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1996-11-04 PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PEARLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD, OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1996 AT 4:00 P.M. , IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS. I. The meeting was called to order at 4:07 p.m. with the following present: BOARD MEMBERS Chairman Dennis Frauenberger Vice President Board Member Board Member Tricia Holland Bill Berger Stella Roberts Not in attendance: Board members Connie Beaumont, Bob Lewis and Secretary Susan Lenamon. EX -OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS Chamber of Commerce Billye Everett Mayor Tom Reid Tritech John Knox Not in attendance: Paul Grohman, City Manager. STAFF MEMBERS Executive Director Glen Erwin Assistant Executive Director John R Bowman Marketing & Events Coordinator Terrie Morgan Also in attendance: Wendy Standorl Administrative Services, City Engineer John Hargrove and City Attorney Amy Motes McCullough. Not in attendance: Perla Lehman, Administrative Asst. for PEDC. 1 PEDC MINUTES 11-4-96 H. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of October 7,1996 - Board member Bill Berger made the motion, seconded by Vice President Tricia Holland to approve the minutes as submitted. Motion Passed: 4 to 0 III. Board Member Reports - Board member Stella Roberts informed the board that she had attended the Pearland Trade Fair that took place on October 27, 1996 and was pleased to see the larger facilities working out well. Ms. Roberts said that even though she thought the event went well, she thought a little more organization was needed in order to avoid conflict with other scheduled events taking place on the same weekend. Vice President Tricia Holland reported on the State of The States Economic Development Conference she attended on October 29-30, 1996 with Billye Everett, President of the Pearland/Hobby Area Chamber of Commerce and Terrie Morgan, Marketing and Events Coordinator for PEDC, stating that the conference had been excellent and had given them an opportunity to interface with other economic developers through out the state. Ms. Billye Everett added that the number one issue the conference had identified was the poor job of educating the workforce, an issue the PEDC and the Chamber were currently working on. A copy of the report with statistics presented by the Chancellor of The University of Texas regarding the education of the workforce and the trend projected in the next ten to twenty years will be provided as soon as possible. IV. Executive Director & Staff Report - Executive Director Glen Erwin's report included comments on a meeting with Congressman Tom Delay's staff regarding transportation and other needs in our area. Mr. Erwin called the meeting very productive. Other comments by Mr. Erwin included the final requests for proposal that the PEDC had received on the Overpass project conducted by Walsh Engineering, Inc. and the Industrial Eluent Study conducted by ECO Resources. Calling both very good proposals, Mr. Erwin said he would have copies and his recommendations to the board by the next scheduled PEDC board meeting. K PEDC MINUTES 11-4-96 V. NEW BUSINESS A. Proposed Logo - Board member Bill Berger made the motion, seconded by Vice President Tricia Holland to adopt the proposed PEDC logo as presented. Motion Passed: 4 to 0 B. Incentive Package - Board member Stella Roberts made the motion, seconded by Vice President Tricia Holland to approve the incentive package for Industrial Prospect #9639 including a grant in the amount of $10,000 and $26,410.00 for water and sewer to the site. Motion Passed: 4 to 0 VL ADJOURNMENT Board member Stella Roberts made the motion, seconded by board member Bill Berger to adjourn the meeting. Motion Passed: 4 to 0 Time: 4:44 p.m. Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected thi day of �✓®v , A.D., 1996. �— Dennis Frauenber er, P ATTEST: �Perhman, Administrative Assistant