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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Community Development Committee 2007-08-02RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, August 2, 2007 Minutes of a Regular meeting of the COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the 2nd day of August 2007. Committee: Attending: Also Attending: Absent: Chairman Pinkham Trustees Eisenlauer and Levine All Deputy Town Administrator Halburnt, Directors Pickering, Kilsdonk, Mitchell and Joseph, Managers Winslow and Marsh, Comm. Coordinator Blackhurst, Group Sales Nikolai and Town Clerk Williamson None Chairman Pinkham called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. PUBLIC COMMENT. None. CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU. Reports. Reports provided for informational purposes and made a part of the proceedings. • Marketing Committee • Media & Public Relations • Conference Center/Group Sales Mqr. Marsh stated electronic activity continues to be high with a 35% increase over last year. The Committee is encouraged by the increase in web contacts that decreases t e number of hardcopy handouts. comm. Coordinator Blackhurst repotted the CVB website continues by other media sources; therefore, the site needs to be updated frecjuen V- D"'"9 *3® A months of the year, 10 content pages have been added to the site, 3 new maps have been posted and 8 content pages have been updated. Grouo Sales Mqr Nikolai informed the Committee that the Snow and Ice Conference wi^be hei^etn September and a full day of content has been added to the conference. MUSEUM/SENIOR CENTER. Reports provided for informational purposes and made a part of the proceedings. • Museum Monthly • Senior Center Monthly COMMUNITY development. Committee also suggested aligning the fee with current County fees. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Community Development - August 2, 2007 - Page 2 Staff has revised the proposed fee schedule to more closely fit the existing County fee structure. The 2007 fee proposal contains several new fees for services currently provided at no charge. Staff expressed the Improvement Guarantee and Letter of Credit fees may receive negative feedback. The fees can be implemented in two equal steps with the first increase occurring immediately and the second increase effective August 2008. Discussion followed regarding the timeframe for possible adoption of a uniform fee schedule for the entire valley. The Committee recommended approval of the proposed planning review fee schedule with implementation in two equal steps, half as of September 2007 and half as of August 2008. This item will be an action item at the August 14th Town Board meeting. Reports. Reports provided for informational purposes and made a part of the proceedings. • Financial Report • Building Permit Summaries ADMINISTRATION. Community Special Event Vendor Licensing - Request Approval of Ordinance At the June 7th meeting, the Committee reviewed the proposed fee schedule and procedures for community special event vendor licensing. The Clerk’s office was instructed to produce code language to implement the new licensing requirement. Clerk Williamson reviewed the proposed code language that was added to Section 5.20 Business licensing of the Municipal Code. Attorney White reviewed the proposed code language and strongly recommended procedures on issuing the licenses be addressed administratively and not included within the code language. Dir. Pickering questioned whether the vendors associated with an organization renting the fairgrounds and selling goods only to the participants of the event would be exempt from purchasing individual vendor licenses. Clerk Williamson stated the proposed code language would require the vendors to purchase a business license. Mgr. Winslow stated the public does not routinely purchase goods at these events; however, the public can attend events at the fairgrounds and purchase goods. Dir. Pickering requested the code language differentiate between a special event booth and a convention or sales meeting or public versus a private event. After further discussion, the Committee requested staff review the definition of a community special event and consider a distinction between public versus private events. There being no further business. Chairman Pinkham adjourned the meeting at 9:00 a.m. kie Williamson, Town Clerk APPROVED AUG I 4 2007 TOWN OF ESTES PARK BOARD OF TRUSTEES