Board Meeting Minutes - May

Board of Directors Meeting Chattanooga BID/Downtown Chattanooga Alliance
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Time: 2:00 pm-3:10pm
Location: Via Zoom Meeting Due to COVID-19

1. CALL TO ORDER

Steve Hunt, Chairman of the Chattanooga BID, called the meeting to order. Board members attending were Kelly Fitzgerald, Walter Johnson, Travis Lytle, Lisa Maragnano, Matt McGauley, Erskine Oglesby, Donald O’Connor,  Charles Perry, Ember Souchet, and Gordon Stalans. 

Not attending were Pierre Dabit, Todd Gardenhire, Darian Scott and Robin Smith. 

Also present were Julia Bursch of River City Company and Steve Brookes, Executive Director of the Chattanooga BID.

2. The Executive Committee minutes of May 13, 2020 and the Board minutes of April 15, 2020 were approved.

3. OLD BUSINESS

a. Board members were reminded to submit their Conflict of Interest statement to G. Stalans

4. NEW BUSINESS

a. A motion to accept the branding design created by River City Company passed unanimously.

b. The transition period with the aid of P.U.M.A. has ended, and S. Hunt offered his thanks for the help which that organization rendered. 

c. Committee Reports   

i. The Executive Committee recommended that penalties and interest on past due BID assessments be postponed until June 30, 2020. A motion to this effect passed unanimously. 

ii. G. Stalans of the Finance Committee reported on its activities.

A motion that the Executive Director can authorize expenditures up to $5,000 on his own authority once day-to -day operations begin passed unanimously. 

A motion to approve our Form 1023 application to the IRS for non-profit status with one correction passed unanimously. 

d.  Executive Director Update: S. Brookes reported on his negotiations with Block by Block. A red-line version of the contract is complete, and the next step will be a final review which should take place over the next five weeks.

Brookes also reported on the process of acquiring office space and reviewed the results of the RCC downtown survey. Thanks were offered to Amy Donahue for her help with that matter.

The meeting adjourned at 3:10.