HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes_EDAB_02.19.2004MINUTES OF THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2003
Members Present: Dr. Ronald Swain, Henry Carr, Joe Pondrom, Kathy Heidemann, Rick
Smith, Ed O’Rourke, Tom Crawford, Ralph Nayman, Henry Boecker, Jim
Hensley, Joshua McClure
Staff Present: Mark Thomas, Tina Dunbar, Micki Rundell, Laurie Brewer
Guest Present: Bill Sattler
A. Call to order - A quorum being present the meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m.
B. Discussion and possible action regarding the minutes of the January 15, 2004, meeting. Minutes
from Jan 15th approved unanimously (Hensley cannot vote until March meeting)
C. Comments from the Chair.
Henry Carr: Review of 2003, including highlights of the year and thank you to outgoing Chair
Swain for contributions. Jim Hensley was introduced as the new member for 2004.
D. Section 551.087 Deliberation Regarding Economic Development – no executive session.
E. Action from executive session – no action taken.
F. Presentation, discussion and possible action regarding City finance report – Micki Rundell
- Going to be surveying board members and the public
- Top 5 issues facing Georgetown in the next 5 years (sustainable funding for ED, transportation
infrastructure, development and maintenance of downtown, developing the will of the citizens
to do the things necessary to deal with growth, communication)
G. Presentation, discussion and possible action regarding staff report – Mark Thomas
Staff Report from Mark Thomas
- TASUS follow-up and ground breaking on March 18th.
- Newspapers (national, regional, local) to be contacted for appropriate coverage.
- Retention/expansion strategy to be implemented with the Georgetown Chamber.
- Working with Chamber for survey and visits
- The department is working on 12 active prospects
- Met with LCRA site selector.
- Other tier 1 and tier 2 Toyota suppliers are looking at this time.
- Several large tier 1 Toyota Suppliers are going to announce in San Antonio
- Triple Freeport exemption could help us get large companies who hold large amounts of
inventory
- Kathy requested that Mark look into why the TX ED web site doesn’t have the TASUS
acquisition on their web site
- Tax reinvestment zones (infrastructure and land development financing)
H. Discussion and possible action regarding Commission retreat
- Reschedule for Feb 28th, 8am, Monica’s 701
Election of officers (MOTION by Crawford, second by Smith)
- Vice Chair: Rick Smith (unanimous) Hensley cannot vote until March meeting
- Secretary: Joshua McClure (unanimous) Hensley cannot vote until March meeting
I. Discussion and possible action regarding schedule of 2004 regular Commission meetings – Henry
Carr
- Bylaws have been modified with Council approval to allow EDC to amend meeting date/time.
- Motion to reschedule our regular meeting time to Third Wednesday at 6:30pm made and
withdrawn.
- March meeting will be 4th Wed. in March with agenda item to reschedule all recurring
meetings
J. Presentation, discussion and possible action regarding subcommittee reports
No reports
K. Presentation, discussion and possible action regarding liaison reports – Russ Peterman, GISD;
Henry Carr, GTEC; Ed O’Rourke, Regional Airport; Kathy Heidemann, airport noise study; Josh
McClure, Main Street Board
Tom Crawford the new GISD rep/delegate
- GISD, city and county signed contract with two consultants to help plan the sports complex in
8-10 weeks
Ed: regional airport
- Just entered masterplan phase
- Site is probably near Taylor but not identified yet
Kathy: Airport noise study is being finalized by the contractor…mostly a done deal
L. Discussion and possible action regarding future meeting dates and agenda items
M. Adjourn - Motion to adjourn 7:59pm