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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_MSTAB_07.09.2010EST 1848 GEORGETOWN TEXAS MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MINUTES 8:30 A.M. — FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2010 WILLIAMSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE 2N1' FLOOR NORTH CONFERENCE ROOM, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS Board Members Present: Board Member Absent: City Staff Present: Connie Watson, chair; Denise Jimenez, Lucas Adams, Rusty Winkstern Judy Lester, vice -chair; Mike Burton, secretary; Linda Turner Robbie Wyler, Historic District Planner; Shelly Hargrove, Main Street Manager 1. The meeting was called to order at 8:57 a.m. by Board Chair Connie Watson. 2. Rusty moved to approve the June 4th minutes. The motion was seconded by Denise. Minutes were approved by all board members present. 3. Robbie Wyler gave the HARC update: • Georgetown Off the Square at 400 Austin Ave. is a mixed -use, upper -floor residential project for urban senior living has received its first round of approvals from HARC in regards to the building height and site. The second round will be approval of actual materials. • Adi's Italian Village restaurant received approval for signage • The county also received approval for a new temporary county parking lot south of the Sheriff's office since the county parking garage has some structural issues 4. Staff Report given by Shelly: • New Downtown Georgetown Texas Facebook site currently has 106 "friends", with reps from the Williamson Museum, DGA, Main Street, CVB, Planning & Development, the Palace and the County making posts. • A new "Best of Georgetown" contest will be started by the city in October for folks to vote online at the Shop.Georgetown.org site on 50 different L\Divisionlmaledlih9AINSTKEEnORGANIZATI©N\Advisory Boardlhleetings110-7-9 M dp[ business categories. Award winners will be announced at First Friday on November 5. • Georgetown has won the gold level of Scenic City Certification which is an inaugural award from Scenic Texas. The awards ceremony will be in Austin on Sept. 16. 5. Committee Reports: a. Promotion: Denise reported that the next meeting is July 15 where the committee will review the proposed February 26 event date and ideas of who should be honorary event chair b. Design: Lucas reported that a discussion was had with City PID Keith Hutchinson on the idea of creating small business videos for downtown that could be posted on city websites c. Economic Restructuring: Rusty said discussion at last meeting was in regards to the possibility of a social media workshop. The next ER Committee will be moved to 8:30 a.m. on August 4th. d. Organization: no report 6. The meeting was adjourned at 9:59 a.m. The next meeting is set for August 13. Respec : submitted: Mike Burton, : oar ► Secretary Date S1fl Connie Watson, Board Chair Date L;LDivision\msledlMAIN STREETWRGANIZATIDNIAdvisory SaardlMeetingsl1G-7.9 M.doc