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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD
MEETING
APRIL 159 1997
7:00 p.m.
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Present:
Board
Gary McClure, President
Mary Watts, Council Member
Craig Sloan, Vice President
Sue Walden, Secretary
Staff
Dennis Watson, Staff Liaison
Absent
Dave Kovatch
Ronnie Fischer
Rick Manser
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mr. McClure called the meeting to order at 7:12 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND APRIL BOARD
MEETINGS
Mr. Sloan made a motion to approve the minutes. Ms. Walden seconded the motion. The motion
was approved unanimously.
4. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OVER SALES TAX ELECTION AD
HOC COMMITTEE
Mr. Kovatch provided the committee with an outline of the proposed sales tax committee. In the
outline he included: the purpose of the committee, an organizational chart, and a section to fill in
the roles and responsibilities of each committee member. Mr. Watson stated that even though
there was a section for the roles and responsibilities the main goal of this meeting was to come up
with a list of names of individuals whom the Board thought would serve in the designated
positions. The Board discussed at length possible committee members. Some of the suggestions
were to try and include representatives from each section of town. Mr. Watson stated that the
Board needed to try and include representatives from the senior population as well as the minority
population. Mr. McClure suggested that the Board take the list home and add to it any names
that they felt would be appropriate and come back to the next meeting ready to move forward
with contacting these individuals. Ms. Walden agreed to host a meeting at which the Board
would invite these individuals to serve on the committee. The meeting would be a question and
answer session. The Board agreed that this would be a good idea and stated that they would
agree upon a date at the next regular scheduled meeting.
5. OTHER BUSINESS
Ms. Watts gave the Board a brief update on the bowling alley prospect. Ms. Watts stated that
she was unsure whether this item would be placed on Council agenda and if it were not then the
Board would probably not meet next week. Mr. Watson explained that the problem they were
running into was in preparing backup for this agenda item; there was not enough back ground
information and financial history on this organization to merit going in front of Council and asking
for a 90 day non-compete clause, even though they were not specifying a particular tract of land.
Ms. Watts stated that she was unsure whether she should withdraw her request on this item,
because she did not want this prospect going before Council and being put on the spot. She
feared that this may scare the prospect off for good. Mr. Watson asked if Ms. Watts knew if the
prospect was willing to purchase land. Ms. Watts stated that it was a possibility. Ms. Watts
stated that she would take a wait and see attitude to see if this item was placed on the agenda. No
other action was taken on this item. Ms. Watts also informed the Board that last week she
received a call from Bram Neil the Real Estate Manager for Lowe's Inc. Mr. Neil informed Ms.
Watts that he had received an overwhelming response from the citizens of The Colony regarding
locating a Lowe's here. Mr. Neil stated that he was so impressed that he was going to send a
correspondence acknowledging the community support. Ms. Watts stated that Mr. Neil had
informed her that Lowe's had no immediate plans for locating a store in The Colony, but that
could change in the future.
There being no further business thymeetin was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. The next meeting is
scheduled for May 6, at 6:30 p.m.
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Respectfully Submitted, Dennis Watson, t Liaison