Business Improvement District

Business Improvement District Board Committee Agenda Tuesday Sept 18th, 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 August 21th 2018 BID meeting 3. Comments or discussion from the board - First downtown promotional video produced and released on social media - Bicycle racks progressing - Christmas decorations - MainStreet Fremont - Committee organization 4. Committee reports. - Marketing - Maintenance - Future Projects - Decorations 5. Next meeting October 18th 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 August 21st, 12:00, Grace Church Present: Kevin Main, Bill Parks, Glen Ellis, Bob Missel, JJ Bixby, Roxy Kracl, Vince O’Connor, Howard Krasne Absent: Tom Coday, Richard Register, Jerry Johnson Others: Shannon Mullen, Barbara Christensen, Cory Ruzicka, Nancy Ellis, Bill Spagnotti, Brian Newton, Stacy Heatherly 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 July 17t meeting by Bob Missel and seconded by Bill Parks. Motion carried. Comments from the board Bike racks was the opening topic, Brian stated city has no ordinance prohibiting racks on downtown sidewalksis good with installing them. Barbara stated restrictions need to be reviewed before putting location is decided upon. Brian said no ‘Ordinance’ was needed, but would take plan to city council for approval. A motion, by Howard, was brought to table to purchase 4 bicycle shaped bike racks, not to exceed $2,000.00. A plan, with a map, would be presented to City for final approval of location. Motion was seconded by Vince. Motion carried with no opposition. Bill will take design to Doug at Snowy River for consideration. Glen presented a plan being worked to get white lights on all buildings with in the Historic District. Glen presented update on formation of Fremont Downtown Development Group. Reports from the Committees Maintenance – no report given, Jerry was absent. Marketing - Howard Krasne reported on progress of creating a short video for promoting downtown. Service, Retail and Entertainment will be focus. A beta version of first video was shown for board. Plan on having first video ready for Sept 1 promotion. Vince proposed motion to authorize finalization of video to meet deadline, not to exceed $2000.00. Second by Bob. Motion carried with no opposition. Future – Bicycle Racks will come from future budget. Christmas Decoration - Decorations are here and ready for delivery. Shannon is working with Mark Vyhlidal. Committee asked if we could get decorations up early, mid-November, for photograph opportunities, Brian stated that would be possible. Finance – Brian Newton reported new assessments going out soon. Oct 1 is start of new fiscal year for BID, committee will adjust budget for 2019 and have a proposal for board to review next meeting. Committee appointments: Bill Parks & JJ Bixby to Future, JJ to Finance A motion for adjournment was made. Motion carried. Next meeting time was set for September 18th 2018; same time and location. Respectfully Submitted Glen Ellis, Chairman