Main Street Advisory Board

The Regular Meeting of the San Marcos Main Street Advisory Board July 15, 2015 Main Street Program Office – 317 N. LBJ Dr. 5:30 P.M. 5:31 MINUTES 1. Call to Order – Debbie Harvey called the meeting to order at 5:31p.m. 2. Roll Call Members Present: Gaylord Bose, Bill Cunningham, Debbie Harvey, Ralph Meyer, Cindy Meyer, Jean Baggett, Roxie McInnis Members Absent: Molly Ann Garcia, Jude Prather Staff Present: Samantha Armbruster, Maggie Gillespie 3. Citizen Comment Period 4. Consider Approval of Minutes of June 2015 Meeting A. G. Bose motioned; R. Meyer seconds. Motion carries. 5. Standing Reports:  Engineering: flood update to extend seat wall 80ft. as a temporary solution along with more inlets along Guadalupe with a 30day turnaround. Long term solutions include more inlets along Guadalupe. Main Street will host Coffee Talk to bring businesses up to speed, date TBD.  Parking Manager/Patrol Report – No Update  CVB o 124 hotel rooms damaged by flooding; 38,000 in missed revenue as a result. o Areas searching San Marcos include California and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. o Marriott has performed well in the area and has generated 128,000 tax dollars so far. o 2017 budget will include the new hotels, whereas 2016 will not reflect these numbers. 6. Chairman’s Discussions: 2016 Strategic Plan and Upcoming Texas Main Street Training  Board is invited to attend the Look Good. Feel Good. Do Good. training to be held at the Marc to help with thinking ahead for the strategic plan.  Sign up to volunteer to assist with the Main Street Manager Training. 7. Committee Reports: a. Design Committee a. Sign-Awning Grant Funds update – city has found an additional $15,000 to extend the program. b. Parklet and Sidewalk Café Ordinance update - was tabled at last council meeting; will let everyone know the next date once that information becomes available. c. Bike Friendly Programs – committee member brought this to the committee for more research. d. Drainage Solutions Update e. Sprinkling Initiative- tabled  f. Arborists Update – began today and Christmas lights are scheduled to be loosened around the trees tomorrow. g. Beautification Initiatives h. Towing Initiative – invite property owners with private lots to discuss the types of contracts, vendors and issues via Coffee Talk. i. Christmas Committee – budget is going to council on July 23 at 5:30pm for a budget meeting. Please be there and consider talking at citizen comments. b. Promotion a. 2016 Draft Calendar review b. Upcoming Events – August 21 – Passport SMTX st August 28th – Chamber Business EXPO 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MIXER 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. September 18th – Texas State Wine Walk (looking for volunteers, adding brunch at Vault or Stonewall) c. Marketing Campaign – DowntownIsForMe – target different audiences to send the message that downtown is for everyone. The first message is to target incoming freshman and will be going to print soon. d. 2016 Farm To Table event- new date of November 12th, expanding wine walk to a whole weekend event. e. Swing on the Square Planning Meeting - the Swing on the Square will now be moved to April 2, first weekend in April and swing will include a second stage to fill gaps and have a poster design contest. In addition, the Price Center will provide dance classes before the event.  Next agenda will include discussion on event gaps. c. Organization a. Summer Main Street Training August 4-7th (Need volunteers and sponsors) b. Downtown Awards event and programs – will be leaning on board for help.  Business Expo will be all day on Friday, August 28. c. National and State nominations – we are putting in nominations; one at the National level for the Main Street Program and at the State level, we are submitting two nominations for two downtown businesses. d. CSR workers downtown – community service workers can now work downtown and staff. d. Economic Restructuring a. Wayfinding/Placemaking efforts b. Downtown Data – interns are currently taking a business inventory without speaking to the business owners, with the next step being finding out the occupancy and number of employees, etc. for the purpose of economic development and recruiting new business to the downtown area. c. Updated Work Plan – lot on Hutchison is intended to be a parking lot but would like to share the space with bike racks, Uber and Lyft space sharing, public restrooms, wayfinding. 8. City Council Report  Uber was approved to operate in San Marcos. 9. Expenditure Report and Program report from Main Street. – on track with budget, Sights and Sounds will be the next major expenditure.   New shirts as needed for board staff in the amount of $150. Ralph Meyer motioned; Cindy Meyer seconded; motion carried. a. Introduce Maggie Gillespie as the new Main Street Program Coordinator b. Presentation to Council (July 17th) and upcoming Budget Workshop Meeting (July 23rd) Friday at noon, Molly Ann will be giving an update to City Council. Saturday at noon, Homebrew supply is having their grand opening with beer samples and music. 10. Adjournment: 6:42pm, motion made by Jean Baggett, seconded by Ralph Meyer. Motion carries. The City of San Marcos does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to its services, programs, or activities. Individuals who require auxiliary aids and services for this meeting should contact the City of San Marcos ADA Coordinator at 512-393-8000 (voice) or call Texas Relay Service (TRS) by dialing 7-1-1. Requests can also be faxed to 512-393- 8074 or sent by e-mail to ADArequest@sanmarcostx.gov