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Home My WebLink About07-22-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Development Corporation Board RICHARD WARREN, PRESIDENT DANNY EARP, BOARD MEMBER NANCY OJEDA, VICE-PRESIDENT JOHNNY MORALES, BOARD MEMBER CHUCK ENGELKEN, BOARD MEMBER SHELLEY FULLER, BOARD MEMBER VENESSA GUERRERO, BOARD MEMBER MINUTES OF LA PORTE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 24, 2019 The City of La Porte Development Corporation Board met on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 5:00 p.m., with the following in attendance: Board members present: Richard Warren, Venessa Guerreo, Chuck Engelken, Danny Earp, Johnny Morales Board members absent: Shelley Fuller, Nancy Ojeda Council-appointed officers present: Jason Weeks, Assistant City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary; Clark Askins, Assistant City Attorney 1. CALL TO ORDER President Warren called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda items authorizes each to be implemented in accordance with staff recommendations provided. An item may be removed from the consent agenda and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion upon request by a member of the Committee present at this meeting.) (a) Approve minutes of the La Porte Development Corporation Board meeting held on April 22, 2019 (Lee Woodard, City Secretary) Board member Engelken moved to approve the minutes: the motion was adopted unanimously 3. PUBLIC HEARING AND ASSOCIATED MATTERS (a) The Board will hear comments from the public on Project G, a project for the development of new or expended business enterprises that create and retain primary jobs, granted to INEOS Syrolution America, LLC for development of a styrene monomer manufacturing facility at 1230 Independence Parkway, in a total amount not to exceed $700,000.00. \[Ryan Cramer, Economic Development Coordinator\] The public hearing opened at 5:02 p.m. The public hearing was ended at 5:04 p.m. 4. AUTHORIZATIONS (a) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve a proposed economic development incentive agreement with INEOS Styrolution America, LLC in connection with Project G, an incentive project for development of a styrene monomer manufacturing facility at 1230 Independence Parkway. \[Ryan Cramer, Economic Development Coordinator\] Page 1 of 2 June 24, 2019, La Porte Development Corporation Board Minutes Board member Engelken moved to approve the proposed economic development incentive agreement with INEOS Styrolution America, LLC in connection with Project G, an incentive project for development of a styrene monomer manufacturing facility at 1230 Independence Parkway; the motion was adopted 5-0. 5. SET DATE FOR NEXT MEETING The next meeting was scheduled for July 22, 2019. 6.ADJOURN Without objection, the meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m. ____________________________________ Lee Woodward, City Secretary Page 2 of 2 June 24, 2019, La Porte Development Corporation Board Minutes REQUEST FOR LA PORTE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD AGENDA ITEM Appropriation Agenda Date Requested: July 22, 2019 Requested By: Source of Funds: Enhancement Grant R. Cramer, Econ. Dev. Coordinator Department: CMO Account Number: 0159892-9931100 Amount Budgeted: $220,903 Report Resolution Ordinance Amount Requested: $6,998.73 Exhibits: Application, bids and bid tabulation Budgeted Item: Yes No SUMMARY Recently, the applicant, Frank Nance moved his State Farm Insurance agency from West La Porte to Main Street. His new State Farm Insurance agency is located at 508 W. Main Street. He has completed inside renovations and is now seeking an enhancement grant from the 4B Board to redo the front of his building and install a State Farm Insurance sign. This project includes adding a new awning, replacing hardi-plank, a new State Farm Insurance sign, and painting. Due to the sole source provider of the State Farm Insurance sign there is only one bid for the new sign because State Farm requires all of their signs to be purchased from that vendor. The cost of the State Farm Insurance sign is $4,227.00 of which State Farm Insurance pays $2,747.55 and the agent is required to pay the difference; therefore, the request on this application is for the agents portion of $1,479.45. The additional project includes three bids - Follis Construction, Herring Remodeling and RAL Contractors, LLC. Both Follis Construction and Herring Remodeling were not able to provide bids for the awning; therefore, a separate quote for the awning was obtained from American Awning in the amount of $3,840.00, which will need to be added to each of these two contractor bids. RAL Contractors, LLC bid an all-inclusive amount of $26,977.00. .00, while Herring bid was $8,678.00, both without the awning. The lowest bidders being State Farm Everbrite (sign), American Awning (awning) and Herring Remodeling (façade) for a total of $13,997.45 ($1,479.45 sign, $3,840.00 awning, and $8,678.00 façade). Staff recommends approval of an enhancement grant for Frank Nance (a.k.a. State Farm Insurance) in the amount of $6,998.73 (50% of $13,997.45). RECOMMENDED MOTION Move to approve or deny an enhancement grant for 508 W. Main Street (State Farm Insurance Frank Nance). Approved for the La Porte Development Corporation Board meeting agenda Corby D. Alexander, City Manager Date REQUEST FOR LA PORTE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD AGENDA ITEM Appropriation Agenda Date Requested: July 22, 2019 Requested By: Source of Funds: Enhancement Grant R. Cramer, Econ. Dev. Coordinator Department: CMO Account Number: 0159892-9931100 Amount Budgeted: $220,903 Report Resolution Ordinance Amount Requested: $23,750 Exhibits: Application Budgeted Item: Yes No SUMMARY The applicants, Nate Aston and Mark Elliott, are looking to open a snow cone stand at 10424 Spencer Highway, which was a previously a car wash. This is the car wash which was previously demolished next to the EMS Headquarters. Their scope of grant qualified work includes a new parking lot, striping and landscaping. The applicants reached out to more than three contractors to get bids and were only able to get two for each met bidding requirements since one bidder indicated they could not bid due to their current workload. The two bids received were from A Vision Construction, LLC for an all-inclusive bid of $47,500.00 and M&M Concrete, LLC which bid $32,250.00 for concrete work only. Additional bids needing to be added to M&M Concrete bid were received for striping and landscaping; J&D Quality Striping bid $1,622.07 and Wintergreen Complete Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance bid $15,046.75 ($13,900 plus sales tax $1,146.75). Therefore, the total for M&M Concrete, J&D Quality Striping and Wintergreen Complete Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance is $48,918.82. The given cost for A Vision Construction was lower than the combined given costs of J+D Quality Striping, M+M Concrete and Wintergreen Complete Landscape. Staff recommends approving half of the bid amount submitted by A Vision Construction, which would be $23,750.00. RECOMMENDED MOTION Move to approve or deny an enhancement grant for 10424 Spencer Hwy. Approved for the La Porte Development Corporation Board meeting agenda Corby D. Alexander, City Manager Date REQUEST FOR LA PORTE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD AGENDA ITEM Appropriation Agenda Date Requested: July 22, 2019 Requested By: Source of Funds: Special Programs R. Cramer, Econ. Dev. Coordinator Department: CMO Account Number: 038-6030-565-9997 Amount Budgeted: $10,000 Report Resolution Ordinance Amount Requested: $10,400 Exhibits: Renderings Budgeted Item: Yes No SUMMARY The effort to get mini-murals on Main Street is one which has been in the works for over a year. Staff turnover and miscommunication with the initial vendor lead to a start/stop process. Eventually, the City ended up choosing UP Art Studio. The City of Houston uses them for their mini-mural program and they just started the program in Austin. As far as staff knows, UP Art is the only group who truly have artists come and paint original works on the traffic control boxes. Staff provided the studio with basic themes for the artists to base their proposals on. The City received , and La Porte High School pride. These concepts have been included in your packet for review. The plan is to have four cabinets painted at a cost of $2,600 each. This will bring the total cost to $10,400. This cost includes paint, paying the artists, anti-graffiti protection, and some digital advertising for the boxes. The reason these mini-murals are all to be on Main Street is because those are the only traffic control boxes in the La Porte controlled by the City. All others are maintained by TXDOT or Harris County. RECOMMENDED MOTION Move to approve renderings to be painted on Main Street traffic control boxes. (The motion should indicate which renderings are chosen, or all renderings, or direction to staff on how they will be chosen.) Approved for the La Porte Development Corporation Board meeting agenda Corby D. Alexander, City Manager Date Njoj!Nvsbmt!.!Sfoefsjoht! 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Cramer, Econ. Dev. Coordinator Department: CMO Account Number: Amount Budgeted: ReportResolutionOrdinance Amount Requested: Exhibits: Budgeted Item: YesNo SUMMARY In preparation of the budget for next fiscal year, staff wanted to discuss possible Development Corporation Board funding for certain City capital projects for the upcoming fiscal year. Though these projects are generally one-time expenditures, City Council has directed staff to look for alternative funding sources instead of using General Fund balance. In order to avoid drawing down the City’s General Fund more than necessary, staff is requesting the 4B Board to review the proposed CIP project list for potential funding capabilities. The La Porte Development Corporation has a positive fund balance and the legality to pay for some, if not most of these projects. Staff has also vetted the list of CIP projects. Only those projects that would legally qualify for Development Corporation funding have been included for consideration. The discussion for the Board is to gauge how interested the Board is in using 4B funds for these projects. RECOMMENDED MOTION Discuss and provide staff direction on how to move forward with preparation of the EDC budget for fiscal year 2019-2020. Approved for the La Porte Development Corporation Board meeting agenda Corby D. Alexander, City Manager Date