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MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
4:00 P.M. – MARCH 14, 2006
PARKS & RECREATION ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Board Members Present: Gordon Baker, chair; Cindy Locke, vice‐chair, Dana
Wood, Beverly Adam, Kirk Kriegel and Larry
McCormick
Board Members Absent: Sarah Jane Blankenship, Laura Eliel and Terri Brisse
City Staff Present: Leticia Zavala, Accounting Manager and Shelly
Hargrove, Main Street Manager
1. Called to order at 4:05 p.m. by Chair Gordon Baker
2. Nominations were opened for the positions of Vice Chair and Secretary.
Cindy Locke was nominated for Vice Chair by Kirk Kriegel, seconded by
Dana Wood. Larry McCormick was nominated for Secretary by Cindy
Locke, seconded by Baker. Nominations were closed. Both candidates
received unanimous approval in spite of protests by McCormick regarding
existing workload.
3. A motion was made by Locke to accept the February 16, 2006 minutes with
the correction of “intended” for item #2, Kriegel seconded. All in favor, none
opposed.
4. Leticia Zavala from the Finance Dept. distributed a Quality of Life Survey
form. Discussion followed regarding the three issues most directly impacting
our Board (Item 12 of survey form). The three issues agreed upon were:
financial resources, building maintenance/preservation and traffic flow.
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5. Baker said he received a phone call from Francisco Choi prior to the meeting
saying that he would prefer to table this discussion due to any controversy it
might cause between HARC and the Main Street Advisory Board.
6. Updates from Committees:
Economic Restructuring ‐ Shelly Hargrove reported on an upcoming
meeting called by Mark Thomas with Economic Development department
to have Main Street more heavily involved in direct recruitment of
downtown businesses.
McCormick mentioned the conference call between the City and Artspace
to discuss their expectations of a community before they consider looking
at a project there. An initial feasibility study was discussed, and
preparation needed for it.
Organization ‐ no activity to report
Promotion – a sign‐up sheet to work the drink booth during Red Poppy
Festival was passed around
Design – Cindy suggested placing the drink booth near where the new
mural will go so they could show a schematic of the mural at the booth.
7. Hargrove reported that the City Attorney’s office was looking into changes in
the façade grant that will avoid improving property for the purpose of resale.
A discussion followed on changes needed to discover sources of funding for
property improvements submitted for façade grant consideration.
8. A discussion of Board Retreat topics was initiated. Wednesday, April 19 was
suggested as a possible date for the retreat and the time found most
acceptable was from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Topics of discussion suggested
included: are we using our funding best for downtown, maintaining
downtown vitality, targeting businesses, direction to go besides just Facade
Grant, joint sessions with other partners or boards, the Red Poppy Festival,
and other Main Street goals. Discussion concluded with an expression of the
desire to leave the subjects open to be considered in a brainstorming session.
9. Kriegel announced the 2006 Maximum Impact Simulcast, a day of leadership
training on May 5th.
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10. Hargrove suggested we might wish to change the monthly board meeting
time. Eight a.m. was suggested as a possible meeting time. In addition, she
announced a filming of the movie, “Grind House” at the old County Jail, a
grad student report on downtown and notes on the Games of Texas to be
held the last two weekends in July.
11. McCormick made an invitation to Board members to attend the Grand
Opening of the Elder Street Artist Lofts in Houston.
12. Chairman Baker adjourned the meeting at 5:25 p.m.
Approved and attested to by:
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Gordon Baker, Board Chair Date
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Larry McCormick, Board Secretary Date