Downtown Odessa
Regular MeetingOdessa, TX · April 12, 2022
Minutes
Downtown Odessa, Inc.
Minutes for April 12,2022
Council Chambers
Board members present: Cruz Castillo, Mark Matta, Shawn Rodriguez, Denise Swanner, William Vaughan
and Lonnie Lawrence
Absent: John Herriage, Sondra Eoff and Alma Gomez.
Board President Shawn Rodriguez leads the meeting starting at 12:03pm
Downtown Odessa, Inc:
1. Approval of Minutes- February 8th, 2022- Motion was made by board member Castillo and
seconded by board member Rodriguez to approve minutes.
2. Review of February and March 2022 Financials- Financials reviewed, board would like to wait
for Treasurer Eoff to approve at next meeting.
3. New Business:
a. Discuss ODC grant process/ ODC meeting and update – Businesses will be required to
have a business plan and resume. Based on the length of time they have owned the
business and resume will determine if they are required to take CE classes.
b. Discuss Design Committee for ODC and appointment – Board votes Lonnie Lawrence
in place of John Herriage for ODC Design committee. All approve.
c. Discuss Housing Taskforce with TIRZ- Board approves John Herriage and nominates
Sondra Eoff for Taskforce with TIRZ.
d. Summer help May-July – ED Hallmark discusses the need for help in the Summer. It
would be a partnership with the city and university that would offer a paid
internship. An intern through UTPB will help pilot Downtown Odessa as well as other
department and get students involved in government entities.
e. Discuss parking updates – 4th and grant update has been approved and is ready to
go. 4th and Jackson has a new sign that shows the rendering that has been approved.
Waiting on design committee to move forward. 4th and 5th street parking has been
changed to diagonal parking.
f. Discuss RFP’s- Two RFP’s currently out. JC Penny lot and Scott Theater. City would
like to see restaurant and retail on bottom level and housing on the top. Open until
May 11th.
g. Discuss process of planning 7 million from 2019- For design firms to come in and
show the potential of where the 7 million could be spent. City staff and design
committee are working on reviewing proposals.
h. Discuss Travel Texas Grant- Grant through the governor’s office. DOI received a grant
from Travel Texas, Expedia, and Culture Map.
i. Discuss volunteer commitments for summer events – ED Hallmark explained the
need for volunteers in the summer. Presented a volunteer signup sheet.
4. Event Update:
a. State of Downtown Recap/ TIRZ event recap- Great response for both events.
b. Downtown Egg Hunt - April 8th -16th – Huge turnout. This year we gave out 14,000
eggs. We saw lots of foot traffic in Downtown. First year charging to be a stop on the
bunny trail, turned out to be a success.
c.
Meeting was adorned due to lack of members will table the rest for next meeting.
Agenda
PUBLIC NOTICE
City of Odessa City Council meetings to be held with Social Distancing guidelines.
In accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Government Code of
Texas, notice is hereby given to all interested persons that the City of Odessa Downtown
Odessa Board will have a board meeting at City Hall, Council Chambers beginning at 12:00
p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2022 for the following purposes:
See attached agenda
This Notice is being posted on the south door of City Hall and on the bulletin board
of the first floor of City Hall, Odessa, Texas, this the ______ day of April 2022 at
__________ ___.m., said time being more than seventy-two hours prior to the time at
which the subject meeting will be convened and called to order. The public notice is also
posted on the City of Odessa’s website www.odessa-tx.gov
The meetings are available to all persons regardless of disability. Individuals with
disabilities who require special assistance should contact the City Secretary's Office at
432/335-3276, or 411 West 8th Street, First Floor, Odessa, Texas, during normal business
hours at least twenty-four hours (24) in advance of the meeting.
Norma Aguilar-Grimaldo, TRMC, CMC
City Secretary
1. Approval of Minutes – February 8th, 2022
2. Review of February and March 2022 Financials
3. New Business:
a. Discuss ODC grant process/ ODC meeting and update
b. Discuss Design Committee for ODC and appointment
c. Discuss Housing Taskforce with TIRZ
d. Summer help May-July
e. Discuss parking updates
f. Discuss RFP’s
g. Discuss process of planning 7 million from 2019
h. Discuss Travel Texas Grant
i. Discuss volunteer commitments for summer events
4. Event Update:
a. State of Downtown Recap/ TIRZ event recap
b. Downtown Egg Hunt - April 8th -16th
c. Arts and Eats Cultural Crawl- April 22nd
d. Tacos and Tequila - May 14th
e. Firecracker Fandango -July 2nd
i. Partnerships
f. Hot Summer Nights- June- July
g. Lowriders Against Bullying Car Show – Aug. 19-20
5. Director’s Report:
a. Discussion of grants and status updates:
i. Reimbursed - The House (infrastructure)
ii. Compiling documents for reimbursement – Ambler Law (façade and
infrastructure)
iii. Under construction – PediCardio of West Texas (façade and infrastructure)
iv. Under construction – ICON Tavern (façade and infrastructure)
v. Document submitted- Little McJack Properties LLC, (Submitted)
b. Discussion on board folders and work session notes from 2018
6. Comments or suggestion of future agenda items
-Next Meeting, Tuesday, May 10th, 2022-
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