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CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING
DECEMBER 11, 1990
10:30 A.M.
PRESENT
Mayor Betty Turner
Mayor Pro Tem Edward Martin
Council Members Absent
Tom Hunt*
Joe McComb*
Clif Moss
Mary Rhodes
Frank Schwing
Cezar Galindo
Leo Guerrero
Mayor Turner called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. in the Committee Room of
City Hall.
City Secretary Armando Chapa called the roll and verified that a quorum of the
Council and the necessary charter officers were present to conduct the meeting.
*Council Member Hunt arrived at the meeting.
Council Member Schwing, the city's liaison to the corporation, briefly addressed some
areas of concern -- the city's representation on the board relative to the amount of funding
being provided by the city, and also the Corporation's direction and mission. He proposed
that the city appoint the Mayor and City Manager as voting members on the Corporation
and stipulated that they would also serve on the executive committee. He also suggested
that the Mayor could have the option of appointing someone to represent her on the
Corporation.
*Council Member McComb arrived at the meeting.
Steve Sullivan, chairman of the Corporation's board of directors, stated that the
Corporation agreed with the recommendation to increase its membership from 15 to 17 by
adding two voting directors, appointed by the City, who would also serve on the executive
committee.
Mayor Pro Tem Martin disagreed with appointing the City Manager as a voting
member of the Corporation because his position is not a policy making position. He
recommended that two members of the council be appointed to serve on the Corporation
and that the City Manager remain as an ex -officio non-voting member.
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Minutes
City Council Workshop
December 11, 1990
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Council Members McComb, Rhodes, and Hunt stated that they were in full
agreement with Council Member Martin's recommendation.
Discussion ensued covering several topics ranging from having all City appointed
directors being Council Members to the procedure used to submit incentives to prospective
companies. It was recommended that prior to offering incentives which were not on the
approved list of incentives that they be submitted to Council for approval.
Gary Bushell, president of the Corpus Christi Area Economic Development
Corporation, stated that in Harlingen when a list of incentives was submitted for Council
approval that it was considered a real estate matter and discussed in closed session.
Steve Sullivan recommended establishing quarterly meetings between the City and
the Corpus Christi Area Economic Development Corporation because it would be the most
effective way to resolve the problem of lack of communication between the two entities.
Council Member Schwing noted that it was the consensus of the Council Members
present to approve appointment of Council Members as directors on the Corpus Christi
Area Economic Development Corporation.
Council Member Rhodes raised the issue of the Corporation's role in assisting
established local small businesses, and Mr. Isias Salinas, a Corporation member, assured
Council Member Rhodes that programs did exist to aid small businesses.
Council Member Schwing suggested that a strategic planning session to establish
goals and objectives be held in February or May, and Steve Sullivan recommended that it
be scheduled early in 1991.
There being no further business, Mayor Turner adjourned the meeting at 11:35 a.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Minutes
of the Workshop Meeting of the City of Corpus Christi of December 11, 1990, which were
approved by the City Council on December 18, 1990,.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, this the 29th day of January, 1991.
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
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