MINUTES  CITY OF DAWSONVILLE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY G.L. Gilleland Council Chambers, City Hall 2nd Floor  Monday, March 25, 2024 5:30 P.M.  1. CALL TO ORDER: William Illg called the meeting to order at 5:34 pm.  2. ROLL CALL: Present were members Mary Wright, Jonathan Campbell, Tasha Howell, Dwight  Gilleland, Jamie McCracken and William Illg. Trey Thomas was not in attendance.  City Staff in attendance included Downtown Development Director Amanda Edmondson, City Clerk 4. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Motion to approve the agenda as presented made by T. Howell;  Beverly Banister, Deputy City Clerk Tracy Smith and City Manager Bob Bolz. 3. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE: Invocation and pledge were led by Dwight Gilleland.  second by D. Gilleland. Vote carried unanimously in favor.  5. APPROVE MEETING MINUTES  Regular Meeting held January 22, 2024  Motion to approve the minutes as presented made by T. Howell; second by D. Gilleland. Vote carried 6. REVIEW FINANCIALS THROUGH FEBRUARY 2024: Amanda Edmondson presented the financial report. Beverly Banister discussed the new layout, which shows the account in real time. Future  unanimously in favor.  expenditures will continue to be included as they are presented. 7. DIRECTOR'S REPORT - AMANDA EDMONDSON:  DOWNTOWN BANNERS: The additional 20 street post banners have been installed. The Board can give some thought as to whether they would want to order additional runs. COLLABORATIVE NASCAR ADVERTISEMENT: This has been published. BILLBOARD PROGRAM: Picked up a third business and the background color has been COMMUNITY CALENDAR ADDITION: This is a short term calendar where we post items GOSPEL INTHE PARK: All acts have been secured. William Illg thanked Lighthouse Baptist DOWNTOWN COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN: Final meeting was held on January 25, 2024 and the materials have been posted on DowntownDawsonville.com. Final draft has  changed to yellow as requested. from local downtown businesses. Church for their sponsorship of the event.  been given to us by TSW.  GRANTS  8. CONSIDERATION OF GRANT APPLICATION = TIM COSTLEY (TABLED FROM JANUARY 22, Motion to approve grant in the amount of $11,000 made by J. McCracken; second by D. Gilleland. 9. CONSIDERATION OF GRANT APPLICATION - SOFIA BROWN: Motion to approve the grant in the amount of $14,000 made by T. Howel!; second by D. Gilleland. Vote carried unanimously in favor. 10. CONSIDERATION OF GRANT APPLICATION - MEGAN KIMSEY: Motion to table the item to the May 9, 2024 meeting made by J. McCracken; second by J. Campbell. Vote carried unanimously in  2024):  Vote carried unanimously in favor.  favor.  NEW BUSINESS  11. CONSIDERATION OF PLACEMAKING HISTORY & ART MURAL/ORAL HISTORY PROJECT: Amanda Edmondson provided information about an opportunity to have a mural painted on the side  Page 1 of2    MINUTES  CITY OF DAWSONVILLE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY G.L. Gilleland Council Chambers, City Hall 2nd Floor  Monday, March 25, 2024 5:30 P.M.  of Food Lion using public art to connect with Dawsonville's history. The Board stated they could consider the project in the future once permissions has been granted for the placement of the mural 12. CONSIDERATION OF "DOWNTOWN DAWSONVILLE" BRANDING CONCEPT/PROCESS: Amanda Edmondson spoke to the Board regarding the idea of developing specific branding for Downtown Dawsonville; discussion occurred. Board determined to have some local companies  on the Food Lion building.  present their ideas, previous examples and pricing at ai future meeting.  ANNOUNCEMENTS  13. UPDATE CHECKING ACCOUNT AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES AND DEBIT CARDIONLINE  BANKING  14. TRAINING FOR MARY WRIGHT & TREY THOMAS 15. BUDGET CALL FOR MAY 9, 2024 MEETING  ADJOURNMENT:  At 6:41 p.m. a motion to adjourn the meeting was made by J. McCracken; second by D. Gilleland.  Vote carried unanimously in favor.  Approved this gth day of May 2024. By: DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY  Oauy William Illg, Chairperson Jandtio Gphpl Jonathan Campbell, Vice Chairperson h thnall Tasha Howell, Secretary/Treasurer Absent Jamie.McCracken Dwight Gilleland F  2  ON  -  Trey THomas    Attest:  A. Barlister, City Clerk  $ C 6  Page 2 of2  Zls