* 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] [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. IT'S, UH, 6:00 PM WE WANT TO CALL THE REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025 AT 6:00 PM ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE, SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS' COMMENTS? WE DO NOT. OKAY. HAVE WE EVER HAD ANY? MAYBE ONCE WE, YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAWS ESTABLISHED BY THE LEGISLATURE. [Business - A] ALL RIGHT. ITEM THREE IS OUR BUSINESS THREE A AS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE OCTOBER 20TH, 2025 MEETING. YOU SHOULD HAVE A SET OF THOSE IN YOUR PACKET. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE OR HAVE ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE MINUTES? IF NOT, WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING FOR THE OCTOBER 28TH, 2025 AS LISTED MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE OUR MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 20TH AS PRESENTED. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. [Business - B] THREE B IS CONSIDERATION AN ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. ALRIGHT, THIS MONTH, SALES TAX COLLECTIONS WRAPS UP, UM, FY 25, UM, FOR THE COLLECTIONS RECEIVED IN NOVEMBER, UM, WHICH ARE THE SEPTEMBER REMITTANCES. UH, WE WERE UP 1.7% FROM THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTALING $227,785 AND 35 CENTS. UM, EACH CORPORATION SALES TAX REVENUES TOTALED $2,248,879 AND 23 CENTS, WHICH IS 110% OF OUR BUDGET, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. UM, IT'S ALSO ABOUT A 14.6% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. SO GREAT YEAR FOR, UH, SALES TAX COLLECTION. YEAH, THE SALES TAXES HAVE REALLY CONSISTENTLY INCREASED FOR US. SO I THINK, UH, THAT LOOKS GREAT FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE SALES TAXES? IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE A PAYABLE DUE OF $11,111 AND 93 CENTS, AS WELL AS PART OF OUR FINANCIAL MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025 IN THE ORDER OF 11,000 $111 AND 93 CENTS. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES, UH, WITH THE PAYMENT OF $11,111 AND 93 CENTS TO THE CITY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [Business - C] ITEM THREE C AS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON FDC RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH SEVEN. A RESOLUTION OF THE FULCHER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SRE, TEXAS AMENDING, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF SRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. GOOD EVENING. UH, AS YOU REMEMBER, THE FTC ADOPTED THIS RESOLUTION AMENDING AND APPROVING THE FULL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS. THOSE WERE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTED [00:05:01] THE INCLUSION OF, UH, A HANDFUL OF REVISIONS PRIOR TO THEIR ADOPTION. AND SO WE ARE JUST BRINGING THIS BACK TO YOU AND OUTLINING THOSE, UH, REQUESTS HERE. UM, THEY ARE JUST MINIMAL CHANGES IN SOME OF THE WORDING AND SOME REINTRODUCTION OF ITEMS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY REMOVED BECAUSE THEY WERE STATED IN STATUTE. UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST FELT THAT THEY WANTED TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ON WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WERE, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO SERVE ON OUR EDC BOARDS. UM, AND SO THEY JUST ASKED THAT WE REFERENCE THE CODE SPECIFICALLY. AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE SPECIFIC CHANGES REQUESTED, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW. OTHERWISE, UH, TONIGHT WE JUST NEED YOU TO APPROVE THE, THE BYLAWS WITH THEIR CHANGES AND, UH, MAKE THAT MOTION SPECIFIC TO THE RESOLUTION, UM, AS STATED IN THE SUBJECT OF THIS ITEM, IF WE APPROVE THESE, THEN THEY GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL. YES, THEY WILL RETURN BACK TO COUNCIL. AND THESE SAME CHANGES WERE PRESENTED TO A BOARD LAST WEEK, AND THEY DID APPROVE THEM. I, UM, ONE QUESTION I'VE GOT RELATES TO THE FIRST ONE THERE WITH REGARDS, MAY THE COUNCIL MAY INSTEAD OF SHALL. YES. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE INTENT WITH THAT WAS? I GUESS THE WAY I LOOK AT IT WITH B BOARD HAVING SENT BY SEVEN MEMBERS, IF ONE WAS TO PART, UM, THE DRIVE WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE TO HAVE A, AN ODD NUMBER TO PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, IN CASE OF A STALEMATE, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH, WITH, UM, VOTES. UM, ANY REASON WHY THEY'VE, THEY'VE GONE THAT WAY OR WERE YOU GIVEN AN EXPLANATION? UH, THAT WAS JUST WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTED. UM, AND WHEN WE TOOK IT TO LEGAL COUNSEL, LEGAL COUNSEL SAID IT WAS, IT WOULDN'T MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE WHETHER IT WAS MAY OR SHALL. MAYBE THAT JUST GIVES THEM A LITTLE MORE DISCRETION IN THEIR MINDS. AND THOSE WERE THE ONLY CHANGES THAT ARE OUTLINED? YES, SIR. ALL THE CHANGES, UH, THAT WERE REQUESTED ARE HERE IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BYLAWS? BIG CHANGE IN THE, FROM 2% OF THE BUDGET TO 50? UH, YES, SIR. SO THAT CHANGE, UM, COUNCIL FELT THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT EQUAL WITH WHAT THE POLICY IS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER AND HAVING TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR THE 50,000. AND SO THEY ASKED US TO ADD THAT SPECIFIC AMOUNT IN THERE. AGAIN, UH, PREVIOUSLY WE HAD SOME CONFLICTING AMOUNTS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WAS 10,000, BUT 2%, WHICH AT THE TIME WOULD'VE BEEN THE SAME. BUT WITH THE INCREASE IN SALES TAX COLLECTION, OBVIOUSLY 2% OF THE BUDGET WAS NOT $10,000. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE NEED TO, I GUESS, DECLARE AN EFFECTIVE DATE? WOULD THAT NO, YOU, YOU CAN JUST, UH, MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. UM, AND YOU CAN JUST SAY THE RESOLUTION NUMBER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE, OKAY. I MOVE FOR THE B BOARD TO [00:10:01] APPROVE THE FDC RESOLUTION. 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO SEVEN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND I SECOND. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH OH SEVEN, UH, TO AMEND THE CORPORATION BYLAWS WITH THE ITEMS, UH, PRESENTED BACK TO US FROM, UH, CITY COUNCIL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. WE ARE AMENDED. WHAT ARE THE ODDS THEY'LL APPROVE THOSE AMENDMENTS? THAT'S JUST A JOKE FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING. THAT'S JUST A JOKE. [Recurring Items - A] ALL RIGHT. ITEM FOUR IS RECURRING ITEMS. WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT. WHO'S UP FIRST? MATTHEW, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. THANKS. GOOD EVENING. SO IN PHASE ONE OF HARRIS STREET, UH, SIDEWALK PAVING IS NEARLY COMPLETE. THE CROSSWALKS FOR PHASE ONE HAVE ALL BEEN POURED AND STAMPED WITH THE COLORED CONCRETE. THE PEDESTRIAN RAMPS HAVE ALL BEEN POURED AND ACCEPTED BY STAFF. AND, UH, THE ELECTRICAL BOXES FOR THE LIGHT POLES ALONG HARRIS STREET ARE CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED. SO WORKING THROUGH THAT, UH, LOOKING AHEAD WITH THE INSERTIVE VALVE THAT WE INSTALLED ON THE FIFTH STREET WATERLINE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR IS MOBILIZING NOW TO BEGIN THEIR WORK WITH THE PUMP STATION. AND, UH, THAT SECOND ITEM HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. SO ALL COLORED CONCRETE, UH, FOR PHASE ONE HAS BEEN STAMPED AND, UH, POURED, UH, LOOKING AT OUR SANITARY SEWER PORTION, UH, WE'RE STILL, I BELIEVE, WHERE WE WERE AT THE LAST MEETING, UH, ALL OF PHASE ONE AND MOST OF PHASE TWO SANITARY SEWER LINE HAS BEEN, UH, INSTALLED. DID Y'ALL DECIDE YET IF YOU WERE GONNA OPEN UP LIKE A SECTION OF THAT? WHENEVER THAT GETS COMPLETED, MAYBE THE SECOND STREET WE, WE PLAN ON IT, BUT WE WANT TO JUST GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE ALL THE ITEMS FOR PHASE ONE OR IN ACCEPTANCE. UH, SO DOING LIKE A SOMEWHAT SUBSTANTIAL, UH, WALKTHROUGH AND JUST TO MAKE SURE BESIDES LANDSCAPING, THAT EVERYTHING IS COMPLETE. YEAH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S LOOKING GOOD. I SAW THEY PUT THE, UH, CENTER STRIPE OUT THERE. YES, SIR. UH, SO IT'S, UH, IT'S COMING ALONG. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IF THAT'S THE CASE THAT I PLAN ON DOING SOME FORM OF OPENING OF IT OR IS THAT NOT BE THOUGHT OF? NOT, NOT A, PROBABLY NOT A FORMAL OBJECTION. YEAH, PROBABLY A, LIKE A, ARE YOU REFERRING TO LIKE A WE WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE FULL COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. YEAH. YEAH. WE WOULDN'T WANT TO USE HALF OF A RIBBON. WE WANNA WAIT UNTIL WE CAN PUT THE WHOLE RIBBON. ONE THIRD OF A RIBBON. YEAH. SORRY, ROPE NOT RIBBON. HERE IT SAYS THE DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE STREET DRAINAGE, UH, IS CURRENTLY UNDER SOLICITATION NOVEMBER SET TO CLOSE NOVEMBER. SO DO WE EXPECT SOME RESULTS IN DECEMBER? I'M, I'M ACTUALLY PRESENTING IT AT COUNCIL TOMORROW. SO WE'VE, WE'VE SELECTED A CONTRACTOR. OKAY. SO JUST PENDING COUNCIL APPROVAL. GOTCHA. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND BASED UPON THE, UH, THE HARRIS STREET IS THERE, IS THERE ANY ACTION YOU NEED TO BE TAKEN WITH THE, THE NEW LEAD, THE NEW CURRENT CONTRACT? AND IS THERE ANY BUDGETARY ISSUE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOR THE AMOUNTS? BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A LITTLE OVERAGE THERE, RIGHT? NO. THE WRONG BUDGET. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. NO, NOT THAT WOULD IMPACT THE AMOUNT CONTRIBUTING, I THOUGHT ADDITIONAL SCOPE THAT WAS PUT IN THAT IS, BUT I THINK IT WAS COVERED BY THE CONTINGENCY. YEAH. COVERED BY CONTINGENCY. THE 560 CHANGE ORDERS, IS THAT COMPLETELY ACCOUNTED FOR WITH CHANGE? THE CONTINGENCY AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN YOUR TABLE [00:15:01] SIX CONTINGENCY. SO YOU AWARD THE AWARDED CONTRACT IS 3.8 MILLION AND THEN THERE'S 550 IN CHANGE YES. IN CHANGE ORDERS. THAT'S CO THAT'S COVERED WITH THE CONTINGENT AMOUNT THAT WE APPROVED. YES, SIR. BUT I SEE WHAT, SO THE NUMBERS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, WE'RE SAYING THAT THE OVERALL IS COMING IN ABOUT NINE MONTHS LATE. SO THE 165 PLUS 96 IS ADDITIONAL DAYS. YEAH. SO BASED ON THE, THE UPDATED SCHEDULE THAT WE RECEIVED, 2 61 DAYS, WHICH IS ON APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO NINE MONTH. YES SIR. YEAH. LOOKING AT, UH, APRIL 1ST, BASED ON THIS AND YOUR PERSUASIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR WORKED OUT WITH NO ADDITIONAL COSTS BUDGETARY WISE. YES, SIR. NO ADDITIONAL, UH, WELL DONE. YEAH. SO YOU'LL SEE BASED ON THE NEW SCHEDULE, UH, THAT PUTS US ABOUT 70% COMPLETE BASED ON DAYS. THAT'S WITH THE, THE NEW AMOUNT EVEN INCLUDING THE ANTICIPATED 165 DAYS. YES, SIR. OKAY. DO YOU, DO YOU REMEMBER THE CURRENT, THE PREVIOUS PROJECT SCHEDULE FOR THE DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE? ARE WE, YOU KNOW, WITH WARD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, ARE WE STILL LOOKING GOOD TO, FOR THAT PROJECT IN TERMS OF, UM, DEADLINES AND SUCH, THE WE AWARD PER PLAN, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT? WE, WE DID, YES SIR. PENDING APPROVAL TOMORROW, PENDING APPROVAL. YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT APPROVED TOMORROW. IT HAD, WE'RE UNDER A BURN BAN. IT'S GONNA START RAINING, YOU KNOW, IT IS . YEP. OBJECTION. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, MATTHEW, I GUESS JUST, JUST ONE. YOU'VE GOT 43% COMPLETE BASED ON ACTUAL PROGRESS. WE START, WHEN WAS, WHEN DID THAT, WHEN DID WE BREAK GROUND? ON NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA COMPLETE 57% OF THE PROGRESS BEFORE APRIL, SO WE SUDDENLY GONNA GO AND IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY. WHO, YEAH. WHO IS WITH YOU HERE? WHO, SO , I FIGURED I'LL MAKE AN APPEARANCE EVENTUALLY. UH, MY NAME IS DAVID QUAN. I'M THE NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS OVER, UH, CIP. SO WORKING WITH MATTHEW, UH, HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AND DEFINITELY JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT GET ALL THE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE FUNDED MOVING FORWARD. SO WE KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A BIT OF AN ISSUE IN THE PAST AND CONTINUES TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM, BLEMISH. BUT WHAT WE KIND OF SEE IS THAT A LOT OF THE FLAT WORK IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND CAN BE DONE IN THAT TIME PERIOD. THE BIGGER CONCERN WAS THE UNDERGROUND WORK, AS THAT IS TYPICAL IN A DOWNTOWN AREA, ONCE YOU OPEN UP THE STREETS AND YOU REALIZE THE CITY AS OLD AS THIS ONE HAS A LOT OF PIPES THAT NO ONE KNEW, KNEW ABOUT. SO I THINK WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO SHOW THAT THE CONTRACTOR CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THAT TIMEFRAME. SO I'M NOT TELLING YOU I CAN PROMISE THAT AND GUARANTEE IT BECAUSE I'M AN ENGINEER AND I'M NEVER GONNA TELL YOU THAT. BUT WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO KEEP MOVING 'EM FORWARD. WE'VE MOVED ON TO HAVING A BIWEEKLY MEETING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND ALMOST IN A DAILY COMMUNICATION OUT THERE AND HAVE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE ENGINE OR UP OUR TEAM TO BE OUT THERE TO KIND OF VISIT WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WITH THE SUPERVISOR TO CONTINUE TO PUSH ON THIS. AND HOPEFULLY, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, YOU'VE SEEN SOME PROGRESS IN THE PAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS. SO WE, WE PLAN TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM MOVING. AND MY THOUGHT IS ALWAYS THAT A CONTRACTOR THAT'S MOVING AND POURING CONCRETE CONTINUES TO MOVE AND POUR CONCRETE 'CAUSE HE WANTS TO GET PAID. SO I DEFINITELY WANNA SEE HIS PAY APPS BECOME LARGER AS, UH, CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO PROGRESS. WE DO FORESEE SOME HICCUPS, OR NOT HICCUPS, BUT SOME COMPLICATIONS WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE CHURCH PARKING LOT, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO COORDINATE WITH THE CHURCH JUST TO GET THEM AWARE THAT WE'RE COMING BACK THROUGH THERE. AND THE LAST BIG ITEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PUSH FORWARD IS THAT WATER PUMP AT THE DETENTION POND. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG CHERRY THAT WE NEED TO KEEP, MAKE SURE WE HIT AND GET THAT REPORTED OUT TO Y'ALL NEXT MONTH. BUT WE ARE PLANNING TO, UM, WITH THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, ABIDE [00:20:01] BY THAT UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES AND IN WHICH CASE WE'LL COME BACK AND LET Y'ALL KNOW. I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE. ABSOLUTELY. THINK GREAT. GREAT. HAVING THE, UH, THE UPDATES COMING. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE REPORT. ALRIGHT. THE, UH, WEST PARK TOLLWAY STUDY, UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN SCHEMATICS AND, UM, SOME PRELIMINARY PRICING ESTIMATES, UM, FOR BOTH THE UNDERPASS AND OVERPASS, UM, FROM OUR ENGINEERS. UM, THE NEXT STEP IS GONNA BE FOR CITY STAFF TO, TO GO THROUGH THOSE, UM, THOSE DOCUMENTS AND KIND OF DOUBLE CHECK THEIR NUMBERS, MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ESTIMATES ARE LINING UP WITH WHAT WE KIND OF ANTICIPATE AS WELL. UM, AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION. BUT AS OF NOW, IT'S LOOKING AT LEAST PLAUSIBLE FOR BOTH AN UNDERPASS OR AN OVERPASS OPTION, UM, AT DOWNTOWN. SO IT, IT LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST GENERALLY POSITIVE NEWS. UM, BUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE PUBLICLY, UM, AND KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS WHERE WE TAKE THAT INFORMATION, UH, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU. SO ON THAT ONE SURE. THE, IF THERE WAS A COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OPTIONS. SURE. FIRST OFF, ULTIMATELY WHO GETS TO, TO DECIDE OVERPASS VERSUS UNDERPASS IS, IS ONE QUESTION I WOULD ASK TWO, ONCE YOU DO THE COST COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO, IF THERE IS A SHORTFALL WHO PAYS FOR THE CITY PAYS FOR IT, IS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU POTENTIALLY LOOK FOR FROM THE BOARD SHARED BOARDS QUESTIONABLE? SURE. YOU KNOW, ALL ALL VALID QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I I KNOW THAT I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR EVERYONE HERE, BUT I, I THINK THE BIG CONSENSUS WOULD BE TO CONSIDER AN UNDER PARTS. SURE. AND I THINK IT'D BE IN EVERYONE'S BEST INTERESTS TO, TO, TO GET ON BOARD AND TRY AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT HURDLES STUMBLING BLOCKS WE EVEN CALL THEM TO GET THROUGH TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YEAH. ULTIMATELY THE, THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY THAT WOULD DECIDE WHETHER IT'S AN UNDERPASS OR OVERPASS WOULD BE THE TOLLWAY AUTHORITY OR TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY. UM, THIS STUDY WAS DONE IN A WAY FOR US TO AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING TO PUSH TOWARDS SAYING, HEY, MAYBE YOU, MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THIS OPTION. IT'S NOT SO FAR OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY THAT, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY OR THE EDCS OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. UM, BUT IF WE WOULD OFFSET THAT WITH POTENTIAL OFFERING OF PAYMENT EXACTLY. TO BASICALLY MAKE IT A WASH. EXACTLY. IT THEN BECOMES PREFERENCE VERSUS YEAH. AND, AND, AND THAT GIVES US AT LEAST A, A CONVERSATION STARTER, HAVING THIS INFORMATION TO WHERE WE CAN, UM, WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE IS A, A PATH FORWARD FOR WHAT'S PREFERABLE FOR US BEING THE UNDERPASS, UH, OR OVERPASS OPTION. OKAY. IS THERE ANY KIND OF TIMELINE ON WHEN WE SEE THEM MAKING THAT CALL? OR ARE WE DEALING WITH WHENEVER THEY FEEL LIKE IT ? I DON'T KNOW. I, I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF HAS A BETTER IDEA OR, OR TOMMY, UM, MAY KNOW MORE THAN I DO , BUT, UM, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, THERE'S NOT A SET IN STONE TIMELINE FOR THAT SECTION OF WEST PARK. SO, SO AS AN ENGINEER, NOW THAT THE ENGINEERING IS KIND OF DONE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF SHOWING ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WOULD HELP PROVIDE, THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO THE CITY COUNCIL TOTAL AUTHORITY THAT WOULD HELP ALONG WITH THE PROCESS? I, I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO KIND OF SHOWING THAT THE DIFFERENCE. WE, WE KNOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON BOTH SIDES THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED, UM, BY EITHER THE UNDERPASS OR OVERPASS AND KIND OF GETTING THEIR NARRATIVE SPILLS ON HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT, UH, THE BUILD OUT OF THEIR PROPERTIES DEFINITELY WOULD HELP. UM, SO DEFINITELY A NARRATIVE ON OUR END, UM, WOULD ASSIST IN THAT. AND I KNOW THE, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ALSO HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN, UH, APPOINTS MEMBERS TO THE TOW ROAD BOARD. UH, AND I'M SURE THEY'VE BEEN THEIR OFFICE AND HE'S BEEN MEETING WITH THE CITY AND HAS HEARD THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNER'S VIEWPOINT. UM, BUT IT'LL COME DOWN TO, UM, SOMEWHAT FINANCIAL. I MEAN, THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS, UH, INVOLVED. YOU KNOW, IS IT, YOU KNOW, DOES THERE, DOES THERE NEED TO BE SOME SORT OF PUMP THERE OR WILL IT DRAIN, UH, THROUGH ELEVATIONS NATURALLY DOWN TO THE CHANNEL, TO THE WEST? UH, 'CAUSE PUMP SYSTEMS INHERENTLY HAVE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS AND, UH, SOMETIMES DON'T [00:25:01] WORK IN BIG RAIN EVENTS. SO WE, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION FIRST, WEIGH THE FACTS AND, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST PEOPLE ARE ON BOARD WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE PLAN FOR AN UNDERPASS. UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING PUT FORTH TO DETERMINE THAT. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE STUDY? ALL RIGHT. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, RETAIL STRATEGIES. WE WILL HAVE, UH, THE LAST QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE YEAR FOR YOU. UM, YEAH, IN THE NEXT, PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, IF NOT EARLY NEXT WEEK. UM, BUT AS ALWAYS, WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATIONS WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES. WE'VE HAD, UM, BROKERS, PROPERTY OWNERS REACH OUT JUST ASKING FOR DIFFERENT UPDATES ON VARIOUS RETAILERS. SO WE HAVE, UM, RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS THAT ARE INTERESTED. UM, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR FRANCHISEES. UM, SO JUST KIND OF WORKING ON ALL FRONTS, ALL ACROSS THE CITY, UM, CONTINUOUSLY. SO IF, UM, YOU HEAR ANYTHING OF, YOU KNOW, ANY SPECIFIC RESTAURANT OR RETAILER, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN ADD THEM TO THE LIST IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. THE LIST WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR A POTENTIAL FRANCHISEE. YES. OR IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN SEEING, UM, WHAT RESTAURANTS ARE READY TO BE HERE BUT ARE LOOKING FOR A FRANCHISEE. I THINK USUALLY WE'RE LOOKING FROM AN INVESTMENT OF 1 MILLION TO $3 MILLION, UM, TO, TO BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION. SO, UM, WE'D GREATLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT IN HELPING US IDENTIFY THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, IF WE PUT THAT OUT THERE. IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'VE PUT OUT THERE THAT JUST SAID, HEY, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ALREADY A FRANCHISE OWNER OF ANOTHER RE YOU KNOW, LIKE, HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? LIKE COME TALK TO THE CITY 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES DOWN THE PIPE FOR YOU? LIKE ANYTHING LIKE THAT? UH, WE HAVE NOT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK TO OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND MAKE SURE WE GET SOMETHING ON OUR CITY PAGE AND WE OURSELVES CAN SHARE SOMETHING TO OUR LINKEDIN PAGE. 'CAUSE THAT'S EXCITING JUST KNOWING THAT THE COMPANIES OR THE BUSINESSES ARE OUT THERE LIKE READY TO GO. WE JUST NEED FRANCHISE OWNERS. SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S EXCITING. YES, MA'AM. WE BRIDGED THE GAP WITH THE, UM, FULL SHARE FAST TRACK. UM, THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD AT VARIOUS GET TOGETHERS WITH THE FULL SHARE FAST TRACK WHERE THE LAST COUPLE OF, I GUESS, GET TOGETHERS, THERE WERE MORE INVESTORS THAN ACTUAL BUSINESS OR PEOPLE COMING TO START BUSINESSES. ALRIGHT. HAVE WE APPROACHED THAT? YES. YEAH. YES, THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION. AND, AND MATT DOES SHARE IF THERE'S AN INTEREST ON THAT FRONT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, I'LL MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, FOUR. THE TEDC CONFERENCE HIDDEN AND MYSELF ATTENDED THE TDC CONFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO, . UM, AND, UH, IT, IT WAS REALLY GREAT JUST TO GET TOGETHER WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE AND SEE WHAT SOME OF OUR, UM, SISTER CITIES, WE CALL THEM, LIKE SALINA AND ANNA, OTHER CITIES EXPERIENCING VERY RAPID GROWTH, UH, AND HOW THEY'RE TACKLING THE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH THAT. UM, AND JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME, SOME FRESH IDEAS, UM, FROM OTHER, OTHER STAFF, UH, WAS REALLY HELPFUL. AND OF COURSE, ALWAYS ALL THE SESSIONS AND ALL OF THAT. UH, AND THEN ALONG THE SAME LINES FOR ITEM FIVE, UM, THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO JOIN US, UH, FOR T-M-L-E-D-C IN BASTROP. UH, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO ON THIS BOARD IS MAINTAIN YOURSELF EDUCATED AND CURRENT ON THE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW CHANGES IN LEGISLATION, UH, IMPACT WHAT WE DO. UH, AND THEN JUST AGAIN, ALWAYS GOING BACK, I THINK TO SQUARE ONE AND REMEMBERING, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE STATUES THAT GOVERN WHAT WE DO? UM, ARE WE OPERATING WITHIN THEM? ARE THERE CREATIVE WAYS THAT OTHER CITIES ARE TACKLING THE SAME PROBLEMS WE'RE FACING? UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT. AND THEN JUST, JUST KEEPING THAT ENERGY AND THAT COMMITMENT TO THE BOARD. UM, SO THANK YOU ALREADY FOR CHOOSING TO VOLUNTEER, UM, AND SPEND YOUR TIME READING THE AGENDA PACKETS WE SEND YOU EVERY MONTH. UM, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, DOZENS OF PAGES, UM, AND VERY RARELY LIKE TONIGHT WITH MORE OF A LIGHT AGENDA. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT, AND SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE, UM, JUST BASED ON YOUR CAREER, BUT WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ATTENDED. AND IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE AT THE CONFERENCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR [00:30:01] OR HAVE OUR CITIZENS HERE, THE, THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT, UM, GETTING EDUCATED. YEAH, I WANTED TO THANK THOSE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED. UH, I THINK SOME PROBABLY WAS YOUR FIRST TIME. HOPEFULLY IT WAS A BENEFICIAL EXPERIENCE. SOME OF THE TOPICS TEND TO MAYBE REPEAT AS THEY'RE UPDATED, UH, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS NEW TOPICS. UH, BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S NETWORKING WITH OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE STATE. IT GIVES US, I THINK, A GOOD, GOOD PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK OR SOMETIMES WE MAYBE THINK WE FACE, WE HAVE ALL THESE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES, BUT THEY'RE REALLY OPPORTUNITIES THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE. AND SO IT KIND OF MAKES YOU APPRECIATIVE FOR WHERE WE LIVE AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. BUT YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING, BENEFIT OR OBSERVATIONS, UH, DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU ATTENDED ANDREW. ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS WAS, UM, ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SPEAK WITH LISA CRAVEN, WHO IS THE, UH, TEXAS DEPUTY COMPTROLLER. UM, DURING HER PRESENTATION, SHE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE IS PURSUING, AND, UH, SHE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT THEY'VE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT, UH, THEY KEEP LIVE AND, UH, REGULARLY UPDATE ONLINE. UH, SO, UH, THESE ARE THE REGIONAL REPORTS THAT ARE ON THERE. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE WEBSITE, UH, THEY DO HAVE, UM, A COUPLE REPORTS. ONE, WHICH IS, UH, A MORE IN DEPTH ONE, AND THEN SOMETHING THAT THEY CALL THE SNAPSHOT. UM, AND THEY DO IT BY MSA. UM, AND, UH, SO FOR US, WE'RE PART OF THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, THE, THE HOUSTON GALVESTON MSA. SO THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE AS TO WHERE, HOW WE STAND OUT, WHAT KIND OF GDP WE HAVE AS PART OF THE REGION. UM, SO REALLY HIGH LEVEL, UM, CAN BE USEFUL IN JUST THINKING THROUGH PRIORITIES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. UM, THE, THE, THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FOR ME WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE, UH, AND, AND, UH, IS THE WHOLE STRUGGLE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO IDENTIFY, UH, HOME-BASED BUSINESSES AND PARTICULARLY, UH, WHERE ARE THEY? WHO ARE THEY, THE REVENUE THAT THEY ARE GENERATING, YOU KNOW, IS IT UNDER UNDER A HUNDRED, UH, EXCUSE ME, UNDER $50,000? IS IT A HUNDRED THOUSAND? UH, WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT GENERATE WELL NORTH OF THAT? AND SO SHE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS BIT OF A CHALLENGE THERE, UH, THAT THEY ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO KIND OF, HOW DO YOU CRACK THE CODE? I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS AROUND, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE THINGS OR RESOURCES THAT WE CAN FIND THAT WOULD HELP US? BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT IN MANY OF OUR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES HERE, YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, UH, HIGHLY EDUCATED, HIGHLY COMPENSATED INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY DECIDE TO DO A FRANCHISE, BUT, UM, WHO ARE PURSUING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND BUILDING COMPANIES, UH, RIGHT OUT OF THEIR HOMES. UM, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THAT'S A COMMON STRUGGLE THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT. UH, SHE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT SHE WOULD BRING THAT BACK AGAIN TO STAFF WITHIN THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO LOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE FLAGS THAT THEY COULD BE LOOKING AT THAT COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, FOLKS, UH, LIKE US TO, TO, UH, TO FIND, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THEY, WHERE ARE THEY AND, AND WHAT CAN WE DO? PARTICULARLY IF, UH, YOU'VE GOT A BUSINESS THAT'S LOOKING TO SCALE UP. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING TOO BIG TO BE RUNNING OUT OF A YOU HOME, UH, THAT THEY MAY BE LOOKING FOR AN OFFICE OR SOME, SOME OTHER SPACE. UM, BECAUSE WE, WE DO KNOW THAT WE'VE LOST FOLKS, UH, WHO BUILT UP THESE KINDS OF BUSINESSES, GOT RECRUITED BY OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, SOME RIGHT HERE IN TEXAS, SOME OUTSIDE OF TEXAS, UM, BECAUSE THEY WENT TO EXPO SOMEWHERE AND SOMEBODY FROM AN ECO, ANOTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, UH, WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT THEM BECAUSE THEY SAW THEM, RIGHT? THEY, THEY FOUND OUT THEY'RE RUNNING A BUSINESS AND THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO SCALE UP. SO, UM, AGAIN, STILL LOOKING FOR, FOR, FOR WAYS OF LEVERAGING THAT AND, UM, BEING ABLE TO, UH, HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO IDENTIFY AND RECRUIT THOSE COMPANIES. YEAH, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY, HAD THE PLEASURE. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME I WAS GONE. AND THE ONE BIG THING I WOULD SAY IS NEITHER WERE THE, NEITHER OF THEM WERE THE SAME. YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH SIMILAR TOPICS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS NEXT, THIS LAST TIME WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST TIME. BOTH BENEFICIAL IN, IN LEARNING WHAT WE'D SAID. UM, [00:35:01] AND THEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS, I THINK WAS THE FUNNIEST PART OF IT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS JOE MIN MIN MINI COZY, AND THE PRESENTATION THAT HE PUT ON FOR 30, 45 MINUTES ALL AROUND HEAT MAPS AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING OUT DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT AND THAT, THAT BRING, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO DO, IF WE WERE ABLE, HONESTLY, LAUGHING A JOKE ASIDE, IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IN FULL SPRING, HIM ON BOARD TO POTENTIALLY DO SOMETHING SIMILAR, UH, FOR RE I, I, I THINK THE, IT MAY OPEN PEOPLE'S EYES NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, BUT THE BEST OPTIONS, BEST DIRECTION FOR CULTURE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS HE BIG PUSHED ON WAS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT ON A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT, YEAH, OKAY, YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS LIGHT COMMERCIAL. WHAT, WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY YOU DON'T WANT SOME THRIVING BUSINESS IN THE CORNER HERE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY, REALLY SUCCESSFUL. YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY WOULD BE AN EVEN GROWTH OF DOLLAR PER SQUARE FOOT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND ANY OTHER LOT OF GOOD, GOOD POINTS. AND IT WOULD BE, I WOULD BE INTERESTED, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN POTENTIALLY REACH OUT AND SEE IF THERE IS A POTENTIAL, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF HE FITS A BUDGET. SURE. DEFINITELY CAN, YOU KNOW MM-HMM . THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE. YEAH. THE DATA IN VISUAL FORM FANTASTIC, I THINK HELPS TO REALLY, UM, DRIVE THE POINT HOME AND HELPS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. AND I THINK THAT WAS, UM, WHAT WE REALLY LIKED IS HE GAVE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE DATA HE WAS SHARING WITH US WAS SHARED WITH COUNCIL, AND ONCE THEY SAW THAT VISUAL FORMAT OF IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT LIGHT BULB, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WENT ON. IT JUST ALL CLICKED. WHEREAS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING JUST SIMPLY BASED ON CONCEPTS AND TRENDS, WITHOUT THAT TYPE OF VISUAL, IT'S SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO REALLY GRASP A LOT OF IT ON DELIVERY. I MEAN, YOU CAN STAND IN FRONT OF A LECTURE IN THE EAR AND, AND SAY ONE THING, STAND UP THERE AND TALK FOR 10 MINUTES, AND THEN YOU COULD STAND UP THERE FOR ONE MINUTE AND PUT A SLIDE UP AND EXPLAINS EVERYTHING WITH VISUAL GRAPHICS AND IT MAKES EVERYONE, EVERYTHING CLICKS INTO PLACE. YOU KNOW, HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT DELIVERING IT. YEAH. A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS THAT I, I HAD, WHICH WAS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PUTTING THIS OUT TO THE TRAINING TO US. IT'S, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THE SAME THINGS OVER AGAIN, TO REITERATE THEM, THE TRAINING AND THEN ALSO TO, UH, THE, ALL THE NEW INFORMATION. BUT THE, THE EXCITING PART FOR ME WAS THE 20 25, 20 29 STATEWIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT THE STATE HAS NOW OUT THERE UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND HOW DO WE FIT INTO THAT? AND, UM, AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS, WE SHOULD HAVE OUR OWN PLACE IN THE STATEWIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT ALSO KNOW THE DIRECTION THAT OUR STATE'S GOING IN TERMS OF ITS, UM, REGIONAL PROFILES THEY CALL IT, AND THE, AND THE, THE LIST OF, UM, OF FORUMS THAT THEY SEE EACH REGION GOING. AND SO JUST SEEING HOW THE STATE SEES OUR REGION THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT DOWN TO COUNTY AND, AND CITY LEVEL OF COURSE FOR OURSELVES, UH, WAS PRETTY EXCITING. UH, THAT COUPLED WITH THE INNOVATION IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CATALOG, WE'RE NOT IN IT. THAT WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTING WITH ALL THE LISTS ACROSS OUR STATE OF, OF ENTREPRENEURS ACROSS OUR STATE AND THE PROGRAMS WERE NOT IN IT. SO, UM, THAT THAT WAS, UM, I TOOK AS KIND OF A PERSONAL SOURCE OF, YOU KNOW, WE, A PRIDE THERE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO BETTER ON THAT FRONT. AND, UM, UH, BUT IT REALLY STRESSED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THEN JUST KIND OF THE PUSH PULL OF THE LEGISLATURE AND HOW THEY'RE SEEING, UM, ANNEXATION DE ANNEXATION AND ALL THESE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS AND ITS EFFECT ON OUR CITIES AND GAPS AND HOLES IN OUR CITIES AND ET JS. UM, IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE DEALING WITH. AND SO IT REAL, THE, THE, THE ONE TERM THAT I LIKED ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS NOT ALL THE LITTLE BELLS AND WHISTLES ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THE WHITE GLOVE TREATMENT THAT SHE KEPT SAYING THAT IT REQUIRES OUR CITIES TO HAVE TOWARDS OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME AND LIVE HERE. 'CAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT WHITE GLOVE APPROACH OF BEING SERVICE ORIENTED TO HELP PEOPLE GET HERE AND GETTING THAT WORD OUT THAT WE ARE READY FOR THEM TO COME AND PROVIDE THEM THE SERVICES THEY HAVE IN A TIMELY FASHION, UM, WILL [00:40:01] MAKE US, UM, WE DON'T WANT THAT, THAT TO EVER BE, THAT FUL SURE ISN'T THE BEST ON THAT FRONT, RIGHT? WE CAN HAVE ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE AND RESOURCES AND, UM, SIZE, SCALE AND SCOPE ADVANTAGES. IF WE DON'T PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, UM, AND GET KNOWN FOR IT, UM, THEN, UH, WE'LL LOSE THEM IN THE FIRST SENTENCE, RIGHT? SHOULD I COME TO THE CITY OF SHORE? HAVE THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS? NO, WE WANT TO BE THE CITY OF SHORE WHERE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHERE SERVICES AND PERMITS AND EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED QUICKLY, AND WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY AND, UM, AND PROVIDE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO START YOUR BUSINESS HERE, WHICH I KNOW WE DO. 'CAUSE OUR WE'RE WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT IT EVERY DAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE ONLINE PERMITTING NOW IF FA YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON FACEBOOK. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS NOTED, THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONING, THE, I FORGET THE GIRL'S NAME, THE DEPUTY COMP PATROLLER, YOU KNOW, SHE STARTED TALKING. YEAH. SHE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, GDP AT TEXAS NOT REALIZING THAT OBVIOUSLY TEXAS HAS THE HIGHEST GDP IN THE, IN THE US AND I THINK WHERE SOMETHING, I REMEMBER THE, I DIDN'T TAKE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I THINK IT WAS EIGHT IN THE WORLD. ITS LARGEST GDP IN THE WORLD, THE BO I MEAN, WE ARE WELL AHEAD OF OTHER CO COUNTRIES, NEVER MINDS MM-HMM . SO THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? GOOD. WELL, UM, FOR ME BEING THE BABY OF THE, UH, CORPORATION, SAW YOU HANGING OUT WITH SOME EARS OVER THERE OR SOMETHING. YEAH. UM, I DID, UM, LEARN A FEW THINGS. UM, ONE OF THE MOST OTHER THINGS I PICKED UP WAS, UM, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, HOW, UM, AS AN EDC WE CAN USE CERTAIN TOOLS TO, UM, IMPROVE OUR, UM, ECONOMY. THINGS LIKE, UM, TAX REBATES, UM, UM, PROPERTY TAX, UM, ABATEMENTS. I HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT WORKS. UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS, UH, PICKED UP FROM THERE. I ALSO, UH, PICKED UP THE ADVANTAGE OR THE IDEA THAT, UH, WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS, UM, HAVING A STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. WE SHOULD ALSO TRY TO SEE HOW WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN DEDICATED WEBSITES RATHER THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET WORKING WITH THE CITY WEBSITE. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. BUT THANK Y'ALL FOR COMMITTING THE TIME AND SPENDING THE TIME THERE. I KNEW YOU WERE ROUGHING IT WHILE YOU WERE THERE. THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO GO TO A CONFERENCE, I HAVE TO ADMIT. WELL, THE FOOD WAS GOOD THOUGH. AND ANNEL AND HAYDEN, THANK Y'ALL FOR GOING AS WELL AND GETTING EVERYBODY REGISTERED AND MAKING SURE WE WERE ALL IN ONE GROUP AND NOT WANDERING OFF TOO FAR. SO YEAH, WE ACTED FAST THIS YEAR. WE WERE, WE WERE LUCKY. WE, WE MANAGED TO SCOOP EVERYBODY A SPOT, I THINK THE FIRST DAY. SO, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU HAYDEN. IT WAS REALLY HAYDEN . HE SET, HE SET AN ALARM AND EVERYTHING AND GOT EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY. SO, UM, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GO. AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A BUDGET LINE SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO YOU ALL FOR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND MATERIALS. IF YOU SEE A BOOK THAT SOMEBODY'S READING OR A COURSE THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE HELPFUL TO YOU, UM, TO BETTER SERVE THE CITY, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. THAT ALSO INCLUDES MEMBERSHIPS TO TEDC, TO, UM, THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION, ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE ONGOING WORKSHOPS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO WORK WITH YOU TO GET, UM, TO GET YOU SIGNED UP AND ALL OF THAT. UM, AND THEN WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE TO ITEM SIX, JUST AN UPDATE ON FULL SURE. FAST TRACK. UM, IF YOU ARE ON THE EMAIL LIST, YOU'LL HAVE SEEN AN EMAIL WENT OUT TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS THAT, UH, INFORMED THEM STARTING JANUARY 1ST THAT WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH KIND OF THOSE CHANGES WHERE, UM, HAYDEN AND MYSELF WILL BE REALLY TAKING ON THE PROGRAMMING AND, UM, CONTINUING KIND OF TAKING THE BATON AND CONTINUING SOME OF THOSE SERVICES TO THE, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. AND, UM, JUST TAKING THAT TEMPERATURE OF OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMUNITY AND SEEING, UM, WHAT, WHAT OF THE PROGRAMMING THEY WANT TO SEE US CONTINUE THE MOST. SO, UM, WE DID TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO THEIR INPUT TO REACH OUT TO US IF THEY WANNA VOLUNTEER. WE'VE HAD, [00:45:01] UM, CERTAIN PARTICIPANTS AND ADVISORS TO THE GROUP THAT WANT TO CONTINUE TO DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND TO HELP US, UM, BY VOLUNTEERING WITH THE PROGRAM. UM, SO WE'LL JUST CONTINUE THAT ONGOING LIST. UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT OR, UM, IN ALL YOUR EXTRA TIME , UM, LET US KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S INTERESTED. UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THAT. AND THEN COME JANUARY WE'RE, UM, HOPING TO ANNOUNCE JUST, UM, MORE PROGRAMMING AND WHAT THAT'LL LOOK LIKE AND WHEN IT'S OPEN FOR REGISTRATION AND ALL OF THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANELLE OR HAYDEN? WELL, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO, IF YOU HAVE SOME NEED FOR VOLUNTEER HELP, I'D BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. YOU, BUT I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT. , THANK YOU SO MUCH. [Recurring Items - B] OKAY, ITEM FOUR B IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW, JUST MAYBE GAUGE THE BOARD HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW INTENSE OUR DECEMBER AGENDA MAY BE, IF IT IS, LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY LIGHT AND IT'S DECEMBER. I KNOW OUR SCHEDULES GET PRETTY BUSY. Y'ALL BE INCLINED TO, UM, TAKE OFF FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OR WHAT'S THE DATE, 15TH. SO, AND YEAH, IN PAST YEARS WHEN WE HAVE, UM, KIND OF HAD ISSUES RUNNING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS STILL PUT TOGETHER KIND OF AN EMAIL WITH A, A FULL UPDATE FOR YOU ALL TO STAY INFORMED ON KIND OF WHAT'S GONE OUT ON FROM NOW UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THAT HOLIDAY BREAK. SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. OKAY. I MEAN, JUST IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ACTED UPON, OBVIOUSLY THAT'LL TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER. YES, ANDREW, WELL BE, BEFORE WE WRAP UP THIS TALK ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA MEETINGS AND THE NEXT MEETING DATE, UH, THERE'S A TOPIC I WANNA MAKE SURE I JUST FLAG AS A POTENTIAL TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THAT. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WITH TML, UH, I CERTAINLY HEARD FROM ADRIANA, UH, CRUZ, WHO HEADS UP THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, AND IT'S CLEAR THAT SHE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME CRISSCROSSING THE STATE, SPENDING QUALITY TIME MEETING WITH FOLKS, DOING SOME DEEP DIVES AT EACH LOCALE, WHETHER IT BE RURAL AREAS, SEMI-URBAN AREAS, AND VERY, VERY URBAN AREAS. UM, IT PROMPTED THE THOUGHT NOT ONLY ABOUT HER OFFICE AND WHAT SHE DOES IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE MEMBERS OF GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. YES, SIR. AND, AND YOU GUYS ATTEND THE HARITA MEETINGS WHERE ALL THE OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT TEDC AND, AND AND OUR INVOLVEMENT AND ATTENDING THAT CONFERENCE AS WELL. AND THEN I ALSO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WITHIN THE MSA, THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL, WE HAVE THE GULF COAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. SO WE'VE GOT ALL THESE BODIES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 25 20 25, 20 29, UH, STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. I KNOW THAT THE 20 25, 20 30 REGIONAL GULF COAST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, I SEE GHP HAS THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR PLAN LOTS AND LOTS OF PLANS THAT ARE OUT THERE. BUT I'M CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN, AND HAVE WE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHERE SHORE FITS IN, AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A REFRESH OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL, BUT IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY ENGAGING WITH ALL THESE FOLKS AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHERE ARE WE, HOW DOES SHORE MEASURE UP? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SHORE? HOW ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SHORE? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM ABOUT RE I JUST WANT A FLAG THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE CAN BE BYSTANDERS AND JUST HOPE THAT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING OR WE CAN BE A BIT MORE PROACTIVE AND ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THAT. UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO HAVE, WE HAVE, HOW HAVE WE LINED ALL THAT UP, IF AT ALL? YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S POINTS OF CONTACTS AND THERE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THAT KIND OF THING. BUT, UH, I THINK BEING MUCH MORE PURPOSEFUL, UM, AND, AND FOCUSED, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE BE HOSTING A DELEGATION [00:50:01] FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND HAVE ADRIANA CRUZ HERE TO COME TO SHORE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE FOR HERSELF AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN SHE DO AND FOLKS IN HER OFFICE DO JUST WORTH THE QUESTION AND, AND MAYBE THE, THE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ABOUT THAT. SURE. WE CAN ADD, UM, KIND OF A PLACEHOLDER FOR AN AGENDA ITEM AND MAYBE WE COULD TITLE THAT, UM, JUST A MEMBERSHIP DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF, AND THEN WE CAN GET SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THAT, THE LIST OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, WHAT THEY FOCUS ON. UM, BUT I WILL SAY FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WE HAVE, UH, BETTY RUSSO IS USUALLY WHO, UM, SHE KIND OF DOES TOURS ALL THROUGH THE STATE AND WE MEET WITH HER, UM, PRETTY REGULARLY. YEAH. MAYBE YOU MET WITH HER WHILE I WAS OUT, RIGHT? YEAH. UM, SO SHE USUALLY CHECKS IN ON US AND KIND OF LETS US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STATE AND THEN, UM, WE REACH OUT TO HER IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE WANT TO KNOW. BUT, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF AND KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. ABSOLUTELY. AND DISCUSS FURTHER AND BE, BETTY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I MET WITH HER TWO HOURS AGO. UM, SO, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S VERY EASY TO GET LOST IN THE MIX. AND SO THE QUESTION BECOMES WHAT CAN, AND WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO NOT GET LOST IN THE MIX? THANKS, ANDREW. APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ALWAYS, IF ANY COME UP AFTER THE MEETING, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US ABOUT THOSE AND WE'LL, UH, DO OUR BEST TO GET THOSE ON THE AGENDA. IS, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE NEXT, SINCE WE'RE KINDA LOOKING TWO MONTHS OUT NOW, POTENTIALLY, UM, IS THERE ANY ACTION ITEMS OR AGENDA ITEMS WE NEED TO GET PLANNING OUR CONTRACT THAT THEY SENT OVER AFTER WE APPROVED THE, THE, UM, BUDGET ITEM IS BEING REVIEWED BY THE LEGAL TEAM. SO ONCE WE HEAR BACK FROM THEM BASED ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO THE BOARD AND WE'LL EXECUTE THAT CONTRACT AND SEND IT BACK TO TIP STRATEGIES. AND, UM, A BOARD DID DECIDE TO FUND UP TO $25,000 AT THEIR MEETING LAST WEEK. SO YOU, YOU PROBABLY EXPECT THAT WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE THAT ON THE JANUARY AGENDA THEN? PROBABLY. UH, YES SIR, WE SHOULD. OKAY. THANKS MARK. WE NEED TO GET THAT STARTED. ALL RIGHT. [Recurring Items - C] MOVING ON TO FOUR C ANNOUNCEMENTS. YOU WANNA START? SURE. WE HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 6TH, FOUR TO 7:00 PM HERE OUT FRONT, UH, AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. SO PLEASE ATTEND, INVITE YOUR FAMILIES, BRING YOUR FAMILIES, UM, WE'LL HAVE HOT COCOA COFFEE COOKIES. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A CHRISTMAS MOVIE OUT BACK, UH, IN THE COURTYARD AREA. SO THAT'LL START AT 7:00 PM DO WE HAVE, UH, A SCHEDULE ON THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS? UH, YES. UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT YES, IT'S ALL SCHEDULED AND IT'LL BE INSTALLED YEAH, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. YEAH. YEAH. DECEMBER 6TH IS GONNA COME REALLY FAST. YES. AND THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THE EVENT IS THERE AND THAT IT ALL NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE BEFOREHAND. OKAY. THE OTHER THING, THIS IS KIND OF AN ODDBALL JUST COMMENT, MAYBE ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT CAN WE LOOK INTO THE EDC PROPERTY, HAVING THAT ALL JUST MOWED FOR THE WINTER? YES. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S, YES, SIR. WE DON'T WANT OUR PROPERTY TO NO. GET TURNED INTO THE HOA OVER THERE OR SOMETHING. , HUH. BUT IT'S NOT OUR WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY PLAN. I, I WONDER WHO TURNED US IN . NOT ME. ABSOLUTELY NOT ME. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, JUST AN UPDATE ON THE, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY FROM THE, THE FULL SURE. UM, UH, POLICE, UH, UNION GUMBO COOKOFF. IT WAS WONDERFUL. IT WAS A NICE EVENT. UH, THE GLADIATORS AND THE DUCK GUMBO WON. IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT GUMBO THAT DAY, UH, CAN VOUCH FOR IT PERSONALLY. SO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR, UH, YOUR POLICE UNION, YOUR FULL POLICE, AND, UM, UH, I, I'M GONNA SAY PERSONALLY, GO PICK UP ALL YOUR SILENT AUCTION ITEMS AND GET 'EM PAID OFF TO THE POLICE SO THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT 'EM, GO GET 'EM. UM, AND, UH, SO THAT, SO WE CAN DO OUR, OUR DUE GOOD DEED FOR THE, UH, FOR THE POLICE THERE. SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. SO, GOOD POINT. I MET WITH THE BOARD MEMBER TODAY, AND I THINK HE SAID THAT'S THEIR BIGGEST ONE [00:55:01] YET. FOR AS FAR AS MONETARY AMOUNTS RAISED, I THINK IT MAY HAVE BEEN MAYBE LESS PEOPLE, BUT THEY RAISED MORE MONEY THAN THEY EVER HAVE, SO THAT WAS GREAT. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING. ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND, AND CHRISTMAS TOO, BECAUSE I THINK WE, DID WE NOT MAKE A DECISION? YES. HEY, I'M STILL THINKING I HAVE TO RUN BY A TURKEY HERE REAL QUICK BEFORE THEY'RE ALL GONE. YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA PURCHASE JUST SO YOU CAN HAW IT IN TIME AT THIS POINT. EXACTLY. MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL THAT WAS QUICK. . WAIT, YOU PREEMPTED ME. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I LIKE A SECOND. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:56 PM THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. * 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.