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BM 1990-02-07 EcDevMinutes of the ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD February 7, 1990 Meeting The Economic and Business Development Board met in regular session on Wednesday, February 7, 1990, at 7:30 p.m. in the Executive Conference Room of the Coppell Town Center. The following Board members were present: Lee Richardson, Chairman David Greer Regina Johnson Richard Johnson Angelo Vaccaro City Staff members present were: Alan Ratliff, City Manager The following guests attended the meeting: Michael Tucker, Vice President, Prentiss -Copley Properties Al Blaine, Director of Industrial Marketing, Prentiss -Copley Properties Margaret Connors, Advertising Sales Manager, Harte-Hanks Community Newspapers Item 1: Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Richardson, noting that a quorum was present. Item 2: Approval of Minutes - January 3, 1990 Meeting: The minutes of the January 3, 1990, meeting were reviewed. Richard Johnson made a motion that the minutes be approved. Angelo Vaccaro seconded the motion. Motion carried and the minute were approved. Item 3: Presentation and discussion with Michael Tucker of Prentiss -Copley Properties. Michael Tucker, Vice President of Suburban and Industrial Properties for Prentiss -Copley, and Al Blaine, their Director of Marketing and Leasing of DPW Area Industrial Properties, made a presentation to the Board on Park West Commerce Minutes of the February 7, 1990 Economic and Business Development Board Page Two Center. The 330 acre site for the industrial park, bounded by Beltline, Freeport, Southwestern and Wrangler Drive, was purchased from Southern Pacific Railroad a year ago. The first industrial building is under construction now with finish -out planned in about thirty (30) days. Entire build -out for the industrial park is expected to be six (6) to seven (7) years. Mr. Tucker and Mr. Blaine expressed a desire for the Economic and Business Development Board to help them get both the City and Coppell Independent School District to waive taxing goods in transit. They advised this would be a very significant factor in attracting companies to the new park. Item 4: Presentation and demonstration by Dean Belvis of IBM - computer information system. Mr. Belvis failed to attend the Board meeting. He suggested that the Board members go to the Infomart to see the computer information system. Alan Ratliff will recontact Mr. Belvis again and ask him to make a presentation at the next meeting. Item 5: Discussion and consideration of authorizing expenditure for advertisement in the "Progress Edition" of the Metrocrest News - Judy Terry. The representative from the Metrocrest News did not attend the meeting. David Greer made a motion that we approve the expenditure for advertisement in the "Progress Edition" of the Metrocrest Newg. Angelo Vaccaro seconded the motion. Regina Johnson, Richard Johnson and Lee Richardson voted against the motion due to lack of information. The motion failed. Margaret Connors, Advertising Sales Manager for Harte- Hanks Community Newspapers, made a presentation to the Board requesting that we take an advertisement in the special Coppell Centennial Celebration edition of the Coppell Gazette which will be published on February 28th with a deadline of February 14th. Prices quoted for the advertisement were $660.00 for a full back -page ad and $345.00 for a half -page advertisement. They would also provide extra copies to the Relocation Center. Richard Johnson made a motion that we nc-t approve the expenditure of funds for advertisement in the February 28, Qoppell Gazette Edition. David Greer seconded the motion. All members voted in favor. The motion passed. Minutes of the February 7, 1990 Economic and Business Development Board Page Three Item 6: Review and discussion of Major Projects: a) Video Production. Richard Johnson reported that City Council approved a script writer for the video. Videos from surrounding communities have been obtained and received. It is felt that Coppell's video should show strong community quality of life, family life, proximity to work centers, etc. The deadline for finishing the script is March 15. Should begin shooting picture at that time. Regina Johnson made a motion that the Board authorize $80.00 for tickets for the film crew to take pictures at the Coppell Gala on February 24. Angelo Vaccaro seconded the motion. All voting in favor, the motion carried. b) City Logo. Richard Johnson stated that City Council voted approval to pay the University of North Texas to develop a logo for the City of Coppell. North Texas has already returned twenty (20) to twenty- five (25) logos. The committee has narrowed these logos down to four ( 4 ) or five ( 5 ) that they feel are the strongest. More work still needs to be done on them. Mr. Johnson presented five (5) of these logos to the Board for viewing. c) Coppell Brochure - Policy for Charging. The Board received a request from Jay Turner, President of the Coppell Business Association, for 240 Coppell brochures (200 for GTE and 40 for a Metrocrest Leadership function). A discussion was held as to whether we should charge a fee for the brochures. It was decided that a fee of $2.00 per brochure would be charged if the brochures were used for commercial purposes or for any self-interest purpose. No charge will be made if the brochures are given out for the general good of the community - such as the GTE request. The Board decided to give Jay Turner the 240 brochures for the purposes indicated above. Minutes of the Economic and Business Development Board February 7, 1990 Page Four There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chairman Richardson. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Economic and Business Development Board will be Wednesday, March 71 1990, at 7:30 p.m. at Coppell Town Center. Respectfully submitted, Regina L. Johnson Recording Secretary Economic and Business Development Board City of Coppell