Meeting: Downtown Business Improvement District

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	All right. Well, good morning. Good morning, Mariana. Morning.	00:00:05
	We have 4 here, so we have a quorum. So I'll get things kicked off. There are a couple of people who will be coming in a little	00:00:11
	bit later. They're just coming from other meetings, so welcome. Everyone knows one another. So we don't have to go through	00:00:18
	introductions. We'll go to public comment on items that are not on the agenda. Do we have anyone from the public which you wishing	00:00:24
	to speak on items that are?	00:00:31
	Not on the agenda this morning.	00:00:37
	And what you do?	00:00:41
	All right, seeing none, we will move on to the logo contest updates. And this is both T Thomas and Stephanie Loftus. So between	00:00:45
	the two of you, who wants to kick off?	00:00:51
	I'm happy too.	00:00:58
	I've gotten exactly 1 submission. Ohh wow.	00:01:00
	And the submission used artwork taken off of a website which is expressly not part of our rules. So.	00:01:03
	OK.	00:01:16
	Steam.	00:01:17
	Yes.	00:01:19
	And what do you, how would you like to proceed? Because it was supposed to be closed at the end of September, correct? Yes, so.	00:01:21
	One of the things that we had initially talked about was putting some dollars behind social media posts and and we've done that,	00:01:30
	We've put that out there.	00:01:35
	Directing people to go to the Chambers website.	00:01:41
	I did want to find out. I know when we initially launched this, Liz had mentioned.	00:01:45
	Bringing this through the Arts Collective.	00:01:51
	And I I I would assume that that that's happened and so that means that it's been fed out to.	00:01:55
	The Arts Center and to the Arts Council.	00:02:02
	But I just, I wanted to check on that because that's another Ave. that we could go back to.	00:02:06
	And.	00:02:12
	Highlight the fact that this is going on.	00:02:13
	I had one question. Did we see if did, were you able to send it to the school district? Yes, it was sent to the school district	00:02:18
	and it's been sent out, I believe, twice.	00:02:23
	OK.	00:02:30
	So maybe there is an interest is another possibility.	00:02:31
	OK, just to get those who just arrived. Jason and Liz, we're on number item number four, the logo contest we had one submission of	00:02:39
	the contest was officially over at the end of September. The one submission can't be used because we used images of off the	00:02:46
	Internet, so we can't take that. So what would this is now up I guess for.	00:02:53
	Discussion amongst you what you would like to do and proceeding with this.	00:03:01
	And we didn't know, was it?	00:03:07
	Presented to the Arts Council at all.	00:03:09
	But no, no.	00:03:13
	OK.	00:03:14
	So that's a an Ave. that the Arts District with that newsletter, the verb that we could put it out there, we certainly could and	00:03:15
	did. Did the PG Art Center get a notification?	00:03:22
	I don't. It was just social media and the schools were contacted, so I don't know that there was anything directly with them. They	00:03:30
	were they, they were emailed the information. But I didn't know if.	00:03:36
	Through the Arts collective, if they were, you know, there was a person to person.	00:03:44
	Connection.	00:03:50
	You know there's a person to person discussion with them.	00:03:52
	So, so that was, yeah, you said collective. You mean the PGR Center?	00:03:55
	You know, he's talking about the Arts District. Sorry. The Arts district. Yes. My apologies. Ohh right. OK, so.	00:04:01
	I think it's.	00:04:09
	Sounds to me like it's worth.	00:04:11
	Focusing it and you know.	00:04:14
	Doing another round, but this time with.	00:04:17
	More marketing so.	00:04:21
	I would say.	00:04:24
	To be extended another.	00:04:26
	Month or something. But we didn't. I mean, they did pay advertising and we didn't.	00:04:28
	We got one submission, so I think it needs to be.	00:04:33
	People that we have connections with maybe.	00:04:36
	Because obviously there wasn't a.	00:04:41
	Yeah, we didn't get good response. We didn't get any response really. I mean, I know several artists, illustrators, graphic	00:04:45
	designers like you know, I could contact them personally and.	00:04:50
	So how about this? How about we keep it open?	00:04:56
	And so we need to change the language on your subsea because it says submit by the end of September.	00:05:01
	We could keep it open through the end of October and reach out to the PGR center. Reach out to the schools one more time. Maybe we	00:05:08
	do an ad, you know, in the paper. Maybe. I don't know.	00:05:14
	Was BSOD notified?	00:05:21
	I doubt it.	00:05:25
	So we could reach out to CSUB as well.	00:05:26
	I think they have a really vibrant graphic design and art department. Yeah, I know an MPC does too.	00:05:30
	OK. So there's two good ones right there.	00:05:37
	Well.	00:05:40
	Have we thought about, I think?	00:05:42
	I might have mentioned that. Wait.	00:05:45
	So.	00:05:47
	Months ago.	00:05:47
	You know, this is typically, you know, a paid for kind of professional.	00:05:49
	Service or.	00:05:53
	You know that might be an alternative with this.	00:05:57
	Yeah, I think that the the group wanted to see if anybody wanted to submit designs and then if we didn't get interest then that	00:06:00
	would be we would have to then go in that direction. So I guess the question is tell you what do you think should we?	00:06:07
	Stop the public contest and just go.	00:06:15
	Towards the designer or how would you like to proceed?	00:06:18
	I you know, if I might if I might offer, I think maybe we we have it for one more month and we put you know go out to CSUB, go out	00:06:24
	to the Arts Center and.	00:06:30
	The Arts Council, you know, push through to the high school again.	00:06:37
	We might want to open it up to some of the other high schools.	00:06:44
	In the area, you know Monterey, Stevenson, Carmel, I'll let them know that we're that we're doing this.	00:06:48
	And then let the the paid.	00:06:56
	Or a sponsored ad, I should say run for a little bit longer and see if it can get some more traction.	00:06:59
	And then we can make our decision at the end of the month.	00:07:05
	You know one thing that?	00:07:10
	That Matt had mentioned.	00:07:12
	That is an option instead of going to somebody.	00:07:14
	Directly, you know, there's a lot of crowdsourcing.	00:07:18
	And crowdsourcing design platforms that are out there where you submit everything that you want to have and then you know it's a	00:07:23
	couple 100 bucks and you get back 50 or.	00:07:28
	You know, 100 submissions, whatever you want to pay for.	00:07:34
	You know, that's definitely on the graphic design side and less on the.	00:07:38
	Artistic side.	00:07:43
	But.	00:07:45
	It's a easy way to be able to get a lot of ideas in at once and then you know you you pick your idea that you like and refine it.	00:07:46
	It's kind of like what we're doing with.	00:07:52
	With what was put out on the submission, So that's something to consider if this Ave. doesn't bear some more entries.	00:07:59
	Can somebody refresh my memory whatever you're offering in terms of prices?	00:08:10
	I think it was $250.	00:08:14
	OK.	00:08:17
	I would and that would also add him to the list of school we can contact.	00:08:19
	All right.	00:08:25
	And I think if we can.	00:08:27
	I know I can look up at least MPC, but if we can find the digital department directly rather than just sending it to the school	00:08:29
	because I know a lot of stuff gets.	00:08:35
	Filtered it's it's difficult when you're giving it to a school for them someone to pick it up and go, ohh, I really need to give	00:08:41
	that to.	00:08:45
	The head of the department.	00:08:49
	And I think I still know who the head of the department is at MPC, so I went through that program, so I'm happy to send that to	00:08:51
	them.	00:08:55
	If you have trouble with that, let me know. I used to know the person that's still Jamie.	00:08:59
	OK.	00:09:05
	Run it. OK, OK, OK. You know the people that run OK.	00:09:07
	So I can read.	00:09:13
	Just collectively and kind of hearing, wanna keep one more month in front of the month. Yeah. And then reach out to all of these	00:09:17
	entities and push a little bit further and then when we meet in November, we'll see where we are with submissions and then.	00:09:26
	You know, we'll go from there. So sounds.	00:09:34
	Yeah.	00:09:38
	Four shot of that meaning if we don't get one more submission, we should just do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree	00:09:41
	that yeah, I can update mid month maybe and say would be good.	00:09:46
	Yeah. OK, Liz, I'm turning it back over to you. OK, great. Well, I think part of that was the.	00:09:52
	The other Welcome, please. Yeah, so I did some research on that. There's a lot of existing designs. They all kind of seem to be	00:10:02
	around 399 apiece. I don't know why that was the decided price, but I have reached out to one of my vendors.	00:10:10
	That I submit print artwork to because I think I can get way better rate than that if we're going to buy like.	00:10:19
	200 of them are You know which we can.	00:10:28
	Decide whether we want to invest that money.	00:10:32
	We kind of had talked about.	00:10:35
	Investing the money in it, I don't think it would be a lot.	00:10:37
	But I can easily put together the artwork for that and I I have I should have printed it out but I have like 3 or 4 that I found	00:10:42
	that I think are.	00:10:46
	Perfectly.	00:10:52
	What we're looking for, they're non branded.	00:10:54
	But if we do it through my vendor, we do have the opportunity to brand it. But I think we had talked about not doing that in case	00:10:58
	there was any pushback.	00:11:02
	From individuals.	00:11:07
	Right, well.	00:11:10
	It's.	00:11:11
	It's a funny thing that I I wonder.	00:11:13
	If if it really is such a controversial thing because.	00:11:16
	You know.	00:11:21
	If we're gonna, we could brand it like with the Butterfly or something. I think widely. It's not. I'm just knowing how things go,	00:11:22
	yeah.	00:11:26
	I I just didn't know if we wanted.	00:11:31
	Downtown Business Improvement District on it or if we want it, just like we could do that. But I would first contact the members	00:11:34
	of the organization and just say, you know this is the plan. Could we have your feedback?	00:11:41
	And if there is no negative feedback, then carry on with it. Or you know if the negative feedback is it all that legit, still	00:11:50
	carry out or whatever you know but.	00:11:56
	The IT could be soft branding like, I don't know. For instance, in my restaurant last week, some Latvians turned up and they said,	00:12:02
	I said we don't get people from the Baltics. It's really cool. How, you know, how do you find traveling here? And they said, well,	00:12:08
	we've been all over the country. You know, I've been traveling for a month. This is, we just arrived in Pacific Grove. This is the	00:12:14
	only place where we saw the Ukrainian flag and that means so much to us, right. So I was so proud of our town as being, you know,	00:12:20
	compassionate and.	00:12:26
	You know out there with an opinion on things and so I.	00:12:32
	I sort of feel like soft branding maybe with the butterfly, with the rainbow motif, you know, or or rainbow motif with a butterfly	00:12:38
	or however we want to do it. It says Pacific Grove is welcoming. You know Pacific Grove is inclusive, but what we would we not	00:12:44
	want any words on it, just all are welcome, just that's it. And then we don't have to go down that route of saying specifically	00:12:51
	it's just our small part of PG. It's kind of.	00:12:57
	You know, so and then even people could put that on their houses or?	00:13:05
	You know, if people wanted, we wanted to.	00:13:10
	Make them available for sale or something, you know what I mean? So what do you guys think? I think opening it up saying that	00:13:13
	we're we're working on this idea and sending it to all of the ID members saying.	00:13:21
	You know, we want broad support for it if they're using the ID funds for it. So perhaps, perhaps that's. I think you're right by	00:13:28
	saying we should, we should send it out to everybody, even though all of our stuff goes out to them anyway. Yeah, maybe this is a	00:13:36
	more specific e-mail that talks about the program, what's not even program, right? Talks about the efforts and whether we would	00:13:44
	have broad support for using the ID funds to pay for them or if they prefer the BID not to pay for them. That doesn't mean.	00:13:51
	Whether another entity can't step in, pay for them and distribute them, Sure.	00:13:59
	That can happen as well. So it just depends on which, you know if we're using the ID funds where we want to make sure that the,	00:14:03
	the whole ID or the majority is in favor to spend how many businesses are in the BID.	00:14:10
	Ohh, I wish I knew that number like is 150 or is it like?	00:14:17
	And it's about 3200. Oh oh.	00:14:24
	Actually, it's if you count everybody that's included.	00:14:29
	I it's kind it's over 300.	00:14:33
	OK, however.	00:14:36
	The majority of those are, you know, businesses like mine that aren't necessarily a storefront or selling.	00:14:39
	You know are are considered retail or their organizations or their, you know, it's like Joe Smith accountant.	00:14:47
	OK. So you're looking at as far as visibility for these for this and would be you have to have a window of some sort so they could	00:14:54
	put it on. So then you're probably looking at about a third of those businesses.	00:15:00
	Yeah, I mean just, you know, that's true. No, no, no, absolutely. And so I think that you'd probably be looking at maybe you know,	00:15:07
	200 or so because there are, you know, offices that occupy.	00:15:14
	Street facing windows or offices that have people coming in for meetings or appointments or whatever that may want to have that.	00:15:22
	Either be in their window, or perhaps you know if it doesn't have a window.	00:15:28
	Like in my office building there's a number of of businesses that.	00:15:34
	Are seeing clientele every single day.	00:15:39
	And they don't necessarily have a window, but they wanna might, might want to display that within their business.	00:15:41
	And there's usually a significant price break at 2:50 just in terms of these printers. So like if we did say 250 it would the	00:15:48
	price per each would be significantly less than if we did 100 or 1:50. So I'll, I'll.	00:15:55
	Ask for that pricing.	00:16:04
	Right.	00:16:08
	But it and they're they're turnarounds really fast, like once we submit the design, we'd have it in like a week and 1/2. So would	00:16:10
	it be possible for for you to send the design of it so it can be attached to that?	00:16:17
	Piece of literature that we're sending out, OK.	00:16:24
	I mean, do you want me to do a couple different ones and we internally look at it and then?	00:16:27
	Pick one. Or do we want to?	00:16:33
	You know, just via e-mail. It doesn't have to be via meaning.	00:16:37
	E-mail is good or do we want to? I mean, do we want to say this is the design or do we want to say I think it would be good? Yeah,	00:16:40
	yeah. We don't wanna voting thing. Yeah, OK.	00:16:46
	I'll get, I'll get that. I'll get that by next week at the latest.	00:16:52
	All the e-mail it to you, Jenny, and then we can.	00:16:58
	Yeah. We'll go from there and with the pricing too, because.	00:17:01
	I I don't.	00:17:04
	Think it's gonna be.	00:17:05
	Nearly.	00:17:07
	I don't know why everybody decided 399 was the retail price for those, but it seems to be the going rate. I know, it's just so	00:17:08
	weird.	00:17:12
	Yeah.	00:17:17
	OK, that's great. Is it possible to use that butterfly that says Pacific Grove in the wings? Is that like copyright? That's a	00:17:19
	copyright. But I have one. I have a design that I did for my store that I sell a sticker that's a monarch that I could easily	00:17:25
	convert to like a rainbow gradient. So we could use that.	00:17:31
	That that would be fine or amazing, OK?	00:17:38
	In so many ways, OK.	00:17:42
	Not least you're following.	00:17:44
	Window on legs.	00:17:46
	OK, so.	00:17:48
	So Speaking of which, that's a perfect trick or treat. Yeah, Steve, to your next talking point.	00:17:50
	So for Trick or Treat we currently have 32 official businesses that have that have signed up and by official I mean they have sent	00:17:57
	back and said.	00:18:03
	I wanna participate now. There's probably another 10.	00:18:09
	That we.	00:18:13
	That.	00:18:15
	We know are going to be participating.	00:18:16
	You know Maritas and.	00:18:20
	The Nest and Ocean treasures and stuff like that that haven't that, just haven't emailed back yet.	00:18:22
	And a number of other ones that have.	00:18:30
	Already have decorations up and things going on like suds.	00:18:34
	That again, just haven't emailed in, so I think we're probably in the.	00:18:39
	Probably like 45 range, which is really good for the beginning of October.	00:18:46
	And we're going to be sending another e-mail out today to those businesses that have not responded.	00:18:52
	And and or were.	00:18:58
	Part of the the event last year.	00:19:02
	And so heated last year, do we around how many?	00:19:05
	You know I think we ended up in the I I'd have to go back and look, but I think we ended up in the mid 60s which was still which	00:19:10
	is pretty good are the most we've ever had was 74.	00:19:16
	And so you know and again there are a few businesses that.	00:19:24
	Would have participated in the past.	00:19:29
	That.	00:19:31
	You know that are no longer with us, but also.	00:19:33
	Ones that that always participate.	00:19:36
	And like I said, you know Suzuki Zoo.	00:19:40
	Spirals. They just, they just haven't sent sent their official word back in. So we have. We've got a list of 75.	00:19:43
	That were that we sent out to that had participated from from last year.	00:19:54
	And so sorry that were sent out from last year about 606667 participated.	00:20:00
	So we're we're on track as it goes to that and we've got advertising that is going into the Herald.	00:20:07
	Again, the weekly and our social media advertising started on the 1st.	00:20:15
	And then the decorations are being delivered tomorrow, the hay bales and the pumpkins and corn stalks, So those will go up.	00:20:23
	And those will be up through.	00:20:30
	Through Monday.	00:20:34
	Following.	00:20:35
	Halloween and then we'll actually, I think Halloween might be on Monday, so they'll be up through Halloween and then taken down	00:20:36
	the first couple days in November.	00:20:40
	And also I did want to to mention so there is.	00:20:45
	Are regular.	00:20:50
	Scarecrow contest that we have done, you know, kind of every single year.	00:20:52
	And then Christie, with the chamber was approached by a new business owner that wanted to do a scarecrow contest.	00:20:57
	That was citywide.	00:21:07
	And so.	00:21:09
	Christy and I and and the business owner are kind of coordinating our efforts so that we still have our business Scarecrow	00:21:10
	contest.	00:21:15
	But there's also.	00:21:20
	A second division, let's call it now that includes homes and. And he's trying to, he's a real estate agent. He's trying to push	00:21:22
	more of a citywide scarecrow contest.	00:21:27
	Like they do, I believe.	00:21:33
	Jenny It was Cambria or.	00:21:35
	Yeah, that that. There's a a big citywide scarecrow contest that isn't.	00:21:38
	It's not just businesses.	00:21:44
	So.	00:21:47
	And we're just kind of working out the the details there.	00:21:48
	Because obviously anything done through the bid has to focus on downtown businesses and we're kind of.	00:21:52
	Those are the.	00:21:59
	You know, those are the the guardrails that are in place for for what we're trying to do. But certainly anybody that wants to	00:22:00
	piggyback onto that and expand it out to the whole city is more than welcome to.	00:22:05
	So that's what.	00:22:11
	I have to say I have an unprecedented amount of enthusiasm for the trick or treat people coming in because I have a lot of people	00:22:12
	who come in with kids.	00:22:16
	And they are just like so excited about it and like when is it? When?	00:22:21
	And so I I think it's going to be.	00:22:26
	Big this year, so might want to buy a couple more bags of candy. And thank you very much for sending out the targets. I've been	00:22:29
	looking every day. I just looked and they still haven't. I don't know it's, you know, but they're calling this circle week so I	00:22:35
	don't know if they'll.	00:22:41
	And that with Halloween candy, but we'll see.	00:22:47
	Hopefully cross fingers, yeah.	00:22:51
	Yeah, for sure. And then the and then Small Business Saturday, so next week.	00:22:53
	Once we've sent out our.	00:23:02
	Are you know our our second e-mail for Halloween?	00:23:05
	Next week we'll then send out our initial e-mail for holiday.	00:23:09
	Open house and slash Small Business Saturday.	00:23:13
	Just to get people starting to sign up for that.	00:23:16
	We're just trying to pace these things out, so.	00:23:19
	They don't get lost within the shuffle.	00:23:23
	And even though.	00:23:25
	Lots of people are just starting to think about Halloween.	00:23:28
	You know, I already have seen Christmas decorations being sold like 3 weeks ago up at 8:00. So you know, as as long as we can	00:23:31
	start to get people thinking about that and then make that quick transition at the beginning of November, I think we'll be, we'll	00:23:37
	be OK there.	00:23:42
	Just a note for businesses, for shop small Saturday if you register or if you take MX at your business, you get all of those free	00:23:50
	things. I mean big boxes full of, you know, door, door mats and closers and all sorts of decorations and that just amplifies the	00:23:59
	message And it's free, it's free. So all you have to do is register. For us, I would highly suggest.	00:24:08
	Everybody to do that.	00:24:17
	Sooner than later because there is a cut off. I just don't know what the cut off on it is.	00:24:18
	But.	00:24:24
	Highly suggest. Obviously the Chamber does it every year and we distribute it out to people. Yeah, but you can get as a business	00:24:25
	owner a ton of stuff, so you might as well if you just Google shop small Saturday. I think the first thing is Amex and it has a	00:24:30
	thing for me to fill out with your address and they'll send it and it will have the correct date. It'll have the 2023 dates on	00:24:36
	everything. You have to do it every single day.	00:24:42
	OK. Any other comments?	00:24:54
	So.	00:24:57
	Well, upcoming events, yeah. I just wanted to go really briefly through the amount of stuff that's happening between now and the	00:24:59
	end of the year and a lot. It is a lot and I will go very quickly through this. However, I will suggest you go on to our events	00:25:06
	website, our website.	00:25:13
	Ellen and our office is very diligent about pulling from everybody's social and websites all the events that are happening and we.	00:25:20
	On our large events calendar. So if you're ever wondering what's going on, just go there.	00:25:30
	First Fridays this Friday and they do First Fridays all the way through the end of the year and then they teach January, February	00:25:35
	off and it starts back up again. So just as a reminder, First Fridays coming up.	00:25:40
	Next one is this Friday.	00:25:46
	The Downtown Butterfly Parade that the school districts do is on Saturday morning and 10:30 start time. It's on Lighthouse app	00:25:48
	that you see and they.	00:25:53
	They start up at Robert down and down and then.	00:25:58
	They're gonna go back. So that's happening Saturday as well as the PG Heritage Society is doing the Get together on Sunset	00:26:01
	celebration at Point Pinos and they're also doing continuous Lighthouse. Sorry, They're also doing a lot of stuff. Ashitaka Hall.	00:26:09
	They're doing all of the things they typically do out there, the birdhouse contest, and there's all sorts of events happening.	00:26:17
	Sorry.	00:26:25
	Yes, the cricket tournament which is going to be at Caledonia Park again this year.	00:26:27
	The Fiji Museums Night Owl event is coming back and their first one is going to be October 13th, Friday I took.	00:26:34
	The 13 in October. Yeah, it's gonna be great. They they have a bunch of really great partners. It's from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the.	00:26:42
	As the house is having their open house, they have their green Gables. One Last month there was a huge.	00:26:53
	Lots of games.	00:27:00
	Similar and that is going to be on Tuesday, October 17th at 436 Thirty. It's open to the public. They're opening up their doors so	00:27:03
	you can see their renovations. That's just out town. Obviously trick or treatment is in.	00:27:08
	October 28th, then we've got the city's veteran's day ceremony, which is on veteran's day. It's a Saturday. This year, it's	00:27:14
	literally 1111 at 11.	00:27:20
	You can't miss it. So 11/11 at 11:00 AM. There is a potential for it to move locations this year and I haven't gotten confirmation	00:27:26
	from the city staff yet about those locations, so just keep.	00:27:32
	Keep looking for it and I'll put it out.	00:27:39
	Thanksgiving is coming back to us, Solamar. So they're doing their big community Thanksgiving dinner out there. They're doing	00:27:42
	movies at the Chapel and Bonfire songs. What's the fun stuff?	00:27:46
	Our shop Small Saturday Holiday Open House the Chris The Cities Christmas Tree Lighting at Jewel Park is on Monday November 27th.	00:27:52
	It's always that Monday after Thanksgiving around sunset time. Then that Thursday is Holiday Parade of Lights, Thursday November	00:27:57
	30th.	00:28:02
	And then we are still well spun in the park. The Saturday after that summer second holiday at the Inns is back. This year is going	00:28:07
	to just be one day instead of two days. We're doing Tuesday.	00:28:13
	December 5th or extending the time. It used to be 69. We're doing 5 to 9 because all nine of the properties are parts.	00:28:20
	Interest.	00:28:27
	Fantastic to have them all back.	00:28:27
	Tickets are already on sale for that, so going to our website and then the Run Rudolph Run event is on December 9th.	00:28:30
	And that is out on motion.	00:28:39
	Gets you every year. So that's just a smattering of all of the things that are happening. Again, go to the website and you'll see	00:28:42
	everything. Ohh and let me just tell you which ends are participating. We have Cosby House, Green Gables, Asilomar, Stevie, Hurst	00:28:48
	Hall, Pacific Grove in Saint Mary's Episcopal Church. Does the thing over there, 7 Gables and Centrella Hotel, Old San Angeles and	00:28:55
	Martin and all nine of them are doing it. So great. Really excited.	00:29:01
	Done.	00:29:08
	Thank you. Questions or comments?	00:29:11
	OK.	00:29:15
	Let's move on then. The Paint the Town purple week, so several businesses participated.	00:29:16
	I haven't followed up with the other businesses, Allison.	00:29:24
	And Allison from the Alzheimer's Society was going to do that with us. We had very.	00:29:30
	It's funny, this year has just been a year of kind of shrinking, so we didn't have a lot of response to it, but we did spread the	00:29:38
	word a lot and we did.	00:29:43
	Have we put the QR code on everybody's?	00:29:49
	Get thing. In fact, we've extended it up until this Saturday, so we didn't just do it for the week, we're still doing it.	00:29:54
	And the run is the start, the yeah, the walk, actually. Sorry. Yeah.	00:30:00
	And.	00:30:07
	So people were enthusiastic, said, oh, that's really nice, that's great, what it could cause and so on. I just didn't see a lot of	00:30:08
	people giving.	00:30:11
	So.	00:30:15
	But then I did go to a.	00:30:16
	And with fundraiser luncheon.	00:30:18
	Two weeks ago that I go to every year and the auctions usually raise thousands and thousands, they were doing like 102 hundred	00:30:21
	rather than.	00:30:25
	The you know.	00:30:30
	4 digit so.	00:30:32
	And so I just feel like it's a year where people are not spending very much. So yeah, even if you don't, if you don't spend, you	00:30:34
	can always do the walk and still participate in that.	00:30:39
	Fashion and that is still open. Until I found that absolutely.	00:30:44
	No one knew that the purple was for Alzheimer's. They we used it as a talking point. They just assumed that it was part of my	00:30:49
	Halloween decor.	00:30:53
	But then when I told them, they're like ohh that's so nice.	00:30:58
	Yeah. So, you know, so we can go bigger next year. Yeah, I I just, I think the.	00:31:01
	Take the timeline was too short. This this timeline was really short. But I think the connection between the purple and the	00:31:08
	Alzheimer's isn't quite It's like we all know pink is for breast cancer. And you know, I just don't know that the purple is.	00:31:15
	Strongly connected with Alzheimer's? Well, no, we use it as a talking point. Yeah. Like we don't usually have purple bunting at	00:31:22
	the restaurant. So we are trying to encourage people to support Alzheimer's and that's their color and so.	00:31:28
	Yeah. Everyone was like, ohh, that's nice. Yeah, ohh, that's nice. Yeah, that's like that.	00:31:35
	He's got one thing to add. So the Coronas toy wrapping, because some of you, yeah, helping with that is going to be December 15th.	00:31:42
	So that will be the day that you can have barrels. That'll be the day we pick up the barrels also, so.	00:31:51
	And if you want a barrel and would like to have a barrel, let me know and I will get you a barrel, so.	00:31:59
	And it.	00:32:09
	Very high. It's small.	00:32:09
	This is the one that overlooks the field in the back. You go over that little bridge and the like, you go up or the German driver,	00:32:12
	whatever. Do we just show up or do I need to formally sign up? Just show up. And what time we're there? From 4:00 till we're done.	00:32:18
	OK.	00:32:24
	If you come early, you get to help sort toys, OK?	00:32:30
	All right.	00:32:33
	That sounds like fun. This is all under the rubric of fundraising events, so that's, you know. Any other comments?	00:32:34
	Very welcome.	00:32:40
	Seeing none #9 new business.	00:32:42
	Umm.	00:32:47
	Can I just?	00:32:48
	Refer that back to the board.	00:32:49
	I did this isn't I wouldn't consider it new business. I was trying to figure out how to talk about this. Just Steve, I wanted to	00:32:53
	potentially next month if you're OK with this look at calendar.	00:32:59
	Items for our traditional list that we do in the spring and summer time. I was looking at when Easter was falling because I'm	00:33:05
	already looking at 2024 and everybody else is Easter's falling in March, March 31st next year and we typically did our spring for	00:33:13
	the bid event which is now top of block, which is great. We typically would do it earlier and like sometime in this room that	00:33:20
	April, May, even June we did at one point.	00:33:28
	Chocolate Block last year was June 24th. It was pretty late. We did a lot later, so I just thought.	00:33:36
	New business wise, if we can put an, I'll put that on the agenda for our November meeting if you're OK with that and we can kind	00:33:42
	of.	00:33:46
	Talk a little bit sooner than we normally do about something that's in the future.	00:33:50
	If you don't mind, OK.	00:33:55
	Absolutely, yeah. And just, you know, for those newer members, the Spring event was always about what, whatever it was, whether it	00:33:57
	was.	00:34:01
	Of the opening of baseball and softball season, whether it was Saint Patrick's Day.	00:34:06
	Um, whatever it might be, dads and grads, it was always about having an event in the spring where typically we're seeing lower	00:34:11
	numbers of people in town.	00:34:17
	Just because it's the spring and balancing that against.	00:34:24
	Like the Big Serve marathon and.	00:34:31
	You know, items like that, but whatever. I love that idea of having chalk the block a little bit earlier because there'll be more	00:34:33
	kids around.	00:34:37
	And certainly that, you know however the Board wants to pursue that whenever they want to.	00:34:42
	We do have the sound permit in and we can always adjust that date so we're already approved on the city end of things.	00:34:47
	Alright. So since you were talking about next year already, is there some kind of a?	00:34:58
	Master list somewhere of this is what we do from year to year in terms of events throughout the year for new member and even local	00:35:02
	business might be great to yeah typically for the bid in particular typically that is you know we can see if we can just.	00:35:10
	Start it with all Chavez, Steve, and he'll just give us the list and the traditional ones at the next meeting.	00:35:18
	Great, because he typically keeps track of.	00:35:24
	Thank you, Steve.	00:35:28
	Of course.	00:35:29
	And and what And what we can do is we can.	00:35:31
	We can have that be integrated with the downtown events that the chamber has.	00:35:34
	And so we could come up maybe with like a master list and just send it out to all the bid members saying hey.	00:35:41
	These are the events that are going on three weekends. Yeah, yeah, right.	00:35:47
	Right Chamber events in downtown.	00:35:52
	Well.	00:35:55
	It's great because then then we'll know ahead of time and that looks good. Notice that we can plan accordingly.	00:35:56
	Which one?	00:36:02
	Have.	00:36:03
	Yeah.	00:36:05
	I'll, I'll add to that calendar Steven. I'll work together for the next meeting and.	00:36:06
	And make sure that calendar is.	00:36:12
	Full.	00:36:14
	OK.	00:36:17
	Other comments? Contributions.	00:36:18
	So terror is business updates from Advisory Board members and.	00:36:21
	Kind of was wondering if included in part of this would be the.	00:36:27
	Proposed like consortium of business interest groups like is that.	00:36:33
	I just don't want that to fall by the wayside if I can. Agenda is that one if you want me to. I think we've talked about it. So I	00:36:39
	guess the question is.	00:36:43
	What do you do?	00:36:47
	Well, I I think Agenda isn't that great, so we can at least have a brainstorm of what should come next and next.	00:36:51
	So.	00:37:02
	Would you like to?	00:37:03
	Sure. Business updates. We got our install date for our new gallery showroom.	00:37:04
	For the 18th of December.	00:37:12
	We will be taking.	00:37:15
	The whole backroom my store apart because the first week in November they're coming in, we're going to use sheetrock. The new	00:37:19
	flooring comes in about Thanksgiving time, so we will probably be closed for Small Business Saturday.	00:37:25
	Painted new flooring and everything back in the building before the December 18th, which sounds like a really long time right this	00:37:35
	second, but.	00:37:39
	Is it so?	00:37:44
	And then we've finalized.	00:37:45
	Based on our contract with Drapery Enterprise and Santa Cruz, and she's gonna be taking some of the displays that we have in our	00:37:48
	showroom up to her so that we start our new showroom up there and she's hired an installer and stuff, so.	00:37:55
	Cool.	00:38:06
	Listen to me.	00:38:11
	Anything else?	00:38:13
	They did break the ground for the new Kimpton Hotel.	00:38:15
	Which is super exciting.	00:38:19
	Bends.	00:38:21
	Very long time before anything happens. I think this is, you know, baby steps and.	00:38:23
	It's and the design I thought was very nice. It really blends with the museum and the and the library. It's not.	00:38:29
	Another orange and yellow one.	00:38:37
	OK.	00:38:40
	Business has been good. It picked up after Labor Day, so sales have been.	00:38:42
	Good people are asking me when are you putting out your ornaments? And then just like.	00:38:47
	Wait until after the after after Halloween is my role so.	00:38:52
	Yeah.	00:38:57
	They're ready.	00:38:59
	I'm ready.	00:39:00
	I'll say that I did during the flavours, which I thought was great. It was wonderful event by the way.	00:39:01
	I spoke to.	00:39:08
	His name is Nick, the guy that's been for years talking about.	00:39:09
	Brewery.	00:39:12
	But he says he's working on it now and plans on opening spring. Yeah, spring.	00:39:14
	So there's good news there.	00:39:20
	I took a tour that Make America building.	00:39:22
	I think it's coming along wonderfully. It's really.	00:39:25
	Exciting mastering with it.	00:39:27
	That's all I say for now.	00:39:29
	We're renovating, so.	00:39:38
	While we do forums a year, but then it's been for four years only 16 units, so we just did four last year 4.	00:39:41
	Spell for next year?	00:39:48
	Marches.	00:39:50
	We're full year round so.	00:39:52
	Yeah.	00:39:55
	We just thought we have an option every year and we auction as many units as we have available and I think I just sold probably 14	00:39:55
	more units.	00:39:59
	So we have a lot more owners using now than we.	00:40:04
	Ever happened.	00:40:07
	That's actually for timeshare, we're very rare.	00:40:09
	That were full. People are actually using a lot of properties around more hotels.	00:40:13
	No.	00:40:18
	So.	00:40:18
	That's great.	00:40:20
	Interest rates are up and.	00:40:23
	Yeah.	00:40:26
	Yeah.	00:40:27
	So you know, a 30 year fixed mortgage is definitely well over 7%.	00:40:29
	You go.	00:40:36
	We there's other products, you know?	00:40:38
	Don't think about, you know, the three, five and seven-year fix, but there are.	00:40:41
	Those are still options out there to get.	00:40:45
	Is that?	00:40:49
	Commercial loans, you know, that's really difficult to, you know, high interest rates.	00:40:51
	So there's not a lot of new purchases, but in that part of the business, which regional banks are heavily invested in.	00:40:57
	There's kind of a churning effect because commercial volumes are typically.	00:41:07
	Have a 25 year amortization, but we'll have a 5.	00:41:12
	Year period or a 10 year period before you have to either refinance or.	00:41:16
	Figure out how to pay it down. So that's really sort of always.	00:41:21
	There.	00:41:25
	The higher interest rates, I think it just discourages.	00:41:27
	Participant buildings and What case?	00:41:30
	You know, we're in a high end area residential real estate wise and the Realtors I'm talking to is still there. They're doing cash	00:41:33
	sales for for the most part.	00:41:38
	You know that part of the residential real estate is probably down suddenly someone.	00:41:46
	Percent in terms of mortgage loans.	00:41:51
	So.	00:41:54
	But the savers are benefiting from from good interest rates. So there's just.	00:41:56
	We see it in the paper all the time. There's rates that people can actually.	00:42:01
	Take advantage of them.	00:42:05
	The company I work for.	00:42:07
	We actually don't put it on the.	00:42:09
	On the web that we have very competitive rates with you.	00:42:12
	Welcome.	00:42:15
	The benefit of having that mat on our yeah.	00:42:17
	I have to say, restaurants are probably like the Canary in the coal mine. You know, I feel that we feel the.	00:42:23
	The the ripple effect of the economy probably before a lot of other people do and.	00:42:29
	I was just ordering some fish yesterday and I was, you know, saying, well, it's really hard because it's a holiday weekend coming	00:42:35
	up this weekend. It's our first Friday. I should probably have a little uptick in my order, but it's just I don't know what to do	00:42:40
	because it's so quiet this year and.	00:42:45
	By supplier just said.	00:42:51
	Gosh, you know, everybody is just.	00:42:54
	Ordering so very little right now, so.	00:42:57
	I feel like our industry is kind of.	00:43:01
	Struggling in.	00:43:04
	I did want to give a little bit of a update on a couple of things. One of them was the the hotel ground breaking that happened	00:43:08
	last week, last Thursday. From what I hear, there's one more little block that they're having before they can tear it down and it	00:43:14
	has to do with the gas.	00:43:20
	Issue gas main issue and so as soon as that is fixed then they actually will do the demo. So we're they said about a week and 1/2	00:43:26
	from the.	00:43:31
	Ground breaking. So within the next so often, Ohh. And then just I'm sure you all saw that at 11:20 today we're going to get a	00:43:36
	test of our cell phones that the federal government is sending in.	00:43:42
	A test today and it should be around 11:20 AM our time. Just that way if your phones go crazy if you have not.	00:43:48
	Taking advantage of the RTC yet for your business.	00:43:57
	Time is not necessarily running out, but there's a lot of money there and it could potentially get you over.	00:44:02
	Even a holiday that isn't quite as great in sales. So if you haven't utilized it, let me know. I have a contact that can walk you	00:44:09
	through the entire process. It's free. So that is just, it is money that is out there and available if you kept employees during	00:44:16
	the pandemic. So it's it's, it's out there, it's got about $3000 back because like you qualify for different quarters and however	00:44:23
	many quarters you qualify for they.	00:44:30
	You know, they're saying up to 40,000. You know, they're making it look like they're gonna get like, yeah, if you're a	00:44:37
	corporation, but I mean, I'm a small business. Yeah, 3000, there's nothing to sneeze at. Yeah, every little bit counts.	00:44:42
	This song you?	00:44:50
	Because like I said, I have some cool walk.	00:44:51
	Just an option. I'm sure you probably also saw the news about Monterey County Bank. They got some new investors. Nothing is really	00:44:55
	changing with the structure of that institutional factor. Meeting this CEO in about an hour. Charles is still heavily involved.	00:45:03
	Charles Prattsburgh is still heavily involved. It doesn't mean a change in anything.	00:45:12
	As far as all of their customers and whatnot, it will continue as as it did before. Just have some fresh infusion of cash, which	00:45:21
	is good. But if you have any questions, I have somebody for you to talk to just.	00:45:27
	Give me a call and I will send you.	00:45:33
	To them.	00:45:35
	Those are the main ones and also just.	00:45:36
	Thank you to everybody who either participated as a restaurant or Ave. or came as an attendee to flavors this year or.	00:45:39
	Everybody who left the event was full.	00:45:51
	Portions were insane. Yeah. Even though we say bites Restaurant. Yeah, yeah, so everyone's.	00:45:56
	Then you get to so and so and so and so. So that's I mean that's just a blessing. We we have to figure out how to manage that and	00:46:04
	that's a wonderful thing you have to manage the shuttle seems to be running fairly well and and everything. So again if you have	00:46:11
	any feedback, please give me a call or Christy, huge kudos to Christy and she's online. Yes, good job.	00:46:18
	From your perspective participation?	00:46:27
	Yeah, we we did definitely sold more tickets this year, not a ton more, just a handful more than last year, but the feedback that	00:46:29
	we're getting is pretty strong and so.	00:46:34
	That tells me that people are pleased to a level that they're going out of their way to tell us thank you so much and we can't	00:46:40
	wait for next year. So that just says it. We're on the right track.	00:46:45
	I think word of mouth.	00:46:51
	Will sell more tickets. Yeah cause I every time I tell somebody they're like, ohh, why didn't I go to that And I'm like.	00:46:53
	Yeah. And honestly we're, you know we're kind of that we're almost at that threshold of we we sold as much as we can really do and	00:47:00
	manage within one night. So we're really kind of at the height of our game. Yeah, if we were to grow too much bigger then we have	00:47:07
	to make some other considerations. So we're really just right where we need to be with them.	00:47:14
	Fantastic.	00:47:21
	OK. Any other questions, comments?	00:47:26
	Great. Well, we will.	00:47:32
	Close the meeting at 9:20.	00:47:34
	Thank you. Thank you all. Yeah, thanks so much.	00:47:38

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	All right. Well, good morning. Good morning, Mariana. Morning.	00:00:05
	We have 4 here, so we have a quorum. So I'll get things kicked off. There are a couple of people who will be coming in a little	00:00:11
	bit later. They're just coming from other meetings, so welcome. Everyone knows one another. So we don't have to go through	00:00:18
	introductions. We'll go to public comment on items that are not on the agenda. Do we have anyone from the public which you wishing	00:00:24
	to speak on items that are?	00:00:31
	Not on the agenda this morning.	00:00:37
	And what you do?	00:00:41
	All right, seeing none, we will move on to the logo contest updates. And this is both T Thomas and Stephanie Loftus. So between	00:00:45
	the two of you, who wants to kick off?	00:00:51
	I'm happy too.	00:00:58
	I've gotten exactly 1 submission. Ohh wow.	00:01:00
	And the submission used artwork taken off of a website which is expressly not part of our rules. So.	00:01:03
	OK.	00:01:16
	Steam.	00:01:17
	Yes.	00:01:19
	And what do you, how would you like to proceed? Because it was supposed to be closed at the end of September, correct? Yes, so.	00:01:21
	One of the things that we had initially talked about was putting some dollars behind social media posts and and we've done that,	00:01:30
	We've put that out there.	00:01:35
	Directing people to go to the Chambers website.	00:01:41
	I did want to find out. I know when we initially launched this, Liz had mentioned.	00:01:45
	Bringing this through the Arts Collective.	00:01:51
	And I I I would assume that that that's happened and so that means that it's been fed out to.	00:01:55
	The Arts Center and to the Arts Council.	00:02:02
	But I just, I wanted to check on that because that's another Ave. that we could go back to.	00:02:06
	And.	00:02:12
	Highlight the fact that this is going on.	00:02:13
	I had one question. Did we see if did, were you able to send it to the school district? Yes, it was sent to the school district	00:02:18
	and it's been sent out, I believe, twice.	00:02:23
	OK.	00:02:30
	So maybe there is an interest is another possibility.	00:02:31
	OK, just to get those who just arrived. Jason and Liz, we're on number item number four, the logo contest we had one submission of	00:02:39
	the contest was officially over at the end of September. The one submission can't be used because we used images of off the	00:02:46
	Internet, so we can't take that. So what would this is now up I guess for.	00:02:53
	Discussion amongst you what you would like to do and proceeding with this.	00:03:01
	And we didn't know, was it?	00:03:07
	Presented to the Arts Council at all.	00:03:09
	But no, no.	00:03:13
	OK.	00:03:14
	So that's a an Ave. that the Arts District with that newsletter, the verb that we could put it out there, we certainly could and	00:03:15
	did. Did the PG Art Center get a notification?	00:03:22
	I don't. It was just social media and the schools were contacted, so I don't know that there was anything directly with them. They	00:03:30
	were they, they were emailed the information. But I didn't know if.	00:03:36
	Through the Arts collective, if they were, you know, there was a person to person.	00:03:44
	Connection.	00:03:50
	You know there's a person to person discussion with them.	00:03:52
	So, so that was, yeah, you said collective. You mean the PGR Center?	00:03:55
	You know, he's talking about the Arts District. Sorry. The Arts district. Yes. My apologies. Ohh right. OK, so.	00:04:01
	I think it's.	00:04:09
	Sounds to me like it's worth.	00:04:11
	Focusing it and you know.	00:04:14
	Doing another round, but this time with.	00:04:17
	More marketing so.	00:04:21
	I would say.	00:04:24
	To be extended another.	00:04:26
	Month or something. But we didn't. I mean, they did pay advertising and we didn't.	00:04:28
	We got one submission, so I think it needs to be.	00:04:33
	People that we have connections with maybe.	00:04:36
	Because obviously there wasn't a.	00:04:41
	Yeah, we didn't get good response. We didn't get any response really. I mean, I know several artists, illustrators, graphic	00:04:45
	designers like you know, I could contact them personally and.	00:04:50
	So how about this? How about we keep it open?	00:04:56
	And so we need to change the language on your subsea because it says submit by the end of September.	00:05:01
	We could keep it open through the end of October and reach out to the PGR center. Reach out to the schools one more time. Maybe we	00:05:08
	do an ad, you know, in the paper. Maybe. I don't know.	00:05:14
	Was BSOD notified?	00:05:21
	I doubt it.	00:05:25
	So we could reach out to CSUB as well.	00:05:26
	I think they have a really vibrant graphic design and art department. Yeah, I know an MPC does too.	00:05:30
	OK. So there's two good ones right there.	00:05:37
	Well.	00:05:40
	Have we thought about, I think?	00:05:42
	I might have mentioned that. Wait.	00:05:45
	So.	00:05:47
	Months ago.	00:05:47
	You know, this is typically, you know, a paid for kind of professional.	00:05:49
	Service or.	00:05:53
	You know that might be an alternative with this.	00:05:57
	Yeah, I think that the the group wanted to see if anybody wanted to submit designs and then if we didn't get interest then that	00:06:00
	would be we would have to then go in that direction. So I guess the question is tell you what do you think should we?	00:06:07
	Stop the public contest and just go.	00:06:15
	Towards the designer or how would you like to proceed?	00:06:18
	I you know, if I might if I might offer, I think maybe we we have it for one more month and we put you know go out to CSUB, go out	00:06:24
	to the Arts Center and.	00:06:30
	The Arts Council, you know, push through to the high school again.	00:06:37
	We might want to open it up to some of the other high schools.	00:06:44
	In the area, you know Monterey, Stevenson, Carmel, I'll let them know that we're that we're doing this.	00:06:48
	And then let the the paid.	00:06:56
	Or a sponsored ad, I should say run for a little bit longer and see if it can get some more traction.	00:06:59
	And then we can make our decision at the end of the month.	00:07:05
	You know one thing that?	00:07:10
	That Matt had mentioned.	00:07:12
	That is an option instead of going to somebody.	00:07:14
	Directly, you know, there's a lot of crowdsourcing.	00:07:18
	And crowdsourcing design platforms that are out there where you submit everything that you want to have and then you know it's a	00:07:23
	couple 100 bucks and you get back 50 or.	00:07:28
	You know, 100 submissions, whatever you want to pay for.	00:07:34
	You know, that's definitely on the graphic design side and less on the.	00:07:38
	Artistic side.	00:07:43
	But.	00:07:45
	It's a easy way to be able to get a lot of ideas in at once and then you know you you pick your idea that you like and refine it.	00:07:46
	It's kind of like what we're doing with.	00:07:52
	With what was put out on the submission, So that's something to consider if this Ave. doesn't bear some more entries.	00:07:59
	Can somebody refresh my memory whatever you're offering in terms of prices?	00:08:10
	I think it was $250.	00:08:14
	OK.	00:08:17
	I would and that would also add him to the list of school we can contact.	00:08:19
	All right.	00:08:25
	And I think if we can.	00:08:27
	I know I can look up at least MPC, but if we can find the digital department directly rather than just sending it to the school	00:08:29
	because I know a lot of stuff gets.	00:08:35
	Filtered it's it's difficult when you're giving it to a school for them someone to pick it up and go, ohh, I really need to give	00:08:41
	that to.	00:08:45
	The head of the department.	00:08:49
	And I think I still know who the head of the department is at MPC, so I went through that program, so I'm happy to send that to	00:08:51
	them.	00:08:55
	If you have trouble with that, let me know. I used to know the person that's still Jamie.	00:08:59
	OK.	00:09:05
	Run it. OK, OK, OK. You know the people that run OK.	00:09:07
	So I can read.	00:09:13
	Just collectively and kind of hearing, wanna keep one more month in front of the month. Yeah. And then reach out to all of these	00:09:17
	entities and push a little bit further and then when we meet in November, we'll see where we are with submissions and then.	00:09:26
	You know, we'll go from there. So sounds.	00:09:34
	Yeah.	00:09:38
	Four shot of that meaning if we don't get one more submission, we should just do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree	00:09:41
	that yeah, I can update mid month maybe and say would be good.	00:09:46
	Yeah. OK, Liz, I'm turning it back over to you. OK, great. Well, I think part of that was the.	00:09:52
	The other Welcome, please. Yeah, so I did some research on that. There's a lot of existing designs. They all kind of seem to be	00:10:02
	around 399 apiece. I don't know why that was the decided price, but I have reached out to one of my vendors.	00:10:10
	That I submit print artwork to because I think I can get way better rate than that if we're going to buy like.	00:10:19
	200 of them are You know which we can.	00:10:28
	Decide whether we want to invest that money.	00:10:32
	We kind of had talked about.	00:10:35
	Investing the money in it, I don't think it would be a lot.	00:10:37
	But I can easily put together the artwork for that and I I have I should have printed it out but I have like 3 or 4 that I found	00:10:42
	that I think are.	00:10:46
	Perfectly.	00:10:52
	What we're looking for, they're non branded.	00:10:54
	But if we do it through my vendor, we do have the opportunity to brand it. But I think we had talked about not doing that in case	00:10:58
	there was any pushback.	00:11:02
	From individuals.	00:11:07
	Right, well.	00:11:10
	It's.	00:11:11
	It's a funny thing that I I wonder.	00:11:13
	If if it really is such a controversial thing because.	00:11:16
	You know.	00:11:21
	If we're gonna, we could brand it like with the Butterfly or something. I think widely. It's not. I'm just knowing how things go,	00:11:22
	yeah.	00:11:26
	I I just didn't know if we wanted.	00:11:31
	Downtown Business Improvement District on it or if we want it, just like we could do that. But I would first contact the members	00:11:34
	of the organization and just say, you know this is the plan. Could we have your feedback?	00:11:41
	And if there is no negative feedback, then carry on with it. Or you know if the negative feedback is it all that legit, still	00:11:50
	carry out or whatever you know but.	00:11:56
	The IT could be soft branding like, I don't know. For instance, in my restaurant last week, some Latvians turned up and they said,	00:12:02
	I said we don't get people from the Baltics. It's really cool. How, you know, how do you find traveling here? And they said, well,	00:12:08
	we've been all over the country. You know, I've been traveling for a month. This is, we just arrived in Pacific Grove. This is the	00:12:14
	only place where we saw the Ukrainian flag and that means so much to us, right. So I was so proud of our town as being, you know,	00:12:20
	compassionate and.	00:12:26
	You know out there with an opinion on things and so I.	00:12:32
	I sort of feel like soft branding maybe with the butterfly, with the rainbow motif, you know, or or rainbow motif with a butterfly	00:12:38
	or however we want to do it. It says Pacific Grove is welcoming. You know Pacific Grove is inclusive, but what we would we not	00:12:44
	want any words on it, just all are welcome, just that's it. And then we don't have to go down that route of saying specifically	00:12:51
	it's just our small part of PG. It's kind of.	00:12:57
	You know, so and then even people could put that on their houses or?	00:13:05
	You know, if people wanted, we wanted to.	00:13:10
	Make them available for sale or something, you know what I mean? So what do you guys think? I think opening it up saying that	00:13:13
	we're we're working on this idea and sending it to all of the ID members saying.	00:13:21
	You know, we want broad support for it if they're using the ID funds for it. So perhaps, perhaps that's. I think you're right by	00:13:28
	saying we should, we should send it out to everybody, even though all of our stuff goes out to them anyway. Yeah, maybe this is a	00:13:36
	more specific e-mail that talks about the program, what's not even program, right? Talks about the efforts and whether we would	00:13:44
	have broad support for using the ID funds to pay for them or if they prefer the BID not to pay for them. That doesn't mean.	00:13:51
	Whether another entity can't step in, pay for them and distribute them, Sure.	00:13:59
	That can happen as well. So it just depends on which, you know if we're using the ID funds where we want to make sure that the,	00:14:03
	the whole ID or the majority is in favor to spend how many businesses are in the BID.	00:14:10
	Ohh, I wish I knew that number like is 150 or is it like?	00:14:17
	And it's about 3200. Oh oh.	00:14:24
	Actually, it's if you count everybody that's included.	00:14:29
	I it's kind it's over 300.	00:14:33
	OK, however.	00:14:36
	The majority of those are, you know, businesses like mine that aren't necessarily a storefront or selling.	00:14:39
	You know are are considered retail or their organizations or their, you know, it's like Joe Smith accountant.	00:14:47
	OK. So you're looking at as far as visibility for these for this and would be you have to have a window of some sort so they could	00:14:54
	put it on. So then you're probably looking at about a third of those businesses.	00:15:00
	Yeah, I mean just, you know, that's true. No, no, no, absolutely. And so I think that you'd probably be looking at maybe you know,	00:15:07
	200 or so because there are, you know, offices that occupy.	00:15:14
	Street facing windows or offices that have people coming in for meetings or appointments or whatever that may want to have that.	00:15:22
	Either be in their window, or perhaps you know if it doesn't have a window.	00:15:28
	Like in my office building there's a number of of businesses that.	00:15:34
	Are seeing clientele every single day.	00:15:39
	And they don't necessarily have a window, but they wanna might, might want to display that within their business.	00:15:41
	And there's usually a significant price break at 2:50 just in terms of these printers. So like if we did say 250 it would the	00:15:48
	price per each would be significantly less than if we did 100 or 1:50. So I'll, I'll.	00:15:55
	Ask for that pricing.	00:16:04
	Right.	00:16:08
	But it and they're they're turnarounds really fast, like once we submit the design, we'd have it in like a week and 1/2. So would	00:16:10
	it be possible for for you to send the design of it so it can be attached to that?	00:16:17
	Piece of literature that we're sending out, OK.	00:16:24
	I mean, do you want me to do a couple different ones and we internally look at it and then?	00:16:27
	Pick one. Or do we want to?	00:16:33
	You know, just via e-mail. It doesn't have to be via meaning.	00:16:37
	E-mail is good or do we want to? I mean, do we want to say this is the design or do we want to say I think it would be good? Yeah,	00:16:40
	yeah. We don't wanna voting thing. Yeah, OK.	00:16:46
	I'll get, I'll get that. I'll get that by next week at the latest.	00:16:52
	All the e-mail it to you, Jenny, and then we can.	00:16:58
	Yeah. We'll go from there and with the pricing too, because.	00:17:01
	I I don't.	00:17:04
	Think it's gonna be.	00:17:05
	Nearly.	00:17:07
	I don't know why everybody decided 399 was the retail price for those, but it seems to be the going rate. I know, it's just so	00:17:08
	weird.	00:17:12
	Yeah.	00:17:17
	OK, that's great. Is it possible to use that butterfly that says Pacific Grove in the wings? Is that like copyright? That's a	00:17:19
	copyright. But I have one. I have a design that I did for my store that I sell a sticker that's a monarch that I could easily	00:17:25
	convert to like a rainbow gradient. So we could use that.	00:17:31
	That that would be fine or amazing, OK?	00:17:38
	In so many ways, OK.	00:17:42
	Not least you're following.	00:17:44
	Window on legs.	00:17:46
	OK, so.	00:17:48
	So Speaking of which, that's a perfect trick or treat. Yeah, Steve, to your next talking point.	00:17:50
	So for Trick or Treat we currently have 32 official businesses that have that have signed up and by official I mean they have sent	00:17:57
	back and said.	00:18:03
	I wanna participate now. There's probably another 10.	00:18:09
	That we.	00:18:13
	That.	00:18:15
	We know are going to be participating.	00:18:16
	You know Maritas and.	00:18:20
	The Nest and Ocean treasures and stuff like that that haven't that, just haven't emailed back yet.	00:18:22
	And a number of other ones that have.	00:18:30
	Already have decorations up and things going on like suds.	00:18:34
	That again, just haven't emailed in, so I think we're probably in the.	00:18:39
	Probably like 45 range, which is really good for the beginning of October.	00:18:46
	And we're going to be sending another e-mail out today to those businesses that have not responded.	00:18:52
	And and or were.	00:18:58
	Part of the the event last year.	00:19:02
	And so heated last year, do we around how many?	00:19:05
	You know I think we ended up in the I I'd have to go back and look, but I think we ended up in the mid 60s which was still which	00:19:10
	is pretty good are the most we've ever had was 74.	00:19:16
	And so you know and again there are a few businesses that.	00:19:24
	Would have participated in the past.	00:19:29
	That.	00:19:31
	You know that are no longer with us, but also.	00:19:33
	Ones that that always participate.	00:19:36
	And like I said, you know Suzuki Zoo.	00:19:40
	Spirals. They just, they just haven't sent sent their official word back in. So we have. We've got a list of 75.	00:19:43
	That were that we sent out to that had participated from from last year.	00:19:54
	And so sorry that were sent out from last year about 606667 participated.	00:20:00
	So we're we're on track as it goes to that and we've got advertising that is going into the Herald.	00:20:07
	Again, the weekly and our social media advertising started on the 1st.	00:20:15
	And then the decorations are being delivered tomorrow, the hay bales and the pumpkins and corn stalks, So those will go up.	00:20:23
	And those will be up through.	00:20:30
	Through Monday.	00:20:34
	Following.	00:20:35
	Halloween and then we'll actually, I think Halloween might be on Monday, so they'll be up through Halloween and then taken down	00:20:36
	the first couple days in November.	00:20:40
	And also I did want to to mention so there is.	00:20:45
	Are regular.	00:20:50
	Scarecrow contest that we have done, you know, kind of every single year.	00:20:52
	And then Christie, with the chamber was approached by a new business owner that wanted to do a scarecrow contest.	00:20:57
	That was citywide.	00:21:07
	And so.	00:21:09
	Christy and I and and the business owner are kind of coordinating our efforts so that we still have our business Scarecrow	00:21:10
	contest.	00:21:15
	But there's also.	00:21:20
	A second division, let's call it now that includes homes and. And he's trying to, he's a real estate agent. He's trying to push	00:21:22
	more of a citywide scarecrow contest.	00:21:27
	Like they do, I believe.	00:21:33
	Jenny It was Cambria or.	00:21:35
	Yeah, that that. There's a a big citywide scarecrow contest that isn't.	00:21:38
	It's not just businesses.	00:21:44
	So.	00:21:47
	And we're just kind of working out the the details there.	00:21:48
	Because obviously anything done through the bid has to focus on downtown businesses and we're kind of.	00:21:52
	Those are the.	00:21:59
	You know, those are the the guardrails that are in place for for what we're trying to do. But certainly anybody that wants to	00:22:00
	piggyback onto that and expand it out to the whole city is more than welcome to.	00:22:05
	So that's what.	00:22:11
	I have to say I have an unprecedented amount of enthusiasm for the trick or treat people coming in because I have a lot of people	00:22:12
	who come in with kids.	00:22:16
	And they are just like so excited about it and like when is it? When?	00:22:21
	And so I I think it's going to be.	00:22:26
	Big this year, so might want to buy a couple more bags of candy. And thank you very much for sending out the targets. I've been	00:22:29
	looking every day. I just looked and they still haven't. I don't know it's, you know, but they're calling this circle week so I	00:22:35
	don't know if they'll.	00:22:41
	And that with Halloween candy, but we'll see.	00:22:47
	Hopefully cross fingers, yeah.	00:22:51
	Yeah, for sure. And then the and then Small Business Saturday, so next week.	00:22:53
	Once we've sent out our.	00:23:02
	Are you know our our second e-mail for Halloween?	00:23:05
	Next week we'll then send out our initial e-mail for holiday.	00:23:09
	Open house and slash Small Business Saturday.	00:23:13
	Just to get people starting to sign up for that.	00:23:16
	We're just trying to pace these things out, so.	00:23:19
	They don't get lost within the shuffle.	00:23:23
	And even though.	00:23:25
	Lots of people are just starting to think about Halloween.	00:23:28
	You know, I already have seen Christmas decorations being sold like 3 weeks ago up at 8:00. So you know, as as long as we can	00:23:31
	start to get people thinking about that and then make that quick transition at the beginning of November, I think we'll be, we'll	00:23:37
	be OK there.	00:23:42
	Just a note for businesses, for shop small Saturday if you register or if you take MX at your business, you get all of those free	00:23:50
	things. I mean big boxes full of, you know, door, door mats and closers and all sorts of decorations and that just amplifies the	00:23:59
	message And it's free, it's free. So all you have to do is register. For us, I would highly suggest.	00:24:08
	Everybody to do that.	00:24:17
	Sooner than later because there is a cut off. I just don't know what the cut off on it is.	00:24:18
	But.	00:24:24
	Highly suggest. Obviously the Chamber does it every year and we distribute it out to people. Yeah, but you can get as a business	00:24:25
	owner a ton of stuff, so you might as well if you just Google shop small Saturday. I think the first thing is Amex and it has a	00:24:30
	thing for me to fill out with your address and they'll send it and it will have the correct date. It'll have the 2023 dates on	00:24:36
	everything. You have to do it every single day.	00:24:42
	OK. Any other comments?	00:24:54
	So.	00:24:57
	Well, upcoming events, yeah. I just wanted to go really briefly through the amount of stuff that's happening between now and the	00:24:59
	end of the year and a lot. It is a lot and I will go very quickly through this. However, I will suggest you go on to our events	00:25:06
	website, our website.	00:25:13
	Ellen and our office is very diligent about pulling from everybody's social and websites all the events that are happening and we.	00:25:20
	On our large events calendar. So if you're ever wondering what's going on, just go there.	00:25:30
	First Fridays this Friday and they do First Fridays all the way through the end of the year and then they teach January, February	00:25:35
	off and it starts back up again. So just as a reminder, First Fridays coming up.	00:25:40
	Next one is this Friday.	00:25:46
	The Downtown Butterfly Parade that the school districts do is on Saturday morning and 10:30 start time. It's on Lighthouse app	00:25:48
	that you see and they.	00:25:53
	They start up at Robert down and down and then.	00:25:58
	They're gonna go back. So that's happening Saturday as well as the PG Heritage Society is doing the Get together on Sunset	00:26:01
	celebration at Point Pinos and they're also doing continuous Lighthouse. Sorry, They're also doing a lot of stuff. Ashitaka Hall.	00:26:09
	They're doing all of the things they typically do out there, the birdhouse contest, and there's all sorts of events happening.	00:26:17
	Sorry.	00:26:25
	Yes, the cricket tournament which is going to be at Caledonia Park again this year.	00:26:27
	The Fiji Museums Night Owl event is coming back and their first one is going to be October 13th, Friday I took.	00:26:34
	The 13 in October. Yeah, it's gonna be great. They they have a bunch of really great partners. It's from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the.	00:26:42
	As the house is having their open house, they have their green Gables. One Last month there was a huge.	00:26:53
	Lots of games.	00:27:00
	Similar and that is going to be on Tuesday, October 17th at 436 Thirty. It's open to the public. They're opening up their doors so	00:27:03
	you can see their renovations. That's just out town. Obviously trick or treatment is in.	00:27:08
	October 28th, then we've got the city's veteran's day ceremony, which is on veteran's day. It's a Saturday. This year, it's	00:27:14
	literally 1111 at 11.	00:27:20
	You can't miss it. So 11/11 at 11:00 AM. There is a potential for it to move locations this year and I haven't gotten confirmation	00:27:26
	from the city staff yet about those locations, so just keep.	00:27:32
	Keep looking for it and I'll put it out.	00:27:39
	Thanksgiving is coming back to us, Solamar. So they're doing their big community Thanksgiving dinner out there. They're doing	00:27:42
	movies at the Chapel and Bonfire songs. What's the fun stuff?	00:27:46
	Our shop Small Saturday Holiday Open House the Chris The Cities Christmas Tree Lighting at Jewel Park is on Monday November 27th.	00:27:52
	It's always that Monday after Thanksgiving around sunset time. Then that Thursday is Holiday Parade of Lights, Thursday November	00:27:57
	30th.	00:28:02
	And then we are still well spun in the park. The Saturday after that summer second holiday at the Inns is back. This year is going	00:28:07
	to just be one day instead of two days. We're doing Tuesday.	00:28:13
	December 5th or extending the time. It used to be 69. We're doing 5 to 9 because all nine of the properties are parts.	00:28:20
	Interest.	00:28:27
	Fantastic to have them all back.	00:28:27
	Tickets are already on sale for that, so going to our website and then the Run Rudolph Run event is on December 9th.	00:28:30
	And that is out on motion.	00:28:39
	Gets you every year. So that's just a smattering of all of the things that are happening. Again, go to the website and you'll see	00:28:42
	everything. Ohh and let me just tell you which ends are participating. We have Cosby House, Green Gables, Asilomar, Stevie, Hurst	00:28:48
	Hall, Pacific Grove in Saint Mary's Episcopal Church. Does the thing over there, 7 Gables and Centrella Hotel, Old San Angeles and	00:28:55
	Martin and all nine of them are doing it. So great. Really excited.	00:29:01
	Done.	00:29:08
	Thank you. Questions or comments?	00:29:11
	OK.	00:29:15
	Let's move on then. The Paint the Town purple week, so several businesses participated.	00:29:16
	I haven't followed up with the other businesses, Allison.	00:29:24
	And Allison from the Alzheimer's Society was going to do that with us. We had very.	00:29:30
	It's funny, this year has just been a year of kind of shrinking, so we didn't have a lot of response to it, but we did spread the	00:29:38
	word a lot and we did.	00:29:43
	Have we put the QR code on everybody's?	00:29:49
	Get thing. In fact, we've extended it up until this Saturday, so we didn't just do it for the week, we're still doing it.	00:29:54
	And the run is the start, the yeah, the walk, actually. Sorry. Yeah.	00:30:00
	And.	00:30:07
	So people were enthusiastic, said, oh, that's really nice, that's great, what it could cause and so on. I just didn't see a lot of	00:30:08
	people giving.	00:30:11
	So.	00:30:15
	But then I did go to a.	00:30:16
	And with fundraiser luncheon.	00:30:18
	Two weeks ago that I go to every year and the auctions usually raise thousands and thousands, they were doing like 102 hundred	00:30:21
	rather than.	00:30:25
	The you know.	00:30:30
	4 digit so.	00:30:32
	And so I just feel like it's a year where people are not spending very much. So yeah, even if you don't, if you don't spend, you	00:30:34
	can always do the walk and still participate in that.	00:30:39
	Fashion and that is still open. Until I found that absolutely.	00:30:44
	No one knew that the purple was for Alzheimer's. They we used it as a talking point. They just assumed that it was part of my	00:30:49
	Halloween decor.	00:30:53
	But then when I told them, they're like ohh that's so nice.	00:30:58
	Yeah. So, you know, so we can go bigger next year. Yeah, I I just, I think the.	00:31:01
	Take the timeline was too short. This this timeline was really short. But I think the connection between the purple and the	00:31:08
	Alzheimer's isn't quite It's like we all know pink is for breast cancer. And you know, I just don't know that the purple is.	00:31:15
	Strongly connected with Alzheimer's? Well, no, we use it as a talking point. Yeah. Like we don't usually have purple bunting at	00:31:22
	the restaurant. So we are trying to encourage people to support Alzheimer's and that's their color and so.	00:31:28
	Yeah. Everyone was like, ohh, that's nice. Yeah, ohh, that's nice. Yeah, that's like that.	00:31:35
	He's got one thing to add. So the Coronas toy wrapping, because some of you, yeah, helping with that is going to be December 15th.	00:31:42
	So that will be the day that you can have barrels. That'll be the day we pick up the barrels also, so.	00:31:51
	And if you want a barrel and would like to have a barrel, let me know and I will get you a barrel, so.	00:31:59
	And it.	00:32:09
	Very high. It's small.	00:32:09
	This is the one that overlooks the field in the back. You go over that little bridge and the like, you go up or the German driver,	00:32:12
	whatever. Do we just show up or do I need to formally sign up? Just show up. And what time we're there? From 4:00 till we're done.	00:32:18
	OK.	00:32:24
	If you come early, you get to help sort toys, OK?	00:32:30
	All right.	00:32:33
	That sounds like fun. This is all under the rubric of fundraising events, so that's, you know. Any other comments?	00:32:34
	Very welcome.	00:32:40
	Seeing none #9 new business.	00:32:42
	Umm.	00:32:47
	Can I just?	00:32:48
	Refer that back to the board.	00:32:49
	I did this isn't I wouldn't consider it new business. I was trying to figure out how to talk about this. Just Steve, I wanted to	00:32:53
	potentially next month if you're OK with this look at calendar.	00:32:59
	Items for our traditional list that we do in the spring and summer time. I was looking at when Easter was falling because I'm	00:33:05
	already looking at 2024 and everybody else is Easter's falling in March, March 31st next year and we typically did our spring for	00:33:13
	the bid event which is now top of block, which is great. We typically would do it earlier and like sometime in this room that	00:33:20
	April, May, even June we did at one point.	00:33:28
	Chocolate Block last year was June 24th. It was pretty late. We did a lot later, so I just thought.	00:33:36
	New business wise, if we can put an, I'll put that on the agenda for our November meeting if you're OK with that and we can kind	00:33:42
	of.	00:33:46
	Talk a little bit sooner than we normally do about something that's in the future.	00:33:50
	If you don't mind, OK.	00:33:55
	Absolutely, yeah. And just, you know, for those newer members, the Spring event was always about what, whatever it was, whether it	00:33:57
	was.	00:34:01
	Of the opening of baseball and softball season, whether it was Saint Patrick's Day.	00:34:06
	Um, whatever it might be, dads and grads, it was always about having an event in the spring where typically we're seeing lower	00:34:11
	numbers of people in town.	00:34:17
	Just because it's the spring and balancing that against.	00:34:24
	Like the Big Serve marathon and.	00:34:31
	You know, items like that, but whatever. I love that idea of having chalk the block a little bit earlier because there'll be more	00:34:33
	kids around.	00:34:37
	And certainly that, you know however the Board wants to pursue that whenever they want to.	00:34:42
	We do have the sound permit in and we can always adjust that date so we're already approved on the city end of things.	00:34:47
	Alright. So since you were talking about next year already, is there some kind of a?	00:34:58
	Master list somewhere of this is what we do from year to year in terms of events throughout the year for new member and even local	00:35:02
	business might be great to yeah typically for the bid in particular typically that is you know we can see if we can just.	00:35:10
	Start it with all Chavez, Steve, and he'll just give us the list and the traditional ones at the next meeting.	00:35:18
	Great, because he typically keeps track of.	00:35:24
	Thank you, Steve.	00:35:28
	Of course.	00:35:29
	And and what And what we can do is we can.	00:35:31
	We can have that be integrated with the downtown events that the chamber has.	00:35:34
	And so we could come up maybe with like a master list and just send it out to all the bid members saying hey.	00:35:41
	These are the events that are going on three weekends. Yeah, yeah, right.	00:35:47
	Right Chamber events in downtown.	00:35:52
	Well.	00:35:55
	It's great because then then we'll know ahead of time and that looks good. Notice that we can plan accordingly.	00:35:56
	Which one?	00:36:02
	Have.	00:36:03
	Yeah.	00:36:05
	I'll, I'll add to that calendar Steven. I'll work together for the next meeting and.	00:36:06
	And make sure that calendar is.	00:36:12
	Full.	00:36:14
	OK.	00:36:17
	Other comments? Contributions.	00:36:18
	So terror is business updates from Advisory Board members and.	00:36:21
	Kind of was wondering if included in part of this would be the.	00:36:27
	Proposed like consortium of business interest groups like is that.	00:36:33
	I just don't want that to fall by the wayside if I can. Agenda is that one if you want me to. I think we've talked about it. So I	00:36:39
	guess the question is.	00:36:43
	What do you do?	00:36:47
	Well, I I think Agenda isn't that great, so we can at least have a brainstorm of what should come next and next.	00:36:51
	So.	00:37:02
	Would you like to?	00:37:03
	Sure. Business updates. We got our install date for our new gallery showroom.	00:37:04
	For the 18th of December.	00:37:12
	We will be taking.	00:37:15
	The whole backroom my store apart because the first week in November they're coming in, we're going to use sheetrock. The new	00:37:19
	flooring comes in about Thanksgiving time, so we will probably be closed for Small Business Saturday.	00:37:25
	Painted new flooring and everything back in the building before the December 18th, which sounds like a really long time right this	00:37:35
	second, but.	00:37:39
	Is it so?	00:37:44
	And then we've finalized.	00:37:45
	Based on our contract with Drapery Enterprise and Santa Cruz, and she's gonna be taking some of the displays that we have in our	00:37:48
	showroom up to her so that we start our new showroom up there and she's hired an installer and stuff, so.	00:37:55
	Cool.	00:38:06
	Listen to me.	00:38:11
	Anything else?	00:38:13
	They did break the ground for the new Kimpton Hotel.	00:38:15
	Which is super exciting.	00:38:19
	Bends.	00:38:21
	Very long time before anything happens. I think this is, you know, baby steps and.	00:38:23
	It's and the design I thought was very nice. It really blends with the museum and the and the library. It's not.	00:38:29
	Another orange and yellow one.	00:38:37
	OK.	00:38:40
	Business has been good. It picked up after Labor Day, so sales have been.	00:38:42
	Good people are asking me when are you putting out your ornaments? And then just like.	00:38:47
	Wait until after the after after Halloween is my role so.	00:38:52
	Yeah.	00:38:57
	They're ready.	00:38:59
	I'm ready.	00:39:00
	I'll say that I did during the flavours, which I thought was great. It was wonderful event by the way.	00:39:01
	I spoke to.	00:39:08
	His name is Nick, the guy that's been for years talking about.	00:39:09
	Brewery.	00:39:12
	But he says he's working on it now and plans on opening spring. Yeah, spring.	00:39:14
	So there's good news there.	00:39:20
	I took a tour that Make America building.	00:39:22
	I think it's coming along wonderfully. It's really.	00:39:25
	Exciting mastering with it.	00:39:27
	That's all I say for now.	00:39:29
	We're renovating, so.	00:39:38
	While we do forums a year, but then it's been for four years only 16 units, so we just did four last year 4.	00:39:41
	Spell for next year?	00:39:48
	Marches.	00:39:50
	We're full year round so.	00:39:52
	Yeah.	00:39:55
	We just thought we have an option every year and we auction as many units as we have available and I think I just sold probably 14	00:39:55
	more units.	00:39:59
	So we have a lot more owners using now than we.	00:40:04
	Ever happened.	00:40:07
	That's actually for timeshare, we're very rare.	00:40:09
	That were full. People are actually using a lot of properties around more hotels.	00:40:13
	No.	00:40:18
	So.	00:40:18
	That's great.	00:40:20
	Interest rates are up and.	00:40:23
	Yeah.	00:40:26
	Yeah.	00:40:27
	So you know, a 30 year fixed mortgage is definitely well over 7%.	00:40:29
	You go.	00:40:36
	We there's other products, you know?	00:40:38
	Don't think about, you know, the three, five and seven-year fix, but there are.	00:40:41
	Those are still options out there to get.	00:40:45
	Is that?	00:40:49
	Commercial loans, you know, that's really difficult to, you know, high interest rates.	00:40:51
	So there's not a lot of new purchases, but in that part of the business, which regional banks are heavily invested in.	00:40:57
	There's kind of a churning effect because commercial volumes are typically.	00:41:07
	Have a 25 year amortization, but we'll have a 5.	00:41:12
	Year period or a 10 year period before you have to either refinance or.	00:41:16
	Figure out how to pay it down. So that's really sort of always.	00:41:21
	There.	00:41:25
	The higher interest rates, I think it just discourages.	00:41:27
	Participant buildings and What case?	00:41:30
	You know, we're in a high end area residential real estate wise and the Realtors I'm talking to is still there. They're doing cash	00:41:33
	sales for for the most part.	00:41:38
	You know that part of the residential real estate is probably down suddenly someone.	00:41:46
	Percent in terms of mortgage loans.	00:41:51
	So.	00:41:54
	But the savers are benefiting from from good interest rates. So there's just.	00:41:56
	We see it in the paper all the time. There's rates that people can actually.	00:42:01
	Take advantage of them.	00:42:05
	The company I work for.	00:42:07
	We actually don't put it on the.	00:42:09
	On the web that we have very competitive rates with you.	00:42:12
	Welcome.	00:42:15
	The benefit of having that mat on our yeah.	00:42:17
	I have to say, restaurants are probably like the Canary in the coal mine. You know, I feel that we feel the.	00:42:23
	The the ripple effect of the economy probably before a lot of other people do and.	00:42:29
	I was just ordering some fish yesterday and I was, you know, saying, well, it's really hard because it's a holiday weekend coming	00:42:35
	up this weekend. It's our first Friday. I should probably have a little uptick in my order, but it's just I don't know what to do	00:42:40
	because it's so quiet this year and.	00:42:45
	By supplier just said.	00:42:51
	Gosh, you know, everybody is just.	00:42:54
	Ordering so very little right now, so.	00:42:57
	I feel like our industry is kind of.	00:43:01
	Struggling in.	00:43:04
	I did want to give a little bit of a update on a couple of things. One of them was the the hotel ground breaking that happened	00:43:08
	last week, last Thursday. From what I hear, there's one more little block that they're having before they can tear it down and it	00:43:14
	has to do with the gas.	00:43:20
	Issue gas main issue and so as soon as that is fixed then they actually will do the demo. So we're they said about a week and 1/2	00:43:26
	from the.	00:43:31
	Ground breaking. So within the next so often, Ohh. And then just I'm sure you all saw that at 11:20 today we're going to get a	00:43:36
	test of our cell phones that the federal government is sending in.	00:43:42
	A test today and it should be around 11:20 AM our time. Just that way if your phones go crazy if you have not.	00:43:48
	Taking advantage of the RTC yet for your business.	00:43:57
	Time is not necessarily running out, but there's a lot of money there and it could potentially get you over.	00:44:02
	Even a holiday that isn't quite as great in sales. So if you haven't utilized it, let me know. I have a contact that can walk you	00:44:09
	through the entire process. It's free. So that is just, it is money that is out there and available if you kept employees during	00:44:16
	the pandemic. So it's it's, it's out there, it's got about $3000 back because like you qualify for different quarters and however	00:44:23
	many quarters you qualify for they.	00:44:30
	You know, they're saying up to 40,000. You know, they're making it look like they're gonna get like, yeah, if you're a	00:44:37
	corporation, but I mean, I'm a small business. Yeah, 3000, there's nothing to sneeze at. Yeah, every little bit counts.	00:44:42
	This song you?	00:44:50
	Because like I said, I have some cool walk.	00:44:51
	Just an option. I'm sure you probably also saw the news about Monterey County Bank. They got some new investors. Nothing is really	00:44:55
	changing with the structure of that institutional factor. Meeting this CEO in about an hour. Charles is still heavily involved.	00:45:03
	Charles Prattsburgh is still heavily involved. It doesn't mean a change in anything.	00:45:12
	As far as all of their customers and whatnot, it will continue as as it did before. Just have some fresh infusion of cash, which	00:45:21
	is good. But if you have any questions, I have somebody for you to talk to just.	00:45:27
	Give me a call and I will send you.	00:45:33
	To them.	00:45:35
	Those are the main ones and also just.	00:45:36
	Thank you to everybody who either participated as a restaurant or Ave. or came as an attendee to flavors this year or.	00:45:39
	Everybody who left the event was full.	00:45:51
	Portions were insane. Yeah. Even though we say bites Restaurant. Yeah, yeah, so everyone's.	00:45:56
	Then you get to so and so and so and so. So that's I mean that's just a blessing. We we have to figure out how to manage that and	00:46:04
	that's a wonderful thing you have to manage the shuttle seems to be running fairly well and and everything. So again if you have	00:46:11
	any feedback, please give me a call or Christy, huge kudos to Christy and she's online. Yes, good job.	00:46:18
	From your perspective participation?	00:46:27
	Yeah, we we did definitely sold more tickets this year, not a ton more, just a handful more than last year, but the feedback that	00:46:29
	we're getting is pretty strong and so.	00:46:34
	That tells me that people are pleased to a level that they're going out of their way to tell us thank you so much and we can't	00:46:40
	wait for next year. So that just says it. We're on the right track.	00:46:45
	I think word of mouth.	00:46:51
	Will sell more tickets. Yeah cause I every time I tell somebody they're like, ohh, why didn't I go to that And I'm like.	00:46:53
	Yeah. And honestly we're, you know we're kind of that we're almost at that threshold of we we sold as much as we can really do and	00:47:00
	manage within one night. So we're really kind of at the height of our game. Yeah, if we were to grow too much bigger then we have	00:47:07
	to make some other considerations. So we're really just right where we need to be with them.	00:47:14
	Fantastic.	00:47:21
	OK. Any other questions, comments?	00:47:26
	Great. Well, we will.	00:47:32
	Close the meeting at 9:20.	00:47:34
	Thank you. Thank you all. Yeah, thanks so much.	00:47:38