2013-08-22 Edmonds Downtown Alliance (BID) MinutesMinutes from EDBID board meeting 8/22/13 at HDR conference room at 8am.
Attendance: David, Juliana, Cadence, Pam, Paul, Sally, Steve, MaryKay, Kim, Stephen,
Cindi, and Roger.
Meeting called to order at 8:01 am.
No opening remarks
Action Items: Juliana reported on the Obamacare seminar given by Mike Meeks. She
thought it was good, informative, but thinks it needs to be geared more towards small
business before we should offer it to BID members.
Letter was drafted to be sent to delinquent accounts.
The minutes were approved.
Presidents Report:
Re: Clarification of terms for the interim advisory board. The board will serve until the
annual meeting in April 2014. If any board member feels as though they cannot serve
until April, they need to come to David and he will meet with the Mayor regarding
replacement.
Bob Rinehart approached David about meeting with Chuck Loomis, from Edmonds
Community College. They have students who would like to work with the BID.
Conclusion: David and Paul will meet with Mr. Loomis.
City Update:
A revision of the ordinance regarding deadlines for workplan submission will be on the
agenda at the City Council meeting on 8/27.
The UW design landscape program would like to come and look at Edmonds businesses.
There is a PUD program available for businesses to save money on lighting.
There is a picnic at City Park on Sunday, Aug 25 to thank volunteers.
Committee Reports:
Parking Committee -David, Juliana, and MaryKay met with Karen Wiggens from the
Edmonds Parking Committee. They have money that must be spent on parking.
Public Meeting Committee -Invitations have gone out. Press releases have been sent.
Breakout sessions will include and will be facilitated by:
Parking with Sally and MaryKay
Branding with Cadence and Steve
Business Outreach with Juliana and Paul
Business resources (education, business development) with Pam and David
Sara from finance dept. has created an expense sheet for the BID. Paul will create
expense reports starting next meeting.
Action Item- Paul will meet with Sara and Roger from the finance dept. to discuss the
payment process.
RFP Committee -They are creating a scope of work. Need to review city purchasing
policies.
New business: Sally and MaryKay met with Bob Groeschell, Mgr. of the counseling
office at 3rd and Bell, to discuss the BID and to discuss the cost of individual
assessments vs cost of single business assessment for same space.
Action: MaryKay and Kim will research the cost of business licenses in neighboring
cities and report back at next meeting.
No public comments.
Meeting adjourned at 9:15am.
Next meeting is September 5 in HDR conference room at Sam.