HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-10-28 85-369 ORDER85-369
Introduced by Councilor Frankel, crooner 1a, 1985
CITY OF BANGOR
(TUTEE,) Mrbert......... Author n9,City M S x.to Dm S t Aepli at on for
Technical Assistance for Revitalization of the Downtown Retail Area
By Me City Council of W aft ofBauyor.
ORDERED,
THAT WHEREAS, the International Downtown Association (IDA) is
seeking cities throughout the Country interested ireceiving tech-
nical a r
assistance services to help with revitalization of
s specific
downtownretail areasthrough the establishment of a centralized
retail management entity; and
WHEREAS, provisions of technical assistance will be
targeted to the problems a city encounters when organizing the
critical core of downtown retail properties in order to apply suc-
cessful shopping mall management techniques; and
WHEREAS, downtowns have experienced major problems during
the last two decades i maintaining or capturing their share of a
regions retail market and this technical assistance program, made
possible through funding from the D. S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, is designed to help cities apply centralized
retail management techniques which have made suburban shopping malls
successful; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this technical assistance is to
help those cities which are convinced of the need for a centralized
retail management entity in order to more effectively increase
retail sales and generate additional jobs and tax revenues; and
WHEREAS, actual technical assistance would be provided by
embers of the International Downtown Association, the Urban Land
Institute, the International Counsel of Shopping Centers, the
Building Owners and Managers Association, and the National Maine
Street Center of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; and
WHEREAS, cities could receive technical assistance,
pending evaluation of need, in the areas of market analysis and
planning, financial planning and packaging, retail management
planning, leasing assistance, organizational development, consensus
development, retaileducation, and transit usage incentives;
WHEREAS, the final deadline for receipt of the: -applic-
ation is November 12, 1985:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUCIL OF THE
CITY OF BANGOR THAT the City Manager is hereby authorize to submit
an application to the International Downtown Association for tech-
nical assistance services to help with the revitalization of the
downtown retail area.
STATEMENT OF FACT: The International Downtown
Association intends to select from a n to ten
cities to receive technical a satancee If
selected, the City will need to commit a minimum
of $5,000-$30,000 in Community Development Block
Grant/Urban Development Action Grant Funds and/or
private sector funds to be applied toward the
project. The commitment of financial and in-kind
resources could include cash expended on project
implementation and administration and compensation
for staff administering the project. The final
commitment of these resources are
not required
at application time but would becommitted at the
time the City Council approved an agreement with
the International Downtown Association.
85-369
In CITY CO{rtrli o R n e R "85 W1 24 V3.16
Oetot,ev 28, 1995
passed Title,
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for Revitalization of tLe Oovntarn Retail A[ea
Introduced and filed by
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Councilman