Economic Vitality Committee Agenda and Packet 2020 11 20

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Economic Vitality Committee Meeting Minutes October 16, 2020 Page 2of4 and Vice President of the Downtown Business Association, spoke in support of Ms. Martinelli's request. The Committee agreed that staff had administered the program as intended — requiring purchases and projects to be new and not work already performed. Mayor Stolzmann suggested that September 3, the date the grant program application opened, could be used to determine if purchases qualify. The Committee discussed the pros and cons of amending the requirement, but noting that they believed the purchases Ms. Martinelli described respected the spirit of the grants. The risks of using a date and allowing purchases before an application are: business may make a purchase that does not meet the program criteria, the business does not meet other program eligibility, or the program may be out of funding. Chair Dickinson made a motion in support of amending the Recovery & Improvement Matching Grant program to allow purchases on or after September 3 regardless of the application date —providing staff direction on how to continue administering the program. Mayor Stolzmann seconded the motion. Motion passed. VII. Discussion/Direction- Economic Vitality Strategic Plan Next Steps: Director Pierce reviewed the areas of the plan matrix that had been updated based on Committee direction in September. She directed the Committee's attention to the questions in the memo to help facilitate a discussion about taking the plan to City Council. Mayor Stolzmann said she thought the Committee would be able to coalesce around what was presented for City Council on November 10. She suggested changing the wording around goal priority from "high, medium, and low" to "first, second, third, etc." The other members of the Committee agreed with this revision. The Committee discussed their role after the strategic plan is completed. Mayor Stolzmann noted that other Council members are now interested in Committee involvement, but that there is overlap of responsibilities between EVC, the Business Retention and Development Committee, and the Louisville Revitalization Commission. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney said he viewed the EVC more as a task force than a Committee and thought the plan was the Committee's role. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney suggested the plan probably is not obtainable as it is crafted given staff capacity. He said it was important to filter the plan so that what is most important gets focus. Chair Dickinson said that Director Pierce had compiled the plan and probably done so recognizing capacity limitations. He desired to have more accountability to the plan, by not just representing project start dates but estimated completion dates. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney felt staff Agenda Packet P. 3