08-13-09 Main Street Advisory Board minutes

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9. RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL UPDA TE- There was a discussion about how to present Main Street Advisory Board recommendations to Council. The Board members agreed that they would give the recommendations to Main Street Coordinator Stacey Osborne, who would present them to City Manager Ron Bottoms and take necessary action to ensure that the recommendations were presented to Council. Chairman Bill Manning said that he would put the recommendations into a memo format and email it to Ms. Osborne. 10. DISCUSSION OF F A<;ADE GRANTS-After some discussion, Chairman Bill Manning asked for a motion to recommend that council implement just the fa9ade grant portion of the Design Guidelines. Board Member Mark Follis moved to do so, and Chairman Ed Matuszak seconded. The Board voted unanimously to implement the fa9ade grants. 11. STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES A. REPORT ON BEEVILLE TRAINING- Main Street Coordinator Stacey Osborne gave a report of her Main Street Training in Beeville, Texas on August 4 - 6. B. FALL BACK FESTIVAL UPDATE - Ms. Osborne said that she has continued to work on planning the Fall Back Festival and said that she needs some help. Board members suggested that she talk to the Chamber, Lil' Jacks, the Eagles and the Rainbow Girls. C. CHRISTMAS ON MAIN STREET UPDATE - Ms. Osborne said that she has not done a great deal of planning on Christmas because duties for the Fall Back Festival have kept her busy. She said she had talked to the handler for Clutch the Rockets Bear and had scheduled him to appear at the Christmas on Main Street festival on December 3. D. CLUTCH UPDATE - This update was taken care of in the previous item. E. REPORT ON VISITS WITH BUSINESS OWNERS- Ms. Osborne submitted a report of her visits with the business owners on Main Street and gave a copy to each Board Member. She invited them to read the report to learn more about what the business owners on Main Street wanted from the program. F. MAIN STREET MORNING BREW-REPORT ON JULY EVENT AND SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES FOR AUGUST EVENT - Ms. Osborne reported that the fIrst Main Street Morning Brew in July went much better than expected, and that the August event was scheduled for August 19 at Main 101, with a tour of the Town Plaza. G. REPORT ON GATEWAY, TOWN PLAZA, AND SYLVAN BEACH PROJECTS-Ms. Osborne reported that the Gateway project plans were still being completed. She said that the Town Plaza was scheduled for completion in time for Christmas on Main Street, and that the Sylvan Beach Project should be completed by the end of December. 12. PUBLIC COMMENTS - No public comments were given 13. BOARD COMMENTS A. FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS - The Board asked to review a copy of ordinance 106.443. B. MATTERS APPEARING ON AGENDA - No action was taken. C. INQUIRY OF STAFF REQUIRING A STATEMENT OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION OR A RECIT A nON OF EXISTING POLICY - No action was taken. 14. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made to adjourn by Board Member Maggie Anderson and seconded by Board Member Mark Follis. The meeting adjourned at 8:28 pm.