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2022-05-24 CEDC Minutes CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TEXAS SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEETING MINUTES: May 24, 2022 LOCATION: The Marq Southlake Legends Hall — Boardroom 285 Shady Oaks Drive Southlake, Texas 76092 TIME: 6:00 p.m. COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Board President Martin Schelling, Board Secretary Craig Sturtevant, Jeff Wang, Mike Pazera, Bob Mundlin and Jennifer Kolb. COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: NONE STAFF PRESENT: Chief Financial Officer & Board Treasurer Sharen Jackson, Director of Economic Development & Tourism Daniel Cortez, Director of Community Services Chris Tribble, Deputy Director of Community Services David Miller and Economic Development Specialist Stephanie Clayton 1. Call to order Board President Martin Schelling called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. Consider approving the minutes from the March 22, 2022 Community Enhancement and Development Corporation meeting A motion was made to approve the minutes from the March 22, 2022 meeting. Motion: Wang Second: Mundlin Ayes: Schelling, Sturtevant, Pazera, Mundlin, Wang, Kolb Nays: None Abstain: None Vote: 6-0-0 Motion Carried —APPROVED May 24, 2022 CEDC Minutes 3. Economic Development a. Review 2022 Business Climate Survey Results Director of Economic Development & Tourism Daniel Cortez provided the Board a brief overview of the 2022 Business Climate Survey results. The key findings from the survey include: • The majority of responding businesses feel the City provides excellent or good quality services • Businesses have a positive outlook towards the future, expecting growth and more employees • Finding labor is a growing challenge • Lease rates are the greatest expressed concern for businesses No formal action was sought on this item other than board feedback and questions on the survey results. b. Review and provide feedback on the Business Engagement Program update Economic Development Specialist Stephanie Clayton provided the board a brief overview of the update to the Business Engagement Program and plan to refresh the "Business Buddies" aspect of the program. No formal action was sought on this item other than board feedback and questions on the program update. 4. Staff Reports a. Financial Reports i. The Marq Southlake financial highlights and membership sales report Chief Financial Officer Sharen Jackson provided information about Champions Club membership trends and revenue. She informed the Board that the Marq overall is trending above target annual cost recovery at 84% as of the date of the meeting with a target of 65%. She noted that Champions Club and Legends Hall both are exceeding target annual cost recovery for the year with Champions Club at 92% cost recovery with a target of 71% and Legends Hall at 51% cost recovery with a target of 44%. The month of May saw a new high for memberships at Champions Club with 2,920 members. Currently Legends Hall has over $300,000 of reservations on the books with every Saturday in December being filled. ii. Sales Tax Report Chief Financial Officer Sharen Jackson presented the Board with the most recent sales tax data. She noted that the fiscal year-to-date sales tax collections for the City are trending favorably at 29.0% above the previous 2 0 May 24, 2022 CEDC Minutes year's sales tax collections for the same time and March collections are at 14% above March 2021 collections. b. Economic and development activity report Director of Economic Development & Tourism Daniel Cortez proposed rescheduling the June 28th Meeting due to conflict with the City Council Summer Workshop scheduled on the same night. Meeting was rescheduled to Wednesday, June 29. 5. Adjourn Board President Schelling adjourned the meeting at 7:29 p.m. Martin Schelling, Board President Community Enhancement and Development Corporation Board Craig St rte vant, Board Secretary Commun Enhancement and Development Corporation Board 3