Bastrop Economic Development Corporation Monday, November 13, 2023 06:00 PM Bastrop City Hall, 1311 Chestnut Street, Bastrop, Texas

1.CALL TO ORDER

2.PUBLIC COMMENT(S)

At this time, three (3) minute comments will be taken from the audience on any topic. Anyone in attendance wishing to address the BEDC Board must complete a citizen comment form prior to the start of the meeting. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, if a citizen discusses any item not on the agenda, the BEDC Board cannot discuss issues raised or make any decision at this time. Instead, the Board is limited to making a statement of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry.

3.REGULAR BUSINESS & PRESENTATIONS

1. 3.AWelcome new board members Amberley Palmer and Frank Urbanek.

2. 3.BReceive training from City Secretary. 

3. 3.CPresentation from Roscoe Bank for the donation of funds to the BEDC in the amount of $20,000. 

4. 3.DConsideration, discussion, and possible action on election of FY 2023/2024 BEDC Officers: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary/Treasurer.

5. 3.EConsideration, discussion and possible action on schedule for upcoming board meetings, including date and time of meetings.

6. 3.FApproval of meeting minutes from the Regular BEDC Board Meeting of September 25, 2023.

7. 3.GPresentation, discussion and possible action regarding the fiscal year 2024 BEDC budget and plan of work, including small business development and workforce development.

8. 3.HUpdate on BEDC funding commitments.

9. 3.IDiscussion and possible action on a proposal by Bluebonnet Electric for the installation of electrical services to build out the remainder of the Bastrop Business and Industrial Park, at an estimated cost of $667,000.

10. 3.JDiscussion and possible action on Resolution R-2023-0014 approving the expenditure of BEDC funds in the amount of $164,000 for the Downtown Lighting Project.

11. 3.KDiscussion and possible action on the Purchase Agreement executed on January 8, 2018, to sell a 9.525-acre parcel of property located at 108 South Jackson Street in the Bastrop Business Park to Bastrop County.

4.ADJOURNMENT

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting as posted in accordance with the regulations of the Texas Open Meetings Act on the bulletin board located at the entrance to the City of Bastrop City Hall, a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public, as well as to the BEDC’s website, www.bastropedc.org/about/board-materials and said Notice was posted on the following date and time: November 9, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened.

   /s/ Angela Ryan                  

Angela Ryan, Operations Manager