March 2023 Minutes

Minutes

REGULAR MEETING OF THE

PANAMA CITY DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT BOARD

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Panama City Center for the Arts

19 East 4th Street

1.     Call to order at 8:35 AM Catherine Shores, Nate Taylor, Elizabeth Moore, and Allan Branch were in attendance.  Jennifer Burg, Brent McLoud, and Kevin Mitchell absent

2.     Changes/Deletions to the Agenda – 8, 9d, 9e and 11b

3.   Chairman’s report – Catherine gave update on Feb. Workshop meeting with Visit Florida. Meeting with Living Interiors to add plants to Gateway Park and Breezeway by Millie’s.

4.   Approval of minutes – February 1, 2023 meeting. Allan made motion. Nate 2nd .  Approved.

5.   Public Participation – public invited to speak about anything not already on the agenda.  Jennifer Vigil shared that there would be no 4th of July parade this year.  Instead, will be an all-day festival.  Starts at 9 AM.  Fireworks at 9 PM.  Last Sat. in Sept will be Oktoberfest on Harrison, Friday will be beer tasting at Destination PC. 

6.  Financial Update – Bank account balances $370,215 Sav. $9498 Checking, current budget update

7.  Arts Update – 2nd crosswalk has been finished.  3rd going down in March.  Location changed to Oak and Park Ave.  FLLUXE is March 3 & 4.  Shirts for sale for $10.  Bay Arts working with History Class and Aaron Rich on May 4th event

8.  Old Business – Turf Grass in beds of Martin Theatre parking lot.  Additional $3200 needed to complete.  Nate made motion. Allan 2nd.  All approved

9.  New Business –

      a.  House of Henry requests $4000 in sponsorship of their stage and sound system for St. Patrick’s Day 2023.  Elizabeth made motion.  Allan 2nd.  All approved.

      b.  Open Container District in downtown PC – Allan suggested having workshop to discuss with downtown businesses.  Catherine suggested using $2000 already approved at prior meeting for legal to be used to get more information from attorney to move forward.

      c.  Temporary skate spot on Magnolia Ave. – Allan is going to find out if Chapmen’s would be interested in renting to DIB and how insurance would be covered. 

      d.  Symphony request for May 4th.  Allan requested May 4 committee work with HS Band to see if they could do the music.  Allan is going to look into.

      e.  String Lights in trees by Martin Theatre lot – Allan made motion to spend $1000 for lights.  Nate 2nd.  Approved

10.  Administrative Update

      a.  Gateway Park Cameras – Up and running

      b.  Martin Theatre parking lot – covered in #8

11.  Reminders / Calls to Action

      a.  Next meeting will be Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 at 8:30 AM

      b.  Next Workshop meeting will be Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 – changed to March 22nd @ 4:30 PM.  Location TBD.  Requested topic:  McKenzie Park.  Jenna Haligas is going to provide to the DIB what the city is planning to do with the park and their budget prior to meeting. 

12.  Adjournment