Business Improvement District

Business Improvement District Board Minutes Noon, June 21, 2022 Country Traditions 303 N. Main Street, Fremont NE 68025 Board Present: J J Bixby, Richard Register, Roxie Kracl, Kevin Main, Jerry Johnson, Sam Heineman, Vince O'Conner, Brenden Murray and Daniel Cech arriving at 12:07 Absent: Bill Parks, Ginger Rosenthal,,and Tom Coday, Berta Quintero and Howard Krasne Guests: Jody Sanders, Melissa Powell and Lindi Janulewicz 1. Meeting was called to order by Vice Chairman Bixby at 12:04 pm. Roll call was taken. It was noted that a copy of the Open Public Meeting Act was posted and available in the room. 2. Motion was made to approve the minutes of the May 17, 2022 meeting by Vince O'Conner and seconded by Kevin Main motion carried by unanimous roll call vote 8/0 3. Discussion on acceptance of Ginger Rosenthal & Bill Parks resignation from the BID board. Both resignations are due to time restraints and at this time the Board will not replace. New quorum for meetings will be 7. Motion was made by Vince O'Conner and seconded by Kevin Main motion carried by unanimous roll call vote 9/0 4. Discussion on unpaid taxes – Jody reported approximately 10 old and 10-15 current ones found some issues with the list such as properties were sold from time assessed to time billed. No action taken at this time. Jody will bring a current report to the next meeting that will give the city 30 days to review list to make sure proper owner is getting notices. 5. Sponsorship requests were presented by Sam Heineman. 1st application was from Katy Jones for an Art Walk on Oct 8th requested amount of $1500 BID portion $750 Motion was made by Sam Heineman and seconded by Vince O'Conner motion carried by unanimous roll call vote 9/0. 2nd application was from Fremont Opera House for an event in parking lot on Sept 10th request for $1250 BID portion $625 Motion was made by Sam Heineman and seconded by Vince O'Conner motion carried by unanimous roll call vote 9/0. 3rd request was from Fremont Art Assoc Lindi reported on event request for $1500 BID portion $750 Motion was made by Vince O'Connor and seconded by Roxie Kracl motion carried by unanimous roll call vote 9/0. 6. Discussion and action taken on banners for BID district. Motion was made by Vince O'conner to approve up to $500 for banners and to use the design with all 3 participants on 1 banner it was seconded by Daniel Cech motion carried by unanimous roll call vote 9/0. 7. Discussion on downtown parking – Sam Heineman reported on new city ordinance maintaining 2 hour parking Monday through Saturday 9am – 5 pm with 2 hour limit with no restrictions on over night parking, and city parking lots no overnight restrictions but a max in space for 72 hours. No action taken 8. Committee Reports Financial- Tom Coday not present but a copy of financial report was distributed. Discussion on how much was in the Sponsorship fund. Sam reported after today's $8,875 was spent out of the $10,000 ear marked. Some discussion on next years projects will consider reducing or setting a portion to be used on only new events next year. No action taken. Projects Committee- Sam Heineman reported installation of speaker system will begin tomorrow. Multi-Cultural- no report Maintenance- JJ Bixby reported that green spaces looked good and are being kept up. Future Projects- Tom Coday will be attending June 28th City Council meeting and invites all BID members to join to give update to council. Design/Christmas Decorations- No Report 9. Comments from Public – Vince O'Conner reported a big meeting with Convention Bureau next week and he will report at next meeting some of the happenings of that group with Christmas Decorations, office space etc. 10. MainStreet- Melissa reported that they had to create a new Mainstreet Fremont facebook page so please go out and like the new page and invite others to do the same. Gave out Concert in the park posters to be hung. 11. A motion to adjorn at 12:59 pm was made by Vince O'Conner and seconded by Jerry Johnson. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote 9/0 Respectfully submitted,