10/10/2017 MINUTES1)
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Present:
Glee Emmite
John Brazile
April Coward
Cody Kelly
Laurie Redus
Frances Reed
Becky Semple, Chamber Liaison
Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager
Meeting Minutes of the Main Street Advisory Board
107 Kaufman St
Paris Texas
City Council Chambers
Uctober 1U. 201 /
Absent:
Shelley McDowell
Cleonne Drake — City Council
Liaison
Call meeting to order- Glee Emmite at 4:30 pm
Citizens Forum- None
Approval of minutes of last meeting Laurie Redus moved to approve the minutes, John Brazile seconded, minutes were approved.
Main Street Manager's updates -
a) Festival of Pumpkins is Oct. 28`h from 9-5. Lots of support for this from the city, but still looking for volunteers. We will
have our tent on the Plaza, Amanda Willows from Adopt -a -Cop will be sharing the tent so she'll be able to assist us as well.
Cheri will send out a schedule for board volunteers. John, April, Cody all said they can be there as needed. Jill Drake will
also assist. Only a few vendor spaces left — about 15% increase in participation from last year.
b) Mannequin Night is Oct. 21 ". Led by Promotions Committee and Jill Awtry. Fairytales and Folklore is the theme.
c) Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting is 11-11. The date will change beginning next year to the third Saturday in November, as
it's too close to the Festival of Pumpkins, and the city needs a chance to do cleanup and get the tree and decorations up.
d) Cheri discussed committee assignments for our work plan. Cody and Laurie agreed to switch committees — Cody will take
Economic Vitality and Laurie will take Organization. Chairs are to get with Cheri to set up times for committee meetings.
Informal meetings, don't all need to meet monthly, but do need to schedule regular meetings. Will need an agenda and
minutes for each meeting, per state Main St. regulations. Cheri offered subscriptions to Roger Brooks' Destination
Development webinars to committee members.
Committee Liaison Reports -
a) HPC Glee and Cheri talked about the mission of the HPC in Paris, that it's supposed to be less about code enforcement and
more about determining landmark status of structures in the Historic District.
b) PDA — Glee stated upcoming events are Antique Fair and Wine Fest, which is maxed out on vendors, and Downtown Trick -
or -Treat.
c) Chamber of Commerce and V&CC —Reno Haunted Trail is this coming weekend. Cyclists from the Texarkana area (the
R.A.T. Pack — Ride Across Texas) will be in town both days this weekend. Chamber Banquet is 10-17 at the LCC. Gene
Stallings is still scheduled to be the speaker. Tickets are $40, to benefit the PDA.
d) Promotions — John said the committee has the first meeting scheduled for right after the MSAB meeting. His goal is to add
one new event to the yearly calendar. Glee suggested to find a month without other activities, in order to spread out the
activity.
e) Economic Vitality and Organization — a motion was made by Glee and seconded by April to accept Laurie's offer to move
from Economic Vitality to Organization, and to name Cody as chairman of Economic Vitality. Motion carried.
6) Future Agenda Items- Cheri presented the application for a BIG Grant from Daniel Frame/Kari and Josiah Daniel for
replacement windows on the back side of their building. They have to obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness from Building and
Standards before we can vote on the grant. That committee meets 10-11. MSAB will call a special meeting for 10-19 at 4:30 pm
in the City Hall Annex to hear the presentation and vote on the grant. Decision must be made by 10-31.
7) Motion to adjourn - by Laurie, with second from Cody. Meeting adjourned at 5:20 pm
Approved this -day of , 2017.
Glee Emmite, Board Chair