1996-07-15 PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD PUBLIC HEARING MEETING MINUTES - 7:30 PMMINUTES OF A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PEARLAND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD, OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, HELD MONDAY, JULY 15, 1996 AT 7:30 P.M., IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS.
The hearing was called to order at 7:59 p.m. with the following present:
BOARD MEMBERS
Chairman Dennis Frauenberger
Vice President Tricia Holland
Secretary Susan Lenamon
Board Member Bill Berger
Board Member Stella Roberts
Board Member Bob Lewis
Board Member Connie Beaumont
EX -OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS
Mayor Tom Reid
Chamber of Commerce Billye Everett
Tritech Regional Council John Knox
STAFF MEMBERS
Asst. Executive Director John R. Bowman
Marketing & Events
Coordinator Terrie Morgan
Administrative Asst. Perla N. Lehman
NUMBER SIGNING ATTENDANCE ROSTER: 29
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PURPOSE OF HEARING: To consider a proposed PEDC project to participate in the
design and develop a digitized parcel map and information database for the City of
Pearland to facilitate the recording and inventory of potential economic development sites
in accordance with the Development Corporation Act of 1979, as amended.
PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT - A detailed presentation of the
proposed project was given by City Engineer John Hargrove. Mr. Hargrove stated that
this project was being presented as a recommendation of the city's next step in the land
information system which the city hopes to eventually take to a fully featured GIS. He
stated that the proposal was that the city undertake a mapping project whereby we map
the city of Pearland and the entire ETJ (approximately 60 square miles) with all of the land
ownership (parcel) lines and that these maps be computer geo-linked to a database in the
same process that would identify these parcels as to their legal identification, their
ownership, appraised values, etc. He stated that this project was valuable to the PEDC
because of the identification of prospect parcels and similar parcels. Mr. Hargrove said
this proposal included enough money to put in some hardware and software in PEDC
staffs office to be able to run the same maps and database on their computer system.
Total estimated cost for this proposed project, Mr. Hargrove said, is $150,000.00 for the
parcel map alone. The company we have received our information from has given the city
a price proposal of $75,000.00. The software, kangaroo drive, optical disk drive, and
software/hardware installation all comes to a total of $79,000.00 to provide this capability
for two machines. There is also an update charge involved in the amount of $3,600.00 a
quarter. The city would have to be prepared to maintain this project or it would not do
the job expected. The low $75,000.00 price versus $150,000.00 was offered only if the
company could claim ownership of the database. This, Mr. Hargrove said, might not be
possible because anything produced for the city would be public information.
PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT
No one came forward at this time.
PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION - No came forward at this time.
COMMENTS BY THE PEDC BOARD
Board member Bill Berger stated his surprise that no one had come forward from the
PEDC staff to speak on behalf of this proposed project. He stated he would like to hear
where it stood on the staffs wish list and asked if the staff felt a project like this was really
needed.
Secretary Susan Lenamon stated she had attended several City Development meetings
and in her opinion the city's mapping as it stood now, needed improvement and the city
could only benefit from such a project. She said this would be a very important tool
during meetings with businesses planning on moving to Pearland. Ms. Lenamon stated
that she has always been conservative and is not readily in favor of spending the funds
needed, but seeing the value, felt that this is one project that should certainly be pursued.
She suggested researching other funding options before making any decisions.
Vice President Tricia Holland - stated she had spoken to a particular citizen who had
tried to establish a new business, but this citizen had run into some confusion and
eventually discovered the chosen location was not within the city limits, as originally
thought. She stated that if this project would eliminate this kind of confusion and helps us
help Pearland citizens in establishing new businesses as well as bringing in new businesses,
then it would be worth while looking into.
Board Member Bob Lewis stated PEDC could communicate with out of town prospects
via the internet. Prospects could call up a certain page given to them by PEDC with all
information regarding a location pertaining to their needs. This, Mr. Lewis said would
help better market what we have to offer in this city.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
C.J. Knudson of 5007 Groveton Lane - stated that a lot could be done with a project like
this. Small maps would be easier with a computer generated image. He said expensive
map copiers as well as a lot of other equipment would eventually be replaced by this
project.
Executive Director John Bowman explained that on top of the benefits already
mentioned by City Engineer John Hargrove, other overlays such as water and sewer lines
would be added. Information such as this would benefit the PEDC when locating sites
for prospects.
Another benefit would be having access to property locations and availability. PEDC can
locate property according to the prospect's needs and obtain all information regarding that
property. This information is currently being gathered manually by PEDC staff. Mr.
Bowman called this project a good tool for prospecting and for locating infrastructure.
After all board member questions and concerns were addressed satisfactorily, Chairman
Dennis Frauenberger opened the floor to move for an adjournment.
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ADJOURNMENT
Adjourned: 8:38 p.m. --
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this day
A.D., 1996.
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ATTEST:
Perla N. Lehman, Administrative Assistant