IF Downtown Development Corporation (IFDDC)

Idaho Falls Downtown Development Board Meeting held December 7, 2021 at 9:00am in the Arts Council conference room. Those in attendance: Jake Durtschi, Jill Hansen, Brandi Newton, Chip Langrek, Tasha Taylor, Kasi Nelson, Kevin Josephson, Antonio Meza, Greg Crockett. City Councilman – Jim Francis Staff – Catherine Smith and Juan Hernandez Jake presented the minutes of the October meeting and with no changes, Jill motioned to accept, Greg seconded. All voted in favor. Brandi – financial report – Highlights are we are sitting in a good financial position. We hold months of operating from the BID and general operations. We will learn more as parking rotation comes and goes we will learn more of how that is all going to work. Hourly parking, on street parking, and off street parking is categorized on the financials statement. Paid lots = off-street parking, Hourly = people paying the pay station, On-street = parking rule violaters. We most likely have $25,000 in outstanding tickets hat are probably 45 days overdue. We will continue to watch that closely. Process for unpaid tickets is at 21 days you get a mailed notice to pay with a follow-up at 45 days. As a reminder, funds from the events (fundraisers) are spent on downtown improvements and projects. Greg asked what the maintenance expense was showing on the financials at 24K. We are already overbudget there. That includes the Broadway expenses for beautification. The overage is the new parking lots from Melaleuca. We restriped the parking lots and bollards. Those expenses are related to unknown expenses for the additions. Snow removal will start to show up in January – February. There was also a question about the new Capital parking lot and why we haven’t filled it to capacity and we are working actively on that – but it’s been a slow process to bring those with the Christmas season demands. Filling the parking lots takes quite a bit of administration to mange and fill them from the wait list. The County will take 10 spaces through their construction on a monthly permit basis of $40/each for a total of $400 monthly. Motion to approve the financial report - Brandi; Greg seconded; board approved Director’s Report – The Parking Committee has met and the efforts now are to communicate out to the stakeholders downtown the goals of downtown parking with a one sheet “Roadmap to Better Parking”. The goal is to have meetings and conversations with each stakeholder and the Committee and Board will lead out on those discussions. The conversations will encourage feedback so the plan forward will be cohesive. Greg pointed out that Catherine should review the spreadsheet directory to ensure we weren’t missing any professional offices. From his review, we seem to be missing a few. Catherine will follow up. Cindy Napier indicated the request for feedback is appreciated as the suggestion from Idaho Mountain Trading would be to allow for 30 minutes of free time on the pay stations for customers. The lights for downtown that are going to be strung across the street are being installed now. The first section is underway. The wire was back ordered and that was the reason for the delay. We are plugging into SnakeBite’s sign for the power (LED lights) and will reimburse SnakeBite for the power cost of around $24. Kris Taylor was interested in continuing the lights all the way down Broadway. We are hopeful more lights are to come. Adjourned at 10:00am The next board meeting will be held January 11, 2022 Respectfully submitted Jill Hansen – Mala Lyon