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[I. Call to Order]
WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 AT 6:02 PM UH, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, UH, FOR THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CITIZENS' COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.
WE HAD SET UP FOR ANY POTENTIAL CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS FROM OUR LIAISON.
THEY'RE NOT HERE THIS EVENING, SO WE'LL
[Business - A]
MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, OUR REGULAR BUSINESS.SO FOUR A IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025 MEETING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST TIME WE'VE MET.
SO WE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HOLIDAYS, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF BREAKS.
SO EXPECT EVERYBODY TO BE ENERGIZED AND READY TO GO TONIGHT.
DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER NOVEMBER? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD TURKEY, YOU HAD HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS BEFORE THANKSGIVING, YOU HAD A NEW YEAR'S.
IS THIS MEETING BEING RECORDED? OKAY.
IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS ON THE MEETING MINUTES, UH, KIM, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
SO, REAL QUICK, MR. TUTU'S, LAST NAME IS SPELLED WRONG, IF THAT MATTERS ON YEAH, ALMOST.
AUTO CORRECTS ALWAYS TO OUT AND I USUALLY CATCH IT.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
SO, UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 17TH MEETING.
SECOND MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SECONDED WITH THE CORRECTION NOTED.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[Business - B]
FOUR B IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, 2025.AND ARE WE ALLOWED TO KIND OF LUMP THOSE TOGETHER OR SHOULD WE TAKE 'EM ONE BY ONE? I WOULD JUST TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD PREFER, I CAN JUST COVER THE SALES TAX FOR THE LAST ONE, UNLESS YOU JUST WANT ME TO COVER THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
LET'S DO THE SALES TAX FOR THE LAST ONE.
IF THE BOARD, IF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE AGREEABLE TO THAT.
ALL RIGHT, HAYDEN, WELL, I GUESS WE, WE NEED TO, OH, OH, ARE YOU GONNA GO OVER ANYTHING ON THAT OR NO, WE'RE GOOD.
SO WE HAVE, LET'S SEE, I THINK WE HAVE A PAYABLE ON THAT, RIGHT? THE OCTOBER? YES.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES IN FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31ST AND THE AMOUNT OF $8,172 AND 52 CENTS.
SECOND MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, 2025.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[Business - C]
C IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING NOVEMBER 30TH, 2025.THE PAYABLES HERE ARE 11,103, UH, DOLLARS AND 76 CENTS.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING NOVEMBER 30TH, 2025 AND THE AMOUNT OF $11,103 AND 76 CENTS.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[Business - D]
ITEM FOUR D, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES[00:05:01]
FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO OVER THE SALES TAX FOR THIS ONE.
UM, THE SALES TAX REVENUES FOR FEBRUARY, WHICH ARE DECEMBER REMITTANCES, WERE DOWN 8.77% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTALING $252,539 AND 19 CENTS.
EACH CORPORATION SALES TAX REVENUES ARE NOW AT $613,716 97 CENTS, OR 26.12% OF THE BUDGET FOR 25% OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND I JUST, I DID PUT IN A NOTE IN THERE THOUGH.
IT IS DOWN, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR, LAST YEAR'S DECEMBER, REMITTANCES WERE UP 31%.
AND EACH YEAR, UM, JUST LOOKING AT OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, IT'S THAT SAME KIND OF TRAJECTORY.
SO IT'S NOTHING THAT WE'RE OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
IT'S KIND OF JUST A RETURN TO THE, THE NORMAL GROWTH RATE.
YOU PREEMPTED THE TWO QUESTIONS I HAD.
I FIGURED IT, IT, IT TOOK US BY SURPRISE AS WELL.
UM, BUT, BUT LOOKING BACK, IT'S NOT, UM, NOTHING THAT WE'RE ALARMED AT AT THIS TIME.
WHAT, WHAT WAS, WHAT ACTUALLY WAS THE REASON FOR SUCH AN EXPLOSIVE, UM, HIGHER NUMBER THAN BEFORE? UM, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY WITHOUT SPEAKING ON SPECIFIC, UM, TAXPAYERS.
UM, WE DO HAVE CERTAIN TAXPAYERS THAT PAY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, AND ONE OF THE QUARTERS LANDS IN DECEMBER.
SO TYPICALLY OUR DECEMBER EACH EACH QUARTER WILL HAVE HIGHER THAN TYPICAL COLLECTIONS.
AND FOR LAST YEAR ACROSS THE COUNTY, EVERYBODY JUST SAW A HUGE SPIKE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND IT'S NOT ONE SPECIFIC TAXPAYER, IT WAS KIND OF A COLLECTION, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND, AND THIS IS FOR DECEMBER, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T HAVE JANUARY YET.
SO ALL OF OUR, UM, COLLECTIONS ARE, UM, THREE MONTHS IN ARREARS.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE JANUARY NEXT MONTH.
SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO SEE A TREND YET.
I'LL, I'LL SAY THE, IT, IT, IT WAS VERY EVIDENT THAT I THINK I INCLUDED, UM, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE IF YOU LOOK ON IN OUR SALES TAX KIND OF GRAPH THAT WE HAVE IN THERE, YOU CAN SEE TYPICALLY IT'S A PRETTY SIMILAR TREND LINE, UM, MONTH TO MONTH LAST YEAR FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT, THERE, YOU CAN SEE IT HOW FAR IT JUTS OUT.
KIND OF A WEIRD, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE THERE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE DECEMBER FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,384 AND 78 CENTS.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
WE'RE CAUGHT UP ON ALL OUR BILLS NOW.
YEAH, I WAS WONDERING IF THE DOOR WAS GONNA BE PADLOCKED SINCE WE HADN'T PAID IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
[Business - E]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM FOUR E IS UPDATE ON EDC FUNDED PROJECTS.
HARRIS STREET, DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACT FOR OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR WAS TERMINATED ON DECEMBER 5TH.
UH, THEY HAVE DEMOBILIZED FROM THE PROJECT.
UH, A LIST OF DEFICIENCY ITEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED WAS COMPLETED BY CEDROS
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PAVING, INCLUDING THE CONCRETE APRON AT HARRISON 10 93, SOME RESEALING OF EXPANSION JOINTS AND THE INSTALLATION OF A STORM LIT INLET JUST NORTH OF FIRST IN HARRIS.UH, TRON ELECTRIC HAS INSTALLED THE DECORATIVE LIGHT POLES, UH, FOR PHASE ONE, UH, WITH JUST, UH, SOME RECEPTACLES THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING ON.
LANDSCAPING FOR PHASE ONE IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS WEEK, NEXT WEEK, NEXT WEEK.
UM, AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT COMPLETION SOMETIME IN MARCH WITH, WITH IRRIGATION AS WELL WITH, AND THAT INCLUDES IRRIGATION.
SO WE, WE'VE ADDED THAT BACK IN.
UH, SO IN BCO HAS BEEN WORKING ON REVISED PLANS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT.
UH, WE SHOULD BE GETTING THOSE BY TOMORROW.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT RES SOLICITING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, UH, THIS WEEK, SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
AND SO THAT STILL TRACKS FOR THIS SCHEDULE HERE TO BE AWARDED IN APRIL AND WITH AN NTP IN MAY.
WERE THE, JUST A QUESTION THAT'S, WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE, WE, YOU WERE STILL WORKING WITH THAT EDRO PAVING, TR ELECTRIC AND THEN THE LANDSCAPING.
ARE THOSE CONTRACTORS THAT WERE UNDER THE ORIGINAL MEDINA? NO SIR.
CONTRACT? THERE ARE NOT CO-OP, BUT UH, THEY HAVE CURRENT CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY, YEAH.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW, I SAW HIM, 'EM DOING THE APRON AT 10 93 AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I THOUGHT THEY WERE DONE OVER THERE.
I THOUGHT WE, THEY, YOU KNOW, WERE GONE DOWN THE ROAD.
THEY'RE OUR SIDEWALK CONTRACTOR THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO WE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
YEAH, I SAW THE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED OUT THERE, SO THOSE LOOK PRETTY GOOD.
I GUESS WITH PUTTING IT BACK OUT TO, OR WITH, IN BCO YOU SAID REDRAWING THE, THE SET OF PLANS, UM, AND KIND OF PROVIDING A NEW SCOPE OF WORK.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL ANTICIPATED COSTS LIKE WITH COST WITH INVICO, UM, THAT YOU FORESEE THAT ARE, IS OUTSIDE, I GUESS WHAT WE INITIALLY APPROVED? NOT, NOT AS OF NOW WE GOING THROUGH BUDGETING, WE'VE, WE SHOULD, UH, HAVE WHAT, WHAT IT IT'LL TAKE TO FINISH OUT THE PROJECT.
ACTUALLY I WAS TALKING WITH DAVID, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING AND, UH, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF JURISDICTIONS WHERE I'VE HEARD THAT THE PRICES HAVE COME, STARTED COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM COST ESTIMATES, BUT WE'LL SEE IF THAT HOLDS TRUE.
RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS WILL BE SOMEONE PICKING UP A PROJECT THAT WAS ALREADY IN PROGRESS, SO WE'LL JUST, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, THE BEST PRICE OR, OR WHAT WE GET.
AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST, UH, THE PAST FEW MONTHS, SO WE OKAY.
SHOULD GET A GOOD TURNOUT FOR REBIDDING.
I ASSUME Y'ALL TALKED TO THE OTHER CONTRACTORS WORKING AROUND THE CITY RIGHT NOW? YEAH.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON HARRIS STREET? OKAY.
WELL THANKS FOR WORKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES AND, UH, COMING UP WITH THE PLAN TO GET IT REBID.
SO LET'S, WE CAN KIND OF SAVE THE, THE BEGINNINGS OF IT THERE.
AND I, I THINK IT'S REALLY GONNA LOOK GREAT ONCE IT'S DONE, RIGHT? YES SIR.
SO IF, IF YOU GO TO BACK, LIKE IT'S TWO MEETINGS BACK TO BACK, BUT IT'S LIKE THREE MONTHS APART, SO I GET TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION AGAIN.
UM, WE THINKING ABOUT GROUND BREAKING AND THAT WAS LAST YEAR, YOU ASKED, I KNOW THAT WAS LAST YEAR.
THINKING ABOUT GROUND, UH, THE, NOT GROUNDBREAKING BUT UM, RIBBON CUTTING AND SUCH, IS THERE KIND OF A THOUGHT OR TIMEFRAME IN GENERAL TIMEFRAME AT THIS POINT IN TIME OR AT END OF YEAR? END OF YEAR? YEAH, I'LL LET DAVID SPEAK TO THAT.
SO IT'S STILL EARLY ON TO SAY WHEN, BUT OUR GOAL IS THAT WITH THE NEW CONTRACTOR COMING ON, WE'RE GONNA ASK HIM TO
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SEQUENCE HIS CONSTRUCTION TO BE KIND OF BACK FORWARD.SO WE GET THE PLAZA DONE AND THEN WE'LL CAN DO SOME OF THE TIE-INS TOWARD THE MIDDLE AT THE END.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF, UM, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
SO OUR, OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO KIND OF GET THAT BACK IN DONE FIRST.
SO IF WE CAN GET TO SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION BY DECEMBER, WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE, BUT I'M NOT READY TO KIND OF SAY THAT'S FOR SURE YET UNTIL WE GET THAT CONTRACTOR ON BOARD AND WE KIND OF STARTED WORKING THROUGH HIS CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
BUT IT DOES LOOK GOOD IF WE CAN GET THIS OUT BEFORE SUMMER BEGINS AND HAVE A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD THAT WE SHOULD BE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT POINT FOR HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID GET TO UPGRADE WAS WITH THE LIGHTING POLE SINCE WE TOOK THAT OUT OF, UH, MEDINA'S CONTRACT, UM, HAPPENSTANCE IS THAT HE GAVE US THE WRONG POLES,
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLAZA POLES AND THE REST OF THE POLES IS RECEPT NUMBER OF RECEPTACLES.
SO BECAUSE WE INSTALLED THE PLAZA POLES AT THE BEGINNING, WE LOOKED AT WHAT A PRICING WOULD BE JUST TO HAVE ELECTRICAL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WAY WHERE WE HAVE RECEPTACLES ON EACH ONE OF THE POLES AND IT CAME IN THAT IT'S WORTHWHILE FOR US TO DO THAT IMPROVEMENT.
SO NOW WHEN WE START DOING THESE PLANNING FOR THESE UNVEILING, YOU HAVE, YOU COULD HAVE LIGHTS UP THERE, YOU COULD HAVE REALLY LIT UP SIGNAGE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT UNVEILING WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
HAS, HAS EVERYTHING, UM, ALSO GONE, GIVEN THAT THERE'S VERY LIMITED ONLY A FEW, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME RESIDENCES BACK THERE, THERE'S A CHURCH BACK THERE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OTHER SORTS OF 24 7 TYPES OF, UM, UH, PEOPLE, BUSINESSES.
HAS EVERYTHING GONE SMOOTHLY AS FAR AS THEY'RE CONCERNED? I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD HEAR FROM THEM, IF NOT, UM, RIGHT.
WE, WE HEARD FROM THE CHURCH A BIT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT UHHUH, BUT WE'VE SINCE THEN KIND OF GONE BACK AND TRYING TO KEEP COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHURCH.
UH, TO JUST KINDA LET 'EM KNOW KIND OF THE TIMELINE OF KIND OF WHAT, HOW THEIR PARKING WOULD BE DISRUPTED, ALTERNATE ROUTES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE THAT ALSO TO THEIR CONGREGATION.
AND THEN NEXT PROJECT, MOVING ON TO FOURTH STREET.
UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AN NTP VERY SOON.
WE ANTICIPATE END OF FEBRUARY, BEGINNING OF MARCH, UH, DUE TO SHIPPING DELAYS FOR THE STORM SEWER BOXES.
UH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND THAT'S GONNA BEGIN VERY SOON AS WELL.
JUST THAT BEING THE ONE THING THAT'S KINDA HOLDING IT UP, UH, YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUT OF THE ORDINARY THOUGH.
ONCE THEY GET THE JOB, THEN THEY HAVE TO ORDER THE BOXES AND THEN THEY HAVE TO CAST THE BOXES AND CURE AND THEN DELIVER 'EM.
SO, UH, THIS, I THINK THIS BEGINNING TIMEFRAME GIVES 'EM AN ADEQUATE TIME FOR STAGING AND PLANNING AND SCHEDULING AND GETTING READY TO MOBILIZE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DRAINAGE PROJECT? ALRIGHT, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.
[Business - F]
ITEM FOUR F IS DISCUSSION ON THE CITY COUNCIL DECISION REGARDING FUNDING MECHANISMS FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT SALARY INCREASES.UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS DISCUSSION, UM, I JUST WANNA SHARE A BIT FROM OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, SO DURING THESE MEETINGS, THE BOARD, UH, ALL BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM TAKING A PARTICULAR STANCE FOR OR AGAINST BALLOT ITEMS. UM, THOUGH YOU MAY DISCUSS PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OR IMPACTS OF SUCH OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS, YOU SHOULD REFRAIN FROM MAKING STATEMENTS THAT SUGGEST YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE POSITION OF THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.
BUT YOU MAY MAKE COMMENTS ON THE TOPIC, UM, AS THEY RELATE TO FACTS, AGAIN, CONSEQUENCES AND IMPACTS.
UM, SO AS I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HEARD, UM, ON JANUARY 20TH, THE CITY COUNCIL HEARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE POLICE SALARY EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER REALLOCATING SALES TAX REVENUE FOR, FROM THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, OUR TYPE A EDC, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY INVITED PRESIDENT BRIAN WHITE ON FEBRUARY 3RD TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL ON WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT WOULD BE.
AND HE DID, UH, FOLLOWING THAT PRESENTATION, CITY COUNCIL VOTED IN FAVOR OF PLACING AN ITEM ON THE BALLOT REQUESTING VOTER APPROVAL TO REDUCE OUR TYPE A FUNDING FROM HALF A PERCENT OF SALES TAX TO, UH, 20 POINT 25%.
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THE OTHER HALF WOULD BE REROUTED INTO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, UM, BRINGING THAT SALE, THE CITY'S SALES TAX TO 1.25%.UM, OUR TYPE B REVENUES WILL REMAIN THE SAME AT THEIR 0.5% COLLECTION RATE.
AND JUST LIKE TO JUST ALSO ADD A NOTE THAT THERE WAS AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR A FEW FOLKS AT CITY HALL, AND I HAD MARK JOINED AND LEE O'BRIEN JOINED AND MYSELF, WHO COULDN'T HAVE THE WHOLE BOARD DUE TO THE QUORUM ISSUES MM-HMM
UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST HEAR SOME OF THEIR, AND THEY MADE A PRESENTATION PUBLICLY IN THEIR MEETING, BUT WE GOT TO SEE PART OF THAT.
AND THEN ALSO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME ROBUST QUESTIONING AND DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, UH, TRYING TO GIVE, UH, THE EDCS PERSPECTIVES ON POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF PROJECTS.
UM, BUT WE DID PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS WELL AS THE, THE, A BOARD HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS TOO, I BELIEVE THERE THAT DAY.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UM, OR IF ANYONE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DISCUSSION ARE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS, UM, PUT A GREAT PAGE THAT COVERS ALL OF THE INFORMATION, THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, MAYBE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, AND YOU CAN FIND THAT AT, UM, RE TEXAS.GOV.
SO, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST GET FAMILIAR WITH IT.
WE CAN EMAIL THE DIRECT LINK FOR YOU, UM, AND IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, DIRECT THEM THERE FOR THAT INFORMATION.
WHEN WILL THE WORDING ON HOW IT'S GOING TO APPEAR ON THE BALLOT? UH, IT, IT'S ON THERE FOR YOU TO SEE EXACTLY.
AND I CAN SEND IT TO YOU AS WELL.
IT'S IN THE, UM, COUNCIL AGENDA PACKET WHEN THEY VOTED FOR IT TOO, SO A FEW PLACES YOU CAN FIND IT.
I, WELL, I WAS AT THAT MEETING, I GUESS I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE WORDING WAS GONNA BE.
AND, AND THAT'S GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? IT DID GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, YES, SIR.
IT WILL IF, UM, THE PROPOSITION PASSES.
WITH, WITH REGARDS TO, UM, TO BRIAN'S COMMENTS, UM, UM, THEY WERE VERY GOOD.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE, WE DO WORK.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, UNCERTAINTY, I WOULD SAY MM-HMM
ABOUT WHAT PROJECTS WE FUND IN, WHAT SORT OF TIMEFRAMES, UM, THAT EDCS FUND AND WHAT SORT OF TIMEFRAMES.
AND, UM, I FIND THAT FORTUNATE AND UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE ONLY PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE US ARE FUTURE PROJECTS.
UM, THEY'RE NOT, UH, KNOWN PROJECTS.
THEY'RE NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS.
THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE FUTURE PROJECTS AND THEREFORE, UH, I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME KNOWN, AND THERE ARE SOME UNKNOWN, BUT, UM, I, I JUST, THERE WAS ALSO A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, POTENTIALLY WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY JOBS WE CREATE.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
WE, WE FREQUENTLY HAVE HEARD THIS AS A DISCUSSION POINT, UM, ON THE EDCS MANY TIMES, UM, PAST, PRESENT, AND I'M SURE I'LL HEAR IT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE, UM, IT IS VERY TOUGH TO QUANTIFY WHENEVER YOU PUT IN ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW MANY JOBS THAT WE'LL CREATE NOW,
SO, UM, THE ONLY CERTAINTY IS THAT WHENEVER YOU PUT IT IN, THEY WILL COME.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CERTAINTY THAT YOU CAN PUT AROUND NUMBERS UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY DO A CONTRACT, WHICH WE'VE DONE SOME OF THOSE AS WELL.
UM, BUT THOSE DO LEAD TO DIRECT JOBS.
SO IT, I, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRACK.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT ANY CONTRACT THAT WE PUT FORTH TO PUT THAT NUMBER TOWARDS, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS LEADING TO DIRECT JOBS FOR THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SHORE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, AS JUST PART OF THE DISCUSSION TO, UH, PUT FORTH THAT THE EDC WILL CONTINUE ON OUR, UM, ON OUR GOALS AND PLANS, UM, TO BRING PRIMARY JOBS TO THE CITY OF SRE THROUGH ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE, WE HELP FUND.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY SELF SELF-EVIDENT.
UM, BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT RIGHT
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BEFORE THE, UH, IN THE DISCUSSIONS.SO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS? GOOD POINTS, MARK.
UH, WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS HERE BEFORE.
IT'S, UM, WE WANT TO DO THE BEST JOB WE CAN CONVEYING WHAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING, WHAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN.
UH, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE EASIEST THING TO PUT A METRIC TO.
UM, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I HAD A BUSINESS FROM KATIE REACH OUT AND WANT TO COME OVER HERE AND MAYBE DEVELOP HERE IN SHORE.
SO IS IT BECAUSE I WENT THERE AND TALKED TO THE, OR ATE LUNCH THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND MET THE GUY? PROBABLY NOT.
IT PROBABLY IS HELPFUL, BUT I'M SURE OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING IN THERE SAYING, OH, YOU NEED TO BE IN SHORE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT WEIGH INTO, UH, MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN, UH, WHICH WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT WITH, UH, THE RED RIVER REPORT COMING UP.
THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM.
[Business - G]
MOVE TO ITEM 4G, EXECUTIVE SESSION.PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7, 2 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, DISCUSS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, EDC PROPERTY, EDC OWNED PROPERTY 3 0 6 0 3 FM 10 93 AND 3 0 6 1 9 FM 10 93 RE, TEXAS 7 7 4 4 1.
AND WE'LL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:28 PM WE WILL CONVENE BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:16 PM IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN FORMALLY FROM, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION? NONE.
[Recurring Items - A]
ITEM FIVE.OUR RECURRING ITEMS. WE HAVE OUR FIVE A IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.
THE FIRST ITEM HERE, UH, IS THE UPDATE ON THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY STUDY, AND I'LL LET HAYDEN TAKE THAT ONE.
WELL, IT, IT TOOK US, UH, SOME GOING BACK AND FORTH ON IF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS HERE OR NOT, BUT, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE.
UM, WE DID FINALLY GET OUR, UM, THE COMPLETED WEST PARK TOLLWAY STUDY.
UM, THIS WAS FUNDED BY ABOARD, BUT IT IS RELEVANT FOR, FOR BOTH BOARDS IN THE CITY AT LARGE.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS, UM, THE UNDERPASS FOR THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY AT THE, UM, DOWNTOWN AREA IS FEASIBLE.
UM, BUT IT IS ABOUT A $10 MILLION, UM, DELTA BETWEEN THE OVERPASS OPTION.
UM, THAT IS LARGELY DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF A, UM, A RAILWAY EASEMENT, UM, THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE UNDERPASS.
UM, THERE IS A RAILWAY EASEMENT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE, UH, WEST PARK TOLLWAY.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, THERE IS NO RAILWAY ATTACHED TO THE OVERPASS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE UNDERPASS, WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOCATE FOR THAT.
UM, AT THE TIME IT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED BUMPING THE COST UP, UM, ABOUT $10 MILLION.
UM, CURRENTLY, UM, THIS STUDY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE TOLLWAY, UH, TOLLWAY AUTHORITY AND THE COUNTY, UM, TO TRY AND EXPLORE SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD FUND THAT OR IF WE COULD GET SOME SORT OF ALLOWANCE TO NOT INCLUDE THAT.
UM, BEING THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S PARTICULARLY REALISTIC THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE RAIL, UM, ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE WEST PARK TOLLWAY.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE A, A TON OF INFORMATION ON, ON THE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN, UM, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE TOLLWAY AUTHORITY, UM, OR THE COUNTY.
UM, BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AND WE ARE BEING CREATIVE, UM, WITH A WAY, UM, TO FUND THAT, THAT UNDERPASS OPTION.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEANCE THAT IT'S A, UM, A BETTER OPTION FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA, NOT ONLY FOR THE CORE DOWNTOWN, BUT THE BUSINESSES ACROSS 10 93 AS WELL.
UM, NOT ONLY AESTHETICALLY, BUT, BUT CONNECTIVITY WISE.
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UH, IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW EITHER THE UNDERPASS, UM, OR OVERPASS OPTION WOULD ALLOW FOR CONNECTIVITY, UM, AT, UH, 3 59 AS WELL AS, UH, WALLACE DOWN TO LAKE HILL FARM.UM, SO IN EITHER OPTION WE WOULD HAVE ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS, UM, TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WELL, THAT IS DEFINITELY, UH, GOOD RESULTS THERE.
UM, YEAH, THERE'S A LONG HISTORY WITH THE, UH, RAIL CORRIDOR.
UM, ORIGINALLY ALL OF THE PROPERTIES SOUTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 10 93 WERE LANDLOCKED BECAUSE OF THE RAIL LINES, AND THEN THEY SOLD TO METRO, METRO RESERVED, I THINK A SMALL PORTION.
AND SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY LINGERING EFFECT OF THAT, THOSE OLD AGREEMENTS.
[Recurring Items - B]
I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.UH, AT THE DECEMBER 16TH COUNCIL MEETING, UH, COUNCIL HEARD OUR REQUEST TO APPROVE THE FUNDING, UM, TO BE USED FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE.
AND, UM, THEY DID NOT APPROVE, UH, OF THAT MOVE.
AND SO WE ARE NOW BEING ASKED BY A BOARD TO REQUEST A JOINT MEETING WITH COUNCIL JUST TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT THAT DIRECTION LOOKS LIKE.
UM, THEY, THEY HAD A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR US.
ONE OF THEM WAS TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO JOIN OUR STAFF THAT WOULD FOCUS ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THE OTHER WAS FOR JUST MYSELF AND HAYDEN TO, TO TACKLE IT, UM, OR FOR THE BOARDS TO ASK THE HELP OF THE BOARD MEMBERS TO, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER TO REFRESH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, THERE'S A FEW CHALLENGES WITH ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS.
UH, A BOARD'S STILL ASKING FOR US TO FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH UPDATING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO WE ARE JUST HOPEFUL THAT IF WE GET A MEETING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE EDC AS A WHOLE AND COUNCIL WILL HAVE A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PRIORITIES THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EDC FOCUS ON.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? UM, JUST IN RESPONSE TO A COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU SAID.
ONE OF THE, THE, I MEAN, YOU ALL HAVE ENOUGH TO DO, UM, UH, BUT BEING THAT I'M RETIRED AND THAT WAS A LARGE PART OF MY CAREER, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU IN ANY WAY THAT, THAT I CAN, IN WHATEVER WAY THAT, THAT YOU NEED, NOT DELETE IT, BUT
TIME IS NOT REALISTIC WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE HELP.
IF WE WERE TO HAVE A, UH, JOINT MEETING WITH THE TWO BOARDS AND CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THIS, I'M ASSUMING THAT WOULD LIKELY BE AFTER THE ELECTION, OR SINCE YOU MAY HAVE NEW BOARD ME, NEW MEMBERS.
WELL, YOU WILL HAVE NEW MEMBERS, I GUESS.
I JUST WORRY ABOUT STARTING A PROCESS LIKE THAT AND NOT HAVING EVERYBODY ON BOARD TOGETHER.
THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
SO YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO SCHEDULE THAT MANY PEOPLE ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE, YOU KNOW, UH, AND I'LL SECOND WHAT DEBORAH SAID.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE, UM, Y'ALL HAVE YOUR PLATES FULL WITH NUMEROUS THINGS THAT THE BOARD HAS PLANNED AND THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN ACTIVE PURSUIT OF.
UH, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHAT OTHER OPTIONS MAY BE AVAILABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AN UPDATE.
I ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? WELL, AT THAT SAME MEETING, WE DID FINALLY GET OUR BYLAWS APPROVED.
SO WE HAVE NEW BYLAWS THAT ARE ALL, UM, IN STEP WITH CURRENT, UM, STATUTE.
AND THEN WE ALSO DID HAVE OUR SMALL BUSINESS GRANT, UH, APPROVED THE, THAT PROGRAM.
UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE DONE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO PROMOTE IT.
UM, WE'VE CREATED JUST PAPER MATERIALS, UM, VIDEOS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN ONLINE.
UM, WE'VE JUST ATTENDED VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONAL GROUPS AND ANNOUNCED IT TO THEM.
UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE THOSE PRINTED MATERIALS WITH US AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ON ANY BUSINESS VISITS THAT WE GO ON TO MAKE SURE OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE AWARE THAT THAT IS A
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RESOURCE FOR THEM.UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF, UH, THOSE MATERIALS WITH YOU, WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU AS WELL.
UM, AND IF YOU PREFER THE DIGITAL FORMAT, WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE ALL THAT LIVES ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, WITH FULL SHIFT FASTTRACK, ITEM FIVE, WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING THE BUSINESS DEPOT, UH, LUNCHEONS, UH, THANKS TO JEFF MURPHY WHO HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING TO KIND OF LEAD THOSE.
AND THEN MYSELF AND HAYDEN KIND OF STEP IN, UM, AND ALTERNATE ON THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK THERE WAS A SMALL PAUSE THERE IN THE CHANGE OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, SO JUST MAKE SURE, UM, THAT YOU'RE STAYING ON TRACK WITH THAT AND KEEPING UP WITH IT ONLINE.
WE DID, UM, CHANGE THE FACEBOOK PAGE THAT USED TO BE FULL SURE.
FAST TRACK, IF YOU'VE NOTICED.
WE'VE KIND OF BROADEN IN THAT A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UM, JUST KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT TO OFFER AND, UM, SO MANY NEW BUSINESSES AND, UM, WE'VE JUST, EVERYONE'S ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THOSE AVENUES TO GET ALL OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON OUT TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC EYE AND, UM, KIND OF KEEP EVERYONE INFORMED.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT GOING ON WITH YOUR NETWORKS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE GONNA BE SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
UM, THOSE WILL START IN APRIL.
UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE APRIL, UH, AUGUST AND OCTOBER ON THE CALENDAR, AND WE'LL PUT TOGETHER ALL THE MARKETING MATERIALS FOR THAT.
UM, BUT THAT WILL BE, UM, FOCUSED ON WHAT WE HEAR THE MOST THAT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES NEED HELP WITH.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT CONTINUE.
ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO REMEMBER CAME UP AT ONE OF THE FULCHER, I GUESS IT WAS THE JANUARY FULCHER FLASH TRACK IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WAS PARTICIPATING THERE MENTIONED HOW BENEFICIAL THAT EVENT WAS.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF IT? THE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR? THE, THE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR.
SO IS THAT ONE OF THE ONES THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT? UM, SO IT'S NOT IN THAT SERIES, PARTICULAR SERIES, BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH WHAT RECREATING THAT EVENT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
YEAH, IT JUST, IT JUST STUCK WITH ME BECAUSE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW, HOW MUCH SHE GAINED FROM THAT.
SO IT SEEMED, AND THEN I WENT TO IT AND IT DID SEEM LIKE A REALLY VERY WELL RUN.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST SAYING PUT THAT ON THE LIST.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK, UM, FROM THAT EVENT.
UH, YEAH, SO JEFF MURPHY WAS, UM, HE PARTICIPATED A LOT IN THE FULL SHARE FAST TRACK WHEN WE ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED WITH THE CANNON.
HE'S A RESIDENT OF WESTERN LAKES, UM, BUT IS VERY INVOLVED WITH OUR LOCAL CHAMBER AND ADVISOR.
UM, YES, HE, HE'S A FINANCIAL ADVISOR.
UM, BUT HE JUST REALLY HAS A HEART FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, NETWORKING AND CONNECTING THEM TO, UM, OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SAME SIMILAR EXPERIENCES TO JUST HELP THEM FIND SOLUTIONS THAT THEY NEED TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS OR STARVE THEIR BUSINESS OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR HIS EFFORTS,
ALRIGHT, UH, I'LL MOVE OVER TO ITEM SIX.
UH, I THINK I HAD, I GUESS IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THIS BOARD, BUT
UM, WE HAD PROBABLY THE MOST REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS, UM, WE'VE HAD AS OF YET IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, UM, FOR THIS MEETING.
UM, SO IT WAS JUST A PACKED SCHEDULE.
UH, AND WE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, MULTIPLE DEVELOPERS.
UM, WE'RE KIND OF, KIND OF SORTING THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND TRYING TO PLAY TETRIS WITH HERE'S ALL THE RETAILERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PURSUING THE SAME RETAILER OR THE SAME RESTAURANT FOR TWO SEPARATE SITES.
UM, SO WE, WE'VE, WE HAVE A LIST ALSO OF JUST FOLLOW UP MEETINGS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, SCHEDULE AND THEN MATERIALS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING FROM US.
SO JUST WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT MOMENTUM.
WE WILL HAVE A KIND OF A WRITTEN REPORT PROBABLY FOR YOUR NEXT AGENDA FOR YOU TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN SHARE, WE WILL SHARE IN A WAY THAT'S EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND WHAT WE CAN'T SHARE.
WE'VE ASKED THAT THEY REDACT IT, SO AT LEAST YOU HAVE A GENERAL IDEA, UH, OF WHO WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO OR WHO, UM, TYPE OF BUSINESS WHO, UH, RETAIL STRATEGIES HAS GOTTEN A CHANCE TO TALK WITH.
YEAH, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTIONS.
JUST TO CLARIFY RETAIL STRATEGIES THERE, THEY'RE ALSO RIGHT.
WE DID GET TO MEET WITH THEM IN PERSON THERE AS WELL AND KIND OF STRATEGIZE OUR DAYS.
SO, UM, IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL.
UM, IT WAS IN A NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR, UH, SAN ANTONIO INSTEAD OF DALLAS.
UM, SO YOU SAW A FEW DIFFERENT RETAILERS THAN WE TYPICALLY SEE IN DALLAS.
UM, BUT O OVERALL I THINK IT WAS A, A, A VERY BENEFICIAL EVENT,
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A VERY PACKED EVENT FOR US.AND IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE, UH, REGIONAL STRATEGIES THERE BECAUSE WE COULD DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
'CAUSE WE DID GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR THE SAME TIME SLOTS AND WE CAN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE.
UM, SO JUST BEING ABLE TO KIND OF GIVE THEM, HERE'S A LIST OF WHO WE NEED YOU TO TALK TO.
WE, WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS, UM, AND THEN REGROUP, SHARE INFORMATION AND GO FROM THERE WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
THAT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HEAR.
THANK Y'ALL FOR MAKING THAT EFFORT.
AND THEN ITEM SEVEN, THE GATEWAY SPEAKING.
SPEAKING OF THAT, REALLY BRIEFLY, IT GOES BACK TO THE CONCEPT OF THE PRIMARY JOBS REAL QUICK AND THE NUMBERS.
I WAS JUST THINKING TO MYSELF PROVE POSSIBLE.
UM, PROBABLE, WHICH IS A CATEGORY OF RESERVES IN MY LIFE.
UM, AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF CREATED, UM, POSSIBLE AND PROBABLE JOBS.
LIKE WE'VE CREATED THESE JOBS AND THE ONE, ALL THE INTERACTIONS YOU'RE DO, THOSE ARE ALL, EVERY ONE OF THOSE IS POSSIBLE JOBS FOR THE CITY OF RE MM-HMM
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT'S, UM, PUTTING IT ON OUR REPORTS AS THESE ARE THE JOBS OF, OF PEOPLE THAT JUST, JUST STARTED ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY OF SHORE.
AND THOSE THAT, THAT NUMBER'S CUMULATIVE.
AND THEN POSSIBLE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE CONTRACTED WITH US, Y'ALL GOT THEM THE SITE, THEY'RE READY TO GO AND THE POSSIBLE ARE ALL THE ONES THAT Y'ALL DEAL WITH AT EVENTS LIKE THIS MM-HMM
THE, THE TENS AND PROBABLY COMING UP ON HUNDREDS OF, OF RETAILERS THAT Y'ALL TALK TO.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL POSSIBLE JOBS FOR THE CITY OF RE SURE.
SO, UM, WE GET ASKED ABOUT NUMBERS ALL THE TIME.
I KNOW A POSSIBLE NUMBER IS ONE IS IS A NUMBER OF EVERYBODY I'LL INTERACT WITH.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROBABLE AND CREATED JOBS AS WELL IS SOMETHING WE REALLY, I KNOW IT'S TOUGH TO PUT A NUMBER TO THAT, BUT WE WE'RE, AS THESE, AS WE LIST THOSE, THOSE PLACES OFF THAT ARE OPENING UP STOREFRONTS PUT A NUMBER THAT'S A CREATED JOB, PRIMARY JOB FOR THE CITY OF SHORE.
I'M THINKING NUMBERS TONIGHT MORE THAN ANYTHING.
UH, AND IF I COULD JUST GO BACK TO ITEM FIVE ON THE SHORE FAST TRACK.
UM, I WAS TRYING TO DO 500 THINGS AT ONCE BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, BUT ONE OF THOSE WAS, WAS A PHONE CALL WITH THE PERSON WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THOSE INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S HAPPY BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE AT THE SAME TIME HE SAID, HEY ANELLE, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THREE OF THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAMS YOU HOSTED THROUGH FAST TRACK LAST YEAR, WE'VE NOW TAKEN TO HOUSTON AND THEIR ADVISORS THERE AND THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED, THE PROGRAM.
AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S GREAT FOR THEM,
AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO THE CANNON AND THEY'RE SETTING UP SHOP THERE.
AND I JUST THOUGHT WE COULDN'T, IT WAS HARD TO PROVE THEN THAT WE HAVE LOCAL TALENT THAT IS LEAVING.
UM, BUT YEAH, I I JUST THOUGHT, OH NO, I'M GONNA CRY
AND, AND HE SAID, I HAVE SO MANY OTHER STORIES AND I'M SO SORRY I DON'T HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW.
SO I, I DO HAVE TO CHECK BACK IN WITH HIM.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE MENTIONED YOU HAVE, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE THESE ROCK STARS WORKING IN CYBERSECURITY AND WORKING IN THESE, YOU KNOW, GLOBAL, UM, SPACES AND OUTTA THEIR HOUSE IN RE AND HE SAID, AND I'M ACTUALLY HELPING SOMEONE AND WE NEED TO FIND, UM, 2,500 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
AND I SAID, WELL, LET ME FIND IT
UM, AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN STAY HERE.
UM, BUT YEAH, I JUST, ALL MY ALARMS WERE LIKE, NO
UM, SO YES, METRICS ARE, ARE DIFFICULT.
IT'S HARD TO PROVE SOMETHING THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
IT'S HARD TO SAY, YOU KNOW, HAVE PATIENTS, HAVE FAITH, IF YOU WILL, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME.
IT TAKES TIME TO SEE THE END RESULT TO REALLY QUANTIFY WHAT THE INVESTMENT REALLY MEANS.
UM, BUT JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US SO FAR IN THESE EFFORTS AND UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST.
UM, DEBORAH, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, UM, THE FAST TRACK WE HAD STAFF THEN AND WE WERE ASKED TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM GOING AND IT'S JUST ME AND HAYDEN.
SO, UM, YOUR SUPPORT AND, YOU KNOW, BEING AVAILABLE TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP WITH THOSE THINGS IS, UM, REALLY, REALLY CRUCIAL TO MAKING SURE IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.
THERE'S ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL THAT THERE'S THAT ONE BIG DECISION THAT'S GONNA DECIDE THE FATE OF
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RE RIGHT.BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF LITTLE DECISIONS THAT Y'ALL MAKE OVER THE YEARS, IT'S REALLY GONNA DECIDE THE FATE OF GER.
OKAY, SO WHERE WAS I? WE WERE AT, UH, ITEM SEVEN, GATEWAY SIGN UPDATE.
UM, SO WE HAVE RECEIVED THE ENGINEERING PLANS AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH NEXT STEPS WITH THEM.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND SHARE MORE WITH YOU AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, NUMBER EIGHT, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, NOTICE FROM MR. LEO O'BRIEN, UM, WHO HAD TO RESIGN FROM THE BOARD.
UM, HE HAS A JOB ASSIGNMENT IN NORWAY, UH, AND HE WILL BE THERE FOR THE NEXT 14 MONTHS.
SO, UM, HE MISSED A FEW MEETINGS.
YES,
AND THAT THE SECOND HE GETS BACK, HE SAID, I'LL TRY MY BEST TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON, UM, WHILE I'M AWAY.
AND THE SECOND I'M BACK, I WILL REAPPLY TO HOPEFULLY REJOIN.
PREPARE, PREPARE YOUR QUESTIONS FOR, UH,
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ITEMS FOR ANELLE OR HAYDEN? UM, WHOEVER IS RUNNING THE EDC PAGE, FACEBOOK PAGE.
YEAH, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UM, HAS BEEN GREAT HELP WITH THE VIDEO THEY CREATED THAT, UM, TOMMY WAS A PART OF.
SO IT REALLY IS A TEAM EFFORT FOR, FROM ALL OF US HERE AT THE CITY.
I GOT, I GOT GREAT FEEDBACK ABOUT IT.
IT'S INTERACTIVE, IT'S INTERESTING.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, ANY TOPICS THAT YOU WANT US TO COVER, UM, WE WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UH, OUR PLAN IS TO SHARE NEW BUSINESSES COMING ONLINE.
UM, ANY ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OUR LOCAL BUSINESS, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT TOMORROW.
UM, SITES THAT ARE CURRENTLY LISTED, WE'LL BE POSTING ON THERE AND THEN AS SPACES COME AVAILABLE, WE'LL BE SHARING THAT.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING AND UM, THE FOSTER AT COLLECTIONS, JUST BROADENING THE SCOPE ON, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FRONTS THAT WE'RE ADVANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON.
AND THEN IF WE CAN INTERACT WITH THE PAGE SOME MORE, I MEAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE NEED TO INTERACT WITH THE PAGE SOME MORE.
THAT WAY PEOPLE, UM, IT GETS MORE TRAFFIC.
MORE INTERACTION, MORE TRAFFIC HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS? I KNOW THAT, UM, TOMMY AND I, YOU HAD, UH, REQUESTED THAT WE FIND SOME TIME TO ADD AN ITEM IN THERE, UM, EXPLAINING THE IMPORTANCE OF PLACEMAKING.
SO I'VE KIND OF STARTED WORKING ON IDENTIFYING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT LEADERS IN THE FIELD, UM, THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WE'RE READING SOME BOOKS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEEING IF THEIR MATERIAL ALIGNS WITH KIND OF THE VISION WE HAVE.
AND OUR HOPE IS MAYBE TO HAVE ONE OF THEM COME IN AND GIVE A PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL OR, UM, SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP LIKE THAT.
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ITEM FIVE C IS THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.UH, B BOARD AS WELL AS A BOARD.
UM, YOU HAVE ONCE AGAIN BEEN AWARDED THE ECONOMIC EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION AWARD BY TEDC.
UM, SO BOTH CORPORATIONS WERE AWARDED THAT.
UH, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR, UM, IN A ROW.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH, UM, Y'ALL'S INVOLVEMENT.
SO THE WORKSHOPS THAT YOU ATTEND, UM, THE COURSES THAT YOU TAKE, UM, THROUGH TEDC OR ANYTHING ELSE, UM, IT ALL GIVES US POINTS, UM, TOWARDS THOSE AWARDS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING SO INVOLVED.
UM, AND UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO SO AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BIG WALL FULL OF THEM.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, EVERYONE'S PROBABLY AWARE, BUT THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE ONGOING FOR THE MARCH 3RD PRIMARY, I BELIEVE EARLY VOTING GOES THROUGH THIS FRIDAY.
AND THEN DON'T CONFUSE THAT WITH CITY ELECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE MADE THIS SECOND.
UH, SO YOU'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND TODAY I SAW THEY DREW FOR THE BALLOT PLACEMENT, SO THAT'S DONE.
AND THEN I ALSO HEARD THAT THE NEXT PORTION OF THE TOLL ROAD
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IS GOING TO OPEN ON FEBRUARY THE 28TH.SO THAT WILL GET YOU OVER THE 1463 INTERSECTION
SO ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO, THAT'S A GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT,
ALL RIGHT, WELL, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND ANELLE HAYDEN, THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES.
WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? LET'S MOVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTIONS TO MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.
ALL OPPOSED, WERE ADJOURNED AT 7:39 PM.