11-15-2023 (WEDC) MinutesMinutes
Wylie i v tCorporation
Boardrec s Meeting
November 15, 2023 — 7:30 A.M.
WEDC Offices —Conference Room
250 S Hwy 7 —Wylie, TX 7509
CALL TO ORDER
Announce the presence of a Quorum
President Melisa Whitehead called the meeting to order at 7:32 a.m. Board Members present were Blake
rininstool and Aaron Jameson.
Ex-Officio Members Mayor Matthew Porter and City Manager Brent Parker were present.
DC staff present included Executive Director Jason Greiner, Assistant Director Rachael Hermes, BRE
Director Angel Wygant, Administrative Assistant Marissa Butts, and Marketing & Communications
Coordinator Will Kelly.
INVOCATION & PLEDGEL C
PresidentWhitehead led the Pledge of Allegiance and Angel Wygant gave the invocation.
COMMENTS
With no citizen participation, PresidentWhitehead moved to Consent Agenda.
CONSENTAGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the WEDC Board of Directors
and will be enacted by one motion. There will not he a separate discussion of these items. 7f discussion is
desired, that item will be removed front the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.
A. Considera act upon approval of Minutes from cto er 15, 2023, Regular Meeting of the
WEDC Board of Directors.
B. Consider aact upon approval of the October 2023 WEDC Treasurer's Report.
Board Action
A motion was made by Aaron Jameson, seconded by Blake Brininstool, to approve the Consent
Agenda as presented. A vote was taken, and the motion passed 3-0.
AGENDAREGULAR
. Consider and act upon an Agreementbetween C and American tit a s, LLC.
2. Consider aactupon construction services at Hwy 78 & Brown.
Staff recommended that the Board consider Regular Agenda Items 1 and 2 after Executive Session.
President Whitehead moved to consider Discussion Items.
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DISCUSSION
e o d Dawkins arrived at 7.37 a.m. and stepped out at 7.38 a.m, during Discussion Item 1.
1. Discussion surrounding is ositio of NVEDC properties.
Staff Comments
Staff referenced the properties that were being prepared for demolition. Regarding 104 S Ballard;
staff noted that City Council discussed the mural on the exterior of the building and requested that
the EDC consider working with the original artist to recreate the mural, commemorate the mural, or
consider the commission a new mural downtown. Staff also noted that the Historic Review
Commission requested that the mural be photographed for future reference, print, or duplication.
The demolition at 300 N Second was tabled at the 10/26/2023 HRC meeting for further research
regarding the age of the structure. All the other properties listed in the agenda report will be scheduled
for demolition. Staff will notify the Board if the cost of demolition has increased since the last
received bids.
DS2. Staffreport: WEDC Propertyate, Temporary Access Agreements, o ,
Engineering Report, Upcoming Events, and WEDC Activities/Programs.
Staff o ents
Staff referred the Board to the Agenda Report provided in the packet for all updates related to the
DC Property Update, Temporary Access Agreements, Downtown Parking, Engineering Report,
BRE Updates, Upcoming Events, and WEDC Activities/Programs. Staff inquired if the Board would
like to move the December WEDC Board meeting and the Board chose to keep the date of the
regularly scheduled Board meeting.
EXECUTIVE _ SESSION
Recessed into Closed Session at 7.46 a.m. in compliance with Section 551.001, et. seq. Texas Government
Code, to wit;
Seca551.072. DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY; CLOSED
S. Consider the sale or acquisition of properties located at Ballard/Brown, Brown/Eubanks
544/Cooper, FM 544/Sanden, Jackson/Oak, Re e c /Steel, State 78/Ballard, State Hwy
78/Brown, and State Hwy 78/Skyview.
See. 551.087. DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS;
CLOSED MEETING.
S2. Deliberation regarding commercial or financial information that the WEDC has receive
from a business prospect and to discuss the offer of incentives rojcts: -, 7-6,
2 1-2 , 2 2-5, 21-6c, 2021-9b, 2021-11b, 2022-1b, 22-c, -7 , 2022-9a, 2022-10c, ;
2 2-a, 2-c, 2 -, 2023-2d, 2 -3 , 2023-5b, 23- b, - c, 2 -6 , 2023-8a,
2023-8b, 20 - c, 2023-9a, 3-9 , 2 23-c, 2023-9d, 2023-10a, and Z 2- .
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De and Dawkins returned to the meeting during Executive Session at 7:52 a.m.
SESSIONRECONVENE INTO OPEN
Take any action as a result of the Executive Session.
President WIlitehead reconvened into Open Session at :26 a.m. No action was taken on Regular Agenda Items
1 or 2. The Board then took the following action:
Board Action
A motion was made by Demond Dawkins, seconded by Blake Brininstool, to authorize the VVEDC to enter
into a Performance Agreement with MLKJ Investments LLC, (Project 2021-6c) in the amount not to exceed
$0,000. A vote was taken, and the motion passed 4-0.
FUTURES
There were no Items requested for inclusion on future agendas.
ADJOURNMENT
With no er business, President Whitehead adjourned the WEDC Board meeting at 8:27 a..
Melisa Whitehead,President
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Jason rei er, Execuffiie, Director