Old Webster Business District Advisory Commission

Old Webster Special Business District Advisory Commission MEETING MINUTES APPROVED MEETING DATE: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 LOCATION: City Hall CALLED TO ORDER: 8:03 AM MEETING ADJOURNED: 8:55 AM NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 NAME PRESENT ABSENT Ron Clipp, Chair X Amanda Payne, Vice Chair X Chris Hite X Joe Rath X Keli Richards X Stacie Swederska X Morry Cole X Mark Hinkle X Tim Delanty X Matt Armstrong, Council Liaison X Mara Perry, City Liaison X APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve June minutes with the amendment of the Council liaison was made by Joe Rath, seconded by Mark Hinkle, unanimously approved. VISITOR COMMENTS  Tim Hebel from Beanstalk Web Solutions came to speak about parking permits in Old Webster. He had concerns about the process for selling them and that new businesses could not easily obtain them. He spoke about the employee parking lot getting full frequently. Mr. Hebel suggested a new way to distribute parking permits by offering one permit to every business first and then allowing other permits to be obtained if any are left.  No additional trash vendor was available to come to the meeting. OLD BUSINESS  Unified Commercial Trash Contractor – Discussion included that no additional trash contractor needed to come to future meetings. Meridian for example will not be providing any special rates even if they pulled together multiple businesses in the district. Members of the district suggested that having a list of preferred trash providers would be a good addition to the new business packets. That list should includes names and phone numbers for the contacts. Staff will work with Karen Beck to get the information for the listing. NEW BUSINESS  Discussion continued on the parking permit issue in the district. It was discussed whether there are options for more locations of parking. Lots discussed included the  Bank of America lot and whether it could be restriped. There are concerns that it is already unofficially being used in the evenings by neighboring businesses and churches. Morry Cole will be calling Tim Hebel to see if there might be some parking options with Morry’s private lot. Members asked about the option to put more off street parking on Pacific adjacent to the railroad. Mara Perry spoke of concerns with the grade of the land and the railroad restrictions. She had previously looked into this for the St. Louis Gym Center. Discussion continued on the type of permits that could be issued. Staff will bring to the next meeting additional information on parking permits and ordinances to further the discussion of options.  Sidewalk Project – Discussion focused around how to proceed. Consensus appeared to be on a black colored aggregate replacing the asphalt pavers along the sidewalks. The issue is when to replace and how to make it cost effective. Joe Rath pointed out that when all the sidewalks were last replaced in 1988-1989 the money was financed over a five year period and paid for by the building owners. The focus would be to do all the sidewalks on Lockwood and Gore. The question was whether it can be possible to replace the main sections of the sidewalks with something that is a close match to the existing. Discussion continued with what did they want the whole area to look like. Is the sidewalk replacement only going to hinge on when utilities need to be repaired and the sidewalk is torn out? Aggregate would help to provide the closest match for repairs. Members discussed the option of asking for help from the City Council and to start a discussion with them prior to the next budget year.  Stacie Swederska discussed the request to the Parks Department for the holiday decorations to be placed up earlier prior to the Open House. She referenced an e- mail from the Scott Davis regarding the status for this coming year. Mara Perry suggested that she needed to talk with Scott directly about the issues and concerns. CITY UPDATE  City Staff updated that the Plan Commission is considering changes to the residential sections of the City Zoning Code.  BDC meeting where chairs of the three business districts is coming up on Thursday July 28th. JUNE AGENDA ITEMS  Parking Permit options ADJOURNED Meeting adjourned at 8:55 AM. NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 8:00 AM – City Hall.