* 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. [00:00:01] IT IS MARCH 24TH, [I. Call to Order] SIX, UH, 2025, EXACTLY AT 6:00 PM AND I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE, OUR REGULAR CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SIR. NEXT ORDER OF [Business - A] BUSINESS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE JANUARY 13TH, 2025 MEETING. I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 13TH, 2025 MEETING. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. ITEM B, [Business - B] CONSIDERATION ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. GOOD EVENING BOARD. UM, YOU'LL NOTICE FOR DECEMBER FINANCIALS, UM, SALES TAX REVENUE REVENUES RECEIVED IN FEBRUARY. UM, THOSE DECEMBER REMITTANCE WERE UP 31% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, WE WERE AT 29 POINT 27% OF THE BUDGET FOR 25% OF THE YEAR. SO THAT MEANS PEOPLE WENT A LITTLE CRAZY AT CHRISTMAS TIME. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S GOOD FOR US. UM, THIS IS, I GUESS JUST CURIOUS, DO, DO WE HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO SALES TAX CURRENTLY? LIKE WHAT THE IMPACT OF 1463 IS GONNA BE OR WE, WE JUST KINDA HAVE TO WAIT TWO MONTHS TO SEE THAT IT, IT'S GOING TO KIND OF WAIT AND SEE. UM, WE'VE SEEN, AT LEAST SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE, 1460 THREE'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO FOR, FOR US, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR FOR US TO DETERMINE, BUT WE, WE WOULD EXPECT THERE'S GONNA BE SOME IMPACT, UM, FOR THAT AREA. MM-HMM . JUST FOR ONE, THEY'VE HAD THE TOTAL CLOSURES, YOU MEAN, BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD ALL THE CONSTRUCTION. CORRECT. YEAH. SO ON THAT TOPIC, I MEAN, WE'RE THE, EVERYONE IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS BEING IMPACTED. IS THERE, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT ON SALES TAX HAS BEEN REGARDING THESE CLOSURES. SURE. I THINK ONCE WE HAVE THOSE COLLECTIONS, SO THERE, THERE'LL BE MONTHS BEHIND, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT AT THE TIME THAT WE REPORT, UM, WHEN THE COLLECTIONS FROM THE TIME PERIODS WHEN THOSE CLOSURES HAPPENED, UM, ARE RECEIVED AND HOW THEY COMPARE TO THE PREVIOUS MONTHS TO SEE IF WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IT HAD. THAT'LL PROBABLY BE AT OUR JUNE MEETING, I GUESS BECAUSE THE CLOSURES WERE IN MARCH AND THE MONEY WILL COME IN IN MAY, AND WE'LL SEE IT AT THE JUNE MEETING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. AND I'LL, I'LL ALSO LIKE, UM, WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT THOSE BUSINESSES ARE STILL OPEN. A LOT OF, A LOT OF THEM DID SPECIAL DEALS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO STILL COME OUT. SO FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR ALL OF YOU. UM, IF YOU FOLLOW THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA OR THEIR WEBSITES, A LOT OF THEM PUBLISHED ON THEIR, UM, ALTERNATE ROUTES THAT YOU COULD TAKE TO AVOID THE CLOSURES AND STILL REACH THEM AND STILL SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES. OKAY. I'M, I'M JUST GONNA TOSS THIS OUT THERE. YES, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE OFFERING DEALS, UM, SHOW UP ANYWAY IN PAY FULL PRICE. THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED. DO WE HAVE ANY MOVEMENT THAT WE WANNA SEE ON ITEM B? UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. ITEM C, [Business - C] CONSIDERATION ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 31ST, 2025. OKAY. FOR THIS, UM, THIS TIME PERIOD, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WERE UP 43% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, 38.5 OF THE BUDGET FOR 33% OF THE YEAR. IT'S ALSO ENCOURAGING. THAT SEEMS SUBSTANTIAL. YES. UH, I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE THE, UH, PAYABLE OF $20,000, $20,031 AND 33 CENTS UNDER THE, I GUESS IT'S THE A SA, UH, TO THE CITY OF SHORE. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? [00:05:01] ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES ITEM [Business - D] D EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.087 OF THE TEXAS OPENS MEETING ACT. DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, RFEI FOR EDC OWNED PROPERTY AT 3 0 6 0 3 FM 10 93 AND 3 0 6 1 9 FM 10 93 RE, TEXAS 7 7 4 4 1. IF YOU COULD JUST STATE THE TIME THAT WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE. THE TIME IS, THE TIME IS 6 0 5 NOW IT IS 6:06 PM AND WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS SIX 20 MARCH 24. 2025. UH, THERE WAS NO ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.087 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, THE RFEI FOR EDC OWNED PROPERTY AT 3 0 6 0 3 FM 10 93 AND 3 0 6 1 9 FM 10 93 SRE, TEXAS 7 7 4 4 1 ITEM [Business - F] F, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CDC RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SRE, TEXAS AMENDING, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALRIGHT, SO, UM, AS A REMINDER, UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL OUTDATED, UM, COMPONENTS OF THE BYLAWS, WHICH WERE CREATED IN 2007 AND HADN'T BEEN REVIEWED SINCE THEN. UH, AND SO THE EDC CHARGED US WITH, UH, CREATING A COMMITTEE. WE HAD, UH, MR. PATTERSON AND, UH, MS. KAY COLIC AS WELL AS STAFF AND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEW THE BYLAWS. UM, AND WHAT YOU HAVE IN THIS PACKET, UM, THE RED LINE VERSION, HERE ARE THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE AND WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT THEM TO COUNSEL. UH, MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE STRIKED OUT ARE ATTORNEYS ESSENTIALLY POINTED OUT THAT IT'S TRULY, UH, UNDER THE PURVIEW OF COUNSEL TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THOSE ITEMS TO BE LISTED, UM, WITHIN OUR BYLAWS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY, UM, TO ENFORCE THOSE PORTIONS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE POLICY THAT COUNSEL WOULD HAVE. UM, IT'S THINGS LIKE THE EX OFFICIO, UM, SEAT, UM, THE WHAT QUALIFIES FOR SOMEONE TO BE APPOINTED OR, UM, ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. UM, AND SOME OF IT TOO WAS LIKE, IT'S ALREADY IN STATE LAW AND TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE CONFLICTS, JUST DON'T EVEN MENTION IT BECAUSE STATE LAW'S GONNA SUPERSEDE IT ANYWAY. EXACTLY. YEAH. YES MA'AM. SO REALLY JUST A, A CLEANUP OF ANYTHING THAT'S NOT RELEVANT OR CAN BE DECIDED ON BY THE EDC OR ANYTHING THAT IS ALREADY IN STATUTE THAT WE, THAT IS REFERRED TO IN THE BYLAWS. ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS? YEAH. WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE TINY LITTLE COMMENTS. OKAY. MM-HMM . UH, ARTICLE FOUR SECTION USED TO BE SIX, AND NOW IT'S FIVE UNDER DUTIES. 1, 2, 3, 4. THE FIFTH LINE DOWN, THAT WORD SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN, NOT UNDERTAKE. OKAY. SECTION CURRENTLY SECTION FIVE, DUTIES FIVE. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, SECTION SEVEN VACANCIES. WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE MEETING THAT IF A DIRECTOR HAD TO RESIGN BEFORE THEIR TERM ENDED FOR ANY REASON THAT, UH, WE COULD PUT IT IN THE BYLAWS THAT THEY SHOULD NOTIFY COUNSEL. AND I THOUGHT, UH, CHARLIE, ZACK AGREED WITH THAT, BUT IT'S NOT IN HERE REFLECTED. OKAY. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S REFLECTED ON THERE. AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE SIX YEARS THAT I WAS ON COUNCIL, APPARENTLY THEY TOLD THE MAYOR, BUT ALL THE, ALL THE RESIGNATIONS THAT CAME IN WHILE I WAS IN COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, NEITHER THE MAYOR NOR THE CITY COUNT COUNT, NOR THE CITY MANAGER EVER INFORMED THE ACTUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE RESIGNATIONS. YET IT'S THE COUNCIL THAT'S [00:10:01] SUPPOSED TO APPOINT TO FILL THE VACANCIES. I SEE. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THERE ANY VACANCIES THAT THEY SHOULD NOTIFY COUNSEL ABOUT IT. OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND YEAH. AND I THOUGHT HE WAS OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH. AND HE MAY JUST HAVE MISSED IT ON THE LIST TO INCLUDE US IN EDIT. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT SECTION SEVEN REAL QUICK? JUST SURE. SO I UNDERSTAND BETTER? MM-HMM . AN UNEXPIRED TERM IS JUST THE REST OF WHOEVER'S TERM THAT IS STEPPING DOWN. CORRECT. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER TINY LITTLE TYPO. CAN I, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VACANCIES, UHHUH , THE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE FOR THERE TO BE A PROCEDURE FOR A MEMBER TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO ANNOUNCE THEIR VAC, THE, THE RESIGNATION. LIKE HOW, HOW, HOW DO YOU RESIGN? IS THAT THROUGH TEXT MESSAGE? IS THAT BY NOT SHOWING UP TO THREE MEETINGS IN A ROW? IS THAT BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO YOU? UM, STEPS CLEARLY OUT. JUST A, JUST A WAY OF, OF CLARIFYING OF, BECAUSE AS MS. COLLICK HAS MENTIONED, I MEAN, IT HAPPENS. SURE, RIGHT. OCCASIONALLY. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN THREE TIMES ON . SO THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME OTHER PART IN HERE WHERE WE ADDED, LIKE, THINGS COULD BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL, SO MM-HMM . THEY'VE ALREADY, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S IDEAS ALREADY ON HOW TO DO THAT. MM-HMM . WELL, AND MAYBE THEY CAN FOLLOW. I, I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID IS SOMEONE SENDING AN EMAIL TO SOMEONE. ANY, ANYONE. I MEAN, YOU SAID IF THE MAYOR KNOWS AND NO ONE ELSE DOES, I MEAN, DID ANYONE ELSE IN CITY KNOW OR DID THEY JUST SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO THE MAYOR? RIGHT. JUST CLEAR INSTRUCTION. JUST CLEAR INSTRUCTION ON HEY, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU RE REALIZE THAT SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM, HERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS OR, AND THAT, AND THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WITH CHARLIE MM-HMM . THAT DAY. YEAH. YEAH. WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARY OR NOT. I'VE SEEN BEFORE, LIKE SITUATIONS WHERE IF IT'S ANY CERTAIN NUMBER OF MONTHS BEFORE THE POSITION WOULD END MM-HMM . THAT THERE'S LIKE NO POINT IN FILLING THE VACANCY TYPE OF THING THAT, IS THAT LANGUAGE NEEDED OR IS THAT IT'S JUST TOO MUCH SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TOO, TOO EXTRA. BUT YEAH, SOMETHING BASICALLY WHERE IF, IF SOMEONE NEEDED TO RESIGN, SAY IN MARCH, DO WE REALLY NEED TO GO THROUGH APPOINTING SOMEONE TO THE POSITION WHEN THE COUNCIL'S JUST GONNA BE GETTING APPLICATIONS ANYWAYS AND MM-HMM . APPOINTING SOMEONE IN, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. WE'LL, WE'LL TALK THAT THROUGH WITH CHARLIE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON KIND OF WHAT HE SEES. YEAH. UM, TYPICALLY WITHIN OTHER BOARDS THERE WERE A FEW OTHER JUST TINY LITTLE, UM, WHETHER IT WAS GRAMMAR, TYPOS, UM, SOMEBODY POINTED OUT THAT IT SAID HIM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF EDC . SO LITTLE CHANGES LIKE THAT. UM, YEAH. ANNUAL MEETING, UH, WE MEET PRETTY REGULARLY. THERE ARE SOME BOARDS THAT DON'T, SO WE JUST TOOK THAT, THAT LANGUAGE OUT. THERE WERE SOME CONTRADICTING, UM, THRESHOLDS FOR EXPENDITURES. UM, SO WE CLEANED THAT UP AS WELL. CAN I ASK, AND JUST WITH THE STRUCK SECTION OF SECTION FOUR QUALIFICATIONS, IS ANYTHING THERE CHANGING WITH JUST, OR IS THAT JUST TRULY DUPLICATIVE? SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE IN HERE? YEAH. THIS WILL BE AN ORDINANCE PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL. YEP. WHICH THERE'S SUPPOSED THAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, WORKING ON THAT ALSO. CORRECT. THE, THE GOAL IS TO PRESENT BOTH RESOLUTIONS FROM THE BOARDS AND WHATEVER ORDINANCES WE NEED INCLUDED FOR CITY COUNCIL AT THE SAME MEETING. UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT'S IN HERE TO HELP STREAMLINE, IF WE NEED A COMMITTEE, WE TOOK THE LIBERTY OF SAYING WE DON'T REALLY SEE THE NEED FOR COUNCIL TO APPROVE A COMMITTEE AND JUST DO IT AMONGST OURSELVES. YEAH. PREVIOUSLY TO MAKE IT, WE HAD TO GET THEIR APPROVAL AND IT WOULD TAKE, IT WOULD TAKE AN ADDITIONAL, AT MINIMUM FOUR WEEKS JUST TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE COMMITTEE TO DO, YOU KNOW, THE EXTRA VOLUNTEER WORK OR, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO. THE OTHER, THE OTHER TYPO I HAD, I KNOW MM-HMM . UM, THIS IS IN ARTICLE [00:15:02] SEVEN AND I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S ON PAGE IN THE MIDDLE, IN THE MIDDLE BOTTOM. IT'S ON PAGE SIX OF THE MIDDLE BOTTOM FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH. BUT THAT VERY FIRST LINE, IT'S, IT APOSTROPHE. YES. AND IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN APOSTROPHE IN IT. YES. Y'ALL ALREADY CAUGHT THAT. MM-HMM . I THINK YOU SENT IT IN AN EMAIL. OH, DIDN'T REMEMBER. I THINK IT DID. YEAH. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. MAYBE I DID IT ASLEEP. , ANY, WILL WE GET TO SEE THE RECOMMENDED ORDINANCES THAT YOU'RE ALSO GONNA BE INCLUDING? OR WOULD THOSE IT SHOULD BE JUST WHAT WAS OUTLINED IN THAT SECTION. OKAY. IT'S JUST, IT IS RECITING STATE LAW, BASICALLY WHAT STRUCK OUT MM-HMM . WHAT YOU SEE STRUCK OUT IN RED IS WHAT WOULD BE, UH, LISTED AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE. YES. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA WAIT UNTIL WE SEE THIS, THE CLEANED UP DOCUMENT. SURE. SO YOU WANT, UH, SO NO MOTION TO APPROVE? NO. YEAH. I'D RATHER WAIT TO SEE ALL THE EDITS MADE. I MEAN, I'M, I'M ONE PERSON. I'M HERE, I'M NOT, HAS THE B, DID THE B BOARD ALREADY SEE THIS? YES, THEY DID. THE B BOARD DID, I MEAN, FOR, FOR THEIR B BOARD BYLAWS, THEY'RE THE SAME, BASICALLY. YEAH. MM-HMM . UM, THEY ADOPTED WITH THE LIST CONTINGENT ON ALL THE EDITS THEY REQUESTED TO BE MADE. OKAY. MY ONLY HESITATION IS IF CHARLIE COMES BACK AND SAYS, WE CAN'T DO THAT, WE CAN'T DO THIS, OR THAT'S, I MEAN, SO NOW WE'VE GOTTA, OR OPTIONS, NOW WE'VE GOTTA REMOVE FOR THINGS. I WOULD RATHER, WE'RE NOT IN ANY THIS RUSH. WE'RE NOT STOPPING ANYTHING. IT'S BEEN SINCE 2007. YEAH. WE'RE OKAY IF, YEAH. A FEW MORE WEEKS. OKAY. THAT'S MY PREFERENCE. I AGREE. THAT WORKS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I THINK YOU HAVE CONSENSUS. EXCELLENT. YEP. CONSIDERATION [Business - G] AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CDC. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO TWO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SRE, TEXAS, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF SRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ECONOMIC INCENTIVE POLICY, NOT INVENTIVE POLICY. IS IT INVENTIVE ON THERE? MM-HMM . INCENTIVE POLICY. THAT'S TWICE NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT. SORRY ABOUT, ABOUT THAT. AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT IS TWO TIMES THAT WE'VE CAUGHT THAT NOW. OKAY. WE GOT IT HERE. . AND, AND IT'S ALL THROUGH THE RESOLUTION ALSO. SO IF Y'ALL CAN JUST GO, OH MY GOSH. YEAH, WE, WE'LL FIX THAT. FIND AND REPLACE. APOLOGIES. . UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE SITTING ON THE BOARD PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO, YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED THAT WE PASSED A, UM, EDC INCENTIVE POLICY WITH A LOT OF THE SAME COMPONENTS THAT ARE, UH, WHAT YOU SEE HERE. THIS POLICY, UM, WAS ASKED TO BE CREATED OR ASKED OF US TO BE CREATED NOT ONLY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, BUT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THE LIST OF AVAILABLE INCENTIVES. ONLY TWO OF THOSE REALLY APPLY TO THE BOARDS THEMSELVES. A LOT OF THEM ARE GONNA BE CITY POLICY DECISIONS. UM, SO WHEN WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS TO REVIEW AND, AND, AND OFFER ANY, UM, CRITIQUES OR SUGGESTIONS, UM, REALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FRONT THREE PAGES THAT KIND OF OUTLINE OUR MISSION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES GOALS, UM, PROJECT AND, AND PROJECT CRITERIA. UM, ALMOST ALL OF THOSE WERE TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM EITHER OUR CITY STRATEGIC PLAN OR THE EDC STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THEY SHOULD LINE UP PRETTY WELL. UM, BUT WE WANTED TO OPEN IT UP FOR YOU GUYS TO, TO HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS. UM, I WILL NOTE THAT, UM, B BOARD DID ADOPT, UM, THIS INCENTIVE POLICY. THE ONLY CHANGE THEY MADE, WHICH IS ALREADY REFLECTED IN HERE, UM, WAS FOR THE APPLICATION FEE. UM, WE HAD IT ORIGINALLY SET AT $500. THEY ASKED IT TO INCREASE IT TO $1,500. UM, THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE REQUESTED BY A B BOARD. AND SINCE THEN, THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE CITY RESPONDED. YES. OH, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, AND THEN TODAY, UM, THIS IS ALREADY, WE, WE GOT WORD THAT THE CITY ATTORNEYS HAVE ALSO FULLY REVIEWED IT AND GIVEN THEIR BLESSING, UM, FOR IT TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, SO ANY, ANY SUGGESTIONS, UM, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE OR ANYTHING THAT LOOKS WAY OUT OF PLACE? UM, WE ARE ALL EARS. OKAY. JUST MAKE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD YOU. SO THE EDCS, BOTH THE A AND THE B SAID, YES, WE WANT A POLICY AND SKETCHED IT OUT, AND [00:20:01] THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S BEEN REDUCED TO LANGUAGE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, NO. NO. SO THIS, THIS POLICY, WE, WE HAD ALREADY ADOPTED A POLICY PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT. OKAY. UM, AND IT KIND OF SAT IN PURGATORY BETWEEN CITY MANAGER'S, OFFICE ATTORNEY, AND JUST NEVER WAS SENT TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, BUT THE EDCS HAD FULLY APPROVED, BUT THE EDCS HAD FULLY APPROVED IT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO REALLY PROMOTE IT OR USE IT BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL. SO WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO COMPLETELY REWORK IT, MAKE IT A LOT EASIER, UM, OKAY. EASILY DIGESTIBLE, UM, BUT STILL HOLDING THOSE MAIN POINTS. UM, AND THEN NOT ONLY COVERING THE EDCS, BUT ALSO THE CITY, THE CITY OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY. UM, SO THIS, THAT'S WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS. UM, THIS ALSO CONTAINS THE APPLICATION. UM, OKAY. I GOTCHA. YES, MA'AM. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE APPLICATION FEE. YES, SIR. UM, DOES THAT $1,500, DOES THAT, IS THAT A COMMON NUMBER AMONGST OTHER CITIES OUR SIZE? SO THIS IS A QUESTION THAT, UH, B BOARD ASKED AS WELL. UM, WE SAW, UH, A RANGE OF NUMBERS ANYWHERE FROM A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO $2,500 AND ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN, UM, WE HAD ORIGINALLY HAD $500. UM, BUT, UH, AFTER TALKS WITH B BOARD, REALLY THE FEE IS THERE NOT TO BE SOME ARBITRARY NUMBER, BUT FOR LEGAL REVIEWS AND ANY SORT OF DATA THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PULL FOR THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY. UM, AND TO COVER THAT COST, UM, THE BOARD AND WE AGREED AS WELL, UM, TO STEP THAT UP TO 1500. JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THAT ANY APPLICATION THAT IS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, LIKE RESIDENTIAL AND, OR NO, NO. NO. IS THIS JUST COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT? THIS, THIS WILL BE JUST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. YEAH. THIS, AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE THOUGHT IF ANYONE CAME WITH A BIG PROPOSAL, WE NEEDED TO HAVE A POLICY FOR BIGGER PROPOSALS. UH, OF COURSE, THERE'S ALSO THE DESIRE TO HAVE A POLICY FOR SMALLER THINGS. MM-HMM. EXACTLY. THAT IS STILL ON THE LIST OF THINGS TO GET DONE. BUT THIS WAS LIKE, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME AND BRING 50 JOBS TO THE CITY OR MAKE AN INVESTMENT OF, YOU KNOW, 25, 50, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE WANTED TO HAVE A POLICY THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BEING SUBJECTIVE ON HOW WE DO THIS. WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR POLICY ON HOW WE'RE DOING THIS. EXACTLY. FOR BIGGER, BIGGER PROJECTS. MM-HMM . YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND THAT WAS A POINT THAT WAS, UM, OR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON, ON B BOARD AS WELL. THERE IS STILL A DESIRE TO HAVE, UM, A SMALL BUSINESS POLICY, UM, WHETHER THAT'S FOR FACADE GRANTS AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS FOR OUR, OUR MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS. WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDUSTRIAL REALLY INFO, BUT THAT'S TYPE OF PROJECT, A MAJOR, UH, CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE CITY. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD COVER. NOW. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN, WE'VE HAD DEVELOPERS COME IN AND THEY ALL WANT MONEY. UH, HOW DOES THIS POLICY IMPACTS THOSE CONVERSATIONS? THIS WILL HOPEFULLY STREAMLINE A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM, REDUCE THE, YEAH. THIS ALSO GIVES THEM SOME BUY-IN. UM, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY KNOW THEY'RE COMING FOR THESE BIG INCENTIVE, ASK FROM THE BOARDS AND THE CITY, UNLESS THAT FEE IS PAID AND THAT APPLICATION MEETS OUR CRITERIA, THEY WILL NOT BE HEARD, UM, BEFORE THE BOARD FOR THESE INCENTIVES. MM-HMM . UM, YEAH. UM, THERE'S, UH, OFTENTIMES THE QUESTIONS GO TO OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR OR OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR SOMETHING BEFORE THEY EVEN GET TO US. SO IT REALLY HELPS US INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL REFERRING TO THE SAME GUIDELINES, THE SAME TARGETS, UM, THE SAME MECHANISMS THAT WE'RE ALL WANTING TO USE. UH, AND I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T MADE IT TO THE EDC, BUT WE'VE SPENT 10 OR MORE MEETINGS OF HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF, TWO HOURS. UM, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF IT FITS WHEN IT COULD HAVE JUST BEEN ONE THOROUGH APPLICATION, ONE REVIEW, YES OR NO, YOU CAN PROCEED TO THE NEXT STEP, OR NO, THIS WOULDN'T QUALIFY. UM, AND USUALLY THE FIRST QUESTION WE GET FROM ANYONE THAT'S CONSIDERING, UM, A LARGE, LARGE PARCEL OR A PROJECT HERE IN RE IS DO YOU HAVE THE POLICY AND CAN WE REVIEW IT? AND WHEN WE SAY NO, WELL, IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO ASSESS IF THEY'RE A GOOD FIT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE DRIVING OUT HERE AND THEN SITTING IN A ROOM [00:25:01] FOR AN HOUR OR MORE, UM, TO DISCUSS THE COMPONENTS OF THEIR PROJECT. AND THERE, MY UNDERSTANDING OF READING THE APPLICATION IS WE ARE STILL RELYING ON THEM TO REQUEST AN AMOUNT. EXACTLY, MM-HMM . YEAH. WHAT, WHAT I RECALL ALSO TWO YEARS AGO IS THE EDCS HAD THE POLICY AND GAVE IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY OR THE CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER, UH, BECAUSE WE WERE THINKING THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING COMPARABLE AND MAYBE IT WOULD, UM, TIE IN WITH OURS. AND I GUESS THEY JUST NEVER GOT THAT DONE. SO THUS THE PURGATORY COMMENT. UM, BUT THIS, IF THEY'VE, IF THEY'VE LOOKED AT IT AND REVIEWED IT, AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT, IT'S LIKE, WE DON'T NEED TWO POLICIES, ONE FOR THE EDC AND ONE FOR THE CITY. WE'LL JUST HAVE ONE POLICY THAT COVERS EVERYTHING, WHICH ALSO SEEMS LIKE AN IMPROVEMENT TO ME COMPARED TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. NOW THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US SOME MORE FEEDBACK, UM, I GUESS THE B BOARD FELT $1,500 WAS ENOUGH. ARE WE SURE ABOUT THAT? WHEN I FIRST READ IT, I THOUGHT THAT'S MY FIRST TWO REC, WHEN I FIRST READ IT, YOU KNOW, I REALIZED THIS IS FOR BIG PROJECTS. THIS IS NOT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS PROJECTS THAT, UM, I HAD WORKED ON PREVIOUSLY AND HAVE SINCE GONE NOWHERE. RIGHT. I MEAN, BEFORE YOUR TIME, BEFORE YOUR TIME NOT, NOT TALKING TO Y'ALL BEFORE YOUR TIME. UM, THIS IS BIGGER PROJECTS AND I DO KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU, I MEAN, YOU JUST SAID, I MEAN, 10 MEETINGS FOR, YOU KNOW YEAH. WITH THAT REGARD, THINKING ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW I'M THINKING IS 20, IS 1500 ENOUGH? I MEAN, I, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SO MUCH THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM. MM-HMM . ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE CITY'S TIME, INCLUDING YOURS, TRYING TO JUST HAVE MEETING AFTER MEETING AFTER MEETING, TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BEAT THE SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE. AND MY CONCERN IS YOUR TIME AND BEING EFFECTIVE WITH YOUR TIME AND YOU SITTING IN 10 MEETINGS FOR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT LATER OF, HEY, YEAH, THEY DIDN'T, I MEAN, WE HAD AN ISSUE. YOU SHOWED US A PROPOSAL, IT DIDN'T MEET ANYTHING WE WERE LOOKING FOR. WHY ARE YOU IN MEETINGS WITH THEM AND WHY ARE THEY COMING TO US? IS THE $1,500 ENOUGH TO SAY, HEY, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE UP OUR TIME, THEN YOU'VE GOTTA PUT IN MORE CASH. YEP. YEAH, I THINK SO. UM, AND, AND THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF OUR THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT. WHEN THEY'RE SUBMITTING THAT $1,500, THEY'RE ALSO FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION, TELLING US WHAT THEIR CAPEX IS, THEIR JOBS, ALL OF THAT. WE, WE HAVE IN THERE WHAT THE MINIMUM CRITERIA IS. SO IF THEY DECIDE THAT THEY DON'T MEET ANY OF THE MINIMUM CRITERIA AND THEY WANT TO PAY $1,500 FOR AN APPLICATION, THAT THAT'S REALLY JUST GONNA GO NOWHERE. IF THEY MEET AT LEAST THOSE CRITERIA, IT'S AT LEAST WORTH IT FOR US TO, TO ENTERTAIN AND, AND KIND OF ACCOMPLISH, CARRY DOWN THAT PATH. UM, IT, IT, IT'S A STARK DIFFERENCE THAN, UM, A, A VERY SMALL MEETING THAT WE KNOW IS NOT GONNA MEET ANY OF THESE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. AND IT'S JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND A WASTE OF, OF ENERGY. UM, AND NOT ONLY OURS, BUT, BUT THEIRS. 'CAUSE WE, WE WANNA BE AS UPFRONT AND HONEST WITH THE PROJECTS AS WE CAN, UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY GUIDE THEM IN THE RIGHT PATH TO WHERE THEY, THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CITY WITH OR WITHOUT OUR INCENTIVES. UM, BUT FOR THOSE BIG PROJECTS, I THINK THEY COME IN KNOWING, UM, THAT THEY AT LEAST MEET WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. MM-HMM . AND I THINK BE BEFORE TOO. WHAT PUT US IN THAT POSITION IS THAT THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL POLICY THAT WAS ADOPTED OR ACCEPTED. SO I THINK THE BELIEF WAS IF WE MEET ENOUGH AND CONVINCE THEM THAT OUR PROJECT IS GREAT ENOUGH, WE CAN CHANGE THE, THE APPETITE OR CONVINCE, CONVINCE HIM. BUT NOW WE'LL SAY IT IS POLICY, IT'S WHAT'S ADOPTED. IF IT DOESN'T MEET THIS, WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD. THERE'S NO ROUNDABOUT WAY TO, TO MOVE. SO I THINK IT WILL AVOID A LOT OF, UM, ADDITIONAL TIME AND JUST, JUST THE FACT THAT IT'S WRITTEN AND YOU CAN GIVE IT TO 'EM. MM-HMM . THEY CAN DECIDE IF IT'S WORTHWHILE FOR THEM TO PUT $1,500 IN. YEAH. IT, IT'LL BE HUGELY IMPACTFUL JUST TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE EVEN ON THE CITY WEBSITE. UM, IT'S IT'S, IT'S [00:30:01] VERY CONFUSING. NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT FOR THE DEVELOPER. WHEN WE'RE WHAT DO YOU, WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES WOULD YOU GUYS CONSIDER? WELL, ANYTHING, ANYTHING. LIKE, WE, WE CAN TALK THROUGH ANYTHING, BUT IT'S, IT IS JUST A WASTE OF TIME AT A CERTAIN POINT WHEN WE CAN'T EXACTLY PINPOINT WHAT WOULD WORK FOR THAT PROJECT AND WHAT THAT PROJECT REALLY WOULD NEED. MM-HMM . SO THE POLICY ITSELF WOULD PREVENT THOSE 10 MEETINGS. YEAH, EXACTLY. THE DOLLAR AMOUNT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE THAT. UM, BUT THE POLICY ITSELF WOULD PREVENT YOU GUYS WASTING TIME, OR FOR LACK, AT THE VERY LEAST, THERE MIGHT BE 10 MEETINGS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THOSE 10 MEETINGS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO LEAD SOMEWHERE THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY. OKAY. WELL, IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT, I I WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, SIR, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION? I'LL MOVE THAT. UM, THE, A BOARD APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH TWO, UH, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SHORE TEXAS, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ECONOMIC ECONOMIC INCENTIVE POLICY AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. DO WE, WHAT ABOUT THE, THE WHAT PART IS THAT TODAY? IS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT'LL JUST BE IN THE DOCUMENT. GOTCHA. OKAY. AND ANYTHING ELSE DO I HEAR SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM [Business - H] H FULL FAST TRACK DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT. I, UM, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A RECAP. WE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON, UM, FEBRUARY 18TH AND JUST, OR WAS IT FEBRUARY? WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UM, A REPORT ON THE METRICS AND THE PROGRESS OF THE PROGRAM SO FAR. UM, AND A COUPLE OF REQUESTS WERE MADE BY COUNCIL. UM, ONE WAS TO CONTINUE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THEM ON ALL THE EVENTS AND THE METRICS THEMSELVES. UM, BUT THEY ALSO HAD EXPRESSED SOME CONCERNS WITH THE INABILITY TO TRACK SALES TAX, UM, OR REALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE, UM, WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THE PROGRAM. UM, AND SO THEY HAVE ASKED US TO KIND OF FIND A WAY TO INCLUDE THAT. UM, AND WE, WE TRIED OUR BEST TO EXPLAIN THAT SALES TAX GENERATION WASN'T REALLY THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TRACK DOWN WHEN MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ARE JUST WORKING THROUGH A BUSINESS PLAN AND LOOKING TO START UP A BUSINESS. UM, AND THEN THE, THE OTHER IS THEY HAD SOME CONCERN WITH THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ANYONE IN, IN THE REGION SURROUNDING AREAS TO THE CITY, UM, AND THAT IT WASN'T A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY PARTICIPANT TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF FULLER. UM, SO WE JUST, WE WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL IS KIND OF ASKING OF US. IT, UH, I, I DON'T REMEMBER IF YOU ALL WERE HERE WHEN KIND OF THOSE TALKS WERE HAPPENING, UM, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, BUT IF YOU WEREN'T, UM, THAT WAS A POINT THAT WE DISCUSSED IN MANY MEETINGS, WHETHER WE WANTED TO KEEP IT OPEN AND MAKE IT A REGIONAL BENEFIT, A REGIONAL POOL OR, UM, MAKE IT JUST FOR CITIZENS. ULTIMATELY, THE, THE LEADERSHIP AT THE CANNON SHARED THAT IN THEIR EXPERIENCE, THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT INVESTED AND LAUNCHED A PROGRAM THAT WAS VERY, UM, CONFINED IN THOSE WAYS HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING IT OFF THE GROUND AND CREATING THAT MOMENTUM. UM, BECAUSE THE, THE GUIDELINES TO PARTICIPATE WERE SO STRICT, AND SO WE OPTED TO JUST LEAVE IT OPEN, UM, WITH THE HOPES THAT IT WOULD ATTRACT PEOPLE, UM, TO MOVE HERE, STAY HERE, UM, THAT ARE ALL IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. UM, SO B BOARD GAVE US THEIR FEEDBACK. I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU. I CAN WAIT UNTIL YOU SHARE YOURS . UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, UNFORTUNATELY. UM, IT CREATED A BIT OF A BUZZ. I THINK EVERYONE KIND OF FELT THE, THE I, I GUESS, PERCEPTION THAT COUNCIL HAS OF THE PROGRAM. UM, AND WE NOTICED IT HAVE A, A NEGATIVE IMPACT IN THE PARTICIPATION. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T, WHO WOULD TYPICALLY SHARE OUR POSTS OR ENGAGE OR SHOW UP, JUST KIND OF STOPPED. I THINK THERE'S THIS FEAR THERE ON THE PART OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO, UM, I MEAN HALF OF YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO RUN A BUSINESS AND TRY TO DO LIFE AT THE SAME TIME. IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING. AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME IS WORTH A LOT. AND SO NOW YOU'RE, UM, SECOND GUESSING, DO I ATTEND THIS LUNCHEON AND THIS MENTORSHIP CALL? THIS PROGRAM MIGHT NOT [00:35:01] BE THERE NEXT YEAR. UM, SO MAYBE I SHOULD JUST KIND OF STEP BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO WE FELT THAT STEP BACK, IF YOU WILL, UM, JUST ON ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION. UM, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY ENGAGED AND KEEP PARTICIPATING. WE FEEL THAT WE'VE GAINED A LOT OF MOMENTUM. MOST OF THE METRICS ON THERE, UH, I MEAN ALL OF THEM, WE'VE EITHER MET THEM OR EXCEEDED THEM. SO THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM, AS YOU ALL HAD, UM, DESIGNED IT, IT'S GOING WELL. IT'S JUST, I THINK A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON, UM, HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT LOOKS AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD. ANYTHING ELSE? WE MADE, WE MADE A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS FOLLOWING THE MEETING. WE'VE CREATED DIFFERENT INTAKE FORMS TO TRY AND TRACK SOME OF THE, UH, MORE SPECIFIC DATA THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. BUT THERE'S JUST SOME THINGS THAT ARE, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE. CAN I ASK, UM, THE, SO THE METRICS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, THE, UM, WHO IS I GUESS, PULLING THAT DATA TOGETHER AND VERIFYING, IS THAT MATT OR ARE WE ALSO DOING ANY VERIFICATION OF THOSE KPIS? UH, SO MATT PUTS THE REPORT TOGETHER. I MEAN, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH THERE AT ALL THE EVENTS AND, UM, WE SEE ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS, WE'RE OFTEN COPIED IN THE EMAIL, SO IT'S VERY EASY FOR US TO VERIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MENTORSHIP CALLS HAPPENED OR THE EVENT TOOK PLACE, THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I'D SAY WE HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT TO IT AS STAFF. UM, AND WE'RE OFTEN PART OF IT AS IT'S TAKING PLACE. DO WE FEEL LIKE GIVEN THE PUBLICITY, UM, THAT'S GONE ON IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO DO A SURVEY OF, WE HAVE ALL OF THE EMAIL ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ATTENDED TO SEND THEM OUT AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING A GUT CHECK. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE SESSIONS? MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE MENTORS? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT SESSIONS DO YOU WISH WE HAVE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE? AND MM-HMM . BUT ALSO USE THAT AS A WAY TO, UM, TO GAUGE, TO CONNECT, FIGURE OUT WHO GET WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR VALUE, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING IT. AND, AND ALSO JUST VERIFYING IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A LOW RESPONSE RATE, MAYBE THAT'S INDICATIVE OF THERE BEING, YOU KNOW, MORE PEOPLE SIGNED UP THAN ARE ACTIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LIKE IT COULD GIVE US A, WE KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A LOW PERCENTAGE RATE OF RESPONSES IN A SURVEY, BUT, UM, BUT IT, IT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD GIVE US SOME MORE INFORMATION AND THEN THAT'S INFORMATION THAT IS COMING BACK DIRECTLY TO US. SURE. YEAH. WE COULD DEFINITELY DO MORE SURVEYS. WE, WE HAVE DONE, SO WE HAVE SOME DATA ON WHAT PEOPLE HAVE FOUND TO BE THE MOST VALUABLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU. UM, SO YOU CAN ALSO KIND OF LOOK THROUGH IT AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE SEEING THE VALUE. SO I WENT TO THE LAST, UM, BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEON, IF THAT'S WHAT THE NAME IS AT PIER 36. AND, UM, MATT AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT AFTER, UM, THE MAIN PART WAS DONE. UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED TO ME IS THAT, UH, DOING, DOING MORE RESEARCH ON HOW LONG DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE TO CREATE JOBS, HOW LONG DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE FOR COMPANIES TO FORM AND GET STARTED AND START BEING PROFITABLE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. UM, HE TOLD ME THE, SOME OF, SOME OF THE MATERIAL THAT, UM, THEY LOOKED TO SAID THAT IT WAS LIKE REALLY A FIVE OR A SIX YEAR TIMEFRAME. YES, MA'AM. AND SO PART OF ME THINKS THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS CAME OUT OF OUR STR, STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. UM, AT THE TIME THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, I MEAN, IT WAS UNANIMOUS AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING, UH, LIKE A MONTH OR TWO LATER WHERE THEY BROUGHT IN A FACILITATOR AND IT WAS LIKE, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GET ON BOARD AND WE NEED TO DO THIS, AND IF YOU'RE NOT BEHIND THIS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET APPOINTED TO AN EDC. AND SO IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, BANG, BANG, BANG. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS IN THAT MATRIX OF ACTIVITIES MM-HMM . AND WE, WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. OF COURSE, COVID GOT IN THE WAY, [00:40:01] UH, BUT IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHEN CAN WE GET A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OUT? AND HOW SOON CAN WE TALK TO THESE PEOPLE AND HOW CAN WE GET THE PLAN STARTED? AND IT WASN'T SO MUCH THAT WE ASKED AT THE TIME, HOW LONG DOES THIS TAKE? AND HOW MANY COMPANIES DO YOU START? AND SO SOME OF THIS I THINK, GOES BACK TO MANAGEMENT OF EXPECTATIONS AND MAYBE WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF THAT WITH CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS, UH, IF, IF WE'RE GOING, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET TIP STRATEGIES BACK HERE TO HELP US WITH THE, I DON'T, I FORGET WHETHER UPDATE OR REFRESH, WHICH ONE IS THE CORRECT TERM, BUT, UM, MAYBE WE SHOULD SEE IF THEY HAVE INPUT ALSO IN THIS AREA. AND THAT CAN ALSO BE PART OF A DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCIL ON MANAGEMENT OF EXPECTATIONS. PERSONALLY, I KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF, OF HAVING PRIMARY EMPLOYERS, NOT ONLY, I MEAN, IT'D BE FANTASTIC IF YOU HAD 'EM IN CITY LIMITS, BUT IF YOU HAVE 'EM IN THE ETJ OR NEARBY, THAT'S STILL GIVES YOU A SHORTER COMMUTING TIME. AND THAT'S STILL AN ATTRACTION FOR PEOPLE TO WANNA MAKE FULL SHARE OF THEIR HOME LONG TERM. SO I'M, I MEAN, YEAH, GRANTED, IF YOU CAN DO CITY LIMITS, THAT'S, THAT'S THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS. BUT I ALSO THINK THE CITY GETS BENEFIT IF IT'S NEARBY IN OUR ETJ OR IN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SAME AREA THAT THE CHAMBER USES FOR THEIR SHORE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I HAD ON, ON THIS, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG AND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUDGING A KINDERGARTNER ON HOW WELL THEY READ CHAPTER BOOKS. LIKE I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH TIME YET TO MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS WORKS BECAUSE IT'S IN ITS INFANCY AND WE'RE JUST STARTING. AND IF MATT SAYS IT TAKES FIVE TO SIX YEARS, LIKE WE'VE GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US BEFORE WE WOULD SEE THIS COME TO FRUITION MM-HMM . UM, SO WE MAY NEED TO CLARIFY THAT WITH COUNCIL SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, HEY, THIS ISN'T A, WE ROLL IT OUT AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, PRISTINE, LIKE WE HAVE TO BUILD IT MM-HMM . UM, SO NO, I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, NEW AVERAGE SMALL BUSINESS DOESN'T SEE PROFIT UNTIL FIVE YEARS. SO EVEN IF WE WERE GRADING THIS ON TAX REVENUE, THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD SEE SUBSTANTIAL TAX REVENUE BEFORE FIVE YEARS IS UNLIKELY. RIGHT. SO, YEAH, IT'S, I I THINK IT'S A GREAT POINT ABOUT MANAGING EXPECTATIONS. UM, I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S TO THE POINT, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SALES TAX REVENUE. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LOVE IF THOSE BUSINESSES ARE HERE AND IN, YOU KNOW, IN SHORE, BUT IT'S ABOUT MAKING SHORE KNOWN AS BEING BUSINESS FRIENDLY. MM-HMM . AND THAT IS GOING TO ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, A REPUTATION IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS, AS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS. AND SO THE IDEA OF HAVING A PROGRAM THAT HAS RESOURCES BRINGS PEOPLE TO THE CITY, CITY, AND THEN THEY WANT TO INVEST IN THE CITY. THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK, THEY WANNA MOVE HERE. THEY'RE USED TO COMING HERE, YOU KNOW, AND SO I JUST, I, YEAH, I I THINK THAT THERE'S, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S SOME TANGIBLES THAT CAN'T ALWAYS BE JUDGED OR METRICS THAT CAN'T ALWAYS BE JUDGED. RIGHT. IN TERMS OF JUST LIKE, HOW ARE WE HELPING TO MAKE FUL KNOWN IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A DESTINATION FOR, FOR BEING, YOU KNOW, FRIENDLY TO SMALL BUSINESS. MM-HMM . YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THE IDEA HERE IS TO CREATE THE ECOSYSTEM TO CREATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB, TO BUILD THE COMMUNITY, PROVE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THE DEMAND, UM, PROVE THAT THE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE AND THE GOAL ALWAYS BEING TO CREATE A PHYSICAL SPACE. SO WE JUST DECIDED TO START BY BUILDING THAT COMMUNITY FIRST. UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING MATT MENTIONED TO ME WAS, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW, WERE, WERE Y'ALL AT THAT CROSS CREEK W RANCH, UM, BUSINESS EXPO OR WHATEVER THEY CALL, CALLED IT? WE WERE NOT, YEAH, MATT WAS THERE FULL STREET, FAST TRACK WAS THERE. MM-HMM . WELL, I, I ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE HE ACTUALLY HAD A TABLE AND, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE WORKS, THE BANNER AND ALL THAT. SO P ANYONE WHO CAME IN COULD, UM, TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT. AND HE TOLD ME, UM, YOU KNOW, HE GOT, HE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THE HOME BASE BUSINESSES ON RESIDENTS [00:45:01] WHO LIVE IN CROSS CREEK, YOU KNOW, HEARING MORE ABOUT FULL SHERE FAST TRACK. BUT MOREOVER, FROM THAT, HE SAID ALL THE OTHER RESIDENTS WHO CAME TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, HE SAID THOSE PEOPLE WERE, UH, VERY COMPLIMENTARY SAYING, YES, THAT'S WE, UH, OOH, ALRIGHT. IT'S NOT , PLEASE MOVE AROUND. DON'T GET THESE LINES BACK. THE MICROPHONE STILL WORKS. UH, BUT HE, BUT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW ALL THE OTHER RESIDENTS THAT JUST CAME TO SEE WHAT WAS THERE THAT ALL OF THEM SAID, OH, THIS IS WONDERFUL. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT IN RE IS WE WANT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WE'RE THRILLED THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP GROW LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. YEAH. THAT'S USUALLY WHAT WE'VE FOUND. YOU KNOW, WE, WE TRY TO MAKE ANY BUSINESS, WE COME IN CONTACT WITH AWARE OF THE RESOURCES THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, AT NO COST TO THEM. AND USUALLY IT'S, THEY'RE JUST, WOW. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF, IT'S A LARGE VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT IT OFFERS TO ADDRESS SO MANY DIFFERENT PAIN POINTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO DIFFERENT SECTORS OF BUSINESS. UM, SO YEAH, WE, THAT I THINK THAT WAS, UM, A GREAT EVENT TO PARTICIPATE IN AND KEEP PARTICIPATING IN. I THINK IT'S WORTH US UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO FOR FORWARD WITH THIS, I MEAN, WE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT TO DO IT. WE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ON WHO TO GO FORWARD WITH MM-HMM . AND TO HEAR THAT THERE IS DISAGREEMENT AMONG A COUNCIL OF PEOPLE, WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT THIS IS NOT SUPER SIMPLE. RIGHT. UM, WE HAVE A CITY WHO IS OUR COMPETITION, UM, WHO HAS DECIDED TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON A SIMILAR PROCESS. UM, AND WE WE'RE CHOOSING TO GO WITH A MORE COST EFFECTIVE OPTION. AND BUT TO EXPECT THAT EVERYONE WE TALK TO OR EVERYONE IN CITY, OR EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL OR EVEN APPOINTED IS GOING TO AGREE WITH IT, I DON'T THINK IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION. MM-HMM . OKAY, WE SHOULD TAKE FEEDBACK, WE SHOULD TAKE CHALLENGES AND BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND GROW APPROPRIATELY. BUT EXPECTING UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT, UM, ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS AT WHERE WE ARE IN THIS STAGE, I DON'T THINK IS A REASONABLE EXPECTATION BY US. WELL, AND, AND THE, THE TWO MEMBERS THAT HAD THE CONCERNS, UH, THEY WEREN'T ON COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS APPROVED. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE TURNOVER AND THE, THE NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE. MM-HMM . YEAH. THE TIMELINE THAT IT TOOK, YEAH. IT WAS OVER A YEAR, I THINK, OF JUST EVEN GOING THROUGH THE RESULT OF THE RFP THAT'S NOT COUNTING ALL THE TIME FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2018 TO ACTUALLY POSTING THE RFP, ASSESSING THE APPLICANT, THEN CHOOSING ONE AND THEN WORKING THROUGH THAT CONTRACT. BUT YES, UM, AS YOU SAID, BRIAN, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT WE CONTINUE THAT OPEN COMMUNICATION, UM, AND COLLABORATION, SHARE CONCERNS, DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT, AND ADJUST ACCORDINGLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE, UM, WHILE MAKING THE BEST USE OF SALES TAX DOLLARS AND HELPING BUSINESSES START AND GROW AND THRIVE WITHIN OUR CITY. AND, UM, I, I WOULD ON, WHEN WE GET THE TIP STRATEGIES THING KICKED OFF, UM, I WOULD, I MEAN, WE, WE SAID WE WANTED, UH, THEM TO PROVIDE IN THE REPORT WHERE, WHERE DID WE HAVE OBSTRUCTIONS? WHERE DID WE FALL SHORT? HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE 'CAUSE THE GUY JOHN CARAS, I THINK IS THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. HE SAID, WELL, MAYBE, MAYBE A LIFESTYLE CENTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON A 10 YEAR TIMELINE INSTEAD OF A FIVE YEAR TIMELINE. MM-HMM . I WOULD LIKE THEIR THOUGHTS ALSO. UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER DATA POINT THAT CAN HELP INFORM US AND POTENTIALLY COUNSEL ON THAT ASPECT OF IT. YES MA'AM. WE CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US IN THIS DISCUSSION? NO, SIR. NO, I THINK THAT WAS IT. WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE FEEDBACK WE GOT, UM, GET YOUR INPUT AND, UM, AS ALWAYS WITH ANY PROGRAM, BUT THIS PROGRAM, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, [00:50:01] IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE, WHETHER IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR, UM, IF YOU'RE ATTENDING SOME OF THE EVENTS, UH, AND YOU SEE WHERE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE OR THINGS THAT ARE WORKING, LET US KNOW. WE, WE LOVE TO HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK. AND THEN, UM, JUST THE SAME, I MEAN, YOU, YOU ALL VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS PROGRAM AND THE FUNDING FOR IT. SO HELP US BY BEING AMBASSADORS AND, AND CHAMPIONS OF IT. THE WORK IS BEING DONE, THE PROGRAMMING IS, UM, CREATED. THE MORE PEOPLE THAT KNOW AND CAN BENEFIT FROM IT, THE BETTER. SO JUST HELP US BY SHARING ALL THAT INFORMATION WITH YOUR NETWORKS. THANK YOU. NOW CAN WE ASK WHAT THE P BOARD SAID ? OKAY, SURE. UM, BASICALLY THE, THEY NOTED THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE PROGRAM, UM, AND DIDN'T WANNA CHANGE ANY METRICS THAT WERE LAID OUT. UM, JUST BASICALLY CONTINUE ON THE PATH THAT WE ARE. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. [Recurring Items - A] ITEM FOUR A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORTS, ANIL. ALRIGHT. I HAVE SIX ITEMS, UM, TO REPORT ON. I'LL START OFF WITH, UH, NUMBER ONE, OUR MURAL. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE MURAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT AT THE MARCH 4TH MEETING. SO WE WILL WORK TO HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER SIGN, UM, SOME TIME THIS WEEK. SO ONCE THAT'S SIGNED, WE'LL MEET WITH THE ARTIST AND JUST GO AHEAD AND GET, YOU KNOW, A TRUE SCHEDULE OF INSTALLATION AND WHEN ALL THAT WORK WILL BE DONE AND COMPLETED. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO REPORT ON THAT. UM, ITEM TWO TRAININGS AND CONFERENCES. UM, MARCH 5TH THROUGH SIXTH, I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, INSTITUTE TRAINING AT LONE STAR IN THE WOODLANDS. UM, I STARTED THAT PROGRAM IN 2022. IT'S JUST A, A WEEK, A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS. AND THIS YEAR I FINALLY TOOK MY EXAM AND I PASSED. SO, YAY. I'M A CERTIFIED COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPER. , UH, HOW DID YOU LEARN? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN HAYDEN AND I HAVE BOTH REGISTERED TO ATTEND RETAIL FORWARD ON APRIL 10TH, HOSTED BY ICSC IN HOUSTON. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY DO THAT HERE IN HOUSTON, SO WE FIGURED, UH, IT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, JUST DRIVE UP THE STREET AND MEET WITH DEVELOPERS, RETAILERS, RESTAURANTS, AND SEE IF THEY'RE A GOOD FIT FOR FUL. SURE. IT'S THE, I I AM SORRY I GET THE NAMES OF THE COMPANY MIXED UP, BUT THE, THE COMPANY WE JUST HIRED, ARE THEY GONNA BE THERE RETAIL STRATEGIES? YES. I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE AT THIS ONE. UM, BUT THEY, THEY WILL GIVE US ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE NEED. UM, SOMETIME THIS WEEK. THEY WERE JUST HERE LAST WEEK TO DO THEIR, UM, FINAL LIKE DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY AND ALL OF THAT. YEAH. FROM THE, UM, FROM THE LIST, IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WASN'T A LOT OF LIKE THIRD PARTY, UM, OR COMPANY'S COMPANIES, CONSULTANTS OR ANYTHING. IT WAS A LOT OF DEVELOPERS. I THINK WE WERE ACTUALLY THE ONLY CITY REGISTERED ON THERE, SO WE'VE GOT GOOD ODDS, , , UM, BUT I THINK IT WAS AT THE TIME OPTIONS 160, UM, INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP. SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE. AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL STICK WITH. UM, CONTINUE. YEAH. AND IT'LL CONTINUE TO GROW OUTSIDE OF RED RIVER UP IN DALLAS. SO, SO IF YOU SAW THE 160 REGISTRANTS ALREADY, ARE A LOT OF 'EM, UH, LOCAL, REGIONAL TO THIS AREA OR A LOT OF 'EM NATIONAL OR, I'D SAY A PRETTY GOOD MIX, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD. UM, DEFINITELY A LOT OF, UH, HOUSTON REGIONAL. UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME, SOME NATIONAL CHAINS, UM, NOT PARTICULAR THAT WE WOULD, UH, PURSUE, PURSUE OR SEEK OUT. UM, BUT ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS. YOU SHOULD BRING LIKE A LITTLE BUSINESS CARD THAT HAS DIRECTIONS TO SHORE AND BE LIKE, BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT, TAKE AN UBER, , KEEP GOING WEST, CHECK US OUT AN UBER 200 BUCKS FROM THE AIRPORT. OKAY. SO WE'LL RENT A PARTY BUS FOR THEM. , , PULL YOUR TOUR ON SCHEDULE. EXACTLY. WE CAN GET IT ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? MM-HMM . . YEAH, WE'RE, WE'LL, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND WE'LL REPORT BACK ANY CONNECTIONS THAT ARE MADE THERE. UM, ITEM THREE, THE THP UH, GATEWAY SIGN. STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE LEE WITH KGA DEFOREST HAS SENT THE APPROVAL TO META WITH THE REVISED LOCATION THAT YOU ALL APPROVED. SO SHE'S WORKING ON THE NEXT STEPS TO KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE JUST DEPENDENT ON WHEN THAT BOARD SET THEIR NEXT MEETING TO GIVE US THE, THE FINAL APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN ITEM FOUR, UM, RETAIL RECRUITMENT. UH, RETAIL STRATEGIES ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL OF THEIR DATA GATHERING. , MY, THESE ARE MY NOTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, BUT THEY, WE GAVE THEM A TOUR OF THE CITY. THEY WERE HERE THIS PAST TWO, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY. UM, SO WE DROVE ALL OVER THE CITY, UM, MAPPING OUT CURRENT, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL, UM, BUILDINGS THAT [00:55:01] ARE AVAILABLE, THOSE THAT ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. JUST A TRUE SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT'S AVAILABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, REVISITED WHAT OUR TARGETS ARE AND ALL OF THAT. SO WE SHOULD HAVE, UM, THE REPORTS BACK TO US FAIRLY SOON. I THINK THEY'RE JUST FINALIZING, UM, A FEW THINGS, GETTING, UM, JUST BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, CONFIRMED. AND THEN WE WILL SHARE ALL OF THAT WITH YOU AS WELL. UM, ITEM FIVE, UPDATE ON OUR CIP PROJECTS. SO FOR HARRIS STREET, UM, THE WATER WATERLINE OFFSET WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AFTER HOURS ON FEBRUARY THE 17TH. THE WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO UPSIZE THE SANITARY SEWER ALONG HARRIS STREET, WHICH WOULD BE IDEAL TO ACCOMPLISH. PRIOR TO POURING THE NEW ROADWAY, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD WAS DELAYED WHILE STAFF NEGOTIATED A PROPOSAL FOR UPSIZING THE SANITARY SEWER ALONG HARRIS STREET WITH THE CONTRACTOR. SO STAFF PRESENTED THAT CHANGE ORDER TO COUNSEL FOR THE UPSIZING OF THE SANITARY SEWER. ON MARCH 4TH, THE CONTRACTOR BEGAN INSTALLING THE STORM SEWER PIPE IN THE CURRENT PHASE BETWEEN FM, UM, 10 93 AND FIRST STREET, AND IS WORKING ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR THE DETENTION POND AT FIFTH STREET. SO STAFF ARE STILL WORKING WITH AT AND T AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO REMOVE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN FOR FOURTH STREET, UM, STAFF HAS REENGAGED WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION CONSULTANT WHO WILL CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY OBTAIN THE DRAIN, THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT. SO, UM, AS SOON AS THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, FORWARD MOVEMENT ON THAT WILL REPORT BACK AS WELL. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, TEDC RECOGNITION. SO BOTH YOU ARE TYPE A AND OUR TYPE B BOARDS RECEIVED, UM, THE 2024 ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION BY THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, OR TDC, WHICH YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR US REFERENCE. UM, SO THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE PROFESSIONALISM, STRONG LEADERSHIP, AND A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUED GROWTH THROUGH TRAINING AND VARIOUS CERTIFICATIONS. SO WE'RE PROUD TO BE TWO OF THE 71 ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, GOT THIS RECOGNITION THIS YEAR. SO THANK YOU ALL. UM, THAT FACTORS IN THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT DOING THE TRAININGS THAT WE SEND TO YOU WHEN, UM, YOU VOLUNTEER FOR THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR MAKING EVERY MEETING, UM, THE NOT ALL BOARDS MEET EVERY MONTH OR AS OFTEN, SO IT'S REALLY YOUR TIME AND DEDICATION THAT HELPS US TO ACHIEVE THIS KIND OF RECOGNITION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'M ASSUMING Y'ALL MISSED APPLIED FOR IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T , WE WE DID. AND WE SHOULD HAVE OUR CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATES PRETTY SOON, SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW. WE CAN ALL GET A PICTURE. WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL. BRIAN'S A GREAT LEADER, BUT WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL TOO. , ITEM [Recurring Items - B] FOUR B, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. KAY. YOU MENTIONED WANTING TO SEE THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON THERE TO KEEP THAT DISCUSSION, UM, WITH TIP STRATEGIES, THE TIP. YEAH. IF, IF YOU HAVE ANY GUESSTIMATE ON WHEN THEY MIGHT, WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT OR HAVE THEM, I DON'T KNOW. Y'ALL, Y'ALL GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM US AND THE B BOARD ALREADY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY NEED TO COME AND HEAR IT FROM US OURSELVES, BUT, UM, I'M THINKING IT WOULD BE GOOD TO, TO GET AT LEAST GET THAT KICKED OFF MAYBE AND SOMETIME IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. OKAY. YEAH, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS. I, I THINK, UM, WE, WE CAN, WELL I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSING THIS, BUT NO, YEAH, I'LL ADD IT TO THE LIST. YEAH. HOWEVER YOU WANT. YOU KNOW, START WITH DO WE NEED IT? YES. AND IF SO, WHAT DIRECT BOOK PATH ARE WE GONNA TAKE? YEP. UM, I'D LIKE TO ON THE NEXT MEETING REGARDING OUR, UM, CIP PROJECTS. MM-HMM . IF YOU CAN WALK THROUGH ALL THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS. SURE. WHERE ARE WE STANDING ON ALL OF THOSE? OKAY. AND IF THE ANSWER IS NOWHERE, THEN BRING THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DON'T. WE DON'T. OKAY. UM, WE ARE DOWN TO ADJOURNMENT. DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MOVE. WE ADJOURN. AYE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. THE MEETING OF [01:00:01] THE EDCA BOARD CLOSES AT 7:14 PM MARCH 24TH, 2025. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY FAST. * 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.