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MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MTG. MINUTES
8:30 A.M. – FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2014
WILLIAMSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 710 S. MAIN ST.
2ND FLOOR NORTH CONFERENCE ROOM, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
Board Members Present: Cindy Harrington, Julie Laderach, Linda McCalla,
Amanda Parr, and Jim Wilson
Board Member Absent: Marcy Urban and David Kellerman
City Staff Present: Shelly Hargrove, Main Street Manager; Laurie
Brewer, Assistant City Manager; Jack Daly, Exec.
Assistant
Guests Present: Ken Horak, Bucking Bronco LLC; Greg Bowden,
Goodwater Health Management Group
1. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 a.m. by Board Vice Chair Julie Laderach.
2. Jim moved to approve the December 16th board meeting minutes, Linda
seconded. All board members present approved (5-0).
3. Guest Greg Bowden with Goodwater Wealth Management Group (103 E. 8th St.)
is applying for a sign grant totaling $424 to add new signage on the west facing
canopy and at the north facing entrance. HARC reviews it at their January 23
meeting so final grant approval is pending on HARC approval. Linda moved to
approve the $424 sign grant, Amanda seconded. All board members present
approved (5-0).
Ken Horak, owner of 108 W. 8th St., is applying for a façade grant for $10,000 to
completely renovate the front façade of the building. The current lease will expire
at the end of February and work will begin in March. HARC approved the façade
design at the December 12th meeting. Linda moved to approve the $10,000 facade
grant, Cindy seconded. All board members present approved (5-0).
4. Jack and Laurie gave the HARC update. The January 13th sign subcommittee has
two applicants, Goodwater Wealth Management and Visiting Angels. The full
commission on January 23rd will review two residential projects, Avalon
Monuments signage, new construction of the Chisholm Trail Inn, and the State
Farm office’s new awning on 8th Street. Matt will be bringing the final draft of the
Downtown Master Plan to the board in February in the hopes that they give a
positive recommendation to City Council for approval. It was requested that the
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Main Street Advisory Board attend HARC to voice support for the Chisholm
Trail Inn project. Finally, HARC will be reviewing a demolition request for
Friendly Will Baptist Church.
5. Committee Reports:
a. Design: Amanda reported on the mural unveiling. Shelly reported on
discussions she had with Susan of the possibility of partnering on the mural
unveiling with GHS who is looking at starting up a cultural festival to be
held around the Art Center in mid-May. Shelly also discussed with some
local artists about the possibility of developing a recurring 3rd Thursday
event focused on visual and performing arts.
Amanda also reported that the ornaments are nearly sold-out (8 are
remaining). The fundraising report for ornament and calendar sales, plus
proceeds from Ladies Night Out totaled $5,750. These funds all went
towards the lighting of the square.
The Design Committee also felt that the holiday window contest went well,
with voting on Ladies Nite Out. This year they will develop a form that
includes all city-sponsored holiday fundraisers in an effort to simplify and
streamline the process for businesses. The committee will also work to make
sure awards are presented and photos taken on the day of the Lighting of
the Square.
The board then discussed potentially having city council fund more of the
holiday lights, expanding the holiday lights, and what would be included in
a proposal to council for more funding like testimonials from downtown
business owners and giving options to council.
Finally, the board discussed getting buy-in from property owners around
the alley to the south of 8th Street to develop an Art Park.
b. Promotion: Cindy reported that the biggest concern for Swirl is securing
sponsors. The professional fundraiser is struggling to garner title sponsors,
and the board decided not to take on any political sponsors. Any leads that
the board has would be appreciated. The deadline for sponsorship is
January 31st. Cindy will email out the wine auction form and the Swirl
sponsorship form.
The wine auction requires 100 bottles from the Main Street Advisory Board
and 100 bottles from the Williamson Museum so each board member is
responsible for 15 bottles each by Friday, February 21. Additionally, a
volunteer coordinator and entertainment is still needed. Ads will be placed
in Austin Monthly and an article in Focus magazine. The website was just
recently updated.
c. Economic Restructuring: Jim reported that there are two new volunteers on
his committee, Erland Schulz and Cheryl Owens. They discussed
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developing a topic for next month’s Breakfast Bites. Tentative topics include
discussing how the X Games will affect Georgetown or a brief overview on
how to open a business downtown.
Additional discussions were in regards to block captains being reassigned
with the new committee members, the database being exported to Excel, and
a board trip to Granbury in March.
Julie reported about developing a calendar for the GISD Fine Arts groups to
utilize when developing their programs so more student art can be shown
downtown.
d. Organization: In David’s absence, Shelly reported that the calendars have
been reduced to $5 each and the deadline for board applications is January
10th. The Brenham Swirl is also being held the weekend of the 18th from 3-7
p.m.
6. Staff Report: Shelly reported that the media exposure on suburb story in the
Austin American-Statesman was good, Mel Pendland’s Farewell Reception was
well attended, The Williamson Museum’s 10th Anniversary Celebration is this
weekend, Downtown Low Down meeting is Jan. 15; 600 Degrees will open in the
old Nonna’s Cucina location – they have pizza and 25 beer taps, and the
sculpture tour brochure and Swirl rack cards are available. Finally, Linda’s last
meeting will be in February.
7. Julie moved to adjourn the meeting after reminding everyone that there would be
a report on the Downtown Master Plan meeting next month. The meeting
adjourned at 9:59 a.m.
Respectfully submitted:
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Marcy Urban, Board Secretary Date
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David Kellerman, Board Chair Date