Oct 16, 2023 Economic Development Corporation

THE SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON MONDAY, OCTOBER THE 16TH.

UH, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE LIVE.

SO, UH, WELCOME TO

[1. Call to Order ]

WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:02 PM AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, MARK DEEN, JENNIFER HAGERMAN AND JOEL PATTERSON ARE UNABLE TO JOIN US, UH, THIS EVENING.

AND SO I THINK SOME ARE AT THE ASTROS GAME.

SOME LOOK LIKE THEY MIGHT BE ON CRUISES, SO, UH, I DON'T BLAME 'EM.

SO, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST IN THEIR ABSENCE.

ITEM TWO IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY.

ITEM NUMBER THREE

[3. Presentation on and possible action on a resolution of support regarding the Fort Bend Mobility Bond. ]

IS PRESENTATION ON IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT REGARDING THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND PROGRAM.

GOOD EVENING.

UM, WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT COUNTY ENGINEER I HERE TODAY TO SHARE THE DETAILS OF, UM, THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND, WHAT IT INCLUDES, AND HOW IT IMPACTS SHORE FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, UM, SIGNING THE LETTER OF SUPPORT.

SO WE ALL DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION, SO HELP MAKE SURE MAYBE WE KEEP UP WITH, WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT.

SO, YEAH, EVERYBODY FOLLOW ALONG? SURE CAN.

I THINK MY DESCRIPTION MIGHT HELP JUST A LITTLE BIT .

BUT I THINK THAT WE'LL TRY TO KEY YOU ON AS TO WHERE WE ARE.

UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME ONCE AGAIN.

UH, I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE HAVE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE MOBILITY BOND AND THE, UH, THE OTHER BOND THAT'S HAPPENING WITH FORT BEND COUNTY COMING UP NOVEMBER 7TH.

SO THE INFORMATION THAT I'M PRESENTING IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.

UH, WE CANNOT ADVOCATE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER FOR THE BOND.

AND SO WE'RE HERE TO JUST SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ON, UH, WHAT WE PLAN TO DO, UH, AND WHAT ARE THE, WHAT THE CONTENTS ARE FOR THIS YEAR'S MOBILITY BOND.

SO, AS MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY IS GROWING QUITE A BIT.

UH, I'VE HEARD, UH, FROM CERTAIN ACCOUNTS THAT WE'RE AT ABOUT 890,000 FOLKS IN FORT BEND COUNTY, AND THEY ESTIMATE THAT IN THE COMING YEARS, WE WILL REACH 1 MILLION PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE GROWING AT A FAST PACE, AND YOU GUYS SEE THAT OUT HERE IN FULL SHARE, OF COURSE, WITH ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING GROWTH.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS YOU A MAP OF FORT BEND COUNTY.

UH, THE, THE MISSION OF OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS TO PROVIDE A, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FORT BEND COUNTY RESIDENTS.

SO WITH THIS IN MIND, WE ARE PRESENTING THE 2023 BOND.

NOW, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

UH, YOU'LL SEE FORT BEND FORWARD ON IT.

AND IN THE PAST, WE HAVE DONE BONDS BEFORE, SO THIS HAS NOT A NEW DEAL DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE YEAR 2000 WITH OUR FIRST BOND OF $86 MILLION, AND THEN ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL TODAY, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR $712.6 MILLION BOND THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.

AND JUST ANOTHER RECENT, UH, THING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF.

IN 2020, WE HAD THE BOND PROPOSAL, UM, FOR MOBILITY, AND THAT WAS $218 MILLION, AND WE HAD 75% OF ALL VOTERS VOTING FOR THE BOND AT THAT TIME.

THIS YEAR, WE HAVE $712.6 MILLION.

THAT'S ON PROPOSITION A MOBILITY.

AND THEN WE HAVE PROPOSITION B FOR PARKS, WHICH IS FOR $153 MILLION.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE BOND IS $865 MILLION.

I'M GONNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MOBILITY BOND.

UH, MY COUNTERPART DARREN MCCARTHY, IT'S NOT HERE.

UM, BUT THERE IS INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE THAT I WILL SHOW YOU ALL AT THE VERY END OF THIS PRESENTATION.

SO, LOOKING AT THE CONTENT OF THE BOND, UH, I JUST WANNA BREAK THIS DOWN FOR YOU ALL.

WE HAVE ABOUT $178 MILLION THAT WE ARE USING TO ALLOCATE TO PARTNERSHIPS.

THE, THIS INCLUDES THE STATE TXDOT, UH, LOCAL ENTITIES SUCH AS MUDS, UH, LIDS, CITIES, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO LEVERAGE THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FROM THE MOBILITY BOND WITH THE FUNDS THAT THESE OTHER ENTITIES WOULD BRING SO THAT WE CAN PUT MORE CONCRETE ON THE GROUND.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE $90 MILLION THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING TO ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FOR SOMETHING THAT WE CALL DREW PROJECTS.

THESE ARE PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DO THE TASK OF DESIGN RIGHT AWAY AND UTILITY RELOCATION, WE ARE NOT INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION IN THESE PROJECTS.

WE THINK THAT FOR THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGER, THE, THE TIME SPAN IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

SO WE DON'T IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD GET TO CONSTRUCTION BEFORE OUR NEXT POTENTIAL BOND, BUT WE DO IMAGINE THAT WE CAN GET IT READY IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE CONSIDER ALL IN THIS AMOUNTS TO $112 MILLION.

AND THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS HAVE ALL TASKS ASSOCIATED.

SO DESIGN THE RIGHT OF WAY UTILITY, RELOCATION, AND

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CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS.

THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE DO THINK THAT WE CAN GET WITHIN THAT THREE TO FOUR YEAR TIMEFRAME, BE READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THESE COMING YEARS.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE $13 MILLION FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.

THIS INCLUDES FUNDING SIDEWALKS AND FUNDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE ALSO HAVE $43 MILLION THAT IS IN, THAT IS PROJECTS RELATED TO ROAD REHABILITATION.

THERE ARE SOME, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN DISREPAIR.

UM, THEY HAVE ROADS, CONCRETE PAVEMENT THAT HAS JUST DECLINED OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO BE REFRESHED.

AND SO WE ARE DEVOTING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THOSE PROJECTS.

THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PARTNER WITH OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES, MUDS.

AND SO THERE'S A MIX OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE MORE DOLLARS FOR.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE 43 MILLION, I'M SORRY, LEMME GO BACK.

THE LAST THING THAT WE HAVE IS $245 MILLION.

THIS ALLOCATION IS FOR EXISTING PROJECTS.

WE HAVE PROJECTS IN THE PAST THAT WERE DREW, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNING, CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH RIGHTAWAY ACQUISITION PROCESS.

AND WE DO ESTIMATE THAT WE WILL BE READY TO CONSTRUCT THESE PROJECTS WITHIN THE COMING COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO MONEY IS ALLOCATED FOR THOSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BOND PROJECTS THAT ARE EXISTING.

AND GIVING YOU A, A MORE, A LARGER PICTURE OF THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS.

DIVING INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS AS TO THE WHY BEHIND THIS $245 MILLION, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME ECONOMIC PRESSURE THAT WE FACED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

UH, THIS IS MOSTLY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT YOU KNOW, INFLATION, UH, AND, AND SOME OF THAT HAS, HAS CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE SEEING THAT OUR CONSTRUCTION PRICES HAVE GONE UP BY ABOUT 35% OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

AND THIS IS BASED ON SOME RECENT BIDS AND ADVERTISING THAT WE'VE DONE WITH OUR PROJECTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, RIGHT AWAY COSTS HAVE GONE UP, AS MANY OF US ARE AWARE, OUR VALUATIONS HAVE GONE UP.

AND WITH THAT, WE FEEL THE, THE RISING COSTS OF US ACQUIRING LAND AND MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF LAND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM.

AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF IT IS SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, WE STARTED DESIGNING THEM INITIALLY TO COME BACK WITH PROPOSED ASPHALT ROADS.

IN SOME SITUATIONS WE CHANGED FROM PROPOSING ASPHALT ROADS TO CONCRETE ROADS, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS DICTATED BY ADJACENT DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE TRY TO BE FLEXIBLE TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE AND WHATEVER LOCAL BUSINESS NEEDS ARE AS WELL.

I WANT TO DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT OF SOME EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

UH, IF YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SLIDE, THIS IS SLIDE NUMBER 10 AT THIS POINT.

AND WHAT YOU SEE IS ON THE TOP, YOU SEE AN EXISTING TWO LANE ASPHALT ROAD.

AND THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU SEE A FOUR LANE ROADWAY, TWO LANES EACH DIRECTION.

IT'S CONCRETE.

IKE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT SLIDE SPECIFICALLY, BUT I JUST REALIZED THAT IT'S NOT IN THE WHY IT WENT FROM NINE TO 14.

OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE EXAMPLE ONES.

WE ARE CONTRIBUTING PRETTY LARGE AMOUNTS.

I'LL DESCRIBE THESE FOR YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM TWO LANES THAT ARE ASPHALT TO FOUR LANES THAT ARE ALL CONCRETE, AND THESE FOUR LANES ARE SEPARATED BY GRASSY MEDIAN.

SO THIS HELPS US TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MAIN GOAL, INCREASE TRAFFIC THROUGHPUT, AND THEN ALSO INCREASE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THROUGH THAT MEDIA.

THE NEXT TYPE OF PROJECT YOU ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR, WELL, LET ME, LET ME NOT SKIP AHEAD.

THE NEXT TYPE OF PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSTRAINED.

THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE WE ONLY HAVE SAY 60 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WE CAN REALLY ONLY FIT IN A THREE LANE TYPE OF ROADWAY IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE, THE SAFETY AND ALSO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE CAN PUT IN.

SO I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE I SHOW THE EXISTING ROAD, THE, THE PREVIOUS ROAD, WHICH WAS PRETTY MESSY, UM, AND PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR US TO NAVIGATE WITH CONSTRUCTION, MAKING SURE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP TWO LANES, UH, OPEN AT ALL TIMES.

BUT WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO DO THESE PROJECTS, WE'VE SEEN THAT THEY DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE NOT ONLY THE ROADWAY, BUT ALSO THE, THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS.

IT IMPROVES WHAT THEY SEE.

SO THESE ARE GREAT PROJECTS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO.

THE NEXT PROJECT, UH, IS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE OVER HERE AT TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY ROUNDABOUTS.

SO WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO LOOK FOR PLACES WHERE WE CAN REPLACE SIGNALS WITH ROUNDABOUTS.

WE HAVE SEEN ALL THE RESEARCH, WE'VE SEEN SOME OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OUR ROADWAYS AND PLACES WHERE WE PUT IN ROUNDABOUTS THAT IT DOES INCREASE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND AT THE SAME TIME INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT SAME INTERSECTION.

THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO GO OVER IS THE, UH, I'LL SKIP THAT SLIDE.

I THINK WE WILL GO ONTO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

SO THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ENTITIES, CITIES, AND STATES.

AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS DO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE SEVERAL CITIES ON HERE WHERE

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UM, BUT YOU SEE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ENTITIES FROM ALL ACROSS THE FORT BEND COUNTY AND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STATE LEVEL.

BEASLEY FULL SURE WE HAVE 3.9 MILLION THAT WE'RE CONTRIBUTING HERE TO FULL SURE.

IN PARTNERSHIP, WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR.

KATY, KENTON METALS PLACE, MISSOURI CITY, MUDS AND SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICTS.

NEVILLE, ROSENBERG, STAFFORD, CITY OF SUGARLAND, AND TXDOT.

ALL IN ALL, LET'S SEE.

THERE WE GO.

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

LET ME HIT THIS AND I'LL SKIP TO THAT.

DO NINE TO 10 THROUGH YES.

, GO BACK TO THE EXAMPLES.

SURE CAN.

ALRIGHT, THERE WE, THERE WE ARE.

OKAY, NO PROBLEM.

SO YEAH, THIS WAS THE, UH, THE TWO LANE, THE FOUR LANE.

IT SEEMS LIKE LATELY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UM, UM, THINGS IN THE NEWS OR A COUPLE OF ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED WITH PEDESTRIANS.

AND THEN HERE'S WHERE I WAS DESCRIBING.

WHEN WE HAVE A CONSTRAINED RIGHT OF WAY, PUTTING IN THREE LANE.

AND THEN THESE ARE THE ROUNDABOUTS THAT I SPOKE OF, TEXAS HEART HERITAGE PARKWAY ON THE LEFT.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, KIRKWOOD ON THE RIGHT OVER IN METALS PLACE.

AND THIS WAS A PARTICULAR SLIDE, I DIDN'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS, BUT EMERGENCY NETWORK MONITORING, THAT'S ANOTHER EFFORT THAT WE HAVE.

WE DO HAVE SOME EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AS FAR AS CAMERAS AND SIGNAL TIMING, UH, THAT CAN BE CONNECTED TO ONE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.

AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT IN SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, TO PROVIDE FOR SOME EXTRA EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS ALL WORK.

AND THIS WAS THE LOCAL ENTITIES AND CITIES AND STATE PARTICIPATION.

I WANTED TO ROUND THIS UP BY SAYING WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $188 MILLION THAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO THESE LOCAL .

NOW I WANTED TO TOUCH, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROJECTS.

JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, BASED ON WHAT I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER, HOW SOME PROJECTS ARE DREW, SOME PROJECTS DO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION.

SO TYPICALLY BY THE END OF OUR FIRST YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE EXECUTED ALL THE CONSULTANT AGREEMENTS.

THEY WOULD BE WORKING ON THEIR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORTS AND HOPEFULLY COMPLETE THOSE.

AND THEN AS WELL, UH, GOING ALONG WITH THAT COMPLETE RIGHT OF WAY MAPS ASSOCIATED WITH WHATEVER PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WE WOULD HAVE.

NOW BY THE END OF YEAR TWO, WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE THE PSES DONE, THE PLAN SPECIFICATIONS, ESTIMATES, ANY KINDS OF PERMITTING.

WE HOPE TO GET THAT BALL ROLLING AS WELL.

ALL THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROGRESS THE PROJECTS WITHIN THOSE THREE YEARS.

AND THEN BY THREE END OF YEAR THREE, WE HOPE TO HAVE STARTED THE ACQUISITION OF ALL THE, THE PROPERTY OR HOPEFULLY ACCOMPLISHED ALL THE ACQUISITION.

AND BY THIS TIME, WE COULD ALSO HAVE COMPLETED SOME OF THE CLEARING.

NOW WE, WE, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, IT DOES TAKE US SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE YEARS.

UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AT AS, AS AS POSSIBLE BY THE END OF YEAR FOUR.

AFTER THAT CLEARING IS DONE, WE GO ABOUT AND RELOCATE UTILITIES.

SO SOMETIMES THERE'S OVERHEAD, SOMETIMES THERE'S TIMES THERE'S UNDERGROUND, THERE'S PIPELINES THAT ARE INVOLVED.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE CLEARED.

AND SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DO WHERE PROJECTS REQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY.

BY THIS SAME TIME, IF THE PROJECT DID NOT REQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY, IT IS VERY POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD'VE DONE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS FROM THE YEAR 2020 BOND WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH GETTING THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETELY DONE WITHIN THAT FOUR YEAR TIMEFRAME.

AND THEN LASTLY, FOR MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, BY THE END OF YEAR FIVE, WE WOULD HAVE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION.

SOME PROJECTS ARE LARGER STAY HIGHWAY 99 PROJECTS.

THEY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

THESE ARE BIGGER PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE MULTIPLE ENTITIES AND MULTIPLE STEPS.

SO BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX YEARS, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE COMPLETE CAN COMPLETE MOST OF OUR PROJECTS JUST ON AVERAGE.

NOW, JUST AS A REMINDER TO THOSE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING, UH, EARLY VOTING STARTS NEXT MONDAY THE 23RD AND EXTENDS ALL THE WAY TO NOVEMBER THE THIRD.

AND THEN WE HAVE ELECTION DAY COMING UP ON NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF, WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE WHERE WE HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION BOTH ON THE MOBILITY BOND AND ALSO ON THE PARKS BOND.

AND SO YOU CAN GO TO THAT.

UM, IF YOU GO TO THE MAIN PAGE FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS IMAGE THAT I SHOW HERE.

YOU CLICK ON THAT AND YOU WILL FIND MORE INFORMATION RELATED TO, UH, THE PROJECT SPECIFICS FOR BOTH THE PARKS AND THE PROJECT SPECIFICS FOR MOBILITY.

NOW, I WILL ALSO ADD THAT, UH, BASED ON OUR COUNTY AUDITOR AND OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THERE IS NO TAX RATE INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE BONDS.

UH, THAT'S BEEN A QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN RAISED IN THE PAST.

AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS WELL.

AND SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I LEAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO TAKE ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IF WE HAVE THE TIME FOR THAT.

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AND WOULD THIS BOND FUNDING HELP IMPROVE ANY OF THE PEDESTRIAN, UH, CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS IN THE GENERAL AREA? YES, IT WILL.

SO EVERY PRECINCT ACTUALLY HAS SOME FUNDING FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THAT IS IN THE BOND.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT, THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE, UH, THERE IS A MULTI PRECINCT PROJECT, THE VERY TOP THAT TALKS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY.

SO THAT'S LOOKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE FUTURE ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY AT THE SAME TIME.

SO YES, THERE WOULD BE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND I WILL SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THAT.

THERE WERE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE RELATED TO THOSE INCIDENTS AND THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO INTEGRATE SOME TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT THAT TYPE OF THING FROM HAPPENING IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.

YEAH, I WENT TO THE WEBSITE, UH, PRECEDING THE PRESENTATION TODAY AND THEY HAVE A ALSO A LIST OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS UP THERE.

AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS AT LEAST UH, TWO PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY OF SHORE AND THEN LOOKED LIKE FIVE OR SIX SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN SHORE'S E T J.

SO, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND EXPANSION, UH, OF THE RE AREA.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND THOSE TWO SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU MENTIONED ARE, UH, JAMES LANE ROAD AND REDBURN LANE.

REDBIRD LANE HAY.

WOULD YOU MIND EMAILING US THE LINK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION? ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE IN ACCORD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, CORRECT? UH, THE, UH, TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY IS WHAT THE I L A THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS THAT'S WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO.

SO I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S ON THAT LIST.

IT'S NOT, IT IS NOT ON THIS PARTICULAR LIST.

AND THOSE ARE NEW PROJECTS? THAT'S CORRECT.

THESE ARE NEW PROJECTS TO WHERE IF THE BOND IS APPROVED BY VOTERS, WE WOULD HAVE THAT SAME KIND OF I L A FOR THESE PROJECTS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.

NOW THE REASON I ASK IS I KNOW IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE, THE CITY'S LEVEL, AND I KNOW THERE IS PART THE PROJECTS ON THE GO WITH JAMES LANE AND ALSO, UH, REDBIRD.

SO THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST ASKING WHO WAS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP OR, OR WHETHER THE THE CITY WAS TAKING THE LEAD OR, OR WHETHER IT WAS FOR BEN COUNTY.

I, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WHEN WE, WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR THE PROJECT TO KICK OFF, THEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WOULD START WITH THE LOCAL ENTITIES.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

FOR THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, THEY WOULD, UH, BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'M AWARE OF, THESE TWO PROJECTS WOULD BE CITY MANAGED AND WE WOULD BE CONTRIBUTING, I BELIEVE 50% OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS TO THESE PROJECTS.

RIGHT? YES.

YOU, YOU MATCHED THIS PRINTOUT HERE, IT SAYS CITY MANAGED AND IT'S THE COUNTY IS THE MONETARY CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING HERE AND PRESENTING TO US.

YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH.

I MEAN, JUST THE CITY OF RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH OUR SMALL PART OF FORT BEND COUNTY IS BEYOND CHALLENGING, UH, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE.

I THINK THAT ANYTIME WE CAN PARTNER TOGETHER AND, UM, BETWEEN ENTITIES AND COMBINE OUR RESOURCES AND, UH, TALENTS THAN I THINK WE HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.

YES, I AGREE.

I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

ALRIGHT, AS PART OF OUR AGENDA ITEM, WE DO HAVE, UM, A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THAT, UH, ANELLE AND HAYDEN HAVE PUT TOGETHER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT, IF YOU HAD ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON IT.

I MEAN, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT IF, UH, THE BOARD'S SO INCLINED.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AS LISTED HERE.

I SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ANY FURTHER

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANKS, IKE.

IS PRESENTATION ON THE FULLER GATEWAY SIGNS PROJECT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

NO PROBLEM.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[4. Presentation on Fulshear gateway signs project. ]

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE PROBABLY MAY HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER OR TWO SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, BUT, OKAY.

YEAH, SO I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, MS. STEPHANIE LEE WITH K G A DEFOREST TO SHARE, UH, WITH YOU ALL THE DETAILS ON A PROJECT THAT WAS REALLY BORN.

I WOULD SAY FISCAL YEAR 23.

IT WAS DISCUSSED BY, UH, BOTH BOARDS A AND B.

AND THIS IS JUST OUR ATTEMPT TO KIND OF REFRESH THE TOPIC, BRING IT UP TO YOU, UM, AND JUST SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR INPUT AND DECIDE HOW WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AS A REMINDER, WE DID BUDGET, UH, $75,000 PER BOARD TO GO TOWARDS THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.

SORRY, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE.

IS IT ON? IT'S ON.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE.

I'VE, I'VE LOST IT OVER THE WEEKEND.

I WAS YELLING TOO MUCH AT THE ASTROS .

IT HAS CONTINUED TODAY.

UM, JUST TO REFRESH, UM, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME NEW FACES AND WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT AREAS.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WAS WANTING TO PUT A SIGN OUT THERE ON THE ROUNDABOUTS.

THERE'S A LOT GOING OUT THERE AND NOBODY KNOWS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY GET INTO THE FULLER AREA.

IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE, ALL THE SUBDIVISIONS PUTTING ALL THEIR STUFF UP AND UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BIG HUGE OPEN CANVAS.

AND THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS TALKED ABOUT, UM, AS YOU'LL SEE THE LOCATION OF THE, UM, THE SIGN, YOU KNOW, IS IT MORE ON THE, THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS I 10 CLOSER TO THE E T J, IS IT CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL CITY LIMITS OF SHORE? YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHERE, WHERE DOES IT MAKE SENSE? SO, UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS LAST, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT, WE KIND OF NARROWED IT DOWN TO THESE THREE ROUNDABOUT OPTIONS.

UM, THE CONSENSUS WAS AS YOU GOT CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL CITY LIMITS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALREADY KIND OF FLYING THROUGH AND IT'S KIND OF NICE TO KNOW, HEY, YOU'RE COMING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE E T J, YOU'RE IN SHORE.

UM, AND TO GET THAT PRESENCE OUT THERE.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED IN, UM, THIS SLIDE'S OLDER, WELL, I KNOW THAT THESE, THIS, THESE MONUMENTS HAVE, UM, BEEN REVISED SINCE NOW, SINCE THEN.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING THIS STUDY IS TO GET NEW MONUMENTATION OUT THERE DURING THEIR ANALYSIS PROGRAM.

WE LOOKED AT THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, IS IT, WE KNOW, WE KNOW THE ROUNDABOUT ITSELF IN THE CENTER, THE DEVELOPERS ARE PUTTING THEIR SIGNAGES AND THEY HAVE FIRST RIGHTS TO THAT.

SO WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, IS THE SIGN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AS YOU'RE COMING IN? UM, YOU KNOW, IS IT BEFORE THE ROUNDABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, JUST KINDA LOOKING AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT VIEW CORRIDORS.

AND WE ENDED UP MORE LOOKING TOWARDS THE CENTER AS YOU'RE APPROACHING THE ROUNDABOUT.

BECAUSE AS YOU LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE COMING AROUND, YOU'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON TRAFFIC AND WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE INTERSECTION, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE LOOKING OVER TO THEIR RIGHT AT YOUR SIGNAGE.

YOU WANT THE FOCAL AS THEY'RE COMING UP BEFORE THEY'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE ROUNDABOUT.

CONTEMPORARY WITH OUR DESIGNS, AND THEN YOU CAN TELL THAT'S AN EIGHTIES DESIGN, THAT'S A SIXTIES DESIGN.

COMING INTO SHORE.

AND THEN LET'S WORRY ABOUT THE ROUNDABOUT.

SO, UM, SO OUR OPINION IS, IS WE ACTUALLY LIKE IT IN THE BIO SWELL AREA IN THE MEDIA.

AND BEFORE YOU GET TO THE ROUNDABOUTS, WE FEEL LIKE THAT MAKES THE BEST, UM, OPTION.

AND THE GOOD THING WITH DOING THAT IS YOU CAN DO ONE ON THE WAY IN AND THEN ONE ON THE WAY OUT KIND OF ON BOTH SIDES.

SO YOU CAPTURE BOTH DIRECTIONS.

THE OTHER THING IS IF YOU JUST WANNA DO ONE, YOU COULD DO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THESE COULD ALL BE TWO-SIDED.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE ONE SIDE IT CAN SAY FULL SURE WELCOME TO, OR, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER ONE SAYS, THANKS FOR VISITING, YOU KNOW, TYPE THING LIKE THAT.

UM, SO, BUT EITHER OR, YOU KNOW, EITHER AS YOU'RE COMING, AS YOU'RE COMING NORTH, GOING SOUTH, YOU KNOW, AT THAT ENTRY AREA IN THE MEDIAN OR THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WE CAN PLACE ONE THERE AS WELL.

WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT, UM, WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH PROBABLY ABOUT 10 CONCEPTS OR SO, AND THE LAST ITERATION THAT WE KIND OF LANDED ON, WE INCORPORATED WHAT THE NEW LOGO AND EVERYTHING TO IT.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO STAY PRETTY TIMELESS.

WE WERE BRINGING IN THE NATURAL ELEMENTS WITH THE COLORS AND EVERYTHING.

WE DIDN'T WANNA DO ANYTHING TOO CRAZY OVERLY MODERN BECAUSE THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF FULL SURE AND THE CHARACTER THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING FOR, FOR OTHER ENTITIES IS MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL, WHICH I THINK IT'S TIMELESS.

UM, SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE TOO MODERN AND

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SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT.

THIS, UM, THE SECOND OPTION IS THE SAME EXACT ORIENTATION, BUT WE HAVE ADDED, AND IT'S HARD TO KIND OF READ ON THIS GRAPHIC, BUT LIKE A WARM WELCOME KIND OF PUTTING A LITTLE TAGLINE IN THE ACTUAL STONE ITSELF.

AND YOU COULD SAY A WARM WELCOME, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE ARE JUST LEAVING IT FULL SURE.

AND LEAVING THE LOGO WITH THE OLD, UM, 300 ON THERE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT PUTTING CITY, WE'RE JUST LEAVING IT AS FULL.

SURE.

UM, KIND OF IT IN A NUTSHELL.

I KNOW I PROBABLY RAN THROUGH IT REALLY QUICK, BUT DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I WAS GLAD TO SEE YOU ON THE AGENDA.

SO I, THIS HAS BEEN A, A, UH, A HOT TOPIC OF MINE FOR A WHILE AND FOR THE LONGEST IT WAS, WELL, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BRANDING STUDY.

WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BRANDING STUDY.

AND SO NOW WE HAVE THAT, WE'VE GOT THE NEW LOGO IMPLEMENTED.

UH, I JUST, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHEN YOU GET TO SHORE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE HERE.

WHETHER THAT'S A SIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, THE BIG GREEN EXIT SIGNS ON I 10.

WE GOT THAT PUT ON IN BROOKSHIRE.

I WISH THEY COULD PUT ONE ON AT, UH, TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY ALSO, BUT MAYBE WE CAN TALK TO TEXAS OUT ABOUT THAT WHEN THEY RECONSTRUCT THAT AGAIN.

BUT YEAH, I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET THIS ROLLING.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND PATIENT YOU'VE, YOU'VE HAD WITH US THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS.

AND I, I KNOW WE ARE WAITING FOR THE CITY.

I KNOW THEY WERE KIND OF GOING BACK AND REDOING THEIR SIGNAGE ORDINANCES, EVERYTHING, SO I HAVEN'T SEEN THE REVISIONS YET.

UM, SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS, BUT WE'LL RESPOND TO THAT ONCE WE SEE THE NEW ORDINANCE REVISIONS.

GOING BACK TO SLIDE TWO, UH, HERITAGE PARKWAY, THERE'S THREE, THREE ASTERISK ON THE, IS IT JUST ONE OF THESE THREE OR MULTIPLE SIGNAGE THAT WE ORIGINALLY WE WERE THINKING IT WOULD BE ONE LOCATION.

, ONE OF THESE THREE SUGGESTED LOCATIONS.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT ROUNDABOUTS NEAR ROUNDABOUTS INTERNALLY TO THE CITY AND THE E T J LIMITS.

BUT MY COMMENT WOULD BE THAT WHEN YOU LEAVE, UH, YOUNG RANCH, WHICH IS IN KATY, THE SOONER WE CAN SAY YOU'RE IN SHORE, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.

BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE INPUT AND DISCUSSION.

I MEAN, I SUGGEST I I TOTALLY AGREE WITH LEAD UP TO THE ROUNDABOUT.

'CAUSE YOU'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE, UH, DEVELOPER AND SOME OF THE ROUNDABOUTS THERE.

YOU PUT A SIGN IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, YOU WOULDN'T SEE IT.

SO, YEAH.

AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A WHILE MM-HMM.

, UM, LA LAST I REMEMBER WAS THAT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUNDABOUTS? WHY DID THE DEVELOPERS GET THE FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL THERE? OR IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER? HOW, HOW DID THE, HOW DID THE DEVELOPER IN HERITAGE PARKWAY? THEY DID GUIDELINES WITH ALL, EVERYTHING FROM, AND I, I'M NOT AN EXPERT AT TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY BY ANY MEANS, BUT THE DEVELOPERS HAD THE FIRST RIGHTS TO THAT ROUNDABOUT.

SO THE, THEY HAVE BEEN LIKE THAT'S, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO, NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO, BUT JUST IN THE, JUST IN THE MIDDLE, IN THE CENTER OF IT.

I BELIEVE IF, UH, THIS PROJECT WAS A KIND OF A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES PROVIDING RESOURCES.

SO THERE'S A SMALL SECTION THAT'S IN THE CITY, SO WE'RE HELPING PAY FOR HALF OF THAT OR THAT SECTION, AND THEN THE REST OF IT'S IN THE COUNTY.

SO I THINK THE COUNTY PAID HALF, BUT THEN EACH OF THE DEVELOPERS PAID FOR THEIR HALF OF THE ROADWAY AS WELL.

SO I WOULD PRESUME THAT THEY HAVE SOME PREFERENCE AS A, A MAJOR STAKEHOLDER IN PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES.

BUT THAT'S JUST SPECULATION ON MY PART.

AND IT, AND IN THE ORIGINAL GUIDELINES FOR TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, THEY DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO HAVE SIGNAGE, BUT THEY DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR ANY OTHER ENTITIES TO HAVE SIGNAGE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES INVOLVED, BECAUSE WHEN WE CAME TO THEM, THEY WERE LIKE, OH, WE'VE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

SO YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY ON THESE ROUNDABOUTS, UM, THE WHOLE TIME.

AND IT GOES INTO THE SIGN THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING AS LONG WHATEVER IS SAFE, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT'S SAFE, I'M, I'M, I'LL DEFER TO TOMMY ON WHATEVER .

AND SO ALL OF THAT WOULD NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AND VETTED FOR THAT LOCATION.

DEFINITELY.

BUT I KNOW THAT'S YOUR DEFINITELY ON THE LOCATION.

I MEAN, WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, UH, DEPENDING ON THE FACILITY AND THE SPEED, THERE'S A, A CLEAR ZONE.

UM,

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YEAH, WE WOULD MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT WAS CLEAR.

'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS EITHER.

SO WHAT ARE THE, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE DELAYS NOW OR WHAT DO WE, I MEAN, WHAT DO WE ESTIMATE THAT WE COULD GET THIS UP AND GOING, OH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DELAY, BUT WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

WE STARTED THIS BACK WITH, UM, ANOTHER STAFF PERSON.

UH, SO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE CHANGES NOW WE JUST WANT TO REFRESH IT RATHER THAN JUST PLUNGING AHEAD WITHOUT EVERYONE BEING VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAVING THEIR INPUT IN THE PROCESS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT IN, UM, THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THAT, THE CITY IS ALSO MOVING FORWARD.

THEY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALSO WORKING WITH, UM, KJ TO FOREST, I BELIEVE, UH, WITH A DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBER, UM, PURSUING GATEWAY SIGNAGE OF THEIR OWN.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING, SO I WILL SHARE KIND OF WHAT THEIR DESIGN IS LOOKING LIKE.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE STRATEGICALLY PICK ONE LOCATION FOR E D C TO FUND AND ONE FOR THE CITY TO FUND AND HAVE TWO MATCHING SIGNS, IT, IT COULD BE REALLY NICE.

UM, SO I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE, THEIR DESIGN FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER US.

WELL, AND WHO IS THAT? I'M SORRY? WHOSE DESIGN? UH, THE, THE K G A.

BUT IT'S THROUGH THE CITY.

THROUGH OUR PUBLIC'S WORKS DEPARTMENT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, YEAH, I GOT A QUESTION.

UH, WELL, ANY COMMENT? I GUESS I, I LIKE THE DESIGNS.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE, I LIKE THE, IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, I'D PICK B, BUT I PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ME THE DECIDING VOTE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UM, HOW IS, HOW IS THIS GONNA BE BROKEN UP BETWEEN A AND B OR WILL IT, CAN A PARTICIPATE IN THIS? OKAY.

IS THAT THE PLAN? UH, CURRENTLY THEY'RE BOTH BUDGETED, BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND MAKE SURE YES, IT DOES.

IT'S OUTTA MARKETING MARKET, WHICH THEY BOTH CAN DO.

OH, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

NO, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME.

FIVE, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE STATUS OF THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT TONIGHT.

WELL HELP US, UH, MOVE THE BALL DOWN THE ROAD.

, I BETTER OUR BALL DOWN THE FIELD.

I BETTER USE THE FOOTBALL ANALOGY.

NOT HAVING SEEN THE ASTRO SCORE LATELY.

IT MIGHT BE TIME TO GET PAST THE BASEBALL ANALOGY, , BUT MAYBE NOT.

YES, THERE'S STILL HOPE.

WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL KEEP WORKING TOGETHER AND KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD FOR Y'ALL.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS STEPHANIE.

[5. Presentation and discussion on the status of the Harris Street project.]

UM, JUST, WELL, WE'RE ALL INFRASTRUCTURE TONIGHT, AREN'T WE? YES, WE ARE.

ALL THE PRESENTATIONS.

UM, TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR, UM, CITY ENGINEER HERE, CLIFF, AND HE IS GONNA GO OVER SOME OF THE SPECIFICS FOR TWO SEPARATE OPTIONS THAT, UM, THE CITY HAS NARROWED DOWN THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT TOWARDS.

UM, HE IS ESSENTIALLY LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON YOUR PREFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO OPTIONS TO REPORT, UH, BACK AND JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR SOME GOOD NEWS AS PART OF THIS .

FOOT SIDEWALKS STAMPED CONCRETE IN THE CROSSWALKS TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, A BETTER LOOK AT THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.

THANK, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.

UM, I, I KNOW THAT TIFFANY, UH, STARTED, WAS HERE LAST MONTH AND SHE KIND OF GAVE Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT OF SOME INFORMATION, BUT WE WANTED TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER.

WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE, UH, DESIGN FIRM TO TRY TO SHORE UP A COUPLE OF I IDEAS TO PRESENT TO EVERYBODY SO THAT WE CAN GET EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK AND, AND BUY IN ON THESE PROJECTS.

SO WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO OPTIONS, OPTION ONE AND OPTION FOUR.

AND I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF WALK FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH WITH Y'ALL AND KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO IN WITH OPTION ONE, WE'VE GOT, UM, BASICALLY 10 FOOT SIDEWALKS.

THERE ARE NO STREET TREES.

YOU'LL SEE STREET TREES ON THE OTHER, UM, DRAWING.

UH, BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE STREET TREES ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.

UH, WE'LL BE BASICALLY BE LOOKING AT A, A TWO LANE ROAD, UM, WITH OCCASIONAL ON STREET PARKING.

YOU CAN, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE'S ABOUT THREE SPACES ON THE RIGHT AND ON THE LEFT OF EACH BLOCK.

THE GREEN THAT YOU SEE IS, UM, IS STORM DRAIN.

AND, UM, THIS LARGE PORTION HERE IS UNDERGROUND STORAGE.

BASICALLY.

WE'LL, WE'LL WALK UP THE ROAD VERY SIMILAR AS YOU WALK UP THE ROAD.

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UH, AS YOU GET TO THE NORTHERN END, IT'S VERY, VERY SIMILAR AS YOU GO, UM, AS YOU GET TO THE NORTHERN END, YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE A DETENTION POND.

SO THIS IS, UH, AN INTERIM DETENTION POND, UH, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF IT BECOMING A PERMANENT, UH, PARK FEATURE.

IF YOU ALSO CHOOSE, UH, BASICALLY WHAT WE'LL BE DOING HERE IS WE HAVE TO CAP CAPTURE THE WATER FOR THE ROADWAY, THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THE WATER WILL BE GOING NORTH.

IT'LL GO TO THIS POND WHERE WE WILL THEN PUMP IT OUT AT A RELEASE RATE, AND IT WILL GO OUT TO THE WALLACE STREET SIDE OF THE, AND DRAIN AS IT NATURALLY WOULD UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS.

UM, ONCE THE WALL STREET PROJECT IS COMPLETED, THERE'LL BE DETENTION AND, UM, SPACE FOR THIS WATER.

SO AT THAT POINT WE CAN REMOVE, REMOVE THE PUMP, AND WE CAN USE THIS AS, UM, POTENTIAL, UM, VALUE ADDED TO OTHER PROJECTS WHERE THEY COULD BUY IN AND USE THIS FACILITY.

OR WE COULD JUST USE IT AS A WET POND WITH A WEIR SO THAT WE COULD KEEP IT WET, MAYBE PUT SOME FOUNTAINS IN IT IF WE SO CHOOSE.

UM, ALSO THERE'S A SIDEWALK GOING NORTH ALONG THE POND THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE GEORGE LANE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE COMMERCIAL AT A LATER DATE.

AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S THE BENEFIT OF, OF THAT IN, UM, THAT PROJECT.

SO HOW WE HANDLE THE POND WILL, I GUESS WE CAN DETERMINE AS A, AS A CITY HOW WE, HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT.

ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WITH, UH, CIVIL CORP, WHO IS DOING THE, UH, WALL STREET PROJECT IS THAT AS WE, IF WE DECIDE TO CLOSE THIS POND IN WHICH WE CAN DO, AT THAT POINT, WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE GETTING SOME FILL FROM WALL STREET DETENTION, AND THEN WE COULD SLOWLY BACKFILL THIS POND AS WE, AS WE CLOSE THIS POND DOWN AND START DISTRIBUTING OUR WATER TO THE WEST.

UH, ALSO, I, I DO KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS, UH, 3,080,000 THAT WAS SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS.

THIS OPTION ONE COMES IN AT A PRI AT A PRICE TAG OF, OF 2.624.

SO IT IS, IT IS UN UNDER BUDGET, AND WE CAN ACTUALLY, IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE, USE THOSE DOLLARS TO ADD PERS TO THIS PROJECT, WHETHER IT BE PARK BENCHES OR, OR, UM, DECORATIVE LIGHTING, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WELL WITH THE, YEAH, WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF PRICES THAT IKE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER ON PROJECTS, WOULD, WOULD WE HAVE LIKE A BASE PROJECT AND THEN MAYBE HAVE THESE AMENITIES THAT WE COULD HAVE AS ADD-ONS? ABSOLUTELY.

ONCE WE GET, ONCE WE GET INTO THE, THE BID PHASE PROCESS OF THIS AND WE GET INTO THE CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO NAIL DOWN THAT ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST.

UH, I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS ABOUT A 10% CONTINGENCY BUILT INTO THIS ESTIMATE, UH, WHICH ROUGHLY ABOUT $238,000 IN ADDITION JUST TO COVER UNKNOWNS OR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT, UH, THEY'D EVEN DIDN'T THINK OF OR ESCALATING PRICES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

UM, SO JUST TO, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME JUMPING IN WITH THE QUESTION.

SURE.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE.

I FULLY APPRECIATE THAT THE COST TO, TO DO THE ROAD, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, NONE OF THIS IS, UM, LOOKING AT THE FACILITIES EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD, THIS IS JUST PURELY INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE ROAD.

YOU KNOW, SAY FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT OF BUILDINGS OUT WITH THE ROAD ITSELF.

AM I RIGHT IN SAYING THAT THIS IS JUST SIMPLY THE ROAD PATH AND DRAIN? CORRECT? RIGHT.

IT'S CURRENTLY IN, ITS EXISTING, IT WILL BE AN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THERE WILL BE NO RIGHT OF WAY TAKING OR NEEDED ALONG THIS.

AND, AND THE, THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND SPUR DEVELOPMENT.

SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING TO.

SO IF THERE'S FREE, I WANNA SAY FREE FUNDS, IF THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE AT THE TAIL END OF THIS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SOMEHOW INCENTIVIZE THE LAKES OR, OR CUT DOWN THE COSTS OF IMPACT FEES FOR FACILITIES AS, AS WE GO ALONG THE ROAD? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, HEY, WELL IT'S ALL DUG UP.

SEPARATE BUDGET FROM THIS, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO.

, LET'S GO LOOK AT POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, INSTALLATION OF SAID SURE.

IMPACT WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY CONSIDER OR CAPTURE.

ANYONE THAT WOULD BE LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, PARTIALS DOWN THERE FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT COULD APPROACH THE, THE BOARDS AND PRESENT THEIR PROJECT AND THEIR ASK.

AND YOU COULD CONSIDER IT, IT COULD BE BE SEPARATE,

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I MEAN, THE, THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE OLD, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE DOING THE FIBER OPTIC THING, YOU KNOW, THE BIG, BIG PUSH TO DIG ONCE, SAME THING I THINK HAPPENS HERE.

WE GO TO THE LEVEL OF EFFORT TO, TO DO THIS CORRECTLY.

UH, BIG, BIG PUSH TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT DOING OR HELP CERTAIN POTENTIAL, UH, COMPANIES OUT WITH REGARDS IMPACT FEES.

GIMME JUST ONE SECOND.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IS A FIBER OPTIC, UH, CONDUIT.

IS, YEAH, FIBER OPTIC, FIBER OPTIC CONDUIT IS BEING INSTALLED THROUGH THERE SO THAT FIBER OPTICS CAN BE ADDED AT A LATER DATE.

SO, OKAY.

APPRECIATE THAT.

THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

I, I JUST THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE VALUABLE THAN A PARK BENCH .

ABSOLUTELY.

DID YOU OPEN BOTH OF THESE, HAYDEN, OR IS IT YES.

YOU'VE WALKED RIGHT.

HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN THERE.

YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO PLAY CANDY CRUSH WHILE YOU SIT ON THAT BENCH.

AND THEN WE, WE HAVE OPTION FOUR FOR YOU AS WELL.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT OF THE BOX, BUT WE LIKE IT.

WE HOPE YOU WILL TOO.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO GET YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR OPINION ON THESE, THESE TWO OPTIONS HERE.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE STREET TREES.

YOU'LL SEE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE DETAIL, BUT AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE 10 FOOT SIDEWALKS EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ROAD.

AS YOU COME UP, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WE GO TO A, WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF ENDED VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD, AND WE'VE CREATED A WALK PATH TO WHAT WE ARE CALLING A PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE, UM, NEAR SECOND STREET, CORRECT.

SECOND STREET.

UH, IT WILL ALLOW FOR DOWNTOWN FUNCTIONS.

IT'LL BE KIND OF THE CENTER FOCAL POINT OF THE CITY ALLOWING A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.

UH, KIND OF GOES UP TO THIRD STREET, SIMILAR IN FASHION WITH A, WITH A WALKWAY.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO ADD ANY OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AS FAR AS THE PROMENADE GOES, OR SOME OF THE BENEFITS OR, SURE.

UM, THE, THE BENEFIT HERE IS IT ADDRESSES THE PROMENADE IN A MORE PERMANENT WAY AND ALLOWS FOR US TO REALLY HAVE MORE OF THOSE SMALLER EVENTS, BUT START MOVING BACK TOWARDS DOWNTOWN.

UM, IF YOU CAN PICTURE LIKE OUR FARMER'S MARKET OR, UM, JUST DIFFERENT KIND OF VENDOR SETUPS, HAVING THAT WHOLE ENTIRE BLOCK, UM, REALLY OPENS IT UP FOR, FOR MORE USE.

UH, THE CLIFF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID THIS, THE, BUT THE CROSS TRAFFIC WOULD, WOULD REMAIN, REMAIN MM-HMM.

IT'S JUST, UH, THOSE, THOSE TWO RECTANGLES YOU SEE THAT ARE IN THE LIGHTER COLOR, THAT WOULD ALL BE WALKABLE.

YOU WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GET FROM MAIN STREET TO WALL STREET THROUGH SECOND STREET.

UM, WE WOULD, WE WOULD DO TRAFFIC CALMING IN THAT AREA JUST TO REDUCE SPEEDS ALONG THAT AREA, WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN AREA WOULD BE.

AND IF THERE WAS A LARGE EVENT, WE COULD BALLARD OFF THAT ROAD, UH, TO KEEP THE, THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC COMPLETELY OUT.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'M SEEING IT.

I, I RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.

UH, SECOND STREET IS THAT RIGHT HERE? IT'S BASICALLY BEHIND THE BANK RIGHT HERE BEHIND THE BANK.

OKAY, I SEE IT.

I SEE IT.

THE ROADS ARE NOT LA I'M SORRY, THE ROADS ARE NOT LABELED.

YEAH, SO THE LIGHT COLORED BACKGROUND WOULD BE A WALKABLE SPACE, NON-DRIVABLE.

THIS IS THE CHURCH PARKING LOT.

TAKING THAT VERTICAL AND PUTTING A PARKING STRUCTURE AND COLLABORATING WITH THEM ON THAT.

SO VEHICLES CAN MOVE THIS WAY, BUT NOT FROM HERE.

IT COULD STILL USE THE OTHER BLOCKS ON THE EDGE OF SIDE.

I, I, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS, BUT MY, MY CONCERN IS, AND WE'VE HEARD THIS SEVERAL DOZEN TIMES, PARKING DOWNTOWN.

I MEAN, WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT PARKING BEFORE WE COULD TALK ABOUT A PROMENADE AND GET SOME, WE GOTTA GO, WE GOTTA GET, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY.

UM, LIKE, WHERE'S THAT GONNA GO? HOW'S IT GONNA WORK? WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR IT? I MEAN, I KNOW CITY'S NOT GONNA WANNA PAY FOR IT, BUT, UM, HOW MUCH IS IT? WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BIDS ON A PARKING SPOT.

WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH THE CHURCH THERE, THEY, THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT ONE PARKING LOT.

SO, UM, WE'VE KIND OF FLOATED THE IDEA ABOUT

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UM, WE DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH THEM ON WEDNESDAY, UH, AFTERNOON.

SO, UM, YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE DEFINITELY THINKING ABOUT.

IT'S KIND OF CHICKEN OR THE EGG.

DO WE PUT THE PARKING STRUCTURE UP OR CREATE THE EVENT SPACE? BUT I THINK, UH, STARTING NOW, IT, IT COULD BE A VERY, A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT THE TWO PROJECTS COULD FINISH AROUND THE SAME TIME.

I WILL, I WILL NOTE TOO, IF YOU LOOK AT OPTION ONE, UH, WHEN YOU GET NORTH OF FIRST STREET, YOU'VE GOT THREE PARKING SPOTS JUST NORTH OF FIRST STREET OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THREE PARKING SPOTS JUST SOUTH OF SECOND STREET.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME PARKING SPACES PROPOSED WHERE THE CHURCH CURRENTLY HAS ITS VISITOR PARKING AND THEN SOME, ANOTHER THREE SPACES.

SO ALL IN ALL, YOU'LL LOSE ABOUT 12 SPACES BY GOING TO THE, UM, PROMENADE OPTION, IF YOU WILL.

SO REALLY, IN EITHER CASE, YOU'RE GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL PARKING SOMEWHERE, UH, WITH THE SECOND OPTION, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE A HANDFUL OF SPACES.

WELL, I, I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT THE VERTICAL, UM, RIGHT.

DOES THE CHURCH NEED MORE PARKING? IS THIS A NEED FOR THE CHURCH? UH, THEY ARE, THEY DID TALK ABOUT WANTING, UM, TO GROW THEIR CHURCH AND THEY'RE ADDING NEW BUILDINGS.

SO YES, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY COULD BENEFIT FROM AS WELL.

WE'VE ALSO, WE'VE ALSO SEEN POTENTIAL OPTIONS AS WELL NORTH OF THE DETENTION AREA.

IT WAS THAT TALK OF THE MULTI-STORY PARKING PARK A LOT.

I JUST THINK, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO GET MORE AT TRACTION.

WE ON A PARKING STRUCTURE SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD ENOUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

UM, WHAT IS POSSIBLE, WHO'S WILLING TO COME, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SPITBALLING NUMBERS HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE NORTH OF $3 MILLION.

SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.

AGREED, AGREED, AGREED.

BUT THE ONLY PUSHBACK I WOULD GIVE TO THAT IS WHAT WE LOSE BY GOING WITH THE PEDESTRIANIZED AREA IS ONLY 12 SPACES.

IT'S NOT REALLY, WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED THE FUNDS TO, FOR, FOR THIS REDEVELOPMENT.

IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING THOSE 12 SPACES THAT WE'RE LOSING ARE NONEXISTING SPACES.

CURRENTLY.

THESE ARE 12 SPACES WE WOULD BE LOSING IF WE WENT WITH THE OTHER OPTION.

IF YES, THAT'S THE ONLY MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

WELL, SAYING HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA HAVE EVENTS AT THE PROMENADE WITH NO PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR A PARKING STRUCTURE? AND WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE? I MEAN, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO THE PROMENADE.

YOU DON'T WANT SOMEBODY WALKING OR A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE WALKING TWO TO THREE BLOCKS TO GET TO YOUR EVENT.

AGREED.

BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BLOCK OFF OTHER STREETS JUST TO GET TO THE, BUT THAT CHALLENGE, THAT CHALLENGE WOULD BE THERE EVEN IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE PROMENADE.

WITH THE PROMENADE, LIKE NORTH OF FIRST STREET BEFORE YOU GET TO THE LIKE WHITE OR LIGHT GRAY SECTION ON OUR MAP IS THAT ROAD RIGHT THERE, LIKE THAT AREA RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT THERE.

SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE, ESSENTIALLY LIKE A DEAD END ROAD.

IT'S SO FOR THOSE TWO BLOCKS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BALLARD IT OFF? UM, COMPLETELY.

COMPLETELY.

SO IT JUST GOES FROM A, A SLIGHTLY NARROWER SIDEWALK TO A, A GRAND PLAZA.

SO MORE LIKE GREEN SPACE.

EXACTLY.

AND THAT HELPS US GET SOME SURFACE AREA DOWN, UM, AS FAR AS THE CONCRETE'S CONCERNED ON THOSE THINNER AREAS BEFORE WE OPEN UP TO, UH, MORE PLAZA SPACE.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS MAYBE A PARTIAL STREET IN THERE SO SOMEBODY COULD GET TO THAT DRIVEWAY OFF OF THE YEAH, THE HOUSE.

THAT WAS JUST MY ASSUMPTION.

IT'S THE .

YEAH, THAT WAS WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT TOO.

AND THEN ON THE NORTH END OF THAT, THEN YOU COULD COME IN AND THEN YOU COULD TURN INTO THE CHURCH PARKING LOT ON THE NORTH SIDE.

CORRECT.

JUST OUTTA CURIOUS CURIOSITY, DO WE, TALKING OF A PEDESTRIANIZED POLLARDED AREA, ARE THESE BOLLARDS REMOVABLE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES OR Y YES.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALONG THE, THE PROMENADE NORTH AND SOUTH END.

SO SAY FOR INSTANCE, WE WENT AHEAD WITH THE PROMENADE DESIGN THAT IF, YOU KNOW, AND WE ARD OFF THIS AREA, HAS THERE BEEN THOUGHT OF EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES GETTING INTO THAT AREA? IF IT IS FOLLOWED IT OFF? UH, YES, WE COULD DEFINITELY, WE COULD DEFINITELY MAKE THAT, THAT NOTE IN THE, THE PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EITHER HAVE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE ONES THAT ARE RETRACTING THE GROUND, WHETHER THEY'RE RETRACTABLE OR, OR YOU CAN REMOVE A PIN OR, UM, OKAY.

ESSENTIALLY YOU REMOVAL BOLLARD

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AND GET IN BETWEEN .

YEAH, I WOULD JUST SAY EITHER WAY WE GO WITH BOLLARDS OR THIS OTHER, UH, PROMENADE DESIGN, JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE TALK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON ANYTHING THAT THEY MAY NEED THAT COULD BE EASILY PUT INTO THE PROJECT NOW IN THE DESIGN PHASE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

HOW, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES DO WE NEED TO HAVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT DOWNTOWN FOR EVENTS? AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO BUILD? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? WHERE WOULD IT BE? AND THEN, UM, GO FROM THERE, I GUESS.

'CAUSE I MEAN, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS PROMENADE WOULD BE FEASIBLE, UH, IN A, UM, TO, TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THERE.

AND I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION SEPARATELY.

YOU SAID STREET TREES A COUPLE TIMES.

YOU MEAN LIKE PLANTING TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE CORRECT.

OKAY, SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

I, I WAS ON, WHAT IS A STREET TREE? ? IT'S A TREE ON THE STREET.

ON THE STREET.

YEAH, , .

THESE WOULD BE SHADE TREES IN, IN LITTLE ISLAND SPACE, ISLAND SPACES BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE ROADWAY.

I LOVE THE, I LOVE THE TREES, ALL, ALL OFFICES.

I THINK ALSO IN THE INTERIM, WE COULD, WE WOULD HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH LIKE THE CHURCH AND DOZERS FOR PARKING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I KNOW DOZIER'S, THEY, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF EVENTS THERE WHERE, I MEAN, THEY WELL EXCEEDED ALL OF THEIR PARKING EASILY, BUT I MEAN, I PARKED OVER IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DID.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY COORDINATED THAT, BUT I THINK THE CITY HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF THESE FOLKS AND THEY WOULD REALLY, I THINK, APPRECIATE BRINGING, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND, UH, POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

UH, AND WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH THEM AND GET THEIR BUY-IN AND APPROVAL, MAKE SURE WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAVE AN EVENT ON SUNDAY MORNING AT 8 45 WHEN EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY GATHERING FOR CHURCH SERVICE.

YOU KNOW, WE WOULD TRY TO AVOID CONFLICTS LIKE THAT AS WELL ON OUR END.

YEAH, I I THINK THAT MAKES, THAT, MAKES, MAKES SENSE.

UH, AND I LIKE WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT DOZERS.

I KNOW THEY, THEY'VE HAD TO LIMIT SOME OF THEIR EVENTS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHT.

I MEAN, CAN WE GET PEOPLE HERE SAFELY? WHAT NUMBER IS IT? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

I THINK, I THINK MINORLY PUSHBACK, WELL, I SAY PUSHBACK, THAT'S FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, AND NOW'S GOT A VALID POINT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE CHICKEN FOR THE EGG.

I THINK A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR A PEDESTRIANIZED AREA AND SEE A VALID POINT OF WITH NEEDING FOR, YOU KNOW, CAR PARK SPACE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

BUT I THINK ONE SHOULDN'T INFL THE OTHER.

YOU, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE SHOULDN'T LOSE OUT ON A POTENTIAL PEDESTRIANIZED AREA JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SHORT TERM PARKING.

I GUESS THE PARKING SOLUTION WILL EVENTUALLY COME.

APPRECIATE THAT TOMMY, THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF, UH, TIME AND EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT IN ON THIS PROJECT AND WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, DESIGN ENGINEER TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT WERE ECONOMICAL AND KIND OF BENEFITED THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS THE BEST THEY COULD.

YOU KNOW, AND IT'LL OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THE PEDESTRIANIZED AREA, BUT I DON'T THINK POTENTIALLY A PEDESTRIANIZED AREA SHOULD SUFFER JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PARKING IMMEDIATELY.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND I'M NOT, I'M, I WANT TO LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

IF WE, IF THIS COMES FIRST AND THEN THE PARKING STRUCTURE SIX MONTHS LATER OR 12 MONTHS LATER, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE AS LONG BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE A PERMANENT PROMINENT AREA, RIGHT.

I MEAN THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE GOAL.

WE NEED A PERMANENT PARKING SOLUTION.

AND IF, UM, I, I, I KNOW THE, THE SAFETY IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN AND I THINK THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN BEFORE CONSIDERING ALL THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OR EVENTS THAT WE COULD PUT ON.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHT.

I MEAN, I, I LIKE BOTH IDEAS.

I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, CLIFF, YOU AND THE REST OF THE TEAM FOR COMING UP WITH THESE OPTIONS AND BRINGING 'EM BACK TO US SO THAT WE COULD DISCUSS 'EM AND TALK ABOUT 'EM.

SO I DO APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I, I WILL TELL Y'ALL THAT THIS, THE SECOND, THE FOURTH OPTION WAS $2.558 MILLION, SO IT WAS SLIGHTLY CHEAPER THAN OPTION ONE BECAUSE THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT OF LESS, LESS ROADWAY PAVING, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AS, AS THICK AS, AS, UH, STURDY WHEN YOU'RE JUST PUTTING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON IT.

AND AS YOU MOVE NORTH, THE REST OF THE PROJECT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER PRO.

IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE, THE OTHER PROJECT YOU MOVE MORE NORTH, YOU'VE GOT THE SAME DETENTION POND, WHICH WE'LL, WE CAN ADDRESS AS TIME GOES ON.

AND I DO

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AND WE DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S FUNDING OF THIS PROJECT.

SO, UM, SPEAKING, SPEAKING OF FUNDING, THE OTHER ONE OTHER THING ON THE PARKING, JAMES, THE LIBRARY IS BEING CONVERTED, THE OLD LIBRARY IS BEING CONVERTED TO, UH, JP, JP FACILITY.

, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WILL BE IN THERE, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THEIR HOURS MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT IN THE MORNING TILL EIGHT AT NIGHT.

SO I HAVE A FEELING THEY RUN MORE TRADITIONAL HOURS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WOULD BE THERE.

I'M SURE THAT COMMISSIONER MORALES WOULD ENTERTAIN, YOU KNOW, SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS THERE AS WELL.

PUBLIC PROPERTY, PUBLIC PARKING LOOKS LIKE A BLOCK AND A HALF, LOOKS LIKE A BLOCK AND A HALF, MAYBE CLOSE TO TWO FOR A WALK WALKING THAT FAR.

UM, SPEAKING OF, OF BUDGET THOUGH, UH, WHAT DID WE COMMIT TO THIS 1.3 MILLION WITH A AND B 0.5? IT WAS, YEAH.

UH, 1,540,000 PER BOARD OKAY.

WAS WHAT WAS BUDGETED MM-HMM.

FOR A TOTAL OF $3,080,000.

ALRIGHT, SO IT'S COME DOWN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.

ALRIGHT.

YEAH, SOME OF THE PREVIOUS OPTIONS HAD SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL DETENTION ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROJECT, WHICH DID ESCALATE THE, ESCALATE THE PRICE A LITTLE BIT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S NO MORE NEEDED.

YOU DON'T THINK WE, WE REALLY FELT LIKE WE DIDN'T WANNA DISCONNECT FROM 10 93, WHICH WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE.

AND THERE, THERE IS A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS DOWN THERE THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED PRETTY, PRETTY DIFFICULTLY IF WE HAD DONE THAT.

AND, UM, JUST THE ADDITIONAL DETENTION AND UH, HOW DO, HOW WE GET THAT OUT OF THERE KIND OF ESCALATED THE PRICE WITH, WITH THE, UH, DRAINAGE STRUCTURES AND ALL OF THAT.

SO ON UH, PAGE, PAGE 27 OF THE PACKET, LEE, I SEE BENCH 39 BENCHES FOR $1,615 PER BENCH.

JUST, JUST SO YOU CAN BUY 'EM ON WASTE OF $400 .

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'VE ACTUALLY SAME BENCHES DISCUSSED THAT THE A AS LONG AS THEY'RE STURDY LAST HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THAT WITH THE SEVERAL DEVELOPERS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT 'EM IN THE PARKS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND ALL OF THAT.

WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A COOPERATIVE AND WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE THINGS MUCH CHEAPER THAN HOPEFULLY MUCH CHEAPER.

WE LEFT THE JOKING ASIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YES, FULLY APPRECIATE, THERE'S STILL CONTINGENCY WITHIN THIS.

IT NEVER COMES IN ON BUDGET BE REALITY.

I'M NOT SAYING IT'S RUN, WE'RE GONNA RUN AWAY WITH IT, BUT THERE IS POTENTIALLY ALL BEING WELL MONEY TO BE LOOKED AT FOR, FOR POTENTIAL OPTIONS AND HOW WE SPEND THE, THE, THE FUNDS THERE.

IF WE ARE CONSIDERING POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT, UM, FOR ARGUMENT'S SAKE, THE SAY WITH THE ONE AREA WITH THE PEDESTRIANIZED AREA, YOU KNOW, IF THE INTENT IS TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, LIKE 4TH OF JULY AND, AND PLACE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, WIRING FOR, YOU KNOW, A PRE PRE-WIRED LOCATION FOR A STAGE SPEAKERS IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HIGH DOLLAR COST THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ABSORBED FOR BETTER, GREATER BENEFIT FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.

YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE BUILDING THIS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THINKING AHEAD, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RE FARMERS MARKET, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, EVENTS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, SPONSOR AND ORGANIZE.

LET'S BE SMART ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO AHEAD OF TIME TO, TO DO THAT.

SURE.

JUST AS AN IDEA, I MEAN, YOU KNOW.

IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD I IDEA DOING BOTH.

YOU KNOW, IT'LL ALL BE IN, WELL, THERE'S MAYBE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THERE.

YOU CAN DO A LOT WITH THAT.

AND SMALL, SMALL IMPROVEMENTS WITH BIG GAIN FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.

UH, LET'S SEE.

WE'LL ADD THAT TO OUR LIST.

UH, LEE, I THINK, UM, CLIFF, WAS THAT ALL YOU HAD AS FAR AS THE PRESENTATION? I DO.

IF Y'ALL HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY WHAT WE'D, WHAT WE'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO DO IS, UH, GIVE US Y'ALL'S OPINION ON THE TWO OPTIONS, WHICH I WOULD LIKE US TO, UM, PROCEED WITH.

AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT, WE'LL GET THAT ROLLING.

I MEAN, MYSELF, I, WELL, I THINK THEY'RE BOTH GREAT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT PEDESTRIAN PROMENADE DOWN THERE, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY SET A TONE AND A CHARACTER FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR MINGLING, UH, AND SMALLER EVENTS.

BUT, UH, EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHIME IN WITH WHAT Y'ALL THINK.

I MEAN, I'VE MENTIONED WHAT MY VIEWS ON

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UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY, I WOULD LEAN SOMEWHAT TOWARDS THE PEDESTRIANIZED AREA FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

I THINK IT'S A, THE POTENTIAL THERE TO BRING SOME OF THE EVENTS BACK DOWNTOWN IS, IS WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT THIS DOES BRING IT NOW UNDERSTANDING.

IT'S A, IT'S A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS THAT EVENTUALLY, YES, WE'LL GET SOME EXTRA PARK IN DOWNTOWN, BUT, UH, THIS WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO HELP.

AND THE PEDESTRIANIZED VERSION, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE PROMENADE AS WELL.

BUT BACK TO JAMES'S POINT TOO, I MEAN, JUST ALWAYS KEEPING IN MIND WITH THE PARKING NEEDED, THE SAFETY AND SO FORTH.

AND I, I'M ON THE SAME PAGE.

I PREFER THE PROMENADE AS WELL, JUST THAT I GOT CONCERNS ABOUT THE PARKING.

LIKE WHAT, WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE, TO HAVE THE EVENTS WE WANT DOWNTOWN? I GUESS, I MEAN, THE EVENT I'M THINKING IS JULY 4TH AND THEN THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY, RIGHT? I MEAN THAT, YEAH.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SAFE.

WE GOOD.

GOT ENOUGH INFORMATION? YES, SIR.

PERFECT.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL

[6. Economic Development Report ]

ITEM SIX IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.

ANELLE.

I'LL START OFF WITH OUR, UM, NUMBER ONE E D C WEBSITE.

WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THIS, UM, CONTENT CREATION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA.

IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS, .

SO WE ARE, UM, JUST WORKING ON GETTING SOME PHOTOGRAPHS AND WE'LL BE LAUNCHING, UM, MY NUMBER TWO UPDATE HERE IS LINKEDIN, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THOSE TOGETHER AND LAUNCH AND LAUNCH THEM ON THE SAME DAY.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT THROUGH THIS WEEK.

UM, FOR NUMBER THREE RETAIL COACH UPDATE, WE ARE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH AARON, UH, IS IT TOMORROW? THIS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

UM, SO WE'LL BE GETTING AN UPDATE FROM HIM.

UM, I KNOW FOR OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE REPORT BACK YET, UM, BUT HE'S NOW BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THERE'LL BE TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS AND WE'LL GO BACK TO HAVING, UH, THE MEMO FOR BOTH, UH, OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING AND, UM, KEEP Y'ALL UP TO DATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.

UM, FOR NUMBER FOUR, THIS SCARECROW FEST.

SO JUST A REMINDER THAT IT IS TAKING PLACE OCTOBER THE 28TH FROM THREE TO 6:00 PM AT THRIVE CHURCH.

THIS IS, UM, THE EVENT THAT WE'RE STILL COLLABORATING ON, THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAMBER.

SO WE WILL HAVE PRESENCE THERE AND, UM, HELP OUT US WHERE NEEDED.

SO JUST WANTED TO, UH, MAKE Y'ALL AWARE.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR AND COME OUT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US.

UH, AND THEN LASTLY, NUMBER FIVE, WE DID ATTEND, UH, T D C THIS PAST WEEK, UH, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.

AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH, UM, OTHER DIRECTORS ACROSS THE STATE AND GET INSPIRATION FOR DIFFERENT IDEAS AND JUST DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY'VE TACKLED SIMILAR ISSUES.

SO, UM, WE PLAN TO SCHEDULE FOLLOW UP MEETINGS AND GET MORE DETAILS ON THINGS THAT WE FELT WERE RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

UM, SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE.

UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE FOR THIS MONTH.

YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I, I HAVE A QUESTION.

QUESTION, UH, RETAIL COACH.

HAVE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, UH, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A MEMO IN HERE, BUT WAS THERE ANYTHING WORTH REPORTING TO US THIS MONTH ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL, UM, NEW BUSINESSES RESTAURANT THAT HE TOLD US ABOUT THAT WAS INTERESTING? WE CANNOT SAY THAT ONE YET.

OH, COME ON.

UM, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY RETAIL COACH.

UM, HIS REPORT, UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE ABOUT TO OPEN, UM, THAT HE WAS A PART OF.

UM, PIATA CHIBA HUTT SHOULD BE OPENING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, ACTUALLY.

UM, UH, FIRST WATCH IS BEING BUILT OUT PRETTY RAPIDLY.

I'M, I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN EVERY BY H E B, THEY'VE FINALLY GOT THEIR, THEIR PORCH KIND OF SET UP.

UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, AARON'S HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS WITH, UM, SOME GROCERS SPROUTS, UM, AND KIND OF THREW OUT THE LINE TO TRADER JOE'S, UM, AS WELL, TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN KIND OF PULL IN A SMALLER GROCER.

UM, IN THE MEANTIME, UM, BEFORE H E B DECIDES THEY, THEY WANNA BUILD, ARE THEY STILL DECIDING? VERY, VERY MUCH SO .

CANNOT SHARE CURRENTLY, BUT I I, WE WILL WAIT FOR THAT MEMO NEXT MONTH.

UM, BUT, UM, HE, HE DID GIVE US IN INDICATION AT T E D C THAT HE HAD HAD SOME GOOD MEETINGS, UM, IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT OUR MEETINGS TOMORROW, AS WELL AS SOME SECRET ONES THAT WE, WE

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EXACTLY.

ITEM SEVEN IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 2023.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK Y'ALL.

[7. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending August 31, 2023. ]

UM, SO HAYDEN SHOULD, UH, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED OUR, UM, SALES TAX REPORT, UH, IN YOUR INBOX.

I DON'T THINK IT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE PACKET.

WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT IN TIME WHEN THE PACKET WAS SENT OUT, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE OCTOBER SALES TAX, UM, COLLECTION IS UP AROUND, UH, 12% FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

AND WE ARE ACTUALLY AT 102% OF SALES TAX COLLECTION WITH ONE MORE MONTH LEFT.

UM, SO WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL, AND I BELIEVE THE AMOUNT WE NEED TO APPROVE IS ON THE LAST PAGE.

I THINK THE SUMMARY MIGHT BE A, DIDN'T HAVE THE EXACT, UH, 'CAUSE I, THE LAST PAGE HAD $12,087 AND 96 CENTS, BUT THE, UM, ITEM SUMMARY, THE NUMBERS A DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE PAY THAT IS YEAH, I THINK THE NUMBER THAT'S GOT THE BOX AROUND IT IS CORRECT.

SO THE 12,087 AND 96 CENTS IS THE RIGHT NUMBER.

UM, WHICH IS ON THE, THE FINAL PAGE OF THE 180 BUDGET.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

THAT'S OKAY.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT, UM, WE APPROVE THE $12,087 AND 96 CENTS, UM, REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY.

IS THAT HOW I, SOUNDS GOOD.

SECOND, YOU HAVE A MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2023 MEETING.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM EIGHT

[8. Consideration and action on minutes of the Corporation for the September 18, 2023, meeting. ]

IF YOU GUYS WILL NOTICE, IT STILL SAYS CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THE HEADER.

UH, THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED ON THE, THE FINAL SIGNED MINUTES.

UM, SO IT, IT'S ALREADY REFLECTED, UM, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ADOPT.

I'M SORRY, WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE TITLE? THE HEADER, UM, STILL SAYS CITY OF UL.

IT'S, YEAH.

BUT THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED IN THE FINAL MINUTES.

THIS, THIS SPLITTING OF THE, OF THE AGENDAS HAS, HAS PROVEN A LITTLE, UH, DIFFICULT YEAH.

CHANGE UP IN YOUR ROUTINE.

EXACTLY.

WE WOULD NEED A MOTION WITH THE, UH, CORRECTIONS NOTED.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 18TH WITH THE CORRECTIONS AS NOTED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? B? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ADOPTION OF A CONTRACT WITH THE CANNON FOR SERVICES RELATED TO THE SHORE BUSINESS AND INNOVATION HUB.

OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WITH THE CORRECTIONS AS NOTED.

ITEM NUMBER NINE

[9. Consideration and possible action on the adoption of a contract with The Cannon for services related to the Fulshear Business and Innovation Hub. ]

I THINK, UH, Y'ALL TOOK A TOUR, RIGHT? WE DID.

SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, WE SCHEDULED A TIME TO GO OUT AND MEET WITH JOHN LAMBERT OF THE CANNON AND HIS STAFF.

UM, WE HAD SOME CONCERNS THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, OR I KNOW A BOARD MEMBER DID US WELL ON, UM, HOW MUCH TIME IT WOULD TAKE UP FOR MYSELF AND HAYDEN ON A DAILY BASIS TO REALLY GET THIS GOING.

UM, AFTER SHARING THAT WITH THEM AND MEETING, UM, SO WE WILL HAVE A HUB DIRECTOR ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR PROJECT WHO WILL BE HERE, UM, AT THE CITY OR IN, AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX OR WITHIN THE CITY, UM, ARRANGING WITH MEETINGS FOR JUST DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, UM, AND ALL OF THAT.

AND HE WOULD REALLY BE THAT POINT PERSON, UM, THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH, UM, DAY TO DAY, UM, EVERY, ALL THE GOALS AND, UH, ALL OF THAT WOULD BE RUN BY STAFF AND SHARED WITH YOU ALL QUARTERLY, UM, WITH REPORTING.

SO WE REALLY FELT COMFORTABLE THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BURDEN US IN ANY WAY OR BE UNMANAGEABLE.

UM,

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IN ADDITION TO THE HUB DIRECTOR, THEY ALSO HAVE, UM, FIVE ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, SOME OF WHICH HANDLED THINGS LIKE MARKETING AND MEDIA.

SO, UM, THEY, THEY REALLY DO JUST NEED OUR GUIDANCE FIRST AND THEN FINAL APPROVAL ON THE MESSAGING THAT'S, UH, BEING PUT OUT THERE.

UM, PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS DID INCLUDE THE NAME.

SO WHERE ARE WE? THE FULL SHARE BUSINESS AND INNOVATION HUB.

UM, JUST FELT A LITTLE LONG .

UM, SO WE BRAINSTORMED AND CAME UP WITH SHORE PASS TRACK AS, UM, THE, WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE INNOVATION HUB AND, UM, KIND OF PUT THAT SHORE BRAND ON IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU THINK SHORE HISTORY, YOU THINK THE RACE HORSE RACE TRACK, YOU THINK THE RAIL.

UM, SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR TAKE ON IT AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, UM, TO ESTABLISH WHAT THE ACTUAL, UH, LOGO AND ALL OF THAT WILL LOOK LIKE ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, LET ME SEE.

YES, WE DID, UM, HOST THE APPOINTED DIRECTOR, UM, MATT YELVINGTON TODAY, AND GOT TO GIVE HIM A TOUR OF THE CITY, GO DOWNTOWN, GO TO LUNCH, SHOW HIM THE FACILITIES AND ALL OF THAT.

UM, HE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

HE'S JUST VERY ENERGETIC, UM, VERY PERSONABLE.

I THINK HE'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO REALLY PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THAT OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP NEEDS ENTREPRENEURS NEED HERE LOCALLY.

UM, BUT REALLY WITH THAT, WE'RE JUST TONIGHT LOOKING FOR A DECISION ON FINALLY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

WE DID BUDGET, UM, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER BOARD FOR THIS PROJECT.

THE CONTRACT ATTACHED COMES, UH, RIGHT UNDER THAT, UH, I BELIEVE AT 191, UM, THOUSAND TOTAL.

AND THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST OF, UH, THREE YEARS, THE FIRST YEAR AGREEMENT.

UM, THE IDEA BEING THAT WE'D GO THREE YEARS AND WORK OUR WAY TOWARDS A PHYSICAL LOCATION.

SO THE, THE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE GOT, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING IN AS A CONTRACT TO THE CANNON, AND BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THERE IN YOUR, YOUR UPDATE THAT THEY POTENTIALLY HAVE OFFICES AT THE, THE CITY MUNICIPAL COMPLEX.

SO IS THERE ANY CHANGE TO THE SS A AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY, IF THAT DOES IMPACT THAT? UM, IT WOULDN'T IMPACT, UH, COST-WISE, I DID MEET WITH OUR, UM, UH, FACILITIES TEAM AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AS WELL AS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.

WE IDENTIFIED A SPACE WITHIN THE CITY.

UH, THIS, OUR HUB DIRECTOR WOULD BE HERE MAYBE ONE DAY A WEEK, THREE DAYS AT MOST, FOR A PART-TIME BASIS.

SO THERE, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY ADDITIONAL COST.

AND THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL? UH, YES, SIR.

IT WAS REVIEWED BY CHARLIE Z WHEN WE FIRST RECEIVED IT A FEW MONTHS AGO.

UM, THE ONLY FEEDBACK HE HAD WAS, UH, THE METRICS, THE METRICS CHART.

I WORKED WITH JOHN TO SEPARATE.

UM, IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING THE WAY IT WAS JUST ORIGINALLY PRESENTED.

UM, ALL THE YEARS WERE KIND OF JUMBLED TOGETHER, SO WE BROKE OUT YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, YEAR THREE, AND GOT SOME CLARITY THERE AND, UM, ESTABLISHED SOME REALISTIC GOALS.

AND HOW WAS YOUR VISIT TO THE CANNON? OH, IT WAS FANTASTIC TO JUST SEE, SEE IT REALLY HAPPENING, UM, BEFORE US TO SEE JUST, UM, HOW WELL THEY ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR CURRENT POPULATION AND HOW EASY IT IS TO ADJUST BASED ON THE FEEDBACK.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE RENTING, WHAT, LIKE 5,000 SQUARE FEET TO A SPACE? SPACE, JUST A DESK WHERE IT'S OUT IN THE OPEN.

SO IT WAS JUST VERY DYNAMIC, UM, AND VERY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT WE COULD BE WORKING TOWARDS TO HAVE HERE LOCALLY.

AND THEN CHARLIE REVIEWED THIS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND REVISIONS WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO VOTE? YES.

HAVE YOU GOTTEN, UH, I KNOW WE GOT SOME ABSENT MEMBERS, UH, TONIGHT.

HAVE WE, DO THEY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE VOTING? VOTING OR NO? NO, THEY, THEY HAVE HAVEN'T, UM, SHARED ANYTHING RECENTLY WITH US, UM, CONCERNS OR POSITIVE.

UM, I ALSO WILL NOTE THAT ABOARD DID ADOPT IT.

UM, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE AND GOING FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE A, A MEMO DRAFTED FOR ANY ABOARD DECISIONS THAT WOULD AFFECT YOU GUYS.

UM, BUT IN THIS ONE PARTICULAR, THEY, THEY DID VOTE TO ADOPT THEM.

JUST ADD TO THAT.

I MEAN, WHEN THE CANON DID PRESENT, WAS IT LAST MEETING OR THE, I THINK IT WAS LAST MEETING, TWO MEETINGS AGO.

TWO

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MEETINGS AGO? MM-HMM.

, THE, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS, BUT THE RESPONSE I GOT WAS VERY POSITIVE FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS.

? YES.

I THINK THE ONLY, UM, CONCERN THAT WE HAD WAS REALLY THE TIME, THE, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD IT TAKE FROM STAFF AND COULD WE HANDLE THAT? MM-HMM.

, WHICH IS WHY THAT WAS LIKE TOP OF OUR LIST TO DISCUSS WITH THEM WHEN WE GOT THERE.

'CAUSE WE WANTED TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS WELL.

UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UH, ENTERING INTO THE CONTRACT.

I AS LISTED HERE WITH THE CULLEN.

I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

MOTIONS BEEN MADE AND SECOND IT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK Y'ALL FOR, UM, TAKING THE TIME TO GO, YOU KNOW, BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND VISIT THE SITE AND WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PARAMETERS IN THIS AGREEMENT AND SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT FORWARD ON THAT.

DO YOU HAVE INVITATION, AND WE WILL HAVE INVITATIONS GOING OUT.

WE'RE GONNA TRY AND SET UP AN, AN OPEN HOUSE AT THEIR HOUSTON LOCATION FOR YOU GUYS TO KIND OF GET A CHANCE TO WALK AROUND AND SEE AND MEET WITH MATT AND, AND JOHN AND EVERYBODY, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND THEY DO HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP NEXT WEEK.

I'LL, UH, FORWARD YOU ALL THE DETAILS IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE AVAILABLE.

IT'S A REALLY, UH, GREAT TIME TO SEE THEM IN ACTION.

IT'S A PITCH COMPETITION.

THEY'RE HOSTING.

OH.

SO KIND OF HAPPY HOUR INTO PITCH COMPETITION AND JUST REALLY GET TO SEE IT ALL COME TO LIFE.

I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO BE THERE.

GOOD.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM 11 IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I'LL SHARE PRESSING A BOARD HAD, GO AHEAD.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

UH, ITEM 10.

WE WILL JUST, UH, WE WON'T HAVE THAT TONIGHT SINCE OUR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON IS NOT HERE WITH US.

[11. Future agenda items ]

SORRY.

, UM, ON MY LIST, UM, SUGGESTED BY ABOARD WAS, UH, THE FARMER'S MARKET RECONSIDERING, CONTINUING THAT SUPPORT FOR LIVE MUSIC.

UM, AND JUST HEARING BACK FROM THEM, UH, AS IN LIKE, STOP PROVIDING THEM MONEY.

SO WHEN YOU APPROVED THAT, UH, SUPPORT AT THE MEETING, THEY, THEY WERE HERE.

UH, IT, THE MOTION WAS MADE THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO IT ACTUALLY ONLY DID A COUPLE OF MONTHS BY THE TIME WE GOT ALL THE PAPERWORK DONE SO THAT THEY'RE COMING TO SEE IF WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT.

UM, THAT WAS, THAT'S A MARKETING BUDGET THOUGH, AND THAT KIND OF DISCRETIONARY, UH, FOR THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER? OR DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE THING AND BUDGET FOR IT? NO, NO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO, IT WOULDN'T BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.

IT WOULD JUST BE A DECISION ON HOW WE SPEND THOSE FUNDS.

ALRIGHT.

AND THEN, UH, THIRD, WE HAD DISCUSSED AN UPDATE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

UM, I DID GET IN TOUCH WITH CHARLIE DOLD TO JUST FACILITATE KIND OF A TWO DAY STAFF WORKSHOP, AND THEN WE WOULD COME TO YOU ALL AND PRESENT THOSE UPDATES.

BUT, UM, JUST VERY GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT WOULD INCLUDE UPDATING ALL THE DATA ON IN TERMS OF POPULATION PROJECTED GROWTH, ALL OF THAT, AND THEN REVISITING WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE IN TERMS OF PROJECTS, UM, AND SEEING IF THAT'S ALL STILL WHAT WE WANNA FOCUS ON, IF THERE'S ANY NEW ADDITIONS, UM, THAT TYPE OF THING.

I WOULD ALSO JUST CONTINUE IF STEPHANIE WAS ABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION, FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE SIGNAGE PROCESS.

, THEN I, I'D LIKE TO TOUCH BASE WITH THE PARKING AND, UH, WITH THE, I THINK IT'S THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS TO SAY ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS SAFE, WHAT IS, WHAT ARE WE WORKING WITH? UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM A BOARD? I, I THINK THAT WAS THAT THE ONLY THING.

THAT WAS IT.

IF ANYTHING COMES UP AFTER WE LEAVE HERE TONIGHT, JUST EMAIL ANELLE HAYDEN, AND MYSELF AND WE WILL WORK TO GET THAT PUT ON THE AGENDA.

I THINK JUST, JUST TO, I THINK I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME, BUT JUST THE CONTINUED THE FACT THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING TRACTION NOW WITH, UH, THE STREET PROJECT AND THEN ALSO THE CONTINUED UPDATES FROM, UH, OUR FARMER.

THE TWO THINGS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MENTION THEM, YOU KNOW, AS A AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK IT WOULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY HAVE THEM INCLUDED THE, YOU DON'T MIND.

WAS, WAS PRETTY UNANIMOUS.

WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE THEM.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL INCLUDE A, UH, A MEMO FROM ABOARD AS WELL JUST TO KIND OF KEEP YOU GUYS AND WE'LL BE DOING IT RECIPROCALLY TO THEM.

I'M SURPRISED NOBODY ASKED WHAT OPTION OF HARRIS STREET THAT THE ABOARD PICKED OPTION FOUR.

WHAT HAPPENED? OPTION FOUR WAS,

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WE'RE GOOD.

THIS TIME.

THE STARS ALIGNED FOR US, US NOT FOR THE, NOT FOR THE ASTROS, BUT FOR US.

THEY DID.

NUMBER 12

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IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I GUESS WE HAVE THE, YEAH.

ART IN THE PARKING LOT IS SATURDAY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND.

UM, IT'S JUST A CITY EVENT HAPPENING HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX STARTING AT 10:00 AM AND I THINK THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP IS IN BASTROP IN NOVEMBER.

I GO BACK AND TAKE LOOK THERE.

AND WE'VE GOT YOUR HOTELS READY, SO YOU WILL NOT BE HOMELESS FOR THAT, THAT TRIP.

YAY.

UH, AND ONE MORE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT, UH, REVEREND GILMORE DID SHARE AT OUR, UH, MEETING LAST WEEK IS THAT HIS CHURCH WILL BE CELEBRATING 131 YEARS ON OCTOBER 22ND, AND THEIR CELEBRATION WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 AM SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND STOP BY, PLEASE DO SO.

THAT'S OCTOBER 20.

OCTOBER 22ND.

SECOND AT 10:00 AM MM-HMM.

GOSH.

THAT LEADS US TO ITEM 13.

ADJOURNMENT.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND.

MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.