Business Improvement District

Business Improvement District Agenda Tuesday August 21, 2018 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. Grace Church, 109 E 6th, 2nd Floor Kenya Room. Fremont, Nebraska 1. Meeting called to order and announcement of Open Meeting Law 2. Approval of minutes of the July 17, 2018 BID meeting 3. Comments or discussion from the board - Bike Racks - Building Lights - Fremont Downtown Development Group 4. Committee reports. - Marketing - Maintenance - Future Projects - Decorations - Finance 5. Next meeting September 18, 2018 7. Adjournment The Board reserves the right to go into Executive Session when necessary. A copy of the Open Meeting Law is available for review by the public. The Board reserves the right to adjust the order of items on this agenda.  Business Improvement District Meeting Minutes July 17, 2018, 12:00, Grace Church Present: Glen Ellis, Vince O’Connor, Roxie Kracl, Richard Register, Howard Krasne, Jerry Johnson, Bob Missel, Bill Parks Absent: Tom Coday, Keven Main, Gary Pebley Others Present: Keith Radford, J.J. Bixby, Shannon Mullen, Brian Newton Meeting was called to order and it was noted that it was an open public meeting with a copy of the open public meeting law available in the room. Motion was made to approve the minutes of the May 15th meeting by Howard Krasne and seconded by Vince O’Connor. Motion carried. Comments from the public Glen reported about Fremont Fall Festival on Oct 5, 6,& 7. Downtown Discussion on Aug 21st. Fremont Downtown Development Group creation. Fremont Creative Collective PitchIt on Oct 4th. Introduction to Trello. An invite will be sent to all board members. Jerry Johnson submitted Gary Pebley’s resignation letter. Accepted into record. Offered J.J. Bixby as a replacement. Vince O’Connor made motion to recommend, Roxie Kracl seconded. Recommendation will be passed to City Council. Brian Newton reported on electric car charging station being installed by city in parking near 5th and Park. Reports from the Committees Maintenance – Jerry reported on park lot sign options, waiting on pricing. Bob Missel reported on need for bicycle racks within downtown. Shannon reported on city will remove the monuments from the parking lot and salvage the bronze plaques. Marketing - Howard Krasne reported on progress of creating a short video for promoting downtown. Service, Retail and Entertainment will be focus. Talking with Vic about getting something by Aug 21 meeting. Future – Gary’s resignation cause a vacancy in committee. Offered for anyone to join committee. Will be taking on Downtown Master Plan in near future. Christmas Decoration - Vince O’Connor reported on possible Christmas tree for walk this year in Schweser’s parking lot. Finance – Brian Newton reported new assessments going out soon. Clerk, Tyler Ficken working on collecting few unpaid assessments. A motion for adjournment was made by Jerry Johnson and seconded by Bill Parks. Motion carried. Next meeting time was set for August 21, 2018, same time and location. Respectfully Submitted Glen Ellis, Chairman