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DDA Minutes 2025.11.03DDA MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025 HYBRID MEETING, IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS Page 1 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 3:02 p.m. DDA Board Chair Tony Emrick presided over the meeting. There was quorum with eight Board Members present at the time. Present in Person: Board Members Tony Emrick, Wayne Hanson, Chris Neuswanger, Gregg Cooper and Rob Tarte. Present Virtually: Board Members Matthew Fitzgerald, Lisa Mattis and Scott Tarbet. Absent: Board Members Brandt Marott and Marcus Lindholm and Councilor Chico Thuon. Staff: Town Manager Eric Heil, Deputy Town Manager Patty McKenny and Chief Administrative Officer Ineke de Jong. Community Development Director Matt Pielsticker was present virtually. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Board Member Chris Neuswanger motioned to approve the agenda. Board Member Rob Tarte seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously with an 8-0 vote of those present. 3. DISCLOSURE OF ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS DDA Board Chair Emrick asked if there were any conflicts of interest, and none were disclosed. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comments were made in person nor virtually. 5. BUSINESS ITEMS 5.1 PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution 25-02: Adopting the 2026 Avon Downtown Development Authorities Budget (Town Manager Eric Heil) The publc hearing for Resolution 25-02 was opened. Town Manager Eric Heil took the Board Members through the Resolution to adopt the 2026 Avon DDA Budget. He said in future years, there will hopefully be more funding. The board members asked if staff has modeled revenue projections into 2027 & 2028? It was noted that staff would continue to fine tune revenue projections with some future modeling. There were no public input comments, and the hearing was closed. DDA Board Chair Tony Emrick motioned to approve Resolution 25-02. Board Member Gregg Cooper seconded that motion. The motion passed unanimously with an 8-0 vote of those present. 5.2 PRESENTATION: Village Planning Area A update, Phase 1 Financial Projections (Chief Financial Officer Paul Redmond) Town Manager Eric Heil took the DDA board members through the modeling (financial projections) of the Village Planning Area A. The modeling presented includes the retail space of Whole Foods DDA MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2025 HYBRID MEETING, IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS Page 2 and Retail Pads 1 and 2 next to it, the Skjol Condo Project (100 condos), the Bosk Apartments Project (242 apartments) and the Avondale Apartments Project (40 apartments). The estimated revenue projection totals are $8.2Mln for Traer Creek, $1.3Mln for the Avon DDA and $269K for the Town of Avon. Staff is working on similar modeling for other projects in Town to see what the impacts would be on Town revenues. The board asked staff for an update on Sun Rd Redevelopment. Town Manager Eric Heil explained that Avon received a lot of proposals based on the RFP and there is a meeting this week to walk the site. Staff also has a standing meeting with United States Post Office representatives and has had some conversation with First Bank and the Walgreens corporate office team. He said part of the puzzle would be to make a plan for the existing owners and tenants of these buildings when redevelopment occurs, This topic would be back in front of the DDA, possibly as early as Q2 2026, for review and discussion. The conceptual design planning will be challenging and we will have to play “tetris” to get owners and tenants in new buildings, with or without any down time. 6. MINUTES Board Member Rob Tarte motioned to approve the Minutes from Avon DDA Board Meeting held August 3rd, 2025. Board Member Gregg Cooper seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously with an 8-0 vote of those present. 7. ADJOURNMENT DDA Board Chair Emrick adjourned the meeting at 3:37 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.