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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_EDAB_07.18.2002Page 1 of 2 City of Georgetown Economic Development Commission Meeting of July 18May 16, 2002 MINUTES Members Present: Paula Boggs Gordon Baker Edward O’Rourke Daniel Vasquez Henry Carr Dr. Ronald Swain Russ Peterman Joe Pondrom Members Absent: Davidica Blum Kathryn Heidemann Staff Present: Charlie Walker Cari Miller Keith Hutchinson Guest Present: Alex Cooke Jon Roberts Following verification that a QUORUM was present, Chair Boggs called the Meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. DISCUSSION was held on the minutes of the June 20, 2002, meeting. On a MOTION duly made by Commissioner Baker and seconded by Commissioner Peterman, the Board voted unanimously to approve the June 20, 2002, minutes. Working groups presented their reports to the Commission. Commissioner Carr, Chair of the Recruitment working group, reported that his this group is working to develop a community priorities statementrecommendation for incentives. The group hopes to have a statement recommendation to present to the Commission at the August 15th meeting. The Retention working group reported they had agreed to hold defer meetings until input was received from TIPS. The Outreach working group announced a joint workshop with the Chamber of Commerce and the entire Commission had been scheduled for Monday, July 22nd. The Outreach working group also reported that John Brier, Vice President of Economic Development for the Greater Austin Chamber, is scheduled to speak in Georgetown on the evening of August 19th. He will address economic development issues facing the Austin region and Georgetown, as well as the Greater Austin Chamber economic development opportunities and what it can do for the community. The Manager of Economic Growth and Planning, Charlie Walker, presented his staff report. Charlie gave an overview of the presentations that were given by four local advertisement agencies regarding their ideas for developing the Economic Development brochure. Alex Cooke, Jon Roberts, Verna Browning, Keith Hutchison, Charlie Walker, and Cari Miller were present and evaluated the presentations. Charlie discussed the criteria used to evaluate each presentation and told the Commission that above group voted unanimously to select Matthew and Company as the agency to recommend to the Commission. Page 2 of 2 Charlie also reported that the recommended domain name for the Economic Development website was investgeorgetown.com. On a MOTION duly made by Commissioner Pondrom and seconded by Commissioner Baker, the Board voted unanimously to recommend Matthew and Company to the City Council to produce the Georgetown Economic Development Commission brochures and to accept the recommendation of investgeorgetown.com. as the domain name for the Economic Development website. DISCUSSION was held regarding communications by Commissioners as private citizens vs. Commission members. No action was taken. DISCUSSION was held on agenda items for the next regular meeting of the commission. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.