City Council

PRAIRIE VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION First Amended Notice of Regular Scheduled Board Meeting Thursday, November 21, 2019; 6:00 p.m. Prairie View City Hall; City Council Chambers 44500 U.S. Business Highway 290 Prairie View, Texas 77446 1. Call to Order 2. Certification of Quorum 3. Invocation 4. Citizens Forum- at this time, citizens will be able to speak for a length of time not to exceed five minutes. Thirty minutes total has been allocated for this section. Pursuant to Section 551.042 of the Texas Open Meetings Act, any deliberation or decisions about the subject inquiry shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting. 5. Update from Mayor Allen on new COPV projects and topics that may impact PVEDC; follow-up discussion and possible action on select projects and topics presented by Mayor Allen (Director Brown). 6. Presentation from new local business Lady J’s Delivery Service (Director Brown). 7. Presentation from Marie Herndon on critical functions of the PVEDC 4B Board of Directors (Director Brown). 8. Presentation from Charles Little and Charleston Little of Best Valet Trash (Director Brown). 9. Discussion and consideration of PVEDC’s purchase and removal of old trailer building next to Prairie View City Hall (Director Brown). 10. Discussion and take action to approve final draft of distribution plan and agreement with Dewayne Charleston of PV Magazine (Director Brown). 11. Discussion and take action to approve draft of PVEDC Annual Activity Plan (Director Brown). 12. Presentation from Jesse Jordan Valdez of Jesse’s Moving Service located in Prairie View, Texas (Director Brown). 13. Discussion and consideration of grant proposal partnership with Sarita F. Sowell, Business Development Coordinator (President Eze). Prairie View EDC Agenda Page | 1 14. Presentation by Okofo Jackson, Life Scout of Boy Scouts Troop 1906, Boy Scouts of America, together with the support of Gwen Carter of COPV Top Teens service organization to jointly collaborate and obtain partial funding for the upgrade of Tapscott Park, COPV (Director Brown). 15. Presentation by Trilogy Engineering Services, LLC on water study and discussion and possible action on both Trilogy Engineering Services, LLC water study plan and LJA Engineering, Inc. water study plan presented to the Prairie View City Council. 16. Discussion and consideration of materials used in the selection of the former PVEDC Executive Director. 17. Discussion and take action to approve a special holiday PVEDC meeting schedule for the months of 12/2019 and 01/2020 in consideration of the upcoming holidays. 18. Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.0415, the Board of Directors, without having provided notice, may make reports about items of community interest if no action is taken and possible action is not discussed regarding the information provided in the report. “Items of community interest” include: (1) expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; (2) information regarding holiday schedules; (3) an honorary or salutatory recognition of a public official, public employee, or other citizen, except that discussions regarding a change in the status of a person’s public office or public employment is not an honorary or salutatory recognition for purposes of the PVEDC; (4) a reminder about an upcoming event organized or sponsored by the governing body; (5) information regarding a social, ceremonial, or community event organized or sponsored by an entity other than the PVEDC that was attend or is scheduled to be attended by a member of the governing body or an official or employee of the PVEDC; and, (6) announcements involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in the political subdivision that has arisen after the posting of the agenda. The Prairie View Economic Development Corporation 4-B reserves the right to adjourn into Executive Session at any time during the course of the meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices), 551.086 (Economic Development). I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above Notice and Agenda of the Regular Scheduled Meeting of the Prairie View Economic Development Corporation 4-B is a true and correct copy of said Notice and said Notice was posted on the entrance to the Prairie View City Hall, a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all times; said Notice was posted on Friday, November 15, 2019, by 6:00 p.m., and remained so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time for said meeting. The Notice will also be posted on the City's website at: https://www.prairieviewtexas.gov/departments/edc_meeting_agendas.php Prairie View EDC Agenda Page | 2 Dated this the 15th day of November, 2019 By: Maduforo Eze_____________________________________ Maduforo Eze, President This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for accommodations or interpretive services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting by phoning (936) 857-3711. Prairie View EDC Agenda Page | 3