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8/21/18 <br />5.14 Prepare and distribute a handout(s) with graphic(s) showing what CAN be done in downtown to <br />encourage interest and to debunk common myths. <br />5.15 Establish and maintain a very high-quality, user-friendly website and proactively use all other pertinent <br />media to support historic preservation and restoration. Site should include relevant local ordinances, <br />contact data, steps to restoration of an historic building, how to work with Main Street and the HPC, <br />SBDC information, etc. <br />5.16 Evaluate the cost and feasibility of eliminating or reducing overhead utilities. <br />5.17 Keep curbs painted, weeds removed, and landscaping vibrant and seasonally current at all city facilities, <br />including city hall. <br />5.18 Completely clean and otherwise restore the historic library building exterior. <br />6. FUNDING to ENCOURAGE & INCENTIVIZE REDEVELOPMENT <br />6.1 Create a tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ) to fund improvements and/or operating and <br />maintenance costs of downtown. <br />6.2 Create a neighborhood empowerment zone, consistent with Chapter 378 of the Texas Local Government <br />Code. <br />6.3 Place permitting and other regulatory fees into a downtown development fund. <br />6.4 Create and implement a downtown loan guarantee program. <br />6.5 Reinvigorate the 1998 floating loan program for building improvements, for which funds are again <br />available. <br />6.6 Implement a mixed-use economic development program, to include Chapter 380 development <br />agreements, tax write-offs, tax abatements, etc., to incentivize redevelopment and recruit appropriate <br />retailers and residential properties. <br />7. SAFETY to ENCOURAGE VISITORS and INVESTORS <br />7.1 Consistent with Section 102.5 of the International Fire Code and professional planning principles, exercise <br />"compliance though cooperation" to ensure fire safety for historic buildings. <br />7.2 Install and monitor security cameras to observe key intersections. <br />7.3 Continue to present and expand a positive police presence, using foot patrols, K-9, parked squads, and all <br />other appropriate tools as appropriate. <br />7.4 Identify the site for and operate a temporary police sub -station; on or very near the plaza (to be co - <br />located after 2022 with construction of the new fire station #3 on 191h SW). <br />7.5 Modify and enforce parking ordinance(s) to business hours, and enforcing 2 -hour parking limits. Provide a <br />limited number of parking permits to permanent residents as necessary. <br />M <br />