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2004-07-26 PEARLAND ECONCOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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, JULY 26, 2004, 5:30 P.M., IN THE 2ND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS. I. The meeting was called to order at 5:37 p.m. with the following present. BOARD MEMBERS Secretary Board member Board member Board member Lucy Stevener Helen Beckman Felicia Kyle Steve Saboe Board member Ed Thompson Not in attendance: Due to a conflict in schedule, Chairman Randy Ferguson and Board Member George Sandars were unable to attend the meeting. EX -OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS City of Pearland Bill Eisen City of Pearland Mayor Tom Reid Chamber of Commerce Carol Artz STAFF MEMBERS Executive Director Fred Welch Marketing Manager Will Benson Manager of Business Retention and Expansion Karen Dickson Administrative Assistant Janice Vega Minutes of a Regular Meeting July 26, 2004 Page 2 With the Secretary's concurrence, Items B and C under New Business were moved up on the agenda. VII. New Business B. Board Member Helen Beckman made the motion, seconded by Board Member Steve Saboe to adopt a resolution authorizing publication of Notice of Public Hearing and Right to Petition and Authorizing Certain Other Matters Relating Thereto. Public Hearing will be set for October 11, 2004. Motion Passed: 5 — 0 C. Board Member Ed Thompson made the motion, seconded by Board Member Steve Saboe to approve economic development incentives to Trigon Products in the amount of $20,000.00 contingent upon receiving the certificate of occupancy. Motion Passed: 5 — 0 II. Approval of Minutes: Board Member Felicia Kyle made the motion, seconded by Board Member Helen Beckman to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Monday, June 28, 2004. Motion Passed: 5 - 0 II. Board Member Reports: Steve Saboe — Attended a meeting to select the 2004 Industry of the Year. Helen Beckman — Attended the Holiday Inn grand opening. Lucy Stevener — No report Felicia Kyle — No report Ed Thompson — Attended the Holiday Inn grand opening. V. Executive Director's Report The Cardinal Project decision was for the Stafford area. There was too great of a differential in tax savings between what Stafford has with no city property tax and what we could muster with use of the Foreign Trade Zone and other cash concessions. The difference over ten years was close to $5 million dollars based upon information given to me by Cardinal. Having two projects within the past six months seriously consider our site, even though we have not begun construction, is very significant. The ORCA project is on hold not cancelled. We are pursuing three additional projects at this time that have a longer timeframe (2006 to 2007) for a building. Two of these projects are in the bio pharma manufacturing area. Regarding The Spectrum Project, our July 26th meeting is extremely important in terms of moving forward with the sale of the sales tax bonds to support Phase I of The Spectrum. The formal action required of the board is to post the public notice in the paper for a Minutes of a Regular Meeting July 26, 2004 Page 3 public hearing and concerning the sale of the bonds. This starts a 60 -day comment period required by state law for the general public to comment either for or against the project. The second Monday in October (October 11), the public hearing will be conducted followed by a meeting of the PEDC Board. Formal action by the Board for the sale of the bonds will be the action item for this meeting. Assuming the Board authorizes the sale of up to $6.5 million in bonds, the item will go before City Council the same day for concurrent approval. With the approval of the sale of the bonds our financial advisor will be in a position to sell the bonds. They will be funded (money to PEDC) most likely about three to four weeks after the Board takes action. PEDC has already passed a reimbursement authorization, which will allow PEDC to recover any funds expended, if we so desire, between April (date of the authorization), and when we are fully funded. This will allow for the project to be bid and construction to begin if time and work schedules permit. This is an important event for the PEDC and City. Once construction is underway our development partners with LNR, Colliers International and BioScience Capital will be aggressively seeking tenants for the Phase I area. The City of Pearland has authorized the issuance of Certificates of Obligation to pay for regional detention and expenses beyond our $6.5 million commitment. The City of Pearland's contribution in these areas will be another $3.2 million. LNR's commitment for land purchase, infrastructure and site development is an additional $8.5 million. Although considerable energy is going forward on The Spectrum, I am very pleased with the progress staff is making in attracting other firms to Pearland. Trigon Products is interested in purchasing one of the buildings within the Planned Unit Development (PUD) now before Planning and Zoning for Pauluhn Electric. The firm is in need of additional manufacturing space and will relocate from South Houston to Pearland. Trigon manufactures parts for a wide range of compressors and ships their products throughout the United States. The Freeport Exemption on parts and inventory leaving the state within 170 days will be very beneficial for them. They currently employ 31 people, 7 salaried and 24 hourly. They anticipate an additional 9 new employees within 5 years with an additional payroll of $300,000 over their current $1.2 million. Trigon is a reseller or manufacture of products. Sales tax impact on their product is minimal. Estimated sales tax revenue from employees working at the facility is $250 per employee per year based upon data from the Comptrollers office or $7750 per year. Most manufacturing jobs indirectly create or retain up to 4 persons in support (retail and service) jobs within the region. The firm is seeking assistance of up to $30,000 for equipment relocation. This would appear to be very reasonable and similar in nature to what was provided last year for TyMetal Corp ($24,500 for moving). I do not believe the investment in the property (new Minutes of a Regular Meeting July 26, 2004 Page 4 investment) will hit the threshold for tax abatement or other city incentives. We have funds remaining in the Industry attraction account to cover up to $30,000. 1 would urge your consideration of this action pending successful acquisition of the property by Trigon and receipt of a certificate of occupancy by the City of Pearland. Karen has been visiting with communities in the region concerning how they use their hotel motel funds and the composition of their CVB or Hotel/Motel committee. She will be preparing a report to go forward to the City Staff on how to best administer the Hotel Motel funds for the city. PEDC has stewardship over this fund. Karen is in charge of administering the funds and working directly with whatever committee structure is established through City Council. The fund is generating about $150,000 per year and will increase now that the new Holiday Inn Express in running. VI. Public Comments: Carol Artz, President of the Pearland Chamber of Commerce, gave a quarterly report. Report submitted to file. (New Business continued) A. Excused Absence: Board Member Felicia Kyle made the motion, seconded by Board Member Ed Thompson to excuse the absence of Chairman Randy Ferguson and Board Member Helen Beckman from the Regular Meeting of June 28, 2004. Motion Passed: 5 — 0 D. Public Hearing Date: Board Member Ed Thompson made the motion, seconded by Board Member Helen Beckman to set the date of August 23, 2004 for a Public Hearing and Board Meeting on the 2004/2005 PEDC Budget. Motion Passed: 5 -0 VIII. Adjournment: Board Member Steve Saboe made the motion, seconded by Board Member Helen Beckman to adjourn the meeting at 6:53 p.m. Motion Passed: 5 - 0 Minutes app ved as submitted and/or A.D., 2004. corrected this 13 Awl day of ATTEST: ani Vega, Administr tive Assistant