Information for Meeting of Downtown Vitality Committee
Tuesday December 08, 2020 6:00 PM EST

NOTE: Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Athol Downtown Vitality Committee will be conducted via remote participation. Specific information and the general guidelines for remote participation by members of the public and/or parties with a right and/or requirement to attend this meeting can be found on the Town’s website, at www.athol-ma.gov.

For this meeting, members of the public who wish to watch the meeting may do so in the following manner via Zoom, which is available both online and over telephone:

Topic: Downtown Vitality Committee
When: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm

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AGENDA:

I.	Call to Order  

II.	Approval of Meeting Minutes: 
a.	September 8, 2020 (draft set)
b.	October 13, 2020 (draft set)

III.	New Business and Old Business

a.	Downtown Building and Business Owners Outreach Update
b.	Parking Garage Painting Project  Update
c.	Downtown Parking Management Plan Implementation Discussion, including update of newly created Downtown Parking Benefits District Task Force
d.	4th Fridays/Holidays Outdoor Downtown Events Planning
e.	Downtown design guidelines
f.	Update on the Lord Pond Plaza MVP Feasibility Study Project, including the December 5th site walk
g.	Discussion of new state downtown COVID-19  Local Rapid Recovery Planning Grant Opportunity

IV.	Scheduling of next meeting date along with discussion of suggested upcoming meeting agenda items (January 12, 2021).   

V.	Adjournment (@7pm, 1-hour long meeting)