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24.08.05 DDA MinutesDDA MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2024 HYBRID MEETING, IN PERSON AND VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS AVON DDA MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 5, 2024 PAGE 1 | 2 ROLL CALL Present in Person: Board Member Wayne Hanson Present Virtually: Board Members Gregg Cooper, Marcus Lindholm, Matthew Fitzgerald, Rob Tartre and Scott Tarbet. Absent: Chair Tony Emrick, Vice-Chair Brandt Marott, Secretary Chris Neuswanger and Board Members Bill Glaner and Rich Carroll. Staff: Town Manager Eric Heil, Chief Financial Officer Paul Redmond and Chief Administrative Officer Ineke de Jong. The meeting was called to order at 3:06 p.m. CFO Paul Redmond presided over the meeting (in absence of DDA Board Chair Tony Emrick). 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA There was no approval of the agenda. 3. DISCLOSURE OF ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS There were no disclosures of conflicts of interest. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comments were made in person nor virtually. 5. BUSINESS ITEMS 5.1 Work Session: Use Tax (Chief Financial Officer Paul Redmond). Chief Financial Officer Paul Redmond delivered a presentation related to the use tax on new construction for the benefit of Community Housing in Avon. Questions included what is the exclusion level in other communities? It’s $10,000 in Town of Vail, what about the other municipalities? Do homeowners need a quote/bid for the scope of work or does the building inspector estimate a valuation for the scope of work? Is “for community housing” enough information for people to fully understand the ballot issue? For setting the exemption level, are we trying to win votes or collect maximum dollars when we raise from $50K exemption to $100K exemption (or higher)? A higher exemption level may have better optics for getting a ballot issue passed. A $200K exemption may have the perception that it doesn’t affect local homeowners. How much do we expect to collect from this use tax annually if passedd? Comments included the more we educate our voters about this use tax and the better they understand it, the more supportive the voters are of the use tax ballot proposal so staff is going back to the voters with a clear direction that funds are dedicated to community housing and better education to the voters in the next couple weeks. Staff anticipates that on average use tax funds will generate about $750K/year but revenues will go up and down just like the Real Estate Transfer Tax (“RETT”). There were comments that having this board consider a resolution to support a use tax ballot issue at the next meeting make sense. As this was a work session, Staff received feedback from Avon DDA Board Members and no motion was made. 5.2 Future Agenda Items: Discussion (Town Manager Eric Heil). Town Manager Eric Heil presented to the Avon DDA Board a list of Future Agenda Items to consider which included: DDA MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2024 HYBRID MEETING, IN PERSON AND VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS AVON DDA MEETING MINUTES AUGUST 5, 2024 PAGE 2 | 2 • Complete draft of Sun Rd Redevelopment Plan (September 16 but might take more than one meeting) • Complete draft of East Town Center Redevelopment Plan (September 16 but might take more than one meeting) • Considering a Resolution to support the use tax ballot proposal (September 16) • Review of concept to repurpose the old fire station at 351 Benchmark Rd. into an Art makers space (September 16) • Adopting the 2025 Budget (October 7 or November 4) • Planning Area B and Park Projects (October 7 or November 4) 5.3 Future Meeting Dates: Town Manager Eric Heil proposed to schedule the following Avon DDA Board Meetings on September 16, October 7 or November 4. After deliberations, consensus from the Avon DDA Board Members was to schedule all three of those meetings and get them on the calendar. Staff expressed that the November 4 meeting may be very short or may be a follow-up/carry-over discussion of items from the September and October agendas. There would not be a meeting anticipated for December but there will be an appreciation holiday dinner for the DDA board, the Planning & Zoning Commission and all other Avon citizen committees on Tuesday December 17 at Sauce on the Creek. Scott Tarbet left the meeting at 4:01 p.m. 6. MINUTES Board Member Gregg Cooper presented a motion to approve the Minutes from Avon DDA Board Meeting held May 13, 2024. Board Member Wayne Hanson seconded the motion. They were approved with a 4-0 vote. 7. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 04:08 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Ineke de Jong Chief Administrative Officer These minutes are only a summary of the proceedings of the meeting. They are not intended to be comprehensive or to include each statement, person speaking or to portray with complete accuracy. The most accurate records of the meeting are the audio of the meeting, which is housed in the Town Clerk' s office.