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Meeting Date: May 23, 2012 Location: Faith Presbyterian Church, Oakland Time: 6:00 pm Board Members Attending: Rick Raffanti (President) Roy Alper (Vice President) Kristina Maria Gutirrez/Johnny Wong Pat Smith (Secretary) Donald Lowrey Bill Lambert Gloria Gee Bernadette Arellano Board Members Absent: Donna Hurst (Treasurer) Julie Stevens Hans Boerner Randy Reed Guests: Josh Reed- Leslie Rudds Investment Company President Rick Raffanti called the meeting to order at approximately 6:15 p.m. Minutes #2012-5

1. Consent agenda: a. Approval of April minutes

Motion: to approve the April minutes was seconded and approved unanimously.

2. Old Business a. Report from Kyle Franklin of Safety 1st Kyle was not on hand to submit an oral report. b. Executive Directors Report

ORGANIZATION Pedestrian Ltg Loan Assignment Agreement has been signed by the City

Submitted annual report 2012/13 budget is being tweaked. Please be sure to submit any or all ideas now!

DESIGN & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Sculpture at 5225 Shattuck - Ellen Kim is perfecting design in the shape of a 20 ft obelisk. Signed contract with artist Daud Abdullah to decorate concrete trash can project; sent out merchant email to invite sponsorship; received 4 to 5 responses; working through Brunners office to get additional cans allocated to district. Replacement of fallen Welcome to Temescal sign with sturdy mosaic cement structure isnt an option as originally considered; shifting the previous designed sign west to reduce chance of another wipeout by vehicle accident. Inventorying Newsrack to determine disposition Working through City of Oaklands pilot bike corral programs resistance to provide anything other than just a standard generic bike rack. Finalized BART permit to paint up to three columns. We have funding for one column for $6,000 and we need $2,000 to complete second column, priced at $5,000. Third column is unfunded. Entering second phase of Ped Lights; were negotiating reduction in replacement lights and working through permit fee waivers. Looking at landscaping firms to provide maintenance to our planters; candidates include Downtowns vendor Will begin working on adding composting cans, particularly between 49th & 51st, for consumers disposing of cups and other food items.

Josh Reed mentioned six Temescal Plaza planters, similar to the BID planters, are in the Temescal Plaza parking lot. He is willing to donate them to the organization for use in the district. Action: Darlene will ask Randy to store Plazas planters until we decide to use them. Action: Darlene will look at getting recycling tops for the concrete trash cans

PROMOTION
Regular meetings with Steve Tiffin to check in for Street Fair plan expansion July 8 o Adding a jazz stage to include 57th St & Cosmos o Italian element is included in this years event o Will promote website and facebook once again this year at festival Working on program to offer QR codes to merchants and opportunity to win a full page ad if they use Local On tools. Anticipating a mobile app for the district to be developed soon

c. Pedestrian Lighting Update Roy tweaked the budget numbers to try to install lighting on as much of Telegraph Avenue with the available funding as is possible through the BIDs sunset term ending 2014. Hell continue to work towards obtaining 4th Bore funding and also utilizing CIVIQ funding when those projects go into fruition. In the meantime, the current funding will carry us through to lighting up Telegraph as far as 49th Street. It cant continue to 51st Street as originally hoped for. Motion: to authorize Roy to finalize the contract for Phase II totaling $300,065 with Rays Electric to install lights to 49th Street, was seconded and passed unanimously.

Discussion: Terms are 10% down, and 80% upon completion, and 10% upon inspection. Josh Reed questioned the inability to include lighting between 49th and 51st where Temescal Plaza is located. As one of the largest contributors to the BIDs funding, hes been telling his investors about the lights. He is displeased that the project ends short of their development. Rick Raffanti shared he is in the same position, with his property at 4920. He understands that the project benefits the entire area, and can be patient, as the BID accumulates more funding for extending the lights further up Telegraph Avenue. d. Budget Update Rick handed out a power point presentation which covered a budget outline for 2012/13 and included a wish list submitted by the DE/ED, Promotion, and Executive Committees. Upon implementation of the Ped light project, anticipated reserves will be $10,000 without much of a contingency. The wish list included the following over the next two years:
DE/ED o Temescal Planters - $12,000 for maintenance, pruning, plant replacement - this is in additional to current budget o Welcome to Temescal Sign - $1,000 o Mosaic Trash Cans - $11,000 o Temescal Flows BART column $2,000 for the second BART column o 5225 Shattuck Sculpture-$2,000 with $8,000 being contributed by the property owner TOTAL = $32,000 PR o Temescal First Fridays $2,000 o Temescal Street Cinema 6/ 14 for 6 week $1,000 o Trick or Treat on Telegraph 10/31 $1,000 o Temescal Turkey Trot Thxgiving Day $250 o Holiday Event Bringing back ice rink for 2 days 12/1&2 $5,000 TOTAL= $9,250 ORG o PBID Renewal - $50,000

Motion: to pass the 2012/13 budget based on the outline presented by Rick at todays meeting and subject to the Executive Committee conducting a cash flow analysis for the next two years, was seconded and passed unanimously. Discussion: ensued regarding some of the items that are already budgeted for or may be only be for one year, in particular the PBID renewal item. Also, banner replacement was not considered. The renewal can cost less to be carried out in FY 2013. e. District 1 Candidate forum: should we host one? Don Lowrey offered to arrange a forum in conjunction with the Temescal NCPC (discuss with Chair, Lee Edwards). It will cover candidates from District 1, and not other offices. Bernadette Arellano offered to assist with the format concerns. October was suggested as the best month and not on a Tuesday to conflict with Oakland Council meetings. Submitted respectfully, Darlene Drapkin Staff