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2023-04-25 CEDC Minutes 0 1 _ITY OF SOUTHLAKE TEXAS SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEETING MINUTES: April 25, 2023 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. Jennifer Kolb, Bob Mundlin and Jeff Wang COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Board Vice President Mike Pazera, Eric Wang STAFF PRESENT: Chief Financial Officer & Board Treasurer Sharen Jackson, Director of Economic Development & Tourism Daniel Cortez, Director of Community Services Chris Tribble, and Economic Development Specialist Stephanie Bernard 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 29, 2023 Community Enhancement and Development Corporation meeting A motion was made to approve the minutes from the March 29, 2023 meeting. Motion: Sturtevant Second: J. Wang Ayes: Kolb, Schelling, Mundlin, Sturtevant, J. Wang Nays: None Abstain: None Vote: 5-0-0 Motion Carried — APPROVED 3. Economic Development a. Review and make recommendations on the Commercial Site Assessment for Suntree Square April 25, 2023 CEDC Minutes Economic Development Specialist Stephanie Bernard presented the draft Commercial Site Assessment for Suntree Square. The Board provided the following feedback for Suntree Square: • More signage would not impact center success as visibility of tenants is adequate. • Grocery store anchor for center is ideal, if Tom Thumb ever left, the Board would want a similar tenant to occupy that space. • Full-service restaurant option may be considered, taking into consideration traffic impact. b. Review and provide feedback on the quarterly economic and hospitality reports Director of Economic Development and Tourism Daniel Cortez provided the Board with the first iterations of the economic and hospitality reports that will be presented to the Board quarterly. Mr. Cortez asked the Board members to review the reports and to provide feedback on what would be most helpful for them to be able to make informed decisions. 4. Staff Reports a. Financial Reports i. The Marq Southlake financial highlights and membership sales report Chief Financial Officer & Board Treasurer Sharen Jackson provided information about Champions Club membership trends and revenue. She informed the Board that the Marq overall is currently exceeding the target annual cost recovery at 75%, with a budget anticipated target of just under 60% for the year. She stated that the post-pandemic cost recovery target for the entire center was anticipated to be 71% and she is confident we will meet that by the end of this fiscal year. Champions Club and Legends Hall both are above target annual cost recovery for the year with Champions Club at 82% cost recovery with a target of 67% and Legends Hall at just under 49% cost recovery with a target of 33%. She also noted Legends Hall currently has $270,000 of events on the books through September. She expects to see $570,000 in rental revenue this fiscal year, a new record. Champions Club continues to see increases in memberships, with 3,413 in the month of March. She noted the largest increases in membership types are in the adult and family categories. ii. Sales Tax Report Chief Financial Officer& Board Treasurer Sharen Jackson presented the Board with the most recent sales tax data. She stated sales are trending favorably and year to date FY 2023 collections are 4.6% above FY 2022 and 39.2% above FY 2021. Most recent sales tax collections for sales in the month of February 2023 are 3.4% above collections for the month of February 2022 and 46.8% above February 2021 collections. She anticipates CEDC projected 2 April 25, 2023 CEDC Minutes budgeted collections at $7.5 or $7.6 million by the end of the fiscal year. She also noted that while collections are up it may be due in large part to the impact of inflation. b. Economic and development activity report Director of Economic Development and Tourism Daniel Cortez provided the board with an update on Capital Grille. 5. Adjourn Board President Martin Schelling adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m. Martin Schelling, rd President Community Enhancement and Development Corporation Board Craig S rtevant, Board Secretary Community Enhancement and Development Corporation Board 3