08-13-09 Main Street Advisory Board minutes

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THE MAIN STREET ADVISORY BOARD MET THIS THE 13th DAY OF AUGUST, 2009 AT 6:00 PM IN CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 604 W. FAIRMONT PARKWAY, LA PORTE, TEXAS, WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: Present: Rebecca Jurtshuk Paul Larson Mark Follis Bill Manning Debra Gallington Ed Matuszak Jason Leopard Maggie Anderson Staff: Stacey Osborne, Tim Tietjens, Masood Malik 1. CALL TO ORDER-The meeting was called to order at 6:04 pm. by Chairman Bill Manning. 2. SWEARING IN OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS-Board Members Jason Leopard and Rebecca Jurtshuk were sworn in by Main street coordinator Stacey Osborne. 3. CONSIDER AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO APPROVE JULY 9, 2009 MEETING MINUTES-The minutes were reviewed. Board Member Maggie Anderson moved to approve the minutes, and Ed Matuszak seconded. 4. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS-Chairman Bill Manning recognized former Board Members Shar Lynch and Jerry Carpenter for their service to the Main Street Advisory Board. 5. ITEM lO: DISCUSSION AND CLARIFICATION WITH PLANNING DIRECTOR REGARDING EXISTING ORDINANCES WHICH IMPACT THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT -Chairman Bill Manning asked to move Item lOon the agenda, Discussion and Clarification with Planning Director Regarding Existing ordinances Which Impact the Main Street District, up so staff members would not need to stay longer than necessary. Maggie Anderson seconded. City of La Porte Planning Director Tim Tietjens took the floor and explained the existing ordinances that affect Main Street. He also took questions from the Main Street Advisory Board and clarified misunderstandings. 6. MAIN STREET COMMITTEE UPDATES, CONSIDER AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION AS NEEDED: A. ORGANIZATION - no updates were given. B. PROMOTION - Main Street Coordinator Stacey Osborne gave a brief update on the plans for the Fall Back Festival and said that she needs assistance. Board Member Maggie Anderson said that she had volunteered to fmd volunteers for the dunking booth at the Fall Back Festival. C. DESIGN - no updates were given D. COMMUNICATION - no updates were given E. ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING - no updates were given. 7. DESIGN PACKAGE SURVEY UPDATE - Chairman Bill Manning asked that the Board next discuss the Design Package Survey Update (Item 7 on the agenda). There was a discussion and review of the Main Street Design Guidelines Survey. Corrections were made. Board Members Debra Ga1lington and Becky Jurtshuk expressed doubts about the necessity of sending the survey, but after discussion most Board Members agreed that the survey should be sent as soon as possible with the corrections noted. Chairman Bill Manning agreed to send Main Street Coordinator Stacey Osborne an MS Excel file with the names and addresses of the business owners who should receive the survey. 8. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS-Chairman Bill Manning made the following committee assignments: Maggie Anderson-Organization; Becky Jurtshuk-Promotions; Debra Gallington-Promotions. Additional committee assignments were tabled for future discussion.