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2115-11-19 PEARLAND ECONOMIC 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 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015, 5:00 P.M., BOARD ROOM, PEDC OFFICE, 1200 PEARLAND PARKWAY, SUITE 200, PEARLAND, TEXAS. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:01 p.m. BOARD MEMBERS Chair Rushi Patel Secretary Brandon Dansby Board Member Hugh Patton Board Member Jeff Barry Board Member Mona Chavarria Board Member Reid Wendell Due to a scheduling conflict, Vice -Chair Lucy Stevener was not in attendance. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS City of Pearland Clay Pearson PEDC Matt Buchanan Pearland Chamber Carol Artz-Bucek PEARLAND ECONCOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF MEMBERS Melissa Black Roxanne Luna -Larsen Brian Malone Valerie Marvin CITY OF PEARLAND STAFF MEMBERS Claire Bogard Tara Kilpatrick II. Approval of Minutes Board Member Dansby made the motion, seconded by Board Member Chavarria to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 29, 2015. Motion Passed: 4 — 0 Minutes of a Regular Meeting November 19, 2015 Page 2 III. Public Comments: None IV. Financial Report A. Monthly Financial Report — September 2015 Budget Officer, Tara Kilpatrick, gave an overview of the September 2015 financial report. Board Member Barry arrived at 5:04 p.m. Board Member Wendell arrived at 5:05 p.m. V. New Business A. Pearland 20/20 Strategic Plan Mid -Course Update: The Board reviewed the outline of revised Pearland 20/20 Community Strategic Plan. The nine key strategies have remained the same, but strategic actions in some key initiatives have been modified to reflect what has been accomplished. Board Member Barry made the motion, seconded by Board Member Patton, to adopt the revised Pearland 20/20 Strategic Plan Mid -Course Update. Motion passed: 6-0 B. Budget Carryovers — Amend the FY 2015-2016 Budget: President Buchanan presented the FY 2015-2016 amended budget, which will carryover unspent funds from items budgeted in last fiscal year to our current FY 2015-2016 budget that began October 1, 2015. Funds for several line items also need to be increased or decreased and new line items have been added. The amount of amendments and carryovers is $5.1M for total expenditures of $17.3M. Board member Chavarria made a motion, seconded Board Member Patton, to approve the carryovers for amended FY2014-2015 budget. Note that the motion read requested approval for the FY 2014-2015 budget but the intent was for approval of the FY 2015-2016 budget. Motion passed: 6-0 C. Revised Five -Year Budget Projections: The Board reviewed the amended 2015-2020 Five Year Forecast. Two versions were presented by President Buchanan: the first version shows no revenue set aside in a reserve, the second showed 20% of sales tax revenue in reserve fund to retire outstanding debt. The Board requested that an alternate forecast be provided at the next board meeting showing 10% of revenue cumulatively reserved as a contingency fund with a cap of $5M over the current $3M reserved. D. Lower Kirby District Entryway Design Agreement with Clark Condon and Associates: A Professional Services Contract and proposal for the overall development of the Lower Kirby District brand, including, logo, signage, and landscaping prototype design, materials selection, construction design, and budget estimates was presented to the Board for consideration. Secretary Dansby made a motion, seconded by Board Member Barry, to approve the President enter into a Professional Services Contract for services as described with Clark Condon and Associates in an amount not to exceed $105,000. Motion Passed: 6-0 Minutes of a Regular Meeting November 19, 2015 Page 3 E. Monthly Activity Report: President Buchanan provided a brief summary of ongoing activity. VI. Other Business The meeting did not go into recess or enter into Executive Session. No new information was available at the time of the meeting for items VI. 1-2. and discussion was not required. Executive Session Under Texas Government Code 1. Section 551.087 — Deliberations Regarding Economic Development Negotiations — Update on Business Attraction/Retention Projects 2. Section 551.087 — Deliberations Regarding Economic Development Negotiations — Prospect #1511 VII. New Business F. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Economic Development Negotiations — Business Attraction/ Retention Projects No discussion or action taken. G. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION: Economic Development Negotiations — Prospect #1511 No discussion or action taken. VIII. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:23 p.m. Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this t 0 A.D., 2015. ATTEST. ener, Vice Chair day of 1•,1ke° PYY1 VX.Vi , Rush' Patel, Chair [: 7 I ,�