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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
MINUTES
CITY OF SCHERTZ
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Regular Meeting
August 25~~, 2011
"1'he City of Schertz Economic Devehopmefit Corporation (EDC) met for a Regular Meeting on
Thursday, August 25`x, 201.1 at G;00 pm. in the City Council Chambers, 140Q Schertz Parkway,
Schertz, Texas.
1. Cali to order
President called the meeting to order at approximately G:01 p.m.
2. Roll Call
Board of Directors:
Hairy Whit~aey, President
Angelica Kiser, PhD -Vice President
Tim Bxotvn, Treasurer/Secreta~.~=
Rosemary Scott
Marvin Thomas
Staff:
Johc I~.esseh, Interim Executive Director
Juan Santoya, Finance Director
George Logan, Parks and Rec. Director
Ern Matlock, EDC Specialist II
Patty Horan, tldcinistrativeAssIstant
Absent:
Board Members: Rod= Richard and Holly McBreartS= were absent.
Others Present:
Jim Fo~vlex -City Councilman
Robert Brockman -Resident
Scott Titterington
3. Public comment
Bobbie Proskine John Colligan
Maggie Titterirzgton
Don Counts
President of the Schertz Cliatnbex of Cotntnerce, NIs. Maggie Titterington, provided a progress
report on the I1~Iain Street Plaza Project that includes the openuig of several businesses from
different specialties operating under the same roof at the historical building located at 509 Main
Street. She introduced Mi, Don Counts, owner of JavaNook Coffee House. 11Tr. Counts said to be
pleased to be part of the renovation project for Main Street. He provided a brief suf~unaEy of lis
personal background and history of lis business. FIe expressed enthusiasm about the location,
gratitude for the City's fast permitting process, and hopes that lis "artisan's alley coffee shop
concept" is well received among patrons of tlis area,
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l~Is. Bnbbie Proskuie introduced herself as a potential business owner looking to build of a ne~v
location of the Children's Lighthouse Learning Center in Schertz. She provided a brief synopsis of
her business and explained the i.inpartance, reputation, and exceptional benefit that her learning
center will bring to local families. Slie explained that after much consideration and research through
impact analysis of different sites in the area, she had finally found the one with tl~e most feasibilit}= to
establish her business ~vhicli is located at the corner of Woodland Oaks and Schertz Parkway.
However, the property does not have sewer and water services which are vital to get this project
going. lti~s. Proskine will be submitting an application to die EDC for economic development
incentives to help alleviate the added cost involved with connecting (hose services to the property.
l1~ir. Robert Brockman announced that l1~Ia}=ar Baldwin will be interviewed at Radio Station KTSA
5.50AIVI the following morning to make a presentation on current events in our City including an
invitation to the radio station audience to the South Charrette Sessions.
4. Approval of Meeting Minutes for die July 28''', 2011 Regular Meeting
A motion to approve the lblinutes for the Regular Ibleeting held on July 28`t', 2011 was made by Mr.
M. Thomas. Seconded by Mr. T. Sra~vn. 1l~Iotion passed unaninnausly.
a~. Update on Jttly 2011 Motxtlaly Financial Report (Juan Santoya/Finance Director).
1l~.ir. Saiitoya briefed the Board and provided an overhead screen presentation on the Financial
Revenue and Expense Report as of July 2011. He stated that the EDC is at $3°/a percent of its
budget acid revenue is coming in at 89% percent (ahead of what was estirriatcd). Highlights included
the following;
o EDC has 2.6 million dollars in the bank invested in cd's and ArlBI11 Tnvesttnents
~ Band payments for this fiscal year have been made according to schedule.
® Budget tivill be finalized at the next City Council txieeting. The only changed made vas an
adjustment to the personnel line which was recalculated at about X1,000 dollars difference.
G. Consider/Discixss/Act on Draft Strategic Plan dated May 20].0 (Mitsu Yamazaki/TIP
Strategies)
President recognized and introduced Mr. llfLitsu Yamazaki with TIP Strategies who made an
impressive animated presentation to the Board to refresh their rxxemory on leis compan}='s
involvement with helping the EDC put together a comprehensive Strategic Plazi. 11~Ir. Yarr~azaki
complemented the Board on all the progress that has been made since he last tnet with them in lbiay
2010. llfli. Yamazaki sulnrnar3~ review of updated data ]vghlighted among other tlvngs, tlae
importance of building lasting trusting relationships and focusing on attracting targeted industries.
The Board actively participated and interacted thorough the enure presentation b}= asking questions
and exchanging ideas. The briefing concluded with the understanding that the SEDC Strategic Plan
is a living document that requires continuous reviewing/revisiting.
No Action was taken.
In consideration to the public present at the meeting, the President moved to discuss lterri No. 11.
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11, Director's Report.
Mr. Kesel provided updates on the following projects:
Regie Neff Consulting: Provided internal assessment and organizational guidance options tlv:ough
triage of existing filing systems. She also created a database to keep track of ED projects.
Protect Sysco: Per our City Engineer and Chief Inspector the Sysco project is on schedule and set
to open according to schedule.
Protect Caterpillar: DBA Texas I~iacl~~ing Enterprises (TilfiE} xeceived their Certificate of
Occupancy on August 19, 2011.
Project Schertz Parkway (SPA; This is the first public-private partnei:slrip to create a medical
professional office parr on 7.2 acres to consist of $ medical professional office suites located at 5000
Schertz Parkway. No ne~v leases reported at this time.
I-1.0/35 ED AIliaiice: I1~ionthly meeting zvas held in New Braunfels on August 19, 2011. Next
meeting will be hosted b}* the Seguin EDC iri Seguin.
September 2011-1lflission to Canada (Michael Meek/Ne~v Braunfels}
CCIM Symposium held on November 2, 2011. The Alliance will have a booth at this show.
Biu~ton: Buxton is a business leader in assisting business leaders to make inform decisions based on
tl~e best of class analytics, Tlus is a joint venture tividi the Northeast Partnership. Staff is waiting to
schedule an appointment with representative to come to our Boa>•d 1ldeeting to provide a
presentation an the Scout Program.
Gateway Natth/South Schertz Charette Update: The South Schertz Charette will be held
Sunday tlv:ough lYlednesday, August 28 - 315`, this meeting of community stakeholdexs, residents,
city officials, land owners, etc. to explore development and growth options i~~ South Schertz/I-10
corridor area. "The Charrette is an economic development initiative to create predictability for
future growth in Schertz and to attract investment for that growth from inside and outside the
community," said Scott Polikov of Gateway Planning Group.
lbLr. I~essel provided a brief insight on the planni~~g stage of the Sedona Subdivision.
Main Street; The Bond of 2010 was passed to make improvements to FM 78 and Ibiain Street for
one million dollars for ilnpravements to jutnpstart downtown revitalization on or near Fm 78 and
Main Street. No updates at this time.
Business Retention and Expansion Report (BRE): The ED Staff conducted interviews with tl~e
following companies for the month of August:
• AER
• Talon LPE
• GVEC
• VRTX
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® Swill Train
® Arion Petfitme
® Winfield Solutions
® Pratt
~ RDO Equipment
® ITlYI
ED Director Vacancy update: Application selection bas begun. First set of interviews will start
tomorrow. Expect to fell die position by the first week of October.
7. Consider/DISCUSS/Act on the results of the Northcliffe Golf Course Assessment Study
(J,Kessel/EDC Interim Director, George Logan/Director of Parlcs and Recreation and John
Colligan/President of Colligan Golf Designs)
1~Ir. Logan introduced Mr. Colligan wlio was conffacted to conduct an assessment study of d1e
Northcliffe Golf Course. NLr. Colligan pxovided a quick and brief general synopsis on the
conditions found at the facility. He shared a reap of the property and highlighted some of die
potential issues that may arise with so.tne parts of the land that have suffered or sustained a lot of
damage from years of neglect since it was built in 1979 including die water reservair. Mr. Logan and
11~Lr. Culligan entertained and answered questions regarding the layout and functionality of the
facilities.
No action vas taken, A~Ieeting adjourned to executive session.
8. EXECUTIVE SESSION in Accordance lvidi Section ~ 551.072. DELIBERATION
REGARDING REAL PROPERTY; CLOSED 11~lEETING. A governmental bod3r lnay conduct a
closed meeting to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in
an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in
negotiations wide a Hurd person (Nord~cliffe Golf Course).
Start Time: $:25 p.m.
End Time: 9:27 p.an.
9, RECONVENE TO REGULAR SESSION
lYieeting reconvened to regular session at 9:28 p.m.
10. Take any action deemed necessary as a result of the Executive Session
No action vas taken as result of Executive Session.
12. Requests 13y Board memUers that items are placed on a fixture SEDC agenda
No items requested.
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13, Requests Uy Board fnembers to Director and Staff for information.
Na items xequested.
14. Adjourn,
President adjourned the meeting at approximately 9:30 p.iu.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 22"~ DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2011,
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Harry W ' ney -- President
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Ti~~Sr ~ n -Secretary/Treasurer
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