

Insurance $ 3,415 $ 2,277 $ 5,692

Meetings $ 4,530 $ 3,020 $ 7,550

Utilities $ 12,840 $ - $ 12,840

Property Management $ 55,194 $ - $ 55,194

Organization Dues $ 4,446 $ 2,964 $ 7,410

Miscellaneous $ 600 $ 400 $ 1,000

Public Art $ 103,264 $ 50,619 $ 153,883

Capital Acquisition Expense $1,300,000 $ - $1,300,000

Debt: Interest $ 336,864 $ - $ 336,864

Debt: Principal $ 134,480 $ - $ 134,480

Property Leases $ 15,200 $ - $ 15,200

LID Payments $ 12,486 $ - $ 12,486

Parking Initiatives $ 50,000 $ - $ 50,000

Planning $ 375,000 $ 88,000 $ 463,000

Grants $ 249,065 $ - $ 249,065

Sorensen ADA Project $ 450,000 $ - $ 450,000

Partnership Agreements $ 568,877 $1,006,707 $1,575,584

Midtown Place Making Project $ 25,000 $ - $ 25,000

Ed. Corridor: Hubbard Signal $ 250,000 $ - $ 250,000

Special Project Reserve $ 300,000 $ - $ 300,000

Total $4,431,621 $1,276,510 $5,708,131

Following Mr. Berns’ summary remarks, Board members discussed various

line items of the budget, and asked clarification questions regarding specific

budget line items.

Chairman Davis asked if there was any public comment on the proposed

budget. No public comment was provided regarding the LCDC FY2010

budget as proposed. Chairman Davis closed the Public Hearing at 4:30 p.m.


Resolution 09-06: Adoption of LCDC FY2010 Budget

Motion by Elder, seconded by Patzer to approve Resolution 09-06

adopting the LCDC FY2010 Budget as proposed.

Roll Call:

Nipp Yes Goodlander Yes Davis Yes

Hassell Yes Colwell Yes Patzer Yes

Jordan Yes Hoskins Yes Elder Yes

Motion carried.

7. PRESENTATION: REGIONAL TRANSIT CENTER

John Austin (Panhandle Area Council, Kootenai Metropolitan Planning

Organization - KMPO) shared an overview presentation with the Board regarding

the planned development of a regional transit center located in the phase 2 area of

the Riverstone West development area.

Mr. Austin thanked the LCDC Board for allowing him to present this transit

concept model at the Board meeting and to the viewing audience. Mr. Austin

shared that he is presenting this evening on behalf of the Kootenai County

Commissioners, wearing his KMPO public transit administrator hat. Mr. Austin’s

presentation to the Board is summarized below:

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INTRODUCTION The Kootenai County Commissioners, on behalf of the Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization (KMPO), are pleased to present this overview of the proposed CityLink Transit Center in the Riverstone Development. Partial funding for the County’s acquisition of the site is being secured via ARRA stimulus funds and a tenant is in place for the proposed building to pay for the construction of the Center, a total of over $1.7 million. Unfunded currently are the remaining land acquisition costs and improvements to be outlined within this presentation. The County would appreciate LCDC’s consideration of the project, and help with any unfunded costs when determined. This will ensure that the project proceeds, providing a comfortable and useful link point for the 45,000 riders accessing CityLink each month.

OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC TRANSIT AND CITYLINK The KMPO Board is comprised of officials from ten agencies, including the cities in the urban area, the four highway districts, Idaho Transportation Department and the County. Since 2002, the Kootenai County Commissioners, on behalf of the KMPO, have been stewards of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds for public transit in the urbanized area of the county. Annual matching funds come from the following partners:

The Coeur d’Alene Tribe $397,328

Kootenai Medical Center (KMC) 26,037


Panhandle Area Council (PAC) 12,000

City of Coeur d’Alene 43,983

City of Post Falls 21,950

City of Hayden 11,696

City of Rathdrum 6,166

City of Dalton Gardens 2,904

City of Huetter 165

Total annual match $522,229

In addition, Kootenai County provides valuable in-kind match in the form of financial and administrative oversight, including the annual audit. As grantees they receive about $1.1 million annually for their Third-party Contractors as follows:

Coeur d’Alene Tribe $583,726 For Fixed Routes

Kootenai Area Transit Service (KATS) 399,420 For Demand Response

Kootenai Medical Center (KMC) 31,650 For Paratransit

Panhandle Area Council (PAC) 73,000 For Planning and Admin.

Total federal funds $1,087,796

RIDERSHIP AND AWARD

Ridership on the CityLink routes has increased from 8,000 the first month (November 2005) to nearly 40,000 in July 2009. Added to the monthly transports provided by KMC and KATS, total CityLink ridership is over 45,000 per month, and growing.

In May, FTA awarded to CityLink its prestigious National Ridership Award, recognizing the unique partnership between a Tribe and a County to operate a free public transit service, and for being the fastest growing operation in the country.

Here’s a breakdown of who rode recently:

6,236 were students under 18

2,460 were students over 18

3,276 used CityLink to get to their employment

3,187 were seniors

161 were in wheelchairs or other ambulatory

In addition, the CDA Tribe operates a rural transit service south of Worley to Desmet in Benewah County. This has allowed anyone needing a ride from anywhere on the reservation to seek employment or educational opportunities, reducing the unemployment rate drastically from over 50% before CityLink. Intermodal transit is also popular as bicycle racks are provided. This allows a rider to access free transit to popular trails such as the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes in Plummer. CityLink operates 20 hours a day, seven days a week, with all services free to the public.


Since 2005, SRM Development has provided free parking to CityLink in its Riverstone Development. Buses from the four routes come together at this link every 80 minutes.

TRANSIT CENTER LOCATION STUDY Earlier this year, the KMPO hired The Land Group of Coeur d’Alene to conduct a Transit Center Location Study. Utilizing criteria developed by the Study Location Committee, Stan Griswold of the Land Group narrowed down the potential sites from 40 to three, all of which were near the I-90 and Northwest Boulevard/Ramsey corridor. After public comments and recommendations from the Committee, the Transportation Roundtable and KCATT, the KMPO approved a site near the intersection of Seltice and Riverstone Drive. This site is near the current lot provided by SRM Development. Upon their selection, negotiations began with SRM Development for a specific site within the targeted location. That potential site is shown on the graphic following this summary. DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION

SRM Development has made the following contributions to the CityLink system and acquisition of the potential site:

Land Below Cost ($14.50 vs.$13.50/SF) $ 174,240 (4 acres = 174,240 SF) NEPA Environmental for FTA 25,000 Appraisal on Potential Site 5,000 Total SRM Contributions $ 204,240

In addition SRM has contributed space for CityLink’s park and ride since its inception in 2005. Had CityLink been required to rent the space, it would have cost thousands of dollars a year.

CURRENT FUNDING:

Kootenai County has identified $1,710,610 that is available to fund the partial acquisition of the site and construction of the transit center building. When further costs are determined, the County and the KMPO would appreciate assistance for the balance needed for site and infrastructure improvements. Here are the estimated costs from the Transit Center Study, and identified funding to date (please see attached detail):

Transit Center Cost

Land Cost (4 acres - estimated) $2,352,240 (@ $13.50/SF) Site Improvements 1,042,235 Transit Center (5,295 SF) 990,410 Design, Environmental, Contingency 134,646 Total Estimated Cost $4,519,531

Transit Center Funding

ARRA (stimulus) funds $ 720,200 Tenant-funded Lease 990,410 Total Estimated Funding $1,710,610


Funding Shortfall – As of August 2009 $2,808,921

To close this shortfall, the County and KMPO will seek additional federal funds available for park and ride lots. They’ll also get an appraisal of the property to confirm the land cost. It is expected, however, that there will still be a shortfall after all efforts are made, so a request to LCDC will likely occur in the very near future.

SUMMARY

A Transit Center Location Study funded by the KMPO found that the best place for the Center is in the Riverstone Development near the intersection of Seltice Way and Riverstone Drive. A potential parcel has been identified and partial funding in place for its acquisition by the County. In addition, a potential tenant for the building has been identified that could cover the cost of the transit center building.

With LCDC’s assistance for the site and infrastructure improvements, a transit center to serve the 45,000 monthly riders can become a reality. On behalf of the KMPO members and the operators of CityLink, we thank you for your consideration of this project, both now and in the very near future.

Kootenai County Commissioners Rick Currie Rich Piazza Todd Tondee

Graphic Illustration of Proposed Transit Center Site (below)


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Mr. Austin also shared that the depicted park and ride area will contain 150

parking spaces, and that both Greyhound and NW Trailways bus lines could

possibly utilize the site.


Commissioner Jordan asked if the proposed 5,200 square feet of building

space will be comprised of one or two buildings? Mr. Austin shared that the

proposed design calls for two buildings comprising the 5,200 square feet.

Commissioner Jordan asked if the site will house any repair or maintenance

facilities? Mr. Austin shared that maintenance of the buses will occur at a

facility in Worley, and that the buses will be stored when not in use at facility

controlled by the Post Falls Highway District.

Commissioner Patzer asked how bike riders and foot travelers transported by

bus to the proposed facility will access the Prairie and Centennial Trail

systems? Mr. Austin shared that bike riders and pedestrians will be easily

able to access both trail systems since the proposed transit center is only a

short distance from a trail access point near the I90 overpass on Seltice Way.

Commissioner Davis asked how the Spokane Transit Authority (STA) will be

incorporated into the proposed regional transportation plan? Mr. Austin

shared that the ultimate goal of the KMPO transit center is to provide riders

access to both the regional CDA area as well as access to Spokane. KMPO

leadership envisions a logical connection to STA might be a common transit

site located on the Cabelas site in Post Falls near state line.

The Board thanked Mr. Austin for his overview presentation and insights, and

looks forward to a project update once federal funding opportunities have been

explored.





Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the July Lake

and River District financial files, and the July account payables sheet, with the

Board.

Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Hoskins, to approve the July

accounts payables and the July financial packets for the Lake & River

Districts as presented. Motion carried.


Commissioner Colwell shared with the Board that the Finance Committee is

still working on its periodic fine tuning of the economic assumptions

contained in the Lake and River district forecast / simulation models. The

Committee has completed work on updating the model’s revenue projection

assumptions. The Committee plans to review and update the model’s


debt/expense projection assumptions as deemed appropriate, and share the

updated model assumptions with the Board at a future date.



Committee is still working with LCDC legal counsel regarding LCDC’s

latitude involving partnership endeavors with workforce / affordable housing

entities like the North Idaho Housing Coalition (NIHC).






Please refer to June, 2009 LCDC Board meeting minutes for background on

this initiative

Commissioner Elder shared that the latest draft of a Diamond Parking / LCDC

parking management agreement is being reviewed by the Diamond Parking

organization. Commissioner Elder hopes to have a parking management

agreement for Board review at the September Board meeting.





Commissioner Patzer invited Dennis Spencer and Craig Firkins of the Safco

Construction firm to join the Board meeting and provide a project update.

Mr. Firkins shared that the project is moving along well, is on schedule and

that all three project phases are underway. He is happy with the project’s

progress to date, and shared that the road paving and sidewalk installations are

on schedule. Mr. Firkins also shared that work on the five colored paver

intersections will commence by the end of August.

Commissioner Colwell asked when the entire project will be completed?

Mr. Firkins shared that his estimate is that all three phases will be

completed by the first week of October.

Commissioner Elder asked how the intersection paver installation process

will flow? Mr. Firkins shared that by August 31, work on the intersection


at 4th

& Roosevelt will have commenced, with the Roosevelt intersection

closed to all traffic for about one week to allow the pavers to set properly.

The same process will occur during the first week of September at the

intersections of 4th

& Foster, and 4th

& Boise. The second week of

September will see paver installation at the intersections of 4th

& Miller

and 4th

& Montana.

Commissioner Patzer asked about the status of the sidewalk installation in

phase 2 of the project (Lakeside Avenue to Foster Avenue)? Mr. Firkins

shared that those sidewalks should be completed by the first week of

September.

Commissioner Davis asked why a few businesses in phase 1 of the project

are still without sidewalks? Mr. Firkins shared that the 17’ wide

sidewalks in that phase of the project created a few unique drainage issues

that are still being addressed.

Commissioner Patzer asked Mr. Spencer for his insights on the project.

Mr. Spencer shared that he is hearing a lot of positive feedback coupled

with a lesser degree of negative feedback. Mr. Spencer feels that certain

businesses in Midtown, like Clean Cuts, have very effectively embraced

the construction project and have done ok business-wise through the

construction cycle.

Commissioner Elder commended Mr. Spencer for his efforts in Midtown,

and shared that Mr. Spencer may be elected the “honorary Mayor” of

Midtown. Commissioner Elder indicated that Mr. Spencer has 360 hours

of budgeted consultant time with Safco, and that he has utilized 298 hours

to date. Commissioner Elder asked Mr. Spencer if his time demands will

diminish a bit in September? Mr. Spencer feels that his time will probably

diminish a bit in the later part of September.

Commissioner Elder asked if Safco has plans to keep Mr. Spencer on

board if his project time exceeds the current 360 hour limit? Mr. Firkins

shared that there are no plans to curtail Mr. Spencer’s efforts in Midtown

until the project ends in early October.

o Mr. Spencer encouraged LCDC members and City of CDA staff to

continue to frequent the businesses in Midtown – it is surely

appreciated by the business owners. Commissioner Hassel shared

that City staff have been placing quite a few food take-out orders

over the past few months.

Commissioner Goodlander thanked Mr. Spencer and the Safco

organization for doing such a fine job in Midtown. Commissioner

Goodlander knows that the Midtown businesses are struggling, and she


encouraged folks present at the meeting and the viewing audience to

frequent the Midtown businesses as much as possible during this

construction process.


Commissioner Patzer shared that Chris Hollibaugh, LCDC Online

Communication Coordinator, has completed a final draft version of the newly

designed LCDC “e-brochure” that will be available for viewing and

downloading from the LCDC website.

Mr. Hollibaugh shared the final draft brochure with the Board, and indicated

that only two updated aerial photos are needed prior to brochure completion

(the aerial photos have been ordered). Mr. Hollibaugh feels that this 4 page

brochure contains a lot of information, and that if additional information needs

to be shared, one page brochure inserts can be developed to communicate the

necessary information.

Board members thanked Mr. Hollibaugh for his work in this endeavor.


LCDC Executive Director Berns discussed operational issues and updated the

Board on LCDC initiatives:

Centra Consulting Inc. – Government Relations Services Contract

Executive Director Berns reviewed the proposed Government Relations Services

Contract as submitted by Teresa Molitor of Centra Consulting, Inc. The proposed

contract is for a 10 month term (August 1, 2009 through June 1, 2010) at a rate of

$2,000 per month ($20,000 total contract cost).

Commissioner Patzer asked how many hours Ms. Molitor worked on LCDC’s

behalf during her last contract period with the LCDC? Ex. Director Berns

shared that he did not know the number of hours worked on behalf of the

LCDC, but would pursue the information.

Commissioner Davis, in response to Commissioner Patzer’s question, shared

that people in Ms. Molitor’s position have a hard time capturing hours spent

per individual client due to the nature of the advocacy business. Often times,

a conversation with a legislator can cover several topics affecting several

clients.

Commissioner Davis shared that he feels it is very important for LCDC to

have a resource like Ms. Molitor in Boise to handle legislative issues,

especially with just an LCDC staff of one, who is located here in CDA.


Motion by Colwell, seconded by Elder, to approve the Centra

Government Relations Services Contract as proposed, retaining

Teresa Molitor’s government relations services, from August 1, 2009

through June 1, 2010. Motion carried.


Ex. Director Berns and Board members shared their respective thoughts regarding

the August 11-13 visit of the MICD team. Terms such as “fantastic”,

“extraordinary”, “insightful”, “enlightening” were used to describe the visit by the

MICD team, comprised of the following members:


Board members expressed their amazement that Sandi Bloem, Mayor of CDA,

was able to entice such talented individuals to come to CDA to share their visions

on how the community can best embrace the “education corridor” concept. All

Board members agreed that the Mayor’s passion, commitment and energy were

the key elements in successfully engaging the Mayor’s Institute visit.


Parkside Park – Funding of Proposed Public Improvements

Please refer to the June, 2009 LCDC Board meeting minutes for more

information re. this issue.

Ex. Director Berns shared that the property owners, the CDA Downtown

Association and the City of Coeur d’Alene are still working on several

development aspects of this proposed project and plan to visit with the Board at a

future date regarding updated development plans, and an updated partnership

funding proposal request of the LCDC.



initiative.

Ex. Director Berns shared that he and Commissioner Davis have been working on

the local LCDC legal counsel initiative with Boise-based LCDC legal counsel

Ryan Armbruster. Mr. Armbruster has prepared Request for Qualifications

(RFQ) documentation and has also provided recommendations re. the RFQ

advertising process. Ex. Director Berns and Commissioner Davis reviewed the

RFQ documentation with the Board and discussed the RFQ advertising process

utilizing both local media sources (i.e. the CDA Press & Spokesman Review) and

possibly the Advocate magazine (a statewide law publication read by many Idaho

law professionals).

Motion by Hoskins, seconded by Hassell, authorizing the issuance of

an RFQ for local LCDC legal counsel. Motion carried.

632 N. Park Avenue Building Demolition

Ex. Director Berns shared that the building owned by LCDC located at 632 N.

Park was demolished by Cannon Hill Industries on August 10th

& 11th

. Cannon

Hill did an excellent job on the demolition process. Ex. Director Berns shared

that his plan is to engage a contractor to install irrigation, spread grass seed and

construct a low fence around the property to encourage an aesthetically pleasing

environment, and to discourage parking on the site. Ex. Director Berns is

working with Vista Property Management on the contractor selection process.

Commissioner Patzer asked if any salvage operation occurred in the building

prior to demolition. Ex. Director Berns thanked Commissioner Patzer for the

question, and that yes, the Habitat for Humanity organization was contacted

re. their potential interest in salvaging assets of the building. Habitat for

Humanity was very interested and performed salvage operations prior to

building demolition.


10. PUBLIC COMMENT

Jim Brannon – Mr. Brannon, on behalf of the Habitat for Humanity organization,

thanked the LCDC Board for allowing his organization the opportunity to salvage

building assets at 632 N. Park Avenue prior to demolition; it was very much

appreciated.


Subsection B: to consider the evaluation of LCDC executive director; Subsection C: acquiring an interest in real property not owned by a public agency.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins to convene an Executive Session, as

provided by Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1) Subsection B: to consider the

evaluation of LCDC executive director; and Subsection C: acquiring an

interest in real property not owned by a public agency.

Roll Call:




Motion carried.


were the LCDC Board Commissioners, LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns,

and Coeur d’Alene City Attorney Mike Gridley.

Deliberations were conducted concerning the evaluation of the LCDC Executive

Director and the acquisition of an interest in real property which is not owned by

a public agency.

Motion by Colwell, seconded by Hoskins to adjourn the Executive

Session.

Motion carried.

No action was taken in Executive Session and the LCDC Board returned to

regular session at 6:35 p.m.

12. ADJOURN

Motion by Patzer, seconded by Elder to adjourn. Motion carried.


Tony Berns.



WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2009 4:00 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER


LCDC Board members present: Elder, Hassell, Colwell, Davis, Nipp, Hoskins,

Goodlander.


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Dennis Spencer, Chris Hollibaugh, Craig

Firkins, Jim Brannon, Wendy Gabriel, Fred Ogram, Steve Anthony, Gordon

Dobler, Jim Gray, Terry Cooper, Elizabeth Garland, Susie Snedaker.



August 19, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins to approve the August 19, 2009


5. PRESENTATION: KOOTENAI YOUTH RECREATION ORGANIZATION

(KYRO) COMMUNITYARENA

LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns shared that the KYRO presentation team

asked to postpone their presentation to the Board until the October LCDC Board

meeting due to team member scheduling conflicts.


6. CDA ARTS COMMISSION – PROJECT UPDATES

Chairman Davis invited Fred Ogram, Chair of the CDA Arts Commission, Steve

Anthony, CDA Arts Commission staff liaison, Elizabeth Garland & Jim Gray of

the CDA Arts Commission, to join the Board meeting and share project updates.

Mr. Ogram shared that the Arts Commission is doing very well in bringing public

art to the community, and shared the following handouts with the Board:



_________________________________________________________________

Mr. Ogram shared that the color brochure depicted above has just been completed

by the Arts Commission and illustrates where the various pieces of public art are

located in the community.


Mr. Ogram also reviewed the “top 5” priority location lists for both the City and

LCDC districts (depicted in graphic form above). As denoted, the Midtown

project area in the LCDC’s Lake District is first priority for installation of public

art.

The Arts Commission has selected functional art for Midtown in the form of bike

racks. Four fantastic bike rack design concepts were chosen for installation along

4th

street in 2009 (the Commission hopes to eventually install 8 bike racks on 4th

street). Mr. Ogram and Mr. Anthony also shared with the Board an overview of

the selection of Teresa McHugh’s artwork for the Sherman Avenue gateway area.

Mr. Gray, Sorensen Magnet School principal, shared that the Sorensen 3rd

grade

class is performing a city-wide inventory of “private art in public view”. The

goal of the project is to produce a brochure showing the location of existing

private art in the public view. A great project for the kids, with a great deliverable

to the Arts Commission / community.

Mr. Ogram also shared with the Board that the Commission is working with City

legal staff on the best methodology for working public/private art partnership

initiatives. In other words, how can the City’s Arts Commission work with the

private sector to establish art in the private realm that is available to the public?

To that end, the Arts Commission is benchmarking other communities around the

country as to the methods they employ re. public/private art partnerships.

Finally, Mr. Ogram shared that the Arts Commission is developing a model

“deaccessioning policy”, which is a policy that describes the process to remove

existing public art from the city’s collection if necessary. Examples of this might

be a sculpture that has been so badly damaged that repairs would be impractical or

not cost effective; or moving a piece of public art from one location to another for

any number of reasons.

Commissioner Nipp thanked the Arts Commission representatives for their

leadership on the public art front in Coeur d’Alene. Commissioner Nipp

shared that he sees the community awakening to public art and

appreciating its inherent value, and that the color public art “locator”

brochure shared with the Board will be a great aid in helping the

community better appreciate the City’s public art. Commissioner Nipp

shared that helping on the public art front has been a key goal for the

LCDC for many years. The City should be very proud of its public art

because the City’s public art collection and commitment to public art is

being recognized far and wide.

Commissioner Elder asked if all of the proposed bike rack functional art

will be located in Midtown? Mr. Anthony shared that yes, the four

approved concept designs will be installed in the Midtown area on 4th

Street most likely between Roosevelt and Miller Avenues.


Commissioner Hassell asked where can the public access the new color

public art brochure? Mr. Anthony shared that the brochures were just

approved by the Arts Commission and plans are to have the brochure

reproduced and available around town in locations like the library,

Chamber of Commerce, and City Hall.

Board members thanked the Arts Commission representatives for their

presentation and their hard work on behalf of the community.





Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the August

Lake and River District financial files, and the August account payables sheet,

with the Board.

Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Hoskins, to approve the August

accounts payables and the August financial packets for the Lake &



Commissioner Colwell shared with the Board that the Finance Committee

completed its periodic economic assumption updates pertaining to the Lake

and River district forecast / simulation models. Commissioner Colwell

indicated that the forecast models for both districts show tax increment

revenue receipts exceeding all current LCDC debt obligation expenses, as

well as potential LCDC debt obligations, simulated over the terms of the

districts. Commissioner Colwell closed his comments by indicating that

Board members should visit with Executive Director Berns if they would like

to delve deeper into any element of the forecast model assumptions /

parameters.












Please refer to June, 2009 LCDC Board meeting minutes for background on

this initiative

Commissioner Elder shared that the latest draft of a Diamond Parking / LCDC

parking agreement is still being reviewed by the Diamond Parking

organization and their insurance carrier. Commissioner Elder hopes to have

an agreement for Board review at the October Board meeting.


Ex. Director Berns, in Communication Committee Chair Dave Patzer stead,

shared the following Committee update with the Board:


Ex. Director Berns invited Dennis Spencer and Craig Firkins of the Safco

Construction firm, and Gordon Dobler (City of Coeur d’Alene engineer) to

join the Board meeting.

Mr. Firkins shared with the Board that he feels the project is progressing very

well and sees the “finish line” approaching. Phase 3 of the project will

receive the first lift of asphalt by September 18th

. Four of the paver

intersections will be completed by September 18th

. All project sidewalks will

be installed, lighting fixtures will be installed and coloring of the designated

sidewalk sections will begin by September 23rd

. Street trees will be installed

following the sidewalk work and then the final lift of asphalt will be installed

by the end of the 2nd

week of October.

Mr. Dobler concurred with Mr. Firkins that the project is going along well.

Commissioner Goodlander asked if the original design plan called for

installation of all of the asphalt prior to paver installation? Mr. Firkins

said that yes, that was the original plan, but after further analysis, the

strategy of installing the asphalt in two lifts worked better in protecting

the pavers in the designated intersections.

Commissioner Goodlander asked if 4th

Street will be open after all of

the paver intersections are completed? Mr. Firkins and Mr. Dobler

shared that yes, after the pavers are installed, there should be just

intermittent lane closures on 4th

Street, but no street closures.


Commissioner Nipp shared that the Midtown / 4th

Street project has

been a priority for the LCDC for many years, and that he was very

pleased to see the project coming to fruition.

Mr. Firkins thanked Commissioner Mr. Nipp and shared that

the project truly has been a team effort, and gave special

recognition to the efforts of Dennis Spencer in making the

project run as smooth as possible.





Ex. Director Berns invited City of Coeur d’Alene Administrator Wendy Gabriel

to update the Board on the recent MICD visit. Mrs. Gabriel shared that the City

was extremely honored to have the MICD team visit Coeur d’Alene on August

11-13, 2009 where the team focused their 3-day review session on the education

corridor and its connectivity to activities to the east and to the west. Mrs. Gabriel

thanked Board members for their participation in the many MICD meetings and

events.

Mrs. Gabriel reminded Board members that the City’s total cost in bringing the

Mayors’ Institute to Coeur d’Alene would not exceed $15,000; total of both in-

kind and out-of-pocket expenses. The City’s total out-of-pocket cost for this

event was $10,803 of which the education partners (North Idaho College,

University of Idaho, Lewis Clark State College), through the NICHE entity, have

agreed to contribute $3,000.

Mrs. Gabriel shared that the City of Coeur d’Alene respectfully requests that

LCDC provide partnership funding in the amount of $3,500 towards the MICD

hosting cost. The City will absorb the remaining balance of $4,303. Following is

a breakdown of the MICD visit costs:

Misc. Supplies $ 374

Misc. microphone rental $ 150

Dinner Cruise $3,000

Food $2,057

Airfare $1,713

Lodging $3,509

Total $10,803

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins, to authorize $3,500 in LCDC

partnership funding to help defray the costs incurred by the City of

Coeur d’Alene for hosting the MICD team visit.


Discussion:

Commissioner Hassell asked if there will be any MICD team

deliverables? Mrs. Gabriel shared that yes, the City should receive

a final written document by the end of next week. Next steps will

involve the review of the draft MICD team document by the

education corridor stakeholder groups, and then to have a

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) developed adopting a

framework plan for the education corridor area.

Commissioner Goodlander asked if there still is a need for a traffic

study for the area? Mrs. Gabriel shared that yes, there still is a

need to evaluate how traffic will flow throughout the whole

education corridor area, including the best locations for

ingress/egress intersections onto Northwest Boulevard from the

North Idaho College / Fort Grounds area.

Commissioner Elder asked if the MICD presentations are still

being broadcast on channel 19? Mrs. Gabriel shared that yes, the

taped MICD sessions are still being broadcast on channel 19.

Commissioner Davis shared that he is extremely pleased with the

outcome of the MICD team visit. He shared that the Coeur

d’Alene community received a huge benefit for their investment in

the process.

Motion carried.

823 N. 4th

Land Asset Acquisition

Ex. Director Berns shared that The Housing Company (THC), an entity of the

Idaho Housing & Financing Association (IHFA), has completed the purchase of

the building and land located at 823 N. 4th

Street. Per LCDC Board direction

provided at the May 20, 2009 Board meeting (via LCDC Resolution 09-05), the

LCDC Ex. Director will work with THC leadership on developing a purchase and

sale agreement wherein the LCDC will purchase the land asset from THC.



initiative.

Ex. Director Berns shared that the first printing of the legal notice for the

proposed LCDC local legal counsel was published on September 15, 2009 in both

the CDA Press and the Spokesman Review. A second printing in both

newspapers will occur on September 24, 2009. An ad mirroring the language of

the published legal notice was also submitted for posting on the Idaho State Bar


Association’s website under the job announcement section. Interested parties

need to submit qualification packages to the LCDC by October 8, 2009.

9. PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment

10. ELECTION OF LCDC CHAIRMAN & VICE CHAIRMAN

Motion by Commissioner Colwell that Commissioner Denny Davis be

nominated as LCDC Board Chairman, and that Commissioner Jim

Elder be nominated as LCDC Vice-Chairman, for fiscal year 2010.

Commissioner Goodlander seconded the motion. No other

nominations were proffered, and no objections to the nomination slate

were voiced. Motion carried.

Board members thanked Commissioners Davis and Elder for their hard work on

behalf of the LCDC and the community, and for their willingness to once again

serve in LCDC leadership positions. Commissioners Davis and Elder thanked

their fellow Board members, and shared that what gets accomplished by the

LCDC is a result of a team effort, not the efforts of just one or two Board

members.


Subsection B: to consider the evaluation of LCDC executive director; Subsection C: acquiring an interest in real property not owned by a public agency.

Motion by Hassell, seconded by Hoskins to convene an Executive Session, as

provided by Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1) Subsection B: to consider the

evaluation of LCDC executive director; and Subsection C: acquiring an


Roll Call:


Colwell Yes Patzer Absent Jordan Absent


Motion carried.


were the LCDC Board Commissioners and LCDC Executive Director Tony

Berns.

Deliberations were conducted concerning the evaluation of the LCDC Executive

Director and the acquisition of an interest in real property which is not owned by

a public agency.


Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins to adjourn the Executive Session.

Motion carried.



12. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMPLOYMENT

AGREEMENT

Chairman Davis shared that the Board has reviewed the updated LCDC Executive

Director employment agreement as prepared by LCDC legal counsel. Chairman

Davis and other Board members shared that they are very pleased to renew the

contract of the LCDC Executive Director, and complimented Mr. Berns on his

professionalism and leadership.

Resolution 09-07: Authorization of Executive Director Contract Renewal

Motion by Colwell, seconded by Hoskins, to approve Resolution 09-07

authorizing a renewed employment agreement for the LCDC

Executive Director, and to make the following adjustments to the

LCDC Executive Director’s compensation package for fiscal year

2010:

The LCDC (employer) contribution match amount to the

Executive Director’s 401(k) plan for fiscal year 2010 will

reflect a 3% increase over the fiscal year 2009 amount.

No modifications at this time to the Executive Director’s

current salary.

Roll Call:

Nipp Yes Goodlander Yes Davis Yes

Hassell Yes Colwell Yes Patzer Absent

Jordan Absent Hoskins Yes Elder Yes

Motion carried.

13. ADJOURN

Motion by Nipp, seconded by Elder to adjourn. Motion carried.


Tony Berns.



WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2009 4:00 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER


LCDC Board members present: Elder, Hassell, Colwell, Davis, Nipp, Hoskins,

Goodlander, Patzer, Jordan


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Dennis Spencer, Chris Hollibaugh, Jim

Brannon, Matt Beam, Vince Hughes, Dan Geiger, Dennis Grant, Gordon Dobler,

Charlie Miller, Kevin Stevens, Arlin Berge, Larry Spencer, and others (mainly

KYRO organization supporters).



September 16, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Hoskins, seconded by Hassell to approve the September 16,


5. PRESENTATION: KOOTENAI YOUTH RECREATION ORGANIZATION

(KYRO) COMMUNITYARENA

Chairman Davis welcomed KYRO president Vince Hughes to the Board meeting.

Mr. Hughes, with support of KYRO manager Matt Beam, led the Board through a

PowerPoint presentation detailing the business model and background of the

KYRO organization; the January, 2009 destruction (roof collapse) of the KYRO

facility; the planned reconstruction of the KYRO facility; and the desire to have

LCDC provide partnership funding ($221,000) for the new KYRO 139 space

surface parking lot. Key slides of the presentation follow.





Other KYRO facility reconstruction specifics shared by the presentation team

included:

KYRO is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization (tax-exempt entity).

New 38,000+ sq. ft. KYRO facility will have one ice sheet, with a seating

capacity of 510. A second ice sheet could be added in the future if economic

conditions are favorable.

KYRO’s insurance settlement pertaining to last winter’s building roof

collapse (due to excessive snow load) equals $2.03 million.

KYRO’s “bare-bones” construction budget for the new building complex

equals $2.3 million.

KYRO’s desired construction budget for the new building complex equals

$2.8 million.

Anticipated total project value of new facility when completed equals $3.9

million.

The four (4) acres of land upon which the KYRO facility will reside is

currently owned by the Hughes family. The land will be transferred at no cost

to the KYRO organization.

Charlie Miller, Executive Director of the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation

(NICTF), also addressed the Board on behalf of the KYRO organization, lending

NICTF’s support to the KYRO proposal re. the public benefit associated with

KYRO’s connectivity to the Centennial Trail (“Trail”). Mr. Miller shared that the

proposed parking lot will act as a great trail head for the Trail, creating extremely

valuable access to that section of the Trail, and will also serve as a valuable park &

ride for the community. Mr. Miller also shared that the NICTF views KYRO as an

organization that has a positive effect on the community, teaching positive life skills

to the community’s youth.

Commissioner Goodlander asked how long it will take to complete

construction of the new ice facility? Mr. Hughes responded that the KYRO

planning team envisions a 5-6 month construction period, and have a target

opening date of September 1, 2010.

Commissioner Elder commended the KYRO organization for a very nice

presentation. Commissioner Elder asked when the 4 acre property is

transferred from the Hughes family to the KYRO organization, will there be

debt service associated with the land transfer? Mr. Hughes shared that the

land will be transferred in the near future to KYRO at no cost, but eventually,

the Hughes family would like to realize some type of financial return from the

land transfer.

Commissioner Elder asked Mr. Miller if NICTF anticipates any change in use

of the section of the Trail that parallels the KYRO facility area? Mr. Miller

shared that NICTF hopes to expand use on that section of the Trail, so there

are long-term strategic goals for that section which translates into that section

of the Trail staying viable for years to come.


Commissioner Patzer asked Mr. Miller what kind of usage other trailheads on

the Trail receive? Mr. Miller shared that NICTF does not have any hard usage

data, but anecdotally, existing trail heads on the Trail system have been

determined to be heavily used by the community. Close-in trail head access to

the Trail system, as proposed by the KYRO plan, add great value to the

overall Trail system.

Chairman Davis asked Mr. Miller if the land under the section of the Trail in

question is owned by the State of Idaho as part of the I90 corridor? Mr.

Miller responded that yes, the underlying land for that section of the Trail is

owned by the State.

Commissioner Jordan asked Mr. Miller what Trail user group would most

likely utilize the proposed KYRO parking lot? Mr. Miller shared that many

varied user groups would utilize this trail head. The City of CDA maintains

the Trail year round (i.e. snow plowed) which offers better access to trail

heads for Trail users. Mr. Miller noted that the proposed KYRO trial head lot

offers very good synergies to NICTF due to the different seasonality of use:

Trail users will use the KYRO trail head parking lot when KYRO patrons (i.e.

ice rink users) are not, and vice versa.

Commissioner Jordan asked if the 4 acres of land to be transferred to KYRO

will be tax exempt? Mr. Hughes responded that yes, once transferred to

KYRO, the 4 acres would become tax exempt.

Commissioner Patzer asked how much public ice time will be available when

the new facility is completed? Mr. Hughes shared that KYRO plans to have

public skate times available during the week (e.g. maybe on Fridays for 2

hours) and on the weekends (e.g. maybe Saturday and Sunday afternoons for 2

hours). Mr. Hughes shared that there will also be “learn to skate” & “learn to

play hockey” classes offered in the evenings. Classes usually cost about $50,

which includes all needed equipment. KYRO charges for public skate

sessions will be about $3 for youth and $5 for adults.

Commissioner Patzer asked how KYRO’s financial pro-forma will fare with

the new facility vs. the old facility – i.e. will the new KYRO facility improve

the financial performance of the organization? Mr. Hughes shared that one

large benefit associated with the new facility will be that utility costs will

decrease quite substantially due to better construction and ice sheet insulation.

Revenues will also see an increase due to increased private skate lessons. Mr.

Hughes shared that the KYRO organization’s main goal is not to make a lot of

money, but to offer community patrons valued services at reasonable prices.

Commissioner Patzer asked if the LCDC Board could review a copy of

KYRO bylaws? Mr. Beam will share a copy of the bylaws with the Board.


Commissioner Colwell asked if LCDC were to offer partnership funding

towards the KYRO project, would KYRO consider offering the public free

skate time opportunities which would enhance the overall public benefit of the

project? Mr. Hughes shared that yes, KYRO would entertain and evaluate

such an overture if LCDC partnership funding materializes.

Chairman Davis asked if the Post Falls highway district approach cost

element, as presented, is in the public right of way? Mr. Hughes was not

completely sure how much of the proposed cost element is in the public right

of way, but will research that issue.

Commissioner Patzer asked if LCDC chose not to provide partnership funding

to the KYRO project, would the KYRO facility be built anyway? Mr. Hughes

shared that yes, regardless of LCDC partnership funding, the new KYRO

facility will be built. However, the facility would not be built as desired, and

would take longer to build. KYRO would have to realize cost savings in the

facility to pay for the required parking lot, thus possibly foregoing galvanized

steel trusses (a savings of $100,000), and/or not including a concession stand

in the new facility; and/or utilizing old rubber flooring instead of buying new

flooring.

Commissioner Jordan noted that the KYRO facility is in the County now,

does KYRO plan to stay in the County long-term? Mr. Hughes responded that

yes, KYRO is in the County due to cost savings at this point in time (water

and septic cost savings). KYRO does plan to seek annexation into the City of

CDA if/when they decide to add a second ice sheet to the facility.

Commissioner Jordan asked if the 510 seat facility is the right size for the

long-term? Mr. Hughes shared that yes, the proposed footprint will work well

for the foreseeable future. KYRO would like to build an Olympic size rink

but can’t justify the extra costs based upon planned usage levels. KYRO

leadership feels the project is sized right for the community’s needs.

Commissioner Nipp thanked all of the KYRO representatives for attending the

meeting and commended the organization for a fine presentation.

Commissioner Nipp praised all of the KYRO volunteers for their efforts and

commitment to the community.

Note: Commissioner Goodlander left the meeting at 5:05 p.m.

Chairman Davis thanked the KYRO presentation team for a fine job, and echoed

Commissioner Nipp’s praise of the volunteer efforts. Chairman Davis asked the

Finance Committee to continue working the KYRO request and develop a

recommendation for the Board.






Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the September

Lake and River District financial files, and the September account payables


Motion by Patzer, seconded by Hassell, to approve the September

accounts payables and the September financial packets for the Lake

& River Districts as presented. Motion carried.

Review of Fourth Quarter (Q4) FY09 Summary Report

Commissioner Colwell and Executive Director Berns reviewed and discussed

the fiscal year 2009 (FY09) fourth quarter (Q4) financial summary report with

the Board.








liaison) on the City’s Parking Commission, invited Dan Geiger (Diamond

Parking’s Regional General Manager) to join the meeting. Commissioner

Elder shared that discussions between Diamond Parking and the LCDC re. a

Midtown parking management agreement are now complete, and that the

following agreement parameters have been provided to LCDC by Diamond:

Diamond Parking monthly management fee: $226.40 (includes labor,

insurance and management overhead costs),

Diamond Parking management services provided include:

Daily lot visitation (7 days/week),

Removal of trash from site,

Assist LCDC with appropriate lot signage,

Arrange and manage lot maintenance issues (snow plowing, lot

striping, etc.)

Monitor lots to prevent long-term (i.e. storage) parking of

vehicles,

Assist Idaho Youth Ranch with any parking related issues,


Discourage vandalism.

Commissioner Elder also shared that the intent at this time is for LCDC to not

charge for parking on the Midtown lots.

Commissioner Nipp shared that he feels Diamond’s proposal is very

reasonable and very appropriate for the LCDC Midtown parking

assets.

Commissioner Hassell asked if Diamond will provide weed

management services for the parking lots? Mr. Geiger shared that

annual (or seasonal) weed treatment will be part of their management

services for the lots, and any treatment costs will billed to LCDC.

Commissioner Patzer shared that he feels signage for the parking lots

is critical and looks forward to Diamond’s help in placing appropriate

signage on the lots. Commissioner Patzer also raised the issue of the

existing post & chain fencing around certain portions of the lots and

asked if Diamond would help develop a better fencing solution? Mr.

Geiger shared that Diamond will work with Ex. Director Berns on a

better fencing solution for the lots.

Motion by Colwell, seconded by Jordan, authorizing the Parking

Committee & Ex. Director Berns to finalize negotiations with

Diamond for management of the LCDC Midtown lots, with said

final management agreement containing the specific conditions as

outlined above. Motion carried.

Recusal – Commissioner Davis recused himself from voting on this motion because his law firm

occasionally provides legal counsel to the Diamond Parking organization.



Committee update with the Board:


Commissioner Patzer invited Dennis Spencer and Kevin Stevens of the Safco

Construction firm, and Gordon Dobler & Dennis Grant (City of Coeur

d’Alene Engineering Department) to join the Board meeting and provide a

project update.

Mr. Dobler shared that the Midtown project is just about complete, with just a

few minor issues left to address. He termed the project a “flagship project”


for the City and commended the Safco organization for a great job. The

project came in on time and under budget.

Mr. Stevens shared that it has been a pleasure working with the City and the

LCDC on the Midtown project. Mr. Stevens reintroduced the possibility of

the LCDC helping to defray some of the costs associated with Safco hiring

Dennis Spencer for his PR role on the project. Mr. Spencer was budgeted for

360 hours, and actually spent 428 hours on the project. Would LCDC be

willing to possibly pickup the cost associated with the extra 68 hours?

Commissioner Colwell asked Mr. Stevens what Mr. Spencer was paid

per hour under his Safco contract? Mr. Stevens shared that the rate

was $40/hour.

Commissioner Patzer shared that he felt Mr. Spencer did and excellent job in

Midtown, and was a great aid to the project. Commissioner Patzer shared that

as the project wraps up, LCDC will look to see what level of contingency

funding remains that could possibly be used to address Mr. Spencer’s contract

overrun hours.

Commissioner Patzer also reviewed the second Midtown project invoice

submitted to the LCDC by the City in the amount of $833,008.50.

Commissioners asked Mr. Dobler a few clarifying questions regarding the

invoice and project spending to date.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Colwell, to approve the second

Midtown Project invoice in the amount of $833,008.50. Motion

carried.


LCDC Executive Director Berns reviewed the 4th

quarter FY09 district scorecards

and updated the Board on LCDC initiatives:



initiative.

Ex. Director Berns shared that the following four (4) law firms submitted

Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) per the local LCDC legal counsel Request for

Qualifications (RFQ):

Quane Smith LLP (CDA Office)

Attorneys: Randy Adams / Robert Williams

Lukins & Annis (CDA Office)


Attorney: Peter Smith

Hawley Troxell (CDA Office)

Attorney: Danielle Quade

Christensen & Doman, PC (St. Maries)

Attorneys: Rich Christensen / Andrew Doman

Chairman Davis shared that he would like to form a team to review the SOQs and

develop a recommendation for the Board. Commissioner Hoskins, Commissioner

Elder, and Commissioner Hassell volunteered to help Chairman Davis review the

SOQs.

Education Corridor “Guiding Principles” Initiative

Chairman Davis and Ex. Director Berns discussed the initiative to develop

“guiding principles” that will help govern the development of the education

corridor area over the years to come. By year end 2009, each education corridor

partner entity (i.e. City of CDA, North Idaho College, University of Idaho, Lewis

Clark State College, LCDC) will work on developing what they feel should be

principles that guide development on the corridor. These guiding principles will

then be collated and used as a strawman to seek public input as to the

completeness of these principles in early 2010.

Ex. Director Berns shared that he will ask the Education Corridor Ad hoc

Committee (Commissioners Nipp, Davis, Elder, Hoskins) to develop a draft

guiding principle document for the Board to review by year end.

8. PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment



Motion by Hassell, seconded by Patzer to convene an Executive Session, as

provided by Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1) Subsection C: acquiring an


Roll Call:

Nipp Yes Goodlander Absent Hassell Yes



Motion carried.




and Coeur d’Alene City Attorney Mike Gridley.

Deliberations were conducted concerning the acquisition of an interest in real

property which is not owned by a public agency.

Motion by Colwell, seconded by Davis to adjourn the Executive Session.

Motion carried.



10. ADJOURN

Motion by Hassell, seconded by Elder to adjourn. Motion carried.


Tony Berns.



WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2009 4:00 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER


LCDC Board members present: Elder, Colwell, Davis, Nipp, Hoskins,

Goodlander, Patzer


3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Eric Bailey



October 21, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Hoskins, seconded by Patzer to approve the October 21,


5. RESOLUTION NO. 10-01: 823 N. 4TH

STREET – PURCHASE AGREEMENT

FOR LAND ASSET

LCDC Executive Director Tony Berns provided an overview of the purchase

agreement for the land asset located at 823 N. 4th

Street. The land asset is owned

by The Housing Company (THC). The purchase agreement calls for the LCDC to

purchase the land asset from THC for $100,000. THC will retain ownership of

the existing building on the site until THC’s Midtown redevelopment efforts

commence, at which time the building will be demolished and the underlying land

(now owned by the LCDC) will be utilized for public surface parking purposes.

Commissioner Patzer recommended that additional language be included in

Section 5 of the agreement that indemnifies the LCDC from any claims or


demands and all actions, damages, liabilities, obligations, loss or injury to any

person or property arising from acts or omissions that occur on or after the date of

closing which arise or result from any acts or omission by the Seller (i.e. The

Housing Company), its agents, employees or tenants. Other Board members

agreed with Commissioner Patzer’s suggestion and directed Ex. Director Berns to

include such language in the agreement.

Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Hoskins to approve Resolution 10-01

authorizing the purchase agreement, as amended re. indemnification,

between the LCDC and The Housing Company wherein the LCDC will

acquire the land asset located at 823 N. 4th

Street from The Housing

Company for $100,000.

Roll Call:

Nipp Yes Goodlander Yes Hassell Absent

Colwell Yes Patzer Yes Jordan Absent


Motion carried.





Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the October

Lake and River District financial files, and the October account payables


Motion by Hoskins, seconded by Patzer, to approve the October

accounts payables and the October financial packets for the Lake &


KYRO Partnership Funding Request

Please refer to the October 21, 2009 Board meeting minutes for background

on this initiative.

Commissioner Colwell shared that the Finance Committee is still reviewing

the KYRO partnership funding request and plans to have a funding

recommendation for Board review at the December Board meeting.


Housing Committee Chair Jim Elder had no report to share with the Board.




liaison) on the City’s Parking Commission, shared that the LCDC / Diamond

Parking Midtown parking management agreement is being routed through the

signature process.

Commissioner Elder also shared that downtown parking audit work is

continuing via the assistance of Diamond Parking. The current audit work is a

follow-up to the original parking audit work performed by Rich and

Associates in the summer of 2007. The current audit work is designed to

further validate the parking needs for downtown and to help determine the

eventual timing for a downtown structured parking facility.

Diamond’s recent results show that downtown parking is available on a

typical summer day (test date was Friday August 28, 2009). On-street public

parking results showed a 33% availability rate due to 2-hour parking rotation

enforcement, and off-street public parking results showed a 30 to 72%

availability rate depending upon the time of day. The highest use of both on-

street and off-street parking occurred in the afternoon.

Diamond parking audits will continue through the upcoming winter and spring

months to assess seasonality issues. Commissioner Elder shared that based

upon the recent Diamond audit results, there appears to be adequate

downtown parking capacity in the near term. The necessity of a downtown

parking structure still seems to be a few years out.

Commissioner Nipp asked if the audit dealt with both the efficiency of

the current downtown parking system, and how well-used is the

existing public parking capacity? Commissioner Elder shared that the

Parking Commission still needs to better understand the turnover rates

and how rotating parking capacity best benefits the downtown area.

That is one of the desired deliverables from the Diamond Parking audit

work.




Midtown Placemaking Project - Commissioner Patzer shared that the

Midtown project dedication went very well last month, and that snow removal

readiness level issues are the topic of the day. Overall, very positive feedback

received on the project.


Commissioner Goodlander shared that Tim Martin (City of CDA Streets

Superintendent) has met with the Midtown stakeholders to discuss snow

removal issues. Commissioner Goodlander noted that sidewalk snow

removal needs to be arranged for the property owned by LCDC/THC on

4th

Street.

Commissioner Patzer shared that Diamond Parking’s snow plowing

contractor might be willing to clear the sidewalks adjoining the

LCDC/THC properties.

Commissioner Hoskins asked if the City plans to place a 2 hour free

parking limit on the Midtown (4th

Street) on-street parking stalls?

Commissioners Goodlander and Elder responded that they know of no

plans at this time for the installation of 2 hour on-street parking signs in

the Midtown area. The hope is that the Midtown business owners will

encourage their employees to utilize the abundant off-street parking space

available to the Midtown area.




Urban Land Institute (ULI) Coeur d’Alene “Emerging Trends” Program

Ex. Director Berns provided a summary review of the following ULI Emerging

Trends program held at the Kroc Center on November 17th

.:

Real Estate in 2010: What it Means for You!

Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010 November 17, 2009 | Coeur D'Alene, KROC Center

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® is a trends and forecast publication with a 30-year history, and

is the most highly-regarded and widely-read forecast report in the real estate industry. Emerging

Trends in Real Estate® 2010, undertaken jointly by ULI and PricewaterhouseCoopers, provides


an outlook on U.S. investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets,

property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues. The report draws on formal and

informal surveys of real estate executives, investors, developers, and market experts around the

U.S., including survey responses from over 400 real estate executives and personal interviews

with over 150 industry leaders. Registration for this event includes continental breakfast and a

copy of Emerging Trends in Real Estate®.

Event Timeline

7:30 - 8:00 am Registration & Breakfast

8:00 - 8:35 Keynote speaker, Dean Schwanke, ULI Senior Vice-President and Editor of the

Emerging Trends Report

8:35 - 9:35 am Local Response Panel

Jason Wheaton, President of Greenstone Corporation

Charlie Nipp, President of Parkwood Business Properties

Jack Heath, Spokane, President of Washington Trust Bank

Steve Griffitts, President of Jobs Plus

9:35 - 10:00 am Q & A period

Scheduled Speakers:

Dean Schwanke - Senior Vice President, Publications at the Urban Land Institute, Washington

D.C. - Dean directs the development of new books and research reports and oversees the work of

research directors and other staff who manage book development projects, research programs,

and information service programs. In this capacity, he oversees development of the Emerging

Trends in Real Estate reports for the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific.

Over the past twenty-five years, he has authored or co-authored numerous books and reports for

ULI on a variety of real estate and development topics, including the annual ULI Real Estate

Forecast from 1996 to 2003, the Mixed-Use Development Handbook in 2003, and the Resort

Development Handbook in 1997.

In addition to research and publication projects, he has developed numerous conference programs

for ULI, including investment conferences in London and Tokyo and the annual ULI conference

on Place Making.

He holds a BA degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a master of planning

degree from the University of Virginia.

Coeur D'Alene Speakers:

Jason Wheaton - President, Greenstone Corporation - Jason Wheaton has over 30 years of

experience in real estate development and all aspects of residential construction. He spent 17

years in Southern California with M.J. Brock and Sons, a division of The Ryland Group, leaving

his position as Division Manager of the Los Angeles Office to join the Greenstone Corporation in

1993. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer for Greenstone Corporation, an affiliated

group of innovative real estate development and construction companies with projects throughout

the Inland Northwest.


Charlie Nipp - President, Parkwood Business Properties - Charlie Nipp is an owner, developer,

and manager of commercial real estate projects located primarily in Idaho. Charlie started

creating and developing commercial properties in 1978 and is involved in the management and

ownership of Parkwood Business Properties. He graduated from Whitworth College in 1967 with

a degree in Business Administration, and received his Masters Degree from Portland State

University in 1971.

Charlie has been very active in a variety of civic organizations in Idaho and the Northwest. He is

a past President of the Kootenai Medical Center Foundation, the Coeur d'Alene Area Chamber of

Commerce, and Job's Plus (an economic development corporation); and a former director of both

Bank of America, Idaho and of the Life Center Northwest Donor Network. Charlie is currently

the Chairman of the Board of Mountain West Bank, and a commissioner of the Lake City

Development Corporation.

Jack Heath - President, Washington Trust Bank - John ("Jack") Heath is President and Chief

Operating Officer of Washington Trust Bank. He was elected to this position in March 2000.

Prior to this, Mr. Heath was Senior Vice President, Retail Banking - September 1998, Senior Vice

President, North Idaho Market Manager - February 1996, and Vice President, Commercial Loans

- October 1989. Prior to joining the Corporate Banking Group, Mr. Heath held numerous

positions in Marketing, Investment Services, and Branch Banking.

Mr. Heath is active in the community, currently serving on the Gonzaga Board of Trustees and

Gonzaga Forum Board, University of Idaho Investment Committee and the Mobius Science

Center Board. Mr. Heath is also the past Chairman of the Washington Bankers Association and

serves on the board of the Pacific Coast Banking School.

Mr. Heath received a BA in Finance from the University of Idaho and an MBA in Finance from

Gonzaga University. He and his wife Lisa, have two children, Julia and John.

Washington Trust Bank is the largest independently owned full-service commercial bank in

Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona and Idaho with a total of 40 offices and branches. The Bank

was founded in 1902 in Spokane, Washington, which remains its headquarters today. A wholly

owned subsidiary of W.T.B. Financial Corporation, Washington Trust Bank has assets in excess

of $3.8 billion. Washington Trust Bank currently employs about 760 people.

Steve Griffitts - President, Jobs Plus – Steve is a graduate of Coeur D'Alene High School (1973)

and of Brigham Young University, with a B.S. Degree in Business Management, focusing on

finance, accounting, economics. Mr. Griffitts’ experience includes:

> GTE Directories, Division Manager (Spokane)

> GTE Directories/Begacom Telephone Co. (Joint Venture) Chief Operating Officer

(Belgium)

> AT&T Director of Sales (Wisconsin/Iowa)

> AT&T Vice President Business Services (Missouri/Kansas)

> AT&T Sales Center Vice President, Western Region Government Solutions

> Jobs Plus, Inc. – President since 2003

Mr. Griffitts also is involved in the following organizations:

> Idaho Economic Development Association - Executive Board Member

> Inland Northwest Partners - Member


> Salvation Army - Executive Committee Member

> Coeur d'Alene Rotary - Member

> Leadership Coeur d'Alene - 2004 Graduate

> Married to Marilyn, four children, seven grandchildren

_________________________________________________________________

Ex. Director Berns shared that the program was very well attended by a regional

audience, and that the local panelists did an outstanding job of “regionalizing” for

the audience how global/national real estate trends will most likely impact the

Inland Northwest in 2010.

Commissioner Elder congratulated Commissioner Nipp on doing an

outstanding job as a panel member. Commissioner Elder said he was very

impressed with the turnout for the program and thought the program’s content

was right on the mark.

Commissioner Davis echoed Commissioner Elder’s comments re. the

program’s content and Commissioner Nipp’s contribution to the event – a

very value adding program for the community.

Commissioner Goodlander also thanked Commissioner Nipp for his

participation on the ULI panel, as well has his efforts over the years to

position LCDC as a key sponsor and supporter of ULI efforts in Idaho.

Commissioner Nipp thanked everyone for their comments and shared that

ULI, as an entity, provides tremendous value to communities like CDA and

encouraged the Board to maintain the Agency’s commitment to ULI efforts.

Commissioner Nipp also shared that he sees great value in encouraging our

elected City officials to attend one of the national ULI events, they would

greatly benefit from such an experience.



on this initiative.

Ex. Director Berns shared that the ad hoc team (Commissioners Davis, Elder,

Hassell, Hoskins) formed by the Board in October met and reviewed the four

submitted Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) packets per the local LCDC legal

counsel Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The following two law firms have

been invited for an interview:

Quane Smith LLP (CDA Office)

Attorney: Randy Adams

Hawley Troxell (CDA Office)

Attorney: Danielle Quade


The interviews are scheduled for early December.

Education Corridor “Guiding Principles” Initiative

Commissioner Nipp discussed the initial work completed by the Education

Corridor ad hoc committee (Commissioners Nipp, Davis, Elder, Hoskins)

concerning the development of “guiding principles” that will help govern

development within the education corridor area over the years to come.

Following is the list of guiding principles developed by the committee (no

specific importance tied to the sequence of bullets):

Collaboration

Development within the education corridor should help to facilitate

the collaboration between the education institutions.

Connectivity

Development within the education corridor should enhance the

following “connections”:

Public access to the water

Education institutions to the downtown core

Pedestrians/bikers to the corridor/downtown core

Corridor to Blackwell Island

Density

Development within the corridor should always strive to optimize

the infill capability of land assets to support the highest appropriate

density of use (built form).

Building footprints/envelops should incorporate structured

parking where practical minimizing the need for off-site

parking.

Facilities should focus on shared institutional uses when

feasible.

Public/private partnerships should be evaluated where feasible

to optimize building footprints/envelops.

Single story buildings should be discouraged.

Public Space / Public Art

Development within the education corridor should incorporate (or

create) public space and art where practical and appropriate.

Culture & History

Development within the education corridor should respect and

protect the diversity, integrity and character of existing cultural /

historic assets.

Special consideration should be provided the Ft. Grounds

neighborhood.

Housing

Development within the education corridor should encourage

additional housing opportunities across the housing affordability

spectrum.


Sustainability (the sustainability definition below is one of many

definitions – it is included just for discussion purposes)

Development within the education corridor should strive to make

development choices which respect the relationship between the

three "E's"-economy, ecology, and equity:

1. Economy - Economic activity should serve the common good,

be self-renewing, and build local assets and self-reliance.

2. Ecology - Humans are part of nature, nature has limits, and

communities are responsible for protecting and building natural

assets.

3. Equity - The opportunity for full participation in all activities,

benefits, and decision-making of a society.

Commissioner Patzer suggested that a separate bullet be shown in the

“guiding principles” recognizing the importance of the Ft. Grounds

neighborhood. Commissioner Nipp shared that the Ft. Grounds neighborhood

was a key topic of conversation during the development of the guiding

principles and agreed that it does deserve its own bullet point (which does

now appear in the revised list as shown above).

By year end 2009, each education corridor partner entity (i.e. City of CDA, North

Idaho College, University of Idaho, Lewis Clark State College, LCDC) will work

on developing what they feel should be principles that guide development on the

corridor. These guiding principles will then be collated and used as a strawman to

seek public input as to the completeness of these principles in early 2010.

8. PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment



Motion by Patzer, seconded by Colwell to convene an Executive Session, as

provided by Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1) Subsection C: acquiring an


Roll Call:

Nipp Yes Goodlander Yes Hassell Absent

Colwell Yes Patzer Yes Jordan Absent


Motion carried.




and CDA City Attorney Mike Gridley.



Motion by Hoskins, seconded by Colwell to adjourn the Executive

Session.

Motion carried.



10. ADJOURN

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins to adjourn. Motion carried.


Tony Berns.



WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16, 2009 4:00 P.M.


1. CALL TO ORDER


LCDC Board members present: Elder, Colwell, Davis, Nipp, Hoskins,

Goodlander, Patzer, Jordan, Hassell

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

3. PUBLIC COMMENT

Guests Present: Tom Hasslinger, Matthew Beam, Vince Hughes, Dick Stauffer,

Monte Miller, Chris Hollibaugh, Jim Brannon, Skip Fuller, Susie Snedaker



November 18, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins to approve the November 18,






Finance Committee Chair Rod Colwell reviewed and discussed the November

Lake and River District financial files, and the November account payables


Commissioner Patzer and Executive Director Berns provided additional input

on the City of CDA’s final invoice payable for the Midtown placemaking


project, and discussed the additional $20,000 charge to LCDC pertaining to

the electrical conduit installation on 4th

Street between Roosevelt and Boise

Avenues.

Motion by Hoskins, seconded by Goodlander, to approve the

November accounts payables and the November financial packets for

the Lake & River Districts as presented. Motion carried.

KYRO Partnership Funding Request


on this initiative.

Commissioner Colwell shared that after considerable review, the Finance

Committee recommends that LCDC partner with the KYRO organization on

the public parking element of the proposed KYRO project in an amount

ranging from $165,000 (75% of KYRO’s $221,411 funding request) to

$200,000 (90% of KYRO’s $221,411 funding request) under the following

conditions:

The land asset supporting the proposed surface parking area will be

transferred in ownership and title to the KYRO organization prior to

issuance of any LCDC funds.

The surface parking area will be public in nature, servicing as access to

both the KYRO facility and the Centennial Trail. Therefore, the KYRO

organization will agree to a recorded KYRO/LCDC “Parking Use &

Access Agreement” (similar to the LCDC/Kroc Center agreement)

pertaining to the surface parking area.

During each year’s operational season, the KYRO organization will

provide to the public a minimum number of hours (value to be

determined at a later date) of free ice skating time per week, with said

free skate times available throughout the week.

KYRO will agree to an LCDC reimbursement provision wherein KYRO

will agree to reimburse LCDC for a portion of LCDC’s parking area

investment should KYRO operations cease prior to 2027, and/or a

change in the facility’s functionality occur prior to 2027. The yet to be

developed reimbursement provision will be structured on a sliding

reimbursement scale (i.e. the potential reimbursement to LCDC will be

less in 2020 than in 2015).

Commissioner Jordan asked if the proposed parking agreement should run

with the land? Commissioner Davis responded that yes, the agreement

should run with the land perpetually, and that language could be inserted

into the agreement regarding some form of relinquishment provision,

allowing for reimbursement to the LCDC should the parking use cease in

the future.


Commissioner Patzer shared that the potential LCDC investment in this

project needs to be clearly aligned with public benefits. The public

benefits need to be very clear. Commissioner Patzer would still like the

Centennial Trail Foundation to help better quantify the potential usage of

the proposed trail head. The proposed free ice time to the public is also

very important to clearly define.

Commissioner Elder thinks Commissioner Patzer’s concerns are very

valid, and would like to move forward with the KYRO organization on

negotiating an agreement.

Commissioner Goodlander shared that she knows of only four ice rink

venues in the state of Idaho. She believers supporting the KYRO initiative

is appropriate for LCDC, and favors partipcating at the proposed $200,000

level if all of the conditions can be worked out.

Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Elder, to continue discussions

with the KYRO organization, targeting for now an LCDC

participation funding level in the $200,000 range pertinent to the

proposed KYRO public parking lot project element, contingent

upon successful negotiations involving the aforementioned

conditions.

Discussion re. the motion:

Commissioner Patzer would like to hear further input from the

public on this issue. For example, what does the cycling and trail

user communities think of the proposed LCDC/KYRO

partnership?

Commissioner Davis recalled that Charlie Miller, Executive

Director of the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation (NICTF),

shared his organization’s support for the KYRO proposal, and that

NICTF sees great value in increasing access venues to the CDA

trail system.

Commissioner Elder would like to see a more finalized design of

the KYRO facility and parking area prior to a final funding

recommendation.

Commissioner Hassell shared that the new transit center at

Riverstone will also be providing additional public parking

capacity adjacent to the Centennial trail system.

Motion carried.

Recusal – Commissioner Nipp recused himself from the vote on the motion, and did not participate

in the Board’s discussion involving the KYRO initiative.

The LCDC Finance Committee will continue to work with the KYRO

organization on the issues discussed, and will provide an update to the Board

at the January Board meeting.



North Idaho Housing Coalition (NIHC) Request

Background: in March, 2009, NIHC approached LCDC proposing that LCDC

partner with NIHC to develop workforce housing within the two LCDC

Districts via two proposed partnership venues: 1) a Community Land Trust

Program, and 2) a Shared Equity Program. Since March, LCDC legal counsel

has been reviewing the latitude LCDC possesses under current Idaho statutes

to partner with a non-profit entity such as NIHC via the two proposed

partnership venues.

Housing Committee Chair Jim Elder and Commissioner Davis reviewed with

the Board a letter written by LCDC legal counsel Ryan Armbruster to the

NIHC organization. In the letter, Mr. Armbruster states that current Idaho

statutes do not permit urban renewal agencies, like the LCDC, to participate

with non-profit organizations in programs as proposed by NIHC. Following

are excerpts from Mr. Armbruster’s letter to NIHC central to his counsel to

the LCDC Board:

It is our understanding that North Idaho Housing Coalition is a 501(c)(3) non-profit

organization. Even so, using tax increment funds1 for such programs, and donating

such funds to NIHC, as opposed to federal funds (such as Community Development

Block Grants, stimulus money or perhaps non-property tax funds) potentially violates

the Idaho Constitution. Urban renewal agencies are constitutionally required to

expend tax funds for public, as opposed to private, benefit. As there is no Idaho

Supreme Court case specifically on this issue, a court might concur with the use of

these funds if LCDC can demonstrate it is providing a primary public benefit by

funding these housing purchase assistance programs and the benefit to the private

homeowner is ancillary or merely incidental of the primary public benefit. In that

instance, there may be no constitutional violation. Some support for this position

may be found in the case Hansen v. Kootenai County, but the case did not deal with

urban renewal agencies and seemed to contradict clear precedent holding that

providing any benefit to private interests by a political subdivision from public funds,

no matter if there was a public benefit as well, would violate the Idaho Constitution.

Idaho Code Chapter 19, Title 50 specifically notes, for purposes of that statute, “the

providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income

are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private

property acquired and are governmental functions.” I.C. § 50-1902(c). “Persons of

low income” is defined as those who cannot afford decent, safe and sanitary housing

without assistance. I.C. § 50-1903(i). The Housing Authorities and Cooperation Law

does not mention or define “workforce housing.” NIHC provides assistance to

1 Tax increment funds is the common reference to taxes generated by increases in assessed

values of property within a revenue allocation area. The Local Economic Development Act

(the “Act”), Chapter 29, Title 50, uses the term revenue allocation. In this letter, the terms

may be used interchangeably. Regardless of the reference, the funds are tax dollars

generated through Idaho’s property tax system.


persons seeking workforce housing. I.C. § 50-1902 provides some support for the

argument providing workforce housing promotes a public purpose. However, the

Idaho Legislature has only found providing housing to low income persons to be a

public purpose. See I.C. §§ 67-6201(a) and (b); 67-6205(j); 67-6206. No Idaho

Court has considered whether or not providing housing assistance to moderate

income families constitutes a public purpose.

The most recent pronouncement by the Idaho Supreme Court concerning an urban

renewal agency is found in Rexburg v. Hart, decided on November 26, 2009. Though

the Supreme Court reaffirmed an agency’s authority to issue long term debt and

generally addressed issues related to Art. 8, § 3 and Art. 8, § 4 of the Idaho

Constitution, the precise point of assisting a non-profit corporation (as opposed to a

public entity) for the purpose of workforce housing was not at issue and remains

unresolved.

Although LCDC recognizes the valuable contributions made by North Idaho Housing

Coalition, LCDC must decline the request for participation in the non-profit

organization’s programs. Upon review of the applicable law, it is our belief that

LCDC’s participation in such programs could be a violation of Art. 8, § 4 of the

Idaho Constitution which provides that no political subdivision shall lend or pledge

the credit of the subdivision in the aid of “any individual, association, or

corporation, for any amount or for any purpose whatever . . . .” Case law handed

down by the Idaho Supreme Court has not made a distinction between the aid

rendered to for profit private corporations as opposed to non-profit organizations

such as North Idaho Housing Coalition or concluded providing the type of housing

assistance proposed constitutes a public purpose which would not trigger the

application of Art. 8, § 4.

LCDC Board members commented how valuable NIHC’s efforts are to the

community, and despite LCDC’s ability to help, hope that NIHC continues to

excel in bringing affordable housing programs to the community.

Motion by Jordan, seconded by Hassell, to send Mr. Armbruster’s

letter to the North Idaho Housing Coalition (NIHC) in care of Lori

Isenberg, NIHC’s Executive Director. Motion carried.



liaison) on the City’s Parking Commission, shared that the downtown parking

audit work discussed last month is still on deck for implementation in 2010.

The proposed audit work, to be performed by Diamond Parking, is a follow-

up to the original parking audit work performed by Rich and Associates in the

summer of 2007. The current audit work is designed to further validate the

parking needs for downtown and to help determine the eventual timing for a

downtown structured parking facility.





Midtown Association Meeting

Commissioner Patzer shared that a meeting was held with interested Midtown

stakeholders regarding the possible formation of a Midtown Association,

similar to the Downtown Association. Mayor Bloem, Councilman Kennedy,

Terry Cooper (Downtown Association) and Tony Berns (LCDC) participated

in the meeting. There is a core group of Midtown stakeholders who want to

further explore the feasibility of an association for Midtown. A follow-up

meeting is planned for January.

Commissioner Patzer also shared that he has been contacted by individuals

interested in utilizing the LCDC lots on 4th

Street for possible Midtown event

venues during the summer season of 2010.

Midtown Placemaking Project – Funding of a Portion of Dennis Spencer

Midtown’s Project Advocacy Role

Background: Commissioner Patzer shared that at the October 21, 2009 Board

meeting, the LCDC Board was asked by Kevin Stevens, President of Safco

Construction, if LCDC would consider helping to defray some of the costs

incurred by Safco in the hiring of Dennis Spencer as the “project advocate”

for the Midtown project. Safco budgeted 360 hours for Mr. Spencer, with Mr.

Spencer actually logging 428 hours on the project. Mr. Stevens asked if

LCDC would be willing to possibly pay the cost associated with the extra 68

hours logged by Mr. Spencer at his contract rate of $40/hour ($2,720 in

total)? At the October 21st meeting, the Board shared that as the project

wraps up, LCDC will look to see what level of project contingency funding

remains that could possibly be used to address Mr. Spencer’s Safco contract

overrun hours.

Commissioner Patzer reviewed the background of Dennis Spencer’s role in

Midtown and the related funding request from the Safco organization.

Commissioner Patzer also shared that as discussed earlier, LCDC realized $0

in remaining funds from the Midtown funding commitment, and was actually

billed an extra $20,000 by the City to help defray costs associated with the

electrical conduit installation. Commissioner Patzer asked his fellow Board

commissioners for their input on this Safco funding request.

Commissioner Hoskins shared that he felt it was a great idea to hire

Mr. Spencer for his advocacy role in Midtown, and supports LCDC

committing the requested funds to Safco. Having Mr. Spencer on site

helped the project immensely.


Commissioner Colwell shared that he felt Safco did an excellent job in

Midtown, were very good to work with, and supports Safco’s request

for the extra funding for Mr. Spencer’s role in Midtown.

Commissioner Elder agreed with Commissioner Colwell, and heard

nothing but good reports regarding Mr. Spencer’s performance in

Midtown. Mr. Spencer’s advocacy role saved huge amounts of time

for both LCDC and City staff.

Commissioner Hassell proposed possibility paying half of the

requested amount, basically splitting the overrun costs with Safco.

Commissioner Davis reminded the Board that LCDC had considered

early in the Midtown project planning stages of hiring a person like

Mr. Spencer for a project advocacy role. LCDC did not have to pursue

this issue because the Safco organization also saw similar value and

proactively hired Mr. Spencer for the advocacy role. Commissioner

Davis supports the Safco funding request of LCDC.

Commissioner Patzer agreed with Commissioner Davis in that LCDC

saw the value of such a person early on, and acknowledged the value

added by Mr. Spencer’s presence throughout the project’s course.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Hoskins authorizing $2,720 in

LCDC funds payable to the Safco Construction firm as

reimbursement for a portion of the hours paid for Dennis

Spencer’s “project advocate” role in Midtown during the 4th

Street reconstruction project, subject to validation of Safco

payment records involving Mr. Spencer’s total contract

disbursements. Motion carried.

6. RESOLUTION NO. 10-02: PARKSIDE IMPROVEMENT REIMBURSEMENT

AGREEMENT (IRA)

Executive Director Berns provided the Board an overview of the Parkside IRA,

sharing the history of the project and the rationale for the proposed LCDC funding of

certain public improvements associated with the project:

Fall, 2006: Parkside developer application package was submitted to LCDC

requesting funding for certain proposed project-related public improvements

totaling $2,829,000.

February 21, 2007: LCDC Board agreed to partner in the costs of certain

proposed project-related public improvements totaling $820,000. Below is a

brief summary of the proposed LCDC Parkside IRA funding for the specified

public improvements.


Total

Project LCDC LCDC

Item Cost Share $$ Share

Site Remediation

Asbestos Abatement $ 27,000 $ 27,000 100%

Building Demolition $ 80,000 $ 80,000 100%

Curb/Walk Removal $ 15,000 $ 15,000 100%

Tenant Relocation $ 142,000 $142,000 100%

Sewer, Water Terminations (12) $ 18,000 $ 18,000 100%

sub-total $ 282,000 $282,000 100%

R-O-W Improvements

Water Line Extension

$ 5,000 $ 5,000 100%

Asphalt Alley Overlay $ 30,000 $ 30,000 100%

Curb/Walk Bulb Outs, Pavers, Grates $ 60,000 $ 60,000 100%

Overhead Utility Relocation $ 250,000 $250,000 100%

Landsc., Irrig., Furn., Lighting, Power $ 100,000 $100,000 100%

Artwork (Banners/Rigging) $ 12,000 $ 12,000 100%

sub-total $ 457,000 $457,000 100%

Construction

Subterranean Parking $1,300,000 $ - 0%

Public Plaza* $ 450,000 $ 81,000 18%

Green Roof $ 340,000 $ - 0%

sub-total $2,090,000 $ 81,000 4%

Total 2,829,000 $820,000 29%

* $81,000 = public accessible water feature

December 31, 2008: City issued Certificate of Occupancy for the Parkside

project.

May, 2009: Welch-Comer Engineering engaged as a third party entity to

conduct a cost validation analysis pertaining to the LCDC agreed-to public

improvements.

November, 2009: Welch-Comer cost validation analysis completed.

December, 2009: Parkside IRA on Board agenda for review/approval.

Executive Director Berns shared that the $820,000 in reimbursement funding for the

Parkside public improvements will be derived only from tax increment revenue

proceeds (i.e. property taxes) generated by the Parkside project itself – i.e. no other

LCDC revenue resources will be utilized to pay for the aforementioned Parkside

public improvements. The Parkside IRA represents a self-funding project


reimbursement model that is totally risk free for the taxpayer; i.e. if the Parkside

project itself does not generate sufficient property taxes to repay the $820,000 in

LCDC approved public improvements, then no other public funds will be used to

repay the costs for said public improvements – the developer would then bear the

burden for the funds invested.

Executive Director Berns shared that a third party cost validation analysis was

performed by Larry Comer of Welch-Comer Engineering. The Welch-Comer

analysis validated that all of the specified Parkside public improvements were

installed, and that documented project records validated that over $820,000 was spent

on the aforementioned LCDC approved Parkside public improvements. Mr. Comer’s

cover letter to the LCDC Board regarding the cost validation analysis follows:



Board members asked a few clarifying questions of Executive Director Berns

regarding the Parkside IRA document.

Motion by Elder, seconded by Goodlander approving Resolution 10-02,

authorizing the Parkside Improvement Reimbursement Agreement (IRA) as

drafted and presented.

Roll Call:




Motion carried.





Please refer to the October 21, 2009 & November 18, 2009 Board meeting

minutes for background on this initiative.

Ex. Director Berns shared that on December 3, 2009, the ad hoc team

(Commissioners Davis, Elder, Hassell, Hoskins) formed by the Board in October

to shepherd the local legal counsel initiative, interviewed the following two

individuals for the LCDC local legal counsel contract position:

Randy Adams of the Quane-Smith LLP Law Firm (CDA Office)

Danielle Quade of the Hawley-Troxell Law Firm (CDA Office)

Commissioner Davis shared that both candidates interviewed very well and

brought substantive skill sets to the table. The ad hoc committee took into

account that the Hawley-Troxell law firm brings a deeper bench of municipal law

talent to the position, and that Danielle Quade (and other Hawley-Troxell legal

counsel) has also worked with LCDC and LCDC special legal counsel Ryan

Armbruster in the past.

Following deliberations, the ad hoc committee recommends that the LCDC Board

engage Danielle Quade of Hawley-Troxell as LCDC’s local legal counsel.

Commissioner Patzer asked what contract rate Mrs. Quade will charge

LCDC? Commissioner Davis shared that the rate will need to be

negotiated, but will be less than the discounted rate of $165/hour currently

billed by LCDC special legal counsel Ryan Armbruster.


Commissioner Patzer asked what type of work will be provided LCDC by

Mrs. Quade? Commissioner Davis shared that Mrs. Quade will attend all

LCDC Board meetings, and will offer her insight on general municipal

law issues, potential conflict of interest issues, procedural issues, etc.

LCDC special legal counsel Ryan Armbruster will still perform most of

the LCDC contractual document preparation, and that Mr. Armbruster will

have the latitude to advise that certain LCDC legal tasks be delegated to

Mrs. Quade.

Commissioner Patzer commented that the LCDC local legal counsel

initiative was initiated because the economics of having Boise-based

LCDC special legal counsel Ryan Armbruster attend LCDC Board

meetings on a regular basis were not practical. The Board decided it made

better fiscal / operational sense to engage a local attorney to assist LCDC

at Board meetings.

Commissioner Patzer, for audience clarification purposes, asked why local

attorney and Board Commissioner Denny Davis does not serve LCDC in a

counselor role? Commissioner Davis shared that the LCDC needs and

independent person in the local legal counsel role, and that he serves the

LCDC as a policy maker; not a lawyer.

Commissioner Patzer asked what if Mrs. Quade relocates away from

Coeur d’Alene? Commissioner Davis shared that the LCDC local legal

counsel agreement will be with the Hawley-Troxell firm, and not with just

one individual in that firm.

Motion by Patzer, seconded by Hassell, approving the selection of

Danielle Quade of the Hawley-Troxell law firm as LCDC’s local

legal counsel, and directing Executive Director Berns to develop and

execute the necessary contractual agreements for the engagement of

Mrs. Quade as LCDC local legal counsel. Motion carried.

Recusal – Commissioner Colwell recused himself from the discussion and voting on the motion

because his employer sometimes does business with the Hawley-Troxell law firm.

Annual Board Member Disclosure Letters

Executive Director Berns collected the 2009 LCDC Board member annual

disclosure letters. The submitted letters disclose any Board member “personal

interest, property or contract” associated with any LCDC projects, and disclose

any real property ownership within an LCDC urban renewal district.

8. PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment




Motion by Goodlander, seconded by Hassell to convene an Executive Session,

as provided by Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1) Subsection C: acquiring an


Roll Call:




Motion carried.



Berns.



Motion by Colwell, seconded by Hoskins to adjourn the Executive

Session.

Motion carried.



10. ADJOURN


The LCDC Board meeting adjourned at 6:16 p.m. Minutes prepared and

submitted by Tony Berns.