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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF <br />MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD <br />WEDNESDAY, November 19, 2003, 3:00 P.M. <br />50 WEST HICKORY STREET <br />1. Present Board Members: <br />Patsy Davis, Bailey Gant, Zach Saffle, David House, Cari <br />Johnson, Suzy Harper <br />Absent Board Members: <br />Barbara Wilson, Pike Burkhart Sr., Renee Harvey, Linda Suarez, <br />Karen Wilkerson <br />2. Discuss Streetscape Project/ Street Lighting: Lindsey Harper <br />handed out Streetscape specs. for the antique street lamps which <br />are to be installed during the project. More electricity will be on <br />hand to supply more lights on the plaza than in past years. Suzy <br />Harper and Cari Johnson suggested more lights on the plaza for <br />Christmas decorations; however, Lindsey Harper confirmed that <br />the amount of electricity needed is not present to date. <br />3. Discuss Downtown Trash Pick-Up Solutions: Lindsey Harper <br />discussed with the board her conversations with Waste <br />Management and Trashy Business. Waste Management implied <br />that it would too difficult to coordinate with all the downtown <br />merchants a solution to the trash problem downtown. One or two <br />dumpsters located on the plaza would not be aesthically pleasing <br />nor would the merchants want to haul their trash to a centrally <br />located dumpster. Also, the concern of the community using the <br />dumpster for their personal trash disposal was brought up by <br />David House. Lindsey Harper reported that Trashy Business is <br />interested in picking up all the merchant's trash on the plaza but <br />the merchants still would be charged individually and a set <br />amount each month is not reasonable since every merchant has <br />different amounts of trash. Lindsey Harper is planning to meet <br />with a rep from Trashy Business in early December to explore <br />