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Mins EDC 11/21/2024aboirAx [CONONIC Op[�o �N[NT 200 South Main Sheet P.O. Box 826, Cibolo, Texas 78108 Phone: (210) 658-9900 Fax: (210) 658-1687 w .cibolotx.gov Regular Call Meeting Cibolo Economic Development Corporation CIBOLO MUNICIPAL BUILDING 200 S. MAIN November 21, 2024 6:30 P.M. Minutes 1. Call to Order — Meeting was called to order by the President Mr. Mattingly at 6:33 p.m. 2. Roll Call and Excused Absences — Members Present: Mr. Mattingly, Ms. Qaiyyim, Mr. Boyle, Ms. Christophe, Mr. Ottman, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. Triesch. 3. Invocation — Moment of Silence — A Moment of Silence was requested by Mr. Mattingly. 4. Pledge of Allegiance — All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance. 5. Citizens to be Heard (limit remarks to 3 minutes) This is the only time during the CEDC Board Meeting that a citizen can address the Board of Directors. It is the opportunity for visitors and guests to address the Board of Directors on any issue to include agenda items. All visitors wishing to speak must fill out the Sign -In Roster prior to the start of the meeting. 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 Directors may present any factual response to items brought up by citizens. (Attorney General Opinion - JC -0169) (Limit of three minutes each.) All remarks shall be addressed to the Board of Directors as a body. Remarks may also be addressed to any individual member of the Board of Directors so long as the remarks are (i) about matters of local public concern and (ii) not disruptive to the meeting or threatening to the member or any attendee. Any person violating this policy may be requested to leave the meeting, but no person may be requested to leave or forced to leave the meeting because of the viewpoint expressed. This meeting is livestreamed. If anyone would like to make comments on any matter regarding the Cibolo EDC or on an agenda item and have this item read at this meeting, please email pcimics@cibolotx.gov and vchapman@cibolotx.gov or telephone 210-566-6111 before 5:00 pm the date of the meeting. There was no individuals that signed up to speak during this item. 6. Consent Agenda— Consent Items (General Items) (All items listed below are considered to be routine and non -controversial by the Board of Directors and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board Member requests, in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered individually.) A. Approval of Minutes for October 17, 2024, Regular Call Meeting. B. Approval of Financial and Sales Tax Reports for September 2024. C. Approval of Reimbursement to the City of Cibolo General Fund for staff time working on Cibolo Economic Development Corporation projects for October 2024. Mr. Triesch made the motion to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion was seconded by Mr. Hicks. For: All; Against: None. The motion carried 7 to 0. 7. Discussion/Action A. Discussion/Action in Identifying the Top 10 Actions from Chapter 7 (Implementation) of the EDC Strategic Economic Development Plan The EDC first briefly went over the six action items. Those items are: 1. Business Retention and Expansion, 2. Business Recruitment and Attraction, 3. Asset Development, 4. Toolbox Development, 5. Outreach, Marketing, and Communication, 6. Organization and Coordination. Each EDC member placed their top ten choices using the Strategic Economic Development Plan Implementation Matrix. Once that was completed staff was able to score those objectives to find out which were the top 10. The following items were listed by the EDC members as the top ten objectives. These are not in any specific order. 1. Objective 1.2 Implement an annual survey to identify emerging trends/needs, 2. Objective 2.1 Become more proactive with regional and statewide partners in business recruitment, 3. Objective 3.2 Maintain a locally comprehensive property and asset database, 3. Objective 3.5 Consider creating an Economic Development Opportunity Fund, 5. Objective 4.1 Match land use regulations to economic development vision, particularly in economic activity centers. 6. Objective 4.2 Create economic development incentives that match the City's priorities and performance expectations. 7. Objective 4.3 Hire/reposition an existing City staff member under economic development to be a development ombudsman. 8. Objective 5.1 Create marketing collateral necessary for effective retention and recruitment efforts. 9. Objective 5.4 Implement a proactive community engagement and education initiative. 10. Work with City departments to develop comprehensive databases to help economic development efforts. All EDC members were in agreement of the top ten after talking several of the objectives over. B. Discussion/Action on a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for On-call Economic Development Consulting Services and Discussion on the Master Services Agreement template. The EDC gave direction to Mr. Garza on the Master Services Agreement template. After C. Discussion/Action to establish a subcommittee to review Statement of Qualifications (SOQs) for On-call Economic Development Consulting Services. Ms. Qaiyyim made the motion to approve Mr. Mattingly, Ms. Christophe, and Mr. Triesch to the subcommittee to review Statement of Qualifications (SOQs) for On-call Economic Development Consulting Services. The motion was seconded by Mr. Hicks. For: All; Against: None. The motion carried 7 to 0. 8. Executive Session The Cibolo Economic Development Corporation will convene in Executive Session as authorized by the Texas Gov't Code Chapter 551. Section 551.071, Consultation with Attorney and 551.087, Economic Development to deliberate and seek legal advice regarding the following: a. Project Rev b. Project Spur c. Project Grill EDC convened into Executive Session at 8:18 P.m. to discuss the above items. 9. Open Session Reconvene into Regular Session and take/or give direction or action, if necessary, on item discussed in the Executive Session. The EDC reconvened into Regular Session at 9:06 p.m. No action taken. 10. Items for Future A eg ndas — None at this time. 11. Set a Date and Time for the next Meeting — The next meeting will be held on January 16, 2025. 12. Adjournment — Mr. Hicks made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:07 p.m. The motion was seconded by Mr. Triesch. For: All; Against: None. The motion carried 7 to 0. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY 2025.