Downtown Development Commission

DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Committee Room - Hartley Dodge Memorial Building Date: March 21, 2019 Time: 7:15 pm MEETING AGENDA 1) CALL TO ORDER 2) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3) ROLL CALL R. Conley M. Tomaszewski E. Range M. Pellessier J. Hoover T. Honohan R. Rocco L. Ellis B. Cramer P. Flemming R. Stern J. Hollenbach L. Lajewski M. Fabyanski A. Adams J. Morris C. Brady S. Whitehorn D. Starker G. Herzog 4) OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT: In compliance with the open public meetings act, adequate notice of this meeting of the Downtown Development Commission was provided by distributing the Annual Meeting schedule to the Madison Eagle and Morris County Daily Record, posting a copy on the bulletin board at the main entrance to the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building, posting a copy on the Borough website, and filing a copy with the Borough Clerk, all on or about the first week of January 2019. Copies of said notice were made available to members of the general public. 5) APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 2019 MINUTES 6) TREASURER’S REPORT 7) FOUNDATION REPORT 8) MAYORAL REPORT 9) COUNCIL LIAISON REPORT 10) PLANNING BOARD REPORT 11) DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT REPORT a) Report on meeting with NJ Transit held on February 27 b) 14 Lincoln Place Redevelopment – Process Update c) Best Practices, Ideas, Information Sharing: i) Pending Legislation:  ABC Legislation: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AnwS_DqnT6nMhE1A8DsgfEMojhIU  New Jersey Transit Villages Act: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AnwS_DqnT6nMhFBDNykik9XbmyDG ii) Articles/Information of Interest:  Morris County Office of Planning and Preservation Municipal Profile Sheet https://planning.morriscountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Madison-.pdf  City Lab – “The Secret Ingredient of Resilient Cities – Culture” https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/03/urban-culture-city-recovery- natural-disaster- 1|Page  reconstruction/584536/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign =Issue:%202019-03- 13%20Smart%20Cities%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:19865%5D&utm_term= Smart%20Cities%20Dive 12) CHAIRMAN/EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT a) Operations Review and Goal Setting (Please review all documents prior to the March 21 meeting and be prepared to share suggestions, thoughts, concerns) i) Bylaw Revisions (click here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AnwS_DqnT6nMhEjF206Jrqm5cZ3J ) ii) DDC Operations Review and Goal Setting February 21, 2019 – NOTES (click here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AnwS_DqnT6nMhEpvaBA-Yf3kcwOi ) iii) Draft List of Committee Responsibilities (click here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!AnwS_DqnT6nMhEnVZ8iWxmrNxkI8 ) iv) Committee Work Session: We will break into Committees for 15 minutes so that each committee can set a schedule of meetings, select a chair, discuss membership recruitment, begin basic goal setting. 13) STANDING COMMITTEES (CURRENT): Informational only, no discussion planned except as highlighted a) Sign & Façade: The new Sign Permit Application with minor changes to the fee structure are now in posted for use. The fee changes were approved by Mayor and Council with the adoption of Ordinance 3-2019 at the meeting of January 28, 2019. i) There have been two applications reviewed and referred to the Borough Zoning Officer since 2|Page  the February DDC meeting. (1) Ossino’s Market, 258 Main Street b) PIC (Public Improvement): There is no report c) Marketing and Economic Development: The second meeting was held on Thursday, February 28. At this meeting the first round of creative materials were shared. The third meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 20. i) Creative Concepts 14) AD HOC COMMITTEE AND PROJECT UPDATES: These are listed primarily for informational purposes only the items highlighted will be discussed. a) Taste of Madison (Monday, March 18, 2019) b) May Day (May 4, 2019) i) Art Contest is under way; the deadline is March 22 for submissions. ii) The May Day donation envelopes are in the process of being put in the utility bills and they are starting to come back in. iii) A meeting will be scheduled for the week of March 25 to judge and choose a winner for the art context and to kick start the planning for the day of. c) Madison IntoYellow (May 5 through 12): i) Trifold brochure is available here for your information: d) DDC/MACA Sidewalk Art Gallery & Gala (inactive) e) Farmers’ Market (Thursdays, May 23 - October 24, 2019) i) Contracts have been sent to previous vendors with a request for a response regarding attendance. ii) There are approximately ten new vendors who have reached out anxious to join if there is space available. f) Drew University Town Tour (TBD) g) Bottle Hill Day (Saturday, October 5, 2019) h) Downtown Concert Series w/METC (June 28, July 12, July 26, August 9, August 23 and September 6, 2019) i) MACA/DDC Holiday Arts Festival (Friday and Saturday, November 29 and 30, 2019) j) Rose City Summerfest (June 15, 2019) 15) OLD BUSINESS 16) NEW BUSINESS – OPEN IDEA SHARING 17) INVITATION FOR DISCUSSION FROM THE PUBLIC 18) ADJOURNMENT NEXT MEETING: NEXT MEETING: Thursday, April 18 at 7:15pm, Committee Room - Hartley Dodge Memorial Building. Executive Board Meeting TBD. 3|Page