HomeMy WebLinkAboutFDEDC Minutes 2016-09-22 Friendswood Downtown Economic Development Corporation (FDEDC)
Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes of September 22, 2016
Friendswood City Hall, 2"d floor conference room
910 S. Friendswood Drive, Friendswood,Texas
1. Call to order and roll call of Board Members
The meeting was called to order at 3:38 pm.
Present: Ron Cox, Arden (Trey) Hill arrived at 3:40 pm, Rebecca Hillenburg, Elmer"Bubba"
Johnson,Jr., Paul Marx arrived at 4:10 pm, Patrick McGinnis, and Alton Todd.
Absent: None
Staff members present: Roger Roecker, Morad Kabiri, Arnold Polanco, Cindy Edge, and Karen
Capps
Also present: Russell Gallahan,Texas State Comptroller's Office—arrived at 3:40 pm
2. Consider and take action on approval of August 23, 2016 meeting minutes.
Motion by Rebecca Hillenburg to approve meeting minutes, second by Alton Todd. All in favor,
motion carried.
3. Consider and take action on approval of ByLaws
The board reviewed and discussed the proposed bylaws with the City Attorney.
Motion by Alton Todd to approve the proposed bylaws with amended changes to sections 4.6
and 8.1, second by Trey Hill. All in favor, motion carried.
4. Consider and take action on Service Agreement with the City of Friendswood
The board reviewed and discussed the Staffing Services Agreement and asked to include under
1.A.—including procuring of liability insurance coverage.
Motion by Rebecca Hillenburg to approve the revised Service Agreement, second by Pat
McGinnis. All in favor, motion carried.
S. Staff updates
City Attorney Polanco provided a status of the pending election lawsuit.
6. Member comments
President, Ron Cox, stated the next regular meeting date for the FDEDC is October 11 at 4 pm.
7. Presentation regarding Type B Sales Tax by Russell Gallahan, State Comptroller's Office.
Russell Gallahan was introd, J to the FDEDC board and gave a pre- "ration regarding the
economic development sales tax. He discussed the background and history of the economic
development sales tax in Texas including permissible projects for Type B, project approval
process, and reporting requirements.
8. Adjournment
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 5:14 pm.
Patrick McGinnis, FDEDC Secretary/Treasurer