HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-05-11 Minutes BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
BOW MANVILLE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA
Minutes of a regular meting of the Board of Management-hold at 6:30 p. in.
on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in Committee boom 1-C at the Bowmanville
Library.
Present:, Gilpin, Dodd(Jo Ann, Watershed magazine)
Members. Lucas, Hooper,Barry, Seaton, Pedder, Patterson
Absent: Allin, Vella,
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, who then recognized the
following delegation:
;:.. Jo Ann Dodd from Watershed magazine made a presentation in which she
circulated copies of recent issues and stated that this publication had an up-
scale audience which would benefit merchant advertisers from Downtown
Bowrnanville. The readers are age 35+ and the magazine has a circulation
of 25,000, with an audience of 125,000. Further it has a 4Y2 readership per
issue, it has been published for the past•, eight years and has a shelf life of
four months. The cost to advertise for a full page is $2,500,
Moved by Hooper, seconded by Barry,
THAT the Minutes of the previous meeting be adopted as circulated.
SCLARFIEDN
Correspondence was received from the Municipality of Clarington and an
email from CBS Group.
Moved by Barry, seconded by Pedder,
THAT the correspondence be received and filed. `SCARRIED"
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The Treasurer presented his report as Follows:
CurrentA.ccount $ 1,232.66
Money Market Fund #1 5,000.00
Money Market Fund #2 95,025.55
Total $101.258.21
Moved by Patterson, seconded by Seaton,
THAT the Treasurer's Report be adopted as presented. "C PRIED"
Reports:
Council Liaison: Hooper reported that one of'the mayorality candidates has
questioned the Board's policy about campaigning in the downtown during :
the Festivals. (See"New Business")
Events: No report.
Membership Relations: Barry reported that Douglas Barber, Lawyer, and
1PC Investments have re-located.
Streetscape: Pedder reported that June Binnington started cleaning in the
Downtown on Monday, May 3.
Communications: Patterson reported that the Fabulous Fifties Festival
posters would be distributed in the Downtown during the first week in June
and that the out-of-town ones would be delivered on Tuesday, Juno 8.
Publications: No report.
Board of Trade: Barry stated that it was reported at the B of T meeting held
to-day, that the larger (inns report that their business is starting to pick up.
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Security/Alert: Lucas reported for Vella that the After Hours Call List is
complete'and that the Shoplifting Call List: had been up-dated. Gilpin asked
Patterson to arrange for the After Hours list to be photocopied and the
Shoplifting Call list to be printed---both to be circulated as soon as possible.
Website: Pedder reported that the Website map had been up-dated and that
CBS Group was awaiting the up-dated new photos of the businesses in the
Downtown.
Gilpin reported that there was no "BUSINESS ARISING" from the previous
meeting,
Under{* "NEW BUSINESS", Gilpin reviewed the history behind the
Bowmanville BIA's policy regarding candidates campaigning in Downtown
Bowmanville during the festivals. The policy- which was shuck in 1993 at
that year's Apple Festival and Craft Sale is "That a candidate, and a limited
number of his/her supporters, may walk along King Street from George
,tom Street to Scugog Road, through the crowds gathered, speaking to potential
0 voters; and then return to. George Street along the same route, once only
during the event.". The Board was then made aware of a current candidate's
disability which made it impossible for that candidate to walk that distance.
The Board then directed that the candidate should avail himself/herself of a
conveyance with which to travel the distance and back. The Board further
stated that no candidate is to be permitted to set up a table within the
designated area during the hours of the festival, unless he or she has rented
a store front, in which case a table may be located on the sidewalk in front
of that site. By statute, the mandate- of a Business Improvement Axea is
restricted to the promotion of the BUSfNESSES located in the designated
area; as set fbi th in the local municipal by-law.
Gilpin read from a letter received from Faye Langiriaid, Manager of Special
Projects, Municipality of Clarington, in which she outlined the purpose of
the Bowmanvillc Community Improvement Plan (CIP) Liaison Group and
rcqucsted that a member of the Board of Management sit as a member,
It was agreed that Pedder would be the Bowmanville BIA's representative to
the Bowmanville Community Improvement Plan Liaison Group and that, if