Articles of Incorporation CEDC
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
COPPELL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
We, the undersigned natural persons over the age of eighteen (18) and qualified electors of the
City of Coppell, Texas acting as incorporators, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation of the
Coppell Education Development Corporation.
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation is Coppell Education Development Corporation.
ARTICLE II
STATUS
The Corporation is a nonprofit corporation. The Corporation is a non-stock corporation and
has no members.
ARTICLE ill
DURATION
The period of its duration is perpetual.
ARTICLE IV
PURPOSES
4.01 The purpose or purposes for which the Corporation is organized for the
purpose of financing programs to publicly funded institutions through the Coppell Education
Development Corporation for the promotion of literacy, foreign language and career technology
for a skilled workforce, as authorized by Section 379 A of the TEXAS LOCAL GoVERNMENT CODE, as
amended.
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4.02 All grants awarded to any publicly funded institution in the execution of the purposes
provided herein, shall be on a just and equitable basis in accordance with an adopted policy by the
Board of Directors, in its Bylaws, approved in accordance with S 379 A of the TEXAS LOCAL
GoVERNMENT CODE.
4.03 In no event shall any grant be made to acquire, construct, purchase, maintain, improve
or own any real property buildings, structures, improvements or equipment.
ARTICLE V
REGISTERED OFFICE/AGENT
The street address of the initial registered office of the Corporation is c/o City Manager, 255
Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas 75019, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address
is Jim Witt.
ARTICLE VI
DIRECTORS
The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors is seven, and the names,
addresses and initial terms of office of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors in
accordance with these Articles are as follows:
NAME ADDRESS TERM
Quay Bratton 644 Quail Lane, Coppell, Texas 75019 1 year
Tiffany L. Pittman 1310 Bradford Drive, Coppell, Texas 75019 1 year
Ann Golding 837 Castle Creed Drive, Coppell, Texas 75019 1 year
Jerry Coker 131 Tennyson Place, Coppell, Texas 75019 2 years
David Hermanski, II 730 Armstrong Blvd., Coppell, Texas 75019 2 years
Betty Carter 787 Pelican, Coppell, Texas 75019 2 years
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Peggy Quinn
305 Beechwood Lane, Coppell, Texas 75019
2 years
Directors are appointed to serve two (2) year staggered terms at the pleasure of the City
Council of the City of Coppell. The initial Directors shall be appointed in accordance with above
schedule, thereafter all appointment shall be in accordance with these Articles. A Director may be
removed by the City Council of the City of Coppell at any time without cause. Directors shall serve
without compensation except that they shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties as Directors.
ARTICLE VII
INCORPORATORS
The name and street address of the incorporators are Robert E. Hager, 255 Parkway
Boulevard, Coppell, Texas 75019; Jim Witt, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas 75019; and Clay
Phillips, 255 Parkway Boulevard, Coppell, Texas 75019.
ARTICLE vm
AUTHORIZATION
The City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, has specifically authorized the formation of the
Coppell Education Development Corporation, a nonprofit corporation, by Resolution approving the
form of these Articles of Incorporation.
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ARTICLE IX
ELIGffiILITY
Directors must be residents of the City of Coppell, Texas for a minimum of one (1) year.
Directors may not have a personal interest in a contract executed by the corporation. Directors may
not be an employee, officer or member of the governing body of the City of Coppell, Texas, or any
affected independent school district.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS
These Articles of Incorporation may at any time, and from time to time, be amended by the
following:
a. the Board of Directors shall file with the City Council of the City ofCoppell, Texas, a
written application requesting approval of the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation,
specifYing in such application, the proposed amendments. City Council shall consider such
application and, if deemed appropriate shall approve the form of the proposed amendments.
The Board of Directors of the Corporation may then amend the Articles of Incorporation by
adopting such amendment at a meeting of the Board of Directors and delivering the Amended
or restated Articles ofIncorporation to the Secretary of State, or
b. the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas may, at its sole discretion, amend these
Articles of Incorporation, by the adoption of a resolution approving amended or restated
Articles of Incorporation.
ARTICLE XI
DISSOLUTION
That the corporation may dissolve in accordance the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Act and
after the disbursement of all remaining funds in accordance with said Act and as provided in these
Articles. All funds, if any, not otherwise dispersed in accordance with these Articles, upon or after
dissolution shall be disposed of in accordance with purposes of this Corporation to the appropriate and
authorized publicly funded institutions for primary, secondary, or higher education.
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Before me, a Notary Public, on this day personally appeared Robert E. Hager, Jim Witt, and
Clay Phillips, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing
docwnent and being by me first duly sworn, declared that the statements therein contained are true
and correct. 0
Given under my hand and seal of office this ~ ~y Of~ .2001.
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