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DDA Packet 2026.01.12 _____________________________________________________________________________________ MEETING AGENDAS AND PACKETS ARE FOUND AT: WWW.AVON.ORG MEETING NOTICES ARE POSTED AT AVON TOWN HALL, AVON RECREATION CENTER, AVON ELEMENTARY AND AVON PUBLIC LIBRARY IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION NEEDS, PLEASE, IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, CALL TOWN CLERK MIGUEL JAUREGUI CASANUEVA AT 970-748-4001 OR EMAIL MJAUREGUI@AVON.ORG WITH ANY SPECIAL REQUESTS. DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING AGENDA Monday, January 12, 2026 MEETING BEGINS AT 3:00 PM Hybrid meeting: In person at Avon Town Hall, 100 Mikaela Way or virtually on Teams (registration instructions found on public notice) 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. DISCLOSURE OF ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS 4. PUBLIC COMMENT – COMMENTS ARE WELCOME ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING AGENDA Public comments are limited to three (3) minutes. The speaker may be given one (1) additional minute subject to Board approval. 5. BUSINESS ITEMS: Executive Session Only 6. MINUTES 6.1. Approval of December 1, 2025 Downtown Development Authority Meeting Minutes (Chief Finance Officer Paul Redmond) 7. EXECUTIVE SESSION 7.1. For the purpose of purchase, acquisition, lease, transfer or sale of real estate pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(a) and for the purpose of determining negotiating positions, developing strategy for negotiations, and instructing negotiators pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(e)(i) concerning development of real property (Town Manager Eric Heil) 8. ADJOURN Public Comments: Avon DDA agendas shall include a general item labeled “Public Comment” near the beginning of all Board meetings. Members of the public who wish to provide comments to the Board greater than three minutes are encouraged to schedule time in advance on the agenda and to provide written comments and other appropriate materials to the Board in advance of the Board meeting. The Chairperson shall permit public comments for any action item or work session item and may permit public comment for any other agenda item, and may limit such public comment to three minutes per individual, which limitation may be waived or increased by a majority of the quorum present. Article VI. Public Comments, Avon Downtown Development Authority Simplified Rules of Order DDA MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 HYBRID MEETING, IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS Page 1 1. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order at 3:01 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 Lisa Mattis. Present Virtually: Board Members Rob Tartre, Matthew Fitzgerald, and Marcus Lindholm. Also present virtually was Town Attorney Nina Williams Absent: Board Members Brandt Marott and Scott Tarbet and Councilor Chico Thuon. Staff: Town Manager Eric Heil, Deputy Town Manager Patty McKenny, Chief Finance Officer Paul Redmond, Planning Manager Jena Skinner and Chief Administrative Officer Ineke de Jong. There was one member of the public in attendance. Don Simpson with Grand Peaks Development. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Board Member Lisa Mattis motioned to approve the agenda. Board Member Chris Neuswanger seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously by 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 announced that he has a potential conflict with the presentation of Lot B since he is a homeowner and board member on the property next to it (Lodge at Avon Center). Board Member Rob Tartre expressed he has a similar conflict since he lives in the Avon Center building also. Town Attorney Nina Williams said the board can discuss and address these conflicts when we get to the Lot B Agenda Item. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comments were made in person nor virtually. 5. BUSINESS ITEMS 5.1 PRESENTATION: Sun Road Redevelopment Plan Update (Community Development Director Matt Pielsticker) Town Manager Eric Heil took the board members through an update on the Sun Road Redevelopment Plan. The conceptual design process has officially commenced, and initial design options will be developed in the coming weeks. Close coordination with a transportation engineering firm (Fehr & Peers) is informing the space and layout requirements of a potential regional transportation facility in the project. Initial meetings with stakeholders (USPS, FirstBank, Walgreens) kicked off last month and are ongoing and staff took them through all the aspirations. All findings will be put together in a draft and its clear that we will have to make it work for existing property owners first before we can bring some redevelopment ideas forward. DDA MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 HYBRID MEETING, IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS Page 2 Staff will bring conceptual design plans to the DDA in early 2026. Once the DDA and Planning and Zoning Commission (“PZC”) provide input, the plans will go to Avon Town Council. After approval by Council the preferred conceptual design will serve as the basis for a future Request for Proposal (“RFP”) to solicit interest by private developers and investors to implement redevelopment of the Sun Road Plan area. The board had a few questions. Board member Chris Neuswanger suggested to take really good notes on all communications with the US Postal Service. Board member Marcus Lindholm asked if staff has been engaged with any developers. Staff confirmed not yet and we may do an open house for interested developers and get input and questions before we go to RFP. Board member Rob Tartre aske what the expected unit count is. Staff confirmed very rough estimates are 200-250 units, and if there is a boutique hotel that would reduce the unit count. 5.2 PRESENTATION: Lot B – The Summit Public Amenities (Town Manager Eric Heil) The board addressed the potential conflict of interest for DDA Board Chair Emrick and Board Member Rob Tartre. Town Attorney Nina Williams read the Colorado Statutes and expressed there would be a conflict of interest if these board members have a direct ownership interest or personal financial benefit in the development or this development would benefit their property values more than other property owners in the district. The group discussed there is no personal financial benefit to these 2 board members as they have no direct ownership interest in the development or the lot. But many board members own in the DDA area and development in the DDA area would benefit property values in the DDA which would apply to these 2 board members similar as it would to other property owners in the district. After discussion the other board members agreed this is not a conflict of interest and that Tony Emrick and Rob Tartre could participate in the presentation. DDA Board Chair Emrick asked once more if any board members felt this would be a conflict. No board members spoke. Town Manager Eric Heil then took the DDA board members through the presentation of Lot B – located between the Avon Center building and Avon Town Hall. Staff has negotiated with the developer of Lot B to include several public amenities which are unique to this property due to its location. This development is proposing to offer 4 amenities. 1. A community Workshop/Coffee Shop 2. Pedestrian Path Connection 3. Town Hall Civic Plaza 4. Expansion of Lettuce Shed Plaza DDA MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 HYBRID MEETING, IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS Page 3 Town Manager Eric Heil asked the group, is this an attractive group of amenities for this lot? If so, staff can start working and analyze the financial impact. The board discussed both hesitations and reasons to favor these amenities, in particular the Community Workshop/Coffee Shop. The board did agree that if a non-residential use doesn’t work, it can always still be turned into residential in the future. After discussion, the board members said they are generally favorable and agree it is worth looking into further. Town Manager Eric Heil thanked the board for their feedback and expressed that figuring out what goes in this space may be a year-long community process. During the pedestrian mall process, we heard feedback for more activation on the mall. This is the last chance of any community facing development on the mall. He said the TIFF generated from this development would be used to pay for this. This will likely get to PZC in December, to Council in January and then probably come back to the DDA at the February 2 board meeting. 6. MINUTES Board Member Lisa Mattis motioned to approve the Minutes from Avon DDA Board Meeting held November 3rd, 2025. Board Member Chris Neuswanger seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously by those present. 7. EXECUTIVE SESSION DDA Board Chair Tony Emrick asked for a motion to move into executive session for the purpose of purchase, acquisition, lease, transfer or sale of real estate pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(a) and for the purpose of determining negotiating positions, developing strategy for negotiations, and instructing negotiators pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(e)(i) concerning development of real property. Don Simpson and Jena Skinner left the meeting at 4:10pm. The board took a very short recess to meet on a new Teams link for the Executive Session. The Executive Session started at 4:15 p.m. Present were 8 DDA Board Members, the Town Attorney and 4 staff members. Present in Person: Board Members Tony Emrick, Wayne Hanson, Chris Neuswanger, Gregg Cooper and Lisa Mattis. Present Virtually: Board Members Rob Tartre, Matthew Fitzgerald, and Marcus Lindholm. Also present virtually was Town Attorney Nina Williams Staff: Town Manager Eric Heil, Deputy Town Manager Patty McKenny, Chief Finance Officer Paul Redmond and Chief Administrative Officer Ineke de Jong. DDA MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 HYBRID MEETING, IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS Page 4 The Executive Session started at 4:52 p.m. Present were the same 8 DDA Board Members, the Town Attorney and 4 staff members. 8. ADJOURNMENT DDA Board Chair Emrick adjourned the meeting at 4:52 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.