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MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
8:00 A.M. –FEBRUARY 7, 2007
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Board Members Present: Gordon Baker, chair; Cindy Locke, vice‐chair; Larry
McCormick, secretary; Dana Wood, Kirk Kriegel, Terri
Countess, Beverly Adam
Board Members Absent: Sarah Jane Blankenship (resigned), Laura Eliel
(resigned)
City Staff Present: Shelly Hargrove, Tourism Director and Main Street
Manager; Keith Hutchinson, Public Information Officer;
Rebecca Rowe, Historic District Planner
Guests Present: Linda McCalla, Kendall Smith
1. Meeting called to order at 8:04 am by Chair Gordon Baker
2. Motion to approve the minutes of the January 10th meeting of the Main Street
Advisory Board was made by Cindy Locke, and seconded by Kirk Kriegel
and approved as revised, by all present.
3. Rebecca Rowe reviewed pending signage applications as well as HARC
applications from Cianfrani’s and Dos Salsas. The issue of the limited
parking around Dos Salsas was discussed. When the Main Street
streetscaping project is completed, there will be even less parking than now
exists and illegal parking will be more difficult. Bev Adam suggested that the
pedestrian passage on the southwest corner of Austin and 7th was difficult
and perhaps dangerous to navigate due to construction features. Rebecca
Rowe indicated that she would refer that problem to Mark Mller for his
consideration.
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4. Staff Report:
a. Shelly reported on the City Council workshop for Dr. Jim Petrick at 4:00
pm on Monday, Feb.26, with a reception following at Cianfrani’s
b. Main Street Advisory Board annual retreat will commence at 11:30 am
March 21 in the Friends room at the new public library.
c. Board members need to consider new board officer positions for next year.
d. Ads have run in Texas Monthly and four more will appear by September.
New ad will be in Texas Heritage magazine.
e. Calendar of important dates was reviewed.
f. Board will be reduced to seven from nine members.
5. Linda McCalla and Keith Hutchinson reviewed outlines for the Main Street
25th Anniversary Celebration and the 75th birthday of the Post Office/ City Hall.
Events might include a reception at the old fire station on the evening of Friday,
May 18 to be followed on Saturday by speakers at Grace Heritage Church and
the museum, tours of historic downtown buildings and an ice cream social in the
afternoon. There might be a juried art contest using historic buildings as subjects
in the show. Anita Perry was invited to the Friday night festivities as a guest of
honor. A draft letter of the invitation was presented that was cosigned by Linda
McCalla and Shelly Hargrove. Cindy Locke suggested that the events might
include a kid’s art show and Gordon suggested that we should honor those
individuals that have played a major role in the revitalization of downtown.
Both ideas were well received. The presentation concluded with a viewing of a
CD prepared by Lucas Adams showing before and after photos that have taken
place in the downtown between 1982 and 2007.
6. Kendall Smith presented a design for artistic bike racks to be used in the
downtown. Everyone agreed they the design was excellent.
7. Committee reports
a. Organization: Dana Wood discussed the need to continue the breakfast
meetings with downtown businesses
a. Promotion: Cindy Locke continues to work with Cari Miller to increase
sponsorships for the Poppy Festival. They now stand at $10,000 and $20,000
is needed
c. Economic Restructuring: Larry McCormick reported on the success of the
Hill Country Art Space Meetings (HCAS). He distributed several documents
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related to the meetings and one document outlining how the board might
restructure itself to promote greater productivity in the future.
d. Design: No report given
Gordon reported on the presentation given to City Council regarding the
need for additional staff to handle matters before CVB and MSAB in the
new fiscal year, starting October 1. He moved that the board prepare a
letter supporting the recommendation made before City Council to
establish separate staff positions for CVB and MSAB. Terri Countess
seconded the motion and it was passed by all present.
Gordon Baker offered thanks to Cindy Locke and Larry McCormick for
their service on the Board. After discussion it was generally agreed that in
the future there should be periodic reports to the City Council from the
Main Street Advisory Board.
8. Meeting adjourned at 10 a.m.
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Gordon Baker, Board Chair Date
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Larry McCormick, Board Secretary Date
Good night and good luck