HomeMy WebLinkAboutCEDC Minutes 2015-02-02 RegularFriendswood Community and Economic Development Committee
Meeting Minutes
February 2, 2015
The Friendswood Community and Economic Development Committee met on Monday, February
2, 2015 at 4:30 pm at Friendswood City Hall, Council Chambers, 910 S. Friendswood Drive,
Friendswood, Texas, with the following members present: Chair Pauline Moore, Brett Banfield,
Marcus Perry, and Dr. Hilmar Zeissig. Liaisons present were City Councilmember Carl
Gustafson and the President of the Galveston County Economic Alliance Bix Rathbum.
Absent from the meeting were Tony Annan, Mark Conrad, Skip Evans, Jeremy Magnuson, and
Bill Provenzano.
Staff member present was Karen Capps.
1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order at 5:35 pm with a quorum present.
2. Discussion with City Council regarding implementation of the Economic Development
Policy.
The CEDC met with City Council to discuss implementing the recently adopted Economic
Development Policy. CEDC member, Marcus Perry stated the committee would like to discuss
and get feedback from City Council regarding a specific action item in the adopted policy
regarding requiring a fiscal impact analysis on downzoning property (rezoning from a commercial
zone to non-commercial use) and a formal process for CEDC to have input to Planning and
Zoning and City Council on all commercial rezoning requests. City Council asked the committee
to draft proposed changes to the City's current policy.
6. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 6:20 pm.