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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-02-07 Minutesr BOARD OF MANAGEMENT BOWMANVILLE'BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Management held at 6:30 p. m., on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 in Committee Room 1-C in the Bowmanville Library. Present: Gilpin, Patterson, (Carlos) Salazar, (Paul) Wirch Members: Lucas, Hooper, Holmes, Barry, (Hooper left the meet - Ing at 7 p. m., and Rezazda arrived), Rezazda Absent: McDonald, Chaput The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, who noted that the meeting lacked sufficient members present for a quorum. He then. recognized that there were was a delegation present. He then recognized Carlos Salazar and Paul Wirch from the Planning Department of the Municipality. Salazar began by announcing that a major clover -leaf interchange at 401 and Waverly Road was planned for, by the MTO, to improve access to Regional Road 57. This road will them become four lanes wide up to Highway #2, to accommodate all the regional development in the north-west. Liberty Street will continue to have on -ramps to the 401. On the south side of 401, at the former Fifth Wheel site, Suncor plans to build a new truck stop with food, showers for truckers, etc., and, on the north side, RONA plans to contract out their site to permit the possible development of a factory outlet mall. Currently it has approximately 200,000 permitted square feet, which could be expanded to 275,000 square feet of retail growth in the community. The environmental assessment has already been completed for this commercial development. However, the clover -leaf project will require joint funding from the Province, the Region, the Municipality, and from private sources. This advanced projection is based on the localcommunity's needs. As a result, the start of the project may not occur until 2019-2021, and probably not until 2031 or 2041. The Chairman then recessed the meeting until it reconvened on March 14, 2017 at 6:30 p. m. in Committee Room 1-C in the Bowmanville Library. Page 2 Present: Gilpin, Patterson, (Nichole) Zambri Members: Lucas, Hooper, Holmes, Barry, Rezazada Absent: McDonald, Chaput The Chairman reconvened the February meeting and recognized that a quorum was present. He then recognized Nichole Zambri from the Municipality of Clarington's Planning Department. Zambri then spoke about the new commercial development in the west -end on Stevens Road. It will cover 825 square metres of commercial floor space on the ground floor plus 14 residential units on the second floor. She further stated that Lowe's Hardware will be moving into the former Target Store, and that the Payless store and the Hakin Optical store will be taken down. Lucas thanked Zambri for her up -date. Moved by Holmes, seconded by Hooper, THAT the Minutes of the previous meeting be adopted as circulated. "CARRIED" Correspondence was received from the Municipality of Clarington and The Salvation Army. Moved by Hooper,; seconded by Rezazda, THAT the correspondence be received and filed. The Treasurer presented his report as follows: Current Account GIC #1 GIC #2 WRETWIPPOIRI $ 31,892.67 120,000.00 5,000.00 Total $156,892'.67 Page 3 Moved by Rezazada, seconded by Barry, THAT the Treasurer's Report be adopted as presented. `CARRIED' Reports: Council Liaison Hooper reported that a new By-law Officer had been hired by the Municipality. His name is Duncan Anderson. He also noted that the $1.00 for two hours charge on the parking meters is now in force from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. (a change in the hours of operation). Events: Holmes reported that the events are booking up rapidly and that Ladies's Night will be held on Thursday evening, April 20. She expressed concern that the current emailing list is not up to date. Membership Relations: No report. Streetscape: No report. Communications: No report. Board of Trade: No report. Web Site: Rezazda reported that Chris will be present for the April Board meeting. It was noted that the Website needs to be up -dated. James Printing and Signs needs to send information to Chris to be put on the Website. Media Relations: No report. Under "BUSINESS ARISING" from the previous meeting, Patterson reported that hardware for the hanging flower baskets on Church Street exist on 11 poles, seven of which have double hangers and one which has no hanger. Lucas stated that Atkinson can make the metal hangers for the flower baskets and will report at the next meeting as to the cost. Page 4 Gilpin reported that he will have the Job Descriptions for the Manager of Operations, the Secretary -Treasurer and the Support Staff ready for the April meeting. Under "NEW BUSINESS", Gilpin asked how many meetings a board member could miss before they were dismissed from sitting on that board. Hooper stated he would ask the Municipal Clerk for the answer to this question and report at the next meeting. Next Gilpin asked about what could be done about the graffiti which is increasing in the downtown core. Lucas stated that he would contact Sergeant Gordon of the Durham Regional Police Department about this graffiti and how it can be removed and prevented. Moved by Rezazda, seconded by Holmes, THAT the Meeting be adjourned. `CARRIED' The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 11, 2017 in Committee Room 1-C in the Bowmanville Library at 6:30 p. in.