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Historic Preservation line item. 3. Report, discussion and possible action on approving a design, for the building plaques to be placed on the historic buildings located in the downtown district. Ragan Stone and the 5th grade Socrates Class presented their design for the proposed building plaques for five of the downtown historic buildings. The plaques will be eight inches by ten inches, and of bronze construction. Motion was made by Susan Scholz, seconded by Douglas Cox to approve the bronze building plaques as presented. Motion carried 5 -0. 4. Report, discussion and possible action on making a donation to the Socrates Class for the bronze plaques to be placed on historic buildings in the downtown district. Motion was made by Susan Scholz, seconded by Douglas Cox to donate $200.00 per plaque for a total of five plaques. Motion carried 5 -0. 5. Report and update from Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager, regarding ongoing events and projects. Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager, made report to the commissioners. Monday night at the City Council meeting the Mayor made a proclamation that May is Preservation Month for the City of Paris. In conjunction with preservation month we have planned a project for May 21St on the Plaza from 10:00 to 12:00 pm. that will involve kids from the area schools along with Main Street having a table showing ongoing projects. Movies in the park is scheduled to begin June 2, Farmers Market will have a grand opening on May 28th. Fanners Market has really gotten busy; we have done a lot of work cleaning up the area. Ms. Bedford stated we have made some banners to be displayed at the market. Finally, the PDA has expressed a desire to have sod planted on the Plaza, with the new landscaping we would like to move forward and address the patchy areas. The sod bid we received was 7,000 and 7,100, PDA will use the money raised on concessions which is projected to be around $2,000, and in conjunction with Main Street fund raising we have an additional $1,500, bringing the total funds raised to $3,500. Currently they need 3,500 to go toward the grass; Ms. Bedford is requesting HPC to make a donation. 6 Report, discussion and possible action on making a donation to Main Street for grass installation at Culbertson Fountain. Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager stated that they will be using Zoysia grass; it is disease resistant, handles heavy traffic, covers really well and does not require a lot of water. Motion was made by Susan Scholz, seconded by Matt Coyle to donate $3,500.00 to the purchase of the grass. Motion carried 5 -0.