1. Barrie Downtown Neighbourhood Association (BDNA) was the name voted on by this committee to be the association name. The vote was unanimous. Other suggested names included – Barrie Lakefront Assoc. – Heart of Barrie.
2. It was decided that this would be a non-profit, organized grassroots association. It would be easier because there would be no paper work, insurances, audits, etc. to worry about. Becoming incorporated is a complex process. A charity can be the fund raiser for our association.
3. Persons who volunteered to be on the Barrie Downtown Neighbourhood Association as co-chairmen are: Ben Strudwick, Geof Birchall, Stephen Riddell, & Bryan Rusnell.
4. A chair is needed to keep the committee in line and to hear each other out. Suggested by Geof, Ben Strudwick is going to chair next meeting.
5. The mission statement as proposed will be as follows: “The Barrie Downtown Neighbourhood Association is working to promote a safe, healthy, accessible city centre. Our goal is to make the downtown core the heart and soul of our community, inclusive and culturally diverse.”
6. The boundaries shall be High St. (west) to Berczy St. (east) & the Lakeshore to Hwy. 400 (including Queens Park). Emphasis is on the downtown core.
7. Membership is open to any citizen of Barrie who would like to get involved. There will be no membership fees at this time.
8. The Structure committee will revert to a Steering committee for organization and distribution purposes.
9. We do not have any information on the Crime Prevention Committee as we have not heard anything about their meetings. A meeting will be set up.
10. The Long Term Planning/Property Standard (LTP/P) committee met on August 27, 2009 and the minutes are available upon request. The next meeting of LTP/P committee is September 23, 2009 at 7 pm at Barrie City Hall. RSVP requested.
11. Geof Birchall will set up a domain, mail boxes and a website for the Barrie Downtown Neighbourhood Association.
12. As far as Media is concerned A- Channel and the local newspapers will put out information for us.
13. A City Hall room agreement form needs to be filled out to reserve a room.
14. Phone Tree:- There is a privacy issue with divulging people’s phone numbers and info without their consent, A way needs to be set up so we can send out information to persons on the list.
15. A great opportunity to get out more information would be to hand out flyers about the BDNA, at the BBQ on September 19 at Centenial Park, for the Historic Neighbourhoods strategy.
16. A future meeting for, for the next BDNA structure committee will possibly take place on October 7, 2009. A check needs to be made first with City Hall to see what meeting room would be available
17. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm