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ALL RIGHT.[1. Call to Order ]
Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, ON MONDAY, MARCH THE 18TH AT 6:01 PM.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
WE ARE MISSING, UH, MR. O'BRIEN IS UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, BUT ALL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
UH, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE ANNEL AND I DISCUSSED YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE.
UH, THE AGENDA DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING HEAVY AS FAR AS LEGAL ITEMS ON IT.
AND, UH, SO THE ATTORNEY IS AVAILABLE BY PHONE IF WE SHOULD NEED HIM.
UH, ITEM TWO IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WE DO NOT.
[3. Presentation and discussion on EDC funding of CIP projects for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. ]
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON EDC FUNDING OF CIP PROJECTS FOR THE 2024 2025 FISCAL YEAR.ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.
TONIGHT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING THREE PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION.
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OKAY.THAT WAS ALL FUNDED BY LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S PRIMROSE PHASE TWO, AND THEN THE PHASE THREE DESIGN IS FUNDED WITH A MIX OF GENERAL FUND AND THE REGIONAL PARK FUND.
UH, TIFFANY, I HAVE IN MY NOTES, I THINK IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 21 THERE WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BUDGETED FROM EDC TOWARDS THE PARKS AND PATHWAYS PRIMROSE PARK.
I, I GUESS THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE DESIGN OR THE STUDY FOR IT.
I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THAT.
COULD HAVE BEEN 21, WOULD'VE BEEN THE PARKS AND PATHWAYS.
BUT NOT, NOT SPECIFICALLY PRIMROSE.
MAYBE THE MASTER PLAN OR THE TRAIL OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS SOMETHING TO WITH PRIMROSE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET BOOK SAID.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THEY DID CONTRIBUTE TO SOME OF THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF IT.
THERE WAS A PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS THE
AND SINCE WE JUST TOUCHED ON PHASE ONE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT PHASE ONE WAS? THE WALKING TRAIL THAT'S EXISTING AT, UM, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE I DIDN'T HAVE MY MICROPHONE ON.
DIDN'T THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE BIKE RACKS AND STUFF? YEAH, THE, THE, UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO THAT THE, THE PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS THE TRAIL IN THE PARKING LOT AND THE ENTRYWAY INTO THE PARK WAS FROM THE PARKLAND FUNDS.
THE, UH, THE AMENITIES, THE, THE BENCHES, THE, THE, THE BIKE WRECK AND EVERYTHING WAS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT ALL WAS PRIOR TO MY TIME OF BEING HERE, SO I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS BEHIND THAT.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE, UM, DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT.
WE'LL ESTABLISH A NEW STORM SEWER SYSTEM IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF DOWNTOWN TO PROVIDE FOR PROPER DRAINAGE FLOWS TO THE EXISTING DRAINAGE WAY.
THE THICK BLACK BORDER ON THE MAP IDENTIFIES THE REGIONAL DETENTION AREA AND THE THIN BLACK BORDER IDENTIFIES THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT.
THE CITY HAS FUNDED THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING LAND AND RIGHT OF WAY AND THE DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET REQUEST FOR FY 25 IS NEARLY $3.5 MILLION.
DESIGN FOR THIS PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE.
THE CITY IS WORKING ON AN EASEMENT THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE SCHEDULE IS CONTINGENT ON THE PROJECT BEING FUNDED IN FY 25 AND ACQUIRING THE EASEMENT.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY PROJECT THAT WILL PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING SHORE LAKE TRIBUTARY BETWEEN HUGGINS ROAD AND FM 10 93.
THIS PROJECT WILL BRING ADDED CAPACITY TO THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
THE DARKER TEAL GREEN AREA ON THE MAP IS THE TRIBUTARY PROJECT LIMITS.
THE CITY HAS FUNDED THE DESIGN AND A PORTION OF THE PROPOSED LAND NEEDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET REQUEST FOR FY 25 IS NEARLY $2.4 MILLION.
STAFF IS WORKING WITH COSTELLO TO DESIGN THIS PROJECT.
THE DESIGN IS CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 15% COMPLETE WITH THE GOAL OF BEING A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2024.
THE SCHEDULE IS CONTINGENT ON THE PROJECT BEING FUNDED IN FY 25 AND AND ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY LAND FOR THIS PROJECT.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION THIS EVENING.
AS WELL AS YOUR CONSIDERATION IN SUPPORTING OUR PROJECTS THIS YEAR, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO PRESENT THREE PROJECTS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW EACH AND ITS ASSOCIATED TIMELINE TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECT BEST ALIGNS WITH THE INTEREST OF THE BOARD.
FURTHERMORE, WE WISH TO OFFER THE BOARD THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OR PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING THEY WISH TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS ANY OF THE PROJECTS.
YOUR SUPPORT FOR INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT AND POTENTIAL DRAINAGE PROJECTS OR PARK PROJECTS SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHERS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS STEVEN IS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, WHO IS THE DESIGN ENGINEER FOR BOTH OF THOSE DRAINAGE PROJECTS? SO JUST IF YOU BACK UP A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE, AND I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION, BUT I THINK THE, JUST STATING IT, THE, THAT HEAVY
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DARK BOUNDARY IS JUST THE GENERAL DRAINAGE AREA FOR THIS WATERSHED.AND THEN THE PROJECT WOULD LOOK TO PROVIDE THE DETENTION, UH, NEEDS FOR THE AREA THAT'S SHADED IN, UH, MA MAGENTA OR WHATEVER COLOR THAT IS.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, THE, WE'RE STILL, IF YOU COME UP TO THE MIC, JUST SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR IN THE RECORDING, PLEASE.
THE MAGENTA REPRESENTS THE AREAS THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING AS WOULD BECOME COMMERCIAL LAND USE.
AND THEY WOULD, THEIR DETENTION WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THE DETENTION POND THAT, THAT'S BEING DESIGNED RIGHT NOW ON THE TRIBUTARY IMPROVEMENTS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS A WORK OR WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE DEVELOPER THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK? OR IS THAT, IS THAT KIND OF AN INDEPENDENT PROJECT? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS ONE IS JUST THE CITY.
THE DEVELOPER ON THE EAST SIDE PROVIDED THEIR OWN DETENTION.
THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE REGIONAL DETENTION POND.
SO THAT POND'S VOLUME IS BEING ALLOCATED ONLY FOR WHAT'S SHOWN IN THE SHADED MAGENTA THERE.
SO ARE, ARE THESE THE SAME PROJECTS WE WERE APPROACHED WITH A COUPLE YEARS AGO? BECAUSE I REMEMBER IT WAS THIS OR HARRIS, IS IT THE SAME WAS SIDE TRIBUTARY THAT YOU WERE APPROACHED FOR? OKAY.
FISCAL YEAR 23, UM, THERE WAS 625,000 BUDGETED TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT.
UM, BUT WHEN WE REV REVISITED WHAT PROJECT WAS CLOSER TO ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO BE STARTED, WE REALLOCATED THOSE DOLLARS TOWARDS THE HARRIS STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
I MEAN, FROM MY VIEWPOINT, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED AND WOULD PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT.
SO I APPRECIATE THE PLANNING THAT'S GONE INTO THESE, UH, BY THE CITY STAFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST OVER THE YEARS LISTENING TO PEOPLE TRYING TO D DEVELOP IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THE LOTS ARE SO SMALL.
IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SUPER CHALLENGING TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, A GOOD DEVELOPMENT ON THE GROUND WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME BENEFIT OF A REGIONAL DETENTION APPROACH AND PARKS.
I MEAN, WE NEED NEEDED PARKS FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THAT, THAT'S, THE MASTER PLAN LOOKS FANTASTIC.
IT'S MORE, IT'S MORE THAN THE DETENTION POND THOUGH, RIGHT? IT'S A, IT'S A PROJECT IS, IT'S, IT'S A DRAINAGE STUDY STORM SEWER SYSTEM FOR FOURTH STREET FOR THE DOWNTOWN OR FOR THE TRIBUTARY FOR THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.
SO IT, YES, THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE IS A BRAND NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT GOES DOWN FOURTH STREET AND PICKS UP A LOT OF THE PONDING AND THE PROBLEMS THAT THE RECURRING ALONG 3 59.
SO THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA TAKE THE WATER TO THE TRIBUTARY AND THE TRIBUTARY PROJECT IS THAT THEN THAT DETENTION VOLUME TO ALLOW THAT AREA TO DEVELOP AS COMMERCIAL? UH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT I SEE.
YEAH, THERE'RE TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
I, I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, MR. KIRKENDAL.
I MEAN THIS WITHOUT, WITHOUT COMPLETING THESE, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
ANELLE DID THE, UH, A BOARD, UH, DISCUSS THESE AND CAN YOU GIVE US JUST SOME FLAVOR OF WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS WERE OR WERE THEY LOOKING AT TAKING ON ONE OF THESE PROJECTS OR TRYING TO PARTNER WITH US? UH, THEY DIDN'T SPECIFY WHICH ONE THEY WOULD BE MOST INTERESTED IN.
THEY WOULD JUST CON CONTINUE TO THINK ON THEM AND STUDY THEM AND GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO STAFF, UM, IF THEY HAD ANY MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
THEY WEREN'T, UH, PRESENTED WITH THE THIRD OPTION THAT YOU HAVE HERE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO.
UM, BUT IT WAS THE SAME SENTIMENT, JUST A RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT'S NECESSARY IF WE ARE GONNA REVITALIZE OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND AGAIN, TONIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, TIFFANY AND I, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS LAST YEAR AND, UM, IT WAS JUST EVERYTHING WAS JUST PACKED INTO A FEW WEEKS TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE BUDGET.
AND WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT TIME TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECTS, ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, UM, AND HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL.
BECAUSE THE FIRST QUESTION THEY ALWAYS ASK IS, HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE EBC ABOUT IT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS YEAR WE CAN COME UP AND SAY, YES, WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
A AND B WILL COLLABORATE ON THIS, OR WE'RE GONNA DIVIDE AND CONQUER IN THIS WAY.
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UM, LIKE TIFFANY SAID, YOU CAN CHOOSE, UH, ONE WHOLE PROJECT, A PERCENTAGE, A CERTAIN AMOUNT.UM, IT'S REALLY HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO DESIGN THAT, THAT SUPPORT.
AND I CAN COME BACK NEXT MONTH TOO IF NEEDED.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAD, UM, SHARED WITH THE A BOARD WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANTED TO COME HERE LIKE ANELLE SAID, AND, AND SHARE THESE AND, UM, BE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE GAME.
AND IF WE NEED TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
WE PRESENT OUR PRELIMINARY CIP TO COUNCIL IN MAY AT THE MAY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN OUR MAY PRESENTATION.
UM, SO WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING FOR THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH.
I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE EARLY.
UH, 'CAUSE IT, THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TRY TO CONSIDER THESE LARGE ITEMS. UH, BUT ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, IF, IF THE EDCS CHOSE TO FUND ONE OF THOSE, WOULD THE CITY LIKELY ATTEMPT TO FUND THE OTHER ONE? OR CAN THEY BE INDEPENDENT OR DO THEY BOTH HAVE TO BE DONE OR CAN CAN ONE BE DONE WITHOUT THE OTHER, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M ASKING? OR IS IT A YOU GET, YOU HAVE TO DO TWO OF 'EM OR YOU CAN'T DO ANY OF 'EM? WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW, THEY'VE STARTED THE BUDGETING PROCESS RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO REVENUE SOURCES TO, TO HELP OFFSET THE GENERAL FUND AND, AND GETTING THEIR BUDGETS TOGETHER, RIGHT.
FOR, FOR THE CIP PLAN FOR FY 2025.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE IS INTEREST.
I I, I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH THESE SO MUCH BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A MOVING TARGET.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT FY 2024 CIP BUDGET FOR THIS ONE, FOR THE TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, YES.
IT WAS, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WE'VE HAD, UM, THEY'RE ONLY AT 15% DESIGN AND, UM, WE RECEIVED SOME NEW INFORMATION BASED OFF OF WHAT WE FROM STEVEN AND HOW TO APPROACH THAT.
UM, THERE'S ADDITIONAL LAND NEEDS THAT ARE, UM, NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO DETAIN EVERYTHING.
BUT YOU YEAH, I JUST, WE, WE LOOKED AT THE FOOT AS WE WERE EVALUATING THE FOOTPRINT.
WE'RE TRYING, WE'RE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THAT MAP ON MAGENTA, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ATTENTION FOR, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LAND SPACE BASED ON WHAT THE CITY OWNED.
SO THERE WAS A SPECIFIC PIECE THAT LOOKED BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
IT'S BENEFICIAL TO Y'ALL IF Y'ALL CHOSE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL LAND TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT FOOTPRINT AND COVER MORE OF THAT AREA THAT'S IN DOWNTOWN.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT DROVE THAT, THAT COST INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO NOW SO THAT THE PROJECT COULD BE SCOPED BACK DOWN TO BE MUCH CLOSER TO LAST YEAR'S AMOUNT IF, IF NEEDED.
BUT, UH, THE ASK RIGHT NOW IS WE SEE A BIG BENEFIT FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR OBJECTIVE OF KEEPING THOSE DETENTION PONDS OFF THESE SMALL SITES IF Y'ALL WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AT THIS TIME.
SO ON THESE THREE SLIDES, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONSIDERATION TO HELP FUND THE FY 2025 COLUMN? YES.
I I, ONE COMMENT THAT I WOULD HAVE SINCE A CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE PARKS PIECE OF IT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER THE PARK SIDE OF IT, UM, WHAT WE COULD BE WILLING TO DO.
AND, AND I, AND I THINK THAT PRIMROSE PARK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND WE
AND SO THERE IS A TON OF INTEREST IN GETTING LITTLE LEAGUE AND SOFTBALL LEAGUES AFFILIATED AND PLAYING THERE, AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNLESS WE HAVE BASIC RESTROOM FACILITIES, THESE SORTS OF THINGS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU JUST CAN'T, WELL, YOU CAN GO AND PLAY, BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A SPONSORED LEAGUE OR, OR THAT SORT OF THING, RIGHT.
WITHOUT, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO, KIDS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE YOU WANT LIGHTS AS WELL.
BUT SO FOR ME, SINCE WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK, LET'S CONSIDER WHAT WE MIGHT BE WILLING TO DO ON THE PARK SIDE AND LET THE ABOARD, UH, LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF.
AND I, ONE OTHER COMMENT I HAD, I TOTALLY, I DO AGREE WITH THAT.
UH, WE HAVE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY AND WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER THAT, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER AS A WHOLE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE A AND THE B BOARDS.
ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET ASKED FOR MONEY FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE AND ENTITIES OR PARTS OF THE CITY AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE, I THINK GENERALLY AS A BOARD, WE'VE APPRECIATED DOING THAT, LIKE
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DOING THAT AND WANT TO SUPPORT, BUT ALSO WE WANT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS THE EDCS DID THAT.BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, WHAT DOES THE EDC DO? BECAUSE OUR NAME'S NOT REALLY ON A LOT OF STUFF, BUT WE GIVE 'EM SOME MONEY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS.
RIGHT? UH, SO IF WE DO MOVE TOWARDS THE PARK, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT OUR STAMP ON, LIKE MAYBE WE FUNDED THE AMPHITHEATER OR THE TENNIS COURTS OR THE BALL FIELDS OR SOMETHING TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDENTITY MM-HMM.
UH, THAT WOULD JUST BE MY GENERAL COMMENT OVERALL AND, AND I AGREE WITH THAT ORDER OF THINGS.
UM, THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE IS MORE DETAIL ON WHAT EXACTLY THE MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS.
UM, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST PER PRO PER LIKE LITTLE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.
MAYBE WE CAN LIKE PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT MAKES SENSE.
ALL THAT OBVIOUSLY MAKES SENSE TO DO.
BUT AS FAR AS THE FUNDING COMES FROM EDC, YOU KNOW, B BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE CERTAIN SPEND OVER OTHER CERTAIN SPEND WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW DOES THE CONCESSION STAND RUN? WHO, WHO RUNS THAT? SO THERE'S, ONCE IT'S UP IN, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONAL, THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN, UM, SOMEONE DEVELOPING AN ORGANIZATION AND POTENTIALLY, UM, IF THE CITY WENT THAT ROUTE, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE, UH, A PORTION OF WHAT THAT, UM, ORGANIZATION WOULD OPERATE.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THE CITY CHOOSES TO, UM, IF THEY CHOOSE TO PARTNER, HOW THEY CHOOSE TO PARTNER AND WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN JUST JOEL MENTIONED EARLIER, AND I'D JUST LIKE A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT ON IT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO GET UP AND RUNNING? I SEE MAY, 2026 FEASIBILITY, IS THAT, HOW CONCRETE IS THAT DATE? IF YOU GET ALL THE FUNDING THAT YOU NEED FOR THE PARK? IT'S COMMITTED THE, FOR THE AMPHITHEATER SECTION.
SO FOR PHASE THREE, THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THE, THE THE DRIVING PIECE THAT CAN CHANGE THAT IS WHAT THE, WHAT TYPE OF AMPHITHEATER WE GO WITH.
UM, SO IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE BOX STANDARD, THEN THAT DESIGN TEAM OR THAT DESIGN TIME IS A LITTLE BIT LESS VERSUS IF WE HAD TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS AND IT WASN'T MORE OF AN OUT OF THE BOX.
UM, AS FAR AS GENERAL EASY TERMS, UM, OUT OF THE BOX DESIGN, IF WE HAD TO GO, UH, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, A LITTLE BIT MORE CUSTOM, THEN THAT COULD LOOK, LOOK DIFFERENT.
SO IT TAKES MORE TIME FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DESIGN THAT, UM, FROM THE ARCHITECTURE SIDE.
AND THERE'S THREE TOTAL PHASES? YES.
PHASE ONE IS COMPLETE, PHASE TWO IS NEAR FINISHED WITH DESIGN.
UM, THEY ARE MAKING A BUNCH, UH, DIFFERENT MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLANS BASED OFF OF THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL IN JANUARY.
AND, UM, THEY'RE MAKING THOSE MODIFICATIONS SO THAT WE CAN FINALIZE THOSE, REVIEW THEM, AND PUT IT OUT FOR BID.
FOR PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE WAS AWARDED, UM, AT THE JANUARY COUNCIL MEETING, SO STARTED DESIGN IN FEBRUARY.
AND THEN'S A, THERE'S A, SO TIFFANY, IS IT THERE, THERE, THE PHASE TWO, WHICH HAS ALL THIS STUFF IN IT, THE BUDGET WAS CUT THOUGH, RIGHT? SO THERE'S NOT MONEY TO FUND ALL OF THOSE PIECES, RIGHT? FOR PHASE TWO, RIGHT? IT'S AND, AND HOW MUCH IS THAT? HOW MUCH I, I WANT TO KEEP THAT SEPARATE.
'CAUSE AMPHITHEATER PHASE THREE, RIGHT? FINE.
BUT YOU GOT PHASE ONE, YOU GOT PHASE TWO, THEN WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND WITH THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE 6 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE RESTROOMS. THE RESTROOMS AND THE CONCESSION BUILDING AND, AND THE LIGHTS AND THE SCOREBOARDS AND YES.
THOSE THINGS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING TRYING TO OFFSET? AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS.
YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? MM-HMM.
UM, OR PROVIDE ANELLE THAT INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, SHE CAN DISTRIBUTE.
UM, WHAT, WHAT I DID WAS TAKE BASED OFF OF THE DIRECTION I WAS GIVEN, WE TOOK THE 5.5 THAT WE HAVE AND WE'VE GIVEN THE DESIGN TEAM DIRECTION TO PUT WHATEVER THEY CAN FOR THAT, FOR THOSE DOLLARS.
EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE.
SO WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH IT IS AND THEN WE CAN PRIORITIZE WHAT WE, IF WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR IF IT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET TO WHERE WE COULD SELECT THOSE ITEMS. SO FOR WHAT I DID FOR HERE AND FOR THE FY 25 PREPARATION OF THE CIP IS PUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS BASED OFF OF THE COST ESTIMATE THAT WE RECEIVED, IT'S ALL LOOPED INTO THIS, UM, 8.9 FOR PHASE THREE? YES.
AND THAT'S THE RESTROOMS, THE SPORT FIELD LIGHTING, THE PLAYGROUND THERE WAS, SO, YOU KNOW,
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WHEN YOU, IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN, YOU HAVE ONE PLAYING BALL, BUT A LITTLE ONE MIGHT BE SITTING THERE WITH NOTHING TO DO OR YOU'RE LUGGING AROUND A LOT OF TOYS.SO WE HAD PUT A SMALL PLAYGROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE FIELDS SO THAT THE LITTLE KIDS OR OLDER KIDS COULD PLAY, UM, BE OCCUPIED DOING SOMETHING GOOD INSTEAD OF GETTING INTO TROUBLE AND, YOU KNOW, BEING BORED SITTING IN THE STANDS.
UM, SO WE HAD PUT THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN VEED OUT.
UM, YEAH, I MEAN THAT'S A LUXURY, RIGHT? YES.
I MEAN, MY GRANDKIDS PLAY BASEBALL AND UH, YOU KNOW, SPRING BRANCH, THE PARKS, THE BASEBALL FIELDS, THEY PLAY IN THE DIRT.
YOU KNOW,
BUT THEY'RE KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIDS AND THEY'RE HAVING GOOD FUN.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.
AND ALSO THERE'S STILL A POTENTIAL FOR ALL OF THESE TO GO TO BOND.
THE PARKS BOARD IS CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT.
UM, THEY ARE GOING TO RE-LOOK AT THEIR PRIORITIES AND HOW THEY WANT TO, UM, DO THE, THEIR PRIORITY RANKING AGAIN.
AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON A POTENTIAL PARK SPOT.
YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC ITEMS. SO IF THERE'S, I CAN GET SOME COSTS TOGETHER.
IF THERE'S SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN.
YOU MENTIONED SPORTS COURTS OR, UM, THE AMPHITHEATER ITSELF.
SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PUT YOUR NAME BEHIND AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE A SPONSORSHIP TO WHERE YOU SAY THAT THIS WAS PROVIDED BY X, Y, Z.
UM, SO IF THERE'S SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN, I CAN JOT THOSE DOWN, UM, GET THOSE COSTS TOGETHER AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
DO YOU, I MEAN, YOU HAVE A BUDGET, RIGHT? I MEAN, IS IT TOO LONG TO PROVIDE OR WOULD THAT BE OKAY TO JUST PROVIDE? SO WE HAVE ONE THAT IS VERY, FOR THE AMPHITHEATER, IT'S VERY, UM, IT'S NOT A DETAILED COST ESTIMATE VERSUS THE PARK IS BECAUSE THE, OR THE BALL FIELDS ARE BECAUSE THE BALL FIELD IS DESIGNED VERSUS THE AMPHITHEATER JUST STARTED DESIGN.
I THINK, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE BOARD, BUT I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE BALL FIELD.
BUT THAT WOULD MEAN A POTENTIAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FY 24 VERSUS FUNDING AND FY 25.
I MEAN, I'M JUST CLARIFYING SO THAT IT'S OKAY.
AND I WAS LOOKING AT ME LIKE I ASKED THE WRONG QUESTION.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO, WE WE CAN, WE CAN FIGURE OUT IT'S AN OPTION.
AND I'D LIKE TO GET A BOARD'S, UH, THOUGHTS ON THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS.
UH, AND THEN THE TIMELINE, OBVIOUSLY, SO MM-HMM.
AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HELP US WITH THE, THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, AND THE TIMING OVERALL.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE A HIGH PRIORITY IN ARE THE CITIZENS' MIND.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE, THE 2019 STRATEGIC PLAN HAD THE PARK AS THE NUMBER, NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT HAS CHANGED, BUT THAT'S BEEN A WHILE BACK.
'CAUSE AGAIN, MY KIDS PLAY AND THE YOUNG ONE USES A PLAYGROUND
YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A NICE TO HAVE.
I MEAN, IT WAS A GREAT IDEA THAT WE HAD AND JUST TRYING TO BRING THAT WHOLE FAMILY ASPECT TO IT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE, UH, BASE AT THIS TIME.
COMMENTS? WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO PRESENT THIS AND, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOME INTEREST AND WE'LL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE THE, UH, HEART OF THE BOARD'S AT.
BUT, UM, SO HOW DO WE, THEY'RE ALL GREAT PROJECTS.
HOW DO WE DO THAT? WILL WE JUST HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM? WELL, IF WE WANT TO, PEOPLE BRING THEIR THOUGHTS AND WE DISCUSS IT, OR RIGHT.
WE WOULD HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TALKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.
IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING THIS YEAR, THEN WE JUST NEED TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM NEXT TIME TO LAY OUT THAT PROCESS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND AMENDING THE BUDGET.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, GET, UH, AN IDEA OF HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE.
IT'S PROBABLY TWO OR THREE MONTHS WOULD BE MY GUESS FOR THAT PROCESS.
TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND ALL THAT.
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HAVE A ADD A NEW PROJECT.IF IT'S NOT ALREADY ON OUR YES, IT APPROVED, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, THEN APPROACH, UM, THE FINANCE TEAM.
THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL.
SO IT WOULD BE A FEW MONTHS 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD AFTER.
PLUS A 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD AFTERWARDS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I THINK, UH, WE'VE GOT THE INFORMATION AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT TOO.
[4. Update on Harris Street reconstruction. ]
ITEM FOUR, UPDATE ON HARRIS STREET RECONSTRUCTION.SO HARRIS STREET, WE'RE EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED THE PLANS AND SUBMITTED COMMENTS BACK.
UM, THE DESIGN TEAM IS SUPPOSED TO BE INCORPORATING OUR COMMENTS AND RETURNING IT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, AT THAT TIME, WE WILL DO A FINAL REVIEW AGAIN, UM, REVIEW ALL OF THE SPECS AND THE PLANS, UM, HOPING THAT THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO, UH, ISSUE THOSE FOR BID.
SO OUR ANTICIPATED ADVERTISEMENT DATE FOR BIDS IS APRIL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO JUST SHARE THAT WE, UH, PLAN ON HAVING A GROUNDBREAKING, UM, FOR HARRIS STREET ONCE WE HAVE THAT BID ADVERTISED AND GETTING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, AWARDING IT AND EVERYTHING.
SO WE WILL COORDINATE ALL OF THAT AND, UH, BE SURE AND GET Y'ALL SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND INVITATION AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT AS WELL.
HOW LONG DO WE LEAVE THE BID OPEN? IT DEPENDS.
TYPICALLY THE PROCESS FOR BIDDING IS ABOUT 30 TO 45 DAYS.
BUT IT, IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE ADVERTISEMENT PERIOD IS.
AND WITH THOSE BIDS, WOULD THERE BE A, A COST ADJUSTMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT POINT IN TIME AFTER THE BIDS? IS THAT WHERE THAT WOULD COME? OR, WE HAVE, UM, BASED OFF OF DIRECTION FROM EDC, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS INTEREST FOR, UM, THE LIGHTING, WHICH WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.
SO WE HAVE ASKED THE DESIGN TEAM TO INCLUDE THAT AS AN ALTERNATE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO AWARD THE BASE BID, BUT ALSO SEE THAT COST.
AND AT THE TIME OF AWARD, A DECISION WOULD NEED TO BE MADE IF WE WERE INTERESTED IN, UM, AWARDING THE LIGHTING ASPECT FOR THAT STREET.
I, I DON'T THINK WE'LL KNOW THAT UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THE BIDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HERES ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANKS FOR, UH, PUSHING THE PROJECT, SO WE'RE ALL HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
[5. Economic Development Report]
NUMBER FIVE IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.I'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN THINGS IN THIS REPORT.
UH, I'LL START OFF WITH OUR BICENTENNIAL EVENT.
UH, WE HAVE FIVE DAYS LEFT TO OUR BICENTENNIAL EVENT SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD FROM FOUR TO 8:00 PM AT SHORE HIGH SCHOOL,
UM, WE ARE REALLY, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UM, THE COMMUNITY HAS JUST REALLY SHOWED UP.
WE HAVE ABOUT 80 VENDORS TOTAL, INCLUDING FOOD TRUCKS AND CRAFTS AND NOVELTIES, AND JUST A GREAT VARIETY OF ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HERE LOCALLY.
UM, WE'RE JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD WITH ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE, ARE PARTICIPATING AND WE'LL BE OUT THERE.
WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE ESD ACTUALLY JOINING US TO PROVIDE A TOUCH A TRUCK COMPONENT TO IT.
UM, SO KIDS CAN EXPLORE THOSE VEHICLES.
ALL OF THE KIDS' ACTIVITIES IN THE KIDS' CORNER, UM, ARE FREE TO THE FAMILY, SO WE'RE JUST REALLY HOPING THAT THEY COME OUT AND ENJOY THAT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TEXAS REWIND AND SUNDANCE HEAD AS OUR MAIN HEADLINER.
AND THEN THE EVENING WE WILL CONCLUDE, UM, A LITTLE AFTER 8:00 PM WITH A DRONE SHOW WITH 200 DRONES IN HONOR OF THE BICENTENNIAL AND A FIREWORKS SHOW AS WELL.
SO, UM, PLEASE COME OUT IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
SOME OF US HAVE REALLY IMPORTANT
UM, BUT YES, WE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WE'RE JUST SO GRATEFUL TO ALL THE PARTNER
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PARTNERS.UM, THE FULL SHORE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, THE FORT BEND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, THE ESD, LIKE I SAID, AND L-C-I-S-D HAS JUST BEEN SO WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.
THEY HAVE HELPED US SO MUCH TO MAKE SURE THE FACILITIES, UM, ARE JUST GOOD TO GO FOR THE EVENT WITH LITTLE REQUESTS YOU WOULD NEVER THINK OF, BUT HAVE TO BE MADE
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
NUMBER TWO, THE TEXAS HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
YOU ALL SUPPORTED
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
WE WERE BOTH OUT THERE, UM, FOR THE WHOLE EVENT.
AND, UH, OUR SUPPORT DOLLARS WENT ACTUALLY TO BRINGING OUT A BIG OLD LONG LONGHORN TEXT.
UM, AND HE WAS OUT THERE AND WAS SO POPULAR.
SO, UM, WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THERE'S A BIG YARD SIGN RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT.
AND, UM, I SHARED THIS STORY LAST, LAST WEEK WITH A BOARD, BUT I HAD ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO'S FROM INDIA, UM, SHE HAPPENED TO JUST BE PASSING BY TO DROP OFF A BOOK.
AND, UM, SHE SAID, WHAT IS GOING ON? WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY? I'M LIKE, IT'S TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY.
UH, SHE BROUGHT HER FAMILY, WENT BACK HOME, GRABBED HER KIDDOS AND HER PARENTS, AND IN-LAWS WHO WERE VISITING FROM INDIA.
AND SO SHE, LATER THAT EVENING WHEN I WENT HOME AFTER THE EVENT, TOLD ME THAT HER IN-LAWS WERE SO EXCITED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TEXAS HISTORY, BUT THEY GOT TO SEE THE HISTORICAL EXHIBIT IN THE LIBRARY.
THEY GOT TO SEE THE LONGHORN, SEE THE SQUARE DANCING, HEAR THE COUNTRY MUSIC, EAT THE BARBECUE.
AND THEY WERE CALLING PEOPLE IN INDIA TELLING THEM ABOUT THIS LITTLE EVENT THAT WE HAD IN FULL.
UM, SHE MOVED HERE FROM ANOTHER STATE RECENTLY, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHERE I COME FROM? I ALWAYS JUST FELT LIKE A ROBOT GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT HERE TO THE CITY OF RE THAT I HAVE FELT LIKE I'M A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY WHERE WE GET TO SEE THESE TYPES OF GATHERINGS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST AN EVENT, BUT TO SOME PEOPLE IT'S THAT REAL EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HOSPITABLE AND FRIENDLY AND INCLUSIVE AND BRING PEOPLES OF ALL CULTURES TOGETHER.
AND ANOTHER THING, MAY I, MAY I ADD, UH, THAT WE WENT TO A LIBRARY RIGHT AFTERWARDS WHEN WE SPENT A LITTLE TIME OUT THERE AND LIBRARIES IS, WAS PACKED.
I I THINK IT, IT SHOWED OFF AN IMPRESSIVE NEW PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE GREAT EVENTS AND, AND THANK Y'ALL FOR HELPING TO DO THAT.
UM, BUT JUST THAT THE LIBRARY, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT STATE-OF-THE-ART LIKE THAT, IT WAS, IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
AND I KNOW I LEARNED SOMETHING FROM ABOUT FULL SURE.
JUST FROM THE, THE, THE, UM, EXHIBIT EXHIBIT RIGHT INSIDE IT.
I THINK THERE'S A SAYING, IT GOES LIKE, PEOPLE WILL NOT REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID OR WHAT YOU DID, BUT THEY'LL REMEMBER THE WAY YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
AND IT'S THOSE EVENTS, THE COMMUNITY EVENTS, THE BICENTENNIAL, IT'S GONNA MAKE PEOPLE FEEL A CERTAIN WAY.
AND THEY'LL REMEMBER THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, RETAIL COACH UPDATE.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UM, AARON FARMER AND THE RETAIL COACH STAFF ATTENDING ICSC IN, UH, VEGAS IN MAY.
AND THEY HAVE ADVICE THAT, UM, AT LEAST ONE OF US ATTEND, UH, THIS CONFERENCE.
THEY DID TELL US A LOT OF THE RETAILERS THAT ARE THERE ARE THE, THE TYPE THAT WE ARE WANTING TO BRING HERE.
AND THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, UM, TO MEET THEM IN PERSON.
SO, UM, THIS SUMMER'S SCHEDULE IS TRICKY.
SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE OF US, IT'LL, IT'LL BE, BUT WE WANNA HAVE SOME, UH, REPRESENTATION THERE ALONGSIDE ERIN, UM, TO REALLY VISIT WITH THOSE RETAILERS.
I THINK I MADE, YEAH, MY NOTES ARE, UM, BACKWARDS, BUT, UM, HE ALSO RECENTLY TALKED TO TC FOUR RESTAURANT GROUP AND THEY'VE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN FINDING LOCATIONS HERE IN SHORE FOR MULTIPLE, UH, OF THEIR DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESTAURANTS.
THEY ARE AN AUSTIN BASED COMPANY, UH, AND THEY HAVE, UH, TONY SEES PIZZA AND BEER GARDEN, MIGHTY FINE BURGERS, THE LEAGUE KITCHEN AND TAVERN, AND TONY SEES COAL-FIRED PIZZA.
WE THINK THEY'D BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL FAST FOOD TYPE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT IS FAST CASUAL TECHNICALLY AS, AS FAR AS, UM, I GUESS WHAT YOU WOULD CATEGORIZE IT, BUT THE FEELING OF IT IS MUCH MORE UPSCALE, FAMILY FRIENDLY, UM,
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JUST REALLY NICE FACILITIES.SO YOU, YOU REALLY, YOU YOU WOULD CONSIDER IT UPSCALE? I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF THE REQUESTS THAT I'M, I'M HEARING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS THEY WANT UPSCALE RESTAURANTS, NOT JUST FAST FOOD AND WHATABURGER AND YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO SAY BECAUSE EVERY PERSON'S EXPERIENCE AND OPINION IS SO DIFFERENT.
UH, I MEAN, IT'S NOT FINE DINING.
UM, BUT IT PROVIDES THAT ATMOSPHERE FOR LIKE, FAMILY GATHERING.
WHAT WAS THE ACRONYM AGAIN? TC FOUR.
TC, THE LETTER T, THE LETTER C AND THE NUMBER FOUR RESTAURANT GROUP.
I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A FIRST WATCH TYPE ENVIRONMENT THAN A WHATABURGER.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S PORCH AREAS, UM, BAR SPACE, GREEN SPACE.
IT'S, IT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES.
WHAT WE'RE, WOULD YOU CALL IT FAST CASUAL? IS THAT LIKE THE TYPE THAT'S LIKE TECHNICALLY WHAT THEIR, WHAT LIKE THEIR WEBSITE SAYS THEY ARE FOR SOME OF THEM.
AND YOU'LL SEE IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER.
'CAUSE YOU DO HAVE LIKE THE BEER AND PIZZA SPACE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE LIKE YOUR GREEN SPACE.
UM, IT REMINDS ME IF YOU'VE BEEN TO CENTURY SQUARE OKAY.
SO THEY, THEY HAVE, I THINK IT'S A HOP DOT ON THAT LIKE END CAP FACING THE GREEN SPACE.
AND THERE'S THE BOLD WIDES AND THAT KIND OF ATMOSPHERE.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE,
AND WE CAN SEND YOU THAT LINK IF YOU HAVE ANY TROUBLE FINDING IT.
BUT, UM, THEY'LL BE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO IDENTIFY WHAT AREAS WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM.
AND, AND WE'LL SEE, UM, HOW THOSE TALKS GO.
LASTLY ON THE RETAIL COACH, UM, WHATABURGER DID LET HIM KNOW THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE.
MY NOTES WITH A, UH, HOPE FOR A DECEMBER OPENING.
UM, WHAT, JUST CURIOUS, WHAT, WHAT LAND WAS THAT ON FOOD THAT'S ACROSS FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET, RIGHT? WHERE THE STORAGE IS CURRENTLY WITH THE CHAIN LINK FENCING.
OH, THAT'S NOT WHERE IT SHOWS ON THE MAP.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN TROUBLE MM-HMM.
NO, IT'S AT THE CORNER OF BOAT ARK.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING PART OF THE FRONT OF THAT STORAGE YES, SIR.
SO FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE THE KIND OF THE LONGER BUILDINGS, THAT'S A SEPARATE COMPANY, I'M ASSUMING, AND THEN GETTING RID OF THAT AND HAVING MULTIPLE PADS AVAILABLE WITH WHATABURGER BEING OH, SO THEY'RE BASICALLY RE REDOING THE WHOLE THING? THEY ARE TAKING IT ALL OUT, THE WHOLE THING.
THERE'S TWO STORAGE COMPANIES THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S THE, THAT'S THE BLUE ONES.
THE OTHER ONES ARE LIKE A BEIGE OR A TAN COLOR.
SO, UM, TRAFFIC AT THAT CORNER, IS THERE A NEED FOR IMPACT ANALYSIS OF SOME SORT OR, I THINK THEY'VE FILLED OUT A WORKSHEET.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE SUBMITTED IT TO ENGINEERS FOR, FOR APPROVAL OR ANYTHING, BUT THAT, THAT CERTAINLY IS GONNA BE LOOKED REQUESTED A FEW MONTHS AGO.
THERE'S GONNA BE QUITE A BIT OF TRAFFIC THERE, ESPECIALLY BY THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOT, FOOT, FOOT TRAFFIC, FOOT TRAFFIC FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S LIKE PUTTING STARBUCKS ACROSS FROM SINK RANCH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, GONNA BE PACKED.
IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY TO MENTION IT HERE.
BUT, UH, LIKE THE, THE WEST PARK TOLL, ALL OF THAT'S CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA START PROBABLY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
AND THERE'LL BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT BOAT ARK WITH THAT.
BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT LATER.
YEAH, YOU SAW ALL THE, I CAN ADD, ADD IN MY NOTES.
UH, ALL THE NEW POLES ARE LAYING DOWN.
YOU CAN'T BE SICK TILL NEXT WEEK.
THE AMOUNT OF VITAMIN CI HAVE TAKEN IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS.
AND, UH, TOMMY, I CAN ADD IN MY NOTES MAYBE TO ADD, ADD JUST AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THAT FOR YOU ALL AT OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
JUST THE EXPANSION AND LIKE TIMELINE AND ALL OF THAT.
UH, OUR FULL SURE FAST TRACK LAUNCH PARTY IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2ND.
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SO WE, UH, TODAY SHARED THE VIRTUAL INVITE ON THE EDC LINKEDIN PAGE.SO IF YOU ARE ACTIVE ON THAT PLATFORM AND WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT, UM, YOU CAN ALSO SAVE THAT PHOTO, SCREENSHOT IT TO YOUR PHONE, TEXT IT TO ANYONE, UM, WHO YOU THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED.
UM, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO JOIN US.
UM, BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE REAL IDEA IS THAT WE GET IT OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT COULD USE THE SERVICES PROVIDED, UM, BY THE CANNON.
SO IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE THERE'S A FRIEND THERE OR A BUSINESS OWNER, POTENTIAL INVESTOR, ANYONE WITH ANY GOOD IDEAS, UM, SEND THEM OVER.
IT'S GONNA BE 4:00 PM TO 6:00 PM AT THE PERFECT ROUND, JUST RIGHT HERE AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, WE'LL PROVIDE DRINK TICKETS AND SOME FOOD.
IT'S ON, ON A TUESDAY EVENING APRIL 2ND.
AND LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY MORE DETAILS ON THAT AND WE CAN PUT THAT DIRECTLY IN YOUR INBOX AS WELL.
UM, I AM STILL WAITING, UH, TO HEAR BACK FROM KGA FOR OUR MONUMENT SIGNS.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON, BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, AND GET IT, GET IT, UH, MOVING ALONG IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, THAT IS STILL A PROJECT THAT WE BUDGETED FOR, SO WE VERY MUCH, MUCH WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, UM, COMPLETED NUMBER SEVEN, UH, PARKING STRUCTURE DESIGN, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AS WELL AS MYSELF MET WITH THE COUNTY, UM, ENGINEERS, UH, AND COMMISSIONER TO DISCUSS THE NEW JP COURT DOWNTOWN WHERE THE OLD LIBRARY USED TO BE, AND KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS WERE FOR THE BUILDING.
UM, THEY SHARED WITH US THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO, UM, OPERATE OUT OF THAT FACILITY FOR THE NEXT FIVE, MAYBE UP TO 10 YEARS.
UM, BUT THEY'RE OPENING OPEN TO CONSIDER, UM, PARTNERING WITH US, UM, ON A PARKING STRUCTURE.
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS FIRST MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE OPEN TO CONSIDER IT, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THEIR NEED WERE NEEDS WERE AS FAR AS PARKING, UM, AMOUNT TIMES, ALL OF THAT.
AND, UH, WE BASICALLY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE WOULD, UH, COMMISSION A DESIGN TO WRAP THE BOTTOM, BASICALLY THE WHOLE KIND OF CREATE A HORSESHOE AROUND THE COUNTY LIBRARY ON WHAT WOULD BE ITS BACKSIDE, BUT THE SIDE THAT'S FACING HARRIS STREET AND HAVE THAT BOTTOM FLOOR BE RETAIL AND THEN THE PARKING GARAGE A FEW LEVELS UP.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN THE FIRST DRAFT OF THAT DESIGN AND THERE'S, UM, A LONG LIST OF EDITS WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, UH, ON IT BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE COUNTY.
SO, UM, WE'VE RESPONDED AND WE'LL SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH, WITH, UM, THE DESIGN GROUP AND GO FROM THERE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO.
THE, LIKE, BASICALLY FROM THE BACK OF LIBRARY BUILDING TO HARRIS STREET.
AND THEN THE SIDE WOULD BE RETAIL.
IF YOU CAN ENVISION THAT, I'LL TRY MY BEST.
UH, NUMBER EIGHT, THE HOTEL EXPLORATORY GROUP.
UM, I DRAFTED THIS EMAIL, IT DIDN'T HIT SEND, BUT IT'LL BE IN YOUR INBOX TOMORROW.
UM, I'M PLANNING ON JUST GETTING A MEETING SCHEDULED, UH, EARLY APRIL TO GO AHEAD AND JUST BEGIN TO BRAINSTORM DIFFERENT IDEAS, UH, IDENTIFY WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE TO US GETTING A HOTEL AND HOW, SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE SO THAT, UM, WE CAN GET OUR FIRST HOTEL TO THE CITY OF RE.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND TRAINING.
UM, SO THIS PAST MONTH I DID COMPLETE THE THIRD YEAR OF THE LONE STAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES PROGRAM.
UM, THIS, UH, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE THREE YEARS OF THIS TRAINING TO SIT FOR THE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPER CERTIFICATION.
SO I'LL BE TAKING THAT TEST THIS FALL, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, THAT PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN LONE STAR, UM, ENTERGY AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
UH, AND IT'S JUST A, A PROGRAM THAT A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS GO THROUGH.
UM, SO I HAD A LOT OF FUN CONNECTED WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE AND SOME EVEN FROM OTHER STATES, UH, DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES HOST.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF FAST TRACK IF YOU WILL.
SOME PEOPLE DO ALL THREE SESSIONS IN ONE YEAR, BUT THEY DO IT BY TRAVELING TO DIFFERENT STATES.
SO IT'S JUST GREAT TO GET TO HEAR THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND BEST PRACTICES AND KIND OF BRING THOSE NOTES BACK, UM, TO THE REST OF THE TEAM HERE.
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I'M ALSO SUPER EXCITEDUM, YES, I'M, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BUILD THOSE, UM, RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO THAT SHOULD START, UH, LATER THIS SUMMER.
AND WAS THAT WITH THE FORT BEND CHAMBER? YES.
NOT THE CENTRAL FORT BEND, BUT THE FORT BEND.
YEAH, I'VE HEARD WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT IT.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT I CAN RIDE MY HORSE OVER THERE.
NO,
I, I PROMISE, UH, I'M DOING MY BEST TO, TO SCHEDULE ALL OF THIS IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS ME TO KEEP ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE OU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
UM, SO THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT COULD TAKE TWO YEARS.
IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW YOU TAKE IT.
IT'S ALL VIRTUAL COURSES THAT YOU CAN DO.
SO I'LL START THAT, UH, MY FIRST COURSE IN MAY.
AND SOME OF THAT, UM, BEING MEMBERS OF TD CS, LIKE THE BASIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COURSE COUNTS FOR SOME OF THOSE CREDITS AND IT KIND OF OVERLAPS.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF HIGHLY REGARDED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS A PLACE TO GO TO GET ALL THAT MOST UP TO DATE TRAINING, UM, FOR THIS FIELD.
AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS TEDC UPCOMING CONFERENCES, I JUST DID WANT Y'ALL TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS JUNE 5TH THROUGH SEVENTH.
THE MID-YEAR CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN CONROE.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING, JUST ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DO HAVE IT BUDGETED FOR YOU TO ATTEND CONFERENCES.
SO IF YOU, UM, WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS, IT'S COVERED TRAVEL HOTEL, THE REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION TO THE CONFERENCE, UM, IF YOU EVER COME ACROSS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THAT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE OR ANY KIND OF RESOURCE BOOK COURSE, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT FOR YOU.
A MEMBERSHIP TO ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BASED.
WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
IS THAT, UM, A TML CONFERENCE IN CONROE? WHAT IS IT? UH, T-E-D-C-T-C.
TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL,
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS MY UPDATES.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
[6. Executive Session ]
IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.SO WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:54 PM WE NEED A MOTION OR NO? MM.
I I, HE SAID LAST TIME WE DIDN'T, BUT HE DIDN'T, I MEAN, WE CAN, DAN SAID THEY DIDN'T AND CHARLIE SAID TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
LOOK, IF I, I'M GONNA GET A CLARIFICATION NEXT TIME, BUT GO AHEAD, MAKE A MOTION.
WELL, I MEAN, WE ALWAYS MAKE A MOTION ON CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UM, AND, AND TO BE CLEAR, SO THIS IS, UH, PER THE, UH, SECTION 5 5 1 0.072, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR, YEAH.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:55 PM ALRIGHT, WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:05 PM SO THAT WAS, WOW, 10 MINUTES.
IS THAT THE FASTEST EXECUTIVE SESSION EVER? DID WE HAVE ANOTHER RECORD? IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN? NO.
[8. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending January 31, 2024. ]
IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2024.UH, YOU'LL NOTICE COLLECTIONS ARE UP AROUND NINE 19%.
UH, WE SHOULD BE AT 33% OF THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE REPORTING AT 36% CURRENTLY.
UM, ARE WE SURE THIS IS THE FULL PERIOD ACTIVITY, UM, FOR PAGE, PAGE 20.
IT SAYS PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2024.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE MISSING A MONTH HERE THOUGH, BASED ON THAT TOP LINE.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE TOP LINE.
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IT SAYS WE'RE 16% THROUGH SALES, TAX REVENUE, SALES TAXES, LIKE THROUGH A MONTH BEFORE.I COULD BE MISTAKEN, BUT IT JUST, IT, IT, I THINK WE MAY BE MISSING JANUARY.
AND GET BACK WITH YOU SHOULD BE RIGHT, RIGHT? I THINK SO.
WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK JUST TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP, THE PERCENTAGE USED MM-HMM,
I THINK WE SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT IF WE'RE INCLUDING THREE MONTHS OF ACTIVITY THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE TOP LINE ON THE, UH, YES.
THE, THE CHART, THE SPREADSHEET ON PAGE.
IS THAT THE, DOES THAT CORRESPOND THERE? OKAY.
IS THIS ONE MONTH OF ACTIVITY JUST JANUARY? YES, IT'S THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
DON'T THEY TYPICALLY AGGREGATE THE THREE MONTH PERIOD OR THE THROUGH? OH, THAT TOP ONE.
SO YEAH, FROM NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH WHATEVER MONTH WE'RE, WE GO THROUGH, I DUNNO.
'CAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING TWO, TWO MONTHS AGO FOR THAT ONE MONTH IS HOW I'VE ALWAYS OKAY.
I THOUGHT WE KEPT IT ROLLING SINCE WE HAVE THE, UH, TOTAL ORIGINAL BUDGET.
OH, ACTUALLY THAT'S THE SECOND LINE.
THE PERIOD ACTIVITY WAS WHAT, ONE 40 MM-HMM.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE SECOND LINE ON THAT SPREADSHEET IN JANUARY.
SO IF YOU ADD A ONE 40 PLUS, YEAH.
SO THAT'S THE JANUARY DEPOSIT MONTH.
SO IF YOU ADD UP THE, THE FIRST MONTH, WHICH IS ONE 40, 140,000 PLUS 1 45.
SO THAT'S TWO MONTHS OF ACT MM-HMM.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE DEPOSITS FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER SALES TAX.
AND YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE YEAH, IT'S THE DEPOSITS FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER COLLECTIONS.
OH, SO I'M, OKAY, SO I'M A MONTH BEHIND.
OR I'M A MONTH AHEAD I SHOULD SAY.
I MEAN, YOU COULD THINK WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT CARRYING AROUND A BAG, PICKING UP COINS AT THE STORE AND THEN HAVING TO SORT IT OUT IN AUSTIN AND SHIP IT TO US.
YOU KNOW, IN, IN BANKING WE DO HAVE THAT TECHNOLOGY, SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HOLDUP IS.
I'M SURE THERE'S SOME LEGISLATION SOMEWHERE THAT, OH WAIT, THEY MIGHT BE MAKING SOME GOOD BANK ON THAT INTEREST FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE WILL NEED A MOTION FOR THE PAYABLES THAT ARE PRESENTED FOR 11 885 AND 93 CENTS.
ONCE YOU'RE DONE REVIEWING, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, TO APPROVE THE, UH, MONTHLY EXPENSES OF $11,885 AND 93 CENTS.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 11 IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, ITEM NINE MINUTES.
I DID JUMP WAY AHEAD, DIDN'T I?
THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING, Y'ALL, SO I APOLOGIZE.
WE, WE COULD, UM, HOW LONG ARE YOU GONNA TAKE FOR FUTURE
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AGENDA ITEMS? ALRIGHT,[9. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the February 19, 2024, regular meeting. ]
ITEM NINE IS, IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR FEBRUARY 19TH, 2024.DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR DISCUSSION? I GUESS WE'RE GONNA SEE SUNSET.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.
ALL THE, UH, MOTIONS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
ALL OPPOSED, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[10. Presentation by City Council Liaison regarding relevant action taken at the previous City Council meeting(s). ]
AND NOW WE HAVE OUR ITEM 10 PRESENTATION BY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REGARDING RELEVANT ACTION TAKEN DURING THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MEETINGS.UM, SO NO, DON'T, YOU CAN TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS NEED.
NO, I, I REALLY DO WANNA BE BRIEF.
UM, SO THERE'S THREE, I'LL TRY TO, THERE'S THREE, THREE MEETINGS.
THERE'S TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS AND THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS, SO I'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THOSE.
UM, SO THE SPECIAL MEETING WAS AT THE JOINT MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE BOARDS, UH, AND THE COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY, UH, WHAT WAS THAT? FEBRUARY 6TH.
UH, SO YOU WERE THERE FOR THAT.
SO YOU REMEMBER THAT PART? YEAH, I JUST A, A COMMENT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE US ALL TOGETHER.
YEAH, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
WE, WE, WE DO RECORD THE, THE AUDIO ON THOSE OR NOT.
I, I'D HAVE TO CHECK, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S RECORDED AND IN THE LIBRARY OR BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF THE COUNCIL, MAYBE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE VIDEO WAS ON OR NOT, BUT ANYWAYS, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
SO, UH, BASICALLY IN THAT MEETING, UM, WE, UM, HAD THAT AND THEN THERE WAS, UH, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, AFTER THAT FOR, UH, ALL THE OTHER BOARDS, UM, DISMISSED.
AND THEN THERE WAS A, UM, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, AFTER THAT.
UM, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT WAS SORT OF CONFUSING, BUT ANYWAYS, IT WAS
UM, AND THEN, UH, BASICALLY THE ACTION FROM THAT WAS A MOTION THAT WAS MADE TO, UM, LET'S SEE IF I'VE GOT THE RIGHT ONE.
SO, YEAH, SO BASICALLY THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO PLACE THE CITY MANAGER, JACK HARPER, ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE WITH PAY AND REQUEST THAT ALL CITY PROPERTY REMAIN ON SITE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY IT WAS SECONDED AND VOTED ON AND PASSED.
UM, THEN, SO THERE WAS, UH, AN ADJOURNMENT.
UH, WE TALKED BEFORE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE THEN TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 12TH OF FEBRUARY, ALRIGHT, WITH AN AGENDA ITEM, EXECUTIVE SESSION CODE 5 5 1 0.074, DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, SPECIFICALLY CITY MANAGER THAT WAS SECONDED AND PAST.
SO THEN ON THE 12TH, UM, BASICALLY THAT WERE HAD CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND THE AGENDA WAS REALLY THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, UH, THE ACTION FROM THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, THERE WAS A MOTION MADE TO, WELL, WE WENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE ACTION.
UH, SO THERE WAS A MOTION MADE BY COUNSEL TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE 2024 DASH 1449, ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RE TEXAS, REMOVING AND TERMINATING THE EMPLOYMENT OF JACK HARPER AS CITY MANAGER AND MAKING FINDINGS OF GOOD CAUSE, THEREFORE PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
IT WAS SECONDED AND, UM, PASSED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY THAT WAS THAT MEETING.
THEN THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS ON FEBRUARY 20TH.
UM, THERE WERE SOME CITIZENS' COMMENTS NOTEWORTHY, UM, CONCERNS AND, UM, I BELIEVE I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE ONE THAT, UH, MR. ALBO, UH, MADE A COMMENT ON.
BUT, UM, SO SOME OF THE, THERE WERE CHANGES IN IN STAFF, UH, ABRAHAM LOPEZ PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR, MICKEY MAHONEY, BUDGET MANAGER.
WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF CHANGES EVERY MONTH.
UM, UH, JESSICA, UH, VILLAREAL WAS, UH,
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PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY OSCAR DIAZ, WE HAD A DEPARTURE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.UH, THEY GAVE AN UPDATE ON WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO.
I DUNNO IF ANYONE'S DRIVEN OUT BY THERE LATELY TO SEE THE, THE COLUMN THAT'S GOING UP.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT'S IT SUPPOSED TO BE? 240 FEET HIGH OR SOMETHING AT THE, WHEN IT'S DONE AND IT'S, IT'S LIKE, UH, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M GUESSING IT'S, THERE'S A, THE, A GREAT POST DONE ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE WITH ALL OF THE DETAILS.
SO YOU CAN REFER TO THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IT.
SO THAT'S GOOD THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK ONCE IT'S COM FINISHED TO ACTUALLY STORE WATER BEFORE THE WHOLE WATER PLANT IS COMPLETED.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PRESSURE, UH, AS NEEDED.
THEN THEY DID THE BICENTENNIAL UPDATE.
WE'VE ALREADY, UH, GONE THROUGH THAT EXHAUSTIVELY, UH, TONIGHT
AND THEN, UH, AND, AND MOVE ON TO, TO OTHER THINGS.
UM, THERE THE, WE ALWAYS SEEM TO TAKE THESE, UM, CONSENT ITEMS. SO IF SOMEONE ALWAYS HAS A QUESTION ON ONE OR TWO THINGS, SO SEVERAL OF THE CONSENT ITEMS WERE PULLED OUT AND JUST ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WERE ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION.
THEN THEY WERE OF COURSE APPROVED.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE BIG, UH, COMPONENTS OF THAT MEETING WAS, UH, CHIEF SEYMOUR'S PRESENTATION.
UH, AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN, I MEAN, WE GET THIS NICE, UH, UM, WHERE'S IT AT? UH, OH, I DIDN'T BRING IT, BUT, UM, IT'S BASICALLY THE, UM, HE DID A SLIDESHOW, BUT IT'S THE, THE 2023 RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, UH, THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES EVERY YEAR.
IT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE, UH, IF YOU GO AND LOOK THROUGH THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, HE PRESENTED ALL KINDS OF DETAIL ON, YOU KNOW, SEARCH DATA, REASONS FOR ARREST, UH, THE TOTALS, THE RATES, THE TRENDS.
SO, UM, THAT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE.
THEN THERE WERE SOME UPDATES ON THE, UH, THE, WHAT WAS THAT? THAT WAS THE 3 59 SANITARY SEWER, THE WASTEWATER 23, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UM, THEN, UH, OH, I THINK THE OTHER ONE I THOUGHT THAT WAS, UH, WE DID UPDATE THE, THE, UH, EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK ON THE PAID PARENTAL LEAVE POLICY.
UH, WHICH WOULD, SO IF YOU HAD A SPOUSE THAT ALSO WORKED FOR THE CITY INSTEAD OF, UM, YOU WOULD, INSTEAD OF, UH, BOTH PARENTS WORKED FOR THE CITY OF SHORE, THEY MAY TAKE A COMBINED SIX WEEKS.
UH, PPL IT WAS, SO I THINK BEFORE, UH, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS BEFORE EIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO THE, THE NEW, UH, PARENTAL LEAVE IS EIGHT WEEKS PAID, UM, BY THE CITY.
WE APPROVED THAT AND IT WAS, UM, THE EDIT THAT COUNCIL MADE IS IF TWO PARENTS ARE WORKING FOR THE CITY, THEY HAD TO SHARE IT, BUT IT, THEY REMOVED THAT OUT OF IT.
SO EACH PARENT WOULD GET THEIR OWN EIGHT WEEKS.
SO THAT'S THE PART WE REPLACED THE SIX WEEKS.
WE WENT FROM SIX WEEKS TO EIGHT WEEKS.
UM, WE, UH, APPROVED THE CONTRACT FOR WATER METER UPGRADES.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THERE'S, WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE? UM, 7,000 WATER METERS TO BE REPLACED, UH, WITH THE NEW RADIO TECHNOLOGY SO THAT ALL THE DATA CAN BE PULLED IN AND, UH, LIVE AND, AND PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT ONLINE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE CAN NOW AND SOME CAN'T, DEPENDING ON WHICH METER YOU HAVE.
UM, QUICK CONNECT GENERATORS AT THE LIST STATIONS THAT WAS APPROVED.
UM, THERE WAS ONE AGENDA ITEM, WHICH DID HAD SOME DISCUSSION, BUT IT WILL BE BACK, IS BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, WHICH IS, UM, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE KEEP CHER.
SO THAT'LL BE BACK ON, ON THE AGENDA.
UH, THERE WAS SOME REAL QUICK DISCUSSION ON, ON REDISTRICTING ALREADY.
UM, I THINK THAT'S BACK ON THE AGENDA, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL.
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS FOR DOING IT, AND WE JUST DID IT AFTER THE 2020 CENSUS DATA.SO WITH, WITHOUT, UH, WITH GOING AND TRYING TO REDISTRICT IT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL OR NEW DATA.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT, UH, BE JUST BECAUSE OF HOW OUT OF WHACK EVERYTHING IS ALREADY, EVEN THOUGH WE GEO INCREASED THE GEOGRAPHIC, UH, SIZE OF, UH, DISTRICT ONE AND FOUR.
AND THEN THE DECISION, THERE WAS A DECISION MADE TO, UH, PUT TOGETHER A, A SMALL COMMITTEE OF THREE STAFF AND TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO REVIEW THE RFPS FOR A SEARCH FIRM FOR SEARCH FOR NEW CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES.
AND, UM, SO THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, UH, AND, UH, WE MET LAST WEEK AND SO THAT, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT AND WE GOT A FEW MORE THINGS TO DO TO GET SOME FINAL, UM, OFFERS OR FINAL BEST LAST AND BEST OFFER.
SO THERE WAS NO, WAS THERE AN ACTION? NO.
SO WE WENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT THERE WAS NO ACTION FROM THAT.
IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR SHORTER COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL.
[11. Future agenda items ]
11, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO FAR ON THE LIST WE HAVE UPDATE ON HARRIS STREET, THE MONUMENT SIGNS, THE CIP PROJECTS.THE USUAL IN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, RETAIL COACH UPDATES, NEW BUSINESSES, UM, AN UPDATE ON THE FULL FAST TRACK LAUNCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDED ON THERE WITH, WITH REGARD TO THE PROJECTS? UM, WOULD THAT BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSION OR WOULD IT BE UM, OPEN? IT'D BE OPEN.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING JUST I I ON YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW, THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL.
I HAD THE ADDED PROJECT THAT I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, WELL, I, THE, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY SMALL PROJECT.
I THINK I WOULD HAD KIND OF MENTIONED, UM, A DISCUSSION ON THE COMBINING THE LIBRARY TO THE, THE SHORE HIGH SCHOOL AND JUST MAYBE GET AN UPDATE.
AND THAT ACTUALLY IS ON OUR, UH, LIST TO LOOK AT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TALKED TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE BEFORE.
YEAH, WE DISCUSSED IT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S EVEN A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE FUNDED, BUT IT'S JUST ON A DIFFERENT TIMELINE.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO DO ALL OF OUR HOMEWORK THERE FIRST AND THEN WE CAN SEE ABOUT BRINGING IT TO DISCUSSION HERE.
YEAH, JUST GETTING INTO THE RIGHT PERSON REALLY.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THE RIGHT PEOPLE, BUT JUST GETTING IT BROUGHT UP, WE MIGHT ALSO BE THE LEAD, THE PROPER LIAISON TO GET IT DONE TOO.
AND, UH, MARK'S IDEA WAS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A CONNECTION AFTER ATTENDING THE TEXAS HERITAGE FESTIVAL AND SEEING THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CONNECTION FROM THE LIBRARY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, THERE'S A FENCE THERE AND SOME SHRUBS, SO MAYBE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE COULD PARTNER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SO THAT THE STUDENTS CAN HAVE EASY ACCESS TO GET TO THE LIBRARY.
IT, IT'S ACTUALLY MY UNDERSTANDING TOO THAT KIDS ARE, STUDENTS ARE MAKING THE TRACK RIGHT NOW AND IT'S A LITTLE UNSAFE IN THE PROPER CONFIGURATION, SO WE JUST, JUST MAKING SURE.
YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE THAT A ITEM ITEM.
[12. Announcements]
ITEM 12 IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.HEY, WE HAVE A BICENTENNIAL OUTCOME.
WAIT, YOU STOLE THE ONE I HAD.
I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT,
I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GET OUT TO THE BICENTENNIAL.
SO IT'S EXCITING TIMES FOR THE CITY AND CELEBRATION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.
ALL OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:26 PM.