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Meeting Minutes of the Main Street Advisory Board <br />l07 Kaufman St <br />Paris Texas <br />City Council Chambers <br />-sday, November 14, 2017 <br />Present : Absent: <br />Glee Emmite John Brazile <br />Shelley McDowell Laurie Redus <br />April Coward <br />Cody Kelly <br />Frances Reed <br />C <br />Liaison Drake - City Council <br />Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager <br />I BeckySemple, Chamber- Liaison <br />I ) Call meeting to, order- Glee Emmite at 4:35 pin <br />2) Citizens Forurn- None <br />3') Approval of minutes of last regular meeting Cody Kelly moved to approve the minutes, April Coward seconded, minutes were <br />approved. The minutes of the Special Meeting on 10-26=2017 were also presented for approval. Shelley moved to approve, April <br />seconded, minutes were approved. <br />4) Main Street MLnAgerg updates - <br />a) Cheri reported that the MSAB booth at the Tree Ughting Ceremony made $450, plus a $ 100 donation from Nancy Caviness, <br />who sold cotton candy at our booth, for a total of $550. <br />b) Small Business Saturday is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. We partner with PDA to be a "Neighborhood Champion" for <br />this event. We have swag to hand out to participating downtown businesses for giveaways --logo items such as mats, banners, <br />pens, pins, and reusable bags. Farmer's Market will be open that day as well from 11 -3. <br />c) Cheri went over the work plan and committee meetings. She emphasized that the state Main Street program offers design <br />resources to downtown owners, including an architect and design staff members to help property owners with appropriate <br />designs for their locations. She showed renderings of 107, who took advantage of these services when designing their <br />building. We need to make sure property owners are aware of this, as, it could help avoid any IIPC issues with compliance. <br />,d) Cheri went over the Main St. 10 Criteria Annual Report she is getting ready, to submit to the state. <br />e) Festival of Pumpkins had 160 volunteers, Dairy Queen Provided Sundae coupons to all volunteers. <br />0 MSAB will present to the City Council in January. Cheri would like for us to start quarterly reports to them. <br />g) Texas Downtown Association presented a Spirit of Downtown Award to Paris for the Fire of 1,916 Anniversary year. <br />5) Committee Liaison Keport5- <br />a) IIPC Glee reported that Coca-Cola Bottling Co., requested permission to demolish a building on their property that had <br />been a part of the old McCuistion Hospital, They plan to reuse the brick for a marker designating the significance of' the <br />property. Permission was granted, pending a COA, <br />b) PDA . Glee stated Small Business Saturday is being promoted by PDA. <br />c) Promotion Committee — Jolm not present. <br />d) Economic Vitality -- Cody said they have not met yet, <br />e) Organization - Laurie said they haven't met yet. <br />1) Chamber of Commerce and V&CC ­ Becky Scruple wasn't present, Cheri gave some details about the SIO K Drawing on <br />Dec. 19"' at bpm, There will be One stage this year instead of spread out. Also mentioned Christmas in Paris at the LCC on <br />the Saturday before Thanksgiving, sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 2. <br />6) Future Agenda Items- We will work with HRC for Preservation Week 2018, primarily in the area of educating property owners <br />what resources are available to assist them, <br />7) Motion to adjourn - by Laurie, with second from April. Meeting adjourned at 5:3 pin <br />