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[I. Call to Order]
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING OF THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.UM, IT LOOKS LIKE BRIAN MIGHT BE RUNNING A FEW MINUTES LATE, SO I WILL START THE MEETING AND WE WILL HAND IT OVER TO HIM AS SOON AS HE GETS HERE.
UH, SO WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:01 PM ARE THERE ANY
[II. Citizen's Comments]
CITIZENS COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM.THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT OUR CITY COUNCILMAN HAS TO SHOW WITH US TONIGHT.
NO, I'M, AND THAT'S, UH, MAINLY THE POINT.
I'M, UH, ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS A RESIDENT OF FULL SHARE AT 5 5 1 I IN BRIAR LANE.
UH, I, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE MEETINGS ONLINE MOST OF THE TIME SINCE I WAS ASSIGNED AS A LIAISON, BUT I DECIDED TO SHOW UP JUST TO SCARE YOU ALL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALIZED IN MS. KAY, WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT THE ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK THAT, UM, THERE IN, ON THE AGENDA, I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO, UH, COMMUNICATE ANYTHING TO THE BOARD AS A, UH, AS A WHOLE.
UH, I MAY HAVE TO CATCH ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AFTER THE MEETING AND DISCUSS SOME OF THE ITEMS. IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FIVE MINUTES TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA.
I'VE ALREADY TALKED WITH, UH, ANIL, BUT I DIDN'T WANNA SURPRISE YOU IF THAT SHOWS UP FROM NEXT TIME.
SO I WON'T HAVE TO LIMIT MY COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES.
AND NOT THAT I WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY EVERY TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS, I, I I GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY.
[Business - A]
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025 MEETING.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR REVISIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY BONNIE BUELL AND A SECOND BY MICHELLE NOBLE AND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE NOVEMBER 20TH NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025 MEETING.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[Business - B]
ITEM, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, 2025.ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE OUR FIRST SALES TAX REVENUES FOR THE, UH, THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.
UM, THESE ARE REVENUES RECEIVED IN DECEMBER, BUT FOR OCTOBER, UM, THEY WERE UP 15% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTALING AT $183,176 AND 94 CENTS.
UH, EACH CORPORATION'S SALES TAX REVENUES TOTAL THAT NUMBER, UH, OR 7.79% OF THE BUDGET FOR 8% OF THE FISCAL YEAR COMPLETE.
UM, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THERE'S A QUITE A FEW GRAPHS AND CHARTS, UM, ATTACHED IN THIS.
I'LL TRY TO PUT THESE IN, UH, KIND OF ON A QUARTERLY BASIS JUST TO ADD SOME MORE DEPTH TO WHAT OUR SALES TAX GENERATION LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS INDUSTRY, HOW WE KIND OF COMPARE TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
UM, AND THEN KIND OF THE, THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS, UH, COMPARED WITH SOME OTHER, UH, FACTORS THROUGH OVER THE YEARS.
THE VERY, THE VERY TOP GRA GRAPH WHERE IT SAYS POPULATION GROWTH RATE VERSUS SALES TAX YEAR OVER YEAR REVENUES.
AND YOU SHOW IT ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS.
UH, AM I CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT 71% JUMP THAT IS KIND OF SORT OF OUTTA LINE WITH THE POPULATION GROWTH? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S MAYBE WHEN HEB OPENED UP.
I I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S H-E-B-I-I CAN'T REALLY SAY TO TO WHAT SPECIFIC RETAILER IT WAS.
UM, BUT THERE'S, BETWEEN SOME OF OUR LARGER RETAILERS, BOTH IN THE CITY AND ETJ WAS AROUND THAT TIMELINE TO WHERE THAT THAT JUMP WOULD'VE, WOULD'VE OCCURRED BECAUSE THESE ARE ON A, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, RIGHT? THOSE NUMBERS.
I'M THINKING THAT, YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO IT FOR SURE.
OTHERWISE, IT, IT, IT DOES TRACK PRETTY, PRETTY IN LINE, UM, WITH OUR POPULATION GROWTH AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG JUT, UM, OUT FROM THE THE
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TREND LINE.AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE CHART THAT HAS THE RED AND YELLOW AND GREEN? YES.
SO FOR THE, THE WEIRD SQUARE LOOKING CHART THAT HAS ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORS, IT LOOKS LIKE PIXELS, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO FOR EACH OF THOSE MONTHS AND THE YEARS THAT CORRESPOND, THAT IS A DECLINE OR GROWTH OH, FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO IT KIND OF GIVES A, A BROAD LOOK.
WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY DECLINE OVER THE YEAR, AND THE ONES THAT ARE, ARE USUALLY WITHIN ABOUT A PER PERCENTAGE POINT.
UM, SO, BUT IT, IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE, THE LOOK THAT FOR, FOR THE, ON THE GENERAL, UH, TREND, WE ARE PROGRESSING MONTH OVER MONTH AND YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THERE'S WAY MORE GREEN THAN THERE IS SPREAD.
UM, YEAH, AND I'LL, I'LL RUN THROUGH THESE, UM, JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN, UM, KINDA GET A BETTER IDEA.
THE ONE NEXT TO THAT ONE, UM, IS OUR LOCAL VERSUS REMOTE SALES TAX COLLECTION.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GENERATED BY OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES VERSUS ONLINE SHOPPING.
UM, SEE WHAT INDUSTRY CODES, UM, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROWTH RATE IN SALES, TAX REVENUE, UM, AND THEN OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
UM, THIS IS FOR OCTOBER OF 2025, SO IT'LL BE THE OR, UM, FY 25 THAT, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
WELL, MOSTLY WHAT I NOTICED ON THAT INDUSTRY CODES GRAPH WAS THAT ONLINE REMOTE SALES, ONLINE SALES, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, THAT, THAT SEEMS TO HAVE THE BIGGEST INCREASING TREND RIGHT.
AND THE OTHERS ARE KIND OF SORT OF INCREASING FLAT TO INCREASING EXCEPT FOR FURNITURE STORES.
AND I HONESTLY, I HONESTLY COULDN'T THINK OF A FURNITURE STORE, SO I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED TO EVEN SEE THAT BROKEN OUT ON HERE.
I WILL NOT TELL YOU WHAT FURNITURE STORE IT IS, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HEAT MAP, UM, YOU, YOU CAN KIND OF GATHER
UM, BASED ON WHERE, BUT YEAH, I I, THE INDUSTRY CODES, THAT'S, THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A LOT OF HOUSES COMING ONLINE AND EVERYBODY IS SHOPPING PERIOD ONLINE.
UM, THE BRICK AND MORTAR STORES ARE RIGHT BEHIND THAT, THE, THE HOUSING GROWTH RATE.
SO YOU EXPECT THOSE TO BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, AT A SLOWER TREND, UM, THAN THE ONLINE SALES THAT YOU DON'T NEED BRICK AND MORTAR, YOU
UM, SO, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, WE'LL TRY AND INCLUDE THESE, UM, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME OTHERS, BUT I THINK THIS IS, GIVES THE BEST PICTURE OF, UM, OUR GROWTH.
OKAY, SO NOW WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PAYABLES FOR OCTOBER, AND THEN WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PAYABLES FOR NOVEMBER.
SO THE PAYABLES FOR OCTOBER LOOKS LIKE THE CITY WANTS US TO GIVE HIM A CHECK FOR $8,172 AND 52 CENTS.
DOES, CAN I HEAR A MOTION ON THAT PLEASE? I WILL.
MOTION TO APPROVE EXPENDITURE $8,172 AND 52 CENTS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY BONNIE BUELL AND A SECOND BY CARLOS WALLACE FOR A PAYABLE OF $8,172 AND 52 CENTS TO THE CITY OF FULL.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UM, ANY OPPOSED? THAT IS APPROVED.
[Business - C]
TURNING TO NOVEMBER, THEY'RE REQUESTING A PAYABLE OF $11,103 AND 76 CENTS.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS? I MOTION TO APPROVE EXPENDITURE FOR $11,103 AND 76 CENTS.
I SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY BONNIE ELL AND A SECOND BY CARLOS WALLACE TO PAY THE CITY $11,103 AND 76 CENTS.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, I'LL GO TO A VOTE.
ANY OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
LET ME SEE WHAT'S NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
[Business - D]
UPDATE ON EDC FUNDED CIP PROJECTS, HARRIS STREET AND DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.[00:10:01]
AWARE, WE HAD THE BIG CHANGE WITH HARRIS STREET LAST MONTH.WE SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO Y'ALL ONCE THE, UM, ERIC THING KIND OF WENT TO PASS, BUT JUST TO KIND OF RECAP, DG MEDINA, WHICH WAS OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR, WAS HIS CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED, UH, BY CONVENIENCE.
WE DID THIS TO ENSURE KIND OF HIS, UM, ABILITY TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER CITIES AND CONTINUE WORK.
BUT AS FAR AS FOR IN FULL WITH THIS PROJECT, HE HAD QUITE A FEW DEFICIENCIES THAT WAS GIVEN A LOT OF TIME ABOUT A MONTH AFTER A CURE NOTICE TO REMEDY THOSE ISSUES AND THEY WERE NOT COMPLETED.
SO, UM, AT THAT POINT, THE CITY STAFF FELT IT WAS, UM, IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND GO PUT THIS BACK OUT TO BID.
SO IN THAT TIME, WE HAVE, UH, STARTED WORKING WITH THE DESIGN FIRM IN BCO TO DO SOME SURVEYING WORK AND REPACKAGE THE SOLICITATION.
I GAVE Y'ALL AN OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'RE KIND OF SHOOTING FOR TO GET THIS BACK OUT TO STREET PER SE, OR TO GET IT OUT TO GET A NEW CONTRACTOR ON BOARD.
WHERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOOTING TO HAVE A, A NOTICE TO PROCEED BY MAY OF THIS YEAR WITH MORE THAN LIKELY ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTH TURNAROUND.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE IT ON TRACK BEFORE, IDEALLY, FINGERS CROSSED, BEFORE THE HOLIDAY.
UM, BUT YOU WILL SEE CONSIDERABLE CHANGING STARTING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS CONTRACT.
WHAT WE'LL DO DIFFERENTLY IN THIS ONE AS OPPOSED TO WHEN WE DO THE FIRST ONE IS WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT MORE SURVEYING ON THE FRONT SIDE.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THAT, UM, THAT DG MEINA HAS COMPLETED, BUT WE ALSO ARE HOLDING SOME OF THAT RETAINAGE THAT WE, HE, HE HAD LEFT OVER IN THAT CONTRACT TO DO THE WORK THAT HE DID NOT GET DONE.
SO IF YOU DRIVE BY HARRIS RIGHT NOW, YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE PAST FEW DAYS THAT WE DO HAVE CONCRETE THAT ARE POURED IN NINE, IN, UH, 10 93 AT THAT, UM, INTERSECTION, AS WELL AS SOME DRIVEWAYS THAT WERE DONE.
AND IF YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF SEALANT WAS DONE ALREADY.
IT LOOKS A LOT NICER JUST IN A FEW WEEKS SINCE DG MEDINA HAS LEFT.
AND WE GOT ANOTHER CONTRACTOR TO COME BEHIND AND DO THAT WORK.
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, YOU'LL SEE THE STREETLIGHTS WILL BE GOING UP.
WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD THAT'S GONNA MOBILIZE TOMORROW TO START DOING THAT.
SO YOU'LL SEE STREETLIGHTS, SEVEN OF SEVEN OF THEM INSTALLED ON PHASE ONE, AND THEN IN THE COMING WEEKS YOU'LL SEE THE VEGETATION.
SO THE TREES ARE GONNA COME ON, YOU'RE GONNA SEE ALL THE LANDSCAPING IS GONNA GET DONE.
AND WE'RE DOING THAT OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT.
AND THE REASON WE WANTED TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE THE CITY STAFF CAN KIND OF HANDLE THOSE SMALLER CONTRACTS IN PREPARATION TO A LARGER CONTRACT COMING.
AND THIS HELPS ON TWO WAYS THAT WE HAVE ALL OF PHASE ONE DONE.
SO A CONTRACTOR'S NOT COMING IN AND SAYING, HEY, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO OLD WORK.
I CAN JUST START ON WHAT'S NEW.
SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT RIGHT NOW WE PAID OUT ABOUT 38% TO DG MEDINA, AND THAT'S AFTER TWO ADDITIONAL PAY APPS THAT ARE COMING.
AND A PART OF THE RETAINAGE, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE HOLDING THOSE UNTIL THEY'RE CORRECT AND THEY'RE VERIFIED BY OUR CITY STAFF AND WE'RE HOLDING A BIT OF THE RETAINAGE TO COVER THOSE ITEMS THAT HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T FINISH BEFORE HE LEFT.
SO WHAT I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT IS WE'LL HAVE, WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT 44% OF THE TOTAL CONTRACT PAID OUT.
BUT, UM, WHAT AREN'T ISN'T SHOWING QUITE YET ON THE NUMBERS IS THAT WE'RE, WE DID RECEIVE A LOT OF THOSE MATERIALS, THOSE LARGER TICKET ITEMS SUCH AS THE STREETLIGHTS, HE ORDERED ALL OF THEM FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
SO THE CITY DOES HAVE THOSE IN OUR POSSESSION AS WELL AS A DRAINAGE, PUN PUN, DRAINAGE PUMP, WHICH EDC DID PAY FOR.
SO WE HAVE THAT ALREADY IN OUR YARD, IN OUR POSSESSION.
SO THAT'S WHY OUR NUMBERS WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT OFF AND MAYBE LOOK A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IT SHOULD WHEN WE GO INTO THIS NEXT CONTRACT.
BUT WE'LL HAVE SOME, UM, ITEMS TO GIVE TO THIS NEW CONTRACTOR THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR AND GET THAT MARKUP FROM THIS CONTRACTOR.
SO, UM, I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU, Y'ALL MAY HAVE.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO CONTINUE TO GET WORK DONE.
UM, ON THIS, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW, IS IT THAT THE PROJECTS ARE SMALL ENOUGH THAT THEY DON'T GO OUT TO BID? OR IS IT THAT IT'S COMING OUT OF A SEPARATE OR BEING MANAGED BY A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT? WHY? SO THE RE THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE'RE CHOOSING ARE ON BUYBOARD OR CO-OP THAT WE CAN USE.
UM, AND THEY'RE CONTRACTORS THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS LIKE CEDROS CAME IN AND THEY HAVE OUR STREETS AND GAP, UH, SIDEWALK GAP, UM, CONTRACTS.
SO IT'S SOMEONE THAT WE USE OFTEN.
SO WE FELT VERY CONFIDENT THAT HE'D COME OUT AND DO THE WORK AND HE DID, AND HE'S SUPER FAST.
AS Y'ALL NOTICE, HE POURED CONCRETE IS DONE.
UM, AND THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH OUR ELECTRICAL COMPANY.
WE'VE USED THEM IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND UTILITIES AS WELL AS IN CIP.
SO WE FELT VERY CONFIDENT THAT HE COULD DO THE WORK.
AND, UH, LANDSCAPING IS THE SAME WAY HE SAID LA THEY'RE THE LANDSCAPERS THAT DO THIS PREMISES AS WELL AS MULTIPLE OTHER ONES.
IS THAT YELLOWSTONE? SORRY? IS THAT YELLOWSTONE? IT'S SILVER SANDS.
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OKAY, SO IF YOU'RE GONNA SPEND ABOUT 44% OF THE MONEY, THEN YOU'VE GOT 50 ISH PLUS PERCENT LEFT.SO WE'RE, AND THAT YOU ARE GONNA GO OUT TO BID WITH THAT IS CORRECT FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, PARTIES THAT YOU HAVE VIA THE BUYBOARD OR THE CO-OP OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO THE LARGER CONTRACT WILL BE SOLICITED AS NORMAL BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT AND THE COMPLEXITY.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE FLAT WORK AND CONCRETE IS JUST, WE WE'RE OPENING THIS UP TO A LOT MORE CONTRACTORS BECAUSE IT'S FLAT WORK.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A FEW CONTRACTORS APPROACH US THAT SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY AND THEY'RE DOING WORK WITHIN THE CITY OF SHORE ALREADY.
THEY DEFINITELY RAISED THEIR HAND AND SAID, HEY, WE WILL GRAB THIS REALLY QUICK.
AND THAT'S GOOD FOR US BECAUSE WE GET COMPETITIVE PRICING AND YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT ANY UTILITY WORK OR MOVING PIPES OR OVERSIZING PIPES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT LEFT ON THE OUTFALL, WHICH Y'ALL COVERED, UM, IN PHASE TWO, BUT THAT'S MORE THE DE THE RETAINERS POND THAT'S IN AND AFTER THIRD STREET, FOURTH STREET, SORRY, I'M STILL LEARNING SOME OF THE STREETS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THE MAIN COMPONENT, WHICH IS THAT DRAINAGE DETENTION POND PUMP WE HAVE IN OUR POSSESSION.
SO WHEN YOU SAY AMBI O IS START SCHEDULED TO START A NEW SURVEY, WHAT ARE THEY SURVEYING? SO WHAT THEY'RE SURVEYING IS THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY DG MEDINA AS WELL AS WE HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING THAT ARE INTERSECTING ON EAST SIDE MM-HMM
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALIGNMENT IS CORRECT.
FOR THAT PORTION BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF UNDERGROUND WORK AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONNECT
YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE ANY ZIGZAGS OR ANYTHING? THAT'S CORRECT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, SORRY, CAN YOU JUST GIMME IN LIKE HIGH LEVEL BULLET POINTS WHAT YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN THE UM, MY BRAIN IS JUST NOT
IT'S, IT'S A, THE, UH, FOR THE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT OUT FOR BID.
AND PHASE THREE BASICALLY FROM SECOND STREET ON OKAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL SEE OUT TO BID, UM, HOPEFULLY BY, I THINK I GAVE Y'ALL BY FEBRUARY IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR SOLICITATION.
AND WITH THE 30 TO 45 DAY TURNAROUND FROM THAT IS WHEN WE DEFINITELY WOULD TAKE THAT DEPTH TO AWARD FOR COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND SO THOUGHT OF ANOTHER QUESTION, SORRY.
UM, THE LANDSCAPING THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN WITH WHOEVER SILVER STREET OR WHOEVER IT IS MM-HMM
THAT HELPS YOU WITH THAT SILVER LANDING.
SILVER SANDS SILVER SOMETHING.
BUT IS, IS IT, UM, CITY, CITY EMPLOYEES OR STAFF THAT'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IRRIGATION AFTER THAT? OR, BECAUSE I, IT SEEMS LIKE I RECALL THAT Y'ALL TOOK ANY KIND OF IRRIGATION SYSTEM OUT OF THIS CONTRACT.
SO WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THAT AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT, IT OPENED UP A LOT MORE OPTIONS.
AND SO THE QUOTE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF IRRIGATION AS WELL.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS IN, UM, THAT CEDROS WAS ABLE TO DO WHILE THEY HAD THAT, UM, APRON OPEN BY 10 93 WAS MAKE A SLEEVE FOR US TO PUT IN IRRIGATION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
SO WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE IRRIGATION IN THERE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE A PERMANENT FIXTURE AS WELL AS WE'RE INCLUDING THAT IN KO'S REDESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE SLEEVES AT THE VERY LEAST.
BUT IF THE PRICING'S RIGHT TO HAVE IRRIGATION INCLUDED, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO RUN THE PVC PIPE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT YOU'LL HAVE THE SLEEVE DOWN THERE FOR IT TO THE BIG CROSSING, CORRECT? MM-HMM
SO THE ACTUAL PUTTING IN THE IRRIGATION ITSELF, IT'S ONLY THE SLEEVE THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
AND ANYTHING FURTHER THAN THAT'LL HAVE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF SEPARATELY TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM THERE.
WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT PHASE ONE WILL ALREADY HAVE THE IRRIGATION IN THERE AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL.
PHASE TWO, WE MAY PUT IT AS AN OPTION ITEM TO SEE THE PRICING.
AND WE MAY REDO KIND OF WHAT WE JUST DID WITH PHASE ONE IN PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE JUST TO SAVING DOLLARS.
THE RE THE REASON I ASK IS, YOU KNOW, LIVE, LIVE OAK TREES ARE ONE OF THE HEARTIEST HEARTIEST HEARTIEST NATIVE, NATIVE, NATIVE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN HARDLY KILL 'EM THROUGH DROUGHT AND YOU, AND THEY ALMOST NEVER DIE FROM A HURRICANE OR FLOODING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT CROSS CREEK RANCH, OUR LANDSCAPE COMPANY OUT THERE HAS MANAGED TO KILL LIVE OAK TREES THAT WERE IN THE GROUND FOR LIKE 10 YEARS.
SO I MEAN THEY, THEY NEED A LOT OF HELP APPARENTLY GETTING ESTABLISHED.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE PLANTING,
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PLANTING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ONE GALLON OR 30 GALLON OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE, BUT I HAVE HEARD URBAN FORESTERS SAY THAT THEY LIKE TO PLANT NOTHING BIGGER THAN TWO GALLON TREES FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.SO WE ARE STICKING MASTER NATURALIST CLASS I TOOK, SO WE ARE STICKING WITH THE ORIGINAL LANDSCAPING DESIGN THAT WAS ON THE POND PROJECT.
SO WE DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES FOR THAT.
AND WE DID GET PRICING THAT WAS VERY, UM, REASONABLE GOOD THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
WELL THE THING I LIKE TEARING BEST IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO DO IRRIGATION
SO WITH THIS, UM, DELAY MM-HMM
WHAT'S THE NEW COMPLETION DATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING I'M STILL GONNA BE WORKING ON WITH THE DESIGN TEAM.
I DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO KIND OF WEIGH IN ON THAT.
IT WILL NOT BE 365 FROM KIND OF WHAT I'M GATHERING RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE MAY KIND OF TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR SEEING WHAT IF WE CAN EXPEDITE A SCHEDULE, BUT IT'S STILL A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO DO THAT AS WE KIND OF GET MORE INFORMATION, I DEFINITELY CAN REPORT THAT BACK TO YOU.
DO Y'ALL EVER PUT STUFF IN THE CONTRACT FOR LIKE PENALTIES, FOR DELAYS ON GETTING IT DONE? WE DO.
LIQUIDATED DAMAGES ARE ACTUALLY EXTREMELY HARD TO PROVE.
LIKE WHEN WE, UH, BRING THAT FORWARD MM-HMM
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES THAT COME UP WHEN WE GO AFTER LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, BUT OKAY.
I MEAN THE OTHER THING IS YOU CAN PUT A CARROT IN THERE FOR AN EARLY FINISH, BUT CORRECT.
AND THAT'S A PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND WE ARE TAKE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, SO DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE FOURTH STREET.
UH, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO CONRAD CONSTRUCTION AT THE NOVEMBER COUNCIL MEETING FOR $2,335,868.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT 300 330 DAY PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS THE POP YOU SEE ON THE TABLE DOWN HERE.
UH, YOU GUYS ABOARD HAVE PLEDGED 1,115,000 AND B BOARD HAS PLEDGED 625,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.
IS THAT, IS THAT AN INDICATION THAT THE PROJECT COST HAS GONE UP? I MEAN, I, I COULD HAVE SWORN THAT WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT TO US THAT WE WERE COVERING THE WHOLE THING.
SO IS THIS JUST INFLATION BITING US AGAIN? LIKE IT STARTED OUT AT 1.7 ISH MILLION AND NOW IT'S 2.3 MILLION.
UH, NO, I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.
I DON'T THINK WE WERE EVER COVERING THE ENTIRE COST OF THIS PROJECT.
HARRY STREET WAS THE ONLY PROJECT WE WERE, THIS WAS A PARTIAL FUNDING.
AND I THINK FOR WHAT A ABOARD AND B BOARD WERE SPLITTING MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE KATIE FULSHEAR LIFT STATION.
I KNOW THERE WAS ONE THAT, THAT WAS THE ADDITIONAL ASK.
UH, SO SINCE, OH, SORRY, KEEP GOING.
UH, WE HELD OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING ON THE SEVENTH AND NOT LOOKING AT A NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR FEBRUARY 1ST, WHICH WOULD PUT US AT, I BELIEVE THE 28TH, DECEMBER 28TH FOR COMPLETION.
YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING REALLY NICE TO CELEBRATE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE NEXT YEAR.
THAT THE GOAL OF TWO STREETS TO PICK FROM FOR A TREE LIGHTING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT? I, OKAY.
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NEXT AGENDA ITEM, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, UH, THE INTENT IS TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.UH, THAT BEING EDC OWNED PROPERTY AT 30,603 FM 10 93 AND 30,609 FM 10 93 SHORE, TEXAS 7 7 4 4 1.
AND I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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I MOTION I SECOND ANY ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.UH, WE WILL ADJOURN AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:26 PM CALL BACK AN
[Business - F]
F.WE WILL GO BACK INTO REGULAR SECTION SESSION.
UH, WE ARE ON ITEM F, ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IS THERE ANY ACTION TO BE TAKEN? NO, JUST SAY, JUST SAY NO.
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UH, ONTO, UM, AGENDA ITEM FOUR POINT, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.WE'RE GONNA HAVE HAYDEN START OFF WITH OUR UPDATE ON THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY STUDY, UM, AND WHERE WE'RE AT.
AS I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE, WE DID FINALLY GET THE, UM, THE COMPLETE, UM, PROPOSAL OR OR STUDY FOR THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY UNDERPASS STUDY.
UM, AND GOOD NEWS, THEY, THEY DISCOVERED THAT IN BOTH CASES, THE UNDERPASS AND OVERPASS OPTIONS ARE FEASIBLE, UM, FOR DOWNTOWN.
SO THE UNDERPASS AS THEY, UM, PROPOSE WOULD GO UNDER OR BEGIN GOING BELOW GRADE RIGHT AT SIM STREET AND THEN POP BACK UP JUST AFTER THE TURNAROUND AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE OVERPASS IT WOULD CROSS OVER BOTH, UM, 3 59 AND WALLACE STREET.
SO EITHER WAY, EITHER UNDER OR OVER, IT'LL HIT BOTH OF OUR MAJOR STREETS FOR DOWNTOWN.
UM, IN, IN A NUTSHELL, THE, UM, THE UNDERPASS IS ABOUT $10 MILLION MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE, UH, OVERPASS OPTION DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF A, UM, CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY REFERRED TO IT AS, UM, THE TRANSIT WAY.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT WERE THE RAIL.
SO TECHNICALLY ALL ALONG WEST PARK TOLLWAY THERE, THERE IS AN INCLUSION FOR FUTURE RAIL.
UM, SO YOU'LL NOTICE THERE THERE IS NO RAIL FOR ALL OF THE BRIDGES ON WEST PARK TOLLWAY.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THE, THE DIFFERENCE, THE $10 MILLION DIFFERENCES BECAUSE THERE'S NO RAIL, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THEY'RE NOT GONNA BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR OVERPASS.
THEY WOULD JUST NOT INCLUDE IT AND BUILD IT AT A LATER TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, FOR AN UNDERPASS, YOU HAVE TO PREPARE FOR IT AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, YOU CAN'T GO BACK IN AND, AND, UH, AND PLACE THAT AT A LATER DATE.
IT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY, UM, THAT YOU NEED THAT, THAT TAKES UP SO MUCH SPACE.
UM, WHERE, WHERE'S THAT DELTA IS AT, UM, POSITIVE FOR THE UNDERPASS.
YOU, WE DON'T REQUIRE PUMPING, UM, WHICH WAS ANTICIPATED TO BE A, A PRETTY MAJOR COST FOR THE PROJECT, UM, AND, AND BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO, TO MANAGE WITH THE GRADE OVER THERE.
UM, BUT AS IT SITS NOW, UM, THIS STUDY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE, THE TOLLWAY AUTHORITY.
UM, I THINK IT WAS SENT OVER JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING, UM, ALONG WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS, UM, FROM OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ABOUT HOW WE COULD, UM, HELP OFFSET, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE CITY OR THE TOLLWAY AUTHORITY OR, OR SOME COMBINATION OF THE TWO OFFSET THAT $10 MILLION.
UM, DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK.
UM, AS SOON AS WE HAVE SOME FURTHER INFORMATION OR WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE FOR THAT SECTION OF WEST PARK, WE WILL CERTAINLY SHARE IT WITH YOU.
BUT THAT IS WHERE THINGS STAND CURRENTLY.
COULD THEY ADD AN EXTRA NICKEL TO WHATEVER? UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE THEY WILL HAVE A TOLL BRIDGE OR A TOLL, I THINK YEAH, I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE SUGGESTION IS JUST TACK ON ANOTHER TOLL.
UM, SO
YEAH, BECAUSE I, I MEAN I I I THINK AN UNDERPASS WOULD DO A WHOLE LOT BETTER FOR OUR DOWNTOWN AREA THAN AN OVERPASS.
I MEAN IT, AND OF COURSE IF WE'RE GOING OFF OF PREVIOUS TIMING THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED, THERE'S FIVE YEARS FOR US TO SAVE UP THE 10 OR AT LEAST SOME SORT OF PORTION OF THE $10 MILLION.
UM, SO IT JUST WOULD MEAN US HAVING TO POTEN THE BOARD POTENTIALLY HAVING MAKE DECISIONS BETWEEN FUNDING SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OR JOB
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CREATION.YOU KNOW? BUT I THINK, SO SORRY TO, AND I KNOW YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE QUESTIONS ON THE RAIL PIECE, SO WE HAVE TO INC IF WE, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO BUILD AN UNDERPASS, THEY HAVE TO INCLUDE THE RAIL EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THE RAIL FOR THE OVERPASSES AND THERE IS NO INFRASTRUCTURE TO RAIL ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
I AND THE COST OF ADDING RAIL ALL THE WAY FROM DOWNTOWN HOUSTON TO OUT HERE WOULD BASICALLY REQUIRE REPLACE REDOING THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY.
IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH TDOT THAT KIND OF SAYS IT'S PROBABLY, ARE WE IN METRO ABOUT THIS? YEAH, IT IS METRO.
AND, AND YEAH, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN, IF WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT SAYING WE WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THIS.
UM, I MEAN, BUT THE BY THE IN, IN 2075 YEAH.
WHENEVER THEY FINALLY DO PUT IT OUT THERE, THE TECHNOLOGY'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT AND THE RAIL'S GONNA BE WRONG.
SO, AND THEN I'M BE THINK MY QUESTION WOULD ALSO BE THAT WE'LL BE IN FLYING CARS BEFORE
WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST GONNA SKIP THAT STEP.
WE'RE GONNA DO HELICOPTERS FROM RE TO DOWNTOWN AND, UH, WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN PER GONDOLA.
UM, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE FLYING DRONES BIG ENOUGH FOR ONE OR TWO PEOPLE OR SOMETHING.
BUT I WOULD ALSO JUST QUESTION LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PIECE OF THE ROAD? AND THAT'S BUILT FOR RAIL UNTIL RAIL ACTUALLY COMES THROUGH.
IT FEELS LIKE IT LYING FALLOW WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC AS WELL.
IT, IT WOULD JUST BASICALLY BE A MEDIAN IN BETWEEN THE, THE LANES.
UM, WHICH, WHICH IS REALLY THE MEDIAN THAT YOU LOOK AT NOW ALONG THE, THAT IS THE LITTLE MIDDLE.
I MEAN, THERE'S EVEN OLD PLANS SHOWING THESE EXTRAVAGANT, YOU KNOW, RAIL CONNECTIONS GOING THROUGH SHORE FROM THE SEVENTIES THAT WE, THAT WE SAW LIKE, I GUESS
UM, BUT AT, AT LEAST WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, DATA THAT WE CAN WORK OFF OF SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVE UP TO THEM.
AND WE, WE DO HAVE A, A LEG TO STAND ON.
OUR WASTEWATER PLANT IS IN THE WAY OF THE TOLLWAY.
WE DO HAVE THAT KIND OF IN OUR CORNER.
UM, AS WELL AS IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, WHEN IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, $200 MILLION PROJECT, $10 MILLION IS, IS NOT A HUGE
SO, UM, AS SOON AS WE HAVE, UM, ANY WORD FROM THEM OR ANY MOVEMENT FROM OUR, OUR CITY MANAGERS, UM, WE WILL BE SURE TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.
WELL, I THINK, UM, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IT'S ABSOLUTELY A ANSWER THAT WE WANTED TO GET BACK, THAT IT WAS FEASIBLE, THAT THE COSTS ARE NOT EXCESSIVE IN PROPORTION TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE ALTERNATIVES.
UM, AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, YOU KNOW, SAYING YES, UH, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP AND, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING THAT TO US.
SO, GOOD JOB ALL AROUND RECORD TRAIN B******T.
I USED TO WORK FOR UNION PACIFIC.
YEAH, THEY, UH, THEY HAD SOME, UH, SOME PLANS RUNNING FOR COMMUTER RAIL THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY CRAZY LOOKING, UH, CONCEPT.
THE DRONE, THE DRONE CARS WILL BE HERE BEFORE.
I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
SO ON DECEMBER 16TH, I PRESENTED THE TIP PROPOSAL TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, THE ONE THAT YOU HAD SEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT EXPENDITURE WAS DENIED.
UH, THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE COST OF THE PLAN.
UH, COUNSEL WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE ASKING TO SPEND THE FULL BUDGETED AMOUNT OF 150,000.
I DID CLARIFY DURING THE CONVERSATION WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WAS.
UM, BUT COUNSEL STILL DID NOT SEE ANY VALUE IN, UM, CONTRACTING WITH TIP TO TO HAVE THAT PLAN DONE.
UM, THEY DID AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME SORT OF UPDATE, UH, BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO PAY ANY OUTSIDE ENTITY TO DO THIS.
SO THEY, UM, ASKED ME TO BRING BACK TO YOU THREE SEPARATE SUGGESTIONS.
THE FIRST IS THAT MYSELF AND, UM,
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HAYDEN TACKLE THE PROJECT AND DO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UPDATE OURSELVES.THE SECOND IS, UM, YOU ARE VOL, VOL TIERED, VOLUNTOLD,
AND THEN THIRD, THAT WE PUT IN A REQUEST THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR TO HIRE A POSITION INTERNALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT A DATA ANALYST WHO WOULD CARRY OUT A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
UM, I, I TRY MY BEST TO KIND OF DISTINGUISH WHAT, UM, TIP STRATEGIES CAN DO THAT WE CANNOT DO.
UM, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SO MUCH DATA THAT WE, WE JUST DON'T, THE ACCESS TO ONE OF THOSE SOFTWARES TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO BEGIN AN ANALYSIS LIKE THAT, UM, IT IS VERY PRICEY.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS THAT THEY ASKED ME TO BRING BACK TO YOU ALL.
I WAS WATCHING THAT EXCHANGE AND, UM, I, I THOUGHT THAT YOU DID A, A GOOD JOB IN YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WERE REFRAMING THE QUESTION.
UM, I THINK THAT, UH, SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT CITY COUNCIL RAISED WERE THE SAME ONES THAT WE RAISED WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T JUST VOTE RIGHT AWAY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WANTED, UH, TO DO THIS REVIEW.
WE KIND OF WENT BACK AND FORTH ON IT A LITTLE BIT.
SO THEY HAD SOME SIMILAR CONCERNS.
SO, UM, I THINK, UH, I GUESS AS FAR AS TIMELINE GOES, WHEN DO WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON, OR GIVE YOU OUR RECOMME OUR PREFERENCE ON OPTION ONE, TWO, OR THREE? I WOULD SAY WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSION TONIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED FROM US, WE CAN COME BACK NEXT MONTH.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER DEADLINE, I GUESS IF YOU, IF THERE WAS STILL SOME PART OF, UM, THE UPDATE THAT YOU DID WANNA EXPLORE WORKING WITH, UH, TIP STRATEGIES, THAT PROPOSAL'S ONLY GOOD FOR 90 DAYS AT THAT COST.
DID THEY GO INTO, UM, ANY EXPLANATION OR HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS AFTER THE MEETING? I, I DON'T, I GUESS I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT OPTION THREE IS TO HIRE.
I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T GET THAT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT? I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING.
UM, BUT IT, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO FIND SOMEONE WITH THAT SKILLSET THAT WE COULD AFFORD TO HIRE INTERNALLY.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY COMPLETE THE ONE PROJECT THEY'RE ASSIGNED? THEN WHAT, WHAT WOULD THEIR JOB BE? UM, I DID, PART PART OF ME SAYS, GO ASK PATRICK JANKOWSKI IF HE WANTS A ONE TIME CONSULTING THING, BUT GEEZ, HE MIGHT ASK FOR MORE MONEY THAN TIP STRATEGIES.
AND I TRIED, I I DID TRY TO CONVEY, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST LIKE BONNIE SAID, THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR AND A HALF LONG CONVERSATION.
UM, WE'VE REVISITED DELIVERABLES.
WE'VE ASKED, YOU KNOW, ALL THE QUESTIONS.
IT'S BEEN THOROUGHLY EXPLORED.
IT, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ANALYZE HOW MUCH HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WHAT'S RELEVANT, WHAT'S NOT RELEVANT WITHIN OUR CURRENT PLAN.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW THAT CONVERSATION STARTED.
UM, TWO YEARS AGO, WE BROUGHT SOMEBODY IN TO DO KIND OF A WORKSHOP WITH STAFF INTERNALLY AND GO THROUGH EVERYTHING.
AND IT WAS WITH THOSE RESULTS THAT WE BROUGHT BACK TO THE EDC, THAT IT WAS DETERMINED IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE AN UPDATE.
AND SO WE WENT OUT, UH, AND KIND OF STARTED THAT PROCESS OF WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE.
UM, SO YES, IT, THE COUNCIL MEMBER SIMPLY SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD REQUESTED A POSITION LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T APPROVE THAT, BUT IF YOU REQUESTED ONE FOR THIS, WE WOULD, BECAUSE WE FEEL THIS IS IMPORTANT, IT SHOULD BE DONE, BUT WE DON'T WANT AN OUTSIDER DOING IT.
UM, SO I, I POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, JUST IF WE WERE TO POST A POSITION, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THE PERSON THAT'S HIRED IS SOMEONE WHO LIVES WITHIN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS THE GOAL.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
I DON'T KNOW MUCH OUTSIDE OF THAT.
PERHAPS THIS IS WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, COULD OUR LIAISON PERHAPS SHED SOME MORE LIGHT ON IT? BUT I DON'T THINK ABBY WAS ACTUALLY AT THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, AND I ALSO, WOULD IT BE WORTHWHILE TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THEM JUST FOR LIKE, HAVE A BOARD B BOARD COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST TO
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CHEW THE FAT AND DISCUSS THIS AMONGST OURSELVES? OR, OR NOT? YES, MA'AM.I THINK THAT'D BE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL.
I, I KIND OF, I KIND OF LIKE THAT IDEA.
'CAUSE I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF I, I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT BUDGET ISSUES IN GENERAL.
UM, AND THEY'D PROBABLY BE REAL HAPPY TO JUST TAKE EVERY PENNY OF SALES TAX AND PUT EVERY BIT OF IT TO CIP INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
BUT IF THEY'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT NOT HAVING AN OUTSIDE FIRM, I GUESS, I MEAN, TO ME, ONE OF THE BIG ADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN OUTSIDE FIRM LIKE TIP STRATEGIES IS YOU GET THE BENEFIT OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
YOU GET THE BENEFIT OF, WE'VE SEEN THIS, WE'VE DONE THIS, WE KNOW WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.
AND THEY KIND OF HAVE THAT AT THEIR FINGERTIPS.
WHERE IF WE TRY TO DO RESEARCH OR HIRE PATRICK JANKOWSKI TO DO THIS, IT TURNS INTO A MUCH LONGER LENGTHY PROJECT TO FEEL OUR WAY AND FIND THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN IT'S ONLY AS GOOD AS, AS WHAT YOU CAN FIND AND, AND NOT NOT HAVING THE BENEFIT OF THEIR TWO OR THREE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING TO BE SAID, I THINK ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY THAT IT ADDS TO HAVE A THIRD UNBIASED PARTY.
UM, PROVIDE THAT DATA, THAT ANALYSIS, AND BRING THAT TO THE TABLE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, NO MATTER HOW YOU PRESENT THAT, WHEN WE ARE THE ONES TRYING TO CONVINCE A DEVELOPER TO COME TO FULL SURE.
AND WE'RE SAYING WE DID ALL THIS WORK INSIDE HERE OURSELVES, AND HERE'S WHY IT'S DIFFERENT THAN A THIRD UNBIASED PARTY PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO, TO US AND FACILITATING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE THERE THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
WELL, AND UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO SEE, LIKE WHEN WE DID THE HOTEL STUDY, AND I'LL CALL IT THE HOTEL STUDY 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING BETTER TO CALL IT, BUT YOU HAVE A COMPANY THAT KNOWS THAT BUSINESS AND KNOWS WHAT DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING FOR.
YOU KNOW, THEY CAME UP WITH 50, 60, 70 PAGES OF INFORMATION THAT APPARENTLY HOTEL CHAINS ARE INTERESTED IN.
AND I WOULDN'T HAVE, I WOULD'VE JUST SAID, WELL, THIS IS A VERY AFFLUENT COMMUNITY AND WE WANT A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NICE HOTEL, SO MM-HMM
YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE PROFITABLE HERE.
AND APPARENTLY THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR DOESN'T WORK.
APPARENTLY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE DETAILED THAN THAT, WHICH OUR STUDY SHOWED MM-HMM
UM, AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE PROGRESS ON THAT TOO AS WE CONTINUE WORKING THE OLD STUDY.
BUT, UM, I, THAT, THAT, I MEAN, FOR THE MOST PART, I, AND I, I MEAN, AND I'LL CALL IT A WORKSHOP.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A MEETING.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE ANY ACTION OR ANYTHING.
I JUST, I JUST WOULD LIKE MORE OF A MEETING OF, OF THE MINDS ON THIS.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY JUST WANNA SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT THE A AND B BOARD TO DO AND JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT DOING ANYTHING ELSE.
WHICH THAT COULD BE WHAT SOME OF 'EM ON COUNCIL MAYBE ARE THINKING.
UM, AND IF THAT, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WELL JUST TELL US AND WE'LL STOP SPINNING OUR WHEELS MM-HMM
AND I, I WILL SAY THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US AS STAFF AS WELL, BECAUSE I NEVER EXPECTED FOR THEM, I KNEW THAT THERE WERE MEMBERS ON COUNCIL WHO DID NOT LIKE THE IDEA, UM, WHO HAD SOME CONCERNS AND SOME HESITATIONS, BUT I DID NOT EXPECT THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT.
AND IT WAS MY INTENTION TO GO TO COUNCIL AT THAT POINT.
I DIDN'T EXPECT THEM TO VOTE AGAINST AN EXPENDITURE THEY HAD ALREADY APPROVED DURING THE BUDGET SEASON AT THE BUDGET.
THAT WAS LESS THAN HALF OF THE AMOUNT BUDGETED.
UM, BECAUSE WE FOUGHT SO HARD TO LOWER THAT COST.
UM, AND I THINK WHAT'S WHAT'S TOUGH FOR US IS DURING THE, UM, THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH FULL SURE FAST TRACK AND KIND OF UNWINDING THAT.
AND I REALLY FELT THAT SENSE OF COUNSEL OF WE WANTED TO BE INVOLVED FROM THE BEGINNING.
WE WANTED TO BE PART OF, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PROGRAM AND THE DIRECTION WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT IF THEY HAD HELPED CREATE THE METRICS THAT WE WERE MEASURED.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE INCLUDED WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE.
UM, AND WE COULD HAVE ALL BEEN ALIGNED AND MARCHED FORWARD TOGETHER AND THE PROGRAM WOULD STILL BE HAPPENING TODAY.
UM, AND SO IN MY MIND I THOUGHT, OKAY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE EARLY ON.
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RECEIVED OH, OH,UH, WE'VE RECEIVED THIS PROPOSAL HERE WE ARE AT THIS STAGE WHERE, UM, THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AND BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
IN MY MIND, UM, I PICTURED THAT CONVERSATION BEING, CAN YOU BREAK DOWN THESE DELIVERABLES AND WHAT ABOUT CAN WE GET THIS INFORMATION? AND, UM, A BIG PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE DATA THAT WE GET HERE, THAT I THINK IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO REMEMBER.
IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT JUST FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, UTILITIES.
THEY ALL RELY ON THE DATA FROM THIS.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE ALL DESPERATELY NEED UPDATED NUMBERS.
THE THE RATE OF GROWTH HAS SO FAR SURPASSED WHAT WAS PROJECTED.
UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY IN ALL FRONTS.
WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE ONES WORKING THROUGH THAT, UM, THAT CONTRACT AND THAT NEGOTIATION.
UM, AND SO FOR THAT TO BE MY EXPECTATION AND THEN TO GET THERE AND TO REALIZE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WERE ALL AT, WHERE IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE A NO, I THINK IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEN IT, OKAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO DEVELOPERS, UM, AND DELIVER THE KIND OF, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY ARE ASKING OF US TO DO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE BASIC TOOLS THAT WE NEED.
UM, IT, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING.
WELL, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ARGUMENTS THAT COMMERCIAL IS THE TRUE NEED AND MORE PROFITABLE THAN ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING IN THE CITY.
MY ONLY INPUT, UM, IS I APPRECIATE IN ONE SENSE OF GIVING OPTION NUMBER THREE, JUST IN THE FACT TO TRY AND RESPECT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB ALREADY.
AND TO ADD THIS ON, IT'S NOT A SMALL FEAT.
UM, THE SAME SENSE THOUGH, FOR NUMBER TWO IS GREAT.
I DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY THE POWER VOTING, EVEN IF I HAD THE BANDWIDTH AND THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO GO CALL UP SO AND SO AND SAY, HEY, WE WANNA BUILD, I WANT PROPERTY, I DON'T KNOW, SOMEWHERE AT SHORE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? JUST LIKE THAT TOOL AND THEN FOR A DATA ANALYST, 'CAUSE I DO HAVE THAT BACKGROUND, BUT THE COST, ARE YOU GONNA BRING THAT ON AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE? THEN YOU'RE PAYING HEALTH BENEFITS DESK, ALL OF THAT INCORPORATED IN, IT'S NOT JUST A SALARY.
WHAT IT COSTS FOR AN EMPLOYEE IS DIFFERENT THAN A SALARY.
AND TWO, FOR A TRUE DATA ANALYST, IF YOU WENT NOT EVEN A CONSULTING FEE, ARE WE READY TO PAY? SAY I'M JUST GONNA THROW A NUMBER OUT, $60 AN HOUR MINIMUM FOR 120, 130, A HUNDRED AND WHATEVER, $40,000 ON TOP OF A SALARY, IS THAT IN A BUDGET? WHO DO WE GET TO APPROVE THAT BUDGET? AND THEN YES.
THEN EVEN FINDING THE RESOURCE THAT'S GONNA FIT, UM, THE ROLE AND KNOW THE AREA.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT, MICHELLE.
LIKE, AND MAYBE THAT'S, SO IF, IF YOU DO PUT THE TIME TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER NUMBER THREE AND TO SHOW SALARY, TOTAL COST ADD IN THE COST OF ALL OF THE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO ACCESS IN ORDER TO GET THAT DATA THAT ISN'T PUBLIC DOMAIN DATA THAT TIP STRATEGIES HAS ACCESS TO, AND PUT TOGETHER THAT TOTAL COST OF ESSENTIALLY LIKE, HEY, IF YOU WANNA DO THIS IN HOUSE, THIS IS THE COST TO DO IT IN HOUSE AND PUT THAT PRICE UP AGAINST AS A COMPARATIVE.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF JUST FRAMING THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.
IT WOULD BE, YEAH, PROBABLY QUADRUPLE THE $50,000.
SORRY, I WOULDN'T TAKE THAT JOB AT $50,000.
I'LL GO MANAGE MCDONALD'S AND STILL MAKE 65,000.
BUT ANYWAYS, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR THE, THE FULL COST ANALYSIS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS GREAT TO BRING IN AN IN-HOUSE PERSON, REALISTICALLY, DO WE HAVE THE BUDGET AND THE MEANS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO REALLY DO THAT? YES, MA'AM.
AND THAT WOULD, UM, THE WAY THE SUGGESTION WAS MADE, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL STAFF
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FOR EDC, SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD TO ADD THAT POSITION, FUND THAT POSITION, INCLUDING BENEFITS, SALARY AND ALL OF THAT.JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE'VE GOT $10 MILLION TO SAY WE CAN'T
DID YOU GET EV DID YOU GET EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED FROM US ON THAT OR, YES MA'AM.
I'LL MOVE OVER TO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE ICSC RED RIVER COMING UP, THAT WILL BE FEBRUARY 16TH THROUGH THE 18TH.
AND HAYDEN AND MYSELF ARE REGISTERED TO ATTEND.
UM, WE DO HAVE AN UPCOMING CALL WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES TO MAP OUT OUR MEETINGS AND OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR TARGETED RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS WHILE WE'RE THERE.
UM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO BE PREPARED.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, I SHOULD SAY HAYDEN HAS BEEN WORKING ON DESIGNING OUR, UH, PRINT MATERIALS THAT WE'LL BE TAKING WITH US.
UM, SO WE, UM, ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WE ALSO ON THIS, UM, WE DID MOVE OUR FEBRUARY B BOARD MEETING FROM THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE TO FEBRUARY THE 23RD, BECAUSE IT'S SCHEDULED DURING, UM, THAT CONFERENCE IS THAT MONDAY, UM, OF WHEN B BOARD WOULD MEET.
UM, BUT JUST FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE OTHER BOARD IS DOING,
SO, UM, CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE REVISED BYLAWS AT THE DECEMBER 16TH MEETING.
AND THEN THEY ALSO DID APPROVE, UM, THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM THAT B BOARD HAS LAUNCHED.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT STATUE ALLOWS B BOARD TO DO, AND, UM, A BOARD CAN'T.
BUT WE RECEIVED VERY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT, UM, FROM COUNCIL FOR THAT.
THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE US KEEP DOING AND GROWING.
UM, THEY EVEN BROUGHT UP, YOU KNOW, IF THE, IF THE 50,000 DO, YEAH, $50,000 CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR IT, UM, IS ALL AWARDED THROUGH THE GRANT PROCESS, UM, THEY ARE OPEN TO HEARING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.
UM, SO FAR WE'VE RECEIVED A FEW CALLS AND QUESTIONS, BUT NO SUBMISSIONS YET.
UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM LATER THIS WEEK TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT.
UM, THEY DID REPORT EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE TOP VISITED PAGES.
SO I THINK THE WORD IS GETTING OUT AND PEOPLE ARE LOOKING, BUT YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WITH THAT, THEY HAVE TO KIND OF GET ALL THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW, LOOK AT THEIR EXPENSES, SEE WHAT PROJECTS PROBABLY PRIORITIZE AND, UM, BEFORE THEY REACH OUT.
THEN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WE'LL SEE THOSE APPLICATIONS KIND OF ROLL IN.
DID THE, UM, THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT APPLY FOR THIS, DO THEY HAVE TO PUT UP MATCHING DOLLARS FOR IT OR ANYTHING? YES, MA'AM.
AND THAT WHOLE PROGRAM IS FUNDED TOTALLY BY THE B BOARD, CORRECT? THAT IS RIGHT.
AND WE'LL SHARE ALL THOSE MATERIALS AND LINKS WITH YOU SO YOU CAN SHARE, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR NETWORKS AS WELL, SO WE CAN, UM, GET IT TO AS MANY BUSINESS OWNERS LOCALLY HERE AS WE CAN.
AND THEN HAYDEN AND MYSELF DO HAVE PLANS TO BLOCK OUT TIME TO GO AND VISIT THE BUSINESSES, GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE, WHAT'S ON THE TABLE FOR THEM.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BENEFICIAL BOTH TO GET THE WORD OUT ON WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING AND ALSO TO GATHER INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK FROM OUR BUSINESS OWNERS TO SEE WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO FOR THEM.
AND, YOU KNOW, VISIT BACK WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM AND SEE WHAT'S ALLOWABLE
SO, UM, AT YOUR DIRECTION AND COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, WE ARE STILL WORKING TOWARDS RESUMING SOME OF THAT PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED IN THE PAST.
SO EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, WE, UM, STARTED BACK UP THE BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEON.
UM, THIS IS, UH, MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE HELP OF MR. JEFF MURPHY.
UM, HE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH FULL STREET, FAST TRACK, SPECIFICALLY THE BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEONS ALL OF LAST YEAR.
UM, SO HE'S, YOU KNOW, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE WHO HAVE ATTENDED AND KIND OF WHAT THE HEART OF IT IS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MS. DEBORAH DRESCHER, WHO IS ON OUR B BOARD WHO WAS ATTENDING, AND KAY ATTENDED AS WELL.
SO, UM, TODAY THE GROUP WAS SMALL BUT MIGHTY.
UM, IT WAS, UH, A COLLECTION OF FOUR WOMEN, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS.
UM, BUT THEIR REVENUES OF THEIR BUSINESSES ARE, UM, TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO THEY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SET OUT SOME GOALS FOR THE YEAR.
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SOME TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING, UM, BASED IN KATY, BUT EXPANDING A, A FULL, FULL SURE OFFICE.UM, SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH LOTS OF CONNECTIONS WERE MADE.
UM, IT WAS VERY, VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THOSE ONCE A MONTH.
UM, SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE WONDERING WHERE TO GO FOR LUNCH OR DINNER, PLEASE CONSIDER PIER 36.
THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM BY ALLOWING US TO RESERVE THAT SPACE AND USE THAT SPACE AT NO COST.
UM, SO WE WE'RE VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEM FOR THAT.
UM, AND YES, ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN THINK TO GO BY AND RECOGNIZE THAT BUSINESS, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
OUR BOOK CLUB IS MEETING THERE TOO.
UM, AND THEN, UH, A SECOND PART OF THAT FOR FULL REPA TRACK IS WE ARE WORKING TO CONTINUE, UH, THE ENTREPRENEURIAL WORKSHOPS.
UM, THIS WILL BE A SERIES THAT WILL BE ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, ABOUT ONCE A QUARTER.
WE ARE KICKING OFF, UM, SOMETIME IN APRIL.
SO ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE BOTH SHARED ON THE CITY OF, UH, SHORE.GOV UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAB, AS WELL AS THE FULL SURE FAST TRACK FACEBOOK PAGE.
SO ONCE WE ROLL THAT OUT, WE'LL BE SHARING THAT, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ARE THE WORKSHOPS, THE, THE THINGS THAT MATT CALLED THE BOOT CAMPS? YES.
THOSE, THOSE WOULD BE ON SATURDAYS.
AND, UM, WE'RE PLANNING CURRENTLY TO HOST THEM AT IRENE STERN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THAT? I
AND MAKE SURE YOU TELL JEFF THANK YOU FROM THE BOARD AS WELL.
WE'RE VERY POSITIVE ON THE, UH, ON THE MOMENTUM.
I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP IT GOING AND, AND HOPEFULLY GROWING, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR.
I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT, UM, I THINK TWO OF THE LADIES THAT WERE AT THE LUNCHEON TODAY HAD BEEN AT THE HOME ACCELERATOR WORKSHOP THAT WE DID.
AND THEY WERE JUST, I MEAN, YOU COULD, YOU COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR MORE STARS.
IT'S LIKE IF YOU WERE GRADING SOMETHING ONE TO FIVE STARS, THEIR, THEIR COMMENTS WERE LIKE 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 STARS.
THEY, THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED THAT.
SO, UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS INCREDIBLY WELL ORGANIZED LAST YEAR.
UM, HAD HAD GREAT THINGS FOR EVERY ONE OF THE ATTENDEES THAT WERE THERE, GOT SOMETHING REALLY GOOD OUT OF IT.
SO I, I GUESS WE'LL TRY TO INCLUDE THAT THIS YEAR AT LEAST, AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE MAYBE THIS YEAR IF WE CAN.
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ORGANIZING THAT AND I WILL REACH OUT, UH, TO THAT BUSINESS OWNER TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE, UM, BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF IT.
I'M SO SAD THAT BRIAN IS NOT HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
SO IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FOR, UH, ROUTINE UPDATES ON CIP PROJECTS, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT YOU ARE PARTIALLY FUNDING OR FULLY FUNDING, BUT EVERYTHING.
WHAT IS ON THE SCHEDULE FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM? WHERE ARE THEY AT IN PROGRESS? WHAT'S IT LOOKING LIKE? UM, AND SO THANKFULLY BETWEEN OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, OUR FINANCE TEAM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, THE WHOLE TEAM WORKING TOGETHER, UM, THEY HAVE CREATED THIS TRANSPARENCY, FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY PAGE.
UM, SO IF YOU GO TO CITY OF RE TEXAS.GOV, AND I CAN EMAIL THIS LATER, UM, UH, AND THEN GO TO THE ABOUT US TAB.
IT HAS ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS.
SO YOU GO TO FINANCE, ONCE YOU'RE THERE, THE, THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT HAS FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY.
NOW WE'RE AT THE PAGE ONE MORE STEP PROJECTS
SO ONCE YOU HIT THE PROJECTS TAB OF THE FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY UNDER FINANCE
UM, SO I THINK THAT SHOULD HELP KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE AT IN THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM PRESENTS, UM, USUALLY A QUARTERLY UPDATE TO OUR COUNCIL.
SO HIDDEN AND MYSELF WILL KEEP THAT ON OUR RADAR AND FORWARD THAT TO YOU ALL THE LINK TO THAT COUNCIL PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU HAVE IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND, UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GET THAT MORE IN DEPTH, YOU KNOW, NARRATIVE FROM THE STAFF THEMSELVES ON WHERE THEY'RE AT.
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AND ANY CHALLENGES THEY MIGHT BE FACING AS WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, COMES UP WITH THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.BUT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, UM, BEING AVAILABLE ONLINE, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU AND FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
ALSO, IF THOSE DIRECTIONS WERE A LITTLE CONFUSING, YOU CAN ALSO JUST SEARCH TRANSPARENCY AND IT IS THE FIRST THING THAT POPS UP.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FASTER WAY TO GET THERE.
APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE.
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UH, NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS IDEAS ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE DO HAVE THE COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATE ALREADY ADDED TO THE LIST AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED HERE.QUESTION, LIKE, IF ABBY WAS STILL HERE, WHICH I KNOW HE ISN'T, BUT IF HE WAS STILL HERE, COULD WE ACTUALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HIM? LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE, UM, ASKING ABOUT THE, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE? OR IS HIS REPORT SIMPLY HIM GIVING INFO TO US.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS.
CAN YOU HAVE BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OR IS IT JUST HIM IMPARTING INFORMATION TO US AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OTHERS, SO TYPICALLY IT'S GONNA BE MORE REPORT BASED.
UM, IF THERE IS A WANT OR A FEELING OF A NEED FOR A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IT'S LISTED SPECIFICALLY, UM, EVEN JUST AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
SO MAYBE NOW KNOWING THAT, UM, THE COUNCIL PERSON LIAISON'S GONNA HAVE DESIGNATED SPACE, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE A MORE FULL DISCUSSION WITH, UM, I'D RECOMMEND CHATTING WITH ANELLE AND HAYDEN SO THAT THEY CAN PUT THAT AS A FULL DISCUSSION IN A REPORT.
MAYBE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, BUT FROM WHAT I HEAR, LIKE IT, YOU WOULD HOPE FOR, FROM THAT DISCUSSION, IT SOUNDS MORE DISCUSSION BASED.
AND, AND SO THIS, IT'S, IT'S NOTHING WE FUNDED OR ANYTHING, BUT I'M JUST, I'M JUST ASKING, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SAY NO.
I STILL SEE CHATTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT, DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHEN THE CELL TOWERS ARE BECOMING OPERATIONAL? IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING I DON'T GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR US OR IF THIS IS JUST A REQUEST FOR US TO THE CITY TO SAY IF THERE'S ANYTHING AT ALL THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THAT.
CAN THEY PUT SOMETHING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS? WE CAN TRY AND ADD IT TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
UM, SEE IF WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND MOSTLY IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL FRUSTRATED WITH HAVING ONE BAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT, UM, AND CALLS DROPPING, THAT TYPE OF THING.
WHY DID YOU GO PAST TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY? YES.
THAT'S HOW I KNOW HOW FAR AWAY FROM HOME FRANK IS.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING, SEND AN EMAIL TO ANELLE AND HAYDEN AND, AND COPY BRIAN ON IT.
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UH, LAST THING ON THE AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS.ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE? PRESIDENT'S DAY COMING UP? WE'LL BE, CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, UH, NEXT WEEK.
UM, WHICH IS WHY B BOARD IS MOVED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THE POTENTIAL.
AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T OFFICIALLY PUBLIC.
ANY THIS OFFICE OR ANY BUILDING OR ANY MOVEMENTS OF THAT? NO.
UM, I'M PROBABLY GONNA GET THE DATE WRONG HERE, BUT I BELIEVE, UH, APPLICATIONS, UH, TO BE ON THE BALLOT FOR ALL OF THE OPEN, UH, CITY COUNCIL POSITIONS.
AND MAYORAL POSITION, I BELIEVE OPENS JANUARY 14TH, UM, AND GOES THROUGH, UH, I BELIEVE FEBRUARY 13TH.
UH, SO TO ANY PUBLIC MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT'S WATCHING, UH,
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APPLICATION IN.SO JANUARY 14TH, IS THAT WEDNESDAY? I THINK IT'S WEDNESDAY.
ANYBODY WANTS TO RUN FOR OFFICE? EVERY, EVERY POSITION IS UP ON THE BALLOT.
THIS GO ROUND EVERY CITY COUNCIL.
FOR CITY COUNCIL YOU CAN FILE FOR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS AT LARGE, OR MAYOR, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM IS OPEN ON THE BALLOT.
AND DON'T FORGET TO, I MEAN NOT OPEN.
WE HAVE INCUMBENTS, WHICH I ASSUME MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE INCUMBENTS MAY FILE.
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE AN INCUMBENT FOR, THERE IS NO INCUMBENT FOR DISTRICT ONE.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK YOUR MAP AND YOUR ADDRESS TO SEE WHERE YOU'RE, TO SEE, MAKE SURE YOU STAYED IN THE SAME DISTRICT AND WHO YOUR INCUMBENT REPRESENTATIVE MIGHT BE.
OR, UH, IF YOU, UH, WILL BE VOTING FOR A BRAND NEW ONE.
AND THANK AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP, UM, WHEN THE FILING PERIOD OPENS, UH, 'CAUSE I, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THEY SAID THAT AT CITY COUNCIL OR NOT THEIR, THEIR LAST MEETING.
SO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION? I SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY BONNIE BUELL, SECOND BY CARLOS WALLACE TO ADJOURN AT 7:45 PM ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? WE STAND ADJOURNED.