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02-18-2026 (WEDC) MinutesBoardminutes Wylie Economic Development Corporation of Directors Regular Meeting February 18, 2026 ---'7 30 A.M. WEDC Offices — Conference Room 250 S H — Wylie, TX 75098 CALL TO ORDER Announce the presence of `a uorrr Vice President Harold Smith called the meeting to order at 7:31 a.m. Board Members present -were it elisa Whitehead and Demond Dawkins. E - fficio Member City Manager Brent Parker was present. l C staff present included Assistant Director Hermes, BREDirector Angel Wygant, and Economic Development Coordinator Christy Stew INVOCATION & PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE Angel Wygant gave the invocation and led. the Pledge of Allegiance. COMMENTS ON NQN-AGENDA ITEMS With no citizen participation, Nice President Smith moved to the Consent Agenda. CONSENT AGENDA All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the WEDC Bated ofDirectors and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be a separate discussion of these netts. ff discussion is desired, that item will be removedfrom the Consent Agenda and will be considered ered scparate. A. Consider and act upon approval of the Minutes from the January 21, 2026, Regular Meeting of the WEDC Board of Directors, Consider and act upon approval of January 2026 WEDC Treasurer's Report. C. Consider and act upon a Performance Agreement between the WEDC and Savage Precision Fabrication, Inc. D. Consider and act upon a Performance Agreement between the WEDC and GOI Enterprises,Inc. Board Action A motion was made by Melisa Whitehead, seconded by Dernond Dawkins, s, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. A vote was taken, and the motion passed 3-0. P - fficio Member Mayor Matthew Porter arrived at 7: 5 a.m. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Consider and act upon issues surrounding Lot 3/FM 544 Gateway Addition parking. LAC — Minutes February 18, 2026 Page 2 of Discussion Staff' reminded the Board that the WEDC has been working with Kimley-Hom onengineering solutions at key locations within the City of Wylie. As such, Kiraley-Horn has issued. an Individual Project Order (IPO) to provide professional civil engineering services and civil construction plans for additional parking located on Lot 3 of the FM 544 Gateway Addition, which is directly behind Walk -inns. Staff shared that this IPO is intended to cover topographic survey, construction plans, and bidding, Board Action A. motion was made by Demond Dawkins, seconded by Melisa Whitehead, to award the contract to l is le -Hom and Associates, Inc.. in the amount of $52,000 and further authorize the Executive Director to execute any and all necessary documents. A vote was taken, and the motion passed -0. DISCUSSION ITEMS SI. Discussion and updates from E C Committees. Discussion Staff opened the discussion by sharing that the budget, Finance, and Audit Committee Meeting and the Strategic Planning Committee Meeting have both met, with the Strategic Planning Committee scheduled to meet again on February 2 th. Board member Dawkins shared that the Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee mittee compared last year's numbers with anticipated numbers for the current year to determine what is needed for upcoming projects. Stalf noted that the Annual Report will be on the March Board Meeting Agenda, with apresentation to the City Council on March 241h. The presentation will include the 2026 Goals and Objectives as reviewed by the Strategic Planning Committee. S2 - Staff report: WEDC Property Update, Temporary Access Agreements, Downtown Parking, Engineering Report, Upcoming Events, and WEDC Activities/Programs. Discussion Staff referred the Board to the Agenda Report provided in the packet for all updates related to W DC Property Updates, Temporary Access Agreements, Downtown Parking, :Engineering Report, Upcoming Events, and WEDC Activities/Programs. Staffnoted that 544 Gateway is moving along, with an updated Walk-C n's anticipated completion date of :fume 2026. "regarding BRE, staff shared that Wylie ISD received a grant for a summer internship program with the North Texas Municipal "ater District. Staff` shared that cross -training is underway in preparation for the upcoming retirement of BRE Director Angel Wygant. Additionally, staff discussed the promotion of Christy Stewart to the Economic omic Development Coordinator position and the posting of the Office Manager position. EXECUTIVE SESSION Recessed into Closed. Session at'7.43 a.m. in compliance with Section 551.001 et. seq. Texas Government Code, to wit: Sec. 551.072. DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY; CLOSED ETING SI. Consider the sale or acquisition u isition of properties located at Ballard/Brown, Brown/Eubanks 544/Cooper, FM 544/Sanden, Jac sass% Regency/Steel, State Hwy 7 I lan s State Hwy 78/Brown, State Hwy 7 r y er, and State Hwy 781S yv ew. February 18, 226 Page 3 of Sec. 551.087. DELIBE CRATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS; CLOSED NG. S2< Deliberation regarding commercial or financial information that the WEDC hasreceived from business prospect and to discuss the Hof ra r of for Projects: 2- 2 2-1 , 2 2 - ly 2-2, 2- ,-12c,202 ",22 { , 2" i, 2-1 c, 2-1 225-I1, 2026-1b, 2 26-1e 2 26-2a, and 226-2. RECOINVENE INTO OPEN SESSION Take any action as a result of the ExecutiveSession. Vice President Smith reconvened into Open Session at - 18 a.m., and the Board took the following action as a result of Executive Session:: Board Action A motion was made by Melisa Whitehead, seconded by Demand Dawkins, to authorize the WEDC to enter into a Performance Agreement with Project 202 - a in -an amount not to exceed $2.5 million. A vote was taken, and the motion passed -0. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Them were no Items requested for inclusion on future agendas. ADJOURNMENT With no further business, Vice President Smith adjourned the, WtEDC Board meeting at : 19 a.m. �Bla instool, President A`II'S'T. � Jason Greiner, Eiecuti . tcsr } x