[Call to Order]
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IT IS NOW 6:00 PM I CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY OF STER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING.
UM, I CALL IT TO ORDER, UH, FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? WE DO NOT, NO.
[Recurring Items - A (Part 1 of 2)]
OKAY.SO NOW WE'RE GONNA START SHUFFLING SOME THINGS AROUND ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SAKE OF OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND TO MAKE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF THEIR TIMES.
SO WE ARE GOING TO JUMP TO ITEM FOUR A, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT, BUT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE ITEM AND THEN WE WILL ADJUST THE OTHERS.
UH, LET ME, SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FOUR A ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE CIP UPDATE? YES.
SO FOR HARRIS STREET, UH, WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.
ALL THE ROADWAY PAVING FOR PHASE ONE IS COMPLETE.
UH, ASPHALT TRANSITIONS AT FIRST STREET AND 10 93 ARE IN PROGRESS.
UH, THE SECOND STREET INTERSECTION IS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON SIDEWALKS, PAVING IS IN PROGRESS, AND, UH, AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN RAMPS AND CROSSWALKS FOR THE, UH, FIFTH STREET 10 INCH WATERLINE THAT'S HAS NEEDED TO BE ISOLATED.
UH, WE HAVE, WE'VE PURCHASED AN INSERTIVE VALVE, WHICH WILL BE INSTALLED TOMORROW THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PERFORM THE, UH, PUMP STATION RIGHT NEXT TO THAT POND FOR THE DETENTION POND.
AND SO THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE VERY SOON.
AS FAR AS THE SANITARY SEWER, THE PORTION FROM FIFTH TO FOURTH HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
AND, UH, THE REMAINING PORTION OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING PHASE TWO UP TO THE JTM CONSTRUCTION DRIVEWAY SANITARY LINE WILL BE INSTALLED AFTER THE ROADWAY PORTION FROM FOURTH TO FIFTH IS COMPLETED.
SO AS OF NOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE UPDATED, SINCE THIS REPORT WAS PUT OUT, I THINK I BELIEVE WE'RE 37 OR 38% COMPLETE BASED ON AMOUNT EXPENSED.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH ANOTHER PRETTY LARGE PAY APP RIGHT NOW, PAY APP NUMBER EIGHT, AND WE'RE ABOUT 91% COMPLETE ON DAYS.
BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS SUBMITTING A CHANGE ORDER FOR ADDITIONAL DAYS HERE PRETTY SOON.
SO THAT DISCREPANCY WILL, UH, I GUESS THE SCUR WILL KIND OF FLATTEN AFTER THAT'S COMPLETED, WHICH WILL KIND OF PUSH THAT DATE EXPECTED COMPLETION FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER AS OF NOW.
SO IS THIS BEFORE, ARE WE EXPECTING IT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
SO BEFORE NEW YEAR'S? I, I WOULD BEFORE NEW, BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST.
ARE, ARE THEY GONNA WORK DURING CHRISTMAS? THEY, I MEAN, THERE'LL BE PARTICULAR DAYS THEY DON'T, BUT OKAY.
I IMAGINE THEY, THEY'VE INDICATED THEY WANT TO MOVE AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
AND WE'VE REALLY BEEN PUSHING THEM AS WELL, SO, OKAY.
ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THE PEDESTRIAN RAMP OR PEDESTRIAN RAMPS AND SIDEWALKS AND ET CETERA, THAT'S IN, THAT'S IN PROGRESS FOR PHASE ONE WHERE THE PAVING'S BEEN DONE.
DON'T TAKE CARE OF THAT AFTER THIS, THE ROAD LANES HAVE BEEN PUT DOWN.
AND THEN Y'ALL ARE GONNA GET STARTED ON PHASE TWO OF THE PAVEMENT FOR THE ROAD LANES.
LIKE ARE THEY ALREADY ON THAT PART OF IT OR NOT IN, IS THE WORKUP ON FOURTH FIFTH STREET KIND OF TAKING PLACE NOW AND THAT OTHER'S ON HOLD UNTIL THAT PART'S FINISHED? SO THEY DID HAVE A CREW DOING, UH, THEY, THEY WANTED TO START THE SANITARY SEWER PORTION OF PHASE TWO WHILE THEY WERE DOING PAVING, UH, SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA, FOR PHASE ONE TO KIND OF KILL TWO BIRDS OF THE ONE STONE.
BUT, UH, NOW THAT THAT SANITARY LINE IS FINISHED, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH JUST GONNA FINISH UP THE PAVING FOR PHASE ONE, UH, BEFORE THEY MOVE TO THAT PHASE TWO PORTION.
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SECOND STREET ALL THE WAY UP TO FIFTH, FROM FIFTH TO THE DRIVEWAY OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY JUST SOUTH OF FOURTH JTM CONSTRUCTION TO THAT DRIVEWAY, ESSENTIALLY HALF HALF OF THAT DRIVEWAY.TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN RE RETAIN ACCESS.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A REQUEST FOR A PERCENTAGE COMPLETION FOR ACTUAL PROGRESS, AND WE HAVE THAT AT 40% RIGHT NOW, JUST 'CAUSE WE'VE KIND OF MOVED INTO PHASE TWO.
SO WITH A, AN EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE, UM, IN, IN DECEMBER.
SO THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO THE CONTRACTOR ABOUT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CRASHING OF THE SCHEDULE.
UH, SO THERE'S GONNA BE MULTIPLE THINGS BEING WORKED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY.
RATHER THAN WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE FROM A YEAR AGO TO, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO
WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR PRETTY HEAVILY ON THAT.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? UH, SORRY, HARRIS STREET? NOPE.
THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.
SO IT IS IN THE BIDDING PHASE RIGHT NOW, AND WE WILL OPEN BIDS ON THE 28TH OF OCTOBER.
AND ONCE WE GET BIDS ON, SO WE WILL GET BIDS THAT'LL, YOU SAID IT OPENS ON THE 28TH? IT'S, IT'S OPENED CURRENTLY.
WE'RE GONNA OPEN THEM THE BIDS ON THE 28TH AND THEN WE'LL VIEW WHAT YOU RECEIVED.
YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE BIDS ON THE 28TH.
AND THEN WE EXPECT, HOW LONG, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO FROM THERE, TAKE THE NEXT COUNCIL APPROVED? PROBABLY THE, UH, I GUESS SECOND NOVEMBER MEETING.
AND THEN WHATEVER THE FIRST TUESDAY IS AND OKAY.
BUT IT THE, I MEAN, ACCORDING TO WHAT, WHAT YOU SENT US, THERE'S NOTHING STANDING IN THE WAY NOW IN TERMS OF PERMITTING WITH TEXT.
ALL THE T DOT PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING WAS SQUARED AWAY.
UH, WHAT ABOUT, UM, EASEMENTS, UH, OR WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY LANDOWNER OR THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THAT COULD LIMIT OR SPEED ON THIS PROJECT? NOT ANYMORE.
THAT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE, FOR THE TRIBUTARY PROJECT, WHICH IS RELATED TO THIS ONE.
I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL TALKS WITH, UM, YES.
ON A COUPLE PARCELS, BUT YEAH, NOT ON THIS PROJECT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? NOPE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OR IS THAT IT? I THINK THAT'S IT.
BEAR WITH ME AS I KIND OF RE SCROLL AND SCROLL,
[Business - C]
NOW WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT AND WE ARE GOING TO JUMP INTO ITEM THREE C REVIEW AND DISCUSSION ON EDC EVENT PLANNING FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.UM, FOR THIS ITEM, WE ARE JUST WANTING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW, UM, TO FACILITATE A DISCUSSION ON, UH, THE EDCS PLANNED EVENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 26TH SINCE, UM, WE JUST KICKED OFF.
AND WE'LL JUST KIND OF PROVIDE A TIMELINE OR AN OUTLINE OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE, UM, SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW FOR THIS REST OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN WHAT, UH, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS GO TOWARD EACH EVENT.
KIND OF COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, CITY STAFF WERE RECENTLY APPROACHED BY A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR SHORE REGIONAL CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE WITH A REQUEST FOR EACH EDC BOARD TO CONSIDER A RENEWED, UM, MOU OUTLINING A POTENTIAL COLLABORATION FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
SO THAT DOCUMENT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOU TO REVIEW, BUT THIS ITEM IS NOT FOR, UM, IS ONLY FOR DISCUSSION.
WE WILL NOT ASK YOU TO MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT.
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WANTED TO OPEN THAT CONVERSATION.AND SO TONIGHT WE HAVE RACHEL HERE, UM, AND SHE'S GONNA SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THIS IS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO JUST ASK QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THE PROPOSAL ITSELF OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU'RE WONDERING AS IT RELATES TO, UH, EVENTS HOSTED BY THE CHAMBER AND WHAT THAT PARTNERSHIP WOULD MEAN FOR US.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT, UM, 'CAUSE SHE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, THAT'S, I LOVE THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN HAVE LIKE A, A REGULAR, A DIALOGUE, AN OPEN DIALOGUE.
UM, I ONLY MENTION THAT WE'VE HAD SEVERAL TIMES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE COME AND, UM, THEY'VE WANTED AN ABSOLUTE DECISION, UM, IN THAT MOMENT.
AND WHEN WE WEREN'T QUITE READY, 'CAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE EITHER HEARING ABOUT IT OR WE NEEDED FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, THEY LEFT AND WE NEVER, THEY JUST DIDN'T FURTHER THE CONVERSATION.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US.
THERE'S A LOT TO DISCUSS ACTUALLY.
BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FOR YOU GUYS.
SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF EVENTS AT THE FOAL REGIONAL CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE.
HE IS OUR INCOMING CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR 2026 THROUGH 2028.
AND MY NAME IS RACHEL DURHAM AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FOAL REGIONAL CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE.
AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT US IN EVERY CAPACITY.
SO WHAT I HAVE PROVIDED YOU GUYS WITH IS JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF A PROPOSAL BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE EDCS TO COLLABORATE ON THREE MAJOR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE IDEA BEHIND TEAMING UP TOGETHER IS TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A UNIFIED FRONT TO PUT ON GREAT EVENTS THAT ANELLE AND HAYDEN HAVE ALREADY DONE.
SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE FULL SHERE FOLLIES, THIS PA THIS PAST SATURDAY, BY THE WAY.
UM, BUT THE CHAMBER WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE CITY IN A COMBINED EFFORT TO BRING BIG MAJOR EVENTS LIKE OUR FREEDOM FEST, THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL TO THE CITY OF SRE AND THE EDCS TO SHOW THE UNITED FRONT TO THE COMMUNITY AND BRING A POSITIVE, FUN
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE WRITTEN OUT HERE IS EVERYTHING IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.
THIS IS JUST A ROUGH DRAFT OF SOME IDEAS THAT I HAD AND WHAT THEY ENTAIL, AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH OPEN TO FUTURE DISCUSSION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO START WITH? UH, CAN WE HAVE A MINUTE TO READ? SURE.
UM, JUST HELP KIND OF HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROCESS, UM, IN TERMS OF PUTTING ON AN EVENT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE NEED A STAGE A BAND.
UM, HOW DO YOU, OR HAVE YOU, OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE GETTING ALL THAT STUFF IN PLACE? SO I CAN GIVE YOU A PRIME EXAMPLE, AND THAT WOULD BE FREEDOM FEST 2026, WHICH IS AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG GIANT AFFAIR ACROSS THE NATION.
SO AT THE CHAMBER, WE HAVE ALREADY SECURED THE LOCATION, WE'VE ALREADY SECURED THE STAGE THROUGH THE COUNTY, AND WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON ENTERTAINMENT AND A VENUE LAYOUT.
DO YOU HAVE MORE TO ELABORATE ON WITH THAT ONE? SO DO YOU STEP YEAH.
UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE.
LAST YEAR WAS INCREDIBLE AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT ENTERTAINMENT EVERY YEAR.
THE VISION FOR THIS YEAR IS A TEXAS COUNTRY FESTIVAL.
BRINGING AN ACTUAL HEADLINER TO FULL SURE.
UM, WE NEEDED A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
WE FELT LIKE CHOOSING INSIDE OF SHORE WOULD BE BETTER, WHICH WE, OUR LOCATION THIS YEAR, IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO SAY? YEAH.
UM, IS SHORE HIGH SCHOOL AND, UM, IT IS GOING TO BE HUGE.
I KNOW OUR DEMOGRAPHIC, I KNOW OUR AGE GROUP.
WE ARE A CITY OF 35 TO 45 YEAR OLDS RAISING KIDS.
SO THE VISION IS THAT IS BRINGING ENTERTAINERS TO SHORE AND HAVING A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO WE'RE
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THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF, AND AARON WATSON, ROGER CRAIGER, UM, CLAY WALKER, THAT KIND OF TYPE OF DEAL.BUT SOMETHING BIG AND AMAZING.
UH, SO THE, UH, HOW, HOW DOES YOUR PROCESS GO? I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE BEING OPAQUE.
HERE'S MY ISSUE IS YOU'RE A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION AND YOU HAVE LOTS OF FREEDOM AS A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE LOTS OF WONDERFUL DECISIONS.
UM, THE CITY IS A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION AND TAX DOLLARS ARE PUBLIC.
AND SO THERE'S THIS VERY SPECIFIC, REFINED, CALCULATED AS I LOOK AT MY LAWYER, UM, PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW YES.
TO MAKE SURE THAT TAXPAYER FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT APPROPRIATELY.
HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH TAXPAYER FUNDS THAT NEED TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR MM-HMM
VERSUS A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION GOING OUT AND GETTING A STAGE OR ENTERTAINERS.
SO THE KEY NOTE ON THAT TAKEAWAY IS TO SAY THAT THE CITY'S FUNDING WOULD NEVER GO DIRECTLY TO THE CHAMBER.
THE CHAMBER WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THE INVOICE MADE OUT TO THE CITY OF RE THEREFORE, WHICHEVER ITEMS THE CITY AND THE CHAMBER AGREE UPON IN THEIR COLLABORATION TO PAY FOR THE CITY FUNDING WOULD GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS THAT INVOICE SO THAT THERE'S NO MONIES EVER TRANSFERRED BETWEEN THE TWO ENTITIES.
I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE ANSWER.
UM, LET ME THINK ABOUT HOW TO SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
SO IT, WELL, SO HERE, MY CONCERN IS ANYTIME, AND THIS IS TRUE FOR ANYTIME A PUBLIC ENTITY WORKS WITH A PRIVATE ENTITY, IS THAT FUNDS THAT IF WE WERE TO DO IT OURSELVES, WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT THE BID MM-HMM
RIGHT? WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND, AND I DO NOT KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT.
I LET OTHER PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THOSE DETAILS, UM,
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE WILL, I MEAN, IS THE PLAN THAT YOU WOULD SET UP THE RF YOU WOULD STILL FOLLOW THIS WHAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DO? YES.
WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW YOUR GUIDELINES AND I WOULD HAVE TO PRESENT TO ANELLE AND HAYDEN TO WHAT THOSE THREE OPTIONS WERE TO FOLLOW THE SAME POLICIES THAT THE CITY DOES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S COVERED.
CAN I INTERRUPT HERE AND ASK ANELLE AND HAYDEN, LIKE WE JUST HAD FULL SHE'S FOLLY.
DID Y'ALL HAVE TO BID ANY BID OUT ANY OF THOSE SERVICES OR COMPONENTS? WE DID NOT.
'CAUSE IT'S BELOW A CERTAIN DOLLAR LEVEL.
SO POTENTIALLY ON LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR FREEDOMFEST, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT TAKES TO HIRE SOMEONE LIKE CLAY WALKER, ROGER CRAIGER, MAYBE THAT MIGHT NEED IT.
MAYBE THAT NEEDS MORE HANDLING.
SO THAT'S, THIS IS WHERE I, I SEE A DISCONNECT IN, WELL WE'RE, THE CITY IS SET UP TO LIKE, WE CAN, WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH IT THAT THOROUGH OF A PROCESS FOR A SMALLER EVENT.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN SMALL EVENTS, RIGHT? I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN LIKE, BIG BLOWOUT EVENTS, WHICH IS AWESOME.
WELL, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, IT'S, UNLESS I THREW OUT THE ENTERTAINMENT, RIGHT, LET'S SAY IT'S FIREWORKS Y'ALL WANNA HANDLE, WE CAN GET YOU THREE BIDS FOR FIREWORKS.
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ENTERTAINERS.
MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE STARTED THERE.
WE CAN WORK OUR WAY BACK DOWN.
BUT LET'S SAY IT'S A DRONE SHOW OR FIREWORKS AND Y'ALL WANT THREE BIDS FOR THOSE, AND Y'ALL ARE LIKE, HEY, WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE CARE OF FIREWORKS.
UM, A DRONE SHOW, AND I'M GONNA USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE STAGE SECURED, BUT THE STAGE RIGHT.
THAT TA THAT HELPS US IN AN INCREDIBLE WAY.
THOSE INVOICES OR THOSE QUOTES WOULD GO STRAIGHT TO YOU.
AND SO, YOU KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS TRANSPARENT AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND MAYBE WE TAKE ON THE COST OF THE ENTERTAINER, RIGHT? SO IT, IT'S NOT ONE THING AND NOT THE OTHER.
IT CAN BE THESE THINGS WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP Y'ALL WITH IF Y'ALL ARE TAKING CARE OF THIS.
UM, ALSO, I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT YOU BROUGHT UP BIG BLOWOUT EVENTS.
I THINK WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT THAT AND NOT FUN, NOT FUNNY TO YOU, LIKE JUST IN GENERAL IS FULL SURE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING EVENTS INSIDE OF SHORE, MY EVENTS WERE 60 WOMEN ON AVERAGE.
NOW, I MEAN, I THINK THEY WOULD BE A HUNDRED.
THE, THE, THE INTERESTING PART OF RE IS THAT IT'S GROWING, RIGHT? WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE OPTION OF HAVING SMALL EVENTS ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY.
SO EVEN IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A SMALL QUAINT SCARECROW FESTIVAL, THAT'S NOT THE COMMUNITY WE'RE SERVING.
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SO YES, OUR EVENTS ARE GONNA BE SPECTACULAR AND WONDERFUL AND BIG BLOWOUT EVENTS, BUT I THINK THAT A CITY OF THAT IS GROWING AT THE RATE IT IS DESERVES THAT WE ALSO DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF BEING LIKE, SORRY ABOUT YOU.WE ARE ONLY EQUIPPED FOR 300 PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO I'M SEEING ON HERE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT MANAGING TICKET SALES.
I DON'T BELIEVE FOR PRIOR THINGS LIKE THE FREEDOM FEST, THE SCARECROW FESTIVAL, THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL, WE'VE NEVER DONE TICKET SALES AT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BEFORE WHERE IT'S JUST, HEY, ANYBODY FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE COME.
I KNOW THE CHAMBER HAS HAD OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE TICKETED.
UM, BECAUSECAUSE, I KNOW Y'ALL HAD THINGS LIKE AT SAFARI, TEXAS OR THE, THE VENUES IN BROOKSHIRE OR WALLACE OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, HOW, HOW ARE Y'ALL CONFIDENT THAT, UH, DOING TICKET SALES? I MEAN, ARE Y'ALL LOOKING LIKE $10 A TICKET, $25 A TICKET, 40 BUCKS A TICKET? WE HAVEN'T EVEN DECIDED ON ANY TICKETED EVENT THAT'S JUST IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVERED ALL OF OUR OKAY.
SO IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A TICKETED EVENT.
IT PROBABLY WON'T BE A TICKETED EVENT, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE PARKING ATTENDANCE THERE.
AND I KNOW AT THE FREEDOM FEST LAST YEAR, Y'ALL DID YES, YES.
A SMALL NOMINAL PARKING FEE AND THERE WERE STILL MORE CARS THAT WENT THERE WERE STILL MORE AND MORE CARS.
NO, WE'RE JUST REALLY REACHING OUT AT THIS TIME TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EDCS AND THE CHAMBER AND WORK OUT ALL THE DETAILS AS THEY COME, AS THEY COME ABOUT.
AND LET ANELLE AND HAYDEN TELL US WHAT IS AND WHAT, WHAT ISN'T AVAILABLE TO THE CHAMBER TO UTILIZE.
WE JUST WE'RE, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND THE CITY AND SHOW IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND WE'RE HERE TO BRING BIG THINGS AND FUN THINGS TO THE CITY OF SHORE TOGETHER.
'CAUSE I, 'CAUSE I I MEAN, FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, UM, TO ME IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING WENT FINE MONEY-WISE AS FAR AS HANDLING INVOICES AND PAYING INVOICES AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.
AND THINGS HAVE KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH, UM, WITH THE CHAMBER, THE, THE, THE LAST TIME THAT I REMEMBER, UH, DON, THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT SHOWING UP, IT WAS THE CHAMBER'S IDEA TO, UM, WALK, WALK AWAY AND LET THE CITY HANDLE THINGS THEMSELVES.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAYBE IF THERE WAS ANY FRICTION ANYWHERE IS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT BEING OVERCOME WITH THIS? UM, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE BACK AND FORTH IN THE FUTURE.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY FRICTION BETWEEN PERSONNEL.
THERE WAS AN ISSUE OF STAFFING ON OUR PART AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF EVENTS THAT HAS BEEN SATISFIED.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE PUT FORTH THE TIME TO PROVIDE THE EDCS WITH THE BIDS AND QUOTES THAT THEY NEEDED ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL BECAUSE WE HAVE ANGELA IN HOUSE NOW TO HANDLE THE ACTUAL EVENT DETAILS.
I, SO ON THE ADMINISTRATION AND I WOULD WORK SOLELY WITH ANNEL AND HAYDEN AS FAR AS SATISFYING WHAT THE CITY'S NEEDS WERE TO BE MET.
AND I, I, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THAT BEING DISCUSSED THE LAST TIME DON CAME TO AN EDC MEETING.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOU'RE WELCOME.
SO THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, I'LL UH, GO TO AN L AND HAYDEN, BECAUSE WHEN THAT TRANSITION TOOK PLACE, THERE WERE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ON THE CITY STAFF SIDE THAT SAID WE DO HAVE THE, UH, PERSONNEL TO HANDLE.
I THINK WE HAD THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF SHORE AND THEN, UH, THIS YEAR WE HAD SHORE FOLEYS.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY IS HAPPY TO TAKE THIS OVER NOW.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR MAYOR AND THE CHAMBER ONE IN THE SAME, SO I EXPECT THERE'S SOME UNITY THERE.
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ELECTION NEXT MAY.ALL OF THESE EVENTS COME AFTER NEXT MAY.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE ANY, UM, VIBE, 'CAUSE EVERYBODY USES THE WORD VIBE NOWADAYS.
IS THERE ANY VIBE ON THE CITY SIDE WHERE THE CITY IS SAYING, WE WANNA KEEP DOING THESE IN HOUSE? IS THERE ANY KIND OF, I MEAN, IS THE CITY LIKE NEUTRAL ON THIS? OR DOES THE CITY HAVE A POSITION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? I'M, I'M JUST HOPING NOT TO STEP ON TOES ANYWHERE.
UH, WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE CITY, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, BUT OUR EXPERIENCE, UM, FOR MYSELF AND HAYDEN, UM, HAS BEEN THAT WHEN WE GOT HERE, IT WAS JUST AT THAT PIVOTAL POINT WHEN THE CITY HAD HIRED MYSELF AND A FEW OTHER, UM, A EMPLOYEES IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD A BACKGROUND IN EVENTS AND COORDINATING AND EXECUTING AND ALL OF THAT.
AND SO TOGETHER, UM, UH, ALSO OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WE FELT THAT WE COULD HANDLE, UM, PLANNING THE EVENTS AND, UM, THE MARKETING ASPECT AND ALL THAT IT ENTAILS, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING TO END.
AND I WILL SAY THAT IN THE LAST YEAR, I MEAN, YOU, YOU ATTENDED, SOME OF YOU ATTENDED BICENTENNIAL AND, UM, WE, WE FELT VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT OUR CAPABILITIES.
UH, AND SINCE THEN, THIS, THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY ADDED AN EVENTS, UH, COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY ITSELF.
UM, SO IN, IN THE PAST, THE EDC WOULD FUND THE EVENT AND WE WOULD KIND OF MANAGE, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE CHAMBER AT THE TIME WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN HOUSE.
UM, BUT IT'S, WE, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PEOPLE LAST YEAR, NOW THERE'S NEW POSITIONS THIS COMING YEAR.
UM, SO I FEEL VERY, VERY CAPABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING AS A TEAM.
UM, AND PART OF THE DEAL WITH THE EVENTS PERSON WAS BECAUSE OF HAVING PRIMROSE PARK AND EAGLE LANDING, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT THAT WE'D NEED A PERSON TO LOOK AFTER.
JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE ON STAFF THAT CAN MANAGE THOSE RESERVATIONS AND, UM, ALL OF THAT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BE READY AHEAD OF TIME AS WE, I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MOVING, UH,
TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD ON HERE.
UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE TWO EDC BOARDS? YES.
SO THERE'S THE A BOARD AND THE B BOARD.
UM, THE LAST TIME, OR ONE OF MY CONCERNS, UH, AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T SPECIFIC TO THE CHAMBER, THIS IS SPECIFIC TO ANYONE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDS, UH, THAT IS, SO LEMME BACK UP THE A BOARD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE E ECONOMY OF RE SPECIFICALLY AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE B BOARD HAS A LARGER REMIT, BUT TO A GREAT EXTENT THAT IS THE A BOARD'S REMIT.
UH, AND WHEN WE HAVE STEPPED OUTSIDE OF THAT REMIT, CITY COUNCIL HAS SLAPPED OUR HAND MM-HMM
AND SO THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THAT REMIT.
DO WE HAVE A FEEL, AND I'M LOOKING AT ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYONE IN THE, ON THE, INCLUDING THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, IF NOT CLEARLY EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY FEEL FROM THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL ON HOW THEY WOULD FEEL ABOUT US STEPPING OUTSIDE OF OUR REMIT? WELL, THIS GOES UNDER PROMOTIONS, RIGHT? WHICH BOTH A AND BP WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAST TIME WE NOT ONLY HAD IT IN BUDGET, BUT THAT BUDGET WAS APPROVED TWICE BY CITY COUNCIL AND THEY STILL CAME BACK AND SLAPPED OUR HAND.
BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHORE FAST TRACK.
NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT AN OP TIME WHEN THIS, THIS CORPORATION WENT OUT AND SPENT ITS MONEY ON SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND WELL, THAT WAS NOT SEEN AS APPROPRIATE.
AND NOW I'M ASKING IF ANYONE CAN HELP.
IF THAT EVER HAPPENS AGAIN, I WILL BE AGAINST IT.
WELL, I, I WOULD, AND I CAN MAYBE SEE IF NATALIE AGREES WITH ME, BUT WHEN YOU READ THE LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE AND WHAT'S IN THE, UH, MUNICIPAL CODE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC TO THE A BOARD, IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS PRIMARY JOBS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO IN THERE.
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS INFRASTRUCTURE ONLY.
POTENTIALLY, MAYBE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ON COUNCIL WHO
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SEE A IS INFRASTRUCTURE ONLY.BUT I DON'T SAY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAS PART, PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WAS WHY I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO UPDATE THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
BUT PRIMARY JOBS IS DEFINITELY PART OF THE STATE CODE ON WHAT THE A BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO I MEAN, OKAY, WELL THIS DOESN'T, SO IT'S THE STATE'S REMISSION.
THIS DOESN'T, OKAY, THIS STILL DOESN'T BRING IN JOBS.
SO I MEAN, I'M NO, BUT IT'S, I MEAN, IT JUST GOES UNDER, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONS IS PART OF BOTH BOARDS AND I THINK THAT'S IN STATE CODE ALSO ON, BECAUSE WE GET TO, WHAT IS IT? IS IT 10% OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE YES.
AND WE CAN SET ASIDE YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
WHICH IS, WHICH IS A GOOD CHUNK OF CHANGE FOR US.
AND IT'S EVEN LARGER FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T USED IT, AND SO WE GET TO ROLL IT OVER.
I AM EXTREMELY HESITANT ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THE CHAMBER, THAT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO OUR REMIT WITHOUT GETTING ANY FEED.
I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL COMING TO THIS BOARD.
I THINK, UM, IF I, FROM ALL MY CONVERSATIONS, UM, I THINK THERE'S, IT'S TWOFOLD HERE.
SO I THINK THE CITY, THE EDC, BOTH WANT TO HAVE A GOOD COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL CHAMBER.
AND I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE SEEING US A POSITIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF THAT SPECIFICS TO ANY, ARE VERY CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A SPECIFIC COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD SAY OR YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR QUESTIONS WOULD BE.
UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE EVENT, DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION, ON THE BUDGET, WHAT THE DOLLARS ARE COVERING.
UM, ALL THOSE DETAILS HAVE TO BE LAID OUT.
AND IT, WELL, I GUESS THE OTHER THING I'D SAY, EVEN IF, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T SPEND THIS MONEY, IT'S NOT LIKE THE COUNCIL COULD TAKE THIS MONEY THAT'S IN THE PROMOTION LINE FOR BUDGET AND SPEND IT ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE PROMOTION LINE.
IT'S NOT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE LINE.
AND I AGREE, INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND I HAVE NO ARGUMENT WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? MICHELLE? YOU GOT YOUR MIC ON? IS THAT A
CARLOS, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS YOU WANNA SHARE? DO YOU, NO, THAT'S ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? ANY, ANYTHING FROM AN NAIL OR HAYDEN NOT ANYTHING TO ADD ON THIS.
SO I, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
UM, I JUST, I DO, TO ME THIS IS PART, THIS IS ESSENTIAL PART OF A LARGER, BROADER ORGANIZA, UH, CONVERSATION.
UH, BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE EDCS, THE A BOARD, THE B BOARD, AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.
SO I THINK, UM, LIKE WE BEGAN, I DO WANNA CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON EVENTS AND WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR US.
AND I THINK AT THE END THEN WE CAN REVISIT BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN FROM THEIR PROPOSAL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THAT OR, YOU KNOW, GIVE US SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT I THINK YOU ALL KNOW, UM, FOR, I GUESS I CAN START WITH WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE IT TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE DID HAVE, YOU KNOW, ERS FALL THIS PAST WEEKEND AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED.
I THINK IT DID GREAT FOR A FIRST YEAR EVENT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW TO GROW THAT EVENT.
UM, AND I THINK FOR THIS PAST YEAR WE SPENT RIGHT AROUND $35,000 ON THIS EVENT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT INCLUDES ABSOLUTELY EVERY DOLLAR FROM EVERY SUPPLY, EVERY SIGN, EVERY UH, MARKETING EFFORT ONLINE, THE STAGE EQUIPMENT, RESTROOMS, UM, STAFF TIME PERFORMERS.
DID YOU HAVE, DID YOU HAVE ANY IN KIND DONATIONS FROM ANY ENTITIES OR WAS IT ALL WE HAD ONE, UM, ONE PARTNERSHIP WITH HEB.
THEY, THEY APPROACHED AND JUST WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITY KNOWING THIS EVENT WAS COMING UP.
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OH, MM-HMMI THOUGHT MAYBE THEY'D GIVE YOU 10,000 BOTTLES OF WATER, BUT
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT TO GET EXACTLY WATER AND SUPPLIES.
UH, THAT WAS ONLY THE ONLY SPONSOR FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT EVENT WE HAD, UM, WE USUALLY HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, UM, THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER.
AND USUALLY WE'VE SPENT ANYWHERE FROM 3000 TO $5,000 ON THAT EVENT.
UM, IT USUALLY BRINGS ABOUT MAYBE 250 PEOPLE OR SO.
IT'S GROWN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, AND THE COMMUNITY'S REALLY ENJOYED IT.
AND THEN IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, UH, THE, WE CALLED THEM MICRO EVENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
IT WAS EVERY SATURDAY IN DECEMBER.
WE PICKED A LOCAL SHOP, PARTNERED WITH THEM, SPONSORED, UM, UP TO $500 AND THEY COULD PUT THAT TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY WANTED.
UM, FOR DOZERS, IT WAS A DJ AND, UM, PRIZES SO THAT PEOPLE COULD DO CHRISTMAS KARAOKE AND UGLY SWEATER CONTESTS FOR, UM, TIFFANY'S TINY FLOWER TRUCK.
IT WENT TO PROVIDING, UM, SENSORY PLATE PLAY-DOH KIDS FOR KIDS WHO WENT THERE AT NO COST.
UM, SO IT, IT JUST KIND OF LOOKS WHATEVER, LIKE WHATEVER THAT, UM, ESTABLISHMENT WANTS IT TO LOOK.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT, UM, AND JUST GO TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR, NOT, NOT THE SAME ONES.
UM, AND THEN IN THE PAST WE'VE PARTICIPATED WITH THE CHAMBER IN THE SCARECROW FEST, UM, AND THEN THEIR TEXAS HERITAGE FESTIVAL AS WELL.
SO YOU MENTIONED THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL MM-HMM
I SEE THE CRYSTAL CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL ON THE CHAMBER AND IDEA HOW THAT WILL WORK OR WE COULD POTENTIALLY PARTNER TOGETHER SO THAT THERE WAS ONE BIG ONE.
WE, WE ARE ALWAYS VERY, UM, OPEN WITH THEM PRETTY EARLY ON.
WE EACH SHARE WITH EACH OTHER THE LIST OF EVENTS AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M SEEING THAT THEY'RE PLANNING A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.
UM, BUT YES, THERE WE WOULD NEVER, WE, WE TRY TO NOT COMPETE WITH ANY OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY DETAILS ON THIS FESTIVAL.
THE CHAMBER USED TO PUT ON THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS BEFORE THAT PIVOT POINT.
I THINK THIS MIGHT BE REFERRING TO NEXT YEAR.
OH, YOU'RE, YEAH, THIS IS, YOU'RE CORRECT.
UM, SO OUTSIDE OF THOSE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED AND THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GROWING OR CONTINUING, UM, THERE'S ALSO GROUNDBREAKINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO FINANCIALLY WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
UM, GRAND OPENINGS, UM, SUCH AS THIS MORNING WE HAD A MEETING ON EAGLE LANDING, UM, TOUCH A TRUCK, ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT MAKES SENSE WITHIN OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE WANNA BE SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AND THAT USUALLY LOOKS LIKE HELPING THEM THROUGH THAT BUDGET ITEM.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S MINOR PROGRAMMING, MINIMAL COST, BUT OUR EDC PHOTO CONTEST AND THEN OUR GINGERBREAD, UM, GINGERBREAD HOUSE CONTEST THAT WE DO DURING THE HOLIDAYS AS WELL THAT USUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL DO MARKETING MATERIALS FOR THAT AND WE'LL CREATE PRICES.
UM, SO IT KIND OF ALL GOES THROUGH OUT OF THAT BUDGET OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE EVER SPENT THAT THE FULL AMOUNT.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR? FOR ACROSS BILL BOARDS? 50 K.
AND I'M, I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK THIS QUESTION WHILE THE CHAMBER WAS HERE, BUT I'M GUESSING WHAT THEY SHOW FOR 40, 20 AND 15 THAT'S COMBINED WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY WOULD BE ASKING FOR FROM BOTH FROM A AND B 75,000 TOTAL FOR BOTH OF THE BOARDS.
THE AGREEMENT THEY SENT IN SET UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE SEE A BREAKDOWN MM-HMM
AND SO IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THERE, I WOULD GUESS A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED THOUSAND JUST FOR THE ABOARD OR TOTAL? TOTAL.
SOMEBODY PROBABLY READ OUR BUDGET
AND NOW THAT YOU HAVE AN EVENTS ACTUAL COORDINATOR, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE BANDWIDTH AND THEN IF THE BUDGET CAME AND WENT TO THE CITY, UM, TO DO LIKE A FREEDOM FEST OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE LARGER EVENTS? YES.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SPEAK ON THAT POSITION.
UM, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT, IT'S VERY NEW, UH, AND IT REPORT.
THEY'LL, I THINK THEY START IN DECEMBER.
UM, THAT POSITION WILL REPORT TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, KELSEY.
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OH.UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT ON THE BICENTENNIAL, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SCALE OF WHAT A FREEDOM FEST WOULD BE.
UM, AND I WOULD SAY WE, UM, WORKED REALLY WELL ACROSS DEPARTMENTS THAT WAS KIND OF A ALL HANDS ON
UM, AND IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S EASY AND SMOOTH FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FILL OUT OUR EVENT PERMIT WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WORK WITH OUR STREETS AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR CLOSURES AND BARRICADES AND ALL OF THAT.
SO IT'S ALL IN HOUSE AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S BEEN, UM, VERY POSITIVE AND COLLABORATIVE.
UM, SO I, I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY HANDLE IT.
AND NOW EVEN WITH MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DOES ALL THE MARKETING AND ALL OF THAT, AND THAT TEAM HAS GROWN.
THEY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PERSON AS WELL.
UM, SO IT, IT IS MORE HELPFUL FOR SURE.
I THINK AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, I, I MENTIONED CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, AND, BUT I MEAN, YOU ALSO MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, PART OF OUR, SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS CAN WE HANDLE THIS IN-HOUSE IN THIS AS A CITY MM-HMM
WE, WE PROVIDE THE FUNDS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE CITY MANAGER OR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, OR, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER I MM-HMM
THE PERSON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, THE RESPONSIBLE FOCAL POINT FOR THE EVENTS COMING IN SAYING, HERE'S WHAT WE NEED.
HERE'S, YOU KNOW, PROS AND CONS.
I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE FUNDS AS AN EDC.
WELL, WE, WE ARE THE ONES THAT PLAN THE EVENT.
SO USUALLY WE ORGANIZE EVERYTHING AND MOBILIZE STAFF.
EVERYTHING IS APPROVED AND DIRECTED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND THEN WHATEVER THE BOARDS HAVE ASKED US TO DO, UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYONE ELSE ON STAFF THAT YOU COULD ASK COULD THEY HANDLE THE EVENT? YEAH.
AND THAT MAY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE WITH THE EVENTS COORDINATOR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR SCOPE OF WORK'S GOING TO BE, BUT AS OF NOW, WE KIND OF ARE THE, THE EVENTS, UH, AS IT SEEMS. OKAY.
WELL, I'M SORRY, I JUST THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY ALL MAJOR EVENTS.
THE SMALL, THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS RIGHT? THAT DEPARTMENTS YEAH.
UM, PUT ON DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT.
UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT TO THE SCALE OF OUR 4TH OF JULY AND SUCH.
I'M SORRY, I JUST THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT WE HAD AN EVENTS COORDINATOR JOINING THE CITY WHO WOULD REPORT STRAIGHT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT.
'CAUSE YES, THERE WOULD BE SOME, I THINK, UM, RESPONSIBILITIES THAT MIGHT PASS ON, BUT I, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A, I I WANT TO HELP PROTECT US FROM A SITUATION OF SOMEONE WHO IS MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S CITY, THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, OR SOMEONE FROM LIKE THE CITY MANAGER OR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER COMING IN AND SAYING, HEY, YOU APPROVE THIS.
WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU DO THAT? WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN SPENDING THIS MONEY AND, AND RAMPING UP TO DO THIS, WHETHER WHAT, NO MATTER WHAT THE, UH, SITUATION IS, I JUST WANT TO HELP PREVENT THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THAT WE CAN DO THAT BY BRINGING IN SOME, WHOEVER IT IS FROM THE CITY TO MM-HMM
GIVE US THAT PERSPECTIVE BEFOREHAND.
THE GOOD THING IS, IS THEY BROUGHT THIS TO US EARLY AND EVEN WITH, UM, THE EVENTS COORDINATOR COMING ON OF DECEMBER, IF THAT'S WHEN THAT HAPPENS, UH, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS NEXT YEAR IF YOU NEEDED IT, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
IF, IF, IF, YOU KNOW, THE B BOARD THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AND COUNCIL'S ON BOARD AND, AND IF THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THINK THEY HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH WORK FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES TO DO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO, HOW DO YOU BALANCE THE WORKLOAD AND WHAT'S THE EASIEST ON BALANCING THE WORKLOAD? SO, UH, MAYBE THIS IS, MAYBE THIS IS AN EARLY ENTREE AND TO BE CONTINUED AFTER WE, UH, GET FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE B BOARD THINKS ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, I DO, I I DO THINK THAT THE CITY LIKES HAVING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
I DO THINK THAT THEY LIKE PROMOTING SHORE AS A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE KIDS, HAVE A FAMILY RAISE, RAISE KIDS HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THEY LIKE ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS OF THE PROMOTIONAL, UM, EVENTS FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT HERE AND SEE WHAT SHORE'S ABOUT.
AND I THINK IN GENERAL, IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD IDEA FOR CITIES AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IS TO GET ALONG AND, AND WORK WELL TOGETHER.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT IN-HOUSE PEOPLE TO DO THIS, THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE 75,000, MAYBE IT'S NOT 10 OR $20,000
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THAT'S GOING TOWARDS, UM, SALARIES AND YOU ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE ON STAFF HERE.IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S THE BEST PATH FORWARD FOR THE CITY? AND, AND IF WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AT LESS COST, BECAUSE WE DO ALREADY HAVE PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL.
I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, WE ARE GONNA NEED HELP FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN FOR FOOD TRUCKS, IT'S GONNA TAKE THE HEALTH INSPECTOR LOOKING THOSE OVER.
SO, SO I'M JUST GLAD THEY BROUGHT IT EARLY AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET MORE QUESTIONS ANSWERED ALONG THE WAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? NO.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DIRECTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US FOR THE AGREEMENT? THIS WAS A PROPOSAL THEY SUBMITTED.
WOULD YOU, UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD IT REVIEWED BY OUR LEGAL TEAM YET.
WE, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK FIRST IF YOU WANT THAT REVIEWED, IF YOU WANT US TO NEGOTIATE, SEND ANYTHING BACK TO THEM THAT YOU WOULD PREFER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I PRINTED OUT MY PACKET LAST THURSDAY.
DID Y'ALL PUT AN AGREEMENT IN THE PACKET AFTER LAST THURSDAY? UH, NO MA'AM.
IT, IT'S IN, IT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.
IT'S, UM, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON PAGE 19.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THAT.
MY FEEDBACK IS, MINE DOESN'T HAVE THAT.
MAINLY JUST, IS YOUR MIC ON MICHELLE? I THINK IT IS.
UM, MY FEEDBACK IS JUST, I LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, COMING FORWARD IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CROSSING OVER EVENTS.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE STAFF THAT'S BEEN HIRED INTERNALLY.
THEY HAVE AN EVENT PERSON AS WELL.
SO DON'T WANNA CROSS TOES IN ANY WAYS, BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD PLAN A LOT MORE.
WE GREET EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IF WE DO KIND OF CONQUER AND DIVIDE.
UM, SO THE PROPOSAL IS, ONCE THIS IS AGREED UPON, KIND OF ALL LEVELS WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO RE-REVIEW.
AND THEN, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINITION OF LIKE, KIND OF WHO CAN HANDLE WHAT AND THEN WHAT OUR BOARD WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED FOR SURE.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IT WOULD BE EASIER TO HAVE JUST A REQUEST, LIKE A SPECIFIC REQUEST ONCE THE DETAILS WORKED OUT FROM THE CHAMBER FOR SOMETHING WE COULD COVER.
UH, I MEAN IF YOU'RE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC FEEDBACK REGARDING THIS AGREEMENT? UM, WELL, YES, BECAUSE THEY SEND IT TO US.
AND SO WE CAN'T JUST TAKE NO ACTION UNLESS YOU'RE TELLING US TO TAKE NO ACTION.
WE CAN, OR YOU KNOW WHAT? OKAY.
I, IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE SOME, LIKE A RESPONSE TO THE CHAMBER.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE AGREEMENT AT A FUTURE MEETING? YEAH.
AND MAKE A, I'M NOT READY TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT UNTIL WE GET SOME HIGH LEVEL DETAILS IRONED OUT.
UH, NOW, SO I WOULD SAY IF YOU NEED ME TO SAY NO ACTION ON THE AGREEMENT AT THIS POINT, THEN I WILL SAY NO ACTION ON THE, IF I, I DO, I DON'T GET TO SPEAK FOR
WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT THERE, I GUESS.
UM, I MEAN, THERE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT CHANGED IN THIS AGREEMENT, UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET INTO THOSE SPECIFIC DETAILS AT THIS EXACT MOMENT.
UM, JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL, AT A HIGH LEVEL, I THINK WE'VE GIVEN YOU PRETTY DECENT AGREEMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CAN WE MOVE ON? MOVE ON.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
NOW LET'S JUST GO BACK TO THE START OF THE AGENDA AND GO FOR, AND THEN WE WILL KIND OF BLAZE IN THROUGH THERE.
[Business - A]
TAKES US TO ITEM THREE, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MEETING MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025 MEETING.I DO HAVE ONE NOTE ON THE MINUTES.
UM, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM THERE IS, IT IS MISSING THE TIME WE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I HAVE REVISED THEM IN THE SIGNATURE COPY THAT WAS AT 6:03 PM AND WE RETURNED AT 6:30 PM UM, BUT I AM TRACKING THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED.
SO DO I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH HAYDEN'S AMENDMENT? I MOVE.
WE APPROVE THE A, THE MINUTES WITH HAYDEN'S CORRECTION.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
[Business - B]
ITEM THREE B, CONSIDERATION, ACTION AND FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 31ST, 2025.[00:50:01]
THINK WE MAY HAVE COVERED THIS, BUT I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ BACK THROUGH IT AGAIN.UM, THE SALES TAX REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, IN SEPTEMBER, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE THE OCTOBER NUMBERS.
UM, THESE WOULD BE THE JULY 20, 25 REMITTANCES.
WERE UP 14.49% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, WHICH TOTALS $179,709 AND 18 CENTS.
UM, EACH CORPORATION'S SALES TAX REVENUES NOW TOTAL $1,849,145 AND 53 CENTS, OR 90.88% OF THE BUDGET FOR 83% OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO DOING VERY HEALTHY, UM, AND WE WILL EXCEED OUR, OUR GOALS, UM, UH, AS FAR AS WE ARE AWARE AT THIS TIME.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIALS? I'M JUST GONNA DO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO SECOND
YEAH, I WAS, I WASN'T SURE IF ANYBODY HAD ANY MORE COMMENTS.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST, 2025.
SECOND, I A QUESTION, DO WE HAVE TO STATE THE SPECIFIC AMOUNT? YES.
I DON'T, DO YOU HAVE THAT SPECIFIC AMOUNT? HAYDEN? IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS, YOU WOULDN'T NEED THE SPECIFIC AMOUNT.
YOU CAN ALWAYS INCLUDE IT FOR GOOD MEASURE, UM, TO HAVE IT.
I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE ALWAYS INCLUDED, BUT OKAY.
THEN GO AHEAD AND, BUT YET THE INFORMATION IS, IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE ELSE AS IT IS TO US.
AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, HEY, IT IS $15,915 AND 23 CENTS.
SO MICHELLE, IF YOU COULD ADD THAT TO YOUR MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
UM, OKAY, WE'VE SKIPPED, WE'VE ALREADY DONE ITEM THREE C.
[Business - D]
ON TO ITEM 3D, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TIP STRATEGIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE PROPOSAL.AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD, THE TIP STRATEGY, STRATEGIC PLAN, UPDATED PROPOSAL, UH, IS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
SO I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ON THE AGENDA, UH, A HANDFUL OF TIMES.
UM, TONIGHT WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR, UM, YES.
UM, OR NO, THE SCOPE OF WORK IS ATTACHED HERE.
UM, IT'S WHAT YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED WITH HAYDEN AND KELSEY.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM BOARD MEMBERS THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL, UM, ADD-ON WORKSHOPS.
UM, SO TIP DID SEND A REVISED PROPOSAL, UM, WITH ADDITIONAL ADD-ON OPTIONS.
IT DIDN'T MAKE IT IN TIME TO BE IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, BUT THE, THE TWO SEPARATE OPTIONS WERE FIRST YOU COULD ADD TWO IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE LAST, UM, NOT TO EXCEED $20,000.
SO EACH OF THOSE IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS WOULD BE $10,000 EACH OR TWO ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS NOT TO EXCEED $6,000.
SO EACH ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WOULD BE $3,000.
SO YOU CAN, UH, ACCEPT THE AGREEMENT AND THEN, UH, AT THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF, UM, $25,000 PLUS AN ADDITIONAL UP TO IF YOU WANTED TO LEAVE ROOM TO NEGOTIATE THAT INTO THE ACTUAL CONTRACT, UM, OF A VIRTUAL OR MEETING.
UM, AGAIN, IN SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, 'CAUSE THERE ARE ONLY LIKE SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, EIGHT PEOPLE WITH THE POLICE OFFICER PROTECTING US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, BY THE WAY, UM, IN EVERY CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD SO FAR, MS. KALI AND I HAVE DISAGREED.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE VERY CIVILLY
YOU'RE ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, UM, SO, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY I'VE BEEN IN THE MINORITY BEFORE.
I MEAN, I'M HAPPY IF I WILL LAY OUT MY ARGUMENT AND THEN MS. KAY CAN LAY OUT HERS AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
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UM, DO YOU WANNA GO FIRST? LET, LET ME, LET ME APOLOGIZE.COMING RIGHT IN, BECAUSE I FIGURED OUT WHAT MY PROBLEM WAS WHEN I PRINTED OUT THE PACKET.
IT PRINTED OUT THE PACKET FROM LAST MONTH BECAUSE THE LINK ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IS WRONG AND IT TAKES ME TO LAST MONTH'S MEETING INSTEAD OF THIS MONTH'S MEETING.
SO, UM, HAYDEN, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU UP ANYTIME YOU EVER VOLUNTEER TO PRINT OUT A PACKET FOR ME EVER AGAIN.
WE'LL DO, UM, I GUESS, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION, THIS WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE TIP STRATEGIES, THEIR REVISED PROPOSAL, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK IT WENT TO THE B BOARD.
I DID NOT GO TO THAT B BOARD MEETING BECAUSE THERE WAS A BUDGET MEETING.
I WAS, THAT CITY COUNCIL HAD, UH, THAT SAME NIGHT THEY HAD TO, I THINK MOVE CITY COUNCIL TO A MONDAY NIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I WANTED TO ASK WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK YOU GOT FROM THE B BOARD ON THIS REVISED STRATEGY? THEY WERE PRETTY SIMILAR TO ABOARD WITH THE ADDITION OF, THEY, THEY WANTED MORE, THEY IN PERSON WORKSHOPS WITH CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO THAT WAS THEIR REQUEST AS WELL, WAS TO SEE IF WE COULD PLUG IN MORE IN-PERSON CITY COUNCIL A, BOARD B BOARD ALTOGETHER IN A ROOM TALKING THROUGH WHAT THE GOALS, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE WAS.
UM, THAT WAS THEIR GENERAL OPINION.
UM, AND WHY WE WENT BACK TO TIP, UM, TO REQUEST THOSE ADDITIONS.
I THINK THEY WERE ALSO MUCH MORE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS PROPOSAL WAS FOR $25,000 A BOARD INSTEAD OF 50.
UM, THAT SEEMED MUCH MORE PALATABLE TO THEM.
UM, AND AS, AS WELL AS THE TIMELINE FOR IT AS WELL.
SO THE, SO THE CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK CURRENTLY HAS IN PERSON WORKSHOPS IN IT ALREADY.
SO THE, THE CURRENT SCOPE WORK HAS AN IN-PERSON WORKSHOP AT THE VERY BEGINNING MM-HMM
AND THEN ONE AT THE VERY END OF THE PROCESS MM-HMM
UM, THIS, THE ADDITIONS THAT THEY GAVE US, GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE UP TO TWO MORE IN-PERSON MEETINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS.
UM, WHICH WOULD TAKE PLACE IF YOU WERE DOING A FULL, UH, POLICY, LIKE A, A BRAND NEW POLICY, THERE WOULD BE THOSE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE QUITE EXPENSIVE.
UM, IN COMPARISON TO THE, THE OVERALL PROPOSAL, I'M WONDERING IF ONE MORE WORKSHOP WOULD BE ENOUGH INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO.
SO IT'S UP TO TWO IN PERSON, UP TO TWO VIRTUAL.
YOU COULD DO ONE IN PERSON, YOU COULD DO ONE VIRTUAL.
I DO KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SOMETHING MIDSTREAM JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE KIND OF A TEMPERATURE CHECK AND GET THE LAY OF THE LAND.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I DO THINK THE ONE THING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO COME OUT OF THIS IS AGREEMENT AMONGST THE EDC BOARDS AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
NOW THAT BRINGS UP THE WHOLE FIASCO OF EVERY, EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY COUNCIL PERSON AND MAYOR IS UP FOR ELECTION.
WHEN IS THIS THING SUPPOSED TO KICK OFF
AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME WONDER IF WE SHOULD, UH, WAIT TILL AFTER THAT ELECTION.
I MEAN, MAYBE EVERYBODY'S GONNA FILE TO GET REELECTED AND MAYBE THERE WON'T BE MUCH TURNOVER.
YEAH, AND THAT'S A FAIR POINT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THAT REALLY WASN'T COVERED.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, TALKED ABOUT, I MEAN, BECAUSE PART OF THE PROBLEM WE HAVE NOW IS THAT EVERYBODY WHO WAS ON COUNCIL IN 2019, UNANIMOUS, WE WANNA DO THIS, GO FORWARD AND CONQUER, YOU KNOW, DO NOT DELAY, GET THIS DONE.
AND NOW EVERYBODY ON CITY COUNCIL, NONE OF THEM WERE THERE IN 2019 AND THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT WITH THE WHOLE INNOVATION HUB THING.
WELL, NOT MAYBE THE WHOLE, BUT DEFINITELY PARTS AND PIECES OF IT.
AND, AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THE REDISTRICTING AND EVERYBODY GOING UP FOR ELECTION, THAT ASIDE, THE, THAT'S THE IDEAL TIMELINE THAT WE HAD KIND OF PLACED OUT WAS ADOPTION BY THE EDCS OR NOT ADOPTED BY THE EDCS IN OCTOBER.
IF IT WAS ADOPTED, IT MOVED TO COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER, YOU HAVE A MONTH FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND THEN KIND OF KICK STUFF OFF THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IN JANUARY.
UM, IT'S A FOUR MONTH PROCESS.
SO, SO THE THE CURRENT TIMELINE IS THAT WE DEVELOP A STRATEGY USING PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE AROUND
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BY THE, THE DAY THAT THE THING GETS PUBLISHED.IT'S NOT ALWAYS, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS LIKE IT'S, IT CAN FEEL THAT WAY
I SEE HOW IT CAN FEEL THAT WAY.
I, I, I CAN SEE THIS, WHEN WE HIRED A CITY MANAGER IN 20 17, 18, 20 18, UH, EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON COUNCIL THAT HIRED THAT CITY MANAGER WAS GONE EXCEPT ME WHEN HE STARTED
SO IT, IT, IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE IT, UM,
I MEAN THAT, THAT IS A GOOD POINT.
THAT AND YEAH, I'M SEEN LIKE THIS 'CAUSE OF EVERYTHING, RIGHT? YEAH.
THAT'S THE, YOU KNOW, YES, WE HAVE ELECTIONS EVERY YEAR, BUT NOT LIKE WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE.
AND THAT AGAIN, MS. KAY CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, POINTED OUT THAT THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAD WITH THE LAST IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T AROUND ON CITY COUNCIL COMPLAINED.
UM, AND THIS IS, THERE IS NOTHING IN OUR, I WORKED AT A, I SPENT WAY, MAN, I'M TERRIBLE AT POLITICS.
I HAVE, I HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING IN AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE JOB IS TO MAKE MONEY FOR ITS SHAREHOLDERS.
AND THERE WERE DOZENS OF PEOPLE.
ALL WE DID WAS PLAN AND STRATEGIZE.
NONE, NONE OF US IN THAT, WHEN I WAS IN THAT ROLE, MADE ACTUAL MONEY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, THIS IS AN EXPENSE THAT, AGAIN, IF I RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE A DIFFERENT CITY THAN WE WERE FIVE YEARS AGO, BUT WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED.
BUT A FRACTION OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO COMPLETE.
I MEAN, I GUARANTEE YOU THE STRATEGY FOR THE ABOARD IS GOING TO BE, UM, WEST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY PROJECT.
I MEAN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING, GOT HARRIS STREET DONE.
CAN WE DO ANOTHER STREET? RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE FOR US, RIGHT? FOR THE CITY AND FOR OTHER IT IS, IT CAN DEFINITELY BE BIGGER, BUT FOR US, WE'RE PRETTY CLEAR ON NOW, YOU KNOW, ONCE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS GET DONE, UM, MUCH MORE HAPPY LOOKING AT FIGURING OUT WHAT STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN FOR, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THREE AND FIVE YEARS FROM THERE.
BUT WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE.
SO I HAVE JUST REPEATED THE SAME THING THREE TIMES IN THREE MONTHS.
SO AT LEAST I'M CONSISTENT AND I'VE NOT HEARD, AGAIN, IF SOMEONE FROM THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL SAYS, HEY, THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE ARE GIVING YOU, WE, WE, AND THEY SHOW UP AND THEY SAY THAT, AND THAT TO ME IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN US NOT GETTING THAT HEARING SILENT FEEDBACK.
SO FAR I'M, I'M TRYING TO MENTALLY GO DOWN WHO THE MEMBERS ON COUNCIL ARE AND IF I THINK THEY'RE GONNA FILE FOR REELECTION OR NOT.
CARLOS OR I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT TURNOVER.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? NO.
WELL, I, I LIKE THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN US A, AN OPTION FOR ADD-ONS AND I DO THINK THAT ONE ADDITIONAL IN-PERSON WORKSHOP, UM, SOMEWHERE THROUGH, AT, AT A GOOD POINT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS WOULD BE GOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT, UM, CONSENSUS AMONGST ALL THE, AMONGST ALL THE PEOPLE.
THREE YEARS FROM THE, I'M SORRY, THE GOOD POINT TO MEET THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
NO, I, I'D LIKE TO GET STARTED EARLIER.
I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA PUT WORDS IN PEOPLE'S MOUTHS.
IF I'M LOOKING AT SEVERAL OF THEM THAT I THINK WILL PROBABLY STILL BE AROUND AND IT'S ONLY THE MAYOR'S FIRST TERM, SO
HE, HE POTENTIALLY HAS FOUR MORE YEARS TO SERVE.
YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM US, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA TAKE IT BACK.
I'M ALL FOR PROGRESSING MICROPHONE.
I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN, I'M ALL FOR PROGRESSING.
I DON'T THINK THOSE THINGS ARE IN LINE FOR US TO PROGRESS YET.
SO MAYBE HOLD OFF UNTIL A KICKOFF WOULD BE LATER, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
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THINK I AS PRESIDENT, I DON'T USUALLY MAKE MOTIONS UNLESS, IS THERE SOMETHING IN YOUR BYLAWS THAT DICTATE? NO.SO I MOVE THAT I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, WHAT IS, IF MY TABLE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TABLING AND OTHER OPTIONS? POSTPONING.
SO YEAH, TABLING AND POSTPONING TYPICALLY, UM, ONE, WHEN YOU POST POSTPONE, YOU'RE POSTPONING TO A DATE CERTAIN, WHEREAS FOR A TABLE, IT'S KIND OF AN INDEFINITE, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE THERE.
UM, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT WHEN WE'RE READY TO COME BACK TO IT.
UM, BUT YEAH, POSTPONEMENT IS T TYPICALLY TO A DATE CERTAIN.
I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THIS CONVERSATION, THE CONVERSATION REGARDING TIP STRATEGY FOR SURE'S EDSP, UPDATED PROPOSAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND THE CLOSING DATE FOR FILING IS SOMETIME IN MID-FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU REAPPLY? UH, YEAH, BUT I'M NOT, OKAY.
I JUST ASKING, I JUST KNEW TO DO IT.
I MEAN, I KNOW YOU WERE, AND THEN YOU RETURN TIME TERM LIMITED AND THEN, BUT ONCE YOU TAKE A BREAK, I THINK YOU CAN, YEAH.
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THREE E EXECUTIVE SESSION.DO WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM? WE DO, YES.
SO I NEED TO CALL OUT A TIME, UH, IT IS 7 0 6 ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH.
I NOW CALL TO ORDER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
DISCUSS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE FOR VALUE OF PROPERTY EDC OWNED PROPERTY 3 0 6 0 3 FM 10 93 AND 3 0 609 FM 10 93 4 TEXAS 7 7 4 1 4 4 1.
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7 21 ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 13TH.WAS THERE ANY ACTION TAKEN IN OUR, WHAT DO I SAY? THERE IS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
I JUST SAY IT 'CAUSE THERE WAS NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
AND IF THERE IS ACTION, IT WILL ALWAYS BE DONE OUT HERE.
THAT PART I KNEW, BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION, SO I WAS CONFUSED.
UH, DO I CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW? THAT WAS YOU, YOU ALREADY, I ALREADY CLOSED IT.
UH, ITEM, OH, THAT WAS ITEM THREE F, SORRY.
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WE'RE JUST, NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO ITEM FOUR BACK END OF ITEM FOUR A WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.UM, THE, WE ALREADY DID THE CIP UPDATE.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE INTO THE, UH, UPDATE ON THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY STUDY.
UM, WE DID GET SCHEMATICS BACK TODAY FOR BOTH, UM, OVERPASS AND UNDERPASS OPTIONS, AND WE SHOULD HAVE KIND OF THE PRICING STRUCTURE LATER ON THIS WEEK.
SO WE, WE SHOULD HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU GUYS AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING ON A PRETTY, BASICALLY A WEEKLY BASIS, UM, GETTING UPDATES AND, AND SEEING HOW IT'S PROGRESSED.
UM, SO WE WILL SHARE MORE NEXT MONTH, UM, RETAIL STRATEGIES AND RETAIL LIVE.
UM, RIGHT AFTER, UM, Y'ALL'S, UH, SEPTEMBER MEETING, ME AND KELSEY TOOK A TRIP TO AUSTIN, UM, WITH OUR RETAIL STRATEGIES TEAM, UM, TO WALK AROUND THE RETAIL LIVE FLOOR IN AUSTIN.
UM, IT WAS, UH, A GREAT EVENT.
WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT CONNECTIONS.
UM, I THINK I SENT YOU GUYS OUT, UM, THEIR KIND OF SUMMARY OF THE EVENT ITSELF.
UM, WE'VE DONE FOLLOW UPS, UM, WITH THE RETAILERS THAT WE MADE CONNECTIONS WITH THERE.
UM, HAVE A COUPLE MEETINGS SET THIS WEEK ACTUALLY, UM, TO, TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL SITES WITH THEM.
UM, SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED, UM, AS THOSE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.
I, I, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WENT BECAUSE YES,
DID SHE, UM, LIKE WAS IT VALUABLE TO HAVE HER THERE? AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE WOULD IT BE VALUABLE FOR THE THREE OF Y'ALL TO GO? I, I THINK IT, I THINK KELSEY ENJOYED GETTING BACK INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, KIND OF THE, THE THE TURN OF THE FIELD OR, OR YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I, I THINK ME AND ANELLE CAN, CAN SUFFICE ON OUR OWN.
UM, IF KELSEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, WE CERTAINLY WOULD.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE HER, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY.
UM, SHE DID, SHE DID GREAT WHEN SHE WAS THERE, HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
UM, I, I USED HER BOOK WITH ALL OF HER NOTES TO KIND OF DO MY FOLLOW UP.
SO, UH, IT WAS A GREAT ASSET TO HAVE, UH, HAVE HER, UH, COME OUT THERE WITH ME.
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JUST ADD, UM, SHE HAS REALLY GOOD INSIGHT BECAUSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HER BACKGROUND AS WELL.SO HER EXPERIENCE IS HELPFUL TO US.
AND IN THE PAST SHE ALSO ATTENDED, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE HAYDEN WAS.
UM, BUT WE TAG TEAMED ICSC AS WELL.
I, I MEAN THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF ALL IT TAKES IS SENDING ONE MORE PERSON WITH AN ECONOMIC BACK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND, SENDING ONE MORE PERSON IF SHE ENJOYS GOING AND WANTS TO GO AND WE CAN SUPPORT THAT, I, I THINK WE BRING IT TO US AND LET YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN FAVOR OF THAT.
ALRIGHT, YOU CAN, OKAY, SO THE NEXT TWO ITEMS WERE FULL TROU FO IN, UH, CHRISTMAS EVENTS, WHICH WE, WE KIND OF ALREADY DISCUSSED, UM, IN, IN A PREVIOUS ITEM.
SO I'LL JUST, UM, REITERATE THAT TROU FO UM, SO FAR WE'VE, IT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND WE'VE RECEIVED POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT OF COURSE IF, UH, YOU ALL HEAR ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE OR IDEAS ON ACTIVITIES, UM, PERFORMANCES, ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCORPORATED, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO THAT, UM, TO MAKE IT A BETTER EVENT NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THE SAME FOR CHRISTMAS EVENTS.
WE ARE KIND OF FOLLOWING, UH, THE, THE PLAN THAT WE SET OUT LAST YEAR THAT WORKED WELL AND CONTINUING WITH THAT.
BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO WORK ON THAT.
UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF THOSE? I, I THOUGHT THE UGLY SWEATER CONTEST WAS A GREAT IDEA LAST YEAR.
AND I KNOW YOU SAID TIFFANY'S WAS JUST SOLD OUT QUICKLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD AT THEIR PLACE.
UM, I'VE BEEN NOTICING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT PIE BINGO STUFF THAT THE THE PROUD PIE GUY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD FIT INTO A CHRISTMAS THING.
MAYBE HE COULD DO ALL CHERRY OR, I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT'S A CHRISTMAS FRUIT? I DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT I, I, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN GETTING RAVE REVIEWS EVERY PLACE THAT HE'S BEEN HAVING IT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD OKAY.
WE'LL REACH OUT, BE SOME IDEA.
AND I DID, I ALSO DID LOVE THE GINGERBREAD HOUSES.
I THOUGHT THOSE WERE REALLY CUTE.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, OUR UPCOMING CONFERENCES.
UM, THIS MONTH, THE 29TH THROUGH THE 31ST, UM, HAYDEN AND I WILL BE ATTENDING TEDC IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THEN, UM, NEXT MONTH, THE 13TH AND 14TH WE WILL HAVE T-M-L-E-D-E-D-C IN BASTROP AND WE'LL BE ATTENDING, UH, ALONG WITH A FEW MEMBERS OF, UM, A AND B BOARD AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT THAT, UH, MS. KALI POINTED OUT EARLIER HOW SHE'S NOT RUNNING FOR CITY, ANOTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND YET SUPPORTS PIE, WHICH WOULD BE A PHENOMENAL WAY TO GET REELECTED TO SOMETHING
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SORRY, ITEM FOUR B, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I APOLOGIZE, BRIAN.LAST MONTH, THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS CHART WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE BUILT OUT THAN IT IS THIS MONTH.
THAT'S A LITTLE VAGUE RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE'LL WE WILL KEEP THIS, UM, INCLUDED A, UH, B BOARD ALSO REALLY APPRECIATED HAVING THAT KIND OF ROADMAP TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
SO WE'LL, UH, FLESH THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, THESE ARE SOME LONGER TERM, UM, ITEMS THAT WE'LL GET TO, BUT UM, THIS WILL BE AN INCLUSION IN ALL THE PACKETS GOING FORWARD.
SO REALLY WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING ON PAGE 34, CORRECT.
AND IS IT REALLY, THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO ADD TO THIS LIST? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THAT'S, THIS IS NOT CLARIFY, IT'S NOT TIME FOR DISCUSSION OR EXPLAIN, YOU JUST SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO ADD AND THEN WE ADD IT AND MOVE ON.
ANYTHING, DO WE WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? NO.
I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE A LAWYER, YOU CLEAR YOUR THROAT AND, AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT YOU.
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UH, DO WE HAVE ITEM FOUR C? DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? UM, THE RE POLICE FOUNDATION IS HOSTING THE GUMBO COOKOFF AGAIN THIS YEAR.THAT IS THE SECOND SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 8TH.
AND IT'S AT THE WELCOME CENTER PARKING LOT IN CROSS CREEK RANCH.
SO ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES GUMBO, PLEASE COME OUT.
THEY HAVE A SILENT AUCTION, THEY HAVE A LIVE AUCTION.
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THEY HAVE SOMEWHERE AROUND 10 TO 13 TEAMS, UH, MAKING GUMBO, WHICH ANTHONY'S IS ENTERING AGAIN THIS YEAR.I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE, BUT, UH, THEY'RE USUALLY ALL REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.
DO I HAVE HERE A MOTION? I MOVE, WE, I MOVE, WE ADJOURN AT 7:29 PM DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.