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Home My WebLink About03-02-09 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Development Corporation Board of Directors 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS March 2, 2009 1. Call to order President Pat Muston called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. Members Present: Muston, Moser, Love, Matuszak and Engelken Members/Officers Absent: Beasley and Clausen. Staff Present: City Manager Ron Bottoms, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, City Secretary Martha Gillett, Finance Director Michael Dolby, Economic Development Coordinator Debbie Westbeld and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. Others Present: Brian Sterling, Dottie Kaminski, David Janda, Ted Powell, Maggie Anderson and Mayor Porter. 2. Consider approval of the February 2, 2009 minutes of the Regular Called Meeting of the La Porte Development Corporation Board. A motion was made by Board Member Engelken to approve the February 2, 2009 minutes of the La Porte Development Corporation Board. The motion was seconded by Board Member Love. The motion carried. Ayes: Muston, Moser, Love, Matuszak and Engelken Nays: None Abstain: None Absent: Beasley and Clausen 3. Receive updates from city staff on following projects: City Manager Ron Bottoms and Economic Development Coordinator Debbie Westbeld provided an update on the following: · Sylvan Beach Shoreline Project Staff reported the state is ready to award the contract and the bid should be awarded by the end of March. There is a 180 day completion cycle. · Town Plaza - Underground Storage tank removal & artist search Staff reported they have spoken with an artist named David Adickes to do a statue in the park area of town plaza. He is the same artist that did the tall statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas. He advised the costs are very reasonable and would be excited to do a project for La Porte. Staff will continue discussions. Staff reported the tank removal occurred last week. It was estimated to cost between $26,000 to $40,000. Upon removal three tanks were discovered instead of just two. All of the tanks were removed and some contamination was discovered. The actual cost totaled $84,000. Bids for this project will be opened in April. · Gateway Project Staff reported the engineering and structural feasibility wrap up is occurring. Request for Qualification for restaurant operator at 912 W. Main St. Prequalifications will begin in April for the RFQ for the restaurant at 912 Main Street. Russell Ybarra has offered his professional consulting services to the City. Staff reported the EDA grants were denied. The grant was for 2.7 million dollars for the Town Plaza. The reason for denial was there was not enough infrastructure and agreements were not in place. · Port Theatre · Staff reported there were no changes in the status of the Port Theatre. · Alamo Building Staff reported doors have been installed on the building. Garson Silvers has submitted plans to the city and is waiting on permits to be issued. Once the permits have been issued it will take 30 days to get the building ready. · Economic Development Strategic Plan Staff reported Avalanche Consulting provided an update to City Council on the citizen survey results. They will be providing a report to this board. · Branding Campaign Staff provided a presentation to the board on the branding campaign efforts and showed them recommendations for a City logo and advertising materials. · Economic Alliance Marketing Campaign Staff reported the Economic Alliance is holding off on distributing their brochure to use the new City logo if it is changed. 4. Executive Session- pursuant to provision of the Open Meetings Law. Chapter 551 Texas Government Code, Sections 551-071 through 551.076, 551.087 (consultation with attorney, deliberation regarding real property, deliberation regarding prospective gift or donation, personnel matters, deliberation regarding security devices, or excluding a witness during examination of another witness in an investigation, deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations). A. Section 551.072 (Deliberation regarding purchase, exchange, lease or value of Real Property) Meet with City Manager and City Attorney to discuss deliberation regarding purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property B. Section 551.072 (Deliberation regarding purchase, exchange, lease or value of Real Property) Meet with City Manager and City Attorney to discuss Block 1032 and 1149, Town of La Porte C. Section 551.072 Meet with City Manager and (Deliberation regarding purchase, exchange, lease or value of Real properties) City Attorney to discuss possible purchase or exchange of real properties The Board Adjourned to Executive Session at 6:34 p.m. The Board reconvened to Regular Called Meeting at 7:07 p.m. There was no action taken in the Executive Session. Chairman Muston reported the board received a report on the items listed on the agenda and provided staff with direction on projects. 5. Board Comments A. Matter appearing on agenda B. Inquiry of staff requiring a statement of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy. 6. There being no further business to discuss, the La Porte Development Corporation Board adjourned the Regular Meeting at 7:08 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ~tlttb.c4~ Martha Gillett, City Secretary TRMC, CMC Passed and approved on this ~y of ~ 2009. Pat Muston, President P ~ ~.-- ! . ! , ' _ 7. -', . t~ j' W/- 3 Economic Development Corporation Report Page 1 of2 Local QoyemmentIQoIs. Economic Development Corporation Report Update was successful. Please print a copy for your records. City: La Porte Fiscal Year: 2008 Corporation Type: 4B CorpoNration La Porte Economic Development Corporation ame: Secretary of State File/Charter Number: Contact Person: Debbie Westbeld Economic Development Coordinator Street Address: 604 West Fairmont Parkway City: La Porte Phone: 281-470-5013 Email Address: westbeldd@laportetx.gov Zip: 77571-6215 Fax: 281-842-1259 Corporation's fiscal year From Oct 2007 To Sep 2008 Corporation's primary economic development objective(s) Convention and Public Park ~. Job Creation/Job Retention TOUl'ism Other InfrastructUl'e Projects Other Description: ;!J, Corporation's fiscal year ending unrestricted fund balance or unrestricted retained earnings $ 4,103,610.00 Corporation's total revenues during the preceding fiscal year https:/lecpa.cpa.state.tx.us/edcr/EdcrViewer.jsp;jsessionid=00004 7 Akg20v4 _ vCWBBDoJz... 3/9/2009 Economic Development Corporation Report Page 2 of2 Sales Tax Revenue State/Federal Grants and Matching Contributions RentalfLease/User Fees Income Bond Proceeds/Loans Obtained Other Revenues _ TOTAL FISCAL YEAR REVENUES $ 1,520,071.00 $0 $0 $0 $ 394,963 $ 1,915,034.00 Corporation's total expenditures during the preceding fiscal year in each of the following categories Personnel Administration Marketing and Promotion Direct Business Incentives Job Training Debt Service Capital Costs Affordable Housing Payments to Taxing Units Other - TOTAL FISCAL YEAR EXPENDITURES $ 89,631.00 $ 12,836.00 $ 133,163.00 $ 10,000.00 $0 $ 837,248.00 $ 1,033,962.00 $0 $0 $0 $ 2,116,840.00 Corporation's capital assets -n........ i.Ai Land Commercial Buildings Other Description: i i ~. 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