* 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. [00:00:04] OKAY, WE [1. Call to Order] READY, READY TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, UH, THE CITY OF THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, CDC ON JULY 22ND, 2024 AT 6:02 PM DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE OUR POLICE OFFICER? I GUESS NOT. HE SHOULD BE HERE SOON. OKAY. DON'T ANYBODY GET ROWDY? ECO, UH, ITEM [3. Economic Development Report ] NUMBER THREE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT. BRIEFINGS OR UPDATES? GOOD EVENING BOARD. SO TODAY I'LL START OFF WITH THE HARRIS STREET UPDATE. UM, HARRIS STREET PROJECT IS OUT FOR BID AGAIN, AND STAFF IS ANTICIPATING RECEIVING THE BIDS, UH, ON AUGUST 1ST, UH, PENDING NO CHANGE TO THE BID SCHEDULE. AND I KNOW LAST MONTH WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE RESULT ON THE FIRST ROUND WHEN IT WAS OUT BID. SO THIS, THIS TIME, THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACTIVITY FROM WHAT I'M BEING TOLD BY OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAN THAT LAST ROUND WHEN IT WAS POSTED. AND VARIOUS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO AMBI O THE ENGINEERING FIRM. SO THEY'RE WAITING FOR THAT FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE ENGINEERS. UM, AND THEN SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, UM, TO HELP THIS PROCESS ALONG WAS THE REMOVAL OF THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WHICH WAS ABOUT 80 PAGES OF INFORMATION THAT WAS IN THERE, JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR CONTRACTORS TO GET THROUGH IT, UM, AND MAKE IT MORE APPEALING AND MOTIVATE THOSE SMALLER CONTRACTORS. AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO SOME CHANGES, UM, MADE TO THE PLAN SET, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DETAILS OF THAT, BUT ALL WERE EFFORTS BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD MORE, MORE COMPETITIVE BIDS. THIS, THIS ROUND. WHEN DO WE EXPECT THE, UH, BIDS TO COME IN AUGUST 1ST? AND WHEN DO WE EXPECT, DOES IT IT TAKES US 30 DAYS. I THINK IT, IT WOULD BE STE THE SEPTEMBER MEETING AT THE EARLIEST IF ALL GOES TO PLAN. OKAY. MM-HMM. SO, AND WE MEET THE, IN SEPTEMBER WE'LL BE MEETING THE SECOND WEEK? NO, THE THIRD WEEK. THE THIRD TUESDAY. THIRD TUESDAY, MM-HMM. WE, THE SECOND ARE SECOND TUESDAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE THE SECOND TUESDAY. THEY'RE THE OKAY. YES. OKAY. THE DATE. SO WE EXPECT IN THE SECOND, THEN THE, THE SECOND TUESDAY OF SEPTEMBER THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER, IT WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 9TH. SO SEPTEMBER 9TH, WE ANTICIPATE THE BID EITHER BEING REJECTED OR ACCEPTED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. MM-HMM, OKAY. IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT SCHEDULE. SO IF THEY GET BID, SORRY, IF THEY GET BIDS IN ON AUGUST 1ST, YOU DON'T THINK THEY'LL TAKE IT TO THE AUGUST COUNCIL MEETING? THEY MIGHT, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT, HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE TO PREP AND ALL OF THAT. OKAY. AND WITH BUDGET, I MEAN, WE, IT MIGHT, WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE'LL HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS TOO BECAUSE OF OUR, UM, BUDGET. RIGHT. SO IT COULD, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. UM, ITEM TWO ON THE LIST IS THE RFEI FOR THE EDC PROPERTY. SO, UM, IN ALL OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE WERE CALLING IT AN RFP, BUT DAN HAS, UM, CREATED A DRAFT AND ADVISED THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, JUST BETTER STRUCTURE TO HAVE IT BE A REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST, AND IT ALLOWS FOR A MORE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WHERE WE CAN NEGOTIATE WHAT THE FINAL AGREEMENT WILL BE. SO, UM, THEY'VE SUBMITTED IT TO US AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH JOSH BROTHERS, THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND, UM, ZACH, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, TO MAKE SURE WE FILL IN ALL, ALL THE PORTIONS THAT GIVE ALL THE SPECIFICS ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN WE WILL SEND BACK ALL OF THAT TO DAN FOR A SECOND REVIEW AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT OUT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. SO ONCE WE GET IT OUT, UH, WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION ON, I MEAN, IS THAT JUST GONNA BE OUT AND AVAILABLE AND JUST ONGOING? OR WE, IS THERE A CLOSE DATE OR? WE, SO WE'LL, WE'LL DECIDE ON A SET AMOUNT, UH, OF TIME. SO WHETHER IT'S 30, 60 DAYS, AND SO IT'LL HAVE AN END DATE, AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE AND START THE REVIEW PROCESS BASED. UM, PART, PART OF THE, UH, OUR FEI IS, UH, SCORE, UM, CHART. SO WE WOULD GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND REVIEW ALL OF THE SUBMISSIONS. OKAY. FOR FULL STREET FAST TRACK, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 69 MEMBERS ON THE DIGITAL PLATFORM, AND THAT INCLUDES NINE COMPANIES. WE ALSO DID GET, [00:05:02] EXCUSE ME, OUR FIRST EVENT SPONSOR THANKS TO, UH, JAMES, BUSIER FROM OUR, UH, EDCB BOARD, UH, WITH MOODY BANK. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY SPONSORING THE LUNCH AND LEARN THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW AT 1130 HERE AT CITY HALL. SO, UM, THANKFUL FOR TO MOODY BANK AND JAMES FOR THAT. AND THEN MATT, UM, YELVINGTON IS STARTING ADVISOR HOURS TWICE A MONTH. THE NEXT FEW ONE WAS HELD TODAY. THE NEXT COUPLE OF ADVISING HOURS HELD AT HUMBLE GROUNDS, UM, COFFEE SHOP ARE AUGUST 6TH FROM 1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM AND AUGUST 26TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM SO IT'LL BE JUST MATT HIMSELF, KIND OF FIELDING QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN FULL SURE FAST TRACK, UM, CLARIFYING WHAT THE PROGRAMMING OFFERS AND THEN FURTHER CONNECTING THEM WHETHER THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL ADVISING SERVICES OR BUSINESS PLAN REVIEWS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE NEEDING TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP. IS HE GETTING PRETTY GOOD INTEREST IN THE LUNCHEONS THAT THE LUNCHEON SEMINARS THAT HE'S BEEN SCHEDULING? IT'S BEEN PICKING UP STEADILY. I THINK FOR TOMORROW THERE WERE ABOUT 18 RSVPS. GOOD. I KNOW IN THE PAST A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE RSVP, BUT ABOUT HALF OF THOSE SHOW UP, SO, UM, MAYBE THE FREE CHICK-FIL-A IS HELPING . I THINK IT DID. THIS IS THE, THE BEST, UM, RI GUESS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF RSV RSVPS WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR. SO, AND ON THE ADVISOR, I MEAN, THOSE ARE ADVISOR HOURS AT HUMBLE GROUNDS, BUT PEOPLE CAN STILL COME BY AND SEE 'EM HERE AT CITY HALL, JUST CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR WHATEVER ALSO, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YEAH, THEY CAN, UH, GO TO THE WEBSITE, FULL STREET FASTTRACK.COM AND JOIN, AND THEN REACH OUT AND SCHEDULE ANY TIME THAT IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THEM. AND IT CAN BE IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR SCHEDULE AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A JOB OR WHATEVER IT IS THEY CAN'T DRIVE AWAY FROM, THEY WANNA DO IT DURING THEIR LUNCH HOUR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. MM-HMM, . ALL RIGHT. AND THEN LASTLY, THE HOTEL UPDATE. THIS PAST MONTH, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR MARRIOTT, FOR OUR REGION. SO, UM, HE KIND OF WENT THROUGH A WHOLE CHECKLIST OF QUESTIONS, AND, UM, AFTER THAT LET US KNOW THAT WE DO FILL EVERY CHECK MARK FOR A NEW LOCATION, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING EVERYTHING FROM OUR POPULATION TO, UM, THE NEAREST, THE NEXT NEAREST LOCATION TO US AND ALL OF THAT. UM, AND HE DID SAY THAT HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ATTEND A MEETING IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM PRESENT AND KIND OF WALK Y'ALL THROUGH WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UM, I KNOW B BOARD HAS OPTED TO HAVE HIM ATTEND THIS NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, SO I CAN DO THAT AS WELL FOR, FOR YOU ALL IF YOU WOULD. LIKE, HE ASKED US TO SEND HIM A KIND OF A ONE PAGER ON ALL THINGS FULL. SURE. ANYTHING THAT WAS RELEVANT, WHY WE WERE INTERESTED IN A HOTEL, WHY IT'S A GOOD COMMUNITY. SO WE DID SEND HIM THAT. SO NEXT, HE KIND OF HAS A WHOLE SPREADSHEET AND HE SAID HE'LL BE MEETING WITH DEVELOPERS TO SEE IF, UM, HE FINDS ANYONE IN INTERESTED. UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH HIM. I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING TO HAVE HIM AT A MEETING. UH, I'LL PROBABLY GO TO THE B BOARD MEETING, SO IF HE DOESN'T WANNA COME TWO WEEKS IN A ROW, I COULD CATCH IT THERE. BUT I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT, UH, THE, A BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIM ALSO. OKAY. I'LL MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT AND ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS, ANELLE. MM-HMM. [4. Discussion and possible action on amendment of the City of Fulshear Development Corporation bylaws. ] ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AMENDMENT OF THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS. OKAY. SO I, UH, PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA. I HAD REACHED OUT, UM, TO DAN IN LIKE APRIL WITH A QUESTION ABOUT OUR BYLAWS. AND, UM, HE TOOK A LOOK AT THEM AND WE REALIZED THAT THEY HADN'T, HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2007. SO, DAN, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN IF YOU'D LIKE TO, BUT, UM, BASICALLY, UH, WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REVISIT THE BYLAWS AND JUST LOOK OVER THEM AT LEAST AFTER EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. I KNOW DAN MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO FIND SOME CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT IS PART OF THE BYLAWS THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T APPLICABLE TO EDCS. UM, IT'S ONLY APPLICABLE TO CITIES, BUT SOMEHOW IT MADE ITS WAY IN THERE AND WAS APPROVED. SO WE'RE JUST, UM, RECOMMENDING TO FORM THAT COMMITTEE OR REQUESTING FOR YOU ALL TO, [00:10:01] UM, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE FORM THAT COMMITTEE, REVIEW THE BYLAWS, AND GET THEM UP TO DATE. AND WHO DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEING ON THE COMMITTEE? I MEAN, LET'S SAY, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE NEED? ARE THEY ALL GONNA COME FROM US? IS IT, UM, DAN, WHAT WAS THE, YOUR RECOMMENDATION? I THINK YOU SAID ONE MEMBER FROM A ONE FROM B CITY STAFF AND MAYBE A COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES WOULD WORK. UM, AND, AND REALLY IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS IN THERE THAT, THAT WE CAME ACROSS. WE RUN INTO IT ELSEWHERE TOO. AND IT'S REALLY TRYING TO PREVENT CONFUSION, UH, WHEN JUST FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS THE ONE THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE BECAUSE APPLYING 1 71 CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES TO AN EDC GIVES THE EXPECTATION OF THE PUBLIC THAT YOU FOLLOW THE SAME RULES AS THE CITY COUNCIL, WHERE YOU HAVE TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT, YOU HAVE TO ABSTAIN. IF YOU DON'T, IT'S VIOLATION OF LAW. THOSE LAWS DO NOT APPLY TO AN EDC. YOU ALL FOLLOW THE TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS ACT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, UM, BY LAW. BUT HERE, BY ADOPTED BYLAWS, YOU HAVE TO CONFORM WITH WHAT IS IN YOUR BYLAWS. SO YOU'RE FOLLOWING A, A MORE STRINGENT STANDARD. BUT WHERE THE CONFUSION COMES IN IS A VIOLATION OF THAT PROVISION BY A MEMBER OF THE EDC BOARD IS NOT A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. IT WOULD ONLY BE A VIOLATION OF THE BYLAWS. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SIT ON OUR EDCS, IT'S JUST A REALLY CONFUSING SITUATION. AND SO, UM, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER MINOR THINGS IN THERE. THEY'RE NOT, YOUR BYLAWS ARE NOT JUST, EVERYTHING'S WRONG IN THEM. I'M NOT, I DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT IMPRESSION. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THOUGH, THAT ARE IN MY MIND, SIGNIFICANT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WANT TO GET TRACKING WITH WHAT STATE LAW IS AND, AND JUST KIND OF MAKE IT A PRACTICE WHERE EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS, THOSE SAME PEOPLE OR JUST THE BOARD ITSELF, TAKES A LOOK AFTER LEGISLATIVE UPDATES TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES. AND THE PROCESS IS SIMPLY, ONCE THE COMMITTEE LOOKS AT IT, IT'LL COME BACK TO THIS BOARD FOR APPROVAL OF THE REVISIONS. AND THEN THOSE REVISIONS ALSO HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THEY APPROVE THE CORPORATION'S BYLAWS. I'LL MOVE THAT. UH, THE, A BOARD, LET ME SEE HOW TO PHRASE THAT. I'LL MOVE THAT. THE, A BOARD, UH, PARTICIPATES IN AN EFFORT TO UPDATE THE EDCA BYLAWS. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. ANY, ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS THAT ANYONE WANTS TO SHARE? UM, I, I ASSUME THIS COMMITTEE WOULD MOSTLY BE WORKING WITH, UM, OUR COUNCIL AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY MANAGER, BUT, OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE IT. SO WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN A COMMITTEE, UH, IN TERMS OF TIMING AND YOU BUILDING THE COMMITTEE, UH, CAN, ARE WE GONNA DO THAT THROUGH EMAIL OR ARE WE GOING TO, UH, HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER MONTH TO, FOR US TO APPOINT? OR WHAT'S THE SPEED AND TIMING ON THIS? UM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. WE'LL HAVE TO PUT IT ON A COUNCIL AGENDA AND THEN GO FROM THERE FORM THE COMMITTEE. AND IS THAT ALL YOU NEEDED ON THAT ITEM? YES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER [5. Discussion and possible action on the continuation of The Retail Coach contract in FY25. ] FIVE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE RETAIL COACH CONTRACT AND FISCAL YEAR 25. OKAY. SO, UM, WE WANTED TO DISCUSS THE RETAIL COACH CONTRACT WITH YOU ALL. UM, AS A REMINDER, AND FOR THOSE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE NEW, UH, THE EDC FIRST BEGAN WORKING WITH THE RETAIL COACH IN JUNE OF 2022, AND HIS CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR ON AUGUST 21ST, 2023. SO THIS, UH, CURRENT AGREEMENT IS SET TO EXPIRE, UH, NEXT MONTH ON THE 25TH. AND, UM, SO WE THOUGHT IT'D BE GOOD TO JUST SHARE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, OUR EXPERIENCE WITH YOU ALL AND, UM, HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EITHER RENEW THAT CONTRACT OR NOT RENEW THE CONTRACT. SO, UM, IN A NUTSHELL, RETAIL RECRUITMENT AND MARKETING ANALYSIS WERE, OR MARKET ANALYSIS [00:15:01] WERE WHAT, UM, HE WAS HIRED TO HELP US WITH. AND SO I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO SOME OF YOU AND SOME CONVERSATIONS, UM, HERE AND THERE. BUT OVER THE LAST YEAR OF WORKING WITH HIM, UM, THERE WERE KIND OF A FEW CHALLENGES THAT WE EXPERIENCED, AND I'VE KIND OF, UH, ORGANIZED THEM INTO THREE CATEGORIES THAT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE EDC. AND THE FIRST WAS JUST RECEIVING TIMELY RESPONSES. SO THERE WERE JUST INSTANCES WHERE THE RESPONSES WERE RESPONSES WERE NOT GIVEN TO US WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME. AND SO IT LED TO US HAVING TO FOLLOW UP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR A COUPLE OF WEEK WEEKS SOMETIMES, AND JUST NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED, UM, WHICH WAS CHALLENGING. AND THEN SECONDLY, JUST HAVING THOROUGH COMMUNICATION. SO IF WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS AN, AN UNINTERESTED RETAILER OR A RESTAURANT, WE WEREN'T PART OF THOSE COMMUNICATIONS OR CONVERSATIONS. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WE DIDN'T KNOW THE, THE REASON WHY BEHIND THAT. AND SO IT WAS CHALLENGING FOR US NOT TO KNOW IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADDRESS OR FIX IN ORDER TO GET THAT RETAILER HERE TO THE CITY OF SHORE. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST THE, THE RESULTS, THE OUTCOMES IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE REALLY NOT CONSISTENTLY MET THE EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE SHARED WITH US THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE. AND SO, I, I DO JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT AND SAY THAT WE ARE FULLY AWARE THAT A LOT OF THAT ISN'T, UM, A RESULT OF ERRANDS WORK OR THE RETAIL COACHES' WORK. THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING IN THE CITY. THE COST OF LAND IS EXTREMELY HIGH. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST IMPACT FEES IN THE STATE. UM, SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON INTERNALLY. UM, BUT THESE STILL WERE FACTORS THAT WE JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE CONTINUING THAT CONTRACT. AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO NOT RENEW. UM, BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR NEED ANY CLARIFICATION, UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IF WE DON'T RENEW. UM, ARE WE LOOKING TO GO DOWN A PATH OF A DIFFERENT RETAIL COACH OR WORK ON, LIKE WE SAY, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS THAT GO INTO WORK ON THAT. TRY AND GET SOME CHANGES FIRST AND SEE WHAT RETAIL WE COULD POSSIBLY ATTRACT JUST THROUGH OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT BOARDS FIRST MM-HMM. . SO WE DO SEE A VALUE IN HAVING, UM, A CONSULTANT WORKING WITH THE CITY AND REPRESENTING THE CITY AT A LOT OF EVENTS, UM, IN THE STATE AND, UM, IN THE NATION FOR RETAIL RECRUITMENT. SO WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO RETAIL STRATEGIES TO KIND OF, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY OTHER CITIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. UM, SO WE ARE EXPLORING THAT OPTION. AND, UM, RIGHT NOW AFTER FEEDBACK FROM B BOARD, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE EXPLORING THAT TO HOPEFULLY BEGIN WORKING WITH THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS, I MEAN, UM, WHICH, WHICH BUSINESSES OR WHICH RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, RETAIL, WHATEVER, WHICH WOULD YOU SAY THAT HAVE COME TO SHORE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE WE STARTED THE CONTRACT WITH RETAIL COACH? WHICH, WHICH OF THOSE WOULD YOU SAY ARE, ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO THE WORK THAT HE DID FOR US MOST RECENTLY? I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, FIRST WATCH OVER BY HEB, UM, PIATA, CHIBA HUT, THOSE WERE ALL, UM, RESTAURANTS THAT HE WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH US. UM, I'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY A LOT. LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING TO GO BACK AND SHOW OUR BOARD, OUR COUNCIL? BUT NOTHING WAS EVER REALLY, YOU KNOW, SHARED TO WHERE I COULD WELL, WELL, AND YOU COULDN'T ANNOUNCE IT AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE NO ONE EVER WANTED ANYBODY TO HEAR A WORD OF ANYTHING BEFORE. EXACTLY. YEAH. SO, MM-HMM. . SO IT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF A MYSTERY TO ME IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT MM-HMM. , WHAT DID WE GET FROM HIM? AND THO AND THOSE ARE GOOD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, I THINK PIATA AND FIRST WATCH, I, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO CHEAP HUT, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. BUT, UM, YEAH, THEY'RE GREAT. THE OTHERS ARE, THOSE ARE GREAT. PRETTY POPULAR. I THINK SO, YES, THEY ARE. WELL, THE, ALL THOSE PLACES ARE ON 1463, RIGHT? YES. ON THAT PART OF TOWN. MM-HMM. , I MEAN, OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN 1463 DOESN'T NEED A LOT OF OUR HELP. AND, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING WE CONVEYED, I CONVEYED TO THE RETAIL COACH TWO YEARS AGO. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WE GO WITH, YOU KNOW, MARKETING 1463 IS A, IS NOT A USEFUL USE OF OUR FUNDS. MM-HMM. , IT JUST ISN'T, IT CAN MARKET ITSELF. THE REST OF , UM, NEEDS HELP, NEEDS HELP. AND IF IT NEEDS A LOT OF HELP, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE [00:20:01] LOOKING AT SOMEONE NEW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED, I THINK WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN ALSO WORK WITH THE CITY. UH, 'CAUSE AS THERE ARE MULTIPLE ISSUES, UM, WITH A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF 1463, AND I DON'T SEE ANY PATH THAT THOSE ARE GETTING RESOLVED. AND WE NEED HELP TO, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS A BROADER VIEW TO COME IN AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ARE EXPERIENCING IN OTHER CITIES. MM-HMM. , LIKE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE HALF OF OURS. UM, THAT WE NEED ANOTHER VOICE YEAH. TO IDENTIFY THE BARRIERS. YES. MM-HMM. , I WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, SUPPORT THAT. I, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS, YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THIS MEETING, WHAT YOU HAD BROUGHT UP, THAT THE, THE BULK OF THE DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO BE ALONG 1463. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IN A CONSULTANT IS SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE STRATEGIC VISION THAT WE HAVE PUT FORTH ABOUT THE CITY OF SHORE, OUR FOCUS, A LOT OF IT BEING ON DOWNTOWN HARRIS STREET, THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT THERE OTHER AREAS, UM, AROUND THE CITY THAT COULD USE MORE ENCOURAGEMENT. MM-HMM. , UM, IN TERMS OF COMMERCIAL GROWTH. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT PARTNER THAT FULLY UNDERSTANDS AND IT IS A PARTNER WITH US IN THAT VISION. MM-HMM. . UM, SO IF, IF WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE RETAIL COACH, THEN I THINK THAT IT'S WISE TO, TO LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THAT. THANK YOU. BONNIE. I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STRIP CENTERS THAT ARE STARTING TO COME UP, AND SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY VACANT FOR A TIME, AND I HEAR THAT JUMPS, THE JUMPSTART IS ALSO POTENTIALLY GONNA BECOME MORE RETAIL. SO SOMEONE WHO CAN FILL THAT, NOT JUST WITH A BODY, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE A GOOD ECONOMICAL IMPACT, I THINK IS GOOD AS WELL. YES, MA'AM. I THINK ALSO THAT IT IS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THIS IS A BIT OF A TOUGH ECONOMIC TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. MM-HMM. . SO I THINK WHAT WOULD ALSO BE BENEFICIAL ISN'T JUST SOMEONE THAT CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THOSE BUSINESSES, BUT CAN GIVE US THAT BACKGROUND THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WHAT ARE THE INCENTIVES THAT WE NEED, UM, TO BRING IN THE BUSINESSES? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THE CITY IS DOING THAT ARE A HINDRANCE TO FILLING THOSE STRIP CENTERS? UM, SO I MEAN, I, YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LIST OF RETAILERS THAT WE WANNA BRING IN TO SHORE AND HAVE THEM FILL SPACES BEFORE THEY GET FILLED BY MORE NAIL SALONS AND VETS AND DENTISTS, AND DRY CLEANERS, THAT THAT'S WHAT'S IN EVERY STRIP SHOPPING CENTER. YES. SO, SO WHEN WE DO HAVE THE SPACE AVAILABLE, CALL 'EM UP AND SAY, HURRY UP AND GET THIS NOW. . YEAH. SO DEFINITELY. AND, AND IF IT COMES DOWN TO IMPACT FEES, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SAYS THAT THE EDCS COULDN'T, UM, HELP OFFSET THOSE IMPACT FEES FOR 'EM? OR WE CAN, THAT'S AN OPTION. MM-HMM. , I MEAN, IF, IF THAT SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE COULD DO THAT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, FOR A, FOR A RESORT, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR YOUR, YOUR BASIC RETAIL SHOP, I MEAN, AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS IT'S A ONE OR A TWO INCH METER AND IT'S NOT EIGHT OR 10 INCH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, UH, ENTERTAIN THAT AS A POSSIBILITY. I MEAN, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF MY THOUGHTS ANYWAY. MM-HMM. . SURE. SO I GUESS TONIGHT THE MOTION THAT WE NEED IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH THE RETAIL COACH. I WOULD MOTION, UH, THAT WE DO NOT SUPPORT A RENEWAL OF THE, UH, CONTRACT WITH THE RETAIL COACH. I'LL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. THE AYES HAVE IT. WE WILL NOT CONTINUE THE, WE WILL NOT CONTINUE THE CONTRACT OR WE NOT RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH THE RETAIL COACH AS, AS FAR AS THIS OTHER [00:25:01] RETAIL STRATEGIES. UM, IS IT CITIES IN THE HOUSTON AREA THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN GOOD WORD OF MOUTH ON THEM OR OTHER LOCATIONS IN TEXAS OR, YES. ALL ALL OVER THE STATE OF TEXAS AND A FEW OTHER NEIGHBORING STATES AS WELL. WOW. OKAY. MM-HMM. . YEAH. WE, WE'VE GOTTEN REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK. I'M MAKING SURE TO REALLY ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS AND TALK TO, UM, AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE WORKED WITH TO SEE WHAT KIND OF RESULTS THEY'VE GOTTEN AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WITH COMMUNICATION AND ALL, ALL OF THAT. WHERE, WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY BASED? DO THEY HAVE AN OFFICE IN HOUSTON OR ARE THEY BASED IN SAN ANTONIO? UM, THEY HAVE A, LIKE, SOUTH TEXAS OFFICE, BUT I, I WOULD NEED TO CHECK WHERE LIKE THEIR HEADQUARTERS ARE. DO YOU REMEMBER BIRMINGHAM? I THINK BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. MM-HMM. . WOW. SO THEY'RE KIND OF A NATIONWIDE COMPANY, CORRECT? YES. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO PROBABLY NOT ANY, NOT AN ISSUE TO TAKE ON AN ANOTHER CITY IF THEY'RE THAT BIG OF A COMPANY. DEFINITELY NOT. YEAH. A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN IS, UM, JUST DIFFERENT DIRECTORS, COORDINATORS, ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AND OTHER EDCS ARE SAYING THEY, UM, TEND TO ASSIGN THREE STAFF MEMBERS TO A CITY. MM-HMM. . AND SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALMOST WITHIN THE DAY, IF YOU REQUEST INFORMATION OR NEED, YOU KNOW, TO HOP ON A ZOOM CALL TO TALK THROUGH ANYTHING, UM, THEY'LL ATTEND COUNCIL MEETINGS TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK. UM, JUST VERY ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. OKAY. . SO MAY, SO MAYBE YOU'LL COME TO US WITH A CONTRACT FOR THEM IN ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO. OKAY. WE CAN DO THAT. [6. Review and discuss draft items pertaining to FY 2024-2025 EDC budget development. ] ITEM NUMBER SIX, REVIEW AND DISCUSS DRAFT ITEMS PERTAINING TO FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25, EDC BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. SO FOR, UM, OUR TYPE A BOARD, EVERYTHING THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL LAST MONTH, THOSE, UM, CHANGES HAVE MADE THEIR WAY INTO THE BUDGET. AND SO THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE THAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT IS THAT THE SALES TAX REVENUE, UM, PROJECTIONS DID CHANGE TO 50 15 1 5, UH, PERCENT, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY SHIFT AGAIN. SO, UM, ONCE WE MOVE ON TO FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES IN AGENDA ITEM NINE, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR SALES TAX REVENUE, UM, IS DOWN, UH, 3%. SO OUR FINANCE TEAM WILL BE MONITORING THAT VERY CLOSELY BETWEEN NOW AND, UH, BUDGET ADOPTION. SO THEY'LL THEN DETERMINE IF A REDUCTION, UM, WILL BE NEEDED BEFORE THE FINAL ADOPTION. IT'LL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE INITIAL 5% AND THIS 15% WHO COMES UP WITH THAT? OUR FINANCE TEAM DETERMINES THAT. SO IT WOULD BE, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, ERIN. OKAY. AND HER TEAM, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE SAID THE 5% WASN'T ENOUGH. MM-HMM. , CORRECT? YES. WE WERE JUST BEING VERY CAREFUL. . I KNOW. SO, SO WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED FOR 5%, UM, BEING CONSERVATIVE, AND THAT'S HOW WE CARRIED OUT OUR ENTIRE BUDGET PROCESS WAS UNDER THAT ASSUMPTION. UM, THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THEY PRESENTED THE BUDGET, UM, THE CITY WAS ACTUALLY TRACKING AT 15% FOR THEIR REVENUES AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO MATCH WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR BUDGETS. SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS BROUGHT TO 15%. UM, BUT NOW IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO DECREASE AGAIN. UH, LIKE ANELLE SAID, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 15% ABOUT WHERE WE WERE. OKAY. AND THE PRACTICAL IMPACT ON US IS WHAT? NOT MUCH BUDGET WISE, BECAUSE WE BUDGETED WITH THAT 5% IN MIND. OKAY. UM, SO REALLY NOTHING ON OUR END. OKAY. THAT WAS MY EXPECTATION. SO YOU, SO YOU NEED A MOTION TO FIRST APPROVE THE BUDGET. YES. SO, UM, UNDER B YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S THREE MOTIONS THAT WE NEED TONIGHT. MM-HMM. UM, UH, I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IS THE, UH, PROJECTS. AND YOU HAVE A DRAFT IN YOUR PACKET FOR THE RESOLUTION. YEAH. SO I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON. I KNOW I SENT AN EMAIL ABOUT IT. MM-HMM. . BUT THE, CAN YOU, LET'S JUST, HOW ABOUT YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH, UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR, FOR THE FA THE, THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT. AND THE, JUST TO BE CLEAR, UM, SO FAR NO MONEY, THERE'S NOT AN ACTUAL PLAN OR A DATE WHEN ANY OF THIS MONEY IS GOING TO [00:30:01] BE SPENT ON THE PROJECTS. UH, YOU'RE REFERRING TO HARRIS STREET OR ALL THE PROJECTS IN GENERAL? ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT HARRIS STREET. OKAY. TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY. THAT, THAT HAS MONEY, THAT HAS A DATE. AND THAT'S ON THE ORDER OF 80 1088. 88. 88, SORRY. YEAH. 88,667. COOL. UHHUH GOT THAT ONE. UM, BUT THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, I MEAN, WE HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED FOR IT, AND WE SUPPORT IT. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THERE'S NO SET DATE. SOMEBODY AT SOME POINT NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S WORTHY OF US PAYING FOR IT. CORRECT? UH, YES. AND THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. SO, SO THE WAY THE FUNDS WILL BE, UM, DISTRIBUTED IS AFTER, JUST LIKE IN HARRIS STREET, ONCE A BID HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, THEN THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE TRANSFERRED OUT TO THE CITY, TO THE CITY TO PAY FOR THAT PROJECT. UM, SO ONCE THE PROJECT IS TRULY UP AND RUNNING, THEN THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED OUT. SO LIKELY WE WON'T SEE HARRIS STREET TRANSFERRED OUT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT'LL PROBABLY BE TRANSFERRED INTO FY 25 AND THEN MOVED OUT ONCE THE BIDS ACCEPTED AND, AND THE CONSTRUCTION CAN BEGIN. AND IF EAST SIDE DRAINAGE DOESN'T START WITH THE DESIGN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THOSE MONIES WILL JUST KEEP MOVING OVER INTO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. CORRECT. BUT AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, EAST SIDE DRAINAGE IS DESIGNED. UM, I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REMAINING ON IT WAS SOME, UM, CLEANING UP AN EASEMENT. UM, SO IT, IT SHOULD BE A, A LITTLE BIT OF A FASTER PROCESS THAN HARRIS STREET. THERE WERE A LOT OF, UH, KIND OF LAST MINUTE CHANGES AND, AND SWAPS AND TO DEAL WITH THE, THE DRAINAGE IN DOWNTOWN THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S PUSHED OFF HARRIS STREET, WHERE THIS ONE'S PRETTY MUCH SET FOR. WE, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. UM, SO IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN HARRIS, EXCEPT IT STARTED LIKE THREE YEARS AGO. CORRECT. . OKAY. SO JUST TO MAKE THAT, I JUST WANNA SEE IF I'M CLEAR ON THIS. WE APPROVE IT IN THE BUDGET. MM-HMM. THAT MONEY GET, THAT MONEY GETS TAKEN FROM OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT AND NO, IT DOES NOT. OKAY. SO, SO WHEN WE APPROVE THIS BUDGET, IT WILL, IT WILL SIT IN OUR ACCOUNTS UNTIL THE TIME IS WHICH THE PROJECT ACTUALLY BEGINS. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YES. . OKAY. THAT'S IT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. YES, SIR. AND WE, AND YOU FEEL, GIVE ME, DO YOU HAVE ANY PERCENT CONFIDENCE THAT THE MONEY, THAT WE'RE GONNA REACH A POINT IN THIS PROJECT WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING TO TRANSFER OUT OF OUR ACCOUNT? I DO. I DO. YOU DO. AND IF YOU DON'T, I'M NOT HERE TO PUT YOU ON A NO, A SPOT. I DO, UH, EAST SIDE DRAINAGE, LIKE, UH, MS. KAY HAD, HAD REFERRED TO, UM, HAS BEEN IN THE BOOKS FOR GOING ON THREE YEARS NOW. UM, AND JUST LIKE HARRIS STREET WAS, BUT HARRIS STREET AS IT SITS CURRENTLY, AS IT IS OUT FORBID, IS DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT LOOKING THAN THE HARRIS STREET OF OLD, I THINK AT A COUNCIL MEETING, THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT. AND THAT SLOWED THINGS UP. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER FROM A COUNCIL MEETING. SO, I MEAN, WE, WE ARE MORE CONFIDENT ON THIS. THERE WERE, THERE WERE VALID DELAYS ON IT. I'M, I'M NOT HERE TO SAY IF DELAY, IF DELAYS ARE VALID OR INVALID. I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THERE'S A DELAY. I, YEAH. I, I DON'T THINK IT WAS CITY POWER OR ANYTHING. SO THAT, AND I'M ONLY ASKING BECAUSE WE HAD MONEY IN A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT PRO, I DON'T EVEN WAS THE WEST SIDE DRAINAGE. IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROJECT AND THEN WE TOOK THE MONEY, WE TOOK THE MONEY BACK, AND THAT'S WHAT WE PUT TOWARD THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT. I BELIEVE IT WAS EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY THE TRIBUTARY FOR THAT ONE. OKAY. UM, BUT, BUT NO, WE'RE, WE'RE A LOT MORE CONFIDENT. UM, STAFF FEELS A LOT, A LOT BETTER ABOUT THIS ONE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, TEXAS, WHICH YOU FEEL GOOD, THE MONEY THAT MONEY'S GONNA WORK. WE HAVE THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY THAT WE KNOW IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PAID OUT. THEN WE HAVE THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT, WHICH, UH, WAS PROJECTED FOR 2024. AND DO WE THINK THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN 2025? THAT'S THE, IT WILL PROBABLY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AND CALENDAR YEAR OF 24, BUT THE FUNDS OKAY. THE FUNDS MAY JUST MOVE TO THE FY 25 BUDGET. GOTCHA. SO THAT, THAT'S, IT'S JUST A, A BUDGETING. I'M FINE WITH THAT. SO USUALLY YOU DON'T MOVE MONEY AROUND DURING THE, THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE BUDGET. SO FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR. MM-HMM. . OKAY. AND THEN WAS THERE ANOTHER PROJECT OR WERE THOSE THE THREE? SO, UM, ON THE RESOLUTION, WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY EVENTS, WHICH HISTORICALLY, THE EDC HAS ALWAYS ALLOCATED 50,000 OF THAT TOWARDS VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND THEN THE FULL SHARE FAST TRACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB SECOND YEAR. YEP. MM-HMM. [00:35:01] . OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO THAT WAS ONE QUESTION I HAD . THE SECOND QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS, UM, JUST AS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED TONIGHT AND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, IS SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES DEVELOPING IN FUL AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EDC OR BOTH EDC BOARDS TO SUPPORT THEM IF WE DEEM IT APPROPRIATE. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. THE FIRST IS, IF WE DON'T ALLOCATE FUNDS TO IT NOW, HOW DO WE ALLOCATE FUNDS TO IT LATER WITHOUT WAITING ON THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE? GO FOR IT. UM, THAT ONE'S ACTUALLY PRETTY, PRETTY EASY. . YEAH. UM, THAT, THAT'LL JUST BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO WE WOULD TAKE IT TO COUNCIL. UM, WE WOULD EITHER CREATE A NEW LINE ITEM OR ALLOCATE IT TO AN EXISTING LINE ITEM FOR, UM, SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVES OR HOWEVER WE WANNA WORD IT, TAKE IT TO COUNCIL. AND COUNCIL WOULD JUST APPROVE IT. HOPEFULLY YOU MAKE THAT SOUND SIMPLER THAN IT PROBABLY IS. PROBABLY. SO . OKAY. UM, IF, IF IT NEEDS TO BE A PROJECT NOTICE, JUST LIKE THESE, WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY RUN NEWSPAPER PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ALL OF THAT. OKAY. UM, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S A COUNCIL DECISION. GOTCHA. AND I THINK WE COULD AT LEAST PUT TOGETHER A, SOMETHING THAT THE CITIZENS OF FULCHER WOULD SUPPORT. CORRECT. RIGHT. I MEAN, AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. UM, I MEAN, GIVEN OUR FUND BALANCE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'D WANNA TRY TO GET IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET? JUST PUT, I DON'T KNOW, 50,000, A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHATEVER. WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE. I'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THAT FOR TWO YEARS. UH, SO I'M ON BOARD. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GOES UNDER PROJECTS OR IF IT GOES UNDER CONSULTING OR, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CLASSIFY IT, BUT THAT MIGHT GIVE US MORE IMPETUS TO GETTING IT DONE. SO WE DID HAVE A LINE ITEM CALLED TARGETED INCENTIVES AT ONE POINT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. UM, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ALLOCATED THIS YEAR. I THINK WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, UH, THE LAST LIKE FOUR YEARS PUT 50,000 AND IT'S NEVER BEEN USED. OKAY. SO WE HAD JUST ZEROED IT OUT, BUT WE CAN PLUG IT BACK IN AND BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT THIS NEXT, NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. DO YOU WANNA TRY THAT? YES, I WOULD LIKE, LET'S ADD BACK THE 50,000 THERE. DOES THAT TAKE A MOTION OR CAN WE JUST, LIKE, IT WOULD CALL IT A WORKSHOP AND DO IT THAT WAY. SO UNDER B, UM, ITEM SIX, PART B FOR CORPORATION BUDGET, YOU CAN JUST APPROVE THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED TO YOU WITH THE ADDITION OF A LINE ITEM FOR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT OR TARGETED INCENTIVES FOR 50,000. OKAY. SORRY. IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE PROMOTIONAL EXPENSE? YES. OKAY. I MEAN, CURRENT, CURRENTLY THE PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES, LIKE THE EVENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO THAT'S FOR EVENTS. OKAY. THERE, THERE'S A LOT THAT COMES OUT OF PROMOTIONAL EXPENSE. YEAH. UM, OTHER THAN, OTHER THAN JUST THE EVENTS, UM, ACTUALLY THE RETAIL COACH COMES OUT OF THERE. OKAY. UM, THAT'S OUR HEALTHIEST LINE ITEM. UM, THE 1824 MUGS CAME OUT OF THERE, THE 1824 MUGS, , ACTUALLY, I, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CITY MARKETING . THAT WAS THE CITY'S MARKETING TEAM. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT LINE ITEM THAT WE NEED TO ADD IN? TARGETED INCENTIVES. TARGETED INCENTIVES. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. , WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS DID YOU HAVE? WELL, THE OTHER QUESTIONS WERE REALLY, I ACTUALLY GET ANSWERED MORE OR LESS WITH THAT TARGETED, TARGETED INCENTIVES, JUST IN TERMS OF DO WE HAVE TO, IS THAT A, BECAUSE NOW IT'S IN THE BUDGET AND YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THINGS ARE IN THE BUDGET, THE BUDGET GETS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. DO WE THEN HAVE, WHAT KIND OF, UM, UH, FREEDOM DO WE HAVE TO SPEND WITHIN THAT BUDGET? OR ARE WE STILL GOING TO CITY COUNCIL EVERY TIME WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING? IF IT'S BUDGETED AND LISTED IN THE PROJECTS, WE'RE GOOD TO GO. IT, IT'LL BE APPROVED ALL IN ONE SWEEP. I KNOW SOME CITIES DO LIKE PROJECT BY PROJECT, THEY'LL TAKE IT TO COUNCIL WHEN THEY'RE READY TO KICK IT OFF. WE JUST CREATE ONE RESOLUTION WITH THE WHOLE LIST. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING ADDITIONAL, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. IF IT'S MORE THAN $10,000 AND IT'S NOT ALREADY APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD TAKE IT TO THEM. WHICH I KNOW YOU MADE A COMMENT, THAT'S HOW WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT, BUT WE DON'T [00:40:01] ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THAT. RIGHT. WELL, SO HERE'S MY CONCERN WITH, WITH THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM. AND, AND I DON'T RECALL IF B DID A COURSE, DID THEY HAVE, DID THEY DO THE SAME THING? DID THEY PUT FOOD? THEY DID NOT. SO A BOARD'S LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH SMALL BUSINESS. SO UNLESS IT'S, UNLESS IT'S CREATING PRIMARY JOBS OR IT FALLS INTO THE N-A-I-C-S CODES, THEY'RE LIMITED TO, TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S LISTED IN 5 0 1. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO TRULY HELP SMALL BUSINESSES, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF YOU ALSO HAD A CORRESPONDING AMOUNT FROM THE B BOARD, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FUND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF, OF THOSE PROJECTS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN JUST APPROVE IT IN YOUR BUDGET AND THEN THAT'S, YOU'RE GOOD. BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT ARE PLACED ON THE ABOARD, UH, B BOARD DOESN'T HAVE THOSE LIMITATIONS. SURE. WHAT, WHAT MANY OF OUR EDCS DO IS THEY CREATE A PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THEY CREATE A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT DEFINES HOW MUCH EACH SMALL BUSINESS CAN APPLY FOR AND BE AWARDED. HOW MUCH OF THAT WOULD COME FROM B FOR EXAMPLE? HOW MUCH OF THAT WOULD COME FROM A AND WHAT THOSE THINGS CAN BE USED FOR? IF YOU, I DO AGREE WITH ANELLE THAT, UM, AND WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T REHEARSE THIS, SO, OR I WOULDN'T BE DISAGREEING WITH HER SOMEWHAT. SO, UM, BUT IF, IF YOU DO THAT, IF YOU CREATE A PROGRAM THAT HAS THOSE LIMITATIONS AND HAS A GRANT LIMITATION ON EACH ONE, AND YOU HAVE THAT PROGRAM APPROVED AS PART OF YOUR, AT ANY POINT, EVEN AFTER THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM'S APPROVED, THEN I THINK YOU'RE FINE BECAUSE THE PARAMETERS ARE ESTABLISHED AND THE COUNCIL'S APPROVED THOSE PARAMETERS. RIGHT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOME CITIES, THE COUNCIL WOULD ALREADY KNOW, LOOK, NONE OF THESE GRANTS ARE GONNA EXCEED $20,000 OR $10,000 OR WHATEVER. AND HERE'S ALL THEY CAN BE USED FOR. THEN I THINK YOU'RE FINE. YOU WOULD STILL APPROVE THOSE INDIVIDUAL, UH, PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS HERE AND AT THE B BOARD. RIGHT. BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO ON TO CITY COUNCIL IF THE BUDGET AND THE PROGRAM, SO THE PROGRAM AND EXPENDITURE HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, NOT JUST THE EXPENDITURE, WHICH I THINK IS CRITICAL NOW ON SOME OF THESE OTHER LINE ITEMS, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAM IS. RIGHT. WE KNOW IT'S SAH HARRIS STREET. SO WE, AND I AGREE WITH HER A HUNDRED PERCENT ON THOSE, ON THESE WHERE IT'S JUST KIND OF A, HEY, WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROJECT IS. IT'S JUST WE'RE GONNA, IT'S JUST TARGETED. YEAH. I THINK THAT LACKS THE WE REQUISITE DETAIL. SO, OKAY. SO ARE YOU SAYING HONESTLY, WE WE SHOULD HAVE THE PROGRAM PARAMETERS? YOU, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THEM DEFINED. I DO THINK YOU SHOULD DO THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO DO THAT TODAY. LIKE, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO KNOW THOSE ANSWERS. YOU COULD SAY WE'RE COMMITTED TO 50,000 STAFF LEGAL, GET BACK TO US WITH WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND YOU CAN EVEN SAY, HEY, GO GET SOME FROM B BOARD TOO, SO WE CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER A MEANINGFUL PROGRAM. I LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST SAID IN THE PAST 30 SECONDS, . AND, AND IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I'M THINKING IMPACT FEES. 'CAUSE THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE WITH, YOU KNOW, METERS AND VALVES AND WATER LINES, ET CETERA. AND I, I THINK, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS AND IT'S NOT GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND. SO RATHER THAN MAKING IT OVERLY COMPLICATED WITH ALL THESE THINGS, AND LET'S JUST LIMIT IT TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, IF, IF OUR BUDGET'S 50,000, THEN MAYBE WE LIMIT IT TO, YOU KNOW, 20,000 MAXIMUM PER PERSON AND WE USE THE MONEY UNTIL IT RUNS OUT. AND THEN, UH, AND IT CAN BE USED TOWARD IMPACT FEES AND IF, IF, OR MAYBE OTHER THINGS. BUT THAT'S ONE OF, WELL, IF YEAH. IF WE WANTED TO GROW IT LATER, UH, YOU KNOW, OR MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED LATER, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COMES IN AND SAYS, HEY, I COULD ACTUALLY USE THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE, THEN GREAT. BUT I KNOW, I MEAN, ANYONE WHO'S HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH ON THIS TOPIC KNOWS THAT IMPACT FEES ARE KIND OF THE FIRST THING THAT POP OUT AS AN ISSUE. OKAY. WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, GET BACK WITH B BOARD AND LET THEM KNOW THE DECISION YOU ALL MADE TONIGHT AND LET THEM, UM, I GUESS IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO WHAT THEY, THE BUDGET THEY ADOPTED, AND THEN GO FROM THERE. AND THEN WE CAN START A DRAFT AND WORK WITH DAN TO ESTABLISH THOSE PARAMETERS ON HOW THAT WOULD BE SPENT, WHAT THE PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE, AND, UM, HAVE THAT READY IN SOMETIME IN OCTOBER. IF THERE IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION THAT THE EDCA BOARD APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 25 CORPORATION BUDGET FOR, UH, FUNDS SIX HUNDRED AND SIX OH ONE WITH THE ADDITION OF INCLUDING TARGETED INCENTIVES OF $50,000. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE [00:45:01] ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE AYES HAVE PASSED. SO THAT WAS THE FIRST MOTION YOU NEEDED? MM-HMM. , CORRECT. AND THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. SO THE NEXT IS THE, UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT. OKAY. I DON'T RECALL ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS LAST MONTH. I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CUT AND DRIED. YEAH. SO THOSE, THE, THOSE ASAS WERE REDONE LAST YEAR OR THEY I HAVE, YEAH. MAYBE THE, I WAS PART OF THAT, OF THE CONVERSATION. SO I'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS. SO IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THAT WE UPDATED THE ASAS AND THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE MADE WAS, UH, TO LEGAL. UM, THAT BEFORE IT WAS DIFFERENT AND IT WAS SHARED WITH THE CITY, AND NOW WE HAVE OUR OWN LEGAL SERVICES. THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WAS MADE. UM, SO THAT'S WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OR CHANGED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BYLAWS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2007. UH, THESE ASAS HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE NO LATER THAN 2022. UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FY 25 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF RE SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR. THE AYES HAVE IT. AND THEN I'LL GO FOR THREE , I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE CDC RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH OH ONE, UH, WITH THE REVISION THAT WE ADD A, AN ITEM FOR PROJECTS TO INCLUDE TARGETED INCENTIVES OF $50,000 SECOND. AND WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THE, THAT 50,000 TO WE DON'T THE PROJECTS. OH, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE SAID THAT EARLIER. WE'LL JUST ADD IT TO, TO THE BUDGET. MM-HMM. . BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A PROJECT THAT, IS THAT RIGHT DAN? OR WOULD YOU? THAT'S RIGHT. SO, UM, EVENTUALLY, SO IF YOU GO AHEAD, TAKE A PROGRAM TO COUNSEL. RIGHT. BUT YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO THESE, LIKE IF WE CREATE A PROGRAM, UH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS, BUT IT JUST MAY NOT GO THROUGH IT THE SAME SCHEDULE AS THESE OTHERS. MM-HMM. . IF THAT MAKES SENSE. IT DOES. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE'LL ADOPT THIS AS IT IS, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE ON ITS OWN SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE PROGRAM CREATED. OKAY. SO SINCE THAT WAS, UH, MOVED AND SECONDED, WE NEED TO VOTE. NO, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT ONE. YOU'RE CORRECT. WE NEED TO VOTE. NO, YOU CAN JUST WITHDRAW YOUR MOTION. OH. EVEN AFTER IT'S BEEN SECONDED, I CAN, I, YOU CAN JUST WITHDRAW YOUR, I'LL WITHDRAW THE MOTION. OKAY. MOTION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. OKAY. SINCE, SINCE OUR ATTORNEY TOLD US WE COULD DO THAT. , UH, AND I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION THAT SAYS THAT WE APPROVE CDC RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH OH ONE AS IS SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE PASSED THAT MOTION AS WELL. MM-HMM. , IS THAT ALL YOU NEEDED? THAT'S ALL. OKAY. [7. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending May 31, 2024. ] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2024. . I LOST MY NOTES. JUST A SECOND. WHAT DID YOU SAY? SO, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UM, WE ARE DOWN, UH, 3.09% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR. UM, HOWEVER, WE SHOULD BE, UM, AT 67% OF THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME. BUT WE'RE, UM, REPORTING AT 70.51. DO WE HAVE A, SORRY, DO WE HAVE, UH, AN EXPLANATION? I REALLY DON'T. UM, BUT WE DID LOOK AT THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE AND ALL OF THEIR COLLECTIONS AND EVERYONE WAS DOWN KIDDING. SO WE WERE THE LOWEST OF EVERYBODY THAT WAS DOWN. UM, SO I MEAN, OH, WE WERE THE, AS THE LEAST IMPACTED. THE LEAST IMPACTED, HOWEVER YOU WANNA WORD. YEAH. UM, SO FOR, FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT MONTH, UM, KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD, THAT'S MAY RIGHT? MM-HMM. . THAT WAS, WAS THE DURO AN IMPACT [00:50:01] FROM LIKE ELECTRICITY WISE OR, UH, I MEAN THAT DID HAPPEN IN MAY. THERE'S NO WAY OF, NO WAY FOR SURE. WELL, IT DIDN'T REALLY HURT US. I JUST KNOW PART OF, I WASN'T IN TOWN AT THE TIME, BUT I KNOW PARTS OF HOUSTON WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR LIKE A WEEK. MM-HMM. . SO I COULD SEE THAT IMPACTING BUSINESS. UM, BUT Y'ALL, YOU HAVE IN THIS PART OF THE EMAIL THAT I SENT, WHICH WAS YOU HAVE THE LIST OF BUSINESSES THAT PAY SALES TAXES AND WE, WE DO. UM, SO THE, THE CORPORATION, UM, PAYS FOR A SUBSCRIPTION TO Z TAX, UM, WHICH GIVES US ALL OF OUR SALES TAX DATA THE CITY USES AS WELL. UM, IT DOES GIVE US A LIST. IT IS ABOUT THE MOST ANNOYING LIST TO READ BECAUSE IT GIVES EVERY SINGLE SALES TAX CONTRIBUTING ENTITY. SO FROM ANY SORT OF ONLINE SALES AND STRANGE LLC NAMES AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT UNLESS YOU KIND OF KIND OF DIG IN. BUT WE DO HAVE THAT, UM, AVAILABLE TO US. AND THAT IS NOT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, CORRECT? IT'S JUST INTERNAL SOFTWARE. BUT YOU, YOU HAVE IT. YOU HAVE IT. IF, UH, IF WE WANTED TO DIE, IF YOU, IF WE WANTED YOU TO DIVE INTO WHY WE'RE DOWN 3% SURE. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. UM, AND, AND THEN ONE OTHER THING WITH THAT, UM, WE, WE DID USED TO INCLUDE SOME SORT OF, THEY HAVE GRAPHS AND THINGS AVAILABLE. IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE RE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS, WE CAN, UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE, WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT IT BACK IN. I, I WOULD SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK BECAUSE FOR WHAT I REMEMBER WAS THE HEAT MAP. YES. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE HEAT MAP ONCE A QUARTER, TWICE A YEAR. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN EVERY TIME. 'CAUSE THE HEAT MAP, HONESTLY, I THINK THE REASON WHY WE ASKED YOU TO TAKE IT OUT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME HEAT MAP THAT NEVER CHANGED. RIGHT. . BUT AS, I MEAN, QUARTERLY WOULD BE GOOD. YEAH. UP 3 59. I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME OTHER PLACES THAT ARE GROWING. IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE YEAH. UH, THE IMPACTS ON SALES TAX. ABSOLUTELY. THE, THE OTHER THING THAT I ALWAYS, UH, LIKED SEEING TOO WAS THE BREAKOUT BETWEEN ONLINE VERSUS, UH, COLLECTED LOCALLY. YEP. IT IS SHOCKING TO SEE SOME OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT. UM, MM-HMM. . SO, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NO PROBLEM. WE CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT. AND AGAIN, JUST, JUST ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT REGARDING THE FINANCIALS? OKAY. SO YOU NEED A MOTION, UH, FOR, FOR US TO APPROVE THE $9,837 AND 19 CENTS? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT GOES TOWARD OUR AC A SA. OKAY. SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING OUR PAYABLES? I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE PAYABLES OF $9,837 AND 19 CENTS FOR THIS MONTH. SECOND. YEP. UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NO. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE PASSED THAT AS WELL. CONSIDERATION, UH, ITEM [8. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the June 24, 2024, regular meeting. ] ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR JUNE 24TH, 2024. REGULAR MEETING. UM, I HAD A CORRECTION ON PAGE FOUR OF THOSE MINUTES. OKAY. UM, UP THERE UNDER DRAFT B DRAFT CORPORATION BUDGET, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT B SECTION, IT SAYS K COLIC ASKED IF THE 180 ACCOUNT. AND I THINK WHAT I ASKED WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE 180 ACCOUNT REFLECTED A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TOTAL EDC DEPARTMENT EXPENSES OR IF IT WAS ONLY THE EDCA SHARES A'S SHARE. AND THE ANSWER WAS THAT IT WAS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT'S EX UH, EXPENSES. SO RIGHT HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA PUT THAT THERE OR JUST STRIKE IT OUT COMPLETELY, BUT IT LOOKS REAL WEIRD JUST TO SAY, KATE ASKED IF THE 180 ACCOUNT , WE'LL COMPLETE THAT SENTENCE. OKAY. AND I ALSO DID, UM, WANNA NOTE IF YOU'LL REMEMBER LAST TIME, THE MINUTES ATTACHED WERE NOT RIGHT. SO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE MAIN MEETINGS HERE TOO, BUT WE DIDN'T ATTACH THEM THIS TIME. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE THEM OVER OH, GOOD. TO THE NEXT MONTH. OKAY. THIRD TIME'S A CHARM, SO IT SHOULD ALL WORK OUT. OKAY. KIND OF LIKE THE MONEY FOR THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE . THAT'S RIGHT. MOVING IT OVER TO THE NEXT ONE. SO CAN WE APPROVE, CAN WE APPROVE THE JUNE MINUTES WITH THE CORRECTION? CORRECTION? YES. OKAY. DO I HEAR A MOTION? GO AHEAD. I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE [00:55:01] THE JUNE MINUTES WITH THE REVISION. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THE AYES HAVE PASSED THAT MOTION SINCE YOU REQUEST. YEAH. ITEM [9. Future agenda items ] NUMBER NINE, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING THAT CARRIES OVER, UM, HAVING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET, THE UPDATE ON HARRIS STREET. UM, WE WILL TRY AND GET SOMEONE FROM MARRIOTT TO COME IN AND, UM, SHARE WITH YOU ALL SO YOU CAN ASK THEM QUESTIONS, UM, ON THE WHOLE PROCESS. AND THEN, UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES UP BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. UM, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, DISCUSSION WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES, WE'LL HAVE THEM COME AND PRESENT TO YOU ALL AS WELL SO THAT YOU CAN GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE. AND THEN, UM, AS ALWAYS, IF ANYTHING COMES UP THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THERE, WE CAN ADD THAT AS WELL. YOU CAN JUST LET BRIAN KNOW, OR MYSELF OR HAYDEN AND THE, THE PROGRAM FOR THE TARGETED INCENTIVES. YES. AND I HAVE, I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO ADD. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE NEXT MONTH, ALTHOUGH I GUESS IT WOULDN'T HURT. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL DOWNTOWN PROGRAMMING, UH, DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, DECORATIONS, ET CETERA. OKAY. WE CAN ADD THAT. I WAS GONNA ASK WHAT THE NEXT SOCIAL EVENT WAS FOR THE CITY OF SHORE NOW THAT WE'VE FINISHED OUR, UM, SO RIGHT NOW IT WOULD, THE CHAMBER WOULD PUT ON THIS SCARECROW, UM, FESTIVAL TRUNK OR TREAT. AND THEN, UM, SO WE MIGHT HAVE A PRESENCE THERE. UM, AND THEN OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING. OKAY. MM-HMM. IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RECENT SMALLER EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY POPULAR. SO THERE MIGHT BE OTHERS THAT COME UP AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AND MAKE SURE TO SEND YOU ALL THE DETAILS AND INFORMATION. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY REQUESTS I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY ORGANIZATION FOR US TO SPONSOR ANYTHING, WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU AS WELL. WE HAD THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION PUTTING ON EVENTS AND YEAH. VARIOUS OTHER GROUPS. MY FANTASY FOOTBALL, . IT'S A GREAT IDEA. THAT IS A GREAT IDEA. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT ANY KIND OF AN ARTS EVENT COMING UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ANELLE? NO MA'AM. I SAW, I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT ONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I COULDN'T REALLY TELL IF IT WAS IN FULL OR PROPER OR IF IT WAS, UM, IN THE GREATER KATY WHATEVER SUGAR LAND. HU I I COULDN'T TELL WHERE IT WAS GONNA BE ACTUALLY. OKAY. IF YOU COME ACROSS THE DETAIL, SEND THEM OVER AND I'LL FIND OUT AND I'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. BUT NO, I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING, UM, ARTS RELATED COMING UP. OKAY. I KNOW CROSS CREEK, COAST CREEK ARTS. YEAH, THE CROSS CREEK COAST. AN EVENT THAT HAS A LOT OF ART VENDORS. YEAH. THEY, THEY CALL IT ARTS AND SOMETHING AND THEY OKAY. PUT IT AROUND THE, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS CROSS CREEK, BUT I, I COULD BE WRONG. IF I, IF I FIND IT, I'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU AGAIN. WHAT ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHY THAT, UM, I WAS GONNA SHARE IN ANNOUNCEMENTS. COOL. UM, BUT YEAH, THAT, THAT CONTEST CONCLUDED TODAY. MM-HMM. , ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS, [10. Announcements ] ANNOUNCEMENTS. UM, CATALINA, SELENA GARCIA, UM, WILL FINISH HER INTERNSHIP ON FRIDAY. SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE TIME THAT SHE SPENT HERE AND SHE'LL BE OFF ON HER WAY TO CONTINUE HER COLLEGE CAREER AND HOPEFULLY LOTS OF OTHER INTERNSHIPS. AND THEN, UM, THE PHOTO CONTEST THAT THE EDC HOSTED IS, UM, ENDED TODAY. WE HAD SUBMISSIONS ALL DAY UP TO 4 57. THE DEADLINE WAS 5:00 PM AND WE DID GET SOME GREAT PHOTOS. SO, UM, WE WILL FORM THE COMMITTEE AND SEND OUT THE, THE PICTURES. WE WE'RE GONNA SEND IT OUT EARLIER, EARLIER TODAY. AND OF COURSE WE'RE LIKE, WELL, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW OTHERS. LET'S WAIT. SO TOMORROW MORNING WE'LL SHARE THAT. UM, WE'LL GIVE JUDGES ABOUT A WEEK TO RANK ALL OF THE PHOTOS. AND THEN THE WINNERS WILL BE, UM, ANNOUNCED AT THE, THAT AUGUST 20TH COUNCIL MEETING. WAS IT MORE SUBMISSIONS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OR ABOUT THE SAME? YEAH. HOW MANY? FOUR MORE. FIVE MORE? FOUR. FIVE MORE? MM-HMM, . OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH, WE THOUGHT, UM, HAYDEN PUT TOGETHER THE WHOLE FOLDER IN THE DRIVE SO PEOPLE CAN, CAN VIEW THE, THE PICTURES. AND HE SAID, WE HAVE THE SAME EXACT AMOUNT. AND THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER, DING, DING, DING, , THE [01:00:01] EMAILS COME THROUGH. SO WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE THAT PARTICIPATION. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? THAT'S IT. OKAY. UM, WELL, I GUESS WE WILL ADJOURN AT 7:02 PM OH, DO I NEED A MOTION? I CAN'T JUST ADJOURN BECAUSE, SO Y'ALL MAY WANT TO STAY HERE. I DON'T KNOW. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO ADJOURN. DO I HAVE HERE A SECOND? I SECOND. OH, NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 7:03 PM WE TOOK A WHOLE EXTRA MINUTE. I DID. * 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.