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DEVELOPMENT WORKSESSION
AUGUST 13, 2003
TEXAS STAR CONFERENCE CENTRE
EULESS, TEXAS
Mayor Saleh called the worksession to order at 6:00 p.m. in the conference room of the Texas
Star Conference Centre, 1400 Texas Star Parkway, Euless, Texas. Those present included:
Mayor Mary Lib Saleh Mayor Pro Tem Glenn Porterfield
Council Member Leon Hogg Council Member Charlie Miller
Council Member Bob Edwards Council Member Carl Tyson
Council Member Veva Lou Massey City Manager Joe Hennig
Deputy City Manager Gary McKamie City Secretary Susan Crim
Director of Planning and Development Mike Collins
Director of Economic Development Bill Ridgway
Del Bennett, Chairman, Bennett Realty Group
Tim Bennett, President, Bennett Realty Group
Paul Nelson Shaw, Associate Vice President, RTKL
David L. Robbins, Associate, Planning & Urban Design, RTKL
Chris L. Colombe, Vice President Land Division, Henry S. Miller Commercial
.• John St. Clair, Vice President, Land Division, Henry S. Miller Commercial
John Zeledon, Partner, Trammell Crow Residential
Dustin L. Slack, Development Associate Architect, Trammell Crow Residential
Jeff W. Dorrill, Hughes Luce, Attorneys and Counselors
Dell Bennett introduced his team members who are working on the refinement of his plan to
develop the property he owns on SH360 and SH183 in Euless. They described their vision of
the development of a mixed use community on 220 acres that would include an area similar to
West Village in Dallas, a luxury hotel like a Wyndham and an extended stay facility among
other commercial businesses. Mr. Bennett stated that as the Master Developer, he would
determine who would do what in the project, and he said shopping malls are now extinct. Mr.
Bennett said the project would be dependent upon excessive local participation up front and for
a long time to come. He encouraged the City to hire a consultant to tell them what their
participation should be. He encouraged the use of an Economic Development Agreement
which is a new vehicle that is not available to any entity except cities and counties. Mr. Bennett
requested the City Council approve a resolution stating their willingness to do that type of
agreement.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Susan Crim, ( MC
``o• City Secretary