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statement. Cheri Bedford stated that she thought we already had ordinances to include VCC. The Historic Preservation Committee does have an ordinance to have a MSAB member included. This is Glee Emmite, as a member of HPC and MSAB, for us. It is not on our ordinance, however. Most board members cannot serve on two boards, but this is an exception per Cheri Bedford. Karen Dougherty, Chamber/VCC, is here as an ex -officio member. Kevin asked, Which would be best to pull from someone to attend as an ex -officio for art? Kevin Moore suggested tabling the decision to invite other groups as ex -officio members at this time. Mary Hart offered to meet with all art organizations to see who aligns the most with our goals. Cheri Bedford stated that she really likes the way the chamber appoints ex -officio offices. She will meet with the city attorney to see if we can add more ex -officio seats on the board or if it needs to be in our ordinance. Kevin Moore suggests that we table this at this time and bring it to future agenda items. B. Paris Downtown Association Rep, Glee Emmite- big discussion for the entire meeting was regarding parking. The parking lot behind Paris Coffee is in disrepair. Wanting to find out who has a budget to repair the parking lots around downtown Paris. C. Historic Preservation Commission- Glee Emmite, Met on July 21. Taco Q is taking down the old garage sign and is putting in a new sign that was approved by the HPC; Mary Hart gave a presentation about the crosswalks. Downtown Asian restaurant rep did not show (out of the country) so the facade grant was tabled for now. Fitzhugh Home is looking at a facade grant. Pan's Lux moving from 221 Bonham to next door to SOHO and has applied for a facade grant. D. Chamber/VCC, Karen Dougherty reported- There were 724 registered riders for the Tour de Paris Bike Ride, 600 showed. Lake Crook Jet Ski Races were well attended, and had 425 riders. The Chamber sponsored the 66th Rodeo this year, which is new for them. Inked Tattoo Convention is at the Love Civic Center this weekend. Chapparel Square Dancing, now called Evening in Paris, is coming and coincides with the Hatch Chill Festival. We usually host 500-600 dancers. Karen is happy to advertise the Hatch Chili Festival at the dance event. 4. Coordinator's Report, Cheri Bedford- Invited us all to familiarize ourselves with not only the Toole plan, but attachment A of the Toole plan. Everything is online. They are both important to understand. So, I invite you to take a look at both of these and call me if you have any questions. Cheri met with Misti, president of the PDA, and had a good discussion about the Festival of Pumpkins. When we host events downtown, sometimes vendors down side streets, feel left out. This year we are trying some new things like, not having as many vendors, adding ambience and decor to encourage foot traffic in certain areas, and adding new events during the festival. Misti was really excited about the idea of the scarecrow contest. Last week, people were issued warnings about parking for more than 2 hours, and issued information. It is labeled as 2 -hour parking. 400 spots to park in downtown. We will be hosting the MS Design workshop on the 21 st from 9-4. Managers coming from around TX to our beautiful downtown. 15 reservations so far. It is an all day event. We will have a walking tour and see I st street. The design workshop talks about your downtown all the way to discuss architecture. This is the last workshop and they picked Paris. Chris Lampka, the guy who designed First St., is also coming to see its progress and the rest of downtown. The First Street paver project- we have had to cut down some of our design area to allow for the fire hydrants. We will have about 65 large bricks and 150 small bricks. We are only offering 8 x 8 or 4 x8 for 150.00 or 75.00. It is a bit higher if you want a logo included. The web -sit is almost ready to go. TX Downtown Associations has the TX Presidents Award. We are going to nominate 2 businesses: Cody Head of Bonfire for Best Commercial Interior. Pan's Brewing Company for Best