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BM 1988-03-03 EcDevThe Economic and Development Board of the City of Coppell met on Thursday, March 03, 1988, at 7:35 pm in the Council Chambers of the Coppell Town Center. The following boardmembers were present: Guests: MEETING MINUTES ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD CITY OF COPPELL David Greer Don Hodges Regina Johnson Lee Richardson Angelo Vaccaro Tom Morton - Coppell City Council Liaison Paul Dishman - Coppell Economic Development Advisor Mike Guyton - Assistant District Manager for TP & L The purpose of the meeting is to consider the following items: Item No. 1: Approval of Minutes Item No. 2: Update on Area West of Denton Tap by Mark Huey Item No. 3: Discussion and Consideration of Ordinance 86 -356 Item No. 4: Presentation by Paul Dishman and Introduction Item No. 5: Chairman's Report Item No. 6: Committee Reports Item No. 1: Approval of Minutes. Don Hodges handed out corrected meeting minutes and it was noted the meeting date should be February 10 instead of the 5th. The correction was noted and a motion was made by David Greer, seconded by Boardmember Hodges, and approved unanimously. Item No. 2: Report by Mark Huey on the Area West of Denton Tap Road. Mark Huey was not present to give the report however, Chairman Richardson gave a brief on what is happening on the west side of Denton Tap north of 635 up to highway 121. Primarily the major landowners of this area have formed an association. This association concerns the development of this area though planning streets and infrastructures, promotion of the city, engineering and design, and the planned improvement district. The group has organized and at their meeting discussed the possibility of the MUD or RUD district. Memorandum of Meeting Economic and Business Development Board City of Coppell Page Two However, this was not feasible because it would involve the loss of the agricultural tax exemption. They decided to pursue the P.I.D. Program and set up a dues structure to help pay for some design and planning cost. Please see attached letter dated February 24, 1988. Item No. 3: Discussion and Consideration of Ordinance 86 -356. Discussion on the creation of the team members made of sixteen individuals to serve in exofficio capacities to the Economic Development Board. This was done by virtue of the ordinance prepared by Council since state law held the Board to five members only. The question raised by the Board was whether the Council actually should have the responsibility of appointing the sixteen team members along with five Board members. Chairman Richardson said we the Board might be able to reduce the Council's load by making the selection of the team members within the Board. Richardson proposed that the ordinance be modified to allow the Board to appoint the team members as needed in lieu of the Council appointing those members. A motion by Boardmember Vaccaro was offered recommending the following: To modify section 2 -3.6 of Ordinance 86 -356 to allow the Economic Development Board to select team members as needed in lieu of the Council appointing those members. The motion was seconded by David Greer. Please see the attached list of Team Members. It was recommended by Boardmember Vaccaro that the Board contact each member on the list of team members to check their existence and interest in serving. If they are not interested then suitable replacements be considered. Item No. 4: Presentation by Paul Dishman and Introduction. Mr. Dishman indicated that his objective in working with us would be to formulate the strategic plan to aid economic development in Coppell. The plan will be comprised of several components along with a critical path guide as to the course of happenings for the action plan. Some of the items in our plan will be a data base and inventories of existing real estate, services and vital statistics. It will be a 3 -5 year plan giving guidance as to what should be done with the land west of Denton Tap. What type of businesses we would like to have in our community? The plan is to be complete with documentation by the first of June. Memorandum of'Meeting Economic and Business Development Board City of Coppell Page Three Item No. 5: Chairman's Report. Chairman Richardson presented communications received by him from the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce President, Mr. C.J. Webster. Please see the attached letter dated February 18, 1988, and the 1988 Economic Development Budget and work program of the Chamber. Mark Huey informed us as to the progress of the landowners association on the westside. Richardson has attended a Economic Development workshop and City Council has decided that all leads will be given to the Economic Development Board. He pointed out that we had received the prospect form from the City of Carrollton for us to tailor ours by to help log the leads and status. We should keep up with the leads and prepare a status report for the council to keep them apprised as to what is going on with those leads. Richardson will distribute the prospect form to the members for their use. Richardson reported that the Council released their five year capital improvement program last week which was published. Richardson has a copy of the plan if we would like to review the plan. Item No. 6: Committee Reports. Reports were given by each Boardmember and copies were handed out to each member. These subcommittee reports are part of the comprehensive plan being prepared by the Economic Development Board. Mr. Paul Dishman commented that the should address two issues: 1) Identify resources and 2) Define weaknesses and threats to our development as a community. A motion was made and seconded for adjournment. END OF ME_ tNG . Respe Don C. Hodges Recording Secretary Economic and Development Board City of Coppell Cf,0 The City With A Beautiful Future r5) UTILITY COMPANIES: Mike Guyton Assistant District Manager Texas Power & Light Co. P.O. Box 819061 Farmers Branch, TX 75381 -9061 Ted Brannon Plant Engineer General Telephone Company P.O. Box 128 Lewisville, TX 75067 Doug Jones Comm. Marketing Specialist Lone Star Gas Co. P.O. Box 151265 300 N. Rogers Irving, TX 75015 -1265 Steve Goram Director of Public Works City of Coppell P.O. Box 478 Coppell, TX 75019 LANDOWNER /DEVELOPER: Jay Patterson President, Terra Land Development Co. Two Lincoln Center, #1370 5420 LBJ Freeway Dallas, TX 75240 Mike Allen President, Univest Development 12770 Coit Rd., #1215 Dallas, TX 75251 ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD TEAM MEMBERS 888 -1302 817/566 -3215 253 -5102 462 -0022 934 -9444 233 -5771 P. 0. Box 478 Coppell, Texas 75019 214 - 462 - 0022 Russell Grimes Nikor Co. 5000 Quorum Drive, #540 Lock Box 3 Dallas, TX 75240 Shawn Todd Connell Development Co. P.O. Box 201069 Dallas, TX 75220 AT LARGE: Tim House 629 Briarglen Circle Coppell, TX 75019 Rod Heltzel 614 Havencrest Coppell, TX 75019 C. D. Turner 233 Simmons Coppell, TX 75019 Regina Johnson 400 Hunters Ridge Circle Coppell, TX 75019 BUSINESS OWNER: Paul Adams President, First Coppell Bank 1000 South Beltline Road Copppell, TX 75019 Bob Minyard Minyard Foods P.O. Box 518 Coppell, TX 75019 Jim McGovern Allstate Insurance 600 East Sandy Lake Rd. Suite #122 Coppell, TX 75019 Jay Turner Ticor Title Insurance 102 Meadowcreek, # # 106 Coppell, TX 75019 EC.DEV.BRD. NOTEII 393 -7446 357 -4694 471 -1812 462 -7982 462 -8574 (H) 393 -1309 (0) 393 -2190 462 -1111 393 -8700 (H) 471 -3482 (0) 393 -1022 (H) 462 -1477 (0) 462 -7420 � 1VIC 1 t��ttCJ 1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE �ADDISON, CARROLLTON, COPPELL, FARMERS BRANCH METROCREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1988 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET AND WORK PROGRAM PROPOSED ACTIVITIES: A. The Chamber will undertake, in conjunction with the City of Carrollton Economic Development Department and the Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce, an in depth survey of existing major cemployers. Using the format developed by Southwestern Bell in Austin, the Chamber will enlist volunteers in the business community to follow -up a mail -out questionnaire with personal interviews to solicit information on an open ended basis. Specific products to be obtained include: 1. Up -to -date information on employment; 2. Concerns about continued operation in our four cities; 3. Expansion possibilities; 4. Leads on suppliers who may be considering moves to this area; 5. Possibilities for exports to the United Kingdom; 6. Problems being encountered; 7. Possible Chamber or community involvement; 8. Possibilities for business between METROCREST companies. No specific targets have been established as to the number of firms to be contacted. This effort will be handled by the Business Retention Committee headed by Paul Cardarella and Steve Weinert of Southwestern Bell. B. The Chamber will serve as a coordinating vehicle for the relocation of businesses into the four cities. Major activities will include: 1. Dissemination of city and METROCREST information for businesses considering relocation; 2. Development of relationships with allies; 3. Conduct of allies tours through all four communities; 4. Coordination of a committee composed of Economic Devel- opment specialists from the four cities, utilities, banks and real estate companies; 1204 METROCREST DR. * CARROLLTON, TEXAS 75006 * 214/416 -6600 PAGE 2 5. Continuation of assistance to the METROCREST Relocation Task Force, assisting the employees of companies moving to the area. This effort will be handled by the Sites and Relocation Committee headed by Lila Harris of G T E and Jeanne Hooker of Lone Star Gas. C. The Legislative Division, headed by Chris Kelly, President, First City Bank- Farmers Branch, will continue to lobby on behalf of business interests in the METROCREST. Trucking deregulation and construction of the North Texas Mail Facility are examples of efforts to be continued this year. D. The Chamber, in concert with the four cities, will develop articles about our communities to be placed in selected national publications. These advertisements done in a news story format will focus attention on our area as an ideal place to live and work. E. The Chamber will continue its efforts to stimulate business relationships with the United Kingdom. The International Committee, Chaired by Tom Parsons, T U Electric, Dr. Tom Morton, Coppell City Councilman and Cinda Bowers, Town North National Bank, will oversee these efforts. The International Committee will bring together area manufacturers interested in developing export or other business relationships in the U.K. This group will serve as a support and referral group to each other and provide assistance to others interested in U.K. operations. The Chamber will again make an Industrial Tour to the U.K. during September or October. This year's tour will go to London, Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow. The trip will have two specific purposes -an informational seminar to promote the METROCREST area and a matchmaking program to provide contacts for area manufacturers interested in exporting. The Chamber will also focus more extensively on representing, through catalogues, area companies unable to go on the tour. F. The Chamber will conduct a familiarization trip for the Texas Society of Association Executives to introduce them to the possibility of planning meetings in the METROCREST. Area hotels will provide food and lodging. The Chamber will coordinate the programs and fund transportation and local activities. G. The Chamber will launch a major effort to distribute all area hotel brochures to major corporations, meeting planners and the already available hotel packet will be widely distributed in order to increase business use of METROCREST hotels. H. The Chamber will update promotional materials for distribution to all relocation prospects, both business and INCOME EXPENSES METROCREST Chamber of Commerce ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED BUDGET BALANCE (1987 FUNDS) $ 9,000 ADDIS ON $ 25,000 CARROLLTON 15,000 COPPELL 7,500 FARMERS BRANCH 20,000 $ 67,500 PERSONNEL $ 25,000 POSTAGE 2,500 PRINTING 5,000 ADVERTISING 11,000 TOUR PREPARATIONS & ARRANGEMENTS 12,000 FAM TRIP 4,000 HOTEL BROCHURE DISTRIBUTION 2,000 MISCELLANEOUS 6,000 $67,500 BALANCE AT END OF YEAR $ 9,000 Mr. Lee Richardson, President Independent Bank of Coppell 600 East Sandy Lake Rd., #120 Coppell, Texas 75019 Dear Lee: CJW:bhw I will keep you posted. IC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE l ADDISON, CARROLLTON, COPPELL, FARMERS BRANCH February 18, 1988 Your name has been given to the following individuals who are currently working on the location of major firms here in the METROCREST: Mr. Ed Atchley Atchley & Associates 8307 Meadow Road, Ste. 11050 Dallas, Texas 75231 Mr. Tim Boyle The Boyle Company 4343 West Northwest Highwaya, LB 1014 Dallas, Texas 75220 Mr. John C. Weatherwax 2913 Browne Drive Garland, Texas 75041 If they contact you, please respond as quickly as possible to facilitate their moves. lam keeping up with them on a weekly basis to stay apprised of their progress. Sincerely, . ' C. /Webster, President Economic Development Director 1204 METROCREST DR. * CARROLLTON, TEXAS 75006 * 214/416 -6600 February 24, 1988 Mr. Lee Richardson Independent Bank of Coppell 200 S. Denton Tap Road Coppell, TX 75019 Re: 121<LBJ Coppell Commercial Land Owners Association Dear Mr. Richardson: On Monday, February 22nd, a second meeting was conducted at the city hall among the various prop- erty owners to form our landowners association. After some enlightening information was shared with us by Bob Dransfield, we collectively came to the conclusion that the possibility of a MUD or RUD district was not feasible because of the need to release many property owners from their agricultural tax exemptions. We did, however, discuss the vehicle which seems to have the greatest possibility to finance the much - needed infrastructure improvements. This financing entity is commonly referred to as a planned improvement district or PID. This places the responsibility for the improvements back under the authority of the City, but further emphasizes our need to come together as an association so that we can collectively instruct the City on how to proceed: "A true public - private partnership." Our next step was to elect a board which will represent the association in our plan coordination as well as liaison with the City. The board members elected were Jerry Lacy, L.H. Lacy Company; Mark Con- nell, Connell Development; Bill Thompson, Thompson Interests; Don Moulton, NCH Corp.; Jim Brown, James M. Brown Company; and Richard Blackford, Southern Pacific Industrial Development. At our first board meeting, we will determine the committees that need to be formed to coordinate our activities. The committees that are being considered are the (1) engineering /design committee, (2) finance /PID structure committee, and (3) promotion /city liaison committee. If you have any other suggestions, and /or have a preference on the committee you wish to join, please let me know. We will also be discussing the need to formally organize the association and a collection of dues from all the participants. We are pleased that the PID process will be considerably less expensive and can happen in a much shorter time frame. It is therefore conceivable that the improvements can be de- signed and agreed upon by the association and the city in a relatively short time frame. While these needs are being determined, we can be working with the city staff to streamline the zoning and platting process. We can also be working with the economic development board to enhance the image of Cop- pell in the overall marketplace. We will communicate with you regarding dues and our first general membership meeting after the board has met. We appreciate your support and look forward to serving you. Very truly yours, — 01 W. Mark Huey WMH /rdp r @@ MEETING TIME: MEETING PLACE: Economic and Business Development Notice of Meeting March 3, 1988 Notice is hereby given that the Economic and Business Development Board of the City of Coppell will meet in special called session on Thursday, March 3, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in the 2nd Floor Conference Room of the Town Center, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, TX. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the following items: Item 1: Call to Order Item 2: Update on Available Land West of Denton Tap Road - Mark Huey Item 3: Discussion and Consideration of Revision of Ordinance 86 -356 - Creating the Economic and Development Board Item 4: Presentation by Paul Dishman of North Texas State University Item 5: Chairman's Report Item 6: Committee Reports Adjournment Debbie Cravey 7:30 p.m. (Open to Public) Town Center - 2nd Floor Conference Room 255 Parkway Boulevard Coppell, TX 75019 Chairman CERTIFICATE I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the Town Center of the City of Coppell, TX on the 26th day of February, 1988 at 4:30 p.m. AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA OF THE SPECIAL CALLED SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD February 29, 1988 The following items are hereby added to the special called session of the Economic Development Board to be held Thursday, March 3, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in the 2nd Floor Conference Room of the Town Center, 255 Parkway Boulevard. Open to the Public e L4&' Debbie Cravey, Sretary EDEVAMD.DOC AGENDA Item la: Approval of Minutes - February 10, 1988 CERTIFICATE Lee Richardson, Chairman I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the Town Center in the City of Coppell, Texas, on the 29th day of February, 1988 at 2:30 p.m.