* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] IT, IT [I. Call to Order] IS SIX O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 2025. I HEREBY CALL TO ORDER THE, MEET THE REGULAR CITY, THE MEETING OF THE REGULAR CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE ARE THE EDCA BOARD. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO CITIZEN COMMENTS. [Business - A] ITEM THREE. A PUBLIC HEARING ON A GENERAL TYPE OF PROJECTS BEING PROPOSED BY THE CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2026, BEING LAND BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, EXPENDITURES, TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE AND IMPROVEMENTS FOUND BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO PROMOTE NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. THE AMOUNT OF WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $644,688. AND SPECIFIC PROJECTS BEING EXPENDITURES FOUND BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO PROMOTE NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR HARRIS STREET, SANITARY SE SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, $478,021. TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY, ILA $91,667. COMMUNITY EVENTS, $50,000 FULCHER BUSINESS. ENTER S SURE. BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB, $25,000. IF YOU'LL JUST, UH, OPEN, IF YOU'LL JUST OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND STATE THE TIME. OKAY. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'LL HAVE MUCH, SO JUST KEEP IT OPEN FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. EXCELLENT. I HEREBY CALL TO, OR I OPEN THE DISCUSSION AT 6:01 PM AND WE'RE GONNA SIT HERE UNTIL 6:02 PM YES. LOVE IT. . REALLY . WELL, WE COULD ADD FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE PUBLIC THAT TWO OF THESE ARE FAIRLY NEW PROJECTS, THAT BEING THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT AND THE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB, WHEREAS THE OTHER TWO ARE ONGOING OLD PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. IT IS NOW 6 0 2. I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM THREE A. [Business - B] ITEM THREE B, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR JULY 14TH, 2025 MEETING. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE JULY 14TH, 2025 MEETING. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES [Business - C] ITEM THREE C, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 31ST, 2025. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. UH, WE DID DISCUSS THE SALES TAX REVENUES LAST MONTH, BUT I'LL RUN THROUGH 'EM AGAIN. UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE JUST GOT THE AUGUST COLLECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON, BUT I'LL INCLUDE THOSE IN IN NEXT MONTH'S PACKET. UM, SO FOR JULY, UM, WE, FOR THE, UH, MAY, 2025 REMITTANCES, WE WERE UP 11.44% FROM THE SAME P PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTALING $170,145 AND 41 CENTS. UM, EACH CORPORATION'S SALES TAX REVENUE IS NOW TOTAL $1,454,098 AND 99 CENTS, UH, WHICH REPRESENTS 71.5% OF THE BUDGET FOR 66% OF THE FY COMPLETE. SO IF YOU GOT THE NUMBERS FOR JUNE, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND LET US KNOW SO WE'RE NOT IN SUSPENSE FOR A WHOLE MONTH. , I CAN THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE ARE UP AROUND 7.39% FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR. UM, EACH CORPORATION'S PORTION IS $215,337 AND 36 CENTS. UM, NOW THIS IS WHAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL YOU PROBABLY IS THE, WHAT OUR TOTAL IS AT THIS POINT'S. GOOD. BUT WE WERE UP ABOUT 7%. YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS TO ASK FOR HAYDEN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PAYABLE OF $10,971 AND 83 CENTS. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? [00:05:01] AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM [Business - D] 3D, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CONTRACT FOR TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY. MONUMENT IMPROVEMENTS. KGA DEFOREST. OKAY, SO THIS HAS BEEN A, A LONG JOURNEY TO GET TO THIS POINT. UM, THIS PROJECT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF TO THREE YEARS AT THIS POINT. UM, WE ARE NOW TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE READY TO DO, UM, HAVE, UM, CONSTRUCTION TALKS AND ACTUAL BUILD OUT OF THE MONUMENT SIGN. UM, SO THIS CONTRACT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY KGA, UM, WHO DESIGNED THE SIGN AND WHO'S BEEN WORKING THROUGH TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND ALL THE APPROPRIATE PARTIES, MAKING SURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, POSITIVE BUY-IN FOR THE SIGN BEING ON THP. UM, THIS CONTRACT NOW IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PLANNING, UM, PREPARATION BIDDING, AND TO CARRY IT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE SIGN ACTUALLY BEING CONSTRUCTED. UM, SO THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU FOR ANY LAST MINUTE CHANGES OR REQUESTS TO THE DESIGN. IF YOU GUYS ARE STILL INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT AT THIS POINT, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE SPENT A LITTLE NORTH OF $4,000. SO WE'RE NOT OUT A TON. UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO, IF IF THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THE BOARD WANTS TO SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD, THAT'S FINE. UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION HERE. UM, BUT THIS CONTRACT IS PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT. UM, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD ON, IT'S, UH, UP FOR ACTION. IT'LL GO TO BE BOARD FOR THE SAME. AND IT'S, IT'S NOT THE CONSTRUCTION, IT'S THE CON, IT'S THE DESIGN, THE CONSTRUCTION, IT'S THE, LIKE THE CONSULTING, UH, PORTION OF THAT. SO WE SHOULD GET A, A HARD NUMBER. THE ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW FOR THE ACTUAL SIGN CONSTRUCTION IS $110,000. UM, THAT WOULD BE SPLIT BETWEEN BOTH BOARDS. UM, AND THIS WOULD BE FULLY FUNDED OUT OF OUR PROMOTIONAL LINE ITEM. UM, IN BOTH CASES, UM, THAT'S THEIR ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW. THEY DID CONFIRM THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WE WOULD GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY HAVE A BETTER IDEA AND FIRMER NUMBERS ON THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR BEST ESTIMATE WITH THIS CONTRACT. RIGHT NOW. I REMEMBER IT BEING SAID THAT THE SIGN CURRENTLY THAT'S JUST PASSED FLU, ELLEN WHE, WHICH HAS BEEN THERE SINCE, I DON'T KNOW, 20 2009 OR 10, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT EVEN THAT SIGN WAS LIKE 60 OR 70,000 WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN THEY PUT THAT ONE IN. IT'S JUST CRAZY WHAT THESE THINGS COST. UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU REMIND ME, KELSEY, THEY HAD, UM, ENTRY SIGNS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR 3 59 AND 10 93. THOSE WERE, I WANNA SAY OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT WAS KIND OF THE SAME BALLPARK AS THIS, CORRECT? UH, THAT IS CORRECT. I ALSO DON'T REMEMBER THAT EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT. HOWEVER, LOOKING AT WHAT WAS BUDGETED, WE HAVE IN THE CIP, I BELIEVE IT'S 230,000 IS WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING FOR ABOUT TWO SIGNS. OKAY. AND THOSE ARE TALLER. I MEAN, THE ONE ON THE ONE ON 10 93 COMING IN FROM THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY, I REMEMBER THAT ONE BEING TALLER BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT OF THE YES, MA'AM. WAS THE EXPECTED TOLL ROAD COMING THROUGH THERE. WHEREAS THIS LOOKS BETTER FOR TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE OVERPASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT IS A VERY, VERY PRETTY DESIGN. YEAH. I'LL, I'LL SAY THE DESIGN LANGUAGE ACROSS OUR SIGNS, THE CITY'S NEW PROPOSED SIGNS, AND THEN SOME OF OUR PARK SIGNS, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE NOT IDENTICAL, BUT THEY ALL HAVE A, A GENERAL, GENERALLY SIMILAR THEME ACROSS EVERYTHING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE EAGLE LANDING PARK, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO WHAT THIS SIGN, UM, KIND OF RESEMBLES. AND THE CITY'S, UH, PROPOSED SIGNS ALSO PLAY OFF THAT SAME DESIGN LANGUAGE. ONE, ONE LITTLE BITTY QUESTION, UM, I KIND I UNDERSTAND HAVING IT WHERE FULL SHE'S ETJ ENDS, BUT I'M THE ONE, THE ONE, THE ONLY THING THAT BUGS ME ABOUT THAT IS IT'S RIGHT WHERE YOU HAVE APARTMENTS, , AND I'M JUST, I MEAN, BUT THE LOCATION IS PRETTY MUCH SET AND CEMENT AT THIS POINT. YEAH. SO THIS LOCATION WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS. ORIGINALLY WE HAD IT IN ROUNDABOUT, THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT LOCATION, RIGHT? SO WE'VE PUSHED IT UP AND DOWN AND THIS WAS KIND OF THE HAPPY MEDIUM FOR EVERYBODY. SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SET IN STONE AT THIS POINT. UM, I WISH THEY HADN'T BUILT A PARKINGS YEAH, . THAT'S THE ONLY THING. IT'S LIKE, WELCOME TO SHORE LAND OF THE APARTMENTS. THIS GONNA FALL UNDER THE FORT BEND ROAD AND BRIDGE. THEN FOR MAINTENANCE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ON US TO MAINTAIN IT AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN IT BETTER THAN FORT BEND ROAD AND BRIDGE, I WOULD THINK. [00:10:01] I THINK SO. I, I THINK IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST THIS KIND OF DOLLARS INTO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING A NEW GATEWAY TO THE CITY, I THINK WE WOULD BE, BE MORE THAN OPEN TO, UH, MAINTAINING IT PROPERLY. AND, AND THEY ARE ANTICIPATING HAVING THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE THAT CORRECT. AS WELL. SO HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE IRRIGATION. YES. AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE, OR THE PLANS FOR IRRIGATION IS INCLUDED IN THE, UM, THE PROPOSAL AS WELL. TO CLARIFY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS TOTAL FEE OF $15,250. THAT IS FOR FURTHER DESIGN. WE HAVE A CONCEPT DRAWN OUT, WHICH YOU SHARED WITH US. WE HAVE THE LOCATION, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH SET IN STONE AT THIS POINT, BUT, UH, THIS IS TO TAKE THE CONCEPT INTO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE GIVEN TO A CONTRACTOR, UH, WHO CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER THE, THE BUILT BUILDING OF THE SIGN, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. IT, IT'LL BE THE FULLY ENGINEERED PLANS. OKAY. SO, UM, AND DID WE GO THROUGH ANY RFP PROCESS? UH, OR I I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE RULES ON THAT, IF YOU, SO THIS, THIS WAS DONE BEFORE EVEN I GOT HERE. THIS IS THE SAME FIRM THAT DID THE SIGN. UM, SO THEY'VE CARRIED ON THROUGH THAT. PERFECT. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S THE SAME COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN DOING THE SIGNS FOR THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARK. THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. EVERYWHERE ELSE. OKAY. AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALSO DOING THE CITY'S PROPOSED SIGNS. DON'T, DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT. OKAY. AND SO WE'LL GET THIS IF, IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TODAY. UH, AND BY THE WAY, THE 15,250, IS THAT JUST FOR ABOARD AND B BOARD OR IS THAT THE TOTAL COST? SO FOR, FOR THIS, YOU'LL SEE IT'S 7,625 IS SPLIT 50 50 PER BOARD. OKAY. SO, UM, AND THIS, WE ARE EXPECTING TO COME FROM THE PROMOTIONAL LINE ITEM? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND FOR WHAT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHAT HAVE WE PAID OUT OF THAT PROMOTIONAL LINE ITEM? UM, THAT IS OUR RETAIL RECRUITMENT. OUR, UM, UH, ANY COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, LIKE SOME OF THE SIGNAGE. SIGNAGE, YEAH. THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT THAT COMES OUT OF THERE. BACK DROPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, BUT FROM A DOLLAR AMOUNT, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT'S PRETTY LOW THAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING OUTTA THE BUDGET. YEAH. YEAH. WE, WE, WE GENERALLY ROLL OVER ABOUT 40% OF THAT BUDGETED LINE ITEM. SO IT'S, UM, AND I THINK THIS YEAR WE HAVE IT ESTIMATED AT A LITTLE OVER $300,000. YEP. SO IT'S, IT IS A VERY HEALTHY LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET. THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S A VERY HEALTHY LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET. IT IS 10% OF THE REVENUES THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR. IF YOU DON'T SPEND THE MONEY, IT ROLLS OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR. AND THIS IS NOW A SEVEN $7,500 ASK CORRECT. OUT OF A VERY HEALTHY LINE ITEM BUDGET. CORRECT. AND, AND IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY, THEY'VE GONE OUT AND, AND RECEIVED BIDS FOR THE SIGN AND IT'S SOME INSANE NUMBER, AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA SUPPORT. WE DON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT IT AT THAT POINT. OKAY. UM, BUT THIS GIVES US THE ABILITY TO GO OUT FOR THOSE BIDS AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING. OKAY. AND IF IT DOES COME BACK AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND ISH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY IN THAT PROMOTIONAL BUDGET TO COVER IT IN FUTURE YEARS. CORRECT. AND, AND THAT EXPENDITURE WOULD GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR APPROVAL AS WELL. SO DO WE KNOW OR HAVE AN OPINION ON WHAT CITY COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS ON THIS IS? WE WILL FIND OUT WHEN WE PROPOSE. YEAH. WELL, I MEAN, WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE AND IT DIDN'T WORK. I MEAN, I'M, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS SPECIFIC ITEM COMING TO THE COUNCIL. I DO KNOW IT WAS IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY MENTIONED WHEN THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE ENTRYWAY SIGNS AND WERE REFERENCING THE EDC SIGNAGE AND THE EAGLE LANDING SIGNAGE AND HOW THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THAT COHESIVE LOOK. RIGHT. AND AT THAT POINT, THERE WERE NO RED FLAGS OR CONCERNS, UM, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THAT POINT. SO I, I THINK THE, THE CITY AS A WHOLE IS VERY EXCITED TO HAVE VERY NICE BRANDING THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY LIMITS AND ETJ. AND SO THEY'D BE APPRECIATIVE OF THIS. I KNOW THE EDCS ARE FEEL THAT WAY AND I HOPE THE CITY COUNCIL'S ON BOARD. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS TO SHARE OR QUESTIONS FOR HAYDEN AND KELSEY? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT WITH KGA DEFOREST FOR THE DESIGN OF THE FULL SHIRT ENTRYWAY SIGN ON TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND THE MONEY. WELL, I DIDN'T WANNA GIVE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, NO, WE JUST NEED FOR THE HALF THE FEE, WHICH IS, THAT'LL WORK. YEAH. BUT THEY SAY 15,000 AND THEN THEY SAY IF THERE'S [00:15:01] ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S GONNA BE AT THIS. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO SAY A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OR I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT TO STOP IF THEY GO UP TO $7,650 INSTEAD OF 25 THAT, I MEAN, THAT WAS WHAT MY LOGIC WAS. BUT YOU COULD DO AN UP TO AN AMOUNT IF YOU WANTED. UM, OR FOR, UM, THE MOTION COULD BE FOR HALF THE EXPENSE IF YOU WANT IT TO BE MORE GENERAL. UM, HAVING IT OPEN-ENDED LIKE THAT CAN CREATE A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE IT GET, COULD BE A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. UM, SO THAT JUST WILL FALL TO THE COMFORT OF THE BODY. IF YOU WANNA DO AN UP TWO, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BUDGET A LITTLE AMOUNT MORE CONTINGENCY IN SO FAR AS YOUR MOTION OR INCLUDE IT TO BE OPEN ENDED. DID THIS INCLUDE A CONTINGENCY FUND FEE IN THERE? THAT'S, THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT, YEAH, IT'S JUST SO HOW ABOUT WE HALF OF THE 15,250. OKAY. PLUS UP TO ANOTHER 2000, UH, FROM THE A BOARD FOR CONTINGENCY. AND IF YOU NEED MORE MONEY, COME TO US. SO I NEED TO CHANGE MY MOTION OR IS THAT OKAY WITH WHAT BRIAN SAID? I'LL, I'LL, I'LL RESTATE IT. UM, THANK YOU. SO AT THE 7,625 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $2,000 FOR CONTINGENCY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES. VERY GOOD. REVIEW AND [Business - E] DISCUSSION OF THE EDC STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE PROPOSAL. YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO THIS MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR TO YOU. UH, THIS IS COMING BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO, UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CURRENT EDC STRATEGIC PLAN WAS DONE IN 2019. UM, HAD A LOT OF REALLY GREAT INFORMATION, SOME GOOD IMPLEMENTATION ACTION PLANS. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE BEEN REFERENCING THAT AS YOU'VE BEEN, UM, WORKING TO ACCOMPLISH THE DIFFERENT GOALS LAID OUT IN THERE. UH, YOU DID BUDGET, UM, EARLIER IN THE YEAR FOR A POTENTIAL, UM, UPDATE TO IT. UM, WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS, ORIGINALLY IT WAS KIND OF A FULL BLOWN UPDATE AND THEN THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON IS THAT REALLY NECESSARY. THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT COULD STILL BE WORKED ON. UM, SO MAYBE SOMETHING MORE IN LINE WITH A REFRESH, UH, WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT MIGHT BE, UM, MORE FOR WHAT THE EDC IS LOOKING FOR. JUST UPDATING IT, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED, UM, SINCE COVID AND THEN JUST GENERAL GROWTH, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD. AND SO WE DID REACH OUT, UM, AND GOT SOME, UM, SOME INTEREST FROM DIFFERENT EDC BOARD MEMBERS ON A BOARD AND B BOARD ON POTENTIALLY BRINGING THIS BACK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, UH, THE CURRENT PROPOSAL WITH THE REFRESH COMES OUT TO $50,000. AGAIN, THAT WOULD ALSO BE SPLIT, UM, BETWEEN THE A BOARD AND B BOARD IF YOU SO DESIRED ON THAT. UH, YOU DID HAVE, UH, ENOUGH AMPLE FUNDS IN THERE TO PAY FOR THAT, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. UH, WE WOULD, UH, IF THE BOARD DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 26. SO AFTER OCTOBER ONE. UH, THE ONLY REAL CHANGE I WOULD JUST WANNA POINT OUT SINCE WHEN YOU MAYBE SAW THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO, WAS THAT HAYDEN AND I DID GO BACK AND ASK THEM TO INCLUDE IN THE SCOPE OF WORK, VERY INTENTIONAL WORDING, THAT THIS WOULD ALSO, UM, POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME JOINT MEETINGS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND BOTH EDCA BOARD AND B BOARD, JUST GIVEN SOME OF THE OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT BODIES ARE ALIGNED, THOUGHT THAT THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN PROCESS WOULD BE A NATURAL, UM, WAY FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. DO I SEE THEM BOTH REACHING? OKAY. YOU, UH, SORRY, YOU, YOU MENTIONED $50,000. THE AGENDA SAYS 75. YES, THAT IS. AND THE 75 IS CORRECT BECAUSE THIS IS FROM FY 26. OKAY. SO BOTH BOARDS HAD $75,000 BUDGETED IN THE STUDIES EXPENSE LINE. UM, AND SINCE THIS WILL COME OUT OF FY 26, THAT'S WHERE IT'LL BE PULLED FROM THIS YEAR. UM, A BOARD STUDIES EXPENSE LINE WAS, OR BOTH OF THEM WERE SET AT $60,000 AND A BOARD'S 50,000 OF THAT WENT TO THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY, UM, STUDY. MM-HMM . OKAY. BUT THE, THE QUOTE THAT THEY'RE GIVING US IS $50,000, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY ONLY BE 25 25, CORRECT. I JUST WANNA YES, YES MA'AM. FOLLOW THAN THAT. I GUESS THE 75 IS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET. ALRIGHT. OKAY. AND JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, WHEN THIS DID COME UP EARLIER, EARLIER, THEIR FIRST PROPOSAL FOR THE REFRESH WAS FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND BOTH THE A BOARD AND THE B BOARD CHOKED ON THAT. [00:20:01] AND THAT'S WHEN WE ASKED, UH, ANELLE TO GO BACK TO 'EM AND SEE IF THEY COULD SHARPEN THEIR PENCIL. AND I THINK THEY DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB SHARPENING IT SINCE IT WENT FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 50,000. 'CAUSE I, I MEAN, LOOKING THROUGH WHAT IS IN THEIR LETTER PROPOSAL, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO LEAVE ANYTHING OUT FROM, UH, WHAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US EARLIER. IT SEEMS LIKE IT COVERS ALL OF THE SAME TERRITORY. UM, AND I, AND I WAS IN FAVOR OF HAVING A REFRESH. UM, I MEAN, NOW MY PRIMARY REASON WOULD BE, UH, FOR COUNCIL AND THE EDC BOARDS TO KIND OF GET ALL ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD AGAIN AND TRY TO GET TO CONSENSUS AGAIN. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY THERE ALL THE WAY. UM, BUT EARLIER WHEN I WAS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR THIS PROPOSAL FROM, AT THE START OF THE YEAR, UM, IT WAS JUST WHERE DO WE STAND? WHAT TIMELINES NEED TO BE ADJUSTED? HOW COME HAVEN'T WE MADE MORE PROGRESS ON SOME OF THE ITEMS AND THE MATRIX THAT WE WERE GIVEN? UH, ARE THERE CERTAIN TRIGGERS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR? WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF COVID? SHOULD WE CHANGE ANY OF THE GOALS THAT ARE IN THERE RIGHT NOW? AND I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HEAR WHAT THE CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE ON COUNCIL WHO WAS THERE IN 2019. I THINK ALL OF 'EM HAVE, UH, SWITCHED OVER. MAYBE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SARAH JOHNSON, SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A FEW MONTHS, IF ANYTHING. BUT, SO I, I'M, I'M KIND OF IN FAVOR OF THIS. AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS I LOOKED AT TIP STRATEGIES WEBSITE AGAIN, UM, WHEN ANELLE PROVIDED US WITH THIS UPDATED PROPOSAL. AND AS BEST I CAN TELL, THE ONLY PERSON ON THEIR WEBSITE, APPARENTLY THEY HAVE A LOT OF TURNOVER TOO. BUT THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS THE SAME AT TIP STRATEGIES OR THAT I RECOGNIZE THAT WORKED WITH US BACK IN 2019 IS TOM STILLMAN. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS, THAT WE COULD HOPEFULLY HAVE MR. STILLMAN'S IN INVOLVEMENT IN THIS STUDY. I DON'T THINK IT HURTS AT ALL TO HAVE NEW EYES, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE ONE PERSON WHO HAS, WHO HAS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE FIRST STUDY, UM, SHOWED US. OH, I AM GONNA ASK IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. OH, UM, I THINK, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I THINK I'M SIMILAR TO KAY, THAT, UM, THE, YEAH, THE LAST TIME THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT BEFORE US, I, I WASN'T NECESSARILY CONVINCED OF THE FULL NEED OF IT, ESPECIALLY AT THE PRICE POINT THAT THEY WERE BRINGING TO US. UM, AND, BUT I, I DO FEEL LIKE, UM, THE RECENT, UM, MISALIGNMENT THAT WE'VE HAD SPECIFICALLY AROUND SHORE FAST TRACK, AND, UH, JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WANT TO TACKLE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I THINK MAKES ME REALLY WANT TO, TO COME BACK AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND, AND GET THAT REFRESH. I THINK THAT, UM, THIS DOES, YES, UH, PROVIDE US WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT CITY COUNCIL AND THE EDCS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE OUTSIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING IN. UM, SO I, I THINK THAT THERE'S, UM, I THINK THAT THAT HIGHLIGHTED THAT THERE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE MORE OF A NEED THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IN REGARDS TO, TO WHAT WAS IN THE STRATEGIC IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? I REMAIN CONFUSED. UH, I DON'T, WE TAKE, YOU KEEP, YOU'VE HEARD WE'VE HAD MISALIGNMENT WITH CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL, THEY ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. WHY ARE WE REFRESHING A STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEN CITY COUNCIL, WE NEED CITY COUNCIL TO, [00:25:01] THIS IS US AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR SOME THOUGHTS FROM CITY COUNCIL. I, DOESN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE FOR CITY COUNCIL TO REFRESH THE, THE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN? AND THEN THAT ROLLED DOWN TO US, AND THEN WE HAVE A PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GONNA EXECUTE THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO. THAT TO ME SEEMS LIKE THE NORMAL, UH, PROCESS. AND WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE REFRESH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. OR IS THAT, HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THIS, THIS THAN THE CITY COUNCIL OR CITY OF RE STRATEGIC PLAN? OR IS THIS ALL THE SAME PLAN? UM, EVERY CITY CAN DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. UM, IN THE THREE CITIES THAT I'VE BEEN IN SO FAR, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY HAS BEEN LED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM INCORPORATION. AND SO THAT HAS BEEN, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DELEGATED TO THE EDCS OR THE ED BOARD ADVISORY, WHATEVER THAT FORMAT LOOKS LIKE, WHERE THEY'VE TAKEN THE LEAD ON, UM, EITHER CREATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR UPDATING IT EVERY SO MANY YEARS. AND IT INVOLVES, OF COURSE, THE COUNCIL'S INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAFF, EVERYONE COMES TO THE TABLE FOR THE DISCUSSION, BUT USUALLY IT'S BEEN THE EDC THAT'S THE CENTER AT IT. THAT'S REALLY THE CATALYST FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN. UM, I WOULD THINK THEY'D BE VERY HAPPY FOR US TO BE THE ONES BUDGETING AND PAYING FOR IT. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY WANT US TO PAY FOR IT. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY WANT US TO PAY FOR IT. BUT I DON'T SEE IT BEING USEFUL FOR US TO COME UP WITH OUR OWN STRATEGIC PLAN, EVEN WITH INPUT. LIKE, ARE WE GETTING INPUT FROM CITY COUNCIL? YES. OR IS, OR IS CITY COUNCIL IF WE GET INPUT FROM CITY, IF WE HAD HAVE DONE THIS IN JANUARY MM-HMM . WE'D HAVE COME UP WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOKING STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CITY COUNCIL AS OF MAY OR JUNE WOULD'VE SAID, NOPE. NO, NO, NO. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M CONFUSED. HOW, WHY ARE WE SPENDING 50 THOU, I DON'T MIND SPENDING THE $50,000 ON A REFRESHED STRATEGIC PLAN. I HAVE A PROBLEM SPENDING $50,000 ON A REFRESHED STRATEGIC PLAN THAT CITY COUNCIL IN TWO MONTH, IN A TWO MONTH IN A MEETING, TWO MONTHS FOR THEM GOES, NO, NO, NO, NO. BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT THE ONES LEADING THE DISCUSSION. AND I, AGAIN, AND I, THEY ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. SO I'M, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO THEM TO GUIDE THE DIRECTION OF THE STRATEGY, RIGHT. OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED. THAT'S WHERE I'M, WELL, IT, IT SAYS ON THE FIRST PAGE THAT THEY WILL FACILITATE INPUT SESSIONS WITH LEADERSHIP. IE, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, TYPE A, TYPE B BOARDS. I CAN TELL YOU, IN 2019 WHEN THEY DID THIS, THEY DID TALK TO EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, UN UNLESS SOMEONE WAS JUST TOTALLY UNAVAILABLE, THEY TALKED, THEY AT LEAST MADE AN EFFORT. AND I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, BUT I THINK THEY TALKED TO EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE A AND B BOARD AT THAT TIME. UM, THEY ALSO WENT OUT AND TALKED TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THEY TALKED TO L-C-I-S-D, THEY TALKED TO KATIE, ISD, THEY, I MEAN, PROB, I DON'T REMEMBER IF HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE WAS ON THE LIST, BUT THEY, THEY DID A TON OF INTERVIEWS. NOW ON THIS GO ROUND, WE SAID WE DID NOT THINK THEY NECESSARILY NEEDED TO BE THAT EXHAUSTIVE WITH K-D-I-S-D. IF ANYTHING, K-D-I-S-D HAS GOTTEN BIGGER, BUT THEY'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ON HOW THEY'RE EDUCATING STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY OFFER STUDENTS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. KIND OF THE SAME THING ON THE L-C-I-S-D SIDE. BUT THEY, BUT THEY DID, I MEAN, AND WHEN WE ADOPTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2019, THAT WAS A JOINT MEETING WITH A B AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALL AT THE SAME MEETING, THREE SEPARATE VOTES, AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY EACH BOARD. PERFECT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE, YEAH, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE TRYING, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S OUR PLAN AND NOT THEIR PLAN. WE WANT IT TO BE EVERYONE'S, EVERYONE'S PLAN. THAT'S WHAT, AS LONG AS THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT THAT WASN'T WHAT I GOT FROM THIS. WHAT I GOT FROM THIS IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET INPUT FROM PEOPLE, BUT IT ULTIMATELY, IT'S OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I DON'T WANT US TO COME UP WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT IS OUTSIDE OF WHAT CITY COUNCIL MAY WANT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I'LL DEFINITELY SAY, UM, MR. FARR, MS. GUADALUPE AND I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT THAT STAYS FRONT OF MIND. UM, THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY OUR INTENT. IF IT DIDN'T QUITE COME ACROSS ON PAPER, THEN I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT. UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL AND BOTH BOARDS WERE [00:30:01] INVOLVED AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS WITH THE KICKOFF, MAKING SURE THERE'S THAT ALIGNMENT, MAKING SURE THERE ARE THOSE INTERVIEWS, BUT NOT JUST HAVING THEM ONE-ON-ONE, BUT IN KIND OF AN OPEN DIALOGUE WHERE WE CAN BOUNCE IDEAS OFF AND HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING. AND THEN, AS MS. COLLICK MENTIONED AT THE END, ALSO BRINGING ALL THOSE GROUPS BACK TOGETHER AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, AS MUCH AS CAN BE POSSIBLE WITH 20 PEOPLE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE MOVING FORWARD. UM, SO THIS WOULD BE A FULL SURE. AND ALL THAT THAT PERTAINS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. AND, AND NOT THAT THERE HAS BEEN ANY KIND OF AN IN DEPTH DISCUSSION ON THIS SPECIFIC ITEM AT COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT DURING SOME OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY'VE HAD, I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT, UH, AT LEAST CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WERE VERY OPEN TO A REFRESH ON THIS. IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE A SIDE COMMENT THAT, UH, MAYOR MCCOY MENTIONED AND, UH, A SIDE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KAR, HE BROUGHT IT UP. UM, SO I, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE RESISTANT TO IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIND OUT. 'CAUSE I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO APPROVE THIS ALSO. AND, AND SEVERAL PEOPLE DID MENTION THE NEED FOR, FOR ALIGNMENT AND HAVING JOINT MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS. I, I THINK I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS NO ONE ON COUNCIL THAT WAS OPPOSED TO THAT IDEA. SO WHAT ARE THEIR OPTIONS FOR A, SO THIS IS GOING TO GO TO COUNCIL. LET'S SAY WE APPROVE IT AND WE HAVE THE 50 OR THE $25,000 FROM US AND IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL. THEY HAVE TO APPROVE OUR BUDGET FOR THIS, CORRECT? YES. THE THOUSAND DOLLARS. OKAY. SO FROM THAT CONVERSATION, I MEAN, THEY, THEY CAN PUT IN THEIR INPUT ON HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE INTO THIS, WHICH IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. YES. WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT IS ADDRESSED DURING THAT MEETING. OKAY. YEP. AND, AND I'LL SAY THIS IS ALSO WHY THIS IS NOT A, AN ACTION ITEM TONIGHT. THIS, THIS IS COMING OUT OF FFY 26. YEAH. SO WE WANNA ENSURE THE BUDGET IS THROUGH THE DOORS READY AND SET TO GO FOR FY 26. WE CAN STILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH A AND B BOARD, GET COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AND KIND OF PLUG IT ALL INTO THE PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL KIND OF ON SQUARE ONE WHEN WE START THIS PROCESS, IF THAT'S WHAT THE, THE BODIES CHOOSE TO DO. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I DO ALSO THINK YOU BRING AN INTERESTING THOUGHT THOUGH IN REGARDS TO LIKE, IS THIS MORE OF A NEED OF THE CITY OF RE STRATEGIC PLAN? AND MAYBE THEN THE EDCS BOTH CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO IT, SIMILAR TO HOW WE CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO SUPPLEMENT THE COST OF IT. BECAUSE I JUST THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL IS DEALING WITH IN REGARDS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM PAYROLL PLANNING FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR PEACE OFFICERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PAVEMENT, UH, CONCEPT OF PIECE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT BUDGET IN THE FUTURE. AND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A NEED FOR AN, A GREATER OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY. THAT, AND MAYBE THE EDC PORTION OF IT IS JUST A, IS A PORTION OF THE OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY OF FULCHER. WELL, THERE IS ALSO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I THINK THAT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2021. YEAH. SO LIKE, DOES THAT NEED TO BE, AND THAT KIND OF INCORPORATES ALL OF THEM, ALL OF IT INTO IT. BUT I MEAN, DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. SO THE IDEA OF BEING OF DO WE NEED TO UNDERTAKE THIS IN AND OF OURSELVES WITHIN THE EDC BOARDS, OR IS THERE A GREATER STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE CAN PLAY A PART IN THAT THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THAT ECONOMIC PIECE OF IT. SO I'LL I'LL SAY, I'M SORRY, . NO, I'LL SAY FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEY DIRECTLY PULLED FROM THE EDC STRATEGIC PLAN, LIKE AL ALMOST WORD FOR WORD AND PARTS CALLED OUT SPECIFIC SECTIONS. AND THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN EXACTLY. THEY, THEY KIND OF TAKE EVERY DEPARTMENT'S INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES AND MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LIVABLE CENTER STUDY. EXACTLY. AND YEAH, IT HAD ALL OF THOSE SUBMIT. SO THERE IS A NEED FOR, FOR THIS INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL. UM, AND THEN IT'LL ALL BE COMPILED TOGETHER WHENEVER THE NEXT UPDATE HAPPENS. CAN WE, AS A PIECE OF TALKING OR, AND WITH COUNSEL UNDERSTAND MAYBE WHAT THEIR APPETITE IS FOR UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THEN? BECAUSE MAKING, WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE OUT OF DATE WHEN THEN THEY GO TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THEN YOU'RE PULLING IN SOMETHING [00:35:01] THAT'S SEVERAL YEARS OLD. AND I'M DOING THIS FROM MEMORY, SO I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF THIS IS WRONG, BUT I DO BELIEVE FISCAL YEAR 27 HAS DOLLARS, UM, CURRENTLY EXPECTED IN OUR CIP BUDGET FOR UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WONDERFUL. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US TODAY? THIS FEEDBACK? WHAT WAS, WAS PERFECT. PERFECT. SO WE'LL DO THE SAME THING WITH B BOARD. UM, GO BACK TO JOHN WITH TIP, ASK HIM ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND KIND OF GET FURTHER CLARIFICATION AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL BRING IT BACK. OKAY. UM, IT WON'T BE ANY ACTION ITEM UNTIL FY 26, UM, PROBABLY AT THE EARLIEST, UNLESS WE HAVE A PRETTY SOLID UNDERSTANDING. SO THAT'S NOT UNTIL OCTOBER. UNTIL OCTOBER. THAT'S TWO MONTHS FROM NOW. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO IF WE ONLY HAVE 10,000 LEFT IN THAT BUDGET, DO WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM BEFORE IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL, FINAL, FINAL, FINAL APPROVAL FOR STUDIES? N NO. SO BECAUSE THE, THAT'S FOR, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE FY 25. SO FY 26 WILL HAVE $75,000. OH, OKAY. YEAH. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LINE ITEM, [Business - F] ITEM THREE F, DISCUSSION ON FUTURE PROGRAMMING OF THE SHORE BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB SHORE FAST TRACK. ALRIGHT, SO THIS ITEM KIND OF LIKE THE LAST IS REALLY JUST TO GATHER FEEDBACK. UM, WE DID MEET WITH THE RE FAST TRACK ADVISORY BOARD, UM, I GUESS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO NOW AT THIS POINT, TO KIND OF GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON, ON WHERE THEY SAW THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM TAKING AFTER WE MAKE THIS SWITCH IN THIS NEXT YEAR. UM, I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO KIND OF TAIL IT DOWN TO A, TO A MANAGEABLE LEVEL FOR NOT ONLY FOR THE, FOR STAFF, BUT FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE HELPED OUT WITH IT. UM, FROM A STAFF LEVEL, I THINK WE SEE THE REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS HAVE BEEN THOSE WEEKEND EVENTS, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE EASY ENOUGH TO DO. THAT'S A THIRD PARTY COMPANY THAT WE USED EVEN WITH, UM, THE CANNON WE, WE WERE HIRING OUTSIDE. SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE EASY, EASILY SET UP. BUT I GUESS FROM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, GETTING SOME IDEAS ON WHAT YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE KIND OF AS THOSE MORE FREQUENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS REALLY ENJOYED SEEING IN THE FO FAST TRACK PROGRAMMING? UM, EVEN IF IT'S A, A BIGGER EVENT, JUST, JUST ONCE A YEAR, UM, KIND, KIND OF GETTING WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE IS LOOKING FORWARD. WHEN YOU SAY WEEKEND EVENTS, I, I'M AWARE OF THE BOOT CAMP THING, RIGHT, THAT THEY DID, BUT WHAT OTHER WEEKEND DID THAT? THAT WILL BE THE BOOTCAMP AND WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER ONE, I THINK IT'S END OF OCTOBER, UM, WHICH HAVE BEEN PRETTY WELL RECEIVED. AND, AND TO, TO BE HONEST, FROM A, FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE AND AND TIME MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S A VERY EASY SORT OF PROGRAMMING EVENT FOR US TO PUT ON. AND IT'S ALSO VERY, VERY COST EFFECTIVE. IT IS, IT IS, IT'S A VERY REASONABLE COST. WE, WE HAD GREAT FEEDBACK ON IT, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I THINK WE WILL SEE IN THE FUTURE. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I GUESS KIND OF GATHERING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND OR HEARD FEEDBACK ON, UM, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD, UM, WOULD BE GREAT. KAY. YOU'VE ATTENDED BOTH, UH, THE DAYTIME EVENTS AND THE EVENING EVENTS. WHICH ONE DO YOU FEEL LIKE, LIKE HAD A BETTER RECURRING ATTENDANCE? UM, WELL, I, I, THEY JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR DEPOT LUNCHEONS IS WHAT THEY CALL IT. THOSE ARE THE ONCE A MONTH, UH, PIER 36 BACKROOM LUNCHEONS. THERE WERE 12 PEOPLE AT THAT ONE TODAY. UH, A LOT OF THEM, ALMOST ALL OF 'EM ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN RETURNING AND, UM, SEVERAL OF 'EM HAVE BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE ALREADY RUNNING AND LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, SCALE UP. SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE AT, I MEAN, THEY BASICALLY STARTED FULL SURE FAST TRACK WITH AN IDEA AND THEY'RE NOW INTO CONSTRUCTION, BUILD OUT ON THEIR FACILITIES OR HAVE GOTTEN OFFICE SPACE AND STARTED SIGNING UP CLIENTS. I, I SAW, WELL, AND THEN WE HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS BRAND SPANKING NEW THERE TODAY, AND SHE WAS JUST KIND OF BLOWN AWAY BY, UM, HER FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND HOW IT COULD HELP HER. SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY WELL, I THINK THAT IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS HARD TO DUPLICATE, UM, BECAUSE UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES YOURSELF STARTING A BUSINESS, I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OBSTACLES ARE BECAUSE I MEAN, EVERY ONE OF THOSE, IT'S LIKE, WHERE ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH MARKETING? WHERE ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH LEAD GENERATION? WHERE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, I, [00:40:01] I WOULDN'T HAVE COME UP WITH A TOPIC LIKE LEAD GENERATION, MAYBE YOU WOULD, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN. I'VE, I'VE NEVER HAD A BUSINESS, BUT I, I THINK THAT WAS SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE BENEFIT WE GOT FROM THE CANNON IS, YOU KNOW, MATT HAD BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT. AND SO HE SAW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THAT YOU MIGHT NOT THINK ABOUT WHEN IT'S JUST AN IDEA IN YOUR BRAIN VERSUS WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU FACE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO RUN A BUSINESS EVERY DAY? AND THEN, AND THEN I THINK THOSE ADVISOR SESSIONS HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN VERY, UM, HELPFUL TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY COME IN WITH, HERE IS MY SPECIFIC ISSUE, AND I DON'T, AND IT COULD BE INSURANCE, IT COULD BE LEGAL, IT COULD BE BANKING, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, HOW TO PUT A BUSINESS PLAN TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THOSE ADVISOR SESSIONS HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY WELCOMED BY PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S ONE-ON-ONE, HERE IS MY ISSUE. HOW DO I SOLVE IT? AND SO THEY'RE GETTING, THEY'RE GETTING ADVICE AND HELP THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED IT TO BE INSTEAD OF TAKING SOME GENERIC, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION OR LECTURE AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO ME. EXACTLY. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS. BUT I ALSO THINK PEOPLE LIKE THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF NETWORKING THINGS AND I THINK PEOPLE, JUST BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE THAT THOSE HAVE GENERATED, I THINK, I THINK PEOPLE ENJOY THOSE AS WELL. SO, AND THAT'S MORE ONE-ON-ONE INTERACTION, JUST, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM [Recurring Items - A] NUMBER FOUR, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT AS SOON AS I GET THERE. ALL RIGHT. HELLO AGAIN. SO I'LL START WITH THE CIP PROJECT UPDATE AND, UM, DO OF COURSE, WANNA CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE MR. RILEY, OUR PROJECT MANAGER WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, IN CASE THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. UH, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB ON REALLY HELPING TAKE ON THE LEAD OF MANAGING THIS PROJECT. UM, SO YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, OUR LATEST UPDATE FROM AUGUST, UM, ACTUALLY HAVE AN EVEN SOONER UPDATE. AS OF THIS MORNING, I'M VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT HARRIS STREET HAS HAD ITS FIRST SECTION WITH THE CONCRETE POURED ON THE ROAD. SO IF YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THAT WAY, UM, PHASE ONE, WHICH IS FROM 10 93 TO ABOUT SECOND STREET, UH, THEY'VE JUST POURED THIS MORNING, ONE OF THOSE, UH, LANES, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE IT CURE FOR I THINK ABOUT FIVE DAYS OR SO. AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN THOSE FORMS AND THEN DO THE SECOND LANE. UM, SO THAT COULD BE DONE AS EARLY AS FRIDAY, IF NOT THEN EARLY NEXT WEEK. UM, WEATHER, DEPENDING AS WE HEAR THE THUNDER OUTSIDE. UH, BUT VERY GOOD NEWS . I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE WILL FINALLY SEE TANGIBLE. YES, YES. THAT'S WONDERFUL. IT'S HARD TO GET EXCITED ABOUT UTILITIES UNDERGROUND WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE IT . UH, BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE CONCRETE IN THE ROAD AND THINGS THAT YOU INTERACT WITH, IT'S VERY EXCITING. AND OKAY, SO THE JOG FROM 10 93 TO BETWEEN FIRST AT FIRST STREET. THAT'S, THAT'S STRAIGHT. IT'LL IF I GO THERE NOW. YOU SAID THE CONCRETE'S POURED. IT'S NOW. IT IS NOW. OKAY. I'M LOVING IT. PERFECT. UM, AND THEN ON THE, UH, DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE, JUST A LITTLE UPDATE SINCE WHAT YOU HAD IN YOUR PACKET. UM, OUR STAFF DID HAVE A MEETING WITH P DAWSON LAST WEEK, AND THEY HAVE INITIATED GETTING, UH, THE SURVEYING FOR THE BOUNDS OF THE EASEMENT AND ALSO STARTING THE DESIGN ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR CONFLICT BOX RIGHT THERE. SO AGAIN, THIS ONE ISN'T MOVING AS FAST, BUT CONSIDERING IT WAS KIND OF ON HIGH CENTER FOR A LONG TIME, UH, WE ARE EXCITED ONCE EVERY MONTH WILL STILL SHOW SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRESS, SOME MORE WORK WITH TDOT WITH OUR CONTRACTORS, AND EVERYTHING IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT JUST A LITTLE BIT AT THE SPEED OF TEXT DOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO I HAD A, THE SENTENCE SAYS, STAFF CONTINUED SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH HUGGINS RANCH. HUGGINS RANCH, LTD, UH, REGARDING THE EASEMENT. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANT. UH, IT'S JUST MEANT TO BE PASSED TENSE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH IT. SO THE, THE NEGOTIATION IS DONE. YES, YES, SIR. FOR THAT PART, YES. ARE THERE OTHER NOT RELATED TO THIS IN A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PROJECT, BUT THIS ONE DIFFERENT PROJECT? OKAY. SO RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND TALK, HE GOT OUT OF HIS SEAT AND I DON'T, I MEAN, I DON'T, I WANT YOU, IF YOU'RE HERE, WOULD LOVE FOR [00:45:01] YOU TO TELL US MORE. YEAH. SO REALLY MY QUESTION IS IF WE JUST STICK SPECIFICALLY TO THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER EASEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED? NO, WE CAN, NO, THE EASEMENT FOR THE FOURTH STREET PROJECT WAS ACQUIRED AND EVERYTHING. I THINK WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO IS THE TWO PROPERTIES ABOVE AND BELOW THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY PROJECT, BUT I'M NOT, YEAH, NOT THIS ONE IS GOOD TO GO. THOSE ARE STILL ONGOING. MM-HMM. I BELIEVE SO, YES. GOT IT. SO THIS THE EAST SIDE, THIS IS EAST SIDE DRAINAGE, NOT EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY. CORRECT, SIR. GOT IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. EXCELLENT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE ON THE STUDY THAT THE EDC, UM, A BOARD PARTICULARLY DID FUND EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, OVER THE SUMMER. AND THIS WAS TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON POTENTIALLY LOWERING, UM, THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY TO GO BENEATH FM 3 59 MAIN STREET INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL OVERPASS, UH, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED BY THE EDC AND THEN ALSO SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AT, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF MAY. AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE PROJECT, THERE'S A 60 DAY KIND OF WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THOSE FUNDS CAN BE EXPENDED. SO THAT MADE IT ABOUT, UH, MID TO END JULY, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFICIALLY GIVE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED AND INITIATE IT. UH, THE, I THINK AUGUST 1ST IS WHEN THAT WAS. SO THAT STUDY HAS ALREADY KICKED OFF. UH, IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE ABOUT A 90 DAY STUDY. UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST CHECK IN THIS FRIDAY WITH, UM, GANNETT FLEMING, UH, WHO IS THE FIRM THAT'S DOING THIS, AND THEY'LL GIVE US SOME PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS JUST ON THE DRAINAGE PORTION OF IT. UH, AND WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE DONE IN A WAY THAT THE, UM, ANY STORM WATER OR ANYTHING WOULD BE ABLE TO DRAIN WITHOUT THE NEED OF ANY PUMPS. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU ALL IN THE LOOP, BUT JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT THAT STUDY HAS OFFICIALLY BEGAN. THAT'S GOOD NEWS. AND, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING, UH, THERE, THE 60 DAY PRO, WHAT, WHAT IS IT CALLED? I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS A, IT'S A QUIET TERM. IT'S, IT'S A QUIET PERIOD, A WAITING PERIOD, A COOL OFF PERIOD ESSENTIALLY, UM, TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PETITION IF THEY DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT TO DO. GOT IT. OKAY. AND WE DID NOT GET ANY PETITIONS. YEP. EVERYONE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS . EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, RETAIL STRATEGIES, UH, WE DO HAVE A CALL SCHEDULED WITH THEM THIS, UH, UPCOMING WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS THE, UM, RETAIL LIVE EVENT IN AUSTIN, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP THE END OF NEXT MONTH. UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING GREAT WITH THEM. THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO WORK, UH, DEVELOP SOME VERY DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC MARKETING MATERIALS, UM, TARGETED AT INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT TOWN. SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS IN, IN PLUGGING IN TENANTS, UM, MOVING FORWARD. UM, WE DID FINALLY GET, I, I BELIEVE I SENT IT OUT TO EVERYBODY, THE, UM, KIND OF NARRATIVE, UM, RECAP OF THE ICSC VEGAS, UM, TRIP, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A, A, A GREAT CAPTURE OF WHAT THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE OUT THERE AND THE CONVERSATIONS THEY HAD. AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE, UH, STILL CARRYING ON. SO THEY'VE BEEN A REALLY GREAT PARTNER TO WORK WITH FROM A STAFF LEVEL, UM, AND GETTING THEM PLUGGED INTO DEVELOPMENTS AS THEY'RE COMING AROUND. UM, I, I COULD SEE IT AS A VERY FRUITFUL, UH, RELATIONSHIP, UH, MOVING FORWARD. AND THEY'RE RETURNING YOUR CALLS IN A THEY DO . THAT'S A GOOD THING THEY DO. UH, AND I THINK I'VE BLASTED THEM WITH MORE SITE PLANS, UM, THAN THEY ANTICIPATED. SO THEY'VE GOT A STEADY FOLDER OF, UM, OF, OF PROSPECTS TO GO AFTER. UH, SO THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT TEAM TO WORK WITH, UM, FOR RES FOLLOWING. OH, OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY. I GOT, YEAH, I GOT STUFF. YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. RETAIL STRATEGIES, UH, YOU SAID, UH, THE RETAIL LIVE, THAT'S CORRECT. EVENT IN AUSTIN. DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM CITI WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE? WE, WE DISCUSSED THAT TODAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE, I'M GOING TO CHECK ON MY CALENDAR. ANNEL SHOULD JUST BE GETTING BACK THERE, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, ON SITE THERE. WE'LL, WE'LL GET SOME MORE CLARIFICATION FOR THEM ON WEDNESDAY WHEN WE TALK TO SEE IF THEY FEEL LIKE IT'LL BE A BENEFICIAL TRIP OUT THERE. IT WILL BE A BENEFICIAL TRIP OUT THERE. NOTED. AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WE WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGETING THAT FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT KNOWING THAT THIS IS TECHNICALLY STILL IN THIS BUDGET YEAR, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL NOT, I'M SO SORRY THAT THE BOARD IS OKAY WITH THAT HAPPENING. UNDERSTOOD. AND WE DO HAVE FUNDS BUDGETED. WE HAVE THE FUNDS BUDGETED. WE'RE GOOD. AND, UM, I MEAN, THIS IS AN OPEN DISCUSSION SO ANYONE CAN ARGUE OR VOICE A DIFFERENT, I THINK SOMEONE FROM, FROM I THINK SOMEONE FROM CITI SHOULD BE [00:50:01] THERE. AND JUST FOR ANY FUTURE REFERENCE SURE. IF, IF THEY ARE REPRESENTING US, WE NEED TO, IN MY OPINION, HAVE SOMEONE FROM CITI THERE AS WELL. SURE. I, YES. THEY ARE THE EXPERTS. YES. WE WANT TO LEAN ON THEIR EXPERTISE. UM, OKAY. WELL WE'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE. SO , , UM, YES. WE NEED TO LEAN ON THEM, LEAN ON THEIR EXPERTISE, BUT I DON'T WANT, UM, IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD NOT BE GIVING THEM EVERYTHING. RIGHT. UH, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE. IT'S VERY USEFUL. MAKES SENSE. AND, AND I'LL SEND OUT THE, UM, ATTENDEE LIST, UH, FOR THE RETAILERS THAT'LL BE THERE. UM, IF ANYTHING STANDS OUT TO YOU, TO YOU GUYS, I WENT THROUGH WITH THEM THIS MORNING AND, UH, MARKED DOWN THE, THE TENANTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR SERVICE AREA SO WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF BETTER FOCUS ON PERFECT. ON WHO WE WANT. SO I'LL SEND THAT OUT AFTER THIS MEETING. THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT. I'LL SAY MIGHTY FINE BURGERS IS A STEP ABOVE WHATABURGER, SO NOTED. WHY, WHY MS. KALI? WHY ? WHAT THEY'RE YOU? YOU JUST WANT THE COMMENTS? OKAY. NEXT APPLE, BECAUSE OUR COMMERCIALS KEEP US PAVING ME. YES. . UM, SORRY. OKAY. WE TALKED ABOUT YOU ATTENDING. OH, THE, YOU HAVE, UM, LAND. RIGHT. OKAY. WHERE IS THAT INFORMATION? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT, UM, PRIVATE, SO LIKE THESE AREN'T SECRETS. NO, NO. I WOULD SAY THE EASIEST ROUTE TO FIND AVAILABLE PROPERTIES IN RE WILL BE THROUGH THE EDCS PORTAL ON THE CITY WEBSITE. UM, IT'S A COSTAR WHO WE PARTNERED WITH LAST YEAR. IT'LL HAVE, FOR THE MOST PART, ALL THE CURRENTLY MARKETED PROPERTIES IN FULCHER. OKAY. WE HAVE BACKEND SOFTWARE THAT WE CAN USE THAT'S NOT PUBLICLY FACING. WE BEING THE EDC, THE EDC, SO THE EDC CITY STAFF, THE EDC CITY STAFF. AND IT'S ACTUALLY JUST ONE LICENSE. SO ONE STAFF MEMBER HAS ACCESS TO THE BACKEND THAT HAS LISTS OF ALL PROPERTIES IN SRE THAT ARE ZONED, UH, APPROPRIATELY FOR A COMMERCIAL OR HAVE, UH, CONTACTS. BUT AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC FACING SIDE, YEP. THAT'S THE EASIEST. OKAY. UM, AND THEN YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER PLANS OR STORIES ON THOUGHTS THAT, ON HOW THESE COULD BE RIGHT. UH, DEVELOPED. CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH US? UM, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER IT'S AN OPEN SESSION OR OUT EMAILS. OKAY. UM, THAT SORT OF THING. AND, AND THE, I'LL SAY THE SITE PLANS THAT WE'RE SHARING WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES, THAT'S AFTER WE'VE GOTTEN THE OKAY. FROM WHOEVER'S DEVELOPING. GOT IT. BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM YOU'LL SEE ARE, ARE BEING SHOPPED AROUND FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THEY, THEY TAKE DIFFERENT FORMS YEP. AND THEY WIND UP LOOKING VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN THEY UNDERSTOOD ORIGINALLY. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD PARTNERS TO THE DEVELOPERS AS WELL. UM, WHEN WE KIND OF CRAFT THAT STORY. YEP. WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING OUT FOR, UM, FOR TENANTS. SO ANYTIME THAT IT'S AVAILABLE AND IS READILY MARKETABLE. OKAY. UH, I CAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. WELL, AND WHAT ACCESS CAN CITY COUNCIL HAVE TO THIS INFORMATION? ANY ACCESS THEY WANT? I'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CERTAIN, WITH, I MEAN WITH VARIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE SAID, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT PEOPLE, AND I'M LIKE, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. WE HAVE A LIST , YOU KNOW, WELL WE DON'T EVEN KNOW. AND I'M LIKE, NO, NO, NO, NO. WE DO . WELL, WHERE IS IT? HAYDEN HAS IT, , HAYDEN AND DANELLE HAVE IT. SO THERE'S A DISCONNECT IN CON 'CAUSE LOTS OF PEOPLE WANNA BE A PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR YEAH. AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO TALK TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'VE HAD ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS AND KIND OF EVEN WALKING THROUGH SITES THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY TALKING TO AND THAT SORT OF THING. PERFECT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. OKAY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING. SURE. THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT IF THEY WANT THEM TO HAPPEN, THEY CAN, THAT IT IS. SURE. ABSOLUTELY AVAILABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, AND THERE, AND THERE ARE TWO BRAND NEW PEOPLE ON COUNCIL, RIGHT. SO I, I MEAN, I ASSUME THEY GET SOME KIND OF ORIENTATION SESSION OR NOT, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE PART OF THEIR ORIENTATION NEEDS TO BE AT HALF HOUR WITH EDC. SURE, SURE. AND I'LL SAY, UH, MR. WALLACE WAS KIND OF OUR GUINEA PIG THIS YEAR, UH, UM, AND MR. OTU AS WELL KIND OF FORMALIZING THE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR THE EDC. SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING, EVEN IF WE JUST PROVIDE THEM WITH A SLIDE DECK KIND OF GOING THROUGH WHAT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, UM, WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT KIND OF TARGETS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE AFTER THAT, THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE BENEFICIAL TO CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. AND I CAN SHARE OUT THE POWERPOINT WITH [00:55:01] YOU GUYS AS WELL IF YOU WOULD. JUST CURIOUS. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. OKAY. ANYBODY, UM, ERS FOLLY, I'M SURE, OR I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN SEEN ADVERTISEMENTS BEING PUSHED OUT ON FACEBOOK. UM, WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE OFFICIALLY EXACTLY TWO MONTHS OUT FROM THE EVENT, UM, WHICH WILL YEAH. WHICH IS TERRIFYING. BUT, UM, UH, WE ARE SET AND IT, IT WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. SO I'M, I'M, I'M EXCITED. UM, I ASK, UM, FROM OUR STAFF PERSPECTIVE IN THE CITY AS WELL, ANYTIME THAT YOU SEE ANYTHING GO OUT CALLING FOR VENDORS OR, UM, EVEN JUST ADVERTISING EVENT, PLEASE SHARE IT TO YOUR, TO YOUR NETWORKS. IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A VENDOR, UM, AT THE EVENT OR HAS A FOOD TRUCK OR, OR EVEN JUST WANTS TO ATTEND AND, AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND, AND SHOP OUR LOCAL VENDORS, UM, PLEASE SHARE IT OUT WITH THEM. UM, I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT FIRST STEP FOR THE EVENT. I THINK ULTIMATELY WE, WE ENVISION IT NOT BEING HERE AT CITY HALL, UM, BUT MAYBE AT THE PARK OR, UH, ANOTHER LOCATION AROUND TOWN, BUT WE, WE REALLY WANT TO KIND OF GIVE IT A FOUNDATION THIS FIRST YEAR. SO, UH, ANY HELP THAT YOU GUYS CAN DO ON, ON THE GROUND LEVEL, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE. ARE Y'ALL STILL LOOKING FOR FOOD TRUCKS TO SHOW UP? WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY TAKING VENDORS. UM, OKAY. THAT CAN ALL BE FOUND ON, I THINK IT'S UNDER SPECIAL EVENTS ON THE CITY WEBSITE. YEAH. UM, THERE'S A FULCHER FOLLY, UH, FULCHER FOLLY, UM, KIND OF DROP DOWN MENU AND IT HAS ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS ON THERE. OKAY. THANKS. YES MA'AM. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FULL CENTRAL GROUNDBREAKING. I KNOW, UH, I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU, UM, GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE. UNFORTUNATELY, UM, OR FORTUNATELY, I GUESS MY PARENTS WERE IN TOWN, SO I WAS I WAS TOURING THEM AROUND. UM, I DID TRY TO DRAG THEM OUT TO THE, UH, TO THE GROUNDBREAKING, BUT, UH, WE GOT STUCK IN SOME SUGAR LAND TRAFFIC. UM, BUT I, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT, THAT WERE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND KIND OF SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR, FOR THE BOARD'S FIRST BIG, UM, INVESTMENT, UM, OR, UH, PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT WITH V CENTRAL. UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND IT'S GOTTEN A LOT OF BUZZ, UM, AROUND TOWN AND IN THE REGION. SO, UM, WE ARE OFF TO THE RACES WITH THAT AND, UH, WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THAT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS GOES OUT, UM, OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? YES, MA'AM. THIS IS, THIS IS, SORRY, BACK TO THE SHORE FOOD TRUCK. SURE. FOLEY'S THING. MICHELLE WAS WHISPERING ABOUT FOOD TRUCK, UH, PERMITS AND STUFF AND I DON'T, I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW, I COULD HAVE SWORN THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID TO MAKE FOOD TRUCK RULES CONSISTENT STATEWIDE. AM I RIGHT ABOUT THAT OR NOT? OR DO WE HAVE OUR OWN CITY RULES OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YOU ARE CORRECT AND I AM NOT THE EXPERT IN HOW ALL OF THOSE ARE APPLICABLE. I DO KNOW, UM, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM AND PLANNING TEAM HAVE BEEN, UM, REVIEWING THOSE DOCUMENTS A LOT AND I THINK MAYBE EVEN CONSULTING WITH DENTON NAVARRO ON WHAT APPLIES TO FULL SURE. AND WHAT DOESN'T. UM, SO I CAN'T SPEAK CONFIDENTLY INTO THE SPECIFICS OF IT EXCEPT TO SAY THAT YES, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND OUR TEAM IS WORKING TO SEE HOW AND IF THEY AFFECT FOR SURE. AND ANY VENDORS HERE. OKAY. YEAH. I WAS THINKING THERE WAS SOMETHING STATEWIDE, BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF THEY WENT INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER ONE OR JANUARY. OKAY. UM, AND BEFORE THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT I'VE TALKED TO, I BASICALLY SAY, HAVE YOU DONE OTHER STUFF IN FORT BEND COUNTY? THINKING THAT THAT MEANS MAYBE THEY'RE LEGAL. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR THE REPORT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ITEM [Recurring Items - B] FOUR B, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE DO ALWAYS HAVE A RUNNING LIST. SO IF WE, WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT BEFORE AND IT WASN'T ON THIS AGENDA. IT IT IS IN THE DOCKET. CAN WE, IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT, CAN YOU ADD, UH, THE BOX AND THAT WITH WHAT'S ON THE DOCKET? SURE, YEAH. JUST SO THAT WE CAN LITTLE CHART. YEAH, NO PROBLEM. CHRISTMAS DECORATION STATUS. THEY HAVE BEEN PAID FOR . ANY OTHER FUTURE ADDEND ITEMS? OKAY, ITEM FOUR [01:00:01] C. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS. MAYBE A LITTLE GOOD LANDER IN ANOTHER DAY OR TWO. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. OKAY. NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. I MOVE, WE ADJOURN. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES. UH, I ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:00 PM ON AUGUST 11TH, 2025. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.