2010-08-18 W CITY OF
SOUTHLAKE
TEXAS
SOUTHLAKE BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES: August 18, 2010
LOCATION: 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas 76092
3rd Floor Training Rooms in Town Hall
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
Members Present: Steve Barry, Frank Bliss, Peter Ermish, Mark Guilbert, Terrance
Henderson, Michael Hutchison, Tim Moorehead, Tommy Pennington, Jason Schmidt,
Chris Schrobilgen, Mike Tesoriero, Mack Zimmerman and Brian Zvonecek
Ex- Officio Members Present: Mayor John Terrell, Mayor's Advisory Committee
Representative Clayton Reed, Dr. David Faltys, Assistant City Manager Jim Blagg,
Southlake Chamber of Commerce President Dana Davis, Economic Development
Director Greg Last
Others Present: Councilmember Jeff Wang, Councilmember Al Zito, Councilmember
Carolyn Morris, Councilmember Pamela Muller, Marketing & Tourism Coordinator Jill
Lind, Director of Planning and Development Services Ken Baker, and Guest Speaker
Kristen Schropp
1. Call to Order
A. Welcome and self introductions
2. Administrative Items
A. A motion to approve the minutes of the June 16, 2010 meeting was made by
Brian Zvonecek and seconded by Mike Hutchison, unanimous approval.
B. Director Last discussed the future meeting dates: September 22, October 20,
January 19, March 16, May 18, July 20 and noted that the September 22
meeting was tentative subject to progress on the EDT Strategic Plan.
3. Briefing on DFW Connector by Kristen Schropp from Northgate Constructors:
Ms. Schropp gave a presentation overviewing various aspects of the DFW Connector
road construction project. She identified various resources to stay informed and
responded to questions from the members.
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4. Business Retention & Expansion Sub - committee Update: Chairman Bliss gave
an overview of a meeting held between himself, Randy McCauley and Dana Davis.
Topics included a discussion on the financing challenges of businesses, the potential
for a "Finance 101 Seminar ", a "Business Resource Guide ", networking opportunities
and a "Lender Survey" to identify the desired types of loans particular lenders might
entertain more readily. They also discussed the potential for collecting best practices
in BRE. Their discussion regarding a business survey suggested that might be a
future endeavor after pursuing other projects.
5. Youth Programs Sub - committee Update: Chairman Bliss said that himself,
Clayton Reed and Councilmember Laura Hill met to discuss the topic and concluded
that although there are many worthy topics to pursue, this particular topic might not
be a good fit for the SBC to take on as a priority and that they would proceed
independently.
6. Briefing on upcoming meetings regarding the Economic Development &
Tourism Strategic Plan: Director Last gave an overview of the current status of the
EDT Plan and upcoming meetings.
7. Open Discussion
A. Discussion on topics of interest to the SBC members:
1. Clayton Reed mentioned an initiative he is heading up called Southlake
Working As a Team (SWAT), www.southlakeswat.com
B. Future meeting topics: The following were suggested as future meeting
topics:
1. Status of commercial real estate in Southlake, occupancy rates, etc.
2. Economic overview from a regional / state economist; what's going on,
what to expect, local impacts, etc.
3. Anticipated activities related to the Super Bowl; what does the City have
planned, what else is going on in and around the community, etc.
4. The potential for inviting individual businesses to the meeting to engage
them in a discussion of their challenges and successes
5. An overview of the Gateway Church project along S.H. 114
8. Adjournment: A unanimous motion was approved adjourning the meeting at 6:20
p.m.
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