Historic Downtown Plano Association Meeting Minutes

June 7, 2016

9:00 am, event1013

  1. Call to Order—Alex Hargis, Executive Director
  2. Old Business
  3. Public Safety Report - Officer Chris Semrau, Plano Police Department
  4. One vehicle theft, one break-in
  5. More officer presence
  6. More arrests because of it
  7. Increase in transients, DART area especially
  8. Increase in complaints in panhandling
  9. Best thing you can do is give your resources to charities and organizations that help the homeless
  10. Don’t buy bread from anyone selling with no health permit
  11. Posters for Fire Truck Pull fundraiser for Special Olympics of Texas to be distributed
  12. At Oak Point this year, will be a big event, October 8
  13. More info to come
  14. More patrol downtown, new officer for evenings
  15. Officer Matt Eadler
  16. Finance Report – Barbara Minchillo, Treasurer
  17. April 2016
  18. $68,044 in account; $30,544 left after Exec. Director salary
  19. Income: $29,772 for April
  20. Expenses: $12,965 for April
  21. Net: $16,807 for April
  22. Facilities Report – Alex Hargis, Executive Director
  23. Parking Solutions Update
  24. Working with the City
  25. Pursuing valet program, sponsor options to get it funded
  26. Valet companies has been here to scope where lots and podiums will be
  27. Can add a new parking block at the Baptist church onto City maps
  28. Churches will be crucial in helping with our parking situations
  29. Bids have been around $5,000 a month
  30. Pursuing a way to validate parking
  31. Power washing of bird droppings, public works may do it for free
  32. Power washing is tricky on the bricks because they’re set in sand
  33. May look at beautification budget to aid in
  34. Night Out on 15thRecap – Alex Hargis
  35. 204 attendees
  36. Richmond Punch was the entertainment
  37. Alex’s calves raised about $300 in raffle tickets
  38. $2,000 in raffle ticket sales alone

e.A&WW

i. Theme is Red, Whites and Blue

Anything in the store made in America is 25% off

  1. New Business
  2. Membership Mixer at Texas Pool – Julie Holmer
  3. Jennifer Bennett with Texas Pool joined
  4. June 27 at 5:00-8:00
  5. Working on making the pool a historic place
  6. RSVP on EventBrite
  7. Bring the family!
  8. Plano ArtFest Update – Alex Hargis
  9. Looking at a Maker’s village
  10. Will have chalk art as well
  11. Will be a daytime event
  12. September 17
  13. New Event Announcement – Alex Hargis
  14. Movies in the park, 8:00 pm
  15. Directly geared toward families
  16. Last Saturday of the Summer months
  17. June, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  18. Costume contest
  19. July, Zootopia
  20. August, Cinderella, princess dress is encouraged
  21. Free events, looking to have food trucks for refreshments
  22. Facebook event will be added today
  23. Membership News & Updates – Open forum
  24. New faces here, introductions of new members
  25. Kathy, Heritage Farmstead Museum
  26. Saturday, Friends of the Farmstead event, Angela’s at the Crosswalk is sponsoring
  27. Go to website for more info
  28. Tammy, Plano Public Library
  29. Summer will have artists in residence, workshops
  30. Submit events on the visitdowntownplano.com website
  31. Business Items for Next Meeting

Next Meeting:

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

9:00 AM held at event1013