2013-12-09 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING MEETING MINUTES 2 MINUTES OF A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2013, AT 6:30 P.M. IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
Mayor Reid called the meeting to order at 6:52 p.m. with the following present:
Mayor Tom Reid
Mayor Pro-Tern Greg Hill
Councilmember Tony Carbone
Councilmember Scott Sherman
Councilmember Keith Ordeneaux
City Manager Bill Eisen
City Attorney Darrin Coker
City Secretary Young Lorfing
Absent: Councilmember Susan Sherrouse.
Others in attendance: Jon Branson Assistant City Manager; Matt Buchanan President of
Economic Development Corporation; Eric Wilson Public Works Director; Trent Epperson
Director of Engineering and Capital Projects; Mike Hodge Assistant City Manager; Lata
Krishnarao Director of Community Development; Andrea Broughton Deputy
Director/City Engineer; Claire Bogard Finance Director; Sparkle Anderson
Communications Manager; Harold Ellis City Planner; Skipper Jones Assistant Director
of Capital Projects.
PURPOSE OF HEARING - PUBLIC COMMENT AND TESTIMONY REGARDING THE
CREATION OF A REINVESTMENT ZONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
312.201 OF THE TAX CODE AND CITY OF PEARLAND'S GUIDELINES FOR
GRANTING TAXING ABATEMENTS. Mr. Darrin Coker, City Attorney.
City Attorney Darrin Coker reported a Public Hearing is required prior to the creation of
a Reinvestment Zone for property located on the east side of Kirby Drive (north of the
Pearland Medical Plaza and Surgery Center), and a zone must be formed before the
City may enter into a Tax Abatement Agreement with any prospect that may develop in
the zone. The hearing is being held to determine whether the proposed industrial
improvements sought for the property are feasible and practicable and whether the
improvements will benefit the land with the zone. Pearland Economic Development
Corporation has been working with a company on the possible construction of a light
manufacturing facility. The proposed facility would include office, manufacturing and
warehouse area in an 80 thousand square foot tilt-wall concrete building. The structure
will be of similar quality and style to the Cardiovascular Systems and Merit Medical
facilities. Investment in land, building and equipment is estimated at $9 million. The
Council recently created a Reinvestment Zone on a different parcel for this Pearland
Economic Development Corporation prospect. The purchase of that property did not
close, so the prospect is now negotiating the purchase of the parcel that is the subject
of the hearing. The first reading of the ordinance creating the Reinvestment Zone will be
considered by City Council on December 9, 2013 with a second reading scheduled for
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December 16, 2013. An actual abatement agreement would not be presented to the
City Council until January 2014.
CITIZEN COMMENTS: None.
COUNCIL/STAFF DISCUSSION: None.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 6:56 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this the 13th day of January, A.D.,
2014.
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Tom Reid
Mayor
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