Information for Meeting of Downtown Vitality Committee
Tuesday November 15, 2022 6:00 PM EST

I.      Call to Order 

II. 	Approval of Meeting Minutes: March 8, 2022; April 12, 2022; May 10, 2022; June 14, 2022; August 16, 2022; September 13, 2022; and October 11, 2022.
  
III.    New Business and Old Business 

a)	Nomination of new Clerk position 
b)	Discussions with Paul Raskevitz, Assistant DPW Superintendent on discussion of new bench installations Downtown, Holiday Decorations, Street Trees, and the fence off Main Street, across from Crescent Street. 
c)	Mass. Downtown Initiative (MDI) Grant Project: Downtown Athol Community Branding and Wayfinding Planning – Project Update and Discussion of Final Branding Design Option
d)	Review of T-Mobile’s Hometown Grants Opportunity
e)	Downtown Graffiti Remediation 
f)	Discussion on Liquor License Status 
g)	EDIC and Downtown Redevelopment 
h)	Parking Deck Update
i)	The Developer’s Toolkit – Final Version
j)	Other Updates as Time Allows:
i.	 4th Fridays/ Downtown Events Planning Update
ii.	 Update on the Greening Lord Pond Plaza MVP Project
iii.	 Update on issues with vacant and abandoned buildings and homeless camping out in the downtown 
iv.	Downtown Parking Benefits District Oversight Committee Update and discussion of parking meter enforcement 
v.	Downtown National Register Historic District Project Update

IV.     Discussion of scheduling of next meeting date Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 6PM (2nd Tues.) along with discussion of suggested upcoming meeting agenda items   
 
V.      Adjournment (no later than 7:00pm for a 60-minute meeting)