Urban Renewal Agency Board

Minutes Wednesday March 30th 2022 12 PM Anaconda Deer Lodge County URA TIF Board Community Service Center 3rd Floor Conf. Room Attendance: Kristy McKay, Rose Nyman, Jim Davison, and Carl Hamming Excused absent: Dawn Dee Others: Ken Maynard, Margie Smith, Joe Strelnik, Mike Hammer and Janice Hagan Delaney. Staff: Teah Fuller, Adam Vauthier Call to order at 12:04pm by Jim Davison I. Approval of Minutes from the November 9th, 2021 Meeting 1. Kristy Mckay suggests editing Page 3 e4 to Kristy McKay . It is also mentioned that on page 3 of minutes Dawn Dee motions to approve is not worded the best and should be cleaned up. Jim Davison suggests that application extensions dates be noted in the minutes. CarlHamming mentions maybe having the scoring rubric in the minutes to help with scoring. 2. Jim Davison asks for public comment ,with no public comment, Kristy McKay moves To approve the minutes with corrections, Carl Hamming seconds and it passses unanimously. II. Financial Report 1. Adam Vauthier explains what the URA currently has in funding. Adam Vauthier explains to the board what is left to allocate and outstanding obligations. Adam Vauthier updates the board on American Eye Care’s parking lot application. Adam Vauthier explains all open projects and that there are a few extension requests. 2. Adam Vauthier asks the board how they will proceed with the Durston Park Project. After much discussion, Kristy McKay makes a motion to give the Durston Park project a hard deadline of the end of September. Carl Hamming seconds the motion. Rose Nyman is opposed the motion and it passes. 3. Adam Vauthier asks the board if they would like to extend the snow removal contract for downtown into next year since they only used $3,470.00 . The board concurs to roll these funds into the winter of 2022. 4. Jim Davison asks if there is any other discussion.He then asks for public comment. Janice Hagan-Delaney asks Jim Davison to explain what the community projects are and what that means. Jim Davison explains how community projects work. III. New Business A. Extension Request 64 Mile Distillery 1. Adam Vauthier explains the request submitted by 64 Mile Distillery. Rose Nyman mentions that this is his second extension. The board discussed that this situation is out of his hands. Carl Hamming motions to extend 64 Mile Distillery’s TA Contract another six months from 3/30/2022. Kristy McKay seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. B. Extension Request Happy Endings Casino 1. Adam Vauthier explains the extension request for Happy Endings Casino. The owner believes it will be completed before his deadline but would like to play it safe. Kristy McKay makes the motion to extend the application six months from 6/15/2022. Carl Hamming seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. C. Extension Request Last Best Foods (Winds) 1. Adam Vauthier explains the application for Last Best Food project located on the corner of Oak and Commercial. This application is for two facade projects, the windows and painting project. The board  discusses that the other Last Best Foods projects have been complted. Carl Hamming makes a motion to extend the winds project for six months from 3/30/2022. Kristy McKay seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. D. Extension Request Anaconda Restoration 1. Mike Hammer explains who each of the members that are present are. Mike Hammer explains that they are here to ask for an extension for their TA project. Ken Maynard shows the board a copy of the plan that was created through this TA grant. Mike Hammer thanks the board for their support in the project over the years. Mike Hammer explains where they are with their TA contract and how they have come to ask for an extension. ARA has had much trouble obtaining an invoice for this project. They are asking for an extension, so they have time to obtain a bill for the project completion. Rose Nyman asks how the applicant was notified about the expiring application. Adam Vauthier explains that his team reached out to the ARA board, but the board member that was in charge is no longer with the ARA board. 2. Jim Davison asks for any public comment. Janice Hagan Delaney thanks the ARA for the work that they have completed and what they continue to do. 3. Kristy McKay makes a motion to extend and reallocate the funds for six months from 3/30/2022 for the ARA TA grant. Carl Hamming seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. IV. Miscellaneous/Announcements 1. Jim Davison points out that Adam Vauthier reported to the Commission last week. Adam Vauthier explains what he discussed at the commission meeting including a comprehensive award list. 2. Adam Vauthier mentions that Discover Anaconda has had a lot of inquiries about Fire suppression systems. He mentions that Butte URA did a bonding project with their URA. He wants to do a similar project with our URA to help owners pay for fire suppression systems. Janice Hamann-Delaney mentions she likes this idea. She asked if this would be beneficial for the Alpine apartments on Hickory Street. Adam Vauthier explains why the URA has not dipped into Residential projects such as the Alpine Apartments. 3. Rose Nyman states she would like to see certified letters for soon expiring applications. V. Adjournment Jim Davison adjourned the meeting at 1:17pm.