Apr 15, 2024 Economic Development Corporation

ARE STRAIGHT UP 6:00 PM UM, I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE FULL SHERE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON MONDAY, APRIL THE 15TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE

[1. Call to Order ]

WE'RE MISSING MR. O'BRIEN'S, BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS HERE AND ACCOUNTED FOR.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, ITEM TWO OR PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO.

TOMMY, UH, BONNIE IS NOT HERE YET.

BONNIE'S NOT ON THIS BOARD.

OH, DID I? .

NOW YOU HAD ME SECOND GUESSING THAT I DIDN'T COUNT, RIGHT? SORRY, TOMMY.

I PUT HER NAME PLATE UP THERE.

THREE, DISCUSSING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON SUPPORT OF CIP PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25.

BOY.

TALK ABOUT A TEST ON A MONDAY.

ALRIGHT, THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM

[3. Discussion and possible action on support of CIP projects for the FY24-25 budget year. ]

BUDGET YEAR NOW.

THANK YOU, TOMMY.

SO, LAST MONTH, AS Y'ALL REMEMBER, OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF PRESENTED THREE PROJECTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

AND TONIGHT, UH, THEY ARE HERE REQUESTING THAT A DECISION BE MADE REGARDING AN AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT.

UM, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT WHILE BOTH THE EAST SIDE AND THE TRIBUTARY PROJECT WOULD HELP TO ALLEVIATE THE DETENTION COSTS FOR REDEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN.

WE BELIEVE THAT CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS ONE PROJECT BETTER ENSURES THE COMPLETION.

INSTEAD OF SPREADING FUNDS ACROSS MULTIPLE PROJECTS, THE FULL AMOUNT NEEDED FOR, UM, THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT IS $3,473,000.

OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CORPORATION CONTRIBUTE HALF OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE $1,736,500.

LAST MONDAY, APRIL 8TH, UH, A BOARD VOTED TO FUND 1,115,000 TOWARDS THE EAST, UH, TOWARDS THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT BASED ON OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

SO TODAY, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU FUND THE REMAINING $621,500 TO REACH THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT.

UH, AS A REMINDER, YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 23, VOTED TO FUND 625,000.

SO IF YOU WOULD WANT TO ROUND UP THAT RECOMMENDATION OF 6 21 500 TO, TO MATCH WHAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY, UM, FUNDED TOWARDS THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE OKAY AS WELL.

AGAIN, THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WOULD BE THREE $3,473,000 AT THIS TIME.

UM, THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF IS HERE.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT OR THE OTHERS THAT THEY REQUESTED YOUR SUPPORT ON, UM, IT'D BE A GREAT TIME TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

YOU SAID THAT WAS THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE? YES.

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE REALLY STRATEGIC, UH, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN.

SO I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? YES.

UM, LAST MONTH WE HAD ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, UM, REGARDING, UH, THE PRIMROSE PARK PROJECT AND THIS PROJECT.

'CAUSE, UM, AS MR. PATTI PATTERSON MENTIONED LAST WEEK, LAST MONTH, I SHOULD SAY, THE COST SEEMED TO HAVE DOUBLED OR, SO I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT COST FROM, UM, LAST TIME WE APPROVED IT.

SO IS THERE ANY MORE DOCUMENTATION YOU COULD HAVE? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR THE INCREASE, SO ON AND SO FORTH? UM, FOR THE TRIBUTARY, THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT Y'ALL DID PREVIOUSLY, UM, LOOK INTO OR IS, UH, THEY DID CONTRIBUTE, UH, BUDGET TOWARDS THE TRIBUTARY IN 2023, BUT IT WAS NOT UTILIZED, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO THAT PROJECT DID HAVE AN INCREASED COST.

UM, I, I DON'T HAVE THOSE EXACT DOLLARS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE, IT WASN'T, IT DIDN'T DOUBLE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT THERE WAS AN INCREASED COST FOR THE TRIBUTARY.

UM, AND STEVEN WILCOX, THE ENGINEER THAT WAS HERE LAST MONTH, HE HAD ADDRESSED THAT IT WAS DUE TO, UM, AN ADDITIONAL AREA THAT WAS NEEDED TO TRY AND MAXIMIZE THE CAPACITY FOR THAT

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AREA.

SO THE, THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW, WE DID NOT APPROVE THAT.

WE DID APPROVE THAT.

SO I'M, I BELIEVE IT WAS HIGHER LAST TIME.

AM I MISTAKEN ON THAT? NO.

LAST, UH, FISCAL YEAR YOU DID APPROVE THE 625.

EACH BOARD DID, UM, TOWARDS THAT PROJECT, THE PROJECT NEVER GOT STARTED.

SO THOSE DOLLARS WERE REALLOCATED TOWARDS HARRIS STREET.

AH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT THAT WAS THE TRIBUTARY.

THAT WAS THE TRIBUTARY, YES.

NOT THE DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE, NOT THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.

IT IS CONFUSING WITH THEM BOTH BEING EAST SIDE, BUT, RIGHT.

WELL, I MEAN, I, UM, AGREE WITH TOMMY.

I JUST LOOKING AT THE, THE FUNDS ALLOCATED, THE EDCS KEEPS COLLECTING AND COLLECTING, YOU KNOW, FUNDING.

CIP PROJECTS ARE IMPORTANT, AND I FEEL LIKE WE, UH, WE'RE WELL POSITIONED TO, TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.

SO I, I DON'T THINK I HAD MY, MY FRAME OF MIND RIGHT WHEN YOU STARTED GOING THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS.

SO LET ME JUST ZERO IN ON WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

SO CAN YOU GO THROUGH THOSE SINCE I DON'T HAVE A VISUAL OF THEM? CAN YOU JUST GO THROUGH THOSE AGAIN? YES, SIR.

SO, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, UM, THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS $3,473,000.

HALF OF THAT, WHICH WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE EDC AS A WHOLE FUND, HALF OF IT.

UH, EDCA VOTED TO FUND 1,115,000.

SO THE REMAINING AMOUNT BETWEEN THAT AND THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS THE $621,500.

THAT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR B BOARD TO FUND.

AND, UM, I, I WAS READING, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, THE EDCS HAVE, UM, FUNDED SOME OF THE PROJECTS, SOME OF THE CIP PROJECTS, CORRECT.

IN THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS.

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE PREVIOUS FUNDINGS ARE? I MEAN, YOU JUST, I WASN'T AWARE THAT THE 600 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND WENT TO THE HARRIS STREET BECAUSE THE FUNDS WERE NEVER USED.

AND THEN I GUESS THAT WAS AN EDC DECISION RIGHT.

TO DO THAT.

BUT SHARON, CAN YOU JUST YES.

I'LL, ILL DO MY BEST TO RUN THROUGH WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE ON RECORD JUST BEFORE YOU SURE.

UH, GET STARTED.

I THINK YOU JUST SAID HARRIS STREET, BUT I THINK YOU MEANT WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.

WE PULL THAT BACK AND WE ARE FUNDING HARRIS NOW, RIGHT? RIGHT.

CORRECT.

THAT WAS A DECISION MADE, CORRECT, TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO.

PERFECT.

SO, IN PAST YEARS, UM, IT WAS PRETTY TYPICAL THAT, UH, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CAME TO THE BOARDS AND ASKED FOR SUPPORT.

AND THOSE WERE COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE EDC BOARDS.

AND SO THOSE, THOSE COMMITMENTS AND FUNDING DOLLARS WERE NEVER REALLY USED UNLESS THEY WERE READY TO BE USED.

SO THEY WERE EITHER KEPT IN THE EDCS, UH, BUDGET, OR THEY WERE TRANSFERRED OUT.

SO IN FISCAL YEAR 21, THERE WAS A TRANSFER OUT OF FUNDS.

UM, THE, UH, EDC CAPITAL PROJECT TRANSFERS WERE, UH, FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS, THE HOGANS ROAD PROJECT, WHICH WAS A COMMITMENT FROM, FOR THE CITY IN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH, WITH THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO PAY BACK THAT THE, THE, THE COST THAT THE CITY COMMITTED TO.

UH, ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THE PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETE.

AND SO THOSE FUNDS WERE, UM, NOT UTILIZED.

THE SAME WAY WITH THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY PROJECT.

THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE, UH, THAT, UH, I'LL GO BACK.

THAT WAS THE, TO THE TUNE OF $200,000.

ST 19 D, WHICH IS FM 10 93.

JUST FOR FISCAL YEAR 21.

UH, FOR, AND THEN 95,000 FOR THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY PRO PROJECT.

AGAIN, THAT WAS ANOTHER LOCAL AGREEMENT WHERE, UM, THE CITY WAS CO COMMITTED TO, UH, FUND HALF OF THE COUNTY'S HALF, I KNOW IT'S LIKE A HALF OF A HALF .

UH, ONCE THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETE, UH, THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

THEY DID THE FINAL ACCOUNTING THIS LAST YEAR, AND WE HAVE STARTED PAYING BACK THAT LOAN.

UM, RIGHT NOW THE FUNDS ARE COMING OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

THEY'VE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE CIP PORTION, SO THEY'RE BEING PAID FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, BUT, UH, AND THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, THAT WAS NOT $5,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 22 AND 23, THERE HAS BEEN NO TRANSFER OUTS OF FUNDS FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS

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AND FM 10 93 WAS AN EXPANSION OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE TWO, UH, TWO LANE ASPHALT ROADWAY THAT IS NOW CONCRETE.

AND SO, AGAIN, THAT WAS AN LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WAS COMMITTED TO, UH, TO, FROM THE CITY TO PAY THE COUNTY BACK TO DATE.

UH, THERE HAS NOT BEEN A FINAL ACCOUNTING, AND SO WE HAVE NOT STARTED PAYING BACK THAT LOAN YET.

SO, BUT IN 21, THE TRANSFER OUT WAS $112,750.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS FFPT 19 A, WHICH IS THE PARTS AND PATHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION, UH, PROGRAM.

UM, THAT ONE, UH, WAS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR TO TRY TO HELP THE, UM, THE, THE, UM, THE TRAIL PORTION OF THE PARKS AND PATHWAYS PROJECT.

UH, THERE HAS BEEN NO FUNDS EXTENDED EXPENDED YET, BUT IT WAS, THE FUNDS WERE TRANSFERRED OUT IN 21 TO THE TUNE OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BASICALLY, WE WOULD USE THOSE FUNDS TO TRY TO MAKE CONNECTORS FOR TRAILS.

THAT'S REALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OR TO HELP FUND THOSE THINGS.

WE DO HAVE ONE PLANNED FOR THE PRIMROSE PARK, UH, PROJECT TO CONNECT TO THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY PROJECT THAT'S COMING UP THAT HAS THE LINEAR TRAIL IN IT.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE, THE FUNDS WOULD GO TO.

THE NEXT PROJECT UP IS, UH, D 20 B, WHICH YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT, OH NO, THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE PROJECT, SORRY, UH, FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FY 21, THE DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE, UH, PROJECT IS THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.

IT WAS LABELED DIFFERENTLY BACK IN 21.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO THAT IS THE D 20 B.

UH, THERE WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TRANSFERRED OUT IN 2021.

SO FAR WE'VE EXPENDED $104,000 ON THE DESIGN, UNLESS THERE'S BEEN AN UPDATE TO THE COST, I'M NOT SURE.

BUT THAT WAS IN FY 21.

THAT PROJECT WAS, UH, HAS NOT BEEN MOVED FORWARD BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FULLY FUNDED THIS LAST YEAR.

THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH FUNDS TO FULLY FUND THE PROJECT.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FULLY FUND THIS PROJECT AND MOVE IT FORWARD AND, UH, START THAT PROCESS.

WITH HELPING OUT THE DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE.

SO IF THE EDC AGREES TO, OR THIS BOARD AGREES TO DO THAT, AND THE PROJECT IS FUNDED, WHAT, HALFWAY THROUGH MIDPOINT? YES, SIR.

WHEN WOULD, WHEN WOULD THE WORK START? WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM TO SECURE, AND THAT'S THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO TAKE IT FULLY TO THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY PROJECT.

WE ARE JUST ABOUT READY TO PRESENT THE OWNER WITH THE EASEMENT DOCUMENT THIS YEAR.

WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE THIS CLOSE.

SO THIS YEAR, YES SIR.

WE'RE WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING.

AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL.

THEN THERE ARE TWO MORE PROJECTS THAT LEFT ON THE LIST FOR FY 21, UH, FT FPT 19 B, WHICH IS THE, UM, LIVABLE CENTER'S PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.

UH, THE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY WAS DONE IN, UH, STARTED IN 2017 AND COMPLETED 2018, MAYBE INTO 2019.

AND, UH, THAT'S WHERE THIS, THE OUTCOME OF THAT WAS THIS FFPT 19 B TO TRY TO INCORPORATE AND START SOME OF THOSE, WHAT WE CALL THE LOW HANGING FRUIT OF, UH, PLACEMAKING SIGNS, UH, PATHWAYS, DIFFERENT THINGS DOWNTOWN.

AND THAT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE, UH, THAT THE EDCS TRANSFERRED OUT TO THAT PROJECT.

THE HAIR STREET PROJECT CAME UP AS OUR PRIORITY.

SO WE PRETTY MUCH PULLED BACK FROM THAT TO TRY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS ON THE HARE STREET AND THE, THE, UH, DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT.

'CAUSE IT HAS A RECONSTRUCTION OF FOURTH STREET AS WELL.

SO THOSE TYPE OF FUNDS WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS HELPING TO FUND THOSE, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS LIKE THE SIDEWALK, THE WALKABILITY, THE LIGHTING, THE, THE, THE HARDSCAPES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE LAST PROJECT ON THE LIST FOR FY 21 WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR D 20 A, WHICH IS THE WEST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT.

NOW, THE WEST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, UH, BACK IN FY 21 WAS NOT YET EXPECTED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE HARRIS STREET.

I MEAN, THE WALLY STREET PROJECT, IT'S, IT SINCE THEN, IT HAS BEEN.

SO THE, THE WEST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT'S GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE, UH, WALLACE STREET PROJECT NOW.

SO, UH, THE, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE ALSO, UH, WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THERE AND THE CITY WILL PAY THOSE FUNDS BACK TO THE COUNTY SINCE WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL

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SO THOUGH TO THAT TOTAL IS $807,750 TO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT IS STILL TRANSFERRED OUT TO THE CAPITAL FUND.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE.

I THINK MAYBE, UH, ANELLE, YOU HAD SENT US POSS DID YOU SEND US A LIST BY EMAIL OF SOME OF THOSE? I THINK THAT LIST THOSE THAT SHARON READ? YES, I DID.

SO YOU DO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE TO REVIEW AND LOOK AT? I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD FUNDING, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET STARTED ON SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, PUSH THOSE FORWARD.

AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, IN RECENT MONTHS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR TO PARTNER AND HELP WITH THE CIP PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE SOME OF THESE STRATEGIC PROJECTS FORWARD.

UM, BUT IT'S LIKE WE WANT THE MONEY TO BE UTILIZED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMETHING ON THE GROUND.

I DUNNO IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO SCHEDULES.

UM, UH, I WASN'T GONNA HAVE TIFFANY UPDATE YOU ON THE HARRIS PROJECT, BUT I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

BUT, UM, I DO WANNA ADD THOUGH THAT WHAT I READ TO YOU IS ONLY FOR THIS BOARD.

NOW, THE EBCA BOARD IS VERY, IS IT'S A MIRROR IMAGE BASICALLY, UH, UP UNTIL RECENTLY WHERE YOU'RE MAYBE CONTRIBUTING OR COMMITTING TO DIFFERENT FUNDS OR FUNDING AMOUNTS.

AND THEN ALSO I THINK, UM, HAVING YOU HERE AND TIFFANY HERE, I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPED WITH THE COMMUNICATION.

SURE.

UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE ALL THE DETAILS OF WHAT THROWS PROJECTS OFF TRACK.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS OUT THERE, LIKE THE EASEMENT NEW RIGHT.

OF ENVIRONMENTAL YES.

HURDLES.

UH, SO I THINK IF YOU CAN HELP COMMUNICATE THOSE BACK TO THE BOARD, WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MAYBE WHY THINGS ARE TAKING LONGER OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

YOU BET.

I, AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A GENERAL DIRECTION, BUT IT WOULD OFFICIALLY BE IN OUR BUDGETING PROCESS WHEN WE START THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.

YES, TOMMY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO TONIGHT YOU COULD TAKE A VOTE TO ESSENTIALLY EXPRESS YOUR INTENTION TO FUND THE PROJECT, BUT IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS THROUGH, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN BE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.

ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE PRESENT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDED, IS, IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY SAVINGS IN THE, IN THE, IN DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE OR THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT THAT ARE CONTINGENT UPON DOING THEM TOGETHER OR APART WITH, WITH, UH, WITH THE THOUGHT? IS THERE ANY BENEFIT? SO I'M CLIFF BROHARD CITY ENGINEER.

UH, NO, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T SAY SO.

THEY, THEY WORK KIND OF IN TANDEM WITH EACH OTHER IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS.

BUT ONE OF THEM IS MORE OF, OF A, UM, UH, A, A GRADING AND EXCAVATION EXERCISE TO MAKE CAPACITY FOR DETENTION.

WHERE THE OTHER ONE, UH, THE OTHER PROJECT IS MOSTLY UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE, SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE WITH PIPES, AND THEN ROADWAY AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME EXCAVATION IN ONE, BUT THE PROJECTS ARE NOT VERY SIMILAR AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR OVERALL, UH, TASKS WILL BE.

SO I DON'T, THERE MAY WOULD BE AN A LITTLE BIT OF SAVINGS, BUT NOT, NOT ENOUGH TO DELAY.

WE PROBABLY LOSE THE COST SAVINGS IN DELAYING FOURTH STREET IMPROVEMENTS TO COME IN LINE WITH THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY PROJECT.

IF WE, IF WE DID DELAY THAT TO KIND OF BRING 'EM TOGETHER, WE'D PROBABLY LOSE THOSE COST SAVINGS IN ESCALATING, UM, INFLATION INFLATIONARY PRICES.

UM, I CAN READ IT FOR YOU.

AND NOW THE, IN YOUR EMAIL, THE LAST BULLET ITEM, CAN YOU JUST, UH, EXPLAIN THAT, UH, TO ME OR FOR THE BOARD, UH, BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE? UH, YES.

I DON'T HAVE THAT EMAIL IN FRONT OF ME, BUT,

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UM, YES.

SO, UM, IN THE EMAIL, IT SAYS, AS YOU LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE, UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS ALSO FACTORS THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY.

AND IT IN ALSO INCLUDES THE, UM, 3 MILLION AND 80,000 THAT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR HARRIS STREET, WHICH MEANS, UM, FOR B BOARD, THAT'S 1 MILLION, UH, $540,000 OF THAT, THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE SUBTRACTED FROM THAT AMOUNT.

SO I JUST, UH, REALISTICALLY WE HAVE ABOUT $4 MILLION TO SPEND.

UH, AND I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KIND OF HAVE THAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE MONEY WE HAVE, THE PRIORITIES FOR THE EDC, UM, THAT I LISTED OUT, JUST THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE INTERESTED IN, UM, PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR UPCOMING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

AND, UM, THINGS LIKE A PARKING STRUCTURE DOWNTOWN AND ALL OF THAT.

SO THE 4 MILLION TO SPEND TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE, THE HALF OF THE 3,080,000 THAT WERE COMMITTED TO.

YES, SIR.

SO, UM, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN FOUR PLUS, I GUESS SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE, UH, COMMITTED TO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? AND HOW THESE CIP PROJECTS GET FUNDED THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS AND, AND SHOULD THE EDCS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, RIGHT? WHERE SHOULD WE TRY TO TRY TO PUT THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, ESPECIALLY NOT KNOWING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE COMING AS A RESULT OF THE RFP, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO FUND THE CRITICAL ONES.

AND I THINK THAT DOWNTOWN WITHOUT THESE TWO PROJECTS DOESN'T GET DEVELOPED.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO THOSE, RIGHT.

SO I WAS GONNA SAY, AND THIS TO ME IS JUST, UH, THE VERY FOUNDATION OF DEVELOPING DOWNTOWN.

UM, AND I, MY GUT FEELING IS WHILE WE DO HAVE SOME PRETTY PICTURES OF THE PARK, AND THOSE ARE KIND OF TOUCHY FEELY THINGS, MAYBE NOT AS GLAMOROUS AS DRAINAGE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT ENGINEERS, BUT, BUT I THINK THERE'S GONNA PROBABLY BE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION BEFORE THEY GET TO SOMETHING THAT'S READY TO CONSTRUCT.

AND I THINK THAT OUR MONEY COULD BE PUT TO USE MUCH QUICKER HERE IN THIS, UH, ON THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND MY COMMENT, MY COMMENT AND THOUGHT WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT DRAW, DRAW ATTENTION AND DRAW WIDESPREAD SUPPORT AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE THE LIMELIGHT, YOU KNOW, OF A GOOD OLD DRAINAGE PROJECT .

AND, UH, YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT A SEXY PROJECT.

IT, IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NOT A PARK, IT'S NOT A SCHOOL, IT'S NOT A NEW FIRE STATION, BUT IT HAS TO GET DONE FOR ALL THE, ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS DONE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

I AGREE.

AS WELL SAID.

UM, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO, UH, VOTE FOR, TO, IN, I'M SORRY, UNLESS THERE WAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

I'M SORRY.

I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOTION TO VOTE FOR THE INTENT FOR EDCB BOARD TO COMMIT TO $621,500 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

MOTIONS ARE MADE AND SECONDED.

UH, DID YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, JENNIFER? NO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, UH, MY HEART IS WITH PARTS.

UM, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN.

AND SO IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT SAD.

I MEAN, AS MUCH AS I, MY LOGICAL SIDE, I KNOW THAT WE, WE HAVE TO PUT OUR MONEY IN THE NOT SO FUND PRINTING THING SOMETIMES.

UM, BUT I JUST, I HATE SEEING THAT DELAYED A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S JUST MY HEART.

WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE BUDGETING PROCESS FOR THE, FOR, FOR FOR NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH.

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS NEED TO BE FUNDED AND THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE BESIDES JUST THE EDC TAX DOLLARS, RIGHT? SO WHY THESE TWO PARTICULAR PROJECTS WEREN'T FUNDED THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR? I DON'T REALLY KNOW.

UH, MAYBE IT WASN'T, UH, BELIEVED THAT THEY COULD BE DONE, UM, LAST YEAR.

BUT, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE'LL STILL GET AROUND TO THE CITY WILL GET AROUND TO PARKS .

GREAT.

COMMENTS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

UPDATE ON THE HARRIS STREET RECONSTRUCTION.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS

[4. Update on Harris Street reconstruction. ]

TIFFANY,

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UH, WE ARE VERY CLOSE IN MOVING, UM, VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE BID PHASE FOR HAIR STREET.

UM, A GROUP OF US HAVE SPENT A DILIGENT AMOUNT OF TIME IN, UH, REVIEWING THE PLANS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, THE SPEC BOOK, UM, AS WELL AS THE BID TABULATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.

UM, WE HAVE HAD A LENGTH OF COMMENTS, UM, TO GO BACK TO THE ENGINEER, AND WE'VE MADE SEVERAL ROUNDS WITH THEM.

UM, SO FRIDAY NIGHT WE RECEIVED A REVISED SET AND WE SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME TODAY REVIEWING.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET COMMENTS ADDRESSED ON THE PLANS, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINALIZE OUR REVIEW OF THE SPEC BOOK AGAIN.

UM, SO WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS, UH, COMPLETING THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, UM, AND MOVE INTO, UH, FINALIZING THAT SO WE CAN GET THIS OUT FOR BID.

UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE, UH, DEPENDING ON THE BID SCHEDULE WITH THE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT, THERE'S CERTAIN DAYS THAT YOU CAN ADVERTISE AND THERE'S CUTOFF LINES FOR THE NEWSPAPER.

UM, SO WE ANTICIPATE A JUNE COUNCIL MEETING FOR AWARD.

NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THE COMMENTS, ARE, IS THE COST STILL THE SAME IN THE BALLPARK OR ANY SURPRISES THERE? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME.

THE, UM, COST ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IS STILL WITHIN BUDGET.

UM, WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH TO ENSURE THAT THE ALTERNATES ARE INCLUDED, UM, TO ALLOW US TO CONSIDER THOSE LIGHTING OPTIONS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY NOT PART OF THE BUDGET.

UM, SO WE, WE HAVE THOSE KIND OF PACKAGED OUT AS ALTERNATES SO THAT WE CAN SELECT DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS WITH YOU, BUT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT, DID THEY ESTIMATE HOW LONG THEY THINK THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD TAKE ONCE IT STARTED? CURRENTLY THEY HAVE INDICATED NINE MONTHS.

I HAD A GOOD, UH, QUESTION.

WHAT WAS THE CONTINGENCY AMOUNT ON IT AS A PERCENTAGE? WAS IT 10%? DID THEY CHANGE THAT AT ALL? AUGUST, MY, MY QUESTION ONE SECOND.

LEMME GRAB MY PHONE TOO TECHNICAL.

THE LAST COST ESTIMATE THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, ON FRIDAY NIGHT WAS, UM, IS SHOWING A 10% AS FAR AS WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE THAT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AS FAR AS WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED.

UM, SO I, I DON'T RECALL WHAT IT IS IN THE BUDGET.

IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S THE, WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED AS A FRIDAY.

I'M, I JUST REMEMBER 10%.

SO AS LONG AS THAT, THAT'S STILL 10%, THAT'S .

I MEAN, IF IT COMES IN UNDER, I KNOW WE'LL GET, UH, WE'LL GET TO KEEP THE SPOILS RIGHT, , UNLESS WE GO WITH THE LIGHTING OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT RIGHT.

WE, UH, DETERMINE.

CAN YOU REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT, WHAT THE LIGHTING WAS THAT, WAS THAT THE HANGING HANGING LIGHTS THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE? OR THE STREET LIGHTING? YES.

UM, SO WE'VE PROPOSED, UH, STREET LIGHTING WITHIN THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS.

SO THAT'S ONE ALTERNATE.

AND THEN THE OTHER ALTERNATE IS STREET LIGHTING FOR THE REST OF THE, UM, STREET MM-HMM.

OUTSIDE OF THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA.

AND THE REASON WE SPLIT THAT UP WAS TO ALLOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IF BUDGET DIDN'T ALLOW, IF THE PLAZA WITH THE ELECTRICAL OUTLETS, UM, IN THE POLE, IF THAT WAS WHERE THE FOCUS WAS, THEN WE, AND, AND IT CAME WITHIN A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT COULD BE ALLOWED WITH THE BUDGET, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT ALLOWS US TO AWARD THAT SECTION, MAYBE NOT THE REST OF THE STREET.

UM, THEN THERE WAS STRING LIGHTING THAT WAS PROPOSED WITHIN THE PLAZA.

SO WE DID THAT AS AN ALTERNATE.

AND ADDITIONALLY IN AN EFFORT, UM, FOR PUBLIC WORKS IN AN EFFORT TO TRY AND SAVE COST ON THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE, UM, INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN THE SITE FURNISHINGS WITHIN THE, UH, BID FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO PURCHASE AND THEN INSTALL, UM, WE ACTUALLY AS A CITY CAN PURCHASE THEM THROUGH A COOPERATIVE.

SO WE HAVE PROPOSED, UM, THE ALTERNATE FOR THE INSTALLATION, UM, FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO COORDINATE AND, AND INSTALL, UM, THE OWNER PROVIDED SITE FURNISHINGS.

AND IT'S JUST A WAY TO, IT'S ABOUT A 10% SAVINGS FROM THE, UM, WHAT THE GC WOULD TYPICALLY MARK UP.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AS FAR AS A FEW MONTHS AGO FROM WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS WITH SELECTING, UM, COMPONENTS.

, AESTHETICALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, AS FAR AS, UM, HOW IT REFLECTS THE, THE GENERAL GOAL OF WHAT WE WANT DOWNTOWN TO LOOK LIKE.

LIKE IS THERE ANY WAY FOR US TO, TO KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING SELECTED, SOME OF THE, THE WAY THAT IT'S, AND IF THOSE ELEMENTS ARE ALSO GONNA BE CARRIED THROUGH WITH FUTURE PROJECTS DOWNTOWN? UM, WE HAVE A RENDERING THAT WE CAN, UM, GET TO A NAIL THAT IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLDER, LIKE

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BUT WE CAN GET THAT SHARED.

WE CAN GET THAT TO AN L OR I THINK Y'ALL HAVE IT RIGHT? WE CAN GET THAT SHARED OUT.

UM, I'LL DEFER TO TOMMY ON WALLACE .

NO, I THINK ALSO THAT, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE DRAWING OR NOT, BUT THEY HAD LIKE AN AERIAL VIEW ALSO SHOWING SOME OF THE, UH, PAVER DESIGNS THAT REALLY COMPLIMENTED, I THINK THE, THE BRANDING AND THE MARKETING AND THE IMAGING OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE IN DOWNTOWN.

BUT MAYBE IF YOU COULD RESEND THAT TO THE BOARD TO REFRESH OUR MEMORIES AND LIKE THE BENCHES, WILL IT HAVE OUR CITY LOGO ON? MM-HMM.

, LIKE, LIKE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M, THE, THE COHESIVENESS IS WHERE I'M HEADED WITH THAT.

IT'LL BE LIKE THE BENCHES OUT HERE IN THE FRONT OF CITY HALL.

AWESOME.

AND THEN WE DID, WE WERE, I THINK, TOMMY, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT AS FAR AS OTHER STREETS, WE WERE TRYING TO GO UNIFORM WITH STREET LIGHTING TO, TO MATCH.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO I THOUGHT THIS MEETING WOULDN'T LAST THAT LONG, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

SO, UM, SO I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD GO OUT WITH THE BID AND BY MAYBE THE JUNE COUNCIL MEETING HAVE A RESPONSE TO APPROVE OR TO APPROVE TO GO TO BED.

WHICH ONE? THE GOAL WOULD BE TO AWARD AT THE JUNE COUNCIL MEETING AWARD AT THE JUNE.

SO THAT'S JUNE AND THEN NINE MONTHS.

SO HOW, I MEAN, I, I, I HAVE THIS VISION OF WHAT HARRIS STREET'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.

UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

IN MY MIND THOUGH, I'M WONDERING ABOUT HAVING THIS STREET THERE, SITTING THERE DOWNTOWN WITH NOTHING AROUND IT.

UH, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO DOWN THERE AND PARK AND WALK AROUND TO HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.

UH, BUT SO I'M JUST TRYING TO VISUALIZE HOW DISRUPTIVE THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR NINE MONTHS.

I MEAN, YOU EAST, WEST, SOUTH, NORTH, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION EVERYWHERE.

SO HOW, AND IF I LOOK AT THE CONGESTION IN DOWNTOWN AT MAIN STREET AND 10 93, UH, IN THE MORNINGS AT 8, 8 30, AT NOON AT WHATEVER, UH, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW DISRUPTIVE THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO WE, I MEAN, I'M, I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT RECONSTRUCTING 3 59 RIGHT? BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME PRETTY HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THERE, I'M GUESSING.

GENERALLY THEY KIND OF, UH, PHASE IT THROUGH SO THAT IT'S NOT A, A WHOLE SHUTDOWN.

UM, AND THEY WOULD DO TRAFFIC CONTROL TO ENSURE THAT IT'S SAFE AND THAT VEHICLES CAN GET THROUGH.

UM, FOR OUTREACH, WE ARE PLANNING AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT SOONER, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME FINALIZED DATES AND THINGS TO SHARE.

BUT WE DO PLAN ON, UM, WALKING AND DOING SOME OUTREACH FOR, UM, THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING.

UM, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME DOOR HANGERS, UM, AS WELL AS A WEBSITE TO JUST KIND OF, UM, SO THE WEBSITE'S ON THE DOOR HANGER, SHOULD WE NOT BE ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE, WE COULD LEAVE THE DOOR HANGER AND THEN THAT WEBSITE WILL HAVE THAT REFERENCE SO THEY CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, AND, AND BE ABLE TO SEE SOME UPDATES THERE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY NEEDED DATES AND JUST WANNA KNOW HOW LONG THAT'S LOOKING LIKE.

UM, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE OUTREACH BECAUSE WE WANNA GET CLOSER TO SURE.

TO KNOW THAT IT'S OUT AND HERE'S DATES AND HERE'S WHEN IT'S GONNA START.

AND, OKAY.

KNOW, IF THEY'RE OUT THERE AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM, IF THEY HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING BY, THEY KNOW WHO THAT COMPANY IS SO THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.

CERTAINLY, OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THIS HAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO IT, AND THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING I KNOW WE'RE REALLY HEAVILY, UM, FOCUSED ON MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH THE CITY.

UM, BUT SOMETHING I SAW THIS PAST WEEKEND AT A MARKET DAYS KIND OF FESTIVAL, UM, WAS THEY WERE LITTLE TENT SIGNS.

AND WE MIGHT WANNA MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL THE LAST NINE MONTHS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SIGNS SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, EXPECT TRAFFIC FOR THE FESTIVAL, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN SIGNS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, PARDON, OUR DUST GROWTH IS A MUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT LETS THE CITY KNOW, HEY, SOME GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE, JUST BE PATIENT.

MAYBE GO A LITTLE SLOWER, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S WORK TOGETHER.

UM, SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR, IT'S A LITTLE STRETCH THAT WE COULD JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE GOTTA RAIN SIGNS DOWN ON THE CITY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND POSITIVE AND KIND OF LIKE, HEY, LET'S GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.

LET'S DON'T, YOU KNOW, LET'S DON'T GET IMPATIENT.

IT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.

SHARON MENTIONED IT AND I FORGOT TO MENTION IT EARLIER.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE A PROJECT SIGN, UM, THAT WE, IT WAS IN THE BID, BUT AGAIN, FOR AN EFFORT IN COST SAVINGS, WE'VE REMOVED IT FROM THE BID AND WE'RE DESIGNING IT IN-HOUSE AS WELL AS PURCHASING, AND WE PLAN TO INSTALL IT OURSELVES.

UM, BUT IT'S A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE IN MY EXPERIENCE IS A LIKE A FOUR BY EIGHT, UM, SIGN AND IT HAS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF RE AND IT SUPPORTED BY, FUNDED BY EDC AND UM, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT PROJECT INFORMATION WHO THE CONTRACTOR IS SO THAT IF THERE'S, UM, YOU

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UM, AND IT GIVES THEM THAT GOAL OF THE COMPLETION TIME.

I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS.

UM, THE PUBLIC DEFINITELY LIKES MORE COMMUNICATION, HAVING IT AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AND OTHER AS AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN FIND THE INFORMATION IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IT.

BUT, UH, I LIKE THAT WE CAN SEE, AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMEBODY CREATIVE HERE ON THE BOARD.

WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT, UM, COMMUNICATIONS SQUASHES CONFUSION IS SQUASHES FRUSTRATION.

AND SO THE MORE WE CAN COMMUNICATE IN A WAY OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, THIS IS GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD DEAL HANGING IN THERE WITH US, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, JUST SENDING THAT MESSAGE OF, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE GROWTH YOU'VE BEEN LIKE, HERE, HERE ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR.

WE'RE PULLING THE TRIGGER, WE'RE EXCITED, YOU KNOW, HANG IN THERE WITH US.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE TENT SIGNS THAT JUST SAID EXPECT TRAFFIC WAS JUST LIKE, MM-HMM, , OH, HOW NICE IT THERE TO BE THINKING ABOUT ME.

OKAY, I'LL SLOW DOWN.

YOU KNOW, , LIKE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT JUST CREATED A WHOLE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, NOT JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US UTILIZE SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF WORK.

WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A LOT OF WORK AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ALL OF US.

AND SO TO SAY, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT REACHES OUT THAT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER, THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD THING.

UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WELL RECEIVED.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AND I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE.

I KNOW THAT IT'S AFTER HOURS AND, UH, THAT YOU'RE SPENDING EXTRA TIME AND IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO THE BOARD FOR YOU TO BE HERE.

FIVE IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR Y'ALL'S SUPPORT TONIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER

[5. Economic Development Report ]

I'LL START OFF WITH, UH, WITH AN UPDATE ON THE RETAIL COACH.

SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WE HAD BEEN, UH, TALKING TO A BIG BOX HOME IMPROVEMENT STORE AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE LAND THAT THEY HAVE THEIR EYE ON, UM, IT'S KIND OF COME TO A STALL.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING, UM, THROUGH OTHER SITES AND IDENTIFYING, UM, WHAT, WHAT THEY WOULD NEED.

UM, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH AARON ON THAT.

AND THEN, UM, HE DID REACH OUT TO HEB AND THEIR REAL ESTATE REPRESENTATIVE TO SEE IF THEY COULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

THEY'VE ASKED US TO, UM, REACH BACK OUT IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.

SO NO UPDATE AT THIS TIME, UM, FROM HEB UH, UPDATE, IS THAT A POSITIVE THING OR IS IT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BUGGING THEM EVERY MONTH AND THEY'RE LIKE, GO AWAY FOR THREE MONTHS? OR IS IT ? NO, I THINK WE, WE WAITED A FEW MONTHS.

YEAH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

WE JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE AND GET AN UPDATE.

PROJECT STATUS AND HOW IT'S ALL WORKING OUT.

UM, SECONDLY I'LL UPDATE ON THE LAUNCH OF THE FULL FAST TRACK.

THE, UH, LAUNCH PARTY WAS A SUCCESS.

WE HAD OVER, UM, 55 PEOPLE ATTENDING AND, UH, A LOT OF THEM HAVE JOINED THE ONLINE COMMUNITY.

SO I BELIEVE WE'RE UP TO 48, UH, MEMBERS.

IT'S PROBABLY MORE BY NOW.

THESE NUMBERS WERE AT THE END OF LAST WEEK.

AND, UM, THERE'S ALSO SIX COMPANIES, UH, THAT HAVE JOINED US A PART OF THAT VIRTUAL, UM, PLATFORM AND THE DISTRIBUTION LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING ASKED TO, TO BE IN THE KNOW AND RECEIVE THAT, UH, DIGITAL NEWSLETTERS UP TO OVER A HUNDRED.

AND SO WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THAT MOMENTUM WILL KEEP GOING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IF, UH, YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND AND STOP BY AND KIND OF SEE IT ALL UNFOLD, I GOT A LOT OF POSITIVE, UM, FEEDBACK FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED.

UM, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE WHO'D HEARD ABOUT IT BUT WEREN'T VERY CLEAR ON WHAT IT WAS FOR, WHAT SERVICES THEY THEY COULD BENEFIT FROM.

AND SO IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT AND THEY'RE TAKING THAT TOUR OF THE PHYSICAL LOCATION.

UM, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT'LL HELP THEM SEE THAT VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR EVENTUALLY HAVING OUR OWN LOCAL, UH, PHYSICAL B******T FAST TRACK LOCATION.

A QUICK QUESTION OR COMMENT? MM-HMM.

, I KNOW THAT MATT STARTED OUT LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY .

WE HAVEN'T WORN HIM OUT YET, HAVE WE? ? NO, HE IS STILL DOING GREAT STILL, UM, WORKING HERE FROM CITY HALL ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS AND AVAILABLE REMOTELY THE REST OF THE WEEK AND HE'S OFTEN MEETING WITH, UM, CONNECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND, UM, DOING A GREAT JOB OF SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT THE FULL SURE FAST TRACK'S ALL ABOUT.

AND HE SHOULD BE, UH, COMING TO, UH, A MEETING IN THE FUTURE AND GIVING YOU ALL AN UPDATE, UH, OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING ON THE, THE

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IS THERE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT THE SHORE FAST TRACK OR IS IT LIKE A HYPERLINK OR SOMETHING? YEAH, SO, UM, IT SHOULD BE LINKED FROM OUR EDC WEBSITE, BUT THE SHORE FAST TRACK IS ITS OWN WEBSITE.

AND SO MATT WILL WALK YOU ALL THROUGH THAT, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY THE PLATFORM THAT THE QR CODES GUIDED EVERYONE TO.

THAT HAS THAT CONNECTION PORTAL.

ITEM SIX IS DISCUSSION OF THE CITY OF SHORE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

BUT THERE'S NOT LIKE A LINK TO THE SHORE FAST TRACK WEBSITE ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, I DON'T THINK THERE IS, BUT WE CAN ADD IT AND WE CAN ALSO MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE EDC PAGE, UM, IN THE CITY WEBSITE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT.

I'LL MOVE FORWARD TO AN UPDATE ON OUR GATEWAY SIGNS.

UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THP PROVIDED ALL THE REVIEW PROCESS DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE GUIDELINES THAT, UH, THE THP DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE FOLLOWS.

UM, THEY PROVIDED ALL OF THIS TO, UM, KGA, UH, FOR JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UM, THEY, THE BASICALLY KGA REACHED OUT AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WOULD IT BE CONSIDERED SO THAT THEY DIDN'T SPEND TIME KIND OF FLUSHING OUT ALL THE DETAILS AND THEN, UM, IT NOT BE CONSIDERED.

UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING, YOU KNOW, TYPICAL INFORMATION.

I THINK THAT WE WOULD ALL EXPECT A RENDERING OF THE MONUMENT, THE LOCATION, THE DESCRIPTIONS, DIMENSIONS, MATERIALS, AS WELL AS THE LANDSCAPE PLAN FOR AROUND THE MONUMENT.

UM, ALL THINGS THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND APPROVED.

AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHEN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL MEET NEXT.

THEY HAD ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED A MEETING IN FEBRUARY, WHICH WAS CANCELED, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A FUTURE DATE.

UM, THEY HAVEN'T MET SINCE DECEMBER, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WOULD WILL MEET IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND CONSIDER, AND THEN WE WOULD HEAR BACK, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS APPROVED OR IF ANY, UM, CHANGES ARE REQUESTED.

UM, BUT WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD ONCE WE HEAR FROM THEM.

AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE DO HAVE A, UH, MEETING THIS THURSDAY FOR A PART TWO TO THE UPDATE FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

UM, CHARLIE D WILL BE HERE.

UM, HE'S FAMILIAR WITH IT.

HE, UM, WAS INTERIM WHILE, UM, THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR THE NEW DIRECTOR BEFORE I GOT HERE.

UM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH HIM THROUGH THAT.

I HAD PREVIOUSLY GIVEN Y'ALL KIND OF A SHORT LIST OF WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THIS, UH, END OF THIS WEEK, WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATED, AT LEAST GOALS AND PRIORITIES TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL, WHICH WOULD GUIDE OUR BUDGET PROCESS NEXT MONTH.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE.

AND THEN JUST A NOTE, I DID GET A LEAD ON A POSSIBLE VENEZUELAN RESTAURANT.

I SENT THAT TO ANELLE AND HAYDEN, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.

YES, SIR.

IT, IT PAYS TO GO TO THE COFFEE SHOP ONCE IN A WHILE.

I'D RATHER BE LUCKY THAN SMART ANY DAY.

UH, JUST A COMMENT.

WE, UH, THE SHORE FAST TRACK EVENT, IT WAS, UH, WELL ATTENDED.

I WAS SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE, SO, MM-HMM.

GUESS YOU ARE WAITING ON ME TO GO TO SIX, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

[6. Discussion on the City of Fulshear Bicentennial Celebration. ]

THERE'S SO MUCH TO SAY ALL POSITIVE.

WE'VE GOTTEN JUST SO MUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIMES YOU SAT HERE AND HEARD ALL OF THE DETAILS.

WE WERE SO EXCITED, UM, FOR THE WHOLE EVENT, BUT IT WAS EVERYTHING AND MORE THAT WE HOPED IT WOULD BE.

IT WAS JUST A, A BEAUTIFUL DAY ALL AROUND TO CELEBRATE, UM, THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE CITY AND TO REALLY, UM, SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF THE NEW RESIDENTS THAT HAVE MOVED HERE, UH, IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

UM, THERE WAS JUST A GREAT NUMBER OF VENDORS, FAMILIES WERE ROLLING IN THE SECOND IT STARTED, AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.

UM, I HAVE SO MANY JUST DIFFERENT STORIES AND THE THE CUTEST THINGS THAT WE GOT TO HEAR, BUT I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE IN ATTENDANCE, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE, I'LL, I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND MAYBE SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE HEARD OR YOUR EXPERIENCE IN ATTENDING THE EVENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE

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, UH, BUT A FAMILY COMMITMENT, BUT I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT.

I KNOW THAT'S A MASSIVE EVENT TO TRY TO WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND AND TO WORK OUT ALL THE DETAILS AND EXECUTE THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF NERVOUSNESS GOING INTO THAT, BUT Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT HELPED PUT THAT ON.

SO KUDOS.

YEAH, WE WERE SO, UM, FORTUNATE TO, TO LEAD THAT EFFORT, BUT REALLY EVERY DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT IN THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT, A GREAT TIME TO COME TOGETHER.

AND, I MEAN, START TO FINISH IS A LONG DAY, BUT EVERYONE SHOWED UP AND WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN FULCHER CAN DO THINGS FIRST BEFORE OTHER CITIES DO.

SO I THINK THE DRONE SHOW WAS A FIRST FOR OUR AREA.

AND, UH, SO I JUST LOVE THAT THAT'S A NAIL AND PIN AND CHER'S HAT AND, UH, APPRECIATE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.

SO, BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO OTHERS FOR YOUR COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS.

YEAH, I WAS NOT THERE.

UM, I DIDN'T GET BACK IN TOWN TILL LIKE RIGHT AT DARK, BUT I DID WATCH THE DRONE SHOW FROM MY BACKYARD , WHICH WAS REALLY COOL.

IT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL.

UM, BUT I'VE HEARD FROM NUMEROUS PEOPLE, MIKE, THAT IT WAS AN AWESOME, AWESOME EVENT.

SO VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD JOB Y'ALL.

UM, SO MY, I HAD, I HAD MY MOTHER-IN-LAW THERE.

UM, I HAD MY DAUGHTER THERE, MY WIFE THERE, AND THEY HAD ALL PARTICIPATED IN THE BATON ROUGE CITY OF BATON ROUGE 300TH LIKE, LIKE A DECADE AGO.

AND SO THAT WAS WHAT THEY WERE COMPARING IT TO IN MY MIND.

AND I WOULD ASK THEM ABOUT THE BATON ROUGE CELEBRATION, AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T REMEMBER MUCH OF IT.

AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW STILL TALKS ABOUT THIS ONE AND IT, YOU KNOW, AND BECAUSE SHE GOES, THAT'S GONNA BE MEMORABLE.

AND SO, UM, I WANNA SAY JUST A GREAT JOB ON A MEMORABLE EVENT.

THE ONLY THING I WAS GONNA ASK FOR WAS, UM, THE, THE HERITAGE PREAMBLE, WHATEVER WAS SAID ON STAGE DURING THE EVENT.

I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE HEARD THIS.

EVERYBODY WANTS IT.

LIKE I I I, MY WIFE WANTED TO POST IT ON THE LADIES GROUP AND WANTED, WELL, THE RECORDING OF THE, WELL, UH, JUST, JUST, YEAH.

THE, THE, THE WORDS THEMSELVES ON OUR HISTORY.

UM, SO I HAVE THAT AUDIO, I'M GONNA SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN ADD IT TO OUR HISTORY PAGE ON THE WEBSITE AS LIKE A, A, LIKE A SOUNDTRACK.

IT'S GONNA GO VIRAL IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, IN THE CITY OF SHORE, UM, MAYBE CITY OF HOUSTON, I DON'T KNOW.

UM, BUT IT, IT, BECAUSE OF, UM, HOW COOL IT IS, IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE KNOWING YOUR HERITAGE KIND OF, AND EVERYBODY WHO GETS TO MOVE THE GETS TO HAVE THAT HERITAGE GOING FORWARD.

AND SO, UM, YEAH, I, I I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT WE CIRCULATE THAT.

OTHER THAN THAT, JUST A WILDLY, UH, SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

RELAXING.

AND I SPENT WAY TOO MUCH MONEY WHILE I WAS THERE TOO.

THERE'S SO MANY.

SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR THROWING SUCH A GREAT EVENT.

OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I WILL SAY THE, UH, THE GUY THAT DID THE VOICEOVER, UH, YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD HIM, HE DOES THE DULUTH TRADING COMPANY ADS.

OH, YEAH.

AND, UH, AUTOZONE AS WELL.

SO WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED WHEN WE GOT A HOLD OF HIM.

THAT WAS PRETTY, IT WAS A PRETTY COOL RECORDING PROCESS, UH, KIND OF GOING THROUGH WITH HIM AND TAKING DIFFERENT TAKES.

SO .

YEAH, THERE'S SO MANY STORIES TO THAT.

THE ORIGINAL RECORDING, UH, WE'D BEEN WORKING ON FOR WEEKS FELL THROUGH.

AND SO THREE DAYS BEFORE WE'RE LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO? AND SO A QUICK GOOGLE TOOK US THERE AND IT WAS JUST THE BEST THING IT, IT WAS MEANT TO BE.

UM, AND IT WAS SO FUN TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND KIND OF WORK THROUGH ALL OF THAT, BUT WE'LL BE SURE TO SHARE IT.

I THOUGHT THAT, UM, THE MUSIC WAS, UH, EXCELLENT.

I THOUGHT IT REALLY FIT WITH WHAT WE WERE DOING AND CELEBRATING, UM, VERSUS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE SPAS, ASTHMATICS ARE GOOD AND EVERYBODY LIKES THEM, RIGHT.

BUT I MEAN, THAT WAS VERY, I THOUGHT JUST FIT REALLY GOOD WITH CELEBRATION.

AND HONESTLY, I THOUGHT THE FINALE ON THE FIREWORKS HAD GONE LIKE FIVE TIMES, , AND YEAH.

I'M LIKE, OKAY, WELL THAT'S IT.

AND IT JUST KEEPS GOING.

SO, BUT YEAH.

GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU JOEL.

YEAH, SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS LIKE THE END OF THE FIREWORK SHOW, THE ENTIRETY OF THE FIRE SHOW .

TO, TO BE PART OF THE CITY AND TO HEAR THAT HERITAGE, UM, WHICH I THINK IS SO IMPORTANT.

FIREWORK SHOW.

IT WAS GREAT.

AND SOMEONE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO, I MEAN, WE'VE GOT SO MANY GREAT COMMENTS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, WELL, YEAH, THEY HAD THE NEW THING, , THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, THE DRONES HAD JUST BEEN IN THE SKY, THEY HAD TO SHOW THAT .

IT WAS STILL COOL TO HAVE FIREWORKS FOR SURE.

SO YEAH, IT, IT WAS GREAT.

I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMMENTS WAS WHEN SOMEBODY SAID THAT IT HAD BEEN SO LONG THAT THEY FELT LIKE THAT PHYSICAL REACTION OF HAVING A SENSE OF PRIDE AND BEING MOVED

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AND WE'RE DEFINITELY BRAINSTORMING ON WAYS THAT WE CAN CARRY THAT OUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING VISITORS AND, UM, CREATING JUST MEMORABLE EVENTS AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE FAMILIES CAN GATHER AND MAKE THOSE MEMORIES.

AND YOU CAN BRING VISITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN OR OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND BE PROUD TO SHOW THEM WHO WE ARE AND, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO.

JOB WELL DONE.

I THINK, UH, KUDOS FROM THE WHOLE BOARD, SO THANK Y'ALL.

SEVEN IS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ITEM NUMBER

[7. Executive Session ]

DO WE NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? OKAY.

UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT, DISCUSS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY RFP FOR EDC OWNED PROPERTY 3 0 6 0 3 FM 10 93 AND 3 0 6 1 9 FM 10 93 RE, TEXAS 7 7 4 4 1.

YOU WANT ME TO MAKE THE, MAKE THE MOTION? ARE WE GONNA HAVE OUR ARM WRESTLING MATCH HERE? MM-HMM, .

WE'RE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:51 PM ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:08 PM IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN? ALRIGHT, NONE.

ITEM NINE IS

[9. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending February 29, 2024, ]

CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 29TH, 2024.

UH, YOU'LL NOTICE APRIL SALES TAX FEBRUARY COLLECTIONS IS UP ABOUT 7% FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

SO AT THIS POINT OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY SHOULD BE AT 42% OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, AND WE ARE REPORTING AT 43%.

OH, I SEE THAT SPIKE IN THERE WHERE MARK SPENT ALL THAT MONEY AT THE, OH WAIT, THAT'S TWO MONTH DELAY.

JUST WAIT, IT'S COMING.

THAT BIG SLUG OF MONEY'S COMING, WE WILL SEE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALMOST ON PACE TO, UH, EXCEED 2 MILLION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

ROUGHLY DOUBLE IN FIVE YEARS.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, IT'S CHALLENGING, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT THESE BIGGER PROJECTS AND, UH, OUR REVENUES ARE INCREASING, BUT WE'VE DEFINITELY HAVE MORE THINGS THAT'LL BE COMING OUR WAY TO YES.

MAKE ASK OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.

AND TO JEN'S EARLIER POINT, UM, THE, THE PARKS WILL BE ONGOING, SO THE, YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT COME BACK NEXT YEAR.

WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS IT THEN TO HAPPEN.

I UNDERSTAND.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PAYABLES, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY EXPENSES OF $13,147 AND 56 CENTS FOR TYPE B CORPORATION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR MARCH 18TH, 2024, REGULAR MEETINGS.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 10 IS CONSIDERATION

[10. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the March 18, 2024, regular meeting. ]

IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS NEEDED, CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR THAT?

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I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 18TH MEETING.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

PRESENTATION BY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REGARDING RELEVANT ACTION TAKEN AT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

ITEM 11,

[11. Presentation by City Council Liaison regarding relevant action taken at previous City Council meeting(s). ]

YOU'RE UP.

HEY.

UM, SO, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I THINK WORTH, UH, NOTING THE EVERY MONTH WE'VE BEEN GETTING, UH, AN UPDATE, UH, ON ANYTHING WATER RELATED, BUT, UH, SO THE WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO, UM, THIS IS IN PECAN RIDGE.

THE PILOT, WELL, UH, 1300 FEET HAS, WAS COMPLETED.

THE, THE SPEND IS NOT VERY MUCH SO FAR ON THAT.

WE'VE BEEN INVOICED LIKE 460,000.

THAT'S A $17 MILLION PROJECT, UH, FOR THE WATER PLANT, THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.

UM, I THINK YOU'RE THERE, IT'S LIKE LAST REPORT, 116 OF THE 125 FEET FOR THE, UM, THE PEDESTAL.

UM, IT'S A $6.3 MILLION PROJECT, UH, 23% COMPLETE BASED ON THE SPEND.

THERE WERE SOME STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UM, I DON'T KNOW, WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE STILL, UM, VALID, BUT I'M ASSUMING THEY ARE.

SO, UH, DYNA MUHAMMAD AS ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, SKYLER LYNCH, UTILITIES MAINTENANCE, TEON JAMES BY POLICE OFFICER AND, UM, DONTRE THOMAS, THEIR POLICE OFFICER.

SO THOSE STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE MADE BUSINESS WISE.

UH, SO THERE'S, UH, THE 16 INCH WATER LINE THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM, UH, SO THERE WAS A 16 INCH WATER LINE FROM THE, FROM WATER PLANT, UH, THERE HUGGINS OUT TO HUGGINS ROAD.

NOW THE 16 INCH WATER LINE'S GONNA GO FROM ALONG HUGGINS ROAD OVER TO CHARGER WAY DOWN TO 10 93.

SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'LL BE VERY IMPORTANT.

THAT HAS, UM, UH, THE, THE BID HAS BEEN APPROVED AND SO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT.

IT'S ABOUT $859,000.

UH, THAT'S W 20 2D UH, CIP PROJECT.

UM, A SERVICE AGREEMENT WAS, UH, APPROVED WITH THE KSA ENGINEERS FOR ROADWAY CONDITION ASSESSMENT PROJECT.

UM, WE APPROVED, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY'S DOING WITH MUD NUMBER ONE, AND THAT'S TO GET A 12 INCH WATER LINE UP JAMES LANE, UH, FROM 10 93 TO CREEKSIDE TERRACE.

AND THAT'LL FINISH OFF THE LOOP, UH, THERE TO GIVE THEM, UH, REPLACING JUST HAVING THE SINGLE WATER UNDERSIZED LINE THAT WAS, UM, PROVIDING, AND I THINK IT'S SECTION THREE THERE IN, UM, FULL WORK ON FUL CREEK.

WE DID APPROVE AN ORDINANCE EXEMPTING FIRE METERS, UH, FROM IMPACT FEES.

UH, SO I THINK THE STAFF HAD GONE AND LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

OTHER CITIES WERE NOT CHARGING IMPACT FEES FOR, UM, FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION METERS.

AND SO WE DID PASS AN ORDER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING FIRE METERS FROM IMPACT FEES.

IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

IF YOU SAW THE, 'CAUSE THE OTHER OPTIONS WERE LIKE, YOU SEE THE, THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK THERE AT THE NEW STORAGE BUILDINGS THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 10 93, THE ONE THAT'S OUT FRONT.

SO, WHICH I DON'T LIKE THAT IDEA OF A SOLUTION.

SO I THINK THAT, UH, THAT, THAT WAS GOOD TO, UH, TO PASS THAT.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH.

ABOUT THE IMPACT PIECE.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT IMPACT FEE REMOVAL, I GUESS AS A PERCENTAGE OR I, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE, WELL, GOING FORWARD, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO PROJECT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE IMPACT FEES UNTIL YOU, UNTIL SOMEONE BUILDS A BUILDING, RIGHT.

THAT WOULD PAY THE IMPACT FEE.

SO IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, WHAT THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IS, HOW, HOW BIG OF A, UH, CONNECTION WAS REQUIRED.

AND THEN, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DOLLARS FOR, UH, HOW WE, HOW WE CHARGE FOR THAT.

BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANT.

UH, THIS FIRE METER, RIGHT? AND THE IMPACT FEES FOR FIRE METERS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE CONNECTION IS, UH, PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

I MEAN, IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR A BUSINESS TO COME IN, RIGHT? YOU COME IN, YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A BUILDING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT FEES.

YOU GOT YOUR REGULAR WATER, UH, CONNECTION SEWER CONNECTIONS, AND YOU COME IN AND, AND YOU HAVE THESE,

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AND HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? WAS THERE A REVIEW OF HOW THE IMPACT FEES ARE CHARGED OR? YEAH, I THINK THAT, WELL, UH, ACTUALLY, MAYOR GR UH, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND, UH, HE HAD SOME DISCUSSION AND COUNCIL, OR SORRY, CITY STAFF WENT AND LOOKED AT WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES WERE DOING AND, UH, OTHER CITIES WERE NOT CHARGING IMPACT FEES FOR, UH, BASICALLY CONNECTING FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION, FIRE METERS.

SO I THINK IT'S, UH, THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND, AND, AND BUILD AND START A BUSINESS.

YEAH, I WOULD, THIS IS A TOTAL GUESS HERE, BUT I WOULD GUESS IT PROBABLY HAS SOME, THE IMPACT FEES ARE FOR, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE USE.

AND SO FIRE SUPPRESSION IS, UH, HOPEFULLY A NEVER USE, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND WE, I THINK, UH, THIS YEAR WE'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN, BUT BASICALLY IMPACT FEES.

YOU, WE HIRE A COMPANY, WE GO AND LOOK, THEY LOOK AT THE PROJECTED GROWTH, UM, AND WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS, WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THAT GROWTH.

AND THEN THEY, WE, UH, ASSESS THE IMPACT FEES, UH, BASED ON THAT, OR THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANNUAL.

UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE DID IT.

UH, WHAT ARE YOU, TWO, THREE YEARS? YEAH.

IT'S, IT'S NOT A INEXPENSIVE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH, SO YOU MAY NOT DO IT EVERY YEAR.

I THINK I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME IT WAS INCREASED AND WE WERE IN THIS BUILDING.

I REMEMBER WERE WE ? SORRY, I REMEMBER .

PROBABLY MOST FAVORITE THING FOR YOU TO, TO RECOUNT THAT, BUT I THINK OUR BOARD IS DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN IT AND, UH, MANY THINGS TIE IN WITH WHAT WE DO HERE.

UM, AND THEN THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT, UH, THE PREVIOUS MOU WITH, UH, FOREVER FULL SUR INC.

UM, THE CITY APPROVED A NEW AGREEMENT, UM, AND THERE WAS, UH, A REQUEST FOR, UM, AN ADMIN FEE AS PART OF THAT AGREEMENT.

AND SO WE AGREED TO THAT.

UM, IT'S 12,000, UH, A YEAR OR SO.

10% OF THAT IS 1200.

UM, BUT WE ALSO REQUIRED THAT THEY PROVIDE A RECORD OF SPONSORSHIP, UH, AND HAVE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND COORDINATE WITH THE CITY PRIOR TO EXPENDING FUNDS ON ITS BEHALF.

THEN, UH, THERE WAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE AFTER THAT SESSION WE CAME OUT, THERE WASN'T ANY ACTION TAKEN, BUT, UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO THE CITY AND THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS AROUND REDISTRICTING AND WE JUST REDISTRICTED AFTER THE 2020 CENSUS DATA, UH, AND THE FIVE DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE, UH, AFTER THE 2020 CENSUS DATA, WHEN WE DID THE REDISTRICTING, WE CHANGED DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FOUR GEOGRAPHICALLY MADE THEM MUCH LARGER.

UH, AND IT'S, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE THE, THE CENSUS DATA THAT YOU HAVE IN THOSE SPARSE AREAS, RIGHT, THOSE NODES BECOME GEOGRAPHICALLY LARGE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE, UH, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE GROWTH THAT'S THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

BUT ANYWAYS, SO DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FOUR ARE ALREADY, UH, MUCH LARGER, UH, IN POPULATION THAN DISTRICTS, UH, TWO, THREE, AND FIVE.

SO THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT HOW COULD WE GO ABOUT REDISTRICTING OR DO WE WAIT TILL THE, THE NEXT CENSUS DATA AND CAN WE DO THAT? AND, UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO DO WAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GIS SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE USING AND LOOKING AT THE CONNECTIONS FOR UTILITIES AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE HOMES IN THE GIS SYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN GO IN AND START SORT OF DOING OVERLAY OF THE DISTRICT AND JUST COME UP WITH A BASE COUNT AND SOME DATA POINTS THAT WE'D GIVE TO, UH, TO THE FOLKS THAT WOULD HELP US, AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE NEW CENSUS DATA, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU MAKE THOSE CHANGES? SO THAT, THAT'S, UM, I THINK THAT WAS, UH, THE GIST OF THE, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THAT'S IT.

ALRIGHT, WELL, JOEL OR MAYOR PRO, TIM PATTERSON , UH, APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BEING HERE IN OUR MEETING AND GIVING US THOSE UPDATES EACH MONTH.

SO I KNOW IT'S NOT, UH,

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12, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE'VE GOT A FEW, UH, AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE'LL CARRY OVER, LIKE UPDATES ON HARRIS STREET, UH, UPDATE ON THE MONUMENT SIGNED.

ITEM

[12. Future agenda items ]

UM, IN ADDITION FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, YOU'LL HAVE US, UH, REVIEW THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REPORT.

WE'LL REVIEW, UH, OUR A SA AND THEN DISCUSS OUR FUNDING PRIORITIES AS WE HEAD INTO THE BUDGET SEASON.

UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THERE, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ADD THEM.

UM, WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED HOTELS AND IMPACT FEES.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE, I HATE TO CALL 'EM IMPACT ON THE IMPACT PIECE, BUT WHAT IMPACT THAT THE, THE REMOVAL OF THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM HAD ON, UM, A HOTEL.

UM, IF POSSIBLE.

I DID ALSO MENTION EARLIER THAT WE'LL BE INVITING AARON FARMER WITH THE RETAIL COACH TO GIVE US AN IN-PERSON RECAP NEXT MONTH, AS WELL AS MATT YELVINGTON FOR FULL SURE.

FAST TRACK SO YOU CAN HEAR FROM THEM DIRECTLY HOW YOUR INVESTMENT HAS BENEFITED THE CITY.

AND, UM, JUST A REAL TIME UPDATE ON EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

SHOULD, SHOULD WE WAIT FOR AARON FARMER TO COME BACK TO JUNE FOR AFTER THE ICS? WE COULD MM-HMM.

THAT'S OKAY WITH THAT WAS GONNA BE MY EXACT COMMENT, SO.

SURE.

UH, JUST SUGGESTION.

YEAH, WE CAN SCHEDULE HIM FOR THE JUNE MEETING AND THEN, UM, SINCE IT'S BEEN ON MY, MY MIND, STAFFING FOR FULL OR FAST TRACK FOR NEXT YEAR.

WELL, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND, THERE IS AN ELECTION GOING ON, SO HOPEFULLY JOEL HAS THE, WHEN DOES EARLY VOTING BEGIN? SO WE CAN JUST REMIND EVERYONE APRIL 22ND THROUGH THE 30TH.

, DO YOU ANTICIPATE NEEDING AN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER? UH, NOT FOR FULL SURE FAST TRACK, UNLESS MATT HAS AN UPDATE THAT I HAVEN'T HAD YET.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY ON MAYBE A THIRD EDC STAFF MEMBER, MAYBE SOME KIND OF, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MARKETING SPECIALIST, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA ITEMS? ALRIGHT, ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[13. Announcements ]

SEVEN TO SEVEN.

AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, EARLY VOTING IS AT THE ROBERTS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELECTION DAY IS MAY 4TH, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS AT THE NEW SHORE LIBRARY.

OH, OKAY.

AT LEAST WE CAN FIND THAT.

THAT'S WHAT MY RESEARCH SHOWS .

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? TOMORROW AT, UM, COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TUESDAY, APRIL 16TH, UH, THE MAYOR WILL BE SHARING THE STATE OF THE CITY.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND IN PERSON OR TUNE IN FOR THAT, UM, WE INVITE YOU TO GET A GOOD UPDATE ON EVERYTHING HAPPENING ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS CITYWIDE.

AND THEN OUR PLAN IS TO, UH, LAUNCH THE SECOND ANNUAL PHOTO CONTEST, UM, PUT ON BY THE EDC THIS NEXT MONTH IN MAY.

UM, MARK HAD MENTIONED EARLIER KIND OF THAT, THAT, UM, RECAP OF OUR FULL SHORT HISTORY, AND SO WE WERE ACTUALLY HOPING TO USE SOME OF THAT, UM, AND GATHER MORE IMAGES.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE WINNER OF THE PHOTO CONTEST DOES GET TO HAVE THEIR IMAGE DISPLAYED IN THE LOBBY FOR A FULL YEAR, AND IT'S ALSO THE IMAGE, UM, THAT MAKES THE COVER OF THE BUDGET BOOK FOR THIS CITY FOR THAT NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO IT'S PRETTY NEAT.

UM, IF Y'ALL KNOW ANY PHOTOGRAPHERS YOU, YOU CAN BE SHARING THAT, WE'LL PUT OUT, UH, THE GUIDELINES AND GENERALLY THE IMAGES.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR TOMORROW EVENING.

WITH EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, I ALREADY FORGOT ABOUT THE PHOTO CONTEST COMING AROUND AGAIN SO FAST, SO, MM-HMM, , THAT'S GREAT.

ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.