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ma <br />MINUTES OF THE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />AUGUST 12, 2025 <br />The MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD (MSAB) of the City of Paris met for a <br />regular session at 4:30 p.m. on TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025, at the PARIS CITY <br />COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 107 E. KAUFMAN, PARIS, TX 75460. <br />Present: Board Members: Kevin Moore, Glee Emmit, Tyrone Hayden, <br />William Walker, Kim Kalina, Melissa Jones, Mary Hart <br />City Representatives: Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager <br />Osei Amo-Mensah, Director of Planning and <br />Community Development <br />Absent: Board Members: NA <br />Call meeting to order. <br />Kevin Moore, president, called the meeting to order at 4:3 1 p.m. He read the vision and <br />mission statements. <br />Citizens' Forum. <br />No citizens want to speak at this time. <br />2. Review and Approve minutes from July 8, 2025 meeting. A Motion to approve the <br />minutes of July 8, 2025 was made by Board Member William Walker and seconded by <br />Board Member Glee Emmit. Motion carried, 8 ayes — 0 nays, <br />Minutes were approved. <br />Committee Reports - <br />Workplan Updates - <br />A. William Walker- has nothing to report. <br />Kim Kalina- shared about the project, "Women in Harmony", three glass on glass <br />garden stakes created for the Parc de Arts, an art park near downtown. Four Members <br />of the Main Street Paris Arts Movement (Mary Hart, Melissa Jones, Kim Kalina, and <br />Suzanna Coyle) devoted time and effort to create beautiful glass art that will be donated <br />to the park at a future date. <br />Mary Hart- 1. Crosswalk art scheduled to begin this weekend. Friday, crosswalk will <br />be blocked off for painting on Satuday and <br />Sunday. It will be a sun, bluebonnets and a butterfly, very colorful crosswalk. The Artist <br />Guild and Arts Alliance helped raise funds for the supplies of the crosswalk art. A total <br />of $800.00 has been donated by these two organizations. 2. Worked on Festival of <br />Pumpkins- planning new ideas with Cheri Bedford, a community member, Megan <br />Glascock, and Kim Kalina. We are going to be adding a Battle of the Artists. We will <br />have 3 rounds. 2 Artists will move on from each round for a final championship round. <br />