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UM, I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TYPE A ECONOMIC SALES TAX CORPORATION.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AND WE EXPECT, UH, ONE MORE MEMBER TO JOIN US SHORTLY.
HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.
[3. Public Hearing on a general type of projects being proposed by the Corporation for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 being land, buildings, equipment, facilities, expenditures, targeted infrastructure, and improvements found by the Board of Directors to promote new or expanded business development; specifically: East Side Drainage ($1,115,000); Texas Heritage Parkway ILA ($88,667); Community Events ($50,000); Fulshear Fast Track Entrepreneurship and Business Hub ($110,000).]
PUBLIC HEARING ON A GENERAL TYPE OF PROJECTS BEING PROPOSED BY THE CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 23, 24 BEING LAND BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, EXPENDITURES, TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS FOUND BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO PROMOTE NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY EAST SIDE DRAINAGE FOR $1,115,000, TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT, $88,667 COMMUNITY EVENTS, $50,000 FULL SURE.FAST TRACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS HUB $110,000.
SO I GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE CALLING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER AT 6:02 PM YES, MA'AM.
IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ANY COMMENTS ON ANY OF THIS, PLEASE COME UP TO THE MIC.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND WE WILL LISTEN TO ANYTHING YOU WANNA TELL US.
I'M KIND OF DOUBTING ANYBODY WILL SHOW UP.
WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:03 PM THERE BEING NO ONE WHO WANTS TO GIVE US ANY COMMENTS.
IS THAT ALL I NEED TO SAY ON THAT? YES OR NO? OKAY.
[4. Presentation and discussion on Harris Street Reconstruction.]
AND THEN WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM FOUR, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON HARRIS STREET RECONSTRUCTION.UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE UH, DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE BIDS WAS AUGUST 1ST.
AND SO TONIGHT WE HAVE, UM, SHARON AND TIFFANY FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HERE TONIGHT, AND SHARON WILL COME UP AND GIVE YOU ALL A SUMMARY, UH, OF WHAT WAS SUBMITTED AND WHAT THE PLANS ARE GOING FORWARD.
UM, UNDERSTANDABLY, I CAN'T REALLY, UH, GIVE YOU WHAT WAS THE, THE, THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, ANNOUNCED PUBLICLY FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
SO, BUT WE DID RECEIVE BIDS LAST WEEK ON THE HARRIS STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
UH, THERE WAS A BASE BID IN FIVE ALTERNATE BIDS.
UM, AND I HAVE A LIST HERE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE AS WELL.
BUT, UM, THE BIDS DID COME IN AND THE BASE BID DID COME IN UNDER THE, THE BUDGET.
UM, BUT I DO NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT PART OF THE BASE BID DID NOT INCLUDE THE CONDUIT FOR THE ELECTRICAL.
SO THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED EARLIER, I BELIEVE IN SOME OF Y'ALL'S CONVERSATIONS.
UM, EXCUSE ME, THAT HOWEVER, SINCE THE WE KNOW THAT IT, THE DESIRE IS THERE TO HAVE THAT CONDUIT AND, UH, AND KNOWING THAT WE COMMITTED TO THAT EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT, AS OF PROBABLY ABOUT MAY OF LAST YEAR, UH, WE, THE CITY HAS DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, UH, PUT MONEY INTO FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 25 BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, TO COVER THAT AS AN, AS A CHANGE ORDER TO THE PROJECT.
UM, SO, BUT THAT'S THE CURRENT UPDATE.
THE BASE BID, UH, IS SHOULD WE DO HAVE IT SLATED TO AWARD ON THE AUGUST SEC 20TH, UH, COUNCIL MEETING? HOW MANY BIDS DID Y'ALL GET IN THIS GO ROUND? SHANNON? I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO TIFFANY SO SHE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU.
WE RECEIVED, UM, FIVE SUBMISSIONS.
UM, HOWEVER, ONE IS CONSIDERED NON-RESPONSIVE, SO THERE ARE FOUR, UH, CONSIDERED.
THAT'S WAY BETTER THAN LAST TIME.
YES, WE TOOK SOME DIFFERENT MEASUREMENTS, UM, ON ADVERTISING AND ADVERTISED IT IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, UH, ASIDE FROM WHERE THE CITY DOES.
BUT WE PUT SOME INFORMATION OUT, UM, ON ANOTHER PLATFORM THAT HELPS TO, UH, BRING THOSE TO US.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL THIS ROUND WITH RECEIVING MUCH MORE INTEREST THAN PREVIOUS.
UM, SO, SO ANELLE, YOU SENT OUT SOME INFORMATION TO US EARLIER LAST WEEK, I GUESS ABOUT THE OPTIONS ARE, IS NOW THE TIME TO ASK ABOUT THE OPTIONS OR IS THAT THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR? SO, UM, RIGHT NOW YOU CAN ASK
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YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THOSE, THOSE ALTERNATES.UM, AND KIND OF IF YOU WANNA GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ENTAIL, WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.
WHAT THE COST IS, IS FOR EACH OF THEM.
YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE AT THIS TIME TO FUND ANY OF THOSE ALTERNATES.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT STREET LIGHTING AND, AND, UM, ALL OF THOSE ADD-ONS AND ENHANCEMENTS TO THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT.
UH, THE, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GAVE US IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU SENT OUT, ARE THOSE BID NUMBERS OR ARE THEY, I I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHERE THAT CAME FROM, IF IT WAS PART OF, SO THAT THE BID THAT THE CITY PLANS THAT PUBLIC WORKS PLANS TO RECOMMEND OR IF THEY'RE SOME OTHER KIND WHERE, WHERE THEY CAME FROM, THOSE SPECIFIC ALTERNATE OPTIONS ARE TIED TO THE LOWEST BID THAT WE RECEIVED.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE THAT WERE IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU SENT OUT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, SO I, I WILL SAY, UM, WHAT'S DIFFICULT HERE TO CALCULATE AND TIFFANY, YOU CAN, UM, FILL IN IS, UM, THE CITY IS PURSUING TO ADD THE CONDUIT MM-HMM.
AND THE ALTERNATES THAT ARE PRE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU BREAK UP THE CONDUIT BY, UM, ALTERNATE A INCLUDES IT JUST IN THE PLAZA SPACE.
AND THEN, UH, ALTERNATE C INCLUDES IT IN THE OTHER THREE BLOCKS, NOT THE PLAZA SPACE.
SO EVEN THESE NUMBERS WOULD CHANGE.
SO IS THE CITY PLANNING ON DOING WHAT WE SEE AS ALTERNATE A AND ALTERNATE C AS PART OF FISCAL YEAR 25? NO, NO, NO.
WHAT THE, SO ARE THEY LOOKING AT DOING IT AS PART OF FISCAL YEAR 26 AT THE, SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY, WHEN HARRIS WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, SCOPED LIGHTING WAS NOT PART OF THE SCOPE, UM, IT WAS A LATER INTEREST FROM THE EDC.
SO WE ASKED, UM, BECAUSE IT WASN'T A BIG DESIGN CHANGE, WE PULLED SPECIFICATIONS, WE DID THE WORK OURSELVES OF WORKING WITH EDC, SPECKING OUT A LIGHT.
WE ADDED THAT IN SO THAT WE COULD SEE THE COST IF THERE WAS FUNDING AND IT WAS AVAILABLE IF HARRIS CAME IN UNDERBID, UH, OR UNDER BUDGET TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, HAD THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, THEN THAT PRICING WAS THERE AS AN OPTION.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WHAT THE CITY IS PRO PROPOSING, UH, OR WHAT WE WILL BE PROPOSING TO COUNCIL IS THE BASE BID, UM, AS IT WAS PLANNED, AND THEN PROPOSING A CHANGE ORDER IN, UM, ONCE WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONDUIT THAT'S DESIGNED, UM, INSTALLED.
AND THEN THESE OTHER ITEMS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A FUTURE PROJECT, COULD BE SOMETHING IF THE EDCS ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, IF THERE WAS INTEREST FROM THE BOARDS, IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, ANELLE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BECAUSE OF KIND OF THE TIMELINE WITH BUDGET LINING UP WITH ALL THIS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND EVERYTHING AT THE MOMENT.
UM, BUT IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE EDCS WERE INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD ALWAYS, UM, ASK THE CONTRACTOR FOR CONSIDERATION OF A CHANGE ORDER FOR THIS.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT WHEN YOU DON'T AWARD IT AT THE TIME OF AWARD MM-HMM.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MARKET WILL DO THAT COULD CHANGE HIS COST.
UM, BUT THAT'S AN OPTION FOR THE FUTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT ANELLE SENT OUT, IT SAID IT INCLUDED THE CONDUIT, THE PULL BOXES, ELECTRICAL OUTLETS, YADA, YADA, UH, ALTERNATE B IS THE STRING LIGHTING, WHICH IS TO ADD THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE AMBIANCE AND THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA.
UM, DOES THIS ALSO INCLUDE THE POLES OR WERE THE POLES PART OF THE BASE DESIGN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I, I WAS THINKING WE WERE GONNA DO SOMETHING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ORNAMENTAL WITH THE, UH, STREETLIGHT POLES THEMSELVES.
AND I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS OR IN THE BASE BIT OR THE LIGHTING WITH THE POLES WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ALT A FOR THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA.
SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE STREET LIGHTING, THE, AND THE, UH, NECESSARY ELECTRICAL UNDERGROUND FOR THE STREETLIGHTS TO BE LIT.
WELL, TO ME, I MEAN, WE'RE THE ONES THAT ASKED FOR IT.
UH, BECAUSE IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME TO BUILD A STREET AND THEN TEAR THINGS UP TO, YOU KNOW, ADD SOMETHING LATER.
TO ME THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD JUST INCREASE COSTS IF YOU HAVE TO JACKHAMMER A SIDEWALK TO, YOU KNOW, LAY CONDUIT LATER.
SO, UM, I, I GUESS I, AND OKAY, LET ME ASK THE OTHER THING.
THE NUMBERS THAT WERE IN THE SPREADSHEET, THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST AND WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD BE FUNDING POTENTIALLY IS
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50% OF THAT TOTAL, I ASSUME.IF B BOARD DECIDES THAT THEY WOULD FUND THE OTHER HALF TRADITIONALLY, THAT'S HOW WE HAVE DONE IT.
AND, AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF HAVING THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING AS WELL, FROM WHAT I RECALL OF THE DISCUSSION WHEN THEY HAD THIS ON THEIR AGENDA TO BEGIN WITH.
MM-HMM,
UM, SO THAT IF THE ALTERNATES WERE NOT AWARDED NOW FOR EITHER OF THE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA OR THE OUTSIDE THE PLAZA, UM, SO THAT THE, THE, THE ELECTRICAL CAN JUST BE PULLED THROUGH THE CONDUIT UNDERGROUND AND THEN INSTALL THE, THE POLES WITHOUT HAVING TO COMPLETELY DISRUPT.
IS THAT ANOTHER HUGE COST DOWN THE ROAD PULLING THE ACTUAL ELECTRICAL CABLE LINES THEMSELVES? SO THAT WOULD BE, IF, IF AN, IF EXAMPLE, ALT A MM-HMM.
IF IT WAS NOT IN THE CONTRACT, THEN THAT WOULD BE, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK, PULL THE ELECTRICAL, ORDER THE LIGHTING AND INSTALL THE POLES AND THE ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL.
I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS ARE IN ADDITION TO INSTALLING THE CONDUIT, ARE THEY GOING TO ACTUALLY IN INSTALL THE ELECTRIC LINES THEMSELVES? CIRCUIT? NO, IT WOULD JUST BE EMPTY CONDUIT.
IS, IS INSTALLING THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS LATER, IS THAT A HUGE COST? I MEAN, IT'S AN EXPENSE, BUT BECAUSE THE CONDUIT WOULD ALREADY BE THERE, THEY CAN PULL IT YEAH.
UM, THROUGH, AND THEY HAVE WAYS CLIFF CAN BETTER EXPLAIN THAT PROBABLY THAN I AM, BUT THEY HAVE WAYS TO BE ABLE TO DO SO WITHOUT, SINCE THE CONDUIT IS UNDERGROUND.
I'M NOT EXPLAINING THAT WELL,
THEY'LL PULL A SECTION OF LINE THROUGH USUALLY AT A CONNECTION WHERE A STREETLIGHT MAY BE, OR A OUTLET OR A SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE.
SO THEY'LL PULL THAT OUT, THEY'LL MAKE THE CONNECTION, THEY'LL RUN IT UP THE STREET LIGHT AND THEN RUN IT TO THE NEXT POOL BOX WHERE THE NEXT STREETLIGHT IS.
SO THEY STRATEGICALLY PLACE ALL THAT UNDERGROUND STUFF.
SO THAT IT MAKES IT VERY EASY TO JUST PULL IT LATER.
AND I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD GO ON TO SAY THAT PART OF ALTERNATE A IS JUST THE STREETLIGHT PLAZA.
IF YOU TAKE THE CONDUIT OUT AND THE PULL BOXES IS OUT, YOU'RE LEFT WITH THE, THE ELECTRICAL AND THE STREET LIGHTING IN THAT AREA.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A ROUGH IDEA OF WHAT MIGHT THAT MIGHT COST FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A LITTLE ESCALATED ABOVE THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REMO AND IT'S NOT BEING DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT I MEAN, I DON'T SEE IT BEING EXTREMELY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN WHAT THE ALTERNATE WOULD BE ALREADY.
PARDON? I SAID, HOW DO WE GET IT APPROVED? IT SOUNDS LIKE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE MICHELLE, THEY'RE GONNA, MICHAEL, IT SOUNDS LIKE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE ONE OF THE PACKAGES FIRST.
THE BASE BID THE BASE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
'CAUSE THE, A MONTH OR TWO AGO IT WAS WAY OVER BUDGET.
SO CAN WE VOTE PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL SO THAT IT WOULD BE TIED IN? WE CAN MAKE IT CONTINGENT ON CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, I WOULD IMAGINE.
SO YOU COULD, UH, TONIGHT YOU COULD VOTE AND CHOOSE AND THEN WE COULD DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT, WHICH IS WHY WE PLACE THAT ON THE AGENDA.
THE DIFFICULT PART IS WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND SO WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING THE EXACT AMOUNT AND US HAVING TO MAKE THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT IN A QUICK TURNAROUND, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BASE BID AWARD THAT, AND THEN COME BACK AND GET THE CORRECT COST FOR AN ALTERNATE TO INCLUDE THE STREET LIGHTING, UM, AND THE STRING LIGHTING AND ANY OTHER ENHANCEMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AND CONSIDER THAT AS A SEPARATE ENHANCEMENT TO HARRIS STREET PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 25.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE CAN MAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THERE AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ONE.
ONE THING I DID NOTICE WAS THAT ALTERNATE E WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER IN COST THAN A, B AND C.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THIS, IF PUBLIC WORKS OR ANYBODY KNOWS IF THE CITY CAN SCROUNGE UP THOSE DOLLARS FOR
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ALTERNATE E.SO ALTERNATE E WAS, UM, CRAFTED IN A WAY THAT, UH, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS FOR THOSE SITE FURNISHINGS, WE WOULD'VE PURCHASED THOSE OUTSIDE OF THIS SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OVERHEAD AND MARKUP, UM, ON THE PURCHASING OF THE ACTUAL FURNISHINGS THAT WE COULD TYPICALLY PURCHASE ON A COOPERATIVE.
AND THEN E WAS, SO E WAS JUST FOR, UM, LABOR ONLY? THE LABOR ONLY, YES.
SO, UM, AT THIS TIME THERE, THE ACTUAL SITE FURNISHINGS WOULD NOT BE FUNDED.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, DOES THIS, DO YOU THINK THE CITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SCROUNGE UP THE MONEY FOR LABOR ONLY ON ALTERNATE E? SO WHAT WE WOULD LOOK TO, WE WOULD LOOK TO, UM, FIND FUNDING TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS. MM-HMM.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY BENCHES AND STUFF IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD POTENTIALLY JUST INSTALL THOSE IN HOUSE.
I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST SAY MY THOUGHTS ARE IS THAT WE SHOULD, UM, AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD, MY OPINION IS THAT THE, A BOARD SHOULD GO AHEAD AND, UH, TELL THE CITY THAT WE ARE WILLING TO FUND 50% SHARE OF A, B, CD IS ALREADY MORE OR LESS FUNDED, I GUESS, AS PART OF THE BASE, OR, YEAH, DD IS JUST SO THAT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING, UM, LEFTOVER RIGHT.
THAT IF ANY CHANGE ORDERS CAME UP, ANYTHING YOU KNOW, WAS MISSING YEAH.
OR SOMETHING CAME UP IN THE FIELD, UM, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A, AN ALLOWANCE TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE THOSE, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO US AND ASK MM-HMM.
AND KAY, BEFORE WE CONSIDER, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ALL THE ALTERNATES, I JUST DO WANNA REMIND YOU THAT AT THE TIME THAT WE INITIALLY CHOSE TO FUND HARRIS STREET MM-HMM.
SO ALTOGETHER A BOARD ALONE IS FUNDING $2,655,000 TOWARDS CIP PROJECTS ALREADY.
I WAS THINKING THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT HAD ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED TO A YEAR OR TWO AGO, AND THOSE FUNDS WERE JUST, SORRY.
THOSE FUNDS WERE JUST MOVING ALONG AS THE YEARS WENT BY.
SO WE ACTUALLY, UM, WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE FUNDS THAT WERE COMMITTED TO ANOTHER DRAINAGE PROJECT AND MO ASSIGNED THEM TO HARRIS STREET.
AND WE TOOK AWAY ANY OTHER PROJECTS UNTIL WE KNEW THE TRUE TIMELINE.
WE DID OUR BEST TO CLEAN THAT BUDGET UP.
AND THEN WHEN THE REQUEST CAME UP, REALLOCATED FUNDS TOWARDS EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.
AND WHAT, AND WHAT IS, WHAT IS OUR ESTIMATED SALES TAXES FORECASTED FOR NEXT, FOR THE NEXT, UH, BUDGET YEAR, ABOUT 1.5 MILLION, 1.5 MILLION, 1.85, 1.85 MILLION MM-HMM.
SO WE'RE GOING OVER THE ANNUAL SALES TAX COLLECTIONS WE MIGHT GET, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD MONEY RESERVE FUNDS IN THE GENERAL, IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR GENERAL FUND, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT FIVE OH ONE OR WHATEVER IT IS.
SO, UM, THE ENDING BALANCE OF FUND 6 0 1, WHICH IS EVERYTHING THAT, UM, WHERE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE PULLED FROM MM-HMM.
BUT THAT STILL GIVES US A GOOD CUSHION THAT'S CONSIDERING THAT NO OTHER PROJECT WOULD COME BEFORE YOU.
SO IF YOU GOT AN ASK FOR ANY OTHER TYPE OF INCENTIVE FOR ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT, ALL YOU WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH WOULD BE THE $1,800,038.
WELL, I, I, THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL.
AND I, I STILL AM OF THE OPINION THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND GET, GET THIS DONE AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK LATER AND TEAR THE STREET UP AGAIN AND REINSTALL THINGS LATER.
UH, I WAS GONNA ADD UP, WHAT IS HALF OF A, B, C, D AND EI WAS ABOUT TO CHECK.
SO THE TOTAL IS, UM, $654,950.
SO HALF OF THREE 20 FIVEISH, HALF THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE, UM, 3 20, 320 $7,475.
AND IT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ESSENTIALLY WAIT ON THIS ANYWAY.
AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT YES, THAT WOULD BE OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I THAT, YEAH, I THINK THE, I THINK THE REASON YOU'RE BRINGING IT UP FOR
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US AND PROBABLY FOR THE B BOARD NEXT WEEK, IS TO LET COUNCIL KNOW, UH, WHEN THEY MEET ON THE 20, WHATEVER IT IS, UH, 21ST OR 22ND OR WHATEVER, WHAT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN FROM THE EDCS ON WILLINGNESS TO FUND IT.TO ME IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO, TO DO IT.
I MEAN, WE, WE WANT THIS PROJECT TO GO FORWARD AND BE DONE AND BE FINISHED AND LOOK GOOD WHEN IT'S DONE.
UM, AND LIKE IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME TO ONLY DO A, BUT NOT DO C BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD GO BACK A YEAR LATER AND WANT TO DO THE EVERYTHING THAT'S IN C BUT THEN HAVE TO TEAR IT APART.
UM, SO YES, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO WAIT REALLY FOR COUNSEL TO MAKE A DECISION.
BUT I AGREE THAT IT, IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION, UM, TIFFANY, FOR YOU WOULD BE, UH, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO FUND HALF OF THIS, BUT THE CITY HAS COMMITTED TO PAY FOR THE CONDUIT, CAN WE FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH OF THAT TOTAL AMOUNT WOULD BE THE CONDUIT, HAVE THE CITY COVER IT, AND THEN THE EDCS? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES.
I, I MEAN, WE COULDN'T TONIGHT, I MEAN, OTHER THAN THE ESTIMATED PRICE THAT WE HAD FROM THE OTHER CONDUIT THAT IS IN THE BID.
UM, SO OTHER THAN THAT ESTIMATED PRICE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE FOR A, HE, HE WOULDN'T, HE DIDN'T PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN, YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T ASKED, THE CONTRACTOR WAS NOT ASKED TO PROVIDE A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IS ENCOMPASSES IN HIS VALUE.
UM, SO WE COULD ONLY GUESSTIMATE WHAT THAT CONDUIT WOULD COST BASED OFF OF WHAT WE KNOW.
UM, SO WE HAD FOUR BIDS TOTAL, CORRECT? YES.
SO THE OTHER THREE BIDS, WERE THEY MORE IN LINE WITH THE FIRST BID THAT WE RECEIVED A FEW MONTHS AGO, OR WERE THEY CLOSER TO THE BID THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AWARDING IT TO YOU? UM, THEY WERE CLOSER TO, UH, THE BID FROM THE FIRST BID.
SO ONE OF WHICH WAS THE SAME CONTRACTOR, BUT, OH, OKAY.
SO I GUESS THE SECOND LOWEST BID, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A HIGHER TOTAL COST OF THIS PROJECT POST CONTINGENCY, UM, THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED, I GUESS IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT IF WE GOT A BID FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONDUIT WORK FROM THE SECOND LOWEST ONE, THAT THEY WOULD THEN BE PRICE COMPARATIVE? OR IS IT THE, THE THREE OTHER BIDS ARE JUST SO WAY OUT THERE THAT IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE? SO THE, THE WAY IT WORKS, AND, AND I, I APOLOGIZE WHEN I SAID THEY WERE CLOSE IN LINE WITH THE OTHER ONE.
UM, THE SPREADSHEET I HAVE FROM THE ENGINEER, OR THE NUMBER I WAS LOOKING AT INCLUDED THE ALTERNATE.
SO THAT'S, I NEED TO LOOK AT THIS OTHER REALLY SMALL NUMBER TO BETTER ANSWER THAT.
AND I'M, SO I'M GONNA TAKE MY ANSWER BACK.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE CONDUIT, SPECIFICALLY, THE WAY THAT THE BID WORKS IS WE PROVIDE DETAILED BID LINE ITEMS. UM, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A PRICE FOR EACH ITEM SO WE CAN COMPARE THE CONDUIT PRICE AMONGST WHAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT'S IN THERE.
UM, AND THAT'S THE ENGINEER'S JOB WHEN THEY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, IS TO, UM, TO VERIFY AND TO, TO LOOK AT THOSE PRICINGS AND COMPARE IT TO WHAT THEY HAD, UM, FELT THAT THE COST WOULD BE, AND THEN, UH, PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO SAY THAT THEIR BID IS IN LINE WITH WHERE IT WAS EXPECTED.
OR THAT IT IS BALANCED IN THE WAY THAT THE PRICING BASED OFF OF ALL OF THE RESPONSES THAT IT IS BALANCED.
UM, SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS MAYBE NOT, IS MAYBE CONSIDERED NOT BALANCED, BUT OVERALL THEY LOOK AT THE WHOLE BID IS AN AND IS IT BALANCED? YEAH.
UM, JUST IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT YEAH, THE INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS DON'T ALWAYS ADD UP.
UM, BUT, UH, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE WAS PERHAPS ANOTHER BID WHERE THEY WOULD COME IN MUCH LOWER ON THE CONDUIT.
THEY WERE HIGHER PRICED ON OTHER THINGS, BUT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT THEY WERE PRICE COMPETITIVE.
AND IF THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO POTENTIALLY CONSIDER A SECOND ONE.
BUT IF THAT'S, IF THE ENGINEER HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS AND STILL FEELS CONFIDENT IN RECOMMENDING THIS ONE.
AND THEN, UM, HAS THE, UH, HAS THIS CONTRACTOR DONE WORK WITH THE CITY BEFORE? WITH THE CITY OF SHORE? NO.
HAVE, I'M ASSUMING REFERENCES ARE A PART OF THE PROCESS? YES.
THE ENGINEER HAS CHECKED REFERENCES.
HAVE THEY DONE WORK FOR OTHER CITIES IN HARRIS COUNTY OR FORT BEND COUNTY? I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE SHARON HAS WORKED IN OTHER LOCATIONS, AS HAS CLIFF AND YOURSELF.
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ARE ANY ANY, UM, ISSUES WITH THIS CONTRACTOR THAT YOU'VE COME ACROSS IN, IN OTHER JOBS, OTHER PLACES OR ANYTHING OR, I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE.UM, BUT ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES HAS HEARD OF THEM.
UM, WE DID ASK THE ENGINEER TO SPECIFICALLY CHECK REFERENCES.
UM, THEY DID SPEAK TO A FIRM THAT WE ARE, UM, THAT AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH AS WELL.
AND, UM, ON A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
AND THEY SPOKE WITH THAT FIRM AND WORKED WITH THEM ON A PROJECT, I BELIEVE TWO PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY.
THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE EMAIL.
NEXT TIME, CAN WE MAKE IT PART OF THE EMAIL? YES, THANK YOU.
IS THERE IS, UM, I DON'T GUESS YOU NEED AN OFFICIAL MOTION ON ANYTHING, BUT HAVE YOU GOTTEN WHAT YOU NEEDED FROM US ON THIS IS, I MEAN, IS EVERYBODY UP HERE PRETTY MUCH OKAY.
WITH, UM, SHOWING SUPPORT FOR PUTTING IN THE OPTIONS AT THIS TIME AND FUNDING UP TO 50% OF IT? OKAY.
SO I, UH, DID PREPARE FOR THIS SCENARIO AND DISCUSSED WITH OUR, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL.
UH, AND SO THE NEXT ITEM THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA IS, UM, THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS WOULD BE TO AMEND THE BUDGETED AMOUNT IN OUR FISCAL YEAR'S, UH, 24 BUDGET.
SO THIS CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE'RE IN, AND ADD THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
SO, UM, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT MOTION, OR I CAN REPEAT THE AMOUNT NOW, K OR HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO THIS, BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
UM, WE KNOW THE NUMBER, IT JUST INCLUDES CONDUIT, CONDUIT, WHICH IS THE PART THAT THE CITY HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR.
BUT WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT, SAY UP TO, OR DEPENDING ON THE CALCULATION, MINUS THE COST OF FUND, HALF THE AMOUNT MINUS THE COST OF CONDUIT THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY COMMITTED TO PAYING FOR AND CONTINGENT ON FEE BOARD.
AND IT DEPENDS ON IF FEE BOARD CHOOSES TO DO THE SAME THING, LET SOMEONE ELSE DO THIS MOTION.
SO THAT AMOUNT, AND I THINK THAT NUMBER IT WAS 3 27.
UM, YEAH, WE'RE STILL ON, UM, ITEM FOUR NOW, SO WE CAN OH, SO WE'RE NOT ON FIVE YET? NO.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ON ITEM FOUR, BUT YOU WANT THIS MOTION ON ITEM FOUR INSTEAD OF ITEM FIVE? NO, ITEM FIVE.
THE MOTION NEEDS TO BE ON ITEM, THE FIVE IS POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE ACTION ON BUDGET AMENDMENT, RIGHT? YEAH.
THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON ITEM FOUR.
[5. Discussion and possible action on FY24 budget amendment.]
WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON FISCAL YEAR.THIS SHOULD SAY 25, RIGHT? NO, IT WOULD BE 24.
IT WOULD BE OUR CURRENT BUDGET SO THAT IT WOULD CARRY OVER.
ON FISCAL YEAR 24, BUDGET AMENDMENT.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA TRY AND MAKE AN A MOTION? I'LL GIVE IT A WHIRL.
UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET TO INCLUDE THE AMOUNT OF 300 AND 327,475 UP TO $327,475 MINUS, MINUS THE COST OF, MINUS THE COST OF CONDUIT, THE CONDUIT DEPENDENT UPON AGREEMENT WITH BY THE B BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND, A MOTION MADE BY BONNIE TYLER, SECONDED BY DEON HOLMES TO, UM, UP TO AMEND OUR FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET UP TO AN AMOUNT OF $327,475 MINUS THE COST OF CONDUIT AND CONTINGENT ON B BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
ANY OPPOSED? SO THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FOUR TO NOTHING.
[6. Economic Development Report]
ON TO ITEM SIX, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.[00:30:01]
AND OR HAYDEN OR THANK YOU.UH, I'LL START WITH OUR RFEI FOR THE EDC PROPERTY.
UM, WE ARE AIMING FOR THE END OF THIS MONTH TO HAVE THAT, UM, GO LIVE.
WE DID REVIEW THE ROUND OF EDITS, THE ATTORNEYS DID, WE MADE COMMENTS AND A FEW CHANGES OF OUR OWN.
THEY'VE REVIEWED IT NOW, SENT BACK COMMENTS, SO IT'S, UH, BALLS IN OUR COURT AGAIN, I GUESS.
SO WE'LL, UH, REVIEW THOSE THIS WEEK AND SEND IT BACK AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOMETHING FINALIZED SO THAT IT CAN BE POSTED AND, UM, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, SO THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING WITH MARRIOTT.
WE'VE, UM, CONNECTED THEM WITH TWO POTENTIAL SITES, UM, HERE IN SHORE.
AND WE DID INVITE THEM AND THEY WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE, UM, MORE DETAILS AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE JUST NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT.
THEY WILL BE HERE IN FULL SURE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND SO THEY'LL MEET WITH STAFF AND, UM, MAYBE VISIT A COUPLE OF THOSE SITES AND TALK TO THOSE DEVELOPERS TO SEE WHICH SITE, UM, IS, IS THE BEST CHOICE FOR THEM AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO I'M SURE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT NEXT MONTH AS WELL.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE OUR PRESENCE AT SO THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH OUR COHORTS ON THE BOARD OR? UM, SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT THERE ISN'T, UM, A QUORUM PRESENT.
SO WHAT I'LL USUALLY DO IS REACH OUT TO THE A BOARD AND B BOARD PRESIDENTS, INVITE THEM, AND THEN IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, WE WILL APPOINT SOMEONE FROM EACH BOARD.
BUT YES, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO AND MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATION AND WE SEND ALL OF OUR NOTES OR, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ASK, PLEASE SEND THOSE TO US AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION AND REPORT BACK.
IS IT PUBLIC WHERE THESE TWO POTENTIAL SITES ARE, OR NOT YET? UM, I, I THINK IT CAN BE.
YEAH,
UM, BUT YEAH, IT WILL BE PUBLIC PRETTY SOON.
I'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE, UH, THE DOWNTOWN MURAL.
SO WE, UM, HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SET UP AN IN-PERSON MEETING WITH SOME PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, I THINK I SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF THIS BEFORE.
UM, THIS IS THE PROPERTY, UH, RIGHT BESIDE LABAN'S, UH, CAFE WHERE THE BOOKSTORE IS DOWNTOWN.
THEY HAVE A REALLY NICE BIG BRICK WALL THAT'S FACING WHAT WILL BE OUR HARRIS STREET PLAZA WOULD BE RIGHT AT THE END.
SO JUST A REALLY NICE, UM, LOCATION THAT WILL BE VERY VISIBLE ONCE THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT IS COMPLETE.
UM, WE STILL NEED TO MEET WITH THEM.
THAT MEETING WAS CANCELED DUE TO BARREL AND ALL THAT IT BROUGHT WITH IT.
UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO GET THAT SCHEDULED AGAIN.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE MAKING SURE TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT A, UM, MOCKUP OF WHAT THAT MURAL WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A, A GREAT MURAL ARTIST AND, UM, SENT OVER, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE CITY OF FULCHER, AS WELL AS SOME IMAGES THAT WE FEEL LIKE REALLY REPRESENT THE CITY, UM, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCORPORATED.
UM, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR TRADITIONAL WITH THE FULCHER FLAVOR, UM, BUT THE, THE POSTCARD LOOK THAT WOULD SAY CHER GREETINGS FROM SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, AND THEN HAVE EACH OF THE LETTERS REPRESENT SOMETHING THAT'S SIGNIFICANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND OUR HERITAGE HERE.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL BE JUST THAT FIRST STEP TOWARDS INCLUDING PUBLIC ART IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND AROUND THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP.
SO I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN REVIEWING THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE PAST, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW FULL KIND OF NO MAN'S LAND WHEN IT COMES TO AN ACTUAL DISTRICT, UM, FOR A COLLEGE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A STAFF RIGHT NOW IS WE'VE REACHED OUT TO LONE STAR AND TO BLIN, AND WE HAVE, UM, ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH WHARTON, UM, COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO, UH, JUST STAY IN THE KNOW WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND DISCUSS, UM, COLLABORATION OPTIONS.
UM, THE IDEA, I MEAN THE, THE BEST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE TO PARTNER TOGETHER TO BRING A PHYSICAL LOCATION, A CAMPUS HERE TO RE SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE LOCAL ACCESS, UM, TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST EXPLORING ALL AVENUES AND MAKING SURE WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING IT KNOWN THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN, IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND SEEING WHERE THAT CONVERSATION GOES AND IF THEY'RE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND IN TERMS OF CAMPUSES AND ALL OF THAT.
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KEEP YOU POSTED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.QUESTION, DO YOU KNOW IF, UM, HCC HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE WAS ALSO IN THAT MIX? UH, WE HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO THEM.
ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN BRANCHING.
THEY HAVE LIKE HCC KATIE NOW, I, I MEAN THERE'S THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S LIKE THE KATIE CYPRUS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE.
I, I LIKE THE HIGHER EDUCATION THING.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMPONENTS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO, UM, AND, AND GOODNESS KNOWS, UH, WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HERE, WE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE COLLEGE BOUND AND, UM, COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAN BE A HUGE COST SAVINGS OVER FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES.
SO I, I THINK I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT STEP.
[7. Consideration and action on financials and payables for the Corporation for the period ending June 30, 2024.]
LET ME SEE.ITEM SEVEN CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2024.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE BACK IN GOOD NEWS THIS MONTH.
WE ARE POSITIVE SALES TAX ONCE MORE.
SO LAST MONTH WE WERE DOWN 3%.
UM, OVERALL, WE'RE, UH, WE'VE COLLECTED 81.97% OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUES, 75% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING PRETTY WELL.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE $9,528 AND 62 CENTS, UM, OUT OF THE 180 BUDGET FOR APPROVAL THIS MONTH.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE SALES TAX, UM, COLLECTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE, UM, PAYABLE THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS MONTH.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE $9,528 AND 62 CENTS FOR PAYABLES FOR, UM, THE CORPORATION PERIOD ENDING JUNE, 2024.
A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY DEVIN AND SECONDED BY BONNIE FOR TO MAKE A PAYABLE IN ON THE ORDER OF $9,528 AND 62 CENTS.
ALL IN FAVOR? OH, ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION ON THAT? IF NOT, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[8. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the May 13, 2024, regular meeting]
UH, ONTO ITEM EIGHT MINUTES, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 13TH, 2024 MEETING.WE'RE TAKING YOU BACK A FEW MONTHS HERE,
UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY CORRECTIONS OR REVISIONS, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 13TH, 2024 MEETING.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 13TH, 2024 MEETING.
I, I SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE MAY 13TH, 2024 MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEON, A SECOND BY MICHELLE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING ON MAY 13TH, 2024.
ALL OPPOSED? THERE BEING NONE.
[9. Consideration and action on the minutes of the Corporation for the July 22, 2024, regular meeting.]
ON TO ITEM NINE, WHICH IS THE MINUTES FOR OUR MEETING LAST MONTH ON JULY 22ND, 2024.ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE JULY 22ND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MICHELLE, A SECOND BY BONNIE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY 22ND, 2024 MEETING.
[10. Future agenda items]
UH, NOW WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 10, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO I FEEL LIKE HARRIS STREET IS ALWAYS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.[00:40:01]
IT WILL BE.AND THEN WE'LL GET A HOTEL UPDATE, HOPEFULLY.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL ASK FOR THE SAME THING I ASKED FOR LAST MONTH, WHICH WAS, UM, A DISCUSSION FOR, UH, CHRISTMAS PROGRAM HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING, UH, FOR DOWNTOWN RE OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON, I GUESS LIKE THE CITY DEVELOPER, LIKE WHO IS GONNA BE ASSIGNED TO KIND OF HELP BRING THINGS IN OR ANY OTHER FUTURE BUSINESSES THAT, FOR RETAIL STRATEGIES WE CAN SEE IF THEY CAN ATTEND.
UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THIS MEETING, BUT THEY WILL HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ATTEND OUR B BOARD MEETING NEXT MONDAY.
TO GIVE A GOOD BREAKDOWN OF, UM, EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL OFFER.
AND SO WE CAN COME BACK AND ATTACH THAT, HAVE IT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR YOU ALL AND KIND OF SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COST AND THE SERVICES AND ALL OF THAT.
AND JUST, WE'LL, WE CAN RECAP AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE DO WE STAND ON THE RE FARMERS' MARKET AND OUR, UM, GIFT TOWARDS MUSICIANS? SURE.
THAT AGREEMENT WILL END WITH THIS, UM, FISCAL YEAR.
SO THE LAST REIMBURSEMENT THEY WILL RECEIVE WILL BE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
DID THEY NOT SUBMIT A RE REQUEST? THEY HAVE NOT, NO.
UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD A REPRESENTATIVE OF CITY COUNCIL OF FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
UM, I KNOW IT WAS NICE WHEN THE BOARDS WERE MEETING ALTOGETHER AND WE HAD A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE B BOARD THAT COULD THEN SHARE UPDATES.
I JUST, UM, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE MEETINGS ONLINE BECAUSE WITH THE TIME I'M TYPICALLY NOT ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON, BUT THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE SUMMER.
SO IT MIGHT BE NICE JUST, UM, IF WE COULD GET A REPRESENTATIVE THAT COULD GIVE US SURE.
WHAT THEY FEEL ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES.
AND I'LL JUST SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT NECESSARILY NEEDS TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTHOUGH IT COULD BE, BUT I'D ALSO SETTLE FOR A MEMO OR WELL, OR, OR SOMEONE FROM STAFF, YOU KNOW, MAKE IF THEY, IF THEY WANTED TO ATTEND AND GIVE US AN UPDATE.
AND I MEAN, WE COULD MOVE IT I GUESS CLOSER TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA IF THEY WANTED TO GET OUTTA, YOU KNOW.
WHICHEVER, I'D ALMOST BE OKAY WITH AN EMAIL.
UH, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? CAN'T THINK OF ANY.
IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING, SEND AN EMAIL TO, UH, BRIAN AND ANELLE AND THEY'LL GET IT ON AGENDA.
DO AGENDA WE NEED TO ASK FOR WALLACE STREET UPDATES OR IS THAT JUST KIND OF, I ACTUALLY GOT AN UPDATE EARLIER TODAY BEFORE THIS MEETING, SO I WAS GONNA SHARE IT DURING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OKAY, WELL I THINK, I THINK WE'RE FINISHED WITH AGENDA ITEM 10.
[11. Announcements]
SO WE'RE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 11.AND NOW Y'ALL HAVE ME REAL CURIOUS ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I'M JUST THINKING HARRIS, WHAT DO I HAVE TO SHARE? I ACTUALLY HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT.
SO THAT UPDATE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS STAFF SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY SUBMITTED THE DEED EASEMENT FOR REVIEW TO OUR, UM, THE CITY'S LEGAL TEAM.
UM, AND SO THEY ARE PLANNING RIGHT NOW FOR BID, UH, ADVERTISEMENT TO START IN OCTOBER, BUT IT IS CONTINGENT ON REVIEW AND, UM, APPROVAL OF THAT EASEMENT.
SO THAT SITS WITH, UM, LEGAL AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO JUST AN, AN UPDATE ON THE OTHER PROJECT THAT YOU'VE DECIDED.
SO WHEN YOU SAY ADVERTISEMENT, IS THAT GOING OUT FOR BIDS? IS THAT WHAT THAT MEANS? YES.
IT'S THAT THE ACTUAL POSTING OF THE PROJECT.
MAYBE Y'ALL ARE GONNA KEEP AWAY FROM THE 80 PAGES OF LEGAL
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'RE ADDING IT ON THE, UH, AGENDA, UH, FOR THE 20TH, OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE HAVE, UH, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD PLACE WINNERS,
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AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PEOPLE'S CHOICE, WHICH WAS THE MOST LIKES, UM, ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND THE ALBUM OF ALL THOSE PHOTOS.SO WE'VE, UM, NOTIFIED ANYONE WHO PLACED THAT THEY PLACED, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHICH PRIZE THEY'RE GETTING.
AND WE'VE PUT TOGETHER, UM, LITTLE GIFT CARD BUNDLES FOR THEM.
AND OF COURSE, THE FIRST PLACE OF THE CONTEST WILL GET THEIR PHOTO PRINTED AND PUT ON A FRAME AND DISPLAYED IN THE LOBBY FOR THE YEAR UNTIL THE NEXT CONTEXT NEXT SUMMER.
UM, I GUESS THAT TAKES CARE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE ONLY OTHER ITEM IS ITEM 12 FOR AN ADJOURNMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEON, A SECOND BY MICHELLE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ALL OPPOSED? THERE BEING NONE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:47 PM THAT MAY BE A RECORD.