The minutes of the March 7, 2007 were approved.

After review by the Executive Committee and with keeping the goal not to increase the assessment this year in view of the reevaluation the budget for PC&D was amended as follow:

$15,500 for landscaping

$2,500 for pots

7,600 for the Billygoat

200 for postage

100 for proud to be a Partner

For a total of 25,900 budgeted to Planning, Coordination & Design activities.

Jayne met with Bailey’s to review the current schedule of clean up downtown, to schedule any additional times needed, to identify shortfalls that have been identified by members and to discuss the need and financing of an upgraded vacuum. Ricky has offered to finance 50% of a new vacuum within reason. Jayne is getting price quotes on different versions of the Green Machine. Carl also suggested that we get some pricing locally from Green Blade, Bargs, and Mike Sullivan at Tomar. Rick also requested that at the time when anyone sees an area that has been overlooked that they should call or fax his office and he will send someone out immediately. Phone: 732-462-2706, Fax: 732-462-2703. Bailey’s offices have moved off of South Street into a beautifully renovated building at 11 Marcy Street. This is the old Fruelich property.

Rick also asked Jayne to see if the Partnership would be interested in going into a snow removal contract. He already has individual contracts with several of the property owner’s downtown so it would not be much more for them to continue down and do the entire sidewalk. Bill Mehr said that this was tried awhile back and did not work out. He asked Jayne to get a quote for individual pricing that could be offered if the snow reaches over 2” or if more salting is required.

Jayne has contacted George Taylor and the date for planting the downtown flowerpots will May 12th starting at 8 am in the Hall of Records Annex parking lot behind Liberty Triumphant. Jayne met Janice Mundy last year while participating in the Arbor Day presentations for the Borough Janice belongs to a local master gardeners club and is approaching her group this year to help with the downtown planting. She has asked in return that they would be able to put a little sign in one of the pots identifying their group and its participation. The committee is agreeable to that.

Jayne will speak with George Taylor and Dan Megill about getting the pots that were moved off of Main Street during the sidewalk construction repositioned. The pots are currently stacked on Throckmorton Street.

Bill will be working with George Taylor to develop the overall landscaping plan and needs to be addressed. They will develop a plan with special attention this year to the Throckmorton Street areas.

Bill asked that Jayne have Compass sign make the standardized sign we approved for the pocket parks at the South and Throckmorton Street location. Currently it has the landscapers sign inserted and Bill wants all of the locations to use our standard.

Carl Steinberg suggested that Jayne contact Jim Hurley from Hull Avenue in Freehold about adopting one of the pocket park. He is very active at St. Peter’s Church so he suggested that maybe he would be interested in doing that one. Jayne has approached George Taylor several time to adopt one of the parks. He has said maybe for two years now but never committed. Jayne will ask him once more and then have Bill Mehr make the request.

Jayne has gotten back the paper work from Marianne Earle on the directory update. Marianne did a terrific, comprehensive job and Jayne has completed her ¼. Jayne has not heard back on the section Bill Haluska took and she will be doing the section Marlene Rogala took because it turns out she will not be able to. Bach & Clark has committed to sponsoring between three and five hundred dollars to the printing and Carl Steinberg is in for “a couple of hundred”. Jayne and Carl will continue to solicit additional sponsors for this project.

Carl gave a detailed presentation of all of options for the proposed new street signs. One of the quotes he received was $350.00 each with a minimum of 50 ordered. The logo discs would be an additional $50. Some of the options are a diamond grade, blue reflective, white or yellow letters. We would provide the logo overlay to the County if they were to in on the project with their large overhead signs. Teri O’Connor will have to take the information back to the Freeholders for their review. The County would have to additionally notify the D.O.T. before they could consider moving forward. We would also have to have clearance from the Borough on the signs on their streets. The committee agreed that we would recommend changing “Freehold Center Partnership” to “Historic Freehold Center”. If we do decide to go forward on this project it would be charge to the 2007/2008 Capital Improvement budget.

The committee agrees that they would like to see Carl’s idea of a “Good Neighbor Award” continue to move forward. We will look for someone to design the graphics for the award. Carl suggested contacting Alex at Laser Expressions for some design concepts.

Jayne requested that Teri O’Connor find out if we are going to be able to get permission to do the Farmer’s Market at the Hall of Records promenade. Teri will try to get an answer at the Thursday Freeholder meeting.

Rob Kash or Mike Page will see if they would be able to get a copy of the Shore DePalma preliminary plans for the downtown vision plan. The committee is hoping to see them in progress instead of when they are complete.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 10 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Bill Mehr, Carl Steinberg, Marlene Rogala, Marianne Earle, Bill Haluska,

The minutes of the February 3rd meeting were approved as presented with the correction of the spelling of Freeholder Narozanick’s name.

The dedication plaque for Freeholder Narozanick was reviewed. The background is green with brass lettering. Rob will work with Hank Goodson to design a stand to place the plaque directly next to the gazebo.

Jayne continues to solicit the local landscapers. Carl suggested that we develop a new award program called “The Good Neighbor Award”. This may help in soliciting businesses outside of the SID to participate in hopes of this special recognition.

As our marketing materials are produced this year the committee is strongly urging that there distribution reach outside of downtown. Special attention should be made to distribution throughout Freehold Township and Manalapan. Sylvia should see if it is possible to put something in their water bills as we do here in the Borough.

Some suggested landscapers to target for adopting the remaining parks were suggested. Number one on the list should be George Taylor since we have continued to pay for his services for the past four years. Other suggestions were Jim Hurley of Freehold Borough and Carl will approach Brickman Landscaping.

The Business Directory planning stages are under way. Jayne distributed 3 of the 4 sections for the listing of business downtown for assistance in their updating. Marianne Earle has section two, Bill Haluska has section one, Marlene Rogala took section three and Jayne will complete section four. The cost for production of this piece is $1500 for 5,000 copies with $2500 in the ’06 budget dedicated. The committee will continue to look for sponsors to underwrite this, which will free that budget money for other projects.

The cost estimate to replace all of the street signs in the SID is approximately $3000.00 coming in at about $57 per sign. We will talk to Teri O’Connor about the 7 overhead signs on the County and State roads to see if there are any plans in the immediate future to replace them.

Jayne will meet with Bailey’s before the next meeting to review the schedule for sweeping downtown. She will also call the banner company to see when the new poles will be painted and request that the older poles in front of Ballew’s be repainted at the same time. Jayne will continue to research the decorative flashing at the bottom of the poles for cost and availability.

The upcoming budget requests were reviewed. The following is the initial request for the 07/08 FCP budget:

3 p.m. @ the Court Jester

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Mike Page & Mike Federici

With attendance at 3 members it was discussed how imperative it will be to encourage as much participation as possible for the upcoming April 3rd meeting. Topics that will need to be addressed will be Kruise Nite, Freehold Idol, finishing touches to the upcoming Restaurant Guide and budget request for the 2007/2008 budget.

Basic numbers for the budget were reviewed; last years request and expenditures and next years proposed projects and their funding.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 10 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Carl, Steinberg, David Sautters, Marianne Earle, Mike Page, Bill Mehr, Rob Kash, Teri O’Connor and Dan Bach.

The minutes of the meeting held January 3, 2007 were approved as presented.

The price quotes for the dedication plaque for Freeholder Narazonick were reviewed. The prices given by WE Baum in Freehold were the most competitive. The committee asked Jayne to find out how much more it would cost to have a portrait relief added.

The location for the plaque was discussed. It was finalized that it would go at the gazebo in front of 10 East Main Street. Rob will site the specific location and confirm the size required. We will be doing the installation ourselves. It was suggested that when we get a final proof that it would be okayed by Freeholder Narazonick before production.

The prices for the wayfinding signs were reviewed. Although the production cost was better at Compass Signs his installation costs were high. Jayne will try again to get an installation price from Vigg and his cost increase for reflective material. The committee agreed to move forward on this once the best price scenario is researched and confirmed.

Jayne reported that she had attended the dinner meeting held by Monmouth County to review the Monmouth County Improvement Authority’s loan program. Jayne was asked to supply information on our structure and past budgeting, which is now in review. The materials sent will determine if we can submit for the loan as our non-profit and if it makes fiscal sense to chose this as an option.

The last conversation Jayne had with Mike from Ansorge she had instructed him that his next step in the directory project was to contact both Carl Steinberg and Sylvia Allen. To date Mike has been unresponsive. Mike Page relayed that the restaurant committee did not want to delay in production of the restaurant guide and wants to move forward on it independent of the business directory. The committee agreed and also agreed with Carl Steinberg that we should move forward with using Harvey Hersch and Mark Lamhut on the business directory since they produced the framework for the original piece. This was seen as the most efficient way to move forward. Jayne asked for assistance in updating the database for the business directory and Carl agreed to help work on it.

Jayne reported that Marlene Rogala attended the rescheduled Planning Board meeting to read into their record our letter of support for the newly proposed antique center at 8 Throckmorton Street. The application along with its request for a parking variance was approved. Carl reported that the closing on the property is scheduled for next week.

Carl Steinberg presented his research on replacing the street signs within the SID. The new signs would be blue with 6” white letters and would incorporate both the Borough and the Partnership’s logo. Rob will talk to Joe Bellina before final considerations are made on moving forward. The estimated cost of this project is $1,200.00.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Bill Mehr, Teri O’Connor, Mike Page, Jack Gravatt, Carl Steinberg, Marlene Rogala and Dan Bach.

The minutes of the meeting of December 6, 2006 were approved with the amendment of removing Rob Kash from the list of participants that met with Ansorge to discuss the upcoming business directory.

Jayne reported that Henry Nicholson has stepped down from the PC&D Committee. Teri O’Connor came to this meeting representing the County until the Freeholders chose a new liaison. Teri expressed that she may continue to come herself.

The new appointment to the Board from the County has not been finalized but it probably will be Freeholder Clifton.

Bill Mehr expressed the need for our marketing to start to go more regional with a minimum coverage area to Freehold Township. The business/restaurant directory and the business handbook should find its way to realtors and engineering firms in the area.

Mike Page explained that the Executive Board is working with the Borough and the Monmouth County Improvement Authority to explore a very low interest rate loan to amortize some of our bigger infrastructure projects. Some of the project possibilities are: planters & landscaping, the new gateway poles, the dumpster makeover, striping of the Market Yard parking lot, paving for the proposed Throckmorton Street parking lot, sidewalks and decorative light poles.

The price quote for the ice-skating rink and equipment from Long Branch was given a final review. It was decided that this project might be better for some place like Freehold Township. It was suggested that Jayne pass this on to the Township’s Administrator.

The business directory proposal from Ansorge is still being flushed out, pricing tiers, layout, etc. It was suggested several locations for expanded distribution when completed. Some of the suggestions were Parkway stops, all of the car dealerships on Route 9, NY Waterways and the Seastreak out of Highlands.

Jayne will be getting a cost for installation of the wayfinding signs from Compass so that we can compare it with the Vigg total quote. Jayne will also ask Compass the cost increase to use reflective metal.

Jayne reported that the Planning Board meeting was rescheduled for this month. Jayne will get confirmation and attend with the new owner of 8 Throckmorton Street. We need to attend to read the letter of support for this project into the record and be available for any questions on the letter.

Carl Steinberg made a presentation of a Planning Board notification sign that he found used in Santa Monica. Bill Mehr said that this kind of notification was tried in Howell and Millstone but was discontinued when it was determined that the law does not provide for it.

Carl suggested that we look into making all of the street signs universal. He suggested that all of the signs should include the Borough’s logo and those signs in the SID would include the FCP logo. He also suggested that they be made out of reflective material to make them easier to read after dark. Teri said that this kind of signage would require DOT approval.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:40 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Ginger Baumman, Carl Steinberg, Henry Nicholson, Mike Page, Rob Kash, Jayne Carr, Sylvia Allen, Bill Mehr, Marlene Rogala, Jack Gravatt & Dan Bach.

The minutes of the November 1, 2006 were corrected to show that it is GMR Metal and Vigg Designs. The minutes were accepted as amended.

Ginger Baumman presented photos of the property she just purchased at 8 Throckmorton Street (Renaissance Building). Her intention is to make this space into an antique gallery. The Borough codes will require her to get a parking waiver for 4 spaces. This building is located next to the Brown/Brown building and Ginger has acquired a written agreement to share their parking spaces on their off hours. There are 4 spaces in the front of her property and 6/7 in the rear. This property also adjoins St. Rose of Lima’s extra parking lot. Ginger has also bought the property across the street; 13 Throckmorton Street (Terranova Hair Salon). Ginger has also operated a antique gallery in Farmingdale.

Ginger requested from the committee a letter of endorsement for her project. The committee agreed that this is a positive use for this property and instructed Jayne to write a letter to the Planning Board giving support to both the project and the parking waiver request.

Sylvia Allen presented the prototype for the new banner design. The final recommendation is to change the sponsor lettering to ten inches, leave Historic Freehold the size that was presented and to adjust the rest of the lettering to fit the scale.

Jayne presented the final draft for the sticker to be produced for the back page of the business handbook. The sponsors of this page are Mehr, Lafrance & Williams, Bach & Clark and T&K Contractors.

Jayne relayed the price quotes from Compass Signs and Vigg Designs for the proposed wayfing sign project. Jayne will ask both companies to provide a prototype to show at the next meeting.

Mike and Rob reported that they continue to work on getting the approvals for the redesign of the striping in the Market Yard parking lot. They are working with Joe Bellina to get the needed oks from the Borough engineer.

Mike and Rob have met with the County to review the possibility of getting a loan through the County program. This will take 6 to 9 months for approval so in the immediate term they are working to get a short term loan with Freehold S&L. This money would be used to pay for the new banner poles, striping of the Market Yard and the new dumpster. Bill Mehr asked what the Borough would be contributing? The Borough paid for the dumpster work the last time it was done and they have no available funding at this time. The committee agreed that these are important projects and we do not want to time up daily operating expenses with the large ticket items. Everybody agreed that we should move forward in this direction.

Jayne, Mike, Rob and Carl have met with Michael Warmington the advertising director of Ansorge. Ansorge will be producing the next business/restaurant directory. Michael has been in contact with Sylvia to coordinate how sponsors will be approached. Mike Page will be meeting with them again next week. Claudia of Ansorge has suggested to Sylvia that we host a summer holiday party to raise money to offset some of the expenses.

Marlene Rogala reported that the Born to Run Race on black Friday was a resounding success. She thinks that the Freehold Running Club is in need of our assistance for this event.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Carl Steinberg, Marlene Rogala, Henry Nicholson, David Sautters, Jayne Carr, Bill Mehr, Rob Kash, Marianne Earle and Mike Page.

The minutes of the meeting held October 4, 2006 were approved as presented.

The proposed new banner design was reviewed. Jayne will ask Sylvia to add Center after Historic Freehold. Jayne will also ask Sylvia to provide the committee with an inventory and the sponsors of those locations. She will also get the current price sheet. The overall banner design was approved with the Center change noted.

Jayne reported that Scott Kuffner of Freehold Grounds Maintenance has adopted the park on the corner of South and Throckmorton Streets. Two signs have been ordered from G&M Metal Workers. One will be placed at this park and the second one at the park next to the American Express building on West Main Street which was adopted by 4 Seasons Nursery and the Lions Club. The sign is designed as a smaller version of the restaurant directory signs.

Jayne is getting additional quotes on the wayfinding signs on the entries to the borough. It was suggested to ask Zigg signs for an additional quote.

Mike Page reported that Frank at The Studio is completing the final photos for the Restaurant/Business Directory. Five thousand will be printed. Carl Steinberg suggested contacting Mr. Hersch to update the map and layout. A sub-committee was formed to review the final business listings for accuracy and full inclusion. The committee will consist of Mike Page, Carl Steinberg and Marlene Rogala.

Carl has information on a company that would do this project for us and they will find the sponsors to pay for it. The committee decided to move forward on this edition themselves and look into this company immediately start working on the next edition. We will print 5000 copies this time.

Bill Mehr expressed concern that we need to start positioning ourselves to a wider range than just the center of Freehold. Most immediately we should include Freehold Township in all of our marketing efforts and then start moving in circles outward. It was announced that Rob Kash is the new chair of the Partnership’s Marketing Committee.

Jayne presented the completed updated Business Guidebook. When Mark completed this edition there is a blank page on the inside back cover. It was decided to solicit targeted businesses to take an ad for $150.00 each. The ad would be business card size and Jayne will have Mark make stickers to be put on the back page. Rob will ask Robbies Plumbing and T&K Contractors to place an ad. Jayne will contact Hank Stryker and ask for reputable contractors who apply for permits to do work in town. Bill Mehr agreed to take one place and Dan Bach two.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Henry Nicholson, Carl Steinberg, Bill Mehr, Jayne Carr, David Sautters, Marlene Rogala and Mike Page

The minutes of the meeting of September 6th were amended to change Cosmos from a sandwich shop to a hairdresser. The minutes were approved with this amendment.

The market yard parking lot is being reviewed by the Borough’s engineer for feasibility of the layout of the design, the parking spaces and the landscaping. We need to have an engineer certify the plan before it can move forward Henry Nicholson will see if the County has the coordinates of the parking lot. We will also look into the possibility of getting a Brownfield grant to make a parking lot where the radiator shop was demolished on Throckmorton Street.

Jayne reported that the final edits are being done on the reprint of the Business Handbook. She wills double check with the Borough to see that the map we are using is correct. The Borough had changed some of the zoning when they reexamined their master plan. We need the map to reflect these changes.

Mike Page reported that the Restaurant/Business Directory should have the photo portion completed by the end of next week. The Studio is donating the photographs and they were shortly held up due to their moving their business location. There are four photos that must be redone from the originals.

Jayne has done an inventory of the original Freehold Center way finding signs on the outskirts of town. The ones that do still exist are very faded and barely visible. Jayne will work on getting quotes to redo all of the signs from sign companies and Freehold Township’s sign department. She will ask for quotes on the same sign and the difference in costs to have them reflective and sun resistant. She will also do an inventory of any remaining poles to see how many will need to be purchased. It was a question as to who would be doing the installation.

Jayne reviewed the current recommendations for the Proud to a Partner awards that will be presented at the semi-annual meeting on November the 8th at 8:30 a.m. Jayne also asked for any final additional recommendations.

Jayne reported that at the last Historical Advisory Committee meeting it was confirmed that there is currently no business owner or operator represented on the newly appointed review committee. Mike Page will talk to Joe Bellina and relay that Marianne Earle, Carl Steinberg, Nolan Higgins and Jack Gravatt are four possibilities that would fit the criteria of being appointed.

Jayne reported that she has yet to have any success in finding any landscapers willing to adopt the remaining parks. Jayne will get pricing on creating the sponsor signs designed as a smaller version of the new restaurant directory signs. The hope will be that if we put the signs in the two completed parks that it may spark interest for a landscaper to step forward.

Mike has been speaking with the new owner of the American Hotel about the possibility of turning this location into a boutique hotel. There are two successful locations for this type of use in Morristown and Lambertville, NJ

Henry Nicholson reported that the County is just reaching completion of the property needs assessment.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 10 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Carl Steinberg, Mike Page, Jack Gravatt, Rob Kash, Bill Mehr, Henry Nicholson, Dan Bach and Marianne Earle.

The minutes of the meeting held August 5th were approved as presented.

Mike Page reviewed the meetings that have been held concerning the Market Yard Parking Lot redesign and the new dumpster arrangement. There are several options for the redesign but it is being recommended that the lot be restriped which should take us through the next eight years. Giosa who was the engineer who used to work in New Brunswick and was hired by the joint parking committee has gone out on his own. He will not endorse his recommendations at this stage because he does not have his engineering PE degree and does not have anyone on staff that does. The Partnership would like to see hairpin-parking stripes on the new layout. It was suggested to get a price from the company in Farmingdale called Traffic Lines. Since they do this on an everyday basis we may find it to be cheaper and faster to do it through them.

Henry will check with the County’s GIS department. They may already have an electronic survey we could get on disk. It was suggested that we would also need a traffic engineers review.

When all is said and done the new dumpster area could be super imposed. The final drawings would need to go past the County since they are a large user of the lot.

The suggestions for the Proud to be a Partner awards that will be presented at the Semi Annual meeting in November were:

• Cosmo’s Sandwich Shop
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• John Ballew
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• Jeff Jones
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• Café 360
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• John Vitale for Bob Goldschlagg’s old office space on South Street
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• Lorenzo’s
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• Quizno’s

Carl Steinberg asked that the Partnership pay to have bi-lingual signs and have them available to any business that would like to post them. The signs would say “No Trespassing”. The committee agreed that we could make the verbiage available and recommendations on places to buy them, but they would not agree to fund them.

Jayne will continue researching who made the directional signs on the outskirts of town showing how to get to Freehold Center. The committee would like new ones placed were they have come down and the ones that are up to either be repaired or replaced.

Jayne reported that she wrote a letter on behalf of the Partnership to the Telephone Company on the corner of East Main and Center Streets. The landscaping and weeds are severely overgrown.

Jayne is working with Virtual Access Tours and Gary Stone of the Monmouth Battlefield on the next leg of the Road to Monmouth virtual tour.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 10 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Dan Bach, David Sautters, Henry Nicholsen, Marianne Earle and Mike Page

The minutes of the 7/5/06 meeting were approved as presented.

Jayne has been working with Spook Handy on the Wednesday night open mikes. One of the goals of the performers working for gratis is the hope that they will get additional work on another night for which they will be paid.

Rob is working on additional “Freehold Center” signs to be attached to the gazebo.

Jayne is looking for better pricing on benches to place near the gazebo for listening.

Jayne will be getting rope lighting for the interior. As the seasons goes on the nights get darker earlier.

Mayor and Council adopted the Historic District Ordinance last week. The actual document is large so anyone who would like a copy must request it before Jayne will print it.

The Stavola Lot on Hudson Street was discussed as to its viability for additional parking. Henry said that it is currently used very little. The lot is not paved and does not have good lighting in the evening.

Otto Heinze has called Jayne and expressed some concerns as to the cost of the re-evaluation combined with the assessment for the S.I.D. The current rate for the S.I.D. is .156 on $100.00 of assessed property value. Otto expressed concern that his re-evaluation appeal was lost on the consideration that he kept his property too well maintained.

Jayne reported that the landscaping for the downtown pots was thriving and looking great. The YMCA under Mel O’Neal’s supervision had been cleaning refuse out of the pocket parks downtown. There are still four parks to be planted but the local landscapers are too busy to do the work until the fall.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Henry Nicholson, Marianne Earle, David Sautters, Jack Gravatt, Drew Shapiro and Bill Mehr.

The minutes of the meeting of June 7, 2006 were approved as presented.

Jayne has been working to schedule various artistic talents at the new gazebo downtown. Mike, Rob and Jayne met with a gentleman named Spook Handy who coordinates open mike nights. They have come to an agreement to have Spook run this event for the next 4 Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. Additional Wednesdays will be scheduled if this works to be a positive addition. The hope of the open mike is to schedule talent on other time slots for a nominal stipend. Jayne had a large response from entertainers whose price range was from $100 to $800 per evening. Jayne will schedule some other evenings with a maximum payment of $150 for up to $1500. This money will be drawn from the music on main line item dedicated for the restaurant committee.

Jayne reported that the triangle lot on Throckmorton was being considered for a parking lot. The Borough intends to demolish the old abandoned radiator shop. This land would be included in the parking lot. This would be a good redevelopment use for this property. Jayne reported that there is several clean up and maintenance issues on this strip of Throckmorton Street. The parking lot next to St. Rose’s Hispanic Center is designated for 36 West Main Street and is owned by Eli Kramer. It is underutilized and the trash and weeds are not well maintained. A lot of the issues on this section are simple trash and weed maintenance. A lot if the sidewalks in this area are broken and have heaved.

George Taylor has committed to adopting the pocket park across from St. Peter’s. Jayne is actively seeking a sponsor for the green area behind the Cornerstone Café. The other park that had not been adopted was the triangle by El Meson. This will go on hold or given up depending on the area need after the parking lot goes in.

Jayne reported that she has ordered the gateway poles for the entryways to the SID. There are five sets of double poles. The contractor will be filing permits and requesting mark outs.

Jayne reported the Historic Ordinance was tabled until Joe Bellina meets with some of the business owners who raised objections at the public meeting. Jayne is going to move forward on the Business Handbook with a reference to contact Borough Hall for the historic requirements. The Partnership has held Amboy National Bank’s sponsor check for almost a year now and we have been out of this publication for quite some time. If the Council does move quickly within the next month then it will be possible to add the requirements at the last minute before printing.

Mike is picking up the final photo disks from the gallery for the Business/Restaurant Directory from the Studio. Jayne has contacted Gary Jackson, the fire inspector for the most current business list. (all businesses must have a fire inspection yearly).

Jayne has worked with Virtual Access to create the Road to Monmouth Virtual Tour. So far the completed legs are the Village Inn, Englishtown Borough Hall and Tennent Church. Jayne asked the committee for any suggestion that they would like to see included as she works her way into Freehold. It was suggested to ask about the Civil War plots at the St Rose Cemetery (Old Monmouth Road, ask Anton Schwethoffer, the 1st house on the right), the Covenhoven House (used as Clinton’s headquarters) and Briar Hill in Freehold Township.

Bill asked that the directional signs, approximately 20 be reviewed for need of repair or removal. (Carl Steinberg is probably aware of their locations). Henry will check into it.

Jayne reported that she received a request from Bob Coutts at ReMax for a sponsorship opportunity to memorialize Bill Botnick who passed away last week. Jayne will get pricing from Dan Megill for new benches to go by the new gazebo.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Marlene Rogala, David Sautters, Bill Mehr, Jayne Carr and Dan Bach.

The minutes of the May 3, 2006 meeting were approved as presented.

Bill Mehr reported that the downtown planting went well. The corner of Monmouth Avenue was missed but will be planted this week. South Street was not planted but will be when the sidewalk project is completed. All of the dirt had been dumped from the barrels on South Street. Jayne will get a price from George Taylor on the cost to refill them and how many need to be done. Jayne will ask the contractor to contribute to this cost.

Jayne reported that once again Laird’s has donated several wooden barrels and they have done every year for quite some time. Jayne has sent them a letter of thanks for their donation and Bill suggested that they be a recipient of one of the “Proud to be a Partner” award in 2006.

Jayne reported that the pocket parks have all been adopted except for the walkway behind the Cornerstone Café and the walkway on Throckmorton Street to the muster zone. Jayne will continue to work with Mike Page to have all of the parks completed this summer within the next 6 weeks.

Jayne distributed sample books of banners and requested that the committee make a decision on style and color for the new design. The committee picked burgundy and the banner will be #902-DL. The committee requested that the verbiage on the banner be changed from “downtown” to “historic”.

Jayne will ask Sylvia to order a sample so we can see the material and color before moving forward.

Jayne reported that the fence company met with Dan Magill yesterday to site the exact location for the gazebo. Some planters were moved and they anticipate delivery today. The Partnership has purchased racks that will be installed on the gazebo and safely display our marketing materials for anyone who wants to take them. Bill suggested that we work with County Tourism to get additional materials. He also suggested that we should put more focus on our historical attributes. Specifically more promotion should be going to the Metz Bicycle Museum.

Jayne reported that the 37 new ashtrays have been sited for and/or actually installed. Jayne will be putting in an order for any additions. Dan Bach asked that he be added to that list.

Dan Bach reported that the new owner of the American Hotel has not defined his plans for the building as of yet. Jayne has worked with Joe Bellina and acquired permission to have the farmer’s market in front of this building on the sidewalk. The market will be on Tuesdays starting July 11th. So far we have a vegetable farmer, a greenhouse farmer and a baker.

Jayne reported that the Borough’s Historic Committee would be running a training session tonight at the Borough’s library to show homeowners how to go about researching the history of their home.

Tomorrow Jayne will be attending the annual conference given by Downtown NJ in Cranford. Cranford was the first special improvement district in NJ. Jayne has also reserved a table at the conference to highlight downtown Freehold. Kathy Cross of Virtual Access Tours will be working the table highlighting Freehold’s virtual tours.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 8:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Henry Nicholson, Marlene Rogala, Mike Page, Jack Gravatt, Bill Mehr, Rob Kash, David Sautters and Dan Bach.

The minutes of the April 5th meeting were approved as presented by Bill Mehr and Rob Kash who were the only two in attendance at that meeting.

Jayne reported that the Borough’s Planning Board gave their approval of the proposed Historic Ordinance and passed it through to the Borough Council. Jayne distributed the notes and proposal to this committee.

Jayne reported that the Historic Advisory Committee has asked that the Partnership support and help to organize a historic site tour on June 26, 2007. Bill Mehr recommended that we put a media blitz out for advertising before the event.

Jayne reported that the date for the downtown planting has been changed from May 13th to May 20th in order to bypass Mother’s Day weekend. We are still in need of five or six good workers to work about three hours in order to lighten the load. Jayne has sent a letter of request out for assistance but as of yet there has been no response.

We will be adding the planting of the planters in front of the Hall of Records to this year’s project.

Jayne, Mike and Rob have been working to fill the adoptions of all of the pocket parks with local landscaping companies. Rob will have the local ironworker make frames for each of the signs. Mel O’Neal will have the summer program kids working on litter clean up throughout all of the pocket parks including the Liberty Triumphant Park.

The gazebo for East Main Street has been ordered from Mr. Fence and will be delivered within the next three weeks. The gazebo will be set street side in front of 10 East Main Street. Jayne will look to order brochure holders to be attached to the gazebo.

Jayne reported that 37 of the smoke stand ashtrays were delivered to the public works department this past week. Rob and Dan Megill will be going out with spray paint to mark their intended locations. Jayne has sent a letter of solicitation to sell them to the businesses with a focus on the restaurants.

Jayne reported that the Ira Tilton Awards were given at the May 1 Council meeting to the Cohen’s and the Higgin’s. There were additional plaques given to those homeowners who participated in researching the history of their homes.

Jayne has completed an inventory of the directory signs in the Market Yard and Broad Street parking lots. All of the expired signs will be removed and the empty spaces have been sold to new businesses at the cost of the plaques.

Jayne has contacted Teri O’Connor to see if there is any possibility of continuing the rail trail past Route #537. Alternatively, the Partnership would like to see a directory and directional sign placed at the trails end. This is seen as a lost opportunity for commerce with the people who use this facility but are not familiar with the Borough.

Marianne Earle questioned why several properties downtown were falling into disarray. The properties in question were the old Style Shop next to Borough Hall, 64 East Main Street and the Old Bell Telephone site on East Main Street.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Bill Mehr and Rob Kash.

The Planning Board is scheduled to review/edit/recommend on the proposed historic ordinance at their regularly scheduled meeting of April 12, 2006 @ 7 p.m. Anyone who would be interested was invited to attend.

The Annual Meeting of the Partnership will take place on April 20th, 7 p.m. at the Partnership offices. All were highly encouraged to attend and exercise their right to vote on the upcoming budget, officers and Board members.

George Taylor has scheduled the downtown landscaping for May 13th. Jayne will send out letters looking for participation.

Jayne has completed an inventory of the directory signs in the parking lots. Most of the expired spots have been resold with only a few remaining. Anyone interested in purchasing a plate should contact Jayne.

Rob reported that the American Flag Company is putting together a quote for the new banner poles to go downtown. Additionally, Rob is working with Dan Megill to price out permanent white lights for the trees downtown. Marianne Earle volunteered at the March meeting to work with Rob and the restaurants to redesign the lighting layout

Jayne has done an inventory of the garbage cans in the public spaces downtown. She has copied her findings both to Bill and Rob. Rob will convey the recommendations for where additional cans could be used. Any recommendations for additional sites should be relayed through Jayne.

Thirty-six ashtrays have been ordered from the Glaro Company. Rob and Jayne will be working with the Borough to site locations and what cost will need to be charged back to each business. The County has piggybacked six ashtrays on our order. Jayne was able to bring the cost per ashtray down about $60 a piece by ordering in volume.

The committee agreed that the best route for the pocket park project would be to have local landscaping companies adopt each site. The project through the YMCA would be for trash removal and clean up. Rob has already contacted some of the landscapers who would like to be part of this project.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:30 am

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Drew Shapiro, Marlene Rogala, Henry Nicholson, Marianne Earle, Rob Kash and Dan Bach.

Jayne distributed the proposed 2006/2007 budget as it has developed to date. The changes in the PC&D area from the January recommendations were the elimination of the line item for garbage cans; the Borough just bought over eighty new cans. Additionally the $5,000.00 line item for tree grates was added back as revenue on Rob’s recommendation.

Within the line items for the Restaurant Committee’s budget there is a carry over of $18,000.00 for the sound system on main. The committee has decided to scale back that project so it can get started. In the future there is a hope of a way to interconnect crossing the street. The committee left $10,000.00 in the line item and dedicated $4,000.00 towards a gazebo that would be used for live entertainment on Main Street. The remaining $4,000.00 would be dedicated to revamping the common garbage area in the Market Yard parking lot.

Dan Bach questioned why the tax assessment would be dedicated to a project like the dumpster that only benefits the members in that area.

Drew Shapiro expressed concern that money is rarely dedicated to the Throckmorton Street area. Jayne reviewed and Drew concurred that all of individual requests along with landscaping and design projects have been targeted to Throckmorton Street. Drew was concerned that it did not appear that the billygoat was being used on his end of Throckmorton Street. Jayne will confirm with Bailey’s since we are paying for this area to be serviced. Marlene reported that she does see the billygoat often in the morning coming down Throckmorton St. For a short time thereafter the sidewalks are clean but this area is a wind tunnel that soon brings garbage blowing from up the street.

After much discussion Drew has decided to become more hands on involved in the Partnership. Since the members are the Partnership it would insure that his concerns were heard if he became more involved.

Jayne asked that whoever was interested in participating in the Virtual Tour Kick Off Reception that will be held on February 9th, 7 p.m. should contact her between today and tomorrow so that she can let the Victorian Restaurant know how much food to bring.

Marlene, Marianne, Rob and Dan all said that they would be attending.

Jayne distributed the latest copy of the proposed Historic District Ordinance that will be presented to the Borough within the next month or so. Additionally, Jayne distributed the copy of the Princeton Ordinance that former Mayor Marvin Reed sent to her. The committee asked for time to review the documents and would forward their comments to Jayne as soon as possible.

Jayne also distributed the final version of the Business Handbook for the committee input and edits. Rob asked Jayne to get a cost from Mark to make the front and back cover glossy, similar to the Restaurant Guide. Amboy National Bank has sponsored this piece for at $1,000.00 for 1000 copies. Rob reported that Bill Mehr and Rob would be meeting with Sylvia Allen to work on kicking our marketing up a notch.

Rob had requested that Jayne contact Abbington to review whether it would be in our costs to pay to have the Market Yard restriped to gain additional parking spaces as was recommended in the Wiley parking report. If this project is viable Jayne intends to submit an application for the grant from the Centers of Place at the College of NJ. The maximum award from this grant program would be $20,000.00. Jayne attended the workshop for the grant two weeks ago and was told that this would be an eligible project to submit.

Drew suggested that we look at making a parking lot out of the triangle and the radiator shop across from him on Throckmorton Street. We could add a good chunk of parking if designed for angle parking. Rob is meeting with Joe Bellina in the next two days and will run this concept past him.

With no further business the meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

In Attendance: Jayne Carr, Bill Mehr & Dan Bach.

The minutes of the meeting of December 7, 2005 were approved as presented.

The budget from last year was reviewed and the following was recommended for the 2006/2007 budget under the Capital Improvements and PC&D budget categories:

Capital Improvements:

• Garbage Cans - $1000.00
• Landscaping - $7,000.00
• Landscaping - $7,000.00

Planning, Coordination & Design:

• Landscaping - $15,500.00
• Postage - $200.00
• Billygoat Program - $7,600.00
• Façade Program - $10,000.00
• Business Directory - $2,500.00
• Proud to be a Partner Award Plaques - $100.00

Jayne reported that she has been working with Cathy Cross from Virtual Tours and the prototype for the web is on a link for review. Jayne will e-mail the link address to the committee so they can review it and make any comments they care to recommend.

Jayne and Cathy are working with Metz Bicycle Museum, Grape Beginning and The Victorian to put together a reception to kick off the virtual tour. All of the membership will be invited but must RSVP so we have a good idea on numbers for food. The reception will be on February 9th at 7 p.m.

Jayne reported that she had spoken with Sylvia from Allen Consulting about the banner program as had been requested. Sylvia reported that we lost a large piece of the banner sponsorship when Norkus Brothers pulled out last year. Sylvia has been working to continue sales in this area. Bill had asked about design changes and Sylvia stated that she keeps them the same for branding of the town. Bill asked Jayne to speak to Rob Kash about setting up a meeting with Sylvia, Rob and Bill to review the banner campaign, to review where marketing materials were being distributed and any additional event planning that is in the works.

Jayne was asked to request a copy of Princeton’s Historic District Ordinance from Marvin Reed the former Mayor. Princeton’s district is also in the B-1 and B-2 zones and has been successful. One of the requests that Bill Mehr has made to the committee is to find a way to at least show intent in the ordinance that there would always be a representative of the business community.

Dan Bach asked that if as an architect he served on this committee would that preclude him from getting any of the jobs. Bill recommended that they might appoint more than one architect so it would not be a consistent conflict to work in the Borough’s commercial district.

Bill asked that Jayne work on updating and freshening up the directory signs in the parking lots. Where businesses have moved out she will go to the new businesses to sell the plates.

Jayne will request from Teri O’Connor a copy of the last parking study for the Market Yard.

It was recommended that money be put into the new budget for restriping of the Market Yard to gain more spaces and to redo the dumpster area.

Jayne reported that she met with John Newman a businessman and resident in town and Jane Gursky from Allen Consulting about developing a Farmer’s Market that would start