CID Agenda

AGENDA
Downtown Community Improvement District
Columbia Special Business District
Board of Directors Meeting
January 10, 2012, 4pm
11 South Tenth Street


Call To Order

Welcome Guests
Rick Means, Shelter Insurance
Greg Steinhoff, Veterans United

Approval of December Minutes

Approval of December Financials

Special Presentation
Tiger Town – Gerding, Means

Police Report

Old Business
• Street Closures – Walther

New Business
• New Board Member Elections

Director’s Report
Stormwater Update
Downtown Leadership Council
SBD Business License Fee
City Snow Removal Policy


City Report

Public Comment

Adjournment

Temporary Sidewalk Closure on Ninth

The city of Columbia Public Works Department announces that beginning today, Milan Contracting, who is working for MMII Inc., will temporarily close a portion of sidewalk along Ninth Street. The sidewalk on Ninth Street between Woodson Way and the Chipotle restaurant will be closed for approximately 25 days, weather permitting.

This closure is due to excavation work for a new mixed use apartment building at 308 Ninth Street. This closure will only affect the sidewalk on the east side of Ninth Street. Pedestrians are asked to use an alternate route.

Contact: Public Works Department, (573) 874-7250.

Temporary sidewalk closure on Walnut Street

The city of Columbia Public Works Department announces a temporary sidewalk closure along the south side of Walnut Street from Eighth Street east to the alley. Koonse Glass is replacing windows on the north side of the Guitar Building. This work will result in the sidewalk closure through January, weather permitting. This closure will only affect the sidewalk on the south side of Walnut Street. Pedestrians are asked to use an alternate route.

Contact: Public Works Department, (573) 874-7250.

Public Art Opportunity: Short Street Parking Garage

The City of Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA) invites artists residing in Missouri to apply for a public art project for the city's planned parking garage on Short Street. The art budget for the parking garage project is $47,000.

The Short Street parking garage will be located in The District adjacent to the North Village Arts District. Once completed, the multi-level facility will provide more than 400 parking spaces. This project will utilize pre-cast fagade panels and will be coordinated with the design of an adjacent boutique hotel and downtown Columbia architecture.

At this point in the process, artists should submit qualifications only, not design proposals. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of artistic and technical merit and strength of past work. Applications will be reviewed by the Standing Committee on Public Art. The committee will determine the three finalists to be invited to develop preliminary design proposals. Each artist will be offered an honorarium of $2,000 for time and materials in developing the preliminary proposal. The preliminary design proposals will be made available for public comment and a recommendation will be made by the Standing Committee on Public Art to the Commission on Cultural Affairs and final approval by City Council.

A prospectus, including guidelines for applying, is available at www.GoColumbiaMo.com/Arts (follow the link under the "Artist Opportunities" header) or by contacting the OCA for a printed copy. To be considered, complete applications must be postmarked by Feb. 17, 2012.

The Short Street garage project is a component of Columbia's Percent for Art program, established in 1997, which requires that one percent of total construction costs for eligible new and renovation projects be set aside for site-specific public art.

For more information, contact the OCA at (573) 874-7512, oca@GoColumbiaMo.com.

CID Board Applications Due

The Downtown Community Improvement District (CID) is seeking nominations for five, three-year terms on the board of directors.  Board and committee members must fulfill a number of statutory requirements so be sure to check the guidelines if you are interested.  Guidelines, applications and the CID Plan are available at www.downtown.org or by calling (573) 442-6816.

Applications must be received in The District office at 11 S. Tenth St. by Friday, December 16, at noon.

CID Assessment Bills

If you're a property owner in the CID, you should be receiving your bill from the County Collector this week. It looks a little different than the old SBD bill, so we just wanted to give everyone a quick explanation. 

First of all, it's the same assessment as before. We simply transferred it from the SBD to the CID after the CID petition was approved. You'll notice that the SBD assessment has been set at 0. 

Secondly, you should receive the CID bill on a separate page (a nice lavender color, to be exact). This has more to do with internal bookkeeping by the County, rather than with any substantial change. 

Like before, you need to remit your payments to the Boone County Collector. 

We also wanted to take this opportunity to once again thank everyone who supported the new CID. We were so pleased to have received nearly 71% support from our downtown property owners. For more information about the CID, please visit our webpage www.discoverthedistrict.com. 

Come meet the finalists!

Citizens are invited to meet finalists for the positions of Office of Cultural Affairs manager and Convention and Visitors Bureau director at an informal reception on Monday, Nov. 21, from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. The session will be held in conference rooms 1A and 1B, City Hall, 701 E. Broadway. Comment cards will be available for those who want to provide written comments to the city manager.

Finalists for the Cultural Affairs position are:

*Randy Gray, president, Special Place Development; and

*Chris Stevens, treasurer, Ragtag/True-False Film Festival

Finalists for the Convention and Visitors Bureau position are:

*Amy Schneider, interim director, Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau; and

*William Lennon, vice president of marketing and public relations, Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Sewer work rescheduled on Walnut Street due to weather

Beginning Thursday, Nov. 10, Remsel Excavating, working for Trittenbach Development, will close Walnut Street from Hubbell Street to College Avenue for sewer repairs. Walnut Street will be closed in this area throughout the entire project, including the weekend. The work is expected to be complete on Thursday, Nov. 17, weather permitting. This work was originally scheduled for last week but had to be delayed due to rain.

Walnut Street will be closed to traffic between Hubbell Street and College Avenue to repair a sanitary sewer manhole and connect a new service line. Motorists are urged to exercise extreme caution when driving near the work area and use an alternate route during the construction work.

Contact: Public Works Department, (573) 874-7250

CID Agenda

AGENDA
Columbia Special Business District
Downtown Community Improvement District
Board of Directors Meeting
November 8, 2011, 4 pm.
11 South Tenth Street


Call to Order

Welcome Guests
Paul Land
Tony Grove

Approval of the Minutes

Financial Report
Approval of October Financials

Police Report

Special Presentation
Proposed Stormwater Ordinance - Land

Committee Reports
Economic Development – Colgin
Street Closure Recommendations

Old Business

New Business
Alley A Pedestrian Access Only
Request by Tony Grove

Director’s Report
Campaign Update
Halloweenie
Holiday Shop Hop

City Report

Public Comment

Adjournment

Walnut Street Closure

Beginning Thursday, Nov. 3, Remsel Excavating, working for Trittenbach Development, will close Walnut Street from Hubbell Street to College Avenue to repair a sanitary sewer manhole and connect a new service line. Walnut Street will be closed in this area throughout the entire project, including the weekend. The work is expected to be complete on Thursday, Nov. 10, weather permitting. Motorists are urged to exercise extreme caution when driving near the work area and use an alternate route during construction.

Contact: Public Works Department: (573) 874-7250.