2014-09-25 Edmonds Downtown Alliance (BID) MinutesMinutes from Edmonds Downtown Alliance board meeting on Sept 25, 2014 at Sam at
ECA.
Attendance: Cadence, Paul, Sally, Juliana, Robert, Natalie, Mary Kay, Kim, Patrick, and
John Dewhirst.
Meeting called to order at 8:04 am.
No opening remarks.
The minutes from the Sept. 11 meeting were approved.
No President's report.
Treasurer's report: No report today, they will be given on a monthly basis.
No City report.
Umbrella program: Robert and Patrick surveyed the area for possible locations for the
canisters. We discussed options for tags, labels, and signs for the receptacles.
A motion was made by Cadence "to approve an initial cost for the umbrella program not
to exceed $7500, with future cost of about $20-25 per umbrella. With the intent to send
out the final design of tags for review and comment before ordering the umbrellas and
stands ". The motion was approved. It was suggested we include the roll out of the
umbrella program with the brand rollout.
Work plan: The committee presented the work plan draft and we reviewed it. The
committee will make the revisions and send it to the City Council by Oct 1st. We will
schedule the presentation at a City Council meeting later in October.
Paul made a motion" that the efforts of the workplan subcommittee to the proposed 2015
work plan has been positively received by the board and pending any additional input in
the next couple of days that the board approves moving the work plan from the board to
the city council per the ordinance. A copy of our finances will be included in the packet
presented to the city council. The motion was passed.
Action Item: Natalie will research agency service agreements.
Friends of Ed!: The committee gave a review of the meeting. 16 different organizations
attended. The common themes from the meeting were seeing Edmonds as a place with
values, the human livability factor, expanding the enrichment of Edmonds. There was
interest in having some future networking opportunities and some type of forum to
communicate with each other.
Action Item: Paul will send out an email with a summarization of the meeting and the
next steps.
Public Comments: John Dewhirst commented on the variety of people that attended the
friends of ed! meeting. Most groups feel as though they are operating in isolation. Most
groups would like some leadership in developing a game plan on what to do next. Some
suggestions presented at the meeting included getting youth involved and keeping open
communications.
Website update: About 130 businesses have given their info for the website. Cadence has
input basic info for those businesses who haven't submitted and who have info available
on the web. So approx. 200 businesses will have their businesses listed on the initial
launch. Turnstyle should have the website up around mid -November. Cadence will
check to see if the google docs will stay open for businesses to upload their information.
Signage: The logos are being manufactured and installation will be set up when they are
complete.
Strategic Action Plan: The consultant for the City, Cynthia Burn has sent Pam the
strategic action items that she would like the Alliance to look at. Cadence will send it out
to the board.
John Dewhirst would like to be on the agenda for the 10/9 meeting to discuss public
restrooms.
Business resources: Juliana has been in discussion with Matt Cail and would like to be
included on the 10/23 agenda to discuss possible topics.
We need to discuss meeting dates for the remainder of the year.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:35. The next meeting will be 10/9 at ECA rm 225 at Sam