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[I. Call to Order]
FINE.IT IS SIX O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, JULY 14TH, AND I'M NOW CALLING THE ORDER OF THE REGULAR CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING OF THE EDCA BOARD.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? WE DO NOT.
[ Business - A]
ITEM NUMBER THREE, BUSINESS CONSI.UH, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CORPORATION BYLAWS TO INCLUDE THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER.
NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, SINCE DEVIN WASN'T HERE, I THINK WE MADE HIM TREASURER.
JUST, JUST GIVING SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
AND FOR, FOR JUST LIKE A PROCEDURAL NOTE, UM, FOR EASE OF, UH, TRANSFER TO THE MINUTES.
IF WE COULD PRESENT A SLATE AND THEN VOTE ALL AT ONCE INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL, UH, MEMBERS, THAT WOULD BE MUCH PREFERRED.
UM, ANYONE WANT TO NOMINATE THE, I THINK WE START WITH PRESIDENT, WORK OUR WAY DOWN.
LET'S, UH, ANYONE WANT TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE FOR PRESIDENT? I NOMINATE BRIAN FOR PRESIDENT.
YOU'RE STILL WILLING? YES, I'M STILL WILLING.
WE HAVE A MOTION IN A, OR WE HAVE A, A NOMINATION AND A SECOND, BUT WE'RE JUST LOOKING.
YES, I AM, UH, WILLING AND ABLE TO BE PRESIDENT.
UM, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO.
I'M WILLING AND ABLE TO BE VICE PRESIDENT, IF ANY, IF PEOPLE ARE ALL RIGHT WITH THAT.
I AM WILLING AND ABLE TO BE SECRETARY.
MICHELLE, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT WITH TREASURER OR WE CAN MAKE IT THE NEW PERSON? I, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CHOICE.
WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? I THINK MICHELLE, I WOULD SAY IF THE NEW PERSON'S NOT AVAILABLE ONLY WITH MY CURRENT SCHEDULE, IT'S A LITTLE OVERWHELMING AT THE MOMENT.
SO WE'RE GONNA NOMINATE THE NEW, DO WE HAVE THE NEW PERSON'S NAME? CARLOS.
WE ARE PUTTING HIM ON THE SLATE FOR TREASURER.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? OKAY.
I WILL NOMINATE THIS SLATE, INCLUDING BRIAN WHITE FOR PRESIDENT, MYSELF.
KAY COLLICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT BONNIE TYLER BUELL FOR SECRETARY.
AND CARLOS WALLACE FOR TREASURER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO AYES AND NO NAYS, SO, UH, ANY NAYS? NO.
AND THE MOTION PASSES? NO, BUT I DON'T GET TO VOTE.
I, I DIDN'T THINK I VOTED TILL THE END.
IT'S UNANIMOUS THAT THE SLATE PASSED.
[Business - B]
ITEM B, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES TO THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2025.AS YOU GUYS WILL SEE IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, UH, THE SALES TAX REVENUES RECEIVED IN JUNE FOR THE APRIL REMITTANCES, NOT MAY.
AS IT'S LISTED THERE, WE'RE UP 10.05% FROM THE SAME PREVIOUS, SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND WE'RE NOW TOTALING 1 MILLION, OR, SORRY, EXCUSE ME, $156,284 AND 1 CENT PER BOARD.
UM, AND EACH BOARD IS TOTALED AT $1,283,953 AND 58 CENTS, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 63.1% OF OUR BUDGET FOR 58% OF THE YEAR COMPLETE.
WE GOT THE, UM, JULY SALES TAX, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THEM OUT TO YOU.
UM, LATE LAST WEEK, THE JULY SALES TAX COLLECTIONS FOR THE MAY REMITTANCES WERE UP 11.44%, TOTALING A $170,145 AND 41 CENTS.
UH, EACH CORPORATION'S SALES TAX REVENUES NOW TOTAL $1,454,098 AND 99 CENTS, OR 71.5% OF THE BUDGET FOR 67% OF THE YEAR.
SO CONTINUING MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON SALES TAX COLLECTION.
AND, UM, GIVEN, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVEN MONTHS OF COLLECTIONS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WHAT IS FOR THE WHOLE, FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR, WHAT IS THAT? IF, IF WE JUST TOOK THAT SEVEN MONTHS OF COLLECTION DIVIDED BY SEVEN, MULTIPLIED BY 12, WHAT WOULD BE THE WE CAN TAKE A MOMENT.
YOU JUST HAVE THE TOTAL NUMBER IN FRONT OF YOU, CORRECT?
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FOUR FOUR.DO WE HAVE ALL JULY READY THOUGH? THAT THAT WAS THAT LAST, UH, SO THE, THE WAY OUR SALES TAXES ARE COLLECTED, UM, IT'S TWO MONTHS IN ARREARS.
SO THE JULY COLLECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY FOR SALES TAX IN MAY.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SLIDE PAGE 2.5 MILLION, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE EIGHT, UH, YOU CAN SEE SALES TAX MONTH AND THEN, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE DECEMBER AND THEN YOU SEE DEPOSIT MONTH.
THAT'S WHY YOU SAID THE SEVEN YEAH.
BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO WILL BE IN 2026.
UH, SO NO, SORRY, WE COLLECT STARTING IN OCTOBER.
IT'S, UH, IT IS APPROXIMATELY 2.5, 2.42 OR 4 9 2.
SO ROUGHLY 2.4 TO 2.5 MILLION A YEAR.
THAT COMES STRAIGHT TO OUR BOARD.
JUST A NUMBER THAT WE SHOULD ALL KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS WHEN WE'RE TALK, THINKING ABOUT AND TALKING ABOUT FUNDING, UH, OTHER PROJECTS AND WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE COMING INTO OUR ACCOUNTS IN THE FUTURE.
I'LL MOVE THAT WE, UM, MAKE THE PAYMENT FOR THE A SA FOR $9,486 AND 60 CENTS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[ Business - C]
ITEM C, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE JUNE 9TH, 2025 MEETING.I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 9TH, 2025 MEETING.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[ Business - D]
AND DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT.AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, WE HAVE MADE IT TO FINAL BUDGET ADOPTION.
UM, SO I WILL DISCUSS THE, UM, FINAL PROPOSED BUDGETS, UM, GO OVER THE CHANGES TO THE A SA, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU OUR, UH, SHARED SERVICES PERSONNEL COSTS.
THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE CHANGES ON THERE.
AND ON THE LAST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE FOR FY 26, WHAT THE CHANGES ARE COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH IS THE FY 25.
UM, THE FY 26 IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.
UM, BUT, UH, WE WILL GO THROUGH THE BUDGET FIRST, UM, AND TALK ABOUT THE CHANGED LINE ITEMS, UM, FROM LAST TIME OR IN COMPARISON TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ON PAGE 35? I AM ON, I AM JUST NOW ON PAGE 35.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M KEEPING UP WITH YOU.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THIS TIME IT IS INCLUDED.
WE DID INCLUDE THE, UH, PERSONNEL, UH, SECTION.
THIS IS DETERMINED BY HR, UM, NOT REALLY ME AND ANELLE, UM, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED THAT FOR, UH, YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, UNDER SUPPLIES.
I ALREADY HAVE MY FIRST QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT CAME UP FROM OUR MEETING LAST TIME.
SO WE HAVE THIS, IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, IT'S A RECLASS OF THE ED COORDINATOR TO ED MANAGER.
UM, WHAT, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? BECAUSE THIS WAS, CAME UP A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME AND EVEN THE TIME OF FOUR, WHICH IS WHAT'S, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S AN HR PROCESS, BUT AS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO ME NOW TWICE THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ECONOMIC DIRECTOR AND A COORDINATOR OR MANAGER OR, SO THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
HIRING AND FIRING OF YOUR PERSONNEL IS STILL DONE BY THE CITY, WHICH IS WHY OUR HR DEPARTMENT AND CITY MANAGER WOULD BE INVOLVED.
UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE ASKING THE STATUS OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT ED MANAGER RECLASS, UM, IS POSITIONED TO GO FORWARD, THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, AT THE JULY 1ST MEETING, AND WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY HEARTBURN OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET DOES STILL INCLUDE, UM, RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT RECLASS TO THE ED MANAGER IN THAT LINE.
SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE AS A BOARD NEED TO VOTE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? THEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL OR, UH, I BELIEVE JUST AS PART OF YOUR VOTE OF YOUR BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WOULD GO TO COUNCIL.
AND THAT IS NOTED WITHIN THAT PROPOSAL.
SO BY US PROVIDING THE FUNDS, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THE RECLASSIFICATION WILL HAPPEN.
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CLARIFICATION, THE, THE TWO FUNDS THAT YOU GUYS WILL ACTUALLY BE VOTING TO ADOPT ARE GONNA BE THE SIX OH SIX HUNDRED AND SIX OH ONE FUNDS, WHICH THE 180 IS A COMPONENT OF THAT THROUGH THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT.SO YOU WON'T DIRECTLY ADOPT THE 180, BUT JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY'S SAKE, WE LIKE TO RUN THROUGH IT.
AND I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ON THAT.
I THINK THIS YEAR, AM I CORRECT, WE'RE PAYING, IS IT 35% OF MARIAH'S SALARY OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO WORKS WITH MARIAH? SO, SO LAST YEAR, UM, WE ADDED A COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST, I BELIEVE IT WAS TITLED, AND WE WERE PAYING 35% OF THAT.
UM, THROUGH DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THAT FITS INTO KIND OF THE EDC MISSION AND WHAT WE WERE REALLY GETTING OUT OF IT, IT WAS A TERM THAT IT'S NOT REALLY BEEN WELL UTILIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND IT'S KIND OF A STRETCH TO, TO MAKE THAT WORK WITH OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE.
UM, THIS YEAR THAT POSITION IS ACTUALLY BEING RECLASSED TO A PART-TIME POSITION, AND OUR PERCENTAGE OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT IS DECREASED DOWN TO 15%.
BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PERSONNEL CATEGORY HERE.
SO IN THE A SA OR THE PERSONNEL COST SHEET ON HERE? YEAH.
UM, LAST YEAR IT WAS DOWN AT THE, THE VERY END WAS THE MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST IS WHAT IT WAS CALLED.
UM, IT WAS LISTED DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM THIS YEAR ON THE FY 26 IS ON PAGE 32.
UM, AND IT'S LISTED AS DMS, WHICH IS DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALIST.
IT'S DOWN AT THE BOTTOM UNDER COMMUNICATIONS.
AND IT'S LISTED AS VACANT DMS. IT'S A VA IT'S THE VACANT DMS? CORRECT.
AND DMS STANDS FOR WHAT? DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALIST DIGITAL MEDIA.
IS THAT A POSITION THAT Y'ALL ARE STILL TRYING TO FILL THE CITY OR THERE IS SOMEBODY IN THAT POSITION ALREADY? SO CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE SOMEONE IN THAT POSITION THAT WAS SERVING IN THE FULL-TIME ROLE THAT IT WAS BEFORE.
UM, THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS PUT IN THEIR, THEIR NOTICE, UM, OH, SEPARATE.
SO, SO Y'ALL ARE, SO Y'ALL ARE HIRING AGAIN, RIGHT.
AND, AND WITH THAT, WE, WE KIND OF SAW HOW THAT POSITION WORKED THROUGH THE LAST YEAR.
AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE BETTER FIT UNDER A PART-TIME CATEGORY AND THEN VERY MUCH MORE FOCUSED ON THE PIO SIDE WITH SOME EDC COMPONENTS.
SO I HAD SUBMITTED THE QUESTION EARLIER, BUT, UH, BY EMAIL WITH, AND I, MAYBE I'M JUMPING AHEAD.
I APOLOGIZE IF I AM, THAT'S FINE.
UM, BUT WITH POTENTIAL CHANGES COMING TO THE WAY THAT SHORE FAST TRACK OR THAT SMALL BUSINESS, UM, PROMOTION PIECE WORKS, DO WE FEEL LIKE THERE'S A FUTURE STATE WHERE THE EDC WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A GREATER NEED OF THAT PERSON AND THEIR TIME IN ORDER TO, IF SINCE MORE OF THAT MANAGEMENT THAT MATT WAS DOING, WOULD IS MOST LIKELY GONNA TRANSITION INTERNALLY? IT, SO I GUESS DOES IT, DOES THAT FACTOR INTO THAT, OR DO WE ADDRESS THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES? SO I, I THINK IT'S KIND OF BOTH.
AND IT'S ALSO BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT MEANS.
UM, ALSO IN THE FY 26, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A NEW POSITION FOR, UM, I THINK IT'S RECREATION AND EVENTS COORDINATOR MM-HMM.
WHICH FALLS UNDER THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
SO WE, WE KIND OF THINK THE DUTIES WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT POSITIONS RATHER THAN JUST FOCUSED ON THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL POSITION.
UM, IT, DURING THIS PAST YEAR, WE, WE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO REALLY DELINEATE TIME FOR THAT POSITION SPLIT BETWEEN THE EDC AND PIO.
WE BOTH HAD HUGE NEEDS, UM, FOR THAT POSITION.
BUT I THINK THROUGH SPLITTING IT UP AND, AND FOCUSING ON, OKAY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA ASSIST US WITH THE PHYSICAL EVENTS ITSELF, YOU'RE GONNA HELP US WITH KIND OF PUBLISHING OUT AND, AND MARKETING THAT, I THINK IT'LL WORK A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER THAN IT HAS.
UM, ON THE CONVERSION OF THIS, UH, THE EDC OR EDC COORDINATOR TO ED MANAGER, SO IS THAT A RECLASSIFICATION? IS IT A PROMOTION? IT, UH, HOW DO WE, HOW IS THAT DEFINED? YEAH, SO IT IS ESSENTIALLY A RECLASSIFICATION, HOWEVER, IT IS BASED ON THE, ON MERIT, I WOULD SAY.
SO IT IS A PROMOTION AND RECOGNITION OF THE WORK THAT, UH, MR. FARR HAS BEEN DOING IN THE ROLE, BUT THE POSITION ITSELF WILL BE A CLASSIFICATION INTO A HIGHER PAY CATEGORY OF ED MANAGER
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TO REFLECT THE INCREASED RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HE'S TAKEN ON.UM, I THINK, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY PERSONALLY THAT I THINK THAT HAYDEN HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, BY ALL MEANS I WOULD FULLY SUPPORT A PROMOTION.
UM, AND, BUT I GUESS WITH THAT, I, I THINK I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMALLY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, UM, AS A DOESN'T, WHETHER IT HAS TO OFFICIALLY BE A REQUEST, BUT JUST A, A, A FORMAL NOTIFICATION OF, UM, THE FACT THAT HE IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE HARD WORK THAT HE'S DOING AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION OF WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES MIGHT BE IN THE NEW POSITION.
YOU'LL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO SLEEP FOUR HOURS A DAY,
UM, ANY MORE QUESTIONS BEFORE MOVE ON? OKAY.
UM, WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE PUBLICATIONS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL.
IT'S BEEN REDUCED BY A HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, THIS BUDGET YEAR.
UM, WE JUST HAVEN'T USED THAT MUCH OF THAT LINE.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF A BETTER ALIGNING THAT UNIFORMS AND SHIRTS, SAME AS LAST YEAR, TWO AT ONE 50, UM, WHICH IS STANDARD ACROSS THE, UH, THE CITY FOR THAT.
UM, THE TELECOM LINE YOU'LL SEE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
THIS IS NOW INTEGRATED INTO THE A SA, UM, IT'S LISTED AS PERSONNEL COST, BUT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE THERE'S CELL PRINTER SWAG, IT, UM, WHICH IS OUR CAMERA SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST BEEN MOVED INTO THAT.
ON, ON THAT PAGE THOUGH, WHICH I FORGET IF IT'S PAGE 31 OR 32 OR WHAT PAGE IT IS.
BUT WHEN YOU LIST SELL FOR 7,500, PRINTER FOR 4,200, THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE A AND B COSTS BOTH? OR IS THAT JUST OUR SHARE OF IT? SO, NO, THAT, THAT IS A AND B BOTH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
AND, AND I'LL SAY THAT THAT 7500, 4200, THAT'S ACTUALLY FOR, UM, FY 25, THE NEW FEES FOR THAT ARE ON THAT SHEET, BUT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, SO SELL WILL BE A REDUCTION OF $3,500.
UH, PRINTER WILL BE AN INCREASE OF $1,560 AND SWAG.
IT WILL BE A REDUCTION OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, SO I GUESS WHILE, WHILE WE'RE HERE JUST TO COVER THE A SA, UM, WITH THE INCLUSION OF A COUPLE NEW POSITIONS AND THEN THE CHANGE IN THE CELL PRINTER AND SWAG, IT, IT'LL BE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL $4,800 PER PER EDC BOARD, UH, IN THE A SA SHARED SERVICES LINE.
AND WHAT, WHAT LINE, WHERE IS THAT LINE? SO THAT WILL BE IN THE 600 YEP.
IT'S ON THE SIX PAGE, IT'S ON THE BACK PAGE.
SO I GUESS THAT'S 38, UH, A SA REIMBURSEMENT.
AND SO THE TRANSFERS TO THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT SHARED SPACE FEE, UM, AND THEN A SA SHARED SERVICE, THOSE ARE COMBINED HUNDRED AND TWO.
WELL, 102 500 WAS ON THIS OTHER PAGE BEFORE WE GOT THIS.
SO THAT IS THAT, THAT INCLUDES THE SHARED SPACE FEE.
AND THEN, UM, I BELIEVE BOTH MINE AND ANELLE'S AS WELL.
YOUR 1 0 2 500 IS THE ASS A SHARED SERVICE, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO THERE'S ALSO THE SHARED SPACE FEE AND THEN THE REIMBURSEMENT IS A COMBINATION OF THOSE AND SOMETHING ELSE.
IS THE REIMBURSEMENT, PRIMARILY THE SALARIES FOR YOU AND ANELLE? THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
UM, THAT, AND THAT JUST GOES BACK INTO THE 180, WHICH IS, UM, SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE TWO BOARDS.
I AM JUST GLAD ZACH ISN'T TRYING TO CHARGE US $180,000 FOR OFFICE SPACE.
I DID HAVE ANOTHER SURE QUESTION SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHARED SERVICES AND, SORRY.
SO WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT, UM, I SEE WE'RE STILL REALLY ONLY AT SORT OF 12% ACROSS THE WHOLE IT TEAM.
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BACK TO FULL SEARCH, FAST TRACK, UM, IF WE'RE POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT TERMINATING A CONTRACT WITH THE CANNON THAT INVOLVES A WEBSITE AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT, RIGHT.I IS THERE THE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET, WHICH I, I FELT LIKE I COULDN'T FIND, WHICH WOULD BE SUPPORT OF THAT SERVICE OURSELVES OR, SO I, I, I THINK OUR THING, I, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MATT ABOUT THAT TODAY, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO TRANSFER THE CANON WEBSITE TO OUR OWN SERVERS.
UM, SO WE, WE WOULD KEEP OWNERSHIP OF THAT WEBSITE.
AND THEN I THINK WE, WITH THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR, UM, THE RE FAST TRACK PROGRAM, WHICH IS $25,000 PER BOARD, WHICH WE'LL GET TO, UM, LATER TONIGHT, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO COVER THAT COST AS WELL AS HAVE THAT ASSISTANCE FROM THE IT DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR ANY MAINTENANCE.
UM, I DID ALSO GET ASSURANCE FROM THE CANNON THAT THEY WOULD KIND OF GUIDE US THROUGH WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO ON THE BACK END.
SO WE HAD A, A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING.
UM, SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE THERE WITH US EVEN, EVEN IF WE DON'T CONTINUE THE CONTRACT.
THE CANON HAS EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT US IN THAT.
AND THEN I ACTUALLY HAD A ANOTHER THOUGHT, AND I APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE I DID NOT SEND IT AHEAD OF TIME.
BUT SINCE WE ARE, OR I FEEL LIKE THE UNC THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AROUND OUR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UM, DID WE WANT TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THE BUDGET SORT OF ALL THE WAY DOWN FOR THAT? OR DID WE WANT TO LEAVE SORT OF A MIDDLE GROUND AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET SO THAT WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO, TO TAKE WHICHEVER ACTION THAT WE END UP, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH WHATEVER THE SOLUTION IS, WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO IMPLEMENT IT.
SO RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, SO NOT THE $200,000 THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE CANNON, BUT ESSENTIALLY KEEP THE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET BUDGET AND AMOUNT THAT WAS SORT OF IN BETWEEN LIKE MAYBE THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND JUST HAVE IT AND I DON'T KNOW, CHANGE THE NAME OF THE LINE FROM FUL FAST TRACK TO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND THEN THAT WAY WHATEVER WE ARE READY TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE ACTION ON, ON A NEW SOLUTION THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS DEVELOPED, UM, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW, A A, A POTENTIAL SLOWDOWN OR, OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
WELL, THERE'S, THERE'S CURRENTLY 50,000 UNDER CONSULTING AND 25,000.
I THOUGHT THE 25,000 UNDER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION WAS MAYBE THE, THE THE SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE POLICY THAT YEAH.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE 50 THOU, TO ME, I THINK THE 50,000 HAS KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN A PLACEHOLDER IN CASE WE NEED IT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY EARMARKED FOR ANYTHING.
IS THAT TRUE HAY? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE, SO POTENTIALLY YOU'VE GOT 50,000, EXCUSE ME, WHICH, WHICH LINE ITEM ARE YOU LOOKING AT? I'M ON 180, 54.
1110 THE FIRST, THE FIRST NUMBER UNDER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ON PAGE 35.
SO FOR THAT LINE ITEM, WE, WE TYPICALLY USE IT IF WE NEED SITE PLANS DRAWN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF IS ACTUALLY IN THE 606 0 1, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THAT IS 6 0 1 0 0 0 5 4 7 0 TARGETED INCENTIVES.
AND THAT WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE USED FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.
SO, TO, TO KIND OF ADDRESS BONNIE'S QUESTION, UM, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT.
UM, THE, THE $25,000 THAT WAS BUDGETED, AND, AND IT'S THE SAME FOR, FOR B BOARD AS WELL, UM, WAS BASED OFF THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR OPTION FOUR.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER IS INCLUDED.
I THINK IF WE REALLY DEVELOP A PROGRAM AND WE SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE FUNDING, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ABILITY TO COME BACK FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AND THERE'S ALWAYS AN ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR PROMOTIONS LINE.
SO I I, I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF FUNDS, UM, IF WE NEED THEM.
UM, I THINK THERE'S A, A MECHANISM FOR US TO COME BACK.
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YOUR CALL AS TO WHAT YOU WANT BUDGETED IN THAT LINE.ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT TOPIC? I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST ASK THE QUESTION THAT'S BEEN BUGGING ME.
UM, FOR A WHILE, I, ANELLE SENT THAT NOTE OUT TO US AND I DID NOT STAY FOR THAT PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I DID GO BACK AND WATCH IT 'CAUSE SHE INCLUDED THE, THE VIDEO CLIP FOR IT, AND HER EMAIL THAT SHE SENT TO US SAID IT WAS A VOTE OF FOUR TO TWO, AND I GUESS I KIND OF CAME AWAY THAT IT WAS THREE TO THREE INSTEAD OF FOUR TO TWO.
AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW THE FOUR TO TWO GOT COUNTED BECAUSE THE, THE THREE FOR SURE THAT SAID OPTION FOUR, IN MY MIND IT WAS JASON OPPE, RICHARD RUSSELL AND CHRIS BARON.
AND THEN ABBY SAID HE WAS STILL ASKING QUESTIONS AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE ADVICE OR GUIDANCE, AND HE WAS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.
AND SARAH SAID SHE WANTED TO SUPPORT, UH, THE EDCS AND WHO, WHO AM I LEAVING OUT? PATRICK? YEAH.
HE SAID HE WAS KIND OF IN FAVOR OF, UH, SUPPORTING THE EDCS, ALBEIT HE DID ALSO SAY IF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL COULDN'T GET BEHIND THIS, IT WAS PROBABLY GONNA BE A FAILURE ANYWAY.
UM, SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW, HOW DID, WHOOPS, I'M SORRY.
HOW, HOW DID Y'ALL TAKE THAT? BECAUSE THAT WAS HOW I INTERPRETED IT.
AND I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL MINUTES IN FRONT OF ME.
THESE ARE JUST THE NOTES FROM HOW I TOOK IT DURING THAT MEETING.
WELL, AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY OFFICIAL MOTIONS OR ANYTHING.
BUT JUST GOING DOWN FOR KIND OF A, A VOICE DIRECTION OR PREFERENCE, THAT WAY WE COULD GIVE BETTER GUIDANCE.
SO WE HAD, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AS PREFERRING OPTION ONE, CONTINUING AS OPERATING COUNCIL MEMBER POWERS OPTION ONE, CONTINUING AS THINGS HAVE BEEN OPERATING.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BARON, UM, AS OPTION FOUR, BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE WITH NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL COUNCIL MEMBER RUSSELL AS OPTION FOUR, BRINGING IT IN HOUSE WITH NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
COUNCILMAN KAR, UH, DID BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON HOW WHAT HE WAS KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH ON.
HOWEVER, HE ALSO SHARED THAT HIS OPINION HADN'T NECESSARILY CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING WHEREIN HE HAD OPTION FOUR, WHICH WAS BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE WITH NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CANNOT BE ALSO OPTION FOUR, BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE WITH NO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
SO THAT IS HOW IT WAS TRACKED AS FAR AS WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO RECAP THAT TO THE BOARD.
I DID NOT, I DID NOT TAKE IT THAT U KAR HAD SAID PRIOR TO, I MEAN, ALL I, ALL I REMEMBER HIM SAYING IS, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM YOU.
I'M STILL ASKING QUESTIONS AND FIGURING THINGS OUT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, I HEARD HIM AS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,
I MEAN, AGAIN, WITHOUT THE OFFICIAL MINUTES, BUT I, I WILL SAY, I THINK THERE WAS AT LEAST, UH, HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, WITHOUT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, IT WOULD BE VERY, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SUPPORT IT.
SO I, I THINK WITH THAT IT SORT OF LEND, LETS AGAIN, AN ADDITIONAL CREDENCE TO THE, THE, THE HIM AT LEAST BEING LIKE A LEANING NO
UM, SO MY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT DISCUSSION AND THEN LEADING INTO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT AS IT AS A BUDGET LINE ITEM OR AS A, IS THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT EDCS CAN HAVE AN OPINION, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO ACTUALLY MAKES THE DECISIONS, THEY DO, OF COURSE.
RIGHT? THEY, AND YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, THEY ARE ELECTED, THEY ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND WE SERVE AT THEIR PLEASURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE DISAPPOINTING PART FOR ME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SIT ON THE BOARD, WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN, AND, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE FROM CITY COUNCIL COME TO US AND GIVE A AN EXAMPLE OR HAVE A CONVERSATION OR, RIGHT.
BUT, UM, AND SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE REALITY, THE PRACTICAL REALITY, AND I'M, I DON'T DO WELL WITH THE POLITICS AND THE, THE, THE GLOSSING OVER.
I JUST DO WITH PRACTICAL REALITY.
THE PRACTICAL REALITY IS WHEN IT COMES TO A SMALL DI SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHATEVER, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
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AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT SPEED.I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW NOT SPEED.
IF SPEED IS WHAT YOU WANT, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG JOB.
BUT I MEAN, SO, UM, CITY COUNCIL, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPROVE IT ANYWAY.
SO WHETHER IT'S IN THE LINE ITEM OR NOT, NOT, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DECLARE A PROJECT THAT HAVE TWO HEARINGS AND TWO READINGS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
AND THE MONEY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE BUDGETED CAN ALWAYS BE USED FOR AN INVESTIGATION ON STEP ONE OR STEP TWO.
BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO STEP THREE, WHICH WILL TAKE AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, WE WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL ANYWAY.
SO THAT'S THE PRACTICAL REALITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE HAPPY OR UNHAPPY, BUT THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING.
UM, AND SO FROM, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT'S ALREADY WITH THE, WITHIN THE BUDGET.
AND WHEN WE, IF WE NEED IT, WE'LL HAVE TO GO GET REAL MONEY FROM CITY COUNCIL WILL GET THEIR APPROVAL ANYWAY.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
I THINK I LIKED THE IDEA, MAYBE I LIKED THE IDEA THAT IT SIGNALED AN INTENT WHETHER OR NOT THE FUNDS WERE USED, BUT AN IT SIGNALED AN, UH, A CONTINUED DESIRE OF THAT SORT OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN JUST AS A PHYSICAL ACT TO SHOW THE CITY THAT WE 'CAUSE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY READ BUDGETS, UM,
THAT WE'RE NOT JUST WALKING AWAY FROM IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, OR THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT MIGHT LOOK SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE, IT'S STILL A INITIATIVE THAT WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT.
SO I JUST, I MORE OF A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK ONE WAY WE CAN LOOK AT IT IS IF WE'RE, IF THIS MONEY THAT WE, WE HAVE ALLOCATED IN BOTH BOARDS, IF WE'RE SEEING SUCH GREAT INVOLVEMENT AND WE'RE, WE'RE BURNING THROUGH IT AND WE'RE, THIS IS SO SUCCESSFUL, WE NEED TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, YEAH.
IT'S A FEATHER IN OUR HAT, I GUESS,
UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE AS WELL.
IF WE, IF WE'RE, IT'S SO SUCCESSFUL FROM THAT SIDE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE, WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO, TO FURTHER THIS.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO A VALID WAY TO DO IT.
SO WE HAVE OUR DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS THIS YEAR.
UM, THIS DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS IS FOR, UM, BOTH AN L AND MYSELF.
SO WE'RE ON, WE'RE STILL, SORRY, WE'RE STILL, WE ON 100? WE STILL ON ONE HUNDREDS.
AND UNLESS YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH 180 AND WE CAN MOVE ON.
UM, FOR OUR DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS, BOTH MEETING AND L ARE MEMBERS OF, UM, TEDC, UH, ICSC, UH, WHICH IS OUR RETAIL RECRUITMENT, UM, ORGANIZATION, UM, AND THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, UM, FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY REDUCED IT BY $2,500 THIS YEAR.
UM, UH, ON ACCOUNT OF LOWERING SOME LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP.
SOME ORGANIZATIONS NO LONGER EXIST, UM, AND SOME WE'VE DETERMINED THAT WE JUST AREN'T QUITE READY FOR THAT BEING TEXAS DOWNTOWN.
AS MUCH AS WE LOVE TO BE PLUGGED INTO THAT, IT'S JUST, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE MEMBERS OF THE WALLER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, UM, KATY AREA, EDC RE, CHA RE, REGIONAL CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE, FORT BEND CHAMBER, AND THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP.
UM, THESE ARE THE, UH, EVENTS THAT BOTH IN KNOW AND MYSELF TYPICALLY ATTEND.
USUALLY IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER, SOMETIMES IT'S BOTH.
UM, THE TEDC ANNUAL CONFERENCE, UM, ICSC, RED RIVER, TM, LEDC, WHICH, UH, A LOT OF YOU GUYS ATTEND AS WELL.
UM, SALES TAX COURSE, THAT'S, UH, EVERY TWO YEARS THIS YEAR WE WILL, UM, ATTEND THAT BASIC TEDC COURSE.
I WILL
AND THE O-U-E-D-I, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, THAT'S FOR, OH, LET'S GO BACK TO TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, I KNOW WE HAVE THE ICSC.
RED RIVER IS, ISN'T THERE ANOTHER ICSC? THERE'S ICSC VEGAS.
UM, WE KIND OF DETERMINE THAT ANNUALLY IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE A PRESENCE THERE.
UM, YOU USUALLY GET A, A LIST OF ATTENDEES A FEW MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO IF WE SEE SOME THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TARGET, UM, WE'LL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT.
BUT USUALLY IT'S JUST ONE OF US AS WELL.
HOW MUCH WOULD THE COST FOR THAT TO BE, UH, DOES I KNOW NEL ATTENDED THIS PAST YEAR,
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UM, INCLUDING TRAVEL? IT'S A FEW THOUSAND.IT'S GOTTA BE A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT'S, I THINK IN THE PAST WHEN I'VE ATTENDED, IT'S BEEN ANYWHERE FROM LIKE THREE TO 5,000 A PERSON.
AND THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE, UH, I THINK IT WILL BE WHEN I, WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THE FULL FAST TRACK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS LIKED IS FOR AN EDC, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE NOW GOING TO ICSC VEGAS OR ANY OTHER, TO, TO BE THE FACE AS OPPOSED TO US JUST SENDING.
SO, UM, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJUST THAT TO 20,000.
UM, IF THE REST OF THE BOARD, AND ISN'T THERE ONE IN AUSTIN ALSO? THERE IS, THAT'S RETAIL LIVE.
WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THAT ONE BEFORE.
UM, WE, OUR RETAIL STRATEGIES WILL BE THERE, UM, AS THEY GO TO VEGAS AS WELL.
IF, IF, SO WE CAN'T, IF WE, IF RETAIL STRATEGIES IS GOING, ESPECIALLY ON OUR BEHALF, WE NEED TO BE SENDING SOMEONE TO, TO REPRESENT US.
AND I'LL SAY ALL THESE ARE LISTED OUT AND IT'S BUDGETED FOR AS IF BOTH OF US ARE GOING TO EACH ONE OF THESE.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT AS DIRE AS IT LOOKS.
UM, ICSC, RED RIVER IS TYPICALLY $700, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO MOST OF THESE ARE PRETTY LOW COST VEGAS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF, SO IF WE CAN ADJUST THIS TO 20,000 RIGHT.
WITH AN EXPECTATION THAT AT LEAST YOU ARE NOW ARE GOING TO EVERYTHING LISTED HERE PLUS ICSE IN VEGAS AND THE, THE I THE RETAIL LIVE IN AUSTIN.
AND IF YOU COULD ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
I WOULD SAY, I THINK RETAIL LIVE ALSO IN AUSTIN, I THINK THE REGISTRATIONS MAY BE $400.
AND IT'S JUST A DAY TRIP FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
SO THERE'S USUALLY NOT ANY OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION.
THAT'S A PRETTY EASY ONE TO ATTEND.
THAT'S IF WE CAN MAKE THAT IN THERE.
I WOULD PREFER THERE BE OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.
I DON'T, I, I DO NOT WANT, I KNOW, I, I KNOW AUSTIN'S ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS AWAY, BUT I WANT YOU WORKING FOR SIX TO EIGHT OF THOSE HOURS.
I DON'T WANT YOU WORKING 14 HOUR DAYS.
WELL, IT USUALLY STARTS, IT'S USUALLY ONE TO FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT IT'S A OKAY.
BUT REGARDLESS, WE WILL, WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ACCORDINGLY.
I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO TEXT MESSAGE.
UM, AND THAT WRAPS UP RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU'LL SEE MILEAGE UNDER THERE.
UM, IT'S BEEN, I THINK LAST YEAR WE MOVED WITH THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT SPLIT.
UM, SO THAT WRAPS UP THE 180, UM, MOVING ON TO 600, UM, RIGHT NOW IS ESTIMATING US AT, UH, $2.1 MILLION COLLECTED EACH BOARD FOR FY 25.
WE WILL BUDGET FOR, UH, $2.3 MILLION.
WE JUST, WE JUST CALCULATED THAT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE CLOSER TO 2.4.
WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AFTER YEAR.
UH,
ADJUST THE BUDGET AS NECESSARY LATER.
UM, GOING DOWN TO ADMIN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR LEGAL, UM, LUCKILY OUR LEGAL IS SO EFFICIENT.
UH, WE HAVE FELT THE NEED, UM, TO, UH, LOWER THAT BY $25,000.
UM, AT THE TIME WE HAD ANTICIPATED SPLITTING THE BOARD UP, UM, WAS GOING TO INCREASE THE, THE, UH, THE NEED FOR THEM.
BUT LUCKILY OUR MEETINGS HAVE SHRANK IN TIME SO MUCH THAT WE, WE'VE KIND OF EVENED OUT.
UM, SO WE, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THAT NUMBER ACROSS BOTH.
AND TO BE CLEAR, BECAUSE I KNOW NOW, UH, I MEAN IT WAS EASIER TO DIFFERENTIATE BEFORE BECAUSE WE HAD OUR OWN LEGAL SERVICES AND THE CITY HAD A SEPARATE LEGAL SERVICE.
NOW THEY ARE USING THE SAME LEGAL SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, BUT THEY ARE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LINE ITEM.
UM, AND, BUT WE USE THE SAME LAWYER GENERALLY SPEAKING ON SOME ITEMS. RIGHT NOW.
DENTON NAVARRO IS LISTED AS SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE CITY.
SO WE STILL DO HAVE AN IN-HOUSE, UM, CITY SERV, CITY ATTORNEY SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR MOST ITEMS. UM, HOWEVER, WE DO USE THE FIRM FOR SPECIAL, UM, SPECIAL COUNSEL ITEMS, BUT WE ARE OF COURSE, CLEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ITEMS AFFECTING AN EDC AND THE CITY, THAT THOSE LINES ARE NOT CROSSED.
I DON'T, I DON'T JUST, I KNOW, CORRECT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S, UH, LISTED AS AND WILL BE LISTED AS, UM, ON OUR PROJECTS NOTICE AS WELL.
UM, REFLECTING AT $25,000 BASED ON
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OPTION FOUR THAT WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS, UM, WE LOWERED IT $500.IT'S NEVER REALLY BEEN UTILIZED, UM, BUT IT IS ABLE TO BE UTILIZED.
UM, SHOULD YOU GUYS SEE ANY ORGANIZATIONS YOU WANNA BE A PART OF.
THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT'S EVER BEEN UTILIZED.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT THAT FUND IS THERE FOR THAT.
UM, TRAVEL AND TRAINING JUST LIKE OURS.
UM, TYPICALLY BOARD MEMBERS ONLY GO TO THE T-M-L-E-D-C CONFERENCE.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST.
IF YOU HAVEN'T, UM, AND YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN TRY AND GET THOSE HAMMERED DOWN THIS YEAR.
I WILL SAY THAT EVERY TIME I WENT, I ALWAYS PICKED UP GOOD INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD CONFERENCE TO ATTEND.
IS IT? AND IT IS THE OCTOBER 29TH THROUGH THE 31ST THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO 6 0 1 NOW.
AND I'M HOPING, I'M REALLY HOPING YOU CAN ANSWER.
UH, IF WE LOOK AT THE, THE TRANSFERS, SO C CAN WE WALK THROUGH THE, THE FOUR A PROJECT FUND 6 0 1 WE'RE ABOUT TO GET TO? SURE.
THE SHARED SPACE IS FOR YOUR, YOUR ANELLE'S OFFICE SPACE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT AND THE AS SA SHARED SERVICE? DO WE KNOW? SO THE SHARED SERVICE IS THE SHEET THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT LISTS OUT ALL THE OTHER PERSONAL OKAY.
THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT, I BELIEVE IS MINE, AND THEN NE'S SALARIES.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE CHANGE TO, UM, THE MAJOR.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF MISSING RIGHT THERE.
AND I DON'T THINK IT ACCOUNTS FOR THE COLA OR STEP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE, THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
AND THAT'S DONE AS A REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE, AS SA? RIGHT.
SO THE, THE 180 FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES IS THE A SA ACCOUNT.
IT JUST KIND OF STREAMLINES THINGS IN THE BACK END.
UM, THE 6 0 1, UM, THE FIRST CHANGE ON HERE IS TARGETED INCENTIVES.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
UM, THIS IS ANTICIPATED TO BE USED FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.
WE'RE, WE HAVE NOT NARROWED DOWN HOW THAT WOULD LOOK FOR A BOARD B BOARD.
UM, SHOULD BE PRESENTED WITH THEIR VERSION OF THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UM, SO THEN WE'LL SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO HOW THAT COULD BE UTILIZED HERE.
UM, PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES, UM, WE BASED OFF 10% OF PROJECTED SALES COLLECTION, SALES TAX COLLECTION, UM, PLUS FY 25 ROLLOVER AMOUNT AND MINUS THE COMMUNITY EVENTS LINE, UM, WHICH IS $50,000.
UM, GOING DOWN, YOU'LL SEE ON HERE, UM, CIP PROJECTS.
SO 6 0 1 905 9 0 6 50 IS THE HARRIS STREET GRAVITY LINE REPLACEMENT.
UM, THIS WAS PRESENTED AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, UM, AND IT WAS FROM, AT LEAST FROM STAFF'S EYES, A PROJECT THAT THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER FUNDING.
UM, THIS REPRESENTS THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE HARRIS STREET SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT.
UM, AT LAST MEETING, THE B BOARD EXPRESSED, UH, INTEREST IN, UH, FUNDING $600,000 FOR THE KATIE FULCHER LIFT STATION.
UM, SO THEY'RE TAKING ON THAT PROJECT.
IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE PECAN NOLL PROJECT WOULD BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO KIND OF NARROW DOWN TO COMMERCIAL BENEFIT.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD SUPPORT WHERE THE KATIE FULCHER, UM, PROJECT, WE COULD COME UP WITH A PERCENTAGE THAT WOULD SERVE THAT.
SO THAT REPRESENTS, UM, B BOARD'S CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND THE WAY THAT THEY, UH, ELECTED TO DO THAT IS FUND UP TO $600,000 DEPENDENT ON WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT PROJECT WOULD BE AN ALLOWABLE EXPENSE.
WHERE'S THE LIFT STATION THING ON HERE? IS IT ON HERE? SO THE LIFT STATION IS NOT LISTED ON HERE.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, UM, UH, I WAS DISCUSSING.
UM, SO IT IS NOT PRESENTED TO ABOARD.
B BOARD HAS IT LISTED UNDER THEIR PROJECTS.
SO A BOARD ONLY HAS HARRIS STREET.
SO THIS IS ONLY OUR PART, CORRECT.
SO A 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA ASK YES, I KNOW.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT KAY'S QUESTION'S GOING TO BE.
OH, WELL, MY QUE WELL, I SAID I WOULD
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LIKE TO GO HALSY, BUT IF THEY DIDN'T WANNA GO HALSY, SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DIDN'T WANNA GO HALSY.THEY DECIDED TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE LIFT STATION, SO THAT'S FINE.
I THINK THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE, UM, AGREEMENT.
WE WORK OUT WITH TWO BOARDS WHO MEET IT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND WE HAVE THE, UM, THE, THE BRAINWAVES THAT STAY IN THIS ROOM.
UM, AND, AND I WILL NOTE THAT WITH B BOARDS FUNDING AND WITH A BOARDS FUNDING, THAT LEAVES BOTH BOARDS AT ABOUT 1.8 TO $1.9 MILLION LEFT IN OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS A, AN AMOUNT THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE KIND OF CARRYING ON THAT WE CAN STILL BE AS FLEXIBLE AS WE NEED TO FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE PROJECTS, BUT ALSO ADDRESSES THE CIP NEEDS FOR THE CITY.
AND THAT, UM, THAT'S AFTER WE'VE POURED $2.3 MILLION INTO IT.
UH, OUR PROTECTED REVENUE FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WHAT, WHAT I, WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS OUR EXISTING FUND BALANCE.
NOW, IF WE WERE TO FUND THAT PROJECT RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD, BOTH BOARDS WOULD HAVE ABOUT 1.8 TO 1.9 REMAINING, NOT INCLUDING, OKAY.
SO THIS IS BEGINNING, OH, YOU DON'T HAVE REVENUE ON HERE.
IF YOU HAD REVENUE ON HERE, THAT NUMBER WOULD GO INSTANTLY.
RIGHT? I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY, SO IF YOU, I THINK IT'S ON THE BACK OF THAT PAGE, PAGE 40, IT'LL BE ENDING FUND BALANCE OF 1.972.
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS UP ON PAGE 39.
YOU HAVE A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE AND THEN UNDER, RIGHT UNDER THAT REVENUE, IT'S BLANK.
YOU'RE NOT PUTTING, YOU'RE NOT THROWING ANY BUDGET YEAR REVENUE INTO THIS CALCULATION.
SO FOR THE, FOR THE 6 0 1, I DON'T THINK IT EVER HAS REVENUES LISTED.
THAT'LL IT'LL BE A TRANSFER IN FROM THE 600 ACCOUNT.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF REPRESENTED AS THE BEGINNING FUND BALANCE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OVER THERE EITHER.
I MEAN, REVENUE ON PAGE 37 IS ALSO BLANK.
OH, WAIT, SO WE HAVE, I'M SORRY, IT'S UNDERNEATH THERE.
SALES AND USE SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE.
2000000.3 IS WHAT WE'RE I GOT IT.
SO THE, THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS, I MEAN, STAKE STAYING ON THIS TOPIC IS THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET 2.3 MILLION.
WE'RE BUDGETING, I'M NOT EXPECTING TO GET, WE'RE BUDGETING 2.3 MILLION FOR SALES AND USE TAX.
OUR TOTAL EXPENSES ARE, UH, 988,549.
AND THEN FOR THE 6 0 1, IT IS AT 1.1 0 9 5 4 3.
SO THE, THE 6 0 1 IS FOR PROJECTS.
I'M, I'M EX FROM THIS, FROM MY MIND, I'M EXCLUDING THE PROJECTS.
DOES THAT COME UP? AND WE TALK ABOUT THOSE SEPARATELY WHEN WE NEED TO, BUT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE BRING, WE'RE BUDGETING 2.3 MILLION, BUT WE'RE ALREADY BUDGETING TO GIVE AWAY ROUGHLY 1 MILLION.
SO THAT'S 1.3 MILLION THAT WE ARE BUDGETING TO HAVE THAT WE CAN PUT TOWARD PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S ROUGHLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH THAT WE GET THAT WE'RE BUDGETING TO GET, UM, TOWARD A FUTURE PROJECT.
AND I'M ONLY, I'M, THIS IS, UM, I'M STAYING THIS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
UM, THE FIRST IS SO THAT WE CAN HEAR IT, BUT THE SECOND IS, IT'S SUPER HELPFUL IF PEOPLE WHO COME IN SUCH AS PUBLIC WORKS, WANT MONEY, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR BALANCES ARE AND YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT OUR BALANCES CAN BE IN THE FUTURE
'CAUSE UH, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ALL OF OUR MONEY ON, ON A SINGLE PROJECT IF, WHEN WE, WHEN WE HAVE OTHER THINGS WE'D LIKE TO FUND AS WELL.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT A CAPITAL PROJECT.
IT SEEMS LIKE I RECALL FROM PAST YEARS THAT THE EDCS WERE ALSO HELPING TO PAY FOR THE FM 10 93 EXPANSION.
I THOUGHT THAT USED TO BE A LINE ITEM ONCE UPON A TIME, BUT IT'S NOT ON HERE.
SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN, I, I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S
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NOT BEEN, SO IT MAY HAVE JUST ROLLED OFF OF WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE BUDGET BOOK.IT WAS LIKE FOR 20 YEARS TO PAY FOR IT.
WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT AND GET YOU AN ANSWER
BUT YEAH, I'LL, I'LL SAY SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE, IT'S NEVER BEEN INCLUDED, BUT WE'LL, WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
WHAT THE 76,000 FOR THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY PROJECT ENTAILS? SO FOR THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, IL ARE, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE ILA UNDER TRANSFERS, CAPITAL OUTLAY OR UNDER CAPITAL? SO FROM 2023, SO IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN REALIGNED, UM, THAT IS OUR ANNUAL ILA PAYMENT FOR THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY SECTION THAT'S WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
IT'S ACTUALLY LISTED NOW UNDER, EXCUSE ME.
SO ON THE 6 0 1 UNDER TRANSFERS, YOU'LL SEE 6 0 1 900.
UM, AND IT KIND OF INCREASES STEP BY STEP OVER.
THAT'S THE ONE I REMEMBER THE, THE 20 YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S A 20 YEAR.
RIGHT? NO, I'M, I'M REMEMBERING A DISCUSSION THAT GOES BACK TO 2016.
AND THAT WAS WHEN WE STILL HADN'T STARTED ON 10 93 AT THAT TIME.
SO THIS IS JUST THE PAYMENT OF IT BEING DEVELOPED.
I MEAN, IT'S DEVELOPED NOW, BUT WE'RE STILL AMORTIZED OVER HOW MANY YEARS.
SO YEAH, WE, WE, WE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT.
WE, I DON'T, I DON'T, BUT THE EDC IS RESPONSIBLE.
WE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN VOTE ALL WE WANT ALL, BUT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT PAYMENT.
AND IT GOES UP EVERY YEAR FOR 20 YEARS.
AND WE'RE ON YEAR THREE OR FOUR.
SO I WAS JUST, I WAS LEANING BACK TOWARDS LIKE, WHAT DID IT ACTUALLY SURE.
WAS THAT LITERALLY NO, ABSOLUTELY.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF PAVING IT AND THAT'S IT.
SO THAT, AND BOTH A, BOTH A AND B BOARD, UH, ARE PART OF THAT AS WELL AS THE CITY.
SO, POTHOLES, DRAINAGE, MAINTAINING MOWING, THAT'S NOT IN THE 91,000 NO, NO.
WE, WE FUND, NO, THIS IS, WE FUND CONSTRUCTION THE CAPITAL THAT WE, YEAH.
IS THAT IT FOR THE BUDGET? THAT IS IT FOR THE BUDGET.
I'LL GO OVER THE, UM, SCHEDULE JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A, AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, SO TONIGHT WE'LL DO BUDGET ADOPTION, A SA ADOPTION, AND THEN WE'LL, UM, DO PROJECT DECLARATION DEC DECLARATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS SET PUBLIC HEARINGS AND PUBLIC NOTICE.
UM, IN AUGUST, WE'LL DO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
SEPTEMBER, UM, IT'LL GO TO COUNCIL, AND THEN COUNCIL WILL ADOPT BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
NOW, WHEN YOU SAY PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROJECTS, SO THOUGH WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR SOME PROJECTS, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DONE FOR ABOARD.
I JUST, SO, SO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE WILL BE THE HARRIS STREET SANITARY SEWER, A COMMUNITY EVENTS, WHICH DOESN'T NEED TO BE LISTED AS A PROJECT, BUT WE DO, UM, TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, ILA AND THE SRE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB.
FOR, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT OUR CITY AND WANNA BE INVOLVED IN OUR CITY WHEN IT'S IMPORTANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION THAT IS IMPORTANT AND USEFUL.
COMING HERE AND, AND HAVING ANY TYPE OF, TYPE OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE HERITAGE PARKWAY, LILA IS NOT USEFUL.
UM, THE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, IT SHOULD BE, I MEAN, IT'S IN OUR BUDGET.
AND WHETHER IT'S 50,000 OR 40, RIGHT.
THAT CAN BE A CONVERSATION, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO RUFFLE FEATHERS.
I WOULD, I'D LIKE TO KEEP THIS CLEAN AND HAVE IT JUST THE HARRIS STREET SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
THAT, IS THAT A, IS THAT AN OPTION? BECAUSE WHAT I WANT, WHAT I'M, I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GONNA LOOK AT THIS AND THINK WE MAY NEED TO COME INTO OUR MEETING AND, AND SPEAK THEIR PIECE.
HOWEVER, NEXT YEAR WE MAY HAVE, WE MAY HAVE A LINE ITEM THAT YES, THEY SHOULD, UH, RING BELLS.
BUT I DON'T WANT THAT TO GET LOST AMONG A FEW LINE ITEMS
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HERE THAT WE ARE, ARE NOT, UM, PART OF A USEFUL CONVERSATION.THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE MY MIND IS.
SO I'LL SAY AT LEAST TWO OF THESE, AND PERHAPS LEGAL CAN GIVE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE ILA HARRIS STREET AND THE SHORE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB HAS TO BE LISTED.
THOSE, THOSE, THOSE WILL BE, UM, BUT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT COMES OUT OF OUR PROMOTIONS ITEM.
WE JUST DO IT TO SHOW PUBLIC THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE'RE CONTRIBUTING.
BUT IF YOU'RE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IF YOU EVERYTHING, THEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY USING THAT TO BE CONCEAL
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
BUT, UH, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO REMOVE IT, I WOULD PREFER WE REMOVE IT.
IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, UM, SURE.
IS THAT IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE BASED ON LEGAL DEFINITIONS AND STUFF.
SO YES, ALL THREE, ALL FOUR OF THOSE ARE OKAY.
UM, I WILL, CAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR, TO SAY THAT WAY, BUT, UM, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK SURE.
JUST TO MAKE, IF THERE'S LIKE A, A A $2 MILLION LINE ITEM, I DON'T WANT IT TO GET LOST AMONG 10 OTHER THINGS WITH NINE OF THEM BEING NOT PART OF THE, A REAL CONVERSATION.
IT PROBABLY GETS BACK TO WHEN THE TECH, I MEAN, POTENTIALLY MAYBE PART, MAYBE SOME OF THIS WAS THE LOGIC.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER DECLARED A PROJECT FOR THE, UH, TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY FOR OUR ENTIRE 1.5 MILLION SHARE OR WHATEVER IT WAS.
I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS JUST HAD THAT ANNUAL AMOUNT.
IF, IF IT'S LIKE, WE'RE GONNA DO IT AND THEN WE'RE CONTRACTED TO DO IT AND WE'RE LEGALLY BOUND TO DO IT, IT'S LIKE, WHY DO IT EVERY YEAR IF YOU'VE ONLY HAD ONE DECISION POINT AT CORRECT.
YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK WHEN WE, WHENEVER WE DECLARED THESE, WE WERE ALWAYS ONLY DECLARING THAT ANNUAL AMOUNT.
I THINK THAT'S HOW THAT WORKED.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NEXT? THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR THIS ITEM.
SO THE, THE NEXT THREE WILL BE, THE NEXT THREE ITEMS WILL BE THE A SA ADOPTION BUDGET ADOPTION, AND THEN OUR PROJECT DECLARATION.
SO, AND WE NEED TO MAKE, YOU NEED MOTIONS FROM US ON ALL THREE OF THOSE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND SO THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE THE NEXT THREE ITEMS. OKAY.
SO THEY'LL ALL BE INDIVIDUAL IF THERE'S NO FURTHER CONVERSATION ON THE BUDGET.
SO LET'S, WHAT HAPPENED? SORRY.
LOST MY PLACE AROUND BUSINESS ITEM EI GUESS.
UH, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE? WE'RE GONNA, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA START.
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THREE E DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 26 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, A SA BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF SRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF SRE.I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FIRST.
WE DID NOT HAVE AN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED TO OUR DRAFT A SA, SO THE, IS THAT, I THINK EXHIBIT A IS THE BUDGET ITSELF.
SO, AND I'VE GOT, IT WILL BE IN THERE, TWO NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH NUMBER IT IS.
OH, BECAUSE THERE WAS THE ONE NUMBER THAT WAS IN THE PACKET, AND THEN THERE WAS THIS OTHER NUMBER THAT WAS ON THE DAY WHEN WE GOT, SO, SO THEN I, I MEAN, I'M, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBER IS FOR, THIS IS 2025, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND I FIGURE IF WE'RE GONNA ADOPT SOMETHING, WE OUGHT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE ADOPTING
PACKET ONE IS THE ONE THAT WAS UPDATED.
THE ONE IN FRONT OF US WAS CORRECT.
REALLY THE ONLY ITEM YEAH, IT HAS, IT HAS, ZACH IS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PERSONNEL COSTS ELSE.
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SO IT'S PAGE 30 33, I THINK UNDER 34.SORRY, I, I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CONFUSION IS COMING FROM.
THAT IS HALF OF THE 180 ACCOUNT.
SO THE TRANSFER TO THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT, THAT'S JUST THE 180.
THE A SA SHARED SERVICE IS THE PERSONNEL COST SHEET.
SO WHAT IF, BUT THE EXHIBIT A ON THIS THING IS GONNA BE WHAT, WHICH NUMBER? I JUST WANT A NUMBER TO SAY EXHIBIT A WILL BE THE WHOLE BUDGET BECAUSE IT, IT WILL INCLUDE BOTH THE, AS SA REIMBURSEMENT AS WELL AS THE, AS SA SHARED SERVICE LINE AND THE SHARED SPACE FEE.
SO IT'S, IT'S THE WHOLE ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING AT OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF $988,549? SURELY NOT.
I MEAN, OUR A SA AMOUNT EVERY MONTH IS LIKE NINE TO 15,000.
WELL, SO THAT INCLUDES THE AS THAT INCLUDES ALSO, WELL, THAT INCLUDES THE, THE, UH, SO WE HAVE THE, AS SA REIMBURSEMENT, THE A SA SHARED SPACE FEE, THE PROJECT FUND 6 0 1, WHICH IS THE LARGEST LINE ITEM, AND THE A SA SHARED SERVICE.
I MEAN, EVERY MONTH OUR NUMBER IS LIKE BETWEEN 6,000 AND 15,000.
SO SIX TIMES 12 IS 72 AND SIX TIMES 15 IS 90 OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT, THAT, OR 15 TIMES 12 IS THAT, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR OUR AS SA SHARED SERVICE.
SO, SO I'LL SAY THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SEEING EVERY MONTH THERE, THERE'S TWO OR THREE TIMES DURING THE YEAR THAT IT JUMPS TO LIKE $40,000.
AND THAT'S WHENEVER FINANCE TAKES OUT WHATEVER CHUNK OF THE A SA SHARED SERVICE FEE OR THE, THE, UM, SHARED SPACE IN THAT.
SO THE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT, SHARED SERVICE FEE SHARED SPACE FEE IS $305,861 $305,861.
THAT BEING, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? RIGHT.
THAT BEING SAID, TYPICALLY WHEN WE ADOPT THE A SA, WE JUST ADOPT THE A SA BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL, THERE CAN BE CHANGES MADE AFTER WE APPROVE THE BUDGET.
SO, UM, AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU, HAYDEN, BUT WITH THE PERCENTAGES IN HERE, THEY'RE TIED TO A POSITION, NOT NECESSARILY THAT PERSON.
AND SO YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE, IF IT'S 5% OF ONE PERSON'S SALARY, BUT THAT PERSON MAY LEAVE DURING THE YEAR AND YOU HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WITH A HIGHER OR LOWER, YOU COULD STILL END UP WITH A FLUCTUATING RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE REASON WHY IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S TIED TO IT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE JUST DO IT AS THE KIND OF THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF THE A SA EACH YEAR.
SO HAVE WE NEVER HAD AN EXHIBIT A IN THE PAST? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? IT WILL GET ADDED AFTER COUNCIL APPROVES THE BUDGET.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A TOTAL, OUR TOTAL, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE GONNA SPEND? YEAH.
AND I THINK THE CLOSEST NUMBER THAT WE HAVE IS 988,554.
UH, 549 SHOULD, SHOULD BE LIKE 305,000 305 50.
SO IS THAT ALL I FROM STAFF RECOMMENDATION? I WOULD, I WOULD PREFER IF THERE WAS JUST AN ADOPTION OF THE A SA FOR FY 26.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE A SA PERCENTAGES AS PRESENTED IN OUR PACKET FOR 20 FISCAL YEAR 2026.
I'LL, I'LL SECOND, BUT WE'RE NOT JUST APPROVING PERCENTAGES.
I MEAN, OR THE PERCENTAGES ARE THE AGREEMENT THOUGH, AREN'T THEY? NO, IT'S THE LANGUAGE.
IT'S THE FOUR PAGES OR WHATEVER, FIVE PAGES OR WHATEVER THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT AGREEMENT IS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF FULL SURE.
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CITY OF RE.
SO DO YOU NEED SIX? IF YOU HAVE AN EXHIBIT, WHAT'S ON PAGE 41, GUESS? RIGHT? IT'S ON PAGES 27
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THROUGH 31.NO, BUT THE APPROVAL OF THE FY 26 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, A SA BIN IN BETWEEN THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF RE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? NO, I MEAN, YEAH.
SO, SO WE HAVE A IS IS THAT, I MEAN, AM I BEING, I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE TOTALLY FACETIOUS ON THIS.
IS THAT OKAY? NATALIE? YOU CAN SECOND IT.
HOW, WHAT, HOWEVER PHRASEOLOGY WE'RE WE.
IT IS NOW TIME FOR FURTHER FOR DISCUSSION.
AND WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING, NOT VOTING YET, WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING.
SO WE HAVE, WHAT WE ARE, WHAT HAS BEEN MOST MOVED AND SECONDED IS THE A SA, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF RE.
WHAT THAT INCLUDES IS STARTING ON PAGE, I THINK 27 27 MM-HMM
UM, AND READING THIS, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THIS DOCUMENT SINCE, NOT FINITELY NOT SINCE LAST YEAR, AND PROBABLY NOT SINCE IN TWO YEARS IS SO THE ONLY CHANGES IN THE DOCUMENT ARE THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS LISTED.
THE REST OF THE STRUCTURE IS THE SAME.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS DOCUMENT WAS RENEGOTIATED AND UPDATED, I WANNA SAY TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, IF NOT, IT DEFINITELY WASN'T DONE LAST YEAR, AND I DON'T THINK IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO.
SO TWO YEARS AGO THIS, IT WAS UPDATED.
IT HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED IN LIKE 10 YEARS, AND IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, AND THAT'S, YEAH, IT FITS WITH WHAT THE WAY WE ACTUALLY WORK, WHICH WAS THE PROBLEM WE HAD BEFORE.
WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY FOLLOW WHAT WAS IN HERE.
UM, SO WE ARE, WHAT HAS BEEN MOTIONED AND SECONDED IS THIS AGREEMENT, THIS AGREEMENT HAS TO INCLUDE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE AGREEMENT.
AND THAT, I BELIEVE IS WHAT MS. COLLICK WAS LOOKING FOR, WAS THE MONEY THAT GOES TOWARD THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE, UM, IN OUR BUDGET, I'M ON PAGE 38.
WE HAVE, IF WE TOTAL OUT, UH, ON THE LINE ITEM THAT ENDS IN 10, LINE ITEM ENDS IN 12, AND LINE ITEM THAT ENDS IN THE OTHER.
SO 5900, 10 5912, AND 59 0 1 10, IF YOU ADD UP THOSE LINES, THEY COME OUT TO ROUGHLY $305,861, $861.
SO, MS. COLLICK, I BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO JUST PUT IN THAT NUMBER INTO THE MOTION.
THE CONVERSATION THAT I HEARD WAS, IF WE DO THAT, THAT CAN LIMIT US IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THAT IS A BUDGETED NUMBER, BUT WE ALL KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE REAL NUMBER, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NEVER BEEN THE REAL NUMBER.
UM, P POSITIONS WE'RE GOING TO GET FILLED POSITIONS ARE, WE ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE LEAVING.
UM, SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAMSTRING OURSELVES.
WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY BY THAT LOGIC, ALL OF THESE BUDGET NUMBERS CAN CHANGE
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NO ONE IS DISPUTING THAT, AND WE'RE ADOPTING ALL OF THOSE.
BUT THEY, BUT THEY ARE ACTUAL NUMBERS ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
THEY ARE NUMBERS ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO WHATEVER OPTION WE WANT TO GO WITH.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE SECONDED THE MOTION.
UH, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION.
IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
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THE NEXT LINE ITEM, WHICH IS I'M ON PAGE 42 42, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, ON APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR, CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUDGET 600 AND 601.DO I HEAR A MOTION I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE 600 AND 601 BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 FOR THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
DO, DO WE NEED TO SAY WITH THE CHANGE ON THE TRAVEL AND YEAH.
SO, OH, AS AMENDED? YES, PLEASE.
AS, AS AMENDED IN THE CONVERSATION.
UM, CAN YOU, WITH TRAVEL GOING FROM 15,000 TO 20,000? YEP.
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CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CDC.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DECLARING PROJECTS OF THE CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, DIRECTING STAFF TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE SAME AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OH, DO WE HAVE, SO THAT BEING SAID, AS THIS RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN, IT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS.
I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR AN AMENDED.
DO WE HEAR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT.
WE APPROVE CDC RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH OH FIVE WITH THE REVISION THAT WE REMOVE THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY ILA OF $91,667.
AND THE COMMUNITY EVENTS PROJECT OF $50,000 PENDING LEGAL REVIEW, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO THAT.
WE, WE'VE DONE THIS A TIME OR TWO?
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO, NO.
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WE TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT? WE ARE.UH OH, IT'S TURNED OVER TO YOU.
I FORGOT TO BRING THE PLAQUE DOWN.
I CAN FOLLOW IF YOU WANNA GO GRAB IT.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
UH, YEAH, SO I, YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I DID WANNA JUST GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS, UM, ON THE CIP PROJECTS THAT THE EDC BOARD HAS BEEN FUNDING.
UM, I'LL GO OVER THIS AND THEN WE DO HAVE OUR PROJECT MANAGER, MATTHEW RILEY IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DIG INTO.
UH, SO STARTING WITH HARRIS STREET, UH, SO CURRENTLY THE CONTRACTOR HAS INSTALLED AND BACKFILLED A SIX INCH, UH, CONDUIT.
THIS IS FOR COMMUNICATIONS ON THE EAST SIDE OF HARRIS AND IS ALSO NEARING COMPLETION OF A FOUR INCH CONDUIT THAT'S FOR ELECTRICAL ON THE WEST SIDE OF HARRIS STREET.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THIS WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE LAST MEETING, BUT DURING, UM, THE WORK, OF COURSE, IT'S NEVER A DULL DAY.
AND WE DID FIND AN OLD ABANDONED PROPANE TANK, UH, THAT WAS THERE, WHICH TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF WORK BECAUSE NO ONE WANTED TO TOUCH IT OR CLAIM IT TO COME OUT.
UM, SO WE DID HAVE TO, UH, WORK WITH OUR CITY STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THAT IN-HOUSE.
AND THAT HAS BEEN SAFELY REMOVED.
UH, WE DO HAVE SUB GRADE PREPARATION FOR PHASE ONE.
THAT'S THE SECTION FROM FM 10 93 TO JUST NORTH OF SECOND STREET INTERSECTION.
AND THAT A ROAD PAVING, UM, IS BEGINNING WITH THAT PREPARATION.
SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS IS THAT OUR CONTRACTOR IS ANTICIPATING DOING THE PAVING FOR THAT PHASE ONE TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.
UM, OF COURSE THIS CONTINUES TO BE WEATHER DEPENDENT AND HOW MUCH RAIN WE CONTINUE TO GET.
UM, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT KICKING OFF, UH, VERY SOON IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO TRY TO WORK ON ISOLATING DIFFERENT WATER LINES IN THAT AREA.
THAT DOES CONTINUE TO BE A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH.
UM, BUT AS WE FIND THEM, WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO TRY TO WORK TO ISOLATE THEM SO THAT WAY, UM, ALL THE INSTALLATIONS CAN BE DONE AS NEEDED.
IS THAT WHY OCCASIONALLY Y'ALL HAVE THE NOTICES GOING OUT ABOUT YES.
SOME OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO THAT.
AND THEN, UH, THE HARRIS STREET SANITARY SEWER, AGAIN, A PROJECT THAT THE EDC, UM, HAS BEEN SPONSORING.
UH, CURRENTLY THERE'S BEEN 402 FEET OF A 12 INCH SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT HAS NOW BEEN INSTALLED AND BACKFILLED WITHIN THAT SAME PHASE, ONE OF THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THIS DOES COMPLETE THE SANITARY SEWER PORTION OF THIS PHASE, AND THE INTENT IS TO CONTINUE THAT AS THE PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE CONTINUES.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UH, ACTUALLY THE NEXT SECTION OF SANITARY WILL BE INSTALLED WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION, UH, WITH OUR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.
THIS PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF NOVEMBER OF 2025.
UM, HOWEVER, AS YOU'LL HEAR US SAY AGAIN, WEATHER AND SEWER LINES AND VALVES PENDING, UH, BUT THINGS ARE, UH, STARTING TO KICK OFF AGAIN.
UH, WE ARE 24% COMPLETE BASED ON THE DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN, OH, EXCUSE ME, ON THE, UH, PROJECT BUDGET EXPENSED ALL THE WAY THROUGH APRIL.
AND THEN 69% COMPLETE BASED ON DAYS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
SO WHEN WE SAY, UH, COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IN NOVEMBER, 2025, WE MEAN THIS BIG BEAUTIFUL ROAD MEANS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
UH, SO WE SHOULD HAVE THE ROAD THINGS LIKE ELECTRICAL THAT ARE IN THERE.
UH, BUT TYPICALLY THERE'S STILL, I BELIEVE IT'S 30 DAYS FOR FINAL COMPLETION.
SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME LITTLE TOUCH UP PAINT MARKINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COULD WELL, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
BUT A BIG, STILL A BIG BEAUTIFUL ROAD, NOT LIKE
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JUST UNDERGROUND STUFF.THERE, THERE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE A ROAD THERE.
THAT WILL INCLUDE PLANTING OF THE TREES AND THE FURNITURE AND ALL THAT JAZZ TOO.
SO I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING WOULD FALL UNDER THE FINAL COMPLETION.
SO MAYBE IN THAT NEXT 30 DAY PERIOD, JUST BASED ON WHAT CAN BE PLANTED AT THAT TIME OF YEAR AS WELL.
UH, BUT IT SHOULD BE, SO THERE'S SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY SEE AT THAT POINT.
THERE'S ADDITIONAL CONDUIT OR LINES OR SOMETHING FOR IRRIGATION AS WELL IN ADDITION TO THESE CONDUITS.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO IRRIGATION.
THERE'S NO IRRIGATION FOR THE TREES.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS GONNA BE IRRIGATION FOR THE TREES.
I BELIEVE AT ONE POINT THAT WAS IN THERE, AND I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE VALUE ENGINEERED ITEMS OUT OF IT.
BUT WE HAVE ELECTRICITY GOING TO ALL THE YES, YES, WE DO HAVE ELECTRICITY.
I JUST, YES, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN A LITTLE BIT
UH, AND THEN I DO ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, A BIT OF AN UPDATE SINCE THIS PACKET WAS PREPARED ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE DRAINAGE IN DOWNTOWN STREET.
UH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY SINCE THEN, UH, BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH TDOT AND THE REVISED CONSTRUCTION PLANS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN OUTSTANDING.
UH, THEY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY TXDOT AND APPROVED, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR CONNECTION PERMIT FROM TXDOT.
SO WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT OUT FOR BID, UH, PRETTY SOON.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST ON THAT.
SO IS, SO WE'RE ON, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, RIGHT? YES.
SO NOW IS ANYTHING IN OUR WAY, I KNOW THAT WE'VE, THE NEXT STEP YOU JUST MENTIONED WAS WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT AND GETTING BIDS, BUT IS ANYTHING ELSE STOPPING US FROM UH, RIGHT NOW? I DO BELIEVE, AND I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT PERMIT, THERE IS ONE MORE PERMIT I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO GET FROM TDOT THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE IN HAND.
HOWEVER, UM, IN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM LAST WEEK, WE ARE STILL GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THE BID OUT IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT PERMIT COMING IN.
BUT AT ONE POINT WE WERE HAVING A LAND ISSUE, CORRECT? YES.
AND THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED? YES, THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THIS IS A GREAT UPDATE.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IRRIGATION ON THE TREES.
Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE IN-HOUSE PEOPLE GO BY AND WATER 'EM AND CHECK ON 'EM AND STUFF.
I MEAN, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THEY PLANTED SYCAMORES OR WHATEVER IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM DIED BECAUSE THEY JUST COULDN'T MAKE IT WITH THE TWO TO THREE MONTH DROUGHTS THAT WE WERE GETTING EVERY OTHER SUMMER.
AND SAME THING UP AT PRIMROSE PARK, SOME OF THOSE LIVE OAKS DIED AS WELL.
SO MOTHER, MOTHER NATURE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP 'EM LIVING UNTIL THEY'RE REALLY ESTABLISHED REALLY WELL.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. FARR FOR SOME GREAT NEWS.
AFTER MY BRIEF JOG, UM, LAST WEEK, WE DID GET A SURPRISE IN THE MAIL.
UM, WE HAD APPLIED FOR A, AN AWARD THROUGH THE TEDC FOR THE FULL FAST TRACK PROGRAM, UM, WORKFORCE EXCELLENCE AWARD.
WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE IT, WHICH WAS SAD, BUT OUT OF, THERE WERE ONLY SEVEN CATEGORIES, SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY COMPETITIVE.
UH, WE DID GET SECOND PLACE OUT OF, OUT OF WHICH WAS A SURPRISE.
SO, UH, FOR OUR POPULATION RANGE OF 15 TO 40,000, UH, WE DID RECEIVE MERIT RECOGNITION FOR THE RE FAST TRACK PROGRAM.
UM, GOING ON FROM THERE, UH, RETAIL STRATEGIES UPDATE, UM, I DID HAVE A GREAT CALL, UM, WITH OUR TEAM AT RETAIL STRATEGIES LAST MONDAY, UM, TO KIND OF GO OVER PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR OUR MARKETING STRATEGY.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH SOME GREAT NUMBERS, AND I'LL SEND YOU, SEND YOU ALL THE PRESENTATION OUT LATER.
UM, THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE LOSING AS, AS A TRADE AREA TO OUTSIDE SPEND.
UM, SO IN OUR TRADE AREA, THEY ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS OF, OF SPEND WITHIN AN APPETITE OF FOUR AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING OUT ON, ON NEARLY $3 BILLION GOING OUT, UH, INTO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
SO WE WE'RE A VERY STRONG CASE FOR, UM, GOOD COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE, THE BASE TO SUPPORT IT.
UM, THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT WE SHOULD HAVE UPDATED TRAFFIC COUNT NUMBERS, UM, LATER THIS MONTH, UM, FOR ALL OF OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS, WHICH WILL BE HUGE IN, IN KIND OF MARKETING US, UM, TO THE RETAILERS THAT WE WANT.
AND WE DID DISCUSS SOME OF THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE, UM, ICSE
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VEGAS CONFERENCE.UM, THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THEY MADE A POINT TO NOTE THAT ANY TIME THAT TEXAS WAS MENTIONED, UM, NOT EVEN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SRE, NUMEROUS TIMES COMPANIES STOPPED THEM IN MID CONVERSATION AND SAID, OKAY, BUT TELL ME ABOUT SRE.
SO OUR NAME IS GETTING OUT THERE.
UM, AND SO WE SHOULD SEE REALLY GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT TEAM TO WORK WITH.
WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME TARGET LISTS FOR SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE CITY FOR THEM TO TRY AND DO SOME INFILL, UM, FOR WHAT WE HAVE EXISTING.
AND THEN REALLY TARGETING FUTURE THINKING TO, UM, LARGER DEVELOPMENTS THAT'LL COME ONLINE DOWN THE ROAD.
WERE THEY EVER GONNA COME? I, I WAS THINKING AT SOME POINT THEY WERE GONNA COME AND DO A PRESENTATION FOR US, IS THAT CORRECT? THEY WILL, UM, WE'LL NEED TO WORK OUT.
SO THE WAY OUR CONTRACT IS WORKED, THEY HAVE ONE PRESENTATION.
SO WHETHER WE DO A JOINT MEETING WITH A AND B OR WE CAN CONVINCE THEM TO COME DOWN SEPARATE TIMES, UM, WE'LL GET THAT WORKED OUT.
UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE FULL BUILD OUT, UM, PROSPECT LIST FROM THEM.
WE HAVE OUR MARKETING STRATEGY, NOW WE HAVE ALL OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND THAT, SO WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING AHEAD PRETTY QUICK.
UM, AND WE SHOULD HAVE OUR FULL DETAILED LIST PRETTY SOON.
WE, WE NEED ABSOLUTELY NO NAIL SALON OR DENTIST OR I VETERINARY PRACTICES, OR THEY DID COME AROUND FOR A, UM, UM, A SITE VISIT, UM, TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF OUR, OUR CONTRACT PERIOD WITH THEM.
UM, SO WE, WE DID EXPRESS, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRE TO NOT SEE THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES.
SO THEY, THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE TARGETING.
UM, BUT EVERY CONVERSATION'S BEEN GREAT.
UM, AND NOW WITH AN LL, ME AND KELSEY WILL BE, UH, WORKING PRETTY CLOSELY WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
AND WE HAVE YOU PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF PROPERTIES IN THE AREA, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, IS THAT, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT LIST RIGHT NOW? I DO.
UM, BUT I CAN SEND IT OUT TO YOU.
LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ON MAKING SURE THAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE UM, NEED TO KNOW WHO NEED, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT A PRIVATE LIST.
THIS IS, WE, THIS IS A LIST OF AVAILABLE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND INVEST MONEY AND BUILD AND DEVELOP.
UM, I'LL NOTE THOUGH, THERE'S NOT A LIST JUST PUBLISHED OUT.
THERE'S SOMEWHERE ON OUR WEBSITE, WE DO HAVE THAT INTEGRATION WITH COSTAR AND LOOPNET THAT DOES HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THE AVAILABLE PROPERTIES THAT EXIST AND WILL EXIST IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO THAT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR SITE UNDER I THINK BUSINESS RESOURCES TAB.
SO LET'S, LET'S TAKE AN ACTION TO AND BY YOU.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO MEET OFFLINE OR, BUT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW MORE.
PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE THAT LINK AND GIVE IT TO THE OTHERS.
I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, WE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF PROPERTIES.
AND I'M LIKE, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
HAYDEN HAS A LIST OF PROPERTIES.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S THAT, THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE.
BECAUSE THAT'S, IN MY OPINION, THAT'S STEP ONE.
THAT'S, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO DEVELOP, THEN IT'S HARD TO ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO COME IN HERE AND DEVELOP.
UM, AND THEN, AND KIND OF TEEING OFF OF THAT, UM, WE DID DISCUSS THE NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT FROM THE RETAIL STRATEGY SIDE TO THE BOARDS AND CITY COUNCIL FOR, UM, THE PROSPECTS THAT WERE, THAT WERE TARGETING, THEY DID OFFER THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO REDACT ANYTHING THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REDACT THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SHARE OUT IN THE PAST AND, AND KIND OF GIVE YOU, OKAY.
WE ARE, THEY ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE.
WE DO HAVE PROSPECTS, BUT MAYBE WE CAN'T SHARE IN, IN THE OPEN WHO WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH RIGHT NOW.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
I'M, I'M TALKING MORE ABOUT THE, THE, THE PROPERTIES RIGHT.
AND I JUST TOOK A NOTE TO MAKE SURE WE CONNECT.
'CAUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE, THAT NEEDS TO BE A LINK ON THE WEBSITE SURE.
OR SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO.
'CAUSE I'M, UH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, THAT WRAPS UP RETAIL STRATEGIES.
UM, THE MURAL UPDATE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE SITE THAT WE HAD SELECTED FOR THE MURAL AT THE END OF HARRIS STREET, UM, HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THE MURAL.
UM, THE PROXIMITY OF THE, UH, OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL LINES, UM, IS TOO CLOSE TO THE MURAL FOR OUR LIFT TO GET THROUGH.
AND THE COST OF BURYING THE LINE, UH, IS NOT FEASIBLE.
SO, UM, AND THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER WASN'T TOO KEEN ON HAVING IT BURIED OR MOVED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND REFOCUS.
UM, WE DO, WE HAVE THE, UH, THE RIGHTS TO THE ART.
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HAVE, WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH THE ARTIST.HE'S AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND NAIL DOWN A, A DIFFERENT POTENTIAL SITE FOR THE MURAL.
SO IT, IT WILL BE DONE, NOT THERE, NOT NOW.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT ALREADY COVERED CIP AND THE EDC PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST.
TOMORROW THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED, UH, IN THE PACKET.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL OF OUR SUBMISSIONS, GREAT PICTURES THIS YEAR.
WE'VE HAD GREAT PICTURES ALL THREE YEARS.
UM, SO IF YOU, IF YOU FEEL LIKE TUNING INTO COUNCIL OR, OR COMING TO THE MEETING TOMORROW WOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE MEETING, UM, WHERE WE WILL ANNOUNCE OUR WINNERS, WHO WILL BE DISPLAYED IN THE LOBBY THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN ON THE BUDGET BOOK AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, IF YOU WALK AROUND THE OFFICE, THE OFFICE IS FILLED WITH PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST PEOPLE.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE HAVE A NEW BABY BOY.
ANELLE ANELLE DID HAVE A 4TH OF JULY BABY, UH, LITTLE LORENZO.
SO SHE WILL NOT BE WITH US FOR A FEW MONTHS.
OUTSIDE OF, DO WE KNOW, DO WE KNOW HOW LONG SHE'S OUT? IS THAT A, UH, IT'S UP TO 12 WEEKS.
END OF SEPTEMBER IS SHE'S LOOKING AT, OKAY.
SO RIGHT IN TIME FOR FOL FO YEAH, WE'LL BRING HER RIGHT BACK IN.
OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE UPCOMING TDC SALES TAX COURSES.
UM, BOTH ANELLE AND MYSELF ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE ONE.
SO WE WILL PROBABLY DO THE ONLINE ONE, UM, WHICH IS DECEMBER 1ST TO THE 15TH.
YOU BASICALLY HAVE A WINDOW TO ACCESS THE FILES.
ON THE 15TH, THEY'LL DO A ZOOM CALL WHERE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING.
THERE IS AN IN-PERSON ONE IN HOUSTON AT THE SHERATON BROOK HOLLOW HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 14TH FROM EIGHT TO FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, SO
THAT'S WHY I PREFER THE, UH, ONLINE VERSION.
UM, BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN EITHER ONE OF THOSE, IT'S A FANTASTIC COURSE.
IT REALLY DELVES INTO THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CORPORATION.
SO I, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
YOU GUYS DO HAVE LINE ITEMS FOR TRAVEL AND TRAINING, SO IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF, UM, THE, THE PLUS SIDE FOR THE INVERSION ONE.
YOU DO GET BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THE ONLINE ONE, BUT, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN HANDLE THAT.
SO IF, UH, I'LL SEND OUT THE LINKS TO EVERYBODY AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
DID YOU SAY BROOKHAVEN OR BROOK HOLLOW? BROOK HOLLOW.
UM, I THINK THAT'S AT TWO 90 AND SIX 10.
I'LL, I'LL INCLUDE, UH, THE ADDRESS AND EVERYTHING AS WELL.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE T-M-L-E-D-C CONFERENCE, WHICH WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WILL BE IN BASTROP FROM OCTOBER 29TH THROUGH THE 31ST.
UM, WOULD YOU PUT ME DOWN FOR THAT, PLEASE, SIR? YES, I WILL DO THAT.
UM, THANK, IT'S A, IT'S ANOTHER FANTASTIC EVENT.
GREAT VENUE, ESPECIALLY IN THE, IN THE FALL, SO, UM, DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THAT.
UM, AND THEN THOUGH WE, WE'VE DISCUSSED THE KIND OF CHANGE IN DIRECTION FOR FULL FAST TRACK, WE ARE STILL HAVING OUR EVENTS.
WE ARE GONNA TAIL THEM DOWN TO BE THE MORE SMALLER, CONCISE EVENTS THAT WE CAN KIND OF SEE US PUSHING THOSE OUT IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE NEXT I, I GUESS, UH, EVENT OF THAT STYLE WILL BE THE FULL FAST TRACK CHRISTMAS AND JULY NETWORKING EVENT, WHICH WILL BE AT JULY 24TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT O'CLOCK AT LOCAL TABLE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THAT AS WELL.
SAY, I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN.
CHRISTMAS AND JULY IS WHEN IT, IT IS JULY 24TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT O'CLOCK AT LOCAL TABLE.
THE LAST TIME Y'ALL DID THAT, DID Y'ALL HAVE SOMEONE COME AND, UH, WAS THAT WHEN Y'ALL DID THE HR TIPS? YES.
SO IT'LL BE SOME KIND OF SIMILAR, SIMILAR TO THAT.
MAKE SURE YOU WEAR TACKY SWEATERS AND HATS AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF.
IF IT'S NOT A HUNDRED DEGREES, WHICH IT WILL BE.
SO
AND THE GROUNDBREAKING, YOU GOT HER
IT IS JULY 25TH AT FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON.
UM, THEY SHOULD HAVE SENT YOU INVITES FOR IT.
THEY DO HAVE YOUR EMAIL, SO YOU, IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THEM ALREADY, YOU WILL.
I, I WILL SAY MINE DID GO TO MY JUNK EMAIL, SO MAYBE JUST CHECK THAT AS AN OPTION.
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FOR? UH, FULL, CENTRAL GROUNDBREAKING.UM, IT IS, UH, FRIDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK, THE 25TH.
SO GO TO YOUR CHRISTMAS IN JULY THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THEN COME OUT TO THE GROUNDBREAKING.
UM, AND WE CAN VERIFY THIS VIA EMAIL AFTERWARDS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WAS LOOKING IT UP.
THE TML ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS THE ONE THAT'S OCTOBER, UH, 29TH, THE 31ST.
THE TML ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, WHICH IS IN BASTROP IS NOVEMBER 13TH AND 14TH.
AND WE'LL STILL SEND OUT ALL THAT INFORMATION.
KELSEY, WHERE'S THE, WHERE IS THE TML, THE REG, THE BIG WHATEVER.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH MORE THAN WE, I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST WE'VE EVER HAD.
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ITEMS? YES.UM, I UNDERSTAND TIP STRATEGIES DID SEND US A REVISED, UH, OPTION FOR A REFRESH.
I'D LIKE TO, UM, BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD.
AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM, UH, AT THE LAST, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST, MAYBE IT WAS THE ONE BEFORE THAT AT A RECENT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE MAYOR, UH, HINTED ABOUT HAVING A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN COUNCIL AND THE EDCS.
UH, I'D LIKE THAT TO BE SOMETHING TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU JUST SCHEDULE IT OR YOU SCHEDULE AGENDA ITEM TO TALK ABOUT SCHEDULING IT, BUT WHATEVER IT IS, WHATEVER THE PROPER WAY IS TO TO HANDLE THAT, WE'LL HANDLE IT.
AND NONE OF THEM WANTED TO DO IT FAST ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL TAKING VACATION
UM, I DON'T HAVE AN INVITE EVEN IN MY JUNK MAIL.
SO I WILL REACH BACK OUT TO THEM AND, AND GIVE IT TO YOU.
UM, YEAH, SO AS FAR AS AGENDA ITEMS, I HAD, UM, A MEETING, A JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL AND, AND THE EDCS.
UM, AND THEN I THINK, I GUESS ALONG WITH THAT, THAT, OR PART OF THE AGENDA FOR THAT, OR, OR JUST CONVERSATION BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOU GUYS, IS THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB PROGRAM WAS REALLY BROUGHT ABOUT AND FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAD IN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING.
SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IS IF THERE IS A DESIRE BY CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR US, YOU KNOW, AS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, DO WE NEED A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN? IS IT, IS IT THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO HOLD OURSELVES TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS CLOSELY AS WE HAVE BEEN? UM, WHICH I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE GUIDANCE IS, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR FILING AN APPLICATION THAT YOU WOULD GET AFTER IT
SO, OR YOU KNOW, SO IS IT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE PLAN? DO YOU PROMISE TO FOLLOW THE PLAN? WILL YOU WORK ON THE PLAN? SO I GUESS, SO THEN MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION WOULD BE THAT IF, IF CITY COUNCIL STILL BELIEVES IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THEN THEN THE AGENDA REALLY NEEDS TO BE THAT PERHAPS WE JUST HAD A, WENT, GOT A LITTLE CROSS WAYS IN REGARDS TO OUR VISION FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB AND THE EXPECTATIONS FOR IT.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE NEED FOR THE CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF ALLUDED TO AT LEAST BY, UH, MAYOR MCCOY.
IS IS JUST WHAT EXACTLY THAT INTENTION IS THERE SO THAT WE ARE MEETING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, HAVING A SESSION.
WHAT I NEED FROM, FROM YOU GUYS.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, AND THIS STEMS FROM A, AN ITEM THAT'S ACTUALLY ON CITY COUNCIL'S MEETING FOR TOMORROW, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY EXPANSION.
UM, IF WE COULD JUST DO A CHECK-IN
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ON OUR, UH, CONSULTANT WHO IS REVIEWING THE, THAT PLAN, THE DESIGN, THE DESIGN PLAN.UM, AND JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE STILL ON TRACK.
AND DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER WHEN I THOUGHT THAT'LL JUST BE STARTING? BECAUSE THE 60 DAY COOLING PERIOD FOR THAT WASN'T UNTIL JULY 1ST OR SECOND.
SO WE COULDN'T EVEN START TO ENGAGE THE CONSULTANT UNTIL THAT.
BUT I HAVE TALKED WITH OUR INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, CLIFF BROHARD AND HAVE THAT ON OUR LIST TO GET THAT KICKED OFF.
SO WE CAN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT FOR SURE.
YEAH, AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE IT INCLUDED JUST IN THAT CIP UPDATE THAT YOU GUYS SEE EVERY MONTH WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE HEARING BACK FROM THAT.
AND THEN I DID JUST, UM, I THINK ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT, THAT, UM, WE COULD PROBABLY IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE EDC BOARDS AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR LIAISON IS NOT HERE TONIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULES ESPECIALLY OVER THE SUMMER ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
UM, BUT IF IT'S, UH, JUST MAYBE, UH, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT LIAISON HERE.
UM, AND A, THE EDCA BOARD HAS NOT HAD THE BENEFIT OF A LIAISON FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO I, I APPRECIATE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDING ONE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE A BOARD.
UM, AND, UH, BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UM, THAT, THAT HAVING THAT DIRECT, UH, FOCUS POINT IS GOOD.
CAN WE GIVE THE LIAISON AN AGENDA ITEM TO GIVE US AN UPDATE? WELL, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION OR NOT? IS ARE YOU ALLOWED TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T MEMBERS OF THIS TO TALK ABOUT THEM? OKAY.
NOW WE CAN ONLY ADD A AGENDA ITEMS. I'M ASKING BASICALLY LEGAL ADVICE.
I DON'T THINK WE GET TO ASK UNTIL WE, WE CAN CONFIRM WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
I, I'LL PUT IT IN THE FORM OF A SUGGESTION FOR AN AGENDA ITEM.
IF I HEAR, IF THERE ARE NO NOTHING FURTHER, IT IS 7 37.
I CALL, I, UH, ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7 38 ON JULY 14TH, 2025.
AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD JUST MAKE SURE YOUR MIC'S TURNED OFF.