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2002-02-04 PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ("PEDC") BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4,2002,4:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS. I. The meeting was called to order at 4:06 p.m. with the following present: BOARD MEMBERS Chairman Dennis Frauenberger Vice Chairman Randy Ferguson Secretary Susan Lenamon Board member Bill Chase Board member Charlie Philipp Board member Lucy Stevener Not in attendance: Due to a conflict in schedule, Board member Connie Beaumont was unable to attend. EX -OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS Chamber of Commerce Billye Everett City of Pearland Mayor Tom Reid City of Pearland Bill Eisen Chamber of Commerce Jack Click STAFF MEMBERS Executive Director Mike Chance Assistant Executive Director Darlene Moody Economic Development Analyst Khue Nguyen Administrative Assistant Janice Vega Minutes of Regular Meeting of February 4, 2002 Page 2 II. Approval of Minutes: Board member Bill Chase made the motion, seconded by Board member Charlie Philipp to approve the minutes of the Regular meeting of November 26, 2001. Motion Passed: 6 — 0. III. Board Member Reports: Board members Dennis Frauenberger, Susan Lenamon, and Lucy Stevener commented on their attendance at the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. IV. Financial Statement Review: Executive Director Mike Chance gave an oral report and one was submitted to file. V. Executive Director's Report: Currently working on several different types of projects at this time. One out of state project, Prospect #0116, is a machine shop that has visited twice. Have shown him existing buildings and he met with a builder regarding a custom shop. Tele -Flow is about ready to start their expansion. Met with a developer in December concerning a large restaurant that was making plans to come to west Pearland. They were having problems with some of the building ordinances and were about to pull away from the developer. They met with the PEDC and the Permit Department. Met with Gary Cook in December to talk specifically about commercial development within Shadow Creek Ranch. He -,vent over his plans with us. They would still like to have a mall on their 288 exposure. He has places within the project for strip centers and commercial development. He thinks they will get a shopping center , possibly a Kroger or Randall shopping center. We recently met with the first developer looking to put a commercial project in Shadow Creek at Kirby and Shadow Creek Parkway. The Hampton Inn has started construction. The PEDC will host a groundbreaking ceremony at a later date. Met with Houston Tubular about a year ago regarding an expansion at their site on Hatfield. They met with city officials in a pre -development meeting last week and are planning to begin their expansion. They have also applied to use the foreign trade zone status. They were one of our sponsors to establish the FTZ. Met with the developers of Home Depot. These are the same people that developed the Dixie Farm Road location. They have pulled out of SilverLake Village and have been trying to locate it somewhere else on 518 west. We would like to have it in our city limits and have been working with them to come up with an adequate site. It will have some out parcel shops like the other one has. Have met with the developer three times so far. Minutes of Regular Meeting of February 4, 2002 Page 3 Working with a new major prospect, #0201 Medical. Unable to say much about them since it is highly confidential at this time. It is a large project and would be a significant capital investment. Will be attending a call center trade show next week with Fred Welch and one of our HL&P allies. Fred has showed two different prospects sites in Pearland regarding call centers. Next month will be attending the National Association of Manufacturers Trade Show in Chicago. Once again, HL&P has sponsored our registration for this show. It is the single largest trade show for general manufacturing companies in the U.S. The contract for the second phase engineering for the 518 Sewer Project was awarded in December in the amount of $437,217.00, will be paid out as spent. The PEDC will pay the rest of the contract. The fire truck will be delivered to the City today. It has to be outfitted with the equipment and radios. It should be in use in two to three weeks. We have paid for the equipment that goes on the truck, but have not paid for the truck. It will probably be billed with the delivery. The Oiler Drive/Bailey Road project has not started yet. The first project that will start soon is the survey of the project. The City's consultant, Turner, Brady, etc., will pick the engineer for the project. The Finance Department will set up a new account for this project. Since the City will be building Bailey Road west of Veterans, they will have to prorate some charges out, but will be informing everyone that we are paying for Veterans east, and the City is paying for Veterans west. They City will provide us with regular progress and financial reports. The McHard Road Overpass landscaping contract was awarded to Blue Ridge Services in the amount of $108,100.00 on January 14`h. They will be planting a large tree — five inch caliper. TBG Partners will be overseeing the project, which will start soon. Assistant Executive Director Darlene Moody introduced the newly designed packet folders and cut sheets. - VI. Public Comments - None VII. Old Business - None Minutes of Regular Meeting of February 4, 2002 Page 4 VIII. New Business A. PEDC Web Site: Assistant Executive Director Darlene Moody gave a brief overview of the RFQ's received on the new web site. Board member Charlie Philipp made the motion, seconded by Board member Lucy Stevener to instruct the PEDC staff to narrow down the choices and bring recommended proposals back to the Board. Motion Passed: 5 — 1 Opposed: Randy Ferguson B. Chamber of Commerce/PEDC Building: City Manager Bill Eisen informed the Board of the space needs at City Hall. Plans are in early stages. The Board. expressed concern over the financial arrangements and public image. C. 518 Sewer Project and Oiler Drive Extension: Both items were covered in Executive Director's report. D. 2002 Economic Development Summit: Executive Director Mike Chance invited the Board to attend Economic Development Summit in Arlington, VA. Board members Bill Chase, Dennis Frauenberger, Susan Lenamon, and Charlie Philipp showed interest in attending. IX. Adjournment: Board member Bill Chase made the motion, seconded by Board member Charlie Philipp to adjourn the meeting. Motion Passed: 6 - 0 TIME: 5:17 p.m. Minutes approv d as submitted and/or corr cted this O-Ld-G day of A.D., 2002. berger, ATTEST: 1 J"iceJV ega, Administra ve Assistant