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NOTHING TO HIDE.[ I. Call to Order]
ALL RIGHT, UH, LET'S SEE.IT'S 6:00 PM SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE, UH, THIS EVENING.
BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS FROM THE CITY, UH, APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S ATTENDANCE.
TONIGHT, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE RE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON MONDAY, APRIL THE 20TH, 2026 AT 6:01 PM ALL RIGHT.
ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SIR.
AND LOOKS LIKE NO COUNSEL LIAISON COMMENTS MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
THIS MEETING MIGHT BE OVER QUICK.
NO, I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT.
[ Business - A]
BUSINESS UNDER ITEM FOUR FOUR A AS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE MARCH 23RD, 2026 MEETING.UH, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE MINUTES IN YOUR PACKET FROM OUR LAST MEETING ON MARCH THE 23RD.
BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A QUORUM, RIGHT? JUST TO ASK THE QUESTION.
TOMMY, I THINK YOU'RE WAITING FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MEETING MINUTES.
IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SECOND, MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH THE 23RD.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[ Business - B]
B IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE MARCH 30TH, 2026 MEETING.THOSE WERE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH 30TH MEETING MINUTES.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
MOTIONS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MARCH 30TH, 2026 MEETING MINUTES.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[ Business - C]
C IS CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 2026.UM, THE SALES TAX REVENUES RECEIVED IN APRIL, 2026, WHICH ARE FEBRUARY 20, 26.
REMITTANCES WERE UP 12% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTALING $152,973 AND 68 CENTS.
UH, EACH CORPORATION SALES TAX REVENUES NOW TOTAL $930,798 AND 10 CENTS, OR 40% OF THE BUDGET, 42% OF THE YEAR COMPLETE.
SO WE'RE BACK, UH, TO, TO NORMALCY.
SO WE, WE DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS A TREND THOSE LAST TWO MONTHS BEING A LITTLE NEGATIVE, BUT, UH, UH, IT'S JUST AS WE EXPECTED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ANELLE OR HAYDEN? IF NOT, WE DO HAVE A PAYABLE OF $16,224 AND 46 CENTS THAT WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION AND GET APPROVED.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE PAYABLES OF $16,224 AND 46 CENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING, UH, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2026.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES.
ALRIGHT, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES, UH, INCLUDING THE PAYMENT OF $16,224 AND 46 CENTS TO THE CITY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
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ALL RIGHT.[ Business - D]
AND DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL FISCAL YEAR 27 CIP EXPENDITURES.AS, UH, DAVID MAKES HIS WAY UP HERE, UM, JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECTS.
UM, WE HAVE CAREFULLY, UH, COMBED THROUGH THE, THE CIP PROJECTS AVAILABLE AND NARROWED IT DOWN TO PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND THAT ARE MORE READY TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
SO, UM, DAVID WILL JUST SHARE ALL OF THOSE DETAILS AND YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
NO DECISION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, WE CAN ALWAYS GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AS WELL.
ANNETTE, BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, DAVE ANELLE IS THE, THE GOAL OF THIS IS FOR US TO TAKE THIS IN AND THEN AT A LATER MEETING, WE WOULD GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK ON WHICH PROJECTS MAYBE THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN.
AND IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, YOU'RE LEANING A CERTAIN WAY TONIGHT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE THAT WITH US AND WE WILL, WE WILL TALK TO DAVID AND THEN WORK THAT INTO OUR BUDGET PROCESS AS WE GET STARTED NEXT MONTH.
AND KIND OF AS ANELLE MENTIONED, UM, WE ARE GONNA PRESENT SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY SHOVEL READY, SOME THAT COULD BE, IF WE CAN, UH, DESIRE TO GO THAT ROUTE.
BUT REALLY WE JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A GENERAL SWATH OF PROJECTS COMING UP AS WELL AS FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN ASKING FOR ANY TYPE OF FUNDING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT JUST PUT THEM ON YOUR RADAR AS WE KIND OF GO FORWARD WITH THEM.
SO, UM, FIRST OFF, MATTHEW HAS A, UM, HAS HIS REPORT FOR, UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER FOR THE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY FUNDED, UH, WITH HARRIS STREET AND DOWNTOWN, UH, WHICH ARE GOING REALLY WELL.
BOTH OF 'EM ARE ON TRACK WHEN, I DON'T WANNA TAKE MATTHEW'S THUNDER, BUT JUST WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL.
JUST THANK Y'ALL FOR THAT, FOR THAT INVESTMENT.
SO THE CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE SOUTH FM 10 93 GRAVITY LINE IMPROVEMENT.
AND THIS ONE I WANTED TO WALK THROUGH JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR YOU, KIND OF JUST SEE WHAT THE IDEA FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE.
AND I DREW SOME COLORS AND I HEARD LAST TIME THAT WE, MAYBE IT WASN'T ZOOMED IN FAR ENOUGH AND I TRIED ZOOMING IN MORE, BUT I ASKED, I ADDED ARROWS, SO HOPEFULLY ARROWS HELP
SO THE IDEA IS THAT NORTH OF, UH, 10 93, UM, WE WANTED TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA BY ADDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED FOR DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN IN THAT AREA.
SO WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE IS THAT THIS ORANGE LINE WITH THE ARROW COMING IS GONNA, UM, BE A NEW SANITARY LINE THAT WOULD GRAVITY FEED SOUTHBOUND, AND IT'S GONNA FOLLOW THIS ORANGE LINE COMING DOWN LAKE HILL FARM WAY INTO LAKE HILL FARM LIFT STATION.
FROM THERE, THEN IT GOES BACK UP AND IS, UH, FORCE MAIN, THAT'S NOT A PART OF THIS PROJECT, BUT WE COULD, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT BRINGS IT UP TO THE GREEN LINE INTO THE DOWNTOWN WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY.
SO REALLY THE PROJECT IS THE ORANGE LINE ONLY.
NOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND THIS PORTION, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE DIVERSION LIFT STATION COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
NOW, DON'T GET MAD AT ME, BUT THIS WHITE LINE HERE IS, IT'S A STRAIGHT LINE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SCOPED YET, AND IT'S NOT LITERALLY STRAIGHT, IT'S JUST SAYING WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT WHEN WE GET INTO THE SCOPING, WHEN DIVERSION GETS CLOSER TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO A LINE TO BRING THE WASTE FROM LAKE HILL FARMS LIFT STATION INTO THE NEW DIVERSION LIFT STATION.
THAT, UH, NEW DIVERSION LIFT STATION, IS THAT PART OF GETTING RID OF THE PLANT IN THE MIDDLE OF 10 93? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT ABSOLUTELY IS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT ABSOLUTELY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE JUST OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND IT, IT ADDRESSES THE IMMEDIATE NEED AND THE DESIRE FOR THE CITY TO SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF 10 93.
AND THIS IS PUTTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND I WILL, ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, I, WE HAVE A FEW ON PROJECTS ON HERE, SO I WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM PRIOR TO, OR WE CAN KIND OF PROCEED AND YOU CAN SAVE 'EM BEFORE THE END, KIND OF WHICHEVER WAY YOU'D LIKE.
WHAT IS, UM, WHAT'S THE JUST TIMEFRAME AS FAR AS HOW LONG? MAKE SURE YOUR MIC'S, OH, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME AS FAR AS HOW LONG THIS PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO RUN? SO BECAUSE THIS GRAVITY LINE IMPROVEMENT IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, WE DO SEE THAT BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN A SINGLE FISCAL YEAR AND THAT, INCLUDING DESIGN, UM, THAT MAXI WILL TAKE A YEAR AND A HALF.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING A DIFFERENT CONTRACTING VESSEL, DOING A DESIGN BUILD TO WHERE YOU CAN KIND OF SKIP THAT INTERIM FROM DESIGN WORK INTO CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT WOULD JUST SHORTEN THAT DOWN BY THREE, MAYBE FOUR MONTHS.
'CAUSE YOU'D HAVE THE DESIGNER AND THE CONSTRUCT, UH, CONTRACTOR WITHIN THE SAME PARTY TO DO THE WORK.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE WRF IS CONCERNED, UH, WHEN DO YOU, ARE YOU PROJECTING, UH, DECOMMISSIONING AND DEMOLITION? SO THAT IS STILL A BIT
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FLUID, BUT OUR EARLIEST WOULD PROJECT OUT TO HAVE A DECOMMISSION BY 2030.THERE'S A LOT OF GEARS THAT NEED TO KIND OF LAY THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY.
AND THAT KIND OF LEADS INTO MY NEXT CAVEAT TO SOME OF THE WASTEWATER AND WATER PROJECTS OVERALL, THAT ONCE WE GET SOME OF THE DUST SETTLING WITH PROJECTS THIS YEAR, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO FORECAST A LOT BETTER FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
SO THERE'S JUST PIECES THAT HAVE TO FALL.
SO EARLIEST 30, BUT LATEST, I'D SAY 2032.
UM, JUST AS LONG AS EVERYTHING KIND OF FALLS INTO PLACE.
ANY OTHER ONES ON THIS ONE? ALRIGHT.
AND YOU SAID THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED THAT THEY HAVE, UM, AN IMPACT OR, UM, PURPOSE THAT WOULD FIT WITH, UH, THE EDCB BOARD'S, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES? YES, SIR.
SO THE NEXT PROJECT IS, UM, D 22 A, WHICH IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ONGOING RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S THE DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE FREE FLOWING, UH, SHEET FLOWING WATER COMING DOWN FROM THE HUGGIN DIXON AREA THROUGH HUGGINS DOWN INTO THE TRIBUTARY.
UM, THIS PROJECT WAS KIND OF BROUGHT BACK FORWARD, UM, AS IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN INTEREST IN EDC PREVIOUSLY, UM, TO, UM, IMPROVE SOME OF THE DRAINAGE IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS AND HELP SPUR THAT TYPE OF GROWTH IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, NOW ON THE EDC ASK, WE PUT A NUMBER IN THERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS BEING A ONE FOURTH OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, BUT WE WANTED JUST TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU.
UM, IF IT'S, IF Y'ALL DESIRE TO LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, WE CAN TALK WHAT IT WOULD, WHAT REALLY LOOK LIKE, BUT IT'S REALLY WAS JUST A, A NUMBER THAT WE WANTED TO PUT FORTH TO Y'ALL OF WHAT WE COULD SEE AS BEING, I MEAN, A GOOD, I GUESS TALKING POINT TO START AND NOTHING SET IN STONE.
AND KIND OF LIKE I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, THE A DC BOARD IS LIKE, WE'RE VERY EARLY ON IN THE CIP PROJECTS, SO I'M STILL DEVELOPING SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT WHAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND HOW WE KIND OF PROGRESS FORWARD.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS YEAR FOR THE CITY WITHOUT SAYING, HERE YOU GO.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS, WE JUST WANNA PRESENT THEM TO Y'ALL.
HOW DOES, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFICS, HOW DOES THIS ONE FIT IN WITH THE EAST PROJECT? WE'VE ALREADY GOT UNDERWAY.
IS THAT JUST THE, FROM THE FOURTH STREET SEGMENT AND THAT WOULD CONNECT IN WITH THIS.
SO FOURTH STREET CONNECTS INTO THIS SEGMENT, AND THEN THE WATER FLOWS DOWN FROM HERE SOUTHBOUND TOWARDS 10 93 AND THEN THROUGH 10 93 INTO SRE LAKES, I THINK IS THE SRE LAKE, WHAT USED TO BE, WHAT USED TO BE MM-HMM
SO THIS WOULD BE THAT CONTINUATION OF THAT SHEET FLOW FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA INTO WELL NORTH AND DOWNTOWN AREA INTO THIS TRIBUTARY DOWN SOUTH, GETTING IT OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS ONE? SO THIS PROJECT, WE WERE ESTIMATED 5.2.
UM, WHAT THE POTENTIAL ASK, WE WERE ASKING ABOUT WHAT ABOUT JUST UNDER A QUARTER, WHICH WOULD BE 1000001.1 PER RESPECTIVELY, AS FAR AS THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, LOOKING AT THE LAND RIGHT AROUND THAT AREA, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS MORE SLATED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT VERSUS COMMERCIAL AND OTHER O UH, OPTIONS? SURE.
SO WE WERE WORKING ON A MAP THAT WOULD DISTINGUISH THAT, BUT WE ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD BE DEFINITELY MORE THAN THAT 25% THAT WE PUT IN THERE AS THE EDC ASKED AND WE WERE GOING TO PROVIDE.
THE OTHER E BOARD ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION.
WE WERE WORKING ON THAT DRAINAGE MAP TO KIND OF SHOW, AND WE ARE HAVING TO UPDATE SOME OF THOSE DRAINAGE MAPS BECAUSE OF ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DRAINAGE IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHOW AN ACCURATE DEPICTION OF WHICH ONES WOULD BE AFFECTED WITH THIS PROJECT.
IS THIS A PROJECT THAT'S, IT'S ALREADY STARTED AND THEN THIS WOULD JUST HELP CONTINUE THAT OR FINISH IT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? PERFECT.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA JUMP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROJECT THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WITH FOURTH STREET.
AND THAT'S THE CONNECTION AT FM, UH, 3 59 AT FOURTH STREET.
THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING SINCE I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS,
BUT, UM, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THIS WOULD BE THE INLET OR THE INFLOW FOR FOURTH STREET THAT WOULD GO OUT INTO THE TRIBUTARY AND THEN TAKE ALL THE WATER OUT.
SO PART OF THIS PARCEL IS GONNA BE DOING SOME OF THAT OPEN, UM, DITCH REGRADING AND DOING SOME OF THAT WORK THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF KIND OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO BLOCKS IN EITHER DIRECTION THAT WOULD BE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY MORE, BUT DIRECT IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF ABOUT TWO BLOCK RADIUS
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FROM THIS PROJECT SITE THAT WOULD TAKE THE WATER INTO FOURTH STREET AND OUT INTO THE TRIBUTARY AND TAKE IT DOWN THE, THE DRAIN PATHWAY FROM THERE.WOULD THAT DO ANY WORK ON THE LITTLE STORM SEWER IN FRONT OF THE, WHAT USED TO BE THE OLD LIBRARY OR DO YOU KNOW THAT OFFHAND OR IT, IT WAS THE SCOPE WAS TO INCLUDE THAT PORTION.
I KNOW THAT AREA HAS BEEN A LITTLE PROBLEMATIC IN THE PAST WITH SOME WATER PONDING AT FIFTH STREET IN 3 59 AND THEN THAT STORM SEWER, I ALWAYS HEARD THERE WAS GAPS IN IT OR RIGHT.
LIKE SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT THERE.
AND, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA BE TOUCHED WHEN WE FINISH UP THE HARRIS STREET PORTION AS WELL AS THE WALLACE PORTION.
I MEAN, ALL OF THESE ARE GONNA START CONNECTING IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT DRAINAGE AND HOW WE ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE ISSUE IN DOWNTOWN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS ONE? SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.
JUST, UH, YES, FROM, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH TDOT, WHAT, UH, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE TDOT IS LOOKING AT FOR WHATEVER WORK THEY MAY END UP DOING ON THAT STRETCH? SO, T DOT WE'RE IN THE ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH TDOT AND WE HAD A MEETING LAST MONTH WITH THEM, AND THIS IS A PRIORITY AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WHEN THE CITY'S READY TO START MOVING ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, TEXDOT WILL KIND OF FALL IN LINE WITH IT.
BUT WE, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE WANTED TO PUT FORWARD AS AN IMPORTANCE FOR THE CITY.
AND ONCE WE GONNA GET THE GREEN LIGHT SEEN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, THEN WE CAN DEFINITELY PUSH IT FORWARD WITH TXDOT.
BUT HAS TDOT GIVEN A YEAR AS TO WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY HAVE NOT LOOKING AT, BECAUSE THE CITY STILL DO NEEDED TO DO OUR PART OF WHEN IT WOULD BE READY FOR OUR PRO CIP PROGRAM TO PUT THIS ON.
AND THIS IS A NEWER ONE ON OUR CIP PROGRAM, IT KIND OF FELL OFF AND THEN IT CAME BACK ON.
SO IT'S KIND OF BEEN, I KNOW WITH DRAINAGE SPECIFICALLY, UM, FUNDING HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE, UM, BECAUSE WE ALL KIND OF KNOW THAT IDEA IS LIKE, UNLESS IT RAINS, EVERYBODY FORGETS ABOUT DRAINAGE.
DRY SPELLS IN THE MIDDLE, SO I THINK DRAINAGE KIND OF FELL OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DEFINITELY ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE MORE WATER COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO I WANT TO KIND OF GET PREEMPTIVELY READY FOR THAT.
ESPECIALLY SINCE Y'ALL DID THE INVESTMENT FOR FOURTH STREET.
I MEAN, IT'D BE IDEAL TO HAVE AN INTAKE FOR THE FOURTH STREET TO TAKE IT OUT.
SO, BUT THIS MAYBE I'LL, I'LL ASK ANOTHER QUESTION TO SEE IF IT DOVETAILS WITH YOURS.
BUT THIS IS A, WOULD BE A CITY PROJECT, THE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CITY PROJECT, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO GET PERMITS AND EVERYTHING FROM TXDOT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE A TDOT NO BID PROJECT, CORRECT? NO, IT WILL NOT.
BUT THE, THE ISSUE, THE, THE ISSUE AND THE, UH, QUESTION AT ALL TIMES IS AS TEXT DOT THEN, UH, STARTS PURSUING THAT ANY CHANGES MAY HAVE AN IMPACT DOWN THE DOWN THE LINE ON WHAT WHATEVER WE END UP DOING.
AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, ON OCCASIONS BEFORE YOU DO SOMETHING AND THEN TEXT DO OR A STATE AGENCY DECIDES, OH, WE'RE GONNA DO THE FOLLOWING, SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TEAR OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN.
AND, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL GOSH, WE COULD HAVE USED THAT MONEY ELSE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN.
SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'D BE LOOKING IN TO PUT THIS ONE TEXTILE HAS THE OPEN CURB, OPEN DITCH PROFILES ON 3 59.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO KIND OF COME BACK AND DRESS UP TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE CONVEYANCE.
BUT THE PORTIONS THAT WE WOULD LOOKING AT WOULD BE KIND OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY HAVE OUTSIDE OF THAT FROM BASICALLY WHERE THE BRAKE LINE IS FOR THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT AS IT KIND OF GOES TOWARD 3 59.
THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT WITH THIS PROJECT THAT WE BEGIN TO SCOPE THIS OUT.
DOES THAT HELP? AND WE ARE, I MEAN, WE ARE, PERMITS ARE GOING A LOT FASTER NOW.
WE ARE DOING ONE WITH, UM, WITH, UH, TEXT OUT THAT WE PUT IN LAST WEEK FOR 10 93, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE RESPONSE BACK THAN TYPICAL.
UM, AND JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, I I CAME FROM FEDERAL WORLD WHERE WE MADE SURE TO HOLD UP THE PERMITS LOT LONGER THAN TDO IS DOING
SO I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT WORKING WITH TEXT OUT THERE, KIND OF TURNING THESE PERMITS BACK OVER.
SO FUTURE PROJECTS, AND I'M GONNA PREFACE THIS.
I'M SAYING THAT THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF, BUT WE KIND OF WANTED TO BRING THEM BACK FORWARD TO Y'ALL SO THAT YOU KINDA SEE THAT THEY ARE ON OUR RADAR AS MUCH AS THEY ARE ON YOUR RADAR.
AND AS FOR THIS ONE SPECIFIC ONE IN THE BEGINNING, Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR US TO START HELPING DEVELOP THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE, BUT WE DO HAVE IT LISTED ON OUR CIP PROGRAM JUST SO THAT WE'RE AWARE THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANCE OF A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT THE CITY THINKS IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT.
SO WE HAVE IT ON OUR CIP PROGRAM.
SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE, I PUT THE MOST AMOUNT OF ASTERISKS THAT I CAN PUT IN FRONT OF THIS
AND IT COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON A LOT OF VARIABLES.
AND AS WE LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE, UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONTEMPLATION OF, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING WITH
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ANOTHER AGENCY THAT, UH, YES SIR.THERE, THERE HAS, UM, THERE'S VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE ONGOING.
AND THEN, UM, I JUST ALSO WANNA MENTION, WE WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE TO ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS DOWNTOWN SO THAT WE CAN PULL RESOURCES AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A REGIONAL BENEFIT HERE.
UM, BUT WE DID A COMMISSION, THE DENSITY STUDY, WHICH YOU ALL SHOULD BE SEEING THE RESULTS OF PRETTY SOON HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN SCHEDULE A JOINT MEETING TO HAVE THAT PRESENTED TO YOU AND THEN SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARKING STRUCTURE.
AND, UM, WE SHOULD AT THAT POINT GET A MORE, UM, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION COST.
UM, I HAVE A, YES, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, UH, ON THIS SINCE THIS I THINK ALL CAME, UH, GOT STARTED ANYWAY BEFORE I WAS INVOLVED, BUT THE 2 68, WHERE DID THAT NUMBER, AND THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR ANELLE OR HAYDEN, THE NUMBER OF SPACES, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? SURE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT 2 68 IS, UM, CLOSE TO WHAT WE'RE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT WAS CLOSER TO 1 78.
UM, BUT YEAH, THIS JUST DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS ON DIFFERENT LEVELS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THERE'S DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS OF BASED ON WHICH STAKEHOLDER YOU ASK.
SO WE JUST TRIED TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS AND OKAY.
SO'S A NUMBER THAT MIGHT CHANGE.
AND, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY, UM, AS THIS MIGHT COME UP IN THE FUTURE IS I WANNA GO ON THE RECORD AS SAYING I WOULD LOVE FOR THE DOWN THE DOWNSTAIRS, THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE PARKING GARAGE TO BE, UM, RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL MM-HMM
AND TO HAVE EDC COWORKING SPACE IN IT, AND POSSIBLY AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SPACE WHERE WE COULD, UM, LIKE HELP, UH, MOVE HOME-BASED BUSINESSES, UH, AS THAT ARE MOVING TOWARDS, UM, BRICKS AND MORTAR TO HAVE A SPACE FOR THEM AS WELL.
I'VE SEEN IT WORK IN MANY DIFFERENT TOWNS.
AND, UM, UH, I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY THAT AND I'LL BRING IT UP ANOTHER TIME.
ONE, WE'RE
I DID COME FROM A CITY THAT DID EXACTLY THAT AND IT WORKED EXTREMELY WELL.
I, AND I'VE SEEN THAT SO MANY TIMES.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE GOT SOME BACKGROUND YES MA'AM.
THAT ALL, OH, YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT AN ASTERISK BY THE COST
COULDN'T PUT IT OVER EVERYTHING, BUT YES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT THIS ONE FORWARD WITH YOU ALL AGAIN, UM, THAT WE DO HAVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGNS FOR THIS AND WE ARE BASICALLY JUST WAITING FOR TEX OUT'S LAST LITTLE BIT OF LETTING OR LAST BIT OF ACQUISITION TO BE DONE SO THAT THEY CAN GO INTO LETTING PHASE.
SO I WANTED TO PUT THIS ONE FOR IN FRONT OF Y'ALL.
I'M NOT FOR AN ASK, BUT MORE SO JUST MAKING Y'ALL AWARE THAT WE DO HAVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH STOPPING FROM FORT BEND COUNTY IF I SAID TEX NOT, I MEANT FORT BEND COUNTY FOR MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING THIS FISCAL YEAR OF THEM KICKING THIS ONE OFF.
IS THAT ON THE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WALLACE STREET PROJECT? YES, AND YES.
THIS IS WEST SIDE, BUT YES, THIS IS THE CROSSING STREETS OF FIRST THROUGH FIFTH, AND THEN WALLACE WOULD BE THAT BORDERING ROAD.
UM, I THINK I HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE ON THERE FOR WALLACE, BUT THERE ARE ONE IN THE, I MEAN, THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE COINCIDING RIGHT FROM, FROM UM, EACH OTHER.
AND WE'RE, THE BIGGEST THING IS FOR US IS ENSURING THAT THE SEQUENCING WORKS SO THAT WE HAVE, DON'T HAVE THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OF OUR DOWNTOWN UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT INCLUDES HARRIS STREET.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT SEQUENCING DOES AND HAPPENS CORRECTLY AND WITH ENOUGH TIME FOR THE RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE OF THESE CHANGES AND THAT WE KIND OF JUST PLAN OUT FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GONNA EXPECT TO SEE.
'CAUSE IF HARRIS TAUGHT US ANYTHING THAT THERE'S CAN BE SOME UNFORESEENS THAT HAPPEN AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT A GOOD GRIP ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THIS PROJECT, THESE THREE PROJECTS.
SO I THINK I WENT INTO BOTH, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR WEST SIDE DOWNTOWN STREET RECONSTRUCTION OR HARRIS STREET, UM, WE DEFINITELY CAN FILL THOSE.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN EDC ASK MORE JUST ON Y'ALL'S RADAR THAT IT'S COMING UP.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER LARGER QUESTIONS, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THANKS FOR, UH, YOUR TIME BEING HERE TONIGHT.
YOU, UH, PRESENTING THESE AND THOSE LOOKS LIKE A GREAT, A LOT OF GREAT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY HERE.
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E UPDATE ON THE EDC FUNDED CIP PROJECTS, HARRIS STREET AND DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.SO I'LL GO INTO HARRIS STREET UPDATES.
SO WE HAVE A BIG UPDATE TODAY FOR HARRIS STREET, THE LANDSCAPING WORK FOR PHASE ONE, UM, PERFORMED BY SILVER SAND.
THEY HAVE MOBILIZED TODAY, SO THEY'LL BEGIN WORK ON THAT AND SHOULD TAKE NO MORE THAN A COUPLE WEEKS OR SO FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY IT STARTED RAINING, HUH? RIGHT.
I KNEW THEY HAD TO BE A REASON, BUT YEAH, SO, UH, FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PHASE TWO OF THE, THE PROJECT ITSELF, WE OPENED BIDS ON MARCH 31ST AND TOMORROW AT CITY COUNCIL WE WILL BE, UH, APPROVING THE NEW CONTRACT, HOPEFULLY.
SO, UH, AS FAR AS DG MEDINA BUSINESS, SO DID YOU GET A GOOD, A PRETTY GOOD, UH, INTEREST IN THE BIDS AND GET A THINK YOU GOT A GOOD FAIR AMOUNT OF BIDS TO COMPARE? WE DID.
SO, UH, WE DID PAY OUT THE FINAL PAYOUT FOR DG MEDINA AND WITH JUST THE RETAINAGE PAYMENT, UH, I GUESS NEGOTIATION STILL ONGOING WITH THEM, BUT, SO AFTER THAT, THAT WILL BE ALL PAYMENTS FOR DG MEDINA.
SO JUST ABOUT THROUGH WITH, WITH THEM, UM, DO YOU ANTICIPATE OUR FUNDING LIMITS WOULD BE CHANGED OR ARE WE STILL THINKING WE'RE THE EDC WOULD BE WORKING UNDER THE EXISTING BUDGETS WE HAD COMMITTED? YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT YET TILL LET YOU GET THROUGH CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW, BUT OKAY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT, IT'S NO WORRIES.
IS THERE A LIMIT, LIKE FROM STILL WITHIN SCOPE? YES, WE'RE WITHIN BUDGET.
YEAH, WE'RE, WELL, I MEAN, THIS PROJECT HASN'T TAKEN THE NORMAL COURSE DUE TO THE CONTRACTOR FOR SURE.
WHENEVER YOU HAVE A HANDLE ON THAT, IF IT'S DIFFERENT, LET US KNOW.
OH MY GOSH, I DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A MAY, UM, NOTICE TO PROCEED OR POSSIBLY EVEN MIGHT BE SOONER LATE APRIL.
SO IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL TOMORROW, UM, WELL THAT'S BEEN A HANDFUL, SO I KNOW IT HASN'T BEEN FUN ON YOUR SIDE.
I MEAN, WE GET REPORTS ON IT, BUT Y'ALL ARE LIVING IT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, IT'S BEEN FUN.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON HARRIS STREET? ALRIGHT, MOVING TO DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE, DRAINAGE FOURTH STREET.
UM, SO THE CONTRACTOR MOBILIZED A FEW WEEKS AGO AND HAS BEEN MOVING VERY STEADILY, UH, WITH THEIR STORM SEWER BOX INSTALLATION FROM THE TRIBUTARY UP TO THE SIMS INTERSECTION AS OF NOW.
UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A FEW UTILITY CONFLICTS, UM, IN THAT INTERSECTION IN PARTICULAR, UH, WORKING ON SOME WATERLINE ISOLATION, UH, COUPLE THINGS TO SORT OUT, BUT THEY, UH, WE'LL GET THROUGH WITH THE STORM SEWER IN THAT INTERSECTION AND THEN GO AHEAD WITH THE PAVING FROM, UH, HOUSTON TO SIMS BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PORTION TO, TO WILSON.
SO, UM, WE WILL BE, IT IS CLOSED NOW.
THE INTERSECTION IS CLOSED, UH, FOR THE STORM SEWER WORK AND THAT WILL PROBABLY LAST ABOUT A MONTH.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR FOURTH STREET.
I THINK, UH, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE QUESTION WISE, SO THANKS FOR, UH, CONTINUING TO UPDATE US ON BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S GREAT TO SEE 'EM MOVING AHEAD.
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F IS OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION ANELLE, DO WE HAVE A, YOU NEED TO, WE DO.ARE WE GONNA HAVE AN UPDATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? ALRIGHT, SO I VERY QUICK UPDATE.
HAVE FOUR F AS EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION CODE 5 5 1 0 7 2 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
DISCUSS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND 5.5 51.087
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 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.WE'LL ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SIX SESSION AT 6:30 PM ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, WE'RE ADJOURNED OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:39 PM
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IS THERE ANY ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN? MEANING NONE, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE.[ Recurring Items - A]
RECURRING ITEMS FIVE A IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.WE'VE GOT A SHORT REPORT, UH, FOR THIS MONTH.
I'LL START OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICATIONS.
THOSE WERE DUE ON THE 17TH, SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU, UM, THAT RESUBMITTED.
THEY ARE IN THE FILE AND, UM, WE WILL HOPE FOR THE BEST
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE UPCOMING BUDGET SCHEDULE.
SO JUST LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS WILL HOLD.
SO NEXT MONTH IN MAY, WHICH NOW WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS ACTUALLY OUR MAY MEETING.
SO IT MIGHT, YES, I'M JUMPING AROUND HERE, BUT, UM, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF THE LAYOUT OF BUDGET CYCLE, HOW IT'S, UM, LAID OUT, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'LL MOVE IT AROUND.
BUT FOR MAY WE'LL JUST COME BACK AND PRESENT YOU THE MIDYEAR BUDGET REPORTS.
YOU'LL GET TO SEE THE A SA AND KIND OF OUR BUDGET PARAMETERS FOR THE YEAR AND OUR FUNDING PRIORITIES.
SO WE'LL TALK AGAIN ABOUT WHICH PROJECTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE FORWARD WITH AT THAT TIME.
IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF JUST CIP THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PURSUE AND BUDGET FOR, THEN YOU CAN LET US KNOW AND WE WILL WORK IT INTO THE BUDGET.
THEN FOR JUNE, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A DRAFT, UH, OF THE BUDGET AND A DRAFT OF THE A SA AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW AND DISCUSS, MAKE ANY EDITS THAT YOU, UH, MIGHT WANT TO SEE.
AND THEN IN JULY, THAT'LL BE THE MONTH WHERE WE'LL ADOPT OUR BUDGET, ADOPT OUR A SA, DECLARE ANY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TO BY STATUTE HOLD THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND POST THAT THOSE, UH, PUBLIC NOTICES.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, ON, UM, THE PROCESS OR THE SCHEDULE, I'M HAPPY TO JUST SEND THAT IN AN EMAIL AS WELL SO YOU CAN REFER BACK TO IT.
UM, BUT I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE, SO IT'S PROBABLY KIND OF COMING ALL BACK.
SO ITEM THREE UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE DID HAVE THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF THREE ENTREPRENEURIAL WORKSHOPS.
YOU PARTICIPANTS CAN, CAN SIGN UP AND PARTICIPATE IN JUST ONE OF THE THREE OR ALL THREE.
IT'S REALLY UP TO THEM, BUT IT'S BUILT SO THAT, UM, THEY CAN STILL FIND IT PRODUCTIVE, WHETHER IT'S ONE OR ALL.
THE SECOND WORKSHOP OF THE THREE PART SERIES WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AT IRENE STERN.
AND, UM, DEBRA, I KNOW YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND FOR A PART OF IT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING ABOUT, UM, THE WORKSHOP? SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT,
I MEAN, THE, UH, THE, THE TOPIC IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
HE LOOKED LIKE I DIDN'T STAY THE WHOLE DAY.
SO YOU AND I ARE JUST GONNA TALK, UM, I THINK, UH, MR. OTU WAS THERE FOR A WHILE ALSO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID, I THINK HE TOLD YOU AND I WAS THAT, WHICH MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE, IS THAT A TIME, UM, TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE ONES THAT ARE DONE IN AN EVENING, UM, UH, JUST BECAUSE PERHAPS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTREPRENEURS ALSO AS THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR BUSINESS, ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PERMANENT JOB AS WELL.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT WAS THE ONE COMMENT THAT HE HAD, BUT, UM, I WASN'T REALLY THERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE WHAT THE WHOLE DAY WAS LIKE.
I KNOW Y'ALL WERE THERE IN THE MORNING AND THEN THE LATE AFTERNOON, BUT, UM, UH, IT WAS NICE TO, UM, MEET SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PARTICIPATING MM-HMM
AND THINKING ABOUT OPENING BUSINESSES OR TRYING TO, OR WORKING DOWN THAT DIRECTION.
YEAH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED AND THEN CONTINUE TO MARKET THE UPCOMING, UH, TWO OTHER WORKSHOPS AS WELL.
UH, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT REGISTERED THAT COULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THIS FIRST ONE, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SHOW UP TO THAT SECOND AND THIRD.
AND THEN SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET DID GET FROM THE FACILITATOR WAS THAT, UM, HE WORKS WITH THE
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FOUNDER INSTITUTE AND HE WORKS A LOT IN THE REGION AS A WHOLE, UM, ALL AROUND HOUSTON.AND HE DID SHARE THAT WHAT'S VERY UNIQUE TO RE IS THE ENTREPRENEURS HERE AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE VERY READY TO HELP EACH OTHER.
IT'S MORE COLLABORATIVE AND TRANSPARENT.
HE SHARED THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN HIS EXPERIENCE IN OTHER CITIES, THAT HE'S FACILITATED THESE KINDS OF WORKSHOPS.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO SHARE.
UM, AND SO THAT THAT CREATES A LOT OF, UM, DOUBLE WORK, IF YOU WILL.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, HE WAS SAYING THAT A LOT OF THE ISSUES THEY WERE FACING AS INDIVIDUALS, UM, WERE VERY COMMON.
AND SO WHEN THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH TALKING ABOUT THEM OUT LOUD, OPENLY WITH THE GROUP, THEN THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO COLLECTIVELY FIND SOLUTIONS SPECIFIC TO EACH OF THEIR BUSINESS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EXTREMELY DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME ISSUES.
SO, UM, I THINK IT WAS VERY VALUABLE FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED.
SO THAT MAKES ME, UH, WONDER, UH, SINCE I, LIKE I SAID, WASN'T THERE THE WHOLE DAY.
SO THE PARTS THAT I DID SEE WERE HIS DOING ONE-ON-ONE.
AND THEN, UM, UH, JEFF ALSO DOING ONE-ON-ONES TO THE OTHER, THE OTHER CONSULTANT THAT WAS THERE.
SO THERE WERE TIMES WHERE ALL OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS OR WOULD BE OWNERS WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AS A GROUP SHARING WITH EACH OTHER TOO.
YEAH, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THERE, THERE'D BE INSTRUCTION ON A TOPIC, YOU KNOW, COMMON PRACTICES RAISE YOUR, YOUR HAND.
AND A LOT OF THAT REGISTRATION, UM, FORM THAT THEY FILLED OUT, WE KNOW WHAT FACE OF BUSINESS THEY'RE IN, WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES ARE.
SO ALREADY THAT FACILITATOR WAS PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFIC GROUP.
UM, SO THEN THEY WOULD BREAK OUT AND DO KIND OF INDIVIDUAL EXERCISES, IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT THEY WERE PREPARING AND THEN PRESENT TO ONE ANOTHER AND THEN RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION AND THEN KIND OF COLLECTIVELY DISCUSS.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, BUT OUTSIDE OF, UH, THAT WORKSHOP.
THEN WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING SHORE FOLLIES FOR SATURDAY OCTOBER THE 10TH.
SO JUST MARK YOUR CALENDARS, THAT'LL BE FROM 4:00 PM TO 8:00 PM WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THAT AGAIN? OCTOBER 10TH.
AND THEN, UH, BEFORE FOLLIES ON SEPTEMBER FOUR, UH, FIRST, NOT FOURTH, SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE ARE BRINGING BACK, UH, JUST KIND OF A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THAT HOME BUSINESS ACCELERATOR.
THIS WILL BE CALLED THE ENTREPRENEUR RESOURCE FAIR.
IT'LL BE HELD AT IRENE STERN AND KIND OF THAT SAME MAKEUP OF HAVING HEADSHOT HAVING THIS TIME.
WE WILL HAVE A, A PANEL OF BUSINESS OWNERS KIND OF FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS ALL SHARING.
PREVIOUSLY WE HAD DIFFERENT SPEAKING TIMES WHERE THEY COULD EACH SHARE THEIR STORY, BUT WE THOUGHT MAYBE A PANEL FORMAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THIS YEAR JUST TO KIND OF CHANGE IT UP.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ADVISORS AVAILABLE ON, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE APP CREATION, WEBSITE MARKETING, FINANCES, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS TO KIND OF SIGN UP AND BE ABLE TO WORKSHOP SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THEY MIGHT BE FACING.
UM, SORRY, I HAVE SO MANY, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER EVENTS IN PROGRESS.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT'S, I THINK WE SAID NINE TO NOON.
BUT WE'LL CONFIRM AND WE'LL ALWAYS SHARE THAT.
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN FOLLOW THE FACEBOOK PAGE 'CAUSE WE'LL POST EVERYTHING THERE OR THE, UM, WEBSITE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
SO ONCE ALL THOSE MARKETING MATERIALS ALREADY, WE'LL, WE'LL SEND THEM OUT AS WELL.
AND THEN LASTLY, FOR OUR MAY MEETING, THE, THAT'LL BE THE WEEK THAT HAYDEN AND MYSELF ARE AT ICSC IN LAS VEGAS.
AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO SEE IF IT WAS OKAY WITH YOU OR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AS FAR AS RESCHEDULING, UH, THE, THE WEEK AFTER WOULD BE MEMORIAL DAY, SO WE CAN'T PUSH IT BACK.
THE WEEK BEFORE WOULD BE OUR A BOARD MEETING.
SO I GUESS OUR OPTIONS ARE WE CAN CANCEL THE MONTH OF MAY OR AIM FOR A DIFFERENT DAY, A DIFFERENT DAY, UH, OF THE WEEK.
I WOULD BE MISSING THAT MEETING ANYWAY, SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE ANYWAY.
SO IF WE DO RESCHEDULE IT, THAT'S GREAT FOR ME.
I WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE AT THE, OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IN MAY EITHER.
MY PROBLEM IS AT THE JUNE MEETING, THE, FOR JUNE.
UNLESS THERE'S A, UNLESS THERE'S A REAL JET FUEL SHORTAGE.
SO WE, WE CAN CIRCLE SOME DATES AND THEN
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SEND, CIRCULATE SOME DATES AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF VOTE WHAT WORKS BEST AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN ESTABLISH A QUORUM ON A DIFFERENT DAY.ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? FORNEL, ITEM
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FIVE B IS OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. YOU HAVE MY FAVORITE ONE LISTED ALREADY.ANY OTHER SPECIFIC ITEMS? I KNOW THEY HAVE OUR RECURRING REGULAR ITEMS AND WE'LL START GETTING IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS TOO.
UH, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL THOSE TO US AT ANY TIME.
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ITEM FIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS.GUESS EARLY VOTING STARTED TODAY AND SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER, WE'LL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HAYDEN'S GRANDMOTHER.
SHE ARE YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S PROUD
IS SHE THE ONLY, CAN WE, UH, LOOK AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, UH, TUNED IN ON LIVESTREAM? WE CAN'T ARE ONE FAITHFUL.
SO, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE, ARE WE WE'RE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RIGHT? YES.
HAYDEN WILL BE GRADUATING WITH HIS SECOND MASTER, BUT I, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WHAT HE'S GETTING HIS MASTER'S IN IS SO RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO SAY WHAT YOUR ACTUAL DEGREE, SAY A MASTER'S IN LAND AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT.
VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE DAY TO DAY HERE.
HOW CRITICAL IS THAT TO WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE? SO THAT WAS WORTH MENTIONING, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S NOT EASY TO DO WHILE YOU'RE WORKING A COUPLE WEEKS.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ALL OPPOSED? WERE ADJOURNED AT 6:51 PM THANK Y'ALL.