[1. Call to Order ]
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WE ARE READY TO CALL TO ORDER THE TYPE A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES TAX CORPORATION AT 6:00 PM ON AUGUST 21ST.
AND WE'LL ALSO CALL THE SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING ON MONDAY, AUGUST 21ST TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM FOR THE RECORD.
I THINK WE HAVE, ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ARE HERE AT THE MOMENT.
JOEL PATTERSON IS NOT AT THE DAIS, SO, BUT I'M SURE HE'LL BE HERE SHORTLY.
[2. Public Comments ]
OR PUBLIC COMMENTS.SO WE DO HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE EVER HAD ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT WE DO.
CITIZENS WHO DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE CORPORATION MAKING EITHER GENERAL COMMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA OR REGARDING MATTERS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE RECEIVED AT THIS TIME.
CITIZENS DESIRING TO MAKE COMMENTS MUST REGISTER WITH THE CORPORATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING BEING CALLED TO ORDER.
AND THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS, AND EACH SPEAKER IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
DISCUSSION BY DIRECTORS OR BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING MATTERS ON THE AGENDA WILL ONLY BE MADE AT THE TIME THE SUBJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, BARRY AND KIM BOSWELL WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO I THINK KIM JUST PUSHED BARRY FORWARD,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A TIMER 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS VERY OFTEN.
HAYDEN WILL BE OUR TIMER, SO WE, WE WON'T BE TOO, TOO ROUGH ON THAT, BUT WELCOME.
MY WIFE KIM AND I RESIDE IN, UH, FUL BROOK ON SHORE CREEK.
3 0 9 0 2 SHADY OAK DRIVE IS OUR ADDRESS, UH, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM JENNIFER.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, MANY RESIDENTS AWOKE THIS MORNING TO, UH, FIND THEY HAD NO WATER.
UH, EVEN NOW WE FIND OURSELVES UNDER A BOIL WATER NOTICE OF UNKNOWN DURATION.
RELIABLE, ADEQUATE WATER SERVICE IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM.
IN FULSHEAR NOVEMBER WILL MARK THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR HAVING MOVED TO FULSHEAR, AND WE HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY VARIOUS WATER SERVICE PROBLEMS THE ENTIRE TIME WE HAVE LIVED HERE.
AS BOTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS MEET IN JOINT SESSION TONIGHT, IT IS CRITICAL YOU CONSIDER THE IMPACTS OF CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IN LIGHT OF THE PROBLEMS THE CITY HAS IN PROVIDING ADEQUATE PRO UH, WATER, PARTICULARLY IN THE OLD DOWNTOWN PART OF THE CITY OF SHORE, WHERE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY STRAINED.
WHILE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE HARRIS STREET IMPROVEMENT AND OTHER PROJECTS YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING ARE IMPORTANT, AND BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR LOOKING TO OUR FUTURE, PROVIDING ADEQUATE WATER AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE TO OUR EXISTING POPULATION IS MORE THAN IMPORTANT.
WELL-PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENITIES WILL IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT THEY DON'T MEAN MUCH WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE SAFE, RELIABLE WATER SERVICE.
ALL OTHER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WILL BE FOR NAUGHT IF THOSE BASIC SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND NEITHER OF THE CITY NOR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS CONTROL OUR ELECTRICAL POWER SERVICE, BUT IT IS EVEN MORE UNRELIABLE THAN OUR WATER SERVICE.
WE LOOK TO YOU TO BE THE VOICE OF ADVOCACY IN ENSURING WE HAVE RELIABLE ELECTRICAL SERVICE OF ADEQUATE QUALITY.
THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE NEED EFFECTIVE A ACTION FROM OUR COUNCIL AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE THESE CRITICAL SERVICES.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BEING COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO COME TO OUR MEETING AND SHARE THAT.
AND, UH, GLAD THAT ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE TO HEAR THAT, AND I'M SURE THAT THEY'LL TAKE THAT TO HEART ON OUR FUTURE, UH, CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, MS. KAY COLLICK I WAS HEARING OKAY.
AND DON MCCOY WAS A NO ON SPEAKING, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I THINK THAT COVERS ALL OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[3. Public Hearing on a general type of projects being proposed by the Corporation for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 being land, buildings, equipment, facilities, expenditures, targeted infrastructure, and improvements found by the Board of Directors to promote new or expanded business development; specifically: Harris Street Improvement ($1,540,000); Texas Heritage Parkway Development ($81,667); Community Events ($50,000); Gateway Signs ($75,000); Fulshear Entrepreneurship and Business Hub ($100,000). ]
ITEM ITEM THREE, PUBLIC HEARING ON A GENERAL TYPE OF PROJECTS BEING PROPOSED BY THE CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.2024 BEING LAND BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, EXPENDITURES, TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS FOUND BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO PROMOTE NEW OR EXPANDED
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY HARRIS STREET IMPROVEMENT FOR $1.54 MILLION.TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY DEVELOPMENT FOR $81,667 COMMUNITY EVENTS, $50,000 GATEWAY SIGN GATEWAY SIGNS, $75,000 FOR SURE, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
OKAY, SO WE'LL OPEN UP THE HEARING NOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 6:05 PM AND THE SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL OPEN THE HEARING ALSO AT 6:05 PM HI, I'M KAY COLLICK.
I LIVE AT 27 7 0 2 ROCKY CREEK COURT.
I WANTED TO SPEAK AND SH AND GIVE SOME COMMENTS ON MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE FULL SHERE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB.
UH, I LOOK AT CITY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSFUL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF DO YOU HAVE GOOD SCHOOLS, DO YOU HAVE GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY, DO YOU HAVE NICE NEIGHBORHOODS? AND THE OTHER THING, WHICH I THINK RE HAS ALL OF THOSE, BUT I THINK THE THING THAT FULCHER IS LACKING SOMEWHAT IS IN PRIMARY JOBS.
AND I THINK THIS SRE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB PROJECT THAT Y'ALL ARE UNDERTAKING GIVES FULCHER A VERY GOOD CHANCE AT CREATING MORE PRIMARY JOBS.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSTON AREA, UH, TWO OF THE SUBURBS THAT ARE MOST ATTRACTIVE TO NEWCOMERS COMING IN ARE THE WOODLANDS AND SUGAR LAND, BECAUSE THEY DO, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THEY HAVE FAIRLY DECENTLY LOW TAX RATES, AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH BOTH RETAIL AND ALSO THEIR EMPLOYMENT BASE.
AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO STRIVE FOR WHILE WE KEEP OUR SMALL TOWN CHARM.
UH, BUT GET ON WITH IT AND LET'S GET GOING ON THAT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT, AND I APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR HAVING IT IN YOUR PROJECT LIST FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROJECTS? OKAY, WE'LL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 6:08 PM AND THE RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CLOSES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 6:08 PM.
[4. Presentation by Jon Lambert on the Fulshear Entrepreneurship and Business Hub. ]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LEADING ON FROM SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE JUST HEARD, PRESENTATION BY JOHN LAMBERT ON THE SHORE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB.UH, WE DID HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS, UH, I SLEPT A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE WE HAD SOME ROBUST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
UH, WE FELT IT WAS BEST TO HAVE, UH, THE PERSON ACTUALLY COME AND GIVE US THE WORD STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
SO, UH, ANELLE OR HAYDEN, DID Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER TO MR. LAMBERT? NO, WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE EXPERT HERE TONIGHT, SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO, UH, JOHN LAMBERT, C E O OF THE CANON.
HE'S GONNA BRIEFLY SHARE ABOUT WHAT THE CANON DOES, AND I KNOW LAST TIME WE MET, YOU ALL HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING THE METRICS ADDENDUM TO THE PROPOSED CONTRACT.
SO, UM, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND GET AS MUCH CLARITY AS YOU CAN FROM JOHN, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT DECISION AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
I, I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING KAY, UM, I, UH, I'M GONNA TAKE CARE EVERYWHERE I GO.
UM, CAN YOU PULL THE MIC UP JUST YEAH, SURE.
UM, I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE CANON AND WHO THE CANON IS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED, UH, WITH FULL SURE, UM, SINCE ACTUALLY BEFORE I JOINED BACK IN 2019, UM, AND KIND OF PURSUING HOW THE CANON MIGHT, UH, BE HELPFUL IN DEVELOPING INNOVATION STARTUP, UH, ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY, UH, IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOR WOLF WITH RE, UH, AS PART OF OUR VISION FOR, UH, KIND OF GROWING THE, THE ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITY ACROSS THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA, UH, THE CANDIDATE STARTED IN 2017, UM, WAS PURPOSELY CREATED, UM, BECAUSE, UH, HOUSTON BEING THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY, UM, WAS LOSING
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A, A LOT OF THE ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAD IDEAS, UH, WERE LOOKING AROUND FOR RESOURCES AND SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY, UH, AND NOT FINDING THAT AND, AND FEELING LIKE THEY NEEDED TO GO TO, UH, TO AUSTIN OR SOMEWHERE ELSE TO CREATE THEIR BUSINESS.UM, THE REALITY OF THAT IS IT'S COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.
EVERY RESOURCE YOU NEED IS HERE.
UM, THERE WAS JUST NOT ANY INTENTION AT THAT POINT.
AND SO THE PURPOSE FOR THE KS DEVELOPMENT, UH, WAS TO BASICALLY MOBILIZE A COMMUNITY OF STARTUPS AND ENTREPRENEURS, UH, IN HOUSTON TO, TO LET EVERYONE ELSE KNOW WHO WAS THERE AND TO START TO SEARCHING OUT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES, WHETHER IT WAS FUNDING OR FINDING TALENT OR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
UH, AND SO, UH, STARTED IN 2017.
UM, VERY SHORTLY AFTER, UH, WE REALIZED, UH, AS THE COMMUNITY GREW, THAT PHYSICAL SPACE WAS GONNA BE A, A REQUIREMENT, UH, FOR THAT GROUP.
UM, THE, THE VISION WASN'T TO BE A COWORKING COMPANY, BUT BECAUSE WE HAD A LARGE COMMUNITY OF COMPANIES, STARTUP COMPANIES THAT NEEDED SPACE, UH, NEEDED A DIFF A DIFFERENT MODEL THAN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD WAS PROVIDING AT THAT TIME, UM, WE BASICALLY CREATED OUR FIRST, UH, UH, INNOVATION HUB OR ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB, UH, IN WEST HOUSTON ON BRIMORE.
UH, I THINK A HANDFUL OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE TO VISIT.
UH, I WOULD LOVE TO ARRANGE, UH, FOR, UH, FOR YOU GUYS TO COME AND, AND VISIT.
IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GRASP KIND OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S ALL ABOUT WHEN YOU COME AND SEE IT.
UM, AND SO WE'D LOVE TO, TO WORK ON SCHEDULING THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COME, COME VISIT AND TALK TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND, AND DIFFERENT FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT THAT, THAT COMMUNITY OPENED IN THE 2019 TIMEFRAME.
UM, AND, AND WE NOW HAVE EIGHT PHYSICAL HUBS ALL IN THE HOUSTON MARKETPLACE, UH, AND ONE VIRTUAL HUB IN PEARLAND.
UM, THE PEARLAND MODEL WAS, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE VISION THAT YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE A PHYSICAL SPACE TO GET STARTED WITH THIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S THE GENESIS FOR, UM, WHAT CHER'S VISION WAS, WAS LET'S NOT START WITH THE REAL ESTATE COMPONENT.
LET'S START BY MOBILIZING AND ACTIVATING THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOW THE REAL ESTATE COMPONENT TO KIND OF COME ALONG BESIDE THAT.
AND SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.
UM, I'VE GOT ABOUT 22, UH, EXPANSION OPPORTUNITIES, UH, ALTOGETHER THAT THE CANDIDATES PURSUING RIGHT NOW, UH, ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT MARKETS IN THE US CERTAINLY THE HOUSTON MARKET, BUT ALSO DALLAS AND AUSTIN AND ATLANTA.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EXCITING THINGS GOING ON.
SO, UM, THE, THE VISION AROUND KIND OF WHAT WE DO, UH, IS, IS KIND OF GETTING A LOT OF ENERGY AND A LOT OF SUPPORT.
UM, AND, AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS WE GO INTO NEW COMMUNITIES IS BE ADDITIVE TO WHAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, I GET CALLS ALL THE TIME, WE'VE KIND OF MADE A COMMITMENT TO INNOVATION, UM, AND WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW TO DELIVER ON THAT.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS COME IN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, CURRENTLY, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROFILE OF THE COMMUNITY IS AND, AND WHERE THE NEEDS ARE, UH, AND THEN, AND, UH, COME IN IT AND COME ALONGSIDE BOTH THE EDCS, UH, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, UH, AND ANY OTHER ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THOSE, UH, LOCATIONS AND, AND WORK TO, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
WE'RE WE'RE SUPPORTING ABOUT, WE HAVE ABOUT 2,700 INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE PART OF THE CANNON, UH, ACROSS ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, PROBABLY 200 PEOPLE THAT ARE VIRTUAL MEMBERS.
THEY'RE NOT PART OF ANY OF OUR PHYSICAL SPACE, BUT BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, WE, WE, WE REALIZED VERY EARLY ON AFTER I STARTED THAT, UM, WE WERE NEVER GONNA HAVE ENOUGH PHYSICAL WALLS TO, TO, TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED.
UM, AND SO NOW WE HAVE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, UM, THAT HELP, UH, MEMBERS COME ACCESS THE CANON, GET ACCESS TO OUR MENTOR AND ADVISOR COMMUNITY, TO OUR INVESTOR NETWORK, UH, AND ALL THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS.
UH, WE'RE SUPPORTING ABOUT 865 DIFFERENT COMPANIES RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT RUN THE GAMUT.
UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BEING IN WEST HOUSTON, PROBABLY 30 TO 35% OF OUR COMPANIES ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE ENERGY SPACE, OIL AND GAS, UM, SOME OR SOME RELATED FIELD.
UH, BUT THEN IT DIVERSIFIES VERY QUICKLY FROM THERE.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF TECH COMPANIES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, BUSINESS AND CONSUMER COMPANIES.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF AGNOSTIC TO THE PATH.
UM, OUR VISION IS THERE'S A LOT OF DESIRE AND, AND CAPABILITY AND TALENT, UM, IN TERMS OF STARTING NEW BUSINESSES, BUT THERE'S, UH, JUST NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UH, GIVEN TO THE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AND SO OUR VISION IS, UM, IF YOU WANNA GIVE IT A GO, WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU OUT.
WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE YOU THE RESOURCES.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UM, DON'T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU NO, NO IDEA IS A BAD IDEA.
THERE'S SOME REALLY BAD IDEAS OUT THERE.
SO I SPENT SOME TIME, UH, HELPING PEOPLE NOT SPEND THEIR, UH, NOT SPEND THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S INHERITANCE MONEY, UH, ON BAD IDEAS, BUT KIND OF REDIRECT 'EM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO, UH, IT'S A, A COOL PART OF THE, PART OF, PART OF THE JOB FOR ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR VISION IS TO NOT ONLY HELP, YOU KNOW,
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ON A, ON A GLOBAL BASIS, BUT HELP INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES.SO AS WE LOOK AT PLACES LIKE PEARLAND, AND CERTAINLY IN RE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLIMENT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY SPENDING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR TIME ON IN DEVELOPING YOUR KIND OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND, AND CREATE THAT ORGANIC COMMUNITY COMPONENT UNDERNEATH IT.
AND SO OUR OBJECTIVE IS, AND, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NEED OUT HERE.
WE'VE GOT, UM, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT HAVE TRAVELED FROM FULL SHARE ALL THE WAY INTO OUR LOCATION BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SPACE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, AND, AND HAVE ASKED US OVER AND OVER, WHEN ARE YOU COMING TO SHORE? UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO KIND OF HAVE A HOME BASE OUT HERE TO, TO GIN UP OR SPIN UP THAT COMMUNITY, THE DIGITAL COMMUNITY COMPONENT AND PROGRAMMING INITIALLY, UM, TO ENGAGE WITH THE, THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY OUT HERE.
A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO IS WITH, IS WITH THE STARTUP COMMUNITY, IS TIED STARTUP COMMUNITY INTO EXISTING BUSINESSES AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE EXISTING BUSINESSES ARE, ARE LOOKING TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH.
UM, A LOT OF THE CORPORATE CONNECTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CAN AND WITH THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS IN TERMS OF, UM, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, PILOTING SOLUTIONS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND THOSE SMALLER COMPANIES WOULDN'T GET THE ACCESS TO THOSE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CREATE.
SO, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW DO WE MEASURE THE SUCCESS? AND, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS MORE OF AN ART THAN A SCIENCE.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP HERE AND TELL YOU, HEY, WE'RE GONNA CREATE A HUNDRED NEW JOBS IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, OR, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED NEW COMPANIES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO HOW WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, HOW WE CAN ALIGN WITH YOU AROUND THIS BEING A FULL SURE INITIATIVE.
THIS ISN'T A CANON INITIATIVE.
AND SO THE BRANDING FROM A CANON PERSPECTIVE REALLY MEANS NOTHING TO US.
IT'S ABOUT THE SUCCESS THAT THE CITY AND, AND THE E D C EXPERIENCES IN REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND MOBILIZING SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES AND SEEING SOME SUCCESS IN THE GROWTH.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MEASURES, UH, THE METRICS THAT WE CAPTURE, UH, ARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD EXPECT 'EM TO BE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE ENGAGING? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP AT THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE HOLDING? UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ULTIMATELY BUSINESSES HAVE WE HELPED CREATED? AND THEN WITHIN THOSE BUSINESSES, HOW MANY JOBS, UH, HAVE WE CREATED? WE WILL, HOPEFULLY WE GET DOWN THE PATH WITH SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE CAN HELP 'EM RAISE SOME MONEY.
AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL ALSO KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
SO YOU SEE SOME METRICS ON THE SHEET THAT I PROVIDE YOU IN TERMS OF, UM, WHERE WE'VE PROVIDED SUPPORT AND FUND IN TERMS OF FUNDING, UH, IN TERMS OF JOB CREATION, UM, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE SIT IN WEST HOUSTON, UM, WE HAVE COVENANTS, UH, WITH THE CITY, UH, AROUND, UH, THE TAX ABATEMENTS THERE.
AND SO WE REPORT ON JOB CREATION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND SO THE NUMBERS YOU SEE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT WE TRACK.
WE'RE WE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MORE THAT GO BEYOND THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE GROWN UP AND OUT AND ARE OUR INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES NOW.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF VISIBILITY IN WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF OUR, OUR REMIT THERE.
I THINK THE SECOND SLIDE I PROVIDED, UM, WAS REALLY AN OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHAT OUR STRATEGY LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF ROLLING THIS OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
HAPPY TO GO IN AND, AND GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THAT.
BUT I WANNA PAUSE HERE AND JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON KIND OF THE OVERVIEW OF THE CANNON.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE.
UM, THIS, AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC HEARING, THIS IS A POTENTIAL PROJECT AS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FOR A BOARD LIKE OURS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY LIMITED DOLLARS, SO, YOU KNOW, YOU BEING HERE TO HELP EXPLAIN WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING AND HOW WE MEASURE THAT, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, TO WORK WITH ANELLE AND HAYDEN, UH, TO GET A TOUR OF YOUR PLACE.
UH, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION ANDREW VANIA.
HE, HE'S NOT ON THE BOARD CURRENTLY, BUT HE BROUGHT A WEALTH OF, UH, PASSION FOR OUR INNOVATIVE HUB AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WORKFORCE ISSUES.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS, I THINK, INSTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING THIS WAS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT THROUGH.
AND SO THIS LEADS US TO THE POINT OF, YOU KNOW, HEARING FROM YOU TODAY.
BUT ANDREW, I JUST WANNA PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALL OF YOUR PREVIOUS WORK YOU DID ON THIS EFFORT.
I'LL SECOND THAT ANDREW'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN HELPING MOVE THIS FORWARD.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT KIND OF THE CANON OR OUR BACKGROUND? I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, JUST THE DEMAND OUT HERE IN SHORE FOR, UH, YOUR SERVICES, CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS ON THAT? HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU KNOW OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS ASKING, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT METRICS ARE YOU LOOKING AT? YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING.
THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, MY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS WHEN I STARTED WAS HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE THERE? HOW, HOW DO WE KNOW THEY'RE, AND I CAME OUT OF KIND OF CORPORATE, UH, CORPORATE FI UM, VENTURE CAPITAL.
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GLOBAL INVESTMENT MODELS.UM, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WHERE THERE'S CRITICAL MASS OF POPULATION, THERE'S DEMAND.
AND THAT'S THE SIMPLE STATEMENT.
BEYOND THAT, WHEN WE GO IN AND LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS WE GET, WE WORK WITH A NUMBER OF THE REAL ESTATE ORGANIZATIONS.
I'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP ACTUALLY IN ATLANTA WITH C B R E, WHO DOES A, A SITE OR A REGIONAL ANALYSIS FOR KIND OF WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC MAKEUP IS FOR A DIFFERENT AREA.
AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS OBVIOUSLY CONCENTRATION OF, OF POPULATION, UM, UH, KIND OF FINANCIAL STRUCTURES, FAMILY STRUCTURES, UH, AND THE, AND THE PROFILE FOR SHORE IS VERY SIMILAR TO WE MENTIONED, UH, KAY MENTIONED THE WOODLANDS AND, AND, AND PEAR LAND.
AND, UM, SUGARLAND VERY SIMILAR.
UM, THE PACE OF GROWTH OUT HERE IS ALSO, UH, UH, KIND OF A, A, A GREEN FLAG IN TERMS OF WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH PEAR LAND, UM, WE'RE NOW IN THE WOODLANDS AND WOOD FOREST, WHICH IS KIND OF THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THERE.
UM, THOSE WERE INVESTMENTS AROUND, CERTAINLY THE WOODLANDS IS ESTABLISHED, WOOD FOREST IS EVOLVING VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY FULCHER IS, UM, IN TERMS OF THE GROWTH GOING THAT DIRECTION.
UM, AND SO THE INVESTMENT THERE WAS MADE, UM, WENT IN CO COOPERATION WITH THE REAL ESTATE OWNER TO PLANT, UH, THE, THE ORGANIZATION THERE AND GROW UP WITH THE COMMUNITY AS IT GREW.
UM, SO THERE'S ALREADY 60,000 PEOPLE IN THAT WOOD FOREST COMMUNITY, UM, BUT ALSO THAT THAT'S, UM, PROJECTED TO DOUBLE IN IN THE THREE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING THERE AHEAD OF TIME IS, IS, IS IMPORTANT IF WE CAN DO THAT.
SO, SO IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BASE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, THE FULL SHARE TICKS, ALL OF THOSE BOXES, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THE RIGHT KIND OF THE RIGHT MAKEUP OF A POP POPULATION AND, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN CREATING THEIR OWN NEW BUSINESSES.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE TARGETING.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, W WOULD ANYTHING PREVENT YOU FROM, UH, GROWING OR NOT GROWING, I SHOULD SAY, NOT EXPANDING INTO ANOTHER MARKET, OUTSIDE OF, OUTSIDE OF KATY? LIKE WAS THERE ANY LIKE, I GUESS, CONFLICT WITH WHERE, WHERE YOUR NEXT HUB WOULD BE? NO, ACTUALLY, THERE'S NOT.
AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SO FULL DISCLOSURE, WE HAVE PROJECTS GOING ON IN SUGAR LAND CURRENTLY.
UM, THOSE ARE REAL ESTATE DRIVEN, SO, SO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE GET INTO TO, TO MARKET.
WE WORK THROUGH EDCS FOR THESE KINDS OF RELATIONSHIPS.
WE ALSO WORK WITH INDEPENDENT OR INDIVIDUAL REAL ESTATE OWNERS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN CREATING A HUB.
UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REAL ESTATE COMPANIES.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T DO ANY US ANY GOOD TO STEP ON OUR OWN TOES IN TERMS OF CREATION OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, AND SO, UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE REGIONAL AREA COMING THIS DIRECTION, UM, WE'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITIES IN SUGAR LAND HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, A CONVERSATION IN RICHMOND, UH, WITH THE REAL ESTATE OWNER.
UM, THEY'RE OFF A 99, UH, WHICH AGAIN IS, YOU'D, YOU'D THINK THAT, THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE 'EM TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.
BUT THE REALITY IS, BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATION OF NEED AND, AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY TYPE JUST TO PROFILE THE COMMUNITY, UM, IT, IT REALLY SEPARATES.
AND SO WE'RE HAVING, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OFFICIAL GOING ON, BUT WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS OUT UP IN WALLER, SO NORTH OF HERE.
UM, BUT ALL THAT WOULD BE NORTH OF I 10, ACTUALLY CLOSER TO THE CITY OF WALLER IN THE TWO 90 RANGE.
I, I GUESS MY CONCERN WAS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY POTENTIAL ROADBLOCKS NOW FOR SURE, FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND YOU AND YOUR COMPANY ABSOLUTELY DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY, ANY CHALLENGES.
AND, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, FROM A RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE KIND OF PRIDE OURSELVES IN IS TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S OTHER RESOURCES DOING SIMILAR THINGS THAN THAT WE ARE DOING, WE TRY TO PARTNER WITH THOSE FOLKS TO BRING, 'CAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THOSE RESOURCES TO THE END USERS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYTHING TO DO WITH US.
WE HAVE NO PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP AS IT RELATES TO A LOT OF THESE THINGS.
IF THERE'S OTHER, OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE, WE'RE GONNA TAP INTO THOSE IF IT'S BENEFICIAL TO THE, TO THE END USERS OR THE, THE STARTUPS.
UM, SO JUST A, A, A, A FEW WORDS ON THE, AND I'M PROBABLY GOING OVER MY TIME, BUT I APOLOGIZE, JOHN.
YEAH, UM, IT WAS JUST A QUICK ONE.
I KNOW THAT SINCE WE HAD THE INITIAL, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE CANON, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE OF PEOPLE ON THE BOARDS.
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY EXPRESSED, UM, AN AMOUNT TO THE TUNE I THINK WAS MENTIONED AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
JUST CURIOUS AS TO OR FOR CLARITY WHAT THAT GETS THE E D C, WHAT COME, WHAT IS THERE FOR THE, FOR THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND? I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S MORE OF A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT YOU'RE LINE LINING WITH.
YEAH, SO THE, THE DIGITAL PLATFORM IS A KEY COMPONENT OF IT.
WE, OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS FOR A FULL-TIME RESOURCE DEDICATED ON THE GROUND BOOTS, KIND OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR
UM, THE, WE WERE ASKED TO GO BACK AND REVISIT THAT.
WE SCALED IT BACK TO A, A 60% FOR YEAR ONE AND 80% FOR YEAR TWO.
SO WE THINK ABOUT IT AS THREE DAYS A WEEK.
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RESOURCES, UH, GENTLEMAN NAMED MATT YELVINGTON, UM, WHO WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO IF YOU CAN, WHEN, WHEN YOU COME.UM, MATT'S A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR, UM, HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEGREES, UM, AND, AND HE WILL BE THE DEDICATED RESOURCE, UM, THAT WILL BE THE RESOURCE FOR, UH, THE, THE FOLKS THAT WE BRING INTO THE, IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB OUT HERE.
SO WE'LL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE A DEDICATED CONTACT, UM, THAT'S, UH, WORKING FOR FULL SURE.
AND THEN BEHIND THAT, THE TECHNICAL, THE DIGITAL PLATFORM'S A BIG PART OF IT.
THAT'S THE KIND OF, WE, WE WILL HAVE A BRANDED EXPERIENCE.
UM, WHEN I GET A CHANCE, I'LL KINDA SHOW YOU WHAT WE BUILT FOR PEARLAND.
IF YOU LOOK UP PEARLAND INNOVATION HUB, THAT'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DIGITAL PLATFORM.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LANDING PAGES.
SO WE'LL BRAND THE FULL SURE ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS HUB.
UM, IT WILL BE KIND OF A, A, A TOOL THAT WE'LL USE AS THE FRONT END.
UM, AND THEN SITTING BEHIND THAT WILL BE THE COMMUNITY PLATFORM.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'LL CONNECT THE, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE COMPANIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE VISIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY INTO WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN BEHIND MATT AND THE DIGITAL PLATFORM, THE CANON, ALL THE CANONS RESOURCES THEN BECOME PART OF RE'S RESOURCES.
UM, SO ALL THE CONNECTIVITY, EVERYBODY, ALL THOSE 2,700 MEMBERS AND 860 COMPANIES, ALL OF OUR 60 ADVISORS, UM, ARE, ARE GONNA BE ACCESSIBLE FROM DAY ONE TO THE SHORE COMMUNITY.
OUR GOAL WILL BE TO IDENTIFY ADVISORS AND INVESTORS THAT ARE BASED IN SHORE, FOR SHORE.
UH, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE 18 MONTHS IN PARA ANN NOW, WHERE WE HAVE AN ADVISOR GROUP AND AN INVESTOR GROUP, UH, NETWORK THAT'S, THAT'S IN PEARLAND.
UM, WE DON'T WANNA WAIT TO TO, TO BUILD THAT UP.
SO WE'LL USE THE CANNONS RESOURCES, UM, IN THE MEANTIME AND THEN WE'LL GROW THAT OVER TIME.
UM, SO IT'S THOSE, THAT COMBINATION OF THINGS.
AND THEN JUST MANAGEMENT OF THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMMING, WHATEVER EVENTS THAT WE CAN RUN HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, MATT WILL SPEND SOME TIME AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN CONNECTING WITH, UH, THE, THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THE C T E PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE INVEST A LOT, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME IN, IS HOW DO WE, HOW CAN WE ACCENTUATE WHAT THE C T E PROGRAMS ARE DOING IN THE REAL WORLD FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE? GET, GIVE, GIVE REAL WORLD ACCESS FROM A, FROM A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, TO THE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT MATT WILL BE SPENDING HIS TIME ON, AND WE'LL MAP ALL OF THAT OUT SO YOU CAN SEE KINDA HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, THE, THE BIGGER PICTURE VISION LONG TERM, JUST TO BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE IS, IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN SHORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FOCUS AND, AND INITIATIVE AND INVESTMENT IN THIS IS THERE WILL BECOME A NEED FOR A PHYSICAL HUB, UM, OUT HERE.
UM, THAT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE A SPACE.
UM, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET OUT AHEAD OF OURSELVES AND SAY, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
IT PROBABLY WOULD HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S A DIFFICULT CONCEPT FOR A REAL ESTATE, UH, INVESTOR TO, TO, TO WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND.
UM, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE.
DOUG KANAKA HAS BEEN TO THE CANNON.
WE'VE TOURED OUT HERE WITH HIM.
HE, HE HAS A, A STRONG INTEREST IN SUPPORTING THAT PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
UM, AND SO, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARA LAND MODEL, WE STARTED THAT 18 MONTHS AGO AS A DIGITAL VIRTUAL HUB.
UM, BRANDY GUIDRY, WHO'S OUR, OUR LEAD IS THERE, THEY CALL HER THE NAVIGATOR, THAT'S THEIR, THEIR TERM.
UM, SHE'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR 18 MONTHS NOW.
UM, AS OF THE FIRST OF, UH, UH, SEPTEMBER, WE'LL HAVE A PHYSICAL HUB OUT THERE.
WE HAD A REAL ESTATE OWNER STEP UP.
UM, HE HAS A PHYSICAL SPACE, 16,000 SQUARE FOOT, TWO STORY BUILDING, BRAND NEW, UM, THE CANNON WILL BE MANAGING IT, PEARLAND INNOVATION HUBS MOVE THEIR OPERATION INTO THAT SPACE.
AND SO THERE WE ARE, WE'VE GOT A PHYSICAL SPACE AND, AND JUST AS WE ENVISION COMING FORWARD.
SO, UM, WE WILL IN PARALLEL WITH THE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND CONNECTING WITH, UH, THE STARTUPS AND, AND TRYING TO CREATE THE BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESSES, UM, WE'LL WORK WITH DOUG AND OR ANYBODY ELSE IN THE REAL ESTATE SPACE THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN SUPPORTING AND MAKING THAT INVESTMENT, UH, MOVING FORWARD SO THAT WE'LL HAVE THE PHYSICAL HUB HERE.
WHAT WAS THE, YOU MENTIONED THE PARA LAND, HOW YOU'VE REALLY, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S REALLY FOLLOWED THAT PATH THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT FOR US.
LIKE GIVE US JUST AN IDEA WHAT THEIR TIMEFRAME WAS.
I KNOW ALL COMMUNITIES ARE DIFFERENT.
SO, UH, SO WE SIGNED, I FORGET MY DATES RIGHT HERE.
SO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF 2023.
SO WE KICKED OFF THAT DEAL FORMALLY IN THE BEGINNING OF 2022.
ACTUALLY, WE SIGNED THE DEAL IN 2021, MID, KIND OF IN Q THREE OF 2021.
SO IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET MOBILIZED.
UH, WE, IN THAT SCENARIO, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCE HIRED, UM, TO, TO BE THE NAVIGATOR THERE TO RUN THAT PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE MATT HERE.
UM, BRANDY WAS, UH, ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR ADVISORS THAT, THAT MOVED INTO THAT ROLE.
UM, AND SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF LEAD TIME THERE, BUT IT WAS ABOUT AN 18 MONTH.
UH, WE'VE PROBABLY, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY A THREE MONTH RAMP UP TIME, WHICH IS WHAT'S MODELED IN THIS FRAMEWORK AS WELL, WHICH ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE, IF WE KICK OFF THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, UM, KIND OF FORMALLY 1ST OF JANUARY, WE'D BE LOOKING AT KIND OF FORMAL OUTREACH.
I MEAN, DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T BE DOING ANYTHING THAT FIRST QUARTER.
WE'LL BE GETTING THE DIGITAL PLATFORM COMPONENT READY.
UH, WE'LL BE DOING THE INITIAL OUTREACH.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, UH, A SUBSET OF
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PROBABLY YOU AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE.THAT'S ONE, BEEN ONE OF THE KEY KIND OF SUCCESS FACTORS IN THE PEARLAND MODELS IS HAVING, UM, FOLKS SITTING ON A, UH, ON A ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT CAN GIVE INPUT AND GIVE US THE RIGHT INSIGHT INTO, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY AND, AND, UH, KIND OF THE INNER WORKINGS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STER COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT.
SO, SO WE'LL WANT TO USE THAT TIME TO, TO GET AS MUCH INPUT AND INSIGHT AS WE CAN, UM, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY FORMALLY GET GOING.
SO, SO I, OUR HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING, WE'D HAVE MEMBERS BY THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT WE'LL FORMALLY KIND OF HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND AS WE GET ENTER Q ONE OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND THEN IN PARALLEL WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL REINITIATE THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PHYSICAL HUB, UM, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA PROHIBIT US FROM, FROM MOVING ANY OF THE REST OF IT FORWARD.
WHAT DOES, UH, WHAT DOES YOUR, THE COMMUNICATION, UH, LOOK LIKE? AND I'M THINKING ABOUT IT IN FROM TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
ONE IS YOUR COMMUNICATION BACK WITH US MM-HMM.
SO WITHIN THAT BUDGET WAS THE, A MARKETING BUDGET AS WELL.
SO THAT'S THE VIA SOCIAL OUTREACH VIA EVERY OTHER MEANS THAT WE CAN, WE WANT TO PARTNER IN TERMS OF MARKETING COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING TO THE COMMUNITY A FULL SURE INITIATIVE.
UM, AND SO IT'LL BE, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS ALIGN THE MARKETING EFFORTS IN THAT OUTREACH.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG WAYS WE DO THAT IS CREATE EVENTS THAT LEAD UP TO THAT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIMEFRAME IS SOME, SOME LARGE HIGHER PROFILE EVENTS THAT WE CAN ALL MARKET AND DRAW PEOPLE INTO TO START GENERATING INTEREST FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT'S COMING.
SO, UM, ON THAT FRONT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'LL TRY TO ENGAGE WITH AS MANY DIFFERENT, UM, UH, LOCAL GROUPS TO, TO GET THE WORD OUT.
UM, IT'S SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY IN GROWING COMMUNITIES, IS BE PART OF THOSE GROUPS.
UM, AND SO JUST WORKING WITH SMALLER GROUPS, OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME VISIBILITY INTO THOSE, THOSE EVENTS.
UM, AND PEOPLE CAN SEE US AND, AND, AND TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE INITIATIVE AND, AND THE PROGRAM.
WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT ON THE GOVERNANCE SIDE OF THINGS.
IN TERMS OF THE REPORTING, UM, WE WILL DEFINE KIND OF WHAT THAT REPORTING STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE TO ALIGN WITH YOUR MEETING SCHEDULE, UH, AND YOUR DESIRE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES ON.
SO I'LL USE PEARLAND AS THE MODEL, BECAUSE WE DO THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, WE DO ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS, UH, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, UH, AND THEN I THINK QUARTER, THE E D C REPORT OUTS ARE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, UH, AND WE WILL, WE WILL COMPILE ALL THE METRICS.
UM, WE'LL PROVIDE KIND OF A, A, A, A SUMMARY OF THE ACTIVITIES AND DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, AND THEN ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT, UH, THAT COME OUT.
BUT IT'S A, IT'LL BE A PRETTY FORMAL STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF THE REPORT OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UH, JOHN, ONE OF MY, UM, MAIN CONCERNS WHEN I THINK OF THIS IS, UM, HOW LITTLE LAND WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND HOW COSTLY IT IS.
AND WHEN I THINK OF THE BIG INVESTMENT THAT THIS WOULD BE FOR OUR BOARDS, UM, HOW DO YOU PREVENT, UM, LET'S SAY SOMEONE HAS A GREAT IDEA AND THEY COME TO YOU AND YOU HELP THEM BUILD THAT MODEL.
HOW DO WE PREVENT THEM FROM GOING AND STARTING THEIR BUS BUSINESS ELSEWHERE? YEAH.
THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S KIND OF THE $64,000 QUESTION, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS CREATE, UH, AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING UP WITH THOSE IDEAS NOW ARE LOOKING ELSEWHERE AND GOING ELSEWHERE TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'VE GOT SOME GRAVITY HERE TO GET THOSE THINGS STARTED AND MAKING PEOPLE AWARE THAT, HEY, YOU, YOU LIVE IN A CITY THAT'S MAKING INVESTMENTS IN GROWING THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR THOSE THINGS THAT THE, CERTAINLY THE HAVE IN THE PHYSICAL SPACE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, HELPS WITH THAT PROCESS.
UH, IT'S NOT A HAVE TO HAVE, BUT, UH, IT'LL BE A NICE TO HAVE.
BUT YEAH, THE, THE, I THINK THE, THE, THE NEAT PART ABOUT THE COMMUNITY COMPONENT IS THE, THE VALUE THAT THE COMMUNITY TAKES IN PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP AND PRIDE OF WHERE THEY THEY'RE FROM, RIGHT? AND SO WE PLAY INTO THAT.
THAT'S THE REASON WE GO THIS EXTRA STEP OF BRANDING THIS AS FULL SURE IS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE, TAKE PRIDE IN THE FACT THAT, HEY, I STARTED THIS BUSINESS IN FULL SHORE, I'M RUNNING IT IN SHORE.
AND, AND BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AND ALL THE RESOURCES COME TOGETHER, THERE'LL BE INCENTIVES FOR THOSE FOLKS TO STAY IN SHORE.
AND THAT, THAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO I CAN'T PROMISE YOU THEY'LL STAY, UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF CREATING THESE LOCALIZED HUBS.
YEAH, I REALLY LIKE YOU'VE STRESSED, IT'S BRANDED AS A FULL SHIRT INITIATIVE SEVERAL TIMES, AND THAT I REALLY LIKE HEARING THAT, SO YEAH.
WE, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE ARE NOW, MY SHAREHOLDERS HATE WHEN I SAY THIS BECAUSE
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WE ARE A FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, BUT WE, WE, WE GOT REALLY A NON-PROFIT ART.WE'RE, WE, WE'RE ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE IN, WE'RE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING VALUE TO THOSE COMMUNITIES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END USER.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT COME THROUGH THE CANADA THAT HAVE UNICORN STATUS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC BILLION DOLLAR VALUATIONS AND UP.
UM, BUT I GET AS MUCH, UM, PLEASURE AND JOY FROM HELPING A SINGLE MOM START OUR NEW BUSINESS AND SO THAT SHE CAN FEED HER KIDS AND MAYBE HIRE A COUPLE OF HER NEIGHBORS TO KIND OF CREATE THEIR NEW JEWELRY LINE.
UM, AND, AND TO SEE THE IMPACT IS, IS REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, IS AT THE END OF THE DAY, HELP PEOPLE TO KIND OF PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND TRY TO OPTIMIZE THEIR SUCCESS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE CANON'S ALL ABOUT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, JOHN? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, ANELLE.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
[ 5. Economic Development Report ]
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORTS.SO THIS MONTH, UM, I'LL START WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL, UH, HOSTING AGREEMENT THAT WAS SENT, UH, TO OUR, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND HE RETURNED IT PROMPTLY.
AND, UM, WE SENT THE REVISIONS WE WERE REQUESTING OF ATLAS INTEGRATED, AND, UM, THEY DID NOT RESPOND UNTIL LATE FRIDAY.
SO WE WILL HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START ADDING ALL OF OUR, UM, PICTURES AND UPDATES AND ALL OF THAT TO THE WEBSITE SO THAT WHEN THE AGREEMENT, UM, IS APPROVED BY YOU ALL AND UH, GOES INTO EFFECT, WE CAN BE READY TO LAUNCH THAT WEBSITE.
UM, LAST MONTH YOU ALL HEARD, UH, FROM NICK AND KATIE FROM MINT WOOD, UM, AND THEIR PRESENTATION ON DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, UM, WE WENT BACK WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS, UM, AS YOU MADE THEM KNOWN TO MYSELF AND HAYDEN.
AND, UM, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE REEVALUATING AND SEEING IF IT IS FEASIBLE TO ADJUST ANY OF THOSE RETAIL TO HOUSING RATIOS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, THE ITEM HERE IS LISTED AS MIDWOOD AND HOTEL.
UM, NICK DID LET ME KNOW THAT THEY HAVE WORKED ON BOUTIQUE HOTEL DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER PLACES, AND SO WE ARE MEETING WITH THEM WHEN, TOMORROW, TOMORROW, UM, HERE AT CITY HALL TO DISCUSS IF THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE COULD ESTABLISH THERE.
UM, WE'VE MADE THEM AWARE OF OUR PROPERTY, UM, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHERS DOWNTOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A, A, A BOUTIQUE HOTEL, UM, COULD HAPPEN.
UH, AS FAR AS OUR OWN PROPERTY, WE DID, UH, GET WARREN JOHNSON TO PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF CONCEPTS.
UH, THERE ARE OPTIONS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THOSE FROM HAYDEN.
UM, ONE OPTION IS JUST OUR, OUR, UH, THREE ACRES AND THE OTHER INCLUDES THE SEVEN ACRES THAT KIND OF HORSESHOE AROUND, AROUND, UM, OUR PROPERTY.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO ROBERT FONDREN TO TRY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CO-MARKET THAT.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM HIM.
AND WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO TXDOT, THERE'S, UM, A PORTION OF OUR PROPERTY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE COULD POTENTIALLY BE ADDED TO THE DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF STAYING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
IT, UM, WOULD ADD A, A GOOD AMOUNT TO THE OVERALL PROPERTY.
UM, ELLE, SIR, HOW DID, HOW DID YOU COME TO THAT REALIZATION? UM, THANKS TO ZACH GOODLAND
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, I CAN SEE WHERE THE, THE ROAD USED TO CURVE AROUND.
IT'S BEEN KIND OF STRAIGHTENED OUT.
SO YES, IT'S A BIG PART OF THAT, UM, FRONTAGE.
SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED ON HOW THAT GOES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON.
UH, TO THE NEXT ITEM, WE DO HAVE OUR T M L E D C CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 16 THROUGH 17TH IN BASTROP.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT, UM, THE E D C BUDGET DOES COVER YOUR REGISTRATION, YOUR HOTEL STAY, AND YOUR MILEAGE
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AS YOU TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE CONFERENCE.SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ATTEND, UM, YOU SHOULD FIND ALL THE DETAILS TO, UH, THAT CONFERENCE IN YOUR EMAIL.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RESPOND BACK BY FRIDAY SO WE CAN GET YOU ALL REGISTERED AND GET THOSE, UM, HOTEL ROOMS BOOKED.
SO FAR, WE HAVE GOT BONNIE, UH, AND LEE ATTENDING.
SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT THERE.
I ALSO WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ALL ON THE FARMER'S MARKET.
YOU ALL VOTED TO SUPPORT THIS, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND, UH, RAMONA HAS SENT OVER, UM, ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, INVOICES, W NINES, AND WE HAVE SUBMITTED THAT TO FINANCE, SO THEY SHOULD RECEIVE THAT, UH, MONETARY SUPPORT SHORTLY.
I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO HAYDEN FOR AN UPDATE ON THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT.
UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, I MET WITH OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND OUR, UM, OUR ENGINEERS WHO WILL BE HEADING UP THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT TO KIND OF GET A, UH, TIMELINE UPDATE.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE PROJECT'S STILL IN DESIGN, UM, RESOLVING SOME, UH, SOME DRAINAGE, UM, DUE TO THE, UH, UH, HARRIS STREET BEING COMPLETED PRIOR TO, UM, UH, WALLACE, UM, IT'S STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR, UM, FOR DESIGN COMPLETION BY SEPTEMBER, UM, WITH AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION START IN JANUARY.
UM, THE TOTAL TIMELINE FOR IT SHOULD BE ABOUT NINE MONTHS, SO HOPEFULLY, UH, THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED AROUND OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.
UH, JUST ON THAT, COULD YOU, UH, JUST, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC SPEAKER CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THAT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
COULD YOU MAYBE JUST MENTION THAT TO ZACH SINCE HE'S NOT HERE THIS EVENING? YES, SIR.
AND OR SHARON AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE ON THOSE TOPICS.
ALSO, WITH THAT, UM, ONCE THE, UH, PLANNING IS ALL COMPLETE, UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME LEVEL OF UPDATES, OBVIOUSLY WE VOTED TO, TO FUND THIS PROJECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT AT LEAST AN UPDATE MONTHLY.
IN OUR MEETINGS, UM, FROM, FROM HERE ON OUT, I'LL TRY AND GET THEM TO GIVE US A, UM, UH, KIND OF A PRINTOUT OF THEIR CURRENT TIMELINE.
THAT WAY YOU GUYS HAVE SOMETHING MORE PHYSICAL.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY.
I THREW A FEW THINGS HERE IN MY NOTES FOR MISCELLANEOUS UPDATES.
UM, YOU DID, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A SUMMARY OF AN UPDATE FROM THE RETAIL COACH IN YOUR POCKETS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, PLEASE EMAIL HAYDEN.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON A NEW GRANT PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE CALLED, UM, FULL SHERE FACADE ART MARKETING, UH, ENHANCEMENT GRANT, FULL FAME, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THIS GRANT WOULD BE A MATCHING GRANT AS PROPOSED, UM, FOR ENHANCEMENTS DOWNTOWN.
SO, UM, THESE COULD BE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING BUSINESSES, UM, THINGS SUCH AS MURALS, BENCHES, PLANTERS, THINGS THAT REALLY COULD ENHANCE THE BRAND, UM, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL BE, UM, SHARING THAT WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM THIS WEEK AND, UM, GET THEIR INPUT AND THEN HAVE READY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
YOU MENTIONED EXISTING BUSINESSES.
IS THERE ANYTHING, I MEAN, DOES THIS APPLY TO SOMEONE WHO, I MEAN, 'CAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE BUILDING SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, WOULD THEY HAVE TO BUILD THE BUILDING FIRST? COULD THIS BE A PART OF IT? SO, UM, THE WAY THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, UM, THEY WOULD SUBMIT THE PLAN FOR THE PROJECT AND THEN, UH, WE WOULD JUST CONSIDER EVERYTHING THAT'S SUBMITTED.
SO IF THE FUNDS WERE THERE, WE COULD HOLD ONTO THEM TILL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
BUT IF THERE'S ANOTHER SUBMISSION THAT COULD BE DONE SOONER, THEN THE FUNDS, I WOULD ADVISE THE FUNDS GO TO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE COMPLETED, STARTED, AND FINISHED.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I WAS INVITED TO, UM, SIT ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE.
THEY HAVE A, A CAMPUS IN RICHMOND AND A CAMPUS IN SUGAR LAND.
AND I THINK, UM, THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE REGION AND WHAT THE DEMAND IS HERE TO TAILOR THE PROGRAMS THEY OFFER TO THAT.
SO I WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM THIS WEEK AS WELL.
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ON MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS, UM, HAYDEN AND I, ALONG WITH MARIAH, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, WILL BE ATTENDING, UM, TA C V B IN COLLEGE STATION.IT'S A TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTIONS AND VISITORS BUREAUS.
AND, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE.
I'VE GONE IN THE PAST, UM, WITH MY PREVIOUS ROLE AS MAIN STREET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER IN HUNTSVILLE.
AND, UM, KIND OF LIKE WHAT JOHN WAS SAYING EARLIER, THEY FOCUS A LOT ON, UH, BRANDING, PLACEMAKING, THE EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO VISIT YOUR, UH, TOWN.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM JUST ESTABLISHING A SENSE OF WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE CAME FROM.
THERE'S SO MANY NEW PEOPLE HERE IN SHORE THAT DON'T REALLY KNOW THE HISTORY OF SHORE, AND I THINK HIGHLIGHTING THAT, UM, REALLY, REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO I THINK WE WILL MEET OTHER, UM, PROFESSIONALS THAT, UH, HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN ESTABLISHING GOOD VISITOR EXPERIENCES AND, UM, WE'LL BRING BACK HOPEFULLY SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER.
YEAH, I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE, I THINK TECHNICALLY WE ARE IN THE WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT.
[6. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending June 30, 2023.]
LET'S SEE.WE'RE ON ITEM SIX, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2023.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE, UM, THAT OUR, UM, SALES TAX IS UP 5% FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
UM, AT THIS POINT WE SHOULD BE AT 75% OF OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET, BUT WE'RE REPORTING TO BE AT 84.15%, 84.91%.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS? THAT AWKWARD PAUSE TIME,
WE NEED A MOTION ON THE PAYABLES AS SOON AS THEY'RE ALL THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED OR COMMENTS MADE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE F T C B BOARD TO APPROVE $10,804 AND 34 CENTS FOR JUNE OF 2023.
I'LL SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES FOR THE A BOARD.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, FOR $10,804 AND 34 CENTS FOR THE PAYABLES TO, UM, BE PAID AS PRESENTED.
[7. Consideration and action on minutes of the Corporation for the July 17, 2023, meeting. ]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION ACTION MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE JULY 17TH, 2023 MEETING.ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR CONCERNS REGARDING THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
DO I HEAR A SECOND FROM THE A BOARD? I'LL SECOND THAT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE B BOARD? I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING FROM THE JULY 17TH, 2023 MEETING AS PRESENTED.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOTIONS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
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ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.I'LL OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[8. Consideration and possible action on the termination of the CDC — Fulshear Katy Area Chamber of Commerce MOU for Community Events and discussion on the future of CDC/FDC — FKACC Community Event MOUs. ]
IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TERMINATION OF THE C D C DASH CHER KATY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, M O U FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF C D C F D C F RE, KATY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMUNITY EVENTS.MOUS, BOY, CAN YOU GIMME SOME MORE ACRONYMS ON THE NEXT ONE? I'LL LET, UH, ANELLE SPEAK TO THIS.
FOR OUR NEW MEMBERS IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ENTERED INTO EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY HERE.
UM, WHEN HAYDEN AND I CAME ON BOARD, HAYDEN GOT HERE END OF LAST YEAR.
UM, THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR HAD NOT GONE THROUGH THE STEPS TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT IN THE FALL, WHICH IS WHEN THEY USUALLY WOULD HAVE.
UM, WHEN WE GOT HERE, THE AGREEMENT THAT EXISTED THE DRAFT FOR IT WAS FOR THREE YEARS AND BEING SO NEW, WE, UH, BOTH FELT MORE COMFORTABLE ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR A ONE YEAR TERM, WHICH IS WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL SO THAT WE COULD GET FAMILIAR WITH THE CHAMBER, THE CHAMBER STAFF, HOW THE PARTNERSHIP WORKS IN BRINGING THESE EVENTS TO FULLER.
THERE WAS AN ERROR, UH, IN ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS, UH, FOR A BOARD THAT THE ACTUAL PAPER KEPT, THE THREE YEAR TERM B BOARD WAS EDITED TO REFLECT ONE, A ONE YEAR TERM, UH, AGREEMENT.
SO, UM, TODAY WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT THEY BOTH MATCH SO THAT THE AGREEMENT ENDS ON THE, ON THE SET TIME, WHICH WOULD BE THE END OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
DO Y'ALL, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PORTION OF THIS ITEM? SO JUST TO MAYBE RESTATE THAT.
SO YOU'RE JUST CLEANING UP THE VERBIAGE WITH THE TERMINATION DATES SO THEY MATCH, IT'S SEPTEMBER 30TH, CORRECT.
AND THEN, SO THAT'S ONE-ISH THING.
AND THEN SO THEY WOULD, THE SECOND INTENTION IS THAT FOR EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES MOVING FORWARD SURE.
SO LET ME SHARE ON THAT PORTION.
SO, UM, WHEN I GOT HERE, I WORKED WITH DON MCCOY TO PUT ON THE SHORE FREEDOM FEST.
UM, WE ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT AND WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SHORE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, DURING THAT TIME, I EXPERIENCED, UH, A LOT OF INTEREST FROM OTHER STAFF MEMBERS HERE AT THE CITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING, COORDINATING AND DAY OF, UM, PROCESS FOR THAT EVENT AND FUTURE EVENTS.
UM, SO TONIGHT I AM, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING AND JUST PRESENTING TO YOU ALL THAT OUR INTENTION IS TO NOT RENEW THE M O U FOR THIS FOLLOWING YEAR.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE LEAD ON BRINGING THESE EVENTS, UM, TO THE RESIDENTS.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH DON AND HIS STAFF, UM, AND JUST LET HIM KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING THAT, THAT THIS YEAR AND RECOGNIZE JUST THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HE HAS PUT INTO NOT JUST THE EVENTS THIS YEAR, BUT HISTORICALLY FOR THE CITIZENS AND THE BUSINESSES HERE IN RE AND SO WE ARE TRYING THAT OUT THIS YEAR AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW THAT GOES AND OPEN TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER IN OTHER CAPACITIES FOR THE CITY.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, I KNOW THAT ALL ORGANIZATIONS GO THROUGH DIFFERENT EVOLUTIONS AND SO I THINK I'VE BEEN HERE FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL STAFF WAS SIX OR SEVEN PEOPLE AND WE WERE PAINTING, THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS PAINTING THE SPOTS ON THE GROUND, THEN THE CHAMBER CAME INTO BEING, UH, AND THEY WERE JUST A HUGE RESOURCE.
SO JUST FROM HERE, I'D LIKE TO THANK DON AND THE CHAMBER FOR ALL OF THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WERE PUT IN.
UM, THESE EVENTS LOOK EASY WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND ENJOY 'EM, BUT ALL OF THE LOGISTICS BEHIND THE SCENES ARE VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WORKING THROUGH, UH, WE HAVE A LEGAL COUNSEL HERE WORKING THROUGH ALL THE GOVERNMENT CODES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE COMPLIANT, BUT YET FULFILL YOUR OBLIGATIONS.
IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, DON, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE CITY AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
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IF THE CITY'S STAFF IS, YOU KNOW, AT A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ACTUALLY SHOULDER SOME OF THAT BURDEN, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL WON'T SEVER OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER AND WE CAN STILL BE CLOSE AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER MOVING FORWARD.YES, I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT, TOMMY.
I THINK THAT THE SERVICE THAT THE CHAMBER, UM, PROVIDES FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS INVALUABLE.
I ACTUALLY ATTENDED A ROPE CUTTING JUST LAST WEEK AND GOT TO HEAR FROM THE BUSINESS OWNER JUST HOW IMPORTANT, UM, THE SUPPORT FROM THE CHAMBER HAD BEEN IN THE SUCCESS OF HIS BUSINESS.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WAYS THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER AND, AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY LOCALLY.
IS IS THERE A, UM, WHAT SORT OF RESOURCES ARE WE PUTTING IN PLACE FOR THE NEW UNDERTAKING THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE ENDEAVORING TO TAKE OVER IN RUNNING THESE EVENTS? UH, YOU'RE A VERY BUSY PERSON.
UM, WOULD YOU BE IN CHARGE? UM, AND, UH, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO DELVE INTO YOUR, UM, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR DUTIES? SURE.
UM, YES, I WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS THE EVENT COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY AND, UM, IT'S HARD TO TELL RIGHT NOW JUST HOW TIME CONSUMING THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY EVENTS WE WOULD PUT ON.
UM, BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN EVENT PLANNING, COORDINATING AND DAY OF EXECUTION IN MY PREVIOUS ROLES.
AND I'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, AT LEAST THREE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY WHO HAVE ONE OR MORE STAFF MEMBERS EACH WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THAT CITY EVENTS COMMITTEE TO HELP IN THAT PROCESS.
SO I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED THE ADDITION OF A THIRD E D C STAFF MEMBER TO, UM, MAYBE HELP WITH EVENT COORDINATION AND MARKETING NEEDS.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO FIRST SEE IF THERE IS THE DEMAND AND THE, THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT PERSON HAS ENOUGH WORK TO DO IF WE WERE TO ADD THEM TO OUR STAFF.
SO IT'S SOMETHING I'VE BEEN COLLABORATING WITH OUR IT TEAM AND OUR CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS, UM, STAFFER TO SEE IF MAYBE IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL WORK ON.
I, UM, IS, IS THERE, UM, WE, WE'VE SEEN THE EBB AND FLOW, UH, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THESE EVENTS AND THE CHAMBER BEING INVOLVED AND NOT BEING INVOLVED.
UM, WE'VE ALSO SEEN THE EBB AND FLOW OF EVENTS BEING PERFORMED DUE TO THOSE RESOURCES BEING AVAILABLE TO US AND NOT BEING AVAILABLE TO US.
UM, SO, UH, I, I GUESS I'M, I'M GUESS I'M ASKING WHY, WHY, WHY ARE WE MAKING THIS CHANGE? SURE.
I THINK THERE'S RISK IN EVERYTHING, WHICH IS WHY, UM, AS I SHARED WITH JOHN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING OUT AND I THINK IT'S MAINLY SEEING THAT INTEREST AND KNOWING THAT WE NOW HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE DIDN'T, UM, IN TERMS OF BOTH FUNDING AND THE STAFF INTEREST.
UM, JUST LIKE TOMMY SAID, WE'VE ADDED SO MANY NEW STAFF MEMBERS AND, UH, THOSE PEOPLE THAT I'VE SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED HAVE NOT ONLY EXPRESSED INTEREST BUT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE IN EVENT PLANNING IN CITIES, UM, BIGGER THAN FUL.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN HANDLE THAT.
UH, ONE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS, BUT I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER, UH, ISN'T RESPOND, DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW AS MANY, OR MAYBE I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW THE GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
AND SO I'D ALWAYS BEEN, UM, CONCERNED OR WONDERED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WAS A SPLIT OF WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT.
UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY COULD GO OUT AND HIRE WHOEVER THEY WANTED IN WHATEVER WAY POSSIBLE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND HAS THAT BEEN A PROBLEM BEFORE? OR WAS THAT, UH, I CAN JUST IMAGINE THAT THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING IF WHO'S PAYING FOR WHAT IN, UH, THIS NEW, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS WITH THE CITY HANDLING IT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE A LONGER DRAWN OUT R F Q PROCESS, BUT AT LEAST IT WOULD, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS.
UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT IN THE PREVIOUS WAY, IF WE'RE PAYING PEOPLE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH AN R F Q PROCESS, COULD THAT COME BACK TO BITE US AS A CITY LATER? DOES THIS FIX THAT PROBLEM? UM,
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SO YES AND NO.LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH FOR FREEDOM FEST.
UM, WE RAN INTO THAT ISSUE WHERE OUR AGREEMENT TELLS US THAT WE HAVE TO PAY THE VENDOR DIRECTLY, NOT THROUGH THE CHAMBER.
SO WE GET THE INVOICE, WE ADD THEM INTO OUR SYSTEM.
UM, AND WE ACTUALLY, UM, RAN INTO JUST THAT THE CHAMBER MADE AN AGREEMENT, UM, AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, HOW DO WE STILL FOLLOW OUR PURCHASING, UM, GUIDELINES? WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS TO THEN FIGURE OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T NEED TO FOLLOW THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY DOES.
UM, THERE WAS CONFUSION WITH OUR CITY STAFF, UM, AND DAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN HELP ME OUT HERE, UM, WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH OUR CITY STAFF SAYING, THESE ARE THE RULES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THOSE RULES DIDN'T APPLY TO THE E D C DEPARTMENT.
THEY WERE JUST MANAGING HOW THEY DO WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT ON THE RULES THAT THEY'RE USED TO FOLLOWING.
UM, SO WE ACTUALLY, AS AN E D C, WOULDN'T, WOULD HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN THE CITY AND THE WAY THAT THIS AGREEMENT WORKED, WE STILL HAD TO FOLLOW OUR OWN PROCESS.
IT DIDN'T HELP IN ANY WAY TO HAVE THE CHAMBER INVOLVED BECAUSE WE HAD TO PAY THE VENDOR DIRECTLY ANYWAYS.
SO I THINK, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE FREEDOM FEST WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WAS PUT IN THERE.
THEY, UM, A LOT OF WHAT IT GREW TO BECOME WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF DONATIONS, YOU KNOW, FIREWORKS BY WALMART.
THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS AS, YOU KNOW, DON, THAT, UH, WERE DONATED TO, TO THE FREEDOM FEST BY US TAKING THAT ON.
DOES THAT, ARE WE UNDER DIFFERENT RULES FOR WHAT WE CAN ACCEPT AS FAR AS DONATIONS? WE ACTUALLY DID SPEAK WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM ABOUT THIS, AND WE ARE, UH, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND WE CAN TAKE DONATIONS JUST THE SAME.
AND THEN THE THREE OR FOUR EMPLOYEES THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, WHAT ABOUT THEIR AVAILABILITY? OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T REPORT TO YOU, BUT HOW, HOW CAN, HOW CAN WE BE ASSURED THAT THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE ON THE, ON THE DAY THAT WE NEED THEM WELL IN ADVANCE, AND NO CHANGES TO THAT.
HOW CAN WE BE ASSURED OF THAT? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I MEAN, CURRENTLY IT'S, IT'S JUST THAT VERBAL EXPRESSION OF INTEREST AND SUPPORT FROM THAT EMPLOYEE AND, UH, THEIR SUPERVISOR.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO TEST OUT AND SEE HOW DOES THAT WORK THIS YEAR? WILL IT ACTUALLY WORK? WILL THEY HAVE THE TIME? UM, I THINK WE, WE OWE IT TO OURSELVES TO GIVE IT A SHOT AND FIGURE OUT FIRSTHAND IF WE CAN HANDLE IT.
THAT'S, THAT'S A KIND OF A BIGGER JUMP THAN I'M, I THINK I WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE, UH, I, I'D RATHER BE ASSURED THAT THE EVENT WILL GO FLAWLESSLY OR ASS CLOSE TO FLAWLESSLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS, I, I JUST PULLED UP THE, UH, THE WEBSITE FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND I SEE K D E E D C, FORT BEND, E D C, BERKSHIRE, E D C I, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD STRAY AWAY FROM, UH, PARTICIPATING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SINCE THEY BRING SO MUCH TO OUR BUSINESSES THAT WE KNOW OF THAT, THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
SO, UM, I GUESS I REALLY DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I THINK I'LL PROB I'LL PROBABLY BE VOTING AGAINST THIS.
SO THIS, THIS REALLY ISN'T ABOUT NOT WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE FULL CIRCADIA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
IT'S ABOUT MAKING A CHANGE ON HOW WE, UH, THE CONTROL THAT THE CITY HAS AND THE DECISIONS THAT'S BEING FUNDED BY THE EDCS ON HOW WE WANT TO DO THOSE EVENTS, THAT THAT'S ALL THIS IS ABOUT, IS THE DECISION ON HOW WE DO THAT.
SO, I MEAN, STILL, I'LL STILL BE VOTING AGAINST IT.
I THINK THE, IS THE ACTION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THIS EVENING IS JUST TO CLEAN UP THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE? YES.
THAT, THAT'S THE ACTION THAT ANELLE IS LOOKING FOR THIS EVENING.
SO OUR, THE NEXT EVENT WE WOULD, I THINK THE CHAMBER IS STILL RUNNING THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE THE EDCS WERE TYPICALLY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
UH, UH, YEAH, I'VE, DON AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS, UH, OF THIS, AND WE DO INTEND TO GO THROUGH THE AGREEMENT AND WORK WITH HIM AS WE MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL.
SO THE FIRST EVENT, IF, IF YOU AND THE, THE CITY STAFF DO TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY, OUR FIRST EVENT WOULD BE THE CHRISTMAS, THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO THAT WOULD BE HELD AROUND THIS COMPLEX HERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE FIRST, UM, UM, EVENT WHERE
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IT WOULD BE PLANNED AND EXECUTED BY ANOTHER GROUP THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME, UH, COMPARISON ON WHAT HAD BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.AND I DO JUST WANNA CLARIFY, JAMES, THAT IT'S NOT JUST COMPLETELY CUTTING ALL TIES AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY.
IT'S JUST STEPPING BACK INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER ON EVENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THAT CAPACITY.
CAN I MAKE A, UM, DAN, IS THAT SHE'S STAFF? DOES THAT MATTER? YEAH, IT'S A STAFF MEMBER.
IS THAT A STAFF? YOU SAID STAFF? STAFF MEMBER, YES.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, I'M GOOD WITH IT.
IF YOU ARE, BRIAN, WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? YES.
I WORK FOR THE CITY OF CHER AS THE, OH, SORRY, I'M NEW TO THIS
I'M MARIA RA GALLEGOS WITH THE CITY OF RE I SERVE AS THE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR UNDER THE IT DEPARTMENT.
I STARTED WORKING HERE IN FEBRUARY, SO, UM, BEFORE OR AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT ANELLE STARTED.
AND AS SOON AS WE BOTH KIND OF STARTED MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT, UM, OUR EXCITEMENT FOR BEING A PART OF THE CITY OF SHORE AND ALL OF THE GROWTH HERE, ONE OF THOSE BIG TICKET ITEMS FOR US WAS EVENTS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY AS A COMMUNICATIONS PERSON, I THRIVE IN HAVING SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, GOOD THINGS TO TALK ABOUT
AND THE BIGGEST OF THOSE IS EVENTS HERE.
IN RE WE HAVE FOUND OUR RESIDENTS HERE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE, UH, CONSTANT EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HAVE, UM, JUST ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ART IN THE PARKING LOT THAT'S UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE HOPE TO MAKE THAT AN ANNUAL THING.
AND SO TALKING WITH ANELLE IS JUST BRINGING EXCITEMENT TO THE CITY OF RE UNDER OUR IDENTITY AS THE CITY OF FULCHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE BIG PARTS OF THIS.
AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS ISN'T CUTTING TIES WITH THE CHAMBER.
IT'S JUST, UM, KIND OF TAKING OWNERSHIP AND, AND BRINGING THOSE EVENTS IN-HOUSE FOR US TO WORK ON, COLLABORATE ON.
UH, AS A COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR, I'M, I WOULD BE A PART, I THINK OF THIS TEAM WITH ANELLE, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT DOING SO, AND JUST WORKING AT OUR HIGHEST CAPACITY THAT WE CAN IN BRINGING ALL OF THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BACK ALL OF THIS UP AND SUPPORT ANELLE TO YOU GUYS AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO TAKE THIS PROJECT ON.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PROJECT.
I ATTENDED THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT BY THE CHAMBER, AND IT WAS MASSIVE AND AWESOME, AMAZING IN ALL THE WAYS.
UM, SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING NEW FOR US, BUT AGAIN, IN THIS YEAR, WE HOPE TO JUST TAKE THAT TO HOPEFULLY THE SAME LEVEL THAT CHAMBER HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST.
AND WITH OUR TEAM THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE'VE DISCUSSED, WE REALLY, UM, EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IS THERE, UM, I GUESS I SORT OF HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
SO I GUESS, WOULD THIS, UH, IMPACT IN ANY WAY THE TYPES OF EVENTS OR THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PUTTING ON? UM, UH, IT WOULDN'T, SO THE BUDGET STAYS THE SAME.
WE'VE BUDGETED, UM, A LITTLE MORE THIS YEAR CONSIDERING OUR, UH, BICENTENNIAL COMING UP THAN WE HAD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, SO WE STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME AND A LITTLE MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY.
AND IT'S REALLY UP TO US HOW MANY EVENTS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THEN, I GUESS MAYBE JUST FOR, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT CAN YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF, UM, DECISION THAT ESSENTIALLY WOULD NOW BE MADE BY THE CITY VERSUS THE CHAMBER? YES.
SO, UM, HERE IS WHERE IT KIND OF GETS TRICKY.
DON DON HAS A LOT OF, UM, THE CONNECTIONS WITH THE SPONSORSHIPS AND, UM, THE, THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, THIS LIKE, FOR FREEDOM FEST, UH, DON SECURED PARTNERSHIPS FOR MANY OF THE EVENTS, UH, SPONSORSHIPS AND, UH, ALSO TOOK, TOOK, UM, FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ARRANGING THE VENDORS.
SO PUTTING OUT THE CALL FOR VENDORS, UM, TAKING THEIR APPLICATIONS, UH, ORGANIZING THEM AND COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, SET UP TIME WHERE TO BE BREAKDOWN TIME, ALL OF THE LOGISTICS OF THE DAY OF, UM, THAT WHOLE ENTIRE PLAN ACTUALLY STILL HAS TO GET SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR APPROVAL.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THINGS SUCH AS SAFETY AND ALL OF THAT, THE SPACE, UM,
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ALL OF THAT STILL HAS TO GET APPROVED.ANY FOOD VENDORS HAVE TO COME, UH, AND MAKE SURE THEY COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER, MAKE SURE THEY'RE PERMITTED.
SO IN A LOT OF WAYS, ALL THE PIECES IN WITHIN THE CITY ARE ALREADY THERE TO WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN THE EVENT, EACH, THERE'S ALREADY A STAFF MEMBER THAT WOULD OVERSEE EACH PORTION OF THE EVENT PLANNING PROCESS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND WE WOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN SECURING THE VENDORS LIKE DON HAD, UM, IN, IN PREVIOUS EVENTS.
I THINK, UM, CAN WE, OH, I'M SORRY.
IN MARKETING, MARKETING WOULD BE A HUGE, UM, A HUGE THING TO BRING IN HOUSE AS WELL.
YEAH, I MEAN, I CAN DEFINITELY SEE FROM A COORDINATION STANDPOINT THAT THAT CAN BE EASIER TO DO IF YOU'RE THE ONE OVERSEEING THE EVENT.
I THINK I WOULD ECHO THE CONCERN THAT WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF WORK.
UM, AND I WOULD JUST BE CONCERNED THAT WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE EVENTS CONTINUE TO GO AS WELL AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO TO CONSIDER IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, RELATIVELY NEW COORDINATOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS HAD SOMEONE THAT WAS REALLY GUNG-HO TO BE PART OF THE COM BUSINESS COMMUNITY, GO OUT AND VISIT OUR BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, START DEVELOPING PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT OUR BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR GIVING OUR STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY.
UM, IS THERE A LITTLE BIT OF NERVOUSNESS THERE WHEN, HEY, YOU KNOW, RE FREEDOM FEST WENT OFF RELATIVELY, UH, GREAT.
UM, THERE IS, BUT I THINK ALSO WE NEED TO ALSO PLACE SOME TRUST IN OUR, UH, LEADERS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE'VE BEEN PART OF SELECTING AND, YOU KNOW, WATCH THAT, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE THAT EVENT SUCCESSFUL.
AND IF THINGS DON'T GO TO OUR LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO RE REVISIT THIS CONVERSATION AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE OTHER OPTIONS WE HAVE.
BUT I, WE JUST, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT A PERSON WANTING TO DO THAT, AND NOT ONLY WITH EVENTS, BUT ALSO WITH, UH, OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND I'M DON'T WANNA SNUFF THAT ENTHUSIASM OUT EITHER.
UH, I, I LOVE THE AMBITION, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THE EXPERTISE FROM THE, THAT THE CHAMBER DOES BRING, AND I DON'T THINK THE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD DO AN EVENT TO SEE HOW IT GOES WITHOUT THE CHAMBER, BUT NOT GET OUTTA THIS AGREEMENT.
I THINK THE, UH, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM BANKING, I, I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE CHAMBERS THAT WE WORK WITH, UH, WHETHER, WHETHER YOU USE THEM OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OR ONE THING OR ANOTHER.
BUT, UM, I THINK, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL, UH, STICK WITH THIS CONTRACT.
BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE AMBITION AND I, I DO ADMIRE THAT.
WE WOULDN'T BE TERMINATING THIS CONTRACT.
THIS WOULD JUST EXPIRE END OF SEPTEMBER, SO THEN WE WOULD BRING A NEW ONE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR AND JESUS WOULD LIKE ADD SOME COMMENTS.
I'M A LITTLE TALLER THAN THE MICROPHONE.
SO MY NAME IS, UH, JESUS ESCOBAR.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF IT AND OVER COMMUNICATIONS.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, TONIGHT.
UM, JAMES, SORRY, CAN I, YOUR TITLE? UH, DIRECTOR OF IT AND COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS, YES.
UM, OR MARKETING, I GUESS YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD CONSIDER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR MARKETING? UH, SOME.
WHEN I HEAR DIRECTOR OF IT, UHHUH
AND THEN, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF, SHOULD I CHANGE MY TITLE? THERE'S, I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
SO THEN YOU'RE ALSO PART OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNICATIONS.
SO WHERE, WHERE DOES COMMUNICATIONS LIE? YOU KNOW, WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT KIND OF FALLS UNDER THANK YOU.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
YEAH, BRIAN, AND FOR QUICK CONTEXT, BEFORE I GOT HERE, EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY WERE UNDER THE IT AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT HOUSED THAT MARKETING COMPONENT TO THE CITY.
SO THERE, THERE IS A LOT MORE TO, UM, JUST AN EVENT.
SO EVERYTHING BEHIND THE SCENES OF GOING THROUGH THE, UH,
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PROCESS OF, UH, EVENT APPROVAL, UH, SAFETY, UH, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE, THE VENDORS, ALL THAT GETS LOOKED AT RIGHT.AND GETS LOOKED AT INTERNALLY.
SO WHO DOES THAT? I MEAN, WE ALL DO THAT.
UH, WE DO THAT ON A, ON AS A BIG STAFF MEETING.
SO IT'S ALREADY DONE, RIGHT? UM, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE JUST NOT SEEING THAT, UH, BEING DONE.
YOU'RE BEING, BEING BROUGHT TOWARDS, UH, THE QUESTION OF US TAKING, HANDLING IT WHERE IT'S ALREADY BEING DONE.
RIGHT? SO THE QUESTION THAT BONNIE HAS ABOUT HOW'S, UH, THE PROCESS AND EVERYTHING, WELL, THAT PROCESS ALREADY IS BEING DONE CURRENTLY.
UM, IT IS JUST NOW, UM, US DOING IT DIRECTLY WITH, SO KIND OF STREAMLINING THAT PROCESS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH, RIGHT? UM, WHERE WE ARE, THE ONES AT THE TABLE, WE ARE THE ONES MAKING THE DECISIONS.
WE ARE THE ONES THERE, THERE'S NO, UH, WAITING.
SO, UH, ACTUALLY YOU'D BE SAVING TIME IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT, RIGHT? AND QUESTION OR ANSWER BEFORE JAMES? JAMES? UM, I'VE BEEN AT ALL THE EVENTS.
I'VE BEEN THERE WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO VOLUNTEER.
IT'S JUST GOING, UM, I THINK OUR STAFF, UH, HAS BEEN ALSO THERE BECAUSE OUR STAFF LOVES RE AND IT'S NOT JUST ASKING THOSE TWO TO VOLUNTEER.
UM, THOSE ACTUALLY JUST SHOW UP AND SAY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU, WHERE DO YOU NEED ME? SO THE QUESTION IS NOT THAT, UM, WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT PEOPLE OR ARE WE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS TO BE THERE.
IT'S MORE OF WHERE DO WE PUT THEM? 'CAUSE WE, WE WILL HAVE VOLUNTEERS THERE.
SO I, I'VE NEVER INCURRED OR INCURRED THAT, THAT SITUATION OR THAT PROBLEM OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS THERE.
I'M JUST, SO THE WAY THIS IS STATED HERE, RIGHT, IS, UM, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TERMINATION OF THE C D C FULL CIRCADIA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, M O U FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND THIS, UM, THAT'S WHAT'S STATED IN THE PACKET.
SO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, UM, IS A TERM FOR ONE THREE YEAR PERIOD, BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND ENDING ON THE DAY BEFORE THE THREE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS APRIL OF 2023.
RIGHT? SO FOR THREE YEARS FROM APRIL OF 2023, THAT'S WHAT THE CURRENT AGREEMENT IS.
SO THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WE SAID IS A TYPO IN, IN THE VERBAL MOTION FROM THAT MEETING.
WE AGREED TO A ONE YEAR TERM, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE THE END SEPTEMBER 30TH.
IT JUST WAS A WRITTEN TYPO ON THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED FOR A BOARD, FOR A BOARD ONLY.
SO WE, WE, OKAY, WE WROTE THIS AS TERMINATION BECAUSE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIX THE LANGUAGE SO THAT BOTH OF THE BOARD'S AGREEMENTS MATCH EACH OTHER.
SO WHO NEEDS TO TAKE WHAT ACTION TONIGHT? TYPE A BOARD, UM, WOULD NEED TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT, UM, TO END THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, WE'LL SET OUT THE, UM, OUR AGREEMENT HAS NOW THAT IF I MAY, YES, AND I DON'T, WE MAY, BECAUSE APPARENTLY WHAT WE WROTE DOWN ON THE PAPER IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS VERBALLY AGREED.
BUT I'M LOOKING AT ARTICLE FOUR WITH MODIFICATION AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.
AND SO, UM, IN THE LEAST, IF WE JUST FOLLOW WHAT'S ON THE PAPER, THEN THE, A BOARD COULD AGREE TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT, OR I GUESS MODIFY WITH 30 DAY NOTICE.
WHAT'S UNCLEAR TO ME IS I NOW REALIZE THIS IS MODIFICATION AND AMENDMENT TO ME ASSUMES THAT THE OTHER PARTY WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT WE COULD SOLELY TERMINATE IT.
UM, WITH THE, WITH THE IDEA OF JUST PUTTING IN ANOTHER AGREEMENT THAT FITS WHAT WE VERBALLY AGREED TO.
BUT I GUESS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST SAID IS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO CHANGE WHAT'S WRITTEN ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND IS SIGNED AS A CONTRACT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT WHAT WAS VERBALLY AGREED.
I, SO, SO MY, MY ARGUMENT FOR, FOR THIS WAS TO TERMINATE, UM, FOR YOU GUYS TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT.
UM, WE'LL SET OUT THE 30 DAYS TO MATCH WHAT TYPE B BOARD HAS.
SO IT, IT'S STICKING WITH WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE AGREEMENT.
IT'S JUST TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP, UM, OKAY.
THAT WAY WE'RE NOT HAVING TO GO BACK AND FORTH IN BETWEEN PARTIES GOTCHA.
SO YOU NEED AN, UH, A MOTION FROM THE A BOARD TO TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT AT THE, AT, AT ENDING THIS FISCAL, AT FISCAL END OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 30TH.
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I HEAR A MOTION FROM THE A BOARD TO TERMINATE THIS, THE AGREEMENT, THE M O U, BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE SHORE KATY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SUCH THAT IT TERMINATES ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023? I MOTION.DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE A BOARD? NO.
HEARING, UM, HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND THEN I THINK WHAT, JUST ALONG THIS AGENDA ITEM, JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'D ASK YOU TO PLEASE EVALUATE THE, UM, RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, JAMES AND OTHERS BRING UP VALID POINTS THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE SOME FORM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAMBER.
UM, MAYBE IF WE DO RUN INTO ANY ISSUES, UH, NEED SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR SUPPORT, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO, UH, HELP ENSURE, YOU KNOW, THE SUCCESS OF AN EVENT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, KIND OF JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE, BUT, UM, MEAN I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT AND MAYBE BRING THAT BACK TO OUR BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? I THINK, I BELIEVE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE I HEARD THAT WE WOULD GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY ON AN M O U IN THE FUTURE.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, ARE THE CURRENT M O U WOULD EXPIRE SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO IT WOULD BE UP TO US TO HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT WOULD REKINDLE THE SUBJECT.
IF WE SAY WE WANT THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM OR AN L AND HAYDEN FEEL THERE'S A NEED TO BRING THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO US.
IT COULD COME FROM BOTH OF THOSE SIDES, BUT I THINK TIMELINE WISE, YOU, YOU WOULD ALREADY BE LOOKING FOR POTENTIALLY AN M O U TO ACTION IF THAT WAS THE CASE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
BUT IT, SO THAT DISCUSSION, AN M OOU COULD BE ENACTED AT ANY MONTH IF THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY COME TO AN OR E D C AND THE CHAMBER COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON SOME TERMS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO START OCTOBER ONE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD START ANOTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER 15TH OR DECEMBER 15TH.
YEAH, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING, I THOUGHT THAT I HEARD THAT WE WERE GONNA GET ANOTHER M O U PLACED IN FRONT OF US, SO WE'LL TALK, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT WE COULD HAVE AN M O U FOR A SPECIFIC EVENT? CORRECT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK DON.
AGAIN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE SITTING THROUGH THIS.
I'M GLAD YOU WERE HERE TO HEAR THE DISCUSSION.
UM, UM, AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU BRING TO THIS AND THE CHAMBER BRINGS, UH, TO THE CITY OF SHORE.
[9. Consideration and action on the selection of long-term legal counsel.]
ITEM NUMBER NINE, LONG-TERM LEGAL COUNSEL.UH, BACK AT THE APRIL 17TH MEETING, UM, THE BOARDS HAD REQUESTED THAT WE SUBMIT AN R F Q FOR, UH, LONG-TERM LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, AT THE TIME, UH, STAFF AND THE BOARDS WERE EXPERIENCING SOME, UM, DISSATISFACTION.
UM, THOUGH I WILL SAY THAT THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED SINCE.
UM, SO THE, UH, UH, STAFF EVALUATED TWO R F Q RESPONSES, UM, ONE FROM D N R B Z, WHO, UM, MR. SANTI, UH, IS ASSOCIATED WITH, AND THEN ALSO THE LAW OFFICES OF CRAIG W HARVEY.
UM, AFTER OUR EVALUATIONS, UM, UH, THE STAFF CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, REMAINING WITH D N R B Z, UM, DUE TO THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH EDCS AND CITIES, UM, AS WELL AS FAMILIARITY WITH, UM, OUR FUNCTIONS AS WELL.
YEAH, I KNEW THAT, UM, DENTON, NAVARRO AND BERNAL, AND ZACH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY HAD A GREAT REPUTATION IN THE MUNICIPAL AND E D C REALM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CHANCE TO WORK WITH CHARLIE AND THEN MR. SANTI, UH, HERE WITH US.
I MEAN, I THINK THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB HERE IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, SIX
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MONTHS, UM, THAT I'VE OBSERVED.AND SO I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS THAT THE BOARD HAD, OR A MOTION.
CAN, CAN YOU JUST EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR, YOUR SUMMARY SPREADSHEET ON YOUR EVALUATION AND YOUR SELECTION CRITERIA? OTHER THAN JUST, I MEAN, WHAT'S BEHIND RESPONSIVENESS, WHAT'S BEHIND, UH, REFERENCES, THE MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE? THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT HAVE RATINGS.
UM, SO MA MAINLY THESE CATEGORIES ARE KIND OF QUANTI OR QUALITATIVELY DECIDED BY THE STAFF THAT, THAT ARE CHOSEN TO, UM, TO GRADE THE RESPONSES.
OUR RESPONSIVENESS, UM, IS JUST HOW, IF THEY WERE ON TIME FOR SUBMITTING, UM, HOW QUICKLY THEY GOT IT BACK TO US REFERENCES, OBVIOUSLY THEIR EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH, UH, EDCS MUNICIPAL, UH, GOVERNMENT.
AND THAT KIND OF TIES INTO THE MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE AS WELL.
UM, REFERENCES THAT WE COULD REACH OUT TO.
UM, D N R B Z, UM, HAD A MOUNTAIN OF MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE, UM, AS WELL AS OUR FAMILIARITY WITH THEM.
UM, THE, UH, WE, WE THOUGH WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE OTHER SUBMITTAL, UM, IT, IT JUST SEEMED FROM NOT ONLY ME AND ANELLE WHO WERE ON, UH, THE GRADING COMMITTEE, BUT THE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS THAT, UH, D N R B Z STOOD OUT FAR AND AWAY, UH, FROM THE OTHER OFFICE.
SO YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE SERVICES YOU HAVE.
THERE WAS NO EXPECTATION OF PRICING COMPETITION, OR DID PRICING COME INTO PLAY? IS THAT A COMPONENT OF IT? OR YOU'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND SO YOU ARE COMFORTABLE JUST CONTINUING DOWN THAT ROAD? THERE'S NO FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OR NO, NO.
SO FOR THIS R F Q, UM, WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED, IT WAS THE SAME R F Q THAT WE USED, UH, PREVIOUSLY TO FIND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.
UH, PRICING WAS NOT A COMPONENT OF IT.
UM, WE'RE WELL WITHIN OUR BUDGET FOR, FOR LEGAL COUNSEL, AND WE'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH THE, THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS NOT, UH, A MAIN CONCERN, UM, IN THIS R F Q, BUT PRICING IS A PART OF THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE, AND PRICING WOULD BE A PART OF THE AGREEMENT GOING FORWARD.
SO YOU MENTIONED, AGAIN, I HAD THIS SIM A SIMILAR QUESTION ABOUT PRICING.
UM, I THINK I HAD MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE HAPPY IS ALL WE WANT WITH THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE GETTING, BUT IF IT COSTS A MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.
UM, THE, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHERE DID WE GET OUR PREVIOUS BUDGET NUMBER? IS IT JUST WHAT IT HAD? WE HAD HAD BEFORE? YES, SIR.
WHICH WE HAD WHEN WE SHARED, SOMEONE ELSE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ME WITH LONGER TENURE, BUT WE SHARED LEGAL SERVICES WITH THE CITY AND WE JUST PAID, SO THE, THE LEGAL SERVICES AND THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE RUNNING OFF OF, UM, WHEN YOU GUYS HAD SUBMITTED THE LAST R F Q THAT SELECTED D N R B Z FOR OUR SHORT TERM LEGAL COUNSEL, THAT'S THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE CONTINUING OFF OF FOR THIS LONG TERM.
AND I, BUT I THINK WE SET THAT BUDGET BASED ON WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PAYING TO THE CITY FOR THEIR COUNCIL, SIR.
NO, I'M, DOES ANYONE? I'M NOT SURE, BRIAN.
WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE WE WORKED OUR BUDGET BASED ON WHAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SO, UM, EACH OF THE BOARDS IS AT 20.57% OF YOUR TOTAL LEGAL SERVICES BUDGET, AND WE'RE ALMOST TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE BUDGET ISN'T, ISN'T A PROBLEM.
YEAH, I THINK THAT IT PROBABLY, IF MY, I'M JUST REALLY PULLING FROM MY MEMORY HERE.
I, WE, I THINK WE USED TO SPLIT THOSE SERVICES OR SHARED SERVICES WITH THE CITY, AND THEN WE ENDED UP TAKING ON THOSE COSTS OURSELVES.
AND THAT WAS, UH, FORMALIZED THROUGH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
AND SO THEY PROBABLY JUST USED SOME OF THOSE, UH, HISTORICAL BUDGET NUMBERS.
AGAIN, WE CAN GO BACK AND GET HISTORICAL DATA, BUT I DON'T THINK WE EVER APPROACHED, YOU KNOW, THESE BUDGETS WITH OUR LEGAL FEES OR LEGAL BILLS.
BUT SOME OF THAT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT PROJECTS WE UNDERTAKE.
IF WE ARE INTENSIVE WITH DEVELOPMENT COMPLICATED CONTRACTS
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FOR, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO USE LEGAL COUNSEL MORE.UM, AND JOEL IS AWARE, WELL AWARE OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SITTING ON CITY COUNCIL, UH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED THAT PERSON IF THEY'RE JUST HERE FOR ONE MEETING, UH, HELP REVIEW THE PACKET, THAT'S GONNA BE LESS THAN IF WE HAVE SOME COMPLICATED DEVELOPMENT DEAL THAT'S VERY INTRICATE WITH ALL THE LEGAL EASE AND WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AND WHO OWNS THE BUILDING, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTED AS AN ORGANIZATION.
UM, SO I DON'T, I'M REALLY PROBABLY NOT GIVING AN ANSWER, BUT ANYWAY, EXPLAN EXPLANATION, I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S GOOD, TOMMY.
I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE, THE A B BOARD HAVEN'T HAD A TON OF THINGS HAPPENING OUTSIDE MAYBE THE, THE PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE THE, THE OLD CITY HALL PROPERTY.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH GOING ON OTHER THAN MEETINGS WHERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE COMING AND, AND ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.
I THINK WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND THE THINGS THAT WE HOPEFULLY GET OFF THE GROUND, UH, AND ACTUALLY HAVE SOME ACTION ON THOSE ALSO PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO BE BETWEEN ENTITY A AND THE A AND B BOARD.
IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN IT'S DA AND THE CITY.
SO THE CITY'S STILL GOING TO ENCUMBER THE BULK OF THOSE LEGAL COSTS.
I DON'T THINK THE A AND B BOARD ARE GONNA BECOME A, A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND START DOING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO THOSE SORTS OF LEGAL FEES ARE PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH AS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MIGHT HAVE UNDER, AS YOU SAID, SOME OF THE MORE COMPLICATED DEALS MM-HMM.
AND I'M SURE THAT THEY COULD GET YOU THE, LIKE, HOURLY RATES FOR THE STAFF AND, UH, ATTORNEYS FOR THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ODDS ARE ONES THAT WORK MORE FOR PUBLIC CLIENTS.
I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THOSE RATES ARE PROBABLY WOULD BE MORE PALATABLE THAN IF YOU'RE TRYING TO HIRE SOME DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME MAJOR CASE LIKE THAT.
THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG DIFFERENCE, UM, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING FOR A PUBLIC ENTITY.
UM, WE'RE DEALING WITH PUBLIC MONIES, WE HAVE TO WATCH EVERYTHING THAT WE SPEND.
UH, BUT THEY DO PROVIDE A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AS WAS EVIDENCED IN SOME OF OUR, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSIONS WITH CHARLIE.
ZACK, DAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? I MEAN, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS OUT THERE THAT I CAN ANSWER, JUST HESITATE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER PARTIES HERE AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK THE VOTE, BUT I CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED, IF THAT'S OKAY.
IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, BY ALL MEANS,
IT'S, I THINK WE'RE BILLING AT 2 85 AN HOUR.
UM, WE ONLY REPRESENT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, UM, IN VARIOUS FORMS, UH, INCLUDING EDCS.
WE HAVE, GOSH, I THINK WE PROBABLY INCLUDED ABOUT A DOZEN EDCS OR M DDS IN OUR PACKET IN OUR RESPONSE.
UH, MR. PATTERSON'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT, UH, IT'S KIND OF PROJECT DRIVEN.
UH, CERTAINLY I'M A LOT BUSIER WITH SOME OF THE OTHER EDCS THAT I REPRESENT RIGHT NOW, JUST BECAUSE ALONG THE I 35 CORRIDOR WHERE I, MOST OF MY PRACTICE IS, WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, I DO ANTICIPATE THAT'S GOING TO SHIFT FOR YOU AS WELL ONCE YOU GET SOME OF THE THINGS, UH, THINGS MOVING FORWARD, UH, POTENTIALLY.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT, THAT'S WHY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO EXCITING THE WAY WE DO OUR ENGAGEMENTS TOO.
I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE CONTRACTS WITH EITHER OF THESE CORPORATIONS.
I MEAN, IT'S A LETTER OF ENGAGEMENT AND ANYTIME YOU MEET, YOU CAN SWITCH OUT YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND WE WILL HELP TRANSITION THAT SERVICE TO THE NEXT PERSON IF IT'S NOT WORKING OUT.
SO, AND I JUST WANNA REITERATE, THIS CAME ABOUT.
WE WERE, UM, KIND OF JUST FOLLOWING UP, UM, WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, UM, THE ATTORNEY THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO OUR CORPORATION, UM, JUST WASN'T REALLY MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS WHEN, UM, WE INFORMED THEIR ORGANIZATION OF THAT THEY SENT, UH, DAN AND CHARLIE, UM, TO TRY AND A ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED.
AND THEY HAVE JUST DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB.
WE JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PUTTING THAT OUT THERE, UM, AND SEEING IF THERE WAS ANYBODY ELSE THAT WAS INTERESTED, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST REPRESENTATIVES POSSIBLE HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AND KIND OF GUIDE US THROUGH ALL OF OUR DECISIONS.
I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.
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TO MENTION THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CHARLIE, CHARLIE REACHED OUT TO ME AND ASKED ME IF I'D BE WILLING TO, UH, HELP OUT IN FULCHER, UH, THE WAY WE DO THAT, BECAUSE WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO USE AN ASSOCIATE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR LEAGUE CITY OFFICE.UH, CHARLIE RUNS OUR AUSTIN PRACTICE.
I RUN OUR SAN ANTONIO PRACTICE.
AS FAR AS THE GENERAL COUNSEL SIDE, WE DON'T BILL YOU FOR OUR TRAVEL.
UH, WHEN WE COME DOWN FROM THAT DISTANCE, WE BILL YOU AS IF WE'RE COMING FROM OUR LEAGUE CITY LOCATION AS FAR AS THE TIME AND THE MILEAGE.
SO WE, WE EAT THE REST OF THAT OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ATTORNEYS HERE WHO HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE IN THAT AREA UNTIL WE GET SOMEONE TRAINED UP ENOUGH THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE AND YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, UH, WITH THAT BEING HANDLED, UH, FROM THE ASSOCIATES DOWN HERE.
CHARLIE AND I BOTH HAVE OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK.
SO YEAH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE GOING TO THE E D C WORKSHOP FOR THE FIRST TIME, ODDS ARE YOU'RE GONNA SEE CHARLIE GIVE A PRESENTATION.
SO HE'S ALWAYS THERE AND, UH, REALLY HELPS EDUCATE OUR INDUSTRY AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I DO, UM, I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER, BUT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DOES LONG-TERM LEGAL COUNSEL MEAN? UH, YEAH, THOSE ARE MY WORDS.
YEAH,
SO THERE'S NOT A CALENDAR OF REVIEW OR NO, THERE IS NOT.
THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, DOES ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION FOR THE, UH, LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN FAVOR OF, UM, STAFF SUPPORTED DECISION OF CONTINUE WITH DENTON NAVARRO, ROCKER BERNAL, AND ZACH FOR THE, UH, LEGAL SERVICES AS PRESENTED.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
PROBABLY WOULD BE ADVISABLE IF WE HAVE THE SAME LEGAL COUNSEL.
DO I HEAR A MOTION?
ROKA AND, SORRY, WHAT'S THE LAST NAME? ZACH.
AND ZACH, UM, MOVING D N R B C D N R B C.
DO I HEAR A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
YEAH, YOU DON'T, UH, REALLY, UH, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T VALUE THE POSITION THAT, UH, MR. SANTI IS IN, OR CHARLIE, ZACH, EITHER ONE, UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THINGS AREN'T, THINGS ARE HECTIC AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND, UH, THAT'S WHEN YOU REALLY, THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW WHO YOU HAVE.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WILLING TO, UH, SERVE THE CITY OF RE I THINK ANYONE WHO WAS IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH US ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO OR SO REMEMBERS THE VALUE THEY PROVIDED.
[10. Consideration and action on contract extension with The Retail Coach. ]
YES.ITEM 10 IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH THE RETAIL COACH EVENING BOARD.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, OUR, UH, RETAIL COACH CONTRACT IS SET TO EXPIRE ON AUGUST 25TH.
UM, THE, UH, CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR TWO 12 MONTH EXTENSIONS, UH, SHOULD WE SEE FIT.
UM, AFTER PROVIDING THAT CONTRACT TO OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, UH, THEY ENCOURAGED US TO REQUEST AN AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR A TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE.
UM, AARON, OF COURSE, WAS, UH, VERY OPEN TO THAT.
UM, SO YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT INCLUDED INTO THE, UH, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THEM, UM, IN THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH US SO FAR.
UM, THIS NEXT YEAR WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE, UM, JUST HOW EFFECTIVE THEY CAN BE.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, DRIVING AROUND TOWN, THERE'S NEW BUILDINGS POPPING UP CONSTANTLY.
UM, AND NOW WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WITH WHO WE PURSUED TO, TO FILL THOSE RETAIL, UH, TENANT SPACES.
UM, SO IT'S STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE ON WITH THE RETAIL COACH.
UM, AND WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL,
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THAT'S FOR A ONE YEAR EXTENSION? YES, SIR.ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? I BELIEVE IT'S FOR ONE YEAR EXTENSION AND ALSO ADDING IN THE 30 DAY CANCELLATION NUMBER.
I MEAN, I'M THE NEWBIE AND, UM, I THINK MY FIRST MEETING WAS WHEN THE RETAIL COACH, UH, GAVE HIS PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS PROBABLY IN JEST, BUT I DID PICK UP ON THE FACT THAT MAYBE IT'S BEEN HARD TO GET RESPONSES OR, I, I DIDN'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I PICKED UP ON, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE MAYBE THERE WAS A LOT OF GOING BACK AND FORTH BEHIND THE SIDE, OR IT WAS HARD TO GET HIM IN PERSON.
I, I I'M JUST ASKING FOR A CATCH UP.
NO, UM, FROM, FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, AND I'M SURE FROM THE BOARDS, UM, THERE HADN'T BEEN A SET, UM, KIND OF REPORT, UM, FOR EACH AGENDA THAT WE HAD.
UM, WHICH IS WHAT WAS REQUESTED AND, UM, TO KIND OF CLEAR UP THAT CONVERSATION.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH AARON ALL THE TIME, BUT JUST TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN WITH YOU GUYS, UM, THAT THAT'S BEEN INCLUDED FROM NOW ON IN OUR, UH, AGENDAS.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH HIM AND AS WELL AS WHAT HE DOES ON A DAILY BASIS.
BUT JUST ADDING TO THAT IN SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL.
WHEN THE CONTRACT WITH THE RETAIL COACH CAME ABOUT, IT WAS WITH PREVIOUS STAFF AND THE EXPECTATIONS AND REPORTING WASN'T LAID OUT WHEN WE PUSHED BACK AND RAISED THE CONCERNS, RAISED THE QUESTIONS PERTINENT TO HIS UPDATES, AS SOON AS WE REQUESTED THEM, THE REPORTS WAS THERE.
SO THERE, THERE WAS A LOT OF, THERE WAS A LOT OF LEGWORK DONE INITIALLY WITH, AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE, LITTLE OR NO ACTION, YOU KNOW, DELIVERABLES NOW THAT, AS YOU SAY, NOW THAT BUILDINGS START POPPING UP, HOPEFULLY WE SEE THEM BEING FILLED THROUGH RESULTS OF OUR, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM.
SO, AND I'LL ALSO NOTE AS, AS OFTEN AS WE WANT, UM, WE WE'RE TRYING TO AIM TO HAVE AARON COME IN AT LEAST A QUARTER.
UM, I KNOW HOW VALUABLE THAT TIME IS IN PERSON WITH HIM.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE HIS REPORTS WRITTEN OUT, BUT TO GET HIS FEEDBACK IN PERSON IS VERY VALUABLE.
AND AARON'S OBVIOUSLY VERY, UH, UH, INTRIGUED TO COME AND, AND SPEAK WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL.
I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL TO HIM, UM, WHEN IT COMES UP, WHEN THIS COMES UP FOR RENEWAL NEXT YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THINGS ARE POPPING UP.
WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE RETAIL COACH OR BECAUSE IT HAPPENED IN SOME OTHER WAY OR ORGANICALLY? AND I MEAN, I, IF HE'S ADDING VALUE TO US AND BRINGING IN OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HERE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THESE REPORTS ARE GREAT, UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ENOUGH.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME CONTEXT IN PERSON, AS YOU SAID, ONCE A QUARTER WOULD BE GREAT.
AND, AND FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE SEE THE, UH, THE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF WHAT THE RETAIL COACH HAS BROUGHT HERE.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT WANT TO COME, UH, TO RE UM, BUT FOR US TO HAVE DIRECT FEEDBACK WITH AARON AND KIND OF PUSH WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND SEE THAT SHOW UP IS, IS KIND OF HOW WE'RE BASING THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE ON THAT.
UM, THROUGHOUT THIS NEXT YEAR.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE JUST FOR EFFECTIVENESS ON BOTH SIDES TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THOSE DATES ON CALENDARS, GO AHEAD AND COMMIT DATES EACH QUARTER, THEN THAT WAY HE CAN PLAN, WE CAN PLAN LIKE IT'S, IT'S A COMMITMENT INSTEAD OF JUST LEAVING IT OPEN.
I MEAN, THOSE COULD ALMOST BE, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S PROBABLY PART OF THE AGREEMENT, BUT MORE OF A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE, THE, THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND, AND THAT MAY NEED TO BE DONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE OF, UM, YOU MAY NOT WANT EVERYONE KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? SO THERE'S SOME CONFIDENTIALITY THERE THAT COULD BE DONE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BASICALLY, WE COULD MAKE DECISIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE FEEL LIKE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY OUT OF THIS AND, AND FEEL COMFORTABLE.
SO FAR WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE FIRST TIME HE PRESENTED AND THEN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, UM, WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING, UM, WELL, IT'S MORE INSIGHT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING THAT I'VE HAD, UH, FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT THAN THE FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
UH, SO MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M ON THE BOARD, UH, OR MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE STUFF IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, THIS, THIS AGREEMENT.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UH, FIRST THE SECOND.
I THINK REALLY IT'S A COMBINATION OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING A GOOD FIRM THAT HAS EXPERIENCE
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AND KNOWLEDGE, BUT ALSO THEN IT'S, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD SETTING THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND THEN HAVING THE STAFF IN PLACE THAT WILL EXECUTE THAT AND FOLLOW IT OUT.UH, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME GAPS IN DIFFERENT PLACES, UM, IN YEARS PAST.
SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE ONE OF THE PLACES, I'M ASSUMING HE INTENTIONALLY, UH, GAVE IT SOME KIND OF LIKE CODE NAME 'CAUSE HE COULDN'T MENTION IT YET IN HIS REPORT.
SO JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE CONTEXT CLUES.
WAIT, IS THIS SECRET DECODER RING OR SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT CHANGES TO THE DELIVERABLES? IS THAT A NEED TO MENTION IN THE AGREEMENT? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST A EXPECTATION? IT'S JUST AN EXPECTATION.
WE CAN CONVEY THAT TO HIM AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE IT WRITTEN IN CONTRACT, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING IT BACK TO YOU.
BUT, UH, I THINK AARON'S MORE THAN OPEN TO COME IN AND, AND PROVIDE THOSE DELIVERABLES.
I I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS TO, TO MEASURE AARON AND RETAIL COACH IS THAT WE PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND WE GET THOSE SORTS OF RETAIL OUTLETS COMING.
SO IT'S NOT JUST BASKIN ROBBINS COMING TO SHORE, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, BUT, UH, THE, THE, UH, JUST THE IDEA THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO HIM THAT QUARTERLY BASIS PROVIDES THAT, AND THEN WE SEE THAT ENACTED.
SO IT'S KIND OF A BEST OF BOTH WORLDS TO HAVE HIM HERE FOR THAT.
THAT, THAT ECHOES EXACTLY WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S WHY I THINK SOME OF THESE THINGS, THEY'RE, THEY GET CHALLENGING TO REALLY MEASURE, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMETHING HAPPENING.
I MEAN, THERE COULD BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IT.
UM, AND IF WE ALL CAN DO A LITTLE PART TO PUSH SOMEBODY TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER GETS CREDIT, I DON'T REALLY DON'T CARE.
SO DO I HEAR A MOTION FROM THE A BOARD? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE A BOARD APPROVES AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE RETAIL COACH AS AMENDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT THE B BOARD APPROVES THE CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH THE RETAIL COACH FOR 12 MONTH PERIOD WITH THE ADDITION OF A 30 DAY TERMINATION NOTICE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[11. Presentation by City Council Liaison regarding relevant action taken at the previous City Council meeting(s). ]
NUMBER 11, CITY COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATE.OKAY, SO I, I, I GO BACK THROUGH AND LOOK AT, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TWO, TWO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS SINCE, UH, OUR LAST, UM, UH, A AND B BOARD MEETING.
UH, BUT I TRY TO GO THROUGH AND THINK OF, WELL, I'M ASSUMING THAT I'M GIVING AN UPDATE BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T WATCHING OR ATTENDING THE MEETINGS.
UM, BUT LET'S SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT.
AND THEN WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS JUST REALLY PICK THINGS THAT I THINK ARE RELEVANT FROM TO THE BOARDS BASED ON THE ROLES OF THE BOARDS.
SO IN THE JULY 18TH REGULAR CITY MEETING, UM, THERE WERE, UH, TWO ORDINANCES THAT WERE PASSED, UH, 1 20 23 DASH 1427.
I THINK PROBABLY BEING A MEMBER OF THE A AND B BOARD WOULD BE GOOD TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THOSE CHANGES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE CHANGES TO THE C D O, WHICH IS THE CONSOLIDATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES.
UM, ONE THING ON THERE WAS HEMP AND, UH, CANNABINOID CELLS AND SMOKE SHOPS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA UPDATE YOUR, YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
I MEAN, I CAN'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
AND IF YOU GO LOOK AT THE, THE ORDINANCE ITSELF AND THE C D O AND THE CHANGES, UM, YEAH, YOU MIGHT FALL ASLEEP AS YOU'RE READING THROUGH THEM, BUT IT'S, UH, DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH.
UH, 2023 DASH 1428 WAS, UH, ZONING MAP, UH, CHANGES.
AND SO THESE ARE COMING FROM STAFF AS THEY SEE, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE C D O, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PROPOSED WHEN ALL THE C D O WORK WAS DONE, NOT EVERYTHING WAS, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF IDEAS OUT THERE AND, BUT THEY WEREN'T ALL INCLUDED IN THE C D O.
SO OVER TIME, THEY'RE ADDING THEM IN.
SAME THING WITH, WE SEE AS, UM, DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING AND GOING THROUGH AND, AND MAKING CHANGES TO THE ZONING MAP.
UM, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO, UH, TO, UH, HAVE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
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SO I WAS TRYING TO THINK IF THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT.UM, SO THEN THERE WAS, UM, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH FOR THIS BOARD, BUT I'LL MENTION IT BECAUSE THE PARKS AND REC, UM, BOARD, UH, THERE AND STAFF ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO HAVE SOME EVENTS, UH, ANNUALLY TO RAISE AWARENESS AND TO POTENTIALLY CREATE SOME FUNDS FOR THE PARKS, UM, BOARD OR FOR THE PARKS, UH, BUDGET.
I THINK THE, PROBABLY AS YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT SHORE AND DEVELOPMENT IN SHORE, ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO BRING UP IS THE, UH, PERMANENT EQUIPMENT LOAN THAT WE GOT FROM FORT BEND COUNTY, FROM, UH, PART OF THEIR HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR YOU PROBABLY SAW THE COMMAND CENTER AT THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
SO THAT NOW, UH, HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE CITY, UH, AND WE JUST HAVE TO, UH, KEEP IT, UH, IN PROPER WORKING ORDER AND, UH, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
THAT'S ABOUT ALMOST, UH, $200,000, UH, IN EQUIPMENT.
SO, UH, THAT'S REALLY, I THINK, NICE TO HAVE.
UM, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, POTEN, WELL WE, WE, WE EARMARKED, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT, $3 MILLION FOR PARKS, UH, FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR PARKS AND, UH, PARKS AND REC AND SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRIMROSE PARK RIGHT.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE, WE, WHEN WE APPROVED THE BUDGET SEPTEMBER 5TH, UM, THAT IS PART OF THE BUDGET, UH, CHANGE THAT WE MADE.
YOU MAY HAVE SAW IT, WE DID HAVE INTERVIEWS FOR THE EMPTY DISTRICT THREE SEAT.
UH, WE DID GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, THERE WAS, UH, WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT THERE, UH, AND WE HAD THE EMPTY SPOT.
SO
THE MAYOR HAD TO BREAK THE TIE.
AND SO, UH, JASON LEBLANC, UM, WAS, UM, UH, NOMINATED FOR THAT ROLE.
UH, JASON HAS WITHDRAWN HIS NAME, SO THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO LEAVE THAT POSITION OPEN OR HOW HE MOVED FORWARD.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE ON THE AGENDA SEPTEMBER 5TH OR THE FOLLOWING, UH, MEETING.
SO, UH, LAST TUESDAY, UM, THERE WERE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTIONS TAKEN FOR ORDINANCES.
ONE WITH, UM, A LITTLE OVER ANNEXING, A LITTLE OVER TWO ACRES I BELIEVE THAT ARE AT, UH, 3 59 IN NORTH FOLSTER DRIVE.
UM, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, UH, BECAUSE THAT LAND IS ACTUALLY IN THE E T J AND NOT ZONED AND WILL BE COME IN AND ZONED AS GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
THERE'S ALSO, I THINK, UH, PRETTY INTERESTING, EXCITING, MAYBE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SIX ACRES ALONG WALL STREET, WHICH WERE PART OF THE WALL STREET, UH, P U D, UH, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT.
YEAH, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS, UH, THE LAND FOR THE THRIVE CHURCH.
AND SO, UM, THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE PASSED ON THAT.
SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, DEVELOP THAT OUTSIDE OF, UH, WHAT WAS THE, THE WALL STREET P U D PROBABLY RELEVANT HERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT BUDGET STUFF.
SO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE PAYMENTS FOR THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, THOSE TERMS WERE APPROVED, UH, LAST TUESDAY.
AND OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, THAT MONTHLY PAYMENT IS BEING SHARED, UH, SORRY, THAT ANNUAL PAYMENT IS BEING SHARED BETWEEN THE A AND B AND THE CITY IN THREE EQUAL PARTS.
UH, AND THAT GOES OUT THROUGH, UM, 2042.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE PAYMENT SCHEDULE THAT'S THERE.
UM, I THINK ALSO THE LAST POINT IS, UM, WE DID, UH, ESTABLISH THE TAX RATE, THE NEW TAX RATE FOR 2024, UH, BEING THE VOTER APPROVED RATE, UH, WHICH IS 0.17 CENTS PER $100 OF APPRAISED VALUE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE, IM THE MANAGE THE MAINTENANCE AND, AND OPERATIONS AS WELL AS THE INTERESTED IN
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SINKING FUND.UH, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING, I BELIEVE THE 5TH OF SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? WHERE THAT THE PUBLIC HA HAVE A, HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THAT, UH, VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE.
AND THEN, UM, WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UH, APPROVING THE 2024 BUDGET.
AND THAT BUDGET IS ESTABLISHED BASED ON THAT TAX RATE.
THAT'S, IT WAS THE, WAS THE LAST MEETING LAST WEEK.
I WAS CONFUSED WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING MONDAY, BECAUSE I'M THINKING, WELL, YOU KNOW, I GOT CITY COUNCIL TUESDAY, WHERE'S THE BOARD MEETING? YOU KNOW,
YEAH, THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS REALLY HOT OFF THE PRESS.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO US.
UH, MR. PATTERSON, ITEM 12 ARE
[12. Future agenda items ]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE HAVE ONE? YES, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, HAVE THE M O U FOR THE CITY EVENTS, UM, DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA.AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A, UH, A COPY THAT THE CHAMBER WOULD AGREE UPON, UM, IF WE COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION SO THAT WE COULD ACT IF NECESSARY.
CAN I JUST ASK THAT? MAYBE WE, AND THAT'S FINE.
I I RESPECT YOUR, YOUR REQUEST.
UM, FOR ME THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WOULD BE AN M O U.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN AFFAIR ASSUMPTION.
I WOULD RATHER SEE A DISCUSSION ON MORE DETAILS ABOUT HOW CITY STAFF PLAN TO DO THIS, GIVEN THAT THERE IS NO M O U UM, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE COULDN'T BE AN M O U AND DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT COULDN'T BE WITH SOME OTHER FIRM.
BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S MORE ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE PLANNING TO SUBSTITUTE THE CURRENT RESOURCES AND AGREEMENT.
WHAT IF WE SET IT UP AS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION SO WE CAN HAVE THAT THOROUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT SUBJECT.
AND THEN OUR ACTION COULD BE GIVING THE CITY STAFF DIRECTION AND THE LEGAL COUNSEL DIRECTION ON WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED IN THAT.
UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN TOP OF MY MIND WOULD BE, UH, JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF THOSE, THOSE KEY, UM, THREE OR FOUR, UH, OF THE ONES WHO WILL DO THE PLANNING.
UM, I GUESS JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY NEED RESUMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT JOB, JOB DESCRIPTIONS, MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE PAYING THEM TO DO AS FAR AS THE CITY IS CONCERNED.
AND DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION WE END UP GOING, EITHER A AGENDA ITEM EITHER TIED INTO THAT OR A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE OUR PLAN FOR THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.
I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IT, UM, ON THE PLAN AND NOT TO, UH, KNOCK ANYONE, THE CITY OR ANYONE TO TAKE ON.
BUT, UH, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE WE STARTED THIS AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DISAGREEMENT UPON HOW THIS, THE EVENTUAL PLANNING, UH, JUST FOR A MINUTE, THAT MAN WAS SITTING BACK OVER IN THE CORNER.
I DON'T KNOW IF TOM, TOMMY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WOULD'VE MINUTE, BUT THEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION AND IT WAS A DISAGREEMENT AND PERSON LEFT.
WE SAT AT THE BACK OF CITY HALL WHEN WE WERE THERE, STORMED BACK IN AND SCARED MOST OF US HALF TO DEATH BECAUSE THEY GOT IN A DISAGREEMENT OVER THE OPINION.
AND THEN THEY, WE GOT TO WHERE WE SAID, WE NEED AN OFFICER HERE.
AND I KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM TO WHERE WE ARE.
I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, OVER 14 YEARS SITTING AND ENJOYING WORKING WITH YOU AND TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE THINGS BETTER.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS OUT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHAT TIME WAS WHEN WE STARTED OUT, IT WAS JUST THE FORCE FALLIS, IF YOU REMEMBER.
UH, AND THE PLANNING PART OF IT IS A, UH, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF IT.
I WANNA TELL YOU WHAT THEY DID.
WE, THE RODEO USED TO BE DOWN ON BASEL LANE.
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IT WAS ABOUT 20 FOOT, AND THEY BROUGHT THE BULLS DOWN AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH GATE TO RUN THOSE BULLS UP IN THE CHUTE.THEY WENT AND GOT SOME DEDICATED BEER DRINKERS TO HOLD UP SOME IRON BOYS.
CAN, SO JUST LET ME, LET ME FINISH.
OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE, BECAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A DISCUSSION.
I WOULDN'T HAVE THOSE GATES AND I, I'LL SAY THIS TO SAY THIS HERE, BECAUSE THE CHAMBER HAS CAME IN AND TAKEN UP EVERY BIT OF WHERE THE CITY FELL, WHERE WE FELL IN THE PLANET.
AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF A SLAP IN THEIR FACE TO TELL THEM THAT YOU DON'T NEED THEM NO MORE.
AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA SIT HERE AND WAIT ON US TO MAKE ANOTHER MISTAKE AND THEN COME BACK.
SO WE NEED TO DISCUSS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN A VALUABLE PART OF THE CITY GOING FORWARD.
THE LAST POINT IS WHEN WE HAD THE DOWNTOWN, WHEN WE HAD THE LAST BIG EVENT, WHEN THEY SAY ALMOST 20,000 PEOPLE CAME, WE HAD THE CITY TAKE CARE.
TOMMY KNOWS WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SHE ALMOST HAD A CARDIAC ARREST TRYING TO PLAN IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT STAFF TO DO IT.
SO I THINK THE THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY NEEDS, WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND THEY CAN, WE CAN SIT DOWN AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO KEEP IT THE WORK COME THROUGH.
I THINK THAT'LL FIT INTO THAT TOPIC OF, UH, THE M O U AND HOW WE HANDLE EVENTS GOING FORWARD.
SO, AND, AND TOMMY, THE ONLY REASON I KIND OF BROUGHT THE M O U IN IT'S KIND OF A WAY WITHOUT THE CHAMBER TO BE HERE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHAMBER IS STILL ON BOARD.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M GOING THERE? MM-HMM.
YEAH, DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND AND WE'LL ADD ALL OF THAT AND COME PREPARED AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? IF YOU DO HAVE ANYTHING THAT JUST, YOU CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, YOU WANT IT ON THERE, JUST MAKE SURE YOU, UH, EMAIL, UH, ANELLE AND HAYDEN, MYSELF AND BRIAN, AND WE'LL, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO DISCUSS IT AND TRY TO GET IT ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA.
[13. Announcements ]
ITEM NUMBER 13, ANNOUNCEMENTS.ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I'D JUST LIKE TO REITERATE, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN GOING TO THE T M L E D C CONFERENCE, PLEASE TRY AND, UH, GET BACK TO ME BY THIS FRIDAY, UM, THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE HOTEL ROOMS AT THE SITE.
I KNOW WE HAVE AN EMAIL, BUT WHAT ARE THE DATES AGAIN? UH, NOVEMBER 16TH AND 17TH.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE RIGHT NOW, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.
ALL OPPOSED? WERE ADJOURNED AT 8:03 PM DO I HEAR A MOTION FROM THE A BOARD ALL MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.
AND WE ADJOURN A BOARD ADJOURNS AT 8:03 PM NOW THE BIG QUESTION.