Historic Downtown Plano Association Meeting Minutes
June 7, 2016
9:00 am, event1013
- Call to Order—Alex Hargis, Executive Director
- Old Business
- Public Safety Report - Officer Chris Semrau, Plano Police Department
- One vehicle theft, one break-in
- More officer presence
- More arrests because of it
- Increase in transients, DART area especially
- Increase in complaints in panhandling
- Best thing you can do is give your resources to charities and organizations that help the homeless
- Don’t buy bread from anyone selling with no health permit
- Posters for Fire Truck Pull fundraiser for Special Olympics of Texas to be distributed
- At Oak Point this year, will be a big event, October 8
- More info to come
- More patrol downtown, new officer for evenings
- Officer Matt Eadler
- Finance Report – Barbara Minchillo, Treasurer
- April 2016
- $68,044 in account; $30,544 left after Exec. Director salary
- Income: $29,772 for April
- Expenses: $12,965 for April
- Net: $16,807 for April
- Facilities Report – Alex Hargis, Executive Director
- Parking Solutions Update
- Working with the City
- Pursuing valet program, sponsor options to get it funded
- Valet companies has been here to scope where lots and podiums will be
- Can add a new parking block at the Baptist church onto City maps
- Churches will be crucial in helping with our parking situations
- Bids have been around $5,000 a month
- Pursuing a way to validate parking
- Power washing of bird droppings, public works may do it for free
- Power washing is tricky on the bricks because they’re set in sand
- May look at beautification budget to aid in
- Night Out on 15thRecap – Alex Hargis
- 204 attendees
- Richmond Punch was the entertainment
- Alex’s calves raised about $300 in raffle tickets
- $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
- New Business
- Membership Mixer at Texas Pool – Julie Holmer
- Jennifer Bennett with Texas Pool joined
- June 27 at 5:00-8:00
- Working on making the pool a historic place
- RSVP on EventBrite
- Bring the family!
- Plano ArtFest Update – Alex Hargis
- Looking at a Maker’s village
- Will have chalk art as well
- Will be a daytime event
- September 17
- New Event Announcement – Alex Hargis
- Movies in the park, 8:00 pm
- Directly geared toward families
- Last Saturday of the Summer months
- June, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Costume contest
- July, Zootopia
- August, Cinderella, princess dress is encouraged
- Free events, looking to have food trucks for refreshments
- Facebook event will be added today
- Membership News & Updates – Open forum
- New faces here, introductions of new members
- Kathy, Heritage Farmstead Museum
- Saturday, Friends of the Farmstead event, Angela’s at the Crosswalk is sponsoring
- Go to website for more info
- Tammy, Plano Public Library
- Summer will have artists in residence, workshops
- Submit events on the visitdowntownplano.com website
- Business Items for Next Meeting
Next Meeting:
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
9:00 AM held at event1013