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Meeting Minutes of the Main Street Advisory Board <br />107 Kaufinan St <br />Paris Texas <br />City Council Chambers <br />Thursday, February 4, 2016 <br />Present: Absent: <br />Jill Drake Pat Fowzer <br />Glee Emmite <br />Missy Starnes <br />Laurie Redus <br />Phillip Peeples <br />Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager <br />Becky Semple, Chamber Liaison <br />Betmy Plata, City Council <br />1. Call meeting to order -Jill Drake 4:34 pm <br />2. Role taken. Quorum established. <br />3. Citizens Forum: none noted. <br />4. Approval of minutes of January. Motion was made by Phillip Peeples and seconded by Glee Emmite. <br />The motion carried. <br />5. Coordinator report: Cheri Bedford <br />a Centennial Banners installed except Courthouse— this should be soon. Smile billboard will be <br />installed by Monday, February 8, 2016. Texas Tree Foundation with the cooperation of Atmos <br />Electric have donated 50 trees and their plantings before the end of March. Committee is looking <br />to have 50 more trees planted before the end of the year. The trees are $300.00 each with <br />different trees based on location. Print works designed a Centennial T- Shirt and are selling them <br />on line. On March 21 st a Noon Ceremony is planned with fire trucks, Plaza will be shut down to <br />traffic. School children from PISD <br />and Choir participating. Honor Guard and Bagpipes with a Ceremony Agenda with a <br />Commemorative Temporary Postal Station with Postal Stamp available. There will also be an <br />unveiling of a 3D SMILE mobile photo -op and a balloon release. <br />b. Texas Sidewalk Grant has been awarded to Paris to complete south side on Lamar in front of <br />Grand Theatre and In front of Swaims Hardware toward Farmers Market. It is a matching grant <br />with Paris matching with $40,000.00. These grants help toward are National Recognition as it <br />provides 5 extra points. <br />Committee Reports — <br />a. Organization -Jill Drake- no meeting- Grand Theater reclaiming group are taking on a project for <br />restoring the grand. There is an account for persons to make donations through the Greater Paris <br />Development Foundation. <br />b. Design -Glee Emmite- Presented a packet of 6 black and white sketched photos of buildings that did <br />not survive the Great Fire of Paris 1916 — sale of same will benefit the Grand Theater -same to be <br />postmarked with Commemorative postmark on day of Ceremony. <br />a. ER -Ctee Phillip Peeples met and discussed several items that might potentially help downtown <br />growth See report he presented- - <br />b. HPC: No report <br />