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Main Street Board Meeting
Minutes
02-04-2019
The Main Street Coordinating Board met on Monday, February 4, 2019 at noon in the Fair Theater.
Members attending the meeting: Ranada Jack, Jay Givens, Tonya Keesee, Cynthia Gregory, John Turpen, Andrea
Glynn, Melinda Brown, Tori Huddleston and Dr. Rosemary Peggram.
Call to Order:
- Ranada called the meeting to order at 12:03 P.M.
Approved Minutes
- Andrea moved to accept last minutes with amending the date to 1/07/19. Cynthia seconded,
motion passed.
Owner Relationship Project:
- Ranada reported that Tori is updating the list of building downtown. Assignments of property owners will
be made by Ranada. This will help with keeping the list property owner responses organized. Tori will
Committees
- Promotion
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Ranada reported on 2 Saturday. 2 Saturday is scheduled for 2/9/19. There will be a 2
Saturday planning meeting at the end of the month to regroup and plan for 2019. Ranada also said
that Phyllis is asking for more involvement from Main Street. A specific way to help is hanging
the big yard signs each month in front of the Courthouse, Reeds Glass, and Area Community
Hospice. Andrea signed up to take care of the sign at the courthouse and Tonya said she could
cover the signs at Reeds Glass and Area Community Hospice. The Play Me piano was discussed
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2 Saturdays.
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Upcoming Events: Ranada reported on upcoming events including: 2 Saturday, 4Life event at
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the Fair Theatre, Retail Strategies Webinar @ the Chamber of Commerce, PDA/ 2 Saturday
meeting at the end of February and Spring Break Movies at the Fair Theatre in March.
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Tonya reported the Chamber Banquet is scheduled for Thursday, February 28. Tumbleweed
Smith will be the entertainment for the evening and the Plainview Man and Woman of the year
will be announced.
- Design
Façade Grant: Cynthia made a motion to extend the application time frame to February 15th -
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April 30 for 2019. Andrea seconded. Motion was passed. Jay asked about the point system for
the Façade Grant. Tori reported that she is working on getting a detailed point system in place to
make the decision on which applicants will receive the Façade Grant easier. The point system will
be included in the application. Tori will send the final copy of the point system to the board.
- Organization
Melinda reported City Council will vote to reinstate Dora, John, Jay and Ranada to the Main
Street Board. City Council will begin the process of looking over applications for the remaining
spot on the Board.
- Economic Restructuring
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Community Survey
Melinda reported that she has uploaded the survey into Survey Monkey. The City website will have a link
to the survey. Some of the questions will be formatted differently to fit Survey Monkey but the data
collected will remain the same.
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Survey Marketing Tonya mentioned that a boot at 2 Saturday would be helpful.
Dr. Peggram has a class that participates in a service project each year. Each student needs two hours of
service. Students could help with standing in front of Walmart, United and Amigos. There is an Afternoon
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of Service on March 22 at Wayland and that would be a good time to have students help too. Melinda
said she would get with Dr. Peggram to work out the details of having the students help.
Ranada asked Jay if he was able to contact the Ministerial Alliance about the survey. Jay reported that he
Ranada mentioned that the City website, Wayland students, Facebooks and word of mouth will all be
great avenues to get the survey out in the community.
Ranada asked when the board wanted the survey to be conducted. John made a motion to have the survey
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live from March 18 May 1. Andrea Seconded. Motion passed.
Other Businesses
- Jay said that Wayland students would be a huge help during Operation Serve. We could find projects and
buildings to work on downtown.
The meeting adjourned at 12:47 p.m.
Respectively Submitted,
Tori Huddleston
Special Projects Assistant