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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Joint Session
October 3, 1989
Board of Trustees/Estes Park Urban Renewal Authority
Board of Trustees: Mayor Dannels, Trustees Aldrich, Barker,
Dickinson, Garrett, Habecker and Hix
Board of Commissioners: Chairman Phares, Commissioners Ericson,
Godbolt, Hondius, Pauley and Pohl
Mayor Dannels, Trustees Aldrich, Barker,
Dickinson, Habecker and Hix, Chairman
Phares, all Commissioners
Town Administrator and EPURA
Commissioner Klaphake, EPURA Executive
Director Anderson, Public Works Director
Widmer, Clerk O'Connor
Absent: Trustee Garrett
Mayor Dannels called the joint meeting to order at 1:07 P.M.
CONFERENCE CENTER BOND FINANCING - DISCUSSION.
Kirchner Moore, EPURA's financial consultant, will be the primary
firm in the bond financing for the Conference Center. 20% of the
management fee and sales will be issued to the Town's financial
consultant --Boettcher and Company. The Town/EPURA partnership
should result in a savings of approximately $650,000.
RIVERWALK PROJECT - UPDATE.
EPURA Executive Director Anderson reported on the Riverwalk
Project (E. Elkhorn). EPURA is proposing a 10' walk (6' wide
concrete, with 2' of sandstone on each side), river walls, and
electrical undergrounding. Negotiations pertaining to easements
are continuing. The project may begin after November, 1989, with
an anticipated completion date of Spring, 1991. The EPURA Board
would prefer the project be completed by Spring/Summer of 1990.
Additional information will be forthcoming.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY/LAND TRUST - REPORT.
The Estes Park Land Trust has exercised its option to purchase a
71 acre tract of ground located in the Little Prospect Mountain
Addition, aka Mitsdarffer Property. The acquisition will ensure
perpetual open space status for the northfacing hillside behind
businesses on East Elkhorn Avenue. The Town and EPURA have
pledged $20,000 each; the Land Trust is seeking contributions for
the remaining $10,000. The option deadline is December 22, 1989.
BARLOW PLAZA - REPORT.
Developers of the proposed Barlow Plaza, located on the former
Brodie Property, have filed a plan for development with EPURA and
the Planning Commission. Two major restaurants, courtyard, snack
bar, etc. are being planned. The owners anticipate a late -Spring
opening.
There being no further business, Mayor Dannels adjourned the
meeting at 1:30 P.M.
Vickie O'Connor, Town Clerk