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<br />THE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MET THIS THE 13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2008 AT 6:00 PM IN <br />CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 604 W. FAIRMONT PARKWAY, LA PORTE, TEXAS, WITH THE <br />FOLLOWING PRESENT: <br /> <br />Present: Mark Follis <br />Bill Manning <br />Ed Matuszak <br />Paul Larson <br />Ronda Lunsford <br /> <br />Jerry Carpenter <br />Debra Gallington <br />Maggie Anderson <br />Shar Lynch <br /> <br />Staff: Debra Dye <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 6:08pm in the Council Chambers. <br /> <br />2. CONSIDER AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE MINUTES <br />A motion was made by Board Member Carpenter to approve the minutes of October 9th, 2008. The motion was <br />seconded by Board Member Follis and upon vote the motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />3. MAIN STREET COMMITTEE UPDATES, CONSIDER AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION AS NEEDED: <br />A. DESIGN - The board reviewed and discussed the Main Street Design Package which consists of the Main <br />Street Design Certificate, Main Street Enhancement Grant, Main Street Design Guidelines & Resource <br />Material, and the Main Street Design Assistance Review Team. <br /> <br />Board Member Follis made a motion to approve the Main Street Enhancement Grant as written, with the <br />request for staff and the City Attorney to look at page 9, paragraph 3. The motion was seconded by Board <br />Member Lynch and upon vote the motion was carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Board Member Follis made a motion to approve the Main Street Design Certificate as written with changes on <br />page 2 as discussed. The motion was seconded by Board Member Larson and upon vote the motion carried <br />unanimously. <br /> <br />Board Member Manning made a motion to approve the Main Street Design Guidelines as modified. The <br />motion was seconded by Board Member Gallington and upon vote the motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Board Member Manning made a motion to accept the Main Street Design Guidelines Resource Material with <br />changes as discussed on page 2. The motion was seconded by Board Member Lynch and upon vote the <br />motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />The board discussed the Architectural Styles section of the Main Street Design Guidelines Resource Material <br />and determined it was okay to clean up the photos and remove pages 11 - 13. <br /> <br />Board Member Larson made a motion to accept the Main Street Design Assistance Review Team as modified. <br />The motion was seconded by Board Member Anderson and upon vote the motion carried. <br /> <br />B. ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING - The fa9ade grants were discussed and voted on along with the rest of the <br />Main Street Design Package. <br /> <br />No discussion or action was taken on the Alliance/City Marketing Program. <br /> <br />C. ORGANIZATION - Board Member Gallington made a motion to approve the Main Street Operating <br />Procedures (MS OP). The motion was seconded by Board Member Lynch. The board discussed the MS OP. <br />Board Member Larson made a motion to approve the MS OP as amended. The motion was seconded by <br />Board Member Lynch and upon vote the motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />No discussion or action was taken on MSAB training. <br /> <br />D. PROMOTION - Board Member Gallington gave a report on the Fall Back Festival and said it was much <br />needed due to Hurricane Ike, and was much appreciated. She was extremely impressed and said it ran very <br />smoothly. No action was taken <br />