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Home My WebLink About03/16/2004, A10 - APPOINTMENT OF NEW SLO DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS council M°4D�S-iu-au [A] acEnba uEpont ,�H� o CITY OF SAN LU I S O B I S P O FROM: Deborah Cash, Administrator SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF NEW SLO DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS CAO RECOMMENDATION By motion, reappoint Brad Bilsten, Kathi Main and Frank Merson, and appoint Alex Gough , Tom Swem and Patty Carpenter to the SLO Downtown Association Board of Directors. DISCUSSION The SLO Downtown Association held its annual election in February, 2004 to fill five seats with Board members whose terms will run from April 1, 2004 — March 31, 2006. Each Downtown Association member was mailed one ballot and was able to vote for up to five choices from a roster of eight candidates. Ballots were received and tabulated by the nominating committee; election results will be submitted to the Downtown Association Board of Directors for approval at its 9 March 2004 meeting. The slate of new officers is then forwarded to the City Council for final approval before said officers may begin official Board service on 1 April, 2004. As required by the Association's by-laws, all elected members are owners or managers of businesses in the Downtown Association district. The following Board members were elected to serve until March 31, 2006 Brad Bilsten B. Anthony&Co,The Gold Concept. (2nd term) Kathi Main Kevin Main Jewelry (2nd term) Frank Merson Long's Pharmacy (2nd term) Tom Swem Real Property Investments (Is'term) Patty Carpenter Corner View Restaurant & Bar (1"term) In addition, one board member was appointed to fill a space vacated by a Board member whose term had not expired. Alex Gough, Adobe Realty, was appointed by the President, in accordance with the Downtown Association By-Laws, and his appointment approved by the Board of Directors at its 3' February 2004 Board meeting, to serve the remainder of the term vacated by Steve Potratz, owner of Parable who, due to opening a 2°d store, was unable to regularly attend meetings. Mr. Gough will serve until March 31, 2005. FISCAL IWACT None. AlD r Appointment of New SLO Downtown Assn Board of Directors Page 2 ALTERNATIVES None. ATTACHMENTS #1 Candidates' Biographical information provided to membership with ballots. #2 Minutes of 2/3/04 G: File Path Pro-OL MACHMENT 1 Kathi Main, Co-owner Kevin Main Jewelry,720 Higuera Member Economic Activities Committee Current Board member Kathi Main and her husband Kevin have owned �U•, w their Downtown store, Kevin Main Jewelry, since 1998. Kathi was born and raised in Cayucos and before her move to the jewelry business she spent more than 25 years as a banker with Mid State Bank. She hopes her history with the Central Coast and experience with banking will aid CZ U her in helping San Luis Obispo continue to be a thriving community. "I look at San Luis Obispo as a neighborhood and I want to do my part to Un make sure it remains viable." She currently serves on the Economic O Activities Committee and would like to continue her work with the 4.' Downtown Association. U U Frank Merson, Manager Long's Pharmacy,717 Marsh O — r Chair,Promotions Committee A native of San Luis Obispo, Frank Merson has been with Longs Pharmacy for over 17 years and at the Downtown store for almost four years. He attended 4 � ( SLO High School, Cuesta College and graduated from Cal Poly with Radio and TV production and Business Marketing degrees. During his tenure at •� Longs, Merson has remodeled a couple of stores and his stores have won Long's World Class customer service awards. Frank's business philosophy is UO to support Downtown stores and services both as a patron and a fellow busi- C40 nessman. He continually is recommending his customers and visitors shop and CA eat at Downtown locations. An active Chair of the Promotions Committee for the past two years, Frank feels he can benefit Downtown by encouraging the activities that draw people to the Downtown Core. 3 0 s~ 3 Brad Bilsten, Co-owner O Gold Concept, 740 Higuera, Q B.Anthony & Company, 674 Higuera President-Elect,Parking &Access Committee Chair Brad Bilsten moved to San Luis Obispo in 1966 and graduated from Cal Poly F in 1971 with a degree in Architectural Design. He co-founded The Gold 4V#0< Concept and B.Anthony Jewelry stores with Tony Gomez. Brad has served on the Downtown Association Board of Directors three separate times over the past 32 years. He has also served on the Association's Promotions, Economic Activities and Parking and Access committees. As a property owner and as a business owner, Brad feels he has a vested interest in making sure that Down- town remains the center for commerce on the Central Coast. kO - 2 ATTACHMENT 1 w Patty Carpenter, Co-owner Corner View Restaurant and Bar, 1141 Chorro St. A _ Patty Carpenter, co-Owner along with her husband Bill, of Comer View Restau- �tl w; rant says she is enjoying life as a relative newcomer to SLO. The Carpenters relocated to San Luis along with their daughter from Newport Beach one week prior to purchasing the restaurant in November 2002. Patty's background in- cluded restaurant work during her college years and 15 years in the fashion industry. In addition, she says enjoys taking advantage of living in a world-class wine area to slowly and carefully develop the wine list at Corner View. Carpenter says she believes board service would be a great opportunity to further her goal of preserving Downtown and seeing that it develops beneficially for everyone. Tom Swem, Owner/Broker, Real Property Investements,570 Marsh St. Originally from Michigan,Tom Swem has lived in San Luis Obispo for the last r 28 years enjoying life and working hard. Swem is currently ownerlbroker of Real Property Investments and has represented buyers and sellers in over 300 pur- chases in the San Luis Obispo area. A past president of the Downtown Associa- tion and former chair of the Parking &Access committee, Swem's experience has been an enormous contribution to Downtown. Swem is also a founding } member of Big Brothers Big Sisters and has been actively involved with the Chamber of Commerce. "My largest concern is staying in touch with how the Downtown interacts with the balance of the city," Swem said, "especially since we are seeing more and more commercial development happen in the outskirts." kD — 1 ATTACHMENT 2 SLO Downtown Association Executive Committee 3 February 2004 Downtown Association Office Minutes Present Correne Weaver Brad Bilsten Michael White Frank Merson Craig A. Boisvert Deborah Cash, staff Call to order by Weave '8:05 AM. Motion to approve "nutes by Bilsten, 2"°by White, PAIR Construction U date Regarding: Uti ty Update new timeline; concerns that timeline will be met; not assured that project c be complete by Memorial Day. *Invite Larry olson to meeting to discuss Board's position on starting project so late. TNP Rules d Regulations Committee ill forward changes to Board for approval, then send to City Attorney, will seek being fi ized through ordinance to give "enforcement" teeth. Will recommen o Stickers in an effort to prevent sticker graffiti. Transient Creekwa Problem Regular meetings/step being taken. Board Elections/Retr Annual Dinner Weaver reported newsle r and ballots are in mail, record number of candidates. Annual Dinner-Feb 25 AdvisoryBody Di er—March 11. Board Retreat - March Seismic Task F e Next meeting We , Feb 4, 7:30 AM. Kiosk Update ATTACHMENT 2 Cash is submitting permit apps to City. Weaver suggested staying in close touch with artist Tres Feltman. Strategic Plan Upd e Cash is working wi Jeff Eichenfield and Shelly Stanwyck to update document. Will ha ommendations at retreat for B CWneaver ment for Alex Gough would like to appoint Gough to replace Board mem7ve otratz who was fulfill his Board obligations.o a rove to recommend to Board appointment by �b White P Parking Co y Program Focus Group Weaver will k Board members to recommend participants. Casino Ni t Weaver s ted that the Committee has decided to cancel for this year due to time and financial oncems; needs more analysis and planning. Merson s committee does want to make a better event, a lot of challenges this year for donations. eaver said a good idea to step back and reevaluate at this point. Concerts in the laza Artist hired, band mos coming in, wine contract finalized. Taste of San Luis Weaver said first m ting with Atmosphere's to be held today; would like to remain as committee co-chair or one more year. First round of Taste letters go out end of month. $100 per ticket thi year. Meeting adjou ed 9:32. Prepared by D.Cash 2-3-04 T-41O—