Urban Renewal Agency Board

Anaconda Deer Lodge County URA TIF Board Wednesday October 14th 2020 12 PM Community Service Center 3rd Floor Conf. Room Please turn off or silence all cell phones and electronic devices. Everyone is respectfully asked to follow these Rules of Procedure: • Please state your name & address for the record. • Please speak loud enough for the entire room to hear your comments. • Please be respectful to other speakers, presenters and members of the audience. • No sidebar conversations will be allowed. Private conversations and whispering in the audience during the meeting is very disruptive so please step out of the room for any such conversations. 1. Call to Order and Roll Call Jim Davison Called to order at 12:06 Board members Present: Carl Hamming, Rose Nyman, Jim Davison, and Dawn Dee Board members Absent: Kristi McKay Staff Present: Adam Vauthier & Teah Fuller Others present: Vanessa Romero 2. Approval of Minutes from the August 12th 2020 Meeting i. Rose Nyman moves to approve the minutes with one minor correction. Dawn Dee needs to be noted as absent. Carl Hamming moves to approve the minutes with correction. Rose Nyman seconds the motion and it passes. 3. Reports or Presentations a. Adam Vauthier reviewed open and expiring projects. b. Recap estimated funds available i. $287.50 left for administration $7536.00 is left to allocate. 4. Unfinished Business a. The Foundation Group – Electrical Application i. Adam Vauthier reminds the board that he had the wrong bid last time and now has the correct bid from Peterson Electric. This project is now eligible for $3200 for electrical structural work. Vanessa Romero explains how she got this new bid from Peterson Electric. She’s waiting to close on the building from the current owners. Adam Vauthier suggested that these funds be contingent on purchase of the building. Rose Nyman asks about the word “lien” in her application. Vanessa Romero corrects that it should read deed. Rose Nyman asked if the knob and tube is a question or if it is known that it is in there. Vanessa Romero explains that there is some but they are not too sure how much.  Vanessa Romero explains that she is just going to be using Dale Harris and not the architecture company that she was working with on the facade. Jim Davison asks for a motion to approve with the condition of building acquisition. Carl Hamming moves to approve $3750.00 for electrical work for The Foundation Group with the condition on purchase of the building. Rose Nyman seconds. Motion passes unanimously. 5. New Business A. Changes to Application & Guidelines for i. Quarterly Review B. Grant Round Schedule 1. Adam Vauthier believes by November URA should have fund amounts for 2021. 2. The board has consensus on giving people one month to respond to the ad for applications. Rose Nyman asked if we give delayed responses throughout the holidays. Jim Davison explained that usually not because getting bids during these times tend to be easier. 3. Rose Nyman asked Adam Vauthier to get out to the other groups to get more people to apply. Adam Vauthier talked about different types of advertising to drum up new people to apply. 4. URA will plan to meet in the second Wednesday in January 2021. 6. Miscellaneous/Announcements 7. VII. Public Comment – This is the time for members of the public to comment on items NOT appearing on this Agenda that are within the Board’s jurisdiction. 8. Adjournment a. Jim Davison ask for motion to adjourn. Dawn Dee motions. Roses Nyman seconds the motion. Meeting is adjourned at 12:40pm.