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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCEDC Minutes 2007-05-02 RegularCommunity and Economic Development Committee Meeting May 2, 2007 Executive Conference Room Friendswood City Hall 910 South Friendswood Drive Friendswood, TX 77546 1. Call to Order: Chair, Jamie Ballard, called the meeting to order at approximately 8:10 a.m. 2. Roll Call: Members present: Chair Jamie Ballard, Claude McEwen, Pauline Moore, Bill Provenzano, Dr. Hilmar R. Zeissig. Staff present: Bo McDaniel, City Manager and Karen Capps, Economic Development Coordinator. Liaisons present: Laura Ewing, City Council, Janet Stoney, Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership. Also in attendance were Brett Nichols and Janis Lowe. Members absent were Kirk Lippert, Jon Olansen, and Ed Sebesta. Ex-Officios absent: Trish Hanks/FISD, Carol Jones/Chamber of Commerce, Michelle Arnold/CCISD, Jim Reinhartsen/BAHEP, Don Gartman/Galveston County ED. 3. Approval of April 4, 2007 minutes: Hilmar Zeissig made a motion to approve the April 4, 2007 meeting minutes. The motion was seconded by Pauline Moore. The April 4, 2007 minutes were unanimously approved. 4. Discussion and possible action regarding the following Action Item reports; including, but not limited to: A. Strategic PlanningItems tems (Bill Provenzano) The committee has not conducted feedback meetings during the last month. B. Community Outreach Action Items (Karen Capps) Bill Provenzano and Karen Capps conducted three business retention visits and surveys with Dale Roberts of Coburn's Plumbing. Pauline Moore, Claude McEwen and Karen Capps visited with Bill's Computers. C. Finance Action Items (Kirk Lippert) Lippert was not present for the meeting, and there was no report. D. Update on UH-Clear Lake work on Vision 2020 and work toward Strategic Plan for City Council Recommendations Zeissig and Capps have continued to dialogue with the professor. They have requested additional information regarding the breakdown of land and its zoning in the city, what is developed and undeveloped. This additional information is forthcoming. UHCL has not indicated the deadline for completion of their study. 5. Discussion and possible action regarding annual report by CEDC Chair to City Council: There was discussion regarding an annual report to the City Council by the Chair of the CEDC. This is usually done during the month of January, however since the CEDC had a joint workshop with City Council in January the committee's annual report was postponed. Chair Ballard will present the report to the council in June. 6. Reports: A. Planning and Zoning Claude McEwen volunteered to attend and serve as the liaison to Planning and Zoning Commission for the month of May. B. Liaisons 1. City Council members Laura Ewing and Chris Peden will represent the City in the Citizens for Space Exploration delegation to Washington, DC next week. 2. Chamber: no report 3. BAHEP: Karen Capps represented the City well at BAHEP's annual business development reception, where there were approximately 170 commercial developers and brokers in attendance. Karen Capps also attended and helped man BAHEP's booth at the annual Houston Commercial Expo held at the J.W Marriott in the Galleria. 4. Galveston County: no report C. Marketing Griffin Marketing reports were distributed to the CEDC members. Capps discussed several key points. D. City Staff 1. Capps discussed several ongoing economic projects, including the early stages of construction of the Banfield Properties. She represented the City at several trade shows. McEwen and others reported that they were very impressed with her ability to sell the City to potential commercial developers. Capps also stated that the hotel study approved by City Council was underway and should take about six weeks to complete. E. Project Status Updates 1. The Falls at Friendswood — Eclipse Development Group continues to pursue tenants and have hired NAI Partners Commercial as their commercial broker to secure tenants. 2. CDC Properties — The medical clinic project is still viable, but would only utilize approximately 10 acres of the total 120 undeveloped acres. For the project to be economically viable to extend infrastructure to serve the land, CDC would like prospects that would utilize the entire 120 acres. 3. Panhandle Industrial District property owners continue to express interest in developing along FM 23 51, but water and sewer infrastructure improvements are needed in order for the panhandle to develop. 4. Downtown Revitalization is progressing with the Banfield development following the architectural style planned for downtown by urban planning/architect team, PageSoutherlandPage. Buzbee Properties has presented a conceptual plan to Planning and Zoning. P&Z is still working on finalizing the new downtown zoning district that would replaced the OBD- original business district zone. 7. Adjournment: Chair Ballard adjourned the meeting at approximately 9:40 a.m.