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I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.WE DO HAVE A QUORUM THIS EVENING.
I DO NOT SEE ANY CITIZENS HERE, SO UNLESS, UH,
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ITEM, A CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE AUGUST 11TH, 2025 MEETING.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR REVISIONS? IF NOT, I'LL UH, ASK FOR A MOTION.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE OFFICE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A, UM, MOTION BY MICHELLE NOBLE, A SECOND BY CARLOS WALLACE.
ANY OPPOSED? MINUTES ARE PASSED.
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TO BUSINESS ITEM B, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST, 2025.UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE SALES TAX NUMBERS YET.
UH, USUALLY WE GET 'EM AROUND THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH.
UM, SO THOSE WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE OCTOBER AGENDA.
BUT AS OF THE LAST MONTH, WE WERE STILL AHEAD.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION ON THE PAYABLES? I SAID WE JUST MOTION SINCE IT'S MADE THAT PAYMENT, I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE PAYABLES OF THE 12,387 AND 93 CENTS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MICHELLE NOBLE AND A SECOND BY CARLOS WALLACE FOR A PAYABLE, UH, FOR $12,387 AND 93 CENTS.
THAT ITEM IS, UH, APPROVED ITEM BUSINESS
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ITEM C IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.0 72 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.UH, THIS SESSION WILL BE TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.
AND UH, THE ONE IN QUESTION IS THE EDC OWNED PROPERTY AT 30,603 FM 10 93 AND 3 0 6 9 FM 10 93 IN RE TEXAS 7 7 4 4 1.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? I MOTION TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANY OPPOSED? IF NONE, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6:03 PM INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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WILL COME BACK INTO REGULAR SESSION AT 6:30 PM ARE THERE ANY ACTIONS ARISING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO ACT, NO ACTION.[Recurring Items - A]
WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, RECURRING ITEMS, UH, ITEM A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.ALRIGHT, I'LL TOUCH ON HARRIS STREET FIRST.
SO WE'VE COMPLETED THE PAVING OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND LANES OF PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING THE INTERSECTIONS, PARALLEL PARKING ZONES AND CURBS.
UM, IS THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH? JUST PHASE ONE.
SO JUST FROM 10 93 TO SECOND STREET.
AND THIS WEEK THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE POURING THE SIDEWALKS FOR THAT PHASE AS WELL.
SO THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEGUN, UH, SANITARY FOR PHASE TWO NEAR FOURTH STREET.
THEY'VE BEGUN EXCAVATION OVER THERE AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THAT WITHIN TWO WEEKS BASED ON OUR MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND ALL $460,000 IN TWO WEEKS.
I WAS GONNA SAY THAT'S PRETTY EFFICIENT ON SPENDING MONEY.
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YEAH.UM, OKAY, MOVING ON TO DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE FOURTH STREET.
SO DESIGN IS COMPLETE AND CLIFF AND I ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE SPEC BOOK AND HOPE TO GET THAT OUT TO BID VERY SOON.
AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION BIDS AT THAT POINT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY STUDY, UH, ME AND KELSEY, UH, AS WELL AS CLIFF HAVE BEEN MEETING, UM, WITH THE DESIGN ENGINEERS THE PAST, UH, TWO WEEKS NOW, UH, EVERY FRIDAY KIND OF GETTING PROGRESSIVE UPDATES AS THEY'RE, UM, FILLING OUT THE FEASIBILITY FOR THE UNDERPASS.
THERE'S NOT A TON TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THIS WEEK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET SOME, UM, A BETTER IDEA AND SOME BETTER DRAWINGS, UM, ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THAT UNDERPASS.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME, SOME MORE DETAILS TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS IN IN OCTOBER.
NOTHING IS STOPPING IT SO FAR.
UM, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, IT IS AT LEAST POSSIBLE
SO, SO, UM, BUT AS SOON AS WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION, I'LL UH, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU GUYS.
UM, RETAIL STRATEGIES, RETAIL LIVE.
UM, LAST WEEK ME AND KELSEY TOOK A TRIP TO AUSTIN, UM, FOR THE RETAIL LIVE EVENT.
UM, OUR RETAIL STRATEGIES TEAM WAS THERE AS WELL.
UM, WE KIND OF TRIPLE TEAMED THE, UH, THE WHOLE, UM, EVENT.
UM, IT WAS A VERY CROWDED, VERY HOT ROOM
UM, SO THIS WEEK WE'LL BE CIRCLING BACK AROUND WITH EVERYBODY.
UM, WE, THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT 18 REALLY SOLID LEADS TO PURSUE FOR, FOR RE THAT WE LIKE.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT SOME SITES THAT WE LIKE.
UM, AND THEN GETTING IN WITH, UM, RETAIL STRATEGIES, UM, TO HAVE SOME FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.
IN RE WAS THAT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER THAT THEY HAVE DOWN ON CESAR S CHAVE ABOARD? NO, IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT.
IT WAS AT, I THINK A MARRIOTT.
UM, BUT I THINK WE ACTUALLY PARKED AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, SO I WANNA SAY I SAW SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TEARING DOWN THAT CONVENTION CENTER AND BUILDING ONE A WHOLE LOT BIGGER AND BETTER.
THEY SAID, UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SAY OUR ROOM WAS, I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT 900 ATTENDEES.
AND WE PROBABLY COULD'VE USED A ROOM ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE, BUT WOW.
BUT OVERALL, I, IT WAS A, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
UM, THE RETAILERS WERE ALL VERY FRIENDLY, UM, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE GROWTH THAT FULGER HAS.
UM, WE TOOK SOME MAPS FOR THEM TO SEE.
NOBODY WANTS TO ACTUALLY TAKE ANYTHING HOME WITH THEM, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE, HAVE SOME VISUALS TO, TO SHOW 'EM OUR GROWTH PATTERNS.
SO EVERYBODY SEEMED PRETTY POSITIVE ON US.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP IS THERE.
I THINK IF YOU NOTICE OUR, UM, OUR PACKET LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE HAD A MELTDOWN WITH OUR AGENDA SOFTWARE ON FRIDAY, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY AN, AN OLD PACKET THAT WE PIECED TOGETHER.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL GLOSS OVER THAT.
UM, WE GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM B BOARD AT THEIR LAST MEETING, UM, ABOUT THE KIND OF PROGRAMMING THEY WANNA SEE.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THEIR FEEDBACK.
UM, THEY REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON DOING PROBABLY A QUARTERLY, UM, UH, BOOTCAMP WITH THE FOUNDERS INSTITUTE, WHICH WE FOUND TO BE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.
THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE COMING UP THE END OF OCTOBER.
UM, DOING THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND THEN HAVING TWO LARGER EVENTS KIND OF SPACED OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, YEAR.
SO ONE FOCUSING MORE PRIMARILY ON NETWORKING WITHIN OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, AND OUR ENTREPRENEURS.
BUT THEN ALSO HAVING, UM, A DIFFERENT EVENT KIND OF MORE AKIN TO OUR HOME BUSINESS, UM, EVENT THAT WE HAD, BUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION, WHETHER THAT'S ONE OF OUR CHAMBERS, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE SBDC OR SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WE CAN KIND OF, UM, TAG TEAM.
UM, SO THEY ALL SEEM PRETTY POSITIVE, AT LEAST WITH THE IDEAS GOING FORWARD.
SO, UM, IN OCTOBER WE'LL PRESENT A KIND OF A PRELIMINARY CALENDAR WITH WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I'LL, I'LL PUT IN ANOTHER PLUG FOR SURE.
UM, THE ADVISOR SESSIONS, I WAS TALKING, UH, TO ONE OF, ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED AND, UH, WENT TO THE HOME BASE BUSINESS EXPO THAT WE HAD.
SO HE SAW THAT EVENT, BUT HE'S ALSO, UH, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE ADVISOR SESSIONS AS WELL AND, AND THE NETWORKING SURE.
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ME HE REALLY PROBABLY GOT MORE OUT OF THE ADVISOR SESSIONS THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY HIS OBSTACLES AND HOW TO OVERCOME.AND I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
WE HAD, WE ALSO HAD OUR, OUR ADVISORY TEAM MEETING, UM, I GUESS LAST WEEK MM-HMM
UM, WHICH, WHICH CASE IT'S ON.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WAS A, A BIG THEME THERE.
IT WAS HAVING SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ADVISORY SESSIONS, THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT, MORE DIFFICULT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT WE, WE DO SEE THE NEED FOR THAT, UM, KIND OF TAILORING TO THE INDIVIDUAL ENTREPRENEUR.
SO WE WILL WORK TO HAVE SOMETHING, UM, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH OUR CURRENT ADVISOR NETWORK OR, UM, PEOPLE THAT WE'VE CONTACTED THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WILL WANT TO CARRY THAT ON.
BUT IT'LL PROBABLY BE MORE OF A GRASSROOTS THING THAN ME OR ANELLE OR KELSEY GOING ONE-ON-ONE WITH THESE ENTREPRENEURS.
UM, UH, AS WELL, UM, FOR THE EDC STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, UM, B BOARD DID MEET, THEY WERE, THEY'VE SHARED KIND OF THE SAME VIEWS AS, AS YOU GUYS GETTING COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK WAS, UM, A, A BIG PRIORITY FOR THEM, UM, GETTING THEIR BUY-IN ON, ON A REFRESH, BUT THEY IN GENERAL SEEMED PRETTY POSITIVE ON DOING SOME SORT OF A REFRESH.
UM, AND THEN HAVING THAT RELATIONSHIP FOR THE, THE BUILDING OF THAT REFRESH BETWEEN BOTH BOARDS AND COUNCIL, UM, POSSIBLY ADDING IN SOME MORE, UM, SESSIONS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN THE, IN THE PROPOSAL.
I THINK IT HAD TWO, UM, JOINT MEETINGS BETWEEN BOTH BOARDS AND COUNCIL, BUT MAYBE ADDING A THIRD OR A FOURTH.
SO DOES THAT BETWEEN ALL THREE.
SO DOES THAT MEAN THIS NEEDS TO BECOME AN AGENDA ITEM ON A COUNCIL MEETING SOMETIME IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS? IT WILL, YES.
AND IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UM, TO GET THEIR, THEIR FEEDBACK ON IT AS WELL, SO THAT WAY WE CAN GO BACK TO TIP AND, AND KIND OF RESHAPE ANY, UM, ANY OF THE CONTRACTS OR THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE GOTTEN FOR US.
AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW WHAT COUNCIL MEETING THAT IS, WE'LL WE'LL PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU GUYS.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK YOU WANNA PRESENT AT COUNCIL, UM, YOU'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR HAYDEN? AND IT'S MATTHEW, RIGHT? ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MATTHEW OR HAYDEN? NO.
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UH, AGENDA ITEM B, WHICH IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? AND THEY, AND, UH, HAYDEN INCLUDED A VERY NICE HANDY DANDY LIST TO SHOW THIS IS WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE ON THE LIST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING BRIAN'S BEEN ASKING FOR AND UNFORTUNATELY HE DOES NOT GET TO SEE IT ON ITS FIRST NIGHT.UM, I WILL NOTE THAT LIKE WE JUST MENTIONED, THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, BECAUSE IT'S HAVING TO GO TO COUNCIL, I DOUBT IT WILL BE BACK IN OCTOBER.
BUT WE HAVE IT AS A PLACEHOLDER FOR NOW.
THE INCENTIVE PLAN THAT THE B BOARD IS WORKING ON, DOES THE A BOARD HAVE ANY PARTICIPATION IN THAT AT ALL, OR IS THAT STRICTLY A B BOARD PROGRAM? THAT IS SOLELY B BOARD AND THAT'S OKAY.
UM, THAT'S WHY THAT ITEM ON HERE IS THIS FISCAL YEAR IS GONNA BE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOMETHING FOR A BOARD TO DO.
SO THAT IS ON, ON THE HORIZON.
UM, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT WILL COME BEFORE YOU GUYS, BUT, BUT WE ARE TRACKING THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
SO THIS, THIS LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY EXTENSIVE LIST TO ME.
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THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ANNOUNCEMENTS.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT? WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANELLE COMING BACK NEXT MONTH.
ANELLE UH, WILL BE HERE FOR OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
SO SHE, SHE GETS BACK THE 29TH.
UM, AND THEN ALSO OCTOBER 11TH, REMEMBER WE HAVE FULCHER FOLLY, UM, WHICH WILL BE RIGHT OUT FRONT HERE.
UM, SO IT SHOULD BE A GOOD EVENT.
EVERYTHING'S SQUARED AWAY NOW.
UM, AND WE'D INVITE YOU AND, AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO COME OUT AND, AND JOIN US.
I THINK THE, UM, ELECTIONS OFFICE, THE FORT BEND COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE.
I'VE STARTED NOTICING ALL THE PROPOSITIONS GETTING PRINTED UP IN NEWSPAPERS FOR THE, I THINK IT'S NOVEMBER 4TH IS WHAT ELECTION DAY IS THIS COMING YEAR.
SO IF YOU WANNA GO CHECK OUT THE ELECTIONS, THE FORT BENNETT ELECTIONS WEBSITE.
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SEE THE, UH, SAMPLE BALLOT OUT THERE ABOUT NOW.I THINK THERE WERE 14 PROPOSITIONS THIS YEAR.
DO YOU NEED ANYTHING FROM THE EDC BOARD MEMBERS IN REGARD TO FULL SURES FOLLY? I DO NOT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE, I THINK SOMEHOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE MADE IT
WELL, GOOD FOR YOU HAYDEN
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I GUESS, ARE WE UP TO THE ADJOURNMENT? YES, MA'AM.
FOR SOME REASON I LOST MY, UM, LOST MY AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 6:43 PM OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MICHELLE, A SECOND BY CARLOS TO ADJOURN AT 6:43 PM ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:43 PM THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.