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TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION The State Agency for Historic Preservation RICK PERRY, GOVERNOR JOHN L. NAU, III, CH~dRMAN F. LAWERENCE OAKS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LETTER OF AGREEMENT The City of Paris has the opportunity to be a graduate city in the Texas Main Street Program of the Texas ~[~[gliggl Commission/THC/. This Letter of A~reement represents your commitment to continue as an "official Graduate Main Street City" for 2004. The following is a list of services your community will receive as a Graduate Main Street City: · Securing a Main Street Manager Should a replacement manager be needed, resumes of screened, qualified applicants will be provided to the City Manager by request. Specialists in the areas of organization, design, promotion and economic restructuring will provide training for local Main Street Managers. THC shall provide five training opportunities. As an Official Graduate Main Street City you agree to send your Main Street manager to at least two of these training sessions each year: ~aslc ]~vl[anager or ~,racluate ]~l[anager ~rainin~ (J~lU~t~)~l~)! Texas Historical Commission Annual Conference in ~e spring; Texas Downtown Association Mid-year Conference in ~e spring; Main Street Summer Training; ~d Texas Downtown Association / Main Street Annual Conference (fall). ~o~er training oppo~uniW is National Town Meeting in ~e spring. If a replacement m~ager who has not aRended B~ic Main S~eet m~ager ~a~ing is hired in ~ Official ~aduate Main SWeet CiW, ~e M~n S~eet M~ager ~11 be required to aRend ~e Texas Main Street Training in Janua~ ~d Februa~. A stip~d for this W~ning ~11 be ch~ged to the ~aduate ci~. · Main Street Program Network The "Monthly Update," the Main Street communique is sent each month to all Texas Main Street cities. In addition, the Main Street Manager is subscribed to the Main Street list serve, an email network available only to Official Texas Main Street cities. · Reporting As an Official Graduate Main Street City, the Main Street Manager for the City of Paris will submit Monthly Reports by the 10th of the following month. Quarterly reinvestment figures will be submitted for the months of June, April, July and October. A Ten Criteria Survey submitted to the Texas Main Street Center will also be required by August 13, 2004. Letters of Agreement will not be renewed · J J.l lltl witBout receipt oxme en ~n cna survey. · Service Upon request, one on-site staff visit will be made during the year to the City of Paris. The type of assistance that may be requested includes strategic planning, board training, economic development assistance and merchandising assistance. Design assistance is also available to graduate cities upon r~qll~,St