Economic Development Partnership Board

City Hall City of Denton 215 E. McKinney St. Denton, Texas 76201 www.cityofdenton.com Meeting Agenda Economic Development Partnership Board Wednesday, October 11, 2017 11:00 AM Council Work Session Room After determining that a quorum is present, the Economic Development Partnership Board of the City of Denton, Texas, will convene in a Work Session on Wednesday, at 11:00 a.m. in the Council Work Session Room at City Hall, 215 E. McKinney Street, Denton, Texas at which the following items will be considered: 1. WORK SESSION A. EDP17-052 Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the Stoke Denton Entrepreneur Center. B. EDP17-054 Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the response to the Amazon HQ2 Request for Proposals (RFP). C. EDP17-055 Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the Leadership Denton class’ tourism-dedicated transportation research project. Following the completion of the Work Session, the Economic Development Partnership Board will convene in a Closed Meeting to consider specific items when these items are listed below under the Closed Meeting section of this agenda. 1. CLOSED MEETING NOTE: The Economic Development Partnership Board reserves the right to adjourn into a Closed Meeting as authorized by Texas Government Code, Section 551.001, et seq. (The Texas Open Meetings Act) on any item on its open meeting agenda or to reconvene in a continuation of the Closed Meeting on the closed meeting items noted above, in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, including, without limitation Sections 551.071-551.086 of the Texas Open Meetings Act. Following the completion of the Closed Meeting, the Economic Development Partnership Board will convene in a Regular Meeting at which the following items will be considered: 1. REGULAR MEETING A. EDP17-058 Elect a Chair and Vice-Chair to the Economic Development Partnership Board. Attachments: Exhibit 1 - Ordinance No. 2017-203 B. EDP17-057 EDP Staff Reports: 1. October 2017 Chamber Activity Report 2. August 2017 STaND Report Attachments: October 2017 Chamber Activity Report August 2017 STaND Report C. EDP17-056 Consider approval of the minutes of the September 13, 2017, meeting. Attachments: Exhibit 1 - EDP Minutes 09 13 2017 Page 1 Printed on 10/6/2017 Economic Development Partnership Meeting Agenda October 11, 2017 Board 2. CONCLUDING ITEMS A. Under Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, respond to inquiries from the Economic Development Partnership Board or the public with specific factual information or recitation of policy, or accept a proposal to place the matter on the agenda for an upcoming meeting AND Under Section 551.0415 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, provide reports about items of community interest regarding which no action will be taken, to include: expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; an honorary or salutary recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen; a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing body; information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event organized or sponsored by an entity other than the governing body that was attended or is scheduled to be attended by a member of the governing body or an official or employee of the municipality; or an announcement involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in the municipality that has arisen after the posting of the agenda. CERTIFICATE I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the City of Denton, Texas, on the ________day of ___________________, 2017 at ________o'clock (a.m.) (p.m.) ____________________________________ CITY SECRETARY NOTE: THE CITY OF DENTON COUNCIL WORK SESSION ROOM IS HANDICAP-ACCESSIBLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED IF REQUESTED AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE SCHEDULED MEETING. PLEASE CALL THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 940/349-8309 OR USE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF (TDD) BY CALLING 1-800-RELAY-TX SO THAT A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER CAN BE SCHEDULED THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE. Page 2 Printed on 10/6/2017