HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 10/15/2018 - Workshop 4yUS Cgp
, j I
C 2a A
rY
1852
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Workshop
Meeting of the Corpus Christi City Council of October 15, 2018 which were approved by the City
Council on October 30, 2018.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, on this the 30th day of October 2018.
Re ecca Huerta
City Secretary
SEAL
SCANNED
�uSc� 1201 Leopard Street
�� � City of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi,TX 78401
o Erf-+ r, cctexas.com
Meeting Minutes
City Council Workshop Session
Monday,October 15,2018 2:00 PM American Bank Center
Selena Auditorium
Rotunda Room
CITY COUNCIL, CORPUS CHRISTI TYPE B CORPORATION,AND CORPUS CHRISTI
REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WORKSHOP ON TYPE B
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
A. Mayor Joe McComb to call the meeting to order.
Mayor McComb called the meeting to order at 2:08 p.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta to call the roll of the required Charter Officers.
City Secretary Rebecca L.Huerta called the roll and verified that a quorum of
the City Council and the required Charter Officers were present to conduct the
meeting.
Charter Officers:
Interim City Manager Keith Selman,City Attorney Miles K.Risley and City
Secretary Rebecca L.Huerta.
Present 8- Mayor Joe McComb, Council Member Paulette Guajardo,Council Member
Michael Hunter, Council Member Debbie Lindsey-Opel, Council Member
Ben Molina, Council Member Everett Roy, Council Member Greg Smith, and
Council Member Rudy Garza
Absent 1 - Council Member Lucy Rubio
Council Member Paulette Guajardo arrived at 2:10 p.m. Council Member
Michael Hunter arrived at 2:33 p.m.
C. Acknowledge Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation
Board And Staff.
Mayor McComb acknowledged Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development
Corporation board members and staff.
D. BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL:
1. Discussion of Type B Economic Development Guidelines.
Mayor McComb referred to Item 1.
City of Corpus Christi Page 1 Printed on 10/26/2018
City Council Workshop Session Meeting Minutes October 15,2018
Chief Executive Officer(CEO)of the Corpus Christ Regional Economic
Development Corporation(CCREDC)lain Vasey presented information on the
following topics: the role of the Corpus Christi B Corporation(Type B)in
economic development;the mission of the Corpus Christi Business and Job
Development Corporation(Type A)and Type B;and vision.
Assistant City Attorney Aimee Alcom-Reed discussed the following topics:
approved Type B ballot language(2016);the definition of primary jobs;eligible
Type B projects that create or retain primary jobs and that do not create or
retain primary jobs;and public hearing requirements for Type B projects.
Mr.Vasey presented information on the following topics: guidelines for Type A
&B;and the CCREDC's proposed Type B Guidelines.
Council members and Type B's and CCREDC's board members discussed the
following topics: the proposed Type B Guidelines&Criteria for Granting
Business Incentives(Guidelines);the amount of Type A monies available for
economic development;future areas of growth;Section 10 of the proposed,
Guidelines;North Beach economic development;the process for designating
economic development funding for North Beach;simply following the statute
for Type B expenditures versus using the proposed Guidelines;incentivizing
economic development in certain areas of the city;encouraging economic
development in blighted and struggling areas of the city;two kinds of
reinvestment zones;state and federal standards;Community Development
Block Grants;market driven projects versus community outreach projects that
are proactive relative to infrastructure improvements;when and how the City
Council identifies an economic development project;the comfort level in using
the Type A Guidelines for Type B; bringing jobs to this general area versus
targeting specific areas;the CCREDC vetting economic development projects
first;examples of appropriate and inappropriate economic development
projects;City Council overshadowing the economic development process;
Sections 10 and 11 of the proposed Guidelines;that Section 10 may be
political;Type A following its guidelines until Type A funds are exhausted;that
Type A sales tax collection has ceased;that Type B sales tax funds are for both
economic development and quality of life projects;that Section 9 of the
proposed Guidelines is not tied to creating primary jobs;that Section 10 of the
proposed Guidelines can be used for projects not yet contemplated;that
applications for Type B funding turned down by the CCREDC will still be sent to
Type B and City Council for infomational purposes;specifying the use of back-
versus front-end loaded incentive agreements;specifying a minimum or
maximum to be spent in relation to Section 10 of the proposed Guidelines;
reviewing the proposed Guidelines in one year;opportunities to fund quality of
life projects;a contractual requirement for awardees to replenish funds;
projects'return on investment; revisiting the proposed Guidelines in six
months;and leaving the proposed Guidelines,as presented.
MOTION OF DIRECTION
Mayor McComb made a motion directing the Interim City Manager to present
Type B's proposed Guidelines,as presented,to the City Council for
consideration,seconded by Council Member Lindsey-Opel,and passed
unanimously(Council Members Hunter and Rubio-absent).
E. ADJOURNMENT
City of Corpus Christi Page 2 Printed on 10/26/2018
City Council Workshop Session Meeting Minutes October 15,2018
The meeting was adjourned at 3:54 p.m.
City of Corpus Christi Page 3 Printed on 10/26/2018