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Meeting Minutes
Reinvestment Zone No. 4 - North Beach
1201 Leopard Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
9:00 AM Council Chambers
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least 48 hours in advance so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
A. Chairman Billy Lerma to call the meeting to order.
Chairman Lerma called the meeting to order at 9:06 a.m.
B. City Secretary Rebecca Huerta to call roll of the Corporation Directors.
City Secretary Rebecca L. Huerta called the roll and verified that a quorum of
the Board was present to conduct the meeting.
NOTE: Board Members Steve Banta, Carol Scott, Tom Schmid and Michael
Hunter participated by video conference.
Present 14 - Board Member Steve Banta, Board Member Roland Barrera, Board Member
Paulette M. Guajardo, Board Member Gil Hernandez, Board Member
Michael Hunter, Board Member Ben Molina, Board Member Tom Schmid,
Board Member Carol Scott, Board Member Greg Smith, Billy A. Lerma,
Barbara Canales, John Martinez, Mike Pusley, and Kenneth Berry
Absent 1 - Board Member Carolyn Vaughn
C. PUBLIC COMMENT:
Chairman Lerma referred to Public Comment.
The following citizen called in support of Item 4: Carrie Meyer, 4401
Gulfbreeze Blvd.
D. MINUTES:
1. Approval of the Minutes of the Reinvestment Zone No. 4 October 20,
2020 Regular Meeting.
Chairman Lerma referred to Item 1.
Board Member Pusley made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by
Board Member Hernandez and passed unanimously.
E. FINANCIAL REPORT:
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2. TIRZ #4 Financial Reports as of January 31, 2021
Chairman Lerma referred to Item 2.
Director of Finance Heather Hurlbert presented information on the following
topics: financial position for the four months ended January 31, 2021;
revenues; expenditures; and ending fund balance.
There were no questions from the Board.
F. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS: NONE
G. AGENDA ITEMS:
3. Motion approving a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #4 Board Meeting
Calendar.
Chairman Lerma referred to Item 3.
Senior Management Analyst Randy Almaguer presented the TIRZ #4 Board
Meeting Calendar.
There were no questions from the Board.
Board Member Smith made a motion to approve this motion, seconded by
Board Member Molina. This motion was passed and approved with the
following vote:
Aye: 14 -
Board Member Banta, Board Member Barrera, Board Member Guajardo,
Board Member Hernandez, Board Member Hunter, Board Member Molina,
Board Member Schmid, Board Member Scott, Board Member Smith,
Lerma, Canales, Martinez, Pusley, and Berry
Absent: 1 - Board Member Vaughn
Abstained: 0
H. PRESENTATION ITEMS:
4. Dr. Ray Perryman presentation on the results of the economic impact
study as contracted by Nueces County on North Beach.
Chairman Lerma referred to Item 4.
Dr. Ray Perryman presented information on the following topics: potential
impact of development of North Beach; scope of the study; North Beach
development; construction; ongoing benefits; potential fiscal benefits;
conclusion; and effective economic accessible analysis.
Board Members and Dr. Perryman discussed the following topics: the total
expenditures include public and private infrastructure; this report provides an
understanding of the economic impact that this project can provide to our
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area; and the key component of this project is the navigable canal to help with
drainage issues.
I. IDENTIFY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
J. ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Lerma referred to Identify Future Agenda Items.
The following items were discussed: Board Member Smith made a request to
address short-term issues on North Beach; Board Member Hernandez
requested a report from Mott MacDonald; and Board Member Pusley requested
that future agenda items be removed from the agenda.
Chairman Lerma stated that future agenda items section will be removed from
the agenda and will follow the same protocol as council meetings.
This meeting was adjourned at 9:51 a.m.
* Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed, any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda shall
be considered a subject for consideration for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Act and other relevant laws, and the
Board of Directors may deliberate and vote upon any such subject and resolutions related thereto. Any descriptions of
property or amounts stated in this agenda are descriptive and not restrictive, and property and amounts may be changed in
the motions, actions or documents. In addition to other items listed in this agenda, policies and procedures of this
corporation, legal analysis of any items, policies or procedures, and any items that are currently receiving funding from this
corporation may be discussed and deliberated and these matters are added as subjects of discussion to this meeting. This
agenda has been reviewed and approved by the attorney for the governing body, and the presence of any subject or
description in the Executive Session portion of this agenda constitutes a written interpretation of Chapter 551 of the Texas
Local Government Code by the attorney for this corporation indicating that said subject or description thereof may be legally
discussed in a closed meeting.
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