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CITY OF THE COLONY
DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS
DECEMBER 9, 2009
The Regular Session of The Colony Economic Development Corporation of The Colony, Texas,
was called to order at 6:00 p.m. on the 9t" day of December 2009, at City Hall, 6800 Main
Street, The Colony, Texas, with the following roll call:
Tom Tvardzik President Present
Kevin Braby Vice President Present
David Peerson Treasurer Present
David Smith Secretary Present
Femi Omonije Member at Large Present
Perry Schrag Council Liaison Absent (Business)
Keri Samford Staff Present
Cindi Lane Staff Present
Tony Johnston Interim City Manager Present
Greg Vick Interim Assistant City Manager Present
1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS; RECOGNITIONS:
Call To Order: - President Tom Tvardzik called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag: - President Tvardzik led in the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Announcement of upcoming events and activities'
New Developments: Ms. Samford said that the Original Chicken & Rice
restaurant should be open in about a week. The Lakeland Marketing agreement
has been approved by the City Council. The marketing cards have been printed
and delivered to the place where they will be inserted into the January utility
bills. NTCAR sent out an email blast with photos of the recent quarterly breakfast
to all their members and there was a photo of her along with Ms. Lane and Mr.
Peerson highlighting the Cascades development. That was great exposure for
The Colony. Ms. Samford said she attended the second tour with a client who is
interested in leasing about 8,000 square feet in Cascades.
Citizen Input: There was no citizen input.
2.0 CONSENT AGENDA
i These items are strictly public service announcements. No action will be taken and no direction will be given regarding these
items.
2.1 Acceptance of cash flow projection report
2.2 Acceptance of monthly % cent sales tax graph
2.3 Acceptance of tax allocation summary for November
2.4 Marketing update, website statistics, and print advertising
2.5 Approval of the minutes of the regular board meeting November 18, 2009
2.6 Acceptance of the Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ending September 30,
2009
President Tvardzik asked if there were any items that anyone wanted to be pulled and
there were none.
Mr. Smith made a motion to accept items 2.1 through 2.6 as presented. Mr. Braby seconded
the motion and all members voted in favor.
3.0 REGULAR AGENDA
3.1 Discussion and appropriate action regarding holding or sponsoring career job fair
(Smith): Mr. Smith said that he was interested in The Colony EDC participating in a job
fair to introduce businesses to the City of The Colony and give The Colony citizens an
opportunity to meet employers for present and future employment. He discussed the
positives, negatives, possible locations, ways to reduce the cost and how to promote the
job fair. The board had some questions regarding number of participating businesses
and number of attendees. Ms. Samford said that if The Colony EDC is going to assist with
the cost then the job fair should be held at the Fairfield inn instead of a gym or city
facility for perception purposes. Mr. Smith plans to do some more research and would
like to discuss options with the board at the January board meeting.
4.0 EXECUTIVE AGENDA
4.1 A. Executive Session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 (1)
regarding Personnel to Wit: Deliberate the appointment, employment, duties for
candidates for the position of an Economic Development Director
The board went into executive session at 6:17 p.m.
Reconvene to Open Session
The board reconvened from executive session at 9:59 p.m. There was no action taken.
EDC Minutes December 9, 2009, Page 2
ADJOURNMENT:
President Tvardzik adjourned the meeting at 10:00 p.m.
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Cindi Lane Tom Tvardzik
Recording Secretary President
EDC Minutes December 9, 2009, Page 3