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UH, LOOK HERE, WE'RE AT THE SIX O'CLOCK HOUR, SO[I. Call to Order]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE FULL SHARE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, MONDAY, APRIL 21ST, 2025 AT 6:00 PM AND WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE.SO I KNOW THAT OUR AGENDA IS NOT OVERLY ROBUST, SO WE, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE HERE ALL NIGHT.
UH, BUT, UH, APPRECIATE ANELLE AND HAYDEN, UH, PUTTING ALL OF OUR INFORMATION TOGETHER, UH, SO THAT WE COULD GET OUR BUSINESS DONE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, OR CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UH, NO, WE DO NOT.
[Business - A]
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS BUSINESS.SO THREE A IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 MEETING.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THE MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE? IF NOT, THEN COULD I ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PREVIOUS MONTHS.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? RIGHT.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[Business - B]
THREE B IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLE FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025.UH, YOU'LL NOTICE IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT APRIL, 2025, UH, THESE ARE FEBRUARY REMITTANCES.
WERE UP 8% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, AND THEN THAT MEANS THAT IT HAS PLACED US AT 45 POINT 23% OF THE BUDGET FOR 30 42% OF THE YEAR.
AND WE JUST CAUGHT, UH, IN THE PACKET.
THE MINUTES THAT YOU JUST APPROVED ARE ACTUALLY FOR MARCH 17TH, NOT FEBRUARY 24TH.
UM, THE MINUTES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET ARE FOR THE CORRECT MEETING, THE MEETING DATES JUST LISTED WRONG.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE A NOTE TO THAT IN THE, IN THE MOTION.
I THINK THAT'S, UH, JUST A SCRIBNER'S ERROR.
AND THAT SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
UM, SO IT WAS THE FEBRUARY, NO, UH, MARCH, THE MINUTES ATTACHED ARE THE CORRECT MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING? NO, NO, NO.
THE AGENDA ITEM SAYS FEBRUARY.
IT JUST, SO THE WAY THE MOTION WAS MADE AND PASSED IS OKAY.
IT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE SAID PREVIOUS MONTH.
OKAY, WHERE WERE WE? SO OUR FINANCIALS ARE THOSE FOR FEBRUARY 28TH?
WHERE WERE WE? SO OUR SALES TAXES UP 8%, UP 8%.
WHAT WAS THAT FOR? JUST THE BUDGETED ITEM.
UH, WE RECEIVED A RENEWAL NOTICES AND I BELIEVE BELIEVE THAT WAS, UH, OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERSHIP.
OKAY, SO IT WAS BUDGETED AND EVERYTHING, CORRECT? IT IS, YES.
WAS THAT FOR THE SHORE CHAMBER? I BELIEVE SO.
THE SHORE REGIONAL CHAMBER, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED, UM, THE FORT BEND CHAMBER FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
THEY'RE USUALLY ALL AROUND THE SAME TIME PERIOD.
SO THE $5,000, I THINK THAT'S THE TOP MEMBERSHIP, ISN'T IT? IT'S, IT IS, YES.
SO WE ARE THE TOP MEMBERSHIP YES.
CLASS FOR THE SHORE AREA CHAMBER.
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ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PAYABLES, OR IF NOT, UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AND TO AUTHORIZE THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY FOR THE 13 0 5 6 81, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE EXPENSES MONTHLY EXPENSES FOR $13,056 AND 81 CENTS.MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES, INCLUDING THE REIMBURSABLES TO THE CITY OF $13,056 AND 81 CENTS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES
[Business - C]
THREE C IS REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE EDC STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE PROPOSAL? YES, SIR.UM, SO THIS IS COMING BACK TO YOU.
UM, AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, THE LAST TIME THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAD INVITED, UM, JOHN CARESS FROM TIP STRATEGIES TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS IN MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD ENTAIL.
UM, AND SO AFTER THAT, YOU ALL, UM, EXPRESSED THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, AND SO WE REQUESTED, UM, THAT HE SENT A PROPOSAL ON, UH, WHAT THE COST WOULD BE AND WHAT THE TIMELINE WOULD BE.
UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE THIS IN THE FY 26 BUDGET IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
UM, JUST SO THAT WE CAN KICK IT OFF AT THE TURN OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, AND BUDGET FOR IT THERE.
UM, THE COST IN THE PROPOSAL IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH A BOARD LAST WEEK, THEY, UM, EXPRESSED WANTING TO REQUEST THAT B BOARD TAKE ON THE TOTAL COST OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THEY JUST HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IN HOW IT WOULD IMPACT ABOARD COMPARED TO B BOARD.
AND WE CAN, UM, YOU CAN REVIEW THOSE DETAILS IN THE RECORDING OF THE FOOTAGE.
UM, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR DISCUSSION, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TAKING ON THE ENTIRE COST.
SO WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.
ON THIS, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR BY MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD THAT WE SHOULD REVISIT THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2019.
SO THAT WAS, UH, THE SECOND YEAR THAT I WAS ON COUNCIL.
SO I SPENT SOME TIME TODAY GOING BACK THROUGH THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, I REALLY DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HAVE THAT UPDATED.
SO BASICALLY WE COULD GO THROUGH AND MARK THE THING THAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED BASED ON THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND I THINK THE OVERALL PIECES OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAVEN'T CHANGED.
WHAT'S CHANGED POTENTIALLY IS SOME OF THE DATA FOR CONSIDERATION AND WHERE WE ARE IN POPULATION AND WHERE WE ARE IN BUSINESS GROWTH VERSUS WHERE WE WERE SIX YEARS AGO.
UH, AND THEN LOOKING AT ALL THE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPONENTS THAT ARE IN THERE, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY OUT OF DATE.
UH, THE PROJECTIONS ON POPULATION, WE SURPASSED THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE OBJECTIVES AND THE INITIATIVES AND THE WHOLE TABLE THAT HAD ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE ACTION ITEMS WITH THE, UM, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THOSE HAVEN'T CHANGED, RIGHT? THERE'S THINGS IN THERE THAT WE DECIDED NOT TO DO, LIKE CRM AND SOME OF THESE OTHER COMPONENTS WHICH NEED TO BE STRICKEN AND UPDATED.
BUT TO SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE MEETINGS WITH TIP AND TALK ABOUT WHAT'S CHANGED FOR THE CITY, WHAT'S IMPORTANT, IT HASN'T CHANGED.
WE HAVEN'T ACHIEVED WHAT WAS IN, I MEAN, THIS IS A GOOD STRATEGIC PLAN.
IT'S STILL STRATEGIC, AND IT MAY HAVE SOME DATA POINTS THAT ARE MISSING, BUT IT'S NOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE GRIEF THAT WE GOT FOR SPENDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON SOME OTHER THINGS AS A, AS AN EDC, I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
AND I, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HAVE A CONSULTANT SPEND SIX MONTHS TO UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT.
UM, AND NOW THE, THE, WHEN IT WAS LAST DONE IN 2019, I DON'T THINK IT WAS DIP THAT DID IT.
SO ARE THEY SAYING BASICALLY WITH THE THIS, BECAUSE I REMEMBER I WAS PART OF THAT GROUP THAT WENT THROUGH THAT, AND SO THEY'RE SAYING THAT COMPLETELY REVAMP THAT
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WHOLE THING? OR ARE WE JUST REFRESHING IT? WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL REQUEST? UH, THIS WOULD BE FOR A REFRESH.SO NOT A COMPLETE, NOT A COMPLETE TOTAL OVERHAUL.
I MEAN, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH HAS CHANGED.
NO, AND I THINK THE THING IS, IS IT'S THEIR PROCESS, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW.
I, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING NECESSARILY NEGATIVE, BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN TO, IF THEY SPENT SOME TIME LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT AND WERE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHERE RE IS AND WHERE WE PROGRESSED THE LAST SIX YEARS, I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH INCLUDES MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH LEADERS OF THE, OF THE CITY, POTENTIALLY PEOPLE ON THE BOARDS AND SOME OTHER FOLKS, AND HAVING MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND AS CONSULTANTS DO.
RIGHT? SO I DON'T THINK ALL OF THAT IS NEEDED, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S CHANGED THAT THAT MUCH.
AND THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH LAST TIME, I THINK IT WAS FIVE WORKING SESSIONS, THAT'S ALL IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TO GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION PUT UP, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A FEW WORKING SESSIONS OVER WEEKENDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO THERE'S, FOR ME, THERE'S MANY EXAMPLES IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS PART OF THE STRATEGY WAS TO, UM, HAVE ONE SINGLE EDC BOARD INSTEAD OF AN A BOARD AND A B BOARD.
PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS TO HAVE A B BOARD, RIGHT? PART OF THE PLAN AND THE ACTION ITEMS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE APPOINTED PEOPLE TO THE B BOARD SO THAT IT OVERLAP POTENTIAL MEMBERS FROM THE A BOARD AND THE B BOARD.
I DON'T NEED TIP TO COME BACK AND SAY, OH, YEAH, YOU STILL NEED TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S A SIMPLE EXAMPLE, BUT THERE'S MANY OF THEM LISTED THROUGH THERE, RIGHT? THAT ARE STILL RELEVANT.
THERE'S STILL STRATEGIC ACTIONS, UM, AND THE, AND THE DRIVING COMPONENTS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUPS ARE STILL THE SAME, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S MY, MY OPINION.
I, I WON'T TALK ANYMORE ON THAT.
I, UH, I HAVE TO SAY I AGREE ALSO, UM, I WAS CHALLENGED, UM, BY A FRIEND WHO WAS AWARE, SAW THE MEETING THAT SAID THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING REDOING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND I WAS CHALLENGED TO REVISIT AND TO LOOK AT, UH, THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAN I HAVE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK.
AND ASIDE FROM JUST MORE
UM, 68% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE FAMILIES OF THAT 35% I THINK ARE, UM, HAVE CHILDREN UNDER 17.
UM, WE'RE ALMOST AT 50,000 ACCORDING TO, UM, SOME OF THE CENSUS WEBSITES.
JUST, JUST THE, THE DATE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE OUTDATED.
UM, BUT I, I WONDER IF THERE'S MAYBE AN ALTERNATIVE, MAYBE AN AMENDMENT OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KIND OF HANDLE OURSELVES THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A COPYRIGHT ON A BOOK, RIGHT? LIKE IF YOUR COPYRIGHT ON A BOOK YOU'RE QUOTING IS FROM 1970, IT'S PROBABLY NOT THAT ACCURATE OF INFORMATION.
SO, UM, I WONDER IF THERE'S MAYBE A, AN ALTERNATIVE WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK LIKE WE'RE, UM, INTENTIONALLY STAYING IN TOUCH, UH, WITH WHAT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC LOOKS LIKE NOW.
UM, BUT TRUTHFULLY, WHEN I STARTED DIGGING, I MEAN, THE HOUSEHOLD MEDIAN INCOME HAS GONE UP A LITTLE.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S REALLY JUST A LOT OF THE SAME, JUST MORE OF THE SAME
UM, SO, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I'D HAVE TO AGREE, UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HUNDRED GRAND, UM, I AGREE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
AND IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN, LIKE LEE SAID, IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO FIVE MEETINGS, UH, THOSE ARE SOME EXPENSIVE MEETINGS.
UM, SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S MY INPUT.
I THINK WHAT IT ALSO, I MEAN, REMEMBER GOING THROUGH IT ALL, AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THEY PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND LIKE YOU SAID THIS, THERE'S THE VOLUME, THE PURE VOLUME THAT JUST TOOK OFF, YOU KNOW, WITH PROJECTIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
IF ANYTHING, IT'S ACCELERATED SOME OF THOSE DECISION KEY POINTS WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO POTENTIALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO THE REFRESH MM-HMM
SOME OF THOSE DECISION POINTS MOVE TO THE LEFT BECAUSE OF THE P SHEER VOLUME OF PEOPLE, RIGHT.
SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, I STILL THINK WE NEED IT, BUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST, THAT'S JUST OUTTA THE QUESTION.
I, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MAYBE HALF THAT COST.
UM, IS THERE A BREAKDOWN THAT THEY CAN MAYBE PROVIDE US? I MEAN, TYPICALLY THESE ARE DONE ON, UH, PER HOUR BASIS, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF ESTIMATE HOW MANY HOURS IT WOULD TAKE, UH, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS.
BUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
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I CANNOT GET THERE.I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S JUST, UM, I GUESS THE DEMAND ELASTICITY OF THE, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC PLAN.
I MEAN, THERE IS A POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY, THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT NOT THAT THAT'S JUST FAR TOO MUCH.
UM, AND I THINK THAT KIND OF KILLS THE WHOLE THING IN MY MIND.
UM, EVEN THOUGH I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY, UH, WE CAN ALL ALWAYS UPDATE THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THERE'S NOTHING HOLDING US BACK FROM DOING THAT FROM 2019, BUT I WAS THINKING GETTING A A NEW ANALYSIS WOULD, WOULD, UH, BE BENEFICIAL.
BUT I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, I THINK THAT PUTS IT, THAT MAKES ME A NO TOO.
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW FAR, THAT'S HOW MUCH THAT IS.
I, I THINK, ANYWAY, SO JUST, YEAH, I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED WHEN I SCROLLED DOWN TO THE COST PORTION OF THAT
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, I DON'T EVEN, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE ORIGINAL COST, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
UM, IT SEEMS TO BE MAYBE SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS, MAYBE A, A KEY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING JUST TO BRUSH THE DEMOGRAPHICS UP AND LIKE REPUBLISH IT, UM, OR NOT, AND WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE, OR IF THAT'S EVEN WORTH IT.
I KNOW WE HAVE A RETAIL CONSULTANT THAT'S ON BOARD NOW.
THEY PROBABLY HAVE ALL THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA WE WOULD WANT, SO WE COULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, USE THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GIVE THE LATEST AND GREATEST DATA THERE.
I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT WHAT CULTURE MAP JUST SAID WE'RE THE TOP GROWING CITY IN THE LAST DECADE IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO, I MEAN, THOSE THINGS ARE OUT THERE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO PROVE THAT IT'S, IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO I, I WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTED IN THE COST MYSELF.
I WAS, I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD ORIGINALLY STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A REFRESH, AND WE USED THOSE WORDS, AND I HAD EVEN ASKED HIM AT THAT MEETING, KIND OF, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, NOT A WHOLE NEW PLAN.
AND I WAS KIND OF THINKING IT WAS GOING TO COME BACK MORE LIKE WHAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT, MORE JUST AN UPDATING OF, NOT NECESSARILY OF THE PRINCIPLES OF IT OR, OR ANY OF THE VISIONARY MISSION TYPE OF STUFF, BUT MORE OF THE DETAILS THAT HAVE CHANGED.
SO I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED TO, UM, TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
BUT I, I THINK KIND OF THE OTHER SIDE, MAYBE TO THAT, LIKE WHAT JAMES WAS MAYBE ALLUDING TO, I WOULDN'T WANNA NECESSARILY GO INTO IT AND JUST CREATE MORE WORK FOR Y'ALL TO END UP HAVING TO MAKE THIS A TOTALLY STAFF DRIVEN, UH, PROJECT TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO THE REFRESH, THE UPDATING.
SO MAYBE THERE IS A, UM, A SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THAT WE COULD LAND ON WITH THEM THAT WOULD AVOID Y'ALL HAVING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE CRITICAL WORK THAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY FEELS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT WOULD CONCERN ME.
AND I WAS SURPRISED, LIKE I SAID THAT, UM, BECAUSE IN MY HEAD, THAT'S WHAT, THIS IS NOT A REFRESH, THIS IS A WHOLE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO JUST FOR DIRECTION, FOR, JUST FOR DIRECTION FOR US, UM, JAMES, YOU MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU WOULD BE MORE OPEN TO IT IF IT WAS AROUND $50,000.
UM, CAN I JUST GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY ELSE IF YOU WOULD RECONSIDER THEN, OR, UM, BECAUSE IF I HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND IT'S JUST NOT A POSSIBILITY, THEN WE KNOW WE CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THAT ALONE.
UM, BUT IF IT IS A POSSIBILITY, UM, DO I NEED TO HAVE A SECOND PROPOSAL? AND I, I MEAN, 50,000 IN MY MIND IS STILL ON THE HIGH END OF WHAT I THINK THIS BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER.
I'M NOT IN THIS BUSINESS 50, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
I, YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I'M NOT IN THIS BUSINESS OF PROPOSING STRATEGIC PLANS TO, YOU KNOW, EDCS, BUT THAT SEEMED VERY PRICEY.
UM, ON A PER HOURLY BASIS, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, I AM COMING FROM THE AUDIT PERSPECTIVE.
LIKE WHEN IN AUDITS THEY KIND OF TELL YOU LIKE WHAT THEIR BILL RATE IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHO'S DOING THE WORK, LIKE PARTNER, SENIOR, SUPERVISOR, MANAGER, YOU KNOW, LIKE ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I ASSUME IT'S SIMILAR BECAUSE IT'S SERVICE, IT'S A SERVICE, UH, WITH THE REPORT, FINAL REPORT, UH, YOU KNOW, DELIVERABLE.
BUT, UM, I DON'T, I, I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE, IF YOU SHOULD DO THAT.
MAYBE, MAYBE WE SHOULD SAY NO, THANKS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
IT SAYS WE'RE WAY TOO FAR APART, UH, WITH PRICE IN MY MIND.
BUT I MEAN, Y'ALL FEEL FREE TO GIVE YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND WHEN YOU BRING UP $50,000 TO, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, $50,000 TO DO THIS? OR I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SPECIFICS ON WHEN WE SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO.
HOW MUCH WOULD THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE TAKE THE, THE, THE ROAD HERE
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AND BE THE DRIVER AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO.THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO.
SO THAT'S THE FEEDBACK WE NEED AS OPPOSED TO JUST SAYING, WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR $50,000? OR WHATEVER, OR WHATEVER, A MORE SPECIFIC SCOPE OF WORK.
A MORE SPECIFIC, ESSENTIALLY SCOPE OF WORK.
JUST TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE THOUGH, I MEAN, AT $50,000, $200 AN HOUR, WHICH ISN'T, WHICH ISN'T UNREALISTIC.
IT'S ONLY 250 HOURS, SO IT'S NOT GONNA GET YOU MUCH.
BUT IF YOU'RE JUST UPDATING THE FACTS AND THE AGREED JUST PUT, JUST TO PUT THE DETAILS RIGHT, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO DIVISION STUFF, JUST TO PUT HOUR, AN HOURLY RATE ON THE TABLE.
YOU KNOW, FOR AN APPROXIMATION OF $50,000, IT ONLY GIVES YOU 250 HOURS.
SO, BUT YOU KNOW, REALLY, AND AGAIN, ARE THOSE REALLY GIVING US ANYTHING TANGIBLE? IS IT, WE'RE STILL FOCUSED ON THE, THE TENANTS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CORRIDORS WE'RE FOCUSED ON, THE STRATEGIC LOCATIONS WE'RE FOCUSED ON, THOSE ARE STILL THE SAME.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DOING AWAY WITH THE A BOARD AND ALL THAT STUFF.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNSEL SOME, IT CAN EITHER ACT ON THAT OR THEY CAN JUST LET IT BE TEXT IN A REPORT THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY JUMP ON RIGHT AWAY.
SO HOW, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS DOCUMENT TO YOU AS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS? TWO.
IS THIS, DO YOU LOOK AT EVERY DAY? IS THIS YOUR BIBLE? IS THIS YOUR, ARE YOU LOOKING AT EVERY DAY AND, AND EACH QUARTER, ARE YOU PUTTING YOUR OBJECTIVES AGAINST THAT? ARE YOU LOOKING AT EVERY QUARTER AND SAYING, HEY, HAYDEN, WE'RE NOT GETTING THIS DONE.
WE NEED TO BE GETTING THIS DONE.
OR, HEY, ZACH, WHY AREN'T WE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION? THIS IS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WHY AREN'T WE DOING THESE THINGS OR DOING THESE THINGS? OR WE ARE DOING THESE THINGS, RIGHT? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT AND USING IT? YES.
I WOULD SAY IT DRIVES, UM, MOST OF OUR PROJECTS.
UM, PRETTY MUCH ALL, ALL THAT WE DO.
I MEAN, WE DON'T, WE DON'T PULL IT OFF THE SHELF AND POP IT OPEN.
UM, I THINK WE BOTH DID KEEP A COPY ON OUR DESK, PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY OUR WHOLE FIRST YEAR, UM, GETTING REALLY FAMILIAR WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN IT AND, UM, WORKING, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING KIND OF BACKWARDS TO ACHIEVE THOSE THINGS.
THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS ON THERE THAT, UM, THEY'VE COME AND GONE, LIKE THE CRM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS AN EXAMPLE.
UM, THERE ARE ITEMS IN THERE THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH AND CERTAIN FACTORS, JUST THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, UNFORESEEN, THINGS THAT, UM, HAVE HAPPENED SINCE IT WAS RECOMMENDED.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT, IF YOU WILL.
UM, BUT JUST LIKE TOMMY SAID THAT, THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH STAFF.
UM, I THINK OUR ROLES ARE A, A BLEND OF HAVING GOALS AND A STRATEGIC PLAN SET OUT FOR US.
UM, BUT ALSO JUST RESPONDING TO THE DAY TO DAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T INVOLVE EVERY DECISION.
SOME THINGS WE JUST KIND OF TAKE AS THEY COME.
THAT'S, WE'RE EXPLORING DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS OR COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, ALL OF THAT.
SO I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION THEN.
UM, SO I SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TODAY, AND EITHER I'M NOT VERY GOOD OR I, I DON'T FIND THIS DOCUMENT ON THE, ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD THE SHORE EDC AS ITS OWN WEBSITE.
WE RECENTLY MIGRATED EVERYTHING BACK OVER TO THE CITY WEBSITE MM-HMM
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO ADD ON THERE.
UM, SO IT, IT SHOULD BE ON THERE, UH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
WHEN DID WE STOP USING THE SHORE DOT EDC WEBSITE OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND SO BEFORE, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT DOCUMENT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IF I WAS LOOKING TO RELOCATE TO SHORE AND I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, OR I AM, DO I WANT TO BE A CITIZEN AND LIVE THERE? YOU KNOW, DO, 'CAUSE I WOULD DO, HAVING BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR SEVEN YEARS, STUFF THAT I NEVER KNEW BEFORE ABOUT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
I WOULD NOT MOVE TO A CITY WITHOUT SPENDING MONTHS RESEARCHING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND THE, UH, UH, UH, OF THE CITIES THEMSELVES.
SO THAT'S A DOCUMENT THAT I MIGHT WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND LOOK AT, BUT IF IT'S NOT AVAILABLE, BUT IT IS INTENDED TO BE AVAILABLE.
YEAH, WE JUST FINISHED MIGRATING OVER EVERYTHING LAST WEEK.
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE LAYOUT.
WE, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A FOLDER SYSTEM TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, LIKE OUR, UH, HOTEL FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THAT SORT OF THING, JUST IN ONE CENTRAL
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LOCATION.AND IT'S JUST KIND OF A BACKEND ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
AND I THINK IT DOES, YOU KNOW, SHOULD SUPPORT OUR OVERALL MISSION, UM, AND THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED.
I KNOW THAT I HAD PRINTED OUT AN AGENDA AND, AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS AT THE OFFICE, AND I FORGOT 'EM THERE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOKED AT RECENTLY WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE SHORE FAST TRACK, AND IF YOU GO THROUGH THAT DOCUMENT, IT REALLY FOCUSES ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FORMING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CANON AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE LACK OF ENTREPRENEURIAL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS WITH THE CHAMBERS AND THE EDCS ACROSS OUR WHOLE AREA.
UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE FOCUSED ON THAT.
'CAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTED IT, IT SAID THERE WAS A GAP.
AND SO I THINK THAT WAS A DRIVING FORCE OF WHY WE'RE DOING THE TURE FAST TRACK.
THAT MAY BE A LITTLE OFF SUBJECT, BUT NO, I MEAN, SO IN, IN CONCLUSION, UH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE, THE FRAMEWORK IS STILL GOOD.
THE, THE GOALS, UH, ARE STILL RELEVANT, AND I THINK THEY'RE GOOD GOALS.
UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE MAYBE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED IF WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, IT'S AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES AND THE PUBLIC AND THAT KIND OF THING.
WE PROBABLY WANT TO UPDATE THE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPONENTS TO, TO BE CURRENT.
AND SO THAT IF SOMEONE GOES AND LOOKS, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, GOSH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS OUTDATED AS OF FIVE YEARS AGO, KIND OF THING, RIGHT? SO WE'D WANT TO DO THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE KEY FINDINGS PROBABLY HAVEN'T CHANGED TONS, BUT A BIT, RIGHT? UH, INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYMENT, LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, ALL THESE COMPONENTS ARE, I THINK, MOSTLY STILL RELEVANT.
UM, SO THAT'S, IN CONCLUSION, I THINK THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A FULL REDO OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR TIP TO HAVE MAYBE ONE SESSION WITH, UH, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND GIVE THEM THEIR VIEW BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BACK TO WHEN, YOU KNOW, JOHN KELLY WAS, WAS ON, UH, COUNCIL FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? LISA MARTIN, JOHN KELLY, UM, I MEAN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR WAS ANGELA.
SO THESE, THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO.
ANDREW AU UH, NONE OF THESE PEOPLE, UH, HARDLY ARE, ARE, ARE AROUND.
SO THEY, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD GET A DIFFERENT VIEW FROM THOSE PEOPLE, BUT IF, IF PEOPLE WANTED TO HAVE SOME INPUT.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE JUST STAY AT STATUS? OH, GO AHEAD.
I'M, I'M AGREEING IN, IN PART, THE ONLY THING THAT I THINK THE BOARD CAN DO AND WHEN THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD TACKLE IS MAYBE WE COULD POTENTIALLY SET SOME THRESHOLDS, YOU KNOW, SOME, UM, THAT, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE ADDED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, NOT NECESSARILY TIP STRATEGIES, BUT US, UM, THAT WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE STRATEGIC, UM, OUR STRATEGIES WOULD CHANGE, RIGHT? WHETHER THAT BE, UM, AND IT, IT MIGHT BE THAT, THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.
IF, IF NOTHING CHANGED AND WE HAVEN'T MET A THRESHOLD THAT OUR STRATEGY WOULD CHANGE, IE UM, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE IS, IS, IS BUILT OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD, IS GOING TO CHANGE THE STRATEGY OF RE AFTER IT'S DONE AND COMPLETED, THEN I, I DON'T THINK YOU MAKE A CHANGE EXCEPT FOR IE UPDATING SCHEMATIC.
BUT, SO WE MIGHT WANT TO ADD SOME THRESHOLDS THAT IN THE FUTURE CAUSE A TRUE REDESIGN OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO, UH, THAT WE CAN ADD OURSELVES.
I THINK IT'S HARD THOUGH, BECAUSE I GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, UM, UH, THE STRENGTH, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THESE, THOSE COMPONENTS, SOME OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE ACHIEVED.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE NO LONGER CHALLENGES OR WEAKNESSES OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? SO THOSE MIGHT NEED TO BE UPDATED, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED A CONSULTANT TO DO THAT IN MY, IN MY OPINION.
THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY QUESTION TOO.
LIKE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO PROVIDE AN AMENDMENT, UH, SUGGESTIONS FOR AMENDMENTS IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS SUBMITTED TO WHO WOULD BE THE, THE ULTIMATE BODY? I'M ASSUMING CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE DECIDING FACTOR, AND THEN IT'S ADOPTED AS THE NEW OR REVISED, AND THEN EVERYTHING FROM THERE, WE, WE DATED AT THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, THE DATE FOR THE REVISION AND LEAVE IT THERE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS EITHER THAT IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY SCRAPPED.
I MEAN, WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY ROADS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY NINE ONES
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EXCEPT A BIGGER ONE,LIKE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MAJOR UPHEAVAL FOR, YOU KNOW, WAYS OF EGRESS INTO THE CITY OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, BUT THAT'S MY QUESTION.
COULD IT BE HANDLED AS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO CERTAIN SECTIONS ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA? I WAS THINKING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CHANGING CONSTANTLY AND QUICKLY.
WOULD THAT BE BETTER SERVED AS, UM, A SEPARATE RESOURCE WHEREVER WE HOUSE THIS INFORMATION, HAVE A SEPARATE RESOURCE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR RETAIL CONSULTANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO UPDATE THOSE ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS SO THAT A REPORT DOESN'T HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY BE UPDATED? YEAH.
JUST TO TRY TO MANAGE THAT'S GOOD 0.1 ASPECT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD TAKE AND START MODIFYING A DOCUMENT THAT WAS PREPARED BY SOMEONE ELSE, OR THAT MAY BE CHALLENGING.
I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT PERMISSIONS WE WERE GRANTED AT THE TIME.
THEY, UM, SUBMITTED ALL OF THAT TO US.
UM, BUT, UM, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE A, AN EDC WORKSHOP, WHICH WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, SCHEDULING A WORKSHOP WITH BOTH EDCS AND COUNCIL, MAYBE SETTING OUT SOME GOALS MORE, MORE INTERNAL MARKERS OR, YOU KNOW, AREAS OF FOCUS THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO, UH, SHIFT YOUR ATTENTION TO AND THINGS YOU WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.
UM, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS THAT OPTION, UM, IF THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE, WE WANNA CONTINUE TO PURSUE, WHICH IT SOUNDS, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING FROM YOU ALL TONIGHT.
BUT I MEAN, THE, WE CAN ALWAYS START UP THIS PROCESS AT ANY TIME.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WAIT THREE MONTHS AND SOMETHING CHANGES OR WE'RE DON'T FEEL LIKE, HEY, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED THAT, THEN WE CAN ALWAYS START IT AT THAT TIME.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU START IT NOW OR YOU LOSE GROUND.
AND I WOULD JUST, I MEAN, I WOULD JUST THROW IN THERE, WE'VE GOT REAPP APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTMENTS ARE REAPPOINTMENTS COMING UP IN WHAT JUNE.
SO MAYBE PICK A, YOU KNOW, A DATE AFTER JUNE TO START VISITING THIS IN A MORE SERIOUS WAY OR HAVE THAT WORKSHOP.
BUT I THINK IN ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO UNDER, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL IS WHAT DATA WAS PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF THE ACTUAL STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND IF THAT DATE IS READILY AVAILABLE TO COMPARE AGAINST CURRENTLY AND SEE WHAT MAJOR CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED, AND IF THOSE MAY BE MAJOR CHANGES, HAVE SWAYED THE STRATEGIC PLAN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN? WHAT YOU CAN READ THE, THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN BASED ON THAT WAS DONE BASED ON SET DEMOGRAPHICS, SET DATA, AND THEN GO BACK AND TAKE THE SAME DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE READILY NOW WITH POTENTIALLY THROUGH THE RETAIL CONTACTS THAT WE'VE GOT, AND SEE WHAT THE CHANGES HAVE HAD HAVE HAPPENED.
AND ULTIMATELY, IF THAT HAS DRIVEN A POTENTIAL CHANGE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THE WORKSHOP.
DID WE MAKE A COMPLETE CIRCLE ON THAT SUBJECT OR WHAT? THANKS FOR, UH, GETTING THIS, THE PROPOSAL.
UH, IT WAS HELPFUL FOR US TO, I THINK, MAKE A, SOME DECISION ON THIS.
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FOUR, RECURRING ITEMS FOUR A IS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.I'LL START FIRST, UM, WITH SHORE FAST TRACK.
SO WE'VE, UM, HOSTED THREE EVENTS SINCE WE, UM, LAST SHARED WITH YOU ALL.
THE FIRST WAS, UH, THE CONTINUATION OF JUST THE MONTHLY BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEON.
UM, SO THOSE ARE MONTHLY EVENT.
THEY AVERAGE ABOUT SIX ATTENDEES, UM, OR AVERAGED SIX ATTENDEES FOR THESE FIRST THREE MONTHS.
I THINK THIS LAST ONE WAS LAST WEEK, AND THERE WERE 13 ATTENDEES.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING, A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATION, UM, AND A LOT OF BREAKTHROUGHS FOR THOSE ATTENDING THAT WERE HAVING.
UM, JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ISSUES TO SOLVE WITH THEIR BUSINESS LAUNCH OR BUSINESS IDEA.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S BEEN GREAT.
UM, WE ALSO LAUNCHED A SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP SERIES, AND THIS WAS KIND OF BORN OUT OF REQUESTS ON FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE OTHER ASPECTS OF FULL SHARE FAST TRACK, AND IT'S DESIGNED AS A THREE MONTH SE SERIES, UM, ONCE A MONTH.
AND SO THE FIRST SESSION OF THAT ATTRACTED 25 REGISTRATIONS.
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UH, CREATED 25 SEATS, IF YOU WILL, OR TICKETS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THE PHYSICAL AMOUNT OF SPACE WE HAD.UM, AND WE FOUND THAT NINE PEOPLE SHOWED UP, SO WE INCREASED THE SEATS TO 50 BECAUSE THERE WAS A WAIT LIST OF PEOPLE THAT HAD WANTED TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UM, YOU OFFER A SERVICE AND IT'S FREE.
UM, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOSE.
SO WE WE'RE HOPING INCREASING THE SEATS, UM, INCREASE, WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF REGISTRATIONS AND HOPEFULLY GET ALL THE SEATS FILLED, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE, THE NEED IS THERE.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE SHARED IT WITH US.
UM, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT CONTINUES.
AND THEN WE DID HAVE OUR ENTREPRENEUR BOOTCAMP, AND THAT WAS THE FIRST OF TWO PLANNED BOOTCAMPS.
IT HAD 12 PARTICIPANTS, AND IT WAS GREAT.
WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL FEEDBACK THAT WAS OVER THE WEEKEND ON, UH, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY HERE AT CITY HALL.
UM, AND WE'RE STILL GETTING JUST MORE, MORE, UM, CONVERSATIONS GOING FROM THAT.
UM, EVERYTHING FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN INVESTING TO, UM, MOVING BUSINESS PLANS ALONG.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON, UM, HOW, HOW THOSE PARTICIPANTS ARE MOVING ALONG.
AND THEN THIS APRIL, WE'LL AGAIN, HAVE OUR BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEON.
WE'LL HAVE THE SECOND PART OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP.
AND THEN ON APRIL 24TH, WE'LL HAVE, UM, OUR NETWORKING AND HR EVENT AT VICTORS.
AND THAT'S FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM.
SO, UM, SINCE THE LAUNCH LAST APRIL, WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A, A NETWORKING TYPE OF EVENT, AND SO WE FIGURED WE'RE COMING UP ON THE GEAR OF A LAUNCH, BUT IT DOES HAVE A, A SPEAKER THAT WILL BE FOCUSING ON HR ISSUES THAT BE THERE.
UM, SO WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND, OR IF YOU KNOW ANYONE IN THE HR FIELD, UM, JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'LL BE THERE FOR THEM.
UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO, ICSC RETAIL FORWARD.
UM, HAYDEN AND MYSELF ATTENDED THIS EVENT IN HOUSTON ON, UH, APRIL 10TH.
AND, UM, HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS, UM, HERE AND THERE WITH DIFFERENT RETAILERS, DEVELOPERS, RESTAURANTS.
UM, SO WE WILL KEEP THOSE ONGOING.
UM, IT WAS NICE TO MEET A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE EMAILED BACK AND FORTH, UM, IN PERSON.
AND, UH, IT WAS NICE THAT WE COULD JUST DRIVE UP TO HOUSTON AND DIDN'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS THIS TIME.
UM, SO I THINK THIS WAS A FIRST TRIAL RUN, SO, UM, WE MADE SURE TO GIVE GOOD FEEDBACK, SO HOPEFULLY IT CAN CONTINUE AND GROW A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, SO YEAH, THAT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
UH, AND THEN ITEM THREE, BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
SO WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, A TOTAL OF FOUR APPLICATIONS SO FAR FOR EDC, UM, A AND B COMBINED.
UM, THE DEADLINE TO APPLY TO A BORDER COMMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO APRIL 30TH.
UM, SO JUST IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED OR ANYONE THAT GETS EXCITED WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR
AND, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR US, BUT ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OF RE DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE ROLLING OFF FOR THIS BOARD? THREE.
AND THEN FOR A BOARD, THERE'S TWO, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THEN ITEM FOUR ARE MURAL.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON SOME ISSUES WITH A POWER POLE THAT IS CLOSE TO THE WORK AREA, UM, WHERE THE ARTIST WILL BE.
AND SO WE ARE JUST WANTING TO ENSURE A SAFETY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND CENTER POINT TO EXPLORE WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE IN TERMS OF MOVING, UM, THE, THE POST FAR ENOUGH BACK TO ALLOW FOR HIS SAFETY OR GOING UNDERGROUND.
SO JUST ASSESSING COST AND, UM, ALL OF, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FACTORS.
UM, WHY IS, IS THAT, ARE THEY USING A LIFT OR SOMETHING TO YES, SIR.
SO WE JUST, UM, SHARE ALL THOSE, UM, UH, SPECS WITH CENTERPOINT.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT THAT ONE POST IS JUST TOO CLOSE.
UM, SO IT HAS TO BE EITHER, UH, TAKEN UNDERGROUND OR PUSHED BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE A DELAY.
I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW YET HOW, HOW LONG.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ITS RIGHT NOW.
DO WE THINK CENTERPOINT WILL MOVE IT OR GO UNDERGROUND? IT DEPENDS ON THE COST, UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO US.
SO WE, WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN WITHOUT, UM, JUST, THERE'S JUST OTHER DETAILS WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AND THE, WE NEED THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PERMISSION AS WELL.
SO JUST WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
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OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.UH, LASTLY, ITEM FIVE, UH, RELEVANT ORDINANCE ORDINANCE UPDATES.
AND JOEL MIGHT SHARE THIS ALSO, UM, ON HIS UPDATE, BUT WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT.
UM, IN OUR, IT WAS THE APRIL COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, JOSHUA BROTHERS PRESENTED, UH, AN ORDINANCE CHANGE THAT WOULD, UM, CURRENTLY THOUGH, OR I GUESS PREVIOUSLY, THE ORDINANCE REGULATED LAND USE RELATED TO ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND THE DISTANCE THAT NEEDED TO EXIST ONSITE AND OFFSITE, UM, FOR ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.
AND THAT DISTANCE RELATED TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, DAYCARES, AND PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY.
AND, UM, COUNSEL VOTED TO STRIKE THAT LANGUAGE AND REMOVE ANY DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE FOR ON AND OFFSITE ALCOHOL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY AMENDED DIS DISTANCE RESTRICTIONS TO ONLY 300 FEET FROM SCHOOLS.
UM, SO THIS, THIS WILL IMPACT STILL SOME PROPERTIES, UM, THAT ARE SEW FOR DOWNTOWN, UM, THAT ARE WITHIN 300 FEET OF SCHOOLS.
AND SO IT'S RELEVANT TO, I THINK, US AS AN EDC, AS WE CONSIDER, UM, THE KIND OF BUSINESSES WE WANNA PLACE WHERE, UM, IN DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE THIS MEANS, I THINK PEOPLE DEFAULT TO, UM, BARS AND NIGHTLIFE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR JUST ALCOHOL SALES AND THE TYPES OF RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, A, A REQUEST FOR, UM, AND FURTHER JUST LIMITING WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PLACE THEM.
SO WE, WE JUST WANNA KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND LET YOU ON.
BUT THERE, THERE AREN'T ANY SCHOOLS DOWNTOWN.
BUT FIRST METHODIST HAS A MOTHER'S DAY OUT.
IS THAT CONSIDERED? IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE FIRST GRADE THROUGH 12 TO VIA SCHOOL, NOT EVEN PRIVATE.
NOT FOR PRE-K, AND, UH, IT'S NOT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH THE COUNSEL.
NOW, WHAT WAS THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT ARE YOU CHANGING IT TO? SO THE, THIS, IT USED TO REQUIRE 300 FEET OF SEPARATION, UM, FROM CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, DAYCARES, FOR ANY AREA WHERE YOU'RE GATHERING THE PUBLIC AND CONSUMING ALCOHOL OR SELLING ALCOHOL.
UM, SO THEY'VE REMOVED THAT, UM, RESTRICTION AS IT RELATES TO DAYCARES AND HOSPITALS AND CHURCHES.
BUT THEY'VE KEPT IT FOR THE DISTANCE FROM SCHOOLS, BASICALLY REFLECTING WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATION REQUIRES AS A MINIMUM.
SO FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SO FOR DOWNTOWN, FOR HARRIS STREET, THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE, YOU MIGHT STRUGGLE TO PUT A RESTAURANT WITH A OUTDOOR AREA OR INDOORS, I GUESS, RIGHT? UH, THAT, THAT WAS CLOSE TO THE CHURCH, RIGHT.
AND BE ABLE TO SELL, UH, WINE, BEER, ALCOHOL, WHATEVER.
SO, I MEAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR RESTAURANTS.
I MEAN, PEOPLE DO LIKE TO DRINK.
PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE A DRINK WHEN THEY GO TO DINNER.
THEY LIKE TO HAVE A GLASS OF WINE.
UM, AND SO IT'S, UH, I MEAN, THAT'S A, RESTAURANTS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FROM ALCOHOL CELLS.
SO, UH, I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK IT WAS A GOOD CHANGE FOR, FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT FOR THE, FOR THE CITY.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE TONIGHT.
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B IS PRESENTATION BY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REGARDING RELEVANT ACTION TAKEN AT PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.SO I WASN'T GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT APRIL MEETING 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE MINUTES FROM IT YET.
SO I'M, I'M GOING TO UPDATE ON THE, UH, SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 4TH, AND THEN THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MARCH 18TH.
UM, WE, AS IT RELATES TO HARRIS STREET, WHICH I THINK IS, UM, UH, RELEVANT TO THIS, UH, BOARD WE DID, THERE WAS, UM, DISCOVERED THAT THE, UM, SANITARY SEWER LINE NEEDED TO BE UPSIZED.
SO WE APPROVED AN AGREEMENT TO UPSIZE THE CENTER SEWER LINE ALONG HARRIS STREET, SO THAT COULD BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE PAVEMENT, UH, BEING INSTALLED.
SO I'M GLAD WE FOUND THAT BEFORE WE BUILT THE STREET, UM,
UM, WE DID REVIEW THE PRIMROSE PARK DRAFT RENDERING, UM, AND, AND GAVE FEEDBACK AND I GUESS IN PREPARATION FOR THE, UH, THE BOND, UH, REFERENDUM, THAT'S ON THE, THAT WILL BE ON YOUR, UM, WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE.
UM, WE ALSO REVIEWED, UM, HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE PARKS AND PATHWAYS MASTER PLAN AND, AND, AND GAVE SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT.
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I MEAN, BASICALLY IT WAS REGARDING IRENE'S, 'CAUSE WE'D ALREADY TALKED ABOUT PRIMROSE PARK, BUT SOME OF THE UPDATES REGARDING, UH, POTENTIAL CHANGES FOR IRENE STERN, FOR FRANCIS SMART PARK, AND FOR BESSIE'S CREEK PARK.UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE FRANCIS SMART PARK, HAVING A VETERAN MEMORIAL, A PLAYGROUND PLAZA, SPACE PARKING, AND THESE KINDS OF THINGS.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE DETAIL, YOU CAN GO LOOK AT THE UPDATED PLAN AND, UM, I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, IRENE STERN PROPOSING TO HAVE BASKETBALL COURTS, TENNIS COURTS, PICKLEBALL COURTS, PAVILION, WALKING PATH, PLAYGROUND, UM, AND THEN, UH, FOR BESSIE'S CREEK, UH, A WALKING TRAIL, OUTDOOR FITNESS STATION, BOARDWALK OVERLOOK WITH THE PIER AT POTENTIAL PARKING.
BUT I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE, THE, THE LAND IS.
UM, WE DID DO THE MURAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT, UH, WITH CASEY PROPERTY, LLC.
SO THAT MURAL THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WE'LL BE THERE ON THE
WHAT'S THE BUILDING? UM, UM, FRONTIER TITLE IS THERE.
IT'S KIND OF THE, THE WALL FACING THE PARKING OF WALL BELONGS.
YOU KNOW WHERE, EVERYONE KNOW WHERE THAT IS? OKAY, GOOD.
SO THEN WE HAD ON THE 18TH, WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, WHERE THE MAYOR IS REQUIRED TO GIVE A STATE OF THE CITY UPDATE.
SO THAT HAPPENED, UM, AT FIVE 30 ON, UH, THE 18TH.
AND THEN WE WENT INTO A REGULAR, UH, MEETING.
NOT TONS ON THOSE MEETINGS THAT I THINK ARE RELEVANT HERE.
I USUALLY TRY TO UPDATE WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO 69% COMPLETE.
AS OF THAT 18TH MEETING, UM, THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK WAS 94% COMPLETE LAST REGULAR MEETING THAT WE JUST HAD IN, UH, IN APRIL.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY BEING FILLED WITH WATER NOW.
UH, AND THEN THEY'LL DO A FINAL TEST, UH, WITH, UH, WITH, WITH IT FULL OF WATER.
AND THEN, UH, BASICALLY THAT CAN THEN HELP THE PRESSURE OF THE SYSTEM, RIGHT.
THEY'LL KEEP IT FULL OF WATER TO HELP PRESSURE USING PUMPS TO PUMP THE WATER INTO IT.
UM, WE AMENDED THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE FOR, FOR FACILITY RENTALS.
I THINK A LOT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN REVISITING SOME OF THESE FEES FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND, AND JUST I THINK TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK, LOOK AT THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING MONEY, UH, WITH MAKING, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO RENT IRENE STERN, WHAT DOES IT COST US IN ELECTRICITY AND TO KEEP IT UP AND CLEAN IT AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FEES ARE ARE COVERING OUR COSTS.
UM, WE DID APPROVE ANOTHER ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH I THINK IS GOOD, UM, FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TOWER FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE ON 65 10 FM 3 59.
AND THEN, UM, WE APPROVED AN ORDINANCE, UH, AMENDING CHAPTER 28 OF THE CONSOLIDATED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES.
IT'S A LONG LIST, LIKE 16 CHANGES.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THEM.
UM, IF I HAD THE LIST I COULD READ THEM OUT, BUT I THINK, UH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO READ THE CDO AND LOOK AT THE CHANGES AND UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTENDED TO HELP, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZE, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
YOU CAN'T HAVE, UM, IN CERTAIN ZONES, YOU CAN'T HAVE A GAS STATION.
UM, AND SO SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF CHANGES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP DEVELOPMENT IN THE, IN THE ZONING THE WAY WE WE WANT IT, I THINK THOSE ARE THE RELEVANT UPDATES.
I HAVE A QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WERE THERE ANYTHING RELEVANT TO THE ORATE CHANGES ORDINANCE, CHANGES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR ANYTHING THAT JUMPED OUT OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT ANELLE MENTIONED EARLIER? NO, I MEAN, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THE HAVING TO DO THE, UH, SEWER, UH, SIZING FOR HARRIS STREET, RIGHT.
WHICH, BUT NO, THERE, THERE WASN'T REALLY, I MEAN, THE THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE HAD IN THE APRIL MEETING AROUND THE CHANGING THE ORDINANCE AROUND THE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ON AND OFF PREMISES, I MEAN, YOU CAN, DOES THAT REALLY IMPACT THE, THE EDCS? BUT IT'S SOMETHING GOOD TO KNOW, RIGHT? FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT.
BUT NO, THERE IS NOTHING SPECIFIC TO, UH, REZONING OR, YOU KNOW, ANY INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES OR ANY PROJECTS FOR, SO, OH, SORRY, JEAN.
NO, I, I WAS GONNA, THE ONLY OTHER THING, UM, AND JOEL SAID THE MINUTES FOR THE APRIL MEETING AREN'T READY YET, BUT COUNCIL DID ADOPT OUR INCENTIVE POLICY, SO IT IS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE JUST NEED TO BRING IT BACK, UH, ON THE FEE SCHEDULE AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SEND IT OUT THERE.
SO THERE, THERE PROBABLY WERE SOME THINGS, AND I HAVEN'T GONE BACK AND LOOKED AT THE APRIL MEETING.
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DIDN'T GO BACK THROUGH MY NOTES.I USUALLY WAIT UNTIL I HAVE THE MEETING MINUTES SO I CAN, UM, MAKE SURE I DON'T MISREPRESENT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK, UH, HARRIS STREET IS, IS, IS THAT TIMELINE PUSHED BACK AT ALL? UH, IT IS.
I'M SURE IT IS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO STOP CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THERE WAS A, THERE WAS AN ON THE JOB INJURY, I THINK TO A, TO A CONTRACTOR.
UM, AND THEN HAVING TO DO THIS, UH, SEWER LINE, RIGHT, WILL OBVIOUSLY SET BACK THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE, OF THE STREET.
IS THERE A TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION? I DON'T UPDATE AN L DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T, BUT WE CAN FIND OUT AND MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE REPORT FOR NEXT MONTH.
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B IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR ANYTHING ANYONE HAS THEY'D LIKE TO BRING UP NOW? YEAH, UM, I ASK EVERY TIME I'M HERE AND I'VE LOOKED BACK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE, UH, MINUTE SO FAR AND WE STILL DON'T GET UPDATES ON HARRIS STREET.AND IT'S NOT JUST, YES, IT'S ON SCHEDULE.
YOU KNOW, WE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY, TIME, AND EFFORT APPROVING ALL OF THIS STUFF TO GO THROUGH, YET WE'RE HERE.
NOTHING REGARDING ON BUDGET, OVER BUDGET PROBLEMS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD GET UPDATES A PERIODIC BASIS.
I THINK WE, WE HAVE WHERE DOES THAT PROJECT, WHO, WHO ON STAFF IS ACTUALLY OVERSEEING THAT, THAT PROJECT? UM, SO IT'S TIFFANY SAUTER AND THEN, UH, MATTHEW, WHICH I'M BLANKING ON HIS LAST NAME.
AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN SENDING REPORTS, LEE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF, IF YOU LOOKED, WE'VE BEEN INCLUDING A HARRIS UPDATE ON, I THINK IT WAS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
THERE JUST WASN'T ONE FOR THIS MONTH BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, THERE WASN'T ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT FROM WHAT WE GAVE THE REPORT WE GAVE LAST TIME.
UM, JUST ON ANY LIKE, FACTORS THAT IMPACTED, WE HAD REPORTED WHAT MR. PATTERSON JUST SHARED.
SO IS IT, WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A, AT THAT TIME THEY TOLD US THERE WASN'T ANY DIFFERENCE IN TIMELINE.
SORRY, I JUST WENT BACK THROUGH THE PACKETS THAT WAS SENT WHEN I WAS OUT.
I THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED ON DIRECTOR'S REPORT ITEMS. SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN THE DETAILS.
'CAUSE I USUALLY READ THEM OUT DURING THE MEETING.
WE COULD GET A, UH, MAYBE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.
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ITEM FOUR D OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, BUT CULTURE MAP SHOWED FULL SURE THE TOP, UH, GROWING CITY IN THE LAST DECADE.UH, WE'RE ALL FEELING THAT, UM, I GUESS THAT'S GOOD FREAK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BAD FOR TRAFFIC,
SO ANYWAY, MAKE SURE YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND GET OUT AND VOTE.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, I HAVE ONE.
I, UH, JUST WANNA LET THE BOARD KNOW, AND ANELLE AND HAYDEN KNOW THAT, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO BE SEEKING RE UH, REAPPOINTMENT TO THIS BOARD.
UM, GOT A LOT OF PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL THINGS I'D RATHER, UH, ADDRESS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE, COUPLE YEARS.
SO I'VE BEEN, UH, UP HERE FOUR YEARS NOW, SO IT'S BEEN FUN, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT GONNA SEEK REAPPOINTMENT.
SO, AND I DO START A NEW POSITION AT A NEW BANK NEXT MONDAY AS WELL, WHICH IS OH WOW.
BUT
UM, BUT UM, I PROMISE I'LL STOP PUSHING THE STRATEGIC PLAN
BUT, UH, YEAH, NO, IT'S, SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
BUT AGAIN, I, UM, WELL, WHILE WE'RE ANNOUNCING, SO I ALSO AM NOT PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION, UH, FOR EDC OR ANY OTHER COMMISSION FOR THAT MATTER.
YOU HAD TO TAKE THE WIND OUTTA MY SAILS.
DID YOU
SO ME AND JOEL ARE GONNA BE RETIRED TOGETHER.
JAMES, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW JOB.
YOU WILL NOT BE REAPPLYING, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONTRIBUTION.
ANYTHING ELSE? NOW'S THE TIME.
ANY OTHER, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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WE DID, UH, LAUNCH ON OUR LINKEDIN.UM, WE'RE INTRODUCING LOCAL VOICES BEHIND THE BUSINESS.
SO THERE IS AN APPLICATION, UM, THAT IS ON THE EVC PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE WHERE OUR BUSINESS OWNERS CAN SUBMIT PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, OF THEIR BUSINESS, THEIR PRODUCT SHARE, THEIR STORY, WHAT INSPIRED THEM OPENING THEIR BUSINESS.
UM, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SIX APPLICATIONS SO FAR.
UM, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE.
IF, UM, YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH YOUR NETWORK, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE ARE JUST WORKING TO PREPARE FOR SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, WHICH IS SET FOR MAY 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH.
AND THEN, UM, THE FOLLOWING WEEK IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK, MAY 12TH THROUGH THE 16TH.
SO IF THERE'S ANY, UM, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MICRO EVENT OR FOCUS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US HAVE IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SHARING, UM, OR HOW WE'RE REACHING OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WE'RE PLANNING KIND OF WHAT TO SHARE ON, UM, SOCIALS AND WHAT, UM, HOW, HOW TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT WE THINK THOSE ARE JUST GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE TO SHARE MORE OF WHAT THE EDC DOES, UM, WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADING.
AND THOSE ARE MY TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TO ADD FOR TONIGHT.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS YOU HAVE? UH, TWO MINUTES TO MAKE IT BY SEVEN, FOUR MINUTES.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE HAVE A SECOND, A SECOND MOTION AND SECOND TO ADJOURN.
ALL OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6 57.