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MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES
8 A.M. – MAY 15, 2007
WILLIAMSON COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
Board Members Present: Gordon Baker, chair; Kirk Kriegel, vice chair; Ellen
Davis, secretary; Gary Leissner, Janlyn Ross
Board Members Absent: Beverly Adam, Terri Countess
City Staff Present: Shelly Hargrove, Tourism Director and Main Street
Manager; Rebecca Rowe, Historic District Planner
1. Meeting called to order at 8:15 a.m. by Chair Gordon Baker.
2. Kirk made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 11 meeting and
Janlyn seconded it. The minutes were approved by all present.
3. Rebecca Rowe passed around drawings of projects that have recently been
approved by HARC. These included new signs for the Whitestone Tire Center
at 1007 S. Austin Ave., Linda McCalla Interiors at 605 S. Church St., the
Collector in the former Williamson Co. Art Guild Building, Yoga Sol at 809 S.
Main St., and American Homepatient at 501 Austin Ave. The board also
discussed plans for the property at Church and 9th Streets and the new
Monument Café at 500 Austin Ave. The historic but dilapidated house
currently at Church and 9th streets is going to be moved to make way for a
new office and B&B. The new Monument Café is going to have a 26‐foot
“biotower composter” that is supposed to be the first of its kind in the
country.
4. Shelly presented her staff report. She said Larry McCormick would like to
develop the alley behind businesses on 8th Street to be a courtyard featuring
artists. He wants to present his plan to us at our next meeting. Shelly also
showed a new cooperative shopping guide that is being done with Salado
and Round Rock. She said the city seemed receptive to funding a marketing
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campaign to promote downtown businesses. Shelly also said she has hired
Margie Ranc of Ranc Associates to focus on outreach to travel and tourism
publications. Shelly mentioned the tentative service line budget
recommendations from the city manager for the 2007‐08 fiscal year. She said
the board’s request for an additional director position for either the Main
Street Program or the CVB was turned down, however, $25,000 total for the
façade grant program and $15,000 for downtown lights (i.e. Christmas) was
recommended.
5. Janlyn said the May 11 event for military spouses from Fort Hood went well.
About 150 spouses came to Wolf Ranch. Janlyn also asked members to sign
up to work at the ice cream social at the city council chambers the afternoon
of Saturday, May 19. This is part of the Main Street 25th anniversary.
6. Meeting adjourned at 9:20 a.m. The next meeting is scheduled for June 13.
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Gordon Baker, Board Chair Date
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Ellen Davis, Board Secretary Date