Demorest The Heart ofHabersham City of Demorest DDA Minutes Demorest. Municipal Building Tuesday, March 8, 2023,4:30P.M. Downtown Development Authority ATTENDEES Lawrence Bridges Donnie Bennett Shawn Allen Mark Musselwhite Christy Ryals Jim Welborn Lynn Percy The March 8, 2023, Downtown Development Authority meeting was held int the Demorest Municipal Building located at 125 Ivy Street. AGENDA ITEM: 1: INVOCATION Donnie led the group in prayer. AGENDA ITEM 2: CALL TO ORDER Lawrence called the meeting to order at 4:33 p.m. AGENDA ITEM 3: APPROVAL OF AGENDA Ar motion to approve the agenda adding GEORGIA CITIES WEEK was made by Lynn and was seconded by Action: The motion to approve the agenda adding GEORGIA CITIES WEEK was unanimously approved Donnie. (6-0). AGENDA ITEM 4: APPROVAL OF MINUTES AI motion to approve the February 8, 2023 minutes as presented was made by Christy and was seconded AI motion to approve the February 21, 2023 minutes as presented was made by Shawn and was Action: The motion to approve the February 8, 2023 and February 21, 2023 minutes was unanimously by Jim. (6-0) seconded by Donnie. (6-0) approved (6-0). AGENDA ITEM! 5: GEORGIA CITIES WEEK seconded by Christy. (6-0) After a short discussion, Donnie made a motion to move forward with Georgia Cities Week and was Action: The motion to movej forward with Georgia Cities Week minutes was unanimously approved (6-0). 1Page AGENDA ITEM 6: CONSIDERATION OF SPRING FESTIVAL There was a short discussion made on1 this agenda item. AGENDA ITEM 7: CONSIDERATION OF POST OFFICE RENEWAL AI motion was made by Donnie and was seconded by Lynn to adjourn and reconvene in Executive Session fori the purpose of discussion of the Post Office. (6-0) This portion oft the meeting adjourned at Ar motion was made by Lynn and was seconded by. Jim to come out of Executive Session and reconvene 5:00 p.m. int the regular meeting. (6-0) AGENDAI ITEM7 7: MOTION TO ADJOURN Ar motion to adjourn was made by Lynn and the motion was seconded by Christy. The motion was unanimously approved. The meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m. (2-0) Chairman DEMORES SEAL) Demorest Clerk dh 2Page