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Woodland Park DDA designates website for public notices, approves minutes and $7,341.50 legal bill; micro-grant administration to be streamlined
Summary
The Woodland Park Downtown Development Authority approved Resolution 2026-01 designating the city website as the public posting location, approved the December minutes and authorized payment of a $7,341.50 legal invoice. Board and staff discussed streamlining administration of the 2026 micro-grant program (up to $200,000) and will return with recommendations.
The Woodland Park Downtown Development Authority on Jan. 16 voted to designate the city website as the official public posting location for meeting notices, approved its December minutes and authorized payment of a $7,341.50 invoice for legal services.
A staff member described Resolution 2026-01 as "a simple resolution that we do each year that sets the public location for where you're giving public notice, which is on your website," and noted a contingency allowing physical posting at city hall if online posting is not possible (SEG 193-201).
The board voted to approve Resolution 2026-01 after a motion by a board member (speaker 6) and a second by Bourne. The chair read recorded 'yes' votes for Bourne, Good, Gomelke/Gamelke, Jones, Mijares, Hugh and Salazar (SEG 224-237). The board also approved its December minutes earlier in the meeting following a motion by the secretary and a recorded roll-call vote (SEG 032, 036-046).
The chair presented a bill for DDA legal services totaling $7,341.50 and asked for approval. "Born would move to approve payment of that bill," the chair said; a second was recorded and the chair read the 'yes' votes as the motion passed (SEG 295-313). The transcript does not specify the name of the second on the payment motion.
Board members and city staff also discussed planning for the 2026 micro-grant program. The chair noted the DDA had been approved to provide up to $200,000 for micro grants and asked members to consider timing for a new application round. City staff (including Josh) proposed options to reduce staff and attorney time spent reviewing applications, such as using committees or another board (for example, Main Street) to review applications; staff said they would bring a recommended path forward to the next meeting (SEG 318-341).
Why it matters: the actions set how the DDA will post meeting notices going forward, authorized payment of routine legal fees and signaled the board's intent to refine micro-grant administration to save staff time and funds.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 193; topfinish SEG 341.
