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Downtown Muskegon Business Improvement District
June 28, 2021
Regular meeting minutes
Muskegon City Hall
933 Terrace Muskegon, MI 49440
1) Call to Order: 8:04 AM
Attendance: Bob Tarrant, Kathy Denison, Andy Maciejewski, Dan Castle, Jaime Charron
and Frank Peterson.
Excused Absent(s): Bruce Lindstrom, John Riegler, and Phyllis Watson-Laudermill
Guests: Dave Alexander, city Business Development Manager.
2) Public comment on agenda items: None
3) Consent agenda
a) Approval of the agenda
b) Approval of the Minutes of Feb. 22, 2020 meeting
c) Acceptance of the financial statements as of May 31, 2021: The BID had $156,037 of
cash on hand, had received $99,101 in revenues and spent $119,877 to date.
Motion to approve the consent agenda: Andy M
Support: Frank P
All voted in favor
4) New Business
a) The BID board was asked to support the purchase of materials
for a social district common area at Second and Western in
downtown Muskegon. Come to be known as the Social
Sandbox, the property is offered for public use by the owners
Downtown Muskegon Development Corp. The Downtown
Development Authority and BID were asked to split the $8,000
cost of materials to for a temporary build out of the vacant lot.
The materials include electrical service, lights, fabric for
shading and poles to support the lights and shading. The
concept and the volunteer construction of the temporary site is
provided by Burl & Sprig. The city DPW will provide grading,
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sand and picnic tables. The DDA has approved $4,000. The
BID is asked to authorize Dave Alexander to spend $4,000 for
materials that will be owned by the city.
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Motion to approve: Kathy D
Support: Frank P
All voted in favor.
b) The BID has been asked to support a downtown to the beach
shuttle service for the summer that is being spearheaded by the
Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce. The service will
be provided by Ramos and Sons Auto Body. The BID was
willing to support the $12,850 cost of the weekend service noon
to 5 in late July through last August. The BID would contribute
$2,000 for one year only to get the service started and see
what the public response will be.
Motion to approve: Dan C
Support: Andy M
All voted in favor.
c) Dave Alexander gave the BID board updates on downtown
events for the summer, full 12-block social district operations
and ongoing-future downtown developments.
5) Other Business
a) The BID board decided to meet next on Oct. 25 at 8 a.m.
6) Adjournment
8:47 AM
No Objection
Minutes produced and submitted by Dave Alexander, city of Muskegon business development
manager
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