PBIA Advisory Board

City Hall Meeting Minutes 601 4th Avenue E Olympia WA 98501 PBIA Advisory Board Contact: Brian Wilson 360.570.3798 Thursday, February 12, 2015 5:30 PM Council Chambers 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Corso called the meeting to order at 5:41 p.m. 1.A ROLL CALL Present: 13 - Chair Mary Corso, Vice Chair Sarah Adams, Boardmember Janis Dean, Boardmember Jeannine Kempees, Boardmember Connie Phegley, Boardmember Ken Adney, Boardmember David Rauh, Boardmember Phil Rollins, Boardmember Sunday Williams, Boardmember Nancy Grace Campbell, Boardmember Alana Carr, Boardmember Sheila Irish, and Boardmember Jess Nicoletti Excused: 1 - Boardmember Bobbi Kerr Absent: 1 - Boardmember Jeffrey Trinin OTHERS PRESENT Community Planning & Development Downtown Liaison Brain Wilson City Councilmember Jeannine Roe 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The agenda was approved with removal of the ambassador report and approval of work plan items. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approval of January 8, 2015 PBIA Meeting Minutes. Attachments: January 8, 2015 Draft Minutes The minutes were approved. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT Food truck owner Jacob David was introduced. 5. DOWNTOWN AMBASSADOR UPDATE - None City of Olympia Page 1 PBIA Advisory Board Meeting Minutes February 12, 2015 5. BRIEF COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS & UPDATES Boardmember Connie Phegley described actions of the Clean and Safe Committee, including butterfly-shaped cigarette butt collection containers that will be placed around downtown, artesian well improvements, a 24-hour bathroom, murals, and walking patrols. Boardmember Janis Dean described the Marketing Committee, which includes topics of “messaging” and the graphics associated with this, promoting independent businesses, a downtown walking map, promoting a friendly environment downtown, sponsorships to encourage visits to downtown, a seminar on marketing a business cheaply, and holiday decorations downtown. Chair Mary Corso described a meeting with the director of the Olympia Downtown Association and their interest in working together to improve downtown. The PBIA has been invited to Lake Fair to set up a booth and hand out information. The Downtown Academies have also invited the PBIA to participate and develop speakers to present. Lastly, an opportunity with the ODA to put an advertising piece into the map, but must be finished by Friday. Welcoming packets will also be an area of effort by the PBIA to help inform new business owners. This will be followed up by a visit by a welcoming ambassador to explain the PBIA and help provide information. 6. COMMITTEE BREAKOUT SESSION The committees discussed their individual projects and presented their plans. The Marketing Committee reported on their group discussion. Ideas included a parallel parking competition in front of Radiance, creation of a downtown services and products catalog, website additions, a mobile app, closure of the website, non-historical historical events around Olympia, increased historical visibility, more cross-business promotion, better freeway signage to downtown, and new banners. The Clean and Safe Committee reported on their group discussion. Ideas included a 24-hour bathroom, an OBD liaison, more walking police, a parks liaison, a mural program, implementation of butterfly-shaped cigarette butt collection containers, an ambassador program, de-escalation training, service dog stickers for businesses, pressure washing, and downtown cleanups. 7. APPROVAL OF WORK PLANS - None 8. BOARD CHAIR/CO-CHAIR ELECTIONS City of Olympia Page 2 PBIA Advisory Board Meeting Minutes February 12, 2015 Mary Corso was reelected as Board Chair. Boardmember Connie Phegley was elected as Vice Chair. 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:23 p.m. City of Olympia Page 3