Date & Time: January 8, 2018 5:30 pm | Location: City Hall DDA Office

AGENDA
CITY OF BESSEMER
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Regular meeting of the City of Bessemer Downtown Development Authority to be held
in the DDA office, City Hall, on Monday, January 8th, 2018, at 5:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
BOARD MEMBERS: Zak, Wright, Osier, Kikkebusch, Whitburn, Durkee, Leskoviansky, Youngberg, Hamilton
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
BUSINESS ITEMS:
1) Appointing Chair
2) Financials
3)
Item
Description
Responsible Individual
Action Steps
Pop-up shops
Provide minimal initial funding to start up businesses in our downtown
Charly Loper
Determine rent for restaurant
Signs for trails
Add wayfinding for motorized and non motorized trails
Steve Hamilton and Charly Loper
Meet up to discuss locations
Economic Impact study
Look into creating an impact study
Steve Hamilton
Banners
Order new banners for before and after summer
Kathy Whitburn
Bring design ideas to DDA
Trees
Ethnic Common’s Trees aren’t looking healthy
Charly Loper
Update everyone on trees
Bicycle Racks
Working with Doug Kikkebusch to get bicycle racks into the downtown
Charly Loper
Winter Festival
Determine if this is something to
move forward with and brainstorm ideas
Lights in Ethnic Commons
Determine if we should replace next spring with LED
Welcome Signs
Update on Progress, request for banners
4) Approving schedule for 2018
5) Annual Report
6) Western Michigan Gateway Trail Authority Letter of Support for Grant requests
7) Outlet for City Christmas Tree
8) Update on former Vittone Building at 306 S Sophie
9) Brainstorming small towns
10) Public comment
11) Other business
ADJOURN
Next Meeting: Monday, January 8th, 2018