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2024-07-23 CEDC Minutes TeCITY OF SOUTH LAKE TEXAS SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEETING MINUTES: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 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 Vice President, Mike Pazera Board Secretary, Craig Sturtevant Member, Jennifer Kolb Member, Bob Mundlin Member, Jeff Wang Member, Eric Wang • COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Board President, Martin Schelling STAFF PRESENT: Director of Economic Development & Tourism, Daniel Cortez Chief Financial Officer & Board Treasurer, Sharen Jackson Deputy Director of Economic Development & Tourism, Robert Briggs Director of Community Services, David Miller Deputy Director of Community Services, Ryan McGrail 1. Call to order: Board Vice President, Mike Pazera, called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. July 23, 2024 CEDC Minutes 2. Consider approving the minutes from the June 25, 2024, Community Enhancement and Development Corporation meeting: A motion was made to approve the minutes from the June 25, 2024, CEDC meeting. Motion: C. Sturtevant Second: B. Mundlin Ayes: M. Pazera, J. Kolb, J. Wang, E. Wang Nays: None Abstain: None Vote: 6-0-0 Motion Carried —APPROVED 3. Consider the adoption of the Fiscal Year FY 2025 Southlake Community Enhancement and Development Corporation Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Plan. Staff presentations were provided to the board by Director Cortez, Deputy Director Briggs, Deputy Director McGrail, and Board Treasurer & CFO Jackson. Once staff presentations were complete, a motion was made to approve the adoption of the Fiscal Year FY 2025 Southlake Community Enhancement and Development Corporation Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Plan. Motion: J. Wang Second: J. Kolb Ayes: M. Pazera, C. Sturtevant, B. Mundlin, E. Wang Nays: None Abstain: None. Vote: 6-0-0 Motion Carried —APPROVED 4. Economic Development: a. Quarterly Economic and Hospitality Reports. Director Cortez provided the board with a review of the FY24, Q3 Economic and Hospitality reports. For the Economic report, the retail occupancy rate is sitting at a healthy level of 96.9%, slightly higher than the previous quarter(96.5%) and the office occupancy has risen from 80.6% in Q4, FY23 to 83.1%. This was attributed to the new spaces (e.g. Granite II) beginning to see tenants move in. The hospitality report was also covered, with a highlight being a spike in room rentals in April of 2024. This being attributed to the Solar Eclipse and City's Solar Eclipse event that brought in thousands of people to the community to observe the celestial event. 2 July 23, 2024 CEDC Minutes 5. The Marq: a. Discussion of FY 2025 The Marq Southlake budget items. Deputy Director McGrail provided the board with a comprehensive review of The Marq's FY 2025 budget including budget amendments, updates to The Marq's fee schedule, and all requests for adjustments to the base budget. 6. Staff reports: a. Financial Reports i. The Marq Southlake financial highlights and membership sales report CFO and Board Treasurer Jackson provided an overview of The Marq's financial highlights and membership sales report. Currently the net revenue remains below the previous year. However, they are still experiencing an upward trend in the total number of memberships. Now The Marq has the most memberships it has since starting operation. Now there are a greater number of single memberships versus family memberships. The latter brings a greater amount of revenue for the operation. ii. Sales tax report CFO and Board Treasurer Jackson provided an overview of the Community Enhancement and Development Corporation's 3/8 cent sales tax report and advised, due to some auditing adjustments that were required, there was an overall decrease in the tax revenue for this fund this past month. She added that she does not expect that to continue, as the auditing was complete, and no further adjustments should need to be made. She added, although the YTD collections remain below FY23, since conservative estimates were made for the FY24 budget, the end of year balance is still expected to exceed the budgeted amount. b. Economic and development activity report Director Cortez advised the board with there being no construction permits having been submitted and the absence of City Council meetings for the entire month of July, there was no activity to report. 7. Adjourn a. Board Vice Pre ident, Mike Pazera, adjourned the meeting at 6:47 p.m. 7Z M in chelling, Board President Community Enhancement and Development Corporation Board (t4464114111,704144-- Craig Sturtevant, Board Secretary Community Enhancement and Development Corporation Board 3