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[I. Call to Order]
UH, SIX O'CLOCK IS UPON US.UM, LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON MONDAY, JULY 21ST, 2025 AT 6:00 PM.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT FOR THE MEETING.
WE ARE, UH, MISSING A COUPLE OF FOLKS THIS EVENING.
UH, SO JUST NOTE THAT FOR THE MEETING MINUTES, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF FOR BEING HERE.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, A NICE GROUP OF INTERNS FROM THE CITY.
SO IT'S GREAT, UH, THAT Y'ALL ARE HERE OBSERVING WHAT WE DO AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW CITIES WORK AND OPERATE.
AND WE'LL TRY TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR KELSEY.
MAYBE THEY'LL WANT TO COME BACK, SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO SCARE 'EM OFF.
ITEM NUMBER TWO ARE CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
DID ANYONE SIGN UP TO SPEAK YOU? YOU DIDN'T GIVE 'EM AN ASSIGNMENT.
[Business - A]
ITEM THREE IS OUR BUSINESS.SO THREE A IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE JUNE 30TH, 2025 MEETING.
YOU HAVE THE MEETING MINUTES IN YOUR PACKETS.
HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW OVER THOSE.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 30TH, 2025 MEETING.
SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CORPORATION MINUTES FOR JUNE THE 30TH, 2025.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[Business - B]
B IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2025.UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS MONTH WE WERE UP AGAIN IN SALES TAX.
UM, OUR REVENUES FOR JULY, UH, THE MAY COLLECTIONS WERE UP 11.44% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UM, AT $170,145 AND 41 CENTS.
UH, RIGHT NOW, OUR EACH CORPORATION'S REVENUES TOTAL $1,454,098 AND 99 CENTS, WHICH IS 71.5% OF OUR BUDGET FOR 66% OF THE YEAR.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT.
THE TREND CONTINUES FOR THE INCREASED SALES TAX.
UH, SO I THINK THAT'S, UH, AS WE LOOK THROUGH OUR BUDGETS AND SOME OF OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, I THINK THIS WILL REALLY GIVE US SOME CONFIDENCE, UH, FOR THOSE PROJECTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? ALRIGHT.
NOT, DO WE HAVE A MARK? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU MIGHT WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE REQUIRED.
$9,400 86 $9,486 AND 59 CENTS FOR THE MAY 31ST, 2025 PAYABLES.
MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES IN OUR PAYMENT TO THE CITY OF $9,486 AND 59 CENTS.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
THAT'S WHY YOU TURNED THE LIGHTS ON HAYDEN, ISN'T IT? YOU WANTED US TO PAY OUR BILL HERE.
[Business - C]
C IS REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET, PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT.WE HAVE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE BUDGET ADOPTION.
UM, TONIGHT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FINAL A SA, UM, AS WELL AS THE FINAL BUDGETS, UM, AND THEN GO AHEAD AND, UH, PROVE OUR PROJECTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO, I'LL, I'LL START GOING THROUGH THE A SA.
UM, IT IS THE SAME DOCUMENT AS LAST YEAR, OTHER THAN THE SHARED SERVICES SECTION.
UM, NOW INCORPORATES, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS RATHER THAN JUST CITY MANAGER, FINANCE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, THAT SORT OF THING.
IT'S BROKEN DOWN TO THE SPECIFIC TITLES, UM, THAT THOSE PERSONNEL COSTS ARE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN IN THE SHEET, UH, STARTING ON PAGE 29, UM, WHICH OUTLINES THE PERCENTAGE OF EACH
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POSITION THAT THE EDC CONTRIBUTES TO WITHIN THE CITY.UM, AND THEN ON PAGE 31 IS A BREAKDOWN DISCUSSING THE CHANGES FROM THE SAME SHARED SERVICES LINE FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR.
UM, IT TOTALS FOR AROUND, UH, $4,800 INCREASE PER BOARD, UM, UH, ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OF THOSE PERCENTAGES.
UM, AND IT ALSO PULLS IN THE, UM, CELL SERVICE THAT WAS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, IS NOW INCLUDED UNDER THE, UH, SHARED SERVICES.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE ASSA, I CAN GO THROUGH THE, UH, LINE ITEMS ON THE BUDGET, UM, FOR THE, YEAH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
I THINK GO THROUGH THAT, AND THEN I THINK WE CAN SURE.
IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GET INTO THOSE.
THAT WILL WORK AFTER YOU FINISH THAT.
UM, FOR THE 180 THIS YEAR, UM, WE DID INCLUDE THE PERSONNEL SECTION THAT WAS MISSING THE PAST FEW TIMES.
UM, WE HAVE THE FINALIZED NUMBERS FROM HR THAT WERE PRESENTED TO COUNSEL.
UM, THOSE REPRESENT A 2% COLA AND STEP FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THE RECLASS OF THE COORDINATOR POSITION TO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
UM, UNDER SUPPLIES, WE'VE REDUCED THE PUBLICATIONS BY A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
UH, WE JUST DIDN'T USE IT THAT MUCH.
UM, THE UNIFORMS AND SHIRTS HAVE REMAINED FROM LAST YEAR.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF A CITY STANDARD FOR $150 PER EACH EMPLOYEE.
UM, TELECOM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, IS NOW MOVED UNDER THAT SHARED SERVICES LINE.
UM, SO IT'S REMOVED FROM THE 180, UM, BUT WILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE SHARED SERVICES LINE ITEM, UM, IN EACH, UH, CORPORATION'S BUDGET.
IT WILL BE IN HOUSED BY IT AND COVERED UNDER THEIR SHARED SERVICES, UM, FOR DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS.
UM, THIS IS FOR BOTH AN L AND MYSELF.
UM, WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE T-E-D-C-I-C-S-C AND THE, UH, URBAN LAND INSTITUTE.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE ORGANIZATION, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN REDUCED BY $2,500 THIS YEAR, UM, DUE TO SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, EITHER DISSOLVING OR WE'VE MOVED DOWN OUR, UM, MEMBERSHIP LEVEL.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE CORPORATION IS MEMBERS OF THE WALLER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, KATY AREA, EDC, SHORE REGIONAL CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE, UM, FORT BEND CHAMBER IN THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP.
THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING LINE ITEM, UM, VARIES A LITTLE BIT FROM WHAT YOU SAW IN JUNE'S MEETING AT THE REQUEST OF A BOARD.
IT'S NOW PUSHED BACK UP TO 20,000, UM, DUE TO, UH, A BOARD'S REQUEST THAT BOTH ANELLE AND MYSELF ATTEND ICSC VEGAS IN RETAIL LIVE IN AUSTIN.
UM, SO THAT'S BEEN ADJUSTED TO $20,000.
IT'S STILL A $1,500 INCREASE FROM THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
UM, MILEAGE, UM, IS ROLLED INTO THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING, UM, AND THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR AS WELL.
UM, THAT A SA REIMBURSEMENT THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, UM, REPRESENTS HALF OF THE A SA DOCUMENT.
AND THE OTHER HALF WILL BE SHARED SERVICES, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE, UH, 700 FOR THE 700 FUND.
UM, WE ARE BUDGETING, UM, AT FINANCES, UM, APPROVAL AT 10% OF OUR 2025 PROJECTED COLLECTIONS, WHICH IS 2.1 MILLION.
SO FOR 2026, IT WILL BE $2.3 MILLION, UM, GOING DOWN, THE ONLY CHANGE IS, UM, FOR OUR LEGAL SERVICES, IT WAS LOWERED TO $30,000.
UM, AFTER, UH, SOME DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE'RE USING.
UM, IT, IT WAS A DECREASED RATE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED THIS YEAR.
UM, GOING DOWN TO, UM, THE SRE BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB, UM, SRE FAST TRACK AT THE GUIDANCE OF COUNCIL, UM, THEY HAVE ELECTED TO, UM, REQUEST THAT THE, UH, CORPORATIONS GO FOR OPTION FOUR, WHICH IS IN HOUSING, UM, WHICH IS BUDGETED FOR A TOTAL OF $25,000 PER BOARD.
UM, AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY A BOARD, UM, LAST MONTH OR LAST WEEK, EXCUSE ME, UM, FOR DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS.
UM, THESE ARE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, FOR YOU GUYS TO JOIN TEDC.
UM, SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING A FULL MEMBER OF TEDC, WE CAN GET YOU SET UP, UM, TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
T-M-L-E-D-C CONFERENCE IS TYPICALLY, UM, WHAT THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, DIRECTORS GO TO.
BUT, UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING ICSC, UM, OR, OR SOME OTHER CONFERENCE, WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT ABOUT THE TM LEDC CONFERENCE, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU'RE INCLUDED ON THAT THIS YEAR.
BARRING THE HOTEL REMAINS, UM, GOING ON TO THE 700 OR 7 0 1, EXCUSE
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ME.UM, THE NEXT CHANGE IS THE TARGET INCENTIVES.
WE WERE BUDGETED THE SAME FOR 2025, BUT THIS YEAR WE HOPE TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
UM, WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING THAT AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, UM, FOR YOU GUYS TO KIND OF WEED THROUGH AND, AND SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE HELP OF, UH, MS. DRESCHER AND MS. HAMAN, UM, GOING DOWN PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
UM, THIS IS HOW WE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, 10% OVER OUR PROJECTED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
UM, PLUS THE FY 25 ROLLOVER AMOUNT AND MINUS THE COMMUNITY EVENTS LINE, UM, WHICH IS SET AT $50,000.
UM, ALSO THE ADDITION, IT'S NOT MENTIONED IN THE COMMENTS OF THE, UH, KATIE FULCHER LIFT STATION EXPANSION AT $600,000, WHICH YOU APPROVED AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, ALSO JUST TO MENTION ON THAT, AFTER SOME DISCUSSION WITH OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF, UM, WE'RE WELL WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL BUILD OUT FOR THAT AREA.
I THINK THEY'RE ESTIMATING 88%, 80 SOMETHING, UM, OF THAT PROJECT WOULD, WOULD BENEFIT, UM, IS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE GOOD WITH THAT AMOUNT.
UM, AND THEN JUST FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION ABOARD, DID UM, BUDGET FOR THE FULL AMOUNT FOR THE HARRIS STREET, UM, SANITARY EXPANSION? DID YOU SAY 80 OR 88? IT'S JUST 80 SOMETHING.
JUST, UM, ALL IN ANY CASE, WE'RE WELL BELOW THE, UH, THE THRESHOLD.
RIGHT NOW, UH, ACTUALLY YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND WHAT, WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT AIR BOARD BUDGETING? THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF THE HARRIS STREET FOR, FOR THE, UM, THE HARRIS STREET, UH, SANITARY EXPANSION IS $478,000.
AND I THINK WE WERE, WE HAD DISCUSSED THE UP TO 600,000 RIGHT.
BUT WE WERE JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT IT MET OUR, OUR STATUTORY, UH, LIMITATIONS, I GUESS RIGHT.
AND, AND WE DO HAVE A MAP THAT WE CAN PROVIDE YOU GUYS TO, THAT KINDA DETAILS THE AREA THAT THAT PROJECT WOULD COVER.
UM, AND IT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU THINK OF AS OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ON 10 93, AND THAT THAT'S ALL THE CHANGES AND, AND UPDATES I HAD ON THE BUDGET.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO FIELD THOSE.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE DUES AND MEMBERSHIP.
HOW ARE THE DECISIONS MADE REGARDING, UH, WHICH ORGANIZATIONS AND WHICH LEVEL TO, UH, PURSUE WITH EACH? MOST OF THEM THAT WERE MEMBERS OF HAVE JUST A FLAT, UM, MEMBERSHIP LEVEL.
UM, FOR THE ONE, WALLER COUNTY IS THE ONE THAT WE, UH, LOWERED OUR MEMBERSHIP LEVEL IN.
AND THAT WAS DONE JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A VERY DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
UM, WE WEREN'T SEEING A HUGE RETURN ON ANY SORT OF PROMOTIONS, UM, BY THAT ORGANIZATION.
BUT WE DO STILL SEE THE, THE BENEFITS OF BEING INVOLVED.
UM, SO WE, WE WANTED TO STAY MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND, AND SUPPORT THAT IN THAT WAY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY.
I THINK AT THE TIME IT WAS, UH, I, FORGIVE ME, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT, WHAT LEVEL WE WERE AT.
UM, BUT THAT WAS MADE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS.
WELL, IT JUST SEEMS THAT, UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, SURE.
INCLUDING THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP IN THERE.
ALL OF THEM ARE AROUND THE SAME, UH, BALLPARK.
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT AT LEAST ONE THAT REALLY STANDS OUT FAR AND ABOVE.
UH, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE FORT BEND CHAMBER, YOU GOT THE LOCAL CHAMBER HERE.
UH, AGAIN, JUST HOW ARE THOSE DECISIONS MADE? SO FOR, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THESE ARE THE MEMBERSHIP LEVELS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE I'VE ARRIVED.
AND WE'VE KIND OF JUST CARRIED THAT THROUGH.
UM, OTHER THAN THE WALLER COUNTY, UM, EDP, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'VE CHANGED.
UM, THE ONE THAT'S NOT INCLUDED ON HERE, AND I THOUGHT WAS MENTIONED WAS THE, UM, UH, FORT BEND, UH, FORT BEND EDC, WHICH DISSOLVED LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT THE REST OF THEM HAVE REMAINED AT THEIR SAME LEVEL.
IS THERE ANY, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL CAUSE FOR THAT, BUT NOW IN PLACE OF THAT, THEY HAVE LIKE A FORT BEND BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIP FOR THAT.
I KNOW THAT ANELLE PRESENTED THERE RIGHT? A COUPLE MONTH OR TWO AGO.
UH, AND IT'S, IT USUALLY IS A PRETTY GOOD GROUP THERE TO INTERACT WITH.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM WITHIN THAT LINE ITEM.
IF WE SEE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE, THAT WE FEEL WE NEED TO BE PART OF AND HAS A BENEFIT TO THE CORPORATION AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE, UM, WE CERTAINLY CAN, CAN JOIN, UM, IF THE BOARD FEELS,
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FEELS LED TO DO SO.I KNOW I WAS AT A MEETING AT UP IN WALLER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND VINCE YOKUM, WE PASSED IN THE HALLWAY AND HE WAS LIKE, OH, Y'ALL CUT YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING? BUT, UH, I WAS LIKE, OKAY.
UH, SO I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE STRATEGICALLY AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY BRING TO US.
SO, SO I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING THOUGH THEN IS THAT THE DECISIONS WERE MADE, THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS BY STAFF, BUT IT WASN'T NECESSARILY IN CONSULTATION WITH MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD AS FAR AS I'M AWARE.
UM, YES, THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THEY WERE JUST, AND AGAIN, IF I'M MISSPEAK, I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT, YOU KNOW, CARRY FORWARD THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HISTORICALLY HAD BEEN, UH, DEVELOPED AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE USED SOME JUDGMENT.
AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK BACK, UH, TO THE STAFF IF WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT ONE ORGANIZATION OR ANOTHER.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT DIFFERENT, UH, INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE BOARDS HAVE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND MAYBE HAS MORE INFORMATION OR A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSS THAT.
I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSS THAT.
I, I, THERE'S, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, THERE'S ROOM WITHIN THE BUDGET.
IF WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE A MEMBERSHIP LEVEL, AND, AND THE BOARD FEELS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S BENEFIT TO THAT THERE, BY ALL MEANS, BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF US KNOW ABOUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT MAYBE ONCE WE GET OUR BUDGET SETTLED AND WE GET MOVING DOWN OUR, OUR YEAR, MAYBE MONTH BY MONTH OR PERIODICALLY, WE COULD HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL THAT REPRESENTS THAT ORGANIZATION COME IN AND TELL US, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEY BENEFITING US? WHAT ARE THEY, WHAT'S THE POSITIVE FOR US? SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND YOU THINK, WELL, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH BENEFIT, OR WE HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYTHING, SO NOTHING'S GOING ON.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THE CASE USUALLY.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, I'LL SAY SOMETHING TO STAFF THAT WE PROBABLY CAN DO BETTER AS, UM, OR BETTER AT, EXCUSE ME, UM, IS SHARING THE SORT OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS THAT EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS PUT ON THAT WOULD BENEFIT YOU GUYS TO SEE AS A REGION, KIND OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT'S AT PLAY.
SO WE CAN, UM, MONTH BY MONTH, WE CAN PUT OUT KIND OF A LIST OF, UH, DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PUTTING ON THAT, UH, BENEFIT DIRECTLY TO THIS BOARD.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE, WE HAVE TRAVEL AND TRAINING BUILT IN, AND THAT'S NOT JUST FOR OUT OF TOWN CONFERENCES AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING THAT'S FOR, FOR THESE EVENTS AS WELL.
WELL, THAT, AND I, I DO FEEL LIKE WITH, AS THESE MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS GROW AND Y'ALL'S TIME IS STRETCHED, UM, IN Y'ALL'S DAY TO DAY, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO, TO USE OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO DO OUR REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES AT SOME OF THESE EVENTS.
UM, AND WE CAN EVEN ASSIGN 'EM, AND, AND IT'LL TAKE SOME, SOME TIME OFF YOU, AND THEN WE'LL JUST GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE HERE, UM, AT SOME OF THESE EVENTS AS WELL.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A BAD THING TO TAKE SOME OF THAT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT Y'ALL TO PARTICIPATE AS MUCH AS Y'ALL CAN, BUT Y'ALL ARE VERY BUSY PEOPLE.
SO, UM, SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS WELL.
THE OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT I KNOW THAT, UH, THE EDCS AND THE CITY OF RE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST WAS THE 36 A COALITION.
AND, UH, THAT WE'VE KIND OF ALLOWED THAT TO LAPSE.
UH, IT'S NOT ON THE LIST, SO I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT IT, UH, WITH, UH, GO AHEAD WORK.
OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, THE CITY ITSELF HAS RENEWED THAT RELATIONSHIP.
UM, I KNOW MR. GOODLAND IS ACTUALLY ON THEIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOW.
UM, AND SO EVEN IF IT'S NOT IN THE EDCS BUDGET, THE, THE CITY OF FULL SURE.
AND WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES EVERYONE HERE, UM, IS REPRESENTED AND, AND HAS LITERALLY A SEAT AT THAT TABLE THROUGH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT BACK.
I GUESS ON THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING, I WAS ALSO, I'M REALLY GLAD YOU INCLUDED THE, THOSE COUPLE OF CONFERENCES.
UH, THE ICSC AND, UH, A COUPLE OF ONE IN VEGAS AND ONE HERE IN TEXAS.
I THINK IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR RETAIL STRATEGIES, UH, WORK AND RETAIL RECRUITMENT, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, UH,
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NOT JUST A CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, HELPING US.SO I, I REALLY WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT.
UM, IN TERMS OF CONTINUING TO, UM, FUND HARRIS STREET, UH, YOU KNOW, OVERAGES, UM, EXPECTED, DO WE, DO WE HAVE A NUMBER THERE AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT AS A ZERO RIGHT NOW, SO IF THERE IS ANY OVERAGE, ARE WE GOING TO BE UNBUDGETED FOR THAT OVERAGE GOING FORWARD ON HARRIS STREET IN PARTICULAR? UM, I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
AS PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION, WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE CIP UPDATE, AND I DO HAVE, UM, OUR PROJECT MANAGER HERE, SO WE CAN DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY ANYTHING PLANNED.
IF THERE WERE, OF COURSE WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK, BUT I'LL LET, UH, MR. RILEY SPEAK TO THAT, UH, MORE INTELLIGENTLY AS WE GET THERE.
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER ONE IS WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF, WE, WE, I MEAN, THERE IS AN INCREASE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS IN 20, UH, WELL, ACTUALLY 2025 AND 2026 ARE THE SAME.
WE'VE GOT A PRETTY BIG YEAR IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY EVENTS IN 2026, UM, YOU KNOW, 250 YEARS.
UH, YOU KNOW, AMERICA, I EXPECT THERE TO BE A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR OUR 4TH OF JULY.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER AND BETTER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BETTER.
SO ARE WE, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THERE? 'CAUSE I, I KIND OF SEE OURSELVES COMPETING ALMOST FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND, AND THERE'LL BE A LOT OF COMPETITION AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY NEXT YEAR.
SO I'LL SAY FROM AT LEAST STAFF CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT, UM, INTERNALLY A FULL CITY OF RE 4TH OF JULY EVENT PLAN.
UM, THE CHAMBER TRADITIONALLY HAS DONE IT, AND THERE MAY BE A PARTNERSHIP THERE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, THIS YEAR WILL BE OUR FIRST YEAR THROWING CHER'S FOLLY, UM, WHICH WILL HAPPEN OCTOBER 11TH.
THAT WILL BE WHAT WE HOPE GOING FORWARD.
AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE IMPETUS TOWARDS THAT.
THE ONLY OTHER MAJOR EVENT, AND IT'S NOT NEARLY TO THAT SCALE, WOULD BE CHRISTMAS, AND THEN ALL OF THE CHRISTMAS, LIKE MICRO EVENTS KIND OF SURROUNDING THAT MM-HMM
SO WE ARE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THE $50,000 FROM EACH CORPORATION, UM, GOING TOWARDS THAT.
UM, IF WE DO FEEL THE NEED THAT WE, THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE IS SOME EXTRAVAGANT 4TH OF JULY PLANNED AND, AND WE FEEL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A, A BIGGER ROLE IN THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND DISCUSS, UM, THAT COMES OUT OF OUR PROMOTION LINE.
UM, SO WE, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT, PUT IT BACK TO COUNSEL AND, UM, I'M SURE THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO HEARING THAT ARGUMENT.
I THINK JUST, JUST ALERTING COUNSEL TO THAT.
I MEAN, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONAL SPECIFICALLY SAYS MINUS COMMUNITY EVENTS LINE.
SO I MEAN, I KNOW WE CAN PROBABLY USE SOME OF THAT, BUT, UM, YEAH.
I, I THINK IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO START TELLING 'EM, HEY, LET'S MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER.
AND SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP, LET'S DO IT.
THE, AND I STAND TO BE CORRECTED, BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER HAD THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT OUT AT THE DAILY PARK THIS YEAR, BUT THAT MAY BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT MAY LOBBY IT, LOBBY IT BACK OVER TO THE HIGH SCHOOL MM-HMM
SO IT MIGHT BE IN SHORE NEXT YEAR.
BUT IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE CURTAILED THAT AMOUNT OF DONATION TOWARDS THE 4TH OF JULY, THAT WAS BECAUSE STAFF WERE WANTING TO TAKE IT IN HOUSE.
DOESN'T SAY WE CAN'T DON STILL DONATE AND DO A PARTNERED EVENT WITH THE CHAMBER.
AND I, I THINK FROM, FROM THAT TIME, IT WAS KIND OF A RESTRUCTURING OF THAT RELATIONSHIP RATHER THAN JUST AN ENDING OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER.
UM, WE, 'CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD RIGHT.
UM, AND I, I THINK THERE IS A DESIRE TO HAVE THAT, THAT SHARED, UM, ORGANIZATION ACROSS THE TWO.
IT MIGHT JUST LOOK DIFFERENT THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST.
UM, SO FOR, FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, FUL FOLLY IS OUR PREMIER EVENT, AND THEN WE'LL, UM, SEE WHERE WE CAN PARTNER WITH OUR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ON, ON THEIR, UM, EVENTS.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN OFF THE BOARD A COUPLE YEARS, UH, BUT, UH, BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS WE USED TO TALK ABOUT, UH, METRICS AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT AND HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? UM, AS I LOOK AT EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, HAVE YOU GUYS GIVEN MORE THOUGHT AROUND, UH, METRICS THAT SHOWS HERE'S HOW THE MONEY'S SPENT, HERE'S WHY WE KNOW IT'S WELL SPENT, HERE'S A GOOD INVESTMENT, HERE'S WHAT THE ROI OR
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WHATEVER THAT WE GOT FROM, FROM THESE INVESTMENTS.HAVE WE MADE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE EVENTS AREA? UH, I CAN SAY, UM, NO, NOT, NOT REALLY FOR, FOR EVENTS THEMSELVES.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, HAVING SOME, SOME SORT OF TRACKING ON THAT.
BUT, BUT NO, YEAH, I MEAN, THINGS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, TRACKING YEAR TO YEAR, HOW MANY FOLKS SHOW UP AT AN EVENT LIKE GIVEN EVENT.
SO LIKE 4TH OF JULY WE, WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, BALLPARK, HERE'S HOW MANY SHOWED UP IN 20 22, 20 23, ARE WE TRENDING? DO WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE? ARE WE SEEING A DECREASE? DO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EACH OF THESE EVENTS DIFFERENTLY? THAT'S THE KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, SO THEN THAT WAY WE'RE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, JUMPING IN IF WE NEED TO, AS OPPOSED TO WE JUST SPEND THE MONEY, SPEND THE MONEY AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
AND I, I THINK PART OF THE, THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING IN, IN NOT HAVING THAT DATA IS NOT ONLY THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAD WITH THE CHAMBER, BUT ALSO THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE THROWN THE PAST THREE YEARS HAVE DIFFERED SO DRASTICALLY FROM ONE ANOTHER.
SO WE, WE WENT FROM THE, THE PRIMARY EVENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER BEING FREEDOM FEST.
TO THE NEXT YEAR WAS BICENTENNIAL.
THAT'S A, A VASTLY DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LOOK.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY REMAINED OR HELD TRUE IS OUR, OUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTING, WHICH HAS INCREASED IN POPULARITY AND SIZE YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY, PRETTY LOW INVESTMENT STAKE FOR US, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY EVENTS SIDE.
UM, IT'S NOT A LOT OF DOLLARS SPEND, BUT IT, IT SEEMS TO BE VERY POPULAR WITH, UM, THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, IS IS REALLY KIND OF THE REASON WHY THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN FOCUSES FOR EVENTS.
WE, WE SEE THAT THOSE COULD REALLY SET US APART FROM THE REST OF THE CITIES.
AND I WOULD SPECULATE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBABLY USUALLY ESTIMATES SOME CROWD AND WE COULD PROBABLY GET THAT DATA, UH, AND LOOK AT THAT.
AFTER EVERY, EVERY EVENT WE HAVE KIND OF A DEBRIEF WITH, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, ALL, ALL HANDS ON DECK THAT WERE THERE FOR THE EVENT AND, AND KIND OF GET A RUNDOWN OF WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE THINK WE GOT THERE, UM, HOW DO WE SHAPE IT FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
SO YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION.
BUT ALSO, UM, ANOTHER PARTNER, YOU, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO PARTNERS TOO, BUT A THIRD PARTNER IS THE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET TOO, TO ABSOLUTELY.
'CAUSE THEY PUT ON EVENTS TOO, AND LIKE ABSOLUTELY.
THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT PARKING WAS HERE MM-HMM
SO, UM, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT TOO, BECAUSE IF, UH, AND I KNOW THEY'VE CHANGED IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION HAS CHANGED, UM, BUT THAT'S SOMEBODY TO KEEP IN THE MIX TOO.
AND I'LL SAY IN, IN THE PAST, THERE WASN'T A VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH CROSS CREEK ON THE EVENTS FRONT.
UM, BUT THIS PAST YEAR WE DID PARTNER WITH THEM, UM, ON THEIR, UM, UH, THEIR HOME BUSINESS YEAH.
UM, WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM FOR THEIR, THEIR CHRISTMAS EVENT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT OVERLAPPING.
AND, AND, AND KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OVEREXTENDING THE, THE COMMUNITY FOR STEALING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM EACH EVENT.
SO WE, WE DEFINITELY VIEW THAT AS A, A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON.
AND ESPECIALLY WITH, UM, RETURN OF FOLLIES AND THEN THE CONTINUATION OF, OF CHRISTMAS.
UH, WE THINK THAT, AND JUST LOGISTIC A GREAT AND LOGISTICALLY YEAH, JUST LOGISTICALLY TOO.
PARKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT GREAT HERE.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OR A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR THAT AROUND.
I GOT A QUESTION ON THE, UH, FULL SHARE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB.
IS THERE SOME SCIENCE BEHIND THE 25,000? SO WE, WE DID DO ESTIMATES ON WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO BRING PEOPLE IN, UM, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR MARKETING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE VERY SPECIFIC KIND OF ACCELERATOR EVENTS THAT WE HAD HELD.
UM, IT'S, SO THIS IS NOT BRINGING INTO PERSON THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS TARGETED, THIS IS ALL INTERNAL ANNEL, MYSELF, CITY STAFF, AND THEN TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF PROGRAMMING, UM, USING, OKAY.
SO THIS 25,000 FROM B AND I'M ASSUMING ABOARD RIGHT.
SO IT'S 50,000 OF ALMOST SHIP, YOU KNOW, EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE HUB CORRECT.
ARE NOT WAGES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S NOT A LOT BASED ON WHAT WE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND, AND I'LL SAY THIS, UH, THIS WAS ALSO DISCUSSED DURING ABOARD, UM, WHETHER IT'S A SHAME, IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE WE'VE INVESTED SO MUCH MONEY IN THAT PROGRAM AND YOU'RE GETTING NOTHING FOR IT NOW.
YOU'RE EFFECTIVELY KILLING IT.
UM, THAT, THAT SENTIMENT WAS BROUGHT UP BY ABOARD.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY IF THEY, THEY ASKED IF WE FELT THAT WE SHOULD INCREASE THAT LINE
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ITEM, UM, THAT CAME AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL.THAT'S WHY IT'S, UM, IN HERE AT THIS AMOUNT.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED THAT IF WE SEE THAT WHATEVER PROGRAMMING THAT WE DEVELOP IN THE NEXT YEAR IS DOING SO WELL AND IS BECOMING SO SUCCESSFUL THAT WE'RE BURNING THROUGH THOSE LINE ITEMS, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD BAT AN EYE AT US COMING BACK AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING GREAT SUCCESS FROM THIS AT THE LEVEL THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE NEED TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WE NEED TO PUT MORE FUNDING TOWARDS THIS PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY REASONABLE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR CITY COUNCIL, BUT THE $25,000 PER BOARD IS AT THEIR DIRECTION.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN, SO I JUST WANNA INTERJECT THOUGH.
JUST TO BE VERY CLEAR, 'CAUSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS, THAT THE CITY CAN'T DICTATE HOW THE CORPORATION SPENDS ITS MONEY.
THEY, THEY'RE WELCOME TO DISAPPROVE THE BUDGET WHEN WE SEND IT, BUT THEY DON'T GET TO DICTATE HOW THE BOARD ALLOCATES ITS MONEY.
AND ALSO JUST FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE 25,000 FROM EACH BOARD DID NOT COME FROM CITY COUNCIL.
THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM MS. GUADALUPE AND MR. FARR TO COME UP WITH AN ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THIS OPTION FOUR.
AND, AND, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSPEAKING ON THAT.
THIS, THIS REPRESENTS THE OPTION FOUR THAT WAS REQUESTED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR EACH BOARD WAS THE ESTIMATE THAT WE PROVIDED CITY COUNCIL UNDER THAT OPTION FOUR.
SO THE DOLLAR FIGURE WAS NOT DIRECTED BY CITY COUNCIL, BUT THEIR PREFERENCE FOR OPTION FOUR WAS.
SO JUST, UH, TO CLARIFY, UH, PARTIALLY FOR ME TOO, BUT, UM, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THE FAST TRACK, THE CONTRACT DOESN'T END UNTIL DECEMBER.
SO NONE OF THIS REALLY TAKES PLACE UNTIL 2026.
UM, SO HOW IS THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF WHAT SHORE FAST TRACK IS THE HOMEGROWN BUSINESSES, THE SMALL BI, ALL OF THAT, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE INVOLVED? UM, OR HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT YET, UM, IN DETERMINING WHERE THAT MONEY IS REALLY SPENT AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE GAINING FROM IT? YEAH, SO AS FAR AS THE PROGRAMMING, THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT'S THE PROGRAMMING, SORRY, THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR.
THE PROGRAMMING IS STILL VERY MUCH, UM, IN THE, IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR NEXT YEAR.
I'LL SAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CONTRACT, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE, THE SMALLER SCALE EVENTS.
SO NOT THE HOME BUSINESS ACCELERATOR IN AN EFFORT TO KIND OF MEASURE OR TEMPER EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT THE PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.
UM, WE'LL STILL HAVE OUR, UM, CHRISTMAS AND JULY EVENT ON THURSDAY.
WE'LL STILL HAVE OUR WEEKEND, UM, BUSINESS BOOTCAMP THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FUNDED AND, AND PAID FOR.
AND WE SEE A REAL BENEFIT FOR THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
BUT AS FAR AS THE LARGER SCALE EVENTS, THOSE WON'T HAPPEN THROUGH THE END OF THE CONTRACT.
WE WILL SCALE THEM DOWN AND, AND KIND OF MATCH WHAT WE ENVISIONED AS POSSIBLE FOR CITY STAFF TO CARRY ON GOING FORWARD.
BUT, AND I GUESS THE GIST OF WHAT I WAS SAYING THOUGH IS THAT THEIR INPUT RIGHT.
SINCE THERE'S A BENEFICIARIES AND IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL UNLESS THEY ARE SEEING THE BENEFIT FOR THEIR BUSINESSES.
AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT ARE OUR HIGHEST ATTENDED EVENTS AND EXCUSE ME, UM, WHAT STYLE EVENT, UM, HAVE WE GOTTEN THE BEST FEEDBACK FROM AND KIND OF TEMPER THAT GOING FORWARD TO, TO MATCH THOSE? WE, WE DO STILL HAVE OUR ADVISORY BOARD, UM, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET INPUT FROM THEM AS WELL, UM, AND SEE HOW THEY WOULD SUGGEST WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S STILL VERY MUCH IN FLUX RIGHT NOW, A WORK IN PROGRESS SURE.
UM, BUT, UM, THE BRIGHT SIDE IS WE DO STILL HAVE CONNECTION WITH THE CANNON, BUT CONTRACTUALLY THROUGH DECEMBER, BUT WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CANNON, AND WE'VE SPOKEN WITH MATT AND WE'VE SPOKEN WITH JOHN, AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET THEIR INPUT AND, AND FEEDBACK ON THINGS GOING FORWARD.
I, IS THERE A GOOD, UM, D UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, THE PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ALSO, DO YOU HAVE LIKE A, UM, A WAY ENOUGH CONTACT INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD DO A SURVEY OF PERHAPS WHAT DO YOU NEED OF EVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE, MIGHT NOT BE INVOLVED? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE, UM, AFTER THE HOME BUSINESS ACCELERATOR LAST YEAR, ACTUALLY, WE SENT A, A SURVEY OUT TO ALL OF OUR CONTACTS.
SO WE HAVE CONTACTS FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM.
SO THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD, UM, PLACE TO GET SOME REALLY SOLID INPUT.
I THINK ON THIS ITEM THERE WAS JUST, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OUR ROLES ON THE BOARD RELATIVE TO BEING APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL AND
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THE MAYOR, UH, TRYING TO LISTEN TO THEM ALSO OFFER, YOU KNOW, IDEAS TO MOVE ECONOMICS FORWARD.UM, AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN, I GUESS WHETHER THIS OPTION FOUR WILL BEAR ANY FRUITS AS WELL.
UH, BUT I THINK, UH, HAYDEN AND ANELLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A GOOD IDEA OF SOME I IDEAS TO PUT FORWARD AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MEASURE THOSE AND SEE HOW THEY, HOW THEY TURN OUT.
IS IT, UH, POSSIBLE SINCE, UM, PUSH FAST TRACK'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 24 OR SO MONTHS? IS THERE, UH, A BRIEF THAT LOOKS AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE THEIR PERFORMANCE METRICS BEEN FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS? JUST SO YOU KNOW, NO NEED TO GO BACK FOR THE FULL TWO YEARS, BUT AT LEAST JUST FOR THE 12 MONTHS.
SO THEN THAT WAY AS WE LOOK AT TRANSITIONING FROM RE FAST TRACK TO THIS IN-HOUSE APPROACH, IF THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE'RE AS A BOARD MOST INTERESTED IN, IN ADVANCING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK JUST TO, I THINK SEE ARE WE MAKE, WHETHER WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS, I THINK SOME OF THE DISCUSSION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CONTRACT THAT HAD, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DELIVERABLES, RIGHT? AND SO WE WERE KIND OF CHARTING THOSE METRICS, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A RETAIL STRATEGIES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAD JUST SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS, AND SO WE CAN, WE PROBABLY HAVE THAT, YES.
DID YOU HOLD X NUMBER OF MEETINGS? DID YOU CONTACT SO MANY PEOPLE? DID YOU SET UP THIS WEBSITE? YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAN CHECK THOSE OFF AND WE HAVE THOSE METRICS, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? I THINK IT'S EVEN, AND NOW THIS IS A BUDGET ITEM, SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR INTO, IF WE NEED TO HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO REALLY DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PROGRAM, UH, WHERE WERE WE AT, WHAT WERE THE POSITIVES, WHAT WERE THE METRICS? WE CAN PROBABLY DO THAT, BUT I THINK THIS, I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE BUDGET FOR TONIGHT.
THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE SEEING FRUIT FOR THE LABOR FOR THE MOST PART IN IT.
AND THAT CHALLENGE WAS MADE BY CITY COUNCIL.
WE STOOD UP IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL, EXPLAINED ALL OF THIS TO YOUR END, AND THERE WAS EVEN PROOF THAT YES, WE WERE ON THE UP AND UP, AND THEN IT WAS JUST STOPPED.
SO WE'VE TRIED AND YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP
TOMMY, I DO LIKE YOUR IDEA ABOUT A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM ON KIND OF EVERYTHING ABOUT THE FULL, FULL SURE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, 18 MONTHS, BUT ALSO GET IDEAS FROM BOTH OF Y'ALL OR ALL OF Y'ALL AS WELL AS MATT AND, AND CITY STAFF ON WHAT WE KIND OF VIEW THE FUTURE AS, UM, AND GET YOUR INPUT ON THAT.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
YEAH, WE HAVE A BUDGETED AMOUNT NOW WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THAT SORT OF ABSOLUTELY.
SO, AND I THINK HAYDEN WAS VERY ACCURATE.
IF WE ARE PRODUCING AND THINGS ARE HAPPENING, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A RELUCTANCE TO DO THINGS AND GET THINGS DONE.
SO I, I THINK MORE WOULD BE FUNDED.
UM, THAT'S MY IMPRESSION FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, THE ELECTED LEADERS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE A SAI? I JUST, I THINK, I DO THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST ITEMS IS THAT, IS THAT POTENTIAL OVERAGE THAT COULD AFFECT THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, I REALLY THINK THE OVERAGE FOR, FOR HARRIS.
I THINK BUDGETING ZERO FOR IT.
BUDGETING NO OVERAGE, WHERE WE KIND OF KNOW IT'S HEADING THAT WAY.
UH, I FEEL LIKE MIGHT NEED TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS.
WE CAN GET AN UPDATE, BUT I THINK THE LAST I REMEMBER HEARING, AND IT EVERYTHING'S SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE, A BOARD WAS GOING TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FUNDING THE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE SEWER LINE UPGRADES.
AND THAT WAS THE ONLY ADDITIONAL REQUEST OR ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
BUT ALL PERFECT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY.
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BY AND BETWEEN THE SRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF SRE.UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE, THE COPY OF THIS YEAR'S A SA IS UNDER THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM.
UM, THE ONLY CHANGE, UM, IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, YOU'LL SEE ON PAGE 27, UM, IT'S THE SECOND PARAGRAPH THAT OUTLINES THE SHARED SERVICES FEE, UM, WHICH BASICALLY SPELLS OUT THE POSITIONS THAT ARE UNDER THE FY 26 PERSONNEL COSTS.
UM, THE STRUCTURE OF THE AGREEMENT IS, IS THE SAME THAT IT'S BEEN FOR THE PAST, UH, THREE YEARS OR SO.
UM, MINUS THOSE CHANGES, WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE, UH, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION, BUT THE POSITION IS VACANT, SO THEREFORE THERE'S NO WORK BEING DONE.
WHAT HAPPENS? DO WE STILL PAY FOR THAT AND OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? UH, NO.
SO IF THERE'S A VACANCY IN THERE, UM, IT'S BASED OFF OF USE.
UM, SO FOR THE VACANT POSITIONS, JUST NOTHING GETS TAKEN OUT.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE SHARED SERVICES LINE, IT'S, WE'VE NEVER ACTUALLY HIT THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED.
UM, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY LEAVING OR SOMEBODY COMING IN OR, UM, AND ALL THAT.
SO, SO IT'S BASED OFF OF USAGE.
THAT'S WHY OUR NUMBER WE APPROVE EVERY MONTH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE APPROVE THE FY 26 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FULL SHARE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF FULL SHARE.
I WAS LISTED, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND MOTIONS HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 26 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FULL SHARE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF SHORE.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT.
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E IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26 SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUDGETS FOR, UH, ACCOUNT SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN OH ONE.IF WE WERE ALL JUST GOING BACK IN OUR AGENDA TO LOOK AT IT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET AS PRESENTED.
UM, HAYDEN, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, WORKING ON THE BUDGET AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
I KNOW ANELLE WAS INVOLVED IN THAT.
SHE'S, UH, A LITTLE OCCUPIED AT THE MOMENT.
SHE'S A SLACKER,
THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS AND TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND GET ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, UH, FOR OUR MEETINGS AND HAVE THE A BOARD SPLIT THEIR STUFF AND B BOARD SPLIT THEIR STUFF.
SO I KNOW IT CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING, BUT APPRECIATE ALL THOSE EFFORTS.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WAS THERE JUST THE ONE NAY? THANK YOU.
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NUMBER THREE F IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE FDC RESOLUTION 2025 DASH O FIVE, A RESOLUTION OF THE STER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DECLARING PROJECTS OF THE CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, DIRECTING STAFF TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE SAME AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING.AND THIS, I THINK JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO POINT OUT THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR IS THE KATY FULCHER LIFT STATION EXPANSION WITH A, UM, BUDGET OR FUNDING OF UP TO $600,000.
OUR TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, THE CITY WAS INVOLVED WITH, UH, FUNDING AND BUILDING OF THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY.
UH, I THINK THE COUNTY HELPED FINANCE THAT, SO WE'RE JUST PAYING THAT BACK TO THE COUNTY.
UH, OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS AT $50,000 AND THEN OUR FULL SURE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB AT $25,000.
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AND HAYDEN DID I, UH, WERE YOU, YOU GOT IT.UM, AND THAT, AND THE TOTAL FOR THE PROJECTS THIS YEAR IS $766,667, UH, FOR OUR DECLARED PROJECTS.
AND THAT'S FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
CORRECT? WE DO HAVE PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THAT WERE CONTINUING TO, UH, ADVANCE AND, UH, FUND AS WELL.
SO THIS HEARING WOULD BE AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING? THAT IS CORRECT.
MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FTC RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO FIVE RESOLUTION OF THE FELLOW DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DECLARING PROJECTS OF THE CORPORATION FOR FY 26 DIRECT AND STAFF TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE SAME AND SETTING OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PROJECTS LISTED.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH FIVE.
I HEARD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, POSTING, MEETING NOTICES AND SOME CHANGES TO THAT.
LIKE IT USED TO BE JUST 72 HOURS.
NOW IT HAS TO THAT BE THREE BUSINESS DAYS, THREE BUSINESS DAYS.
WHEN DOES THAT TAKE EFFECT? UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST.
THIS ONE SAYS 72 HOURS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT IT'S IN AUGUST, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD THERE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
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ITEM FOUR IS RECURRING ITEMS. WE HAVE FOUR A.OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT, HAYDEN.
UM, FIRST THING, WE DID RECEIVE MERIT RECOGNITION BY TDC FOR OUR, FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RE FAST TRACK PROGRAM.
WE DID APPLY FOR IT, AND THE EMAIL WE GOT WAS, YOU DID NOT WIN.
SO WE FIGURED THAT WAS IT, BUT WE CAME IN SECOND PLACE, SO WE GOT A PLAQUE.
YOU SURE ABOUT THE CITY? IT, IT RESIDES IN MY OFFICE.
UM, MATT WAS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT, SO HE TOOK A PICTURE ON HIS PHONE.
UM, UH, NUM GOING DOWN TO NUMBER TWO, UH, RETAIL STRATEGIES.
UM, I WANNA SAY TWO WEEKS AGO NOW, UM, I HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, OUR RETAIL STRATEGIES CONSULTANTS, UM, DISCUSSING OUR RETAIL RECRUITMENT PLAN.
UM, I'LL SEND THAT OUT AFTER THIS MEETING.
UM, IT'S JUST A POWERPOINT KIND OF GOING OVER HOW THEY WILL STRUCTURE RECRUITMENT FOR THE CITY, WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP WILL LOOK LIKE WITH STAFF, UM, SOME OF OUR, UM, OUR MARKET BLEED, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR TRADE AREA.
UH, AND JUST REALLY GIVE LIKE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF, OF SHORE FROM A RETAIL PERSPECTIVE.
UM, WE'LL HAVE A VERY DETAILED TARGET LIST THAT WILL COME AFTER THAT, BUT, UM, FOR NOW, I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF YOU.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I KNOW IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN, UM, QUESTIONS, UM, FOR OUR CONSULTANTS, HEY, WHO ARE WE TALKING WITH? UM, OFTENTIMES WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SHARE THOSE IN, UH, OPEN MEETINGS.
UM, AND, AND IN AN EFFORT TO KIND OF QUE THOSE, UH, THOSE QUESTIONS, UM, THEY DID ASK IF THEY COULD PROVIDE, UM, UM, I'M LOSING THE WORD BLACKED OUT.
REDACTED, REDACTED, REDACTED COPIES OF THEIR CONVERSATIONS, UH, ARE WITH THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, MORE FREELY TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO YOU GUYS IN AN OPEN SESSION.
ALWAYS WE CAN DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, THOSE CONFIDENTIAL, UH, CONVERSATIONS.
BUT, UM, JUST TRYING TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH, WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS GOING FORWARD.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'RE IN A GREAT SPOT FOR RETAIL RECRUITMENT.
UM, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT OUR TRADE AREA IS LOSING TO OUTSIDE, UH, SPEND IS KIND OF SHOCKING.
UM, AND YOU GUYS WILL SEE THAT IN, UH, IN THE POWERPOINT I PROVIDE.
UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE IN A GREAT SPOT FOR, UM, GETTING THE TYPES, TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE TYPES OF RETAIL THAT WE WANT IN SHORE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT RELATIONSHIP'S REALLY GONNA, UM, KIND OF BLOSSOM OVER THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND THEIR CONTRACT ARE, WERE WE GONNA HAVE THEM COME TO OUR MEETING? YES.
A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR OR SOMETHING, OR WE, WE WILL.
SO THERE'S ONE BUILT IN WITH THEIR CONTRACT.
WE'RE TRYING TO, BECAUSE IT'S ONE MEETING THAT'S BUILT IN, WE CAN EITHER PAY TO HAVE THEM COME BACK DOWN, UH, FOR A
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SEPARATE MEETING OR WE CAN DO A JOINT MEETING WITH A BOARD AND, AND KIND OF KNOCK IT ALL OUT AT ONCE.SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THEIR FULL RECRUITMENT LIST BEFORE WE SET THAT MEETING, UM, AND, AND KIND OF GO THROUGH ALL THAT.
UM, AND IF ANYTHING, THERE WILL BE A MEETING WITH THEM HERE, WHETHER IT'S WITH A BOARD OR SEPARATE.
UM, WE, WE'LL KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT.
SO JUST ON THAT, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT, WITHOUT GOING TOO MUCH INTO IT CURRENTLY JUST NOW I WANNA SAY THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF FARE THAT DEVELOPERS ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING.
I WANNA SAY THERE'S AT LEAST FOUR OVER 3 59.
WE'VE GOT THE ONE THAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT ON 10 93, THE, I GUESS, CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN RETAIL STRATEGIES AND POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS.
SO, UM, THIS PAST WEEK ACTUALLY, I UPLOADED, UM, THERE'S A, UM, SITE THAT'S SHARED FROM CITY STAFF AND RETAIL STRATEGIES, UH, CONSULTANTS, UM, ANY SITE PLAN THAT I'VE BEEN AUTHORIZED TO SHARE WITH THEM HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THEM.
ANY AVAILABLE LAND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TARGET WITH THEM HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THEM.
SO GOING FORWARD, WHICH WAY? I MEAN, ARE THEY GOING TOWARDS THE DEVELOPER OR VICE, VICE VERSA? IT WILL GO, IT WILL GO BOTH WAYS.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE WILL INTRODUCE RETAIL STRATEGIES TO THE DEVELOPER OR TO WHOEVER'S RECRUITING FOR THEIR, UM, UH, TENANTS.
UM, RETAIL STRATEGIES WILL CONSULT BACK WITH US, SAY, THIS IS THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WANT TO MOVE HERE, CAN MOVE HERE.
AND SO IT, IT'S, IT CAN GO BOTH WAYS.
UM, SO THAT THERE IS A, THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE INVESTED IN RETAIL STRATEGIES, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A LOT OF USE OF THEM HELPING FILL UP THE SLOTS.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE, THE IDEA BEHIND THAT.
AND, UM, E EVEN FOR PROJECTS THAT AREN'T NEARLY AS FAR ALONG AS THE ONES THAT YOU SEE POPPING UP ON 10 93 AND 3 59, WE'RE HAVING EARLY CONVERSATIONS LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT WING TO US THAT WE CAN, UM, KIND OF TAP AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING COMING DOWN THE LINE.
MAYBE NOT FOR 3, 4, 5 YEARS, BUT GET THOSE CONVERSATIONS STARTED.
UM, AND SO THE EARLIER IT CAN HAPPEN, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WE'LL BE ON THE BACK END.
AND THEN GOING DOWN TO THE MURAL UPDATE.
UM, SO BAD NEWS ABOUT THE MURAL, UM, THE ORIGINAL LOCATION THAT WE HAD AT THE END OF HARRIS STREET, UM, HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS A NO-GO DUE TO THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
UM, THE LAYOUT OF THE, THAT SITE TO PAINT THE WALL REQUIRED A ELECTRIC LIFT, AND THE ELECTRIC LIFT IS TOO CLOSE TO THE POWER LINES.
THE LIFT COMPANY, THE POWER COMPANY, NOBODY WANTED IT TO BE THERE.
UM, WE DID EXPLORE BOTH MOVING THE LINE, BURYING THE LINE, DOING SOMETHING, AND IT WAS ASTRONOMICALLY EXPENSIVE AND THERE WASN'T A HUGE DESIRE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER TO HAVE US DO EITHER ONE OF THOSE.
UM, SO WE'RE NOW EXPLORING DIFFERENT SITES.
LUCKILY THE, THE MORE DIFFICULT WORK ON THE BACKEND HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
THERE'S ALREADY, UM, AGREEMENTS PUT IN PLACE.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO TAILOR 'EM TO THE SITE.
UM, AND IT'S KIND OF A, A PAIN.
BUT, UH, WE WILL HAVE A MURAL DOWNTOWN, EVENTUALLY
UM, THE EDC PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST, WE DID ANNOUNCE OUR WINNERS AT CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK.
UM, IF YOU LOOK IN THE LOBBY, YOU'LL SEE A LARGE PICTURE OF A SQUIRREL.
UM, THAT WAS, THAT WAS OUR WINNER THIS YEAR.
UM, THEY WILL BE THE COVER OF THE BUDGET BOOK.
THEY WILL BE, YOU WILL SEE ON EVERYBODY'S SCREEN SAVERS, UM, FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
I THINK IT'S ALREADY FLOATING AROUND.
UM, SO MR. UMAR MUTAR CAME IN THIRD PLACE LAST YEAR AND, AND WON IT THIS YEAR.
AND YOU GUYS GET TO ENJOY THE SQUIRREL FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
I DO THINK THAT PROGRAM DOES CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, HA HAVING, YOU KNOW, JUDGED THE PHOTOGRAPHY, IT'S LIKE THERE'S SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF PHOTOGRAPHY TALENT THAT THE CITY HAS HERE.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY LOW STAKES, LOW COST EVENT, BUT IT, IT GARNERS A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
EVERYBODY'S HAPPY TO SEE THE PICTURES AND, AND FRANKLY IT GIVES US GREAT MARKETING, UH, FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE PICTURES THAT WE CAN INFILL ON THE WEBSITE, SEND OUT TO PROSPECTS, KIND OF SHOWCASING THE CITY.
SO IT, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM NOT ONLY FOR, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALSO, UH, SELFISHLY ON THE BACKEND FOR, FOR OUR MARKETING PURPOSES AS WELL.
AND THEN I'LL TAKE THE LAST ONE.
UM, AND JUST WANNA START THAT AGAIN.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK ON OUR CIP UPDATE REPORTS AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
AND THEN MR. O'BRIEN WAS ALSO KIND ENOUGH
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TO GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL INSIGHT.SO THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY REFLECTED IN TODAY'S REPORT.
UM, BUT I WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGER, MR. RILEY, ON HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, THE SCHEDULE TIMELINE, WHICH I KNOW IS OF A LOT OF IMPORTANCE TO THIS BOARD AND TO THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
UM, JUST A FEW THINGS THOUGH, SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
SO THE CONTRACTOR HAS INSTALLED AND BACKFILLED A SIX INCH CONDUIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF HARRIS.
ALSO CURRENTLY WORKING ON A FOUR INCH CONDUIT ON THE WEST SIDE OF HARRIS.
SO THOSE ARE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND ALSO ELECTRICAL DOWNTOWN.
UH, I THINK WE HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT THERE WAS A, A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY IN THAT THERE WAS AN OLD PROPANE TANK THAT WAS DISCOVERED AND NO ONE WANTED TO TOUCH IT.
NONE OF THE COMPANIES WANTED TO TOUCH IT.
WE DIDN'T REALLY WANNA TOUCH IT EITHER.
BUT ULTIMATELY, UH, CITY STAFF WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY REMOVE THAT.
UH, AND THEN WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE SINCE THIS WAS ACTUALLY PUT IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, THE ROAD SUBGRADE COMPACTION WAS COMPLETED WITH A LYME APPLICATION IN THERE.
UM, OR EXCUSE ME, IT'S ALSO NEARING COMPLETION.
AND THEN THE CONTRACTOR IS ANTICIPATING GETTING THOSE FORMS AND THE REBARB IN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE WORK ON THE ROAD PORTION MOVING FORWARD IN THERE ON THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PORTION.
ALSO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS AND MOVEMENT ON THIS.
UM, SINCE WE PUT THIS UPDATE IN THE PACKET, UH, WE DO HAVE GOOD NEWS THAT THE REVISED CONSTRUCTION PLANS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED, UH, BY TXDOT.
AND SO WE HAVE RECEIVED OUR CONNECTION PERMIT FROM THEM.
SO OUR NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE TO ADDRESS SOME UTI UH, UTILITIES THAT ARE IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY, UM, AND SUBMITTING FOR THE APPROVED PLANS.
UH, AND RIGHT NOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM IS WORKING ON THE BID DOCUMENTS FOR US TO GO OUT.
SO AGAIN, GETTING SOME, SOME GOOD MOVEMENT FROM WHAT WAS KIND OF JUST STUCK IN A PERMIT BLACK HOLE FOR A WHILE.
BUT, UH, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WE HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH TDOT AND SOME OF THE FRUITS OF THAT WERE, UH, GETTING THAT PERMIT DONE.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OR OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE SCHEDULE, WE DO HAVE MR. RILEY HERE AND I'M HAPPY TO BRING HIM UP.
JUST GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I SPOKE TO YOU BEFORE.
UH, THIS PROJECT'S SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND SCHEDULE.
UM, CURRENTLY JUST RUNNING, WE'RE ONLY ABOUT 35% ON SCHEDULED PERFORMANCE CURRENTLY WITH THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED.
THE INFORMATION HERE, YOU'RE LISTING 24% BASED ON AMOUNT OF EXPENSE THROUGH THE APRIL 69% BASED ON DAYS.
IS THAT THROUGH THE END OF APRIL OR ARE YOU TAKING IT UP TO TODAY? SO THAT SHOULD BE, YES.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE THE MOST RECENT PAYOUT THAT WE PROCESSED.
MEANING I WANNA MAKE SURE THOUGH THAT THE INFORMATION YOU'RE PROVIDING, IF WE'RE SAYING IT'S 24% BASED ON AMOUNT EXPENSE THROUGH APRIL, YOUR 69% BASED ON DAYS SHOULD BE THROUGH THE SAME PERIOD OR ELSE YOU'LL SWAY THE NUMBERS.
UM, IS THERE ANY ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER OF THAT? YES, IF SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE IS THAT FUND'S COMING FROM? SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CONTRACTOR WAYS TO, UH, DO THINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE NEXT TWO PHASES OF THE PROJECT TO REALLY DECREASE THAT SCHEDULE.
'CAUSE IT IS, UM, CONSIDERABLY BEHIND SCHEDULE.
UH, WE'VE RUN INTO SOFTWARE UTILITY CONFLICTS AS WELL.
SO THOSE DEFINITELY THREW A WRENCH IN THINGS.
BUT, UH, WE ARE WORKING TO KIND OF SPEED THESE NEXT TWO PHASES UP.
'CAUSE BASED, I'M JUST READING THROUGH THE, THE INFORMATION YOU'VE GIVEN HERE.
I MEAN THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED COMPLETION THROUGH NOVEMBER OF 2025, BASED ON THAT PRO PROGRESS, YOU'D BE LUCKY TO GET IT DONE NOVEMBER OF 26.
YEAH, THAT, I MEAN IT'S STILL THE ANTICIPATION AS OF NOW, UH, NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
UM, UH, WE'RE, WE ARE LOOKING TO PAVE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SO WE'RE NEARING THE END OF PHASE ONE AND DEFINITELY LOOKING TO SPEED THINGS UP IN THE NEXT TWO.
UH, WE'VE TALKED WITH A CONTRACTOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS THEY CAN DO THAT.
UH, ONE BEING THE ELECTRICAL CONDUIT INSTALLATION.
CAN THEY JUST THINGS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE AT THE SAME TIME THAT DIDN'T IN PHASE ONE.
SO CONTRACTUALLY WISE, THE, THIS, THE WAY THIS CONTRACT'S WRITTEN, HOW PROTECTED ARE WE ON THAT RECOVERY? AND WHAT I'M SAYING BY THAT IS IF THEY COME BACK WHERE WE'RE SIMPLY, I MEAN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS 3,750,000 APPROXIMATELY.
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ON ITEMS COMPLETED OR IS IT BASED ON TIME SPENT WITH THE CONTRACT? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE SAYING YES, THERE'S WAYS AND MEANS WE CAN DO THIS.IF THERE'S ANY KINDA, ARE WE OPEN FOR ANY KIND OF ACCELERATION CLAIM ON THE PROJECT? IS THERE MEANS TO COVER SOME OF THIS COST? ARE WE SAYING, ARE WE GOING BACK AND BASICALLY STANDING FIRM WITH THE, THE CONTRACTOR AND SAYING THAT THE COST IS THE 3,000,750 AND EXPECTING THEM TO SWALLOW SOME OF THE COST TO RECOVER? I MEAN, I WAS JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE IT ALL GOES BACK TO WHAT MARK SAID HERE.
WE'RE OPENING OURSELVES UP HERE FOR A BIG BILL.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DIDN'T SAY YES TO THE BUDGET.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, UM, I KNOW TIFFANY HAD DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T WANT PURSUE LDS, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY ON THE TABLE.
IF IT, I THINK IT'S THAT FAR BEHIND.
YOU NEED TO START BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AND SAYING, WELL WHAT IF I'M NOT TELLING YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB? I UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
YOU KNOW, THE SOONER YOU CAN GET UP AND THERE'S SOME FORM OF AGREEMENT, YOU'LL BE BETTER VISIBLE WITH REGARDS TO POTENTIAL DAMAGES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR.
OR ASK FOR, AND I CAN SHARE TOO, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS, SO I, WHILE WE CAN'T NECESSARILY JUST PROJECT OUT IN PUBLIC WHAT THOSE HAVE BEEN, UM, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION AND UNDERSTAND WHY IT MAY LOOK THAT WAY.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE JUST SAYING, OKAY, THE CONTRACTOR GIVES US A QUOTE AND WE JUST ROLL OVER AND SAY, YEAH, SURE, WE ARE GOING BACK AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
THERE HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, LIKE THESE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE SEEN HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN AN ACTUAL ISSUE IN THE FIELD.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE, UM, NEEDING TO INCREASE THE ACCELERATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT ISN'T WHERE WE'RE GETTING THOSE COSTS.
WE'RE COMING BACK IN BECAUSE THOSE WOULD BE ONES WE WOULD A HUNDRED PERCENT PUSH BACK AGAINST.
BUT THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHY I'M GOING AGAINST THE 3,750,000 AND NOT THE 4.2 MILLION AFTER THE CHANGE ORDERS HAVE BEEN APPLIED.
I FULLY APPRECIATE IF YOU USE THE CURRENT NUMBER, IT GETS EVEN WORSE.
YOU KNOW, SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME FORM OF AN AGREEMENT WAY FORWARD TO TRY AND RECOVER SOME OF THIS TIME.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I THINK WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, LOOKING AT THIS, IS WE'RE GONNA COME BACK WITH A, AN ASK FOR A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND FINISH THIS ACROSS, GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT AGAIN, I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS WITH ANYONE AND IF I'M TOTALLY OFF BASE, LET ME KNOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE RUN INTO DIFFERENT, UH, FIELD ISSUES OUT THERE AND I SUSPECT THAT IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THE PROJECTS I DEAL WITH, THE CONTRACTOR COULD SUBMIT THE HUMONGOUS, UH, CLAIM.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE NO, BEYOND ANYTHING YOU SEE ON HERE, THERE'S NO CLAIM IN HERE THAT I SEE.
SO I SUSPECT, AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMENT, BUT I SUSPECT THE CITY'S TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM ON BALANCING THE DIFFICULTIES AND FIELD ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED, ENCOUNTERED VERSUS, YOU KNOW, LOSING THE TIME AND SCHEDULE THAT YOU SEE PRESENTED AS A PERCENTAGE HERE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, AND I, I, IT IS A CONCERN, BUT, AND IT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A FEW, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN THE FIELD THAT WEREN'T ANTICIPATED.
AND IF A CONTRACTOR HAS TO DEMOBILIZE, SEND THEIR CREW SOMEWHERE ELSE COME BACK LATER, UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED AND IT'S A BIG CONVERSATION THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE JUST, WE'RE GETTING A REPORT TO TRY TO KEEP UPDATED ON THE PROJECT.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS, BUT I, I THINK YOU BRING UP SOME GREAT POINTS, SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TRY TO SEE WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN PUT TOGETHER AND HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO JUST SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL REPORTING STYLE.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE QUESTIONS I RAISE IS JUST RED FLAGS THAT I SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING AN ANSWERING FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.
IS THAT EVERYTHING, HAYDEN, ITEM FOUR B OR FUTURE
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AGENDA ITEMS? SO WE HAVESO FOR, FOR NEXT MONTH, UM, WE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
WE WILL LIKELY HAVE A DISCUSSION ON, UM, THE EDT STRATEGIC PLAN, UPDATE, REFRESH, SOMETHING.
WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH TIP TOMORROW, UM, TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY PROPOSE.
I I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT IT UP WAS NOT, UM, TO, TO EITHER BOARD'S LIKING.
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WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND REWORK THAT AND BRING THAT NEXT MONTH.UM, IN ADDITION, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON, UM, B******T FAST TRACK MOVING FORWARD OR, UH, THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, JUST FOLLOWING ON FROM THAT, THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB, I JUST, WITHIN THAT SAME CONVERSATION, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE AS THE BOARD CAN, CAN ADDRESS THAT.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IF I, IF IF YOU ARE TAKING IT IN-HOUSE WITH STAFF AND ASSISTANCE THERE CURRENTLY WITH WHAT MATT CURRENTLY HOLDS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOW, HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER, HOW, HOW WE HAVE THAT, UM, ADVISORY BOARD AND HOW THAT WORKS WITHIN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO BE PART AND PART AND PARCEL OF IT WITH MATT NOT BEING THERE WITH A, TAKING IT IN HOUSE, THAT FINE LINE BETWEEN NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE BOARD AND NOT CROSSING THE LINE WITH QUORUM AND SURE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN FOUR.
WE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE STAND WITH THAT ABSOLUTE WITH REGARDS IN ADVISORY BOARD.
ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? MM-HMM
UM, I'M LOOKING AT A MAP OF THE CITY OF SRE AND THE BOUNDARY LINES OF THE CITY OF SRE AND I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT NOT ONLY WHAT'S WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES, BUT ALSO WHAT'S IN THE ETJ.
UH, I'M GONNA RESURRECT THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE FACT THAT WE ARE HEADED STRIKE, UH, SMACK DAP TO BECOME A BEDROOM COMMUNITY THAT CAN'T SUSTAIN ITSELF BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COMMERCIAL AND OR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A FULLER CONVERSATION, A MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION AROUND, YOU KNOW, METRICS THAT WE ACTUALLY ABSOLUTELY NEED TO UNDERTAKE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE HAVE SOME SORT OF, I KNOW WE HAVE A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED AT IT.
UM, THE ISSUE THOUGH IS THAT THE RESIDENTIAL PLATS KEEP MULTIPLYING, UH, AND WE KEEP HAVING LESS AND LESS LAND AVAILABLE FOR, UH, ADDRESSING THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE PLAN TO ACTUALLY TURN THAT AROUND? UM, AND, AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UH, WE PROBABLY NEED TO JUST HAVE A FULL MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO INTERVENE IN THAT, UH, SO THAT, UH, IT DOESN'T JUST BECOME A DEFACTO THING.
MAYBE SOMETHING AROUND A WORKSHOP, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT NEED TO PLAN A WORKSHOP ON THAT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
BUT AN AGENDA ITEM TO TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT.
MAY ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT WE JUST HAVE JOINTLY WITH THE OTHER BOARD AS WELL.
WASN'T THERE A DISCUSSION A WHILE BACK ABOUT DOING A JOINT, UM, MEETING, UH, WITH BOTH BOARDS? YES.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND, AND STAFF IS WORKING ON THE BACK END TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WOULD LOOK.
YEAH, I JUST THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE.
IT'S GONNA BE ALL DAY SATURDAY, NO BREAKS.
OH WAIT, NO, THAT'S MEDIATION, NOT A MEETING.
JUST, JUST A LITTLE AGENDA ITEM.
MAYBE IN YOUR UPDATE OR SOMETHING.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON FUL, FOLLIES AND PROMOTION.
I MEAN, THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE IT GETS OUT THERE TOO, SO MM-HMM
THIS IS NOT REALLY ON, OH, I'M SORRY, ON AGENDA ITEMS. BUT ISN'T THERE A GROUNDBREAKING COMING UP TOO? I WILL MENTION THAT IN ANNOUNCEMENT.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO, TO, UM, TO GO BEFORE YOU.
SO WITH THAT, I'M SORRY, DEBORAH SAYS WE'RE IN ANNOUNCEMENTS, SO LET'S GO TO ITEM
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C ANNOUNCEMENTS.THERE IS A GROUNDBREAKING HAPPENING, UH, THIS FRIDAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK FOR FO CENTRAL.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL RSVP IF YOU HAVE NOT CHECKED YOUR JUNK MAIL.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN GOING TO SOME PEOPLE'S JUNK.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT, I I'LL, I'LL SEND SOMETHING OUT FOR YOU.
UM, SO, UH, IT IS PLANNED ON THE FULL, UH, FULL SHARE FAITE SHORE CENTRAL SITE, UM, AT FOUR O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE HAVE A FULL FAST TRACK EVENT, UM, OH CHRISTMAS IN JULY AT LOCAL TABLE ON THURSDAY, JULY 24TH AT 6:30 PM UM, AND THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I DIDN'T MENTION AN A BOARD, UM, BUT I WILL MENTION HERE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, AN NOW IS NOT HERE.
I DID SEND OUT AN EMAIL, UM, SHE, UH, HAD A BABY ON JULY 4TH, UM, UH, GREAT FOURTH JULY BABY, BUT SHE SHOULD BE BACK, UM, IS PLANNING TO BE MID-SEPTEMBER.
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BACK RIGHT IN TIME FOR RE FOLLIES.AND I WILL HAND THAT RIGHT OVER TO HER.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
I FEEL LIKE I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.
I, I SEE THE INTERNS, THEY KEEP LOOKING AT THE CLOCK, LIKE, AND LOOK, SEE DAN'S WAIT.
WE SHOULD, SHOULD WE GO BACK INTO SESSION?
ALL OPPOSED? WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 7:10 PM THANK Y'ALL.