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Meeting Minutes of the Main Street Advisory Board 107 Kaufman St Paris Texas City Council Chambers Tuesday. Argil 10. 2018 Present: Absent: Glee Erninite Shelley McDowell John Brazile April Coward Kevin Ashmore Laurie Redus, Frances Reed Becky Semple, Chamber Liaison Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager Cleorme Drake -- City Council Liaison I ) Call meeting to order- Glee Emmite at 4:33 pm Cheri introduced new board member Kevin Ashmore, replacing Cody Kelley. 2) Citizens Forum- None 3) Approval of minutes of last meeting -- a correction was made to the date on the minutes. Laurie Redus moved to approve the minutes, John Brazile seconded, minutes were approved 4) Tammy Glaze from the Paris Community Theater presented a request for a BIG grant for bathroom improvements at the theater. After viewing photos and hearing their plans, John Brazile moved to award a $5000 grant, Kevin Ashmore 2,1d , grant was awarded. 5) City Manager John Godwin presented his proposal for a Vacant Building Registry in the CBD. He plans to present to the City Council at the April meeting, This requires building owners to register their building with the city, along with a plan to repair, rehab, and maintain to be updated every 6 months. A complete floorplan for the fire department will also be required. lie presented several options for a fee structure, Glee suggested a fee plan to start in January 2019, so $0 to register this year, then $500 per year after. The penalty for not registering will be similar to a code violation. Glee made a motion for the MSAB to support the Registry, John with the 2" a motion carried, Mr. Godwin also discussed the various options ons to provide funding to encourage and incentivize downtown redevelopment. TIRZ and NEZ zones are options on the table to go along with the Downtown Loan Guarantee program already in place. Laurie moved for the board to support the city in developing plans for TIRZ-TIFF designation. April with the 2 d, motion carried. ,6) Main Street Managers updates- Cheri Bedford a) Wine Fest is this weekend, she discussed plans for that. Market Square will open for the season on May 5"'. The old Deshong Motors building will have a new business opening soon. Cheri also reported on her trip to Kansas City for the National Main St. meeting. MSAB will give a quarterly report to the city council at the May 14"meeting. She also presented quarterly reports. 7) Committee Liaison Re o - a) HPC .-- Glee said a Certificate of Appropriateness was approved for Richard Drake and Bobby Smallwood's remodeling of the old Paris Music building on Grand Ave. They are also looking at changing the procedure for changes to historic structures, in that minor changes can be approved by Cheri, only major changes will need a Certificate of Appropriateness. They want to change from telling people what they CAN'Tdo, to telling people what they CAN do. May is Historic Preservation Month, and they're working on another Imagine the Possibilities tour. b) Promotions did not meet. c) Economic Vitality needs to name a new chairperson. d) Organization did not meet. e) V&CC -- Becky reported on the Archers' weekend, 1417 registered, 1367 actually came. They had a great weekend, will come again. June 1-2 is the Hwy 82 Garage Sale. Love Civic Center is planning a craft fair as a fundraiser for the civic center on June 2 nd Tour de Paris is gearing up for their 34"' year, they've added a gravel grind to the plans. Two ladies" groups are