The Board:
Adam Martin-Present
Joey Acfalle-Present
Jay Jackson-Present
Jeremy Tate- Absent
Council Liaison:
Charlie Youngs-Absent (This is before we were told that he had resigned)
Candidates for Council 3, 4, 5, 7:
There were no candidates present
The only announcement to note was from Joey Acfalle about the passing of the former mayor, Jim French.
Nobody spoke during the Citizens Forum.
The Consent Agenda passed with a vote of 3-0. It was for the approval of the minutes from their last meeting.
Action Items:
The Economic Development Corporation reported payroll expenses to Copperas Cove in the amount of $628.89 for the month of July 2019. The Vote passed 3-0
The unaudited financial report from July 2019 show a year over end increase in their liquidity of over 14% at $6.3 million dollars. The vote passed 3-0
For the Quarterly Investment Report ending in June 2019 showed a 5.6% and showed liquid assets of $337,899. The vote passed 3-0
The Economic Development Corporation took up their budget for FY20 and passed a resolution to support it, then taking it to the city council. The vote passed 3-0
The next item was for the development standards for the Narrows Business Park. This would inform all future tenants of rules on how their buildings will look. It will be run like a Home Owners Association along with having Developers Review Board (2 EDC members, 2 city staff members, and 1 tenant). The city manager spoke that this may cause confusion for business' between city standards and Narrows standards. They tabled this by a vote of 3-0
The demolition of the building owned by the Economic Development Corporation at 201 South 1st was supposed to happen several months ago, but the contractor backed out the day prior to the intended start date. Today, they are selecting a new contractor. There were three proposals submitted:
1. AmeriVet: $149,197
2. Two Chains: $61,100 (they did the clearing of the Narrows earlier in the year)
3. Sierra Demo: $21,700 plus dumping fees.
The contracting committee reviewed the proposals. If Sierra was chosen the estimated dumping fees should not go above the $61,000 level that Two Chains proposed. The EDC voted 3-0 to approve the proposal from Sierra Demo.
The EDC Director proposed the date of October 18, 2019, for the next Budget Planning Workshop. There is no vote needed for this item.
The EDC Director said that the Board needs to look at modifying the bylaws in the areas of check signing procedures, professional education. Tate and Acfalle will set up a committee for this and reconsider this next month.
What if anything has been planned for this space?
ReplyDeleteNothing right now for a few years, then part of the long term planned municipal building.
ReplyDeleteDoe anyone on earth know what the overall plan is? This is Mary Furey asking....thank you.
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