* 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. [I. Call to Order] [00:00:03] IT IS SIX O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025. I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING ITEM NUMBER ONE. OH, SORRY. WE JUST DID ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITIZEN COMMENTS. THERE ARE NONE. [Business - A] ITEM NUMBER THREE, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE OCTOBER 13TH, 2025 MEETING. I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES, THE DRAFT MEETING MINUTES FOR OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, MEETING. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. [Business - B] UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE B, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. WE DID ACTUALLY GET OUR, UM, NOVEMBER SALES TAX NUMBER, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH THOSE. UM, THE SALES TAX REVENUES RECEIVED IN NOVEMBER, UH, WHICH WOULD BE FROM SEPTEMBER REMITTANCES, WERE UP 1.7% TOTALING 2 220 $7,785 AND 35 CENTS. UH, EACH CORPORATION'S REVENUES TOTAL $2,248,879 AND 23 CENTS, UM, WHICH IS 110% OF THE BUDGET FOR THE COMPLETION OF FISCAL YEAR 25. UM, ALSO FY 25 IS UP 14.6% COMPARED TO FY 24. SO, UH, GREAT YEAR FOR SALES TAX COLLECTION. EXCELLENT. UM, I THINK THIS WAS ASKED, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS OUR BOARD OR B BOARD, BUT WOULD THERE BE A WAY TO SEE THESE ACTUALIZED OVERPOPULATION? WE CAN DO THAT AND WE WILL WORK ON, UM, SO THAT COMPLETES A 10 YEAR GRAPH SO WE CAN KIND OF TABLE THOSE TOGETHER AND SEE HOW IT GOES. SO WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE THAT FOR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. THANKS. YES, MA'AM. WELL, SO THAT'S FOR POPULATION. UM, IS THERE AN, Y'ALL ARE EDC EXPERTS? I MEAN, IN TERMS OF GROWING BUSINESSES, IS THERE ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS? UH, RATHER OTHER THAN JUST POPULATION, THAT'S, I MEAN, 'CAUSE SALES TAX IS GENERATED BY BUSINESSES IN AREA, SO LIKE, SO NEW OPENINGS PER YOUR YES. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OR TOTAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING IN THE AREA. I, I DON'T, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY AS YOU PUT TOGETHER A NEW GRAPH OF, IN WAYS THAT MAKE MORE SENSE TO A NORMAL PERSON. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. RATHER THAN TRYING TO DO MATH IN OUR HEADS. YEAH. WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING. RIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WELL, AND THE OTHER THING DIDN'T, DIDN'T Y MENTION AT SOME POINT, MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO OR SOMETHING ABOUT RETAIL STRATEGIES DOING SOME KIND OF, I THINK THEY CALLED IT A LEAKAGE REPORT. HOW MUCH? YES, AND I, I DID SEND IT OUT, BUT I CAN SEND IT OUT AGAIN. OH, YOU SENT THAT OUT? YES. OH GOSH. UM, AND I ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL. OKAY. UM, BUT I CAN, I CAN SEND THAT BACK OUT BECAUSE I, I THINK, UH, THE POINTS THAT, UM, BONNIE AND BRIAN BROUGHT UP WERE VERY GOOD. BUT THEN THE OTHER THING I THINK OF IS OUR POPULATION INSIDE CITY LIMITS RIGHT NOW IS ALMOST A MIRROR IMAGE OF ROSENBERG, BUT I BET THEY'RE WAY AHEAD OF US ON SALES TAX COLLECTIONS AND KATIE IS A FRACTION OF WHAT WE ARE, BUT THEY MAY BE BEATING THE PANTS OFF OF US ALSO. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WHERE, WHERE SHOULD WE BE? I'M THRILLED WITH THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE SEEN, AND I DO THINK IT'S, UM, ENLIGHTENING TO SEE HOW THAT HAS, HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE POPULATION TRENDS, BUT IT'S LIKE, WHAT SHOULD WE BE SHOOTING FOR? SURE. THANK YOU. I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE FUN, UM, TO, WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE FUN, UM, , BUT, AND I, MAYBE THIS IS JUST LIKE AN ANNUAL REPORT, SO, BUT SOMETHING THAT KIND OF BREAKS DOWN, UM, PERCENTAGE OF BUSINESSES BY LIKE SIZE AND SUCH. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT OUR RESIDENTS DO TALK ABOUT IS THEY LIKE THE IDEA OF THE MOM AND POP OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE NON CHAINS. AND SO JUST HOW IS SRE BREAKING DOWN, UM, WHETHER IT'S ABLE TO DO IT HISTORICALLY OR JUST SO THAT WE HAVE IT TO BUILD THE HISTORICAL DATA, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF LIKE PERCENTAGE OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UH, INDIVIDUALLY OWNED VERSUS CORPORATION, ET CETERA. NO RUSH ON THAT. JUST THROWING IT OUT. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS [00:05:01] OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE THE PAYABLE OF 11,193, $111 AND 93 CENTS, UH, PURSUANT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES. [Business - C] ITEM THREE C, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TIP STRATEGIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN, UPDATE PROPOSAL, YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC, UH, BACK ON THE AGENDA. UM, OKAY. SO DURING THE OCTOBER 20TH FDC MEETING, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO FUND THE STUDY AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,000. THE BOARD HAS ASKED THAT IT BE PLACED ON THIS AGENDA TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN FUNDING A PORTION OF THIS STUDY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THIS, THIS CAN BE ANY AMOUNT YOU CHOOSE. IT CAN BE THE, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL 50 50 THAT YOU USED TO DO NO AMOUNT. WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, I MEAN, YOU'LL PARTICIPATE BUT IN FUNDING IT. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, YES MA'AM. IF MY MEMORY RECALLS, UM, SO THIS BOARD VOTED LAST MONTH TO POSTPONE. WAS IT THE DECISION OR THE, UM, THE DEC THE DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT, WHETHER OR NOT TO DO THE STUDY? OR WAS IT JUST DELAY THE START OF THE STUDY? TILL ME, FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, IT WAS Y'ALL'S DECISION TO WAIT TO START THE STUDY OR TO RECONSIDER AT A TIME, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE ELECTION HAD TAKEN PLACE. OKAY. AND THE MINUTES SAID WE APPROVED IT, BUT WE WERE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE TIMING BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION NEXT YEAR. OKAY, I SEE. UM, AND WE DID INFORM B BOARD OF THAT DISCUSSION AND ALL OF THAT. UM, AND THEIR, THEIR POSITION ON THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES SO MANY MONTHS TO GET THINGS ROLLING THAT IF WE WAIT, THEN WE MIGHT NOT BE, UH, LOOKING AT AN ACTUAL REFRESH OF THE PLAN UNTIL EARLY 2027. AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO JUST KEEP THINGS MOVING, UM, THEY FELT THAT IT WAS BEST TO JUST GO AHEAD AND START IT AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY PRESENTED, UH, EARLY NEXT YEAR. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S PROB UH, JUST, I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE, BUT I'M THINKING IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO GET IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL JUST AS A DISCUSSION TOPIC. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO REQUIRE ACTION, YOU KNOW, IN CASE THEY WANNA THINK ABOUT IT, UM, FOR A MONTH OR TWO, BUT MAYBE IT'S WORTHWHILE TO CHECK WITH TIP STRATEGIES AND SEE WHAT THEIR CALENDAR AND SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SLOT US IN. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD BOTH OUR BOARD AND THE B BOARD BOTH SAY THEY WANNA DO IT, UM, AND WE HAVE HAD INDICATIONS FROM COUNCIL, SOME OF THE MEMBERS THAT THINK THAT IT'S WORTHWHILE. SO THAT MIGHT, THAT MIGHT BE INFORMATION THAT CAN ALSO, UH, HELP COUNCIL WHEN THEY'RE DISCUSSING IT AS WELL. BUT IF WE, IF WE SAY WE WANNA DO THIS, UH, TONIGHT, IF WE TAKE ACTION ON IT, DOES THAT MEAN IT WOULD BE ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA ON NOVEMBER 18TH? OR DO YOU KNOW? UM, I DON'T, I HAVE TO CHECK ON HOW IT FALLS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. YEAH. UM, AND ACTUALLY THE, SO WITH B BOARD CHOOSING TO FUND THE AMOUNT THAT COULD COVER THE ENTIRE COST OF IT, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH PRESENTING IT TO COUNSEL. BUT, UM, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE RECEIVED A CONTRACT NOW THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BY LEGAL BROUGHT BACK TO YOU ALL AND THEN TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL. SO, SO THAT HAS TO HAPPEN BEFORE IT GOES ON THERE. YES. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT B BOARD WAS SAYING IS LET'S JUST KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD AND THEN IN THIS PROPOSAL, THE TERMS OF THIS ARE VALID FOR 180 DAYS. OKAY. SO I CAN DOUBLE CHECK WITH TIP STRATEGIES. OKAY. CAN WE CHOOSE TO START IT 60 DAYS FROM THE APPROVAL OF COUNSELOR? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IF YOU DO WANNA KIND OF ALLOW FOR SOME OVERLAP BETWEEN CURRENT COUNSEL AND THE POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS? WELL, AND IF, AND EVERYBODY FILES FOR REELECTION AND NO ONE FILES TO RUN AGAINST THEM, WE'LL KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN FEBRUARY. IF, IF THAT WOULD HAPPEN. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ODDS ARE 50 50 OR WHERE THEY ARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THINK THINGS WILL, THINGS WILL START TO GET A LITTLE BIT CLEARER BY FEBRUARY MAYBE. SO [00:10:01] WE'LL SEE. SURE. UM, PERSONALLY, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF, UH, JUST DOING THE TYPICAL 50 50 SPLIT WITH THEM. I, I THINK THAT'S FAIR. UM, AND I, I DO THINK THIS REPORT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO REFLECT EVERYONE ON THE A BOARD AS WELL AS EVERYONE ON THE B BOARD AND WORKING TOGETHER. SO I, I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT, THAT WE COULD DO A 50 50 SPLIT ON THE COST OF THE STUDY WITH THE B BOARD. THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL FEELING. WHAT DECISION DO YOU NEED FROM US AT THIS POINT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COVER SOME OF THE COST, AND IF SO, HOW MUCH OF IT? OKAY. UM, I'VE, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS HAVE GIVEN THE EXACT SAME PERSPECTIVE. UM, I'M, I AM AGAINST 50 50, UM, MAINLY BECAUSE, UH, I, IT'S NOT A, THE, THE BENEFIT IS STILL GOING TO BE SO SMALL FOR THE A BOARD THAN IT IS FOR EVERYONE ELSE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, INCLUDING CITY COUNCIL AND THE B BOARD. UM, AND WHEN I LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, AND THE SAME POINT I BROUGHT UP BEFORE, WHEN THE, THE SCRUTINY THAT OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN UNDER, UH, AND CONTINUES TO BE UNDER BY CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND HOW WE USE THOSE FUNDS AND THE ROI WE GET ON THOSE FUNDS OR DON'T GET ON THOSE FUNDS AND OTHER POTENTIAL USES THAT CITY COUNCIL MAY BE CONSIDERING OR THINKING ABOUT OR IMAGINING, NO ONE'S THINKING, CONSIDERING OR IMAGINING DOING ANYTHING WITH FUNDS FROM THE B BOARD. AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTROL AS MUCH AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT. WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THE WEST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT, BUT THAT NEEDS TO GET FUNDED. UM, WE HAVE AN EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO GET FUNDED. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND THESE ARE THINGS WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO. I WOULD LIKE TO PAY FOR THOSE THINGS. I MEAN, IF THESE, IF IF, IF WE WERE LIKE STILL THINKING ABOUT, HEY, OR DO WE STILL WANT TO DO THIS WITH THESE DRAINAGE PROJECT? I MEAN, BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT, WE'RE AT A POINT OF THESE ARE COMING MM-HMM . SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR IT. WE HAVE THE FUNDS, LET'S PAY FOR IT. SO THAT IS, CHANCES ARE THE B BOARD IS, WILL PROBABLY PITCH IN AND HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE AS WELL THOUGH. I MEAN, THEY'RE PAYING FOR, UM, THE WATERLINE CAPITAL PROJECT GOING DOWN 10 93 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WHEREAS WE PAID FOR, UM, THE ADDITIONAL COSTS ON HARRIS STREET. YEP. SO, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE THE B BOARD IS OPPOSED TO SPENDING MONEY ON ANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. THEY, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THOSE ALL ALONG AS WELL. SO I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY SEE A CONFLICT THERE. WELL, THE CONFLICT THAT I SEE IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGETS BETWEEN THE, BOTH THE A AND THE B BOARD, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE FULL COSTS OF WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING. SO WE'LL NEED OUR MONEY AND WE'LL NEED THEIR MONEY. WELL, AND, AND, AND THE CITY HAS SOME MONEY , THE CITY DOES. THE CITY DOES ALSO SHARE THE COSTS. SO, SO I THINK JUST KIND OF BUILDING ON THAT, I AM, I I, I GUESS I GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN LIKE 50% OR A FOURTH 25%, UH, OR I GUESS A THIRD OF THE, IF WE DID LIKE 25,000 OR YEAH, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION EITHER WAY WITH THE PERCENTAGE OR A DOLLAR AMOUNT. YEAH. UM, BUT I THINK, I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO SET, UM, SORT OF THE TONE ABOUT WHAT WE SEE AS THE FUTURE OF THE A BOARD. SO TO BRIAN'S POINT, YEAH, I MEAN THIS, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, USING A PERCENTAGE OF ABOARD FUNDS FOR VARIOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, NEEDS OF THE, THE CITY. UM, AND [00:15:01] I THINK, AND I MEAN, AND THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN TALKED ABOUT SUN SETTING THE ABOARD IN ITS ENTIRETY. UM, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, IF WE DID FUND LESS THAN 50% OF THIS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MAKE A STATEMENT OF, HEY, YOU KNOW, THE, A BOARD IS ABOUT OUR FOCUS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO SPEND OUR DOLLARS. AND THAT WILL FREE UP B BOARD'S BUDGET TO SPEND IT ON OTHER THINGS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE, UM, THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES, THEN MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE TO FUND THE NEXT WATER, UH, PIPE UPDATE THAT COMES THROUGH. UM, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY DON'T FORGET PRIMARY JOBS. WELL, YEAH, THAT'S A, I MEAN, OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD PORTION OF IT TOO. BUT I, I JUST THINK I, IT COULD BE A WAY TO HELP SORT OF SHOW, I DON'T KNOW, A, A VISUAL REMINDER I GUESS, UH, IN DOLLAR FORM OF WHAT OUR EXPECTATION OF WHAT THE, UH, A BOARD WOULD BE PROVIDING. JUST A THOUGHT. I DO THINK IT WILL ALLOW FOR A LOT OF REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS AMONGST THE, THE THREE ENTITIES AND TO TRY TO COME TO CONSENSUS THAT THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE REASON WHY I THINK WE SHOULD DO THIS REFRESH TO HAVE CONSENSUS. I GUESS I WOULD JUST, OUR VOICE, OUR VOICE IS STILL THE SAME VOLUME REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH WE FUND IT. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES. AND YES, MA'AM. THAT'S RIGHT. AND HOW MUCH THAT WE FUND. THIS SHOULD NOT INFLUENCE AT ALL TIPS, STRATEGIES, INPUT IN REGARDS TO THE FUTURE OF THE ABOARD? NO. OR THE TOTALITY OF ABOARD FUNDS? NOT AT ALL. OKAY. I, I THINK IF WE CAN DAZZLE 'EM WITH OUR BRILLIANCE, THAT MIGHT HELP . WE CAN TRY ANYWAY. MICHELLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OPINIONS? MY STANCE HAS STILL BEEN THE SAME, BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT 180 DAY POTENTIALLY OUT, THEN I'M OKAY. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SEE WHERE SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN WE CAN'T DEVELOP UNTIL THE OTHER THINGS ARE EVEN DONE. SO UNTIL WE GET THOSE OTHER THINGS DONE, I JUST DON'T WANNA PUT MONEY INTO POTENTIAL WHAT IFS A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN YES, I KNOW IT TAKES TIME. I'M NOT SAYING DELAY IT A YEAR, BUT THAT I THINK WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE JUST NEED TO GET COMPLETED BEFORE EVEN IDENTIFYING WHO CAN COME HERE. BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE, I WILL PUT FORTH A MOTION THAT THE A BOARD FUNDS THIS, UM, STUDY FOR TO THE AMOUNT OF $25,000. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. I WILL SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. I . UM, I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT IS THE FIRST ABSTAIN WE'VE EVER HAD. THAT'S GOOD. THIS SESSION. IT'S THE FIRST OF ABSTAIN THIS SESSION. NO, I'VE NEVER HAD AN ABSTAIN. NO, YOU'VE ONLY HAD ONE. NINE FOUR NAYS. FOUR. FOUR NAYS. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THREE FROM ONE PERSON AND ONE FOR A DIFFERENT. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, OKAY. [Business - D] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CDC RESOLUTION 2026. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SHORE TEXAS, AMENDING, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ALRIGHT, SO IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE ALL, UH, A FEW CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED THAT WE MAKE TO THE BYLAWS AS WE PRESENTED THEM TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, I THINK IT'LL GET PRETTY CONFUSING IF I TRY TO READ ALL THIS AND GO THROUGH IT. UM, SO JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UM, I WILL SAY THE MAJORITY OF [00:20:01] THESE, UM, WERE VERY SMALL CHANGES TO ONE, ONE OR TWO WORDS OR JUST CLARIFICATION ON THINGS WE HAD REMOVED BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST STA UH, EXISTED IN STATUTE AND COUNSEL JUST FELT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH, AGAIN, REITERATING THAT, REFERENCING THE CODE OR, UM, INTRODUCING THE LANGUAGE JUST BACK INTO THE BYLAW SO THAT IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THESE ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS A PERSON HAS TO MEET TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD. UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, NO, NOTHING THAT CHANGES REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO THEM, UM, VERY MUCH SO. MY QUESTION IS ON ARTICLE NINE, SECTION FIVE, THE LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES. YES. IS IT CHANGING TO THE DO NOT EXCEED $50,000? THAT'S CORRECT, YES. AND IT USED TO BE 2%. YES. SO, UM, IT USED TO BE 2% OR AN AMOUNT IN THE ORIGINAL BYLAWS. YEAH, AN AMOUNT OF 10,000. OKAY. BUT THAT WAS CONFLICTING AND YEAH. YOU KNOW, INACCURATE BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH THE BUDGET HAS GROWN. YEP. AND SO WE REMOVED THE AMOUNT KEPT TO THE PERCENTAGE, UH, AND COUNCIL JUST WANTED THAT DO NOT EXCEED $50,000 IS IN LINE WITH WHAT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO FOLLOW. AND SO THEY JUST FELT TO BE FAIR ACROSS THE BOARD THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THAT SAME STANDARD FOR THE EDC IN REGARD TO VACANCIES. I THOUGHT WE HAD, UH, PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT SAID THAT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD GET NOTIFIED OF VACANCIES ON THE EDC BOARDS. AND I'M NOT, I DON'T THINK I'M SEEING THAT ANYMORE. YES. AND IT, THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE ENTIRE PART, BUT IT JUST MIGHT REFLECT THE PART THAT THEY WANTED, UH, CHANGED. OKAY. I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE WHOLE, IT'S ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION EIGHT, OR I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT HOLD ON SECTION. YEAH, IT'S THE WRONG SECTION. GIMME A MINUTE. I I MEAN, JUST GIMME A SECOND. 'CAUSE I DO REMEMBER THAT IT, IT OUTLINED ALL THE NOTICES WE HAD TO GIVE. YEAH. AND I THINK, UM, I'M JUST THINKING WITH THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT, IF COUNCIL'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY RUNNING THE SHOW, THEY, THEY NEED TO BE THE ONES THAT HERE ALSO, I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO THE MAN, THE CITY, CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO BE INFORMED. AND SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT AT TIMES HAS NOT HAPPENED IN THE PAST. MM-HMM . YEAH. AND I THINK WE HAD VACANCIES FOR EIGHT OR NINE MONTHS. WELL, UH, THE VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION SECTION COUNSEL FELT THAT THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING WE COULD DO TO ENFORCE THAT. CORRECT. SO THEY, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO CHANGE JUST TO REFLECT THAT, HEY, THIS IS KIND OF OUR WISH, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE POSSIBLE. YEAH. I, I, AND I WASN'T PUTTING THIS ON A DIRECTOR, I WAS PUTTING IT ON PROBABLY YOU AS, UH, THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THAT COUNCIL WOULD BE INFORMED IN ADDITION TO THE MANAGER AND THE MAYOR. OKAY. SO IT IT'S NOT IN THEIR CASE. SO WE CAN EDIT TO INCLUDE AND BRING IT BACK IF YOU WOULD LIKE. WELL, I, THE PROBLEM THAT WE, THAT WE HAD BEFORE, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THEM SAYING THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH WITH THAT AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. YEAH. I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THE, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAD WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD WAY OF REG OF RES OF RESIGNING. THERE WASN'T A PROCESS TO RESIGN. THERE WAS A PROCESS DIDN'T EXIST. OKAY. AND NOW THE PROCESS IS YOU SEND AN EMAIL TO ANELLE. I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS IT, I GUESS IF YOU HAVE AN INTERNAL POLICY AMONGST YOUR OFFICE THAT SAYS WHEN YOU GET A RESIGNATION, YOU WILL DO BLAH, BLAH. SURE. AND I'M IN, IN PRACTICE. 'CAUSE THEN YOU COULD PROBABLY KEEP IT OUTTA HERE. IN PRACTICE, THAT'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE CITY SECRETARY. AND THAT WAY COUNCIL MAYOR KNOWS, CITY MANAGER KNOWS, COUNCIL KNOWS, AND [00:25:01] COUNCIL KNOWS MM-HMM . YEAH. YES. ALL RIGHT. I'M, I'M OKAY WITH AN INTERNAL POLICY. I JUST THINK IT NEEDS TO, IT PROBABLY WORKS BETTER AS AN INTERNAL POLICY ANYWAYS BECAUSE THEN IT IMPACTS ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS OPPOSED TO LIKE OTHERWISE DOING BYLAWS FOR EVERYBODY. EVERY, YEAH. EVERYONE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THEIR BYLAWS, SO, MM-HMM . I'M GOOD WITH THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE OTHER CHANGES REQUESTED? NO, I, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON THE BUDGET SPENDING. THAT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT GNARLY TO READ THROUGH . I'LL MOTION TO ACCEPT WITH THE CHANGES THAT ARE SHOWING. SECOND. YOU GOOD. HAYDEN, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION NUMBER. OH, I'M, OH, I MOVED PAST IT. HOLD ON. IT IS 20 25 0 6. OH, I CAN DO THAT. I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 25 0 6. THANK YOU. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM FOUR, [Recurring Items - A] RECURRING ITEMS, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT. GOOD EVENING FOR HARRIS STREET. SO SIDEWALK PAVING FOR PHASE ONE IS NEARLY COMPLETE. UH, THE COLORED CROSSWALKS HAVE BEEN POURED AND STAMPED FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND STREET INTERSECTIONS, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, ADJACENT TO THE PARALLEL PARKING ZONES NEXT TO THE LANDSCAPING. UM, PEDESTRIAN RAMPS HAVE BEEN POURED AND THE CITY HAD CITY STAFF HAS ACCEPTED THEM IN THEIR CONDITION. UM, ELECTRICAL BOXES FOR THE LIGHT POLES ALONG HARRIS STREET ARE CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH THE ELECTRICIAN AND THE CONTRACTOR. UH, SOME ITEMS WE HAVE UPCOMING IS, UH, THE PUMP STATION AT THE DETENTION POND. UM, OUR INSERTER VALVE ON THE FIFTH STREET WATER LINE IS INSTALLED. SO THE, THE CONTRACTOR HAS BEGAN MOBILIZING TO BEGIN WORK ON THAT PUMP STATION THERE. UM, AND, UM, SO ALL COLORED CONCRETE STAMPING FOR PHASE ONE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. UM, AS FAR AS THE SANITARY SEWER, UM, WE'RE STILL AT THE SAME POINT FROM FIFTH STREET TO FOURTH STREET OF THAT SECTION FOR PHASE TWO SANITARY THAT'S BEEN INSTALLED. AND, UH, WHEN, UH, PRETTY SOON HERE, WHEN WE MOVE INTO PHASE TWO, THEY WILL, UH, FINISH THAT LAST SECTION FROM THE, FROM FOURTH STREET TO THE DRIVEWAY, WHICH CONCLUDES PHASE TWO. UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I HAVE US AT 43 40 3% COMPLETE BASED ON PROG ACTUAL PROGRESS. UM, AS FAR AS HARRIS STREET, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION FOR JUST THE HARRIS STREET RECONSTRUCTION? OR IS THAT FOR, IS THAT PERCENTAGE FOR ALL OF THE PROJECT? JUST, JUST HARRIS STREET FOR I HAVE, I HAVE THAT AS 43%. JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'VE WE'VE PAGE TWO. YEAH, SORRY. OKAY. BUT SO THE 43% IS BOTH THE HARRIS STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND THE SANITARY SEWER? NO MA'AM. JUST HARRIS STREET. JUST, OKAY. UM, SO HOW, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION FOR THE HARRIS STREET RECONSTRUCTION? UH, ABOUT 43%. SO SAME, SO THAT IS, THAT, IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SECOND PAGE IS FOR HARRIS STREET? NO, SHE'S JUST SEEING THESE TWO AT LIKE TWO SEPARATE MY QUESTION. YEAH. SO THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF HARRIS STREET IS 43%. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IS THE, THE, UH, THE PROGRESS THAT I'VE KIND OF LUMPED THESE TWO TOGETHER. OKAY. UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS LAST MONTH THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. 43% FEELS LIKE A LOT IN THE NEXT 45 DAYS. IS THAT, OR I GUESS YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING, I CAN'T DO MATH FOR 57%. THANK [00:30:01] YOU. UM, , 57% OF 45 DAYS WITH TWO HOLIDAYS IN BETWEEN IS REALLY AGGRESSIVE. ARE WE STILL COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR? UM, YOU HELP, I MEAN, YEAH. YEAH. IT'LL BE, YEAH. DONE. BOARD MEMBERS, UH, I DON'T THINK I'VE INTRODUCED MYSELF YET. UM, I'M DAVID KO AND I CAME ON, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED? SIX WEEKS. THAT'S WHEN I CAME ON . AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA TRACK IT. . UM, I'M THE NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND I'M COVERING ALL THE, UH, CIP PROJECTS AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. AND THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT FOR THE SCHEDULE. SO WE'VE BEEN KIND OF PRESENTING TO Y'ALL THE END OF THE CONTRACT PERIOD. AND UNTIL THE CONTRACT TYPICALLY GIVES US A CHANGE ORDER, WE DO NOT LIKE TO GIVE DATES OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THOSE AND WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS. WE JUST RECENTLY GOT A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE THAT PUT THIS COMPLETION DATE OUT TO ABOUT THE END OF MARCH. AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS DELAYED AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE CONTRACTOR, BUT WE HAVE SEEN PROGRESS IN THE LAST EVEN TWO MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE THAT WOULD GIVE US, UM, A MUCH BETTER IDEA THAT HE COULD GET THE WORK DONE BY THAT TIMEFRAME. IT ISN'T WHAT ANYBODY WANTED, BUT I I HOPE Y'ALL DO SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS HAPPENING IN THESE LAST TWO MONTHS WITH ALL THE CONCRETE BEING POURED, THE STAMPING BEING DONE, AS WELL AS A LOT OF THE UNDERGROUND WORK THAT NEEDED TO GET, GET DONE AT UTILITY WORK. SO ONCE WE GET THAT CHANGE ORDER FINALIZED, THEN WE CAN GIVE, UPDATE THE, THE REPORTS AND YOU'LL SEE THAT REFLECTED ON THE MONTHLY REPORTS TO YOU. OKAY. I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M SLOW AT HEARING. CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME AGAIN? DAVID LICON. L-I-C-O-N-L-I-C-O-N. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE MEETING. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU ARE THE AS. WHAT'S YOUR TITLE? I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THERE'S TWO OF US NOW. SO ABRA IS OVER OPERATIONS AND I'M OVER THE CIP PROJECTS. OKAY. MM-HMM . AND WHO IS, UH, THE DIRECTOR NOW? CLIFF. CLIFF IS THE DIRECTOR. YEAH. CLIFF IS THE DIRECTOR. EXCELLENT. OKAY. GOT IT. YEP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? AND WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY IF Y'ALL WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITE. WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THAT PHASE ONE IS COMPLETED AND WE OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WE WANNA ENSURE THAT IT'S READY TO BE OPENED UP TO THE PUBLIC AND WE KIND OF CROSS ALL OF OUR T'S AND DOT OUR I'S, UM, JUST TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE. SO YEAH, I'VE KIND OF WALKED UP KIND OF TO THE BARRIERS, BUT I HAVEN'T GONE PAST IT YET. GOOD. I I APPRECIATE THAT YOU STOPPED AT THE BARRIERS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO CONTINUE WALKING. SO I GUESS WITH SOME OF THAT IN MIND, UH, TYPICALLY WE PUT SOME DECORATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS MM-HMM . IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. CORRECT. IS ARE WE STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THOSE? I THINK YOU CAN ANSWER THAT ONE. YEAH. ? UH, YES MA'AM. WE CAN STILL DO THOSE. OKAY. THE AREA, UM, NEXT TO WALLACE BANK THAT WE USUALLY INSTALL THOSE IS COMPLETELY YEAH. FREE AND OKAY. UM, OPEN TO DO THE EXACT SAME SETUP THAT WE DID NEXT YEAR. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD, UM, A MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TO JUST KIND OF PENCIL IN OUR CALENDARS NEXT YEAR TO REVISIT WHAT WE WILL TRANSITION THOSE DECORATIONS TO LOOK LIKE ONCE HARRIS STREET IS COMPLETE FOR NEXT YEAR'S HOLIDAY SEASON. OKAY. AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT CONCERNED FROM A PARKING PERSPECTIVE, SINCE PARKING IS LIMITED WITH THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION, SOME OF THE ROADS ARE IN TERMS OF LOCKED OFF IN TERMS OF IF I WANNA PARK TO GO TAKE A PICTURE BY THE DECORATIONS. UH, NO, NOT AT ALL. THERE. CURRENTLY, THE WAY THE DECORATIONS ARE SET UP, UM, THERE'S NO EVENT BEING HELD THERE. THAT WOULD CALL FOR LIKE AN INFLUX OF MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME. AND IT'S ALL OF THE, THE BANK PARKING. AND USUALLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE NIGHT FALLS IS WHEN PEOPLE GO, SO THE BANK IS CLOSED AND THAT WHOLE LOT IS AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO PARK. OKAY. OR THEY CAN PARK KIND OF BEHIND THE PIER 36 BUILDING AND WALK OVER AND ALL OF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE. EVEN WITH THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION. THEY DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, VENTURE INTO HARRIS STREET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. MM-HMM . GOOD. GO FOR IT. DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE, DRAINAGE FOURTH STREET, WE HAVE SELECTED A CONTRACTOR AND THAT WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT TUESDAY THE 18TH. VERY GOOD. HAVE WE GIVEN MONEY FOR THIS YET? NOT UNTIL IT, IT'S BUDGETED. UM, BUT NO MONEY HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. NOT UNTIL THE PROJECT REALLY KICKS OFF. HOW MUCH DID WE BUDGET? WE CAN CHECK REAL QUICK. IT WAS, FOR THIS ONE, IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT, UM, AMOUNT. IT WASN'T LIKE A, IT WAS NOT A ROUND NUMBER. YEAH. [00:35:02] WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN PULL IT UP. WELL ACTUALLY IT MM-HMM . YEAH. YOU SAID DRAINAGE? MM-HMM . YEAH. IS IT 1 MILLION AT $115,000. OKAY. I LIKE THAT NUMBER. YEAH, IT IS ROUND. IT IS THE NEXT NUMBER. THAT'S NOT ROUND . OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO THAT AMOUNT IS, WE'D, I THINK BEFORE WE HAD ASKED FOR A WATER WATERFALL CHART OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PROJECTS FUND. RIGHT. AND THEN IT WATERFALLS OUT MONEY THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THE PROJECTS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, LET'S CALL IT $2.9 MILLION IN THE PROJECT FUND, BUT SOME OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED. SO WE DON'T HAVE $2.9 MILLION SET TO GIVE OUT. UM, WE CAN GIVE, YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU. YEAH. I MEAN, I SPENT FOUR YEARS OF MY LIFE BUILDING WATERFALL CHARTS FOR A FINANCE GUY AND I BET CHAT GBT YOU CAN JUST DROP IT IN. JUST DROP IT IN AND SAY, HEY, PUBLIC DATA. ANYWAYS, IT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION ANYWAY. REALLY ANYTHING YOU PUT REALLY, UNLESS THEY, THEY USE MY OWN, THEY USE WHAT I PUT IN UNLESS YOU CHOOSE GOOD FOR THEM. BECAUSE I'M THE ONE WHO PUT, WHO WRITES ONLY AN M DASHES. THAT WAS ME. THAT WAS ME. THERE IS A PRIVACY SETTING THAT YOU CAN CHANGE AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THEY, THEY, THEY LOOK AT THAT, BUT THE OKAY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE DIGRESS. I'M SORRY. IT WAS MY FAULT. IT WAS MY FAULT. UM, BUT BACK TO WATERFALL CHARTS, THAT WOULD BE, YEAH. OKAY. WHAT'S NEXT? YES. OKAY. THANKS MA'AM. WEST PARK TOLLWAY, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, WE, WE HAVE GOTTEN BACK, UH, THE SCHEMATICS FOR BOTH THE UNDERPASS AND OVERPASS AND RECEIVED BACK THE, UH, THE COST ESTIMATES AS WELL. BEFORE WE PRESENT THEM TO YOU GUYS, WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME INTERNAL MEETINGS WITH BETWEEN STAFF AND THE ENGINEERS FOR THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ESTIMATES FOR COST LINEUP, UM, WITH REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR BOTH OPTIONS. UM, JUST AT A SERVICE LEVEL, I CAN SAY BOTH OPTIONS SEEM FEASIBLE, UM, AND NOT INSANE. SO . UM, BUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU. WE DID RECEIVE IT, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST WEEK. UM, SO I THINK NEXT WEEK WE HAVE A, A MEETING SET, UM, WITH MYSELF, KELSEY, UM, AND SOME, UM, CLIFF AND SOME OTHER PUBLIC WORK STAFF AS LONG AS THE, UH, AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING TEAM, UM, THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON THE PROJECTS. SO, UM, IT LOOKS POSITIVE AT LEAST WHEN YOU SAY THE ENGINEERING TEAM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, FIRM THAT DID THE STUDY, CORRECT. GFT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCEPTS FROM THEM, UM, THAT ARE BOTH WITH, THAT ARE, UM, AESTHETIC WITH AN UNDER, WITH AN UNDERPASS INSTEAD OF AN OVERPASS. SO THE, THE TWO CONCEPTS THAT ARE PROVIDED ARE THE OVERPASS AND THE UNDERPASS. OKAY. SO JUST, JUST ONE OF EACH. UM, RIGHT NOW, THE WAY, THE REASON WHY IT WAS DONE THAT WAY, THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY PLANS FOR THAT SECTION OF WEST PARK YET. SO THE, THE IDEA BEHIND THE STUDY WAS TO KIND OF PROVE UP TO THE TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY THAT BOTH OPTIONS ARE AT LEAST COMPARABLE IN PRICE AND FEASIBLE IN SCOPE, UM, BEFORE THEY REALLY START DESIGNING THAT SECTION. GOTCHA. OKAY. AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU CAN'T SHARE WITH US THE NUMBERS YET? UM, YOU KNOW THEM, BUT YOU CAN'T TELL US WHAT THEY ARE. IT'S, BUT THEY'RE NOT IMPOSSIBLE. I DON'T EVEN, YEAH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT'S A, A BIG SECRET. IT'S JUST WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR HOMEWORK ON THE BACK END TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE INCLUDING IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF WAY UNDERSTOOD OR THAT SORT OF THING BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE, UH, PUBLICIZE IT. BUT YOU GOT IT BACK AND IT WASN'T AN IMMEDIATE, OH NO, THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. NO . OKAY. NO, IT WASN'T SHOCKING. . GOT IT. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS. ITEM THREE, RETAIL STRATEGIES. SO WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES, AGAIN, IT'S UH, A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SHARE ANY SPECIFICS. UM, BUT WE HAVE HAD PROBABLY A CONVERSATION EVERY OTHER DAY. UM, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, QUICK MEETINGS HERE AND THERE, [00:40:01] UM, CONTINUING TO SHARE SITE PLANS THAT WE RECEIVE, UM, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC TARGETED, UM, RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. UM, AND CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING AND MULTIPLE, UM, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO, UH, IT ALL LOOKS VERY PROMISING AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, UM, A FEW MORE DETAILS, UH, WITH YOU SOON. ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO JUST RECEIVED THE, UH, THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THEM. SO I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF YOU GUYS LATER ON THIS WEEK. AND THERE IS A, THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON, OR THERE WILL BE FOR OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS A POTENTIAL PROJECT. SO THAT'LL BE BEFORE COUNCIL AS WELL. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON RETAIL STRATEGIES AND AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR WANT ANYTHING, UM, ANY INFORMATION ON A PARTICULAR RETAILER OR RESTAURANT, UM, LET US KNOW AND WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND FIND OUT ARE THEY INTERESTED AND IF NOT, WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS AND THAT KIND OF THING. YEAH. CAN YOU ALL CHECK OUT LIVE OAK GRILL? YES. YES MA'AM. HAVE YOU BEEN? UH, I THINK SO. I LIKE IT. WHERE'S IT? WHAT DAIRY ASHFORD? JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF 59. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. UM, ITEM FOUR, THE POLICE FIVE YEAR SALARY AND BUDGET COMMITTEE. UM, THE RE POLICE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED THAT, UM, ONE OF OUR TYPE A BOARD MEMBERS JOIN THEIR COMMITTEE. UM, SO WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL AND, UM, ULTIMATELY MS. KAY HAS JOINED THE COMMITTEE AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, THEY CHOSE TO INCLUDE US IN THAT CONVERSATION. THEY DID HAVE THEIR VERY FIRST MEETING AND HAVE THE NEXT ONE SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 18TH. UM, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING ELSE, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD SIGN THAT EVERYBODY SHOWED UP FOR THE FIRST MEETING. UH, YOU HAD ZACK, IT'S A BIG GROUP, . YEAH, HE HAD ZACH GOODLAND, OF COURSE, CHIEF SEYMOUR. UM, AND THEN YOU HAD ERIN TERRE, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. HEIDI TAYLOR. YES, MA'AM. I GET MIXED UP ON HER NAME. UH, FROM HR KELSEY LEE, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WAS THERE. LINDSEY MILLER, ONE OF THE POLICE CAPTAINS, SHE WAS IN THE MEETING. UH, CAM MILLER FROM CITY COUNCIL. ABBY KAR FROM COUNCIL, UH, THEY WERE ALL THERE. JASON GOT THERE, BUT HE WAS A LITTLE BIT LATE, I THINK, BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING. AND IT WAS, IT WAS ELECTION DAY. A COUPLE OF THEM WERE, HAD THEIR, I VOTED STICKERS ON WHEN THEY CAME INTO THE ROOM. UH, AND THEN DEREK EOF IS THE COMMUNITY REP, BUT HE'S LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR 20 SOME YEARS. I THINK HIS WIFE OWNS WAGON TAILS AND HE SERVED, HE SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL SOMETIME BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010. AND THEN HE ALSO SERVED ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CHAIRED THAT FOR SEVERAL TERMS. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY, UH, IN FACT, HE SAID HE WAS, UH, ON COUNCIL WHEN THEY HIRED CHIEF SEYMOUR, SO THEY GO WAY BACK. UH, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD THAT EVERYBODY SHOWED UP FOR THAT FIRST MEETING. UM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION. THERE WAS A LOT OF LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE WE REALLY HERE DOING? AND WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS WE'RE REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT? UM, SO I, I THINK, I THINK A LOT OF THAT ESPECIALLY, UM, MAYBE, MAYBE MORE SO FOR, FOR DEREK AND MYSELF WAS JUST TRYING TO COME TO A COMMON LEVEL, UNDERSTANDING WITH THE OTHER FOLKS IN THE ROOM WHO MAYBE HAD MORE DATA AND INSIGHT THAN WE DID BECAUSE THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BRING US UP, BRING US UP TO SPEED, TYPE OF THING. SO WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GET TO. BUT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, THEY HAVE IT SCHEDULED FROM FOUR TO SIX AND IT WILL BE RIGHT BEFORE THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN NOVEMBER. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL SHOW UP FOR THAT ONE AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, OUR TEDC CONFERENCE, UM, HIDDEN. AND I GOT TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, AND AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR US TO PURSUE THOSE KINDS OF CONFERENCES AND TRAINING. IT'S ALWAYS VERY HELPFUL. UH, I THINK THIS YEAR THE MOST VALUABLE THING FOR BOTH OF US WAS JUST CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, CITY OF SALINA STAFF AND, UM, CITY OF ANNA AND JUST OTHER CITIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME KIND OF CHALLENGES AND RAPID GROWTH, UM, WORKING OFTEN WITH THE SAME KIND OF RESTAURANT AND RETAILERS. UM, SO JUST BEING ABLE TO, UM, GET IDEAS ON HOW THEY'RE WORKING [00:45:01] THROUGH SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES, UM, AND COMPARE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WAS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. UM, SO THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE GEARING UP TO ATTEND, UM, T-M-L-E-D-C IN BASTROP THIS WEEK. HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM SHORE ARE GONNA BE AT BASTROP? WE HAVE FOUR OF, INCLUDING US. EIGHT. WOW. YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A BIG GROUP. FOUR MEMBERS OF, UH, B BOARD, TWO ON, OR FIVE MEMBERS? FIVE. YEAH. AND THEN ONE, I KNOW WHAT TO DO. I KNOW , IT'S GONNA BE A BIG GROUP. EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE MATCHING SHIRTS FOR MAYBE EXCEPT FOR ME. UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S A BIG GROUP THIS YEAR, SO IT, IT'LL BE GREAT. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ITEM [Recurring Items - B] FOUR B, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADD? WE DO HAVE THE INCLUDED LIST AND THEN I ALSO HAVE MY HIGHLIGHTS THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING. SO WE WILL, WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE IN FUTURE MEETINGS. SO YOU PUT THE WATERFALL CHART ON THERE? I DO. AND IT IS HIGHLIGHTED . OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANT TO ADD? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? UM, I MISSED THE B BOARD MEETING. UH, I I THINK THEY PROBABLY HAD THE SAME AGENDA ITEM WE DID ABOUT THE UM, CHAMBER, MOU FOR EVENTS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING ON WHAT THE B BOARD'S REACTION, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF DISCUSSION OR WHAT KIND OF INPUT THEY HAD AT THEIR MEETING. I GUESS I COULD GO WATCH IT ON VIDEO, BUT I'VE BEEN TOO LAZY TO DO THAT. ALSO, ITEM [Recurring Items - C] FOUR C ANNOUNCEMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? LIKE DAY IS A CHRISTMAS TREE. TREE LIGHTING? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY TREE LIGHTING. THE TREE LIGHTING IS DECEMBER 6TH, FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER FROM FOUR TO SEVEN. UH, OUT HERE IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. HOW DOES THE LIGHT THE TREE ACTUALLY GET LIT? IT'S LIKE SEVEN 30. YEAH. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN YEAH. OR NOT 7 36 6 30. SO AFTER THE EVENT, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SIX 30 AND SIX 50. YEAH. AND FOLLOWING THE TREE LINING, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING THE MOVIE NIGHT OUT IN THE LAWN, IN THE COURTYARD BACK THERE. UM, AND THEY'LL BE STREAMING HOME ALONE OR NO? NO, NOT HOME ALONE. NOT, IS IT GONNA BE ELF? IS IT GONNA BE ELF? THAT IS SO FUNNY. ELF NOT IS THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME. IT'S, I SAW IT. HEY, CHRISTMAS MOVIE. PLEASE KEEP YOUR EYE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS, AS, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT BAD SANTA. THE CHRISTMAS STORY. OKAY. IT'S NOT BAD SANTA. OKAY. NO, IT'S ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I'LL J I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE GUMBO COOKOFF WAS VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. YESTER, WELL, DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. THEY HAD, THEY HAD A GOOD TURNOUT. IT WAS NICE WHETHER 11 TEAMS COMPETING RU POOR SLASH BRISCO MANOR CAME IN NUMBER ONE. UH, ANTHONY'S CAME IN SECOND AND I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS THIRD. THERE WAS A THIRD PLACE WINNER OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS WHOEVER TEAM NUMBER 48 WAS . OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, I'LL MOVE. WE ADJOURN. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND I CALL THE MEETING TO CLOSE AT 6:48 PM ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025. VERY GOOD. * 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.