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
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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.
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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.
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Economic and Business Development Board
February 7, 1990
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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