2012-01-25aCITY OF
SOUTHLAKE
SOUTHLAKE BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING: Janua 25 2012 [Briefing Notes]
Due to a lack of a quorum the meeting was not called to order and no formal actions were
taken by the SBC.
LOCATION: 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas 76092
3rd Floor Training Rooms in Town Hall
TIME: 5:00 P.M.
Members Present: Frank Bliss, Peter Ermish, Santhosh Gandhari, Mark Guilbert, Bret Kidd,
Randall McCauley, Tim Moorehead, Tommy Pennington and Mack Zimmerman
Ex -Officio Members Present: Mayor John Terrell, Councilmember Carolyn Morris,
Southlake Chamber of Commerce President Dana Davis and Director of Economic
Development & Tourism Greg Last
Others Present: Councilmember Jeff Wang, Planning & Development Services Director
Ken Baker, Director of Finance Sharen Jackson and Economic Development &
Tourism Administrative Secretary Denise Artho
1. Call to Order
Due to a lack of a quorum the meeting was not called to order and no formal actions
were taken by the SBC. The following briefings were begun at 5:13 p.m.
2. Administrative Items
A. No action was taken regarding the approval of the minutes of the November
16, 2011 meeting. They will be submitted for approval at the next meeting.
B. Director Last introduced Bret Kidd from Hewlett Packard as a newly appointed
member to the SBC.
C. Chairman McCauley pointed out the future meeting dates: March 21, May 16,
July 18.
3. Director Last briefed the members on the attendance summary and its purpose.
4. Presentation on Commercial Tax Revenues by Sharen Jackson, Director of
Finance
Director Last presented an overview of Southlake's population and development
growth over the past several years, followed by a presentation on Commercial Tax
Revenues given by Director of Finance Sharen Jackson.
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5. Discussion regarding communication with businesses
Chairman McCauley led a discussion regarding communication channels with
businesses and also next steps; members had several suggestions regarding the
facilitation of communications between the business community, the SBC and the
Chamber of Commerce.
6. Action Plan for New Business Survey
Chairman McCauley led a discussion regarding the need to develop and implement a
survey of businesses opened in the past 60-90 days. General discussion was
engaged around the following outline.
• SBC to have a general discussion regarding the merits of such a survey
• EDT to draft an outline of survey questions for discussion purposes
• SBC to review and make recommendations
• EDT to finalize survey and implement on a monthly basis
• EDT to tally findings for review by SBC
7. Distribution of results from the Home for the Holidays Tree Lighting Intercept
8.
9.
Survey
Members were provided results from the Home for the Holidays Tree Lighting
Intercept Survey and were asked to direct questions to Director Last or Tourism
Marketing Manager Jill Lind.
Discussion regarding future meeting topics
A. Mayor Terrell would like a presentation on the results from 2011 Citizen
Survey.
B. Director Last suggested a discussion around a "Question of the Month"
program for business owners.
Adjournment
A. The briefings were concluded at approximately 6:15 p.m.
D nise Artho, Economic Development & Tourism Administrative Secretary
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