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Min EDC 03/20/2014o F orb �f * r £O *a MmiM� r4f'X P 5 "City of Choice" MINUTES Regular Meeting Cibolo Economic Development Corporation 200 South Main, Cibolo, Texas 78108 Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:00 P.M. 1. Call to Order— Meeting was called to order by Vice President Ms. Evans at 6:02 p.m. 2. Roll Call — Members Present: Ms. Evans, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Hetzel, Mr. Boyle and Mr. Abel; Staff Present: Mark Luft, ED Director, Josh Schneuker, Robert Herrera, City Manager, Peggy Cimics, City Secretary and Anna Miranda, Finance Director, Council Present: Councilman Garrett and Councilman Hogue. 3. Invocation —Moment of Silence—Vice Chairman Evans asked for a Moment of Silence. 4. Pledge of Allegiance —All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Citizens to be Heard (limit remarks to 2 minutes) This is the opportunity for visitors and guest to address the Board of Directors on an issue that is relevant to the mission and purpose of the Economic Development Corporation. The Board of Directors may not debate any non -agenda issue, nor may any action be taken on any non - agenda issue at this time, however, the Board of Director's may present any factual response to items brought up by citizens. Joel Hicks of 203 Lamar St. spoke to the ED Corporation on the property located at IH 35 and Wiederstein Road. Mr. Hicks wanted to know why the property could not be cleared as they are doing across the street. 6. Nomination and Election of the President, Board of Directors. Mr. Boyle nominated Mr. Jackson for President. Motion was seconded by Mr. Hetzel. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 7. Nomination and Election of the Secretary, Board of Directors. Mr. Boyle nominated Mr. Abel for Secretary. Motion was seconded by Mr. Jackson. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 8. Opening Remarks by the President, Cibolo Economic Development Corporation. New President Mr. Jackson welcome everyone and thanked them for coming to the meeting . He also stated that the EDC was there for the best interest of the City. He ask the City Manager to keep the Board informed on decisions and projects going on in the City. 9. Consent Agenda. All of the following items may be acted upon by one motion. No separate discussion or action on any of the items is necessary unless desired by a Board Member. A.) Approval of Minutes for February 20, 2014. B.) Presentation of the Financial Reports forJanuary 2014. C.) Presentation of Sales Tax Report for January 2014. D.) Presentation of a report of the current stakeholders for the Downtown Revitalization Phase IV that have committed joint collaboration on the project. Mr. Abel made the motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion was seconded by Mr. Hetzel. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0. 10. Discussion and appropriate action on the Downtown Revitalization Action Plan Project Phase IV report by MDN Architects at the 50% level. Briefing was given by Ashley White of MDn Architect. The Board discussed the project and went over several phases of the project. MDn was able to answer questions the Board had and understanding that this is an ongoing process. The Board was in favor of the report and a 75% completion will be present at the April 2014 meeting. 11. Discussion and appropriate action relating to the Business Retention & Expansion Subcommittee report to the Board of Directors. Mr. Boyle stated that they were working with Josh and formulating their report. 12. Discussion and appropriate action relating to the creation of a Social Media program. Josh briefed the Board on an outline for the Social Media Program that he is working on. At the present time he is working on creating a face book page and twitter account for the EDC and is also continuing improve the present EDC web site page. 13. Discussion and appropriate action relating to the creation of a Business Retention & Expansion program. Josh is working with Mr. Luft and the sub -committee on developing a program that will identify current businesses within the City. When completed will begin visiting different businesses to find out their needs and work with them to continue to grow their business in Cibolo. 14. Discussion and appropriate action relating to the creation of a Cibolo Business Association. Josh also briefed this item and the Board was very interested in getting this project going. The Board stated that they will in the future create a budget for this item. 15. Future Agenda & Items of Interest. Norton, Rose, Fulbright will give a presentation on the EDC Boards responsibility. EDC Board will have a budget workshop. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Boyle will give an update on the Business Retention Sub -Committee Report. Update on project by Mr. Luft. EDC will receive a report on the citizen's inquiry on the railroad crossing horn noise. MON will give their 75% Report. 16. Set a Date and Time for next Meeting —Tentatively Thursday, April 17, 2014, at 6:00 pm. 17. Adjournment — Mr. Hetzel made the motion to adjourn. Motion was seconded by Mr. Boyle. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 17TH DAY OF APRIL 2014. Dbnnovpn JCC President Cibolo EDC