05-C Main St. Adv Bd. Mtg Min 1-16-07

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Annual Reinvestment Figures - Main Street Manager gave the board some end of the year reinvestment totals for the Main Street Commercial District. These are totals gathered by the Main Street Manager from investors/property owners/employers within the district. Numbers are approximate and it must be taken into account that not all property owners share their information. Private Sector Rehabs 10 projects estimated at $275,000 Private Sector New Construction 2 projects estimated at $1,746,000 Private Sector Buildings Sold 12 @ an estimated $300,000 Public/Private Ventures 1 @ $6,700 No new public projects Total $2,321,000 (just over 2 million) Approximately 12 new businesses and 65 give or take a few, new employees. 10 tenants in the downtown area - some lofts aren't finished so the number will increase still. 8 or 9 currently slated for renovation. Review of 10 Criteria Reporting/Scoring - Beth Golden, reported on the importance of committee meetings, goals and objectives and compliance in order to meet the criteria to be recognized as a National Main Street City. This report is about 25 to 30 pages in length due annually in August. 2006 Goals Review Organization Committee 1/ Goals: To develop a plan of action for actively seeking and writing grants An application for TXDOT streetscape funds was made last year by Main Street Manager, Director of Community Development and the Engineering Dept. We received word from TXDOT that funds would not be appropriated for this program in 2007. Many political leaders, as well as the Texas Historical Commission are trying to appeal. Paris Main Street received an Anice Read grant for $1,500 to help fund the downtown moonlighting project. We also applied for a Market Square grant. It is a very competitive grant, unfortunately we didn't receive funding. Design Committee V Goals: To re-evaluate & address the current design of Market Square - signage, publicity, landscape & visibility are of primary concern A new sign design has been established by the design committee. Some landscaping changes were made at the market. Privets (shrubs) were removed from the front landscape beds of the market, which obstructed the view from the street. Dwarf shrubs and mulch were installed in place of the privets. St. Augustine sod needs to be laid because all of our grass in the center of the facility has died. We did not publicize the market in 2006. Some funding is allotted in the 2006/2007 budget for the Market Square. 2/ Goals: Obtain new Christmas decorations Banners were purchased with funds donated by the local garden clubs. Moonlighting was installed in the 8 trees surrounding the Culbertson Fountain. Both these projects were completed at a cost of around $10,500.00. All of the funds for these two projects came from fundraising efforts and the Anice Read grant. $6,500 came from Sayonara Summer, $800 from local Garden Club, $1,500 from Anice Read and the remainder from Festival of Pumpkins. Funds were not budgeted for Christmas decorations in 2007. Page 2 of4