2002-04-29 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, APRIL 29,2002,4:00 P.M. IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS.
I. The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. with the following present:
BOARD MEMBERS
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Secretary
Board member
Board member
Board member
Dennis Frauenberger
Randy Ferguson
Susan Lenamon
Bill Chase
Charlie Philipp
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 Bill Eisen
Chamber of Commerce Jack Click
Not in attendance: Due to a conflict in schedule, Ex -Officio Board member Mayor Tom Reid
was unable to attend.
STAFF MEMBERS
Interim Executive Director Khue Nguyen
Administrative Assistant Janice Vega
Minutes of Regular Meeting of
April 29, 2002
Page 2
II. Approval of Minutes: Secretary Susan Lenamon made the motion, seconded by Board
member Charlie Philipp to approve the minutes of the Regular meeting of February 4, 2002
and the Special meeting of February 25, 2002.
Motion Passed: 6 — 0
III. Board Member Reports — None
IV. Financial Statement Review: Interim Executive Director Khue Nguyen gave an oral
report and one was submitted to file. Secretary Susan Lenamon requested a breakdown of
each expenditure on the major PEDC projects.
V. Executive Director's Report:
Investment Leads/Projects
The staff has worked on several projects over the past couple of months. UTEX Industries,
a designer and manufacturer of sealing products, chose Pearland as one of its candidate
sites to expand its operations and possibly to consolidate its entire U.S. operations. Staff
presented a site and incentive proposal for its required 50,000 -square -feet facility. Staff is
in the process of searching for a site in Pearland for the potential relocation of Houston
Radiator Company. The company is interested in constructing a 12,000 -square -feet
facility. Staff is also working with Apex Manufacturing Services, a precision machining
and product development company, to relocate its operations in Pearland.
Staff also received two leads from Reliant Energy and the Greater Houston Partnership and
submitted two proposals. The former is for an approximately 100,000 -square -feet
manufacturing facility and the latter is for an approximately 250,000 -square -feet corporate
building.
Infrastructure Projects
The cost of the landscaping of the McHard Road Overpass right-of-ways has increased by
$24,000.00. The initial bid was awarded to Blue Ridge Services in the amount of
$108,100.00 on January 14th. Blue Ridge Services' bid, however, was based on the
information, provided by the city, that water was available on the west side of Highway 35
(North Main). Blue Ridge just recently discovered that water was actually on the east side
of Highway 35. The $24,000.00 is the anticipated cost of extending water from the east
side of Highway 35 to the west side of Highway 35, boring under Highway 35.
The Oiler Drive/Bailey Road Project is still in the surveying phase, which is expected to be
completed by June. Once the surveying is completed, the engineering design phase will be
started and that is followed by the right-of-way acquisition. The construction is expected
to begin in the 3rd quarter of 2003 with the expected completion date of the 1st quarter of
2007. The finance department has created new accounts for this project. See attached
Cash Flow chart.
Minutes of Regular Meeting of
April 29, 2002
Page 3
The 518 Sewer Project is currently under right-of-way negotiation, which is expected to be
completed by June. We have encumbered $51,630.00 for this phase. The PEDC has paid
$66,170.66 and encumbered $331,276.24 for the engineering phase. The project is
expected to be completed around April 2003.
Other Projects
Staff is working with Houston Tubular "and the consulting firm of Foreign Trade Zone
Corporation to activate the process with customs.
The Holiday Express Inn, which received a $36,000.00 financial incentive grant from the
PEDC in December of 2000, has finally acquired sufficient funding to proceed with the
project. The groundbreaking is scheduled for Friday, May 3ra. The Holiday Inn is a 60 -
room, approximately 36,769 -square -feet building generating a total capital investment of
$2.75 million.
Home Depot has found a site for its store. The site is located on the northeast corner of FM
518 and Wooten Road. Chad Moss, the project representative, is seeking a grant from the
PEDC although staff has made it clear that the retail sector is not one that the PEDC
assists.
The staff attended the Houston Area Realtor Trade show on April 9`h. The event generated
two leads that the staff is presently pursuing. The event also allowed us to debut some new
marketing materials. The concept for the new materials was put forth by the PEDC's
former Assistant Executive Director, Darlene Moody.
Staff attended the Texas Economic Development meeting in Roundrock, Texas last week.
VI. Public Comments - None
VII. Old Business - None
VIII. New Business
A. Excused Absence: Vice Chairman Randy Ferguson made the motion, seconded by
Board member Lucy Stevener to excuse the absence of Board member Connie
Beaumont from the Regular meeting of February 4, 2002.
Motion Passed: 6 — 0
B. Excused Absence: Secretary Susan Lenamon made the motion, seconded by
Board member Lucy Stevener to excuse the absence of Board member Bill Chase
from the Special meeting of February 25, 2002.
Motion Passed: 5 — 0
Abstained: Bill Chase
Minutes of Regular Meeting of
April 29, 2002
Page 4
C. PEDC Web Site: Board member Charlie Philipp made the motion, seconded by
Vice Chairman Randy Ferguson to table the item.
Motion Passed: 6 — 0
D. Pearland Police Department Project: Police Chief J. C. Doyle gave a
presentation to the Board regarding a proposed project to aid the Police Department
in attracting new officers to the area. Board member Bill Chase made the motion,
seconded by Secretary Susan Lenamon to approve up to $20,000.00 to the Pearland
Police Department to fund the project, upon receiving legal approval of the
expenditure.
Motion Passed: 6 — 0
E. Pearland Independent School District Grant Request: Dr. Glenn Garrison,
President of the P.I.S.D. School Board, spoke to the Board regarding the two
requests from the school district. Vice Chairman Randy Ferguson made the
motion, seconded by Board member Charlie Philipp to table the item and requested
that Dr. Garrison, Chairman Dennis Frauenberger, and Interim Executive Director
Khue Nguyen meet to further discuss the issue and to consult with the City
Attorney.
Motion Passed: 5 — 0
Abstained: Susan Lenamon
F. Tele -Flow Grant Request: Board member Bill Chase made the motion, seconded
by Chairman Dennis Frauenberger to table the item until further financial
information could be obtained from the company.
G. Executive. Director Position: City Manager Bill Eisen updated the board on the
open position. He received 23 applications and has narrowed them down to 5. The
board requested that he do preliminary interviews and set up formal interviews to
include the board with 2 to 3 candidates.
IX. Adjournment: Secretary Susan Lenamon made the motion, seconded by Board member
Bill Chase to adjourn the meeting.
Motion Passed: 6 - 0
TIME: 5:53 p.m.
Minut�roved as submitted and/or correct thi 141C9 day of
A.D., 2002
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ATTEST:.
Janie Vega, Adm inist ative Assistant