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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Corpus Christi Business And Job Development Corporation (Type A) - 11/18/2013 MINUTES CORPUS CHRISTI BUSINESS AND JOB DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (TYPE A) REGULAR MEETING CITY HALL—COUNCIL CHAMBERS NOVEMBER 18, 2013—3:00 P.M. PRESENT: Members: Staff: Robert Tamez, President Margie C. Rose, Assistant City Manager R. Bryan Gulley, Vice President Julian Grant, Sr. Assistant City Attorney Debbie Lindsey-Opel, Secretary Rebecca Huerta, Assistant City Secretary Bart Braselton Gabriel Guerra A. Called meeting to order—President Tamez.called the meeting to order at 3:07 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 -- Mr. Guerra made a motion to approve the Regular meeting minutes of October 21, 2013, seconded by Dr. Gulley and passed. 2. Closed session under -4551.087 of the Texas Government Code to confidential commercial or financial information pertaining to Andrew's Distributing Company LLC that the Corporation seeks to have locate, stay, or expand within the City limits and with which the Corporation is conducting economic development negotiations and to deliberate possible offers of financial or other incentives to said business prospect with possible discussion and action in open session. President Tamez announced the closed session. The Corporation went into closed session. The Corporation returned from closed session. No action was taken. 3. Financial Report -- Director of Financial Services Constance Sanchez presented the sales tax through October; the cash flow statements; the commitment reports for the economic development fund; and the proforma report for the economic development fund. A motion was made by Mr. Guerra to approve the financial report, seconded by Mr. Braselton and passed. 4. Motion to approve the renewal of the Small Business Incentives Agreement between the Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation and Del Mar College Procurement Technical Assistance Center(PTAC)_program to support small businesses in the amount of $37,500 for 2014. — Mike Culbertson, Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) stated that the purpose of this item is to renew the grant with Del Mar Procurement Technical Assistance Center in the amount of $37,500. Mr. Culbertson said the program helped 465 companies that were awarded $6.1 million in contracts and resulted in the creation of 11 new jobs Ms. Opel made a motion to approve Item 4, seconded by Mr. Guerra and passed. INDEXED Type A Meeting November 18, 2013—Page 2 5. De-obliaate__the funds of $92,604.45 from the CCREDC Economic Gardening pro-gram to the IMpe A 1140 fund. — Mike Culbertson, EDC, stated that the purpose of this item is to de-obligate the funding from the CCREDC Economic Gardening program. Mr. Guerra made a motion to de-obligate the funds of $92,604.45 from the CCREDC Economic Gardening program to the Type A 1140 fund, seconded by Mr. Braselton and passed. 6. Discussion and possible action on hiring an accounting firm to conduct compliance audits for the Corpus Christi Business and Job Development Corporation's affordable housing contracts. — Director of Financial Services Constance Sanchez stated that the purpose of this item is to seek direction from the Board on how to proceed with the auditing of affordable housing contracts. Board members asked questions regarding the following topics: the Neighborhood Services Department's current compliance process for HUD regulations and contract performance; the cost for an external audit per contract and the number of contracts; whether the audit could be handled internally; and the information that would be audited. There was a general consensus to bring back this item with more information on the current staff process. 7. Motion to_approve and provide recommendation for City Council consideration and approval of proposed Seawall Maintenance Capital Improvement Program — Director of Engineering Services Dan Biles presented the capital project list for the seawall maintenance program. Mr. Biles reported that the only change made to the project list was moving the marina breakwater improvements to Years 8 and 9. Mr. Biles stated that if the item is approved, he would bring this recommendation to City Council requesting for approval to amend the existing Capital Budget. Mr. Guerra made a motion to approve the capital project list for the seawall maintenance program, seconded by Mr. Braselton and passed, Opel voting "No". 8. 29344:— WITHDRAWN 9. Engineering Department Monthly Protect Updates for November 2413 — Director of Engineering Services Dan Biles presented the monthly Engineering Department project update and highlighted the Saluki Road project and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mapping issue. 10. Public Awareness Contract — Director of Public Information Kim Womack provided a update on the public awareness contract and reported that an outside contractor was chosen and is working to develop a logo for consideration by the Board within three (3) to five (5)weeks. G. Public Comment: None. H. Identify Future Agenda Items--The following items were requested to be included on a future agenda: the audit for affordable housing contracts and an update on how staff Type A Meeting November 18, 2013—Page 3 monitors affordable housing contracts; staff would like to create another category on the agenda for the General Manager or director's comments to provide status reports; consideration for a monthly report on affordable housing; provide conservative budget projections for seawall fund; a discussion on the economic development impact of the 118 cents sales tax; and a review of the SMG/Arena economic development impact. i. Adjournment: There being no other business to come before the board, President Tamez adjourned the meeting at 5:15 p.m.