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Right Where You Want to Be.
MINUTES OF
REGULAR MEETING
OF ANNA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
OCTOBER 3, 2008 9:00 A.M.
ANNA CITY HALL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING,
111 N. POWELL PKWY., ANNA, TEXAS
The Economic Development Corporation of the City of Anna conducted its
Regular meeting at 9:00 a.m., NOTE THE TIME Friday, October 3, 2008, at the
Anna City Hall Administration Building, 111 N. Powell Parkway, to consider the
following items:
1. Call to Order and Establishment of Quorum.
President Richard Pennington called the meeting to order at 9:04 am.
Present were Richard Pennington, Lonnie Friesen, Mike Crist and Dr.
Charles Vance. Rob Simmons was absent.
2. Invocation.
Dr. Charles Vance gave the invocation.
3. Pledge Allegiance
4. Citizen comment.
Stacy Driskell with the Greater Anna Chamber of Commerce spoke to the
board.
5. Consider/Discuss/Action regarding retaining the legal services of
Clark McCoy of the law firm of Wolfe, Tidwell & McCoy, LLP.
Dr. Charles Vance made the motion to approve. Mike Crist seconded the
motion. Motion passes.
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The Board convened in to executive session approximately 9:30 am.
6. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Under terms of Chapter 551 of Texas
Government Code the board may enter into CLOSED SESSION or
Executive Session to deliberate regarding commercial or financial
information that the governmental body has received from a
business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate,
stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and
with which the governmental body is conducting economic
development negotiations or to deliberate the purchase, exchange,
lease or value of real property because such deliberations in an open
meeting would have a detrimental effect on the board’s position in
negotiations with third persons (Government Code, Chapters
551.072, 551.087).
a. consult with legal counsel on matters in which the duty of the
attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary
Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly
conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Government Code (Tex. Gov’t
Code §551.071);
Return to open session.
The Board came back to open session approximately 9:45 am.
7. Discuss and take action as desired on items discussed in Executive
Session.
Dr. Charles Vance made the motion to take no action. Lonnie Friesen
seconded the motion. Motion passes.
8. Consider/Discuss/Action regarding a request for assistance to raise
the Anna Corners sign to the new legal height of 35 feet from
property owner Mark Smith.
Dr. Charles Vance made the motion to not approve. Mike Crist seconded
the motion. Motion passes.
9. Consider/Discuss/Action regarding Joe’s Italian Bistro.
EDC Attorney, Clark McCoy advised the board against helping with the
parking lot. Members discussed looking into other possibilities for funding.
10. Discussion regarding an update on Crippen International
development on the EDC property.
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Richard Pennington will meet with Gary Billups to see where he is on this
project.
11. Consider/Discuss/Action regarding Seminars, Training, etc. for
Directors to attend in December.
Lonnie Friesen made the motion for Richard Pennington, Mike Crist and
Lonnie Friesen to attend a seminar in December. Mike Crist seconded the
motion. Motion passes.
12. Report on business contacts and other activities of the members.
Richard Pennington made a report on his contacts since the last EDC
Meeting.
13. Consider/Discuss/Action regarding EDC crafting “Areas of
Emphasis” for identifying certain areas of the City for business
purposes. (Lonnie Friesen)
Dr. Charles Vance made the motion to table this item. Lonnie Friesen
seconded the motion. Motion passes.
14. Consider/Discuss/Action regarding approval of Minutes of
meeting(s) of September 5, 2008.
Lonnie Friesen made the motion to take no action. Mike Crist seconded
the motion. Motion passes.
15. Consider approval of financial report and payment of bills.
Members approved the financial report and payment of bills.
16. Discussion/Action regarding future agenda items.
There were no items.
17. Adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned approximately 10:30 am.
Approved:
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Richard Pennington, President