Old Town La Verne Business Improvement District Agendas

AGENDA Old Town La Verne Business Improvement District Advisory Board Monday, April 4, 2022 – 8:30 am 2079 Bonita Ave – Chase’s Patio 1. WELCOME AND CALL TO ORDER- Board Members City Representatives/Others Present Craig Walters, Chair Eric Scherer, Com. Dev. Director Marianne Stark Natalie Hiatt, Com. Dev. Admin. Clerk Micky Rehm Leah Skinner, Chamber of Commerce Matt Forgey Adam Wong. University of La Verne Zuhey Espinoza 2. CALENDAR- Cool Cruise Saturday, April 16th, 2022 Wine Walk Saturday, May 14, 2022 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 7, 2022 4. NEW BUSINESS A. Annual Meeting Topics – Candidate’s Forum? B. Budget Subcommittee C. University Dinner Crawl – Adam Wong 5. CONTINUED BUSINESS A. Wine Walk Update 6. COMMITTEE REPORTS/ UPDATES D. City Report (Eric Scherer): E. University Report (Zuhey Espinoza): F. Marketing (Micky Rehm): G. Chamber Report (Leah Skinner): H. Social Media Update (Micky Rehm): I. Financial Report: 7. PUBLIC COMMENT (Any discussion or action on non-agendized items must be deferred to the following meeting, as required by California Brown Act Law) 8. ADJOURNMENT – Monday May 2, 2022 8:30 am– 2079 Bonita Ave., Chase’s  OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING Monday, March 7, 2022 1. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Craig Walters at 8:35 a.m. Advisory Board Members present: Craig Walters, Dr. Zuhey Espinoza, and Matt Forgey (via telephone). City Representative present: Community Development Director Eric Scherer. Others present: George Henderson, Peri Hanawalt, Fang Wang, Ken Valmonte, and Ole Haslund. Dr. Espinoza was recognized for attending her first meeting after her official appointment to the Board. 2. CALENDAR Cool Cruise – Saturday, April 16, 2022 Wine Walk – Saturday, May 14, 2022 3. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES January 10, 2022 and February 7, 2022 It was moved by Mr. Forgey and seconded by Dr. Espinoza to approve the minutes of the January 10, 20222 and February 7, 2022 meetings. Motion carried by a 3-0 vote. 4. NEW BUSINESS No Items. 5. CONTINUED BUSINESS A. Wine Walk – Chairperson Walters stated that he was concerned as there are less locations that have indicated that they would participate in the event. There was also concern of finding enough food partners. Mr. Henderson indicated that the Chamber was going to be sending out an email to all La Verne restaurants, and it was confirmed that if there are interested restaurants from outside of La Verne, we will start to gather that information. The next Wine Walk meeting will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8:30 am at Micky’s Jewelry Studio. 1 6. COMMITTEE REPORTS/ UPDATES A. City Report (Eric Scherer): Mr. Scherer stated the City continues to work on the plans for Mainiero Square. B. University Report (Zuhey Espinoza): Ms. Espinoza stated that the University has transitioned to a “masking optional” format, but most students continue to learn remotely. On April 23rd will be the University’s Scholarship Gala and that she would be sending an email out with more information. C. Marketing (Micky Rehm): None D. Chamber Report (Leah Skinner): None E. Social Media Update (Micky Rehm): None F. Financial Report: None 7. PUBLIC COMMENT (Any discussion or action on non-agendized items must be deferred to the following meeting, as required by California Brown Act Law) No comments received. 8. ADJOURNMENT Meeting was adjourned at 8:55 a.m., to the next meeting to be held on Monday, April 4, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Respectively submitted, _____________________ Eric Scherer 2