City Council
Regular MeetingPrairie View, TX · August 20, 2020
Agenda
PRAIRIE VIEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Notice of Regular Scheduled Board Meeting
Thursday, August 20, 2020; 5:00 p.m.
Victorious Church, Community Room
21131 Pine Island Road
Prairie View, Texas 77446
In accordance with an order of the Office of the Governor issued March 16, 2020, the
Economic Development Corporation of the City of Prairie View will conduct a video
conference and telephonic meeting in order to advance the public health goal of limiting face-
to-face meetings (also called “social distancing”) to slow the spread of the Coronavirus
(COVID-19). The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. The public
may watch this meeting live and have the opportunity to comment via audio devices at the
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by the presiding officer during the meeting. Written questions or comments may be
submitted up two hours before the meeting. A video recording of the meeting will be made
and will be posted to the City’s website and available to the public in accordance with the
Texas Public Information Act upon written request.
1. Call to Order
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2. Certification of Quorum
3. Invocation
Citizens Forum
4. 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 of or decisions about the subject of an inquiry
not specifically listed on the agenda shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on
the agenda for a subsequent meeting.
Consent Agenda Items
The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Board with one
motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed from the
Consent Agenda upon the request of the President or a Board member.
5. Discuss, Consider and Possible Action Approving the minutes of the Regular Board
Meeting of July 16, 2020
6. Discuss, Consider and Possible Action Approving the minutes of the Special Board
Meeting of July 24, 2020
7. Discuss, Consider and Possible Action Approving the minutes of the Special Board
Meeting of August 1, 2020
8. Discuss, Consider and Possible Action Approving the minutes of the Special Board
Meeting of August 8, 2020
Presentations
9. Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action regarding the status of the Director search
by PACE Group and approving the Marketing Survey (Walker)
10. Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action on status update from Sharita Humphrey
regarding local COVID-19 Relief Grant (Brown)
11. Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action regarding Trilogy Engineering’s Phase 2
Water Study Plan (Eze)
12. Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action regarding Johnson Development’s Strategic
Plan for Prairie View Economic Development Corporation (Eze)
13. Presentation, Discussion, and Possible Action Regarding Requirements for projects and
locally adopted requirements for agenda preparation
Action Items
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14. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action on proposal and contract to provide training on
business fundamentals for local businesses (Brown)
15. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action appointing a three person committee to gather
information to be presented at the Annual EDC Board Meeting to be postponed from
September until the October 15, 2020 Regular Board Meeting (Brown)
16. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action on reconsideration of previously denied application
for COVID19 Relief Grant Round 1 (Williams)
17. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action setting date and time for second Budget Workshop
(Brown)
18. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action approving the needs assessment from PACE Group
(Walker)
19. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action regarding amendments to the Prairie View
Economic Development Corporation’s By-Laws (Eze)
20. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action creating administration procedures for EDC
contracts including review, completion of work and prompt payment (Brown)
21. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action on Appointing a Grant Committee to review and
make recommendations for Regular EDC Grant Applications (Brown)
22. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action authorizing an additional authorized signatory
with financial institutions for the Prairie View Economic Development Corporation
(Brown)
23. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action regarding direction for a temporary office space to
include funding, possible location, and purchase or rental of said property (Williams)
24. Discuss, Consider, and Possible Action authorizing the expenditure of funds for
membership and annual fees in order for the Prairie View EDC to join the “Greater Houston
Partnership”
Board/Staff Reports
25. 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
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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
Items for Future Agendas
26. Any items the directors wish to have placed on the following regular agenda or request
for a special meeting
ADJOURN
Executive Session: 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 Monday, August 17, 2020, by 5:00 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
Dated this the 17th day of August, 2020
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.
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