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MINUTES OF THE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD <br />PARIS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS <br />107 E. KAUFMAN <br />PARIS, TEXAS 75460 <br />TUESDAY, December T2024 <br />Present: Board Members: Glee Emmite, Will Walker, Melissa Jones, Kim Kalina, Mary <br />Hart, Kevin Moore, Tyrone Hayden, <br />City Representatives: Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager <br />Osei Amo-Mensah, Director of Planning and Community <br />Development <br />Chairman Emmite called the meeting to order at 4:3 1 pm by reading the board's vision and mission <br />statements. <br />1. Citizen forum: none. <br />2. Review minutes from the November meeting: <br />A motion was made to approve the November meeting minutes by Hayden. Motion was seconded <br />by Moore. 7 ayes, 0 nays. Motion passes. <br />3. Committee Reports <br />a. Transforming Strategies <br />Kalina reported that she has created a video, explaining how to navigate the Downtown TX <br />website and plans to continue that effort. Moore is working on the community calendar. Emmite <br />attended an HPC meeting and awarded Becky Normant a facade grant. Hart shared that the Art <br />Gathering will be Saturday, January 25. <br />PDA Report: <br />b. Emmite reported on the Downtown Christmas Parade. There were 84 entries. Due to inclement <br />weather, 66 showed up. The winners are to be called tonight (12-10-24) to come pick up their <br />checks. <br />c. Chamber Report: none. <br />4. Coordinators Report - Coordinator Bedford reported that the Annual Assessment is coming up. The <br />national Main Street Center is wanting local prograrns to focus on one central transforming strategy. One <br />effort that we can get behind to help transform our downtown. We will revisit this in February and <br />