May 20, 2024 Economic Development Corporation

AS WE SEE DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND US REACTING TO IT.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE IDEA.

AND, AND REALLY THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T PLUG IT IN HERE IS WE, WE MADE THESE CHANGES THAT ARE LISTED ON HERE, AND IT LOOKED INSANE TO, TO PUT IN THIS PACKET.

UM, SO WE KINDA WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE TAKING OUT SO WE CAN MAKE IT AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.

UM, THE WAY THAT IT'S SET UP RIGHT NOW, IT'LL HAVE ALL OF THESE GOALS, AND THEN IT BREAKS IT DOWN FURTHER INTO OUR ACTIONS, ITS CURRENT STATUS, AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED A COLUMN OF ANY NOTES THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE, UM, AS WELL AS PROVIDING ROOM FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.

UM, WE'LL PROBABLY SEND THAT OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AHEAD OF TIME, UM, JUST TO GET AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH IT.

UM, AND AS ALWAYS, FEEL FREE TO SEND US EMAILS WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY IN DEPTH, UM, YEAH.

DEPTH DOCUMENT.

UM, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 10 PAGES OF EXCEL IN 0.5 FONT, SO, UM, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT OUT TO YOU GUYS AS WELL.

YEAH, PROBABLY NEEDS AN OVERHAUL, REALLY.

IT, IT DEFINITELY DOES.

SOME THINGS PROBABLY ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT, MAYBE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I WAS GOING TO, WHEN YOU SAID PUT NOTES IN THE ONE COLUMN, I THOUGHT, YEAH, SOME THINGS MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE ANYMORE.

I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE GROWING SO FAST, SOME THINGS ARE I THINK ARE HARD AND FAST, AND OTHER THINGS HAVE TO EVOLVE

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AND THAT WAS MY GONNA BE, MY QUESTION IS WHERE ARE WE STARTING WITH IT? ARE WE STARTING FROM 2019 AND UPDATING IT, OR ARE WE JUST GOING BACK OUT DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN FOR 2024? SO THE WAY, THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT OR HANDLING IT AT THIS TIME IS SIMPLY UPDATING THAT EXISTING 2019 STUDY, UH, OR, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN.

UM, WE MAY FIND THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS THAT IT'S TIME FOR A COMPLETE OVERHAUL.

THERE'S A LOT IN THERE THAT'S STILL APPLICABLE.

UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE.

UM, SO, SO FOR RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS COST AND TIME EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE AND, AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE WITHOUT A YEAR LONG PROCESS OF A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO THERE'S NO PLAN TO ACTUALLY GET A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, BECAUSE MY OPINION 2019 IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT FROM 2024, RIGHT? ALMOST AS IF I, AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN A WHILE, BUT ALMOST AS IF IT MAY BE APPLICABLE, BUT THERE'S GLOBALLY, YOU KNOW, LOCALLY STATEWIDE, THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY AT LEAST THINK ABOUT GETTING A COMPLETELY NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, IS THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENTERTAIN.

UM, I, I THINK FROM, FROM OUR END, BEFORE WE MOVE DOWN THAT PATH, GIVING YOU GUYS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT MATRIX AND SEE IF, BECAUSE YOU GUYS MAY LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, THIS, THIS STILL IS PRETTY APPLICABLE.

UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW, WHAT WE'RE FEELING ABOUT IT.

UM, A LOT OF THE, THE BROAD IDEAS OF REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN, UM, MAKING, UH, YOU KNOW, A THIRD PLACE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, GATHERING SPACES AND, AND, AND FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES AND PARK SPACE AND THAT SORT OF THING, THAT'S STILL A, A MAJOR GOAL FOR THE, FOR THE CORPORATION.

UM, BUT SOME OF THE SMALLER THINGS IN HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING WITH STAFF TO HAVE A UNIFIED TEAM, THAT'S KIND OF A, AN AN OBVIOUS, UH, THING THAT DOESN'T REALLY NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THERE.

UM, I DON'T THINK THAT WE COULD OPERATE AS A, A STAFF OR A CORPORATION WITHOUT A UNIFIED TEAM.

SO, UM, SO THAT KIND OF FLUFF WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF.

UM, BUT CERTAINLY IF, IF WE GET TO A POINT, UM, WHEN WE SHARE THAT FULL MATRIX WITH YOU, UM, IF IT'S PRETTY UNANIMOUS THAT IT'S TIME TO AT LEAST PUT OUT A, UH, AN RFP FOR, UM, A NEW, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN THAT.

AND WHO WAS THE, WHO WAS THE GROUP THAT PUT THE FIRST ONE TOGETHER? DO YOU REMEMBER? I THINK IT WAS TIP, TIP STRATEGIES.

IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.

IT'S JUST, THE ONLY THING IS, I KNOW THERE'S STILL PROBABLY TONS OF THINGS ON THAT LIST THAT ARE PROBABLY APPLICABLE.

AND TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE IS QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT.

AND NOT ONLY PULLS US IN, BUT THE, A BOARD CITY COUNCIL AND A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE CITY COUNCIL'S GONNA BE GOING THROUGH TRYING TO GET A HIRE A CITY MANAGER, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THAT, BUT MAYBE ONCE WE ANALYZE IT BE SOMETHING NOT TO FORGET, WE COULD BRING IT UP AT A LATER TIME.

I'LL, I AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT ON A CERTAIN EXTENT, 2019, I, I LIKE TO GET, GET AN IDEA OF WHAT TIP STRATEGIES TYPICALLY DOES.

IS IT EVERY FIVE YEARS? IS IT EVERY 10 YEARS? I MEAN, WE, 2019, THINK ABOUT IT.

WE WENT THROUGH A PANDEMIC.

WE HAD OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS OF HOUSING JUST BOOM OUT HERE.

JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO CONSIDER THAT, THAT AREN'T IN THERE, THAT AREN'T TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN 2019.

SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I, I THINK IT REALLY DOES NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN A STRATEGIC PLAN, DEFINITELY SHORTLY.

SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO UPDATE INFORMATION.

I'M IN MY OPINION, SO ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT, POINTS WELL TAKEN.

UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[4. Economic Development Report ]

AS YOU CAN TELL, ANELLE IS NOT WITH US TODAY.

UH, SHE IS WITH THE RETAIL COACH IN, UH, LAS VEGAS AT ICSC.

UM, THE CONFERENCE GOES ON FROM THE 19TH, 21ST.

UM, ANELLE WILL BE FLYING BACK TOMORROW.

UM, BUT ONE OF OUR KEY FOCUSES GOING OUT THERE WAS MAKING SURE WE MADE AS MANY CONTACTS WITH GROCERS, HOTELS, AND KIND OF UNIQUE EATERIES AND SHOPPING ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WERE OUT THERE.

UM, I TALKED TO ANELLE VERY BRIEFLY BEFORE THE MEETING.

UM, SHE HAD MET WITH, I THINK, FOUR DIFFERENT HOTEL GROUPS WHILE SHE WAS OUT THERE, UM, AS WELL AS SEVERAL DIFFERENT GROCERS.

ERIN WALKED AROUND WITH HER ON THE FLOOR ALL DAY TODAY.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME,

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SOME GOOD MEETINGS OUT OF THAT, AND SHE'LL COME BACK NEXT MONTH WITH A LOT TO SHARE.

UM, IN ADDITION, ERIN IS, WE'RE PLANNING ON HAVING AARON, UM, AT OUR JUNE MEETING, UM, ALONGSIDE MATT, UM, WITH FULL FOR FAST TRACK, UM, TO KIND OF BRING ANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS UP TO SPEED IF WE HAVE ANY NEW BOARD MEMBERS.

AND THEN JUST GIVING A, UH, KIND OF A HALFWAY POINT, UH, REFRESHER FOR EVERYBODY.

I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THAT.

AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT SHE HAS MADE THE EFFORT TO ATTEND WITH ERIN.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CONSULTANT DOING THAT FOR US.

I'M A CONSULTANT AND I KNOW THAT THE CLIENT CAN'T PAY ME TO BE THEM.

EXACTLY.

I CAN HELP, I CAN HELP PUSH SOME THINGS, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT A NAIL'S THERE IN PERSON AS WELL.

AND JUST TO SEE THIS RISE UP TO THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT, UH, BY OUR EDC DEPARTMENT IS, UH, REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY.

AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S GREAT.

IT'S HARD SOMETIMES, I THINK, TO PUT OUR FINGERS ON WHERE A BUSINESS MAY EXACTLY BE TRIGGERED FROM.

I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS, DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT TO THESE TRADE SHOWS.

AND IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER, I THINK, FOR THE GOOD IN THE END.

SO THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT.

HAYDEN, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS UNTIL PROBABLY JULY, UH, BECAUSE THE, THE ELECTION WILL NOT BE CANVASSED BY THE TIME WE HAVE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SO PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THAT TOO.

AND MAYOR GRAFF HAS SAID THAT HE'S, I BELIEVE HE'S APPOINTING THE PATRICK'S REPLACEMENT ON A, UH, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.

UH, BUT THE OTHER POSITIONS WILL BE DONE BY THE NEW MAYOR.

IS TO HAVE THE DOCUMENTS READY FOR THEIR NEXT MEETING.

UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU.

UM, FOR, UH, NEW BUSINESSES, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A TON OFFICIALLY OPEN, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE, UM, WHAT'S JUST ON THE HORIZON.

UM, IT'S A LOT OF PRETTY EXCITING THINGS MOVING ON.

UM, WE'VE GOT REVIVE CAFE, UM, SET TO OPEN IN JUNE.

UM, THAT'LL BE 65 20 FM 3 59, SUITE 500.

SO IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE OLD PROJECT HALO, UM, BREWING COMPANY, THEIR OLD BUILDING, UM, THEY'LL BE MOVING IN THERE.

AND IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE, PROJECT HALO HAS MOVED TO A LARGER SUITE WITHIN THE SAME COMPLEX.

THEY NEEDED MORE SPACE, UM, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR.

UM, RE GATEWAY, UM, JUST NORTH OF THE DOWNTOWN GRID, UM, HAS BEGUN CONSTRUCTION.

THAT'LL BE SEVEN TO 10 TENANTS WITH ABOUT 20,000 SQUARE FOOT OF RETAIL SPACE.

UM, OPEN AIR PATIOS, UM, SIDEWALKS KIND OF CONNECTING INTO DOWNTOWN AS WELL.

UM, SO THAT'S A PRETTY EXCITING ONE.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AROUND ON EITHER SIDE OF OUR COMPLEX HERE, UM, WE'VE GOT, UM, THE, THE BUILDING WITH, UH, L THREE.

ALL THOSE TENANTS ARE, ARE BUILDING OUT AS WE SPEAK, AS WELL AS THE NEW BUILDING, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE, UM, AS WELL AS MARCEL GARDEN AND MARCEL SQUARE, UM, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING.

UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MOVEMENT, UM, HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS THAT, UM, AND, AND A LOT OF, LOT OF NEW TENANTS, UH, OCCUPYING VULTURE, UH, FOR RE FAST TRACK, LIKE I MENTIONED, MATT WILL BE HERE FOR THE JUNE MEETING TO GIVE YOU, UH, ESSENTIALLY A HALFWAY, UH, IN THE YEAR REPORT.

THIS MONTH IS OUR HALFWAY POINT, BUT WE FIGURED JUNE'S PROBABLY A BETTER TIME.

UM, FUL FAST TRACK IS CONTINUING TO DO GREAT FOR US.

UM, WE'RE 64 MEMBERS ON THE ONLINE PORTAL NOW.

UM, WE'VE GOT TWO ADVISORS AND OR MENTORS.

UM, AND WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE IN PERSON MEETING EVERY WEEK SINCE MATT'S BEEN HERE.

UM, TODAY WE HAD OUR ADVISORY TEAM MEETING, UM, AND THEN TOMORROW THERE IS A SEO MARKETING CLASS THAT MATT'S HOLDING.

SO, UH, HE'S DOING A, A GREAT JOB.

UM, HE ALSO TOOK ABOUT, I THINK FOUR PEOPLE TO THE CANNONS BRIMORE CAMPUS LAST WEEK, UM, AND GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THEM.

SO HE'S, HE'S DOING VERY WELL.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM.

UM, AND FULL FAST TRACK IS REALLY TAKING OFF, UH, JUST LIKE WE HOPED IT WOULD.

SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT NEWS.

UM, SOME MORE GREAT NEWS, UH, GATEWAY SIGNS.

THE THP BOARD MET ON FRIDAY MORNING, AND THEY GAVE INITIAL, WELL, THERE WAS NO DISAPPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.

THEY, THEY AGREED WITH THE CONCEPT.

UM, SO KGA DEFOREST WILL NOW BE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME MORE DETAILED RENDERINGS, LANDSCAPE PLANS TO BE PRESENTED TO THEM, UM, AT THEIR NEXT MEETING, WHEN THAT NEXT MEETING IS, IS, AGAIN, UP IN THE AIR.

THEY HAVE NO SET SCHEDULE.

UM, SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT MEETING DATE, UM, WE WILL, UH, LET YOU GUYS KNOW.

BUT THE, THE GOAL

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UM, SOME MORE GOOD NEWS.

HARRIS STREET, UM, IS OFFICIALLY OUT FOR BID, UH, STARTING ON MAY 9TH.

UM, THEY ANTICIPATE TAKING A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO COUNCIL FOR THE JUNE 18TH MEETING.

SO THAT'S, UH, GOOD NEWS ON HARRIS STREET AS WELL.

UM, AND IF YOU'LL LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, YOU'LL SEE IT IS APPARENTLY CHRISTMAS TIME ALREADY.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, UH, AS ANELLE MENTIONED IN, UH, A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE SOME THINGS UP TO THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS TO KIND OF HAVE A MORE UNIFIED LOOK TO DOWNTOWN INSTEAD OF A BUNCH OF JUST RANDOM THINGS KIND OF THROWN EVERYWHERE.

UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF THE, SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, LAID OUT FOR US.

UM, UM, SHE MAY HAVE MENTIONED THE LAST MEETING, THIS BECAUSE OF THE, THESE CHANGES THEY'RE ASKING, UM, TO RENEW A CONTRACT.

THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR OF A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER THREE YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

ACTUALLY, WE JUST FUNDED A PORTION OF IT.

UM, SO THIS, THIS IS KIND OF SHOWING YOU THEIR IDEA, UM, TO MAKING IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIFIED.

UM, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM A ABOARD, THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THE, UH, THE LIGHT POLE DECOR, THE, THE FURRY, UH, CANDY CANES OR OR WHATEVER.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THEM.

BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE THAT'S JUST YOU HATE OR ANYTHING THAT YOU REALLY WANNA SEE, PLEASE JUST LET US KNOW.

UM, SO WE CAN BEGIN CONVERSATIONS WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS BEFORE, UH, THE HOLIDAY SEASON STARTS KICKING OFF.

THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD JUST CONSIDER WITH ADDING MORE LIGHTS OR ANYTHING IS JUST NOT OVERLOADING THAT CIRCUIT FROM THE BANK THAT WE'RE USING.

UM, I WILL SAY THIS IS ACTUALLY LESS LIGHTS, BUT MORE SMARTLY PLACED.

UM, AND IT SHOULD BE A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS THAN THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UH, CONTRACT.

SO, UM, IT WE'RE, WE'RE JUST KIND OF STREAMLINING, UH, AND MAKING IT MORE PLEASANT.

I THINK IT MADE MENTION HERE THE, WAS THE CUSTOM CITY OF FULCHER SIGN GOING TO BE IN THE 10 93 MEDIAN? YES, SIR.

I WOULD LIKE MORE DETAILS ON THE SIZE OF THAT SURE.

AND THE LETTERING, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE SIGN EXPERTS.

, BUT NOT FOR VEHICLES DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.

THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, AS WELL AS REALLY HAMMERING OUR, OUR LINKEDIN AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBSITE PRESENCE.

YOU ABSOLUTELY, WE, WE WILL GET SOME, UH, SOME BETTER RENDERINGS.

PEOPLE PRINT A BANNER AND THEY THINK THEY'RE GONNA PUT IT OUT BESIDE THEIR BUSINESS, AND IT'S LIKE EXACTLY.

, WE CAN'T READ IT.

YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK 'EM FOR SOME MORE REALISTIC RENDERINGS RATHER THAN A, A KIND OF A CLIP ART, UH, THING IN HERE.

PERFECT.

JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, YOU SAID THERE, WAS THERE GONNA BE MORE ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S DECORATIONS OR, YES, SIR.

OKAY, GREAT.

YEP.

SO WE'RE, YEAH.

AND, AND, UH, YOU, YOU GUYS MAY HAVE NOTICED WE HAD LIGHTS ON THE IRENE STERN, UH, BUILDING THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

WE KINDA THINK THAT'S A WASTED USE OF, OF LIGHTS AND TRY AND POSITION THEM MORE IN DOWNTOWN OR AT THE CITY HALL COMPLEX TO JUST SMARTER USE OF, OF THAT.

FUNNY.

THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM.

UM, AND FINALLY, THE RE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS OFFICIALLY STARTING NEXT TUESDAY.

UM, THE EDC TEAM WILL HAVE AN INTERN.

UM, UH, WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UH, TO SELECT TWO INTERNS, AND THEN THE CITY ALSO HIRED, UM, TWO FROM BY THEIR OWN MEANS.

UM, SO THEY'LL ALL BE STARTING MAY 28TH THROUGH JULY 26TH.

UM, AND SHE'LL, SHE'LL BE HERE PRESENT AT THE JUNE MEETING TO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO EVERYBODY.

AND THAT IS ALL.

ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR HAYDEN? JUST CURIOSITY.

I ALWAYS, THESE, UH, SUMMER INTERNSHIPS, WHICH I DID A COUPLE MYSELF DURING GRADUATE SCHOOL, BUT JOE, DO YOU AND I ALSO DID SOME WHILE I WAS WORKING, AND IT WAS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, TO FIND PROJECTS, RIGHT, THAT YOU COULD ASSIGN TO INTERNS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU COULD, ESPECIALLY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, THEY MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO THINGS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S LIKE A, HERE'S A PROJECT AND YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS AND WORK ON IT, UH, BUT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO THAT'S MEANINGFUL FOR THEM, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTES.

SO HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT AND THE GOALS FOR THE, FOR THE INTERNS? I HAVE BEEN VERY, UH, HANDS OFF ON THE INTERNSHIP PROCESS, BUT, UH, FROM, FROM WHAT I'VE GATHERED FROM A NAIL, I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE HER HELP US OUT ON KIND OF STREAMLINING

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UM, WHILE WE'VE GOT HER HERE, UM, COMMUNICATIONS ALSO HAS AN INTERN, SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH, WITH THEM, UM, OVER THE SUMMER.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS MUCH AS IT'D BE GREAT TO, TO HAND THEM OFF AND HAVE 'EM KNOCK OUT A PROJECT, UM, FROM, FROM OUR END OF THE THING, IT'S, UH, IT'S ALSO NICE TO LET THEM SEE, UM, WHAT WORK AND GOVERNMENT REALLY IS LIKE, AND, AND IF ANYTHING, KIND OF FOSTER THAT INTEREST IN THE FIELD WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF STUDENTS COMING OUT AND WANTING TO GET INTO GOVERNMENT.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, I KNOW SUGAR LAND IS, IS ALLOWING US TO COME AND TAKE AND TOUR THEIR FACILITIES AND KIND OF LET THEM SEE AT A GRANDER SCALE, UM, HOW THEY OPERATE AS WELL, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, UH, TOURING THE WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND GET THEM KIND OF INVOLVED AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO WE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROGRAM.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR.

SO I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE, UM, SOME KINKS TO IRON OUT, BUT, UM, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO GET THIS, UH, PROGRESSING AND HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS ON A YEARLY BASIS.

FIVE IS REVIEW AND DISCUSS BUDGET, PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S AWESOME, SIR.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT WAS THE FIRST, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE DONE THAT, RIGHT? I BELIEVE THEY'VE HAD AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM YEARS AGO.

UM, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST PARTNERSHIP WITH UT.

ALRIGHT, COOL.

YEAH, YEARS AND YEARS AGO, WE DID HAVE AN INTERN THAT ACTUALLY WROTE SOME ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT IT, THEY DIDN'T GET THE PROJECT FINISHED UP.

IT WAS JUST TOO SHORT OF A DURATION.

BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

AT OUR OFFICE THIS SUMMER, WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING INTERN THAT'S A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE.

SO I THINK, UH, IT'S GREAT FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, TRYING TO DEVELOP THE FUTURE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

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[5. Review and discuss budget process, schedule, and development. ]

SO THIS, UH, THIS ITEM THIS MONTH IS REALLY JUST A BIRD'S EYE VIEW AND A, A LAYOUT FOR, UH, THE SCHEDULE, UH, FOR THE BUDGET FOR THIS THIS SEASON.

UM, THE MID-YEAR, EDC FUNDS BUDGET REPORTS ARE ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES SECTION.

IT'S JUST THE SIX MONTH REPORT.

UM, UM, AND WE, BUT WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM A BOARD THAT THEY WANT TO SEE SOME MORE VISUAL OR DIGESTIBLE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS, UM, RATHER THAN JUST STARING AT THE, THE RAW DATA IN THE, IN THE FINANCIAL SHEET.

SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND WORK ON THAT AND, AND HAVE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT MORE APPEALING AS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO READ, UM, FOR YOU GUYS, UM, AS WE GET THIS PROCESS GOING.

UM, AS FAR AS THE A SA FOR THIS YEAR, WE DON'T FORESEE ANY CHANGES.

WE KIND OF TOOK IT APART LAST YEAR, UM, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

UM, AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE.

UM, BUT IF WE DO, IT WILL BE, UM, UH, NOTIFIED.

YOU GUYS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THAT.

UM, FOR THIS BUDGET SEASON, OUR, WE'RE LOOKING AT A SALES TAX REVENUE AT 5% OVER THIS YEAR.

UM, LAST YEAR WE BUDGETED FOR A 6.06% INCREASE.

UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $1.837 MILLION, UM, FOR THIS BUDGET SEASON.

UM, AND AS WE GO ON, IT MAY SHIFT UP OR DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE OUR STARTING POINT IS FOR, FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.

UM, THE FUNDING PRIORITIES IS PROBABLY THE, THE BIGGEST TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR TONIGHT.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRACKING THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, RE FAST TRACK COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, ILA, UM, AS PROJECTS THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE ANNOUNCED, UH, THIS YEAR.

UM, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE KIND OF OPEN THE FLOOR AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR PROJECTS OR SOMETHING THAT WE'VE OVERLOOKED, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO, TO HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS AND WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AS WE KIND OF CARRY ON THIS BUDGET PROCESS.

COULD YOU JUST REPEAT THE ONES THAT YOU SAID Y'ALL HAVE AN EYE ON? ABSOLUTELY.

I DID NOT JOT THOSE DOWN.

AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE LISTED IN HERE, ARE THEY? THEY, NO, NO SIR.

THEY'RE NOT.

THAT YOU GUYS PAID INTO THIS BUDGET'S YEAR.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, UM, AND THAT'S AT A $621,000, UM, THAT YOU GUYS ELECTED TO SUPPORT AT THE LAST MONTH'S MEETING, UM, THE SECOND YEAR AT F FAST TRACK.

UM, THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT $200,000, UM, THIS YEAR, OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER BOARD, EXCUSE ME.

UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THEN THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UM,

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AND IT'LL GO ON FOR THE NEXT, I THINK 10 YEARS.

YEAH, THAT'S MY QUESTION WAS, UM, HOW DOES THAT WORK? AGAIN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A 10 YEAR PAYOUT AT THAT AMOUNT, CORRECT.

IT INCREASES SLIGHTLY YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO I THINK THIS YEAR IS LIKE $87,000.

I WAS TRYING TO PULL THE DOCUMENT FOR THE MEETING.

UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT, UM, LISTED NEXT MONTH.

YEAH, I REMEMBER SEEING IT.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU.

IT WAS 10, IT WAS 10 YEARS, RIGHT? THAT'S SIR.

WHERE THIS WILL BE YEAR TWO PAYMENT, SIR.

I THINK I GOT THOSE DOWN.

SO THAT'S A GOOD LIST.

GO AHEAD.

UM, EAST SIDE DRAINAGE RE FAST TRACK COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE T-H-P-I-L-A.

UM, AND LIKE WE DISCUSSED THIS YEAR, COMMUNITY EVENTS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LISTED, UM, AS A PROJECT, BUT IN THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, WE, WE LIKE TO LIST IT ON THE PROJECTS LIST, UM, JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GOING.

DOES HARRIS STREET NEED TO BE ON THERE? NOT, IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE ON THERE, DEPENDING ON, UM, WHAT THE BIDS COME BACK WITH, UM, FOR THOSE ADD ALTERNATES, IF WE'RE, THEY'RE NOT HELD WITHIN THE BUDGET, UM, WE MAY HAVE TO, IF THE BOARD ELECTS TO DO SO, UM, COME BACK FOR THE LIGHTING AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING.

IT'S APPROVED IN STARTING AND GOING OUT FOR BID.

AND THEN GO FOR CONSTRUCTION VERSUS THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE? CORRECT.

IS STILL POTENTIALLY TO BE YES, SIR.

DETERMINED IF IT'S IN THE YES SIR.

IN THE CIP FOR 20 FY 25.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT COULD SLIP INTO THAT IS THE GATEWAY SIGNS, UM, JUST LIKE IT DID THIS YEAR.

SO IF THAT PROCESS CONTINUES ON, HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT, UH, WRAPPED UP BEFORE THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR.

UM, BUT IF NOT, THEN WE'LL WE'LL HAVE IT ON THAT PROJECT'S LIST AS WELL.

AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE BUDGETING PROCESS, UM, JUNE 17TH, WE WILL HAVE A DRAFT BUDGET IN A SA, UM, A SA WILL BE THE SAME, UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE, UH, THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE BUDGET AND THEN JULY 15TH WILL BE THE FINAL BUDGET AND THE A SA FOR ADOPTION.

AND THAT'S ALSO THE MEETING THAT WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR PROJECT DECLARATIONS, UM, WHICH WILL SET THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC NOTICES.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, IF AFTER THE JUNE MEETING WE DETERMINE, HEY, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, WE REALLY NEED TO DIVE INTO THE BUDGET FURTHER, WE CAN CERTAINLY SET THAT MEETING.

UM, WE DON'T FORESEE ANY HUGE SWEEPING CHANGES OVER THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR.

UM, OTHER THAN THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY LISTED OUT, THIS QUESTIONS REALLY FOR TOMMY, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE FULL STREET DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, FOR OUR BUDGET FOR FFY 25.

DO, DOES THE FTC OR THIS EDC DO WE DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS? SO DEPENDING ON, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT COMES OUT OF THE, THE OLD CITY HALL LAND AND WHATEVER WE DO, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING WHERE WE NEED, WOULD WE JUST DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT OR HOW WOULD THAT BE HANDLED? YEAH, I THINK WE TYPICALLY DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, PROBABLY ON THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT ALSO WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS OUR, UM, OUR PROMOTIONAL BUDGET IS ALLOWED TO BE 10% OF THE REVENUE WE COLLECT, AND WE SET UP, YOU KNOW, A REVENUE ANTICIPATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

BUT WE'RE GONNA COME IN ABOVE THAT.

SO MY GOAL WOULD BE TO TAKE 10% OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, SO WE CAN MOVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THE PROMOTIONAL ITEM.

AND SO I THINK WHEN WE DO THAT, WE CAN MAKE ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT OUR BUDGET IS IN ORDER.

I ASSUME THAT Y'ALL COORDINATE THAT ALSO WITH AARON IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT? THAT'S CORRECT.

AND, AND JUST ALSO AS A REMINDER, UM, OUR PROMOTION LINE ITEM DOES ROLL OVER INTO THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW, UM, YOU KNOW, ASSUMING THAT WE DON'T BURN THROUGH THAT, THAT LINE ITEM EVERY YEAR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SO I THINK THE BIG THING YOU NEED FROM US IS TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAYBE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE YEAR THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED.

THAT'S IT.

A QUESTION ON THE, AS SA, DOES THE, AS SA HAVE TO BE BY BUDGET YEAR OR CAN IT BE MULTIYEAR? WOULD THERE BE ANY BENEFIT TO JUST, I MEAN, IT'S SUCH A GENERIC DOCUMENT AND WE APPROVE, WELL, I KNOW THAT WE APPROVE THE BUDGET MONIES KIND OF SEPARATE FROM THE

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A SA ITSELF.

IS THERE A BENEFIT TO MAKING IT? WELL, THE LAST, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, MOVING INTO CITY HALL, THERE WAS A LOT OF CHANGES GOING ON.

, UM, MAYBE WE LET IT RUN ANOTHER YEAR AND SEE IF EVERYTHING REMAINED STABLE, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL.

UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT PROHIBITS US FROM GOING TO A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT.

UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

I, I THINK THE WAY, THE REASON WHY IT'S DONE YEARLY IS JUST OUT OF HABIT AT THIS POINT, UM, CHANGES, UH, FROM STAFF AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOES OUTLINE THE PORTION OF, OF SALARIES THAT WE PAY TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AS THOSE DEPARTMENTS GROW AND CHANGE, SO TOO TO THOSE LEVELS.

UM, SO IT IS KIND OF A FLOWING DOCUMENT, BUT THE, THE WORDING IN IT ITSELF REALLY WON'T CHANGE, UM, FOR THE MOST PART.

UM, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON.

AND IF WE, IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE AND WE'RE ABLE TO, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT A MULTIYEAR, JUST SOMETHING ENTERTAINED IF, IF IT COULD BE TAKEN OFF THE LIST AS A, YOU KNOW, SPEED OF OPERATION.

SO, YEAH.

I THINK THOUGH THAT EVEN IF WE, EVEN IF WE DO THAT, THE BUDGET WOULD BE DONE ANNUALLY.

CORRECT.

IT STILL HAS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL, GET THEIR BLESSING AND APPROVAL ON IT.

CORRECT.

ALRIGHT.

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON ITEM FIVE.

I I, I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR, UM, PROJECTS OR ANYTHING LIKE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PROPOSE TONIGHT.

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MISSING OUTSIDE OF THE LISTED PROJECTS THAT YOU MENTIONED? N NO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHY WE BROUGHT IT BACK UP.

IF, IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY SUGGESTIONS ON, ON SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US FUND, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE, THE GATEWAY SIGNS WERE, WERE BROUGHT ABOUT.

UM, WE, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE COULD SEE IS AS WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP OUR, UH, THE EDC OWNED PROPERTY, WE MAY HAVE SOME EXPENDITURES THAT NEED TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, BUT AS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COULD BE, WE CAN'T REALLY LIST IT OUT IN THIS PROJECTS LIST.

UM, AS OUR ATTORNEYS HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE'RE KIND OF AN ANOMALY WHERE WE LIST ALL OF OUR PROJECTS OUT AT ONCE.

UM, A LOT OF EDCS LISTED UP AS THEY COME.

SO WE CAN CERTAINLY LIST ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

UM, SHOULD WE NEED TO.

I, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM A WHILE BACK AND WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT IT UP.

UH, WE DID THE, THE LARGE SCALE INCENTIVE PRO, PRO, UH, POLICY AT, WITH THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, SO I KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE.

I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO WRITE THAT DOWN OR ANYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

I DON'T THINK ANY TRACTION WE MADE ANY TRACTION WITH THAT.

SO THAT, THAT WOULDN'T, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IN THE, IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AS A WHOLE.

, BUT IT WOULDN'T FALL INTO THAT PROJECT'S LIST.

UM, FOR, FOR NOTICE ANYWAYS.

WOULD THE RE FARMER'S MARKET BE CONSIDERED ONE OF OUR PROJECTS? NO.

NO.

UM, SO, AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO LIST COMMUNITY EVENTS.

IT, IT DOES COME OUT OF OUR PROMOTIONAL BUDGET AND PROMOTIONAL ITEMS DON'T HAVE TO BE LISTED AS A PROJECT OKAY.

LINE ITEM.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST, WE BUDGET FOR THAT IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2024.

I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I HOPE WILL COME UP WILL BE OUR PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, SENDING OUT THE RFP, GETTING SOMETHING MOVING ON THAT THE OTHER THING THAT'S IN DISCUSSION IS, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, PARKING NEEDS IN DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW WHERE THAT GOES, WHAT THE EXPENSES ARE, BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WON'T MOVE AT LIGHTNING SPEED AS FAR AS DEVELOPING A PROJECT OF THAT NATURE.

AND THAT WOULD GIVE US TIME TO GET THE PROPER BUDGETS, HAVE THE PROPER PUBLIC HEARINGS, AND ADJUST OUR BUDGETS YEAH.

TO CLEAR THE PROJECT.

RIGHT.

WELL, AND, AND LET, AND LET HARRIS STREET MOVE DOWN ITS COURSE AND GET COMPLETED AND, AND SEE THEM AND DEVELOP THE NEED.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO FOR PARKING, NO, IT'S ALL GOOD.

THANK YOU, HAYDEN.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.

DISCUSSION.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS

[6. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending March 31, 2024. ]

I WILL NOTE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR SALES TAX WAS UP NOT EVEN A PERCENTAGE POINT THIS YEAR.

UM, AND THOUGH THAT KIND OF CAUGHT US OFF GUARD, I THINK WE WERE ABOUT 1% OVER LAST YEAR.

SO, UM, FOR, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THIS PERIOD, UH, IN THE YEAR TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

UM,

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WE'RE TRACKING AT 53.67% OF REVENUE COLLECTED THROUGH 50% OF THE BUDGET YEAR.

UM, AND AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 54.34 THROUGH 50%.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRACKING ABOUT A ONE PERCENTAGE POINT BEHIND WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AS FAR AS GROWTH IS CONCERNED.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT TELLS ME THAT'S MONEY COLLECTED IN MARCH.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING BACK THE ST.

PATRICK'S DAY FESTIVAL.

EXACTLY.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

BUT, SORRY, I WAS A LITTLE SLOW, UH, GETTING THIS INFORMATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS.

UH, SO THIS IS BACK TO THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM JUST FOR US AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS TOMORROW NIGHT, THE CITY WILL PRESENT, UM, AN UPDATED, UH, CIP FOR FY 25 AND, UH, THE EAST SIDE, UH, DRAINAGE.

RIGHT.

WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

LOOKS LIKE THAT PROJECT, UH, WILL BE SLATED FOR CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY OF 25.

SO THE YEAR WILL BE ALMOST OVER .

VERY GOOD.

MAYBE NOT QUITE, UM, WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BY JANUARY OF 26.

UH, AND THE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THE HARRIS STREET, IF I CAN FIND IT REAL QUICK.

UH, SO THAT HAS, UH, HARRIS STREET HAS GONE OUT FOR BID AND I JUST WANNA BEAR WITH ME JUST A SECOND.

UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, OKAY, HERE IT IS.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, SO THE BID START IS MAY OF THIS YEAR, CONSTRUCTION START JULY OF 24, UH, WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.

HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE FEELING ABOUT THAT DATE? HOW ARE WE FEELING ABOUT THAT DATE? I DON'T KNOW.

I, I MEAN, I'M JUST, IT'LL BE INTERESTING.

YOU SHOULD WATCH TOMORROW NIGHT BECAUSE I MEAN, ALL OF THESE, ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE LIKE DELAYED SIX MONTHS FROM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.

THEY WERE AT LEAST SO WELL, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN GETTING UPDATES ON HARRIS STREET AND, UH, I MEAN THE PLANS ARE DONE.

IT'S OUT FORBID.

CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE APRIL 15TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.

I MEAN, UNLESS THERE'S SOME MAJOR ANOMALY IN THE BID PRICES OR SOMETHING.

WELL, I JUST WENT AND LOOKED AT THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UNLESS HARRIS STREET, SO IT'S NOT GONNA MOVE AT LIGHTNING SPEED, BUT IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL PROGRESS THIS YEAR.

BUT I THINK A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER, YOU'VE MENTIONED THE PARKING, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE DRIVEN BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WITH SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTIES DOWNTOWN AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT MIGHT COME INTO PLAY THIS YEAR, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL MAKE IT THIS YEAR.

GOOD POINT.

SORRY.

NO, THAT'S GOOD.

APPRECIATE THAT INPUT.

YEAH, WE KIND OF GET ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING 15, 17, 19% YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBERS, BUT IT'S STILL POSITIVE.

LET'S SEE HERE.

AND IT IS OUR SECOND HIGHEST MONTH THIS YEAR.

SO IT'S STILL STILL PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

OH YEAH.

OUR SALES TAXES HAVE GROWN JUST IN GREAT WAYS TO HELP FUND THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THAT'S, I THINK WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ROLLING THAT BACK INTO DEVELOPING OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING, UH, THE GROWTH.

I MEAN, I'M NOT AN ECONOMIST, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WORTH NOTING THAT INFLATION, UH, HAS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH, UH, THOSE INCREASES IN CELL STOCK.

I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU TRACK WHAT YOU SPEND EVERY MONTH AT THE GROCERY STORE AND OTHER PLACES I DO.

AND IT'S JUST AMAZING AT THE PRICE INCREASES.

IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PAYABLES, CAN WE GET A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PAY THE $16,276 AND 86 CENTS FOR THE, UM, MONTH OF, IS IT MARCH? MARCH, YES.

MONTH OF MARCH.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

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[7. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the April 15, 2024, regular meeting. ]

HOPEFULLY YOU'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO PERUSE THOSE, REVIEW THEM IN GREAT DETAIL.

ARE THERE ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL 15TH MINUTES.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE OUR APRIL 15TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM EIGHT

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

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

WE'RE NOT GONNA BEAT THE 45 MINUTES THAT, UH, A APORT .

WELL, I MEAN, WE COULD, RIGHT? UM, SO I LOOK BACK AT THE, UH, UPDATE THAT I GAVE LAST MONTH, AND I THINK I FAILED TO INCLUDE A FEW THINGS FROM THE APRIL 2ND SPECIAL MEETING THAT WE HAD.

UH, SO I JUST DO WANT TO MENTION THOSE.

UH, AT THE APRIL 2ND MEETING, COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, BAKER TILLY, UM, U-S-L-L-P, THE CITY MANAGER EXECUTIVE FIRM SEARCH SERVICES.

UM, AND THAT HAS, UH, STARTED, AND I KNOW THAT DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, DURING LIKE SIXTH, UH, INTERVIEWS STARTED WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CERTAIN STAFF AS THEY WERE TRYING TO, UM, PREPARE, UH, A PROFILE, UH, THAT THEY WOULD USE TO GO OUT FOR THE SEARCH.

UM, THAT PROGRESS IS, UH, BEING MADE.

I GUESS IT'S, UH, GOOD.

THERE WAS AN UPDATE TODAY.

I JUST WANTED, SO THE PROJECT KICKED OFF MAY 6TH.

UM, THE PROFILE DEVELOPMENT WAS THE WEEK OF MAY 13TH, UH, THE RECRUITMENT OUTREACH MATERIAL, ET CETERA, MAY 20TH, UM, AND SO FORTH.

UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE, I THINK THE TARGET IS, UH, AUGUST, UH, TO HAVE, UM, A FINALIST AND, UH, CANDIDATES, UM, YEAH, AUGUST 2ND.

I THINK WE WOULD BE FINISHED WITH THE PROCESS AND STARTING TO TRY AND MAKE OFFERS.

ANYWAYS, THAT'S A LONG, WE HAD 11 RESPONSES TO THE RFP.

WE SELECTED FOUR.

WE WENT BACK WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

WE, UM, CAME BACK AND WITH TWO OF THEM, AND THEN WE PICKED BAKER TILLY AND ALL OF THOSE R RFPS RESPONDED WITH THREE TO FOUR MONTHS AS A TIMEFRAME FOR COMPLETING THE, UH, THE SEARCH AND PROVIDING US WITH CANDIDATES.

UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID AT THAT MEETING WAS WE APPROVED THE CERTIFICATION OF THE VOTE AND RESOLUTION, UH, CASTING THE VOTE FOR DANA HOLLINGSWORTH FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NORTH FORT BEND WATER AUTHORITY, UH, DIRECTOR OF PRECINCT SEVEN, UH, THE APRIL 16TH.

UH, SO A COUPLE OF NEW HIRES, UH, AARON FLORE, UH, NEW HIRES, AARON FLORES, UH, TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST, MICHAEL STOVER, POLICE OFFICER PROMOTIONS.

HEIDI TAYLOR WAS PROMOTED AS TO BE THE HR DIRECTOR, FELIX VARGAS, LIEUTENANT AND BILL HENRY TO LIEUTENANT.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF DEPARTURES.

UH, JULIE WATTS, APRIL 5TH, FINANCE SPECIALIST TWO, LANCE HALL, APRIL 12TH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES.

I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS.

UH, WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO IS, UH, WILL BE, IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE, UM, THE LAND IN PECAN RIDGE.

UM, TRIPOINT GAVE US THE LAND TO DO THE WATER PLANT.

SO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT W 18 H, UM, IS THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, UH, THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 45% COMPLETE.

IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THERE, YOU CAN'T MISS IT.

THE TANK PEDESTAL

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IS COMPLETE.

UH, AND THE BOWL TO BE THAT GOES ON TOP, UH, SHOULD GO UP IN JULY WITH A DECEMBER, UH, COMPLETION DATE.

THAT PROJECT IS $4.7 MILLION.

UM, CIP PROJECT W 21 A, WHICH IS THE WATER PLANT THERE.

UM, CON RIDGE, IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A 2000 GALLON PER MINUTE.

WELL, WITH THE 1.5 MILLION GALLON GROUND STORAGE TANK, A 3.8 MILLION GALLON PER DAY, UH, FIRM CAPACITY PUMP STATION.

IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 20% COMPLETE TEST WELLS, COMPLETE WATER QUALITY AND VOLUME.

AND IT WAS, UH, WE WERE INFORMED THAT, UM, THE WELL WILL NOT PRODUCE THE ESTIMATED WATER VOLUME.

UM, SO, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DRILL, UH, AN ADDITIONAL WELL ON SITE.

AND THEN PROBABLY, WELL, WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US IS ADDITIONAL WELLS OFFSITE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE WATER NEEDED.

AND I MEAN, THIS, THIS, UH, WATER PLANT IS, UH, CRITICAL TO THE, UH, UH, FUTURE RIGHT.

GROWTH AND DEMAND THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOR THE AREA, THAT PROJECT WITHOUT THE NEW WELLS $17.2 MILLION.

AND WHAT ABOUT WITH THE NEW WELLS? IF I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER YET? I GUESS SO.

WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT TOMORROW NIGHT FROM, UH, FREEZING NICHOLS.

UM, YEAH, ANYTIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH ANYTHING IN THE GROUND, UH, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.

UH, TO THE ORDINANCE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR, UM, THE, UH, LANDSCAPING, UH, NO G WIRES TO CHANGE THE SETBACKS, UH, AND ALSO TO, UH, REDUCE THE TEST STRAIGHT EYE THAT'S RE REQUIRED.

BEFORE WE ENGINEER, OH, THERE WE GO.

WE HAVE THE EXPERT .

WELL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S FUNNY, RIGHT? AND I'M A GEOLOGIST AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BARRON'S A GEOLOGIST, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, IT, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE WE DID A STUDY AND, UH, SELECTED A SITE BASED ON DETAILED ANALYSIS.

YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT THE AQUIFERS ARE HERE IN THE AREA.

WE KNOW WHAT THE DOWNTOWN WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE HAS DONE.

UH, WE WERE GIVEN A PIECE OF LAND, UH, AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH, UH, WITH TRI POINT FOR PECAN RIDGE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DRILLED THE WELL AND .

UNFORTUNATELY, UH, I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THE DETAILS ON THE WELL REPORT.

I'M NOT EVEN A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.

WE ASKED LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, FREEZER NICHOLS, WHICH AQUIFER THE TEST WAS DONE IN.

THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO TELL US THAT.

BUT, UH, I HAVE THE, THE INFORMATION THAT I CAN GO LOOK AT AND WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW.

OUR STAFF DOES.

SO ANYWAYS, IT'LL, IT'LL GET WORKED OUT.

UM, THAT PROJECT IS, UM, WELL INTO, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW, 2020 END OF 2025, I BELIEVE, FOR THE WATER PLANT.

UM, THE MAYOR DID A STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, UH, WHICH IS ALWAYS IS DONE ANNUALLY.

UM, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO THE CDO, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE AGREED TO.

YOU MIGHT, IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THEM, YOU CAN, CAN GO READ THEM.

UM, IT'S PRETTY DETAILED.

UM, THERE WAS A, UM, THERE WERE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THAT MEETING, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS WAS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

THERE WAS A REQUEST TO REZONE ABOUT ALMOST FIVE ACRES, UH, TRACK IN THE ENOCH LETHAM, UH, SURVEY ABSTRACT NUMBER 50 FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.

THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED.

UH, I THINK SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS SORT OF INTERESTING, AND I, I THINK VERY POSITIVE, BUT, UM, THE CITY, UH, HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UM, UH, VERIZON WIRELESS, RIGHT? A UH, GTE MOBILE NET, UH, SOUTH TEXAS.

THEY'RE A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH, UH, VERIZON WIRELESS.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT VERIZON AND, AND A LOT OF THE OTHER CELLULAR PROVIDERS ARE LOOKING FOR IS THE, UH, THE ABILITY TO, UH, PUT, UH, TOWERS THAT AREN'T AS TALL AND HUGE AS, UH, SOME OF THE ONES THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE GUIDEWIRE, UH, SECURED.

THESE ARE MONOPOLES AND, UM, THEY CAN BE A HUNDRED, 200, 300 FEET.

UH, AND THEY WANT TO DO MORE FREQUENTLY, SO THEY'RE NOT AS, AS HIGH, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S A, A LIMIT ON THE, UM, THE EXTENSIVENESS, UH, OF THE TECHNOLOGY.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS, BUT, UH, FOR THE SIGNALS, RIGHT? SO, UH, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THEN IS COME IN AND DO MORE FREQUENT LOWER, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SO THE, THE CITY, UH, WE AGREED TO, UM, A CHANGE TO THE,

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UM, AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW US THEN TO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WENT, DID A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR, UM, THE FIRST VERIZON INSTALLATION, WHICH IS THE CROSS CREEK RANCH WATER PLANT NUMBER THREE AT THAT SITE.

SO THE LEASE, UH, PORTION WAS DONE FOR, FOR THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.

IT'S A FIVE YEAR LIMITED TERM WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL FIVE YEAR TERMS, THE YEARLY LEASE WITH A 2% ANNUAL INCREASE.

AND, UM, BASICALLY WHAT THIS WILL DO IS THIS WILL ALLOW US TO START, WE, WE'LL, WE'LL GET MUCH BETTER COVERAGE IN THE, IN THE AREA.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE DEAD SPOTS AND, UM, MORGAN SPUR AT TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY DON'T BREAK DOWN AND NEED CELLULAR DATA BECAUSE IT JUST REALLY ISN'T THERE.

AND SO I THINK THIS CAME OUT OF, UH, THE, UM, URI FREEZE AND, UH, THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BETTER CELLULAR COVERAGE, UH, BECAUSE IF THE POWER WAS OUT, YOUR WIFI WAS OUT, NO WIFI, NO WIFI ENABLED CALLING.

SO, UM, IT REALLY, UH, SPARKED THE, THE NEED TO GET MOVING ON THAT.

SO THAT'S POSITIVE.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THEY WILL ALLOW OTHER CARRIERS TO UTILIZE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

I THINK THAT'S THE HIGHLIGHTS.

ANY QUESTIONS? UH, JOEL, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THOSE UPDATES.

[9. Future agenda items ]

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I'LL HAVE A COUPLE TO LIST OUT.

UM, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH, UH, SOME MORE RESEARCH AND AN EVENTUAL DRAFT OF A SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAM.

SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN KICKED AROUND HERE FOR, UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE AT THE JUNE MEETING, UM, JUST DUE TO THE JUST STACK OF, UH, AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

UM, BUT WE, LIKE, WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE IT, UM, SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, UM, FOR EARLY, UH, PRESENTATION, UM, TO THE BOARDS.

UM, IN ADDITION, WE'LL HAVE, UH, UPDATES ON THE WEBSITE, UM, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON ADDING TO IT, UM, WE'RE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE TRAFFIC COUNT CLICKS AND, UH, HOW LONG PEOPLE ARE STAYING.

SO WE'LL HAVE A REPORT RUN FOR YOU GUYS, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, AS WELL AS COVER SOME ISSUES AND NEEDS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE SEEN.

UM, AS WE WORK WITH THIS NEW PROVIDER.

UM, LIKE WE MENTIONED, NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE, UH, OUR FIRST DRAFT OF THE BUDGET, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, RETAIL COACH FULL FAST TRACK.

UM, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE, UH, A FIRST DRAFT OF THE CHRISTMAS DECORATION CONTRACT WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS JUST FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW.

IT'S ALREADY UNDER REVIEW WITH THE ATTORNEYS, UM, BOTH THE CITY AND OURS.

UM, UM, AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE, UM, WELL WE, WE HOPE TO HAVE A POSSIBLE RFP UPDATE FOR OUR PROPERTY, UM, AS WELL AS OUR INTERN INTRODUCTION.

ANYTHING ELSE? I, GO AHEAD.

SORRY.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAM.

IS THIS KIND OF, UM, WHAT WAS TOSSED AROUND ABOUT LIKE SMALL, UH, BEAUTIFICATION INCENTIVES AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT TO KIND OF PROMOTE? YES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THERE ARE LIMITS AS THE CORPORATION, WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, AS FAR AS THAT FOR BEAUTIFICATION AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DIGGING THROUGH RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHAT OTHER EDCS HAVE DONE, UM, AND WHAT BEST FITS OUR SPECIFIC SCENARIO.

WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A TON OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO RENOVATE, BUT WE CAN, IF WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF INCENTIVE TO, TO GET PEOPLE TO DRIVE TO DOWNTOWN AND THAT SORT OF THING, WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO FOCUS ON THAT AND, AND GIVE SOME PEOPLE TO GIVE SOME OPTIONS, UH, INTERTWINED WITH RE FAST TRACK TO, TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES IN TOWN.

UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA WITH THAT.

DID YOU, 'CAUSE THAT MIGHT BE LIKE MURALS AND STUFF TOO, RIGHT? BUT DID YOU GET THAT UH, LINK THAT I SENT? YES, SIR.

UM, I WAS JUST THINKING AHEAD, SO MAYBE FOR JULY.

IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO JUST PUT ON THERE TO LIKE JUST REVIEW THE BYLAWS.

UM, ONCE THE, UM, THE BOARD POSITIONS ARE FINALIZED, UM,

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BECAUSE I WAS READING THROUGH THEM, RIGHT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, AND I ACTUALLY, I COULDN'T FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE.

I HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE SEND IT TO ME.

SURE.

BUT, UM, JUST, UH, LIKE THE ROLE OF THE DIRECTORS ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY AND THE TREASURER YES, SIR.

AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

UM, JUST TO, JUST TO FOR YES, SIR, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE ANY NEW MEMBERS.

IF THERE AREN'T ANY NEW MEMBERS, THEN MAYBE WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.

AND, AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

IT WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED TO US AND SIGNED OCTOBER IS LIKE 2007, BY THE WAY.

YES, YES.

AND, AND THAT, AND IT SAYS THE OLD ADDRESS FOR THE OLD CITY HALL.

AND THAT, THAT BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT, UM, THAT I, THAT I MEANT TO MENTION EARLIER.

WE, WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH OUR ATTORNEYS, UM, THEY'RE, UH, DRAWING UP AND UPDATING OUR BYLAWS FOR US.

SO THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNSEL, UM, AT A FUTURE MEETING.

UM, A LOT OF THINGS ARE STILL HELD UNDER THE, THE OLD, UM, POPULATION NUMBERS THAT, THAT DON'T REALLY APPLY TO US ANYMORE.

UM, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT UPDATED AND, AND GET IT TO COUNCIL AS SOON AS WE CAN.

AND THEN, UM, I WANT TO TOUCH BASE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AGAIN, HATE TO BE A STICKLER ABOUT THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, IN THE ORGANIZATIONS I'VE WORKED FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD AN ANNUAL STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN A, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLAN, THREE, FIVE YEARS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

DEFINITELY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MENTIONED YOU POOR CELLULAR COVERAGE AND INFLATION AND POPULATION GROWTH.

I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE, WE NEED ONE.

UM, I THINK I MENTIONED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT IN FURTHER DETAIL.

UH, WHAT, WHAT THE PROS AND CONS WOULD BE, UH, HOW MUCH COST.

I KNOW IT'S NOT, UH, CHEAP TO DO IT CERTAINLY, OR INEXPENSIVE, BUT, UM, SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS YEP.

AND BACK THAT UP COMPLETELY.

I MEAN, I THINK WITH OUR GROWTH, WE'RE BASICALLY A NEW CITY.

I MEAN, IT ALMOST NOTHING APPLIES ANYMORE FOR THE MOST PART.

I, I MEAN, I, I AGREE.

IN GENERAL, I THINK THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY THAT WE'RE HAS NOT REALLY CHANGED.

THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS STILL IN PLACE.

IT'S PRETTY HIGH LEVEL.

THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN IT, BUT THE SPECIFIC STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE EDC, RIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC PLAN PUT IN PLACE FOR THE EDCS WITH ACTIONS AND THINGS TO DO TO ACHIEVE, RIGHT.

THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE CITY.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT WHOLE MATRIX CAME FROM.

RIGHT.

AND, UM, SO IS, IS THAT ALL STILL VALID? I'M GUESSING SOME OF IT IS, AS WE SAID BEFORE, MAYBE SOME OF IT ISN'T, BUT IT'S JUST TO RE-LOOK AT IT BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS NOW WITH FULL OR FAST TRACK.

WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS WITH THE RETAIL COACH WHO, SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS WEREN'T, I DON'T THINK EVEN IN THAT, IF I, I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE ITEMS. YEP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HAS PROGRESSED US ALONG.

SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IN FIVE YEARS WE'VE, WE'VE MADE QUITE A BIT OF PROGRESS ALONG THE LINES OF, OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.

DEFINITELY.

BUT I KNOW AS FAR AS LIKE THE TOOLBOX AND THE TOOLS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE USING YES.

SOFTWARE AND, AND IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THOSE THINGS PROBABLY DON'T EVEN YES.

APPLY ANYMORE.

YEP.

SALESFORCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S NOT YEAH, SALESFORCE.

UM, YEAH, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME CHANGES.

WE'VE, WE'VE SCRAPPED AND WE'LL, WE'LL SEND YOU GUYS THE MATRIX SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE.

UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY BRING BACK THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, FOR, FOR THE CONVERSATION.

UM, I HATE TO JUST PILE ON THIS POINT, BUT , UM, I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW EXTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE ALL INTERNAL, THE CITY AND THEN THE, THE BOARD WE'RE ALL INTERNAL.

BUT WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE EXTERNAL, LIKE THE CONSULTANTS, WHAT WOULD I, I WANNA KNOW WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE HALF A DECADE LATER AFTER A PANDEMIC.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR, UM, SALES TAX HAVE PLATEAUED.

I MEAN, I, MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME INSIGHT ON THAT.

WE'RE NOT, NONE OF US ARE ECONOMISTS.

WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA.

BUT I MEAN, IF, IF THAT HAPPENS, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE CONSIDERING THAT RISK, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TOO.

DEFINITELY.

BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON IT, I THINK.

I THINK WE'RE, THERE'S A CONSENSUS.

DISCUSSING THAT WITH COUNCIL.

SO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WELL, SOUNDS LIKE A STRATEGIC PLAN DISCUSSION ITEM FOR SURE.

UM, ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER 10

[10. Announcements ]

OR ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I DO HAVE LOTS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEK.

UH, WE WILL HAVE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.

UH, FIVE 30 AND L WILL BE PRESIDENT OR FOR PRESENT FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, FOR THE RFP FOR OUR UC PROPERTY.

UM,

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UM, THEY'LL ALSO HAVE A BOARDS APPOINTMENTS, UM, LIKE, UH, JOEL MENTIONED EARLIER.

UM, AND ALL OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SHOULD BE APPOINTED FOLLOWING THE MAYORAL RUNOFF, UM, MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD UP FOR, UH, REAPPOINTMENT OR BLAKE LEE AND TOMMY.

UM, SO WE, WE WISH THAT YOU ALL, ALL WOULD COME BACK TO US, BUT WE SHALL SEE, UM, IN THE COMING MONTH, UM, SOME EXCITING NEWS.

UH, CENSUS HAS RANKED FULCHER AS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, UM, PLACING JUST BEHIND SALINA.

UM, THEY ESTIMATE THAT OUR POPULATION GREW 25.6% FROM 2020 JULY OF 2022 TO 2023.

UM, AND THEY ESTIMATE US TO BE AT 43,000 RESIDENTS.

ABOUT WHAT TIME? YEAH.

WHAT, WHAT TIME IS THAT? UH, JULY OF 2022 TO 2023.

AND THEN 45,000 BY ONE.

CURRENTLY.

CURRENTLY 43,000.

SO , THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT NUMBER.