05/26/2020-4B-Minutes-RegularMINUTES
4B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020
6:00 PM
502 ELM STREET
SANGER, TEXAS
IMPORTANT NOTICE: MEETING HELD BY TELECONFERENCE
Meetings will temporarily be held via teleconference and will not be held at Sanger City Hall. Effective
March 16, 2020 Texas Governor Abbott suspended certain Open Meeting rules to allow telephonic or
video conference meetings of government bodies that are accessible to the public to decrease large groups
of people from assembling in order to advance the public health goal of limiting facetoface meetings to
slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID19). The suspension temporarily removes the requirement
that government officials and members of the public be physically present at a meeting location. A
recording of the telephone conference will be made available to the public in accordance with the Open
Meetings Act, upon written request for up to 90 days after the official minutes of the meeting are approved.
If you plan to speak or provide public comments during the meeting please email;
sangerdevelopment@sangertexas.org and indicate which item you would like to comment on. You will
need to provide Shani Bradshaw your name, address, plus the name, and/or number you are calling into
the conference with for recognition purposes to allow you to speak during the item. In order to facilitate
Public Hearings during the meeting, each name on the speaking list will be called in the order they were
received and will be provided an opportunity to comment. You may also provide comments to the Director
of Economic Development, Shani Bradshaw (sangerdevelopment@sangertexas.org) regarding an item if
you do not wish to speak, and they will be emailed to Shani Bradshaw before the meeting. Please
provide your comments or requests to comment for all items no later than one (1) hour before the meeting.
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COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:
Beverly Branch, Jeff Springer, Will Dutton, John Payne
MINUTES4B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARDTUESDAY, MAY 26, 20206:00 PM502 ELM STREETSANGER, TEXASIMPORTANT NOTICE: MEETING HELD BY TELECONFERENCEMeetings will temporarily be held via teleconference and will not be held at Sanger City Hall. EffectiveMarch 16, 2020 Texas Governor Abbott suspended certain Open Meeting rules to allow telephonic orvideoconference meetings of government bodies that are accessible to the public to decrease large groupsof people from assembling in order to advance the public health goal of limiting facetoface meetings toslow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID19). The suspension temporarily removes the requirementthat government officials and members of the public be physically present at a meeting location. Arecording of the telephone conference will be made available to the public in accordance with the OpenMeetings Act, upon written request for up to 90 days after the official minutes of the meeting are approved.If you plan to speak or provide public comments during the meeting please email;sangerdevelopment@sangertexas.org and indicate which item you would like to comment on. You willneed to provide Shani Bradshaw your name, address, plus the name, and/or number you are calling intothe conference with for recognition purposes to allow you to speak during the item. In order to facilitatePublic Hearings during the meeting, each name on the speaking list will be called in the order they werereceived and will be provided an opportunity to comment. You may also provide comments to the Directorof Economic Development, Shani Bradshaw (sangerdevelopment@sangertexas.org) regarding an item ifyou do not wish to speak, and they will be emailed to Shani Bradshaw before the meeting. Pleaseprovide your comments or requests to comment for all items no later than one (1) hour before the meeting. The public may dial one of the following numbers and enter the meeting ID/Access Code to join themeeting. A toll free number is available and noted on the list below:Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/9860544598?pwd=dEsyRUlOdHBmMWFybG5ZdUZ6ZEtiUT09Meeting ID: 986 054 4598Password: 321654Dial by your location+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)877 853 5257 US Tollfree888 475 4499 US TollfreeCOMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:
Beverly Branch, Jeff Springer, Will Dutton, John Payne
COMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT:
Carrie Bilyeau, Barbara Martin, Beverly Howard
OTHERS PRESENT:
Shani Bradshaw, Stefani Dodson
1.Call Meeting to Order
6:04 PM(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
2.Approval of Minutes
Approval of the April 14, 2020 Board Meeting Minutes.
A motion was made by Jeff Springer to Motion. The motion was seconed by Will Dutton.
Motion to approve the minutes made by Jeff Springer.
Will Dutton seconded motion. Motion passes unanimously.
The motion with a 40 vote (Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
3.Discussion on Facade and Sign Grant Program
Shani goes briefly goes over the facade grant. She shows examples of a facade grant from a couple
of other cities.
The board briefly discusses the idea of the facade grant.
Shani goes over the budget and explains that there is already a grant budget for 50K set aside for
another grant that hasnt been used. She explains that it might be possible to just change the use of
the current grant. She also recommends doing this grant for next year.
Board brings up they used the grant on the Large Pavilion at Porter Park. They would like us to go
back and look up the minutes to the original grant.
(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
4.Discussion on Business Recovery Efforts Related to COVID19
Briefly discussed in item 3.(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
5.Discussion on Fiscal Year 20202021 Budget
Shani goes over the budget and some of the items.
Springer asked if they may get a running total to compare 2019 and 2020.
Shani said she will get that for them.
The board and Shani have a longer discussion about the budget.
(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
6.Financial Reports
MINUTES4B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARDTUESDAY, MAY 26, 20206:00 PM502 ELM STREETSANGER, TEXASIMPORTANT NOTICE: MEETING HELD BY TELECONFERENCEMeetings will temporarily be held via teleconference and will not be held at Sanger City Hall. EffectiveMarch 16, 2020 Texas Governor Abbott suspended certain Open Meeting rules to allow telephonic orvideoconference meetings of government bodies that are accessible to the public to decrease large groupsof people from assembling in order to advance the public health goal of limiting facetoface meetings toslow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID19). The suspension temporarily removes the requirementthat government officials and members of the public be physically present at a meeting location. Arecording of the telephone conference will be made available to the public in accordance with the OpenMeetings Act, upon written request for up to 90 days after the official minutes of the meeting are approved.If you plan to speak or provide public comments during the meeting please email;sangerdevelopment@sangertexas.org and indicate which item you would like to comment on. You willneed to provide Shani Bradshaw your name, address, plus the name, and/or number you are calling intothe conference with for recognition purposes to allow you to speak during the item. In order to facilitatePublic Hearings during the meeting, each name on the speaking list will be called in the order they werereceived and will be provided an opportunity to comment. You may also provide comments to the Directorof Economic Development, Shani Bradshaw (sangerdevelopment@sangertexas.org) regarding an item ifyou do not wish to speak, and they will be emailed to Shani Bradshaw before the meeting. Pleaseprovide your comments or requests to comment for all items no later than one (1) hour before the meeting. The public may dial one of the following numbers and enter the meeting ID/Access Code to join themeeting. A toll free number is available and noted on the list below:Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/9860544598?pwd=dEsyRUlOdHBmMWFybG5ZdUZ6ZEtiUT09Meeting ID: 986 054 4598Password: 321654Dial by your location+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)877 853 5257 US Tollfree888 475 4499 US TollfreeCOMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT:Beverly Branch, Jeff Springer, Will Dutton, John PayneCOMMISSION MEMBERS ABSENT:Carrie Bilyeau, Barbara Martin, Beverly HowardOTHERS PRESENT:Shani Bradshaw, Stefani Dodson1.Call Meeting to Order6:04 PM(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)2.Approval of MinutesApproval of the April 14, 2020 Board Meeting Minutes.A motion was made by Jeff Springer to Motion. The motion was seconed by Will Dutton. Motion to approve the minutes made by Jeff Springer.Will Dutton seconded motion. Motion passes unanimously.The motion with a 40 vote (Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)3.Discussion on Facade and Sign Grant ProgramShani goes briefly goes over the facade grant. She shows examples of a facade grant from a coupleof other cities.The board briefly discusses the idea of the facade grant. Shani goes over the budget and explains that there is already a grant budget for 50K set aside foranother grant that hasnt been used. She explains that it might be possible to just change the use ofthe current grant. She also recommends doing this grant for next year.Board brings up they used the grant on the Large Pavilion at Porter Park. They would like us to goback and look up the minutes to the original grant.(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)4.Discussion on Business Recovery Efforts Related to COVID19Briefly discussed in item 3.(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)5.Discussion on Fiscal Year 20202021 BudgetShani goes over the budget and some of the items.Springer asked if they may get a running total to compare 2019 and 2020.Shani said she will get that for them.The board and Shani have a longer discussion about the budget.(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
6.Financial Reports
Shani goes over the Financial report with the board.(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
7.Staff Update
Brief discussion over TxDot
Springer updates the board on what he discussed with TxDot.
Further discussion with the board.
(Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
8.Citizen Comments
No Citizens (Absent: Bilyeau, Howard, Martin)
9.Adjourn