Melissa Community Economic Development Corporation (4B) April 17, 2025 City of Melissa, TX 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Doug Zadow. 2. Roll call taken. Present: Doug Zadow, Emeka Eluka, Jamie Maddock, Dirk Bush, Tarnisha Nickens, Terry Chaloupka, Nick Smith. Terrell Smith, Assistant City Manager was also in attendance. 3. Citizen Forum. i. Lillie Miller and Umesh Gulati were attending to present. No citizen comments. 4. Motion by Jamie Maddock second by Nick Smith to approve March 20, 2025 meeting minutes. Vote: 7/0/0 Nick Smith voted as alternate member. 5. The financial report was presented by Doug Zadow. 6. Item #11 on agenda. Discuss and act upon Texas Film Commission Application. i. Lillie Miller made a presentation to update the board on becoming a Film Friendly City. New rules allow for the City appointed director to attend virtual meetings rather than onsite seminars. There are 175 cities in Texas participating and it helps with economic impact. ii. Tarnisha Nickens volunteered to Chair the committee to work with Lillie to become a Film Friendly City through the Texas Film Commission. She will be the City's designee and get certified. Tarnisha will submit diverse photos of potential film sites in the City and fulfill all obligations required by TFC. i. Terrell will investigate all city requirements. 7. Item #12 on agenda. Discuss and act upon new park projects. i. Umesh Gulati presented Cricket cage dimensions (see attached). He also requested more cricket practice time at Zadow Park. ii. Board will obtain costs and review Mr. Gulati's requests for the May meeting. 8. Discuss and act on Phase 5 of The ZPLEX. i. Construction on the 7 astroturf soccer fields are complete. Restroms/Concessons will not arrive until May. Parking lot still needs some striping and surrounding grass and it is being installed. Opening is delayed by a few weeks. 9. Discuss and act on Phase 6 of The ZPLEX. i. Pending Council approval. 10. Discuss and act on Phase 2 of Melissa Lake Park. i. Splash pad, pavilion, playground, restrooms, and grass open field has begun construction. 11. Discuss and act on Clemmons Creek at State Hwy 121 sub-surface crossing. i. Bids came in at $1.6M. ii. Council will initiate construction in the upcoming months. 12. Sub-committee updates. i. Lake Perry Fisher-POA for WCF deeded over its portion of the lake sO City can maintain going forward. Deal is finalized. ii. City is getting bids for BMP playground turf. iii. Plans for Zadow Park playground replacement will begin soon. 13. Motion by Tarnisha Nickens second by Terry Chaloupka to adjourn. Vote: 7/0/0 The meeting ended at 8:14 pm. ai - 0 Doug Zadow Board President