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BELMONT IMPROVEMENT AREA
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT MEETING - MINUTES July 28, 2020
Present: Linda Nelson, Margaret Tofflemire, Jean Costelec, Valeria Rigler, Terry Bax,
George Broughton.
1. Terry motioned to accept minutes from January, 21, 2020. Valeria seconded & all
board members were in favour.
2. Margaret presented financial report, Jean motioned to accept, Valeria seconded & all
board members were in favour. Voted to choose option # 1, pay Ghent, KPMG and
Economical Insurance.
3. Trees-Voted for option # 2, we want trees, choose salt resistance trees or build barriers
around them. Talk to city.
4. Website update- Dan Reid has taken over website, new plan for new Website, 2 year
plan. There are 10 people in the village-volunteer- to help Dan with social media, Service
Squad Grant.
5. Banners- Take banners down, 4 poles need painting and be fixed and larger new
banners put up- ask Margaret Johnston to find out bylaws around banners and signs from
sign department also # of signs allowed and height of signs. We have 46 flower pots to
replace.
6 .Christmas in the Village- CANCELLED DUE TO COVID. Margaret will cancel Santa
and the horses.
7. Communal Patio- Garbage is a problem, restaurants not taking it away. Options-1-
clean up garbage between restaurants daily, 2- we pay for someone to remove garbage
daily. Maybe Terry’s son would do the job.
8 Terry will give the digital team a questionnaire about the Village.
9- Mid August Terry will give the digital team info on a vegetable exchange in the slip
lane.
10. Parking lot lines- Terry will get a quote and see if we can budget for it.
11. Scoop du Jour truck-Ice cream on Wilhelms’s property, do social media blitz.
12. BIA Bylaw-7 members and a quorum is 4 votes. Committee- make a budget get
approval by BIA and BIA give funds and committee bring in bills to BIA, don’t need a
BIA member on the committee
13. Bestival- Tim Moyer is doing a 1 hour virtual (30’s, 40’s, 50’s) Tim got a 13,500.00
grant. CTV will air Bestival on Sept., Labour Day. Tim needs to raise 5,000.00 to finish
everything. Looking for 5 businesses to have 30 second commercials.
Murals- on back of buildings, maybe once a year have a contest for local artist to create a
mural. Maybe could be part of Bestival.
Meeting adjourned 8:20 pm.
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The next BIA meeting is scheduled for September 15 @ 6:30
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Last BIA meeting for the year is scheduled for November 10 @6:30