DDA
Board Meeting
Wednesday, October
13, 2010 at 3 p.m.
MINUTES
Board Members
Present: Dan Cline, Mike Hayes, Jon Lynch, Lynne Luongo, Heidi McIvor, Zach
Prior, Ranny Riecker, Mark Ruhle, Doug Thompson
Board
Members Absent: Jenny Anderson, Bo Brines, Marty McGuire, Claudia Wallin
Staff Present: Selina Tisdale Absent:
The DDA Board minutes from the September 8,
2010, meeting were approved as submitted.
Cline/Riecker
Fiscal Services Director, David Keenan, presented the preliminary –
prior to final audit adjustment, DDA Financial Statement for month ending June
30, 2010. Approved – Riecker/Ruhle
2011 Sculpture
Committee Chair, Cheryl Smith, reported on the outcome of the sculpture
auction. $12,025 was raised at the
auction, which was well attended. The
selected sculpture for 2011 is the Troll in celebration of the sculpture series’
10th year and to correspond with the 30th anniversary
celebration of the Tridge.
Horticulturist, Stephanie Szostak, reported on the process of fall
cleanup of the downtown. She reported that the smoking receptacles for
placement downtown have arrived and will be installed by the end of the
month. Stephanie shared plans for a
newly terraced garden area that will be built at the approach to the Tridge on
the Farmer’s Market side.
DDA Executive Director, Selina Tisdale, and City Assessor, Reid Duford,
presented information on the Shopping Area Redevelopment Act as the October
Board Informational.
Committee Reports
- Executive Committee - Mike Hayes reported on behalf of
Marty McGuire that the Executive Committee is working on several items
that it will bring to the Board in the near future including a
recommendation for retrofitting the Jumping Jewels water feature and power
washing of the downtown sidewalks.
- Ranny Riecker moved; supported by Dan Cline that the DDA meeting
dates for 2011 be approved. The
motion passed unanimously.
- Economic Sustainability
– Mike Hayes
reported that the Economic Sustainability committee has been working on
adjustments to the incubator program and presented for approval an
Incubator Application from Joann and Jeff Currier, Ways to Wellness.
- Riecker moved; supported by Lynch that the Currier Incubator
Application be approved. The
motion passed unanimously.
- MDBA Board – MDBA President Patty Aspin reviewed
the activities of the Midland Downtown Business Association.
No public
comments were given.
The meeting
adjourned at 3:55 p.m.
WHEREAS, the Midland Downtown Development
Authority annually sets their meeting dates for the upcoming calendar year; and
WHEREAS, the DDA has traditionally met the second
Wednesday of each month at 3 p.m. in the Midland City Council Chambers; now
therefore
RESOLVED, that the Midland DDA will continue to
meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 3 p.m. in the Midland City
Council Chambers on the following dates during 2011:
January 12, 2011
February 9, 2011
March 9,
2011
April 13, 2011
May 11, 2011
June 8,
2011
July 13,
2011
August 10,
2011
September
14, 2011
October
12, 2011
November
9, 2011
December
14, 2011
Presented to the Downtown
Development Authority Board on October 13, 2010
Motion made by: Riecker
Motion supported by: Cline
Yeas: Cline,
Hayes, Luongo, Lynch, McIvor, Prior, Riecker, Ruhle, Thompson
Nays: None
Absent: Anderson,
Brines, McGuire, Wallin
Outcome: Motion
passed 9:0
WHEREAS the
Economic Sustainability Committee of the Downtown Development Authority has
reviewed the Incubator application submitted by Joann and Jeff Currier, Ways to
Wellness, 134 Ashman Street, and found all information acceptable and in order;
now therefore
RESOLVED, that
the Economic Sustainability Committee recommends that the Downtown Development
Authority grant the Currier’s Incubator request in the amount of $825/month for
the first six months of the program (November 2010 through April 2011);
$545/month for months 7 through 12 of the program (May 2011 through October
2011); and the maximum of $275/month for months 13 through 18 of the program
(November 2011 through April 2012); and
RESOLVED FURTHER,
that the amounts should be reviewed and adjusted, if necessary, to reflect any
lease amount changes when said lease is renewed upon its expiration on July 1,
2011.
Presented to the Downtown
Development Authority Board on October 13, 2010
Motion made by: Riecker
Motion supported by: Lynch
Yeas: Cline,
Hayes, Luongo, Lynch, McIvor, Prior, Riecker, Ruhle, Thompson
Nays: None
Absent: Anderson,
Brines, McGuire, Wallin
Outcome:
Motion passed 9:0