07/17/2012 MINUTESMinutes of Main Street Advisory Board
July 17th, 2012
4:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
107 Kaufman Street, Paris Texas
Present:
Ashlea Mattoon, Secretary
Kari Raulston
Jill Drake
Karl Daniel
Casey Ressler
Guests:
Cleonne Drake
Ray Trotter
Absent:
Matt Coyle, Chairman
Bruin Bostick, Vice -Chair
1.Call to order: Ashlea Mattoon called the meeting to order at 4:07 p.m.
2. Take Roll- manager
3. Approval of May 15, 2012 and June 19, 2012 -Kari Daniel motioned to approve
with Casey Ressler seconded.
4. Main street manager report
Pumpkin festival -Oct 27, 2012. Vendors are lining up. Will meet after movies in the
park. John Davis -Red Cross, wish to do a "ride for the red" with a band for Saturday
night at Bywaters Park. Cheri will follow up before the next meeting. Promotions will
discuss next meeting.
Tour de Paris -Main Street hosted a card that showed historic downtown facts with
downtown coupons as well as a historic map. These will be in the packets for the tour.
Please come rally for the riders around 8:00. Expecting 800 riders.
Historic brochure& downtown map- thanks to Kari Daniel for the work on the map.
5000 are being printed to be placed in hotels, downtown businesses and at the
chamber. Any other distribution help will be welcome.
Marketing- "a hundred fun things to do in downtown" Daryl Felsberg has produced a
few You Tube videos to start and are being shown through a number links on
different Facebook pages.
Grand theater - council has approved the rest of the hazardous clean up. This should
expend the funds from the brownfield grant. We will be applying for another
brownfield grant.
a. Organization -Casey Ressler
There is a basic site located off of paristexas.gov. www.parismainstreet.org. We are
continuing to work on a standalone site.
B. Design -Karie Raulston
Discussing the grand and updating the sign. Updating the Culbertson fountain tile to
something safer as well as fixing the fountain fish. Located a need for three trashcans
and five benches on the current sidewalk project. Design committee is researching
local fabricators. New sidewalk grant request in progress- and a decision on where to
start is in progress. The group prioritized sidewalk conditions, and recommended a
list. West side sidewalks on Bonham on the top of the list. Helen Ressler and Cheri
filled some planters in front of vital beet with fresh flowers.
C. Promotions -Kari Daniel
Two weeks away from the end of Movies in the Park. Over 500 people at Finding
Nemo and Lion King. Chaplin night had 150. Increasingly successful. PDA has raised
more funds this year than last with the concession stand. Upcoming film is "my girl'
followed by viewer's choice
D. Economic restructure - Britin- tabled
E. Historic Preservation Commission update -Britin - tabled
F. Chamber report- Tabled
6. Discussion of Skate Park. Should it be moved? Can it be moved? Tabled
7. Future agenda items.
Ashlea Mattoon asked to discuss the main street booth at the pumpkin festival.
Cheri introduced Cleonne drake our new council representative as well as Ray Trotter
who has a vested interest in downtown and would like to offer his support to Main
Street with a specific interest in the Grand Theater.
8. Adjourn 4:52 motion by Karl Daniel, seconded by Casey Ressler
Minutes prepared by: Ashlea Mattoon
Approved
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Matt Coyl/ain Chairman, Street Advisory Board