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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda_MSTAB_11.12.2021Notice of Meeting for the Main Street Adv isory B oard of the City of Georgetown Nov ember 12, 2021 at 9:00 AM at Georgetown City Hall Community Room, 808 Martin L uther K ing Jr. St. T he C ity of G eorgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require as s is tance in partic ipating at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reas onable as s is tance, adaptations , or ac commodations will be provided upon request. P leas e c ontact the C ity S ec retary's O ffic e, at leas t three (3) days prior to the sc heduled meeting date, at (512) 930-3652 or C ity Hall at 808 Martin Luther King Jr. S treet, G eorgetown, T X 78626 for additional information; T T Y users route through R elay Texas at 711. Regular Session (T his R egular S es s ion may, at any time, be rec es s ed to c onvene an Exec utive S es s ion for any purpose authorized by the O pen Meetings Act, Texas G overnment C ode 551.) A C all to order - C hristine Tomaszewski, B oard C hair B C ons ideration and possible action on the minutes of the S eptember 10, 2021 board meeting - C hristine Tomaszewski, B oard C hair C Disc ussion and possible action on a Main S treet F ac ade G rant F und application request for the property loc ated at 120 W. 8th S treet - K im M cAuliffe, D owntown D evelopment M anager D Disc ussion on P rojec t Teams, P artner updates , and BR E Visits E S taff R eport - K im M cAuliffe, D owntown D evelopment M anager Adjournment Adjournment Ce rtificate of Posting I, R obyn Densmore, C ity S ecretary for the C ity of G eorgetown, Texas, do hereby c ertify that this Notic e of Meeting was posted at C ity Hall, 808 Martin Luther King Jr. S treet, G eorgetown, T X 78626, a plac e readily acc es s ible to the general public as required by law, on the _____ day of _________________, 2021, at __________, and remained s o posted for at leas t 72 c ontinuous hours prec eding the s cheduled time of said meeting. __________________________________ R obyn Dens more, C ity S ec retary Page 1 of 13 City of Georgetown, Texas Main Street Advisory Board November 12, 2021 S UB J E C T: C onsideration and pos s ible ac tion on the minutes of the S eptember 10, 2021 board meeting - C hristine Tomaszewski, B oard C hair IT E M S UMMARY: C onsideration and pos s ible ac tion on the minutes of the S eptember 10, 2021 board meeting - C hristine Tomaszewski, B oard C hair F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T: NA S UB MIT T E D B Y: S haron P arker AT TAC H ME N T S: Description Type Minutes Backup Material Page 2 of 13 The Main Street Advisory Board met on Friday, September 10, 2021, at 9:00 AM at Georgetown City Hall Community Room, 808 Martin Luther King Jr. St. The City of Georgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require assistance in participating at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reasonable assistance, adaptations, or accommodations will be provided upon request. Please contact the City Secretary’s Office, at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled meeting date, at (512) 930-3652 or City Hall at 808 Martin Luther King Street for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. Christine Tomaszewski called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM. Members: Christine Tomaszewski, Kate Hill, Dave Wilks, Lauren Mendoza, Michele Jaroszewski-Webb, Bobby Weisbrod and Aaron Adams were in attendance. Absent - Staff in attendance: Kim McAuliffe, Downtown Development Manager, Sharon Parker, Board Liaison. Guests in attendance: Michelle Baran, Kilwins. Regular Session (This regular session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.) A. Call to order at 9:00 a.m. B. Consideration and possible action regarding approval of the August 13, 2021 board meeting minutes – Christine Tomaszewski, Board Chair Motion by K. Hill to approve the minutes as presented. Second by A. Adams. Approved: 7-0 C. Sign application request for Kilwin’s– 120 W. 8th Street - Kim McAuliffe, Downtown Development Manager Staff reported on the request for a sign grant with planned improvements to include adding a new sign on the building with front lit channel letters with white faces and sidewalls as well as a flag mount lit sign with graphics on both sides. The applicant has selected Roberts Printing to perform the required work for sign fabrication and installation. The estimate provided by applicant totals $5,860 and applicant seeks a grant for the maximum award they are eligible for of 50% or $500. Motion by K. Hill to approve an award of $500, as determined by the maximum award. Second by D. Wilks. Approved: 7-0 D. Discussion on Project Teams, Partner updates, and BRE visits a. Fundraising – upcoming ornament sale. Main street, simple black and white. Art fundraiser piece from back in the spring is moving forward. We have an artist that has created a sample piece, we are trying to get some items to show its samples that we can put in the visitor’s center with a QR code and on website. We want to promote this piece through the month of October because it is the month of the Arts and right before the holidays. We wanted to do it all online where the customer could pick what they wanted and order it directly. The online printers only pay out money to PayPal and the City does not do PayPal. Minute Man Press will do the printing, there are some minimums. We will take orders then place at the end of the month and have them before thanksgiving. b. Breakfast Bites –Aaron we had really good attendance, it was outside. Rachel did a really good job, she had people engaged and provided fresh new content. c. Labor Day sidewalk sale - Kate - Friday not many had things outside. Lauren – Friday and Saturday were really good for her store. Monday was slow. Bobby – we closed for the holiday, Dave – Friday was pretty good, and Saturday was the best. Monday was slow. d. Shop Small – first meeting this week. Talked about keeping it a little more simple than in the past. Not including a game/activity because the games are not really driving people to the event. Minutes of a Meeting of the Main Street Advisory Board of the City of Georgetown, Texas Friday, September 10, 2021 Page 3 of 13 Last year we had 18 people participate in the game - would they have come even if we didn’t have the game? Probably. We had people come just for the game and not shop. Looking to create a tote bag, we are going to get a nice tote bag with Georgetown on it. We are going to work with a local artist for a “Shop Small” design. e. Swirl – had first swirl meeting, two new ladies joining, Jenna with City Post and Brittany with Sweet Lemon, they are both in the event planners for those businesses. We are looking at setting up an appointment to go talk to Judge Gravel about the use of the courthouse. If not, we are trying to figure out some logistics. City post is an option. If at City post we will have to cut back on VIP sales because of amount of attendees allowed. Tossing some ideas around. Theme is going to be Turquoise and Tulips because that is what’s supposed to be given on the 11th anniversary and this will be the 11th anniversary of the swirl. f. BRE visits – K. McAuliffe we haven’t had any, Kate and I are going to go talk to Juliet at Foundry42. Coreena’s is having their 1 year anniversary soon, maybe Lauren could go with Kim. E. Staff Report – Kim McAuliffe, Downtown Development Manager Update on the Façade Grant balance – before the meeting today we had $42,662 in the fund. After the grant award today, we will now have $42,162.50. Next month we will have a little more money from our general appropriation, and we will have the money that we raised from the beer crawl. New developments: Goodfolks is on tract to open really soon. City Post is partially open. Planning to open the full restaurant next month. Construction continued with sidewalks and milling and repaving of streets. Street will be closed between 7th street in-between blue corn and the alley. This will be closed for the week. Bathroom at Grace Heritage - Signage project, people don’t realize these are public restrooms. We are trying to make it more visible. New mural on the side of To Have and To Hold, same artist enlarging the current mural. Tuesday September 28th – presenting to Council some parking changes for Downtown with some 15-minute parking signs changing Rock Street to 3-hour parking and a potential loading zone on Austin Ave. Also going to council is the South Main Arts District by Grace Heritage the space that is currently parking we are going to make that into Public Space, we received a Grant to do that project, the project is going to cost about $380,000. We were told we would get over $100,000 for the grant. Upcoming events; Popptoberfest October 1-3. 70% of vendors that they normally have to space things out more. Moving stage from 8th street to 7th street. The stage that is typically over by the food court at 6th and main is coming over by the exchange. Adjourn Motion by C. Tomaszewski to adjourn the meeting. Second by, B. Weisbrod. The meeting was adjourned at 9:54 AM. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Approved by the Main Street Advisory Board on Date _______________________ _ ________________________________ _ Main Street Advisory Board Chair Main Street Advisory Board Secretary Page 4 of 13 City of Georgetown, Texas Main Street Advisory Board November 12, 2021 S UB J E C T: Dis cus s ion and pos s ible ac tion on a Main S treet F acade G rant F und applic ation reques t for the property located at 120 W. 8th S treet - K im M cAuliffe, D owntown D evelopment M anager IT E M S UMMARY: R equesting a facade grant for roof replacement F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T: F acade fund S UB MIT T E D B Y: KM AT TAC H ME N T S: Description Type Staff Report Cover Memo Application and attachments Backup Material Page 5 of 13 - Coversheet - Main Street Program – Façade & Sign Grant Fund 9:00 a.m. – Friday, November 12, 2021 120 W. 8th Street AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION Discussion and possible action on a Main Street Facade Grant Fund application request for the property located at 120 W. 8th Street. The planned improvements include adding a new roof on the building with a 20-year warranty on the work. The applicant has invested over $100,000 in building improvements at this time. The applicant has selected Hometown Roofing to perform the required work for the demolition and installation. The estimate provided by applicant totals $16,400 and the applicant seeks a grant for the maximum award they are eligible for of 50% or $8,200. AGENDA ITEM DETAILS • Business Name: Esquina Avenida, LLC • Applicant: Troy Hellman • Property Owner: Esquina Avenida LLC • Property Address: 120 W. 8th Street • Historical/Current Building Name: McDougal • Historic Overlay: Williamson County Courthouse Historic District • Application History: This is the first review for this application ECONOMIC IMPACT Extended hours of operation: Yes, tenant has extended hours First Floor Use: Yes, tenant has retail use Occupy a Vacant Structure: No Sales Subject to Sales Tax: Yes, tenant pays sales tax Capital Expenditures: The applicant invested over $100,000 for building improvements HISTORIC PRESERVATION Date of construction: 1893 2016 Historic Resources Survey Level of Priority: Low National Register Designation: Williamson County Courthouse Texas Historical Commission Designation: NA Page 6 of 13 LOCATION On the Square vs. Off the Square: The property does face the Courthouse and is considered to be on the Square. STAFF ANALYSIS Staff has met with applicant and reviewed the application in its entirety and finds that the request is complete and eligible for funding consideration by the Main Street Advisory Board. This application has been approved by the HPO. ATTACHMENTS Exhibit A – Application and backup materials SUBMITTED BY Kim McAuliffe, Downtown Development Manager Page 7 of 13 Page 8 of 13 Page 9 of 13 Page 10 of 13 Page 11 of 13 City of Georgetown, Texas Main Street Advisory Board November 12, 2021 S UB J E C T: Dis cus s ion on P roject Teams , P artner updates, and BR E Vis its IT E M S UMMARY: Fundraising Breakfas t Bites S hop S mall G eorgetown S wirl BR E Visits F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T: . S UB MIT T E D B Y: S haron P arker Page 12 of 13 City of Georgetown, Texas Main Street Advisory Board November 12, 2021 S UB J E C T: S taff R eport - K im M cAuliffe, D owntown D evelopment M anager IT E M S UMMARY: Bus iness & development updates Upcoming event dates to remember F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T: . S UB MIT T E D B Y: S haron P arker Page 13 of 13