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GEORGETOWN
TEXAS
MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MTG. MINUTES
8:30 A.M. — FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012
WILLIAMSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE
2ND FLOOR NORTH CONFERENCE Room, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
Board Members Present:
Board Members Absent:
Guests Present:
City Staff Present:
Linda McCalla, Julie Laderach, Amanda Parr,
Marcy Urban, David Kellerman, Jim Wilson
Denise Jimenez
Paula Miller, Garden Path Florist; Tom Guyton, old
Berry Hardware building owner
Shelly Hargrove, Main Street Manager and Robbie
Wyler, Historic District Planner; Laurie Brewer,
Assistant City Manager
1. The meeting was called to order at 8:32 a.m. by Board Vice Chair Linda McCalla.
2. Jim moved to approve the June 8th board meeting minutes, David seconded. All
board members present voted to approve (5-0).
3. Tom Guyton, property owner of the old Berry Hardware Building which he has
owned since 1978, presented a $10,000 facade grant application for 212 W. 7th St.
to the board for roof and wooden window repair, drainage improvements in the
back near the foundation, and replacement of rotten wooden vent. David made a
motion to approve the $10,000 facade grant for 212 W. 7th St., Marcy seconded.
All board members present voted to approve (5-0).
4. Robbie gave an update on HARC including Hat Creek Burger Co. has 30 days to
respond whether they will reapply for HARC approval or appeal to city council
for a certificate of design compliance. They are also having the first reading to
the update to the Downtown Design Guidelines on July 24, and a second reading
on August 14. Susan Firth stepped down from HARC since she is now a new city
employee in the library. Nore Winter of Boulder, Colorado will make a
presentation in August or later, he was the consultant for our design guidelines
and master plan.
5. Paula Miller of Garden Path Florist attended the meeting to discuss the item of
options for delivery vehicles being able to park in the enforced Downtown
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Parking Enforcement district. She mentioned that 70% of her business is
deliveries and she has deliveries at all times of the day, but she may not leave
before noon so sometimes gets caught. The discussion had the options of either
providing a customer service zone or having a permit that could be applied for
by a business through the board with specific criteria.
6. Staff Report: Laurie Brewer gave an update on Grape Creek Vineyards project
going back to GEDCO for additional funding since the back wall of the historic
building needs to be reinforced as well as the courtyard flooring. Also, six
contractors submitted bids for project. Will more than likely be a January
opening, similar to the Arts Center. Gary Wang has been selected to be the
architect for the Arts Center and Georgetown Art Works was selected to manage
the Arts Center. ThunderCloud Subs contract should close by the end of July.
Final plans for the Austin Ave. streetscape should go to bid by October. Shelly
added that she nominated The Georgetown Swirl for Best Promotional Event and
The Escape was nominated as Best Downtown Business for the Texas Downtown
Association President's Awards. Awards given out at the annual conference in
Wichita Falls in early November.
7. Committee Reports:
a. Economic Restructuring: Marcy reported that Penny Reeh with
Fredericksburg was speaking at August 2 Breakfast Bites. Nate Funmaker, a
hat maker, is looking to relocate to Georgetown and is possibly doing a
demonstration at the Williamson Museum on August 3. Run Tex is
expanding to Rock St. location.
b. Design: Amanda reported the committee will meet on Monday to discuss
holiday window contest, ornament and possible mural project. The bid for
the downtown holiday lighting closes on July 23.
• Joint Arts & Culture: Marcy mentioned a scheduled Arts Alliance
meeting. Shelly showed the winning entry for Galley Georgetown
call to artists, Geoff Hammond's "Ring Master" photograph. Austin
Lyric Opera is also looking at doing a small production on the south
side of the courthouse on Saturday, October 13. The Arts Sr Culture
Board is working on a call to artists for a downtown Utility Art Box
Program where the traffic signal boxes and utility boxes are painted
or wrapped with public art.
c. Promotion: Shelly reported that the committee will meet on Monday, but
there was a meeting of Main Street's 30th Anniversary with GHS members
Susan Firth, Eugenia Harrell, Amanda Parr and Linda McCalla to discuss
date and ideas. It will be an event to raise awareness more than funds.
d. Organization: no meeting or report
8. The meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
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