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I'M NOW CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM ON APRIL 14TH.
WE THE REGULAR CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
CITIZEN COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO, WE DO NOT.
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INTO AGENDA ITEM THREE, A CONSIDERATION ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 MEETING.UM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ON PAGE SIX OF THE PACKET UNDER ITEM G OF THE AGENDA INCENTIVE IS STILL SPELLED INVENTIVE IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND, AND THAT'S JUST A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.
SO I WILL MOVE THAT, THOSE MINUTES GET APPROVED WITH THAT CORRECTION MADE.
SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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B, CONSIDERATION, ACTION AND FINANCIALS IN PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025.UM, YOU'LL NOTICE OUR SALES TAX REVENUES RECEIVED IN APRIL, 2025.
THE REMITTANCES FROM FEBRUARY 20, UH, 25 WERE UP 8% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, SO WE ARE AT 45.23% OF THE BUDGET FOR 42% OF THE BUDGET YEAR.
AND I DO SEE THERE'S THAT LITTLE TYPO WE PUT.
IT'S 2024, IT SHOULD SAY FEBRUARY, 2025.
ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE STILL STAYING AHEAD OF THE COLLECTIONS AHEAD OF THE BUDGET FORECAST.
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ABOUT BUDGET OR ANYTHING, UM, OR THE FINANCIALS, I'LL UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PAYABLE OF $13,056 AND 82 CENTS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
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C, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON PROPOSAL FOR SUPPORT OF A VERTICAL ALIGNMENT STUDY FOR THE WEST PARK TOLL ROAD EXPANSION.I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME GARY, OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UM, UP HERE.
HE IS GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU A REQUEST FOR A FUNDING, UH, A PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS TO CONSIDER AN UNDER OPTION FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE WEST PARK TOLL ROAD THROUGH FULCHER, SPECIFICALLY OUR DOWNTOWN.
AND HE WILL SHARE ALL THOSE DETAILS WITH YOU ALL, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I'M THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF FULL, AND I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE JANUARY, SO I'M LEARNING THINGS AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT THE WEST PARK TOLL ROAD IS STARING US SQUARE IN THE EYES AND LOOKING TO NOT PERHAPS BE THE NE BEST NEIGHBOR THAT IT COULD BE.
SO IN CONSIDERING THAT WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IF THIS SLIDE WILL ADVANCE, THERE WE GO.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMING.
WE KNOW THAT TXDOT HAS RECONSTRUCTED 10 93 THROUGH THE, UH, THE DOWNTOWN OR SOUTHERN EDGE OF DOWNTOWN SHORE, ANTICIPATING A FUTURE TOLL ROAD DOWN THE MIDDLE THAT IS MOST LIKELY GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON IS GOING TO BE AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE.
THOSE TEND TO FURTHER DIVIDE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE NOW.
PREVIOUSLY WE HAD KIND OF A NO MAN'S LAND.
NOW WE HAVE A WALL TO GO WITH THE NO MAN'S LAND AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE US ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT? SO, AS WE KNOW, LOOKING JUST TO THE EAST AT SPRING GREEN, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE WEST PARK TOLL ROAD TO LOOK LIKE IF IT GOES THROUGH SHORE ON OVERPASS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE IN MY CAREER IS TRAVELED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO SEE WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE.
AND FOR AN EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, WHICH IS A SUBURB RIGHT ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND PRIDES
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ITSELF AS BEING THE ROUNDABOUT CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES WITH CLOSING IN ON 150 ROUNDABOUTS, DID WHAT THEY CALL BOW TIE ROUNDABOUTS ALONG KEYSTONE PARKWAY, WHICH CUTS THROUGH KIND OF THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF THEIR COMMUNITY.THE UNDERPASS PORTION IS, IS A FREE ROAD FOR THEM, BUT IT'S STILL A HIGH SPEED, HIGH VOLUME ROADWAY.
AND THEN THEIR ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS IN ADVANCE OF THE BOW TIE ROUNDABOUTS THAT ALLOW FOR THAT TRANSITION FROM TRAVELING AT SPEED TO COMING INTO THE LOCAL NETWORK.
SO AS AN I AS A CONCEPT FOR THIS, THIS IS A CON, A CROSS SECTION AS DEVELOPED IN A SOFTWARE PACKAGE OF WHAT IS OUT THERE TODAY.
AND THERE'S FIVE LANES TO MAKE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WORK.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TURN LANE, THE TWO THROUGH LANES LEFT TURN LANE, THEN U-TURN LANE, IF A ROUNDABOUT IS CONSIDERED.
WE DON'T NEED ALL THOSE LANES.
WE COULD MAKE IT WORK WITH JUST A TWO LANES.
AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF LATERAL ROOM WITHIN THE EXISTING MEDIAN FOOTPRINT AND WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY TO PUT THE ANTICIPATED TWO LANES EASTBOUND, TWO LANES WESTBOUND OF THE TOLL ROAD PLUS FORT BEND COUNTY HAS ASKED US TO RESERVE 25 FEET FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE COMMUTER RAIL, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT EVER COME TO PASS, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST LEAVE THAT OPEN FOR THEM.
AND THEN TO SIPHON OUT EASTBOUND OF WESTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM 10 93, GIVE THEM A FREE UNDERPASS TO GO DUCK UNDER THE TOLL, UM, THE BRIDGE AND NOT EVER ENTER INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA IF THEY DON'T NEED TO DO BUSINESS AND JUST WISH TO GO TO POINTS WEST OR COME FROM POINTS WEST TO GO TO POINTS EAST, THEY HAVE THAT BYPASS AND WORKING WITH, UH, GOOD COLLEAGUES, UH, WITH WESTWOOD AND, UH, ONE OF THEM IS HERE TONIGHT.
WE ENVISIONED WHAT THIS CROSS, THIS CROSSING COULD LOOK LIKE.
SO I CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN ON WHAT THE ROUNDABOUT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND THEN THEY BROUGHT LIFE TO IT.
SO ALONG WITH PROVIDING A SAFER AND A MORE EFFICIENT INTERSECTION AS PROPO, AS OPPOSED TO A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CREATION OF PLACE FOR SERVING ALL ROADWAY USERS, PEDESTRIAN CYCLISTS, MOTORIST, FREIGHT TRANSIT.
IF IT'S THERE, REGARDLESS OF AGE OR ABILITY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY NORTH AND SOUTH OF 10 93.
ALSO BY THE TOLL ROAD BEING DEPRESSED, WE HAVE LESS IMPACT FROM NOISE.
GRANTED IT'S SPENDER BY TWO AND A HALF TO THREE TIMES AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO EXPLORE.
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, CAN WE EVEN DO IT? IS IT EVEN TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE? SO THE FIRST THING OF COURSE IS TO GET THAT VERTICAL CLEARANCE, WHICH IS AROUND 25 TO 27 FEET PLUS SIX INCHES OF BRIDGE DECK STRUCTURE.
HOW FAR CAN WE GO DOWN? CAN WE GET, CAN WE ACHIEVE THAT? AND THEN THE RIDE, YOU KNOW, THE VERTICAL CURVES, THE UP AND DOWN AS YOU GO FROM OVERPASS TO UNDERPASS TO BACK TO WHEREVER AS YOU GO ONTO THE WEST, CAN THAT BE DONE IN THE STANDARDS THAT, UH, THE TOLL ROAD WILL WANT TO HAVE FOLLOWED? HOW DO WE DRAIN IT? IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD IF IT FILLS UP WITH WATER.
WE'D RATHER IT DRAIN BY GRAVITY.
BUT IF IT'S A PUMP SYSTEM, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THE CITY OF SHORE HAS TO MAINTAIN AND OWN AS PART OF THE PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
WHAT ARE THE TRADE OFFS? AND WALL STREET, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WANTS TO BE PART OF A ONE WAY COUPLET FOR DOWNTOWN.
WHAT IF WE CAN'T CONNECT? WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE CONCEPT OF A ONE WAY COUPLET? CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT THE CONCEPT OF A ONE WAY COUPLET IF WE CAN'T GET THE UNDERPASS TO WORK? BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT RENDERING, IF WALL STREET CONNECTS, THEN YOU HAVE TWO OF THOSE STRUCTURES.
THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE ALONE IS PROBABLY IN THE EIGHT TO $10 MILLION RANGE.
CAN YOU AFFORD TWO OF 'EM OR CAN WE JUST GET BY WITH ONE OF THEM? BUT THEN THAT TIES INTO THE WHOLE DISCUSSION OF THE COUPLET AND THEN UNION CHAPEL CREEK IS THE NEXT BARRIER.
CAN WE GET OVER IT IN TIME OR DO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IF WE CAN'T GET OVER IT IN TIME? WHERE IS UNION CHAPEL CREEK? IS THAT ON THE EAST SIDE OF 3 59 OR THE WEST SIDE? IT IS.
I MEAN, I EVEN TRIED TO FIND IT ON A FORT BEND DRAINAGE DISTRICT MAP AND I COULDN'T, IT DOESN'T SHOW UP.
IT IS, YOU CAN'T SEE IT HERE, BUT IT IS JUST WEST OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
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AND IT'S WHERE THE FIRST TRESTLE IS.SO IT'S, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE BESSIE CREEK.
IT'S THAT LITTLE BITTY THING, THAT BITTY THING THAT CLOSE INTO STER CREEK.
OKAY, SO YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST TRESTLE, WHICH IS AT UNION CHAPEL AND THE SECOND TRESTLE, WHICH GOES OVER BESSIE'S CREEK.
BUT CAN WE GET UP AND OVER IN TIME? WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LATER ON, IF IT DOES PROVE FEASIBLE, WILL FORT BEND COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY EVEN ENTERTAIN THE OPTION? WELL, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT IT.
THEY'VE KIND OF SET AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
NO, WE DON'T THINK IT WILL WORK.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO BRING OUR OWN INDEPENDENT STUDY TO IT, BUT AN INDEPENDENT IN THAT WE DO NEED IT FLAVORED FROM A CONTEXT SENSITIVE PEOPLE-CENTRIC SOLUTION AS OPPOSED TO AN AUTOCENTRIC STANDARD DESIGN SOLUTION.
SO TO DO THAT, WE'RE ASKING YOUR HELP AND HELPING US TO FUND A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO SEE IF WE CAN EVEN DO THAT.
GANNET FLEMING IS OUR CONSULTANT WHO HAS PROPOSED, UH, DOING THAT FOR ABOUT JUST UNDER $50,000.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO ASK ABOUT TODAY.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I GUESS THE FIRST ONE I WOULD HAVE IS, IS THIS JUST A CRAZY IDEA, DUMB IDEA, AND WE OUGHT NOT DO IT, IS DOES THE 50,000 REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COST OF THE STUDY OR IS THIS SPLITTING IT WHERE WE PAY 50,000 IN THE B CORPORATION BASE? 50,000? WE'RE ASKING FOR THE 50,000 FROM THE A CORPORATION.
AND THAT IS THE TOTAL COST OF THIS STUDY.
UM, WELL I JUST, MY GENERAL FEEDBACK IS THAT I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH TAKING A LOOK INTO THIS, UH, THE LAST TIME THAT WE UPDATED THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MAYBE WITH A FEW OTHER COMMITTEES EVEN BEFORE THAT ONE OF, OH, PROBABLY IT WAS WHEN WE WERE TAKING A LOOK AT MAJOR THOROUGH CARES AT SOME TIME IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OR SO.
UM, WHAT THE INTERSECTION OF 10 93 IN DOWNTOWN WILL LOOK LIKE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY QUESTION IN ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SERVED ON ANY OF THOSE COMMITTEES THAT TOUCHED ON THIS.
AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE THAT EVER SERVED ON ANY OF THOSE COMMITTEES, UH, INCLUDE, INCLUDING THE ONE WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THE COUPLET AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH COMMITTEE THAT WAS.
UH, PROBABLY THE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY.
YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
SO IT'S BEEN PART OF THE MAJOR THOROUGH, FAIR DISCUSSION.
IT'S BEEN PART OF THE LIVABLE CENTER DISCUSSION.
IT'S BEEN PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
IT COMES UP TIME, AFTER TIME AFTER TIME.
AND ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME AND WANT TO SERVE THE CITY AND ARE VERY VESTED IN THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, ALL OF 'EM, THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEE AN OVERPASS IN WALLS.
BISECTING THE CITY INTO, NONE OF NOBODY WANTS THAT.
SO THE IDEA OF TRYING TO KEEP THINGS CONNECTED AT GRADE LEVEL AND HAVING AN UNDERPASS, I I THINK ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE THRILLED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING THE STUDY AND WE'RE AT LEAST LOOKING INTO THIS TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.
BECAUSE I I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OR SO.
SO WHEN WE DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY, ARE THEY ASSESSING THE FEASIBILITY OF ONLY THIS PLAN? OR IS THERE ANY, UM, ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK OR DESIGN THAT THEY COME BACK WITH IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS SUCH AS THIS, THIS WON'T WORK.
BUT IF YOU GO THIS ROUTE, THEN THAT'S AN OPTION.
HOW, HOW MUCH OF IT IS JUST A STRAIGHT YAY OR NAY IN TERMS OF ASSESSING THIS SPECIFIC SUBMISSION? IT'S YAY OR NAY IN.
CAN WE GO UNDER OKAY, YES OR NO? CAN WE, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE QUESTION THAT THEY'RE ASKING.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO ANSWER.
AND IF IT'S YES WITH CAVEATS, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE CAVEATS ARE.
SO THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY REVIEWING JUST THE SPECIFIC DESIGN SUBMITTED, THEY'RE THAT, THAT THEY'RE ANSWERING THAT ONE ULTIMATE QUESTION OF CAN WE GO UNDER? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I WILL ASK, AND MAYBE THIS IS TOO FAR AHEAD 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
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WE CAN'T GO UNDER, BUT IN TERMS OF A, A ROUNDABOUT, WE HAVE THE ROUNDABOUTS UP AND DOWN TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND PEOPLE DO NOT SLOW DOWN FOR ROUNDABOUTS.SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE ASPECT OF ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REASONS IS WE WANT THAT WALKABILITY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
IS ROUNDABOUT THE RIGHT CHOICE IF, IF PEOPLE AREN'T GOING, IF, IF WE DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SLOW DOWN, IS I DON'T KNOW THAT.
NO, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'VE BEEN DESIGNING ROUNDABOUTS SINCE THE 1990S AND HAVE SERVED ON AN INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE AS THE CHAIR WORKING ON THOSE, THE ROUNDABOUTS ALONG.
UM, AND THAT I SEE ALONG HERE AND ALONG TECH TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, THEY ARE DESIGNED FOR HIGHER SPEEDS.
AND WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT HERE IS FITTING WITHIN THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT.
SO THE OVERALL DIAMETER OF THESE ARE SMALLER AND THEY'RE SMALLER WHERE YOU WOULD USUALLY SEE THEM AS A SINGLE LANE ROUNDABOUT, BUT THEY COULD BE DESIGNED AS A TWO LANE.
I TEND TO DESIGN MY ROUNDABOUTS PLAN AND DESIGN THEM FOR SCHOOL ZONE SPEEDS, 10, 15, 20 MILES AN HOUR.
AND WE ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH HORIZONTAL GEOMETRY.
SO THE CURVES THAT COME IN NARROWING THE LANES, UH, THE ONES ALONG THP ARE A LITTLE BIT WIDE.
THEY WORK, BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT WIDE.
BUT DEFINITELY THE PUBLIC ART, THE PLACE MAKING CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A PERCEPTION BY THE DRIVERS THAT I NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND PAY ATTENTION.
AND WE ACHIEVE THAT REALLY THROUGH, IN A LOT OF WAYS PSYCHOLOGY.
BUT WE DO IT THROUGH THE DESIGN AND THROUGH THE, THE URBAN ARCHITECTURE, IF YOU WILL.
BUT THESE, THOSE CROSSINGS WILL BE PROTECT AS AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
THERE ARE NEW FEDERAL GUIDELINES OUT FOR PROTECT, PROVIDING PROTECTION FOR BLIND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE AT MULTI-LANE ROUNDABOUTS.
BUT EVEN AT MULTI-LANE SLIP RIGHTS AND SLIP LEFTS IF YOU WILL.
AND THAT WOULD COME INTO IT LATER AS WELL.
AS AN INTERESTING ASIDE, THE ROUNDABOUT AT KEYSTONE PARKWAY, I HAVE DRIVEN THAT ROUNDABOUT, THOSE ROUNDABOUTS.
I HAVE WALKED THOSE ROUNDABOUTS AND I HAVE TRAVELED THROUGH THEM BLINDFOLDED WITH A WHITE CANE AS PART OF SENSITIVITY TRAINING.
GREAT MAN
SO WITH THAT, YOU'RE MENTIONING SMALLER ROUNDABOUTS.
UM, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT LIKE THE LARGER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS THEN? BECAUSE THEY'RE STRUGGLING ON HERITAGE PARKWAY MM-HMM
IF WE MAKE THEM SMALLER THAN THAT, HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE? UM, I GUESS THE, THE VEHICLES IS JUST ONE QUESTION ROUND.
DOES THAT ROUNDABOUT DESIGN WHEN IT COMES TO TRUCKS HAS THREE APPROACHES I CAN DESIGN WHERE TRUCKS STAY IN THEIR OWN LANE.
I CAN, BUT USUALLY REQUIRES WIDER LANES, LARGER ROUNDABOUT TO ACHIEVE THAT, TO INCLUDE MULTI-LANE ROUNDABOUTS WHERE THE 18 WHEELERS CAN LITERALLY GO THROUGH SIDE BY SIDE OR, AND I'VE GOT VIDEO OF SOME OF THOSE THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING UP IN WISCONSIN BACK A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.
OR I CAN DESIGN THEM WHERE CARS STAND LANE AND THE TRUCKS GO THROUGH ONE AT A TIME.
THEY DON'T GO THROUGH SIDE BY SIDE.
SO THAT GETS IN A LITTLE BIT NARROWER.
THE THIRD WAY IS YOU ANTICIPATE THE TRUCK DRIVERS TO STRADDLE THE CENTER LINE AND TAKE BOTH LANES.
AS WE'VE DONE THIS RESEARCH THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTRY, THEY TEND TO STRADDLE IT ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY FEAR VEHICLES GETTING ON THEIR RIGHT SIDE WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO TURN.
SO THEY PURPOSEFULLY WILL HOG THE LANE TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF IT.
AND IF THEY GO THROUGH STRADDLING THE LINE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BECOMES A, A DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL TRADE OFF THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSION.
CAN WE LIVE WITH IT AND DEPENDING EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, MAYBE IT'S THE OTHER WAS THE DEPTH YOU WERE SAYING THAT IT WOULD NEED TO GO DOWN, HOW MANY FEET FROM IN ANTICIPATING IF IT WERE JUST THE MOTOR VEHICLES, TRUCKS, WE COULD GET BY WITH 17 FEET, SIX INCHES OF CLEAR BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE ROADWAY AND THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE BEAMS. BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO INCLUDE A 25 FOOT, LET ME BACK UP A 25 FOOT CORRIDOR FOR COMMUTER RAIL THAT MAY WANT TO BE IN THE 22 TO 25 FOOT RANGE.
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IT'S NOT FREIGHT.SO IT'S NOT 27 FEET, WHICH IS WHAT'S WANTED THERE.
AND THEN THE BRIDGE DECK ITSELF, ITS STRUCTURE IS ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF TO SIX FEET.
SO IF I LOOK AT THE ELEVATION OF MAIN STREET, WHEN I MEASURE DOWN FIVE AND A HALF TO 6, 3, 6 FEET AND THEN GO DOWN ANOTHER 20, 22 FEET, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THAT LOW POINT THAT THE STUDY WILL LOOK AT.
AND THEN GOING EAST, CAN YOU COME UP IN TIME TO TIE INTO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DESIGNED TO CLEAR CHARGER WAY AND THEN CAN, WHAT DO WE DO AT WALLACE AS WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP? OR DO WE STAY DOWN? WELL, IF WE TRY TO GO UNDER WALLACE, 'CAUSE WALLACE IS LOWER THAN MAIN STREET, DOES THAT MEAN WE RUN SMACK INTO, UH, UNION CHAPEL CREEK? NOW I NEED TO GO OVER UNION CHAPEL.
BUT NOW MAYBE I CAN'T CONNECT TO WALLACE.
HAS THIS BEEN DONE IN TEXAS AREA AROUND HERE BEFORE WITH THE WATERSHED? I MEAN, I KNOW LIKE WE CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING UNDER SEVEN, EIGHT FEET AND I MEAN, EVEN ON 1463 THEY WERE HITTING WATER AND HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DRAINAGE JUST GOING DOWN 60 AND PUTTING IN THE DRAINAGE.
SO, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GOOD, NOT, NOT IN TERMS OF ROUNDABOUTS, BUT A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE IS WHEN US 59 WAS RECONSTRUCTED THROUGH THE MONTROSE AREA AND IT WENT UNDER HAZARD AND WOODHEAD AND MANDALE AND DUNLEAVY.
THE ORIGINAL PLANS HAD GR STARK TO BE DISCONNECTED AND THEN IT WOULD GO OVER MONTROSE AND THE COMMUNITY INSISTED, NO, WE WANTED TO GO UNDER MONTROSE TWO AND WE WANT GROW STARK TO TERRAIN CONNECTED.
I WAS CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN, IN HOUSTON WHEN THAT WENT ON.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY ACTUALLY BUILT MONTROSE, THEY ACTUALLY BUILT THE BRIDGE ON THE GROUND AND THEN DUG OUT FROM UNDER IT.
SO THE TRICK HERE IS DO REMEMBER IF THEY GET READY TO BUILD THIS, THEY WILL DIG UP THAT ENTIRE INTERSECTION FOR A WHILE.
WELL, AND UH, WE'RE LIVING WITH THAT ALREADY.
AND THE PIERCE ELEVATOR GOES AWAY.
TO GET US BACK ON THIS TOPIC, WELL THAT TOUCHES ON THE BELOW GRADE STUFF.
SO WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED IS TO, TO ANSWER THE, ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE ASKING.
I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE OVER TWO DOZEN ENGINEERING EXPERTS WHO ARE ASKING ALL THESE SAME QUESTIONS.
AND THEY WILL, WE NEED TO START WITH THE FIRST STEP, WHICH IS HAVING AN ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CREW FIGURE OUT YAY OR NAY, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR GOING UNDERGROUND? AND AFTER THAT WE THEN WE GET INTO ALL THESE OTHER ISSUES.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WELL, ON THE DISCUSSION SPECIFIC TO FUNDING THIS, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON FUNDING? BECAUSE MY QUESTION IS JUST WOULD JUST BE, UM, HOW WE SELECTED THE FIRM.
HAVE WE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE? WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE.
WE WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE THEM FROM OUR ONGOING, UH, ROTATION LIST.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A SPECIAL, UM, CALL FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
SO WE KNEW THEM TO BE COMPETENT AND CAPABLE AND WE ASKED OH, AND HOW LONG? THREE TO SIX MONTHS.
MY LAST QUESTION WAS JUST THAT, SORRY, I SHOULDA STARTED ONE HERE.
THOSE ARE IN THE WEEDS QUESTIONS.
UNDERSTAND, WE GOTTA DO THE STUDY FIRST.
UM, IS THERE A REASON THAT THE FORT BEND AUTHORITY JUST SAID NOPE, COST KIND OF PASSED IT OFF.
SO IT IS, AS, AS KAY MENTIONED, IT IS BENEFIC, THE CITY OF SHORE WANTS, NEEDS THIS TO GO UNDER FORT BEND COUNTY AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN SHORE HAVE WANNA SPEND AS LITTLE MONEY AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS WHY WE HAVE OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY, WITHIN EDC.
LET'S, LET'S GET TO THOSE QUESTIONS AFTER WE FIGURE OUT IS IT EVEN DOABLE AND WHAT'S A POTENTIAL, HOW MUCH, WHAT, HOW MUCH COST ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? RIGHT? IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTRA $5 MILLION, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN EXTRA $50 MILLION, RIGHT? SO THIS, BUT THIS, EVERYTHING WILL GET ANSWERED.
WELL, WE'LL TAKE A STEP TOWARD ANSWERING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS WITH THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AND, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO INSERT AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE TO HAVE AUTHORITY TO SPEND THESE DOLLARS AND THE ONLY AUTHORITY, UH, IS JUST SO THEY ALL KNOW 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE THESE FINDINGS, UM,
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UH, IS EXPENDITURES THAT ARE FOUND BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO BE REQUIRED OR SUITABLE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.SO YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE A FINDING THAT THESE EXPENDITURES WILL PROMOTE NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN ORDER FOR IT TO FIT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATUTE.
BUT THIS WASN'T ON THE PROJECT LIST WHEN WE HAD OUR LAST BUDGET.
SO THIS WILL TAKE ANOTHER RESOLUTION GOING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
CHARLIE, DO WE NEED TO DECLARE THIS AS A PROJECT? WE HAVE A LINE ON OUR BUDGET FOR STUDIES THAT WOULD COVER THIS COST? NO, IT HAS YOU, YOU, YOU CAN ONLY SPEND YOUR DOLLARS IF IT'S FOR, UH, THIS IS BROAD, BUT YOU CAN ONLY SPEND YOUR DOLLARS, UH, CONSISTENT WITH THE AUTHORITY IN THE STATUTE.
AND SO IT HAS TO EITHER BE FOR A PROJECT OR YOU KNOW, YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH RUNNING THE CORPORATION OR PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE LIMIT IN A TYPE A CORPORATION.
THE ONLY AUTHORITY THAT YOU COULD UTILIZE TO SPEND, TO SPEND DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE IF IT PROMOTES NEWER PROMOTE OR DEVELOP NEWER, EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
SO IT DOES, IT, IT HAS TO BE A, IT IS A PROJECT EXPENDITURE AND IT HAS TO FIT THOSE QUALIFICATIONS.
WE HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A NEW RESOLUTION.
IS DOES THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY ALSO COVER THE POTENTIAL DRAINAGE IMPACTS FROM GOING UNDER? OR IS THAT A SEPARATE STEP? IT DOES ANSWER IF THE UNDERPASS CAN BE DRAINED EITHER BY GRAVITY OR FA PUMP SYSTEM WOULD BE NECESSARY.
BUT NOT NECESSARILY HOW THE DRAINAGE WOULD FLOW? NO.
DID WE REACH AN AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN FUND THIS STUDY? I MEAN, I MEAN, NOT THE PROJECT.
WELL, NO, THE STUDY ITSELF IS THE STUDY ITSELF.
IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT WOULD BE THE PROJECT FOR THIS CIRCUIT.
SO THE STATUTE SAYS IN ORDER TO SPEND MONEY, IT HAS TO MEET THE DEFINITION OF A PROJECT.
THAT'S THE WORD USE OF THE STATUTE.
AND, AND THE PROJECT WOULD BE THIS, IT WOULD BE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD, BUT WE DON'T NEED CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT.
UM, IF, IF THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL NEED A RESOLUTION WITH THE FINDINGS THAT THIS EXPENDITURE, THAT THIS EXPENDITURE PROMOTES NEWER, EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
PURSUANT TO THIS, TO THE, TO THE, THE DEFINITION OF THE STATUTE AND THE, THAT PROPER PROJECT AND THAT WE'RE GONNA, UM, AND THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE EXPENDITURES.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS IT WOULDN'T TAKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT 'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET.
AND I, I FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT ARGUMENT AND HAVE THAT READY FOR NEXT MONTH'S COUNSEL.
THIS IS, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS
UM, I'LL, OKAY, SO THE MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS BOARD APPROVES 100% OF THE COST OF THIS STUDY ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $50,000.
AND THAT WE, UM, FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UH, UH, I'LL SAVE IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
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3D REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF EDC STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE PROPOSAL.SO I AS REQUESTED, WE DID GO AHEAD AND FOLLOW UP WITH TIP STRATEGIES AND RECEIVED A PROPOSAL FOR A, UM, REFRESH, REFRESH OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO IT'S NOT A COMPLETE OVERHAUL.
UH, AND SO TONIGHT WE DON'T REALLY EXPECT A DECISION FROM YOU UNLESS YOU FEEL READY TO JUST
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SAY, YES, WE APPROVE, MOVE FORWARD.BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD ADD THE SCOPE OF WORK IN HERE SO THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, UM, DISCUSS OH YEAH, REVIEW AND DISCUSSION.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT UP FOR APPROVAL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANTED ME, UH, TO SEND OVER TO JOHN.
I KNOW HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS OF BOTH OPTIONS.
UM, I THINK ACROSS BOTH BOARDS, THE FEEDBACK WAS NOBODY REALLY WANTED TO DO A TOTAL OVERHAUL, BUT MORE OF A REFRESH.
UM, THAT WOULD, THE $100,000 WOULD BE THE TOTAL COST.
SO IT WOULD BE SPLIT, UM, IN HALF WITH EACH BOARD.
SO YOUR SHARE WOULD BE 50,000.
AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE A FISCAL YEAR 26, UH, PROJECT.
SO WE'D START KICK IT OFF IN OCTOBER.
DO YOU, DO YOU RECALL WHAT THEIR FIRST STUDY, WHAT THE COST WAS ON THE FIRST STUDY? YOU KNOW, I DO NOT.
BUT I CAN FIND OUT AND SEND IT OVER TO YOU.
DEFINITELY MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND, AND IT TOOK LONGER TO UNDERSTAND THE YES, MA'AM.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE ASKED BEING ASKED FOR $50,000, WHICH IS THE SAME AMOUNT WE JUST PAID FOR A STUDY.
THAT'S GOING TO ANSWER A REAL QUESTION, UM, THAT WILL LEAD HOPEFULLY TO A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE.
AND I MEAN, FULL WILL BE A MUCH DIFFERENT CITY WITH IT GOING WITH THE TOLL ROAD GOING UNDER VERSUS OVER.
I AM STILL IN THE CAMP THAT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THIS AT ALL.
I DON'T SEE WHAT TANGIBLE BENEFIT HAVING A STRATEGY FOR THE EDCA BOARD GIVES US, WE'RE HERE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO TELL US THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? WHEN, HOW, LET'S HAVE, I'LL SAY THIS AGAIN, LET'S HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
WHEN ONE OF THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS BREAKS GROUND, I'M NOT EVEN ASKING FOR IT TO BE DONE
WE CAN'T DEVELOP FULCHER UNTIL MAIN STREET'S DONE, UNTIL WALLER STREET'S DONE.
THAT ISN'T GOING TO GET, THOSE PROJECTS AREN'T GOING TO GET FINISHED THREE YEARS, THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO DO THIS NOW.
I, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA TELL US WHERE THE WORLD'S GONNA BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
BUT WHAT STEPS CAN THE A BOARD TAKE TO GET US THERE WHEN WE'RE FUNDING ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE POOL? NOT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT ALL THE FUNDING, BUT WE, IN MY OPINION, EDCA BOARD SHOULD SPEND ALL OF ITS MONEY ON THE INFRAS ON DEVELOPING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF FULL.
UM, AND WE DON'T, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WE'RE ALREADY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, AND I DON'T SEE WHERE THIS $50,000 HELPS US TO A TANGIBLE BENEFIT, NOT LIKE US FUNDING THIS PROJECT THAT WILL TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF WHAT THE CITY OF FHI WILL LOOK LIKE, UM, GOING FORWARD.
SO ANELLE, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT IT CAN, UH, CREATE SOME DIFFICULTIES WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO BUSINESSES AND THE NUMBERS AND STATISTICS AND POPULATION PERCENTAGES AND SUCH ARE NOT CURRENT AND THAT THOSE HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY.
ARE, I GUESS TO BRIAN'S POINT, ARE THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE LOOKING TO COME IN IN THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS, ARE THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING AT A THREE TO FIVE YEAR PLAN DOWN THE ROAD? WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESSES ARE YOU, ARE YOU GETTING THOSE CONCERNS AND PUSHBACK FROM? UM, SO IT'S, IT, IT VARIES REALLY ON TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, ANYTHING, ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES COMPONENTS THAT ARE AT THE TOP OF OUR TARGET LISTS SUCH AS HOTELS, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, OFFICE SPACES OR, UM, REALLY ANYTHING, THE FIRST QUESTION THEY USUALLY ASK IS WHERE ARE YOUR UPDATED
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DEMOGRAPHICS? WHERE IS YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN? WHAT ARE YOUR, UM, TARGET AREAS DO WE FIT, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO INCENTIVIZE? SO IT'S REALLY, UM, EVERY ASK WE GET STARTS WITH WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? SO THE, THE MORE UPDATED, WE HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT IS FULLY ENCOMPASSES OUR GOALS, OUR STRATEGIES, OUR UPDATED DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL OF THAT, UM, THE BETTER IT IS TO SHORTEN THE BACK AND FORTH IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS OR THE MULTIPLE ATTACHMENTS OF PIECING TOGETHER, WELL THIS IS THE LAST REPORT ON THESE DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT THE STRATEGIC PLANS HOLDS OUR TARGET AREAS, THAT KIND OF THING.I MEAN, I THINK THERE IS, THERE IS COMMERCIAL LAND, BRIAN, BACK, BACK TO YOUR POINT THAT ISN'T DEPENDENT ON DRAINAGE, THE WAY THAT THE DOWNTOWN GRID IS ON THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UM, DRAINAGE THAT WOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN, IN THAT DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, RE CENTRAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCE ON A DAY TO DAY AS WE'RE FIELDING THOSE INCOMING REQUESTS ON THAT, ON THAT TOPIC.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DON'T UPDATE DEMOGRAPHICS.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD COST A HUNDRED GRAND.
YEAH, I, I THINK I WOULD AGREE.
UH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE UPDATED DEMOGRAPHICS, AND I WOULD, I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY GONE BACK TO THEM ONCE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD BENEFICIAL TO GO BACK TO THE AGAIN, AND OR IF IT'S SOMEBODY DIFFERENT THAT NEEDS IT, THAT'S MAYBE IF THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO JUST DO THE DATA ASPECT OF IT.
BUT YEAH, THE, THE DEMOGRAPHICS DEFINITELY NEED TO BE UPDATED, BUT IT DOES FEEL LIKE YOU COULD SEPARATE THE TWO, THOSE TWO PIECES AND UNDER, IF WE COULD UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE IF UPDATING THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS IS $75,000 AND IT'S AN EXTRA $25,000 FOR THEM TO DO SOME OF THIS REWORK, WELL THAT'S A, TO ME, THAT'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN IF IT'S $25,000 TO UPDATE THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND $75,000 FOR THE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MICRO FOR THE ECONOMIC TRENDS AND, AND THAT, THAT PART OF THE ANALYSIS.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE A HUNDRED HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BREAKS DOWN TO IN TERMS OF THEIR WORKLOAD AND WHAT THE, WHAT PIECES THEY'RE WORKING ON FOR THAT.
IF IT IS $25,000 TO UPDATE DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU AND I NEED TO FIND A NEW LINE OF WORK UPDATING DEMOGRAPHICS.
YOU CAN'T HIRE A BI PERSON FOR THAT
THERE'S SOME OPEN STOREFRONTS AND SUCH OUT THERE THAT, UH, BUSINESSES COULD COME INTO.
AND IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOME OF THESE NUMBERS OR IF, UM, THERE'S BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT AND TARGETING TO, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT UPDATED INFORMATION.
BUT, AND TO ME, I THINK THAT IF THAT'S SORT OF A, A MINUSCULE PART OF IT, THEN I'M OKAY WITH ADDING THAT ON BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT KNOWING OUR RESIDENTS HAVE CHANGED.
I MEAN, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE DIDN'T HAVE DEL WEBB AT THAT POINT.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'VE RECOGNIZED AGAIN, THAT NEED FOR THAT SENIOR CENTER WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND SO, OR WITHIN THE CITY OF SRE.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT, UH, TO HAVE THE, THIS OTHER INFORMATION UPDATED AS WELL.
UM, I DO AGREE THAT IT, THE SCOPE OF THIS, THAT PORTION OF IT DEFINITELY SEEMS TO FALL MORE IN THE B BOARD THAN THE A BOARD.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL, IS THAT IF I COULD UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS GOING TO UPDATING THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THAT'S $50,000, WELL, YEAH, THEN I'M GOOD WITH US SPENDING $50,000 TO DO THAT.
AND THEN SORT OF B BOARDS COVERING THE $50,000 THAT'S UPDATING THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE YES.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WORK, YOU CAN SEE IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST HERE'S YOUR POPULATION AND YOUR AVERAGE INCOME, RIGHT? SO IT'S EVERYTHING FROM ASSESSING THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE ON THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE STILL RELEVANT BASED ON CHANGES THAT WERE PREDICTED THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ZOOMED PAST OR THAT MAYBE DIDN'T HAPPEN.
SO READJUSTING THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE TAKING TO
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GET THERE.UM, IT INCLUDES AN ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATE.
SO THE LEADERSHIP HAS VISUALLY COMPLETELY CHANGED WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, OUR CITY STAFF, UM, FROM WHEN THAT PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED.
SO IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THAT ALIGNMENT AGAIN WITH COUNCIL AND THE BOARDS AND THE COMMUNITY, GIVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN HALF OF THE POPULATION IS NEW SINCE THE LAST TIME THIS WAS LOOKED AT.
UM, I THINK INCLUDING THE PERSPECTIVE OF ALL THIS NEW RESIDENTS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, IT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, ROUND TABLES, JUST A LOT OF INFORMATION GATHERING THAT IS VERY, UM, TIME CONSUMING.
UM, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK THROUGH MORE OF THOSE DETAILS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF REALLY THAT BREAKDOWN.
IT'S, IT'S THE COMMERCIAL COMPONENT, IT'S THE HOUSING COMPONENT.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO HOW WE FIT WITHIN THE REGION.
SO, UM, NOT ONLY ARE THOSE PREDICTIONS THAT WERE MADE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SOME, SOME WERE SPOT ON, SOME, SOME WERE NOT.
THE, THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES ALSO MIGHT HAVE CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR BEFORE THAT WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR NOW AS WE SET OUR GOALS INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, SO IF YOU, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, YOU KNOW, A, A NEW IMPLEMENTATION MA MATRIX, THAT KIND OF THING, AND AS YOU'RE REVIEWING IT, YOU FIND THERE'S INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE THEM FOCUSED ON THOSE SPECIFIC COMPONENTS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE ADDED, UM, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT YEAH, IT'S, I MEAN, DEMOGRAPHICS IS ONE SMALL PART OF IT.
UM, PERSONALLY IN MY OPINION, I LIKE THE IDEA OF DOING A REFRESH.
UM, I GUESS IT WAS MR. BUSIER ON THE B BOARD WHO HAS BEEN PROBABLY POUNDING THE TABLE MORE SO THAN ANYONE ELSE ON WANTING TO GET A REFRESH DONE.
I THINK THE ORIGINAL STUDY WAS FINISHED AND OR WENT TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN LATE 2019, AND THEN COVID HIT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT.
SO ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT HE'S MENTIONED, UH, SEVERAL, SEVERAL TIMES IN EDC MEETINGS IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT OF COVID IS AND WHAT, WHAT THAT'S DONE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIRST STUDY.
UM, I, I DO THINK READING THROUGH THEIR LETTER THAT THEY SENT TO US, I THINK THEY WERE, UH, DOING A GOOD JOB OF LISTENING TO OUR QUESTIONS.
I THINK ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M AWARE OF, I THINK THEY, UM, TRIED TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS REFRESH THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR US.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, O OBVIOUS OBVIOUSLY SOME OF, SOME OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THE FIRST STUDY.
YOU KNOW, UH, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO IMPLEMENT SALESFORCE.
WELL, HECK, WE THREW THAT OVER THE FENCE TWO YEARS AGO NOW.
I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE FOUND A BETTER TOOL THAT WAS CHEAPER AND EASIER TO UPDATE AND EASIER TO MANAGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE FELL ON SOMEONE ELSE, UH, AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, WHEREAS IT WAS UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT IN 2019 TO HAVE A, UM, KIND OF A ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB OUT HERE THAT WAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO BY THE A BOARD, THE B BOARD, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, EVERYONE THAT, THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN QUESTIONED BY A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS SINCE THEN.
PERSONALLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M MOST INTERESTED IN IS WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT EXPERIENCE DOES TIP STRATEGIES HAVE WITH THAT IN OTHER CITIES? ARE WE ON TRACK WITH OTHER CITIES? UM, DOES IT STILL MAKE SENSE FOR US TO DO THAT? BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT, I'LL SAY AN OUTSIDE EXPERT OPINION ON THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN HELP US AS A CITY FIGURE OUT IS THAT THE RIGHT WAY? SHOULD WE CONTINUE ON THAT OR SHOULD WE REVISE THAT OR SHOULD WE PITCH THAT OVER THE FENCE LIKE SALESFORCE? UM, SO, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN.
AND I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHERE MR. WHITE IS COMING FROM AS FAR AS DOWNTOWN, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT
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I, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE BACK BURNER BY ANY MEANS, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES, IF THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY ONE, TWO OR THREE, THEY'RE STILL UP THERE PRETTY HIGH.UM, THEY'RE MORE SO ALONG 10 93 EAST OF DOWNTOWN AND 3 59 NORTH OF DOWNTOWN.
SO I, I AGREE DOWNTOWN NEEDS A WHOLE LOT OF FOCUS AND IT STILL DOES.
UH, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, FUNDING FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT I, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT TIP STRATEGIES AS BEING FOR MORE THAN JUST DOWNTOWN, THAT IT COVERS OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN.
AND THE ONE, THE ONE, THE ONE, UM, COMMENT THAT I PUT DOWN, AND THIS WAS ON PAGE 36 OF THE PACKET WHERE IT'S 2.3 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
UM, I THINK ON THE FIRST STUDY, UM, MAYBE WE MISSED IT A LITTLE BIT ON TRYING TO DO, TRYING TO HAVE A LIFESTYLE CENTER, ALLAH, LA SENTARA, SHOULD THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRST STUDY TO GET DONE WITHIN A TI WITHIN A FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DID NOT GET THAT DONE.
AND YOU COULD BLAME PART OF IT ON COVID, BUT MAYBE IT'S REALLY THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A POPULATION OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE INSTEAD OF 40,000 PEOPLE OR WHATEVER THE MARKET AREA SHOULD BE FOR US.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD LIKE THEM TO, UH, MAYBE DIG A LITTLE DEEPER ON.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET TO GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, HOW REALISTIC ARE THE TIMELINES AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HERE IT IS SIX YEARS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY FIRST, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.
HOW MUCH CAN YOU REMIND ME HOW MUCH WE SPEND A YEAR ON FAST TRACK? UH, RIGHT AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER BOARD.
AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF MY CONCERN.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE BELIEVE IS ACTIVELY HELPING OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL WHO ARE AGAINST IT BECAUSE IT'S QUOTE UNQUOTE, IT MAY BE QUOTE UNQUOTE TOO EXPENSIVE.
AND NOW WE'RE BEING ASKED TO SPEND HALF OF THAT MONEY PER BOARD, RIGHT? A HUNDRED TOTAL.
FOR SOMETHING THAT IT WILL NOT GIVE US A TANGIBLE ACTION.
IT WILL NOT TANGIBLY HELP A BENEFIT A BUSINESS OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE.
IT'S A PLAN TO POTENTIALLY HELP PEOPLE FIVE OR SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
I, I, I, I STRUGGLE
UM, SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE, I GUESS THE LAY OF THE LAND, HAS BOR ALREADY VOTED ON THIS? THEY HAVE NOT.
UM, AND YOU'RE NOT ASKING US TO VOTE EITHER.
THIS WAS REVIEW AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.
WE'RE HAVING A GOOD DISCUSSION.
WHAT COULD COME FROM THAT? I'M JUST SAYING THAT I AGREE THAT WE DO NEED OBVIOUSLY UPDATED INFORMATION AND A REFRESH.
UM, KIND OF WITH THE TIMING OF IT THOUGH, UH, WHAT CAN WE, YES, THERE IS DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OUTSIDE OF, LIKE, THAT'S DEPENDENT ON OUR WATER AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THESE LARGER CORPORATIONS, OR IF WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM, ARE DEPENDENT ON SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FIRST BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN BE CONSIDERED.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT FOR YEARS, BUT MY OPINION IS TO JUST AT LEAST REEVALUATE IT A LITTLE BIT LATER UPON THE VALUE UNTIL WE HAVE A CLEARER DEFINITION OF WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING IN DEVELOPERS, EVEN IF THEY'RE INTERESTED.
THE, THE LAST PIECE OF FEEDBACK THAT I'LL SHARE IS I'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ON THE, THE, ON THE, THE STRATEGY THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN 2019.
AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH IT IS THAT SEVERAL, THE ONES WHO TALKED TO ME, UM, LANDOWNERS WERE NEVER BROUGHT IN TO THAT DISCUSSION.
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SO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, CITY HAS A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THEY DON'T OWN ANY OF THE LAND.AND THEY WERE, THAT WAS NEVER PART OF, AND THAT CAUSED SOME OFFENSE.
AND THEY, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE SHARED WITH ME, THEY HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CAN TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN PLAN AND GO FORWARD ON THEIR OWN PATH.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE, THIS IS, EVEN IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS, IT IS A EAT THE REAL IDEA WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN LAND, DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRY TO CONNECT PEOPLE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THERE'S A, IN MY MIND THERE'S A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MONEY WE JUST APPROVED TO GIVE US SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT WILL BE IN PE THAT WILL INTIMATELY IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES VERSUS THIS CONVERSATION, WHICH I, I, I, I DON'T SEE, I WILL, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT RARELY DO I DISAGREE WITH MR. BOERI.
SO I'M SURPRISED THAT HE'S SO FIRMLY ON THE OTHER SIDE,
UM, I, I JUST DON'T, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THIS MAKES A TANGIBLE IMPACT ON, ON RE RESIDENTS LIVES.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP? WOULD THIS, WOULD THIS DISCUSSION TURN INTO A, LIKE MAYBE A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE A AND B BOARD TO TRY TO HASH OUT A CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, OR, UH, I DON'T THINK A JOINT MEETING WOULD BE NECESSARY, UM, AT THIS POINT.
UM, I THINK MOST OF OUR B BOARD MEMBERS WHEN I'M HAVING INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS ARE IN FAVOR OF A REFRESH.
UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD JUST REALLY BE TAKING A, A VOTE FROM EACH BOARD, UM, BRINGING THE PROPOSAL BACK IF, IF IT, BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONTH'S MEETING YOU HAVE CERTAIN CHANGES OR THINGS YOU WANNA INCORPORATE IN THE PROPOSAL, WE CAN TALK TO JOHN ABOUT THAT.
UM, ULTIMATELY YOUR DECISION ON THE DIRECTION WE GET TONIGHT, SO MAYBE THEY PICK UP THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THIS STUDY AND WE PICKED UP THE 50,000 ON THE 10 93 FEASIBILITY.
WELL, WE ALREADY PICKED, WE ALREADY PICKED UP THE 50,000, THE WHOLE THING ON THAT.
AND AGAIN, LIKE, AND WHEN WE SEPARATED LIKE THAT WAS, WE, YOU CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THE TAPE.
AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE THOUGHT WAS, HEY ABOARD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ON THINGS THAT ARE MORE MARKETING, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF A, THAT B BOARD WOULD PICK UP THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THAT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ABOARD WOULD PICK UP MORE OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE.
I, AND I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE SHOULD GO AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION I I'M DISCUSSING.
WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THAT TO THEM FOR CONSIDERATION AND REPORT BACK.
I DO, I DO THINK BRIAN'S POINT, I AND I, I WAS NOT, UM, INTIMATELY INVOLVED.
THEY, THEY HAD, UM, I REMEMBER IT WAS ANDREW VAN CHOW, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO ELSE IT WAS FROM THE A BOARD, BUT THEY HAD TWO A BOARD MEMBERS AND TWO B BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE BASICALLY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TIP STRATEGIES.
NOW THEY WERE PROBABLY MORE INVOLVED WITH SETTING UP ALL THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
I HONESTLY COULDN'T TELL YOU IF THEY HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS AT ALL WITH DEVELOPERS, LANDOWNERS.
I, I DO KNOW THEY TALKED TO A LOT OF STAFF PEOPLE, ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I KNOW THEY TALKED TO K-D-I-S-D AND LAMAR ISD 'CAUSE THEY ACTUALLY INVITED ME TO THE K-D-I-S-D MEETING.
SO I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THEY, THEY DID, BUT I THINK BRIAN'S POINT, IF THEY GO FORWARD WITH THIS AND FUND THIS, UM, TO BRING IN LANDOWNERS OR DEVELOP WHOEVER CONTROLS THE LAND AROUND HERE, I THINK THAT'S A REAL GOOD POINT TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
YEAH, WE WOULD TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AS WE COULD BE TO THOSE LANDOWNERS AND, UH, MAYBE WORK ON, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONNECTIONS AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND, UM, I THINK COLLABORATION HERE IS KEY TO REALLY GET THE RESIDENTS, UM, AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF THEIR CITY.
I WOULD, UM, I WOULD SAY I, I DEFINITELY, UH, AGREE WITH THE POINT OF LET'S, LET'S SEE THE START ON SOME OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS.
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UM, BUT I AM A, I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF, YOU KNOW, SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO AFTER THAT? SO, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT THOSE PROJECTS WILL TAKE A YEAR, TWO, THREE YEARS.UM, BUT IF WE CAN START PREPARING, UM, WHILE THOSE ARE GOING ON SO THAT WE'RE READY TO TAKE ACTION AS SOON AS THEY'RE DONE, I THINK THAT THAT'S BENEFICIAL.
AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TAKE A YEAR OR TWO TO GET THROUGH THE WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS AND SUCH.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO HAVE THIS STUDY DONE A, A YEAR BEFORE TO, TO ALLOW AT LEAST A YEAR TO GO THROUGH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PROCESS SO THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS READY WHEN WE'RE READY TO START THE NEXT PART.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO, I THINK KAY SAID SOMETHING THAT KIND OF, UM, TRIGGERS SOMETHING IN MY MIND, BUT I THINK ALSO IN REGARDS TO LIKE THE LOSS AND TERROR TYPE OF CONCEPT OF DOWNTOWN, I THINK IT MIGHT ALSO, I THINK IN MY MIND, HELP TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A REALITY CHECK.
I THINK, I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN CONFUSED, UH,
YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THIS BOARD, I THOUGHT LIKE BUSINESSES WERE GOING INTO HARRIS STREET, LIKE NOW
SO I, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO DO THE STUDY FOR THE WEST HARRIS OR THE TOLL ROAD, SORRY.
UM, BUT YEAH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WELL SEVEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD SORT OF THING THAT THE CURRENT, UH, TIMELINE.
SO IT'S, UH, YEAH, I THINK, UM, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF A REALITY CHECK IN TERMS OF TIMING OF THINGS.
YEAH, WE, IT WAS NOT REALISTIC THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LOSS IN TARA IN FIVE YEARS IN 2019.
UM, AND THEN I THINK, BUT THEN I THINK ALSO OF REALISTIC IN TERMS OF THAT GROWTH, LIKE YOU SAID, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US, WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN BROOKSHIRE'S GETTING A TESLA FACTORY AND KATIE HAS BUILT OUT MORE THINGS AND RICHMOND IS DOING A LOT WITH THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND SO HOW DOES THAT IMPACT WHAT COULD COME INTO US AND WHAT IS A REALISTIC VISION FOR WHAT FUL COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? AND HOW DO WE STAY COMPETITIVE AND YES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT RE'S BEEN GROWING THE POPULATION AND THE OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND THAT'S GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHAT S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE.
SO I JUST, I DO, I THINK THERE IS SOME, SOME BENEFIT TO IT, BUT I ALSO THINK YOUR POINT OF A BOARD'S FOCUS BEING REALLY AROUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASPECT OF IT IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, PIECE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WELL.
I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M NOT THE FINANCIAL PERSON, UM, BUT WHAT I AM HEARING IS THAT THEY CHOSE SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES IS THE COST OF THE LAND.
SO BUILD THAT SAME PLANT IN BROOKSHIRE VERSUS FULCHER.
SUS WOULD'VE SAID
I THINK THAT THAT MAY IMPACT SOME OF OUR OPTIONS, POSSIBLY NOT.
I'M NOT LANDOWNER, I'M NOT THE, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING OF WHEN THEY DID THE STUDIES AND WHY THEY WERE COMING AND WHO THEIR CHOSE AND WHY THEY PICKED BROOKSHIRE.
BECAUSE THE LAND, THE COST OF THAT PARTICULAR LAND SITE TO BUILD BATTERIES ON WAS CONSIDERABLY CHEAP.
AND, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ALSO INCLUDED WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT OBSTACLES WERE IN THE WAY.
ARE THEY STILL THERE? CAN YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT 'EM, ET CETERA.
ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? EXCELLENT.
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E CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON CDC RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO ONE.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SHORE TEXAS AMENDING, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
OKAY, SO WE ARE BRINGING BACK, UH, A DRAFT OF OUR UPDATED BYLAWS WITH THE CHANGES THAT YOU REQUESTED AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, A FEW OF THOSE WERE JUST LITTLE TYPOS, GRAMMATICAL ERRORS.
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UM, FIX ARTICLE FOUR.UM, EDITS WERE MADE TO SECTION SEVEN IN REGARDS TO VACANCIES, AND THEN WE ADDED THE NEW SECTION 10, UM, PROVIDING SOME DETAILS AS REQUESTED ON THE VOLUNTARY REST RESIGNATION PROCESS.
I WANTED TO ADD A SENTENCE TO SECTION 10, THAT BEING, THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SHALL IN TURN PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL AND A DC BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THEN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? THIS IS ON PAGE 45 OF THE PACKET.
IT'S UNDER ARTICLE FIVE OFFICERS, SECTION 10, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THE VERY LAST SENTENCE IN SECTION 10, IS THAT STATE LAW OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT THE FIRST ITERATION OF BYLAWS CAME UP WITH ON THEIR OWN? UH, CHARLIE, THE LINE IS THE COUNSEL SHALL FIRST APPROVE THE EMPLOYMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS THE SALARY, OTHER FORMS OF COMPENSATION IN TERMS OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THAT LAST SENTENCE, IS THAT STATE LAW OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST THE, WHOEVER FIRST DRAFTED THESE CAME UP WITH ON THEIR OWN? I THINK IT'S SOME, I THINK IT'S SOME COMBINATION OF BOTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, ALL EXPENDITURES OF THE CORPORATION NEED TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO A SALARY AMOUNT IS AN EXPENDITURE, AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN THE POSITION THAT THE ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT OF THE IN INDIVIDUAL AND THE TERMS OF THAT EMPLOYMENT OF, OF THE INDIVIDUAL, UM, DO NOT HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY COUNSEL BECAUSE NONE OF THAT IS IN THE STATUTE.
BUT BECAUSE THIS, THE COUNSEL HOLDS THE POWER OF THE PURSE WITH RESPECT TO APPROVAL OF THE, UM, THE SALARY AMOUNT AS AN EXPENDITURE, THAT ULTIMATELY THEY, THEY HAVE THE, THEY THEY HOLD THE POWER OF, OF THOSE, THOSE THINGS AS WELL, INDIRECTLY.
SO, UM, YES, IT'S STATE LAW WITH RESPECT TO APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE SALARY AMOUNT.
'CAUSE THAT'S AN EXPENDITURE, BUT NO, AS TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL, I, WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, I I WOULD BE HESITANT TO CHANGE IT.
I WOULD, IT MIGHT SET UP A SITUATION WHERE COUNCIL'S SETTING THE SALARY AND NOW THE FORMS OF OTHER FORMS OF COMPENSATION IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE COMING FROM AN EDC BOARD.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT TWO NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON WITH ONE PERSON, EVEN THOUGH CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE WHAT WE, WHAT THE EDC WOULD DO.
ANYWAY, I, I WILL JUST SAY THAT, UM, HAVING BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR SIX YEARS TILL TERM LIMITS, UM, AND HAVING APPROVED SIX BUDGETS AND HAVING GONE THROUGH I GUESS THREE EDC DIRECTORS DURING THAT TIME, UH, THE BUDGET NEVER SET OUT A SPECIFIC SALARY FOR THE COUNCIL, FOR THE EDC DIRECTOR AND HAD HAD NO OTHER SAY IN, IN ANYTHING ELSE.
SO I, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW, IF THERE'S EDUCATION NEEDED WITH THE COUNCIL ON HOW TO, HOW TO, HOW TO HANDLE THAT.
BECAUSE THE MOST WE EVER HEARD WAS LIKE THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AFTER SOMEONE GOT HIRED, THEY TOLD US WHO IT WAS.
AND, AND SO, SO IF, LET'S, SO LET'S MAKE THIS ASSUMPTION, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE VALID POINTS.
UH, LET'S MAKE THIS ASSUMPTION MIDWAY THROUGH SO THAT THERE'S A, A, A BUDGET THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN, IN OCTOBER MM-HMM
AND, UM, YOU HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, UM, THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RESIGNS, AND A MONTH LATER THEY, THE EDC HIRES ANOTHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THEY DON'T INCREASE THE SALARY, THEY JUST SLOT 'EM RIGHT IN TO REMAINING SALARY PROVISIONS FOR THAT BUDGET YEAR.
THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO COUNCIL.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ALREADY AN APPROVED BUDGET.
AND, AND THE STATUTE DOESN'T REQUIRE COUNSEL TO, DOESN'T GIVE AUTHORITY TO COUNSEL.
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AUTHORITY TO COUNSEL TO APPROVE EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS OF, OF THE, OF THE CORPORATION.SOMETIMES THAT IS IN BYLAWS, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S IN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT BOTH BODIES HAVE APPROVED, BUT THE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE.
SO IN THAT EXAMPLE, YOU, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE, IT WOULD NOT HAVE COME TO YOU.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED, ACQUIRED UNDER THE LAW, BUT ASSUME THEY, THEY, THEY HIRE THIS PERSON AT A HIGHER SALARY THAN THAT DELTA.
THAT'S A NEW EXPENDITURE, NOT PROPERLY BUDGET, NOT BUDGETED FOR, AND THAT WOULD'VE HAD TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
SO IT'S NUANCED AS EVERYTHING IS IN THE LAW.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ON PAGE FIVE OF THE BYLAWS, ARTICLE SEVEN UNDER COMMITTEES, I SEE WHERE YOU STRUCK IN THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE UPON APPROVAL OF COUNSEL.
THAT BEING THAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TRY TO STREAMLINE COMMITTEES AND SAY, WELL, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, FORM COMMITTEES OURSELVES WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO COUNCIL TO GET 'EM APPROVED.
BUT THEN THE VERY NEXT SENTENCE SAYS, THE COUNCIL SHOULD, SHOULD APPROVE THE COMMITTEE'S MEMBERSHIP SO THAT THERE, YOU'RE PUTTING THE STEP BACK IN, UH, THAT SLOWS THINGS DOWN.
AND SO MY QUESTION WAS, SHOULD WE STRIKE THE SECOND SENTENCE IN SECTION ONE? YES.
SO I THINK WE CAN STILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE ADDITION OF THE SENTENCE TO SECTION 10, ASKING THAT DIRECTORS NOTIFY MAYOR, COUNCIL AND BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THEN, UM, THE STRIKING OF THAT SECOND SENTENCE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION? I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, SO LEGAL VERBIAGE, SORRY.
THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS.
UH, I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE THE CITY OF SHORE CORPORATION BYLAWS WITH THE CHANGES NOTED TO SUBMIT TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO WE NEED TO DECLARE AN EFFECTIVE DATE? IT SAYS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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A RECURRING ITEM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.SO I'LL START OFF WITH A FULL SHARE FAST TRACK UPDATE.
UM, WE ARE STILL HOSTING THE MONTHLY BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEONS.
UM, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT SIX ATTENDEES FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
TODAY, UH, TODAY'S BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEON WAS GREAT.
THERE WERE ABOUT 13 ATTENDEES, I THINK.
UM, KAY WAS ABLE TO ATTEND US WELL, AND, UM, IT YIELDED REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND REPORTS.
UM, IT, WHERE AM I? UM, YEAH, JANUARY STARTED OFF GREAT.
WE SAW A LITTLE BIT, UH, OF A DIP WITH SPRING BREAK WEEK, BUT AGAIN, TODAY WAS GREAT.
SO IT SEEMS THAT IT'S PICKED BACK UP.
UM, WE HAVE THE SECOND PART OF A THREE PART SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP SERIES ACTUALLY HAPPENING TONIGHT.
UH, AT THE SAME TIME IN OUR HR TRAINING ROOM.
UM, HERE WE SAW THAT WE HAD CAPPED THE NUMBER OF SEATS TO THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE FOR THE CLASS.
UM, AND PEOPLE REGISTERED, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, ABOUT HALF OF THEM SHOWED UP.
SO WE DECIDED FOR THIS NEXT ONE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE TO HOPEFULLY CAPTURE THAT DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE, UM, QUITE A FEW MESSAGES AND PEOPLE REACHING OUT AFTER THE CLASS WAS FULL OF REGISTRANTS.
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A WAIT LIST, IF YOU WILL, OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED.AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT'S OPEN, UH, FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED WITHOUT LOSING THOSE SEATS THAT ARE ACTUALLY STILL AVAILABLE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD OUR ENTREPRENEUR BOOTCAMP.
SO THIS WAS OUR VERY FIRST BOOTCAMP AND IT DREW 12 PARTICIPANTS.
WE HAD GREAT RESPONSE FROM ALL THOSE THAT PARTICIPATED.
THEY WERE VERY ENGAGED, UM, STAYED WELL AFTER THE CLASS WAS OVER AND IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, FRI UH, WAS SATURDAY, SUNDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, UM, TYPE OF THING.
AND EVEN, EVEN THEN, THEY STILL STAYED AN HOUR AFTER IN TIME JUST SHARING STORIES AND TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO, UM, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGE THEY WERE FACING WITH THEIR BUSINESS IDEA OR, UM, BUSINESS EXPANSION.
AND THEN FOR APRIL WE HAVE, UM, A FEW EVENTS SCHEDULED ALREADY.
AGAIN, CONTINUING THE BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEON, UH, THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP.
AND WE DO HAVE A NETWORKING AND HR EVENT WHERE A SPEAKER WILL TALK ALL THINGS HR THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THE 24TH FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM AT VICTOR'S DOWNTOWN.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST RESPONDING TO THE FEEDBACK OF WHERE THE PAIN POINTS ARE FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THEN THE HOURS WITHIN THEY'RE ABLE, YOU KNOW, TO ATTEND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE AS WELL.
ITEM TWO ICSE RETAIL FORWARD HAY AND I ATTENDED LAST WEEK.
THEY HELD, HELD THIS EVENT IN HOUSTON.
UM, IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CONNECT, UM, SOME NAMES WITH FACES OF PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN EMAILING BACK AND FORTH, UM, AND JUST SHARE CONTACT INFORMATION AND CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
SO, UM, IT WAS REALLY NICE THAT IT WAS A DRIVE UP THE ROAD AND NOT A, A DRIVE TO DALLAS
UM, SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT.
AND THEN ITEM THREE, BOARD APPOINTMENTS, UM, APPLICATIONS ARE STILL OPEN.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY WAS TO TOMORROW.
WE THINK THERE WILL PROBABLY BE AN EXTENSION JUST ON THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR.
UM, EDC HAS RECEIVED THE MOST APPLICATIONS WITH THREE, UM, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO FILL THE AMOUNT OF SEATS WE HAVE, UM, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THOSE LETTING US KNOW THEY WILL NOT BE REAPPLYING OR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT POTENTIALLY NOT
SO WE'RE WORKING, UM, TO STILL GET THE WORD OUT THERE.
IF THERE'S ANY NEIGHBOR OR FRIEND IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY.
I KNOW MY TERM IS UP IS WHO ELSE ON THIS BOARD? THEIR TERMS END IN MAY OR JUNE OR WHATEVER.
BUT DEVIN AND YES, DEVIN IS DEVVIN WILL, WILL NOT BE REAPPLYING.
I AM REAPPLYING PENDING OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION.
THAT'S A PRETTY REASONABLE REQUEST.
YEAH, SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE SHARING.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE, THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS KIND OF ROLLING OUT, UM, SOME REALLY GREAT VIDEOS ON SOME OF OUR, UM, CURRENT SERVING BOARD MEMBERS ON OUR, UH, BOARD, BUT ALSO OTHERS, UM, ACROSS THE CITY.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
SO WE GOT THAT APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH SOME ISSUES WITH A POWER POLE THAT'S CLOSE TO THE WORK AREA, JUST TO ENSURE THE SAFE SAFETY OF THE MURALIST.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND HOPEFULLY SET A START DATE FOR THE INSTALLATION HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT.
AND THEN ITEM FIVE, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT
UM, THERE IS A, UH, COUNCIL ITEM TOMORROW THAT JOSH BROTHERS, OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL BE PRESENTING.
AND IT'S AN AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER FOUR OF OUR ORDINANCES.
UM, SO THIS ORDINANCE REGULATES LAND USE RELATED TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.
UM, AND CURRENTLY BOTH CHAPTERS REGULATE THE DISTANCE THAT NEEDS TO EXIST BETWEEN ONSITE AND OFFSITE ALCOHOLIC CONSUMPTION AND PUBLIC PRI AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, OR DAYCARES AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY IN GENERAL.
SO THIS SECTION CURRENTLY REQUIRES 300 FEET OF SEPARATION, UM, AND A THOUSAND FEET OF SEPARATE, OR SORRY, THERE'S DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
ONE REQUIRES 300, ONE REQUIRES 1000, UM, BETWEEN THESE PLACES AND CONSUMPTION OF
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ALCOHOL.UM, SO THESE REQUIREMENTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL POTENTIAL TO REALLY INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT IN OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO CERTAIN LAND USAGE USAGE SUCH AS WINE BARS, PUBS, AND BREWERIES.
UM, SO IF YOU THINK OF THE LAYOUT, YOU THINK OF, UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE METHODIST CHURCH, THE SCHOOL THAT THE CHURCH RUNS AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, YOU START TO RUN OUT OF WHICH DIRECTION TO MOVE IN PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, SO THE CITY'S EXERTED MUCH EFFORT IN PROMOTING A WALKABLE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, UM, THROUGH OTHER CHANGES THEY'VE MADE TO THE CODE AND OBVIOUSLY OUR, UM, FUNDING OF HARRIS STREET AND THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA PROPOSE TO, UH, SEPARATE OPTIONS.
THE OPTION THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE IS OPTION ONE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND IT'S STRIKING THAT LANGUAGE ENTIRELY TO REMOVE ANY DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR ON AND OFFSITE ALCOHOLIC CONSUMPTION USE.
UM, THEY WOULD REPLACE IT WITH THIS LANGUAGE.
IT WOULD SAY, QUOTE, THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, UH, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND DAYCARES THAT ARE WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE PROPOSED USE END QUOTE
SORRY, I'M TRYING TO LIKE SUMMARIZE AS I'M READING.
UM, THAT'S BAS THAT'S, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT ONLY.
IT, WELL, IT WOULD APP, I THINK THE CODE APPLIES CITYWIDE.
THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO, UH, PUT IT ON ONLY A CERTAIN PART OF THE MAP.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE, WE WOULD REALLY SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD, OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO TO REALLY IMPACT THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WE COULD PUT IN OUR DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND THE KIND OF LIVELY THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE OUT THERE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO ENJOY WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THIS AMENDMENT.
UM, I THINK ANY EVENT THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SEE THESE SIPPING SHOPS OR WIND DOWNS THAT DOWNTOWN'S HOST EVENTUALLY THAT WE ENVISION, UM, WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE IF THIS ISN'T ACCEPTED.
SO I THINK AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, WE WOULD SUPPORT IT AS WELL.
JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WAS 500 FEET INSTEAD OF THE 1000.
IT'S REMOVING AN ANY DISTANCE.
THE NOTICE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN THERE WOULD BE, UM, PEOPLE WITHIN 500 FEET WOULD RECEIVE NOTICE IF THERE'S A NEW BUSINESS COMING IN OR AN EVENT PLANNED THAT WHERE ALCOHOL WOULD BE PRESENT AND TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND DO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I KNOW WE CAN'T REALLY DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, BUT ALWAYS REACH OUT.
UH, ITEM FOUR, RECURRING ITEM,
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FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. BRIAN, I KNOW YOU HAD REQUESTED, UM, AN UPDATE ON DRAINAGE PROJECT, SO YES, I HAVE THAT ON HERE.WHAT ELSE ARE WE PAYING FOR? WE'RE PAYING FOR DRAINAGE, WE'RE PAYING FOR HARRIS OR IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE'RE PAYING FOR RIGHT NOW OUR ILA FOR THP PORTION SHORE FAST TRACK.
BUT NONE OF THOSE ARE UNDER AND EVENTS, THOSE ARE ALL WHAT'S LISTED CURRENTLY UNDER OUR PROJECTS.
WELL IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GONNA GET AN UPDATE ON DRAINAGE, I'D JUST ASK FOR AN UPDATE ON HARRIS TOO AND WHAT THE NEW, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE NEW TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAD THE DELAY WITH THE WASTEWATER LINE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
MY, MY REQUEST WAS FOR AN UPDATE ON EVERY, ON EVERY PROJECT AND IT CAN JUST BE A CITYWIDE YES.
CITYWIDE AND IT, YOU KNOW, A, A REGULAR ITEM UP THAT WE SEE EVERY MONTH AND IT CAN JUST BE A, A DASHBOARD, YOU KNOW, ONE BULLET POINT, I MEAN IN AN UPDATE AS NECESSARY, NOT FULLBLOWN IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
IS THE CITY DOING ANYTHING FOR 4TH OF JULY? THE CITY WILL NOT BE HOSTING ANY 4TH OF JULY EVENT, I BELIEVE.
UH, OUR REGIONAL CHAMBER IS, AND I KNOW A CROSS CREEK WILL AS WELL.
SO NOTHING, THERE WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING TO
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ANY OTHER FUTURE ITEMS. OKAY.ANY OTHER ANNOUNCE, UH, ITEM FOUR,
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RECURRING ITEMS? C ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WELL, WE HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UPYOU CAN VOTE FROM SEVEN TO SEVEN.
THERE ARE TWO POLLING PLACES IN OUR VICINITY, ONE OF THEM BEING THE SHORE BRANCH LIBRARY, THE OTHER ONE BEING THE CENTRAL STATION FOR FORT BEND COUNTY, ESD FOUR.
EARLY VOTING STARTS NEXT TUESDAY, APRIL 22ND AND RUNS THROUGH APRIL 29TH.
BUT DON'T TRY TO GO ON SUNDAY BECAUSE IT'S CLOSED ON SUNDAY.
AND IN ADDITION TO AT LARGE AND DISTRICT FOUR, THERE IS ALSO TWO PARK FARM PROPOSITIONS.
SO EVERYONE READ UP ON THAT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU AND WHO YOU WANNA VOTE FOR AND GO TO THE POLLS.
WE CAN'T JUST POST OUR OPINION ON FACEBOOK.
UH, DO I HEAR MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALL UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 7 21 APRIL 14TH, 2025 OF THE EDCA BOARD IN FUL, TEXAS.