2001-04-30 PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PEARLAND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ("PEDC") BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD MONDAY, APRIL 30,2001,5:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS.
I. The meeting was called to order at 5:32 p.m. with the following present:
BOARD MEMBERS
Chairman Dennis Frauenberger
Vice Chairman Randy Ferguson
Secretary Susan Lenamon
Board Member Connie Beaumont
Board Member Bill Chase
Board Member Lucy Stevener
Not in attendance: Due to a conflict in schedule, Board member Charlie Philipp was unable to
attend.
EX -OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
City of Pearland
Chamber of Commerce
City of Pearland
Bill Eisen
Billye Everett
Tom Reid
Not in attendance: Due to a conflict in schedule, Ex -Officio member Jon Volkmer was unable to
attend.
STAFF MEMBERS
Executive Director Mike Chance
Administrative Assistant Janice Vega
Also in attendance: Council members Larry Marcott, Helen Beckman, Woody Owens, Klaus
Seeger and Director of Finance Jim Causey.
Minutes of Special Meeting of
April 30, 2001
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II. Approval of Minutes: Board Member Bill Chase made the motion, seconded by Vice
Chairman Randy Ferguson to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of April 16, 2001.
Motion Passed: 5 - 0
III. Board Member Reports: None
IV. Executive Director's Report: Staff had a booth at Houston Association of Realtors
Commercial Show. Gave out a lot of information on Pearland. Made several good contacts
with developers and real estate people.
Our broker and ally day was on Thursday, April 19'h. Although we didn't have as many
people show as responded, we were still pleased to have had 70 people check in some time
during the day. These represented industrial and commercial real estate brokers, project
developers, allies, and others. We gave out informational kits to everyone that attended.
Targeted marketing plan update. Dr. Hodgin is meeting with City Council tonight, City staff
on Wednesday morning, and with the Chamber board and business development committee
on the morning of May 18`". QUESTION TO BOARD: Do you want to have a public
meeting to allow citizens to respond to the same questionnaire? The Board responded that it
would be good to have such a meeting, but the Board would not have to attend. They
recommended different ways to publicize the meeting.
We have the developers for a potential business park coming in tomorrow to meet with our
City Manager and other City staff members. They are using the PEDC's business park study
as their guideline and are expecting us to work closely with them on developing it.
V. Public Comments: None
VI. Old Business: None
VII. New Business
A. Excused Absence: Vice Chairman Randy Ferguson made the motion, seconded by
Board Member Lucy Stevener to excuse the absence of Board Members Connie
Beaumont and Charlie Philipp from the Regular meeting of April 16, 2001.
Motion Passed: 4 - 0
Abstained: Connie Beaumont
Minutes of Special Meeting of
April 30, 2001
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B. Proposed Bid for Ambulance: Secretary Susan Lenamon made the motion,
seconded by Board Member Bill Chase to remove from table - Proposed bid for
ambulance.
Motion Passed: 5 - 0
C. Acceptance of Proposed Bid for Ambulance: Board Member Bill Chase made the
motion, seconded by Board Member Lucy Stevener to approve the proposed bid for
the ambulance, including the computer, in the amount of $92,850.00, and to add the
medical and billing software in the amount of $3,000.00. There was a discussion
between Board Members and the EMS staff in regard to the usage of the computer
and software.
Motion Passed: 5 - 0
D. 518 Sewer Project: Executive Director Mike Chance presented a brief update.
At the May 14'hCity Council meeting, a contract for the engineering of the 518 PEDC
sewer contract will be let. The company is Carter, Burgess and the initial contract
will be in the amount of $46,890.00. This initial contract will be for the phases I and
II. Phase I will be the preliminary engineering analysis of the proposed service area.
The contract is for 35 working days. Phase II is for the detailed engineering work,
including right of way, environmental assessment, and other. This contract will be
for 62 working days. Phase III will be for the actual design work. They will not
know how much this will be until after phases I and II. The construction work will be
a bid project.
VIII. OTHER BUSINESS - None
IX. Adjournment: Board Member Connie Beaumont made the motion, seconded by Board
Member Bill Chase to adjourn the meeting.
Motion Passed: 5 - 0
TIME: 6:20 p.m.
Minutes approved a submitted d/or corrected this g 1 f day of
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ATTEST:
Ja-atce Vka, Administrative Assistant