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LET'S CALL, UH, THE MEETING TO ORDER.THIS IS THE MEETING OF THE SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON MONDAY, JUNE THE 17TH, 2024 AT 6:00 PM.
WE HAVE ONE BOARD MEMBER WHO IS ABSENT, JENNIFER HAMAN, BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS HERE AND PRESENT.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? THERE ARE NONE TONIGHT.
[3. Introduction of Carolina Salinas-Garcia, 2024 EDC summer intern. ]
THREE IS INTRODUCTION OF, UH, CAROLINA SALINAS GARCIA, 2024 EDC, SUMMER INTERN.UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST RECAP AGAIN THAT, UM, CAROLINA DID COME TO US THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED HOME TO TEXAS AT UT AUSTIN.
AND, UM, SHE GOT HERE ON MAY 28TH AND SHE WILL BE WORKING WITH US THROUGH, UM, JUNE 28TH.
SO I'LL LET HER JUST BRIEF, BRIEFLY SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERSELF.
UM, I GREW UP HERE IN THE KATY CHER AREA.
I GRADUATED FROM SEVEN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL IN 2023.
UH, THIS SUMMER I'M PARTICIPATING IN THE HOME OF TEXAS PROGRAM, WHICH MATCHES FIRST YEAR STUDENTS WITH AN INTERNSHIP IN THEIR HOMETOWN AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE WITH THE EDC THIS SUMMER AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHIP.
ANYONE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CAROLINA? I JUST WANT TO SAY WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING WITH THE CITY AND, AND US.
YEAH, THE CITY REALLY HAS, I THINK, CAN GIVE YOU A LOT OF BROAD EXPERIENCE.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBJECT MATTER BEING DISCUSSED FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, TO GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.
SO, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND WE'RE THANKFUL YOU'RE HERE WITH US AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, LEARNING HOW THE CITY RUNS.
LET'S SEE, ITEM NUMBER THREE OR FOUR IS
[4. Introduction and presentation by Aaron Farmer of the Retail Coach]
INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION BY AARON FARM.AARON FARMER OF THE RETAIL COACH.
ALRIGHT, SO APPARENTLY THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION.
AARON CAN ATTEND NEXT MONDAY'S TYPE A MEETING TO GIVE AN IN-PERSON UPDATE.
BUT IN YOUR PACKETS TONIGHT, YOU CAN FIND THE PROJECT UPDATE THAT OUTLINES JUST A FEW OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, INTERESTS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED EITHER TO OUR STAFF OR TO ERIN DIRECTLY.
UH, THIS PAST MAY, UH, MAY 20TH THROUGH THROUGH 22ND, BOTH ERIN AND MYSELF DID ATTEND ICSC LAS VEGAS, AND THERE WERE, UM, A HANDFUL OF OF MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND WE WILL BE HAVING FOLLOW UPS.
I WAS OUT ALL OF LAST WEEK, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO, UM, CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, STILL TRYING TO FIND A HOTEL GROUP THAT CAN COME HERE TO TOWN.
SO WE DO HAVE, UM, ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH MARRIOTT AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR BIG PRIORITIES.
AND THEN SECONDLY, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ATTRACT A GROCER TO, UM, 3 59 WEST SIDE OF TOWN, KNOWING THAT IT DOES TAKE EVERYONE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME JUST TO TRAVEL ACROSS TOWN, UH, TO 1463 TO DO ALL THEIR GROCERY SHOPPING.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, YOU'LL SEE HERE, UM, DISCOUNT TIRE HAS REACHED OUT TO THEM.
UM, TRACY HOLMAN FROM BAKER KATZ, UH, IS ANOTHER FIRM.
THERE'S NO DETAILS THERE ON WHAT TYPE OF THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR YET, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS SOON.
UM, AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, WE DID HAVE FIRST HARTFORD REALTY, UM, COME TO THE BOARD AND REQUEST, UM, TO, TO SET UP A CVS AT THE EDC PROPERTY.
AND, UM, WE TOLD THEM, NO THANK YOU, BUT THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A SITE.
SO WE HAD AT THAT TIME, SUGGESTED SOME OTHER SITES, UM, CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE OF DEL WEP ROGERS UP 3 59.
SO HOPEFULLY MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SEE IF THAT THAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM.
THERE'S A, A BOUTIQUE, UM, THAT'S ALSO INTERESTED.
WE CONTINUE WITH THE BIG BOX, UM, GARDEN CENTER STORE, TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, PAPA'S RESTAURANTS, UM, ENDED UP SAYING THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT INTERESTED IN SHORE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL REVISIT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE REALIZED IS WE NEED TO BE VERY OPEN AND AGGRESSIVE ABOUT COMMUNICATING TO THE DIFFERENT RETAILERS THAT WE WOULD WANT, WHAT THE HOUSE NUMBERS ARE, AND EVERY TIME THAT CHANGES, KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF THEM.
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EFFORT VIA LINKEDIN AND EMAILS, MAKING SURE THAT ANYONE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT HAS SENT BACK.UM, KEEPING AN EYE ON HOUSEHOLD NUMBERS WE'RE UPDATING REGULARLY.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? WHAT SURE.
WHAT IS THEIR HOUSEHOLD? WHAT ARE THE, WHAT IS THEIR TARGET FOR HOUSEHOLDS? EVERY RETAILER IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
SO IT JUST, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THEM.
WET HAVE LIKE A TARGET HOUSEHOLD WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
UM, SO WE JUST EDC WORKS WITH, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO KIND OF STAY IN THE KNOW WITH THAT NUMBER.
UM, WE, WE HAVE A MAP THAT HAS THE PLANNED, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NUMBER AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY, UM, FINISHED.
WHAT, WHAT IS PAPA'S YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? OH, DID THEY TELL YOU? I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN FIND OUT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
AND DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UM, HIS REPORT? NO, I, I MEAN, IT'S MY OBSERVATION IN LOOKING AT THESE THINGS, AND I KNOW HEB HAS A NUMBER AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED AT THIS POINT IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PULL FROM THEIR OTHER, UH, STORES, RIGHT? UH, SO ALL THESE STORES HAVE A DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE DENSITY OF POPULATION YET FOR, FOR MANY OF THESE, RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GET THE ROOFTOPS, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GET THE PEOPLE, UH, LIVING HERE.
AND THAT WILL FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WANTING.
RIGHT? SOME OF THE HIGHER END RESTAURANTS, LIKE A PAPA'S AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
I THINK ALSO WHEN WE'RE, I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT WHEN AARON IS REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THESE FOLKS, WE TEND TO THINK IN FULL SURE CITY LIMIT OR ETJ BOUNDARIES.
I THINK THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE MAYBE JUST ACROSS OUR BOUNDARY.
MM-HMM,
SO JUST HELP US REMEMBER TO, YOU KNOW, THINK HOLISTICALLY.
AND NOT JUST FULL CENTRIC WITH POPULATION NUMBERS.
AND A LOT OF, UM, THE DATA THAT HE PROVIDES, IT WILL HAVE A CERTAIN MILE OF RADIUS OF WHAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING AND SOME OF THE TIMES THAT FALLS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS AND OUTSIDE OF ETJ EVEN, IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS OF ON WHERE IT'S ON THE MAP AND WHAT THAT RADIUS IS FOR THEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM FOUR? AS I SAID, HE WILL BE HERE IN PERSON NEXT MONDAY FOR OUR TYPE A MEETING, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT OR LIVE STREAM IT, UM, AND JUST HEAR EVERYTHING HE HAS TO DELIVER THERE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
[5. Introduction and presentation by Managing Director of Fulshear Fast Track, Mat Yelvington.]
FIVE IS INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION BY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE SHORE FAST TRACK, MATT YELVINGTON.I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE ABOUT WHERE OUR PROGRESS IS, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU HAVE, UH, WHAT ARE THE METRICS THAT WE, THAT WERE ESTABLISHED, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTRACT, UM, THAT KIND OF THE FIRST YEAR METRICS.
AND SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE EACH LINE THAT, THAT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD USE OF TIME.
AND SO I JUST WANNA KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS, UM, FROM THE METRICS.
UH, ONE BEING THAT, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THAT OUR BUSINESS OWNERS ARE RECEIVING ADVISOR OR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM SERVICES.
UM, OUR GOAL FOR THE FIRST YEAR WAS 12, AND WE ALREADY HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT, UM, ADVISORY CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD RANGING FROM A BUSINESS PLAN TO, UH, HR ISSUES, UH, THE GAMUT OF, OF, OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH.
WHEN DID WE START EXACTLY? UH, WE LAUNCHED WHAT, JUST ROUGH NUMBERS.
SO NOT EVEN, SO LIKE THE CONTRACT WAS TALKING WAS STARTING.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU REFERENCED THE GOAL FOR THE YEAR, RIGHT.
JUST HOW FAR WERE WE INTO IT? SO FOR THE GOAL, THREE, THREE MONTHS.
UM, AS FAR AS ACTUAL WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, YEP.
UH, TWO OR THREE MONTHS, UH, INTO THE GOAL, AND WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, GETTING, GETTING CLOSE TO THE TARGET THERE.
UM, AS FAR AS NEW BUSINESS STARTUPS WE'RE, WE'VE TALKED TO TWO TO THREE, UM, BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THAT WOULD BE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE ALL IN DIFFERENT PHASES AND WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY, UH, COME TO FRUITION OR NOT, WE'RE, WE HOPE TO GET THEM THERE.
UM, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE THE CITY, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO LOOK AT WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR BUSINESS PLAN, UM, THAT ARE, THAT ARE FRESH AND NEW THAT DON'T CURRENTLY EXIST.
UM, SO THAT'S A GOOD LITTLE, LITTLE PROGRESS REPORT THERE.
UH, TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE ABOUT A METRIC ABOUT HOW MANY ENTREPRENEURS ARE IN THE BUSINESS HUB.
SO WE, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ABOUT, UH, THIS IS CREATING AN ONLINE COMMUNITY IN THE HUB.
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BUSINESS HUB HAS 66 MEMBERS.WE HAVE 66, AND IT CROW JUST TODAY.
I HAD ANOTHER PERSON SIGN UP AGAIN.
SO, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY, EVERY DAY OR EVERY WEEK, THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE GETTING THE WORD OUT AND JOINING THE HUB.
AND SO, UM, SO 66, AND WE'VE ALREADY BEAT THAT, THAT TARGET.
UH, AS FAR AS HUB EVENTS, UH, WE'VE TARGETED SIX, WE'VE HAD SEVEN, WE'LL BLOW THAT, THAT NOT NUMBER OUT OF THE WATER, UM, IN THE, IN THE YEAR EASILY.
UH, MOSTLY THEY'VE BEEN, THIS, THE EDUCATION EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE'VE HAD THREE EDUCATION EVENTS SO FAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE A MONTHLY, UH, WE'RE CALLING KIND OF A PEER ADVISORY LUNCH, UM, THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH, UM, OVER AT PIER 36.
AND SO THOSE HAVE BEEN, UH, WELL, REALLY WELL ATTENDED.
UH, A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE LOT OF SUPPORT.
SEO WE HAD AN SEO CONVERSATION, UH, THIS TOMORROW HERE AT, UH, AT, AT THE, UM, WHAT IS THIS TOWN HALL? UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A, A CONVERSATION ABOUT BUSINESS PLANNING.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS IS A BUSINESS PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEPS.
WE'VE GOT FOLKS COMING TO THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, ADVISORS, WE HAVE TWO ADVISORS THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY ON BOARD WITH US, UM, THAT ARE FROM THE FULL SHARE AREA.
AND AS FAR AS PARTNERS, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT 'CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS LIVE, IS TO, UH, HUMBLE GROUNDS, WHICH IS KINDA MY SECOND OFFICE, IF YOU WILL.
IF I'M NOT HERE, YOU'LL FIND ME AT HUMBLE GROUNDS.
AND SO, JUST WANNA THANK THE OWNERS OF HUMBLE GROUNDS TO KIND OF PARTNERING WITH US AND BEING REALLY OPEN TO US, BEING ABLE TO HAVE MEETINGS THERE, MEET THERE, UH, BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING US CONNECT WITH OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN PIER 36, THEY'RE OFFERING US THEIR BACK ROOM FOR COMPLETE, COMPLETELY FREE BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY BEHIND IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND, AND HELP ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES GROW.
SO THOSE TWO THO, THOSE, THOSE TWO BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL INTO, UM, OUR SUCCESS SO FAR AND, AND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVING US.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE GUYS.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE, THE BUDGET.
UM, REALLY BEING VERY CONSCIOUS OF HOW WE SPEND MONEY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE SPEND MONEY IN THE CORRECT AVENUES.
UH, THE ADVISORY TEAM THAT WE HAVE, UH, IS HELPING US DO THAT.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE USING OUR EVERY DOLLAR IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND NOT, UM, SPENDING MONEY WHERE WE DON'T NEED TO.
AND THEN AGAIN, VERY LASTLY, YOU'VE GOT FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, COMMENTS OR REVIEWS FROM FOLKS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED OR BEEN A PART OF THE RE FAST TRACK ON THAT LAST PAGE.
AND IT'S A GAMUT OF FOLKS FROM REALLY SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, TO, UH, STARTUPS, UH, TO ACTUALLY ANOTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATION.
FOLKS IN A DIFFERENT TOWN THAT HAVE HEARD WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, AND ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND, AND, AND WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
SO THE GAMUT, THE WORD IS GETTING OUT.
UM, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE HEARING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, AND I, I IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT, OH, YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE FAST TRACK GUY, OR YOU'RE THE SHORE FAST TRACK GUY, OR I'VE, YOU'VE HEARD YOUR NAME, OR PEOPLE HAVE USED YOUR NAME, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY SEVERAL TIMES.
AND SO, UM, THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR GUY THAT'S ACTUALLY LEADING OUR, UH, TIME TOMORROW.
UM, HIS NAME'S, UH, THOMAS WESTBROOK, AND HE'S, UH, UH, BUSINESS OWNER IN THE AREA.
AND HE'S IN, HE'S ACTUALLY IN KATY, BUT HE'S JUST, HE'S HEARD US MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, BEING BROUGHT UP, UH, TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO ALL OF THAT IS REALLY GOOD STUFF.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, ON PAGE LIKE TWO OF YOUR PROGRESS REPORT.
UM, TOWARD THE BOTTOM, UH, CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT ON, UH, FINANCIAL SPONSORS OBTAIN SPECIFIC? YEAH.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE THING THAT I, COULD Y'ALL USE Y'ALL'S HELP WITH THE MOST? RIGHT.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT AS FINANCIAL SPONSORS THAT CAN SPONSOR THINGS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE HAVING THESE LUNCHEONS, THESE EDUCATIONAL THINGS ONCE A MONTH.
WELL, A COMPANY IN THE AREA, IF THEY WANTED TO SPONSOR AND PAY FOR CHICK-FIL-A TO COME, UM, TO BE A PART OF, OF JUST PAY FOR EVERYONE'S DINNER OR LUNCH, WE COULD DO THAT, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOLKS THAT ARE WILLING TO KIND OF SPONSOR EITHER, UH, EVENTS, UH, LIKE FOOD AT EVENTS THAT WE CAN PUT THEIR NAME ON.
AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT A COMPANY, YOU KNOW, TOMMY, IF, IF HAS A COMPANY THAT WANTS TO SPONSOR AND SAY, THIS IS SPONSORED BY, AND THEN NAME THAT COMPANY.
AND SO THAT COULD BE HELPFUL, LIKE IF THEY COULD BE THE ONE THAT'S, UM, INVOLVED IN ALL THE EDUCATIONAL LUNCHES AND PROVIDE LUNCH FOR EVERYBODY THAT COMES.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, THAT WE ARE GONNA LIKE SLOWLY DEVELOP AND GET MORE FOLKS TO BE A PART OF.
AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK Y'ALL COULD REALLY HELP US OUT.
UM, AND HELP ME OUT, BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW, LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE LARGE COMPANIES THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO BE SPONSORS? AND FEEL FREE TO LIKE, SEND ME THOSE INFORMATIONS, MAKE A WARM INTRODUCTION IF YOU COULD.
AND SO WE CAN GET, GET THOSE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS GOING WITH DIFFERENT SPONSORSHIPS.
HAVE YOU ASKED THE, THE FULL SURE CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE? UH, I HAVE NOT.
AS FAR AS SPONSOR, WOULDN'T THAT BE A GREAT PLACE TO START? I, WELL, AS FAR AS ASKING THEM FOR SPONSORSHIPS YEAH.
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OR LIKE DIFFERENT COMPANIES.AND THEN I'M ASSUMING THE IN KIND SPONSORS WOULD BE THAT, LIKE IF YOU HAD PRINTED MATERIALS FOR AN EVENT, RIGHT? UH, A COMPANY COULD DO THE PRINTING AND PUT THEIR LOGO ON IT.
KIND OF A, A TIP FOR TAT KIND OF DEAL.
SO THE, SO THE IN PROGRESS ON THE PROGRESS REPORT, THAT'S, YOU GOT SOME IN MIND.
WE'VE GOT SOME THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING ABOUT IT.
IT'S ON THE, ON THE LIST OF THINGS TO DO, IF YOU WILL.
I, I KNOW YOU'RE JUST GETTING STARTED OUT PRESSURE TOO HARD, BUT YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
MORE INSIGHT OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
SO THAT DEFINITELY, WE WE'RE KIND OF GETTING THE BATTLE RHYTHM GOING, RIGHT? SO WE KIND OF GOT THE LAUNCH ROUND, THE BATTLE RHYTHM TO GET MORE ADVISING GOING ON.
AND SO THE NEXT KIND OF STEP IS THAT, THAT SPONSORSHIP ASPECT OF IT ALL RIGHT? IS HOW DO WE GET MORE SPONSORS OUT? WE GOTTA GET THE BATTLE RHYTHM OF, OF, OF ADVISOR SERVICES, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE WANNA REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE HELPING OUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO KIND OF, THAT'S WHERE THE RHYTHM IS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO PROBABLY GET SOME SPONSORS IN.
AND SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GONNA ASK THEM TO SPONSOR.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE GOTTA FIGURE COMPLETELY FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS, RIGHT? AND SO I DON'T WANNA JUST GO ASK PEOPLE FOR MONEY AND GO, HEY, JUST WANNA TO BE A PART OF THE FULL OR FAST TRACK.
I WANNA GO, HEY, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE SPECIFICALLY NEED SOME SPONSORSHIP ON.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SPONSOR? AND ROUGHLY WHAT WOULD THAT BE FOR A MEETING? LIKE, HOW MUCH DOLLARS WOULD THAT BE FOR FINANCIAL SPONSORING? SO YOU, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FIGURING OUT WHAT THE AVERAGES ARE, RIGHT? SO WE SPENT, UH, SO I, RIGHT NOW WE, WE SPENT MONEY ON, SAY, APPETIZERS AT, UH, OUR MEETING THAT WE HAD ON MONDAY, OR LAST MONDAY, IT COST ABOUT A HUNDRED BUCKS.
AND SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BIG MONEY RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE'D START.
AND AS WE FIGURE OUT MORE AND MORE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO, UM, THEN, THEN WE CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.
LIKE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE STUCK, OUR BIGGEST PUSH IS COMING UP THIS FALL.
WE REALLY WANNA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET FOLKS THAT ARE DOING AT HOME BUSINESSES, UM, TO, TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE AND HELP THEM.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING LIKE A CAMPAIGN TO HELP THOSE FOLKS AND GET THOSE FOLKS OUT.
AND SO THAT COULD BE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPONSOR THAT EVENT, UM, TO GET THEIR NAME OUT AS WELL, UH, TO TRY TO REALLY GET FOLKS OUT OF THE, THAT, THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE WORKING AT HOME, BUILDING THEIR BUSINESSES AT HOME.
AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT EVENT TO DO.
SO WE JUST STARTED THAT PROCESS JUST ACTUALLY THIS WEEK.
DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY BUSINESSES THAT IS IN POULTRY? I KNOW I'M ASKING A LOT, BUT WE, WE DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK, RIGHT? UH, HUNDREDS DEPENDS ON LIKE HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, RIGHT? LIKE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S ONE OF MY MANDATES, ONE OF MY PUSHES IS WE GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT, RIGHT? UM, BECAUSE THAT WILL DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS, RIGHT? AND SO, YES, WE WANT TO, WE WANNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO THOSE PEOPLE PARTNER WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH THE CHAMBER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THOSE FOLKS OUT, UM, AND GET TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
SO WE, YOU'RE SAYING WE THREE MONTHS INTO IT, UM, AND I'M ASSUMING SOME, THERE'S BEEN SOME INITIAL OUTLAY, IT'S NOT BEING PROGRESSIVE PAYMENTS HERE, BUT I SEE THE WAGES, WE'VE ONLY GOT, WE'RE THREE MONTHS IN, BUT WE'RE ONLY GOT 43% REMAINING OF THE BUDGET.
IS THAT TRUE? OR? SO, UH, SO THE, SO THE, BUT, SO IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE THREE MONTHS IN IN ACTUAL, UH, IF YOU WILL, UM, WHAT'S IT CALLED? ACTUAL WORK, IF YOU WILL.
BUT WE STARTED IN JANUARY, SO WE HAD ALL THE, ALL THE PRE-LAUNCH WORK THAT WENT IN ALL THE, UM, WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT, ALL THAT KINDA STUFF.
SO I'VE BEEN ON BOARD SINCE JANUARY.
SO ALL OF THE PRE-WORK TO GET TO LAUNCH, AND THEN WE'RE LAUNCH.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS TECHNICALLY FISCALLY, WE'RE IN FOR A YEAR.
I MEAN, WE'RE, THIS IS SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH FISCALLY.
BUT AS FAR AS WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, WITH, WITH ACTUAL FOLKS AND, AND THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN HIRED TO DO HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
SO WE'RE STILL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS, SO WE'RE STILL OVER BUDGET BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID THERE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE, UH, YES.
UH, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MONEY RUNS OUT FOR THAT, FOR THE, THE, THE YEAR? WHERE DOES THAT, DOES THIS GO THROUGH FISCAL YEAR? UH, FOR CITY OF RE SO IT ONLY GOES THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, OR, YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
SEPTEMBER THREE, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE BIG COSTS YOU'RE SEEING HERE, LIKE THE DESIGN AND LAUNCH OF THE WEBSITE, I MEAN THAT'S, BUT WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY MONEY ON THE WEBSITE YET.
UH, TOTAL SPENT, NO, IT'S, WE SPENT ALL OF IT.
THAT'S COMPLETELY SPENT FOR, YEAH.
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THE, THE NUMBER YOU'RE, THE 43 IS ONLY ON SALARIES, WAGES, MM-HMM,SO I MADE, SO EACH LINE ITEM HAS ITS OWN PERCENT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SPENT, BUT I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IT'S NOT GONNA BE EVENLY DIVIDED BY THE AMOUNT OF MONTHS UNTIL THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY, I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY ISSUES IN, UM, RUNNING OUT OF MONEY BEFORE.
AT ALL THE QUE THEN THE QUESTION IS, IS IF IF THERE WAS, WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? YEAH.
SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE, THERE, THAT SHOULDN'T, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
THAT'S NOT BECAUSE THESE ARE FIXED COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN ES ESTABLISHED IN THE CONTRACT.
AND SO THERE, THERE, THERE'S NO EXTRA MONEY BEING SPENT.
THERE'S NO EXPOSURE FOR SUDDENLY ASKING FOR NO, NO, NO.
AND THE, THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH WAS HOSTED APRIL THE SECOND.
SO ACCELER, ACCELERATORS, ACCELERATORS AND INCUBATORS.
UM, WHAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP THAT YOU HAVE FOR THEM? WE GOT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, GROW THE COMMUNITY FIRST.
JUST GETTING PEOPLE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND THEN THERE'S FUNDING AND EXPANDING BUSINESS, KIND OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE THOUGHT ON THAT ACCELERATOR INCUBATOR PROCESS, AND WHERE DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU STAND ON THAT? AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL LOCATION? UH, NO, JUST, NO.
SO THAT, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO REALLY WORK TOWARDS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY, IS FINDING THOSE FOLKS.
UM, SO AGAIN, A, A PLANNING EVENT FOR A FALL, UM, CONNECTING WITH, WITH ALL OF THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN TO CONTINUE TO NETWORK, TO CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT, CONTINUE TO FIND OUT WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
UM, WE, WE, ON SMALL BUSINESS, UM, UH, WEEK, WE TRIED, WE TRIED THROUGH VIA FACEBOOK TO TRY TO GET THAT INITIALLY STARTED TO SEE IF WHO'S WORKING OUTTA THE BUSINESS.
WE GOT SOME FOLKS OUT OF THAT.
AND SO IT'S JUST THAT CONSTANT KIND OF KEEPING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT, HEY, WE'RE HERE AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST GONNA BE A CONSTANT PROCESS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO LAUNCH SOMETHING IN, IN THE FALL, CALL IT SEPTEMBER-ISH, TO REALLY, REALLY TARGET AND FIND THOSE FOLKS AND GET THEM OUT.
RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SUMMERTIME'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST TIME TO, UM, TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.
NOT THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, BUT LIKE, WE'RE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THE FALL TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY BACK IN PLACE, UM, GETTING BACK INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GO, OKAY, NOW THAT YOU'VE KIND OF TAKEN A BREATH FROM GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, HEY, LET'S, LET'S GET TOGETHER AND, AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER OUT.
MATT, CAN YOU SHARE THE, UM, THE NUMBERS, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAS A POTENTIAL CONTRACT THAT WOULD, UH, CREATE JOBS AND THAT INVESTMENT? YEAH.
SO, SO THAT'S KIND OF IN THE WORKS.
YEAH, SO WE GOT A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER THAT, THAT, UH, COULD, THE BUSINESS COULD BE A $15 MILLION BUSINESS.
UM, THAT, THAT HE'S, HE'S, HE'S HAS A CONTRACT WITH FOR FOOD, UH, MIDDLEMAN BETWEEN FOOD PROVIDING AND ALL THAT KINDA STUFF.
AND SO, AND THAT COULD BE A $15 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY, UM, TO GET, GET THAT PROCESS GOING.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I WOULD JUST, UM, LIKE TO ADD AS WELL THAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING ALL THESE RESOURCES FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES AND GETTING BUSINESSES STARTED, MATT HAS REVIEWED BUSINESS PLANS, UM, AND I THINK IN A VERY HEALTHY WAY, KIND OF POINTED OUT THE FLAWS THAT COULD HAVE LED TO A BUSINESS OPENING AND VERY QUICKLY CLOSING.
AND I JUST THINK THAT IS SO VALUABLE FOR THAT INITIAL INVESTMENT THAT PEOPLE MAKE, UM, TO NOT BE LOST, TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL THAT'S GUIDING THEM THROUGH EVERYTHING, HELPING THEM RETHINK THAT BUSINESS PLAN.
AND THOSE AREN'T REALLY NUMBERS THAT YOU WOULD SEE REFLECTED HERE.
THAT'S NOT REALLY TIME THAT WE CAN SEE REFLECTED HERE.
BUT IN TERMS OF, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THAT PERSON TAKES THAT EXTRA MONTH, TWO MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, AND THEN SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES A BUSINESS THAT STAYS AND GROWS, TO ME IS SO VALUABLE.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK AS WELL, MATT.
I WANNA JUST, I, I HAD ANOTHER, UH, KIND OF STORY OF KIND OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CANNON AND I THINK WHY IT'S SUPER HELPFUL.
UM, SO, UH, HAD A SEO EVENT THAT WAS GONNA GO ON, LOOK FOR SOMEONE LOCAL, FOUND SOMEONE LOCAL, UM, KIND OF LAST MINUTE, THEY COULDN'T DO IT.
SOMETHING CAME UP, WHICH IS FINE.
FOUND SOMEONE ELSE LOCAL, COULDN'T THEY? THEY SAID, YEAH, I'M IN, I'M IN.
AND THEN LITERALLY THE DAY, THE DAY BEFORE SAID, HEY, A BIG A BIG CONTRACT CAME IN.
SO I'M SCRAMBLING TO FIND THIS PRESENTATION.
I HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN SEO, REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO SEO CORRECTLY.
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OUT TO THE FOLKS, UH, THAT I WORK WITH AT THE CANNON.AND WITHIN 30 MINUTES I HAD SOMEBODY, UM, THAT WAS MORE THAN WILLING TO COME IN AND DO, YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY WILL COME IN AND DO THIS.
AND DID AN AMAZING PRESENTATION WE MADE, MOVE IT TO VIRTUAL.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION.
AND, AND FOLKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WE'RE ABLE TO NOW CONNECT WITH HER AND, AND ARE GETTING THEIR SEO AND, AND, AND SERVICES THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THAT FOLK, THAT PERSON VERY QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
SO, UM, JUST A GREAT, GREAT JUST STORY ABOUT HOW, UM, ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS JUST REALLY ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER.
IT'S JUST A, IT'S A, IT'S AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC THAT ENTREPRENEURS ARE WILLING TO GO, I'M HERE TO HELP BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE AND ARE THERE CURRENTLY.
AND SO, UH, IT WAS JUST A GREAT STORY OF JUST LITERALLY 30 MINUTES AND IT, IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF.
SO IT'S KINDA ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT LARGER ECOSYSTEM OF ENTREPRENEURS IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, MATT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR FOUR YEARS AND I KNOW THERE ARE PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
AND, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT A LONG TIME.
I'M HAPPY THAT WE FINALLY HAVE A, A CONTRACT.
UH, I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I LIKE HAVING THE METRICS, I LIKE HAVING THE OBJECTIVES, UH, REPORTING ON THE BUDGET THING.
PROBABLY NOT REALLY NECESSARY, BUT I APPRECIATE IT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH YOU AND YOU HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND IN MANAGING THOSE FUNDS THAT WE'VE ENTRUSTED YOU WITH.
BUT I'M VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING.
UH, AND JUST HAVING, HAVING THESE UPDATES AND SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CONCEPTS, UH, THAT ARE THERE, RIGHT? AND EVEN THE EXAMPLE YOU JUST GAVE, RIGHT? BUT HAVING HAD A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A FRANCHISE, YEAH.
SO I HAD A FRANCHISOR, UH, STILL WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER, UH, OUR OWN OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR THE LLC AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
HAVING THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU WOULD'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
OTHER THAN JUST GOING ON THE INTERNET,
I THINK ALSO JUST BUILDING THE CONFIDENCE IN WHAT WE'RE OFFERING HERE AT THE EDC AND YOU BEING AVAILABLE WITH YOUR, UH, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, UH, AND THE BUSINESSES COMING TO US, UH, ASKING QUESTIONS, UH, RELYING ON US.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ITSELF AS WELL.
Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
[6. Economic Development Report]
SIX IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.I'LL START OFF WITH NEW BUSINESSES.
SO WE DID HAVE ASIAN WALK LOCATED HERE IN THIS COMPLEX, UM, RIGHT BEHIND CITY HALL AT 6 6 3 1 WEST CROSS CREEK, BEND LANE, UM, OPEN.
THAT'S WHERE, UM, WING OLOGY USED TO BE, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
UM, THEY DID, UH, GET EVERYTHING TAKEN CARE OF IN TERMS OF PERMITS.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE A, A OPENING DATE YET.
UM, BUT THEY'RE LOCATED ON 3 59, UM, OVER BY HALO BREWERY, SO, UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME THEM.
UM, THE THP BOARD DID REVIEW THE GATEWAY SIGN TO SIGN AND HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THE PLANS AS THEY WERE PRESENTED.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY DO NEED ADDITIONAL PLANS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE, UM, THINGS THAT INCLUDE THE, THE LANDSCAPES AND THEIR RENDERINGS.
SO KGA, UH, DIVORCE WILL BE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND THEN WE NEED TO WAIT AND SEE WHEN THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR.
THEY DON'T, UM, THEY DON'T MEET VERY REGULARLY.
SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS, UM, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT IT, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUES OR, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SHOULD JUST BE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THE GATEWAY SIGNS.
UM, ITEM THREE FOR HARRIS STREET.
UM, A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED HERE.
UM, AS OF JUNE 6TH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BIDDER ON THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT.
SO THE PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WILL BE REJECTING THIS BID AT OUR COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW EVENING.
THE ONE BID CAME IN AT $4,369,000, UM, 566.
AND SO THAT IS, UM, THAT IS $1,289,566 OVER WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR.
SO OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORK STOP IS WORKING BOTH WITH THE ENGINEER AND OUR FINANCE TEAM TO EVALUATE A WAY TO FIND AND ATTRACT MORE BIDDERS.
SO IF THE MATERIALS ARE ALREADY AND SUBMITTED TO FINANCE, UM, THIS COMING MONDAY, THE EARLIEST WE COULD SEE THIS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA TO BE AWARDED WOULD BE OUR AUGUST MEETING.
AND THAT ONE JUST, UH, QUESTION, UM, DO WE UNDERSTAND HOW COME WE CAN REPORT AS BEING EXPECTED TO BE UNDER BUDGET?
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AND THEN WHEN THE BID CAME IN, WE DID THAT CALL ON WHERE WE WENT WRONG.SO WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, REACH OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR THIS.
BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE ENGINEERING ESTIMATE, UH, IT WILL ALWAYS VARY FROM THE ACTUAL CONTRACTOR WHO'S GONNA DO THE WORK.
SO THERE'S NO WAY, I MEAN, THERE, THERE'S NO WAY TO EXACTLY GUESS WHAT THAT CONTRACTOR, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT IMPACT THAT.
THE, THE TIMELINE, THE, THE PRODUCT COST.
JUST ON THAT, ON THAT WE DID, WE DID HAVE, I GUESS, UH, SOMEWHAT OF A DOCUMENTED COST ESTIMATE, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UTILIZING THE EXCESS FUNDS TO POTENTIALLY CABLE UP FOR EVENTS FOR, YOU KNOW, SPENDING THE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD SOME LEVEL OF DETAIL.
YES, I GUESS WHERE THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN SAID INFORMATION AND THE BIG, YOU KNOW, AND TRULY WHAT WE GOT WRONG TO LEARN FROM.
SO YEAH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD, THE ONLY THING I WOULD MENTION ON THAT IS I, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS PRESENTED AS THE, THESE BUDGETS ARE WITHIN REASON AND WE SHOULDN'T EXPECT ANYTHING TOO GREAT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BUT IN THIS CASE, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID, SO IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO JUDGE THAT.
NOW IF THEY REBID THIS AND THERE'S THREE BIDDERS, FOUR BIDDERS, AND THEY'RE ALL IN THIS BALLPARK, I THINK WE NEED TO ASK SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS AND SEE WHY WAS IT PRESENTED SO LOW OR WHY WERE THE, UH, ESTIMATES SO FAR OFF.
BUT I KNOW ON A LOT OF PROJECTS I DEAL WITH, IF SOMEONE, MAYBE THEIR WORKLOAD IS HIGH OR IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE THE ONLY BIDDER, THEY PUT IN SOME, UH, MUCH HIGHER COST, AND IF THEY GET IT, WELL, SO BE IT.
THEY'VE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR DELAYS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SAY, UH, AT THIS POINT WITH ONE BID.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, TOMMY IS, IS PROBABLY CORRECT AND IT'S A UNIQUE SITUATION WITH ONLY ONE BID.
SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHEN WAS THE ESTIMATE FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT, RIGHT? WHEN, WHAT DATE WAS THAT ESTIMATE PROVIDED FOR BUDGETING? AND HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN? AND NOW WE'RE GETTING IT OUT TO BID.
SO THIS IS A COMMON TREND WITH ALMOST EVERY PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS FACING RIGHT NOW FROM THE SIX MONTHS AGO, NINE MONTHS AGO TILL NOW, YOU GO OUT TO BID INFLATION.
UM, I MEAN, IT'S JUST EVERY, THEY'RE ALL COMING BACK, THEY'RE ALL COMING BACK OVER WAY OVER WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING.
UH, NONE OF THEM ARE CLOSE, IN MY OPINION, LOOKING AT THEM CLOSE.
SO I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ONE, BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM, RIGHT? AND SO NOW BY AUGUST IT MIGHT BE EVEN MORE, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST STREET PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS EVER UNDERTAKEN.
THERE MAY BE SOME, UM, THE CONTRACTOR MAY BE WONDERING, WELL, HOW IS IT GOING TO, THEY KNOW HOW THEY WORK WITH, UH, JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, THE MUD DISTRICTS, BUT HOW'S IT GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY? DO THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE, UNCERTAINTY THERE AND THEY INFLATE IT TO BASE TO COVER THEIR UNCERTAINTIES? BUT AS I'M JUST SPECULATING ON A LOT OF POTENTIAL ISSUES, IF THE THREE BIDS COME IN AND THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, A MILLION DOLLARS OVER 3 MILLION, THAT'S WHAT, 30 SOME ODD PERCENT.
UM, IT'S NOT OUT OF THE REASON FROM SOME BIDS I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT HOPEFULLY NOW THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER THAN 30%.
BUT I, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE INFLATION VERSUS BUDGET AND ESTIMATES THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT WORLD.
BUT, UM, MY, MY WORRY IS THE ONE BID, THE ONE BIDDER.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO JUST MAYBE ASKING THE QUESTION OF HOW COULD WE LEGITIMATELY INCREASE OUR NUMBER OF BIDDERS ON PROJECTS? I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US.
UM, SO THAT IS THERE, I MEAN, I'M JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION TODAY, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO, TO ASK.
I MEAN, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
I DID TALK WITH, UH, CLIFF, UM, I WAS TALKING WITH HIM ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, AND HE MENTIONED THIS ONE BIDDER, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DO SIMILAR TYPE WORK.
SO WHENEVER IT BIDS AGAIN, I MEAN, WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR, PERSONALLY GO THROUGH OUR FILES AND WE DO OTHER COUNTY PROJECTS, UH, AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A LIST OF PEOPLE
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THAT GENERALLY WORK AROUND IN THIS AREA WITH SIMILAR TYPE PROJECTS.UM, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO GET BIDDERS SOMETIMES.
I WOULD EXPECT THIS ONE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE BIDDER BECAUSE IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL SIZE.
I'VE HAD SMALLER ONES WHERE YOU BEG PEOPLE TO BID AND THEY JUST DON'T SHOW UP.
NOW CAN, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT A SMALLER PROJECT WOULD BE LIKE DOLLAR WISE? OH, JUST LIKE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR, AND SO DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THAT AND NOW LIKE WHY WAS THERE ONLY ONE BIDDER? HOW IS THAT? UH, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING TO THAT 'CAUSE IT'S SO FAR OUT OF WHAT I DO, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD BE GAME CHANGERS IN TERMS OF HOW THE PACKET THAT IS, UM, PUBLISHED IS PUT TOGETHER.
UM, AND THE, JUST THE CONTENT OF IT, HOW MANY PAGES.
UM, SO THERE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT I THINK WILL BE REALLY GOOD TO, TO ADDRESS AND COME UP WITH THE STRATEGY AND REPOST AND IT SHOULD YIELD MORE BIDDERS.
WELL, THIS IS ON COUNSEL'S AGENDA TOMORROW NIGHT.
NOT ONLY TO, THERE'S A, AN AGENDA ITEM TO REJECT THE BID BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'LL NEED TO GO BACK OUT TO BID.
BUT THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE, I'M SURE, DISCUSSION OVER THE APPROACH AND SORT OF SOME ANALYSIS OF WHAT THEY THINK HAPPENED AND, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
I GUESS THERE ARE LIKE SERVICES OUT THERE THAT PLANS CAN BE POSTED TO.
UH, BUT YOU STILL HAVE LIKE, CIV CAST IS ONE OF THEM THAT COMES TO MY MIND WHERE YOU PUT IT UP THERE AND CONTRACTORS ARE NOTIFIED WHEN SOMEBODY POSTS THE POTENTIAL BID OUT THERE.
BUT I DIDN'T LOOK AT THIS BID PACKAGE AND I DON'T, IT MAY, IT PROBABLY IS NOT IN HERE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY SAY, WELL, IT'S A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE, SO IF YOU DON'T COME TO THAT MEETING, THEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE BID.
IT MAY NOT BE THE CASE HERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS AND I'M SURE THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS REALLY REVIEWED THROUGH THAT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY CAN IMPROVE THE PROCESSES, ENCOURAGE MORE BIDDERS, UH, TO TRY TO GET A BETTER COST FOR US, OR AT LEAST US HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE BID, THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
COMPETITIVE BID AND WHAT WERE, WHAT WAS THE ESTIMATE WE HAD AND THEN THE BID RECEIPT.
CAN YOU BRING, TALK TO THE NUMBERS? YES.
SO THE BOARDS HAD BUDGETED 3,080,000.
THE BID CAME IN AT $4,369,566.
AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS ALSO AND SEE IF THERE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WAS THE CONCRETE COST SOMETHING THAT WAS, THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING LIKE, COMMENT WAS DIFFERENT.
WAS IT BECAUSE OF ALL THE DECORATIVE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH, IT'S GONNA LOOK NICE, BUT YOU GET INTO THOSE DETAILS, UH, THAT MAKES THE JOB MORE DIFFICULT FROM JUST, YOU KNOW, POURING BASIC CONCRETE SC SCREENING IT OFF, LETTING IT CURE, GETTING OUT OF THERE.
THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING WITH MY QUESTIONS WAS, YOU KNOW, NOT LEVEL DETAIL BETWEEN VENDORS OR, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTORS.
LIKE, OKAY, DID WE REALLY GET THE ENGINEERING COSTS WRONG? YOU KNOW, WAS THE MATERIAL COSTS X PEOPLE SUDDENLY EXPONENTIALLY INCREASED? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THIS HORROR STREET PROJECT, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE DIFFERENCES IS GONNA IMPACT THIS OTHER PROJECT IN THE CITY.
I MEAN, I THINK AT THIS POINT THERE'S JUST TOO MANY UNKNOWNS, RIGHT? SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY SENT IT TO.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY ADVERTISED IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS ADVERTISED.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, ALL I KNOW IS, IS THAT, UH, THE BID, IT DID COME BACK.
I MEAN, MAYBE WE DO THE STREET WITH NO LIGHTS OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT GOOD.
THE GOOD THING IS WE HAVE, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM LISTENING TO ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND, UH, I'M SURE THEY'LL BE ASKED TOMORROW,
ALRIGHT, UH, LASTLY, UM, ITEM FOUR.
I DID ATTEND THE, UH, BASIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COURSE HOSTED BY TEDC IN FORT WORTH THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION LEARNED HERE AND, UM, MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS MADE WITH STAFF IN CITIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME RATE OF GROWTH THAT WE ARE.
UM, THERE WERE STAFF FROM SALINA, TEXAS, THEY'RE NUMBER ONE FASTEST GROWING.
SO IT'S JUST, UM, I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR INVESTING IN STAFF FOR ONGOING TRAINING AND, AND DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF THAT.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND
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TO HAVE MA BUILT THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND, UM, COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD AND, UM, HAVE, HAVE THAT EASILY ACCESSIBLE.AND, UM, I THINK JUST THAT NETWORK IS, IS SO POWERFUL.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO APPROVE THAT TRAVEL AND TRAINING BUDGET.
YEAH, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN ONE MUNICIPALITY AND ANOTHER PART OF TEXAS THAT THEIR VIEWPOINT IS GOING TO THE TEXAS CITY MANAGER ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE OR THESE OTHER CONFERENCES ARE A WASTE OF MONEY.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL THAT OUR BOARD AND THE CITY HAS SUCH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO INVEST YOUR TIME BEING AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY, UM, TO GET THE BEST USE OUT OF IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT? ALL RIGHT.
[7. Review and discuss draft items pertaining to FY 2024-2025 EDC budget development.]
SEVEN, REVIEW AND DISCUSS DRAFT ITEMS PERTAINING TO THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25 EDC BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.SO WE'LL START WITH, UM, A, THE DRAFT CORPORATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT.
SO I'VE INCLUDED THIS AGAIN IN YOUR PACKET IN CASE YOU WANNA REVIEW IN DETAIL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AS WE SAID BEFORE, THERE SHOULD BE NO TRUE STRUCTURAL CHANGE HERE.
BUT I DO WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAD MENTIONED TO YOU THAT WE FELT WE MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MORE HELP IN TERMS OF MARKETING, WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT, CONTENT CREATION, UM, ATTENDANCE TO SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS.
AND, UH, I HAD CONSIDERED ADDING A, A SECOND, UM, COORDINATOR TO THE TEAM, BUT JUST VISITING WITH SOME OF THE CITY STAFF AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF, OF DOLLARS AND IDENTIFYING WHAT WE NEEDED HELP WITH, HOW MUCH TIME SPENT, UM, WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO IS COMMIT TO FUNDING 30% OF, UH, A MEMBER ON THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND COLLABORATING WITH THEM.
WELL, WE HAVE WORKED VERY WELL AND VERY CLOSELY WITH, UM, MARIAH GALLEGOS, THE CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR.
UM, SHE ALSO HAS AN INTERN THIS SUMMER.
SO WE'RE, UM, ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO REALLY SEE HOW A SECOND PERSON ON HER TEAM WOULD HELP.
AND, UM, WE WILL, WE'LL KIND OF DESIGN THAT, BUT THAT JOB CREATION JOB DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CREATED TO INCLUDE, UM, JUST ASSISTANCE AT ALL EDC EVENTS AND EDC CREATION OF EDC MARKETING MATERIALS, EVERYTHING FROM VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHY, UM, WEBSITE CONTENT, ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, WHILE THE STRUCTURE OF THE A SA WILL REMAIN THE SAME, IT, THE, THE AMOUNT MIGHT INCREASE, UM, BY ADDING, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO THAT DECISION.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ROUGHLY 30% WOULD BE? PROBABLY NOT TOO MUCH.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH WHAT A PAY RANGE THAT WOULD BE, UH, JAMES AND I THINK, UM, IT WAS A BIG RANGE.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE IT'S GONNA FALL.
I BELIEVE THE, THE LOWEST SALARY THAT WE HAD TALKED WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND 45,000.
HIGH HIGH RANGE WAS 88, JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT QUALIFICATIONS WE WANNA INCLUDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A CANDIDATE THAT'S QUALIFIED THAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO THE TEAM.
SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT YET BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE, WITH THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET THAT'S IN HERE, THE A SA, WE ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING ABOUT FIVE OR $6,000 LESS THAN LAST YEAR.
UH, LET'S SEE, WHAT PAGE IS THIS ON? PAGE 20.
IT'S, SO THE ONE, TWO, THE THIRD PAGE OF THE BUDGET AFTER THE A SA.
SO ONE PROBABLY THAT, THAT SMALL CHART.
WHAT'S THE ACCOUNT NUMBER THAT ON THE LINE YOU INCOME? IT IS 700 DASH 900 5900 DASH 10.
TRANSFER OUT A SA REIMBURSEMENT SHARED SERVICES.
SO WE'RE, YOU'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW, NOW 191,510, BUT THIS LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 1 97, 1 0 5.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN LAST YEAR, BUT MM-HMM,
SO THAT THAT NUMBER WILL, WILL FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON, ON WHAT, WHERE IT ENDS UP FALLING ON THE PAY SCALE.
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YEAH.WE JUST FELT THAT THAT WAS THE BEST ROUTE TO GO FOR THIS YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS WILL LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.
AND SO ADDING A ONE WHOLE MEMBER TO THE A BC STAFF TEAM MAYBE WASN'T THE BEST IDEA UNTIL WE HAVE KIND OF OUR ROUTINE DOWN AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED THE MOST HELP WITH.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, UH, JUST RETHINKING THAT AND, UH, NOT COMMITTING TO MORE THAN WE ACTUALLY NEED.
IF THERE'S NO MORE, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME WAS THE, UM, WITH CASH, UM, WITH CASH RESERVES, BUT OUR INTEREST REVENUE IS KIND OF ABYSMAL.
IS THERE, IS THERE, I I THINK I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE.
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
IS THERE, DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT INTEREST REVENUE COME FROM AND IS THERE, I KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY SET BY A STANDARD OF THE CITY.
SO I CAN, UM, ADD THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING PEOPLE MM-HMM.
AND SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO ME THAT WE HAVE HIGHER CASH RESERVES, BUT WE HAVE LOWER INTEREST REVENUE.
THEY'RE GOVERNED BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW THERE'S THINGS LIKE TEXAS CLASS SETTLER LEGITIMATE, AND HISTORICALLY I KNOW MONEY HAS, HAS BEEN PLACED THERE AND IT'S THE INTEREST RATE THERE SHOULD BE COMPETITIVE WITH, UH, THE MARKET.
I'M THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET COMPETITIVE RATES.
SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY IT DIDN'T GO UP.
UH, IT SEEMS A LITTLE, A LITTLE ODD THERE.
AND THEN PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES, I GUESS FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A ZERO THERE, ZERO SPECIFIC.
SO THAT IS SET THAT WAY BECAUSE THE AMOUNT IS CALCULATED BASED ON 10% OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE.
SO IT'S JUST UNTIL WE GET CLOSER, WE CAN'T CALCULATE IT QUITE YET.
BUT YOU DON'T THINK IT'LL, IT PROBABLY WON'T BE ZERO THERE.
IT'S A VERY HEALTHY AMOUNT CURRENTLY.
AND WE FULLY EXPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 2024 PROJECTED 1.5 40 FOR HARRIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S UP IN THE AIR, IT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT BE A ZERO IN 2025.
WHATEVER'S NOT CHANGE OR CHANGE MM-HMM.
IF THERE'S NO, NO MORE QUESTIONS ON THE A SAI CAN MOVE THROUGH AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GO THROUGH THE LINE ITEMS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON YOUR SPREADSHEET HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE DECIDED TO MAKE CHANGES ON.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHERS, UH, WHAT IS SPENT OUT OF THOSE ACCOUNTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN REVIEW THAT AND OR I CAN START FROM THE TOP AND COVER EVERY LINE ITEM, HOWEVER Y'ALL WOULD PREFER
I'LL START, UM, ON THE, ON THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR ATTACHMENT WITH THE 101 80 ACCOUNTS.
SO UNDER PERSONNEL THAT, UM, THAT FIRST FROM ACCOUNT ENDING IN ZERO, ZERO, WELL THAT WHOLE SECTION IS DETERMINED BY THE CITY.
SO, UM, THAT JUST STAYS AS IT IS.
IF YOU MOVE FURTHER DOWN BELOW, UNDER SUPPLIES, THAT VERY FIRST LINE ITEM, WE ARE INCREASING IT BY, UH, $250.
UH, THIS IS JUST BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SPENT AND WHAT, WHAT WE SEE.
WE NEED A LITTLE MORE BREATHING ROOM IN.
UM, AND THIS IS ANY, MOST OF THIS, I THINK IT'S LIKE SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED TO ATTEND THE EVENTS LIKE OUR TENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
A TABLE, A COOLER, JUST PRACTICAL EVERYDAY ITEMS THAT ALLOW US TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, LET'S SEE IF YOU MOVE FURTHER DOWN, UM, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.
SO MARKETING, I HIGHLIGHTED THIS ITEM BECAUSE THIS 25,000 WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR THE FORT BEND, EDC.
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DIFFERENCE HERE IS WE JUST NEED TO COME UP WITH A, A PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GONNA SPIN THAT.UH, CURRENTLY THE FORT BEND COUNTY'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS KIND OF PUT TOGETHER A TEAM TO CONTINUE MARKETING THE REGION.
AND, UH, EACH CITY SPECIFICALLY, THEY'RE ORGANIZING A FAMILIARIZATION TOUR LATER THIS FALL THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN.
SO SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR THAT.
THEY KIND OF STEPPED IN AND PICKED UP WHERE THE FORT BEND EDC LEFT OFF WHEN THEY DISBANDED.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT IS.
SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANY INPUT FROM YOU ALL IN TERMS OF MARKETING MATERIALS OR JUST DIFFERENT CHANNELS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US WORK TOWARDS, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
SO IT SAYS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR FORT BEND EUC, BUT THAT'S BEEN DISBANDED.
THAT ORGANIZATION IS NOT EXISTING.
YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND COMMITTEES THAT HAVE BEEN MEETING ON IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE FINAL SETTLING OF THE DUST, BUT YES.
BUT THERE IS NOW A NEW COUNTY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU'RE KEEPING, YOU, YOU WANNA KEEP IT THERE, YOU'RE PROPOSING TO KEEP IT THERE FOR MARKETING OUTSIDE OF EDC CODE? WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WILL BE SPENT ON.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT, BOTH UH, MATT AND MYSELF HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON, UM, THERE'S JUST A, A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION IN THE CITY OF RE THAT DOESN'T USE DIGITAL MEDIA AS A FORM OF GETTING THEIR INFORMATION.
SO, UM, CONSIDERING MORE PRINTED MATERIALS SUCH AS THE MAGAZINE OR THINGS THAT CAN BE MAILED OUT TO THE BUSINESSES, UM, ITEMS LIKE THAT AND THAT THAT'S FINE.
I, YEAH, I'M JUST ASKING LIKE, NOT FOR LIKE PLANS, JUST AN IDEA OF MM-HMM.
YOU HAVE, UM, SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, THIS MARKING LINE ITEM AND THE 10% WE'RE BOUND BY? UM, UH, SO PER THE 10% LINE IS PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, SO YOU CAN THINK OF THAT.
UM, UH, I'M TRYING TO THINK THE DEFINITION THAT DAN GAVE US LAST TIME HE WAS HERE, BUT ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING THAT, THAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO THE CITY OF RE UM, TO ME, LIKE MARKETING THIS TYPE OF THING WOULD BE LIKE SENDING OUT FLYERS FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND.
THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR HARRIS STREET, LIKE MARKETING.
THE CURRENT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE NOW, PROMOTIONAL IS LIKE SENDING, UH, COMMUNICATIONS TO, UM, PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY TO COME ATTEND AN EVENT OR SETTING UP A BOOTH AND SPONSORING SOMETHING JUST FOR VISIBILITY OF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE UP TO AT, AT THE CITY OF SHORE IF IT'S IN FORT BEND, SO OUR NEIGHBORS KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S REALLY JUST A QUESTION OF WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GONNA BENEFIT YOUR COMMUNITY? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GONNA MEET YOUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN ATTRACTING, UM, NEW BUSINESSES AS WELL AS ENHANCING AND, AND CREATING A A A LIFE HEALTH WORK BALANCE HERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY? SO PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES MAY BE MARKETING, BUT MARKETING MAY NOT BE PROMOTIONAL
IT'S OUR, IT'S UP TO CONSTRUCTION THAT KEEP, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
UM, I JUST, I WAS LOOKING FOR AN I IDEA OF WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND.
I KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T MIND, UH, THAT DOLLAR FIGURE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT IN THERE JUST IN CASE.
I THINK IT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? YES.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN SOME MEMBERS ON THE A BOARD WERE LIKE, WE REALLY WANT TO SEE A STRONG MARKETING EFFORT IN PRINT.
CAN YOU GIVE US SOMETHING IN PRINT EVERY THREE MONTHS? SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING HERE.
AND SO WHEN THE FORT BEND, EDC DISBANDED, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MANY DOLLARS YOU PROVIDED TO THEM OVER THE YEARS? OVER THE YEARS? YEAH.
QUITE A BIT BECAUSE YOU HAVE, WELL YOU HAVE A MEMBERSHIP IN THE ORGANIZATION, RIGHT.
AND THEN ALSO THEY HAD A FORT BEND CAMPAIGN.
UH, YEAH, I THINK IT WAS A LIKE A $6,000 A YEAR MEMBERSHIP AND THEN $12,500 TO FORM PART OF THE MARKETING COMMITTEE, WHICH WOULD MEET ONCE A MONTH IN PERSON TO KIND OF UPDATE WHAT, WHAT WE WERE, THE BUSINESSES WE WERE TRYING TO ATTRACT.
AND THEN THEY WOULD WORK THAT INTO THEIR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
SO IS WHAT'S, WHAT'S LEFT OVER OF THAT ORGANIZATION? ARE THERE NOTHING? NOTHING.
NO, NO DOLLARS ARE LEFT OVER? UH, NO, NOT FOR US.
FOR WHO THEN? WELL OBVIOUSLY IT COST MONEY TO WIND DOWN AN ORGANIZATION.
THERE WERE SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD LIKE, UM, PAID A LITTLE EARLY, SO THEY HAD PAID THEIR FULL AMOUNT
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AND WE WERE, I THINK AT ONE OF THE LOWER MEMBERSHIP RATES, THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE PAYING THE FULL $25,000 MM-HMM.SO SOME OF THEM GOT LIKE, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S IT CALLED? PRORATED REFUNDS.
IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDED ON WHERE YOU WERE AND YOUR LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION AND WHEN YOU LAST PAID MM-HMM,
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, I'LL MOVE.
UM, IT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED, BUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT OTHER CHARGES, UH, SECTION, OH, SORRY.
UM, SPEAKING OF TRAVEL AND TRAINING
UM, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE, LIKE VEGAS ICSC WAS SO CHALLENGING TO ATTEND JUST ME.
SO BEING ABLE TO BRING BOTH OF US, UH, AS A TEAM TO TACKLE SOME OF THESE MEETINGS AND SUCH WOULD'VE BEEN SO HELPFUL.
BUT THE AIRFARE, HOTEL, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND, UM, JUST LOOKING BACK THE, THIS LAST YEAR, HAYDEN WAS ACTUALLY JUST NOT ABLE TO ATTEND A LOT BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENT TO THE, THE ARMY.
BUT NOW, UM, HIS CONTRACT WILL BE UP THIS, THIS COMING YEAR.
AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW HIM, SO THAT THAT FREES US UP BOTH TO, TO, UM, ATTEND THOSE KINDS OF TRAININGS AND EVENTS.
SO WE THINK IT'LL UP THE COST A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, IF, IF WE DO HAVE, UM, THAT THAT THIRD PERSON ADDED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THIS PAST YEAR WE INVITED OUR CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR TO ATTEND THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION SO THAT SHE COULD GET A REALLY GOOD GRASP ON HOW TO MARKET THE DOWNTOWN AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
SPECIFIC TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, THE, THIS LINE ITEM I SEE MILEAGE, LIKE A COUPLE LINE ITEMS DOWN.
SO I ACTUALLY HAVE A NOTE THERE.
UM, THAT WAS THE ONE I HAD SKIPPED DOWN TO.
UM, JUST COMBINING THAT WITH TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY IT WAS TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. SO THEN, SO IT SHOULD BE ZERO, RIGHT? NOT 1500 FOR FY PROPOSED BUDGET.
I THINK WE, WE WOULD PROBABLY JUST ADD IT, SO IT'D BE THE 21,500 OR WHATEVER.
SO WE CAN JUST, THAT'S ON THE LIST OF THINGS TO DISCUSS WITH FINANCE TOMORROW, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF THE CONFERENCES SO WE CAN SEE THE COST AND KIND OF CREATE THE PLAN AND THEN WORK BACKWARDS FROM THERE SO WE DON'T OVER BUDGET.
AND IF IT WOULD BE COVERED WITHIN THE 20,000, THEN WE'LL JUST KEEP IT AT THAT TOTAL AND COMBINE THOSE TWO ITEMS. ALRIGHT.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE ON TO, UM, THE 700.
THIS IS GONNA BE OUR, UM, ABOARD OPERATING FUNDS.
SO WE, UM, HAD ESTIMATED A 5% INCREASE, UM, IN SALES TAX REVENUE FOR OUR, UM, FY 25 BUDGET.
SO YOU SEE THE AMOUNT PROJECTED THERE.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL REVISIT IF THAT CHANGES, UH, AT OUR MEETING TOMORROW AND WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
UM, BUT THAT'S CURRENTLY THE NUMBERS WE'RE WORKING WITH.
UM, FURTHER DOWN UNDER SUPPLIES WE'RE JUST, UH, INCREASING THAT BY $250 FROM 500 TO SEVEN 50.
AND THEN FURTHER DOWN, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, SHORE BUSINESS HUB, THE, UM, CONTRACT, UH, THAT WE HAD AGREED TO WITH THE CANNON THIS YEAR WOULD BE AT 110,000.
SO JUST 10,000 MORE THAN THIS PAST YEAR.
UM, OKAY, SO THOSE WERE ALL THE CHANGES HERE.
LEMME SEE, JUST TO RESTATE THE, UM, SO THE 100 BUDGETS ITEMS, THAT'S YOUR, YOUR DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY, CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEN THE 700 IS OUR BUDGET THE OPERATING FUND FOR YES.
SO THE ONLY REASON IT'S ZERO IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T CALCULATED THAT AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH WE'LL ROLL OVER AND WHAT THAT 10% WILL BE.
ONCE WE HAVE THAT, IT'LL FILL THAT SPOT.
SO IT'LL BE BASED ON ACTUALS PLUS 10%, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT'S IT'LL BE BASED ON WHAT'S LEFT OVER FROM THIS YEAR THAT ROLLS OVER PLUS THE 10%, UM, PROJECTED SALES TAX REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR.
WAIT, YOU'RE THINKING, I THINK WE'RE THINKING
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OF TWO DIFFERENT, UM, AS GETS YEAH.SO PROMO THE PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES, PROMOTIONAL ITEMS IS THE 10%.
IT'S THE 10%, BUT COMMUNITY EVENTS, OH, I'M SO SORRY.
YEAH, THAT SHOULD NOT BE ZERO.
THAT SHOULD HAVE STAYED THE 50,000.
WE INTEND TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE, THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR THAT.
AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, SO ON THE, ON THE SALES TAX USE AND THE REVENUE ITSELF, YOU CALCULATED 5% ON THE 2024 ADOPTED BUDGET AMOUNTS, NOT THE PROJECTED AMOUNTS.
IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? I MEAN, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WERE GONNA INCREASE 5% VERSUS OUR, IN ESSENCE, OUR ACTUALS FROM, FROM LAST, FROM LAST YEAR, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO, SORRY, I'M JUST, UM, RELOOKING AT THE NOTES OVER THE, BUT SO WE PUT, WE ESTIMATED 5% OVER WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF BEING CONSERVATIVE UPON CONSERVATIVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT, AND I, AND I MEAN, IF YOU DO LOOK AT OUR 2023 ACTUALS VERSUS OUR, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T GO UP 5%.
AND, UM, SO I, UH, I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING, BUT IT ACTUALLY SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT IT ACTUALLY SHOWS IT AS A NEGATIVE RATE.
OUR, OUR BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR 2025 IS BELOW WHAT OUR PROJECTED AMOUNT FOR THIS YEAR IS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT BUDGETING FOR CONTRACTION PER SE.
BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE BUDGET SHOWS.
IT'S, IT SEEMS RIGHT THAT WAY.
BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY BUDGETING AN INCREASE, BUT IT'S VERSUS OUR BUDGET.
AND SO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ZERO NOW THAT WOULD MOVE OVER TO, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THOSE MM-HMM.
SO, UM, THE, THE AMOUNT FOR HARRIS STREET WOULD MOVE OVER.
UM, SO IF YOU MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR 7 0 1, THE, UH, CHA THE CHANGE HERE.
UM, TARGETED INCENTIVES, IT HAS ZERO.
THAT HAS BEEN A, A LINE ITEM THAT WE KIND OF INHERITED, BUT NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN PULLED FROM THERE.
SO WE'RE JUST THINKING IF THERE'S NO PLAN TO USE THAT MONEY, THERE'S NO REASON IT SHOULD BE BUDGETED FOR.
AND THEN BELOW THAT IS, UM, THE EXPLANATION FOR THE PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
I WOULD THINK ON SOMETHING LIKE TARGETED INCENTIVES, IF SOMEONE STARTS DISCUSSING THAT WITH US, WE WOULD HAVE AMPLE TIME TO MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING YES.
AND DO ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS BEFORE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S MAKES IT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF US AND THE CITY AND IT'S EXECUTED.
THAT, THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION.
AND I DO, I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTE HERE NEXT TO THE, UM, PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES, UM, THE, THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WOULD, WE'D ALSO SUBTRACT THE 50,000 BUDGETED FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS FROM THAT CALCULATION.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAUGHT THAT THE SPONSORSHIPS FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS IS TECHNICALLY PROMOTIONAL, UM, IN NATURE FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN JAMES, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE INTEREST IN UPDATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, SO I WILL BE WORKING ON KIND OF GETTING SOME QUOTES ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
IF WE CAN GET CIP STRATEGIES TO, TO UPDATE WHAT WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE EXPLORING MAYBE A DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AS WELL, I HAD SHARED WITH YOU.
SO WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THAT 60,000 THAT WAS BUDGETED, UM, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, IT MIGHT BE A LOT MORE THAN THAT, BUT I'LL, I'LL COMMUNICATE AND SEE WHAT, WHAT WE CAN WORK ON TO GET THAT UPDATED.
UM, SO I KNOW WE KIND OF DISCUSSED IT IN PERSON.
UM, WOULD A HARRIS STREET STRATEGIC PLAN MAKE SENSE IN ADDITION TO JUST AN OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN? I, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF, UM, I GUESS MY CONCERN, MAYBE IT COULD BE PART OF IT AS FAR AS LIKE AS COMPLETE HARRIS STREET AS COMPLETE, WHAT DO WE DO AFTER THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, VALUE? YEAH.
I DON'T HOW MUCH WE CAN DISCUSS ON THIS AND B, BUDGET WISE, WE CAN ADD IT TO THE NEXT AGENDA.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING RELATED TO HARRIS, IT WOULD BE ALL ENCOMPASSING FOR
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DOWNTOWN.SO FOR BUDGET PURPOSES, UH, DO YOU, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO MORE THAN 60,000? I I I FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A TOP PRIORITY OF THE BOARD.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S MY MY OPINION.
I THINK OUR LAST STRATEGIC PLAN IS, IS OUTDATED.
UM, AND I THINK WE NEED NEW ONE, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT THOUGHTS WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADJUST ACCORDINGLY ONCE WE GET SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT THAT COST LOOKS LIKE.
ISN'T THAT WHAT THE RE THE, THE RETAIL COMPETITORS PROPOSAL IS? DEVELOPMENT LAW? THE RE THE RETAIL COACH, NOT THE RETAIL COACH, THE ALTERNATE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE BUDGET AMOUNTS FOR THAT ALREADY AS PART IN A PREVIOUS EMAIL THAT WAS SENT.
THERE IS COSTS THERE FOR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR WHAT YOU JUST ASKED FOR THAT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR HARRIS STREET, WE HAVE THAT, BUT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED AS A, AN ESTIMATE THROUGH A PRESENTATION.
NO, WE'VE DIS WE'VE EXPLORED DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
UM, THERE IS AN ESTIMATE OUT THERE FOR A DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO DO THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AT THIS TIME WITH HARRIS STREET AT THE STAGE.
IT CURRENTLY IS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A FISCAL YEAR 26, UM, PROJECT OR STUDY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SAY IS ZERO THERE IS OUR STREET, OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD MOVE OVER.
IT WOULD ROLL OVER, BUT WE, WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE MORE THAN THE 1,540,000.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET THAT 1.59.
THAT'S THE YEAH, THAT WAS WHAT Y'ALL COMMITTED TO.
THAT'S THE HALF OF THE 3,080,000 THAT WE APPROVED FOR HARRIS STREET THAT WE KNOW AS INADEQUATE.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE ON, UM, WHAT THE BIDS THAT COME BACK ARE, HOW THEY COMPARE, KIND OF WHAT TOMMY WAS SAYING EARLIER.
UM, AND THEN IT JUST, FROM THERE, WE DO STILL HAVE TO CREATE THAT LIST OF PROJECTS AND PRESENT THAT TO COUNCIL.
SO IF AT THAT TIME WE KNOW THAT THE PRICES CHANGED BEFORE THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED, THAT CHANGE COULD BE DISCUSSED AND APPROVED HERE.
AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL.
AND YOU'LL SEE BELOW HARRIS STREET YOU HAVE THE 625,000 THAT YOU ALL COMMITTED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING TO, UM, PUT TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS THE, UM, $88,667 THAT WILL GO TO THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY ILA, UM, PAYMENT.
THIS WAS AN AGREEMENT FROM YEARS AGO THAT IS NOW BEING PAID BACK.
AND IT'S A SPLIT THREE WAYS BETWEEN, UM, TYPE A, TYPE B AND THE CITY.
THAT'S THE DOLLAR FIGURE YOU CAN BE SURE OF.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE LINE ITEMS? WE, WE ARE PROPOSING RUNNING A DEFICIT ABOUT $93,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.
BUT UH, YOU GOTTA LOOK AT THE ENDING FUND BALANCE THOUGH.
BECAUSE SOME OF OUR PROJECTS ARE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING IN THERE.
I MEAN THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S RIGHT NOW.
WE
NUMBERS THAT WILL BE PLUGGED IN AND CHANGED AND THAT WILL DISCUSS ALL THAT TOMORROW AT OUR BUDGET MEETING.
AND SO WHAT WE BRING TO YOU NEXT MONTH, I THINK IF THERE'S JUST AN ITEM YOU SEE ON HERE TODAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO FOCUS MORE ON ANY A A PROJECT YOU'D LIKE TO PROPOSE TO BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT LIST, WHICH, UM, I, I HAVE THAT ON HERE NEXT.
UM, NOW'S THE TIME TO TELL ME.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FACTOR THAT IN.
SO YOU WANNA JUST GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE FOR THE BOARD HERE.
SO THE BUDGET HAS TO BE APPROVED IN OCTOBER, SO GOING BACKWARDS.
WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE, WHEN DO WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR FINALS? IT GONNA BE IN SEPTEMBER MEETING, RIGHT? MM-HMM,
SO, UM, THIS, THIS MEETING TODAY, OBVIOUSLY
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WE'RE JUST REVIEWING AND DISCUSSING THE A SA AND UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING IN JULY.AS FAR AS THE, THE BOARDS GO, WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU THE FINAL BUDGET AFTER WE REVIEW WITH OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND WE'LL PRESENT THE FINAL A SA FOR YOUR ADOPTION, THEN WE WILL CREATE THE PROJECT DECLARATIONS, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC NOTICE AND ALL OF THAT WILL BE POSTED AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH TO COUNCIL.
THEN THEY'LL HEAR IT ALSO IN JULY.
SO THEN, UM, IN AUGUST WE'LL HAVE THAT FINAL PRESENTATION WHERE THEY CAN GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE BUDGET AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS ADOPTION SO THAT IT CAN, UM, BE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 1ST.
AND ON THE PROJECTS LIST, WHAT I CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, AS IDENTIFIED FUNDING PRIORITIES ARE THE EAST SIDE DRAIN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU COMMITTED TO.
UM, AFTER MEETING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR FULL STREET FAST TRACK, OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS CONTRIBUTION, AND THEN THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, ILA.
AND IT SHOULD ALSO, UM, IT SHOULD ALSO HAVE OUR GATEWAY SIGN ON THERE.
FORGET THAT IN CASE WE DON'T, DON'T, DON'T HAVE THAT MOVED OVER.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ONE OF, ONE OF THESE DAYS.
YES, WE'LL GET THAT THROUGH TOGA.
UM, IF YOU HAPPEN TO REVIEW THIS AT ANOTHER TIME, UM, FEEL FREE TO CALL OR EMAIL IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR JUST IDEAS THAT COME TO MIND THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND OTHERWISE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU DO HAVE ANY, UH, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, REACH OUT TO ANELLE BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING AND TRY TO HAVE THOSE AT LEAST ANSWERED TO YOUR SATISFACTION OR SO THAT SHE CAN PROVIDE US WITH A DETAILED EXPLANATION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS SPREADSHEET ORGANIZED WITH THE CHANGES HIGHLIGHTED AND SOME OF THOSE EXPLANATIONS SHOWN.
[8. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending April 30, 2024.]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2024.THE NUMBER BENEATH PAYABLES IS INCORRECT.
UM, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF YOUR COVER SHEET, THE $14,805 AND 11 CENTS IS THE CORRECT AMOUNT FOR PAYABLES FOR THIS THIS MONTH.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE, IN THE BUDGET REPORT OR THE, THE FUND SUMMARY PAGE AT THE BOTTOM.
THERE'S ALSO A TIGHT LOOK OF THE MONTH AS WELL FOR YES.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
I THINK I DID ALL MY EDITS AND THEN DIDN'T SAVE THEM.
I JUST DROPPED THE DRAFT INTO THE FINAL BUDGET PACKET 'CAUSE I CHANGED ALL THESE NUMBERS.
THERE'S ERRORS IN THE SALES TAX AS WELL.
SO I'LL JUST READ OFF OF MY NOTES FOR THE SALES TAX UPDATE.
SO THE MAY SALES TAX MARCH COLLECTIONS ARE UP AROUND 14, UM, POINT 22% FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
SO EACH E EDCS PORTION WAS $142,015 AND 95 CENTS.
SO AT THIS POINT IN THE FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY SHOULD BE AT 58.3% OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, BUT WE'RE REPORTING AT 61.8 OF THE SALES TAX BUDGET.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT TYPE OF, SO EFFECTIVELY IT'S 14 8 0 5 APRIL? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
CAN YOU SAY THAT NUMBER AGAIN? UH, ONE YOU SAID 1 42.
UH, UH, SO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PAID TO THE EDC FOR COLLECTIONS IS $142,015 AND 95 CENTS.
CAN WE GET THAT, UH, SPREADSHEET UPDATED AND YOU COULD EMAIL THAT TO US, THE ONE THAT, UH, WHERE WITH THE SALES TAX AND YEAH.
AS YOU CAN LOOK STRAIGHT ACROSS AND IT'S LIKE YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY HOW WE'RE TRENDING.
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YOUR LAST OH, YOU MADE YOUR OWN.NO, IT'S FROM, UH, IT'S FROM LAST MONTH.
I JUST GOT MIXED UP HERE 'CAUSE THE 1 27 0 97, UM, WAS FROM APRIL AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING THIS MONTH.
THAT'S WHERE I GOT, I GOT CONFUSED.
I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
I STRAIGHTENED MYSELF OUT HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIALS OR PAYABLES? UH, YEAH, I GOT, I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE FUND SUMMARY.
IT HAS FUND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN OH ONE OPERATING AND PROJECTS.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ON THE COVER SHEET? NO, IT'S, UH, WOULD BE PAGE, OH, NOPE, HERE WE GO.
I HAVE, THERE'S PAGE, UH, ON PAGE 31 AND THEN 32, IT LOOKS LIKE 32 IS THE CORRECT 1 30, 31 HAS A COUPLE NEGATIVE NUMBERS IN THERE.
I GUESS THAT'S JUST THE ACTIVITY, UH, UNDER CURRENT BUDGET AND FISCAL ACTIVITY.
DID THAT SCARE YOU THERE, JAMES? SAY WHAT? DID THAT SCARE YOU? I JUST DON'T A FUN BALANCE.
I ALWAYS MAKE SURE I KNOW THE NUMBERS.
YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO, UM, TO MARK'S QUESTION EARLIER, ARE WE GONNA CHECK IN ON THE, UM, INTEREST RATE AND WHERE WE KEEP THOSE BALANCES? YES.
I HAVE THAT IN MY NOTES TO CHECK WITH AARON.
JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE, I GUESS I CAN, I CAN PROBABLY SHARE THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU GO OUT TO BID FOR THE BANKS, THEY PLEDGE INVESTMENTS TOWARDS YOUR ACCOUNT.
SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY INSURED BY INVESTMENTS.
SO, UM, BANKS NEED DEPOSITS MORE THAN EVER.
SO, SO WE SHOULD GET A PRETTY GOOD RATE OF RETURN.
I WOULD IMAGINE WE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING LESS THAN FIVE.
UM, SO I GUESS THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY, EVERY YEAR GO OUT TO BID.
WELL, NO, I MEAN, YOU'LL HAVE TO, UH, IF YOU HA HAVE TALK TO AARON.
BUT I MEAN, THERE'S A WHOLE STRATEGY AROUND THE INVESTMENTS.
UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED WITH THE WHOLE WAY THAT, UH, ACCOUNTING IS DOING ALL THE, SORRY, FINANCE IS DOING ALL THE MANAGEMENT OF, UH, UH, AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY.
AND PART OF THAT INCLUDES INTEREST RATES, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S, UH, OUR, ANY CASH THAT WE WOULD HAVE WOULD PROBABLY BE A PART OF THE LARGER CASH, UH, THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AND SO IT'S NOT JUST THE EDCS, IT'S THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
ANELLE WILL GET US AN ANSWER, SO, BUT I WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BE YEAH, KNOW THEY HAVE THEIR FINANCIAL ADVISOR, THINGS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO FOR THE MATTER BECAUSE YOU GOTTA, BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CASH, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INTEREST ON CDS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AND THOSE INVESTMENTS, THAT'S WHERE WE SAW SOME, UH, THE BENEFITS OF THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES.
AND SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED.
BUT I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY FOR CASH.
WE'LL FIND OUT AND LET YOU KNOW.
WE APPROVE THE, THE AMOUNT OF 14 8 0 5 11 OR THE FT CB FOR CABLES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
I'LL SECOND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[9. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the May 20, 2024, regular meeting.]
NINE IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR MAY 20TH, 2024.ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THOSE? IF NOT, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MONTH'S EDC TYPE DEEP MINUTES.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[10. Presentation by City Council Liaison regarding relevant action taken at previous City Council meeting(s).]
NUMBER 10 IS PRESENTATION BY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REGARDING RELEVANT ACTION TAKEN AT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.[01:20:01]
TIM.UH, SO AS USUAL,
UH, AMRON JEFFREY IS A NEW HIRE BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
PETE LUNA, POLICE SERGEANT, UH, OVER, UH, THE ACRONYM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE C IS, BUT THE ID IS INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE PETE.
PETE'S RETIRED, UH, TEXAS RANGER, UH, RAN AS ONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC, UH, ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE AS, UH, FOR FORT BEND COUNTY SHERIFF.
IT'S REALLY, UH, UH, UH, GOOD TO HAVE HIM ON STAFF.
UH, GEORGE MOON BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST, STACY POWELL, PART-TIME ACCOUNTANT ONE STEPHANIE ALVAREZ FOX WAS PROMOTED TO HUMAN RESOURCES, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TIFFANY FIELDS PROJECT COORDINATOR.
WE HAVE BEEN, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH SUMMER APPROACHING, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AN UPDATE ON WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO AND THE ELEVATED AND THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK EVERY MONTH.
UH, AND SO I THINK ON THE, SO THE WATER WELL WAS, UH, THE, THE TEST WELL WAS DRILLED.
UM, THE SAMPLE RESULTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
THERE'S NO CONCERNS WITH THE WATER QUALITY.
UM, ON THE WELL ITSELF THOUGH, THERE IS, UH, THE, THERE WAS HOPES THAT WITH THIS, WELL, THAT YOU, WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING CLOSE TO THE LARGE, WELL, LIKE IN WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE WITH, UM, UH, 2 MILLION GALLON PER DAY, I BELIEVE WITH THE TARGET.
UM, THE, HERE WE HAVE THREE AQUIFERS.
THE, THE KOTE, THE, UH, EVANGELINE, AND THE JASPER.
THE JASPER IS THE DEEPER AQUA FIRE.
AND, UH, NO ONE MESSES WITH IT BECAUSE THE WATER'S SALINE AND THE TREATING PROCESS WOULD BE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE.
SO MOSTLY, UH, THE EVANGELINE IS THE ONE THAT IS TARGETED MOSTLY I THINK, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY'RE DOING WELLS, UH, THEY MAY, UH, DO THE KOTE FOR THEIR PERSONAL WELLS.
UH, AT ANY RATE, UH, THERE'S, THE CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES, UH, 21% COMPLETE BASED.
THIS IS FOR THE, FOR THE WATER PLANT ITSELF.
UM, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DAYS, UH, BASED ON THE DOLLAR SPENT, IT'S AT 14%.
SO TO DATE, THEY'VE BEEN INVOICED 2 MILLION.
THAT WATER PLANT IS 14.4 MILLION.
UH, SO THE, THE IDEA IS THAT IT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2025.
UH, THIS IS IF YOU, YOU KNOW WHERE THIS WATER PLANT IS AND THE STORAGE TANK.
IT'S IN PECAN RIDGE, THE DEVELOPMENT THERE ON 3 59 NORTH.
AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, THE TRIPOINT GAVE, UH, THE CITY, UH, THE SPACE, THE ACREAGE FOR THE WATER PLANT AND THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.
UH, IF YOU GO BY THERE, YOU'LL SEE THIS REALLY TALL TANK.
I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT BY THERE LATELY.
BUT, UH, SO THIS IS, UH, MORE PROBABLY NOT LIKE THE OLD ONE OVER BY HUGGINS OR EVEN THE ONE OVER BY TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY UP TO SEE KATIE ON IT, WHERE IT HAS THE POLE FOUND.
THIS IS A SINGLE COLUMN AND THE BOWL WILL FIT ON TOP.
UM, CON THE PROJECT IS ABOUT 33% COMPLETE BASED ON DOLLAR SPENT.
UH, THEY PAY, WE PAY, THE CITY HAS PAID 1.4 MILLION OF THE $4.2 MILLION TO BUILD THE ESTATE THING.
UM, I THINK SOME OF THE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, MUCH LIKE THE HARRIS STREET, UH, I THINK THE CONCERNING THING ON THIS ONE IS THE QUALITY OF THE WELL, UH, WITH THE AMOUNT OF SHELL THAT'S MIXED IN, EVEN IN THE EVANGELINE AND THE AQUIFER.
UH, THE AMOUNT OF SCREEN THAT WE CAN, OF THE SAND THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SCREEN TO PERFORATE FOR, FOR WATER IS, UH, THE TOTAL IS, IS MUCH LESS THAN, UH, WHAT WAS HOPEFULLY.
SO AS A RESULT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UH, DRILL A SECOND.
WELL, UH, THE SECOND WELL WILL BE IN THE SHALLOWER AQUIFER, THE KOI TO PROBABLY TARGET HOPEFULLY 1200, UH, GALLONS PER DAY OUT OF THOSE TWO WELLS.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO, BASED ON THE DEMAND, UH, THAT WE SEE FOR WATER AND THE GROWTH, WE WILL
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HAVE TO ACTUALLY DRILL ADDITIONAL WELLS OFF SITE, RIGHT.AND BRING THAT WATER TO THE PLANT.
SO THIS, UH, AS WE LOOK AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WE'RE IN THAT BUDGETING PROCESS.
THE CITY'S IN THAT BUDGETING PROCESS AND LOOKING AT IT, UM, IT'S GOING TO COST, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RIGHT THAN WHAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, UH, I THINK SOMETHING LIKE ANOTHER $7 MILLION OR SOMETHING.
SO, UM, ON THE BUSINESS ITEMS, UH, THE RE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED ITS THIRD RECOGNITION AS AN ACCREDITED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
UH, IT WAS GOOD TO, UH, HAVE ALL OF, UH, CHIEF C MOORE AND, AND HE, HE PRESENTED AND, UH, CAPTAIN MILLER, UH, FROM THE, UH, FORT BEND.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS ROLE WAS.
I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT HIS ROLE IS.
SO, UM, BUT TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE RE-ACCREDITATION IS A, IS A BIG DEAL.
SO NI WE GOT A, UH, THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH A NICE PLAQUE.
IT WAS JUST A NICE CEREMONY AND, UH, UH, GLAD TO SEE THAT.
UH, SO WE, THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN THE WATER CON CONSERVATION PROGRAM THAT THE NORTH FORT BEND WATER AUTHORITY, UH, HAS IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE HAD, UH, THE EMPLOYEE STAFF, UH, BE, UH, ON THAT COMMITTEE.
THE NORTH FORT BEND WATER AUTHORITY HAS CHANGED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT COMMITTEE SO THAT IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES THAT IT HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO A COMMUNITY, UH, A PERSON FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE, UH, WE DID AGREE TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, UH, JASON KOP AND, UH, PATRICK POWERS AND AVI UAR ARE THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT, SO, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY AT THAT POINT.
WE HAD SOME, WE, WE BASICALLY THREW IT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO, IF THEY WERE INTERESTED AND WANTED TO PLAY THAT ROLE TO, UH, CONTACT THE MAYOR.
AND SO THE MAYOR DID, UH, UH, MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT, WHICH HAD TO BE DONE BEFORE THE, UH, END OF THE MONTH.
AND THAT PERSON IS RANDY CONNORS.
RANDY LIVES IN, UH, IN DALE WEBB.
AND HE'S, UH, BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN AND VERY INVOLVED WITH THE, THE WATER, UH, ESPECIALLY LAST SUMMER.
AND WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH WATER PRESSURE.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID DO IS WE APPROVED A BUDGET ITEM OF $200,000, UH, FOR, UH, HYDRO PNEUMATIC TANK RENTALS.
SO THE IDEA BEING THAT IF WE DO RUN INTO A SITUATION AGAIN THIS SUMMER, UH, WHERE WE HAPPEN TO, UH, HAVE A DROUGHT SITUATION OR WE HAVE A WATER PLANT, NUMBER ONE LOSES, UH, LOSE THE PUMP OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, THEY HAVE THESE HYDRO PNEUMATIC TANKS IN PLACE, UH, IN STRATEGIC PLACES SO THAT WE CAN, UH, THAT WATER THEN CAN BE INJECTED INTO THE SYSTEM TO KEEP THE PRESSURE UP.
AND THEN, UH, THOSE TANKS WILL REFILL AND THEY, THEY CAN, UH, BE USED IN THAT MANNER.
SO IT'S NOT CAPACITY, IT'S PRESSURE, UH, IS THE CONCERN.
SO, UM, WE DID GO THROUGH A FAIRLY, FAIRLY LENGTHY, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE, UH, FY 2025, PRELIMINARY FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WENT THROUGH EACH OF THE PROJECTS, TALKED ABOUT THE ONES THAT, UH, THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
UH, WE'LL REVISIT THOSE AGAIN BECAUSE, UH, IT'S, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UH, AND THEN WE, THE LAST THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS DEBT ISSUANCE TIME, TIMELINE, AND, UH, NET REVENUE CALCULATIONS AND GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR, UH, THIS, UH, BONDS AGAIN THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR.
SO THE MAYOR DID, UH, WITH COUNCIL'S APPROVAL, HE DID APPOINT THE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, FOR A, AND, UH, THE MINUTES ARE MESSED UP HERE, BUT, UH, THOSE APPOINTMENTS, UH, UH,
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YEAH, SO I, I DON'T HAVE ALL THE, THE FIRST NAME MR. WHITE, MS. NOBLE AND MS. KALI, UH, WERE APPOINTED TO THE, UH, EDCA.WE HAD, UH, THREE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, UH, AND THEN I'LL JUST JUMP TO THE ACTIONS FROM THOSE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
SO THERE WAS, UH, OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, COUNCIL APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FRE, TEXAS AND CENTURY LAND HOLDINGS, UH, OF TEXAS.
WE APPROVED A UTILITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF FOLSTER, TEXAS AND CENTURY LAND HOLDINGS OF TEXAS LLC ON BEHALF OF FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 1 74.
AND WE APPROVED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHORE, TEXAS POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, LLC AND GRANDE RICOS, LLC.
THIS WAS ALL FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS, UH, OUT ON 10 93 WEST, UH, JUST BEFORE POLO RANCH.
AND THAT IS, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS SHORE JUNCTION.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS, UM, APPROVING THE ASSIGNMENT PAY, UH, TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, ZACH, GOOD LENDER.
SO ZACH IS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BUT HE WAS APPOINTED TO BE THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.
AND, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, DECISION TO, UH, MODIFY HIS PAY TO REFLECT THAT ROLE THAT HE'S DOING, UH, WHICH IS ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, WHAT HIS, HIS SALARY ROLE IS.
QUESTIONS ANYBODY KNOWS WHERE TO COME UP WITH $70 MILLION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR FY 25? LET ME KNOW.
BE CAREFUL IF YOU WAIT A MONTH, IT MIGHT BE 80 MILLION
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ITEM 11 IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO I HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE, UH, B CORPORATION, UH, BYLAWS ON THE, ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AROUND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH REVISING THOSE BYLAWS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LIST OF A FEW THINGS PROBABLY FROM TONIGHT.
ALL, ALL, UM, THAT WAS MENTIONED DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
ALL THAT WILL MOVE OVER TO NEXT MONTH.
WE'LL PROBABLY, UM, I'M TRYING TO SEE HERE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE HARRIS STREET ON THERE AS WELL, THE GATEWAY SIGN, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
WHAT IS THE TIMING FOR OUR CONTRACT WITH RETAIL COACH? CURRENTLY THAT CONTRACT IS, UM, TIED TO THE FISCAL YEAR, SO IT WOULD GO UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH.
AND THEN WHEN WILL THAT COME ON THE AGENDA? UM, WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT HOTEL SPECIFICALLY MARRIOTT EARLIER.
CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON THAT OR, UH, MAYBE REDISCUSS THE WORKING GROUP? SURE.
IF IT'S, IF YOU FIND IT APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS THAT.
WOULD THERE BE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THE OR PROPERTY NEXT MONTH? UM, THERE SHOULD BE.
I JUST NEED TO CHECK IN WITH DAN AND CHARLIE.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SPECIAL MEETING, THE 11TH WHERE WE WERE COUNSEL TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, RFP, CORRECT? YES.
I JUST, I, UM, ADDED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH COUNSEL AND, OR THE 14TH, UM, IT WAS, I'M TRYING TO, THE 14TH, IT WAS THE DAY I CAME BACK FROM, I THINK IT WAS THE 20.
YEAH, YOU FLEW IN LIKE RIGHT 22ND TO THE MEETING, RIGHT? YES.
I SHARED ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAD ALL DISCUSSED AND THEY, UM, WERE EXCITED AND SAID, CAN YOU POST IT TOMORROW MORNING,
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SO YEAH.SO IT WAS THE 14TH AND, AND, UH, JUST I KNOW THAT LAST MONTH I WOULD'VE, AT THE LAST MAY MEETING, I WOULD'VE TALKED, WOULD I TALKED ABOUT THAT WOULD'VE SHARED.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF I MISSED A NO, I THINK I, OKAY.
SO ON THE 20TH WHEN WE MET, MY UPDATE WOULD'VE INCLUDED THE ITEMS FROM THE 14TH, SO I WOULD'VE DONE THAT.
SO, AND HAYDEN RAN THAT LAST MEETING, SO YEAH, WE'RE ALL, IT'S SUMMER.
BUT YES, WE'LL, WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE, JUST EMAIL ANELLE AND MYSELF AND WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT ON THERE.
[12. Announcements]
IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.I DON'T THINK I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPOINTMENTS WILL MOST LIKELY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL JULY, RIGHT? YES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD THE SHORE 1824 FESTIVAL BEING PUT ON BY, UM, SAN FELIPE.
THE AUSTIN AND THE SHORE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY, JULY 13TH.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
UM, THE CITY DOES, UH, PLAN TO HAVE A PRESENCE THERE, HAVE A BOOTH, AND INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THE EVENT IS SCHEDULED FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM I SAW THAT.
IS IT ACTUALLY OUT BY THE HISTORICAL, BY THE BUILDINGS THERE IN THE PARK OFF THE ROAD? YES.
WE CAN SHARE THE FLYER AND GET IT OVER TO YOUR INBOX WITH ALL THE BIG DETAILS.
I SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I DIDN'T MM-HMM.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMS THERE, SO THAT'S GREAT.
THEY'RE WORKING THIS INTO THEIR PROGRAM.
IT IS HURRICANE SEASON, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEWS AND THE WEATHER.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.
ALL OPPOSED? WERE ADJOURNED AT 7:37 PM THANK Y'ALL.