Old Webster Business District Advisory Commission

Old Webster Special Business District Advisory Commission MEETING MINUTES APPROVED MEETING DATE: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 LOCATION: City Hall & Zoom CALLED TO ORDER: 8:02 AM MEETING ADJOURNED: 9:08 AM NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, November 23, 2021 NAME PRESENT ABSENT Ron Clipp, Chair X Joe Rath X Mark Hinkle X Tim Delanty X Micki Hansel X Gary Schoenberger X Margaret Stevens X Bill Newhouse X Stacie Swederska X David Franklin, Council Liaison X Eric Peterson, City Liaison X Also, in attendance: Larry Chapman – SG Collaborative Liz Austin – SG Collaborative Joel Oliver – SG Collaborative Fran Sudekum – Administrative Support Holiday Lighting in Trees – Dan Warner has agreed to connect electric to light trees in front of his property; exactly which building needs to be identified, possibly on the old Fire Co. #1 Building on Lockwood or the Heritage Building on Gore. The lights have been purchased. District Holiday Decorations – The Public Works and Parks Departments are set to get up all the holiday decorations up in time for the Old Webster Holiday Open House on November 14th. Santa’s Mailbox – The Old Orchard Business District has agreed to loan Santa’s Mailbox to Old Webster to use during the Holiday Open House. District Kiosk – Stacie Swederska is working with Werremeyer Creative for a District Kiosk; pricing will run approximately $6K to $7K. Expanding the info kiosk idea to the other business districts and business neighbors was discussed. Further discussion will take place at the next meeting. TIF Commission Update – The public hearing is set for October 27th. Information is available on the City’s website. 1 of 2 BDC Update – The BDC will host a Business Roundtable on November 18th from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM. Proposed Douglass Hill Redevelopment Project – City Council has asked all City Boards and Commission for their input, if they have any, on the proposed Douglass Hill Redevelopment Project to be submitted by November 12th. To that end, representatives from SG Collaborative (Larry Chapman, Liz Austin, and Joel Oliver) were available to answer Commission Member questions about the project. Commission Members decided not to submit input as a commission; members are of course free to submit their individual positions direct to City Council. City Update • Construction on the buildings for Total Access Urgent Care have started going up at Big Bend and Laclede Station. • There is multi-family interest in the old Subaru Location in Old Orchard. • Plan Commission is working on updating the tree preservation ordinance. • Planned Commercial re-zoning with multi-family unit at 55 W. Moody in Old Webster is going before the Plan Commission. • City Council’s strategic planning is underway. • City Council is on a path to vote on the Douglass Hill Zoning and TIF by the end of the year. The Development Agreement could be done in December or January. Next Meeting – Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at 8:00 AM in person at City Hall 2 nd Floor Conference Room and also available via Zoom. 2 of 2