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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/13/99 EDC MINUTES THE COLONY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WORK SESSION AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS MAY 13, 1999 Present: President John Gordon Treasurer A1 Garcia Member Lois LeBlanc Member Delaina Hammock Ex-officio Member Sue Walden Council Liaison Mayor Mary Blair Watts Absent: Vice President Dr. Richard Seidler Guests: Jerry Conner, President, Economic Development Services Laurin Prather, Economic Development Services H. C. Zachry, Zachry & Associates Jon Roberts, Angelou Economic Advisors Sandy Hancock, Makos Design Staff: Gene Ramsey Cindi Lane Work session began at 6:10 p.m. with a presentation by Mr. Conner, Mr. Prather and Mr. Zachry representing the consulting fn'm Economic Development Services. Questions and answers were addressed following the presentation and they were excused. The next presentation began at 7:20 p.m. from Mr. Roberts and Ms. Hancock. Questions and answers were addressed following the presentation and they were excused. The board discussed the two presentations and President Gordon called a recess at 8:15 p.m. Item 1.0. Call to Order: President Gordon called the meeting to order at 8:25 p.m. and led in the Pledge of Allegiance. Item 1.1. Staff Reports: Mr. Ramsey covered the Allocation Summary of the city taxes collected for the month of May. He also discussed the cash flow projections. There were no questions by the board. Item 1.2. Board President's Comments: President Gordon extended a welcome to the newest member of the board, Delaina Hammock. Item 1.3. Citizen Input: There was no citizen input. Item 1.4. Council Liaison comments: There was no comment fi.om Council Liaison, Mary Watts. Item 1.5: Ex-officio member comments: Ex-officio member, Sue Walden, reported the information on the results of the 4B Negotiation Team report to the 4B board which occurred on May 12th. Ms. Walden stated that the contract of Brinkley Sargent Architects has been accepted by the 4B board and will be presented to the City Council in the near future. Item 2.1. Consideration of approval of the minutes of the board meeting held April 22, 1999: A motion was made by Treasurer Garcia to accept the minutes of the board meeting held April 22, 1999. Ms. LeBlanc seconded the motion. The motion carried with all ayes. Item 2.3. New Board Member: President Gordon recognized Ms. Hammock as the newly appointed 4A Board member and welcomed her to the board. Item 2.2. Consideration of recommendation from Negotiation Team relating to Lakeview Senior Assisted Living Facility: Mr. Garcia made a motion to disband the negotiation team until the prospect re-initiates discussions. Ms. Hammock seconded the motion. The motion carried with all ayes. Item 2.4. Discussion of strategic planning meeting with Ernie Harris of TU Electric, (214) 812-5753, facilitator. May 22'9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.: Mr. Ramsey discussed the need to fred out who would be ~/ttending the seminar and stated that he needed all members to turn in the questionnaires that they were given so that Mr. Harris could get that information. Mr. Garcia informed Mr. Ramsey that he would not be attending the seminar due to being out of town but would turn in his packet. Ms. LeBlanc stated that she would not be able to stay for the entire meeting due to a previous commitment. All other members indicated that they would attend the seminar as scheduled. It was agreed to invite Lanny Lambert, the city manager, to attend. Item 2.5. Consideration of and appropriate action regarding the prioritizing finalist proposals for marketing The City of The Colony and making recommendations to The City Council: Ms. LeBlanc made a motion to select Economic Development Systems as the marketing team for recommendation to the Council. The motion was seconded by Ms. Hammock. The motion carded with all ayes. There was discussion of whether or not to appoint a negotiation team to address concerns, issues and negotiations of the contract. President Gordon appointed a negotiation team consisting of himself, Mr. Ramsey and Ms. Hammock. The 4A board members indicated agreement. EDC Minutes, May 13, 1999, Page 2 of 3 Item 2.6. Consideration of and appropriate action regarding prioritizing finalist proposal for updating and maintaining the website "thecolonytx.org'. Garcia made a motion for staffto contact Mike Catt who had submitted the proposal for consideration and inform him that discussions with the proposed consultant for 4A would include website construction and maintenance. Ms. LeBlanc seconded the motion. The motion carried with all ayes. Item 2.7. Concerns of the board, discussions and decisions regarding board meeting times: There was discussion of meeting days and times. Mr. Garcia made a motion for the 4A board to meet at 7:00 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month, beginning in June. In addition, staffwas requested to talk with the police department about the possible conflict between the Police Citizens' Academy (which is scheduled to meet on Wednesdays in the council chamber) and the 4A Board's desire to meet on the third Wednesday of each month in the council chambers. Ms. Hammock seconded the motion. The motion was carried with all ayes. (PLEASE NOTE: The next academy begins September 8. The move to the new city hall/library is scheduled in August. The council chamber in the new city hall should be available on Wednesdays.) Item 2.8. Future meetings schedule: There was discussion that this issue was resolved. Item 2.9. Discussion and appropriate action regarding election of a secretary for the board: President Gordon made a motion to elect Ms. Hammock as Secretary of the 4A Board. Mr. Garcia seconded the motion. The motion carried with all ayes. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned by President Gordon at 9:30 p.m. Cindi Lane Executive Secretary EDC Minutes, May 13, 1999, Page 3 of 3