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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Corpus Christi Business And Job Development Corporation (Type A) - 06/17/2013 MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI BUSINESS AND JOB DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (TYPE A) REGULAR MEETING CITY HALL—COUNCIL CHAMBERS JUNE 17, 2013—3:00 P.M. PRESENT: Members: Staff: Robert Tamez, President Margie Rose, Assistant City Manager Debbie Lindsey-Opel, Vice President Carlos Valdez, City Attorney R. Bryan Gulley, Secretary Armando Chapa, Assistant Secretary Bart Braselton Constance Sanchez, Finance Adolfo (Butch) Escobedo A. Called meeting to order—President Tamez called the meeting to order at 3:03 p.m. B. Roll Call — President Tamez verified that the necessary quorum of the Board were present to conduct the meeting. 1. Approval of Minutes —Ms. Opel made a motion to approve the Regular meeting minutes of April 15, 2013 and the Special meeting minutes of May 1, 2013, seconded by Mr. Braselton and passed. 2. Financial Report — Director of Financial Services Constance Sanchez presented the sales tax through March and April; the cash flow statements; the commitment reports for the economic development fund; inception reports for the seawall, arena, and economic development funds; and economic development fund pro-forma. President Tamez reported that the Del Mar College Internship contractual commitment should read $200,000 instead of$246,027. Board members requested a compliance report on the contract for Whataburger Field; a breakdown of expenses in the financial report; affordable housing accomplishments; a media release informing the public of the success of the major business incentive projects; and options for use of City surplus property for affordable housing. A motion was made by Mr. Escobedo to approve the financial report with amendment, seconded by Mr. Braselton and passed. 3. Motion to increase in the Corporation's Fiscal year 2013-2014 operating budget for the Business/Job Development Fund #1149 by $46,027.35 in the "Small Business Projects" organization #15020 increasing total expenditures for Small Business Projects from 11,033,195 to $1,079,222.35. — Mike Culbertson, Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) explained that this item is requesting an increase to the small business programs 2013-2014 budget for the Del Mar College Internship Program to increase their funding from $200,000 to $246,027.35 for FY2014. Mr. Escobedo made a motion to approve Item 3, seconded by Ms. Opel and passed. INDEXED Type A Meeting June 17, 2013—Page 2 President Tamez opened discussion on Items 4 and 5 regarding the intern programs: 4. TABLED - MetoGn to mweve the r-enewal of the Small Business 1nrentiws am ....... between the CGFOUS Chrustm Busliness and job Development' CoraGFatoon and Dell MaF College for- an iRteFn wewam to MR businesses en the amGunt of $246.027 f-GF FYI . — Mike Culbertson, EDC explained that Items 4 and 5 are requesting to renew the contracts for Del Mar College and Texas A & M — Corpus Christi internship programs for 2013-2014. Board members expressed concern with the increased amount of the grant to Del Mar College; the incentive amount for interns; the number of interns the respective programs to administer the program; and limiting the number of hours the interns work to 20 hours. Dr. Gulley made a motion to table Item 4 and directed staff to make changes to the agreement, seconded by Ms. Opel and passed. 5. TABLED t Dr. Gulley made a motion to table Item 5 and directed staff to make changes to the agreement, seconded by Mr. Escobedo and passed (Opel abstained). 6. Motmen to appreve a one Year extensmen _of the EGenommG Gardenin _ Mike Culbertson, EDC, explained that the EDC has been challenged with developing an Economic Gardening Program for this area and only one company has completed the program. Mr. Culbertson added that the EDC is requesting a one year extension of the Economic Gardening Program and to use the funds from the grant that was initially approved in 2012. Ms. Opel made a motion to amend Item 6 to approve a six-month extension of the Economic Gardening Program and come back in 90 days with a review; seconded by Mr. Braselton and passed (Escobedo absent). Ms. Opel made a motion to approve Item 6 as amended, seconded by Mr. Braselton and passed. 7. Motion approving a Small Business incentives Agreement between the Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation and Service Corps of Retired Executives SCORE Chapter 221 to provide grant up to $50,000 in FY14 to assist small businesses — Mike Culbertson, EDC explained that this item is requesting the approval of a Type A Grant for SCORE to assist small businesses through workshops and counseling for FY2014. Ms. Opel made a motion to approve Item 7, seconded by Mr. Escobedo and.passed. 8. Discussion with Possible action concerning the New Construction Homebu er Program's construction guidelines regarding the flood plain and accessibility requirements— Director of Neighborhood Services Eddie Ortega provided an overview of the FEMA requirements for constructed homes not to be built in a floodplain and the Type A Meeting .tune 17, 2013- Page 3 accessibility requirements. Mr. Ortega reported that staff recommends maintaining these requirements for the New Construction Program. Ms. Opel requested that staff conduct a complete review of the construction guidelines and directed staff to come back with options for manageable, visitability issues. 9. Presentation by Accion Texas. - Mike Culbertson, EDC introduced Adrian Gonzales and Sylvia Ford with ACCION Texas. Ms. Ford provided an update on the program and the requested continued funding for the program. 10. Engineering Department Monthly Pro'ect Update for June 17 2013 - Dan Biles, Director of Engineering Services, referred to the monthly engineering project update in the packet and presented information on the FEMA Map update and Downtown Flood Protection System Improvement Strategy discussion. G. Public Comment: None. Assistant City Manager Margie Rose provided examples of future agendas once the process goes electronic next month and stated) that staff will provide individual training on the new iPads. Director of Financial Services Constance Sanchez provided clarification on questions regarding the loading dock repairs, the Del Mar College Internship Program; and the seawall expenditures. H. Identify f=uture Agenda Items-The following items were requested to be included on a future agenda: process for receiving and handling proprietary information; strategic discussion on how funds are expended and the return on investment to the community; and strategic discussion on moving forward with FEMA approach to better understand how recommendations are going to be developed from staff and funding responsibility from the Type A board. i. _Adjournment. There being no other business to come before the board, President Tamez adjourned the meeting at 5:22 p.m.