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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000.09.14_OEDA MinutesOWASSO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY o MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2000 Owasso City Hall Lower Level Conference Room ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER Chairman Brian Smith called the meeting to order at 10:10 a.m. and declared a quorum present. ITEM 2: ROLL CALL TRUSTEES PRESENT TRUSTEES ABSENT STAFF PRESENT Gary Akin Brenda Lawrence Stan Ewing Frank Enzbrenner (10:13) Will Williams Tim Rooney Tom Kimball Mary Jo Griffin Brian Smith Dee Sokolosky ITEM 3: REQUEST APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 24, 2000 RESCHEDULED REGULAR MEETING Mr. Sokolosky moved to approve the minutes of the August 24, 2000 Rescheduled Regular Meeting. Mr. Kimball seconded and the motion carried 4 -0. AYE: Sokolosky, Kimball, Akin, Smith NAY: none ITEM 4: REQUEST APPROVAL OF CLAIMS No claims were presented. ITEM 5: PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL REPORTS No reports were presented. ITEM 6: PRESENTATION BY HOWELL AND VANCURREN, INC. Mr. Joe Howell of Howell & Vancurren, Inc.; Mr. Bill Packard of Packard & Associates; and Mr. Vic Thompson of Dewberry Design Group, Inc. were present to discuss their individual firms and attributes for a team approach to potentially develop a City of Owasso Downtown Conceptual Plan and Implementation Strategy. Owasso Economic Development Authority Minutes September 14, 2000 Page 2 ITEM 7: PRESENTATION BY ALABACK DESIGN ASSOCIATES, INC. Mr. Dan Alaback and Mr. Mike Peters of Alaback Design Associates; Mr. Rob Haskins of C.H. Guernsey; and Mr. Dave Knopick of Gould Evans Goodman presented their team approach to the development and implementation of a City of Owasso Conceptual Plan and Implementation Strategy. ITEM 8: UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MINGO ROAD AND 116TH STREET NORTH Mr. Ewing briefed the trustees on his progress of his initial site investigation and presented a written report to the board. After reviewing the report, discussion ensued as to the benefit of obtaining an appraisal and feasibility study at this time. Present board members agreed that their main goal in this project is to break -even cost wise and to bring additional job opportunities to the area. After additional discussion, it was decided to do as much analysis in -house as possible to determine what kind of business was the board looking to attract to this area as well as to determine what infrastructure would be required and who would pay for the improvements. Mr. Ewing stated that he would do additional research to identify these concerns and present an expanded report at the next meeting scheduled in October. ITEM 9: REPORT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Mr. Ewing briefed the board members on the following items: 1. Small Cities Set -Aside — Mr. Ewing has been meeting with Mr. Andy Armstrong at INCOG to complete an application for the receipt of funds, which would be approximately $67,000 for improvements in the downtown area. Mr. Ewing is currently in the process of doing a sidewalk inventory as part of the application process. A public hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday September 19, 2000 at the Community Center for public input. 2. The kick off for the 4 -4 County Sales Tax project is scheduled to begin Tuesday, September 19, 2000 at the County's IPE building at the fairgrounds. ITEM 10: REPORT FROM OEDA MANAGER Mr. Mitchell was not in attendance at this meeting due to the Annual Oklahoma Municipal League Conference being held in downtown Tulsa. c Owasso Economic Development Authority Minutes September 14, 2000 © Page 3 ITEM 11: NEW BUSINESS Due to their being no action item on the agenda to select a consultant to develop a scope of services related to the Downtown Redevelopment area, Mr. Sokolosky motioned to schedule a meeting on Monday, September 18, 2000 at 4 p.m. in order to select a consultant to perform work to develop a downtown redevelopment concept plan. Mr. Kimball seconded and the motion carried 5 -0. AYE: Sokolosky, Kimball, Akin, Enzbrenner, Smith NAY: none ITEM 12: ADJOURNMENT Mr. Kimball moved to adjourn. Mr. Enzbrenner seconded and the motion carried 5 -0. The meeting adjourned at 12:20 p.m. AYE: Kimball, Enzbrenner, Akin, Kimball, Smith NAY: none c Date Approved U rian Smith, Chairperson