Old Orchard Business District Advisory Commission

Old Orchard Special Business District Advisory Commission MEETING MINUTES APPROVED MEETING DATE: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 LOCATION: City Hall CALLED TO ORDER: 8:05 AM MEETING ADJOURNED: 8:36 AM NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 NAME PRESENT ABSENT Joe Fichter, Chair X Angel Venegoni X Claire Winkler X Mary Jane Armstrong X Steve Scheipeter X Holland Saltsman X Robert Weber X John Barr X Steve Zielinski X X Frank Janoski, Council Liaison X Mara Perry, City Liaison X Also in attendance: Fran Sudekum – Administrative Support APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve the August minutes as was made by Angel Venegoni, seconded by Robert Weber, motion was unanimously approved. PARKING • Waiting on final approval from Bethesda on the agreement to turn over the strip of parking spaces behind the businesses on the north side of Big Bend (North Old Orchard east) as City public parking. Once received, the City Council will sign off on the agreement and approve the parking ordinance; parking restriction signs will then go up. • The President of Nerinx Hall, John Gabriel, will pass the information on to the Nerinx student body and their parents. • Mara Perry has been in touch with owner of the Einstein’s location to let him know of the coming change. HOLIDAY PLANNING • Commission members discussed a potential holiday event in the District. Multiple ideas were put forth: o Have a similar event as was done last year with activities held in Gazebo Park culminating with a tree lighting at the end of the day. o Build on the Santa’s on the Run event that starts early in the morning. o Have the tree lighting the night before the Santa’s on the Run event. o Hold a holiday event jointly with Old Webster. Consideration: Old Orchard holds their event with a holiday tree lighting after Thanksgiving in December while Old Webster holds a holiday open house before Thanksgiving in November. • Commission members decided to engage Angela Foley, if she is available, to coordinate an event that is similar to last year’s event and ask her to come to next month’s meeting. CITY UPDATE • A drone flew over the Gazebo Park area filming footage for a movie around Labor Day; they also did some filming in Old Webster. • Sky Stone Conservatory of the Arts is opening in Old Orchard. • Civil Alchemy is open in Old Orchard. • My Shabby Cottage is open in Old Webster. • Half and Half is open in Old Webster. • A new nail salon will be opening on Allen in Old Webster. • The hearing for the proposed development of the former YMCA location before the Planning Commission is held over to October; the applicants asked for additional time to answer concerns over parking and the height of the building. • September Planning Commission will hear multiple requests: o A home day care on Rock Hill. o A rezoning request on a lot on Fair Oaks for potential future parking. o A development at the former Auto Beauty location for a brew pub, rooftop restaurant and event space, a microbrewery, and office space. This request involves multiple CUP’s and business licenses. A staff report is available on the City’s website. • Construction of new residential homes continue. • Social Media: The Explore Webster Groves Facebook page continues with posts tied to the “National Days” and tagging in associated Webster businesses, posts using outside content, and posts about large events in Webster, such as the Jazz Fest. NEXT MEETING Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 8:00 AM – City Hall. ADJOURNED Meeting adjourned at 8:36 AM