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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD August Sth, 2008 City Hall Council Chambers 107 E. Kaufman 4:00 p.m. A meeting of the members of the Paris Main Street Advisory Board was held Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 4:05 p.m., at City Hall Council Chambers. PRESENT: Bethany Golden - Main Street Manager Kari Daniel Wyatt Bowden Matthew Coyle Clifton Fendley Karol Lyn Moore Jennifer Long Cindy Allcorn Minutes Minutes from June 17 and July 22 were reviewed by board members. Matthew Coyle made a motion that the minutes be approved. Jennifer Long seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Festival of Pumpkins Brainstorming/Discussion A discussion was held regarding the sale of alcohol at the festival. The board said they would like to pursue the idea. Clifton Fendley and Matthew Coyle will begin researching the possibility. It is the board's impression that a designated area would have to be established and that alcohol could not be consumed throughout the festival grounds (downtown plaza). Cindy Allcorn also suggested that we have coupons at the entrance. Coupons would be used for all food vendors and activities. A percentage of the sales would then go to Main Street. In past years there has only been a set fee for vendors no matter their sales. Wyatt Bowden asked if Bethany thought the current vendors would be open to this new system. She felt that since there is a limited amount of vendors and they do so well at this event they probably would be. Since there is not enough time to have tickets for this year, a survey will be sent to vendors to see how they would feel about the new system. Ticket sales could be a possibility for next year.. What are the citizens asking for out of this event? There has been a very small amount of complaints from the public about the event, approx. 2 or 3 people have complained in 3 years about the quality of vendors at the festival. Vendor quality is getting better each year. Accarding to our vendors this is one of the best organized events they attend. 60% of the vendors are repeat vendors that are good quality and do well. Activities - Actives include; Costume contest, pumpkin decorating, hay maze, pumpkin bowling, fountain fishing, train rides, petting zoo, sports, pet walk, best bike, pet pageant, tractor and car show and much more. Barry Diamond handles a lot of the actives for kids, such as hula-hoop - 000n1 7