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2013 07 11 MDD MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT July 11,2013 The Board of Directors ofthe Baytown Municipal Development District (MDD)metina RegularMeetingonThursday,July 11,2013,at4:30P.M.,inthe Hullum ConferenceRoom of the Baytown CityHall,2401 MarketStreet,Baytown,Texaswiththe following in attendance: Stephen DonCarlos President Scott Sheley Vice President Brandon Capetillo Director Gary Englert Director Mary Hernandez Director Robert Hoskins Director Dave Jirrels Director David McCartney Director Terry Sain Director RobertD.Leiper General Manager Ignacio Ramirez,Sr.General Counsel Jason Cozza Deputy Assistant Secretary PresidentDonCarlosconvenedtheJuly 11,2013,MunicipalDevelopmentDistrict(MDD)Board RegularMeetingwithaquorumpresentat4:30P.M.,allmemberswerepresentwiththe exception of Directors Reggie Brewer and Mercedes Renteria who were bothabsent. 1.MINUTES a.Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Municipal Development District (MDD)Board Regular Meeting held on May 02,2013. A motion was made by Director Terry Sain and seconded by Vice President Scott Sheley approving theMay02,2013,MDDBoardRegularMeeting minutes.Thevotewasas follows: Ayes:DirectorBrandonCapetillo,PresidentStephenH.DonCarlos,Director GaryEnglert,Director Mary Hernandez,Director RobertC.Hoskins, Director DavidP.Jirrels,Director David McCartney,DirectorTerrySain, Vice President Scott Sheley Nays:None Other:SecretaryReggieBrewer(Absent),DirectorMercedesRenteriaIII (Absent) MDDBoardRegularMeetingMinutes July 11,2013 Page2 of5 Approved 2.PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS a.Consider a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement with the City of Baytown for the funding of a portion of the Buc-ee's Economic Development Project. GeneralManagerLeiper presented theagendaitemandstatedthattheCity of Baytownentered intoa Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement with Buc-ee's,which included the rebate of a1%salestaxforaperiod of 15 years.HestatedthattheCity'sseeksaninterlocal agreement withMDDtofund1/4 of 1%of thesalestaxreceivedfromtheBuc-ee'sprojectand3/4 of 1% fromthecity's general fund. AmotionwasmadebyVicePresidentScottSheleyandsecondedbyDirectorRobertC. Hoskins approving Resolution No.209.Thevotewasasfollows: Ayes:Director Brandon Capetillo,President Stephen H.DonCarlos,Director Gary Englert,Director Mary Hernandez,Director RobertC.Hoskins, DirectorDavidP.Jirrels,DirectorDavid McCartney,Director Terry Sain, Vice President Scott Sheley Nays:None Other:Secretary Reggie Brewer (Absent),Director Mercedes Renteria III (Absent) 3. Approved RESOLUTION NO.209 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR THE FUNDING OF A PORTION OF THE BUC-EE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT;AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF ANAMOUNTNOTTOEXCEED ONE-FOURTH (1/4)OFONE PERCENT (1%)OF THE SALES TAX RECEIVED FROM SUCH PROJECT FOR A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN (15)YEARS;MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO;AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. PROPOSED BUDGET a.Discuss the Baytown Municipal Development District's 2013-14 Proposed Budget and budget process. MDDBoardRegularMeetingMinutes July 11,2013 Page3 of5 GeneralManagerLeiperpresentedtheagendaitemandstatedthatthere'san anticipated 2% increase insalestaxwith projected revenue of $5,500,000.He stated thatsome of thenew projectsincludedinthebudgetare$350,000fortheSecondGatewayProject;$350,000forthe DowntownQuietZone;thedebtservicefundingforPiratesBayproject;$500,000 fortheGoose CreekTrailsPhaseV;$25,000for Pelly andCentralLittleLeagueParks;$100,000forTabbs BayCleanup,althoughinitiatedin 2013,the continued fundingfortheMedian Beautification CrewProject,$82,100for Community ServiceSupervisor,alittleover$100,000forRoseland Park Improvements,justunder$60,000forthe Roseland Park Locomotive,justunder$100,000 for Jenkins/Holloway ParkImprovements,$52,000forGooseCreekParkImprovements, SI 11,000 forAllenbrookPark,and$25,000foraKayaklaunch.Hestatedthatthebudgetwill starttheyearwithworkingcapital of $1.2millionandadd$5.5millioninrevenuewithproposed expenditureallocations of $6.4million.Additionally,hestatedthattheallocatedexpenditures carryforwardfromyeartoyear. InregardstotheRoselandParkLocomotive,therewassomediscussionreferencingthebellon thelocomotivebeingstolen.GeneralManagerLeiperaskedDirectorSheleytofollowupwith the police department inthis regard. GeneralManagerLeiperproposedthatthepublichearingandadoption of thebudgetbe scheduled forAugust 01,2013. Director McCartney statedthattheLittleLeagueParkonWardRoadneedsassistance.General ManagerLeiperstatedthatwhentheCitypurchasedthatproperty,theagreementwasthatthe leaguewouldberesponsibleforitsupkeep.GeneralManagerLeiperstatedthattheparks departmenthasdoneworkatthelittleleagueparkalthoughit'snottheresponsibility of theCity. Additionally,GeneralManagerLeiperstatedthattheCitywill continue toworkwiththeLittle Leagueanddo whatever canbedone within the City's budget. MayorDonCarlosinquiredabouthavingfunds shifted towards the possibility of hiring athird personintheoffice of theEconomicDevelopmentFoundation(EDF).GeneralManagerLeiper statedthatasthecontractfortheEDFcomesupforrenewal,and if themoneyisinspecial contracts itcanbe allocated byMDD. CouncilMember Capetillo recommended havinga crossing controlling mechanism for pedestrian'scrossingovertheintersections of Rollingbrook/Garth andBaker/Garthand recommended havingadditionaltrashreceptaclesfortheheavierusedparks.GeneralManager Leiper stated that staff would lookintothe recommendations. b.Consideraresolutionsettingapublichearing regarding the Baytown Municipal Development District 2013-14 Proposed Budget. MayorDonCarlospresentedtheagendaitemandstatedthatResolution No.210 setsapublic hearingonthe2013-14proposedbudgetforAugust01,2013,at4:30P.M.,intheCouncil Chambers of theBaytown City Hall. MDDBoardRegular Meeting Minutes July 11,2013 Page4 of5 AmotionwasmadebyDirectorTerrySainandsecondedbyDirectorDavid McCartney approving Resolution No.210.The votewasas follows: Ayes:DirectorBrandonCapetillo,President StephenH.DonCarlos,Director Gary Englert,Director Mary Hernandez,Director Robert C.Hoskins, DirectorDavidP.Jirrels,DirectorDavidMcCartney,DirectorTerrySain, VicePresidentScottSheley Nays:None Other:SecretaryReggieBrewer(Absent),Director MercedesRenteriaIII (Absent) Approved RESOLUTION NO.210 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT,ESTABLISHING THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2013-14 PROPOSED BUDGET;AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. 4.REPORTS a.Receive the Baytown Area/West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation's Quarterly Report for the quarter ending March 31,2013. Mr.B.J.Simonpresentedthe quarterly reportforthe quarter ending March 31,2013,and stated that (couldn't understandrecording) b.Receivethe Baytown Municipal Development District's Revenues and Expenditures Report for the Quarter Ending June 30,2013. c.The Baytown Municipal Development District's Quarterly Investment Report for the Quarter Ending June 30,2013,is submitted for review in accordance with the Public Funds Investment Act Section 2256-023 (a)and (b). FinanceDirector,LouiseRichmanpresentedtheagendaitemsandstatedthatthesalestax revenueswereupat17%forthequarterendingandup9.4%theyear-to-date.Shestatedthatthe expenditures were (couldn't understand recording). Ms.Richmanfurtherstatedthatthe investment balance wasrightat$5millionandtheinterest rate was 0.0771%. 5.MANAGER'S REPORT MDDBoard Regular MeetingMinnies July 11,2013 Page 5 of 5 GeneralManagerLeiperstatedthatthenextMDDmeetingwillbeonAugust01,2013,toholda publichearingand consider the adoption of the budget. 6.ADJOURN A motion was made by Director David McCartney andsecondedby Director Mary HernandezadjourningtheJuly II,2013,MDDBoardRegularMeeting.Thevotewasas follows: Ayes:DirectorBrandon Capetillo,President Stephen H.DonCarlos,Director GaryEnglert,Director Mary licrnandez.Director RobertC.Hoskins, DirectorDavidP.Jirrels,DirectorDavidMcCartney,DirectorTerrySain, Vice President ScottSheley Nays:None Other:Secretary Reggie Brewer (Absent),Director Mercedes Renteria III (Absent) Approved With therebeingno further businessto discuss,President DonCarlos adjourned theJuly 11, 2013,MunicipalDevelopmentDistrict(MDD)BoardRegularMeetingat5:25P.M. ..WttUMI'W///,, :ticia Brysch,Assistant Secretary yof Bayto\v1rv^