2018-03-22 Edmonds Downtown Alliance (BID) MinutesEdmonds
• Downtown
ALLIANCE
March 22, 2018
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Brackett Room
City Hall
Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Kiersten Christensen, Mary Kay Sneeringer, John Rankin, Carrie Hulbert, Petra
Rousu, Mark VonGunten, Kimberly Koenig, Cindi Cruz, Clayton Moss, Apple Catha, Patrick
Dougherty, Jacob Comstock
Guests/Public Comment:
• James Spangler - Spangler Books
• Jenny Shore - Wooden Spoon
Call to Order: 8:08am
Public Comment:
• None
President's Report:
• Defer to Committee updates
Approval of minutes for 3/8: Mary Kay makes motion to approve the minutes. Jacob
seconds. All in favor. None opposed.
Treasurer Report:
• Received $37,413.40 from assessments year to date
• Seems similar to last year's collections at this time
• Got refund from Trolley company for issues during holiday season - $650.13
New Businesses:
• Not received anything from city
City Update: Patrick
• Eco Dev Commission recommending tackling downtown Business District 1 zone - first
floor height requirement be 15 feet tall
• New bldg. can only bldg. two stories - in other zones can have three stories - don't
have 15 foot first floor requirement
o Not meeting demand that is out there - first floor requirement puts cap on
who/how can develop BD1 zone
o Recommending to city reconsider issue - been sent to council committee -
starting process of review - in middle deciding whether to take up issue or not
o Issue is very process heavy
EDC has several openings - accepting apps till 30th of the month
Revitalize, WA conf. is April 23-25
Annual Meeting:
Postcard developed/printed - Board help spread word
Marketing:
• Plan show updated website, content articles - at annual meeting
Appearance and Environment/Parking:
• Plan to do something similar to last year - photos include parking signs, crosswalk,
umbrella stands. Also incorporate voting board - asking people want like to see in
terms of appearance/environment issues - will help inform 2019 workplan
Communication and Outreach:
• Highlight calendar of dates/content for meetings plan to organize with chamber
Recruitina/Nominations Board Members
• Board recruiting for annual meeting - nominations due by 11th, ballots due by annual
meeting
• Jenny and James and Joy from Zinc expressed interest
• Pam been working with gentleman from Rick Steves
• Matt reached out to a couple of businesses - including Affinity Dental
• Two positions open in open door - three hats in ring, By apt. - one interested, 2 open
• Also will be looking for interest in taking over board positions - President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer
Committee Updates:
Marketing:
• Got some info from DEMA wanted more from marketing
• Good feedback from survey sent to members
• Looking to launch brainstorm - develop "buy local/local" campaign
• Hoping to connect with Jack Farris - professional facilitator - 2"d week of April - Goal
come up with design guidelines for monikers/Local campaign
• Then put out RFP to local designers come up with plans
• BrkThru provides dashboard so can see how ads doing/make changes/etc.
• Part effort buy local campaign recommendation work with AMIBA - annual
membership provides "best practices/pitfalls to avoid" - $600 for the membership
• Local facilitator allocated $750
• Kimberly makes motion approve $1350 for membership and facilitator fees. Apple
seconds. Discussion - if not get 12 people participate in brainstorm process - not
obligated to pay facilitator. All in favor. None opposed.
Appearance and Environment/Parkin
• Patrick - tick marks - Bell to Dayton - on 5" and P to 6" on Main - looking for more
permanent options - possible torch down
• Created one pager for people take into private lots to help sell after hours program -
start to look for other properties
• Crosswalks - torch down process way better, more visual
Communication and Outreach:
Continue work on member annual meeting
Volunteer efforts TBA
• Patrick recommended supplying press release to local papers regarding meeting
Professional Business Resources
• Chamber partnership meetings - 6-8pm, fourth Wednesday every month - first topic
includes proper coverage - pitfalls of business insurance - speaker from Insurance
Services Group
• Sent to all members BID and Chamber membership
• MaryKay continues to research fiber optic owned by city
Grant Program:
• Reworked guidelines - ask for letter of inquiry - "This is what I want to do, this is how
much I'm asking for' - committee would look it over - provide guidance/review
• Based on committee review provide direction for next steps for application
• Also change deadlines - 90-days suggested period - applicant has to be physically
present at the board meeting - also included language can be changed based on
readiness of project
Large grants, $5,000 - have to submit by Sept. 1, so have time to allocate for next
year's budget - still allow for small grants to come through
New Business:
• Patrick - Creative District - state level designation - recently released criteria realized
quite a lot of work - anyone interested in being part of steering committee meet 2-3
times let him know
• Tourism website - went live during holidays - continues be improved
• Any businesses interested in tourists can be represented on the website - submit info
or photos to add to site
• Looking for any businesses like to be considered for the "Enviro-Stars" program -
official designation
• Received $500,000 more for senior center site from legislature - also received $6 mil
for waterfront connector project - have held some open houses - all sorts of feedback
Adjourned: 9:19am