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MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
8:00 A. M. – AUGUST 9, 2006
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Board Members Present: Gordon Baker, Chair; Beverly Adam, Cindy Locke,
Vice‐Chair; Dana Wood, Kirk Kriegel, Terri Brisse
Board Members Absent: Sarah Jane Blankenship, Larry McCormick, Laura
Eliel (resigned)
City Staff Present: Shelly Hargrove, Tourism Director and Main Street
Manager; Cari Miller, Tourism Coordinator; George
Gomez, Economic Development Program Manager;
Tom Yantis, Assistant City Manager
Guests Present: Ralph Nayman, Economic Development Board; Chris
Dyer, WCHM Director
1) Meeting called to order at 8:07 a.m. by Chairman Gordon Baker
2) Kirk Kriegel moved for approval of the July 12th meeting minutes, motion
seconded by Cindy Locke. All in favor, none opposed.
3) Tom Yantis presented to the board a list of current and potential
downtown financial incentives to encourage reinvestment in the
Downtown Overlay District, including: 1) Property Tax Abatements, 2)
Historic Property Tax Exemption, 3) Utility Rate Discount, 4) Fee Waivers,
5) Sales Tax Refund, 6) 4A Sales Tax, and 7) 4B Sales Tax. Suggestion was
made for Main Street Program to work with Planning & Development to
help make public more aware of these incentives when applying for
downtown building permits. Maybe info on a CD, rack card and/or
websites that have something like, “Doing Business Downtown?”
4) Ralph Nayman and George Gomez with the City’s Economic
Development department presented some ideas and upcoming
opportunities to help strengthen downtown businesses.
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5) Staff Report: Shelly Hargrove mentioned an opportunity through the
Texas Main Street Center to partner with KASE 101 and Benjamin‐Moore
Paints on repainting a downtown building for free.
Gave status of several downtown projects such as construction of the new
library, as well as a preliminary report on the annual amount of City
investment in downtown per City Council request.
Shelly discussed the upcoming Jon Schallert Destination Bootcamp in
September that would be good for retailers. Upcoming dates of events
and trainings were reviewed.
Chris Dyer also reported on progress of “Up the Chisholm Trail” event
and passed around a volunteer sign‐up sheet for the event.
6)
a. Design report: Shelly Hargrove presented the request for a 6‐
month extension to the $10,000 Facade Grant for Tom Guyton’s
building at 212 W. 7th St. due to illness in the family. A motion by
Terri Brisse to approve the 6‐month extension, motion seconded by
Dana Wood. All in favor, none opposed.
b. Promotion report: Red Poppy Festival discussion on preparing for
2007 sponsorships. Idea mentioned for the board to set a meeting
date and time to solicit potential event sponsors as a team.
c. Economic Restructuring report: No report
d. Organization report: Discussion of a possible Business Owner
Breakfast meeting in October to discuss different downtown issues
to help educate and spread awareness.
7) A motion to adjourn was made by Dana Wood and seconded by Kirk
Kriegel. Meeting adjourned at 9:53 a.m.
Approved and attested to by:
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Gordon Baker, Board Chair Date
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Shelly Hargrove, Interim Secretary Date