* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] IT IS [1. Call to Order ] SIX O'CLOCK ON JUNE 24TH. IT'S A MONDAY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOW CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A TYPE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES TAX CORPORATION. UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, NOT TONIGHT. EXCELLENT. UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, [3. Welcome and introduction of new Board Directors. ] WELCOME AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS, OR SORRY, BOARD DIRECTORS. YES. UH, GOOD EVENING BOARD, UH, ON MAY 21ST, MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPOINTED THREE MEMBERS TO EDC TYPE A. TWO OF THEM ARE RETURNING TO THE EDC, RYAN WHITE AND MS. KAY COLIC. AND THEN, UM, NEW TO THE EDC IS MS. MICHELLE NOBLE. SO IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST, UM, STARTING WITH MS. KAY, IF WE COULD JUST TELL, TELL A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF SO THAT MICHELLE KNOWS WHO SHE'S SERVING ALONG. AND THEN MICHELLE, WE'LL END WITH YOU AND YOU CAN JUST SHARE A LITTLE, UM, WITH THE BOARD, MAYBE, UH, WHY YOU CHOSE TO APPLY FOR THE EDC, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE. OKAY. I'LL START. UM, I MOVED TO RE IN 2011, UH, AFTER I RETIRED, WORKING IN THE UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES. UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT THE CITY REALLY, REALLY NEEDS. AND SO IT'S BEEN AN INTEREST OF MINE. UM, I'VE BEEN COMING TO THE MEETINGS FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 6, 7, 8 YEARS NOW. PRETTY MUCH. UH, I SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL AND GOT TERM LIMITED OUT IN 2023. UH, BUT I STILL ENJOY THIS, UH, EDC FACET OF THE CITY. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING WITH EVERYONE HERE. THANK YOU. AM DEVIN HOLMES. I, UH, MY WIFE AND I ARE BUSINESS OWNERS IN SHORE. WE MOVED HERE IN MAY OF 19. UM, WE LOVE THE, THE AREA AND ARE HOPING TO SEE IT GROW IN TERMS OF, UH, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. AND I THOUGHT, WHAT BETTER WAY TO, TO SEE THAT HAPPEN THAN TO JOIN THE BOARD. I'M BRIAN WHITE. I MOVED TO RE IN 2020 IN MARCH OF 2020, UH, ABOUT TWO DAYS BEFORE THE STATE SHUT DOWN, SO THAT WAS FUN. UM, KI GOT THREE KIDS, TWO OF 'EM, OR ONE OF 'EM JUST GRADUATED FROM JORDAN. AND THEN I'VE GOT MY YOUNGEST AT, UH, AMY CAMPBELL, AND I OWN A BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN SHORE. AND I'M LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WELL NOT MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING TO HELP, UM, GUIDE THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY FROM A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE, AND THEN ESPECIALLY SERVING ON THE A BOARD, UH, WORKING ON INFRASTRUCTURE. WE APPRECIATE ACCOUNTABILITY, , . SO MY NAME IS BONNIE TYLER. UH, SO I, WE, MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO SHORE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. UM, AND, UH, I, UH, I DO NOT OWN A BUSINESS OR, UH, , BUT, UM, BUT MY HUSBAND, UM, HAS, UH, OWNED, UH, HIS OWN BUSINESS, UM, SEVERAL TIMES, UH, DURING HIS, UH, CAREER. AND, UM, SO I'M A PRODUCT MANAGER. UH, BOTH HAVE DONE E-COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL, UH, SPACE. UM, I HAVE SPENT TIME PREVIOUSLY WORKING AS A MUD DIRECTOR WHERE WE PREVIOUSLY LIVED. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, I GUESS, CIVIC MINDED AND JUST REALLY FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ACTIVE IN MY LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I AM SPEAKING UP AND HAVING A VOICE AND MAKING IT A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US. UH, MICHELLE NOBLE. UM, I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2010. UM, I'M ALSO IN THE OIL INDUSTRY AND HAVE BEEN TRAVELING EXTENSIVELY UP UNTIL ABOUT COVID. UM, AND THEN BASICALLY WAS JUST WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK OR TRAVELING EXTENSIVELY. SO WATCH VIDEOS AND TRY TO STAY CONTINUOUSLY INVOLVED. BUT NOW I AM LOCAL AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAT I FEEL THAT I CAN DEDICATE. UM, JUST INTERESTED IN, WELL AS KIND OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PATH THAT IT'S GOING. UM, I HAVE BEEN ON TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT, BUT ALSO BEEN ON DEVELOPMENT AND CITY BOARDS, BUT IT WAS IN ANOTHER STATE. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. SO, UM, UH, CATCHING UP AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA TAKE FUL. NICE TO MEET YOU. [00:05:01] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, [4. Consideration of and possible action on election of officers of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporation Bylaws, to include the positions of: President; Vice President; Secretary; Treasurer.] CONSIDERATION OF IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CORPORATION BYLAWS TO INCLUDE THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER. ALL RIGHT. AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF OR ONE OF YOUR PEERS, UM, AND YOU CAN DO IT ALL IN ONE MOTION TO NOMINATE THE FOUR POSITIONS, VOTE AND MOVE ON OR TAKE IT, UM, POSITION BY POSITION, HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE. WOW. LOTS OF FREEDOM. , . SO I'VE, I HAVE SERVED AS PRESIDENT FOR A YEAR-ISH. YES. YEAH. SO I'VE SERVED AS PRESIDENT FOR A YEAR. UM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE, THE POWER AND THE, THE FINANCIAL GAIN THAT IT HAS PROVIDED ME, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE AS PRESIDENT. UH, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, I THINK THE MAIN IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AN AGENDA THAT CAPTURES, UH, WHAT WE, WE ON THE BOARD WANT TO BE ON THE AGENDA. OTHER THAN THAT, IF THERE ARE OTHER POWERS, UM, I'M UNAWARE OF THEM AND I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO ABUSE THEM. MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW. I'LL NOMINATE BRIAN WHITE FOR PRESIDENT. I SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, THE ILLUSTRIOUS POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. THE, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, UH, READS THROUGH THE AGENDA WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS NOT HERE. YES. THE VICE PRESIDENT WOULD RUN THE MEETING, UM, IN YOUR ABSENCE. RIGHT. AND THAT, THAT USED TO BE HELD BY PAUL. SO WE, IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES, , I'LL NOMINATE MYSELF FOR VICE PRESIDENT. LOVE IT. ANYONE ELSE? I'LL SECOND THAT. . OKAY. SO I THINK IF WE'RE SECONDING, THEN WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE, OR IF YOU WANNA FORM THE WHOLE SLATE AND THEN VOTE. I WAS HOPING WE COULD FORM THE WHOLE SLATE AND THEN VOTE. OKAY. SO, UH, BRIAN, UH, YOU'RE VOLUNTEERING TO BE RENAMED PRESIDENT, MS. KAY, VICE PRESIDENT. SO WE HAVE SECRETARY AND TREASURER, WHICH REALLY IS A TITLE, HAYDEN, AND I KIND OF TAKE CARE OF , ALL OF THAT. UM, I HAVE SERVED AS SECRETARY FOR A YEAR, AND I, IT REQUIRES SIGNING THE MINUTES. I AM GOING TO RENOMINATE MYSELF AS SECRETARY. I SECOND THAT TREASURER. YEAH, I AM. I DON'T NECESSARILY CARRY EITHER WAY THOUGH, SO, BECAUSE IT LITERALLY HAS ZERO RESPONSIBILITY, . OKAY. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. WE'LL DO THAT. SURE. I'LL MOVE TO NOMINATE BRIAN WHITE AS PRESIDENT. MYSELF IS VICE PRESIDENT BONNIE TYLER IS SECRETARY, AND DEON HOLMES. IS TREASURER SECOND. OKAY. WITH A, WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND THE AYES HAVE IT. ITEM NUMBER [5. Introduction of Carolina Salinas-Garcia, 2024 EDC summer intern.] FIVE, INTRODUCTION OF CAROLINA. SALINAS GARCIA, 2024 EDC, SUMMER INTERN. WELCOME. THIS SUMMER, THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH, UM, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN THROUGH THEIR HOME TO TEXAS PROGRAM. AND, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAVE CAROLINA HERE WITH US, AS WELL AS ANOTHER STUDENT, UM, INTERNING FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HERSELF. SHE IS WITH US, UH, UNTIL JULY 26TH THIS SUMMER. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS CAROLINA. I'M AN ECONOMICS STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. I'VE, UM, GREW UP IN THE KATY RE AREA, PRETTY MUCH. I GRADUATED FROM SEVEN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL IN 2023. UM, AND I'M PART OF THE HOME OF TEXAS PROGRAM, WHICH CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR HOMETOWN. UM, THIS IS MY, I BELIEVE MY FIFTH WEEK HERE. I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH, AND I'M EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. AND NOW'S ESPECIALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU , AND I'M SURE YOU DO A GREAT JOB FILLING HAYDEN'S SHOES WHILE HE'S OUT. , [00:10:02] UH, GOT HIS OFFICE AND HELD THE PHYSICIAN. YEAH. UM, CAROLINA HAS BEEN GREAT IN JUST DOING RESEARCH RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT A FEW PROJECTS THAT SHE'S WORKING ON, BUT ONE OF THOSE IS JUST COMPILING, UM, EVERY BUSINESS INTO A SPREADSHEET SO THAT WE CAN CATEGORIZE BASED ON WHAT GOOD OR SERVICE THEY PROVIDE. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, HEALTHCARE, BEAUTY, FITNESS, YOU KNOW, RETAIL GROCER. AND JUST, OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE, UM, ACCESS TO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH AND CHECK WHAT NONPROFITS ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT PLACES OF WORSHIP, SO THEY CAN GET FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS ON, UM, THAT 1463 BOUNDARY AND HOW THEY SPEND THEIR DOLLARS HERE. THEY'RE REINVESTED INTO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF DRIVING OUT. SO IF IT'S JUST A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT BUSINESS IS AVAILABLE THAT'S PROVIDING WHAT THEY NEED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WE WANNA MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. SO SHE'S BEEN GREAT IN WORKING ON, THAT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. ITEM NUMBER SIX, [6. Introduction and presentation by Managing Director of Fulshear Fast Track, Mat Yelvington.] INTRODUCTION IN PRESENTATION BY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHORE FAST TRACK, MR. MATT YELVINGTON. GOOD EVENING BOARD. UM, MY NAME'S MATT YELVINGTON. I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHORE FAST TRACK, WHICH IS THE, UM, IF YOU'RE UNAWARE, IS THE, UH, BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEUR HUB THAT THE EDC IS, IS UNDER, UM, UNDERWRITING. AND I JUST WANNA KINDA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE, UH, A, A PROGRESS UPDATE WITH SOME STATISTICS. UH, JUST TO REMIND YOU, THOSE STATISTICS ARE THE KPIS THAT WERE KIND OF IDENTIFIED, UH, IN THE CONTRACT AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AND SO JUST GIVING YOU KIND OF AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, AND SO I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH EVERY, EVERY ITEM ON THE LIST, UM, BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, OF, OF KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. AND SO FIR FIRST ONE, ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS RECEIVING ADVISORY, MENTORSHIP OR COACHING. UM, OUR TARGET WAS 12, UM, INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, UM, INDIVIDUAL FOLKS GETTING, GETTING CONNECTED WITH AN ADVISOR. UH, AND, AND THAT NUMBER IS NOW AT NINE. UM, IT SAYS EIGHT THIS WEEK. WE'VE ALREADY HAD ANOTHER KIND OF MEETING, AND SO WE'LL CLEARLY SURPASS THAT GOAL. UM, AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE COUNTING THAT IS, IS ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS IN WHICH ME OR ONE OF OUR ADVISORS ARE SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE WITH SOMEONE, UM, AND REALLY GETTING INTO THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS AND HELPING THEM WITH SOME PROACTIVE STEPS, UH, TO EITHER, UH, START THEIR BUSINESS, GROW THEIR BUSINESS, CHANGE SOME THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE THAT THEY NEED HELP IN. THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE MARKING THAT. UM, NEW BUSINESS STARTS. UM, ROUGHLY WE'VE, THAT LITTLE ARROW IS MAYBE THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST, UH, UH, LITTLE THING THAT COULD TO GO THAT, THAT'S MAYBE IS THAT WE'VE GOT TWO, MAYBE THREE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE HAD DIRECT CONTACT WITH, UM, WHERE WE'VE KIND OF HELPED GIVEN, GIVEN ADVISORY SERVICES TO MAN, HELP THEM MANAGE KIND OF SOME, SOME THINGS WITH THE CITY, UM, TO GET STARTED AS A BUSINESS. AND SO, UH, THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT THERE'S TWO OR THREE BUSINESSES WITHIN YEAR ONE THAT, THAT MAY GET STARTED, RIGHT? UM, IN, IN, IN, IN THE RE AREA. AND SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF, LOT OF, LOT OF FACTORS THAT ARE GONNA DETERMINE WHETHER THAT HAPPENS OR NOT, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH, THESE ARE ACTUAL NEW STARTUPS. THESE AREN'T BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY EXIST THAT, UM, NEED, NEED HELP IN GROWING. THESE ARE, THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT, THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY EXIST. UM, AND I WANT TO CALL YOUR PENSION TO PAGE TWO. UH, AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF OUR HUB. UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT WE HAVE AN ONLINE HUB, UM, THE BACK END OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL LOCATIONS, WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO JOIN THE SHORE FAST TRACK HUB. AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S 66, ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE THAN THAT AFTER A COUPLE DAYS, 68 MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF THAT ONLINE COMMUNITY. UM, UH, OUR TARGET WAS 48. SO CLEARLY WE'VE SURPASSED THAT FOR THE YEAR. UM, AND WE'RE ONLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS REALLY INTO THE PROJECT IN A SENSE. UM, EVEN THOUGH WE STARTED IN JANUARY, OUR LAUNCH WASN'T TILL TWO, LITERALLY TWO MONTHS AGO. AND THESE ARE ALL THE, THE, THE STATISTICS FOR IN, IN THE TWO MONTHS TIME. UM, AS FAR AS SMALL HUB EVENTS, UH, WE'RE HAVING, WE'RE GETTING INTO A RHYTHM OF A, A MONTHLY EDUCATIONAL EVENT, UH, THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE SO FAR AT THE, THE CITY OF SHORE. AND THEN ALSO WE'RE HAVING A MONTHLY ADVISORY, UH, TEAM, UH, LUNCHEON WHERE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME AND GET SOME PEER ADVISORY SUPPORT. AND SO BASICALLY THAT IS, IS WE GET TO GET TOGETHER, UM, HANG OUT, EAT SOME, EAT SOME FOOD, UM, AND THEN JUST KIND OF LIKE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER, BE A PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S HARD TO OWN. YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS, AND SO KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE AND THEN BRINGING SOME, SOME, SOME PAIN POINTS TO THAT, TO THE GROUP OF OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND LOOKING FOR EACH OTHER TO KIND OF GIVE ADVICE ON HOW WE CAN, UH, ADDRESS THOSE PAIN POINTS. AND THEN WE'RE DOING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. WE DID AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT ON, UM, SEO OPTIMIZATION. WE DID AN [00:15:01] S UH, A EDUCATIONAL EVENT ON A BUSINESS PLAN AND HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST BUSINESS PLAN. UH, WE'VE GOT ONE COMING UP NEXT MONTH THAT'S, THAT'S LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THE CITY, KIND OF WHAT ARE THE, WHAT'S THE CITY REQUIREMENTS ARE, WHAT'S GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE, SO THAT THAT, THAT BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO START IN THE CITY, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET RIGHT, TO BE A PART OF, OF, UM, THE REGULATIONS OF THE CITY CITY'S APART. SO THE CITY OF RE IS GONNA HELP HELP WITH THAT AND BRING PEOPLE OUT SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITHIN THE CITY. UM, AND SO THESE JUST EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, THAT'S KINDA THE MONTHLY RHYTHM THAT WE FOUND OURSELVES IN. UM, AS FAR AS ADVISORS, WE NOW HAVE THREE ADVISORS, UM, THAT ARE SHORE ADVISORS, MEANING THEY'RE FROM THE CITY OF SHORE THAT HAVE AGREED TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME, UH, TO ADVISE SMALL BUSINESS BUSINESSES. AND THEN I WANT TO JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE LAST ONE BEING LIKE OUR PARTNERSHIPS. AND SO, UH, THESE ARE ENGAGED IN, IN PARTNERSHIPS AND EVENTS. AND SO PIER 36, I WILL, WE'LL JUST GO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PIER 36. THEY'RE LETTING US USE THEIR BACK ROOM FOR FREE, UM, ON MONDAYS, UM, MONTHLY. AND THAT'S JUST OUT OUTTA THE KINDNESS, THEIR HEART TO GET BUSINESSES STARTED IN THE SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES. SO THANK YOU PIER 36 FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO HUMBLE GROUNDS IS KIND OF MY SECOND, UM, OFFICE. I SPENT A LOT OF TIMES AT HUMBLE GROUNDS MEETING WITH PEOPLE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY AND MEETING WITH BUSINESS OWNERS. AND SO THEY'VE BEEN GREAT ABOUT JUST LETTING US HAVE SOME SPACE AND, AND BEING A PART AND, UM, BEING WILLING TO LET GARRETT LET US KINDA DO WHATEVER. THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A POINT IN WHICH WE MAY SET UP A SHOP, IF YOU WILL, AND JUST KIND OF HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS, HEY, IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, UM, AND YOU WANT SOME ADVICE, LIKE, WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, KIND OF OFFICE HOURS DEAL. UH, SO THOSE ARE KINDA THE HIGHLIGHTS. UM, WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME REVIEWS AND SOME, UH, COMMENTS, SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, ON THE, ON THE FINAL PAGE. AND IT'S JUST A GOOD LONG, UH, IT'S JUST A GOOD GAMUT OF, OF FOLKS, UH, NOT JUST ONE TYPE OF PERSON, BUT MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE COMMENTED ABOUT WHAT THE WORK THAT FULCHER IS DOING WITH THIS, THIS SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR HUB. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, UH, ON THE SECOND PAGE. YEP. UH, UNDER IT SAYS QUALIFIED, FULL, SHARED BASED. YEP. ADVISOR MENTORS, YOUR TARGET IS 10 AND YOUR PROGRESS IS TO, I GUESS, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, I GUESS, WHAT THE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THOSE REBASED ADVISORS AND MENTORS? YEAH. SO IT'S ANYONE THAT, THAT, UH, HAS ANY, ANY SPECIFIC SPECIALTY, UH, SPECIFIC, UH, SO I TALKED TO SOMEONE TODAY THAT'S A FRACTIONAL CFO. UM, AND SO WE'RE, HE'S GONNA COME ON FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, SOMEONE THAT HAS MARKETING EXPERIENCE, SOMEONE HAS, UM, UH, ANY, ANY KIND OF EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, THE GROWTH OF THOSE ADVISORS ALSO IS KIND OF CON CONTINGENT ON THE GROWTH OF THE, OF THE, THE NEEDS, RIGHT? SO THREE REALLY IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE JUST LIKE KNOCKING DOWN THE DOOR ASKING FOR ADVISORY SERVICES YET. AND SO I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD, A GOOD SPOT RIGHT NOW OF, OF MEETING THE NEED THAT'S THERE. AND AS WE, WE GET THESE ADVISORS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THESE ARE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY CAN HELP WITH, I THINK MORE AND MORE OF THE FOLKS WILL START TO USE THOSE ADVISORY SERVICES FOR THOSE SPEC SPECIFICATIONS. SO KIND OF ANYTHING, ANY DEPARTMENT HR, IF YOU'RE AN HR PERSON, UM, THAT WANTS TO VOLUNTEER TIME, IF YOU ARE A FINANCE PERSON, A MARKETING PERSON, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY ANYBODY, GOVERNMENT PERSON THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S LEARNED WHAT IT MEANS TO, TO, TO MANAGE THE GOVERNMENT SORT OF REGULATIONS HERE, UM, IN FULL. AND YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THAT, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO, TO BE A PART OF THAT AND BE AN ADVISOR. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UH, I GUESS THE DISPARITY BETWEEN TWO NUMBERS ISN'T SOMETHING WE NECESSARILY WOULD HAVE HEARTBURN OVER. YEAH. RIGHT? YES. NO, NO. WE'RE, I, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ADVISORS THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. NO. AND JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY. MM-HMM. THE TARGET NUMBERS ON HERE, THAT'S THE TARGET THAT YOU WANTED TO HIT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, IS THAT CORRECT? WE STARTED WITH THE FISCAL YEAR, OR, YEAH, SO I THINK, I THINK WE, WE, WE, WE WOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT REVISING SOME OF THESE A LITTLE BIT IN THE SENSE OF LIKE, YES, TECHNICALLY FROM A, FROM A, FROM A, A YEAR TO YEAR, IT'S GONNA BE JANUARY TO JANUARY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED. BUT, BUT WE HAVE REALLY ONLY STARTED, AND THE LAST TWO MONTHS, RIGHT? LAUNCH WAS TWO MONTHS AGO. UM, ALL OF THAT TIME BEFOREHAND WAS, WAS GETTING READY FOR LAUNCH, GOING OUT, DOING ALL THE DOOR KNOCKING, UM, GETTING PEOPLE READY AND EXCITED TO KNOW THAT WE COULD HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH. AND SO NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE, PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE NOW, WE'RE KIND OF GETTING INTO THE ACTUAL WORK OF WHAT'S GOING ON. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MEETING SOME GOALS, UH, REALLY, REALLY WELL. RIGHT. AND, UM, I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY I FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT ON TRACK TWO MONTHS IN, UM, TO THE ACTUAL REAL WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. AND, UH, NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ARE BEING SAID, NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE. UM, AND, AND AGAIN, WE'RE ONLY TWO MONTHS IN, SO, SO [00:20:01] WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT THAT TARGET AS THE TARGET WHERE WE'D LIKE TO BE BY NEXT APRIL, PROBABLY. YES. OKAY. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A BETTER TARGET. YES. ALRIGHT. HE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET ON THE THIRD, THIRD PAGE, I GUESS. YEP. UH, ARE THERE ANY, UH, CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE WITH WHERE YOU ARE ON, ON THE BUDGET? NOPE. WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY UNDER BUDGET, UM, BEING VERY CON COGNIZANT OF HOW WE SPEND MONEY. UM, PART OF THE , I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND SO, UH, I UNDERSTAND MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPENT EFFECTIVELY AND, AND PURPOSEFULLY. AND SO I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF, OF NOT SPENDING UNNECESSARY FUNDS. AND SO, UH, WE HAVEN'T SPENT A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE PUT THE DOLLARS WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. AND SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SPONSORSHIPS LIKE GOING OUT AND ASKING FOR SPONSORSHIPS, AT THIS POINT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SORT OF, UM, UH, MOVEMENT BEHIND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO BE ABLE TO GO, HEY, WE, WE HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT. IT HAS ON AVERAGE 10 TO 15 PEOPLE EVERY MONTH, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SPONSOR THIS? WE HAVE A, UM, A BIG EVENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IN THE FALL. I THINK THAT'S WHERE MAYBE SOME REAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WILL COME. UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GO AND, UM, FIND A WAY TO CONNECT WITH HOME-BASED BUSINESSES IN FULL SURE. AND SO WE'RE GONNA, THAT'S GONNA BE A KIND OF A BIG INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE FALL. AND SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL, FOR, FOR FOLKS TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN. UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. AND SO, AGAIN, I I I'M NOT, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SITUATION AT ALL. UM, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE JUST BEING REALLY WISE ABOUT HOW WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, IT'S ALLOWING US TO HAVE SOME MONEY, UM, THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AS, AS IT, AS TIME PROGRESSES. A QUESTION I HAD ON THE BUDGET PAGE, MM-HMM. , UH, LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY SPENT EVERYTHING IN THE CATEGORY FOR WEBSITE AND COMMUNITY. THAT'S CORRECT. TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. SO IF THERE'S UPDATES TO THE WEBSITE THAT ARE NEEDED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT'S, UH, DOESN'T INCUR EXPENSE OR THAT WOULD, IT DOES NOT INCUR EXPENSE. NO. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL? CORRECT. OKAY. YEP. THANK YOU. AND I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK FOR SPONSORSHIPS FOR SOME OF THOSE EVENTS. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S YOUR EXPECTATION ON COMING AND SEEING US? SAY THAT AGAIN? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION ON COMING TO SEE US TO TALK ABOUT, UH, HOW THE FULL, YEAH, SO I THINK, I THINK IT'S TO GET ONE IS JUST TO INFORM YOU ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? JUST SO YOU, YOU, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DATA IN FRONT OF YOU AND, AND HAVE CLEAR, UM, UH, INFORMATION. AND, AND TWO IS TO WHEN, WHEN NEEDED TO ASK FOR HELP, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK AS FAR AS SPONSORSHIPS IS, IS CONCERNED IS, YOU KNOW, WE'D LOVE, I'D LOVE ANY FEEDBACK ON WHO YOU THINK WOULD BE GOOD SPONSORS WHO ARE BIG, UM, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY OR BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO SPONSOR, UM, PARTICULAR EVENTS. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT I COULD, I WOULD LOVE YOUR INPUT IN. AND SO, UM, MY EXPECTATION IN COMING IS JUST TO, TO HELP MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE, FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS, UM, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IF YOU DO THAT, I CAN ANSWER THEM AND, AND JUST GET ANY FEEDBACK ON WHAT YOU ARE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, AND HOW WE MIGHT DO SOME THINGS, UH, BETTER OR, OR CONTINUE TO DO THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL. CONTINUE TO DO THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, JUST, I'M A BIG COLLABORATIVE GUY AND SO AGAIN, Y'ALL, Y'ALL HEAR THINGS BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I MAY OR MAY NOT HEAR. AND SO WOULD LOVE IF YOU HEAR THINGS TO LET, LET US KNOW, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THEM AND, AND, AND CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AND, AND MAKE THIS THE, ACTUALLY THE BEST PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND START BUSINESSES. WHEN YOU SAY SPONSORSHIP, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PIER 36 IS ALLOWING YOU TO BE THERE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YEAH. PAYING FOR THE FOOD, SO THAT WAY? YEAH, SO, SO FINANCIAL SPONSORSHIPS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE, RIGHT NOW, THE EDUCATIONAL THING THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT AND SPENDING MONEY, WELL, WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S AT LUNCHTIME, BUT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING LUNCH. AND SO IF A, IF A BUSINESS WANTED TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, WE'LL WE WILL PROVIDE 15 BOX LUNCHES EVERY, UH, ONCE A MONTH AND, AND SO WE CAN PUT OUR NAME ON IT AND WE CAN SAY THAT WE'RE SPONSORING THE EDUCATIONAL EVENT, UM, FOR THE FULL SURE FAST TRACK WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN JUST, AND THAT, AND THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY CREATE MORE FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GO, HEY, THERE'S, THERE'S FREE FOOD. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF CONNECT AND, UM, OVER A MEAL AND, AND, AND JUST, IT'S IN THEIR LUNCHTIME. AND SO NOW THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY, MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T GO, RIGHT? UM, NOW THEY MIGHT COME BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S LUNCHES PROVIDED FOR THEM. MY ONLY THOUGHT WITH YOU SAID BOX LUNCHES IS, IS PIER 36 GONNA BE OKAY WITH YOU BRINGING IN OUTSIDE? YEAH, NO, NO. YEAH. SO THE EDUCATION EVENT IS, SO LIKE PIER 36 WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING APPETIZERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE BUY, LIKE PURCHASING THE APPETIZERS, RIGHT? [00:25:01] UM, I THINK OUR FIRST STEP, OUR FIRST SORT OF SPONSOR WOULD BE FOR THOSE MONTHLY LUNCHES AND THE EDUCATIONAL PART THAT'S ACTUALLY HERE AT THE CITY OF RE YEAH. AND, AND MOST, ALRIGHT, MOST OF THE EDUCATIONAL THINGS YOU'VE HAD AT LUNCHTIME ALSO, RIGHT? CORRECT. FROM LIKE 12 TO ONE 30. CORRECT. SO A BOX LUNCH WOULD SUFFICE FOR, OR, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE A BONUS. YEAH, A HUGE TRAY OF CHICKEN STRIPS FROM, UH, CHICK CHICK FROM CHICK-FIL-A CHICK-FIL-A YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING A WORKING TEAM TOGETHER TO, TO TO PROMOTE THIS IDEA OF, OF, UM, THE HOME-BASED BUSINESSES FOR THE FALL. AND I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME REAL, SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR SPONSORSHIP THAT ARE FINANCIAL. UM, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD. THERE'S SOME, SOME GOOD IDEAS THAT I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE KICKING AROUND THAT WOULD BE REALLY, UM, COULD COST SOME, COST, SOME MONEY THAT, THAT FOLKS WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN SPONSORING. I'LL BE EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE FALL EVENT. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS INTRIGUING. YEAH, I SHARED WITH, UM, B BOARD LAST WEEK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, REALLY HELPFUL SERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH FULL SURE FAST TRACK THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE HERE IN THESE METRICS. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, MATT DOES REVIEW BUSINESS PLANS OR, UM, JUST HELPS PEOPLE THINK THROUGH IDEAS, AND I THINK THAT'S SO VALUABLE BECAUSE HE HELPS PEOPLE IDENTIFY MAYBE WHERE THERE, THERE'S JUST MISCALCULATIONS OR THINGS THAT DON'T, WOULDN'T REALLY WORK IN, IN THE REAL WORLD OR, UM, JUST KIND OF POINTS OUT HOW IT'S THE WEAKNESSES IN THE BUSINESS PLAN. AND SO BY DOING THAT, HE'S HELPING PEOPLE WORK THAT OUT BEFORE THEY'VE SPENT ALL THEIR LIFE SAVINGS LAUNCHING A BUSINESS ONLY TO HAVE IT CLOSED WITHIN A YEAR. UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE THINGS AREN'T REALLY MEASURABLE, UM, OUTSIDE OF JUST SAYING HOW MANY SESSIONS YOU'VE HAD, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THOSE THAT NEED THAT TYPE OF RESOURCE AND GUIDANCE. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. AWESOME. THANKS MATT. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, [7. Economic Development Report] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL START OFF WITH NEW BUSINESSES. UM, WE DID HAVE ASIAN WALK OPEN, UM, HERE IN THE, IN THIS COMPLEX AT 6 6 3 1 WEST CROSS CREEK BEND LANE, UM, AND THEIR FOOD IS GREAT, SO YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME. UM, WE ALSO HAVE REVIVE CAFE ON FM 3 59, UM, KIND OF BY WHERE MARCO'S PIZZA IS AND HALO BREWERY. THEY HAVE A GRAND OPENING SET FOR SATURDAY JUNE 29TH FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM THERE'S A FEW GIVEAWAYS AND YOU CAN FIND, UM, ALL THAT INFORMATION ON OUR LINKEDIN PAGE OR ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. UM, SECOND GATEWAY SIGNS. UM, AS I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, THE THP REVIEWED THE GATEWAY SIGN DESIGN AND HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THE PLAN AS THEY WERE PRESENTED, BUT THEY DO NEED ADDITIONAL, UM, PLANS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE WITH THE SPECIFIC LANDSCAPING AND RENDERINGS AND MEASUREMENTS, MATERIALS, ALL OF THAT. SO KGA WILL BE WORKING ON PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND ONCE WE HAVE A DATE SET FOR THEIR NEXT MEETING, THEY WILL BE PRESENTING THAT. UM, BUT WE THINK IT'LL GO SMOOTHLY BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS PRESENTED. UM, ITEM THREE FOR HARRIS STREET. SO UNFOR, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, AS OF JUNE 6TH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE BIDDER ON THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT, SO THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM REJECTED THE BID AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THAT THE BID THAT WAS SUBMITTED CAME IN AT $4,369,566 AND 10 CENTS. SO THAT ONE BID WAS OVER $1,289,566, WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY BUDGETED TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. SO THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF, THE ENGINEERING FIRM AND OUR FINANCE TEAM WORKED TO DEVELOP A BETTER STRATEGY ON HOW THAT WAS ALL PUT TOGETHER TO ATTRACT MORE BIDDERS, JUST DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNICATIONS WHO THEY'RE GONNA SEND IT OUT TO. AND I BELIEVE TODAY EVERYTHING WAS FINALIZED FOR, UM, REPOSTING IT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE HAVE MORE, MORE BIDDERS TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW FEASIBLE THE PROJECT IS AND IF WE ARE GONNA NEED MORE FUNDS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE HAD APPROVED. [00:30:01] SO, UM, IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT, NEW BIDS ARE SUBMITTED, ANY ADDENDUMS REQUIRED QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THE EARLIEST WE COULD SEE IT GO TO COUNCIL. UM, FOR, FOR AN APPROVAL, UH, IT WOULD WOULD BE THE AUGUST MEETING. UM, WITH THAT, I GUESS, WHERE WAS THE DIS, LIKE WHERE, WHAT WAS DIFFERENT? WAS IT, WAS EVERYTHING MORE EXPENSIVE OR WHAT, WHAT PORTIONS OF THE QUOTE WERE MORE EXPENSIVE? EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING WAS MUCH HIGHER. UM, THERE WERE ITEMS ON THERE THAT WERE SET AS ALTERNATES, UM, SO IT'S JUST LIKE THE BASIC ROAD AND SIDEWALK AND ALL THAT. AND THEN THE, THE NEXT, UM, ALTERNATE INCLUDES LIKE THE BENCHES, THE LIGHTING, ALL OF THAT. UM, BUT EVERY PORTION OF IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT INCREASE IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT RATES OF INFLATION OR IT COULD BE? THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THAT WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID BACK, SO THERE'S NO WAY TO COMPARE IT. NOW IF WE, IF WE HAD RECEIVED FOUR OR FIVE AND THEY WERE ALL IN THAT 4 MILLION RANGE, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD KNOW THAT THAT'S JUST WHERE THE MARKET IS RIGHT NOW. BUT WITH IT JUST BEING ONE THEY MIGHT'VE KNOWN THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE. SO THAT, THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO KNOW UNTIL WE RECEIVED THIS NEXT ROUND. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE HARRIS PROJECT? UM, NO, NOT RIGHT NOW. YEAH. OKAY. OTHER, I MEAN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AND, UM, THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, IT, IT WOULD MOVE OVER IF IT DOESN'T GET STARTED BEFORE THE END, BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT CAME FROM PUBLIC WORKS, THIS WAS THE MOST READY TO GO PROJECT WHEN, WHEN WE APPROVED THIS, THAT WAS, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS SHOVEL READY. THAT'S RIGHT. AND SHOVEL READY. APPARENTLY I THOUGHT IT MEANT WE COULD GROW, GRAB SHOVELS. UM, BUT I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. I APPARENTLY THAT'S A DIFFERENT ENGINEERING TERM. UM, SO WHAT IT REALLY MEANT WAS WE STILL HAVE MONTHS OF WORK TO DO BEFORE WE EVEN SEND OUT A BID, AND WE'RE ONLY GONNA GET ONE BID ON THE PROJECT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE 25% HIGHER. YEAH. I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT INFLATION ALL WE WANT. YOU DON'T MISS IT BY 25%. SO THERE, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A, THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WITH SOMETHING IN THE PROCESS. SO I GUESS THAT WAS MY GONNA, I DID HAVE THAT QUESTION WAS WHEN DID, WHEN WAS OUR BUDGET CREATED FOR HARRIS CA HARRIS STREET? SO WE IS THAT THIS YEAR? NO. WELL, WE APPROVED THAT IN OCTOBER. YEAH. THIS PROJECT WAS DISCUSSED LAST SUMMER WHEN, UM, PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTED US WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO FUND IT. UM, SO AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE THAT WAS PROVIDED. UH, AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A SHOVEL READY PROJECT. THE HOPE THEN WAS TO BREAK GROUND IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. UM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS TIMELINE. YEAH. THAT'S NOT A LONG ENOUGH AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THAT PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE. WHEN THE, WHEN THE CITY APPROVED THE PROJECT IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, I'M SURE THE ESTIMATES FOR THAT HAD BEEN PUT TOGETHER SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THAT ALSO. SO THAT ESTIMATE'S PROBABLY LEAST A YEAR OLD, IF NOT A YEAR AND A COUPLE MONTHS. BUT, UM, IT WAS INTERESTING, I CAME TO THE B BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK AND, UH, ONE OF THE GUYS WHO'S A DRILLING ENGINEER, SUPERINTENDENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HE, HE SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN, UM, CEMENT PRICES AND STEEL PRICES ON PIPE COME WAY DOWN THIS YEAR. SO, UH, SOME OF THOSE INFLATIONARY YEAH. ON, ON SOME MATERIALS ARE LIKE FINALLY COMING BACK DOWN TO EARTH. SO I'M, I'M REALLY HOPING WHEN THEY GET, IF THEY CAN GET MULTIPLE BIDS, THAT THEY'LL BE MORE REASONABLE. WE'LL SEE. YES MA'AM. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE? ONCE IT GETS APPROVED BY COUNSEL TO WHEN WE COULD ACTUALLY STICK SHOVELS IN THE GROUND? IT SHOULD BE SHORTLY AFTER, WITHIN THE MONTH FROM WHEN IT GETS APPROVED FROM COUNCIL. MM-HMM. [00:35:01] , WE HAD OUR WHOLE PLAN ON HOW WE WOULD SET IT UP AND YEAH. I THINK EVERYONE IS VERY ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT PROJECT STARTED. IS THE RETAIL COACH NEXT? YES. ALRIGHT. SO IN YOUR PACKETS YOU HAD THE MONTHLY SUMMARY, OR YOU HAVE THE MONTHLY SUMMARY THAT AARON SENDS. SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO, TO WHAT YOU CAN READ THERE, UM, I DID SPEAK TO HIM THIS MORNING AND HE LET ME KNOW THAT WHILE I, I CAN'T YET SHARE THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT, THERE IS A, UH, CONVERSATION GOING ON RIGHT NOW AND VERY CLOSE TO BEING FINALIZED THAT WOULD BRING A NEXT LEVEL SEAFOOD AND STEAK RESTAURANT TO TOWN. EXACTLY WHAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. KIND OF THAT MORE ELEVATED DRINKS, NICE ATMOSPHERE, SPACIOUS, UM, HIGHER END, JUST THIS LAYOUT AND SETUP OF IT. SO WE HOPE TO BE SHARING THAT HERE SOON. UM, AND JUST, UH, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TEASE US WITH WHERE THAT MIGHT BE? NOT YET, JUST GENERICALLY, IS IT NO REHIRE. EXCELLENT. LOVE IT IN THE CITY OF SRE. OKAY. IS IT ACTUALLY, IS IT ON 1463 OR IS IT, I CAN'T SHARE JUST AT THE WISHES OF, OF THE OWNERS AND THE DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING NOW, BUT I WILL SAY IT'S A DEVELOPMENT YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF, SO YOU GO BACK THROUGH AND LOOK, YOU COULD PROBABLY PLACE IT. UH, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. UM, THEY DID CVS DID REACH BACK OUT. THEY'RE STILL INTERESTED IN COMING TO FULL SHARE. I KNOW THEY HAD APPROACHED US ABOUT THE EDC PROPERTY, UM, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE THERE, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING TO TRY AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOCATE SOMEWHERE ALONG THAT 3 59 CORRIDOR. THEY DO HAVE ONE PRESENCE IN SHORE ALREADY. THAT'S CVS ASK IS THE CBS THAT'S ON FRY I AND 1463 NOT CONSIDERED SHORE. YEAH, THAT'S FULCHER. YEAH. BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER LOCATION. OKAY. AND AS ALWAYS, WE'LL KEEP CHECKING WITH HEB, BUT THAT, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE THERE. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I JUST WANNA, OH, WAIT, WAIT, LET ME, UM, OKAY, SO IT IS IN THE REPORT, SO IT'S ON PUBLIC RECORD. SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT IT THAT, UM, THE SEAN WITH HEB LET US KNOW THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO BEGIN WORK ON THE NEW RE HEB LOCATION. UM, AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS IS THAT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE LIVING IN FULCHER. YES. THEIR DECISION, UM, FROM WHAT THEY'VE SHARED WITH US IS STRICTLY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ROOFTOPS. SO UNTIL THAT THAT NUM MAGIC NUMBER HITS WHAT THEY'RE WANTING TO SEE, UM, THEY WON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SECOND LOCATION IN FULL SHOW. OKAY. AND I ONLY POINT THIS OUT AGAIN BECAUSE WE TEND TO HAVE, WE SEEM TO HAVE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WE WANT THE HEB BUT MAY NOT WANT MORE PEOPLE LIVING HERE. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THAT'S THE WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN. RIGHT. WE CAN'T, AND WE CAN ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT COMPANIES COMING HERE, BUT WE DON'T GET TO WHEN, WHEN DICTATE WHEN THEY TALK TO SEAN, UH, AT HEB, DO THEY LET HIM KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO PARKING SPOTS AT HEB ON WEEKENDS, THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO CIRCLE AND CIRCLE AND CIRCLE TO FIND A PARKING LOT. AND SOME OF US GIVE UP AND GO TO THE, WELL, I DON'T, I I GO TO THE HEB AT SPRING GREEN AND 7 23, YOU KNOW, WEST PARK, WHATEVER. YEAH. UH, I MEAN, HE KNOWS THAT. I MEAN, SURELY THEY, THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE PROFIT PROFITABILITY OF THEIR CURRENT STORE. YES, MA'AM. WE SENT THEM THE UPDATED NUMBERS. ANYTIME THERE'S ANY CHANGE, UM, HE IS VERY WELL AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LL WEB FULL SURE RUN CROSS CREEK, WEST TAMRON WEST AND ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF HOUSEHOLDS ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN ALONG 3 59. I'M ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAS TWO TINY KIDS AND NEEDS MILK AT, YOU KNOW, 10 AT NIGHT AND IT TAKES ME 20 MINUTES TO GET ACROSS TOWN, SO IT'S 40 MINUTES JUST TO DRIVE THERE AND BACK. SO WE TRY TO STRESS THAT AS OFTEN AS WE CAN THAT THERE'S JUST A REAL NEED FOR A GROCER ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN. MM-HMM. , I GUESS, DO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS POTENTIALLY CONTINGENT AT ALL ON THE HEB BEING BUILT ON TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND HOW THAT MIGHT [00:40:01] INFLUENCE? I'M SURE THAT IT'S A FACTOR, BUT I'M NOT SURE TO WHAT EXTENT EXACTLY. AND I GUESS I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE THAT AREA HAS MORE HOUSE NUM LIKE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAN RE DOES. LIKE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW, WHAT MAP MM-HMM. THAT LINE IS, BUT YEAH. WHERE THERE YEAH. WHAT THE RADIUS IS AND YEAH, I'M, I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW THAT MAP LINE LAID OUT. WE CAN TRY TO ASK AND SEE IF WE CAN YEAH, I'D, I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I WOULD ACTUALLY ARGUE THAT THAT HEB IS CLOSER TO 1463 AND THE ONE AT I 10 AND KATIE. YEAH. SO LIKE, VERSUS THIS ONE OVER HERE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY FARTHER AND WOULD SERVICE SIMONTON AND ET CETERA. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD, I JUST, I JUST, I THINK IT WOULD BE A VALID QUESTION JUST TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO SEAN AND NOT BUGGING HIM UNTIL THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, AT THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF, UH, HOUSEHOLDS THAT HCP IS LOOKING FOR. YES, MA'AM. I'LL BE CURIOUS OF THAT AS WELL. I MEAN, DOES THE THP, ARE THEY LOOKING AT THAT CIRCLE AND JUST ACCESSIBILITY, BUT THAT'S K AND AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE GOING UP THPP APARTMENT OR DEPARTMENT OF, YOU KNOW, YEAH. THAT MAYBE THOSE NUMBERS ARE THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'RE GOING BY INSTEAD OF, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBILITY TO OTHER AREAS THAT ARE GROWING IN THE FUTURE. , WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT REGARDING THE RETAIL COACH? NOT TONIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, THE LAST ITEM ON THE REPORT, THE TEDC FORT WORTH. SO I DID COMPLETE THE BASIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COURSE HOSTED BY TEDC IN FORT WORTH, UM, THE WEEK BEFORE LAST. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION LEARNED AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS MADE WITH, UH, STAFF MEMBERS FROM OTHER CITIES WHO ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE SAME TYPE OF RAPID GROWTH THAT WE'RE MAKING. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVING A BUDGET LINE ITEM TO COVER TRAVEL AND TRAINING FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS. I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND HAVE JUST THAT PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE PERSON ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE TO SAY, HOW ARE Y'ALL, UM, TACKLING THIS ISSUE? AND, UM, JUST GET THOSE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, [8. Review and discuss draft items pertaining to FY 2024-2025 EDC budget development.] REVIEW AND DISCUSS DRAFT ITEMS PERTAINING TO FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25 EDC BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. ALL RIGHT. SO IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU DO HAVE A DRAFT OF THE A A SA, JUST SO YOU GET, UM, FAMILIAR WITH IT. IT'S OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGES PLANNED TO THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF IT. THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY WOULD CHANGE WITH WHAT WE, THE, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY HERE IS THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO FUND UP TO 30% FOR A NEW POSITION HOUSED WITHIN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. SO I KNOW THAT, UM, IN THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE MENTIONED IT AT DIFFERENT TIMES THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE A SECOND COORDINATOR OR MAYBE A COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST TO JOIN THE EDC TEAM TO HELP US, UM, JUST KIND OF FIELD SOME OF THOSE INITIAL INCOMING PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, AND DO UPDATES ON OUR WEBSITE, CREATE MORE CONTENT TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, AND SO ONCE WE REVIEWED REALLY WHAT THE NEEDS WERE AND WHAT THAT WORKLOAD WOULD BE, WE FELT THAT THE, THE WISEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WOULD BE TO, UM, SPLIT THAT THE DUTIES OF AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS, UM, MEMBER FOR A CITY STAFF WITH THE CITY. SO THAT'S WOULD IMPACT THE, THE AMOUNT, BUT JUST NOT THE OVERALL STRUCTURE. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE A SAI WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE, THE A SA AS IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN WAS UPDATED JUST A YEAR AGO, CORRECT? IS THAT, WAS IT? YES, A YEAR AGO, A YEAR AND A HALF. I MEAN, IT'S FAIRLY RECENT. MM-HMM. . YES, I KNOW. I MEAN, LAST YEAR WE LOOKED AT IT AGAIN, AND THERE, THERE ARE A FEW MINOR EDITS. NOTHING, NOTHING TOO BIG, BUT IT'S KIND OF A, A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY YEAR. YEAH. SO [00:45:01] AS OF WHEN I STARTED IN THIS ROLE TWO YEARS AGO, THE, THE A SA LOOKED COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. UH, AND SO WE SPENT PART OF THAT FOLLOWING YEAR, MAYBE SIX MONTHS, UM, GETTING THE A SA ALIGNED WITH THE WAY THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK. AND SO I'M JUST SAYING THIS TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS AND WE'RE JUST ROLLING IT, RUBBER STAMPING IT AND ROLLING IT OVER. AND LEGAL HAS REVIEWED THE A SA, CORRECT. THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT YEAH, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ALL, ALL GOOD. OKAY. SO ANELLE WITH THE COMMENT YOU JUST MADE ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS, I GUESS THAT MEANS, UM, SECOND TO LAST PAGE, NOT THE SIGNATURE PAGE, BUT THE PAGE RIGHT BEFORE THAT? YES, MA'AM. UM, WHAT THAT WOULD ENTAIL IS JUST ADDING UNDER SHARED SERVICES FEE IN ADDITION TO, IN ADDITION TO CITY MANAGERS, CFO FINANCE, ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, YOU MIGHT ADD COMMUNICATIONS ON THAT PART. IS THAT WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN? YES, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. AND I DO HAVE, UM, THERE, THERE'S A SCALE THAT SAYS EXACTLY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF EACH OF THOSE SALARIES WE COVER. IT'S NOT ALL THE SAME, BUT I CAN ATTACH THAT FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. SO YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN. IT GOES FROM, UM, I THINK THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO'S MY DIRECT SUPERVISOR, UM, AND WHO I REPORT TO, IT'S, IT'S 25% AND THEN IT TAPERS DOWN FROM THERE TO 10 OR FIFTEEN, TEN FIVE AND 2% FROM SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS IT OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THAT WOULD BE, UH, INSIGHTFUL. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO B THE DRAFT CORPORATION BUDGET. SO IN YOUR PACKETS YOU HAVE, UM, THE 180, THE SIX HUNDRED AND SIX OH ONE. SO 600 IS OPERATING FUND, 6 0 1 IS PROJECT FUND, AND THE 180 IS, UM, JUST THE DEPARTMENT, WHAT, WHAT WE USE ON A DATE TO LET TODAY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SPREADSHEETS, YOU'LL SEE I HIGHLIGHTED THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT WE WERE REQUESTING A CHANGE IN. AND THEN IN THE NOTES COLUMN YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHAT THE CHANGE WAS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO IF WE START IN THE 101 80 ACCOUNT, UM, UNDER THE SUPPLY SECTION, YOU'LL SEE, UM, WE'RE REQUESTING SUPPLIES BE INCREASED BY $250 TO 1,500. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE, UH, MARKETING, I HIGHLIGHTED. UM, JUST TO, TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU ALL THAT, THAT AMOUNT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR THE FORT BEND EDC ORGANIZATION. THIS WAS A COUNTY EFFORT THAT REALLY MARKETED AS A REGION AND THEN KIND OF SUB MARKETED EACH OF THE COUNTY'S COMMUNITIES AND HIGHLIGHTED THEIR UNIQUENESS. UM, WE WERE PART OF THAT MARKETING COMMITTEE AND, UH, THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE, BUT THAT, THAT WHOLE ENTITY HAS BEEN DISSOLVED. SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON, UM, WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE. THE COUNTY HAS CREATED THEIR OWN DIVISION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH, WITH THEM. UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC MARKETING EFFORTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU'LL SHARE THAT WITH US, UM, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR NOW BECAUSE IT, IT MOST LIKELY MEANS THAT THAT COUNTY ORGANIZATION WOULD KIND OF REPLACE THE EFFORTS THAT THE FORT BENDY DC WAS DOING. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UH, THE FIRST LINE UNDER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WHERE IT SAYS CONSULTING MM-HMM, THE 50,000, IS THAT WHERE STUFF LIKE THE RETAIL COACH OR TIP STRATEGIES, THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD COME IN OR YES, MA'AM. IF IT'S LIKE A WEBSITE OR, UM, FOR EXAMPLE WHEN, WHEN WE NEEDED AN INTERIM DIRECTOR, UM, OR SOMEBODY TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE LINE WHERE IT, WHERE IT CAME FROM AND, AND RIGHT NOW WE THINK WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE ENTIRE 50,000 THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024. YEAH, THERE'S A FEW INITIATIVES IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, SOME OF THEM ARE EXPLORING A TOURS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WOULD HELP DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN AND IN OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE CITY. AND SO WE DO WANNA HAVE THAT AVAILABLE SO THAT IF THE CITY WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A STUDY. UM, IF, IF YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT OR JUST ANY OTHER OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN, IF WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO JUST HAVE THAT MONEY BUDGETED AND READY TO GO. YEAH. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT. I WAS JUST, SO FOR LIKE THIS FISCAL YEAR [00:50:01] THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, I, I'M ASSUMING IF WE SPENT 50,000, A LOT OF THAT WAS ON THE WEBSITE MAYBE OR, OR RETAIL COACH OR, MM-HMM. , I KNOW. OKAY. 2025, UM, THOUSAND I THINK WAS THE WEBSITE TOTAL. SO IT WAS ONE OF THE, THE FACTORS. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. IS THE MILEAGE. IT SAYS REQUESTING TO HAVE THAT COMBINED WITH THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING. SO IS THE 6,500 INCREASE, IS THAT MILEAGE AND TRAINING COMBINED? SO REALLY LIKE A 5,000 INCREASE? YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM. . SO IT WOULD BE INCREASED TO 20,000 TOTAL, UM, UP ABOVE UN TRAVEL AND TRAINING, AND THEN WE WOULD JUST DELETE THE MILEAGE LINE. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT WAS DIVIDED OUT THAT WAY. UM, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING THAT INCREASE. I KNOW WE WERE, UM, TALKING A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT A LOT OF THIS YEAR, HAYDEN AND I HAVE BEEN TAKING TURNS GOING TO DIFFERENT CONFERENCES. UM, AND HIS AVAILABILITY WAS VERY LIMITED BECAUSE OF HIS ARMY SCHEDULE. BUT NOW THAT THE CONTRACT'S ENDING NEXT YEAR, HE'LL BE MUCH MORE AVAILABLE. AND SO, UM, I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HIM YEAH. ATTEND AND SOME OF THE CONFERENCES, UM, THEY'RE JUST EXPENSIVE. THEY'RE OUT OF STATE, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT ROOM SO THAT BOTH OF US COULD PARTICIPATE IN THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UM, THE 180 ACCOUNT? UM, YEAH, SINCE THIS IS THE 180 ACCOUNT, UH, IS, IS THIS LIKE THE CDCS SHARE OF THIS OR IS THIS LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOU AND HAYDEN? AND THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT OKAY. FOR LIKE ALL THE STAFF EXPENSES. OKAY. SO WE ONLY HAVE 1, 180 ACCOUNT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. UH, I'LL MOVE ALONG TO THE, THE 600 ACCOUNT, WHICH IS, UH, THE OPERATING FUND. FIRST, YOU'LL SEE, UM, UP ABOVE THE, THE BUDGET PARAMETERS WE'RE, UM, SETTING A TAX SALES TAX REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 10% OVER THIS YEAR'S BUDGETED AMOUNT. SO THAT WOULD BE A, UM, PROJECTED $1,925,000. SO THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN I THINK WHAT WE LAST DISCUSSED. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A 5%, BUT AFTER OUR LAST MEETING WITH FINANCE, THE 10% IS WHAT WILL BE USED. AND THEN, UM, CAN I JUST QUICKLY MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT FOR IF Y'ALL WEREN'T, UM, SINCE YOU WEREN'T HERE BEFORE, BUT THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT A 5% INCREASE OVER WHAT WAS THE BUDGETED AMOUNT AND OUR 2024 ACTUALS WERE GOING TO COME IN ABOVE THE BUDGET. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY MM-HMM. , THEY DIDN'T JUST GIVE THEMSELVES A 10% RAISE JUST A WHIM. YEAH, NO, WE WOULDN'T DO THAT. . THANK YOU, BRIAN. UM, IF YOU MOVE, UH, DOWN BELOW UNDER SUPPLIES, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A, A LITTLE INCREASE THERE AS WELL BY TWO 50. SO IT WOULD MOVE IT UP TO SEVEN 50. UM, THIS IS THE SUPPLY SPECIFICALLY FOR ABOARD. SO THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, ANY NAME TAGS, ANY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT Y'ALL MIGHT NEED. UM, LET'S SEE HERE. AND THEN THE FULL FAST TRACK UNDER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, SECOND YEAR OF THE CONTRACT WITH THEM IS, WAS SET AT 110,000. SO THAT'S JUST $10,000 HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING GREAT WITH BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF THE BUDGET THEY WERE GIVEN. AND THEN ON CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WHERE YOU HAVE LEGAL MM-HMM, , DOES THAT NOT NEED TO BE A NUMBER THAT'S PLUGGED INTO THE 180 BUDGET? ON THE 180 SHEET? IT WAS ZERO. YES. SO THE 180 IS EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO REIMBURSE TO THE CITY. SO THIS IS THE LEGAL SERVICES FOR ABOARD SPECIFICALLY THAT HIRES DENTON NAVARRO FIRM. SO ABOARD OUT OF THE ABOARD ACCOUNT, PAYS THE FIRM FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE OR SERVICES PROVIDED FOR A SPECIFIC BUSINESS. AND THEN THE SAME FOR INVOICES FOR B BOARD. SO I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. BEFORE TWO YEARS, LET'S SAY WHEN I STARTED, SO TWO YEARS AGO, WE, THE, THE A BOARD, WELL, THE CITY PAID FOR LEGAL SERVICES AND THE A BOARD REIMBURSED THE CITY FOR THOSE LEGAL SERVICES. MM-HMM. , BUT NOW THE EDC DIRECTLY. AND, AND THERE, THERE WERE, [00:55:01] IT WAS A, THERE WERE LOTS OF FACTORS ON WHY WE HAVE IT SEPARATED AND WE'RE DOING IT THIS WAY, BUT BASICALLY WE HIRE LEGAL REPRESENTATION STRICTLY FROM THE EDCA BOARD. MM-HMM. . AND I'LL SAY OUR CURRENT INSTRUCTOR HAS BEEN WORKING VERY WELL FOR THE EDCS AND FOR THE CITY. WE'RE HAPPY . GOOD. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE THE, THE CHANGES THERE. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE TO 6 0 1, THE PROJECTS FUND, OH, I'M SORRY. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM. NO PROBLEM. COMMUNITY EVENTS. MM-HMM. , BEFORE WHEN WE HAD AN MOU WITH, UM, THE CHAMBER, WE KIND OF SORT OF KNEW WHAT WE WERE GETTING. WE KNEW WE WERE GETTING THE, UM, SCARECROW FESTIVAL, CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, THE CHRISTMAS TREE, THE JULY 4TH, FOURTH, THE JULY 4TH, AND THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY, SORRY. YEAH. MM-HMM. . SO, UH, WITH THIS 50,000 NEXT YEAR AND WITH THE CHAMBER NOT PART OF IT ANYMORE, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS PLANNING TO DO WITH THAT MONEY? SO ARE THEY GONNA TELL US WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT MONEY IF WE GIVE 'EM ALL THAT MONEY? WE'RE WORKING ON DEFINING THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND I, I WILL SAY, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN JUST VERY GREAT TO WORK WITH. SO I WOULD SAY THEY'RE REALLY LEAVING IT UP TO US CURRENTLY TO KIND OF, UM, DESIGN OR KIND OF DREAM OF AND PRESENT WHAT THAT SIGNATURE EVENT WOULD BE FOR THE CITY OF RE. UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER EVEN WITHOUT THE MOU, UH, MUCH SMALLER AMOUNTS, VERY SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN EVENTS, BUT LIKE SPONSORSHIPS OR BOOTHS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. YES. YEAH. SO PREVIOUSLY I THINK THE COMMITMENT WAS $75,000 A YEAR, BUT UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WE SPONSORED LIKE $1,500 FOR OUT OF, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR THE TEXAS HERITAGE FESTIVAL THAT THEY DID FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. MM-HMM. . SO I THINK THAT THERE'S ROOM HERE BOTH TO REALLY DEFINE THE, THE ESSENCE THAT WE WANT FULL TO HAVE AND CREATE THAT SIGNATURE EVENT THAT WE WOULD START NOW AND WOULD CARRY ON THROUGH THE YEARS. UM, BUT ALSO THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS DOING AND, AND, UM, SUPPORTING THAT AND STAYING INVOLVED WITH THAT, WHETHER IT'S A CHAMBER OR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION. UM, RECENTLY, HEB HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN ORGANIZING A 5K AND ADDING THAT TO THE TREE LIGHTING. SO HAVING THE 5K START AT HEB AT 3:00 PM LEADING INTO THE TREE LIGHTING AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS FIELDING, UM, THAT INTEREST AND THEN FIGURING OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY IS TO PARTICIPATE THERE. UM, BUT I CAN SAY THERE'S A PLAN TO DO THE TREE LIGHTING THIS FALL. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE CHAMBER YET, UM, ABOUT WHAT SCARECROW WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THOSE EVENTS, WHATEVER THAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. NOT TO DE UH, NOT TO DERAIL THAT CONVERSATION TOO MUCH, BUT I MEAN, IF, IF YOU HAVE TO PARK AT HEV AND THEN DO A, DO A 10 K AND YOU HAVE TO RUN TO THE TREE LIGHTING, I MEAN, THEN AT THAT POINT WE CAN DO THE TREE LIGHTING WHEREVER WE WANT. YOU'D HAVE TO RUN 6.2 MILES TO GET THERE. , YES. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. , IF ONLY HARRIS STREET WAS MOVING ALONG. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'LL MOVE ON TO 6 0 1. NOW, THE PROJECTS FUND, WE DID, UH, REMOVE THE TARGETED, TARGETED INCENTIVES LINE. UM, WE FIGURED THAT'S SOMETHING WE DIDN'T USE LAST YEAR. AND, UM, IF THERE WERE INCENTIVES THAT WERE REQUESTED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WOULD COME BEFORE THE BOARD ANYWAY, THEN WOULD GO TO COUNSEL. SO IT'S NOT LIMITING US IN ANY WAY ON WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES WE CAN PROVIDE. UM, SO WE, WE FIGURED IT'S OKAY TO JUST GO AHEAD AND REMOVE IT. UM, THE AMOUNT FOR PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES IS HIGHLIGHTED, SET TO ZERO. SO AS A REMINDER, UM, THAT THIS AMOUNT IS BASED ON 10% OF THE PROJECTED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, PLUS ANY AMOUNT THAT'S LEFT OVER FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR WOULD ROLL OVER. AND THEN WE WOULD SUBTRACT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS. 'CAUSE THOSE ARE TECHNICALLY PROMOTIONAL, SO WE DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, EXCEED THE 10% THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. RIGHT. CHARLIE , AND THEN WE ARE LEAVING, UH, THE STUDY'S EXPENSE IN THERE. SORRY, GO AHEAD. [01:00:01] SO WHEN WE STICK A NUMBER IN PROMOTIONAL EXPENSE, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE ABOUT 142,500 THEN IF IT'S 10% OF THE PROJECTED SALES TAXES. YES. AND I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT'S LEFT OVER THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO IT WOULD BE ADDED TO THAT AMOUNT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS TRANSFERS OUT, YOU SEE THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT. SO IF, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW FAR ALONG WE GET BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, UH, THAT MIGHT ROLL OVER TO NEXT YEAR. SO WE WOULD THEN MOVE IT OVER. AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAD MADE AT A PREVIOUS MEETING THIS YEAR FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT. SO THAT WAS SET AT 1,000,100 AND 15,000. UM, SO THAT'S IN THERE AS WELL. AND, UM, YEARS AGO, THE EDC ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT, UM, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY. UM, THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT STARTED BEING PAID ON LAST YEAR. SO, OR ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS THE, THE YEAR BEFORE. SO THIS IS THE THIRD, UH, REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT THAT THEY'VE STARTED COLLECTING. SO AS A REMINDER, THE 88,667 IS ONE OF THREE PAYMENTS. THE SAME EXACT AMOUNT IS PAID BY B BOARD AND BY THE CITY. SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER OR ADD ON HERE, UM, WE CAN DO THAT. SO JUST LET US KNOW BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING. SO I'M CONFUSED BY YOUR WORDING. SO THAT 88 6 67, IS THAT THE THIRD PAYMENT? IS THAT THREE OF THREE OR IS THAT ONE OF THREE? NO, THERE'S LIKE 15 OTHER PAYMENTS. THAT IS ONE THIRD OF THE FULL PORTION DUE FISCAL YEAR 25 TO THE COUNTY. BUT IS THIS THE THIRD YEAR WE'VE PAID THAT OR IS THIS THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE PAYING THAT? UH, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR. OKAY. BUT DON'T CONFUSE THAT WITH THE ONE THIRD. YEAH. SORRY, THAT IS A BIT CONFUSING, WRITTEN OUT THAT WAY. AND THE ILA YOU'RE REFERRING TO THERE, THAT'S AN ILA BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, RIGHT? YES MA'AM. AND THAT, THAT, THAT GOES ON FOR ANOTHER 12 TO 15 YEARS, CORRECT? MM-HMM, , YEAH. I ALSO HAVE THAT, THAT SCALE. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, THE AMOUNT DOES INCREASE EVERY YEAR. SO IT'S AT 88,000 NOW, BUT IT GRADUALLY INCREASES UNTIL WE MEET THE FULL AMOUNT. SO I CAN BRING THOSE DETAILS AS WELL. I COULD HAVE SWORN ONCE UPON A TIME IT WAS THE CITY PAYING 50% AND THEN THE OTHER 50% BEING SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT ANYMORE. NO. SINCE THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT, IT'S SPLIT THREE WAYS EXACTLY. BETWEEN A, B AND THE CITY. HMM. THIS MAY BE A SEPARATE TOPIC OUTSIDE OF THAT, BUT I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT PAYMENT LIKE ENTAILS. WHAT ARE, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE CITY OF RE IS JUST A PORTION OF THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. IT'S THE PORTION THAT PORTION RUNS THROUGH THE CITY. RUNS THROUGH THE CITY THAT RUNS US. IS THAT FOR LIKE MAINTAINING MOWING? I THINK IT WAS THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT ITSELF WHEN IT WAS CONSTRUCTED. SO NOT MAINTAINING IT THEN AFTERWARDS. I, I THINK THE MAINTENANCE IS ON THE TEXAS OF IT HARD HERITAGE PARKWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. I THINK THEY PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE. YEAH, I THINK I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I'VE BEEN PING PONGED BACK AND FORTH. I'VE BEEN WITH MORALES'S OFFICE MULTIPLE TIMES AND I GET MIXED STORIES OF WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT. SO I JUST HAPPEN TO SEE THAT WELL, WE'RE A PORTION OF IT. DOES THAT MEAN THAT PORTION COVERS THE MAINTENANCE? BECAUSE BETWEEN HERE AND THE VERY FIRST DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN TELL WHO TOOK OVER WHERE IT ENDS BECAUSE IT'S MAINTAINED VERY WELL AFTER A CERTAIN POINT IN MY OPINION. YEAH. I THINK EVEN IF IT WAS TO COVER THAT, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ACTUALLY GET IT DONE WOULDN'T BE ON THE CITY. THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANGES THAT I HAVE. UM, JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL AT THIS TIME, LIKE I SAID, IF THERE'S ANY PROJECTS, AND SO IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, THEN AT THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 25, WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF $2.181 MILLION. UH, WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I'M ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE BUDGET WHERE IT SAYS ENDING OH TO YES. ENDING FUND BALANCE. YEAH. THAT, THAT IS, UM, THE ESTIMATED MM-HMM. [01:05:01] THAT, THAT AMOUNT WOULD FLUCTUATE. REMEMBER WHEN WE PLUG IN THE PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES OKAY. IF HARRIS STREET ROLLS OVER, SO SURE. IT WOULD STILL SURE. THE WOOD STOVE. SURE. JUST, AND, AND I'M NOT ONLY BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE AS WE GET MORE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE REQUESTED TO FUND, WE HAVE ROUGHLY $2 MILLION IN THE ACCOUNT TO FUND WITH TODAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S BA YOUR FUND BALANCE IS GREATER THAN THAT? YEAH, THAT'S JUST FOR THE, THE BUDGET. OKAY. BUT THE ACTUAL FUND BALANCE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE, THE SUMMARY ON, UM, PAYABLE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES. OKAY. DO YOU NEED ANY ACTION FROM US TODAY ON THAT, ON THE BUDGET WE JUST TALKED ABOUT? UH, I DO NOT. OKAY. I THINK JUST, UM, JUST WANNA END WITH SAYING IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PROJECTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND THEN, UH, WE'LL HAVE OUR FINAL, UH, BUDGET PRESENTED TO YOU NEXT MONTH FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY ADOPT AS WELL AS THE A SA, THE PROJECT DECLARATIONS. UM, AND THEN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AND DEPENDENT ON THEIR APPROVAL. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THOSE DECLARED PROJECTS IN AUGUST. AND THEN THE, THE BUDGET WOULD BE ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER BY COUNCIL AND EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING, WE CAN JUST REACH OUT TO YOU. YES, PLEASE DO. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [9. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending April 30, 2024.] NINE. CDC, FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES. OKAY, SO MAY SALES TAX, OUR MARCH COLLECTIONS ARE UP, UH, 14 POINT 22% FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR. EACH EDCS, UH, PORTION COLLECTED IS $142,015 AND 95 CENTS. AT THIS POINT OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE SHOULD BE AT 58.3% OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET AND WE'RE REPORTING AT 61.8% OF THE SALES TAX BUDGET. SO WE CONTINUE GENERATING MORE SALES TAX MONTH OVER MONTH. YES. WHICH HAS BEEN THE CASE EXCEPT FOR MAYBE TWICE IN 15 YEARS. SOMETHING. YEAH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT ARE A LITTLE FUNKY. THEY'RE A LITTLE UNDER, BUT THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT ARE WAY OVER. YEP. THEY'RE PROJECTED. MM-HMM, . OKAY. AND THE ANY, OH, GO AHEAD. THE PAYABLES TO BE APPROVED ARE THE $14,805 AND 11 CENTS. I'LL MOVE THAT. THE A BOARD, UM, MAKES A PAYABLE TO THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,805 AND 11 CENTS. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION WITH NO DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. IT IS UNANIMOUS. THE MOTION PASSES [10. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the May 13, 2024, regular meeting.] CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION. WE'RE GONNA SKIP THIS ITEM, CORRECT? YES. THANK YOU MS. K FOR CATCHING THAT THE MINUTES ATTACHED IN YOUR POCKET ARE ACTUALLY, UH, TYPE B BOARDS MINUTES. SO WE WILL ADD THE, UH, TYPE A MEETINGS FOR OUR MAY MEETING TO NEXT. SO WE'LL JUST APPROVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES AT OUR NEXT MEETING. AND I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE, THE MISTAKE. SO I ACTUALLY DID NOT REALIZE THAT OUR MINUTES WERE NOT IN THERE, BUT I DID WONDER WHY I JUST THOUGHT YOU WERE GIVING US INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE B THE MEANING WAS. I'M LIKE, OH, GOOD. I DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE VIDEO. . WE, WE CAN, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE PUT TOGETHER IF YOU JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT B BOARD IS UP TO WITHOUT HAVING TO WATCH THE WHOLE MEETING. OKAY. SO WE'LL TABLE THAT AGENDA ITEM TO NEXT MONTH. AND THEN, UH, ITEM [11. Future agenda items] NUMBER 11, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY. SO OTHER THAN, UM, JUST THE ROUTINE UPDATES ON, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS LIKE HARRIS STREET, NEW BUSINESSES, ALL OF THAT. UM, I DO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL GO THROUGH, UM, EVERYTHING DISCUSSED IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT MONTH, THE UPDATE ON THE RFP. AND, UM, I DID HAVE A REQUEST TO ADD A REVISION OF OUR BYLAWS SO THAT THEY CAN BE UPDATED SINCE [01:10:01] OUR POPULATION CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE LAST CENSUS. SO THAT'LL BE ON THEIR AS WELL. AND THEN I DID HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST TO REVISIT THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM, SO I HAVE THAT TO PUT ON THERE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO ADD? UM, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF THE NEXT MEETING DATE IS GONNA BE THE SECOND MONDAY IN JULY, JULY 8TH? YES, I DID, UH, MENTION TO BRIAN, UM, DURING OUR AGENDA REVIEW MEETING THAT, UH, IT WOULD BE BEST SO THAT THERE'S ONLY, THERE'S NOT JUST ONE BE WEEK BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND OUR NEXT, THAT WE MOVE THAT OVER TO THE 22ND. UM, WE HAD TO POSTPONE THIS THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF JUST SCHEDULING CONFLICTS WITH TRAVEL FOR ICSC AND HAYDEN BEING OUT FOR THE ARMY. UM, AND BRIAN SAID, WELL, WON'T THAT JUST KEEP IT FOREVER MOVING? BUT THE MONTH OF AUGUST, THAT FIRST MONDAY ISN'T, UM, IT, IT WOULD FALL BACK TO NORMAL THERE. THERE'D BE TWO FULL WEEKS BEFORE THE NEXT, UM, A BOARD MEETING. SO IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO MOVE THE NEXT A BOARD MEETING FROM THE EIGHTH TO THE 22ND. I'M FINE, I'M FINE WITH THAT. IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS, I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND THAT DATE. OKAY. I'M FINE WITH THE 22ND, BUT JUST DOUBLE CHECKING. WHY WOULD WE MOVE IT TWO WEEKS INSTEAD OF, UH, SO B BOARD USUALLY MEETS ON THE 15TH? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, SO IT HAS A JUMP OVER IT. AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT CHANGING THE BYLAWS AND I SAW WE HAD A COUPLE PAGES, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I HAVE A COPY OF THE BYLAWS. COULD YOU SEND OUT, I MEAN, DO Y'ALL HAVE THE BYLAWS? I I WAS GONNA ASK FOR A COPY OF THEM? SURE, I CAN SEND THOSE OUT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND IF, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE AGENDA, I CAN FOLLOW UP AND JUST CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM FOR THE 22ND AS WELL. BUT, UM, ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL, CALL BRIAN OR MYSELF AND WE CAN GET THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NO. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER [12. Announcements] 12 ANNOUNCEMENTS. I HAVE TWO EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR YOU. THIS IS OUR BICENTENNIAL YEAR. SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ATTEND THE, UM, RE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION COLLABORATION WITH SAN FELIPE, THE AUSTIN ON SATURDAY, JULY 13TH. THEY'RE HAVING THE RE 1824 FESTIVAL, UH, FROM 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND THEN, UH, THE WEEKEND OR THE WEEK AFTER ON JULY 20TH PROJECT, HALO BREWERY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US HERE AT THE CITY TO CREATE ITS VERY OWN 1824 AMERICAN ALE, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. THERE ARE 100 BICENTENNIAL BEER MUGS. SO THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE TO ATTEND GET TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE BEER MUGS. UH, THAT THE FIRST POUR WILL BE AT 2:00 PM ON JULY 20TH. SO IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, I THINK THAT'D GREAT. UH, INVITE YOUR NEIGHBORS. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT'S COMING UP, IT'S A FORT BEND COUNTY THING, BUT LIBERTY ON THE BRAZO ON JULY 4TH, AND THAT'S GONNA BE DAILY PARK IN SIMONTON. MM-HMM. ? YES. AND THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO SPRAY FOR MOSQUITOES AND ALSO TRY TO TREAT FOR FIRE ANTS. SO HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE TOO, UM, WOODSY. YEAH. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE A, A BAD EXPERIENCE TO GO. SO PACK YOUR BUG SPRAY WEAR TALL BOOTS AND A HAT. PROBABLY, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT STARTS AT SIX. SO, UH, AND, AND THEY'LL HAVE FIREWORKS THERE, SO. OKAY. IF THAT'S IT, THEN DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE TO ADJOURN. I SECOND. ANY, ANY DISCUSSION, [01:15:01] HEARING, NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. UH, AND THE MO, THE MEETING OF THE EDCA BOARD CONCLUDES AT 7:15 PM VERY GOOD. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.