* 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. [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. IT IS 6:00 PM [1. Call to Order] ON MONDAY, JULY THE 15TH. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE FULL SHARE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UH, WE HAVE A FULL BOARD PRESENT, SO THAT IS GREAT. THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING, AND I'M GLAD THAT EACH ONE OF YOU'RE HERE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE SURVIVED THE HURRICANE THAT WE ALL ENDURED LAST WEEK. I KNOW IT WAS SOME HARDSHIPS, BUT, UH, AND SPEAKING WITH MOST OF YOU, YOU SEEM TO HAVE MADE IT THROUGH. OKAY. AND WE'RE SO, UH, THANKFUL FOR THAT. ITEM TWO IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. THERE ARE NONE. KAY. DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK . OH, SHE IS PAYING ATTENTION OUT THERE. ITEM THREE [3. Welcome and introduction of new Board Directors. ] IS WELCOME. AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS. SO, UH, CITY COUNCIL DID, UH, REAPPOINT THE BOARDS AT THEIR LAST MEETING, AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, UH, DEBRA DRESCHER. AND SO WE'RE SO GLAD THAT, UH, YOU'RE HERE TO HELP SERVE ON THE BOARD WITH US. IF YOU WOULD, UM, MAYBE JUST, UH, TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, AND MAYBE WE CAN GO DOWN THE LINE AND JUST SAY WHO WE ARE AND HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN IN SHORE, OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. NOTHING FORMAL. OKAY. SO I'VE, UM, I'M, OH, SORRY. NO, YOU'RE OKAY. YEP. CAN YOU JUST LEAN IT DOWN CLOSER TO YOU? LEAVE IT DOWN CLOSER. OKAY. 'CAUSE WE'RE RECORDING. I KNOW. UM, UH, SO I, UH, HAVE JUST LIVED HERE ABOUT TWO YEARS, RETIRED, UM, UH, AND MOVED DOWN HERE TO BE CLOSER TO, UH, TO FAMILY. I, FOR 15 YEARS. UM, BEFORE I RETIRED, I WORKED AT THE, UM, TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. I RAN A PROGRAM CALLED THE TEXAS MAIN STREET PROGRAM, UM, WHICH WAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOCUSED ON PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWNS. AND THEN BEFORE THAT, FOR ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE OR SIX YEARS, I, UM, WAS THE HEAD OF THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION, WHICH I KNOW AN ELLEN HAYDEN ARE FAMILIAR WITH. AND I HEAR YOU'RE GOING TO A MEETING THEY'RE HAVING HERE, UM, IN A COUPLE WEEKS. AND, UM, THAT WAS, THAT'S AN AFFILIATED NON-PROFIT TO THE TEXAS MAIN STREET PROGRAM. SO I JUST, UH, TRANSITIONED FROM ONE, UM, INTO THE OTHER. I'VE RUN, IN MY PAST CAREER, I'VE RUN A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND A REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BUT THAT WAS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. UM, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT RELATED DIRECTLY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, UM, UM, I WAS ON A SCHOOL BOARD IN WHAT WAS AT THAT TIME, THE FASTEST GROWING SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE. IN THE 10 YEARS THAT I WAS ON THE BOARD, I THINK WE PASSED THREE BOND ELECTIONS AND, UM, EITHER BUILT BOUGHT PROPERTY FOR OR RENOVATED 20 FACILITIES OR, UM, OR, UM, SCHOOLS. AND SO I GET WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE BECAUSE I'VE, I HAD, I HAD BEEN AT THE CHAMBER IN, IN THAT COMMUNITY BEFORE I LEFT TO GO, UM, TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND, UM, SO I GET IT AND I REALIZE THE, THE PAIN AND THE JOY AND ALL OF THAT THAT GOES ALONG WITH BEING IN SUCH A FAST GROWTH SCHOOL, UH, UH, CITY. IT'S JUST, UM, INCREDIBLE. AND I'VE REALLY, I'VE COME TO A COUPLE MEETINGS AND I'VE REALLY BEEN IMPRESSED WITH EVERYTHING THAT BOTH THE CITY AND THE THE EDC ARE DOING. AND, UM, YOUR FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING TO REALLY MAKE A GRAND FUTURE FOR Y'ALL. SO I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WONDERFUL. WELCOME. JUST START, WE'LL START WITH BLAKE AND JUST GO DOWN THE LINE. MY NAME IS, UH, BLAKE KEKE. I JUST GOT REAPPOINTED FOR MY SECOND TERM ON THE EDC, AND I'VE BEEN A FULL RESIDENT FOR FOUR YEARS NOW. I NEED, UM, . YEAH, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY. YOU GOOD? OKAY. UH, MY NAME'S JENNIFER HAGERMAN. UH, WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. UM, I HAVE A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S FUN. AND I'VE BEEN ON THE EDC FOR A YEAR. OKAY. YEAH. UM, WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS? DOGWOOD LANE. OH, OH, THE LITTLE WHITE. YEAH. YEAH, I'VE BEEN THERE. YEAH. CHRISTMAS PRESENCE THERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. , MAYBE BLAKE, JUST ADD KIND OF WHAT'S YOUR BACKGROUND ON IN YOUR DAY JOB? SO, MY DAY JOB, MY BACKGROUND IS IN HOME BUILDING. I'M A PROJECT MANAGER FOR A LOCAL HOME BUILDER HERE IN THE SHORE AREA. SO, AND THEN, UM, [00:05:02] THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, MY . I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY RIGHT NOW. UM, YEAH, THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. . THAT'S GOOD. I, I'LL PROMISE I WON'T, UH, THROW, THROW IT AT YOU AGAIN. . UH, LET'S SEE. I MOVED TO RE IN 2000, THE YEAR 2000. SO THERE WAS ABOUT 700 OF US HERE. AND, UH, SO I'VE SEEN IT GROW FROM A VERY, VERY SMALL TOWN TO WHAT IT IS TODAY. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING, A LOT OF CHALLENGES, BUT I THINK OPPORTUNITIES. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THE PNZ FOR EIGHT YEARS. MAYOR IS SIX YEARS, AND THEN I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE ON THE EDC BOARD SINCE I THINK IT'S INEP NEARLY ITS INCEPTION IN 2008. SO I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT YOU BRING TO US, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING A LOT FROM YOU. THANKS. HI. UM, JAMES BOUCHER. UH, I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS, UM, FROM THE HOUSTON AREA. I MOVED HERE WITH MY FAMILY. I HAVE TWO KIDS. UM, I'M IN BANKING AND HAVE BEEN IN BANKING ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW. SO I THINK I WAS, I THINK THAT'S ALL. SEE, WE PASSED BLAKE, AND I FORGOT TO TELL YOU, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER BY DAY, SO . SO WE'VE MET, UM, JOEL PATTERSON. I HAVE, UH, LIVED HERE SINCE 2009. POPULATION WAS 723. UM, SO 15 YEARS IN AUGUST THAT WE'LL BE HERE. UM, I'M RETIRED. I HAVE A UNDERGRADUATE MASTER'S DEGREE IN GEOLOGY. I RETIRED FROM THE OUT OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, UH, JOINED CITY COUNCIL OR WAS ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN 2018. I AM NOW ON MY SEVENTH YEAR, UM, THREE TERMS AND ONE PARTIAL TERM. AND, UH, I ALSO RAN FOR MAYOR. THIS IS MY SECOND, UH, TERM AS MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY OF FULCHER. THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR ON EDCB. I SERVE AS THE CHAIRMAN FOR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL. I REPRESENT, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR FORT BEND COUNTY ON THAT, UH, ON THAT COMMITTEE. AND THE REST OF THE TIME I TRY TO RELAX AND PLAY GOLF. HI, MY NAME IS MARK DURWIN. UM, I'M A PETROLEUM ENGINEER BY CAREER. UH, THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR ON THE EDC BOARDS. MY SECOND YEAR, MY FIRST, I'M STILL UP RIGHT AT PAST MY FIRST YEAR ON EDCB. I WAS ON EDCA BEFORE. UM, AND I AM PART OF THE OLD 300 OF CROSS CREEK. UM, IT WAS ONLY, I WAS ONLY ABOUT 300 HOMES WHENEVER I CAME HERE AT CROSS CREEK. IT WAS JUST STARTING OUT. AND, UH, UM, AND MY CLAIM TO FAME, PROBABLY IN THE, UH, IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY IS I'M A SCOUT MASTER FOR TROOP 1103, OF WHICH BLAKE WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT AND TRO 1103. SO, UM, GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE BOARD. THANK YOU. HI, I AM LEO O'BRIEN, UH, RETURNING MEMBER. UM, BEEN IN FULL SHARE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. UH, I'VE GOT, UM, MY DAY JOB, I GUESS IS, I'VE GOT 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT. WELCOME. ALRIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. UH, ANELLE OR HAYDEN, DID Y'ALL WANNA SAY ANYTHING? I DON'T WANT TO OVERLOOK YOU, BUT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH DEBORAH AND JUST KIND OF SHARE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, FULL SHARE, FAST TRACK, ALL OF THE PRIORITIES THAT THE EBC HAS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE CITY. UM, SO SHE, SHE KNOWS ABOUT ME, UH, PRETTY WELL. YEAH. I WORKED AT, YEAH, I USED TO BE A MAIN STREET MANAGER IN THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, SO I'M JUST FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF, UM, THE VALUES THAT ARE HELD BY THAT ORGANIZATION. AND I THINK THAT WHILE THE CITY OF SRE DOES NOT HAVE THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO, TO REPURPOSE OR REFURBISH THOSE VALUES CAN STILL BE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THAT FOUNDATION, UM, WHERE WE CAN GIVE IT THAT FEEL AND THAT LOOK AND JUST REALLY BRING IT TO LIFE. SO I, I'M JUST VERY EXCITED FOR, TO HAVE YOU HERE AND, UM, TO GET TO WORK ON THAT TOGETHER. SURE. UH, I'M FROM GEORGIA ORIGINALLY. I'VE BEEN IN TEXAS FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW. UM, I STARTED IN THE CITY OF KEENE UP NEAR FORT WORTH, UH, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MAINLY FOCUSING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN CAME DOWN HERE TO SHORE FOR A YEAR AND EIGHT MONTHS NOW. SO [00:10:01] ALMOST AT MY TWO YEAR MARK, IT'S BEEN, UH, A GREAT EXPERIENCE SO FAR. THE CITY'S GROWING. I MEAN, EVEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH HAS POPPED UP AND HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING TO JOIN THE BOARD, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK THE, JUST TO COMMENT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, JOEL, YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR REALLY HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB, UH, HAVING A VERY, I THINK, DIVERSE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP ON THE BOARD. SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP TO WORK WITH. ALL RIGHT. ITEM [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. ] FOUR IS CONSIDERATION OF IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS THAT THE CORPORATION IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CORPORATION BYLAWS TO INCLUDE THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND TREASURER. UM, SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN NOMINATIONS FOR THAT AND, UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY EXPRESS MY INTEREST IN SERVING AS PRESIDENT ON THE BOARD. UM, AGAIN, I THINK, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD. I THINK WE'VE ALL HAD A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WORKING WITH ANELLE AND HAYDEN, WITH OUR LEGAL STAFF. AND I THINK THAT OUR, I FEEL LIKE REALLY THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE IN A POSITIVE NATURE THAT WE HAVE GOING FOR FORWARD. AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, LEAD THAT THROUGH. SO AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN, UM, TAKE IT, UH, OFFICE BY OFFICE. SO YOU CAN NOMINATE A PRESIDENT VOTE, CONFIRM VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER, OR YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF OR A FELLOW BOARD, UH, DIRECTOR AND CREATE THE FULL SLATE AND THEN VOTE THAT WAY. HOWEVER Y'ALL WOULD PREFER. ALSO, JUST TO JOG EVERYBODY'S MEMORY, THE CURRENT POSITIONS ARE TOMMY AS MAYOR BLAKE, PRESIDENT, OR SORRY, MAYOR, SORRY, MAYOR OF THE BOARD. YEAH, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. EXCUSE ME. UH, BLAKE AS OUR SECRETARY, JAMES AS TREASURER. UH, LEE WAS, UH, VICE PRESIDENT, BUT AS HE IS EX-OFFICIO NOW, WE WILL HAVE AN OPENING FOR, UH, VICE PRESIDENT, SHOULD YOU GUYS CHANGE POSITIONS. ALRIGHT. I JUST SUGGEST WE GO ONE AT A TIME. IS THAT AGREEABLE? UM, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE TOMMY AS, UH, PRESIDENT. I HAD LIKE TO SECOND THAT. NO, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, FOR TOMMY TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT AGAIN FOR THIS, UH, NEXT UPCOMING YEAR. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UH, NEXT IS VICE PRESIDENT. THAT POSITION WAS HELD BY LEE AS ANELLE STATED, AND, UM, I DUNNO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN THAT, UH, OR YOU THINK YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT POSITION. IT FEELS WEIRD WHEN YOU SPEAK UP FOR YOURSELF. SO I JUST, THAT'S WHY I JUST, ANYWAY, I HATE DOING THAT, BUT I WANTED, I DID IT SO YOU CAN DO IT TOO. CAN I NOMINATE JOEL IF SURE. IF JOEL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT LIAISON? IS THAT ALLOWED THE BYLAWS LIMIT THAT, UH, GIVE US JUST A SECOND TO CHECK IN. OKAY. I WAS, I, I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO DO THAT, BUT I'M ALSO VERY HAPPY FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO, I AM IN YEAR SEVEN OF THIS CITY STUFF, SO, SURE. MAY I ASK A QUESTION, DAN? UM, WHAT IS TYPICAL FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO SERVING ON THE EDC BOARDS OR ANY OTHER BOARD? SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER EDCS WHERE I HAVE A COUNCIL LIAISON ON THE BOARD AT THE MOMENT. NOW I DO, WELL, I QUOTE COUNCIL LIAISON. I DO HAVE MANY BOARDS WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVE BECAUSE IN LIKE FOR, FOR BOTH TYPE A AND TYPE B, THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS ON THAT. AND ON THOSE BOARDS, THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN HOLD ANY POSITION WITH ON THE, WITHIN THE BOARD, BUT THAT'S CONTROLLED BY THE BYLAWS. AND I DON'T HAVE ALL YOUR BYLAWS MEMORIZED YET. SO I THINK IN, IN THIS CASE, THE, IT'S A CITY COUNCIL POSITION THAT IS ON THE BOARD. IT JUST ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE LIAISON, BUT IT'S, IT'S, AND, AND ACTUALLY THE B BOARD CAN HAVE UP TO FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, SERVING, UH, ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THREE OR FOUR. YEAH, I THINK IT'S WAS, YEAH, JOEL, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY CORRECTLY STATED. JOEL, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE BYLAWS, THERE'S PROBABLY [00:15:01] NOT A COUNCIL LIAISON POSITION THAT'S OFFICIAL. SO YOU'RE THE UNOFFICIAL COUNCIL LIAISON. YOU'RE OFFICIALLY, YOU'RE OFFICIALLY A B BOARD MEMBER. . I'M OFFICIALLY A B BOARD MEMBER. RIGHT. SO THERE WOULD NOT BE A RESTRICTION ON HIM SERVING THEN AS, AS VICE PRESIDENT WITH, WITH JUST THE RESERVATION THAT I POSSIBLY HEARD. I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE LEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT AS WELL. SO LEE IS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER, WHICH WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO HOLD ANY OFFICE. IT'S A NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE BOARD. NO. SO THERE'S A NOMINATION FOR JOEL, SO WE HAVE A MOTION. UH, BUT AS JOEL REFLECTED, I THINK WE HAD A, WE HAD A NOMINATION. WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND YET. NO, UH, I'LL MARK, UH, I'LL SECOND NOMINATION AS LONG, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR BASES COVERED, BUT THE, UH, SURE, OF COURSE. UH, DUAL. BUT GO AHEAD. YEAH. JOEL, IS THAT GOOD WITH YOU? YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO SERVE. YOU KNOW WHAT WE WE'RE, I WAS GONNA SAY WE'D DOUBLE YOUR PAY, BUT NOT YOUR CITY COUNCIL. PAY YOUR B BOARD PAY . THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET. I GOTTA BE CAREFUL. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS. THE NEXT OFFICE IS THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY SOCIAL MEDIA, , AND JUST FOR THE BOARD'S REFRESHER, SECRETARY AND TREASURER, WE DO GET A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HELP FROM STAFF, UH, FOR THOSE ROLES AND THOSE TASKS. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO SIGN SOME PAPERWORK AND YOU DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. SO WHO'S THE CURRENT SECRETARY? BLAKE. BLAKE. OKAY. I NOMINATE BLAKE TO REMAIN SECRETARY. ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR BLAKE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? YES, A SECOND, BLAKE. OKAY. MOTIONS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, SHOULD, SHOULD WE MAKE BLAKE GIVE A SPEECH? NO. NO, NOT AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE FOURTH OFFICER POSITION IS TREASURER IS JAMES, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THAT? YES, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE JAMES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED FOR JAMES TO SERVE AS TREASURER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND, UH, OUR OFFICERS ARE SET FOR THIS YEAR. MOVING ON TO ITEM [5. Economic Development Report ] FIVE, IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT. NO. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. I'LL START OFF WITH AN UPDATE ON HARRIS STREET. SO HARRIS IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID AGAIN, UH, STAFF IS ANTICIPATING RECEIVING BIDS ON AUGUST 1ST. PENDING NO CHANGE TO THE BID SCHEDULE, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACTIVITY THAN IN THE LAST ROUND, UH, WHEN IT WAS POSTED. SO VARIOUS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO MBBI O THE ENGINEERING FIRM, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE ENGINEERS. AND THEN FROM FROM THERE, UM, THE PROCESS SHOULD CONTINUE. I KNOW LAST MEETING WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF HOW IS THIS ROUND DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 80 PAGES OF GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WERE REMOVED, UM, TO JUST MAKE IT, UH, MORE APPEALING AND MOTIVATE SMALLER CONTRACTORS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS. AND THERE WERE ALSO SOME CHANGES MADE TO THE, TO THE PLAN SET, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T TELL YOU THOSE SPECIFICS. UM, BUT EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE ON, ON THE SIDE OF STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID ATTRACT, UH, JUST A WIDER RANGE, UH, OF CONTRACTORS HERE. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL, UM, THAT THAT WILL YIELD, UH, MORE BIDS IN THE LAST TIME. ANELLE, WHEN DID YOU SAY THE BIDS WERE DUE? WAS THAT AUGUST 1ST? AUGUST 1ST IS YES. MM-HMM. . AND THEN THE LEVEL OF DETAIL WE, YOU SAID REMOVED ABOUT WHATEVER, HOW MANY PAGES? ABOUT 80 PAGES OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS? MM-HMM. . NOW WHAT, WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE? I WOULD LIKE HIGH LEVEL STUFF. I MEAN, JUST LEGALESE, I THINK. WOW. YEAH. OKAY. WE CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU'RE INCIDENT ACTUALLY. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. YEAH, I KNOW THAT I DID, UH, LOOK AT SOME OF THE BIDDERS THAT TYPICALLY BID, LIKE IN THE ROSENBERG AREA, AND I SENT THAT TO ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT. [00:20:01] I PLAN TO REFRESH THAT THIS WEEK SINCE LAST WEEK MIGHT HAVE BEEN, PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE, THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN LOST IN THEIR EMAILS. UH, SO THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. THERE'S A LOT MORE ACTIVITY. YES. THANK YOU FOR SENDING THAT. AND I KNOW THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET, I THINK OVER 80 RECIPIENTS ON THAT LIST. SO THEY, THEY WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHO THEY WERE SENDING IT OUT TO. AND NOW, IS THERE ANY CHANGE IN THE ESTIMATE OR IS IT STILL THE 3 MILLION? I THINK THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE YOU SAW IS STILL THE ESTIMATE THAT THE CITY HAS. MM-HMM. . MM-HMM. . OKAY. NO CHANGE IN THAT? NO. OKAY. . OKAY. UM, ITEM TWO. WE, UM, HAVE RECEIVED THE INITIAL DRAFT OF WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE RFP FOR THE EDC PROPERTY. DAN HAS ADVICE THAT WE TITLE IT A REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST. AND THIS WILL ALLOW, THIS, THIS STRUCTURE WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE A MORE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WHERE WE CAN NEGOTIATE WHAT THAT FINAL AGREEMENT WILL LOOK LIKE. UM, WE'VE RECEIVED IT ABOUT A WEEK AGO. I WAS ON VACATION, SO WE'RE GETTING BACK CAUGHT UP. WE SHOULD, UM, BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THE DETAILS THAT, UM, CITY STAFF NEEDS TO, TO FILL IN, GET IT BACK TO DAN FOR FINAL REVIEW, AND THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT OUT AND, UH, READY AND OUT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO. DEBORAH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, JUST RAISE THE RED FLAG AND ANELLE CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I, I HAVE BEEN TO THE, A COUPLE OF THE PAST MEETINGS. OKAY. SO I HAVE, UM, KIND OF PAID ATTENTION TO, TO THAT, SO, BUT THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, ITEM THREE, THE FULL FAST TRACK. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 69 MEMBERS, UM, ON THE DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT INCLUDES NINE COMPANIES. AND, UM, THANK YOU JAMES FOR SECURING THE FIRST EVENT SPONSOR, UM, MOODY BANK. SO THEY WILL BE SPONSORING THE LUNCH FOR THE NEXT, UM, LEARNING SESSION HOSTED HERE AT CITY HALL. AND I KNOW THAT THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THE WEATHER AND INTERNET AND POWER LOSS. WE GOT IT SQUARED AWAY, SO JULY 22ND. RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THAT EVENT. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, MATT HAS ALSO STARTED ADVISOR HOURS, UH, TWICE A MONTH. THE NEXT FEW ARE SCHEDULED FOR JULY 22ND FROM 10 TO NOON, AUGUST 6TH FROM ONE TO 3:00 PM AND AUGUST 26TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON. AND THESE WILL BE HOSTED AT HELEL GROUNDS COFFEE SHOP. SO HE'LL MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE AND WE'LL BE SHARING ABOUT THAT THROUGH, UM, THE NETWORK, UH, THE PORTAL ON SHORE, FAST TRACK WEBSITE, AND THEN ALSO ON OUR LINKED EDC, LINKEDIN AND THE SHORE FAST TRACK FACEBOOK PAGE. BUT I'LL BE SENDING TO YOUR INBOX KIND OF THAT DIGITAL INVITATION SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR NETWORK AND ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. DO YOU MIND GOING OVER THOSE DATES AND TIMES ONE MORE TIME? SURE. THE FIRST ONE IS JULY 22ND, 10:00 AM TO NOON. THE SECOND IS AUGUST THE SIXTH, 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM AND THE THIRD IS AUGUST 26TH. 10:00 AM TO NOON. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . YOU'RE WELCOME. AND THEN WHAT'S THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF THOSE? SO THEY RANGE REALLY IN WHAT THE NEED OF, OF THE RESIDENT IS. OKAY. UM, IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM MAKING SURE THEY'RE CONNECTED TO A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, MARKETING NEEDS, REVIEWING BUSINESS PLANS, ANYTHING THAT IS OFFERED THERE. UM, MATT CAN JUST DO THAT INITIAL KIND OF VETTING OF THE IDEA, THE PROJECT, AND THEN STEER THEM TO THAT NEXT STEP, WHETHER THEY'RE A CURRENT MEMBER OR SOMEONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN JOINING, UM, CONNECTING THEM WITH ONE OF THE ADVISORS THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE OVER TO, UM, HOTEL UPDATE. I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN. I WAS ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THAT MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR MARRIOTT FOR OUR REGION. SO WE WENT THROUGH KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT INITIAL LIST OF QUESTIONS AND HE LET US KNOW THAT FULL STREET CHECKS ALL THE BOXES AND IS A VIABLE OPTION FOR A MARRIOTT LOCATION. BUT THAT WOULD PROBABLY LOOK LIKE A FAIRFIELD INN OR A TOWN PLACE OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS AND LOOK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A HOTEL, BUT [00:25:01] HE KIND OF WALKED US THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE CHECK THESE BOXES, WE CAN'T JUMP TO THE HIGH END HOTEL. THIS IS THE NEXT STEP THAT WE HAVE TO, TO CHECK FIRST. AND THEN ONCE THAT MODEL IS PROVEN, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO KIND OF THE, THE HOTEL WE ALL WANT TO SEE, UM, THAT HIGHER END. NICE, NICE HOTEL. AND HE DID OFFER, IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM HIM, TO ATTEND OUR NEXT MEETING AND KIND OF WALK, WALK Y'ALL THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M GETTING A YES FROM JAMES. INVITE HIM TO COME IN AND SHARE THE PROCESS. OKAY. I'LL ADD THAT TO OUR NEXT AGENDA. WHAT, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP UP ABOVE A FAIRFIELD INN? OH, I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR MODEL. OKAY. BUT I CAN SEND, YEAH. HE SAID HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE ALL OF THAT. KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN. AND WHAT SIZE HOTEL ARE WE TALKING? HOW MANY ROOMS? UM, I THINK OUR HOTEL FEASIBILITY STUDY RECOMMENDED 90 TO A HUNDRED. OKAY. FOR THAT FIRST MODEL, UM, HE DID SAY THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITIES AND THIS COULD, IT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S RARE WHERE IT BEGINS AS THAT FAIRFIELD IN. BUT THE PROJECTIONS AND ALL THE DATA POINTS TO SUCH RAPID GROWTH THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF SECURING THE SITE, IT CAN CHANGE TO THAT NEXT STEP. AND HE GAVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THAT'S HAPPENED. SO THAT'S ANOTHER POSSIBILITY. SO I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO INVITE HIM IN SO YOU CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ANSWERED. OH YEAH. I'M FULL OF QUESTIONS, SO , WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INVITE HIM. JAMES. YEAH. I THINK YOU GAVE TWO EXAMPLES. ONE WAS THE FAIRFIELD, WHAT WAS THE SECOND ONE? THE TOWN TOWN PLACE. TOWN PLACE, OKAY. TOWN PLACE, SUITE. I THINK SO. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE. I GOT ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE HOTEL. UH, DID HE, DID UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE MENTION ANYTHING THAT HE NEEDS FROM US OR THE CITY TO GET STARTED? OR IS THIS A PROJECT ON THAT CAN GO ON ITS OWN ORGANICALLY FROM MARRIOTT? UH, YES. HE REQUESTED KIND OF A NARRATIVE ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE CITY, JUST KIND OF OKAY. SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT HE CAN SHARE. HE SAID ABOUT TWO PARAGRAPHS. SO WE WROTE UP, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST DESCRIP DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECTED GROWTH INCLUDED SOME OF THE NUMBERS, AND THEN JUST A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT THE HISTORY OF FULCHER. AND SO HE KIND OF SHOWED ME HIS SPREADSHEET AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED AND HE SAYS THAT'S WHERE HE SENDS, UM, INTERESTED DEVELOPERS TO. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, WHAT HE GOES TOWARDS. YEAH. I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE HIM COME AND SPEAK BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE CITY OF FULCHER ITSELF ARE IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING GEOGRAPHY. RIGHT. DEFINITELY. 'CAUSE THE CLOSEST IS THE OTHER SIDE OF 99 ON WEST PARK. AND THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, UP, UP BY, UH, KATY MILLS MALL. MM-HMM. . SO GEOGRAPHICALLY LOOKING AT IT, NOT EVEN SPECIFICALLY TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY OF SHORE, BUT THE NEED IN GENERAL, RIGHT? YES, SIR. MM-HMM. . YEAH. AND HE DID MAP OUT, UM, THE NEAREST LOCATION. IT'S ABOUT 20, I THINK 23 MINUTES AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF SHORE. AND HE SAID THAT, UM, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, A SUPER PERFORMER, BUT IT'S DUST, WELL JUST RIGHT AT AVERAGE. SO HE SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE CHECK ALL THE BOXES TO PUT A NEW LOCATION HERE, BUT WE'LL GET THAT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN INVITE HIM OVER ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ANELLE OR HAYDEN. OKAY. ITEM SIX [6. Discussion and possible action on amendment of the Fulshear Development Corporation bylaws. ] IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AMENDMENT OF THE RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS, ANELLE. YES. SO, UM, THIS HAS COME UP. SOMETIMES WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DAN. AND DAN NOTICED THAT THE BYLAWS ARE BASICALLY THE LANGUAGE THAT'S USED FOR WHEN A COMMUNITY IS, UM, LESS THAN 20,000. AND SO WE WERE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REVISITING AND SEEING IF WE NEED TO UPDATE THESE TO REFLECT THE POPULATION OR NOT. UH, THAT'S CORRECT. ASIDE FROM THAT THOUGH, I ALSO NOTICED THAT YOUR BYLAWS WERE, I THINK, LAST UPDATED IN 2007, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND WITH THAT WASN'T WHEN THEY WERE DEVELOPED. OKAY. SO THEY'VE NEVER BEEN UPDATED. THEY'VE NEVER BEEN UPDATED. WELL, AND WITH MOST OF MY A DC CLIENTS, I LIKE 'EM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR BYLAWS ON A, ON A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BASIS. AND, AND THAT'S OFTEN AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 'EM PRETTY REGULARLY. THESE HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I NOTICED IN YOUR BYLAWS ALSO THAT ARE JUST SIMPLY INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE ADVISE OUR OTHER EDCS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE THE LAW IS FOR AN EDC, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN IT IS FOR, UH, A, UH, A CITY, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, YOU DON'T HAVE, THERE'S NO URGENCY FOR YOU [00:30:01] TO TACKLE THESE. I KNOW THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S POSITION IS THAT BECAUSE THE CENSUS DOESN'T HAVE, THE OFFICIAL CENSUS DOESN'T HAVE YOU OVER 20,000, UM, AT THE TIME OF THE LAST CENSUS. YOU HAVE SOME TIME, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S OTHER THINGS IN THERE THAT MERIT REVIEW. AND, UH, OFTEN WHAT WE RECOMMEND IS PERHAPS, UH, THE EDC HAVE A COMMITTEE OF FROM, FROM YOUR BOARD WORK WITH STAFF AND LEGAL TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE, THE BYLAWS THAT'S UP AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO THE BOARD, BUT IT, IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN REVIEWED AGAIN, IT, IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA. WELL, I'VE GOT A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF WHAT WE CAN DO AS THE SIZE. 'CAUSE I MEAN THERE'S LIKE, WHAT, 300 PEOPLE IN FULCHER WHEN THIS WAS PUT IN PLACE. NOW THERE'S LIKE, WHAT, 30,000 OR SOMETHING? SO IS THERE A THRESHOLD, UH, POPULATION TO GO BY? 20,000 IS A VERY IMPORTANT THRESHOLD IN THE WORLD OF EDCS. THERE'S, THERE'S 2 7500 IS THE FIRST THRESHOLD THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND 20,000 IS THE SECOND THRESHOLD THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT, IT, IT ALTERS THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DONE, UH, FOR A TYPE FOR A TYPE B. UH, IT ALSO ALTERS THE MEMBERSHIP OF WHO CAN SERVE ON AN EDC. SO IT LIMITS IT LIKE WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE UNDER 20,000, IT'S VERY FLEXIBLE. YOU CAN HAVE RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY AND EVEN THE ADJACENT COUNTY, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU'RE SITUATED. WHEN YOU ARE OVER 20,000, YOU ARE LIMITED TO RESIDENTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY. SO, SO YEAH, THERE ARE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. SO IF WE TAKE THIS FORWARD AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CITY IS MORE THAN 20,000, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THIS CURRENT BOARD? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AGAIN, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE, YOU KNOW, WHO ADVISES THE COUNCIL WHO APPOINTS THE BOARD HAS ADVISED HIS CLIENT THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT THE 20,000 THAT, THAT IT'S BASED ON THE OFFICIAL CENSUS NUMBERS. AND SO, BECAUSE AT THE LAST OFFICIAL CENSUS YOU WERE UNDER 20,000, THAT IS THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE CITY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO AGAINST THE CITY ATTORNEYS ADVISED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHO POINTS THE BOARD. UH, SO IT WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING SUCH AS THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WITHIN THE BYLAWS THAT, THAT, UH, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO REVIEW AS WELL. SO FULL TRANSPARENCY. RIGHT. FOR ME, I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE ADDRESS FOR THE BOARD IS INCORRECT, RIGHT? THE CITY HALL IS NO LONGER OFF OF 10 93. AND SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS, THE, I THINK IT'S SUB-CHAPTER 5 55 THAT DEFINES, UM, THE BOARD, UH, WHO CAN SERVE ON THE BOARD. MM-HMM. . AND I DO KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN A CITY IS UNDER 20,000, THE, IT IS ALLOWED, AS YOU SAID, TO HAVE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AS WELL AS COUNTY. UH, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ADJACENT COUNTY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE 723 PEOPLE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, IT'S DIFFICULT WITH 36,000, BUT WITH 7 23, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. SO HAVING THAT FLEXIBILITY TO BRING IN OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED THAT ARE NOT RESIDENTS, UM, BEING A CITY OVER 20,000, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT IT AND I'M THINKING IF I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY SITTING ON MY BOARDS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHARTER, THE HOME RULE CHARTER FOR THE CITY, IT ALSO STATES THAT YOU SHOULD BE A RESIDENT FOR VARIOUS BOARDS EXCEPT WHERE THE LAW ALLOWS IT TO BE DIFFERENT. AND I BELIEVE THAT WHAT BYRON HAS SAID IS THAT LEGALLY, BECAUSE THE 2020 CENSUS DATA ACTUALLY SHOWS US BEING LESS THAN 20,000, WHICH THAT CENSUS DATA IS INCORRECT, BUT IT'S AS GOOD AS YOU COULD GET WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO PULL TOGETHER CENSUS DATA. SO WE'RE LESS THAN 20,000. SO THEREFORE, UH, THE WAY THE BYLAWS ARE WRITTEN, THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN BE EITHER A RESIDENT, UH, OR, UH, LIVE IN THE COUNTY. AND THAT'S THE WAY THE BYLAWS ARE WRITTEN. SO I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW THAT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE LITTLE GOTCHA. ABOUT THE, UH, CENSUS DATA. OKAY. AND, UM, SO THAT, THOSE WERE THE TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO, TO LOOK AT. BUT I MEAN, AS TOMMY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS STUFF WAS WRITTEN IN 2007. THE FIRST BOARD MEMBERS WERE PUT ON IN 2008. TOMMY'S BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE 2008. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT IS TIME TO I THINK PROBABLY REVIEW IT. AND THAT WAS FULL TRANSPARENCY FOR ME, DESPITE WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA PUT OUT THERE. I WOULD ADD ALSO, UM, THAT, SO 5 0 5 1 5 8 AND 1 5 9 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ARE EXTREMELY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR A TYPE BEDC IF THEY'RE 20,000 OR LESS. [00:35:01] AND SO, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD A PROJECT COME UP WHERE WE WERE INCLINED TO USE 5 0 5 1 5 8. BUT BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THIS ROAD, REALLY WANNA PROBABLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY SINCE THOSE PROJECTS GO ONTO THE CITY COU TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH PROCEEDING AS IF, I MEAN, BASED ON THE OFFICIAL CENSUS. BECAUSE THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S THE MOST CRITICAL THING BECAUSE FOR AN, FOR A TYPE BEDC WHO'S 20,000 OR FEWER RESIDENTS, PROJECT IS SO BROADLY DEFINED THAT IT'S REALLY WHATEVER THIS BODY DECIDES WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE ECONOMIC OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. YOU CAN, YOU CAN INVEST IN ALMOST ANYTHING AS A PROJECT. IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY THAT BROADLY WORDED. UM, THE OTHER THING IT DOESN'T REQUIRE IS, IS PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME PROJECTS, IF YOU ARE, UH, 20,000 OR FEWER. SO THERE ARE SOME, SOME THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE VERY ADVANTAGEOUS THAT YOU CAN STILL MAKE USE OF UNTIL THE NEXT OFFICIAL CENSUS COMES OUT, IF THAT'S THE POSITION THAT THE CITY IS OKAY WITH, EVEN AS YOU PUSH 40,000 RESIDENTS AND AND BEYOND. SO, AND I WILL, AND I WILL SAY THIS SO JAMES DOESN'T HAVE TO ASK ME DIRECTLY. YES, I KNOW OF OTHER CITIES WHO'VE DONE THAT. I, I'VE, I'VE HAD OTHER CLIENT CITIES WHERE I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, HEY, Y'ALL ARE OVER 20. NO, WE'RE NOT OVER 20,000. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE POSITION THEY TOOK AS WELL. AND, AND THEY CONTINUED TO OPERATE IN THAT MANNER UNTIL 2020. SO THEY WENT FROM 2010 TO 2020, THEY WERE PROBABLY OVER 20,000 IN 2012. AND THEY JUST, THEY CONTINUED ALONG THOSE ROADS. SO IT'S NOT WITHOUT PRECEDENT. AND, AND I DO THINK THAT'S, UH, WE'LL CONFIRM OF COURSE. BUT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT'S THE OFFICIAL POSITION. I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR US AS THE EDCS LEGAL ADVISORS TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON THE SAME PAGE WITH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY JUST FOR, UH, UH, EDUCATION. LIKE WHEN THIS WAS INSTITUTED, IT TOOK A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, IF YOU MODIFY THESE OR THAT IT CREATED THE ORGANIZATION, I GUESS MM-HMM. TO MODIFY THE BYLAWS. WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT IT WOULD GO THROUGH? IS IT JUST A CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL? THE SO, YES, SIR. TO MODIFY, TO MODIFY THE BYLAWS IS, IS REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. THIS BOARD WILL PASS A BOARD RESOLUTION AND YOUR NEW BYLAWS, THOSE BYLAWS, THEN WE GO ONTO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND THEN ON, ON ONTO THE STATE. SO, SO IN THAT REGARD THOUGH, SORRY FOR MY, I'M GONNA SAY CONFUSION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. IF WE SAYING THAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONS WHERE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE POPULATION IS MORE THAN THE 20,000 COME ACROSS WITH PROJECTS THAT THEN REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, WE'LL NOT GET OURSELVES IN A PICKLE WHEN THE, THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY HAS ALREADY RULED THAT HE IS IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT LESS THAN THE 20,000. SO YOU'RE GONNA SPEND ALL HIS TIME POTENTIALLY COMING UP WITH POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND EXECUTING PROJECTS AND THEY'RE GONNA FALL FLAT BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY MADE THAT RULING. SO I'M NOT SURE, OR, OR STANCE, SHALL WE SAY. RIGHT. SO I'M NOT SURE IF I ENTIRELY FOLLOW YOU UP. MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CITY, CITY ATTORNEY'S POSITION IS THAT IT WILL CHANGE AT THE TIME OF THE OFFICIAL CENSUS. SO I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE, BUT BETWEEN NOW, NOW AND THEN, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES. SO NOTHING'S GONNA HAPPEN. SO, BUT THIS CONVERSATION'S SOMEWHAT IRRELEVANT UNTIL 2030 THEN, UH, POTENTIALLY. I, I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT. BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, WELL, I THINK IT'S EDUCATIONAL, RIGHT? YES. AND, AND THAT IS WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS STATED. MM-HMM, , RIGHT. IS THAT BASED ON THE WAY THE, THE WAY THE LEGISLATION IS THAT THE, UH, POPULATION OF THE CITY IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT, UH, CENSUS DATA. AND SO THAT WAS 2020. AND SO THAT DEFINITION WOULD NOT CHANGE AGAIN UNTIL 2030. CORRECT. AND THEN, UH, YOUR, YOUR CLIENT WHO WAS UNDER MM-HMM, 20,020 10, WHAT DID THEY GET TO AT 2020? DO YOU, DO YOU RECALL BY 2020? THEY WERE AROUND 26 TO 27,000. OKAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY WERE 21,000, RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THEY WERE, BUT THEY WERE OVER, THEY WERE OVER 20 PRETTY, PRETTY EARLY ON IN THAT, IN THAT TIMEFRAME. BUT IT, BUT EVERY WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS CORRECT. I MEAN, IT, IT, IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT SAYS WHAT IT SAYS. AND IF WE WANNA RELY ON THAT, WE CERTAINLY CAN. AND I WILL TELL [00:40:01] YOU, THERE ARE OTHERS WHO, WHO DO NOT DO THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, AND I KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AN EDC, BUT THERE ARE VERY DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT HAPPEN FOR A MUNICIPALITY. 10,000 IS A BIG THRESHOLD THAT, THAT CITIES PASS. YOU KNOW, 5,000 GETS YOU TO HOME RULE. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. AND I HAVE, I'VE HAD CITIES WHO WON'T WAIT FOR THE CENSUS IF THEY'RE WANTING TO BE HOME RULE, THEY WILL DO THEIR OWN INTERIM COUNTS IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT ELECTION TO BECOME A HOME RULE MUNICIPALITY 'CAUSE IT'S SO ADVANTAGEOUS. AND THEN I HAVE SOME, WHEN THEY PASSED 10,000, I HAD A CITY THAT PASSED 10,000 SINCE THE 2020 CENSUS. AND THEY WENT AHEAD ON THEIR OWN AND IMPLEMENTED THE CHANGES THAT ARE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT ONLY APPLY TO CITIES OVER 10,000 BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WERE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND FOR POLICE, POLICE OFFICERS AND SUCH. SO EVERYBODY HANDLES IT DIFFERENT. UH, IS THERE ANOTHER THRESHOLD? UM, NO. OKAY. NO. THERE, THERE ARE SOME IN HERE THAT HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, 30, I THINK IT'S 30 OR 35,000, BUT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PICKED FULL. SURE. UM, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST EARLIER. MM-HMM. WHAT I, I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THESE. IS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WANTED TO POINT OUT? SO, UM, IT, IT'S REALLY A LOCAL PREFERENCE, RIGHT? SO WHEN, WHEN THERE ARE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS SPECIFICALLY THAT AN EDC DOES NOT HAVE TO DO THAT A MUNICIPALITY HAS TO DO. ONE OF THEM IS CHAPTER 1 71, WHICH IS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CHAPTER THAT, UH, THAT, UH, VICE PRESIDENT PATTERSON HAS TO ABIDE BY ON THE CITY COUNCIL, ACTUALLY DOES NOT APPLY TO AN EDC. YOU ARE NOT A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL AS DEFINED BY CHAPTER 1 71. BUT YOUR BYLAWS SAY YOU ARE. AND SOME MUNICIPALITIES CHOOSE TO APPLY 1 71 TO AN EDC BOARD, BUT STATE LAW DOES NOT. STATE LAW SAYS YOU ARE A NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND YOU FOLLOW THE TEXAS BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE, NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS ACT WITH REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. AND IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT. IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR A NONPROFIT BOARD. AND I, AND I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO CHARLIE ABOUT THIS 'CAUSE HE NORMALLY ADVISED THE A BOARD, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY WHILE CITIES CAN APPLY 1 71 TO AN EDC BOARD. A VIOLATION IS NOT A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. A VIOLATION OF CONFLICT, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, IF IT DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU, CAN ONLY BE A VIOLATION OF THE BYLAWS. IT CANNOT BE A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. AND SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WITH MY EDC BOARDS, I DO NOT, I I TYPICALLY DO NOT WANT THEM HELD TO A STANDARD OF 1 71. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT CONFUSION AMONG THE PUBLIC OR AMONG THE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL AS TO, AS TO WHAT THE STANDARD IS. BECAUSE ONE'S A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW THAT CAN HAVE JAIL TIME. AND ONE IS A VIOLATION OF BYLAWS, WHICH DOES NOT. SAME THING WITH, UH, CHAPTER 2 52, WHICH THE BIDDING STATUTE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, IT APPLIES TO A MUNICIPALITY. IT DOESN'T APPLY TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IF YOU'RE DOING A PROJECT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE BIDDING STATUTE THAT THE CITY HAS TO FOLLOW, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THERE'S JUST LITTLE NUANCES LIKE THAT, THAT ARE DIFFERENCES, UH, THAT ARE OFTEN REFLECTED IN BYLAWS. AND SO WHEN I SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN A BYLAW, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY BOARD KNOWS, SO MY BOARD CAN MAKE A DECISION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO INCLUDE THAT. AND WE ALSO HAVE TO COORDINATE THAT WITH THE CITY. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEND ANYTHING TO THE CITY COUNCIL EVER THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE APPROVED, WHETHER IT'S BYLAWS OR PROJECTS. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. SO YOU INDICATED A, A GOOD PROCESS MAYBE FOR A COMMITTEE, A SMALLER BODY, WORK WITH YOURSELF AND STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, THAT IS OFTEN A VERY GOOD PROCESS. YES, SIR. HERE IT SAYS THE PRESIDENT MAY APPOINT PERSONS TO SERVE ON A STANDING OR AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT IT SAYS UPON APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL. SO DO I NEED THAT APPROVAL BEFORE WE ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE? UH, WE'VE INTERPRETED AS THAT. OKAY. OR DO WE RECOMMEND A COMMITTEE AND THEN THAT THE WHOLE CONCEPT GOES TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. IT'S, UM, ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION ONE. WE WILL CHANGE THAT TOO. . JUST KIDDING. YEAH. WE HAD THIS COME UP ONCE OR TWICE AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE WORK HERE. DONE. IT'S GONNA TAKE US TWO MONTHS TO GET A COMMITTEE FORMS. YOU SAID IT'S ARTICLE SEVEN SEVEN, SECTION ONE UNDER AUTHORIZATION. [00:45:03] I ALWAYS INTERPRETED THAT WE NEED TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO BYLAWS COMMITTEE, CITY COUNCIL. CAN WE DO THAT? YES OR NO? THEN GO BACK AND APPOINT THE COMMITTEE. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. YES, SIR. I WOULD AGREE. OKAY. SO JUST FOR, SORRY TO GO ON AND ON ABOUT IT. JUST THE, WHEN THAT THRESHOLD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THE ITEMS THAT COME IN ONCE WE GO, ONCE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE WHEN WE DO GO BEYOND THAT THRESHOLD, UM, I GUESS FOR CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING SUCH THAT WE AS A A BOARD DON'T GO AND I GUESS IN, IN IN FAULT OF THAT, UM, IS THAT GONNA BE YOURSELF? THAT'S I IDENTIFYING THOSE PROBLEMS. ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING THAT WE'RE NOT COMPLIANT TO. SO THE, THE ONLY UNTIL 2030, THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, LET'S SAY THAT THE CENSUS IN 2020 HAD SAID THAT YOU ARE OVER 20,000. UH, THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBERS WHO DO NOT, WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE APPOINTED, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. OTHER THAN THAT, THE ONLY OTHER CHANGES ARE, ARE FAR MORE NUANCED. THEY'RE NOT A DISADVANTAGE. THEY'RE JUST THINGS THAT WE COULD NO LONGER DO. RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO, ONCE YOU PASS THAT THRESHOLD AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF 5 0 5 1 5 8, WE HAVE OUR PROJECTS BECOME A LOT CLEARER DEFINED BY STATUTE AS TO WHAT OUR AUTHORITY IS. WE DON'T HAVE QUITE THE DISCRETION THAT WE HAVE NOW WITH WHAT CON CONSTITUTES A PROJECT, BUT THINGS THAT ARE COMPLIANT FOR A B TYPE BOARD THAT THEN REQUIRE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. IS THAT NOT A LOOPHOLE THAT YOU GET? NO. THAT THEY GET AROUND? WE ALWAYS HAVE TO, THEY, THEY ALL, YES. YOUR PROJECTS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO PROVE ALL PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE B BOARD AS WELL AS THE A BOARD. SO WE WON'T, THAT IT'S NOT REALLY, NONE OF IT'S A LOOPHOLE. UM, IT'S JUST A, A BROADER DEFINITION OF WHAT IS A PROJECT. NORMALLY OUR DEFINITION OF PROJECT IS IN 5 0 1 AND, UM, AND OUR DEFINITION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THE, THE, THE CODE REFERENCES BACK TO THAT. AND JUST, AND I'M THIS, WE'RE PROBABLY SPENDING MORE TIME ON THIS THAN Y'ALL WANTED TO, BUT WHAT, WHAT SPECIFICALLY I'M REFERRING TO IS IN 5 0 5 1 5 8, IT SAYS, UH, THAT A PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES, IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER THAT IS, LAND BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, EXPENDITURES, TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS FOUND BY THE CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO PRO PROMOTE NEWER, EXPANDED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. NOW, IN ESSENCE, WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE THINGS SUCH AS EXPENDITURES AND IMPROVEMENTS LISTED IN THERE WITH ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, THAT'S ALMOST ANYTHING AS LONG AS THIS BOARD, AS LONG AS WE PUT A FINDING IN OUR RESOLUTION THAT SAYS THAT, THAT THIS BOARD FINDS THAT IT PROMOTES NEWER EXPANDED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, A A B BOARD IN THAT INSTANCE CAN, UM, THERE'S NO PROJECT THAT IS OFF LIMITS TO A B BOARD. DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS, IT CAN BE A CHICK-FIL-A IT CAN BE WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE. AND JUST FOR, MAYBE JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE WITH THE RESIDENCY, THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR ME BECAUSE WE OWN A HOUSE IN SHORE THAT'S OFFICIALLY, IT'S OUR HOMESTEAD, AND IT'S WHERE MY VOTING IS, BUT I DON'T LIVE THERE. I LIVE IN THE ETJ NOW AND I RUN A BUSINESS IN SHORE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, I'M THE ONE THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT HERE. SO, WHICH I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE, AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. UH, THIS CONCEPT THOUGH, HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY THE CITY, UH, OPENLY. UH, THE, A BOARD HAS FUNCTIONED AS A B BOARD, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, UH, DUE TO THE STATE LAW AND POPULATION REQUIREMENTS, EVEN THOUGH WE PROBABLY COULD, YOU KNOW, TAKE A COUNTER OUT THERE, KNOW WE WERE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OVER IT, BUT THAT WAS THE OFFICIAL COUNT. SO, AND IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL. UH, THEY SEEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH IT ACCORDING TO THE CITY ATTORNEYS, NOT DAN, BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY. MM-HMM. AND THEIR APPOINTMENTS IN THE LAST, UH, MEETING. AND SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT PRESIDENT AL'S REFERRING TO IS THAT 7,500 THRESHOLD I MENTIONED EARLIER, BECAUSE FOR, FOR A BOARDS THAT ARE 7,500 OR OR LESS, THEY CAN DO B PROJECTS. THEY CAN OPERATE AS A B BOARD WITHOUT, WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE AN ELECTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO MY ASSUMPTION IS FROM 2010 TO 2020, [00:50:01] THAT'S HOW THE ABOARD PROBABLY OPERATED. AND AT SOME POINT IN THERE, THEY WERE WELL BEYOND 7,500 POPULATION, BUT IT DIDN'T CEASE TO TO DO THAT UNTIL AFTER THE OFFICIAL CENSUS DATA CAME OUT, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY WELL AFTER 2021 OR 2020. YES. SO THERE'S, THERE'S PRECEDENT LOCALLY AS WELL. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, IS THE BOARD IN FAVOR OF, UH, WORKING TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE BYLAWS AS, UH, DAN SUGGESTED? AND IF SO, UH, DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION ON THAT, BUT MAYBE WE COULD JUST DIRECT STAFF TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA, OR DO YOU THINK WE WOULD NEED ACTION? SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, LIKE NEEDS TO, WELL, LET ME SEE IF WE CAN YEAH. FOR, FOR YOU, FOR IT WOULD BE TO, TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO SEEK APPROVAL, TO APPOINT, APPOINT A, A COMMITTEE FOR BYLAWS AD HOC COMMITTEE. YEAH. YEAH. AND THE AGENDA ITEM DOES SAY, AND POSSIBLE ACTION. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND I JUST, UM, I JUST WANNA COME BACK TO SOMETHING DAN MENTIONED, WHICH IS THAT HE RECOMMENDS THAT THE EDCS, HE WORKS WITH HIS, HIS CLIENTS REVISIT AFTER EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND THESE WERE CREATED IN 2007. SO WE'VE HAD MORE THAN SIX SESSIONS. IT'S PROBABLY JUST A GOOD IDEA TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THOSE, UH, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE THAT NO LONGER APPLIES BASED ON LOSS THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED. YEAH, I'M DEFINITELY IN FAVOR OF THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, TOMMY, UH, AND, AND I GUESS YOU COULD JUST, STAFF COULD JUST, UH, REQUEST THAT THAT BE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR COUNSEL. AND I'M SURE IT'LL BE A LONG DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE COUNCIL ALSO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE BYLAWS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT UNDER. RIGHT. AND THEY PROBABLY ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE NUANCES THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. SO I THINK FROM AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT AND JUST GOING FOR ALL OF US AS WELL AS WE REVIEW THE BYLAWS AND, AND, AND THEN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE, SOME OF THE LEGAL ASPECTS, UM, IT'S JUST, UH, AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO BE DONE. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. TOMMY, IS THAT A MOTION? DO WE NEED A MOTION TO, WELL, I'LL, I'LL THEN MAKE A MOTION THAT, UM, WE, THE MOTION WOULD BE FOR US TO, UH, HAVE OUR PRESIDENT, UH, REQUEST STAFF, UH, PLACE THIS, UH, REVIEW OF THE BYLAWS ON THE, THE NEXT REGULAR OR SPECIAL, I GUESS AS SOON AS WE CAN MAYBE COUNCIL MEETING IT. IT'S SEEKING APPROVAL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE BYLAWS. RIGHT, RIGHT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? YES. UH, I, I SECOND. OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? I, I GUESS JUST ON THE DISCUSSION FRONT, DO WE, IS IT, DO WE WELCOME OUR A DCA TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS IN THIS COMMITTEE WITH US? SO THERE'S, THEY HAVE THEIR SET OF BYLAWS, THEY, THEY MIRROR EACH OTHER, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITH THEM AS WELL. YEAH. IT'S JUST, MM-HMM. IT'S, IT'S NOT PART OF OUR MOTION, IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION HERE TO WELCOME THEM AS PART OF THE PROCESS. WELL, THEY'RE, SO WE, FOR CONSISTENCY PURPOSES. YEAH. WELL, THE A BOARD, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BYLAWS, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THEY HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OURS AND THEIRS WITH THE MEMBERSHIP AND SOME OTHER THINGS. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY, BUT THEY DO. I WOULD, I WOULD JUST THINK MAYBE, MAYBE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE CONSISTENCY ON, ON THE, THE TWO BOARDS FOR APPOINTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR EVERYTHING TO BE CONSISTENT. THAT, THAT'S MY ONLY POINT. IT'S NOT REALLY, I, I REALIZE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCE IN PROJECTS AND, AND THINGS. YEAH, WE, BUT PROBABLY CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND HOW YOU APPOINT THE PRESIDENT AND BOARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND VACANCIES PROBABLY WANNA BE CONSISTENT. YEAH. WE CAN WORK, UH, WITH DAN AND CHARLIE TO MAKE SURE THE PROCESS IS RUNNING ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL. UM, BUT BOTH ARE UPDATED AT THE SAME TIME. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. THE MOTION, CARRIE? OH, ALL OPPOSED, THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [7. Discussion and possible action on the continuation of The Retail Coach contract in FY25. ] SEVEN IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE RETAIL COACH CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25. OKAY. SO I WANTED TO JUST, UH, TAKE A MOMENT TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE RETAIL COACH CONTRACT WITH YOU ALL. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THE EDC, BOTH A AND B BEGAN WORKING WITH THE RETAIL COACH IN JUNE OF 2022. HIS CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR ON AUGUST 21ST, 2023. [00:55:01] AND THE CURRENT AGREEMENT THAT EXTENSION IS SET TO EXPIRE NEXT MONTH, AUGUST 25TH, 2024. UH, IN, IN A NUTSHELL, THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE RETAIL COACH, UM, AND AARON FARMER, WHO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WERE TO BE RETAIL RECRUITMENT AND MARKET ANALYSIS HERE. SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD, SOMETIMES ONE-ON-ONE WITH EACH OF YOU WHEN YOU'VE REACHED OUT AND, UH, SENT IN QUESTIONS OR WANTED TO REESTABLISH THE PRIORITIES OF THE EDC. AND THOSE ITEMS WERE TAKEN BACK TO AARON FARMER IN CONVERSATION. AND SO I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO THAT HAYDEN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE RETAIL COACH FOR YOU TO CONSIDER, UM, AS THIS CONTRACT IS, UH, ABOUT TO END. AND SO FIRST, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IT, IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO GET TIMELY RESPONSES, UM, FROM STAFF. SO THERE WERE JUST INSTANCES WHEN, UM, INFORMATION WAS NEEDED BY US OR SOMEONE ELSE ON CITY STAFF THAT IT WAS REQUESTED AND IT JUST WASN'T RECEIVED IN A TIMELY MANNER. AND IT LED TO MULTIPLE, UM, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR MORE ON OUR END. UM, SECONDLY, I'LL SAY THERE WAS A CHALLENGE WITH JUST THOROUGH COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD RECEIVE AN UPDATE THAT A RETAILER THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED BY YOU ALL OR BY STAFF TO BE PURSUED WAS NOT INTERESTED, BUT WE WEREN'T PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. WE WEREN'T GETTING A, THE FULL DETAILS OF WHAT WAS THAT BARRIER? WHAT WAS THAT, UH, DEFINING FACTOR THAT WAS KEEPING THEM FROM COMING TO FULL SHARE. AND SO IT IT LEFT US IN A PLACE WHERE WE COULDN'T WORK TOWARDS ADDRESSING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT STOP FOR THEM. AND THEN LASTLY, RESULTS. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY THE CONVERSATION I'VE HAD WITH EACH OF Y'ALL INDIVIDUALLY AND AT DIFFERENT POINTS ABOUT DIFFERENT RETAILERS OR RESTAURANTS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO SEE IN FULL. SURE. UM, THE, THE OUTCOMES DELIVERED WERE NOT REALLY CONSISTENT WITH OUR EXPECTATION OR WHAT OUR, OUR DESIRES WERE. AND, UM, I DO JUST WANT TO, UM, BE VERY CLEAR IN THAT I KNOW THAT IS, A LOT OF IT IS OUTSIDE OF ERRAND CONTROL. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH WHERE OUR POPULATION CURRENTLY IS. UM, THINGS LIKE AVAILABLE SITES, THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS JUST READY FOR RETAILERS TO MOVE INTO HAS BEEN A HUGE FACTOR IN THAT. UM, AS WELL AS OUR IMPACT FEES HERE LOCALLY, THERE, THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THAT, THAT'S GONNA KEEP A LOT OF RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS AND DEVELOPERS FROM BUILDING HERE IN SHORE. AND WE HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS BEING CREATIVE AND ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. BUT MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD TONIGHT WERE WOULD BE TO NOT RENEW THIS CONTRACT AND MAYBE EXPLORE, UM, JUST OTHER PROVIDERS THAT WORK IN THIS FIELD, UM, AND FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING AT THIS POINT. THANKS FOR THE, THAT FEEDBACK. ANELLE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO HAVE A PROVIDER, THEY DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO, UH, YOUR REQUEST. AND I KNOW THE BOARD'S HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO SEE RESULTS. UH, SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THAT. I, I MEAN, I THINK HOPEFULLY IT'S GOTTEN US BACK INTO LIKE I-C-S-E-A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TAGGED ALONG. UH, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THOUGH IF WE, YOU KNOW, DON'T MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL KEEP OUR FOCUS ON REPRESENTING SHORE AT, YOU KNOW, THE CONFERENCES THAT ARE APPLICABLE, UH, TO THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO ATTRACT. UM, AND SO, UH, THANKS FOR YOUR HONEST FEEDBACK ON THAT QUESTIONS. CAN YOU KIND OF GO OVER, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UM, ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO, UH, RETAIL COACH, IF THERE ARE ANY? OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE ENGAGING A DIFFERENT COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL? UH, YES. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES AND, UM, I HAVE ASKED THEM FOR KIND OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THAT SERVICE HERE. UM, AND THEY'VE PROVIDED REFERENCES AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, CALLED THOSE REFERENCES AND THEY'VE SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF THE COMPANY, UM, VERY HIGHLY OF THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE IN INSTEAD OF ONE REPRESENTATIVE. IT'S, UH, ABOUT THREE ASSIGNED TO THE CITY. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST PROMISING AT THE MOMENT. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE RETAIL RECRUITMENT AND, UM, DATA ANALYSIS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MARKET THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR US, THEY ALSO HAVE A BRANCH THAT FOCUSES ON, UH, DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY, UM, WHICH WE FOUND VERY INTERESTING AND, UM, COULD BE VERY USEFUL HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM, SO WE LIKE THAT [01:00:01] ABOUT RETAIL STRATEGIES, BUT IT'S STILL KIND OF AN ONGOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING SURE, UM, THAT WE ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS BEFORE, UM, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. THE ESTIMATED COST IS ABOUT DOUBLE, SO WE REALLY WANNA DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE HERE AND WHEN, IF WE'RE INCREASING THE AMOUNT WE'RE SPENDING ON RETAIL RECRUITMENT SERVICES. YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I REMEMBER SOME COMPARISONS YEARS AGO WITH THE RETAIL COACH, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES LIKE BUXTON, I MEAN, THEIR COST WAS LIKE TWO OR THREE TIMES RETAIL COACH. SO, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THEY, IF THEY DELIVER ON THEIR SCOPE OF SERVICES, YOU KNOW, IT DEFINITELY PAYS OFF AND WE GET A RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT. DO YOU KNOW IF RETAIL STRATEGIES IS LOCATED, UH, LOCALLY OR WITHIN TEXAS OR THEY HAVE REGIONAL OFFICES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CLOSEST TO US. I THINK THEY HAVE AN OFFICE IN THE HOUSTON AREA. I WANT TO SAY TOMMY, BUT I CAN DOUBLE CHECK. THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE IN ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS, AND WE OFTEN WOULD RUN INTO THEM AT, UM, ALL THE CONFERENCES WE GO TO. OKAY. AND YOU END UP, YOU PAY FOR IT, YOU GET THOUGH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE CHOSE THE CHEAPEST. WE GOT THE CHEAPEST. WOW. UM, THIS IS THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT, RIGHT? UM, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT RENEWAL COST WOULD BE FOR RETAIL COACH? UH, THE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WOULD BE THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE THIRD YEAR AS IT WAS FOR THE SECOND YEAR TO RENEW. OKAY. UM, JUST SO FOR MY OWN BACKGROUND INFORMATION, MM-HMM. , UM, SO THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD RENEWAL FOR, UM, SO WOULD, IF YOU WENT WITH ANOTHER COMPANY, RETAIL STRATEGIES OR SOMEBODY ELSE, WOULD THE SCOPE OF WORK OF WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO ALSO CHANGE YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? OR JUST TO CONTINUE COLLECTING THE DATA AND DOING THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING NOW THAT THIS COMPANY IS DOING NOW? I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR, BUT RETAIL STRATEGIES DOES PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE SO THERE'D BE ROOM TO THE DOWNTOWN PART YES. LIKE YOU SAID. YEAH. YEAH. MM-HMM. . AND THERE'D BE ROOM TO, UM, THEY DO THAT INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND SO THEY SAY LIKE, THESE ARE THE TIERS OF SERVICES WE CAN OFFER YOU, AND THEN WE WOULD PICK FROM THERE. OKAY. YEAH. MM-HMM. . YEAH. THE LACK OF, UH, I MEAN, MY PAST CAREER EXPERIENCE, THE LACK OF, UM, A, A PLACE, UH, PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR BUS, FOR ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESSES TO MOVE INTO IS HUGE. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN INDUSTRY WIDE SORT OF THING. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY IS A, IS AN ISSUE HERE, BUT IT IS A, IT IS SOMETHING BIG. THAT BRINGS ME TO MY QUESTION TOO, THAT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY INCREASING OUR BUDGET TO GO WITH ANOTHER COMPANY, BUT YET THEY MAY COME UP WITH THE SAME CHALLENGES AND THAT THEY DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE DIRT, WE DON'T HAVE THE BUILDINGS. WE DON'T HAVE, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GETTING IN, DO WE, WHAT IS THE PAY STRUCTURE? JUST, JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. LIKE WHAT IS THE PAY STRUCTURE FOR A COMPANY LIKE THIS? DO WE PAY THEM AS THEY BRING US? ? THEY USUALLY DIV, IT'S A FLAT FEE ACROSS THE BOARD, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE GET OUT OF IT. MM-HMM. . OKAY. THEY DIVIDE THE TOTAL COST. SO LET'S, I THINK IT'S THREE PAYMENTS PER YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MM-HMM. . OKAY. YES. YEAH. AND, UM, JENNIFER, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DETERMINE. IT'S FRUSTRATING. YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, IF YOU DON'T HIRE A RETAIL RECRUITER, YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF, THEY, THE, YOUR, THE PEDAL, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE JUST CAUGHT UNPREPARED WHEN THE BUILDINGS DO POP UP. YEAH. AND NOW YOU HAVE TO START FROM ZERO. YOU'RE INVESTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S A RISK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. AND, UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT SAYS, NO, LET'S WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A FEW MORE BUILDINGS AND WE'LL KNOW, BECAUSE THEN THE BUILDINGS WILL BE THERE AND WE WON'T HAVE THAT DIRECT LINE, UM, TO, TO THE RETAILERS. I MEAN, WHEN, WHEN WE TALKED TO AARON, HE WAS GREAT. I MEAN, JUST THE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE, THE CONNECTIONS HE HAS, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE COULD SPEAK WITH HIM. BUT IT WAS JUST CHALLENGING WHEN, YOU KNOW, THOSE MOMENTS THAT WE NEEDED THAT INFORMATION RIGHT AWAY OR, OR THAT REPORT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR POCKETS TYPE OF THING. BUT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IS GOOD TOO, THAT YOU CAN GET FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES. MM-HMM. ALSO, YES. IF YOU REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH AARON, THOUGH, THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED IF YOU, IF YOU SPEAK TO A GUY TODAY OR A BUSINESS TODAY ABOUT GOING TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TIMEFRAME FROM CONVERSATION TO OPENING THE DOORS WITH THREE YEARS. RIGHT? THAT'S A LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, WE GOT A POSITION THERE JUST NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STREET DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE, THAT WE, I GUESS, PAID FOR, WE KNOW IT'S COMING. THOSE DISCUSSIONS CAN'T WAIT UNTIL LADDER'S COMPLETE. IT'S TOO LATE. [01:05:03] SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THIS RETAIL STRATEGIES IN THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SENT AROUND, THEY ALSO OFFER A LOT MORE TO, TO ALMOST PLACE BUSINESSES WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT AS A, AS AN ADD-ON TO, TO POTENTIAL CONTRACT. SO, YEAH. OH, GO AHEAD. I MEAN, ONE OF MY, ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS, UM, WE KNOW THINGS MOVE AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, RIGHT? UM, THAT WE DO. RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND GET QUOTES, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA EVALUATE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IT ON AGENDA. IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS, RIGHT. TO GET A, TO TO CHANGE HERE. AND AUGUST 25TH, WE LOSE AN ASSET AND RESOURCE. SO, UH, I'M JUST, I'M JUST KIND OF PUTTING IT OUT THERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED UPGRADED. RIGHT. UM, AND I'M, I'M ALL FOR LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, BUT I'M ALSO AT OUR GROWTH RATE AND THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN COMING HERE, I'M, I'M, I DON'T WANT TO BE JUST LEFT OUT WITHOUT A RESOURCE IN A NEAR TERM SITUATION BECAUSE PEOPLE MOVE FAST TODAY. WE, WE MIGHT NOT MOVE THAT FAST, BUT COMPANIES ARE MOVING FAST TO GET INTO NEW, TO NEW MARKETS, AND THEY CONSIDER FULL SURE, HOPEFULLY ONE OF THOSE BEST MARKETS TO BE IN. UM, SO I, I DON'T WANNA BE LEFT WITHOUT A RESOURCE. IT, I, I'M, I GUESS, I GUESS I AM THROWING OUT THE IDEA THAT IT, IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE AND GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF GETTING A NEW UPGRADE AT THE SAME TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. UM, THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD CONSIDER AS AN OPTION FOR US AS WELL. UM, ALSO, I HAVE TO ASK, HAS THIS BEEN COMMUNICATED WITH AARON? UH, YES, SIR. SO IT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED TO AARON THAT HE'S NOT BEEN RESPONSIVE TO US? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT SOUNDS, AND I, I ACTUALLY NOTIFIED HIM OF THE DISCUSSION AND MY RECOMMENDATION FOR TONIGHT AS WELL, AND GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND OR, YOU KNOW, GIVE ANYTHING TO ADD IF HE WOULD LIKE. UM, HE RESPONDED AND DID LET ME KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN INTEREST IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO WORK WITH HIM, AND HE HAS TOLD THEM NO BECAUSE HE'S WORKING WITH US. SO YES, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO FIND, TO WORK WITH EITHER RETAIL STRATEGIES OR SOMEBODY ELSE, BECAUSE NOW SOMEONE WHO IS HELPING ATTRACT THE BUSINESSES TO CHER IS GONNA BE ATTRACTING THEM TO KATIE. UM, SO YEAH, JUST SOMETHING FOR YOU TO, TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. MM-HMM. , IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY DONE SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH. SO REALISTICALLY, HOW QUICK DO YOU THINK WE WOULD HAVE PRESENTATION ON EITHER A RECOMMENDATION OR OPTIONS THAT WE COULD LOOK THROUGH AND POSSIBLY MAKE A DECISION ON A NEW DIRECTION? SO RETO STRATEGIES IS, HAS BEEN VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT. SO IF TONIGHT YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO LOOK AT OTHERS, I THINK IT, UM, WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE UNTIL SEPTEMBER THAT IT GOES TO COUNCIL TO GIVE US THE TIME TO CHECK THE REFERENCES AND ALL OF THAT. IF YOU WERE TO JUST SAY, LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES YOU'VE DONE ALL YOUR HOMEWORK ON, UM, WE, DEPENDING ON THEIR AVAILABILITY TO ATTEND COUNCIL NEXT MONTH, WE COULD TRY AND PUT IT ON THAT COUNCIL AGENDA TO MOVE FORWARD. SO COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THAT? YEAH, IT DOES BECAUSE OF THE COST. SO THE, THE CONTRACT ITSELF, UM, FOR THE THREE YEARS OF SERVICE, UM, WOULD BE ABOUT $40,000. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO COUNCIL, JUST LIKE WE DID WHEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH AARON. I WOULD, YOU SAID 40,000, THAT'S ANNUALLY PER BOARD. SORRY? TOTAL. SO IT COULD BE SPLIT HALF AND HALF. MM-HMM. . OKAY. THE, THE THING ABOUT THAT, SORRY, FOR SOMEONE NEW. YES, SIR. AND HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING NOW? 25. 25. 25. I MEAN, I THINK YOU CAN, I MEAN, I MEAN, COME ON. RIGHT. SOMETIMES YOU JUST CUT THE CORD, RIGHT. BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE CARE OF, OF THINGS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD SO YOU DON'T LOSE TIME. SO, I MEAN, YOU COULD GO AND START LOOKING AT PUTTING A CONTRACT TOGETHER AND A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS NEW COMPANY, GET THAT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST WRITE OFF THE 25 GRAND AT SOME POINT, OR YOU USE THEM UNTIL THAT CAN COME INTO PLACE FOR THE, FOR THE OTHER RETAIL COACH. I MEAN, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH, RIGHT? I MEAN, OR IF WE THINK IT'S EVEN BETTER TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AND LOOK AT A FEW MORE COMPANIES, [01:10:01] RIGHT? THEN MAYBE IT'S GONNA BE THREE MONTHS OR FOUR MONTHS, AND MAYBE THAT MAY COME UP TO BE 40, 50, 60,000 A YEAR AT SOME POINT. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT IF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE NOT GETTING WHAT WE WANT OUT OF IT, IT'S BETTER THAN NOT HAVING ANYTHING BECAUSE AT LEAST THEY'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE. I MEAN, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AREAS HERE ON THE GROUND AND BEING BUILT, RIGHT? AND SO PEOPLE WILL HAVE INTEREST AND WANT TO COME, BUT IS IT THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO HAVE INTEREST AND WANT TO COME? ARE WE BEING PROACTIVE WITH SOMEONE REACHING OUT AND ENGAGING WITH THEM AND SELLING THEM AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME? OR IS IT JUST SOMEONE'S LIKE, HEY, I GOT A FRANCHISE, I WANNA OPEN A BURRITOS, RIGHT? AND I'M GONNA GO DO IT IN FULCHER. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH STAYING ENGAGED WITH RETAIL COACH. MAYBE WE GO DO SOME RESEARCH AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT A NEW CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER COMPANY THAT'S, WE FEEL BETTER AND THEN YOU JUST TERMINATE THE CONTRACT WITH RETAIL COACH. SO MY THOUGHTS ON THAT ARE LIKE FOUR MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, IF WE MOVE, MOVE ON WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND TERMINATE THE CONTRACT, ARE WE GONNA GET OUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF RETAIL COACH FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS? I MEAN, LIKE MARK SAID, WITH THE ONE THAT WE'RE MOVING, IF WE GET ONE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS THAT CAME COMES THROUGH RETAIL COACH, WE WILL MAKE OUR MONEY BACK. YEAH. YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST A RETURN ON INVESTMENT LONG TERM TO THE CITY OF RE YEAH. YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT ONE IS WHAT OUR GOAL IS HERE. I'M JUST SAYING THAT ONE IS PROBABLY ENOUGH TO JUST NOT HAVE A, A LAPSE IN. WHEN DOES THE CONTRACT EXPIRE? IS IT AUGUST 21, 20 FIFTH? 2021. SO REALISTIC. IT'S THE END OF AUGUST, AUGUST 25TH. REALISTICALLY, IF WE JUST WENT WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES AND PROPOSED IT TO COUNCIL, LIKE WHEN COULD WE HAVE AN EFFECTIVE CONTRACT WITH THEM? LIKE I, IT'S, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT THE TIMEFRAME IS BETWEEN THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT AND OR LIKE THE APPROVAL AND THE ACTUAL GOES INTO EFFECT DATE. BUT NEXT MONTH, BASICALLY IF WE, IF WE TAKE IT TO COUNSEL AND THEY APPROVE IT. YEAH. AND JUST KNOW THAT, I MEAN, COUNCIL, THE CITY AND COUNCIL ARE WORKING ON FFY 25 BUDGETS. I MEAN, THERE ARE GOING TO BE MULTIPLE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS, I GUARANTEE YOU, BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE ONE OR TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR MEETING IN AUGUST. UH, JUST DEPENDS ON HOW THINGS MOVE ALONG TOMORROW NIGHT. ? YES, SIR. SO, ANELLE, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT RETAIL STRATEGIES? HOW DID THAT COME ON YOUR RADAR? UH, I THINK IT WAS AT THE HOUSTON TADC CONFERENCE. I FIRST, UM, MET PEOPLE ON THE TEAM AND JUST KIND OF GOT TO TALK TO THEM AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S TOGETHER WE'RE, WE'RE ALL THERE. AND I JUST REMEMBER HEARING VERY POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THEIR CLIENTS. UM, SO KIND OF EVERYONE GRAVITATES WITH WHO THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS. I MEAN, AARON'S AT ALL THESE CONFERENCES AS WELL. SO WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM. UM, AND YEAH, THAT WAS THE FIRST MENTION OF IT. AND THEN AS WE WERE FACING THESE CHALLENGES AND TRYING TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS THAT AND MOVING FORWARD AND NOT REALLY FINDING OUR WAY TO SOMETHING THAT WORKED WELL FOR US, UM, WE JUST KIND OF REACHED OUT AND HAD THAT CONVERSATION. SO THEY WERE AT ICSE VEGAS AS WELL? MM-HMM. . OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I, YOU KNOW, JUST MY THOUGHTS ON IT. I MEAN, IT'S NOT THAT MUCH MONEY COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO ANY, ANY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW, I JUST, MY THOUGHTS, I JUST DEFER TO ANELLE AND YOUR JUDGMENT ON THIS, ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU JAMES. MM-HMM. YEAH. I THINK IN, FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS LIKE YOU CAN PAY FOR AND LIKE THE, THE COMPANY YOU HIRE TAKES CARE OF IT, AND IT'S DONE. MM-HMM. . BUT THIS IS ONE WHERE IT HAS TO BE A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTH OF YOU. AND IF THE PERSON OR FIRM IS NOT COMMUNICATING, COORDINATING, AND REALLY PUTTING A TEAM FRONT TOGETHER WITH US, THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM. SO, MM-HMM. , EVEN AT THAT ICSE, I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE TO, THEY CAN GO THERE FOR US, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL WERE GOING REPRESENTING US. MM-HMM. THE BRAND IS THERE. SO I, YOU KNOW, I JUST, WE NEED SOMEBODY, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE PART OF US. MM-HMM. . YES. AND I, I MEAN, HAYDEN IS MY WITNESS. WE TRIED EVERYTHING WE COULD, WE COULD THINK OF, I MEAN, WHEN THERE, THERE WASN'T PHONE COMMUNICATIONS, THERE WAS LIKE A DIGITAL PORTAL THAT WAS, UM, [01:15:01] SUPPOSED TO BE UPDATED AND THE LAST TIME IT WAS UPDATED WAS IN SEPTEMBER. SO THEY'RE LIKE, OH, GO TO THE PORTAL. IT SHOULD, ALL THE NOTES SHOULD BE THERE. AND IT WAS JUST REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGING AND FRUSTRATING. SO NOW I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE NOT RENEW THIS CONTRACT? I REMEMBER, SIR. SEEING THAT IN THE PAST. SO, I MEAN, I WOULD JUST, IF YOU'RE OKAY, UH, TANI, UH, JUST DIRECT STAFF TO, WELL, EVERYONE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO VOTE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, DIRECT STAFF TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, AT GETTING THIS ON THE AGENDA WITH COUNSEL TO DO A NEW CONTRACT AND GET IT DONE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND WE DON'T, DOES THIS REQUIRE A MOTION? DID WE HAVE AN ACTION ON THIS? WELL, YOU'RE SAYING WE DO THAT WITH A NEW FIRM? YEAH, I'M SAYING WE JUST, SO WE JUST, I'M SAYING WE DON'T, THIS CONTRACT IS ENDING, SO IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION, THEN THERE'S JUST NO NEW CONTRACT. MM-HMM. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, I THINK THE, THE WAY THE AGENDA ITEM IS WRITTEN, IT'S JUST SPECIFIC TO THE RETAIL COACH. SO WE WOULD JUST, I THINK HERE WOULD SAY SUPPORT STAFF IN NOT RENEWING THE RETAIL COACH CONTRACT. SO BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU SAY SO FAR AND OUR OPTIONS GOING FORWARD AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, UH, WE NOT CONTINUE THE RETAIL COACH CONTRACT FOR FY 25. AND YOU PREPARE, UH, FOR COUNSEL THE NEXT EARLIEST AVAILABLE TO, UH, GET APPROVAL FOR EITHER COMMITMENT, THE COMPANY THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXTEND IT FURTHER AND LOOK AT OTHERS. BUT I DON'T WANNA WAIT TOO LONG. SO I WOULD SAY TAKE THE ONE THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT, YOU'VE DONE THE RESEARCH ON, AND TRY TO GET THAT IN FRONT OF COUNSEL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT WAS A PRETTY LONG MOTION THERE. OKAY. BUT I CAN RE I CAN, I CAN WITHDRAW THAT MOTION AND I CAN REDO IT, BUT I THINK, I THINK WHATEVER THEY RECOMMEND IN MY OPINION SHOULD COME BACK TO US FIRST AND WE REVIEW THAT. WE ALL AGREE WITH IT AND SAY, NOW LET'S, THAT GOES ON ONTO COUNCIL. WE'RE SCHEDULED. YES. YES. WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU GUYS IN AUGUST. UM, SO THE BOARD WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO, WELL, I WAS JUST TRYING TO SPEED THE ALONG. YES. WE, SO I, WITH, I WILL WITHDRAW MY MOTION. . IT WAS TOO LENGTHY ANYWAY. UNDERSTOOD. SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT, UH, THIS BOARD, UM, NOT CONTINUE THE FY THE CONTRACT WITH RETAIL COACH FOR FY 25 MOTIONS BEEN MADE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES IT. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A BROAD LOOK THOUGH. YES. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO DO THAT AS WELL. YES, SIR. [8. Review and discuss draft items pertaining to FY 2024-2025 EDC budget development. ] UH, ITEM EIGHT, REVIEW AND DISCUSS DRAFT ITEMS PERTAINING TO FISCAL YEAR 24 25 EDC BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. SO WE'LL START FIRST WITH THE BUDGET PARAMETERS FOR THE CORPORATIONS. SO I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME THAT YOU SAW IT. THE PROJECTIONS WERE INCREASE OF 5%. THAT HAS CHANGED. THE SALES TAX REVENUE IS NOW BEING PROJECTED TO INCREASE 15%, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY SHIFT AGAIN. SO ONCE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER NINE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SALES TAX REPORT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE, THIS LAST COLLECTIONS WAS DOWN 3%. SO, UH, THAT HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF OUR, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR AND SHE'S GONNA KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT, BUT IT PROBABLY MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF REDUCTION. UM, SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 15 BEFORE THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THERE WERE REALLY NO CHANGES IN REVIEWING THE PACKET. I DID NOTICE THAT THE LINE ITEM, I HAD IT ALL MARKED UP FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, STILL SHOWED A ZERO, BUT WE, UM, IT SHOULD BE 50, $50,000 AS WAS DISCUSSED THAT DAY. SO FOR SOME REASON THAT EDIT DIDN'T MAKE IT ONTO THE SPREADSHEET, BUT I DID, UM, TALK TO FINANCE AND CONFIRM. YOU, YOU'LL SEE ON THAT SPREADSHEET YEAH, IT ACTUALLY HAS $50,000 IN THE FULL SHARE BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB. YEAH. THAT SHOULD BE SHIFTED UP. AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE $105,000. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. CORRECT. UM, IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING, UM, WITH THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS, THEY WERE CHANGED TO BE IN, ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE CITY WAS PROJECTED, UH, FOR SALES TAX REVENUE. UM, SO OUR ENTIRE BUDGET PROCESS WAS DONE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OF 5%. IT'S THE FIRST, NO, IT'S THE FIRST. UM, SO [01:20:02] ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN. UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET TO YOU LAST TIME WITH THOSE ABOUT FIVE CHANGES. UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR OPERATIONS AND PROJECTS, UH, WE DID INCLUDE IN YOUR PACKET THE DRAFT OF THE RESOLUTION OUTLINING ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. UH, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT, UM, WE DIDN'T PUT COMPLETE PROJECT, SO IT INCLUDES EAT SIZE DRAINAGE, THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, ILA COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND FULL SURE FAST TRACK. UM, THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB, THOSE ARE ALL ON THERE. UM, HARRIS STREET, SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, IT WOULD JUST MOVE OVER, UM, BASED ON THE TIMELINE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND THAT'S, UM, I'VE JUST BEEN WALKING OVER THE, YOUR BUDGET, BUT THE 180 JUST STAYS THE SAME. AND THAT'S, UM, THE CITY WORKS AND APPROVES ALL OF THAT. WE JUST LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHERE THAT 180 IS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PRO THAT PROMOTIONAL EXPENSE BUDGET'S GETTING RATHER LARGE. YES. MM-HMM. , YEAH. FOR OUR PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES THERE SH IS AN ESTIMATED, UM, 200,000 THAT SHOULD ROLL OVER FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR. SORRY TO GO BACKWARDS. UM, ON THE, YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS SHOULD NOT BE ZERO. IT'S YES SIR. IT SHOULD BE 50,000. AND WHAT ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB? SEE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY JUST MISTYPED THE 50,000 AND REPLACED THE, UM, IT SHOULD BE 110,000. THAT ONE SHOULD BE 110. THE ONE ABOVE SHOULD BE 50. THAT'S RIGHT. CORRECT. MM-HMM. , WHICH IS WHAT, WHAT YOU HAD SEEN LAST TIME. YEAH. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE ALL THAT IS SORTED OUT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM, . AND IN TERMS OF JUST OVERVIEW AND SCHEDULE, UM, COUNSEL WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO ADOPT, ADOPT THE BUDGET IN AUGUST, OR AT THE LATEST, THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. AND OUR AUGUST MEETING THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE CALENDAR IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 20TH. BUT JUST LIKE JOEL STATED EARLIER, THERE MIGHT BE SPECIAL MEETINGS SCHEDULED, UM, THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AS NEEDED, DEPENDING ON HOW, UM, THE THIS NEXT MEETING GOES. BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY EXPECTING A LOT TO CHANGE PER THE, THE EDCB BUDGET FOR FY 25. I MEAN, NO. YEAH. OKAY. SO SALES TAX MAY NOT BE 15% OVER WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT STILL LOOKING AT THE, THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE CITY'S COUNTING ON US TO DO FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS, AND THE SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE, I MEAN, THESE THINGS AREN'T GONNA CHANGE DRASTICALLY. WE MAY HAVE PAID MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE PAYING THE RETAIL COACH NOW, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE PRETTY SMALL NUMBERS, RIGHT? YES. AND IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE RETAIL COACH AND WHATEVER FIRM THAT WE ELECT COMES OUT OF OUR PROMOTIONS BUDGET, WHICH AS MARK HAD POINTED OUT, IS YEAR BLOWING UP YEAR OVER YEAR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND WHEN DID YOU SAY WHAT, WHAT WAS THE SCHEDULE AGAIN? MOVING FORWARD? THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST THE 20TH. SO COUNSEL WILL BE DISCUSSING THE, THE BUDGET THEN. AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTING IT. IF NOT, IT WOULD MOVE TOWARDS SEPTEMBER, BUT IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED AT THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. 'CAUSE THE BUDGET IS EFFECTIVE. OCTOBER 1ST. HOW IS THE, UH, LAND ASSET ACCOUNTED FOR ON THE, UH, THE CITY'S BUDGET OR BALANCE [01:25:01] SHEET? UH, SO IT SHOULD, THE LAST I REMEMBER IT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YEAR, IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR AS PART OF OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE. DO YOU, DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS? I, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT I IT'S FOR THE LIFE OF, I CANNOT REMEMBER. YEAH, IT'S, UM, SOMEWHERE AROUND 3 MILLION. BETWEEN BOTH BOARDS OR JUST ONE, OR, I'M SORRY. UH, BETWEEN BOTH BOARDS. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THE AMOUNT ALTOGETHER. OKAY. SO BETWEEN BOTH BOARDS, SPLIT BETWEEN BOTH. DID YOU SAY THE ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS HUB WAS 105 OR 110? A HUNDRED. AND WAS IT WHAT, A FIVE? YEAH, THE, I THOUGHT IT WAS 10. IT MAY BE THE RESOLUTION SAYS 1 0 5. OH 1 0 5, OKAY. 105 ABOUT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THAT CONSISTENT . THANK YOU. TOMMY. IS THE PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES, IS IT REQUIRED TO BE THAT HIGH? SO IT'S CAPPED AT 10% OF OUR, UH, BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE LEFT IT AT FOR AS LONG AS I GUESS THE BOARD HAS BEEN AROUND, UM, TO KIND OF GROW THAT ACCOUNT. UM, WE'RE NOT SPENDING ALL OF IT, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN KIND OF HANDED OVER. UM, BUT THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT WE CAN USE FOR PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING. OKAY. SO WE'RE KEEPING, WE'RE MAXING OUT, KEEPING MAXED OUT. YEAH. HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN THE MAXIMUM 10%, UH, JUST TO TRY TO BUILD THAT ACCOUNT SINCE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY OUR REVENUES ARE A LITTLE HIGHER, SO THAT NUMBER IS GROWING A LITTLE FASTER, BUT I MEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GET ASKED FOR A 300 DRONE SHOW. , . SO HOPEFULLY A THOUSAND DRONES . IT'S GOTTA BE BIGGER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT, UH, ALL THE INFORMATION AND THE ORGANIZATION OF IT. [9. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending May 31, 2024. ] ITEM NINE IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2024. EXCUSE ME, TOMMY, WE HAVE THREE MOTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. OH, ON THAT LAST ITEM. SO WE'LL NEED A MOTION, MOTION TO ADOPT THE A SA, UM, 707 0 1 BUDGETS AS WELL AS THE RESOLUTION 2024 DASH ZERO ONE OH. OKAY. I DO SEE HERE IT SAYS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION DOWN THERE IN THE MIDDLE. YES, SIR. SORRY, TOMMY ONE. I JUST REALIZED ONE THING YOU MENTIONED JUST BEFORE THERE, PERTINENT TO THE PREVIOUS TOPIC OF THE RETAIL COACH, ARE WE SAYING POTENTIALLY BECAUSE OF THAT THE NEW NUMBER FOR THE REPLACEMENT IS ADEQUATE TO COVER THE, THE, WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH IN THE BUDGET TO COVER THAT, THAT EXPENSE. UM, THE RETAIL COACH COMES OUT OF OUR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, SO THAT THAT'S A PRETTY HEALTHY ACCOUNT. UM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE ON THAT. OKAY. SO NOTHING NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED. NO, SIR. WELL, WITH, WITH THAT DOES, WHY DOES IT NEED A COUNSEL THEN FOR THAT APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURE? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE TECHNICALLY A REQUIRED, BUT IN THE PAST, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OUT OF HABIT IS TAKING ANY EXPENSE OVER $10,000 TO COUNSEL, UM, FOR ONE LUMP SUM PURCHASES. AND WHY, WHY IS THAT? I THINK THAT IS BECAUSE OF YOUR UNDER 20,000. UM, THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT SAYS ANY EXPENDITURE OVER $10,000 THAT IS NOT, UH, FOR JOB CREATION TYPE PROJECT REQUIRES TWO READINGS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. NOW, I WOULD NOT READ THAT TO INCLUDE PROBABLY A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT. UH, HOWEVER, IF THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN DONE, I MEAN THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S BEING DONE THAT WAY IS OVER 10,000. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE ARE STILL ON ITEM EIGHT, CONTRARY TO WHAT I SAID A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, , UH, LET'S LOOK AT ITEM EIGHT B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 CORPORATION BUDGETS. IT'LL ACTUALLY BE THE A SA FIRST. UM, OH, OKAY. IT'S IN DIFFERENT, OKAY. APOLOGIES. EITHER WAY IS FINE. WE CAN TAKE, UH, UH, BB FIRST THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BY IN BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF RE I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY CHANGES TO THAT. WERE THERE. SO IT'S, THIS WOULD BE THE SAME AS LAST [01:30:01] YEAR, BUT THIS IS FOR FY 24 AND 25. DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR COMMENTS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE, UM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR FY 2025. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'LL MOVE BACK TO THE CORPORATION BUDGETS FOR 24 25 FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT WOULD JUST INCLUDE THE CORRECTIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE. NOW, WOULD THAT IN, WOULD WE, WHAT IF WE UPDATE THE REVENUE NUMBERS? DO WE HAVE TO REVISIT THIS AGAIN? OR, OR NO, WE DON'T. I THINK IT'S THAT YOU HAVE DISCRETION TO ADJUST THAT. YES. IT'S JUST THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AS THE CITY ADJUST THEIRS, IT'LL ALSO BE REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGET. OKAY. SH SHOULD WE LIST THOSE CHANGES IN THE MOTION? WE CAN, SURE. SO I'LL START THE MOTION AND YOU CAN TELL ME EACH ONE AND THEN I'LL REPEAT IT. , YOU CAN DO THAT. SO I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FY 20 24, 20 25 CORPORATION BUDGETS FOR 700 SLASH 7 0 1, SPECIFICALLY TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING, CHANGES COMMUNITY EVENTS TO REFLECT $50,000 AND FULL SURE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB TO REFLECT $105,000. THOSE WERE THE TWO? YES, SIR. OKAY. MOTIONS HAS BEEN MADE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND NOW. WE'LL HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE A BUDGET. AND THE LAST ITEM ON THIS NUMBER IS THE RESOLUTION FC 2024 DASH OH ONE A RESOLUTION OF THE FDC DECLARING PROJECTS OF THE CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25, AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF SAME AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE FDC RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 24 0 1. IS THAT OKAY? YES. WE WON'T MAKE YOU READ ALL OF THAT. SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THAT RESOLUTION HAS THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE FOR $625,000. TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR 88,667 COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR $50,000 AND FULL SHARE FAST TRACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB FOR $105,000. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THAT ALL YOU NEEDED ON ITEM EIGHT? ALL GOOD. PERFECT. ITEM NINE IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2024. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT JULY SALES TAX MAY COLLECTIONS IS DOWN 3.09% FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR. UH, AT THIS POINT IN THE FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY SHOULD BE AT 66.7% OF THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. UM, BUT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE FIRST DECLINE WE'VE SEEN IN A WHILE, UM, THE CITY IS STILL REPORTING AT 70.5, WHICH IS ABOVE BUDGET. SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR FINANCE TEAM WILL BE MONITORING THIS VERY CLOSELY BETWEEN NOW AND BUDGET ADOPTION TO DETERMINE IF WE DO NEED TO, UM, HAVE A REDUCTION FOR THE, UM, PROJECTED AMOUNTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, I WOULD'VE TO LOOK BACK THROUGH THE SPREADSHEET, BUT THAT COULD BE THE FIRST NEGATIVE EVER RECORDED ON IT. I THINK THERE WAS ONE IN LIKE 2013 THAT I SAW, SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYS UH, EXPENDITURES OF $9,837 AND 19 CENTS. WE HAVE A SECOND. I SECOND. MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES AS PRESENTED. ANY [01:35:01] FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [10. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the June 17, 2024, regular meeting. ] ITEM 10 IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR JUNE 17TH, 2024, REGULAR MEETING. YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE, THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE J OR JUNE 17TH MEETING FOR THE TYPE B CORPORATION. MOTIONS BEEN MADE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. MOTIONS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? COULD COULD I ASK A QUESTION? YES. SINCE I WASN'T ON THE EDC, I MEAN, I WAS AT THE MEETING. UM, SHOULD I NOT VOTE ON THAT? YOU CAN VOTE. YOU CAN VOTE. IT'S MINISTER HILL. YOU CAN VOTE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. [11. Presentation by City Council Liaison regarding relevant action taken at previous City Council meeting(s). ] ITEM 11, PRESENTATION BY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REGARDING RELEVANT ACTION TAKEN AT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. OKAY. UM, SO WE HAVE TWO, IT'LL BE THE JUNE 18TH REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN THE JULY 9TH SPECIAL MEETING THAT I'LL COVER AGAIN. UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR WITH INTERNS AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU, YOU, YOU GUYS HAD ONE INTERN CORRECTLY. UH, EMERSON, CLEMENT, NICK FLORES, MARISSA, LANCE CAROLINA, SALINAS GARCIA. UM, THERE ARE NEW HIRES. CHRISTINA RENDON. WATSON'S A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. JADA LAKE, UTILITY SERVICES SPECIALIST. BEN GLENN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES. THE ONE OF THE STANDING UPDATES FROM THE CITY MANAGER, CURRENTLY ACTING CITY MANAGER. UM, EACH MONTH IS ON THE WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO PUMP STATION AND GROUND STORAGE TANK. AGAIN, THAT'S TARGETED TO BE DONE BY THE END OF 2025. I BELIEVE THE PROJECT IS 14.4 MILLION AS IT STANDS, PROBABLY WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET CYCLE. UM, TO DATE, THE INVOICE HAS FOR 3.6 MILLION SO FAR. THAT'S THE WATER PLANT, THE WELLS, THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE, THE UH, UH, BOOSTER PUMPS AND SO FORTH. THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK, WHICH IS, UH, AND AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE ARE IN THE PECAN RIDGE, UH, SUBDIVISION. UH, THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED NOW. THAT PROJECT, UH, IS 4.3 MILLION OR SO. AND TO DATE, WE HAVE PAID 2.3 MILLION OF THAT. THE, UH, VIA DRIVE BY, BY THERE YOU'LL SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT THE BIG COLUMN. AND, UM, I DON'T THINK THE BOWL HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED. IT'S BEING CONSTRUCTED, UH, ON THE GROUND. I BELIEVE 54% COMPLETE BASED ON THE DAYS AND DOLLARS SPENT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S POSITIVE BECAUSE THE PLAN IS, AS SOON AS THAT ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANK IS, IS, UH, FUNCTIONAL, THE PLAN IS TO GET WATER TO IT AND THEN USE IT TO, UH, STORE WATER TO HELP WITH, UH, PRESSURIZING THE, THE SYSTEMS. UH, I'M JUST GONNA TRY TO TALK ABOUT STUFF THAT WE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON. THERE WAS QUITE A FEW CONSENT ITEMS, AS THERE ALWAYS IS. THE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO, UH, DO THE CANVASSING OF THE ELECTION. UH, THAT WAS ON JUNE 15TH, THE RUNOFF ELECTION. THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, WE DID NOT HAVE THE OFFICIAL RESULTS IN TIME TO DO THAT. SO WE SKIPPED OVER THAT. WE DID REJECT THE HARRIS BID, UH, STREET PROJECT BID BASED ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THE BID RESULTS FOR THE BID, 3.2 MILLION. UH, THE BASE BID WITH ALTERNATES 4.3 IS HOW IT CAME IN. SO A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD GO FORWARD AND HOW WE COULD MAYBE GET BETTER RESPONSES. UM, SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SHOULD WE BID OUT INDIVIDUAL PIECES TO, UH, SO THAT YOU COULD GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A COMPANY THAT'S, UH, REALLY GOOD AT BUILDING A ROAD, BUT MAYBE NOT DOING SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES WOULD BE WILLING TO BID ON THAT. AND THEN JUST SO I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S GONNA GO OUT TO BID, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE GET A BETTER RESPONSE. UH, I MEAN, WE, IT WAS, UH, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT [01:40:01] WE, UM, DENY THE REQUEST FOR CENTER POINT ENERGY. UH, ELECTRIC LLCS REQUESTED INCREASE TO ITS ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION RATES. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR. WE DID DENY THAT, UH, THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON PRIMROSE PARK. ALWAYS A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH UPDATES ON PRIMROSE PARK. SO, UH, THE LATEST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS PHASE TWO'S DESIGN WAS SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED. UM, THE, THEN IT, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SHOULD WE GO AHEAD WITH SINGLE PHASE ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICAL HOOKUPS. UM, I GUESS CENTER POINT IS SUGGESTING THAT WE GO WITH, UM, FOR YOU ELECTRICIANS HERE, UM, THREE PHASE, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE IF WE QUALIFY FOR THREE PHASE ELECTRICAL AND SO FORTH. SO I GUESS THERE ARE SOME REAL ADVANTAGES TO HAVING THREE PHASE, UH, AS WELL, REDUNDANCY. AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO IS A POWER TWO 20 AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, RIGHT? SO, SO NOW THERE WAS A DELAY AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE DELAYED AGAIN BEFORE IT GOES OUT. AND WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF WE QUALIFY. UNFORTUNATELY, NO ONE COULD SAY WHAT QUALIFY MEANT. UM, BUT WE DID AFTER A, A LENGTHY DISCUSSION, AGREE TO, UM, TO WAIT AND THEN, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. THERE WAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, NO ACTION OUTTA THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. THEN THE, SORRY, LEMME JUST MAKE SURE I HAVE MY DATE CORRECT. AH, YEAH, SORRY. SO JUNE, NOT, NOT JULY. THERE WAS ONE IN JULY TOO. SO JUNE 26TH. SO JUNE 26TH, UM, WE HAD A, UH, SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING AND, UM, I GET THESE ALL MIXED UP. UM, SO BASICALLY, UH, THE MAYOR WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE. I RAN THAT MEETING AND, UM, WE DID CANVAS THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION FOR THE MAYOR, FOR THE CITY OF FULCHER TERM OF TWO YEARS STARTING, UH, WHEN HE WAS SWORN IN JUNE 24. UM, WE DID ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE, ISSUED THE ANTI-BRIBERY STATEMENT, OATH OF OFFICE, AND THEN I MOVED FOR A RECESS AND, UH, THERE WAS A HUGE ATTENDANCE AND, UH, VERY HAPPY FOR, UH, MAYOR MCCOY. AND, UH, SO WE DID THEN RESUME AFTER SOME REFRESHMENTS AND A LOT OF PHOTO OPS AND SO FORTH. AND, UH, COME BACK TO ELECT THE MAYOR PRO TEM. UH, AS ALWAYS, THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION, BUT I WAS ELECTED AS MAYOR PRO TEM. THE, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT. I THINK MAYBE WE COULD HAVE TABLED THE APPOINTMENTS TO, UH, FOR THE BASIC BOARDS. I KNOW IT WAS, UH, DIFFICULT FOR DON IN HIS TRANSITION TO HAVE TIME TO REALLY EVALUATE ALL OF IT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE HAS TO DO OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS TO GET ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION, THE APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESS ALL THAT AND GO THROUGH AND, AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS. BUT WE DID GET THROUGH IT. UM, SO FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, BRIAN THOMAS, ANGELA PETERS, AND JESSICA, JESSICA PADE. I SAID PADE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU PRONOUNCE HER LAST NAME, UM, FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A THE, WHICH WE WEREN'T EXPECTING. WE HAVEN'T HAD AN EXOFFICIO MEMBER ON THE EXOFFICIO MEMBER OF THE CIAC REPRESENTING ON THE PNZ, UH, FOR SOME TIME. UM, TEJANA SLA WAS, UH, NOMINATED AND APPROVED TO TAKE THAT ROLE ON THE B BOARD. AS WE ARE ALREADY KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, MR. KIRKENDAL, MR. KKA, MS. DRESHER AND MR. O'BRIEN WERE APPOINTED AND APPROVED. AND THEN, UH, ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION, THE MEMBERS BEING APPROVED, THERE WERE MS. RAMONA RIDGE, MS. KIMBERLY BO AND SEAN MILLIGAN. THOSE WERE APPROVED. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND MUSEUM COMMISSION, [01:45:01] WHICH HAS NOT HAD, UH, A MEETING FOR PROBABLY THREE YEARS, MAYBE MORE. AND, UH, THERE WAS ONLY ONE APPLICANT FOR THAT BOARD. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN SIMILAR FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY MUCH OF AN, AN ADVISORY BOARD. AND I THINK SINCE THE FULL HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION THE, UH, HAS COME INTO PLAY, THEY'RE DOING QUITE A GOOD JOB. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS MAYBE THERE'S JUST NOT INTEREST TO, UH, TO TAKE THAT ON. SO, UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH THE FULL SUR HISTORICAL, UM, PRESERVATION MUSEUM COMMISSION. AND, UM, I THINK IT'LL, UM, UH, COME BACK AT SOME LATER DATE. WE WERE GOING TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY AND SEE IF THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE INTERESTED. WE WERE ALSO GONNA RE REACH OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE MAYBE ON THAT HAD APPLIED FOR OTHER BOARDS THAT WEREN'T APPOINTED. SO LIKE PARKS AND REC, FOR EXAMPLE. UH, AND SEE IF THEY MIGHT HAVE INTEREST IN, IN CONSIDERING BEING ON THE BOL, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION MUSEUM COMMISSION. SO I THINK THAT WAS THE MEETING. AND THEN WE ADJOURNED QUESTIONS. THAT'S IT FOR ME. ALRIGHT, THANKS FOR THAT, UH, RECAP. SO THAT WAS A EXCITING MONTH WITH TOO MANY MEETINGS. , THAT WAS A LOT. IT WAS A LITTLE, UH, IRONIC. [12. Future agenda items ] ITEM 12 IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND, UH, JUST SO DEBORAH'S AWARE THAT WE CAN GIVE OUT AGENDA ITEMS NOW TO ANELLE. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU LEAVE THE MEETING, IF YOU THINK OF SOMETHING, JUST EMAIL ANELLE AND MYSELF AND WE'LL, WE'LL CONSIDER THAT WHEN WE PUT OUR AGENDA TOGETHER. UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB KEEPING THE AGENDAS A LITTLE MORE CONDENSED THAN THEY WERE AT ONE TIME, SO WE TAKE THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION. BUT IF WE NEED TO BE HERE FOR A LONG MEETING, WE CAN DO THAT IF IT'S NECESSARY. SO ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT OR WANT TO EMPHASIZE? OKAY, WAS THERE SOMETHING YOU SAY? JUST A RECAP OF MY LIST UPDATES ON HARRIS STREET, THE RFEI, OUR OBVIOUSLY BUDGET, UH, RETAIL RECRUITMENT, AND THEN THE HOTEL DISCUSSION IS WHAT I HAVE ON THERE. SO, LIKE TOMMY SAID, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, JUST LET US KNOW. AND [13. Announcements ] NUMBER 13, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 13 IS ANNOUNCEMENTS. OKAY, I'VE GOT ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, SO TUESDAY, JULY 23RD FROM 11:30 AM TO ONE CENTRAL, UH, 1:00 PM CENTRAL TIME. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THE, ON THE SITE. UM, CITY GOVERNMENT ROADMAP FOR, UM, FALSE OR FAST TRACKED TRACK. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. MM-HMM, . OKAY. JUST, UM, HOPEFULLY EVERY RIGHT, SOMEBODY CAN ATTEND, TAKE OFF WORK. I DON'T KNOW. I, I PLAN ON BEING THERE. YOU CAN, UH, RESERVE A SPOT ONLINE. UM, HOW DO YOU GET THERE NOW? WHAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO GET THERE? UM, YOU CAN EITHER GO TO FULL SURE FAST TRACK, UM, ON FACEBOOK AND FOLLOW THE LINK THERE OR THE FULL SURE FASTTRACK.COM WEBSITE. UM, UNDER EVENTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE AS WELL. IT'LL BE HOSTED HERE AT CITY HALL. AND I WILL BE SPEAKING AS WELL AS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR JOSHUA BROTHERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JAMES. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COORDINATING THE SPONSORSHIP. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. SO THAT'S THE LUNCHEON THAT, YEP, Y'ALL SPONSORED. OKAY, GREAT. VERY GOOD. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT THIS SATURDAY AT 2:00 PM AT, UM, PROJECT HALO BREWERY, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING THE 1824 AMERICAN ALE THAT, UM, THE CITY WORKED WITH THE BREWERY TO, UM, DESIGN. SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. JUST ANOTHER WAY TO CELEBRATE THE BICENTENNIAL, THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE TO SHOW UP DO GET, UM, ONE OF ONLY 100 BEER MONKS WITH THE BICENTENNIAL LOGO ON IT, WHICH I THINK IS PRETTY COOL. . SO FIRST POUR WILL BE AT 2:00 PM UM, WE'D LOVE IT IF Y'ALL COULD JOIN US AND BRING FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALONG. JUST AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, I JUST WANTED TO, TO THANK ANELLE AND, AND ALL THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AROUND THE CITY AND, UH, COUNTY, UM, ATTENDING THE 1824 FESTIVAL AT SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN MUSEUM, WHICH IS A GREAT MUSEUM OVER THERE BY STEPHEN F. AUSTIN PARK. I USED TO CAMP THERE ALL THE TIME AND DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD THIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, UM, BUT WAS REALLY HAPPY TO PURCHASE 4,000, 400 ACRES FOR ABOUT $10 JUST DOWN PAYMENT, WHICH [01:50:01] WAS GREAT. OH, WAIT, THAT'S WHAT THEY USED TO DO BACK THEN IN, IN MEXICO, UM, WHENEVER TEXAS WAS PART OF MEXICO, UM, WITH, UH, UH, WAY BACK WHEN. BUT, UH, NO, I WANTED TO SAY IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO AND SEE THAT NEW FACILITY AND LEARN ABOUT OUR LOCAL HISTORY, WHICH IS RIGHT UP THE ROAD AT SAN FELIPE. EXCELLENT. AND IF MY CALENDAR IS CORRECT, UH, TOMORROW IS THE ACTUAL BIRTHDAY OF SHORE. JULY 16TH, 1824. THAT'S RIGHT. MM-HMM. . ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. NOT, OH, GO AHEAD. ONE MORE IS THE PHOTO CONTEST ENDS ON JULY 22ND. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY PHOTOGRAPHY FRIENDS THAT YOU KNOW ARE SHY, ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUBMIT THEIR WORK, THE WINNER DOES GET THEIR PHOTO DISPLAYED IN CITY HALL FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND IT'S ALSO THE COVER OF OUR, UM, BUDGET BOOK. BUDGET BOOK. THANK YOU, . CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW THAT, UM, USUALLY WE ASSEMBLE A COMMITTEE, WE INVITE, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER, SOMEONE FROM, UM, TYPE A, SOMEONE FROM TYPE B AND ONE OF US TO JUST LOOK AT, UM, ALL OF THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A POPULAR POPULAR VOTE COMPONENT TO IT WHERE WE JUST UPLOAD ALL OF THE ENTRIES WE RECEIVED ONTO THE FACEBOOK PAGE, THE CITY FACEBOOK PAGE. AND THAT PERSON, THAT WINNER GETS SELECTED JUST BY LIKES ONLINE. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. THANKS JOEL. ALRIGHT. A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HAPPENING. THANK Y'ALL, UH, SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS ADJOURNMENT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. UH, MOTION IS MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? WERE ADJOURNED AT 7:52 PM THANK Y'ALL. * 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.