01/09/2018 MINUTESMeeting Minutes of the Main Street Advisory Board
107 Kaufman St
Paris Texas
City Council Chambers
9WIN
Present - Absent.
Glee Emmite John Brazile
Shelley McDowell
April Coward
Cody Kelly
Laurie Redus
Frances Reed
Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager Becky Semple, Chamber Liaison
Cleonne Drake — City Council
Liaison
1) Call meeting to order- Glee Emmite at 4:33 pm
2) Citizens Forum- None
3) Approval of minutes of last meeting Shelley McDowell moved to approve the minutes, April Coward seconded, minutes were
approved,
4) Main Street Managers gpdates-
a) Cheri reported that 109 businesses are listed in the new Downtown brochure, She reminded us about the City Council
meeting on Jan. 22, where Cheri and Glee will give a report on MSAB and our work plan. As many of us as possible need to
be in attendance for support,
5) Committee Liaison ..Reports-
a)
eport -a) IIPC — Glee reported next meeting will be January I Oth.We want to get HPC involved in educating people who are interested
in investing in downtown as to the services we can make available -- design, planning, etc.
b) PDA —Glee reported on the latest Breakfast Chat MSAB held with merchants, where we showed a Roger Brooks video, and
City .:Engineer Carla Easton gave a report on the new sewer lines that are being installed on Main St. heading south. PDA
next meeting is Jan. I O'�' where they'll talk about the pros and cons of the Antique Fair, Robin Weems is in charge, and the
Gibraltar ownership is wanting the Hotel to be the venue, concern is that the cost of that will be prohibitive.
c) Chamber of Commerce and V&CC — Becky Semple was not present.
d) Economic Vitality — Cody met with Cheri in December to discuss setting up a committee, and to look at setting up a website
for available properties for business and residential. He plans to develop a survey and a spreadsheet with available properties,
e) Organization - Laurie recapped the November meeting with the Market Square vendors
6) Future Agenda Items- None,
7) Motion to adjourn - by Cody, with second from Laurie. Meeting adjourned at 5:03 pm,
Approved this day of 208
Glee Emmite, Board Chair