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t I 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, March 9, 2010 in Committee Room 1-C at the Bowmanville
Library,
Present: Gilpin, (Shelia)Hall), CBT
Members: Lucas, Hooper, Pedder, Barry, Seaton
Absent, Patterson,Vella,Allin
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, who then recognized the
following delegation: Shelia Hall from the Clarington Board of Trade who
spoke about the "Shop Local" program in 2008-2009. She reported that
they had received good feedback from the survey, which indicated that more
radio and TV should be used. The problem is-that to use such media would
increase the fee to the businesses and that is not popular at this time, As a
result, the Board of Trade will be taking a break from the program for the
time being, She concluded her presentation by indicating the Board's
willingness to share the"Shop Local" logo with the Bowmanville BIA,
Moved by Hooper, seconded by Barry,
THAT the Minutes of the previous meeting be adopted as circulated,
"CARRIED"
Correspondence was received from Collis and Reed Research, and the
Municipality of Clarington.,
Moved by Barry, seconded by Seaton,
THAT the correspondence be received and filed, "CARRIED"•
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The Treasurer presented his report as follows:
Current Account $ 2,942.12
Money Market Fund #1 15,006.92
Money Market Fund #2 5,000.00
Total $ 22,949.04
Moved by Pedder, seconded by Seaton,
THAT the Treasurer's Report be adopted as presented. "CARRIED"
Reports:
Council Liaison: No report,
Events: No report,
Membership Relations: Barry reported that two new businesses had
opened in the downtown: Paisley's and Village Candy Shop.
Streetscape: No report.
Communications: Gilpin reported for Patterson that the Faster Egg Hunt
posters will be distributed the week of March 15.
Publications: No report.
Board of Trade: Parry reported that the manager and the assistant manager
of tho new tWalMart had attended the recent meeting of the Board of`frade,
,Security/Alert: It was reported that the .After Hours Telephone List is still a
work in progress.
Website: Pedder repotted that he had sent Beez information about the
coming events in the Downtown with a brief description of each.
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Under "BUSINESS ARISING" from the previous meeting, Gilpin reported
that.he had sent Council a letter requesting-funds from the Escrow Account
for the purpose of funding the marketing surveys which were approved at
the Februaty meeting. Hooper reported that-the request had been approved
by council,
Under "NEW BUSINESS", Gilpin was directed to contact Collis and Reed
Research once confirmation from the Munieipality was received. Barry
reported that the plans to refurbish Darlington Nuclear under the Province
of Ontario's "New Build"was not proccediug at this time
Moved by Seaton, seconded by Barry,
THAT the Meeting be adjourned. "CARRIED"
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,April 13, 20I0 in Committee
Room I-C in the Bowmanville Library at 6:30 p. m.
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