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4A Wichita Falls Economic Development Minutes - 08/02/2012i C MINUTES OF THE WICHITA FALLS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION August 2, 2012 PRESENT' Gary Shores, President Dick Bundy, Vice President /Sec.- Treasurer Reno Gustafson Dave Lilley Gary McLendon Glenn Barham, Mayor Tim Ingle, Councilor District 4 Darron Leiker, City Manager Jim Dockery, Assistant City Manager /CFO Kevin Hugman, Assistant City Manager John Burrus, Director, AT &T R. Kinley Hegglund, Jr., Sr. Asst. City Attorney Linda Merrill, Recording Secretary LeAnn Moran Ross Little Hank Anderson Glenn Beavers Sid Gills Amy Bobrowitz Tim Chase, President Kevin Pearson, Vice President Chuck White, Executive Committee Member Jay Carter Cynthia Laney Mike Derr Andy Lee Clayton Lane Danny Ahern Crystal Adler Lindsay Greer Susan Martin Misty Rae Gazdacko Tom Whaylen Linda Beltchev Jeff Stambaugh § Members § City Council § City Staff § Wichita Falls Municipal Airport § Chamber of Commerce & Industry § Carter Aviation § Downtown Wichita Falls Development § Convention Visitors Bureau § Pride in the Falls § Sheppard Military Affairs Committee § MSU /Idea WF H: \_legal \4A & 4B \4A Corp \Minutes\2012\2012.8.2\2012.8.2 4a minutes.doc WFEDC — Minutes of August 2, 2012 2 1. CALL TO ORDER President Gary Shores called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. and welcomed new member Reno Gustafson. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Dave Lilley moved for approval of the June 29, 2012 minutes. The motion carried. 3. BUDGET REQUESTS Carter Copter The 4A Board has paid Carter Aviation for six of the eight milestones listed in the contract; there are two remaining milestones that Carter has yet to achieve. Mr. Carter requested the 4A Board make those final two payments. Carter Aviation cannot agree to give its Intellectual Property as collateral (as proposed by the 4A Board); that would limit the company's ability to raise money. Rather, he offers to put up all its hard assets totaling $2.7 million. Poland is interested in licensing Carter Aviation's technology. Mr. Shores asked if a proposed September meeting with Polish officials had been arranged. Mr. Carter said that it had not, but the matter has reached the Ministry of Transportation office in Poland. Gary McLendon questioned whether production of the aircraft would occur in Wichita Falls. Mr. Carter said that it would depend upon his company's abilities to meet AAI's needs. He feels sure AAI will give the company the jobs it could handle. Chamber of Commerce Tim Chase said that since its inception, the 4A Board has outsourced its economic development activities to the Chamber. He devotes more than 50% of his work toward economic development, while Kevin Pearson's job is 100% dedicated to those duties. The Chamber requests 100% of Michael Paris' salary for workforce development. The salary for the Vice - President for the community -wide marketing effort is also sought. The total request is $380,164. Executive Committee member Chuck White told the Board the Chamber will attempt to collect more money from the private sector for economic development activities. Downtown Wichita Falls Development (DWFD) Cynthia Laney said DWFD requests the sum of $75,000 from the 4A Board. Last year, the Board granted the group $50,000 plus a $12,500 incentive. The reasons for the increased request are as follows: 1. DWFD will host the Texas Downtown Association fall conference November 6 -9. There will be a minimum of 100 -150 people attending the conference on any given day. 2. DWFD assumed the operation of the Farmer's Market in May. Revenues to date total $2,932, a little over $1,000 over the City's revenues from the market the prior year. The electrical system has been replaced and expanded; the landscaping has been redone; and a drip irrigation system was installed. They eventually want to enclose the market and have it open year -round with a variety of vendors. WFEDC — Minutes of August 2, 2012 3 3. DWFD is working with the City to replace 30 -year old Christmas banners for City Lights. The cost to replace 60 banners is $9,000. DWFD brings 10,000 to 14,000 visitors downtown every year for its events. The Zombie Crawl brought in enough funds from its first year sufficient to give the Red Cross $1,500. Membership fees totaled $17,000 in 2010; this year, the total has reached $31,399. MSU17dea WF Jeff Stambaugh thanked the Board for three years of support of Idea WF. He attributes 10 jobs created in the local area due to this program, with potential for more jobs in some of the businesses. They are requesting the same amount of money as last year - $27,500. That is enough to generate interest and get the new business owners out of the gate. Sheppard Military Affairs Committee (SMAC) Tom Whaylen thanked the Board for its support of SMAC. SMAC is requesting the same level of funding this year as in years past, $100,000. It has been a successful year. Kay Yeager recently accepted the AETC award for outstanding community support. The NCO Academy is a six -week school that brings about 200 students to Sheppard every six weeks. The Royal Saudi Air Force bought U.S. planes. Sheppard received the maintenance contract for them, and may be in the running to provide English language training for the Saudis. In May, the last of two transmission lines were moved north of the runway. In addition, some beacons will be installed on the east side of the runway. Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Burkburnett and Frederick, Oklahoma are all participating in a joint land use study at Sheppard Air Force Base to ensure there is no land use around the base that would have a negative impact on the missions. A consultant study was recently completed. SMAC hired two senior retired leaders — a civil and a three -star general, both involved with installations and both with less than 12 months of retirement. In the spring, SMAC hosted the ENJJPT steering committee meeting; the Memorandum of Understanding for this program expires in 2016. Pride in the Falls Tim Chase introduced Susan Knowles Martin, the new Vice President of Community- Wide Marketing. Ms. Martin said she the group is ready to move forward with Phase 2. Short- term strategies involve finding what sets Wichita Falls apart from other communities, utilizing water resources, and developing a city signage project. Kevin Hugman added that signage needed to be developed to show what Wichita Falls has to offer. A draft master plan was presented to the Council at a cost of $1.6 million. The plan is to use $500,000 from reserve funds, and approach the 4B Board for a matching amount. The group is asking for the balance of Phase 1 funds to carry them through December 2012 ($84,000), and $200,000 for each of the following three years for Phase 2. WFEDC — Minutes of August 2, 2012 4 4. DISCUSSION OF 2012 -2013 BUDGET ISSUES, LONG TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING, AND WFEDC PROCEDURES. Airport Renovation Jim Dockery said a new airport terminal has long been a high priority for the City. URS Consultants prepared a three phase, $36 million plan for the new terminal. The City is optimistic it will receive $16 million from federal grants, but in order to receive those funds, the City must move forward with Phase 1 — the entrance road and parking lot. That is a $5 million project. The City receives an annual entitlement grant from the FAA, and $300,000 to $400,000 in airport income. The City needs to find $420,000 per year for a 20 -year debt service payment. The City contemplates approaching the City Council at its August 7 meeting to ask for an endorsement to approach the 4A Board to request assistance on this debt service payment. Financial Statement Mr. Hugman distributed the Board's financial statement. The statement shows the last three years of adopted budgets and year -to -date expenditures. Revenues are predominately sales tax driven. He is conservative with revenue projections. He estimates where the sales tax revenues will be at the end of the current fiscal year and assumes no increase going into the next year. Sales tax revenues for the current fiscal year (and thus the beginning of FY 2013) are estimated at $3,565,121. Other revenues are lease payments at 2400 Burkburnett Road from Atco Structures. Reimbursement revenues represent the property tax that the 4A Board pays that Atco reimburses. Total revenues projected for fiscal year 2013 total $3,715.627. Mr. Shores asked if the money set aside to reimburse City staff time on projects is sufficient. Mr. Hugman said probably not, and he would take another look at it. Mr. Hugman reported that the 4A Board has a projected fund balance at the end of fiscal year 2013 of $9,615,097, provided no other projects are approved. Total expenditures equal just over $1 million, with a revenues -less- expenses total of $2.5 million. Mr. Shores adjourned the meeting into executive session at 4:45 p.m. pursuant to TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE § §551.071, 551.072, and 551.087. He announced the meeting back into regular session at 5:35 p.m. The subjects posted in the Notice of Meeting were deliberated, and no action was taken on these items in executive session. Dave Lilley moved that the 4A Board approve the expenditure of the loan under Item 7 upon the completion of the modification of the agreement to include the $2.7 million inventory and assets of Carter Aviation be included as collateral, and if this or any prior loan goes into default, then item 7 is in default. Seconded by Mr. Gustafson, the motion carried. 5. ADJOURN The meeting adjourned at 5:37 p.m. Gary aores, resident