Old Orchard Business District Advisory Commission

Old Orchard Special Business District Advisory Commission MEETING MINUTES APPROVED MEETING DATE: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 LOCATION: City Hall CALLED TO ORDER: 8:01 AM MEETING ADJOURNED: 9:06 AM NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 NAME PRESENT ABSENT Joe Fichter, Chair X Angel Venegoni X Claire Winkler X Mary Jane Armstrong X Holland Saltsman X Robert Weber X John Barr X Steve Zielinski X Vacancy Frank Janoski, Council Liaison X Mara Perry, City Liaison X Also in attendance: Pam Bliss – Business Development Commission Fran Sudekum – Administrative Support APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve the January minutes as was made by Robert Weber, seconded by Holland Saltsman, motion was unanimously approved. VISITOR COMMENTS Pam Bliss, Member of the Business Development Commission and a candidate for Webster Groves City Council, shared a little of her background and why she decided to run for City Council. BUDGET DISCUSSION Commission Members reviewed an updated budget history for fiscal year 2018 and projections and possibilities for fiscal year 2019 for the Old Orchard Business District (see Appendix A). • Category #751 Area Maintenance – Now at zero; change over to LED lights is paid off. • Category #850 Parking Lot Lighting – Recent billing showed an increase but may be incorrect and will be verified; once corrected billing should actually go down. • Category #810 Disposal – Recycling costs may go up. • Category #824 and #827 Electricity and Water – May go down. Category 971 Operating Transfer Out – 2019 shows a slight increase over 2018 to cover a small salary increase. • Items to consider for 2019 include: o Continued funding support of pooled BDC social media and holiday promotions. o Continued funding support for the Gazebo Series. o New Summer lamp post banners using same material and number of colors as the Winter banners; design may tie in with Old Webster if they also do new summer banners, Crossroads has opted not to do new banners this time around. o Additional lamp post decorations during the holidays. o Start a 50/50 Rooftop Lighting Program; a very rough estimate of funding can be found in Appendix B. o Possible use of KWRH-LP 63119 radio station snippets promoting the District and/or individual business or both; radio station info and offerings can be found in Appendix C. • Commission Members favored the following: o Increase Category 971 Operating Transfer Out by 3%. o Increase Category #810 Disposal. o BDC Social Media – $3,000 o BDC Holiday Package – $3,850 o Gazebo Series Sponsor – $3,000 o Gazebo Series Coordinator – $2,400 o 50 Summer Lamp Post Banners and Design Set Up – $2,512 o 30 Holiday Décor on the Lamp Posts – $1,500 o 50/50 Rooftop Lighting Program – $15,100 o KWRH-LP 63119 Radio Snippets promoting the District and individual businesses – The manager of the station will be invited to the March meeting to discuss details. MOTION: Holland Saltsman made a motion to allocate $15,100 in #751 Area Maintenance for the 50/50 Rooftop Lighting Program. The motion was seconded by Mary Jane Armstrong and unanimously approved. MOTION: Holland Saltsman made a motion to allocate $2,512 in #830 Advertising for new Summer Lamp Post Banners. The motion was seconded by Angel Venegoni and unanimously approved. MOTION: Angel Venegoni made a motion to allocate $1,500 in #971 Operating Transfer Out for additional Holiday Lamp Post Decorations. The motion was seconded by Steve Zielinski and unanimously approved. MOTION: Holland Saltsman made a motion to reduce #827 Water down to $250. The motion was seconded by Angel Venegoni and unanimously approved. MOTION: Holland Saltsman made a motion to pre-approve #850 Lighting down to $1,500 once the specifics of the billing are verified as expected. The motion was seconded by Mary Jane Armstrong and unanimously approved. MOTION: Holland Saltsman made a motion to approve a total budget of $72,577 for the District. The motion was seconded by Steve Zielinski and unanimously approved. CITY UPDATE • The Planning Commission approved an amendment to allow signs on the second story of commercial buildings in the business districts; it now goes before City Council for approval. • Staff is working on updating commercial use language in the code; new definitions and new uses and put all information into a chart format. This process will take several months. • Anticipating an application for rezoning of the former Gerber Chapel location quite soon. • Social Media is continuing to promote new businesses that have opened up. • The commercial building next to Walgreens on Watson is now full; all with medical except for Jersey Mikes. • In the newly designated historic business neighborhood at Marshall & Summit there will be a new business opening up on the corner. They are renovating the 1890’s building; the first floor will house a coffee shop and plant store, a greenhouse will be in the back, office space will be on the second floor, a small addition off the back for ADA restrooms, and it will have nine parking spaces. NEXT MEETING Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 8:00 AM – City Hall. ADJOURNED Meeting adjourned at 9:01 AM APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C