Downtown Development Commission

Minutes Thursday, September 26, 2013 1. Call to order 7:03 2. Roll Call __y_ Carla Brady _n__Maureen Byrne __y_Ben Cahill __n_Robert Conley _y__Bradley Cramer _l__Lisa Ellis __ y_Craig Erezuma __y_Mark Fabyanski _n__Peter Flemming _n__Garry Herzog __n_Larry Jasen __y_Michael Kopas __y_Wayne Lajewski __y_Robert Landrigan __y_Eric Range __y_Russell Stern __y_Carmen Vacchiano _n__Stephen Whitehorn __n_Marsha Ann Zimmerman 3. Approval of July 2013 minutes Motion: Cramer, _y__ Carla Brady ___Maureen Byrne ___Ben Cahill ___Robert Conley _y__Bradley Cramer ___Lisa Ellis _a_Craig Erezuma _y__Mark Fabyanski ___Peter Flemming ___Garry Herzog _a_Larry Jasen _y__Michael Kopas __y_Wayne Lajewski _y__Robert Landrigan ___Eric Range _a_Russell Stern _a__Carmen Vacchiano ___Stephen Whitehorn ___Marsha Ann Zimmerman 5. Treasurer’s Report 6. Mayor’s Report: Dodge Field, next Wednesday. Softball game! 7. Council Liaison Report: Discussion on Farmers Market and impact on traffic patterns. 8. Planning Board Report: Discussion about Giralda 9. Committee Reports: a. Sign & Façade—no report b. University Relations—Talking to planning Board, Looking at impervious coverage at Drew. c. Public Improvement Committee: working on Cook Alley and tree grates; moving forward with Waverly Alley. PIC mtg Wed. 8:30am. 10. Ad Hoc Committee Reports a. Taste of Madison: $13,000 for each group. $1000 increase from last year.  b. May Day 2013: Need to rethink the after party. How do we increase attendance? c. Farmers’ Market d. Bottle Hill Day 2013: Applications are coming in. Carla and Lisa meeting to work out details of Drew involvement. 11. Old Business a. Electric Bill Insert: What is the DDC? On one side. FM on the other b. Peter Coviello –Cook Parking Lot c. Shared Parking signage a. Main St. and Alexander Dr. shared parking opportunity. 12. New Business a. Title for DDC Column on TAP b. Consider a commercial for Downtown c. Dunkin Donuts gift card to utilities workers during the heat wave from the DDC d. Custom Madison gift cards e. Introduce Steve Tombalakian and Paul Daly of the MMSF f. Central Lunch 85th Anniversary. Oldest business in Madison. g. Plans in how DDC funding will occur still being discussed. 13. Foundation Report 14. Assistant Borough Administrator’s Report: Spaces are filling. a. New antique shop in Blush b. Chiropractor in Cook Plaza 15. Adjournment 8:38