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OKAY, WELL, IT JUST TURNED SIX O'CLOCK.
SO THIS IS A MEETING OF THE CITY OF WILSHIRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
IT'S MONDAY, OCTOBER 14TH AT 6:00 PM WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
UM, I'M GUESSING THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE THERE'S NO PUBLIC HERE.
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UH, FIRST BUSINESS ITEM CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST, 2024, WHICH THERE'S TWO MONTHS SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A MEETING LAST MONTH.WE HAVE JULY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AUGUST NEXT.
AND, UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT SALES TAX REVENUES RECEIVED IN SEPTEMBER, UM, JULY COLLECTIONS WERE UP 14% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND, UM, WE WERE AT 90% OF THE BUDGET FOR 83% OF THE YEAR.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE FINANCIALS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE, UH, PAYABLE TO THE CITY? UH, THE AMOUNT IS 10,684 AND TWO PENNIES.
UH, I WILL MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE FINANCIAL PAYABLES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST, $10,684 AND 2 CENTS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY BONNIE TYLER, A SECOND BY DEVIN HOLMES, UH, TO PAY THE CITY $10,684 AND 2 CENTS.
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TO THE AUGUST FINANCIALS.FOR, UH, OUR AUGUST FINANCIALS, UM, WE WERE UP 5.24% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND AT 99.36% OF THE BUDGET FOR 91.67% OF THE YEAR.
SO, NOT AS HIGH AS THE PREVIOUS MONTH, BUT STILL HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.
AND THEN, AND THEN THERE'S ONE, ONE MONTH REMAINING, I GUESS.
SO WE, WE WILL MOST LIKELY GO OVER THE ONE POINT, WHATEVER WAS BUDGETED.
I DON'T SEE THE BUDGETED NUMBER, BUT WE WILL GO OVER THAT.
WE'RE ONLY $12,000 AWAY FROM THAT.
UM, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE FINANCIALS FOR THE MONTH? I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE PAYABLES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING ON AUGUST 31ST, 2024 IN THE AMOUNT OF $14,487 AND 17 CENTS.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY BONNIE TYLER, SECOND BY DEON HOLMES, UH, TO PAY THE, UH, CITY $14,487 AND 17 CENTS.
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NEXT ITEM IS THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 12TH MEETING.UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR REVISIONS TO MAKE TO THE MINUTES? YEAH.
AND I WAS ABOUT TO ASK HER ABOUT THE MINUTES FOR JULY AND JUST REALIZED THERE WAS NO MEETING
OH, NO, BECAUSE WE PUT THE FINANCIAL WELL, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WAIT, ARE WE, WE DON'T HAVE MINUTES.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T MEET, WE DIDN'T MEET.
I WAS LIKE, WAIT, THERE WAS TWO.
SO WHY AREN'T THERE TWO? NO, THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK IT, I THINK IT WAS A CASE OF ONE MONTH.
THE, THE B BOARD FINANCIALS WERE IN OUR PACKET INSTEAD OF THE A BOARD FINANCIALS.
SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS TWO MONTHS OF FINANCIALS THIS GO ROUND.
UM, IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION OR REVISIONS OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO
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THE MINUTES, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I APPROVE THAT.WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 12TH, 2024 MEETING.
SECOND BY BONNIE TYLER TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE, UH, AUGUST 12TH MEETING.
SO WE GOT, WE GOT A, B AND C OUT OF THE WAY
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REAL QUICK.NOW IT'S ITEM D DISCUSSION ON RETAIL ATTRACTIONS, CONSULTING SERVICES.
SO, UH, A FEW MONTHS AGO WE MADE THE DECISION TO NOT RENEW THE CONTRACT WITH THE RETAIL COACH, AND BOTH A AND B BOARD REQUESTED THAT WE EXPLORE, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER, UM, RETAIL ATTRACTION CONSULTANTS.
AND SO, UM, WE FOUND, UH, RETAIL STRATEGIES AND PRESENTED THAT OPTION TO YOU A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
UM, BUT WE WERE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO EXPLORE ALL OF OUR OPTIONS.
UM, AND SO WE ENGAGED RETAIL ATTRACTIONS.
UM, RICKY HAYES WITH RETAIL ATTRACTIONS CREATED A PROPOSAL.
THE APPROACH HERE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES AND THE RETAIL COACH.
UM, HE IS PROPOSING A SHORTER CONTRACT.
SO INSTEAD OF YOUR USUAL, UM, YEAR BY YEAR FOR THREE YEARS, UM, THAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, THIS, UM, PROPOSAL IS LOOKING AT A SIX MONTH PERIOD SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GAUGE, UH, MORE EASILY IF WE'RE ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE'RE SETTING OUT TO DO IN THAT SHORT TERM.
UM, AND INSTEAD OF FOCUSING REALLY ON JUST THE ONE RETAILER FOR THAT ONE SPOT IN A DEVELOPMENT, UM, HE PROPOSES THE APPROACH OF GETTING A MORE HOLISTIC LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE WANTING IN TERMS OF THE FULL DEVELOPMENT AND GOING AFTER, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE DELIVERED THAT IN OTHER CITIES.
AND SO, UM, WE WANTED Y'ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND KIND OF GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, THEY ARE OUT OF STATE, SO IT JUST SEEMED EASIER TO KIND OF REVIEW THE PROPOSAL FIRST AND THEN SEE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT THE COST FOR THESE SIX MONTHS IN THIS PROPOSAL AS IT IS NOW, IS $30,000, WHICH IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
SO IT'D BE, UM, FIVE TH THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH FOR A SHORT TERM.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF TOOK US BY SURPRISE FOR THIS APPROACH.
UM, I THINK FOR THE RETAIL COACH IT WAS 20,000 FOR THE YEAR WITH A THREE YEAR KIND OF PROGRAM WITH THAT.
SO, UM, TONIGHT IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN JOT THEM DOWN AND OUR, UH, PLAN IS TO FACILITATE A MEETING WITH AT LEAST ONE, UH, A BOARD MEMBER AND ONE B BOARD MEMBER OURSELVES AND MR. HAYES TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
SEE IF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KIND OF REWORK IT IF Y'ALL PREFER THIS APPROACH OR IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE KIND OF HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES INSTEAD.
UM, ARE THERE ANY MEASURABLES IN THIS PROPOSAL? LIKE IS IT'S HARD TO THROW MONEY WITHOUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO GUARANTEE.
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY MEASURABLES OR ANY, UM, DOES HE HAVE ANYTHING SET IN PLACE WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, WE WILL DO THIS FOR THIS MONEY, OR IS IT JUST WE'RE GONNA TRY OUR BEST THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW? THERE'S NOT LIKE A WE WILL ACCOMPLISH X, Y, Z.
IT'S MORE OF A WE WILL TRY TO ACCOMPLISH TO DELIVER.
AND, UM, THE WAY THAT HE WORDED IT IN HERE, UM, WAS BASED ON OUR INITIAL MEETING WITH HIM WHERE WE WENT OVER OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND KIND OF THE TYPES OF RESTAURANT IN RETAIL THAT WE'RE SEEKING.
UM, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT VAGUE AS IT STANDS NOW.
I MEAN, THE ONLY THING I SAW IN THERE WERE, UM, IT WAS LIKE, THEY WILL GO TO VEGAS, THEY WILL GO TO WHATEVER THE DALLAS ONE IS CALLED.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IN INCLUDES AUSTIN AS WELL, BUT, UM, THEY DID MENTION GOING TO THOSE EVENTS AND WORKING WITH MM-HMM.
AT THOSE, AT THOSE TYPES OF CONFERENCES OR, BUT GENERALLY THEY'LL BE THERE ANYWAY.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR US, IT'S JUST, HEY, WE'RE GONNA BE THERE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL NAME DROP YOU IF IT COMES UP TYPE, I MEAN, I, MM-HMM.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT WE WERE USED TO SEEING BEFORE WITH THE, THE MARKET
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STUDIES, THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, HOUSING DATA, SO ALL NEW RUNNING, ALL NEW DATA AND REPORTS THAT ARE UPDATED, UM, AND THEN TAKING THAT AND DELIVERING IT.BUT, UM, IT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED, UH, TARGETING A HOTEL AS WELL.
AND I'M, I'M JUST KIND OF LOOKING THROUGH IT AGAIN.
UM, AND IT ALSO MENTIONED HOSPITALS, OFFICE, BUILDINGS, UM, THING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE PROFESSIONAL JOBS OUT HERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I THINK A HOSPITAL WOULD BE NICE TOO, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS FOR FULL SURE WITH, UH, METHODIST DOING THEIR THING OVER BY CINCO ROSE OR CINCO, WHATEVER THE NAME OF THAT STREET IS.
UM, SO, SO THEY WEREN'T FOCUSED ONLY ON RETAIL.
UM, I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT THEY WERE IN OWOSSO, SO IT MADE ME WONDER, WELL, HOW FAMILIAR ARE THEY WITH TEXAS AND THE HOUSTON AREA, THE AUSTIN AREA, RE REGIONAL, UM, REGIONAL RETAIL TYPE STUFF AS OPPOSED TO JUST NATIONAL BRANDS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND CAN YOU REMIND ME, ANELLE, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THE, UH, FOR RETAIL STRATEGIES, WHAT WAS THEIR, UH, TERM AND, AND THEIR COMPENSATION ON THEIR PROPOSAL? UM, FOR THEM, THE, THEIR PROPOSAL WAS 40,000 PER YEAR.
AND THEY TOOK THE SAME APPROACH AT KIND OF A THREE YEAR AND THEN ASSESS AT THE YEAR MARK SO WE KNOW WHAT THE SIX MONTH COSTS WOULD BE.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE ANNUAL CHARGES WOULD BE? BECAUSE YOU ALSO, WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO INTO SIX MONTHS AND THEN COSTS REALLY BE, YOU KNOW, IF IF WE WANT TO EXTEND IT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE.
WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
AND THEN, I MEAN, SIX MONTHS IS A LONG TIME, BUT IT'S ALSO A SHORT TIME.
SO I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO PULL THEIR OWN STUDY AND GET CURRENT AND UP TO DATE INFORMATION.
I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LENGTH OF TIME OUT OF THE SIX MONTHS WOULD BE ATTRIBUTED JUST TO DATA COLLECTION.
BECAUSE IF I'M, IF WE'RE PAYING $5,000 A MONTH, I WOULD WANT, I DON'T WANT THEM TO SPEND THE FIRST 30 TO 45 DAYS JUST DOING ANALYSIS, UM, WHICH COULD EASILY TAKE THAT OR LONGER.
AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT, BECAUSE IF THE FOLLOWING SIX MONTHS IS $10,000, THEN IT'S LIKE, OH, THAT IS EASIER TO SWALLOW THEN IF THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, IT'S $30,000 EVERY SIX MONTHS.
AND, UH, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS SO DEFINING VERY CLEARLY WHAT WE WANT IN A DEVELOPMENT, THE TYPES OF RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS, FINDING DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE DELIVERED THAT ALREADY IN OTHER PLACES WITH AN EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF SUCCESS.
AND THEN NARROWING IT DOWN TO, LET'S SAY, I THINK WE'D SAID 10 TO 15 DEVELOPERS TO REALLY TALK THROUGH ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM HERE IN RE SO IT WAS KIND OF THE IDEA BEHIND IT.
IT'S JUST REALLY GATHER THEM, BRING THEM HERE, KIND OF GIVE A TOUR TYPE OF THING.
UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER QUESTION I WOULD HAVE.
UM, I, I REMEMBER YOU SAYING THAT YOU HAD TALKED WITH OTHER, UH, CITIES THAT HAD USED RETAIL STRATEGIES.
UH, I'D BE CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DOES RETAIL STRATEGIES CLIENT BASE COMPARE TO RETAIL ATTRACTIONS? DOES ONE PRETTY MUCH JUST DO STUFF AROUND OKLAHOMA OR KANSAS OR ARKANSAS, WHATEVER.
I MEAN, OWOSSO IS A SUBURB OF TULSA, SO I, I CAN SEE THEM WORKING IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS.
UM, AND I THINK RETAIL STRATEGIES HAD MORE OFFICES AND MORE PEOPLE SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST, IF I RECALL.
UM, SO I'D BE CURIOUS HOW, HOW THEIR CLIENT BASE COMPARES.
HAVE, HAS RETAIL ATTRACTIONS DONE ANYTHING IN THE HOUSTON AREA, AUSTIN AREA, DALLAS AREA COMPARED TO RETAIL STRATEGIES? YEAH, I THINK IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WE TALKED ABOUT DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA, UM, THEY SEEM TO BE VERY
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FAMILIAR, FAMILIAR WITH THE HOUSTON AREA AND KNOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING, KIND OF WHAT'S TRENDING, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE IN, IN FOLLOW UP TO GET MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS, CLIENTS AND REFERENCES AND SUCH.AND, UM, I'M WRITING DOWN ALL THE QUESTIONS NOW AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE A MEMO REPORT BACK AND, AND THE OTHER, AND I, I WOULD SAY, NOT JUST ON THE RETAIL SIDE, BUT UH, HAS HE WORKED WITH ANY HOSPITALS IN THE TEXAS AREA, UH, OFFICE, OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT, THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
I THINK ONE THING, AND I I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS EXACTLY A QUESTION FOR THEM OR NOT, BUT EACH OF THESE CONSULTANTS HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIFFERENT RESTAURANT GROUPS AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS, ET CETERA.
AND, UM, AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE EACH GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, A THEIR ABILITY, ABILITY TO GO OUT AND REACH OUT TO THOSE PLACES AND TALK TO 'EM ABOUT RE BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FULCHER IS STRUGGLING WITH IS THE CROSSOVER BETWEEN US BEING A CITY THAT WAS BUILDING AND HAVING THOSE SORT OF HIGH IMPACT FEES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FEES FOR BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING IN.
WE HEAR THAT A LOT, RIGHT? THAT IT COSTS, IT COSTS A LOT TO BUILD HERE.
AND SO I WOULD, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE THIS TYPE OF CONSULTANT OR MAYBE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CONSULTANT OF SOMEONE WHO CAN COME IN AND LOOK AT THE CITY OF RE AND SAY, THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTION IN ORDER TO ATTRACT BUSINESS.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FROM THE RETAIL SIDE OF IF A BUSINESS SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE CAN'T BUILD BECAUSE OF THIS COST, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU HEAR THAT CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT RATHER THAN SORT OF GET THAT FEEDBACK FROM FIVE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO COULD COME IN AND SAY, YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES UNTIL YOU CUT X.
AND YOU JUST HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT.
LIKE, YOUR REVENUE'S GONNA GO DOWN BEFORE, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHILE BEFORE IT CAN COME BACK UP AGAIN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO SOMEBODY THAT WOULD HAVE THAT TYPE OF INSIGHT, UM, VERSUS, YOU KNOW, JUST THE ABILITY TO GET THE HEAD OF DARDEN ON THE PHONE.
DO YOU KNOW IF SHE JUST CREATED A WHOLE NEW SUBSET OF EMPLOYMENT? OR DOES THAT EXIST
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT COMES TO MIND AS YOU'RE DESCRIBING IT, BONNIE, IS REALLY THAT SECTION IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THE THREATS AND, UM, THE BARRIERS TO ENTRY.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WE, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF B BOARD HAD LOOKED AT GETTING AN UPDATE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT WAS VERY COSTLY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE BECAUSE, AND, UM, SORRY, THAT WAS IN 2019, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS, SO IT MIGHT NEED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE DO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, USE THE SAME, UM, SERVICE PROVIDER, BUT WITH THAT CLEAR MISSION INSTEAD OF REDOING THE WHOLE PLAN.
BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT IT A FEW TIMES, UM, SINCE THEN WITH THE IDEA OF SHOULD WE JUST DO A WHOLE NEW PLAN? BUT THE MAJORITY OF WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDED, UM, NEXT STEPS ARE STILL VERY RELEVANT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SLOWLY CHECKING THEM OFF THE LIST.
THERE'S JUST ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE GROWTH.
THE LAST TIME THEY DID AN UPDATE TO THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN, THEY DID HAVE A COMPARISON ON IMPACT FEES.
BUT THEY, THEY DID HAVE THAT COMPARISON.
I WANNA SAY IT WAS 15 OR 20 DIFFERENT CITIES THAT THEY LOOKED AT ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THAT IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE, I'M PRETTY SURE.
SO WE CAN SEND THAT LINK OVER TO YOU IF YOU JUST WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT STUDY FOUND.
WELL, AND, AND, UH, EVEN IF, EVEN IF RETAIL ATTRACTIONS OR RETAIL STRATEGIES DOESN'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AT THEIR FINGERTIPS, IF, IF THEY HAVE A NETWORK OF SITE SELECTORS, WHICH I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD, I WOULD THINK THE SITE SELECTORS WOULD BE PRETTY GOOD AT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT TERRAIN LOOKS LIKE.
BUT THAT, BUT THAT IS A REAL GOOD THING TO, TO LOOK AT.
MINE WAS KIND OF LIKE WHAT BONNIE SAID, THE, WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL OF THESE CONNECTIONS COULD BE, IS IT ON, OKAY, OH, WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL OF THESE CONNECTIONS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS THAT THEY'RE GONNA REACH? WHAT CAN THEY DO
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VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE OURSELF, WHAT WE'VE TRIED.SO IT'S MY ONLY RESISTANCE IS HIRING A CONSULTING SERVICE IN THE SENSE OF, I KNOW THERE'S NO GUARANTEE, BUT EVEN FROM THE LAST ONE, WHEN THE LAST REQUEST WAS, OKAY, YOU'VE BEEN IN DALLAS, YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE, YOU'VE BEEN IN THERE, BUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT DID YOU DO FOR A REGION? WHAT BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY DID YOU BRING IN? LIKE, WHO DID ALIANA? DID THEY HAVE THE SAME OBSTACLES? JUST AS ONE EXAMPLE? THAT'S KIND OF THE CLOSEST TO US THAT'S REALLY TAKING OFF, HAS A VERY WIDE DIVERSE OF RESTAURANTS AND THINGS THAT I'M STARTING TO SEE PICK UP.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN DRIVING TO ALLANA MORE THAN I CAN GO INTO SHORE, TO BE HONEST.
SO WHAT, WHAT SPECIFIC EXAMPLES DO THEY THINK THAT WITH, IF THEY KNOW OUR OBSTACLES THAT WE DO HAVE, WOULD THEY REALLY BE ABLE TO DO FOR US? I MEAN, LIKE, LAY OUT A PLAN OF WE BELIEVE THAT IT COULD BE THIS PERCENT OF BUSINESSES OR, YOU KNOW, RETAIL BUSINESSES, THIS PERCENT OF RESTAURANTS, THIS PERCENT OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT WITH A LITTLE MORE WITH, I KNOW YOU CAN'T GIVE A NAME, YOU CAN'T SAY, I'M GONNA BRING YOU OLIVE GARDEN.
BUT I MEAN, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON, HEY, WE'VE REALLY STUDIED YOURS, WE KNOW THE COST, BUT I FEEL THAT WE CAN BRING X, Y, AND Z BUSINESSES.
SO AGAIN, JUST WHAT THEY CAN DO VERSUS WE SEEM THAT WE'VE ALREADY TRIED OURSELF.
YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK ALL OF THAT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA DECIDE WHO NOW OR IF WE CAN JUST CHECK AVAILABILITY AND THEN FOLLOW UP.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN A QUORUM, BUT, UM, ONE OR TWO OF YOU I THINK WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR THAT INFORMATION FIRSTHAND.
I NOMINATE BRIAN 'CAUSE HE'S NOT HERE.
I, I'M QUITE FREE, SO JUST LET ME KNOW.
SO DE SO DEVIN IS THE ALTERNATE TO BRIAN.
UH, IT WAS JUST REALLY, WE WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT APPROACH AND IF YOU WANTED US TO LOOK INTO IT ANY FURTHER.
HOW, HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT RETAIL ATTRACTIONS? I GOOGLED RETAIL CONSULTANTS IN THE HOUSTON AREA AND GOT A LIST OF ABOUT 10 OR 15.
MOST OF THEM WERE KIND OF SPAM ADS.
UM, I FOUND RETAIL ATTRACTIONS AND THAT A LITTLE LINKEDIN SNOOPING AND SAW THAT IT WAS CONNECTED WITH A, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT HAD, UH, CONNECTED WITH RICKY, UM, FROM THE COMPANY.
SO I FIGURED AT LEAST AT THAT LEVEL IT WAS, IT WAS SOME SORT OF A, A REPUTATION GOING AROUND.
UM, AND HE DOES SEEM TO BE REALLY FOCUSING, UH, PRETTY HEAVILY ON THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA, UM, WHICH IS WHERE I CAME FROM.
SO IT, IT MADE SENSE THAT THERE WAS SOME CONNECTION THAT WAY.
UM, I THINK HE DID MENTION THAT HE WORKED FOR ROSENBERG YEARS AGO.
UM, SO THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF FAMILIARITY DOWN HERE.
ABBY WAS IN OSO, OKLAHOMA BEFORE HE CAME TO RE SO HE, HE MAY KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT 'EM TOO.
SO NO, NO MOTION OR ANYTHING WAS NEEDED.
AND IF EVERYBODY'S GOT ALL THEIR QUESTIONS IN, IF, IF YOU THINK OF FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND THEM TO ANELLE AND HAYDEN AND PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO COPY BRIAN ON THAT.
UH, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID,
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WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM E DISCUSSION OF EVENT PROGRAMMING FOR THE 2024 HOLIDAY SEASON.SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, OUR HOLIDAY EVENT LINEUP, I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE IN AN UPDATE THAT OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES HAVE SHARED WITH US, UM, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THEY HAVE SO MONTHS AND THEY STRUGGLE TO, TO GET PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
AND SO, UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE DECIDED FOR THIS HOLIDAY SEASON TO, UH, WORK TOWARDS CREATING KIND OF A HOLIDAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS DOWNTOWN, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO WE, UM, WE HAVE THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER, AN EVENT PLANNED WITH DOZERS.
UM, WE'RE HOPING FOR A UGLY SWEATER CONTEST AND CHRISTMAS KARAOKE ON THE PATIO.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN HOSTING LIVE MUSIC ON SATURDAY EVENINGS, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT ATMOSPHERE THERE.
SO WE'LL BE COLLABORATING WITH THEM.
AND THEN, UM, WE TALK TO, UM, JANE AT DOG, UH, SORRY, JANE, JEN AT DOGWOOD LANE.
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UM, MY BRAIN CANNOT SEPARATE WORDS AND THOUGHTS.UM, AND SHE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, HOME-BASED BUSINESSES TO DO A, UH, COOKIE DECORATING WORKSHOP POSTED THERE AT DOGWOOD LANE IN THAT PATIO SPACE.
AND SO WE HAVE AN OPENING THAT WEEK IN THE MIDDLE ON DECEMBER 14TH.
WE FIGURED WE'D, WE'D START WITH THE SATURDAYS IN DECEMBER, AND THEN IF THERE'S OTHER BUSINESSES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO JOIN THE CALENDAR, THEN WE CAN FILL IN, YOU KNOW, TUESDAY EVENINGS OR, UM, WHATEVER NIGHT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO.
UM, AND THE EDC WOULD JUST BE PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE MARKETING MATERIALS AND SHARING ALL THAT, UH, UH, AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
UM, AND THEN THE TREE LIGHTING THAT THE CITY WILL HOST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE, UM, HAD PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT DOING LIKE A CHAMBER ROW WHERE, UM, THE CHAMBER GETS TO RENT OR SELL THOSE BOOTH SPACES TO, TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
AND SO WE KIND OF MAPPED OUT, MEASURED HOW MANY BOOTHS WOULD, WILL FIT, WE'LL LET THEM KNOW THE NUMBER, THEY'LL MANAGE THAT PORTION OF THE EVENT.
AND THEN, UM, WE AS THE EDC HAVE JUST INVITED THE, THE ESD, UM, PD DOERS, UH, ALSO OWNS A SNOW CONE TRUCK, SO THEY'LL BE BRINGING THAT OUT HERE.
UM, AND WE EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO ROTARY.
SO OUR, OUR MAIN, I THINK THE HEART OF THE EVENT FOR US IS THAT IT WOULD ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESSES TO GATHER HERE, BUT REALLY, UM, REMOVE THAT COMPONENT OF, I GUESS LIKE SALES OR, YOU KNOW, KNOW PEOPLE HAVING TO SPEND MONEY.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST INVITING PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND, YOU KNOW, DO AN ACTIVITY FOR THE KIDS OR SOME SORT OF OF THING LIKE THAT.
UM, WE WILL BE HAVING, UM, TWO FACE PAINTERS, TWO BALLOON ARTISTS, UM, PROBABLY SOME KIND OF, YEAH, A TRAIN, UM, HOT CHOCOLATE COOKIES THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND THEN, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, WE'LL BE HOSTING A MOVIE OUT IN THE COURTYARD FOLLOWING THE TREE LINING.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL RUN THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE CONTEST FOR THE SECOND YEAR, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UM, TO I GUESS BRING THAT CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND INCLUDE AS MANY BUSINESSES AS WE CAN.
SO IF YOU WOULD JUST SHARE THAT, UM, WITH ANYBODY THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED, EITHER IN PARTICIPATING FOR THE TREE LIGHTING OR A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN, UM, THAT'D BE GREAT.
WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE A WALK DOWN THERE, UM, AND POP INTO THE BUSINESSES.
JUST SAY HELLO AND INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
UH, WHAT DAY IS THE TREE LIGHTING? THE TREE LIGHTING IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 30TH.
THAT'S, UM, THE LAST SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER.
IT'S ALSO A SHOP SMALL SATURDAY.
SO THIS WAS, UH, THE MAYOR'S REQUEST TO JUST KIND OF CAPTURE THAT ENERGY OF PEOPLE HAVING THEIR FAMILIES IN TOWN AND SHOWING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF THE HEART OF WILSHIRE.
UM, IS THERE STILL LIGHTS ACROSS FROM ACE ON THAT, WHERE THE GAZEBO IS IN DOWNTOWN FOL? YES, THERE WILL BE.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE DESIGN HAS CHANGED.
SO INSTEAD OF LIKE THE ORNAMENT AND THAT GIFT BOX THAT LIT UP, WE WILL HAVE A TUNNEL.
SO IT'LL BE KIND OF A HORSESHOE SHAPED AND IT'LL HAVE A NICE WELCOME SIGN IN THE BEGINNING, BUT JUST KIND OF TRYING TO, UH, DELIVER SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE MORE PICTURES, WE'LL CREATE A LITTLE MORE ENGAGEMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS? I, I LIKE THOSE IDEAS.
I THINK THE UGLY SWEATER AND THE DOZERS KARAOKE, UH, MIGHT GET A LOT OF FOLKS DOWN THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A REAL COOL THING.
SO, AND DEFINITELY THE KIDS WILL LIKE THE COOKIE DECORATING.
UM, AND, AND THE GINGERBREAD HOUSES LAST YEAR WERE KIND OF COOL, SO YEAH.
WE THINK THIS HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO, TO GROW.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED WITH JEN ABOUT DOING LIKE WREATH MAKING OR TREE DECORATING CLASSES.
UM, THERE'S JUST SO MANY POSSIBILITIES THAT CAN BE TAILORED TO EACH OF THE, THE DIFFERENT EVENTS.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT REACHING OUT TO ACE AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE BUILDING A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CABIN OR SOMETHING, SO, HMM.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I THINK FAMILIES WILL, WOULD REALLY LOVE.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY'LL HAVE, UM, I KNOW IT'S HARD TO DO A SIGNUP, BUT JUST TO GET AN APPROXIMATE ID ONLY REASON ASKING IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE EVENTS ONLY WITH 5,000 HOMES AND YOU PUT COOKIE DECORATING AND I MEAN, IT IS LIKE SOLD OUT IN 15
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MINUTES AND THAT'S HAVING 50 PEOPLE OR A HUNDRED OR WHATEVER THAT THEY MONITOR.SO I JUST DON'T WANT, YOU HAVE A MASS OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THEY'RE READY TO MAKE 25 OR 50 COOKIES, OR HOW DO YOU SET UP FOR THAT MUCH? SO JUST, JUST A THOUGHT ON IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND HOPE THAT YOU GET GREAT PARTICIPATION.
JUST ALMOST NOT TOO MUCH PARTICIPATION.
DEFINITELY MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE, THE SPACE AND THE SUPPLIES NEEDED.
WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY USE SOME KIND OF, UM, ONLINE SIGN UP TO TRACK AND JUST KIND OF PUBLISH, YOU KNOW, ALL SPOTS FILLED OR MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE SIGNAGE AS WELL.
GET A FREE TICKET, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FREE TICKET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I GUESS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER IDEAS THAT THEY WANNA SEND TO ANELLE, UM, FEEL FREE.
UM, DECEMBER 14TH IS AVAILABLE IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OTHER GREAT IDEAS, SEND THEM ON IN YOU.
UH, CHRISTMAS MARGARITAS AT LA BALANCE.
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A CRANBERRY MARGARITA? SURE.
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NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.DISCUSSION AND REVIEW AND DISCUSSION ON THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY MONUMENT SIGN.
UH, THE SIGNAGE PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON OCTOBER 8TH.
UM, BUT META IS NOW NEEDING THE APPROVAL OF THE SURROUNDING LANDOWNERS.
SO ONCE THAT IS RECEIVED, UM, THE BOARD WILL SEND, SEND AN APPROVAL LETTER, UM, TO US AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
BUT THEY'RE WORKING NOW ON ENGAGING THE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND JUST SHOWING THEM THE PLANTS THAT WERE APPROVED.
UM, DOES, DOES DRAINAGE ON THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY RUN DOWN THE MEDIAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANES, OR IS IT UNDERGROUND ON THE SIDES OR SOMETHING? THE SIDES, IT'S ON THE SIDES OF THE LANE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT FLOODS.
I JUST, I'M JUST HOPING THE SIGN DOESN'T GO UNDER WATER.
IT TAKES A LOT IF YOU'RE HEADING TO, YEAH.
IF YOU HEAD TO 10, 10 93, I FEEL LIKE, UH, ALL THE, YOU NEVER USE THE LEFT LANE.
'CAUSE ALL THE WATER'S POOLED ON THAT SIGN.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, WE'D HAVE, I, WE CAN LOOK IT UP AND LET WELL, I, I JUST THINK IT WOULD, I JUST THINK IT WOULDN'T LOOK NICE IF WE GET, YOU KNOW, EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN ON A SATURDAY AND OUR SIGN IS UNDERWATER.
BUT, BUT THEY VERY WELL COULD HAVE DONE THE REINFORCED CONCRETE BOX UNDERGROUND STORM DRAINS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, IF THE LANDOWNERS APPROVE IT, DOES THAT MEAN, I MEAN, DOES DO WE, DOES, IS THAT THEN THE EDC HIRES THE CONTRACTOR TO GO OUT AND DO THE SIGN? OR, OR WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AFTER THAT? SO I THINK, UM, KGA DEFOREST WOULD THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SAND SIGN PLANS AND, UM, GETTING EVERYTHING IN ORDER FOR, UM, CREATING THE SIGN YEAH.
THE BID AND THEN, UM, INSTALLATION AND ALL OF THAT.
IS THERE A TIMEFRAME, SORRY, THAT THEY HOPE TO HEAR BACK FROM THE LANDOWNERS? THEY DIDN'T GIVE US ONE.
AND THAT, IS THAT WITHIN CITY LIMITS, RIGHT? OR IS IT THE E THAT'S THE T IT'S ETJ.
SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH LIKE RE FOR PERMITS.
THEY DO NOT, IT'S PROBABLY ONLY TWO LANDOWNERS.
IT'S PROBABLY, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TAMRON ON ONE SIDE AND I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY, MAYBE ONLY ONE LANDOWNER THAT THEY HAVE TO TALK TO.
UH, YEAH, I THINK IT, IT'S TWO MM-HMM.
AND THEN, AND THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CONVER HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE.
UM, BUT WE WILL GIVE AN UPDATE AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT.
AND THE EDC IS THE EDCS ARE THE ONES THAT, UM, APPROVE THE, THE BIDS AND THE CONTRACTOR, ET CETERA, I ASSUME? YES.
IT'LL ALL COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD.
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I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE EDCS OR IF, UM, THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL HAD TO GET INVOLVED AT THAT POINT.YEAH, SO COUNCIL APPROVED THIS PROJECT, UM, LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS BUDGETED, AND THEN IT ROLLED OVER INTO THIS YEAR WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO I'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT IF WE NEED, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL SIGN, BUT, YEAH.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE PROJECT DOLLAR STAYED IN OUR BUDGET OR IF THEY GOT PUT OVER INTO THE CITY'S BUDGET FOR THE CITY TO HANDLE IT.
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ITEM, DISCUSSION AND ACTION.ON APPOINTMENT OF BYLAWS, REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS BYLAWS UPDATE.
SO, ON AUGUST 20TH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF A BYLAW REVIEW COMMITTEE.
UM, AND IT, THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIST OF TWO CDC MEMBERS AND TWO FDC MEMBERS.
SO TONIGHT, IF YOU COULD PLEASE APPOINT TWO, UM, I GUESS EITHER VOLUNTEER YOURSELF OR, UH, APPOINT EACH OTHER.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED TWO OF YOU, UM, TO BE AVAILABLE AS WE, UH, REVIEW THE BYLAWS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, HELP FROM OUR ATTORNEYS OF COURSE, GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN BRING BACK THAT DRAFT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS AN EIGHT K
IS THERE A, DO WE KNOW A TIME COMMITMENT THAT IS ESTIMATED FOR IT? UM, I TALKED TO DAN, UM, WHEN WE WERE PREPARING FOR COUNCIL THAT NIGHT, AND CHARLIE, UM, FEEL FREE TO WEIGH IN HERE, BUT, UM, HE PREDICTED THAT IT WOULD BE ONE, UH, VIRTUAL MEETING WITH THE ATTORNEY TO KIND OF GO OVER.
HE SAID INITIALLY WHAT WOULD PROBABLY HAPPEN IS THEY WOULD REVIEW IT, MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'D ALL TALK THROUGH IT, AND THEN FROM THERE, IT, IT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE MORE THAN THREE MEETINGS.
THEY GO AWAY AND DRAFT SOMETHING AND THEN MM-HMM.
ASK YOUR QUESTIONS, RUN THROUGH IT.
IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA PROPOSE OR REQUEST, UM, WE CAN DO THAT WITH MS. WILL, I WOULD LIKE TO LET BRIAN
UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO.
UM, SO MAYBE THE MOTION TONIGHT CAN NOMINATE KAY AND BRIAN DEON ASKED AN ALTERNATE IF BRIAN'S NOT AVAILABLE.
DOES ANYONE WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION? I MOTION TO, UH, NOMINATE KAY AND BRIAN WITH DEON AS AN ALTERNATE TO SERVE ON THE BYLAWS REVIEW REVIEW COMMITTEE.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY BONNIE TYLER, SECONDED BY MICHELLE NOBLE.
UH, FOR MYSELF, BRIAN WHITE TO BE, UH, THE TWO MEMBERS WITH DEVIN HOLMES AS AN ALTERNATE.
UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
SO THAT PASSED, THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG.
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RECURRING ITEMS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.THE FLOOR IS YEARS AGAIN, ANIL GET THROUGH.
I'LL START OFF, UM, WITH CHER FAST TRACK.
SO IT SURVIVED, UM, BUDGET
UM, WE HAVE 43 MEMBERS REGISTERED FOR THE UPCOMING EVENT, THE HOME BUSINESS ACCELERATOR ON OCTOBER 29TH.
UM, WE WILL HAVE 14 ADVISORS THERE, UM, READY TO ENGAGE WITH THE 43 PEOPLE WHO HAVE REGISTERED, UH, THUS FAR.
WE DID ADVERTISE THAT BY, UM, INSERTING, UM, THE INVITATION AND THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THAT DAY IN OUR UTILITY BILLS FOR THE CITY AND IT HAD A REALLY GREAT RESPONSE.
SO WE'RE, UM, VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
UM, SECONDLY, I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITION BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT.
UM, ON FULL ON SHORE FAST TRACK.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANYBODY HERE WHO'S ON FACEBOOK, UM, GO FOLLOW THE SHORE FAST TRACK FACEBOOK PAGE OR THEIR LINK, WELL THEY'RE NOT ON LINKEDIN, BUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ON LINKEDIN.
FOLLOW FOLLOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON LINKEDIN.
UH, AND THEN, AND THEN SHARE THOSE POSTS SO YOUR NETWORKS GET TO SEE IT.
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TRY, I TRY TO SHARE 'EM OUT TO THE LARGER, UH, CROSS CREEK RANCH, UH, COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, UH, TO GET EVEN MORE VISIBILITY THAN UTILITY BILLS.'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY GETS A HARD COPY UTILITY BILL, BUT ANY, ANYTHING TO DO TO, UH, INCREASE AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY THAT YOU CAN DO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND YOU CAN TELL THE B BOARD TO DO THAT NEXT WEEK.
AND THAT'S BEEN, UM, FOR A LONG TIME WE HEARD, WELL, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO HOW DO YOU GET, YOU KNOW, A PAPER, UM, COPY WITH THE INFORMATION TOWARDS PEOPLE.
SO THAT UTILITY BILL WAS OUR WAY OF DOING THAT.
WE ALSO, UM, WORKED WITH COMMUNITY IMPACT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A, A WEB LINK THAT EXPLAINS JUST THE PROGRAM OVERALL.
AND THEN RE MOST RECENTLY WE'VE ALSO STARTED, UM, BOOSTING POSTS AND SHARING THOSE ON FACEBOOK.
UM, WE HAVE HAD QUITE, I FEEL LIKE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AT EVERY EVENT SINCE THEN THAT HAVE SHOWED, SHOWN UP AND SAID, OH, THE AD JUST CAME ACROSS MY FACEBOOK FEED.
SO JUST BRAND NEW, YOU KNOW, NO CONNECTION, UM, ORGANICALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION CAME BEFORE THEM AND THEY SIGNED UP.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE.
SO TWO THINGS WITH THAT, SORRY.
UM, ONE, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ADVERTISING, HAVE YOU GOTTEN WITH ANY OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHERE LIKE CROSS CREEK RANCH PUTS OUT THEIR COMMUNITY THAT'S ONLINE AND COMES IN PAPER AND THEN THERE'S BROOK, I KNOW WESTERN LAKES, EXCUSE ME, WESTERN LAKES ISN'T DIRECTLY IN SHORE, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE BUSINESSES THAT THEY COULD GROW OR BUILD THERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE IS OUT OF THE 43 PEOPLE, I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY EARLY, BUT DO WE FEEL THAT THIS COULD ALSO HELP? I'M NOT SAYING IN LIEU OF THE ACTUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN, BUT IF WE CAN GET THESE BUSINESSES THAT CAN AFFORD TO BUILD, I MEAN, IS THAT ONE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO AFTER A COUPLE SESSIONS TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT IT IS ATTRACTING? AND IF THEY'RE LOOKING, ARE THEY LOOKING JUST FOR LIKE SMALL BUSINESS ON THEIR OWN AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY GONNA BE BUILDING OR OPERATING OUT OF AN OFFICE? OR IS IT PLACES THAT ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND AND ACTUALLY BUILD, YOU KNOW, JUST AS POTENTIAL NEW BUSINESS OWNERS? IT, IT WOULD BE BOTH.
BUT YEAH, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOK AT WHO'S ALL REGISTERED, WHO THEY REPRESENT, AND KIND OF TAKE INVENTORY AND SEE WHAT, WHAT THE NEED IS.
WE'LL REACH OUT, UM, TO THE, THE DIFFERENT, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UM, COMMUNITIES AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING INCLUDED IN THEIR NEWSLETTERS AND UPDATES.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE I KNOW EVEN DR. HORTON, YOU KNOW, LIKE RIGHT THERE THEY PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND WESTON LAKES AND BROOK AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHERS, BUT YEAH, I'M JUST AFRAID THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY, LIKE, UH, CROSS CREEK RANCH ALREADY SENT OUT THEIR OCTOBER NEWSLETTER, SO WE MISSED, MISSED THE BOAT ON THAT ONE.
I KNOW THEY SENT SOME EMAILS THOUGH.
IF YOU, IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP, THEY'LL DO LIKE A SUPPLEMENTAL YEAH, LIKE A EMAIL BLAST.
LITTLE SHOUT OUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE WEEKLY BLAST.
WE'LL, WE'LL I CAN HELP YOU WITH CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE WESTERN LAKES LADY THAT DOES THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE I NEVER THOUGHT TO ASK HER ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
ALRIGHT, IF WE'RE READY, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UM, ITEM THREE, WHICH IS, UH, SMALL BUSINESS.
BACK TO TWO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS.
SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, UM, THAT EDC IS FUNDING, UH, 35% OF THE SALARY FOR OUR NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS.
THIS PERSON WILL BE, UM, HOUSED IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY.
UM, BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WITH IT JUST BEING MYSELF AND HAYDEN, SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF THE LINKEDIN PAGE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT COMMUNICATION THAT REALLY HELPS US, UH, MARKET OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THIS, UM, POSITION WAS POSTED, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY, UH, GREAT APPLICANTS.
SO WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO JUST AN UPDATE THERE, UM, TO HOPEFULLY HAVE SOMEONE, UM, NEXT MONTH, IF NOT IN DECEMBER.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED THERE AND MAKE SURE TO, UM, MAKE INTRODUCTIONS AND BRING, BRING THAT PERSON ALONG TO, UH, AN EDC MEETING.
WILL THEY BRING BACK THAT, UM, THE ASK FULCHER QUESTION?
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LITTLE THING THAT Y'ALL WERE DOING THAT ON FACEBOOK WHERE PEOPLE COULD SUBMIT QUESTIONS AND YES, YOU DID A VIDEO AND MM-HMM.I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS, IT WAS GOOD.
IT WAS A SERIES THAT WENT ON FOR A WHILE.
YEAH, WE GOT REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT SITS ON OUR COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK WITH MARIAH AND, AND GET BACK WITH Y'ALL.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING A PROCLAMATION ON THE NOVEMBER 19TH, UH, REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, UM, FOR SHOP SMALL SATURDAY.
AND AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THAT'LL BE NOVEMBER 30TH.
AND SO OUR HOPE IS, UM, DOING THE TREE LINING THAT DAY, PARTNERING WITH THE CHAMBER ON THAT EVENT.
UM, WE CAN REALLY ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS AND THOSE EVENT ATTENDEES TO SHOP LOCAL AND HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, BE THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON SHOPPING.
SO, UH, JUST MARK YOUR CALENDARS IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE THERE.
UM, OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WE'LL, UM, DO OUR BEST TO SEND OUT AS MANY EMAILS AND INVITATIONS AS WE CAN TO ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND THEN AN UPDATE ON OUR RFEI FOR OUR PROPERTY.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, FINISHED THE, THE DRAFT WITH, UM, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL'S HELP AND, UM, WE DID DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, THEY WERE NOT BIG FANS, SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH, UM, WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE IF WE'LL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD AND JUST POST THE RFEI FOR OUR PROPERTY AND KIND OF LET THE REST, UM, THE REST OF IT WORK ITSELF OUT BETWEEN THAT, THE DEVELOPER AND THAT PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER, UM, I GUESS BUSINESS ITEMS THE CITY IS WORKING THROUGH WITH, UH, THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS AS WELL.
SO WE'RE ALL JUST KIND OF WAITING, UM, ON WHERE THINGS FALL TO SEE WHAT THE BEST STEP FORWARD IS.
IT, IT COULD BE, UM, POSTED, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHATEVER STEP WE TAKE IS THE BEST FOR THE EDC AND THE CITY AND OUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE THEY COULD COME BACK AND REQUEST SOME REVISIONS TO IT? UH, YES.
THAT'S DEFINITELY HOW IT WAS PRESENTED TO THEM.
UM, SO IF THERE ARE ANY EDITS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO MAKE, UM, YEAH, WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN TO CONSIDERING ALL OF THAT.
I CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE? NO.
YEAH, THE WHOLE IDEA I THINK IS JUST THEY, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S EVEN THAT THEY DISLIKE IT THAT MUCH.
THEY JUST HAVE THEIR OWN METHOD THAT THEY WANNA DO THINGS.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVES.
SO YOU ALL, UM, TASKED US WITH INCLUDING A 50,000 UM, DOLLAR LINE ITEM TO OUR BUDGET FOR SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVES.
AND SO WE DID, UM, MEET LAST WEEK WITH DEBORAH DRESCHER, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS ON B BOARD, UM, AND KIND OF BEGAN WORKING TOWARDS SOME KIND OF DRAFT.
WE JUST TOOK A LOOK AT, UH, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE AND, UM, SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR LEGAL, WHEN THEY HEARD THE DISCUSSION WE WERE HAVING AND THE EXPERIENCE, UM, THAT THEY'VE HAD IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, THEY MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER POLICIES THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON PIECING SOMETHING TOGETHER THAT WORKS FOR US AND THEN BRINGING THAT BACK BEFORE YOU AND DEBORAH'S THE ONE THAT USED TO HEAD UP THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
HOPEFULLY SHE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS.
AND AS A REMINDER, I KNOW, UM, SOME, SOME FELT THAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH, BUT, UM, WE DID REASSURE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE CAN ALWAYS HA CREATE A BUDGET AMENDMENT IF THE DEMAND IS THERE.
ONCE THAT POLICY IS CREATED AND THE APPLICATIONS START ROLLING IN, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT AND EDIT.
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ALL RIGHT.NEXT, UM, WE WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL WITH THE CHAMBER THIS YEAR.
SO THE EDC WILL HAVE A BOOTH JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, THE EVENT THIS YEAR.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS IT'S NOT HERE, UH, IN FULL SURE IT WILL BE, UH, DAILY PARK IN SIMONTON.
SO JUST UP THE ROAD, NOT VERY FAR.
UM, BUT IF YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE THERE WITH US, Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
BUT HAYDEN AND MYSELF WILL BE OUT THERE THAT DAY, UM, FROM THREE TO 6:00 PM YOU DO, YOU REALLY DO GET TO SEE A LOT OF CUTE KIDS IN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES.
SOME, SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY CREATIVE.
A FEW OF THEM ARE PRETTY SCARY, BUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF CREATIVE ONES AND THEN TONS OF PRINCESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26TH FROM 12 THREE TO TO THREE TO SIX.
SORRY TO SIX
I THINK I WAS NEXT DOOR TO A SNOW CONE PLACE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEIR GENERATOR WAS GOING BIG TIME.
OUR CHOCOLATES I'M PRETTY SURE ALL MELTED.
IT WAS SO HOT AND ME AND TOMMY WERE TRYING TO GET RID OF 'EM AS FAST AS WE COULD TO ALL THE KIDS.
I'LL COVER THIS LAST ONE FOR ANELLE SO SHE CAN CATCH A BREATH.
UH, MEETING DATES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER NEXT MONTH.
UM, OUR MEETING FALLS ON NOVEMBER 11TH WITH IS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VETERANS DAY.
MM-HMM,
UM, SO THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THAT MONTH ARE EITHER, REALISTICALLY WE COULD HAVE IT ON THE 25TH, BUT THAT'S THANKSGIVING WEEK AND I, I KIND OF SEE THAT AS A, A WASH AS IT IS.
SO WE COULD SCHEDULE FOR A JOINT MEETING ON THE 18TH OR MOVE OUR, UH, MEETING UP A WEEK TO THE FOURTH.
UM, IT'S JUST KIND OF WHATEVER YOU GUYS FEEL.
I'LL, I'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL, UM, KIND OF POLLING FOR, FOR YOUR RESPONSES SO YOU GUYS CAN GET A CHANCE TO CHECK YOUR CALENDAR.
UM, THAT'S THE REAL DATE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEXT MONTH IN DECEMBER.
UM, OUR MEETING FALLS ON THE NINTH, SO THERE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY ISSUE, BUT I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND THAT OUT.
I KNOW DECEMBER CAN BE KIND OF CRAZY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH.
UM, SO I'LL BE SENDING OUT AN EMAIL JUST TRYING TO PULL YOU GUYS AND SEE, UH, SEE WHERE YOU STAND ON THOSE LAST TWO MONTHS.
IS IT EASIER FOR Y'ALL IF IT'S ONE JOINT MEETING AS OPPOSED TO TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS TO PREPARE FOR? REALISTICALLY, IT'S, IT'S NOT TOO BIG OF A HASSLE.
UM, IT, IT'S REALLY WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU GUYS, UH, FEEL, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE, IT'S GREAT.
YOU CAN JUST DUPLICATE AGENDA ITEMS. SO
SO IT'S A, IT MAKES IT A LOT QUICKER TO PUT AN AGENDA TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GUYS SHARE, UM, SO MUCH.
UM, SO REALLY, UM, WHATEVER YOU GUYS FEEL.
UM, BUT I'LL, I'LL SEND THAT OUT, UM, TO KINDA GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY.
UH, OKAY, SO THE NEXT, SORRY, SORRY, THE NEXT, UH, ITEM IS RECURRING
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ITEM UNDER RECURRING ITEMS UNDER SECTION FOUR B, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TO, UM, TO BRING UP? WE DO ALWAYS HAVE OUR RUNNING LIST, SO ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MENTIONED IN THE PAST THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THIS MEETING, WE, IT IS IN OUR BACKLOG.UM, BUT FEEL FREE TO, UH, ADD ANYTHING ELSE OR AS ALWAYS SEND ME OR ANELLE AN EMAIL.
I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE GROUNDBREAKING.
HOW, HOW WAS THAT? IT WAS GREAT.
WE THINK WE HAD ABOUT 70 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
UM, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, NO RAIN.
THE STAGE WAS THE ONLY THING GETTING BLASTED BY THE SUN.
UM, SO THE AUDIENCE WAS, UH, PRETTY WELL SHADED, SO IT WENT VERY WELL.
AND I WAS HOMESICK LAYING ON THE SOFA.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF BOTH THE A BOARD AND, AND THE B BOARD.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY WELL ORGANIZED AND I LIKED THAT DOZIER OFFERED, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FOR EVERYBODY CONTINUING GET A LUNCH AND THEN BREAKFAST.
I MISSED THAT PART, BUT IT LOOKED VERY NICE.
WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP FOR HARRIS STREET? I KNOW WE'VE HAD GROUNDBREAKING, BUT ACTUALLY I BELIEVE THE NEXT DAY THEY REALLY BROKE GROUND.
SO I THINK THERE, THERE'S ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, UH, CURRENTLY, SO SHOULD BE ABOUT AN 11 MONTH PROCESS.
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THIS TIME NEXT YEAR.OKAY, WELL IF NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS TO SUGGEST RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND ANYTHING INTO ANELLE HAYDEN, UH, COPY BRIAN ON IT AND UM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL KEEP A RUNNING TALLY ON ALL THAT STUFF.
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I GUESS THE LAST THING IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.TRYING TO THINK IF I HAVE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I WAS JUST GOING, UM, THE CHER'S FARMER'S MARKET IS, SOUNDS LIKE IT'S CELEBRATING THEIR 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND THEY'RE DOING A DINNER.
UM, IT'S, I'M GONNA BUTCHER THIS.
UM, THE TICKETS ARE A LITTLE PRICEY, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT FOUR HOURS AND THEY'RE GONNA COOK RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND, UM, IT IS, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO CHARITABLE DONATION.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE NON-PROFIT.
UH, SO IF THAT HELPS WITH THE COST AS WELL.
UM, BUT UH, IT, IF YOU'RE ABLE, UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE FARMER'S MARKET HERE.
EVERY THAT COME DOES EVERY SATURDAY.
UH, AND THAT'S THE, I JUST THE NINTH, NOVEMBER 9TH? I BELIEVE SO.
BUT IT'S ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE IS THE, THE INFORMATION.
I JUST THOUGHT OF A COUPLE OF OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
WHEN IS, WHEN IS THAT COMING UP? IT'S SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE THAT IS NINE PLUS SEVEN IS 16.
IT MIGHT BE THE 16TH OF NOVEMBER.
IT SHOULD BE ON THE CITY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S THE CITY THAT WORKS WITH, UM, RAMONA FOR KEEP SHORE.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S COMING UP COMMUNITY ORIENTED, THE SHORE POLICE FOUNDATION IS HAVING THEIR GUMBO COOKOFF THAT IS ALSO ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH.
SO YOU CAN COME EAT GUMBO BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE AND THEN YOU CAN GO EAT ARGENTINIAN STEAK LATER THAT EVENING AT THE SHORE FARMERS' MARKET.
IS NOVEMBER 16TH? 16TH MM-HMM,
AND IF, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO BE THERE FOR THE COOKOFF, THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOME GREAT RAFFLE TICKETS, UH, AVAILABLE AND THE PRICES GO THROUGH THE YEAR AND I THINK THIS YEAR IT'S A BRONCO, NOT A FORD BRONCO LEGACY FORD.
OH, DID THEY JUST SELL OUT? THEY JUST SOLD THAT.
I THINK THEY'RE SOLD OUT WHILE THEY'RE OFF.
AND THE TICKETS WENT PRETTY FAST THIS YEAR.
BUT, UH, IN ADDITION TO GUMBO, THEY ARE GONNA HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AND THEY HAVE A SILENT AUCTION.
AND I THINK THEY HAVE A FEW ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS THERE AS WELL.
IF ANYBODY LIKES FUNNEL CAKES, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNEL CAKES THERE.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD ON ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ANYONE WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEON HOLMES, A SECOND BY MICHELLE NOBLE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6 58.