* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] THANKS, SLATE. WELCOME. [I. Call to Order] IT IS SIX O'CLOCK ON MAY 11TH, AND I AM CALLING TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE EDCA BOARD AT THIS TIME. IT IS HERE SOMEWHERE. I HAVE GOT IT. I PROMISE. SEE, THIS IS WHY I DON'T SHOW UP TO MEETINGS EARLY BECAUSE THEY START LATE. IS BONNIE GIVING ME AN EVIL EYE? OH YEAH. I WAS PURPOSEFULLY LOOKING DOWN. OH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITIZEN COMMENTS. THERE ARE NONE TONIGHT. ITEM NUMBER THREE, COUNCIL COMMENTS. I DON'T SEE . [Business - A] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE MARCH 23RD, 2026 MEETING. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE DRAFT MINUTES IN THE PACKET. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEM FOUR [Business - B] B, CONSIDERATION ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH. 2026. YES. SORRY. OUR, OUR LIGHT, OUR LIGHT IS NOT WORKING TONIGHT. IS IT ON? OKAY. YES, . SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, YOU, YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT, UM, THE, THE TITLE FOR THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY INCORRECT. IT SAYS FEBRUARY 28TH. IT SHOULD BE MARCH 31ST. OKAY. UM, ALL THE ATTACHMENTS ARE THE CORRECT MARCH DATES. UM, IT'S JUST THE TITLE. UM, SO THE SALES TAX REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVED IN APRIL, 2026, UM, WHICH ARE OUR, EXCUSE ME. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. UM, FEBRUARY, 2026 REMITTANCES WERE UP 12% FROM THE SAME PERIOD PREVIOUS YEAR. UH, TOTALING $152,973 AND 68 CENTS EACH CORPORATION'S SALES TAX REVENUES NOW TOTAL $930,798 AND 10 CENTS OR 40% OF THE BUDGET FOR 42% OF THE FISCAL YEAR COMPLETE. UM, WE DO NOT HAVE THE SALES TAX REVENUES YET FOR MAY, SO THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET. OKAY. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE MS. ANGELA ALVARADO, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE HERE AT THE CITY. MM-HMM . SORRY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. YEAH. WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU ASK AND SEE HOW I CAN SUPPORT AND KNOW, UH, TO GIVE YOU THIS ANALYSIS. SO, UH, WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF, UM, PERCENT, ARE WE 42% THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT ONLY COLLECTED 40% OF THE BUDGET? YES. SO THAT IS AS OF APRIL'S COLLECTIONS. OKAY. UM, SO THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS. OKAY. USUALLY WE DON'T GET ABOVE THE PROJECTED AMOUNTS UNTIL THE LAST, LIKE TWO MONTHS OF THE, OF THE FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. SO THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY, PRETTY CLOSE. UM, WE WILL HAVE THE MAY NUMBERS NEXT MONTH, UM, WHICH WOULD BE THIS MONTH'S CURRENT NUMBERS. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PAYABLE OF $14,085 AND 70 CENTS. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [Business - C] ITEM C UPDATE ON EDC FUNDED CIP PROJECTS HARRIS STREET, DOWN DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE. GOOD EVENING. SO, AS YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCIL AWARDED THE NEW CONTRACT FOR PHASE TWO OF HARRIS STREET TO ICAHN CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF 2,177,337 AND 90 CENTS. UH, PAY APP 10 FOR DJ MEDINA HAS BEEN PAID. UH, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THEIR RETAINAGE AGREEMENT WITH THEM. AND THAT WILL, AFTER THAT, THAT WILL CLOSE OUT [00:05:01] DJ MEDINA'S PORTION COMPLETELY. UH, WE DID HAVE OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING LAST WEEK ON MAY 7TH, AND DUE TO LEAD TIMES SHIPPING ON A FEW ITEMS, UH, WE ANTICIPATE ISSUING AN NTP BY THE END OF END OF MAY, END OF THE MONTH. SO, ISSUING A WHAT? NOTICE TO PROCEED. OH, THANK YOU. UH, SO GOING DOWN TO THE FUNDING UPDATE, YOU'LL SEE WE STILL HAVE THE, UH, CHART FOR MEDINA'S PORTION. UH, ONCE THAT GETS CLOSED OUT AND WE MOVED ON, MOVE ON TO THE FIRST PAYOUT FOR ICON THAT WILL, WE WILL ELIMINATE THAT AND KINDA MAKE THAT MORE OF A CLEAR PICTURE. CAN WE MAKE SURE, UM, ON THIS PAGE, ASSUMING YOU KNOW, THE NOTICE TO PROCEED, WERE, UH, I'M, OH, I'M SORRY. YOU, THAT MADE IT SOUND LIKE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS A FUTURE STATE. MAY 7TH IS IN THE PAST. YEAH. SO AT THE TIME THIS REPORT WAS ISSUED, WE ANTICIPATED IT TO BE. OKAY. SO DID IT HAPPEN? NO, NOT YET. SO WE ANTICIPATE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. OKAY. BY THE END OF MAY, THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING DID HAPPEN. OKAY. SO THAT HAPPENED ON MAY 7TH? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THE NOTICE TO PROCEED WILL BE BY THE END OF THE MONTH? YES. OKAY. AND THEN CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UM, SOME, SOME DATES ON HERE, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE, YOU KNOW, EXACT SPECIFIC DATE, BUT AT LEAST LIKE MAY, 2026 OR JUNE, 2026, ESSENTIALLY AS A START DATE? WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS EVERY MONTH WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS THAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, WHEN I SEE, UH, IF WE'RE ON SCHEDULE, IF WE'RE ON SCHEDULE SCHEDULE, YEAH. LIKE WHERE, BECAUSE 300 DAYS, I KNOW THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 10 ISH MONTHS, BUT THAT DOESN'T TELL ME WHEN WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE PROJECT AND WHERE WE ARE IN IT. YEAH, WE CAN, DOES THAT WORK? THE, THE SECOND LINE WE CAN UPDATE WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO ISSUE THAT NTP AND THAT'LL ADJUST THE END DATE AS WELL. SO WE WILL OKAY. KEEP THAT ON THERE. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND, UH, LANDSCAPING IS TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW AS WELL. THEY HAD SOME HICCUPS WITH THE WEATHER LAST WEEK, BUT THEY WERE OUT THERE TODAY. SO FOR PHASE ONE AND THEY PUT IN THE IRRIGATION. YES, THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. GOOD. YEAH, THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE STREET WILL HAVE IRRIGATION. SO HOW DOES THIS JANUARY 22ND, IN 2027 TIMELINE COMPARE TO THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE IF DG MEDINA WOULD'VE BEEN ON SCHEDULE? SO THE ORIGINAL NTP WAS ISSUED OCTOBER, 2024. UH, 270 DAYS ORIGINALLY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IS RIGHT BEFORE I STARTED HERE. BUT SO THAT WOULD BE NINE MONTHS. YEAH, LAST OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO DG MEINA, WHEN WE ISSUED THE CURE NOTICE, WE HAD A, HE HAD REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL 180 DAYS THAT WOULD'VE PUT HIM INTO RIGHT INTO SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER TIMEFRAME. IF HE WOULD'VE BEEN ON SCHEDULE NOW, I REALLY WOULD'VE HIGHLY DOUBTED THAT HE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIT THAT KNOWING THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE THE TEAMS OUT THERE TO WORK. SO REALISTICALLY, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME TIMELINE. SO ONE, WE DID HAVE SOME REALLY POSITIVE, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH NEW CONTRACTOR ICON, AND HE'S DESIRING TO SHOW US A CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE THAT WOULD BASICALLY CLOSE DOWN THE ENTIRETY OF THE STREET BETWEEN SECOND AND FIFTH BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES AND MOST MULTIPLE TEAMS WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL COME IN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN JANUARY. I'M NOT PROMISING TREE OPENING TREES YET, BUT IT'S LOOKING GOOD FOR ALL EXTENSIVE PURPOSES. THEY HAVE THE TEAMS AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AS OPPOSED TO DJ MEDINO WAS RENTING A LOT OF HIS EQUIPMENT. SO HE WAS KIND OF AT THE MERCY OF WHO HE WAS RENTING FROM. YES. YEP. AND YEP. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S, WHO'S GOING TO ANSWER IT. IT'S ABOUT MONEY. IT'S ABOUT MONEY. SO HOW MUCH IS, WHAT'S THE COST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHERE WE, HOW MUCH WE EXPECT TO SPEND NOW VERSUS HOW MUCH WE EXPECT TO SPEND JUST WITH DG MEDINA? AS IN, ARE WE GOING OVER THAT ORIGINAL AMOUNT, CORRECT? NO, WE'RE NOT. WE'RE STAYING WITHIN BUDGET STILL, WITH, STILL WITHIN BUDGET. SO, HOLD ON, LET ME ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THERE. SO RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ABOUT $80,000 FROM THE BASE BID OF WHAT WE AWARDED TO COMPARE TO WHAT DG MEDINA LEFT ON THE TABLE WHEN WE CANCELED THE CONTRACT. SO [00:10:01] WE WERE ABLE TO, WE DID HAVE A SAVINGS FROM ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE DIVERTED THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO PUT INTO THIS PROJECT TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. BUT THE DIFFERENCE ALSO INCLUDES LANDSCAPING WITH IRRIGATION THAT WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL PLANT SET. SO THERE WOULD'VE BEEN AN INCREASE SINCE WE DID THE IRRIGATION WITH, UM, WELL, SINCE WE DID THE LANDSCAPING WITH THE IRRIGATION, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN AN INCREASE. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S AS MUCH AS MAYBE THE NUMBERS SHOW ABOUT 300,000 REALISTICALLY, I THINK WOULD'VE BEEN PROBABLY A DIFFERENCE, MAYBE ONE 70 ISH WITHOUT ANY OTHER HICCUPS IF WE WOULD'VE DONE NO MORE CHANGE ORDERS WITH DG MEDINA. OKAY. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT ON, ON THE BEST APPLES, THE APPLES COMPARISON, THE WE'RE SPENDING $170,000 MORE THAN WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. CORRECT. WHICH THAT'S ALSO FOR BIGGER SCOPE. THAT IS CORRECT. WITH BIGGER SCOPE. AND THAT'S FOR, OKAY. OKAY. SO FOR BIGGER SCOPE MM-HMM . SO NOW GO BACK TO THE APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. SURE. WE'RE STILL, YOU SAID 80, ANYWHERE FROM ZERO TO $80,000 DIFFERENCE D YES. AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THE IRRIGATION, WE ARE, UM, TAKING IN THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION OF WANTING TO DO RE POTABLE WATER FROM THE DETENTION POND TO DO THE IRRIGATION, WHICH IS AN ALSO ANOTHER INCREASE ON THAT COST. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN COST WITH A, IN INCREASE IN SCOPE DUE TO LANDSCAPING AND INCREASE IN SCOPE DUE TO USING POTABLE WATER, OR SORRY, NON POTABLE WATER FROM THE DRAINAGE PROJECT, THE DETENTION POND. CORRECT. WHICH I THINK OVERALL FITS WHAT EVERYONE WAS LOOKING FOR. MM-HMM . SO THE ONLY IMPACT THAT WE'RE SEEING, I SAY ONLY, BUT THE MAIN IMPACT THAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THIS PROJECT SO FAR IS A DELAY IN TIME IS TIME, BUT NOT A INCREASE IN COST. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT OUR CONTRACTORS CAME IN AT THE BUDGET THAT THEY DID TO MEET KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. WE SHOULD BE AT, OKAY. MM-HMM . GREAT. AND THE NON POTABLE WATER SOURCE SHOULD SAVE YOU MONEY ON EXPENSES OVER THE LONG TERM. ABSOLUTELY. AND INSTEAD OF PAYING $10 PER THOUSAND GALLONS OR WHATEVER, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME POSSIBILITIES OF TYING IN WEST DOWNTOWN STREETS INTO THAT SAME TYPE OF, UH, USAGE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE PUMP'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK. RIGHT. SO, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. UM, ONE MORE QUESTION. WHAT IS THE PLAN? I I, I THINK YOU HAD DONE IN OUR LAST MEETING, YOU HAD MENTIONED THERE WAS SOME SORT OF REVIEW THAT WAS HAPPENING, AND I HAD ASKED SPECIFICALLY THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THIS REVIEW, BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE REVIEWING, OR, I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY GETTING QUESTIONS FROM CITIZENS ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. I MEAN, FORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT GETTING A PRICE INCREASE. RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF THAT THIS WOULD'VE COME IN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ABOVE BUDGET. AND NOW I'M HEARING THAT HEY, WHO WE HIRED BEFORE THEY WERE ACTUALLY USING RENTED EQUIPMENT WHO WE'RE USING NOW USING THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT LEARNING TO ADD TO THE NEXT, UM, PROCESS. ABSOLUTELY. SO WHO IS, OR WHEN SHOULD WE EXPECT A FINAL REPORT AND LEARNINGS? AND SO WE'VE DONE, UM, I GUESS, UM, AFTER ACTION REPORT, UM, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT OUT AS WE KIND OF CLOSE OUT THIS PHASE WITH DJ MEDINA. AND SOME OF THE ACTION, UH, AFTER ACTION REPORTS WERE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE EXPECTED D DURING THE CONSTRUCTION WITH D MEDINA, WE NEEDED TO TIGHTEN UP OUR, OUR SPECIFICATIONS. UM, PREVIOUSLY WHEN FOIA WAS A LOT SMALLER, WE RELIED UPON THE COUNTIES AS WELL AS HARRIS COUNTY SPECIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERINGS OF HOW WE KIND OF BRING IN CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS DESIGN FIRMS. BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING HALF COMPLETED ABOUT 80% OF ALL OF OUR OWN, UH, SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN MANUALS. WE'RE FINISHING THE DESIGN MANUALS, BUT THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE DONE. THEY ARE BEING USED NOT JUST ON THIS PROJECT, BUT OUR FUTURE ON OTHER PROJECTS, INCLUDING, UM, 10 93, WHICH IS THE NEW WATER LINE WE'RE ABOUT TO START. SO WE'RE, THAT'S ALREADY ACTIVE. WE'RE DOING THAT PORTION NOW. UM, WHAT I BROUGHT OVER FROM FEDERAL SIDE IS THAT WE DID QUITE A BIT OF VETTING FOR CONTRACTORS. UM, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT WE, WE DON'T DO ON OUR CONTRACTING VESSEL HERE IS WITH OPEN, UM, LOW OPEN SEALED BID. NO, I'M MIXING UP MY ACRONYMS. LOWEST COMPETITIVE BID IS THAT I CAN'T NEGOTIATE AND I CAN'T KIND OF DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THOROUGH OF A, UM, INVESTIGATION OF THE CONTRACTOR. WE ARE MOVING TO A PROCESS THAT I'M ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH A CLOSED BID PROCESS. UM, AND THAT'LL BE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. SO IT'S KIND OF JUST KIND OF MARRYING THE TWO. BUT WHAT I COULD DO AND WE TOOK FROM THE FEDERAL WORLD IS I COULD DO FEDERAL SEARCHES THAT COULD DO STATE SEARCHES OF WHAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS DONE, WHO THEY'VE WORKED WITH, IF THEY'RE ON ANY TYPE OF CPARS, WHICH IS A CONTRACTOR REPORTING, UM, DEVICE THAT THE FEDERAL AGENCIES GET TO USE. SO WE SEARCHED ALL OF THOSE THINGS WITH THE CURRENT CONCEPT FOR ICON, AND THEY CAME UP WITH NO MARKS, NO BLEMISHES, THEY WERE GOOD. WE HAD REFERENCES FROM CONROE, FROM [00:15:01] THE STATE, FROM FAA, WHICH WAS A, IF YOU GET WITH FAA, YOU'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD IF YOU DON'T GET ANY MARKS. 'CAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY STRINGENT ON WHO THEY BRING IN AND HOW LONG THEY'RE THERE. SO WE'RE TAKING ALL OF THOSE AS AFTER ACTION REPORTS OF HOW WE, UH, PROCEED AND HOW WE DO CONTRACTS IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS HOW WE PICKED ICON FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, YOU'VE, WE'VE TIGHTENED UP QUITE A BIT OF THE PROCESS, INTERNAL PROCESS, THE INTERNAL PROCESS. 'CAUSE I KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAD A PROCESS BEFORE. I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T RANDOMLY, YOU, YOU HAD CALLED REFERENCES BEFORE. ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. AND IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. SO THERE WERE SOME THINGS THERE THAT NEEDED TO BE TIGHTENED UP. ABSOLUTELY. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU TIGHTENING IT UP FOR THIS PROJECT, YOU'RE APPLYING WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING ACROSS PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY GOING FORWARD. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK, AND WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING OVER COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONTRACTOR. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON JUST WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM THEM AT THE GET GO AND THEN PROCEEDING WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED. SO, UH, MONTHLIES IS MANDATORY MEETINGS. AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS KIND OF CLICHE, BUT I MEAN, MOST CITIES DON'T DO MONTHLYS WITH THEIR CONTRACTORS. YOU KIND OF JUST EXPECT THE CONTRACTOR'S GONNA DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. UM, WE ARE TAKING MORE OF APPROACH OF A TRUST, BUT VERIFY. SO WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA BE TALKING TO THEM. OUR, WE HAVE OUR STAFF NOW THAT ARE THERE ALMOST, UM, AT LEAST TWICE A DAY, MOST TIME ONCE. UM, SO WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, OF CITIZENS INTEREST THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY. AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE TAKING THAT TO HEART AND BEING GOOD STEWARDS WITH THEIR FUNDS. I MEAN, MY UNDERSTANDING CITIZENS ARE SO INTERESTED THAT THEY WOULD GO TO THE SITE AND, AND THEY DO AND, AND EASILY IS ABOUT IT ALL, WHICH IS GOOD. NO, WHAT ISNT ISN'T HAPPENING. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT? NOPE. COOL. COOL. SO MOVING ON TO FOURTH STREET. SO OUR CONTRACTOR HAS CONTINUED THEIR INSTALLATION OF THEIR UNDERGROUND STORM SEWER BOXES. THEY ARE NOW ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN SIMS AND WILSON. AS FAR AS PROGRESS GOES. UH, PAVING WISE, THEY HAVE BEGUN INSTALLATION OF SUBGRADE BETWEEN HOUSTON AND SIMS. SO THEY'RE KIND OF FOCUSING ON THAT FIRST PORTION TO GET THAT PAVED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, REOPEN THAT INTERSECTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO, UH, WILSON . SO, AND I MENTIONED, I MENTIONED IN OUR LAST MEETING THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO VERIFY THAT YES, THOSE STREETS ARE CLOSED. I NOW HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 3 59 AND MAKE A RIGHT. I CAN'T JUST CUT THROUGH. HOPEFULLY NOT FOR TOO LONG, BUT THEN THE OTHER ONE WILL BE CLOSED. SO, , ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON, NOT TO HARP, BUT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY ACTIVE, SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A START DATE. OKAY. AND THEN WE CAN SEE WHERE WE EXACTLY. WE ARE ALONG THE TIMELINE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SIGN UP ON THAT PROJECT SAYING THAT THIS IS A PROJECT OF THE EDCS BEING PAID FOR WITH SALES TAX DOLLARS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ARE WE GIVING OURSELVES CREDIT FOR HOW WE'RE IMPROVING THE CITY? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS NO SIGN. THERE IS NO SIGN THAT I SAW WHILE DRIVING TO THE PROJECT AND HAVING TO MAKE A DETOUR. I KINDA LIKE THE IDEA OF A SIGN. I LOVE THE IDEA OF A SIGN DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BIG AND OBNOXIOUS AND FOR GOODNESS SAKES, DON'T PUT LED LIGHTS ON IT. BUT, UM, SUNNY, ONLY, ONLY AROUND MS. KALI'S NAME. YEAH. WE CAN JUST, NO, NOT AROUND . YEAH, WE CAN, WE CAN GET THAT MADE AND PUT OUT THERE. IS THERE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE. PARTICULAR LOCATION YOU WOULD LIKE IT THE MOST? NO. OKAY. YOU, YOU CAN, IF THE DETOUR, UH, I'LL TRUST WE, YOU CAN FRUSTRATE PEOPLE FOR DETOURING. WE DO HAVE THOSE. I THINK KIDDING. NO, WE DO. I SAW IT. SO IF YOU, OKAY. SO IF YOU PUT IT ON, UM, HOUSTON WILSON IS WILSON STREET. YEAH. WHICH MAKE A MAKE, IF I'M ON 10 93 AND I MAKE A RIGHT. UH, RIGHT AT BEFORE SALT GRASS AND I GO, IF YOU PUT IT THERE, THAT'S WILSON. YEAH, THAT'S WILSON STREET. YEAH. YEAH. SO IF YOU PUT THE PROJECT SIGN, YOU MEAN? YEAH. OKAY. THE SIGN THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. I FOLLOW UP. YEAH, WE CAN, YEAH. YOU TELL THE PERCENTAGES COMPLETED VERSUS I'D LOVE TO SEE BOTH. WOULD Y'ALL, WOULD Y'ALL, I KNOW WE IN THE PAST FOR B BOARD DID A, UH, PIE CHARTS ARE FINE CHART. OKAY. WE CAN, I CAN START DO ANOTHER HOW ABOUT GANT CHARTS? GANT CHART [00:20:01] WITH GANT CHART. I LIKE GANTT CHARTS. YEP. GAN GANT CHART LOOK GREAT. WE CAN TRY AND I, I MEAN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL, Y'ALL ALREADY KNOW THE INFORMATION. SURE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING. SURE. A SCREENSHOT, UH, IS FINE WITH ME. I'M NOT ASKING FOR Y'ALL TO SPEND THREE HOURS MAKING SOMETHING PRETTY FOR A WORD DOCUMENT. NO. RIGHT. WE CAN DROP THAT IN. IT'S NOT, DEFINITELY NOT CONCERN. GREAT. AND I DEFINITELY WANNA MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE WORK THAT CONRAD IS DOING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ABOUT 5% OF THEIR SCHEDULED TIME ON THE PROJECT, BUT THEY'RE ABOUT 15 TO 20% COMPLETED. SO THEY ARE MAKING VERY QUICK PROGRESS. AND THEY PLAN THEN THAT'S WITH THE, A FEW HICCUPS IN THE FIRST PHASE. SO THEY'RE PLANNING TO ACCELERATE THEIR SCHEDULE EVEN FASTER. SO BENEFITS FOR YOU, BUT IT'S FOR THE CITY THAT WE FINISHED AT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED. WHERE IS ICON BASED OUT OF? I'M SORRY. ICON IS BASED OUT OF, I DON'T KNOW THE AREAS AROUND HERE QUITE YET. CONROE. CONROE. I KNOW IT'S THAT AREA. LIKE YEAH. NORTH. NORTH. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY, MY, I, WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY, THE LINKS IN MY DOCUMENT AREN'T WORKING. I WILL GET WITH OUR SECRETARY'S OFFICE. AM I THE ONLY ONE? NO, MY TEAM. OKAY. IT, IT'S SOMETHING WITH OUR AGENDA SOFTWARE. UH, I'LL GET WITH OUR SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND THANK YOU. AND NOW, 'CAUSE THAT'S, I'M HAVING TO YES, FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S NOT WHY WE STARTED LATE. NO. . THIS IS WHY I LIKE TO PRINT OUT HARD COPIES. OH, OKAY. UH, MOVING ON. ITEM FOUR D, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE, WELL, YEAH, THAT'S, YES. UH, DO WE WANT TO MOVE ON BACK? DO WE WANNA MOVE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER THREE? UH OH, NO. NO. OKAY. I CHECKED. EXCELLENT. ITEM NUMBER FOUR [Business - D] D, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 26. BUDGET, PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WITH OUR SETUP. YES. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, IT'S JUST A VERY DETAILED, UH, DESCRIPTION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND SO I'LL JUST START AT THE TOP WITH THE MID-YEAR BUDGET REPORTS. SO SUMMARY REPORTS FOR ALL OF THE FUNDS, INCLUDING OUR DEPARTMENT FUND, ARE IN THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES AGENDA ITEM. SO IF YOU FLIP BACK THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DETAILS THERE. UM, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE TRACKING BETTER THAN ANTICIPATED ASSET BUDGETED THROUGH MARCH OF 2026. UH, SECONDLY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, A REDLINE COPY OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET AND IT'S ATTACHED AS A DRAFT FOR THE FY 27 YEAR. THERE'S VERY MINOR EDITS HERE. IT'S JUST DATES, UM, TITLES FOR HAYDEN. UH, AND THEN THE EXPENDITURE THRESHOLD THAT CHANGED DUE TO THE UPDATED BYLAWS THAT PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THIRD, WE HAVE THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET PARAMETERS. SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, DUE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE SALES TAX REALLOCATION PROPOSITION DURING THE MAY 2ND ELECTION, CDC SALES TAX REVENUE REVENUES WILL BE REDUCED TO 25% OF LOCAL 0.25% OF LOCAL SALES TAX COLLECTIONS DOWN FROM THE 0.5 IT PREVIOUSLY HAD. SO THIS RESULTS IN AN ANTICIPATED COLLECTION OF $1,265,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, WHICH FISCAL YEAR 27. I NEED TO SLOW DOWN REFLECTING AN ANTICIPATED 10% INCREASE IN TOTAL CITY COLLECTIONS, BUT AN OVERALL DECREASE OF $1,035,000 FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET. THE LARGEST ANTICIPATED. WHEN YOU SAY FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET, YOU MEAN THE, OUR A DCA FISCAL. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THE LARGEST ANTICIPATED IMPACT, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, IS THE CDC D'S FUND BALANCE. UH, AND THOSE ONE TIME REQUEST OR TRANSFERS TO THE PROJECTS FUNDS FOR, UH, PRIORITIZED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES AS OUTLINED IN OUR EDC STRATEGIC PLAN AND CITY CIP PROJECT PARTICIPATION. PRELIMINARY DRAFT BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 ARE SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IN JUNE, ALONG WITH THE A SA DRAFT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? THE, I I THINK, I MEAN WITH THIS, THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE'VE EVER HAD IN THE HISTORY OF THIS BOARD HAPPENING JUST A WEEK AGO, UM, I DON'T WANT US TO WAIT TOO LATE TO START HAVING VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS. UM, BECAUSE THESE, [00:25:01] THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A, HEY, EVERYTHING'S WORKING OUT JUST LIKE IT WORKED OUT FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN WE, UH, RENEGOTIATED THE A SA, UM, I MEAN BASICALLY THIS IS AN ENTIRE RENEGOTIATION OF THE A SA AND I DON'T WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT, I WANT THAT TO GIVE PLENTY OF TIME AS OPPOSED TO WE JUST SAY, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR CONVERSATION OR BACK AND FORTH. UM, DO, DO THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ROLES OR AVENUES I'M, I'M LOOKING AT LEGAL COUNSEL AS I SPEAK, WHAT UH, AVENUES DO WE HAVE FOR COMMUNICATION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND WITH CITY STAFF, UH, ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE A SA? UH, I MEAN, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SUCH LIMITED TIME AND LIMITED CONVERSATION ROUTES. I MEAN, IF WE ONLY GIVE OURSELVES, 'CAUSE THIS HAS TO BE CONFIRMED IN AUGUST JU JULY OF JULY. END OF JULY AT THE JULY MEETING. SO IS THE PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE THE AS SA OR DISCUSS IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE JUNE MEETING. AND THEN, SO THE AS SA IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET CURRENTLY OKAY. FOR YOU TO REVIEW TONIGHT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY FUNDING PRIORITIES. SO THE BUDGET IS IN YOUR POCKET. OKAY. IF THERE'S ITEMS IN THERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE REMOVED THAT YOU KNOW FOR SURE TONIGHT, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO TELL US IF THERE'S ITEMS OR PROJECTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON, WHETHER THAT'S A CIP PROJECT OR A PROJECT THAT ORIGINATES HERE WITH THIS BODY AND THEN IT'S MOVED UP FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. TONIGHT'S YOUR NIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH X PROJECT. WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT CIP IN THIS WAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO REDUCE THIS LINE AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE'LL COME BACK INCORPORATING THOSE REQUESTS FROM YOU. UM, AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE BUDGET LINE BY LINE IN DETAIL AS WELL AS THE A SA IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT. SO BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND THE NEXT, IF YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TONIGHT TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, SHARE, THAT IS YOUR TIME TO REALLY PREPARE THOSE NOTES. YOU CAN SEND THEM TO US AHEAD OF TIME. UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE NEED TO PROVIDE YOU TO, SO YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, THEN WE CAN KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD. UM, UM, I THINK FOR ME, ONE THING I CAN THINK I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE AND I DIDN'T WAS, UM, I GUESS THE REALLY DEEP BREAKDOWN OF THE A SA, I KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, THAT IT'S BROKEN OUT BETWEEN, UM, A SA REIMBURSEMENT AND THE SHARED SPACE FEE, BUT JUST REALLY WHAT GOES INTO THAT A SA REIMBURSEMENT LINE. I THINK SEEING THE, THE VISUAL OF THAT WOULD HELP ME AS I WAS READING THROUGH THE A SA AGREEMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I MIGHT WANT TO HAVE, MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS OR MIGHT WANT TO MAKE SOME EDITS OR CHANGES. SURE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, IT DOES. YEAH. AND WE CAN SEND YOU, I CAN'T, IT'S, SORRY. UM, WE CAN SEND YOU THE, UM, THE SHARED SERVICES DOCUMENTS THAT HAS ALL THE POSITION BREAKDOWNS AS WELL AS LIKE OUR IT SERVICES, OUR RENTS, EVERYTHING. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN, UM, THE UPDATED VERSION FOR THIS NEXT, NEXT FISCAL YEAR. BUT WE'LL SEND YOU OUT THE ONE THAT WE HAVE MODELED FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, JUST SO YOU CAN GET THAT IN MIND. UM, LIKE ANELLE MENTIONED, THE, THE CURRENT CHANGES IN THE A SA ONLY REFLECT, YOU KNOW, YEARS NAMES, THAT SORT OF THING. SO IT HOLDS TRUE TO THAT BREAKDOWN, UM, AS OF NOW. AND THAT'S KIND OF OUR BASELINE STARTING OFF. SURE, THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THEY, SO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HASN'T GIVEN YOU ANYTHING YET SAYING, REIMBURSE US HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR HIS TIME AND KELSEY'S TIME AND NO, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY UPDATED VERSION OF THAT. UM, OKAY. SO AS OF NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE BASING IT OFF OF THIS YEAR'S, UM, A SA AGREEMENT JUST FOR THE HEADCOUNTS SAKE. SO WE LOOKED AT, YOU HAVE, IF YOU SPEAK, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE. THANK YOU. UH, JUST A NOTE ON THE YEAR, JUST A NOTE ON THE YEAR TO DATE, UH, ACTUALS. SO WHAT I'D DONE WITH THE SPREADSHEET, SO WE HAD THE BUDGET AND IT'S BASED ON HEADCOUNT NUMBERS, UM, SALARIES AND BENEFITS PLUS, UH, THE IT SERVICES. SO WHAT I DID FOR A YEAR TO DATE WAS ACTUALLY TAKE THE ACTUALS, NOT THE BUDGETED NUMBERS, BUT THE ACTUALS. 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME VACANCIES THAT, UH, DON'T, SO IT WAS COMING IN A LITTLE BIT LOWER, UM, JUST DUE TO THOSE ITEMS AND HAVEN'T DONE THE IT PORTION YET. 'CAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO SCRUB AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE PAYING BEFORE I ALLOCATED ANYTHING TO THE EDC FOR THOSE. SO WE ARE DOING IT ON A TRUED UP BASIS, UM, A YEAR TO DATE. AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE ONE FOR 27, WHICH I SHOULD BE GETTING THAT TO YOU IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AFTER WE DO A KIND OF A HEADCOUNT, UH, [00:30:01] WITH HR ON MONDAY SINCE, SINCE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KAR IN THE ROOM WITH US. , I WILL, UH, BEG FOR, UM, MAYBE GIVING US A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK ON OUR PORTION OF THE SHARED SERVICES, UM, ALLOCATION FROM CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SINCE OUR, UH, SALES TAX REVENUES GOT CUT IN HALF. NOTED. THANK YOU. 'CAUSE WHAT WE CAN DO IS WHEN WE SIT DOWN, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS AND NOT, DON'T GO ANYWHERE. AND I EXPECT COUNCIL MEMBER KAR TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO DICTATE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE HE CAN HELP. UH, OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH. YEAH, WE CAN LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES OF HOW MUCH TIME IS GOING TO THE EDC AND KIND OF RATIONALIZE THAT AND SEE IF IT'S STILL APPLICABLE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . SORRY I HAD TO SPEAK. WELCOME. SORRY, I HAD TO SPEAK SINCE MY NAME WAS VOGUE. ANYWAYS, PERFECTLY FINE. TAKE ALL NOW. I THINK THAT'S, UH, ALL THOSE COSTS I THINK WE'LL NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND REASSESSED IN NOT JUST EDCA, EDCB AS WELL. AND CONSIDERING YOUR PORTION COMING, UH, UH, THE SALES TAX PORTION COMING TO YOU WOULD BE REDUCED. I THINK, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN NOT ONLY ON THE REVENUE, BUT ALSO ON THE EXPENSES PROPORTIONALLY IS WHAT I FEEL. UH, I'M ONLY ONE OF THE SEVEN WORDS, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LAST QUESTION. SO NOW I HAVE OKAY, GIVEN WITH WHAT WAS JUST IN TURN, THIS IS, THIS IS THE CONVERSATION. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL LAST UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, WHICH IS, UM, WE HAVE TO, WE PLEASE CORRECT ME, BUT WE APPROVE OUR BUDGET AND THEN OUR, THE, THE BUDGET WE APPROVE HAS TO GET APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL MM-HMM . WE COME IN AND WE SAY WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR ANYONE'S SALARIES, AND WE VOTE AND APPROVE THAT AND IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL. AND MR. UCAR HAS ALREADY GOT A SMILE ON HIS FACE. UH, YOU, YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'RE SAY LIKE, WHOA, WHOA, NO, NO, NO, NO. NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN JULY, THEY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN AUGUST. NOW WE'RE BACK TO, NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER WITH NO BUDGET. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO NOT HAPPEN. RIGHT. SO YOU'VE HEARD OUR FEEDBACK AND, AND MS. KAY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF, OF SAYING, OF PUTTING US IN WHAT I CALL THE MOST CONSERVATIVE SPACE. I WOULD GO TO MORE AGGRESSIVE PLACE. WOW. UH, YEAH. UM, AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE HAVING THESE INTENSE CONVERSATIONS IN OCTOBER WHEN WE SEE THIS. WE'VE KNOWN THIS, THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE GOING TO BE HAD AS SOON AS, UH, CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO PUT IT ON THE, ON THE BALLOT. SO, UM, WHATEV, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, AND I ALSO AM ASKING FOR ADVICE ON HOW WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON TOPICS LIKE THIS OUTSIDE OF US HAVING A MEETING, YOU HAVING A MEETING THE NEXT MONTH, AND THEN WE JUST GO BACK AND FORTH MONTH BY MONTH. IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, THEN, UH, I HAVE ALREADY RECOMMENDED A PROCESS TO CITY MANAGER, AND I THINK I'VE SPOKEN WITH YOU AND, UH, TOMMY AS WELL ON THAT. HAVING A MEETING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE ADCS OR HAVING THE COUNCIL LIAISON AND THE, UH, COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF EACH BOARD. THAT WAY WE DON'T MAKE A QUORUM, BUT STILL HAVE A POSITIVE CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD TO WHERE OUR, UM, VIEWS WOULD ALIGN. AND THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY THE BACK AND FORTH. THAT HAPPENS ONLY MONTH TO MONTH AND WASTE OF TIME. SO, UH, THAT'S A PROCESS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GET GOING FORWARD. AND AVAILABILITY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST BETWEEN THE GROUPS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO GET TOGETHER. BUT WE JUST NEED TO WORK ON THAT AND GET TOGETHER AT LEAST ONCE IN A QUARTER OR TWO, ALIGN OUR VIEWS. OKAY, PERFECT. YEAH, THAT, THAT FITS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA. UM, AND CURRENTLY I DON'T HAVE SUMMER PLANS, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I HAVE A SENIOR WHO'S BUSY AND A BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. AND A BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. SO, SECOND KIND OF FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR US TO TELL YOU WHICH PROJECTS WE THINK ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT? OR ARE WE WAITING ON YOU TO TELL US WHAT YOU PROJECTS? OH, AND AGAIN, DOES THIS NEED TO BE A BROADER DISCUSSION THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE OUTSIDE OF THIS SPECIFIC MEETING IN SOME CAPACITY? AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT NATALIE ON [00:35:01] . UH, SURE. WELL, IT, IT CAN WORK EITHER WAY. MM-HMM . UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR YOUR INPUT HERE, BUT WE DID PREPARE FOR THAT QUESTION IN CASE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR FUNDING? SO IN YOUR PACKET, WE DID RECL INCLUDE THE CIP REQUESTS THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAD BROUGHT TO YOU LAST MONTH FOR YOUR REVIEW. AND UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE UPDATED PRESENTATION WITH THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM YOU. SO ON PAGE 41 IS THE DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING, UH, $1,098,250. SO IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT, UM, GIVEN THE PROPOSITION THAT PASSED, WE STAY AT THE PREVIOUS AVERAGE THAT WE WERE CONTRIBUTING AND NOT SPEND MORE THAN THAT. UM, WHILE STILL MAKING A BIG IMPACT ON DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR DOWNTOWN TO CONTINUE TO SPUR THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THERE. UM, THAT WOULD BE OUR SUGGESTION, OUR RECOMMENDATION. BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE THE OPTION. CAN I, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. UM, THE EDC ASK IS THAT BOTH BOARDS, IT'S UP TO YOU WHETHER YOU FUND, UM, OKAY. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS YOU COULD FUND THE, THAT TOTAL AMOUNT AS A BOARD. UM, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE SPENDING THAT MUCH GIVEN THE UNKNOWN. WE'D LIKE TO DO 50, WE'D LIKE TO DO 75% AND THEN SEND THAT REQUEST TO B BOARD. WE'RE HAPPY TO CARRY THAT MESSAGE OVER. UM, I, SORRY, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I, IN LOOKING THROUGH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR UPDATING THE PROJECTS, UM, IN LOOKING THROUGH THAT, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR ME BECAUSE I THINK SOMETHING ELSE THAT I JUST, AND I KNOW THIS WILL BE COMING NEXT MONTH, BUT I JUST WANNA CALL IT OUT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST VERY CLEARLY WHAT OUR NEW PROJECTED SALES TAX INCOME WILL BE MINUS OUR EXISTING OBLIGATIONS THAT WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO AND WHAT THAT BALANCE IS. BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR ME AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PROJECTS BECAUSE THE AMOUNT BEING REQUESTED IS OUR NEW TOTAL INCOME. SO , SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT I WOULD EVEN FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, THE NEW REALITY. SO WITHOUT KNOWING SPECIFIC NUMBERS AT, AT THE APPROXIMATELY MILLION DOLLAR ASK, WE WOULD BE DRAWING INTO THE FUND BALANCE ON THAT, WHICH IS NOT, NOT UNCOMMON FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE IN SUPPORTING CIP PROJECTS IN THE PAST. UM, WE OFTEN DO PULL OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE. UM, SO THAT'S A CERTAINTY AT THAT AMOUNT. UM, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING, IF, IF ALL EXPENDITURES KIND OF HOLD STEADY CURRENT ASAS, UM, ARE ARE 180 AND THEN SOME OF THE MINOR EXPENDITURES IN THE 606 0 1, IT'S ABOUT A 600 TO $700,000, UM, EXPENDITURE. UM, NOT INCLUDING THE BIG CIP PROJECTS. UM, QUESTION I HAVE ON, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TELLING US THAT THE D 22 A PROJECT YOU THINK MAYBE HAS HIGHEST PRIORITY. UM, AND I'M ALSO LOOKING AT THE SOUTH FM 10 93 GRAVITY LINE IMPROVEMENT. I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT COULD BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING CONVERSATION. IS THERE A A GOOD FEEL FOR, UM, WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OCCUR FIRST BECAUSE YOU WANNA BE READY FOR WHATEVER'S COMING FIRST. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF KNOWS IT, I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL HAS, UH, STRONG OPINIONS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT I THINK BETWEEN STAFF, US AND COUNCIL, WE DO ALL NEED TO BE ALIGNED ON TIMING ALSO AS WELL AS, UH, POTENTIAL FOR SALES TAX REVENUE TO BE ADDED TO THE CITY. SO THERE TIMELINE AND KIRK MENU USED TO BE, YES. SO TIMELINE, IT'S KIND OF A TOSS UP BETWEEN THE TWO AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD KICK OFF. OKAY. THE OTHER THING WORTH NOTING IS WHATEVER ONE BOARD CHOOSES, OUR OTHER OPTION THAT WE WOULD PRESENT WOULD BE THE GRAVITY LINE. SO THAT, UM, THE GRAVITY LINE FITS MORE IN TUNE WITH, UM, BB BOARDS EXPENDITURES, WHERE ABOARD THIS IS, THIS IS PURELY [00:40:01] AN INFRASTRUCTURE COST FOR DOWNTOWN THAT THAT PLUGS IN VERY WELL TO OUR EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT. SO IT'S KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF A PROJECT THAT WE'VE ALREADY, UM, COMMITTED TO. YEAH. SO BETWEEN BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, BECAUSE FOURTH STREET, THERE YOU GO. MY, MY VOICE SOMETIMES ECHOES, SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M TALKING THROUGH IT. SO WITH THE FOURTH STREET TRIBUTARY PROJECT, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF THE, UH, TAIL END OF THE PROJECT GOING ON AT FOURTH STREET OVERALL FOR DRAINAGE AS WELL AS SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN THROUGH, UM, THROUGH THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT TOWARD DIXON. SO WE'RE ADDRESSING KINDA MULTIPLE AREAS THAT, UH, THAT IS ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN IN THAT PORTION. UM, WHILE AS THE UTILITIES FOR THE SOUTH FM 93 GRAVITY LINE WOULD BE IMMEDIATE, UM, DRAINAGE OR SEWAGE UTILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY THERE FOR EXPANSION. SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WOULD CONSTRUCT BOTH OF THOSE, I DO FEEL LIKE BOTH OF THEM ARE KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES BECAUSE THEY'RE SIMILAR IN WHAT THEY'RE, UH, CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES WOULD BE AS FAR AS PUTTING A NEW LINE BECAUSE WE HAVE PROPERTY, THERE'S NOT RIGHT, RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION ON EITHER SIDE. WE'RE JUST KIND OF GOING DOWN AND PUTTING NEW UTILITIES IN. SO I MEAN WE, IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHICH ONE WOULD BE ME IMMEDIATELY, I'M KIND OF ON BOTH JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE BUSINESSES ARE CURRENT CURRENTLY ASKING FOR THOSE DIFFERENT TYPE OF UTILITIES DRAINAGE. YEAH. AND THAT, AND THAT'S FAIR. I MEAN, BUT IT'S, IT'S INFORMATION THAT HELPS US. SURE. IT'S LIKE TIMING OF, YOU KNOW, ONE'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN BEFORE THE OTHER IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY THAT WE KNOW. RIGHT. THERE ISN'T AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO THAT, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S A PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT HELPS ALSO. AND THEY'RE BOTH PIECES OF THE PUZZLE FOR THE LARGER PICTURE FOR SHORE AND HOW WE'RE GROWING. AND I MEAN THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ABOUT TO FALL INTO PLACE THAT, I MEAN THEY AFFECT BOTH OF Y'ALL'S PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT. SO I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU WHAT ONE'S MORE FORWARD THAN THE OTHER ONE AND WE CAN GET 'EM BOTH DONE AND HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACT. OKAY. SO I'M, I, MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID. ARE THERE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE IN YOUR MIND THAT ARE NOT IN FRONT OF US? OR ARE THESE, UM, THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR HOW WE TALK ABOUT FOR, UH, WASTEWATER, UM, MORE SO AND WATER THAT AREN'T PRESENTED TO Y'ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE LARGER, UM, PROJECTS. I MEAN, AND, AND THEY'RE MAY BE MORE TIED TO RESIDENTIAL THAN COMMERCIAL. THEY'RE PROBABLY TIED TO A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, SO. OKAY. YEAH, THAT WAS GONNA BE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS, THIS IS MY NUMBER ONE FEAR , MY NUMBER ONE FEAR IS THAT WE DO WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO. WE SPEND ALL THE MONEY AND YOU COME IN AND SAY WE HAVE THIS FUNDAMENTAL PROJECT, THIS PENULTIMATE PROJECT THAT HAS TO GET DONE. AND WE'RE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, , WE JUST SPENT ALL OF OUR MONEY AND WE CAN'T HELP YOU. YEAH. NO, NOT AT ALL. NOT IN THIS SITUATION. I THINK BOTH OF THESE WILL BE NEEDED. UM, AND IT'S JUST SEQUENCING ON HOW WE DO OUR CIP FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHY I WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL THAT LOOK AHEAD BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT WE DID IN THE LOOK AHEAD, UM, LIKE WALLACE STREET. I MEAN THAT'S GONNA, IF WE DO A FORCE MAIN DOWN WALLACE, IT'S GONNA AFFECT A LOT OF THINGS IN HOW WE DO DOWNTOWN AND DIVERSION WITH PIPES GOING IN THROUGH THAT PORTION. BUT IF WE DON'T, I MEAN THERE'S JUST SCENARIOS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH OUR SUBCOMMITTEE WATER RATE SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, THAT ARE MAKING SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS SO THEY CAN NAVIGATE HOW WE DO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. BUT BOTH OF YOUR PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT, THOSE ARE VITAL IMPORTANCE I SAY WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO YEARS. BUT I'M LOOKING MORE AT THE FIVE YEARS OF LARGER PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO FACILITATE THE LARGER GROWTH FOR FULL SHARE GOING THROUGH. SO THE THIRD PROJECT THAT'S ON HERE, THE 3 59 AT FOURTH STREET WITH THE CULVERTS AND THE DITCHES OPEN, MA'AM DITCHES AND DOWNTOWN, IS THAT KIND OF LIKE LOWER, LOWER, LOWER PRIORITY ON YOUR LIST NOW OR YOU'RE PUSHING IT FURTHER OUT OR NOPE, NOTHING, NEITHER I NEED, I NEED TO GET THOSE PROJECTS FUNDED, BUT WHICH ONE WOULD BE, UM, MORE TAILORED I THINK TO Y'ALL'S INTEREST. THAT'S WHY WE KIND OF PUT THE TRIBUTARY IN FRONT OF Y'ALL AS WELL AS THE SOUTH FM. SO YOU WILL TRY TO GET, IF WE DON'T HAVE MONEY AND B BOARD DOESN'T HAVE MONEY, YOU WILL TRY TO FIND MONEY WITH THE GENERAL PHONE FROM THE CITY OR WHEREVER SOMEWHERE. YES MA'AM. I'LL GO LOOK IN THE COUCHES FOR PENNIES. YEP. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. SO I MEAN ON THAT, ON THAT TOPIC, SINCE WE HAVE MR. UCAR HERE, I MEAN I LIKE, UM, CLEAN ACCOUNTING AND SO I WOULD RATHER A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT THE A BOARD FUNDS, SO, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL CAN USE THE GENERAL FUND FOR OTHER THINGS WHILE AS, AS OPPO AS OPPOSED TO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO SPEND OUR MONEY OVER HERE AND THERE FOR THE A SA AND THIS AND THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY ON THESE PROJECTS. SO YOU END UP SPENDING MONEY ON THE PROJECTS AND AS A COMBINED CITY, WE'RE ALL KIND OF, IT'S ALL BEING DIVVIED UP AND PAID FOR. SO JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. IF WE, I LIKE, I LIKE [00:45:01] INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BOARD DOES. YEAH. IF I WERE TO CONVINCE EVERYONE ELSE, WHICH THEY'RE NOT GONNA LIKE ME, BONNIE'S ALREADY GIVEN ME THE SIDE EYE . UH, IF, IF WE SAID, HEY, WE'RE GONNA FUND ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE ASKING MM-HMM . UM, WOULD YOU BE, I MEAN, IS YOUR PLAN TO HAVE THESE THREE PROJECTS ALL HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME STARTING THIS YEAR? THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. THIS YEAR BEING THIS CALENDAR YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 27? YEAH. FISCAL, FISCAL YEAR 27, WE WOULD DEFINITELY START LOOKING AT GETTING, UM, SOME DESIGN FIRMS, UM, PREPARED AND I BASICALLY WOULD JUST, IT'S ALL BEING SEQUENCING. THAT'S GONNA BE THE BIGGEST THING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CAUSE MAJOR DISTURBANCES FOR THE CITIZENS, UM, IN THOSE AREAS. BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRIBUTARY AND FOURTH STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE, UM, WE DO HAVE A GOOD, UM, PROCESS, NOT PROCESS, BUT SEQUENCING GOING WITH CONRAD BEING OVER THERE AND WE CAN KIND OF JUST SAY, HEY, WE'RE JUST GOING A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET THE BOTH END OF THOSE PROJECTS TAKEN CARE OF. SO I THINK IT'D BE DEFINITELY ADVANTAGEOUS TO GET THOSE TWO PROJECTS KNOCKED OUT. NOW FOR, UH, SOUTH OF 10 93, DEFINITELY THAT'S A BRAND NEW PROJECT AND IT'S KIND OF AWAY FROM THAT DOWNTOWN PROFILE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN CLOSED DOWN FOR A GOOD LITTLE WHILE. AND WE DEFINITELY COULD DO THAT. AND IT'S REALLY GONNA BE DEPENDENT ON HOW WE DO THE LAND ACQUISITION AND WHICH ROUTE WE TAKE FOR THAT, THAT SEWER LINE. 'CAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS WE GO BETWEEN THE PARCELS AS OPPOSED TO A LONG 10 93 AND THAT WOULD KIND OF JUST CHANGE IT. MAYBE MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER TO DO THE, THAT ROUTING, BUT THERE'S JUST SOME NUANCES THAT WE STILL GOTTA WORK THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A VIABLE OPTION. SO YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO GET EASEMENTS OR RIGHT AWAY FOR THAT. UH, SO IN THAT PORTION THERE'S A BETTER PATHWAY TO MAKE IT SHORTER. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SCENARIOS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH. UM, DO YOU ALREADY HAVE EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY? NOT ON THE SHORTER PATH. OKAY. WHICH WOULD HAVE TO WORK THROUGH MAKE, GET A NEW EASEMENT. SO THAT'S WHY ALTHOUGH IT'S LORD HAVE MERCY , THE PATHWAY THAT WE PRESENTED YEAH. WAS NOT THE SHORTEST PATH. RIGHT. BUT IT WAS THE MOST SECURE, SECURE PATH. IT WAS A CONCEPTUAL ONE. CORRECT. BUT THAT YOU COULD MAKE HAPPEN, RIGHT? YES. BUT YOU HAVE THE EASEMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT PATH. THAT ONE IS MORE ACHIEVABLE TO GET GOING FASTER. YES. OKAY. AND THEN, AND THERE'S, OKAY, SO LET ME, LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF MY HISTORY. SURE. OKAY. THE LAST PERSON WHO PUT IN FRONT OF ME THE PHRASE CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECT MM-HMM . . UM, THAT WAS THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT. OKAY. THAT DIDN'T START FOR TWO YEARS. SURE. IT WAS A SHOVEL READY PROJECT THAT TOOK I, AND I MAY BE OFF A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. UM, 18 TO 24 MONTHS BEFORE WE AND, AND PROJECT'S STILL NOT DONE. SURE. AND THIS WAS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. SO, UM, ALWAYS NERVOUS WHEN I SEE THE PHRASE CONSTRUCTION READY OR SHOVEL READY. SURE. UH, AND THAT'S WHERE THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING FROM. SO DEFINITELY, I MEAN THAT'S WHERE I PREFACE THE FOURTH STREET. THE YEAH. THE OR THE TRIBUTARY. YEP. NOT FOURTH STREET. MORE SO WITH THE TRIBUTARY. RIGHT? YEP. THAT ONE IS DEFINITELY WHAT I PRESENTED VERY FIRST OF SAYING WE'D HAVE TO DO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UH, CONTRACTING MECHANISM TO MAKE THAT FIT, WHICH WOULD BE DESIGN BUILD CONSTRUCTION, WHERE WE HAVE THE DESIGNER BE THE BUILDER AS WELL AND WE JUST KIND OF GO STRAIGHT INTO CONSTRUCTION. THE OTHER PORTION OF THAT FOR FOURTH STREET AT FM, UH, 3 59, PARTIALLY PART OF THAT DESIGN'S ALREADY COMPLETED AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE ENGINEER AND HE BELIEVES THAT HE COULD HAVE THAT DONE BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR TO GET IT TO BE SHOVEL READY FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR ROLLING FORWARD. CORRECT. SO THAT, THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT SCENARIO. YEAH. SO, BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE ALL THE EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT. ALSO, WE JUST HAVE THE ONE APPLICATION WITH RULERS FOR TECH DOT, WHICH WE JUST, I JUST FINISHED A, I THINK LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT, I PUT IN THE RULE LIST APPLICATION FOR FM 10 93, THE WATERLINE. AND THAT ACTUALLY GOT APPROVED LAST WEEK. SO THEY WERE WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF FOR HAVING THE APPLICATION DONE. SO IT WAS A GOOD THING. OKAY. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THE FOURTH STREET DRAINAGE PROJECT FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT IS, IS QUICKER. IT'S A LOT FASTER. UH, THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE NEXT IN TERMS OF QUICKNESS TO START. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, I MEAN IS THE, THE SOUTH FM 10 I THROUGH GRAVITY LINE, WHICH I THINK I'M HEARING THAT WE COULD START BUT MAY NOT BE THE IDEAL DIRECTION OR DISTANCE. THAT'S CORRECT. THE PATH WE WANTED TO HAVE A IF WE YEAH. IF WE WANTED TO HAVE THE MORE IDEAL ALIGNMENT THAT MAY ACTUALLY TAKE LONGER. THAT'S CORRECT. TO BREAK GROUND. 'CAUSE WE NEED TO DO SOME EASEMENT AND YES SIR. OKAY. YES SIR. EVERYBODY WE CLEAR ON. THAT'S A GOOD SUM, GOOD SUMMARY. YEAH. OKAY. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. SORRY. YES MA'AM. ON THE TRIBUTARY, JUST TO RECONFIRM LAST MONTH I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS AN ASK BETWEEN BOTH EDCS. IS THAT NOT THE CASE? IS IT FALLING MORE ON A NO, THE THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN ALL THESE, THE SAME EXACT PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN [00:50:01] TO B BOARD. HOW YOU CHOOSE TO DIVIDE THAT, WHETHER IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF ENTIRELY ONE PROJECT OR 50 50 OF TWO PROJECTS IS UP TO YOU. OKAY. AND THEN HOW MUCH IS RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL? WILL THAT IMPACT ANY OF THESE NUMBERS? WELL WE CAN'T, WE CANNOT DO FUND, UH, ANY PERCENTAGE OF A PROJECT ABOVE WHAT IS THE COM WHAT IS COMMERCIAL? COMMERCIAL. YEP. THAT'S WHY I, I SAID DO WE KNOW THAT AND WE GET, WE ARE VERY, I WANT US TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN HOW I DON'T WANT COMING IN HERE. OH YEAH. 90% OF THE PROJECT'S COMMERCIAL WHEN YOU KNOW, WINK WINK, WE ARE NOT DOING WINK WINK STUFF. NO, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. SORRY. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THAT. YEP, YEP. NO, COMPLETELY. SO OUR EXPECTATION, THANK YOU MICHELLE, FOR ASKING THE QUESTION, BUT OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT YOUR ASK IS NEVER GOING TO BE ABOVE THE WHAT IS THE COMMERCIAL PERCENTAGE. UNDERSTOOD. WHICH IN EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR, WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE. NO. AND I KNOW WE WE'RE ASKING FOR A DRAINAGE MAP FOR THAT PORTION AND UM, PART OF THE FOURTH STREET AND WORKING WITH THE DESIGN ENGINEER IS TO UPDATE WHAT THAT DRAINAGE MAP IS GONNA LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT IS GONNA CHANGE WITH THESE PROJECTS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE Y'ALL WITH THE MOST UPTODATE AND NOT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE IT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW. OKAY. IF WE CONSIDERED FUNDING MULTIPLE PROJECTS AND THEY RAN IN CONJUNCTION OR AS MUCH AS YOU COULD. YES MA'AM. WHAT IS THE COMPLETION TIMELINE FOR THESE THREE? ARE WE TALKING EARLY 2028 OR ARE WE TALKING DECEMBER, 2028? SO I HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU, UH, GET BACK ON THAT ONE FOR YOU. 'CAUSE I'D HAVE TO WORK IT TO MAKE SURE THE SEQUENCING WORKS WELL WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP. UM, AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, WE ARE FINISHED FINALIZING MY CIP PROGRAM, WHICH SHOWS ME THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ALONG AROUND THIS. SO I DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA GIVE YOU ALL INACCURATE NUMBERS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEQUENCE THEM WELL FOR THAT SCENARIO OR JUST A SCENARIO WHERE YOU'LL GO ONE OR TWO OF THEM. WE'RE JUST ONE. SO WE CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU ACCURATELY IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I DON'T WANNA GUESSTIMATE ON THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THE TRIBUTARY WAS THE END OF 26TH GOING INTO 27. CORRECT. AND THE FOURTH STREET WAS FEBRUARY OF 27TH. PROJECTED. PROJECTED. BUT WE ALSO WANT THEM TO BE SEQUENCED. AND THEN WITH CONRAD, IF THEY MOVE ON QUICKER, THEN MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THEM LIKE ON FOURTH STREET, 3 59, THERE'S SOME SCENARIOS THAT MAKE IT FASTER BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT PORTION WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE FOURTH STREET PROJECT THAT WAS TAKEN OUT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, PERMITTING ISSUES. BUT IF WE BROUGHT THAT BACK IN, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT COULD DO THE WORK ALREADY AND THERE'S THAT ALREADY, THAT EXPEDITED PORTION AND THEY'RE ALREADY MOBILIZED THROUGH THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. ANELLE AND HAYDEN, CAN WE PROJECT OUT, UM, OUR SALES TAX REVENUE FOR LIKE THE NEXT THREE YEARS? WE CAN WELL, I THINK 10%, 10% . YEAH, SURE. I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE, UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS TO TO REALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE, SORRY, AT A, AT A HIGH LEVEL THE VIEW OF NOT JUST WHAT ARE WE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, BUT BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE PROVIDED US WITH SOME FUTURE PROJECTS, I, I JUST WANNA KEEP IN MIND THAT FUNDS THAT WE USE TO FUND PROJECTS TODAY WILL THEN NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE A 2032 TIMELINE ON THEM. UM, AND THEN WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROJECTS OR HELP THOSE PROJECTS GO WHEN THEY NEED TO GO. SO I THINK I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT YEAR, BUT WHAT POSITION DOES THIS THAT PUT US IN AT LIKE THE THREE YEAR MARK. WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OVER HERE. YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. UM, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, WE, SORRY. HEY, NO ONE PRESS THAT YOU'RE NOT PUSHING IT. IT IS. OH, IT'S ALSO BROKEN. DID YOU GRAB IT MIGHT BE THE CONNECTION. OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, HAYDEN CREATED SOME CHARTS AND WE HAD SOME NUMBERS ON PROJECTIONS, BUT THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF UNKNOWNS AND ASSUMPTIONS WE HAD TO MAKE. SO WE'RE A LITTLE ABLE, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH ANGELA'S HELP TO KIND OF CREATE THOSE PROJECTIONS. SO WE'LL COME BACK WITH THOSE FOR YOU. UM, BUT YES, I WOULD CAUTION THAT, UM, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND FUNDING TWO OR THREE PROJECTS JUST BECAUSE, UM, THAT WOULD BE SUCH A HIT TO THE FUND BALANCE AND IT WOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, TWICE AS LONG TO RECOUP THAT WITH HALF AS MUCH OF THE COLLECTIONS WE WERE PREVIOUSLY GETTING. UM, SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO JUST KEEP [00:55:01] ALL OF THAT IN MIND. NOW WE GET INTO JUST THE MORE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH THE EDCA BOARD? I MEAN, WE CAN, WE'RE GONNA, I MEAN, WE HAVE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS AND THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. UM, SO I MEAN THEY, I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF ALL THE DECISION MAKING. I MEAN, I ENJOY SITTING HERE AND, AND GIVING MOUNTAIN MONEY , AND IF THAT'S WHAT THE CITY WANTS US TO DO, THEN WE WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT. UM, BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS AND I DON'T WANT TO, I WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ON WHAT WE DO AND NOT, AGAIN, ACCIDENTALLY RUN OUT OF MONEY WHEN, I MEAN, I I HAVE SAID IF, IF ANYONE IS UNCLEAR, THE WEST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT IS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND IT HAS BEEN FOR YEARS BECAUSE THAT HAS THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN. I MEAN, AND IF ANYTHING, IF SO, YOU'RE RIGHT, I DON'T WANNA SPEND MONEY ON THESE OTHER PROJECTS IF WE END UP IN A SITUATION WHERE THIS CAN'T GET DONE BECAUSE OF US. UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IT'S FISCAL YEAR 20 28, 20 30. YEAH. I THINK, I THINK FOR ME, I LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT OF, I MEAN THE, THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE COULD CONTRIBUTE TO CIP PROJECTS, THOSE WILL HAPPEN REGARDLESS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE EDC IS, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE FUND IT OR THE CITY FUNDS IT, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE TO OCCUR ESSENTIALLY. AND, AND SO THOSE PROJECTS WILL GET TAKEN CARE OF. I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUR POSITION TO SUPPORT THOSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND HOW WE CAN, BUT I ALSO LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF FUNDS THAT WE COLLECT ARE ALMOST SECURED IN A WAY FROM BEING USED FOR OTHER THINGS. ONCE THOSE FUNDS COME IN, THEY'RE IN OUR BOOKS. THEN IF WE WERE SAVING TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO HELP FACILITATE A MAJOR PROJECT LIKE A DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE THAT THE CITY KNEW IT'S LIKELY TO NEED IN FIVE, SEVEN YEARS, AND WE COULD SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BE SAVING A PERCENTAGE OF OUR INCOME SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT SO THAT WHEN THE CITY IS READY TO START BUILDING THAT WE CAN SAY, WE CAN IMMEDIATELY CONTRIBUTE. BAM, LET'S GET THIS PROJECT OFF THE GROUND. AND I THINK IN SOME WAYS IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE A DCA BOARD HERE FOR IS THAT IT'S SORT OF THAT IT'S, IT'S HELPING THAT WHEN THERE ARE NOT JUST GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT NEED TO OCCUR FOR THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY, BUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT CAN REALLY HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT THAT WE JUST, I JUST WANNA REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS THERE AND AVAILABLE SO THAT WE ARE NOT JUST CONTRIBUTING, BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY MAKING IT HAPPEN. SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE I'M LOOKING AT IT STRATEGICALLY. YEAH. YES, EXACTLY. FOR THE RECORD, ANNEL SAID STRATEGICALLY INVESTED, UH, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT SUMMARY AND IT WAS WHISPERED IN NOT INTO A MICROPHONE. SO , DO WE NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS TODAY? THERE IS NO ACTION, THERE IS NO ACTION NEEDED. UH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE CATEGORIES THAT WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS TODAY FOR US TO HAVE, UM, SOME DIRECTION. WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET REPORTS AND YOU'VE EXPRESSED WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE, MORE DETAIL PROJECTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PREPARE FOR YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT A SA REVIEW, WHAT YOU'RE HOPING TO SEE AND MAYBE HOW WE CAN FACILITATE SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IN THE MEANTIME, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR BUDGET PARAMETERS AGAIN, PROJECTIONS AND THEN FUNDING PRIORITIES AND WHAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING YOUR ROLE TO BE IN, TO CONTINUE TO BE, AND THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION, UM, FULLY INFORMED OF ALL OF THE OPTIONS, NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT INTO THE NEXT FIVE, SIX YEARS. UM, IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO ASK ABOUT SOME OF THESE SLIDES THAT ARE IN HERE ON FUTURE PROJECT REQUESTS? SURE. UM, THE DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE LAST MONTH WHEN THIS WAS SHOWN TO US, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS WHETHER OR NOT THAT DENSITY STUDY HAD BEEN FINISHED. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THIS COST IS THE SAME COST THAT WAS ON THE SLIDE LAST MONTH, OR [01:00:01] IF IT'S BEEN UPDATED, OR HAVE WE GOTTEN ANYTHING YET FROM THE DENSITY STUDY? YES, MA'AM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE RECEIVED THE DENSITY STUDY. IT IS COMPLETED. UM, WE WILL BE WORKING TO SCHEDULE A JOINT MEETING DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE TO HAVE THE CONSULTANT PRESENT THOSE FINDINGS TO BOTH A AND B BOARD TOGETHER. OKAY. SO IS THIS 9.477 MILLION OUT OF THE STUDY, OR IS IT THE SAME NUMBER WE SAW LAST MONTH? SAME AS LAST MONTH, THE SAME WE SAW LAST MONTH. . PARDON? BUT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE DENSITY STUDY. SO REGARDING, CAN YOU GIVE ME A HINT ON WHAT WAS IN THE DENSITY STUDY REGARD? THE, YES. UH, THE CURRENT PROJECTIONS ARE LOWER THAN WHAT THE DENSITY STUDY IS SUGGESTING, UH, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE WERE THINKING. SO BY A FACTOR OF THREE OR 10 OR 20%, OR AROUND 15 MILLION IS WHAT THE DENSITY STUDY IS SUGGESTING. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. IS IT, BUT THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS AND, AND, AND THE CONVERSATION. THE REASON WHY WE DON'T WANT TO DIVULGE TOO MUCH ON WHAT THE DENSITY STUDY'S SAYING IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTIES IN PLAY. YEAH. UM, WHETHER WE TAKE ON THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT OR A PORTION OR IF THE COUNTY, IF THERE'S LAND ACQUISITION INVOLVED. SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS IN FLEX, UH, IN FLUX. SO WE'LL, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT, UM, ONCE THAT'S PRESENTED, BUT OKAY. GENERALLY, I, I THINK IT'S A SAFE NUMBER TO HAVE IN THE PACKET. UM, AND IT IS AT LEAST IN THE BALLPARK, IT'S A PLACEHOLDER. RIGHT, RIGHT NOW. EXACTLY. OKAY. THEN ON THIS WEST DOWNTOWN STREET RECONSTRUCTION AND NOTING SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT, UH, BRIAN MADE, UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STAFF CAN SHARE OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN STATED BY THE COUNCIL ON WHY THIS IS MORE INTO THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF CURRENT PLANNING, OR ARE, WELL, HOLD ON. I THINK THEY DID. I THINK COUNSEL DID APPROVE A DESIGN CONTRACT, DID THEY NOT? WE WERE WAITING ON THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND TO, AM I ON, SORRY, THE FORT BEND MOBILITY BOND TO EITHER BE PRESENTED AND OR SEE IF THAT WAS GONNA COME THROUGH. CORRECT, CORRECT. YEP. AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE EVEN PROPOSING IT FOR THE NEXT, SO JUST BUDGET YEAR. REMIND, KEEPING IN MIND THAT WALLACE STREET HAD A BIG PLAY IN HOW WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH WEST DOWNTOWN STREETS. AND WE ARE MO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH WALLACE. WE'RE FINALIZING THE LAST PORTION, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WITH THAT FORCE MAIN THAT GOES INTO DIVERSION EVENTUALLY WHEN DIVERSION'S IN PLACE, BUT BEFORE THEN IT GOES INTO DOWNTOWN. SO, UM, WE ARE, UH, ACTUALLY WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION WHAT WE NEED. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S JUST, I KNOW IT'S A LARGE NEBULOUS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE KIND OF HAVING A SEQUENCE TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS PUZZLE FIT. AND, UM, WITH WASTEWATER BEING SUCH AN ENORMOUS PORTION OF OUR NEXT FIVE YEARS AT THE CITY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PLAN IS INTACT, THAT THEN THAT AFFECTS ALL OF OUR STREETS AND THAT AFFECTS OUR DRAINAGE AND HOW EVERYTHING KIND OF JUST PLAYS INTO EVERYTHING ELSE. SO WALLACE WAS WAITING ON THE FORCE MAIN OF WHAT SIZE WE WERE GONNA BE NEEDING, AND WE WERE WAITING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT SCOPED OUT WITH THE BEST SCENARIO FOR THE CITY THAT WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE. SO THAT PORTION, I THINK, IS FINALLY GETTING ADDRESSED, WHICH ALLOWS WALLACE TO PROCEED FORWARD, WHICH THEN CAN SEE WHAT'S INTO THE WEST DOWNTOWN PORTION, WHICH GOES INTO THE DRAINAGE. AND THEN WE CAN FINALLY HAVE ALL OF THAT PORTION TAKEN. AND I KNOW THERE'S BIG ROUNDABOUT, SO MAYBE IT'S NOT 10 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. MAYBE IT'S ONLY TWO OR THREE YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. WHICH ONE? WALLACE WAS CONTINGENT WEST SIDE ON 28 29 POTENTIALLY. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE AFTER THE 28, 29. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. THAT'S TWO TO THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF 10. CORRECT. SO I DON'T IF WE ADD ANY NOTES, BUT THEN THEY COULD CHANGE, NOT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN THERE, BUT JUST AS THE REMINDERS OF LIKE, DOWNTOWN IS CONTINGENT ON WALLACE OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. WE CAN YEAH. WORK ON SOMETHING. I, I KNOW IT'S CHANGING, BUT RIGHT. AT LEAST AN IMAGERY OF THE SEQUENCING OF THE LARGER PROJECTS. YEAH. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YES. YES, MA'AM. JUST GOING BY MY SCRIBBLE NOTES. SORRY, , I DIDN'T BRING MY SCRIBBLE NOTES FROM LAST MONTH. I GOTCHA. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPED. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL, . THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK Y'ALL. UM, [Recurring Items - A] NOW WE'RE TO ITEM FIVE, CORRECT? MM-HMM . RECURRING ITEMS. UH, ITEM A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT. [01:05:09] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT, ITEM ONE, BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. THE 2026 APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE NEXT WEEK ON MAY 19TH AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, SO JUST STAY TUNED FOR THAT. ITEM TWO, THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, UH, WORKSHOP. WE HAD SIX PARTICIPANTS AT THE FIRST ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOP AT IRENE STERN, AND OVERALL IT WENT REALLY WELL. WE, UM, SENT OUT A SURVEY AFTERWARDS AND WE HAD REALLY POSITIVE RESPONSES. UM, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UM, IMPROVING MARKETING EVEN MORE TO GET IT, GET THE WORD OUT THERE FOR THE NEXT TWO WORKSHOPS, UM, THAT ARE PART OF THAT SERIES. BUT THEY DON'T BUILD ON EACH OTHER. THEY'RE STANDALONE. SO THE SAME FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED THE FIRST TIME CAN ATTEND AGAIN, AND WE CAN WELCOME, YOU KNOW, ANY NEWCOMERS AS WELL. SO WE'VE BEEN SHARING, UH, ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY EVERY CHANCE THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND INCLUDING IT IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL OF THAT. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT. THERE'S VARIETIES OF BUSINESSES AND JUST DIFFERENT, UM, CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE FACING AND, UM, DIFFERENT WAYS THAT EVEN JUST IN THAT COMMUNITY, THEY'RE HELPING EACH OTHER. SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE. UM, ITEM THREE, UM, DENSITY STUDY UPDATE FOR THE PARKING STRUCTURE. WE DID RECEIVE THIS STUDY AND MET WITH SIEGLER COOPER TO HAVE THEM DO KIND OF A PRACTICE PRESENTATION TO US AND, UM, WORK THROUGH THAT. UM, AS WE WORKED TO, TO SCHEDULE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, A MEETING WITH BOTH BOARDS, HOPEFULLY IN JUNE SO THAT THEY'LL PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. AND THEN EARLIER TODAY, UM, ONCE WE HAD WORKED THROUGH ALL THE EDITS WE REQUESTED ON THAT PRESENTATION AND, UM, ON THE, ALL OF THAT, WE DID REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS INDIVIDUALLY TO SCHEDULE ONE-ON-ONES WITH THEM TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK IS SO THAT WHEN WE COME BEFORE YOU, WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE THEY STAND. AND THAT CAN ALSO BE PART OF, UM, THE DISCUSSION FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AND, AND FOR THEM TO BE INVOLVED WITH IF THEY CHOOSE TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING THAT MOVING FORWARD. UM, I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL REALLY LIKE WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE, UM, BEEN PREPARING FOR YOU. SO BEFORE WE MOVE ON, THANK YOU FOR THE PRE-WORK. UM, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, I MEAN, YOU'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT IN THIS ROLE, YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF, UM, THANK YOUS FOR THE PRE-WORK THAT YOU DO ON PROJECTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN. AND IF THEY DO HAPPEN THEIR YEARS AWAY, UM, AND I KNOW IT'S WHERE YOU SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, FOR THAT. THAT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. YOU'RE WELCOME. ITEM FOUR, THE SMALL BUSINESS WEEK RECAP. SO THIS HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESS WEEK SO FAR HERE AT THE CITY OF RE AND I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA KEEP GETTING BETTER EVERY YEAR. UH, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A CLOSURE OF THE PAINTED AND TREE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ALL SAW. UM, OUR LOCATION WAS IN CINCO RANCH CLOSEST TO THE REGION. AND WE HAD MANY OF OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO HOSTED, UM, BOOTHS WITHIN THAT, UM, FACILITY THAT WERE SUDDENLY, YOU KNOW, ONE MORNING JUST CALLED AND TOLD, COME PICK UP YOUR ITEMS, WE ARE CLOSING. AND THEY LOST A COUPLE OF MONTHS RENT. ANYTHING THAT THEY SOLD DURING THAT TIME, THEY WERE NOT PAID FOR. SO THEY LOST INVENTORY. UM, THEY HAD TO, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY NATIONWIDE. AND SO THAT, UM, WAS REALLY UNFORTUNATE TO SEE, BUT IT JUST PROMPTED US TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I INSTANTLY REACHED OUT, UM, TO TIFFANY WITH TIFFANY'S, UH, TINY FLOWER TRUCK AND BOUTIQUE KNOWING THAT, UM, WITHIN HER SHOP SHE HOUSES 20, UM, I THINK 20, IT'S A MIXTURE OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN ENTREPRENEURS, UM, WITHIN THAT SHOP. BUT MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE OUTGROWN HER SHOP HAD MOVED TO THE PAINTED TREE. SO I SAID, LET'S WORK TOGETHER, LET'S IDENTIFY THEM. LET'S REACH OUT. WHAT CAN WE DO? UM, AND THAT SOLUTION WAS THE SHOT FULCHER FIRST THAT WE HOSTED AT IRENE STERN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. WE PUT THAT TOGETHER IN ABOUT 10 DAYS. YES. JUST, UM, WORKED AS HARD AS WE COULD TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE LOCAL VENDORS AND THEN EXTENDED IT. UM, AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE HAD INVITED ALL FULL SURE FIRST THEN EXTENDED ANY REMAINING SPOTS TO PEOPLE IN THE AREA. UM, WE GOT A GREAT, GREAT FEEDBACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND JUST SHARING ALL OF THOSE MARKETING MATERIALS AND, UM, SHOWING UP THAT NIGHT. I THINK HAYDEN AND I WERE SITTING AT THE DOOR, UM, IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP AND I, I THINK WE ONLY SAW ONE PERSON WALK OUT WITHOUT [01:10:01] BAGS. A LOT OF THEM HAD BOTH ARMS FULL OF DIFFERENT BAGS, WHICH IS GREAT 'CAUSE IT MEANT THEY, THEY SUPPORTED DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT NIGHT. AND I, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A SINGLE PERSON THAT WALKED OUT OF THERE THAT DIDN'T SAY, WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE. UM, AND WE ACTUALLY ARE ALREADY WORKING ON A REQUEST FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO HOST, UM, KID ENTREPRENEURS. SO HAVE THE SAME EXACT CON CONCEPT, BUT ALL LOCAL FULL SHARED CHILDREN RUNNING BUSINESSES THAT CAN GO THERE. UM, SO JUST REALLY EXCITED TO JUST BE INVOLVED AND BE AS HELPFUL AS POSSIBLE TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UM, I KNOW BONNIE AND BRIAN, YOU WERE ABLE TO BE THERE THAT NIGHT, SO I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE WITH, UH, THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. UM, YEAH, I, UH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. UM, I SPENT MY HARD EARNED DOLLARS THERE . UM, AND, UH, I THOUGHT THAT, UM, I THOUGHT THAT JUST IT WAS SET UP REALLY WELL. UM, YOU GUYS CRAMMED A LOT OF VENDORS, UH, INTO THAT SPACE. , UM, USED, USED EVERY INCH OF IT. UM, I KNOW THAT WALKING AROUND, I THINK, UH, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE BOOTH I HAD TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE TO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE UH, THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE THERE SHOPPING, UM, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE. AND, UM, EVERYONE JUST WAS VERY HAPPY. SEEMED TO BE JUST HAVING A REALLY GOOD TIME. UM, SO YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT. AND I, YOU GOT TO CHAT WITH A COUPLE OF THE PEOPLE WITH BOOTHS THERE, AND THEY WERE DEFINITELY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. UM, SO, UH, AND I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY SULI SURPRISED BY THE TURNOUT. UM, I THINK I GOT THERE SEVEN ISH. UM, AND YEAH, PARKING LOT WAS FULL. I HAD TO PARK ON THE BACK ROW AND WALK. SO, UH, THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. YEAH. SO WHAT WAS THE COST OF TO THE EDCS TO TO HOST THAT? IT WAS VERY MINIMAL. YEAH. SO WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T PAY FOR OUR INSURANCE. WE DID NOT CHARGE THE VENDORS, UM, TO PARTICIPATE. THE, THE COST THAT WE HAD TO TAKE ON WERE JUST MARKETING ESSENTIALLY, UM, DECORATIONS JUST TO HELP, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT FEEL LIVELY AND, AND WELCOMING. UM, WE ORDERED SOME SOUVENIR FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE SHOPPING BAGS TO KIND OF REDUCE, YOU KNOW, THE COST ON THE VENDORS TO HAVE TO PURCHASE BAGS. UM, WELL I'M, I'M JUST, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS, UH, YOU SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE, AND I DON'T KNOW, WAS IT THE CUSTOMERS OR WAS IT THE, UH, THE BOOTH OWNERS OR THE, YOU KNOW, ENTREPRENEURS IN THERE? WAS IT ON BOTH SIDES THAT THEY WERE ASKING? WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? YES. IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO AT LEAST ON A QUARTERLY BASIS OR SOMETHING IF IT'S THAT LOW COST? I BELIEVE SO. I DID HAVE, UM, MORE TIME WITH SOME OF THEM THAN OTHERS TO KIND OF GET SOME FEEDBACK. UH, I THINK THE SHOPPERS WANTED IT EVERY MONTH. THE VENDORS WERE LIKE, WE'RE VERY BUSY, , , UM, AND ALSO, UH, PRODUCTS AND NEW, UM, JUST GOODS USUALLY COME SEASONALLY. YEAH. SO HAVING IT QUARTERLY AROUND THE SEASONS AND SEEING IT THAT WAY WOULD WORK REALLY WELL. I KNOW, UM, ESPECIALLY LEADING INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, SOME OF THEM WORK, UM, SHYING AWAY FROM THAT SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY REALLY, REALLY BIG ESTABLISHED HOLIDAY MARKETS THAT WE ARE A PART OF. I THINK AFTER THAT WAS WHEN STARTED AND THEN AT THE END THEY CAME BY AND SAID, HEY, MAYBE WE ARE OPEN TO HOSTING SOME KIND OF EARLY HOLIDAY MARKET. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO, AND, AND I WILL SAY THERE WAS A PRETTY LONG WAIT LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WERE REACHING OUT SAYING, HEY, UM, BUT THEY EITHER WEREN'T DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY PAIN AND TREE, AND SO WE WANTED TO GIVE THOSE VENDORS FIRST DIBS. UM, OR WE, WE WERE JUST AT CAPACITY. AND ORIGINALLY, UM, THE WEATHER WAS, IT WAS PREDICTING IT WAS SUNDAY STORMS THAT NIGHT. AND SO WE HAD I THINK SIX VENDORS THAT WERE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE AND THEN DECIDED TO CANCEL. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WEATHER, BUT THAT WAS ANOTHER CONVERSATION. THERE'S THAT WHOLE GRASSY AREA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK. CAN WE SET UP VENDORS ON THAT SIDE AS WELL? UM, WE GOT SUGGESTIONS ABOUT BRINGING MORE FOOD TRUCKS. WE HAD ADELPHIA THERE, UM, ALSO GOOD CULTURE RESIDENT OWNED. AND, UM, HE WAS JUST THRILLED. HE SAID, I EXPECT IT TO BE BUSY, BUT NOT THIS BUSY. IT, I THINK THE LOCATION'S REALLY GREAT. IT ATTRACTED A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAME OUT. UM, THEY, THEY SAW THE SIGNS AND WHATNOT AND JUST WALKED OVER AND WE HAD PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO COME IN THE DOOR THE SECOND WE GOT THERE TO START SETTING UP. WE HAD TO CONSTANTLY TELL AT SEVEN STARTS AT FIVE, UM, AND THEN THEY RETURNED. SO I THINK THE FOOD TRUCK HAD A LINE THE ENTIRE TIME AND A WAIT LIST FOR THE FOOD, UM, WHICH IS GREAT. HE CAN HIRE MORE HELP NEXT TIME. ? YES. A COUPLE MORE, A COUPLE MORE FOOD TRUCKS AND OPTIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL. SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A [01:15:01] GREAT, GREAT, GREAT SUCCESS. SO I WAS THERE, UH, AND BEFORE I LEFT, I THINK I SAID, WHY DON'T WE THINK ABOUT DOING THIS MONTHLY ? UM, AND BECAUSE I MEAN, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A PHENOMENAL WAY TO HELP OUT SMALL BUSINESS IN, IN FUL. I MEAN, IT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS, RIGHT? FROM BOTH THE SELLER AND THE BUYING. UM, SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PHENOMENAL REASON FOR US TO SUPPORT. WE Y'ALL FIGURED IT OUT IN LIKE NINE OR 10 DAYS. YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT WE MIGHT, UM, BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A MORE SUSTAINABLE PLAN IF WE GIVE YOU MORE THAN A WEEK AND A HALF, UM, , YOU KNOW, UH, AND BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PHENOMENAL CENTER THAT WORKED OUT GREAT, UM, AND MAYBE WE DO A SEASONAL PLAN OR WE HAVE A PLAN WHERE THESE SETS OF VENDORS COME AT THIS TIME AND THEN THE NEXT MONTH AS ANOTHER SET OF VENDORS COME SOMETHING. UM, BUT I, IT WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT. UM, IT WAS, UH, I WAS THERE KIND OF ON THE EARLY SIDE AND IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO PACT ALREADY MM-HMM . UM, SO I, I WAS, I JUST THOUGHT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE IRENE STERN CENTER, UM, THAT IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR US TO MORE SPECIFICALLY IN AND INTENTIONALLY IMPACT, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. PLUS WE HAVE AN EVENTS PERSON NOW ON STAFF. MAYBE YOU CAN JUST SHOVE ALL THE WORK ON THAT PERSON. , I COULDN'T MAKE THAT EVENING, HAD A LAST MINUTE FAMILY EMERGENCY, BUT I SAW A LOT OF PICTURES ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE THAT WERE MAKING IT. UM, SO TWO POINTS. ONE, I'M HAPPY TO HELP ANY WAY THAT I CAN FOR IF YOU GUYS AREN'T AVAILABLE, LIKE VOLUNTEERING TO HELP SET IT UP OR COORDINATE THE VENDORS AS WELL. AND THEN THE OTHER WAS THE KID ENTREPRENEUR THAT YOU MENTIONED. I WENT TO THE KATIE BAZAAR RECENTLY AND I WAS SURPRISED ON HOW LARGE THE KID ENTREPRENEUR SECTION WAS. WOW. IT WAS REALLY, I MEAN, THEY SAID IT WAS UPSTAIRS AND I WAS EXPECTING LIKE FIVE KIDS. NO, THERE WERE LIKE A HUNDRED IN THIS WITH WOW. ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND STUFF. SO, UM, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MINGLE THAT IN. I'M THINKING SPACE WISE IT'S HARD TO PROBABLY DO BOTH, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A, AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, MAYBE FUN EVENT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL COULD, YOU COULD COORDINATE WITH THEM? SURE. WE, YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY, UM, SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT. UM, BUT YES, I, I THINK WE VERY MUCH WANT TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT EVERY LEVEL AND CONTINUE BUILDING THAT COMMUNITY, UM, OUTSIDE OF JUST THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT FOR THOSE VENDORS AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED. WE ALSO DID HAVE RENEWED INTEREST AND ALMOST RECRUITED PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE FULL SHARE FAST TRACK AND THE BUSINESS DEPOT LUNCHEONS. WE SHARED ABOUT THOSE EFFORTS. WE SHARED ABOUT OUR GRANT. AND, UM, WE, I MEAN, I HAVE AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX FOLLOW UP MEETINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE VENDORS AND THEY SAID, WELL, THIS IS MY, UM, MY NEW BUSINESS, BUT MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND WE ACTUALLY DO NEED HELP WITH OUR MARKETING AND MAYBE WE DO NEED HELP WITH A WEBSITE, SO CAN WE MEET ABOUT THAT? UM, WE HAD ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERS THAT YES, UM, INTERESTED IN MEETING WITH THE TEAM AND SEEING HOW THEY, THEY CAN SERVE. AND WE HAD BUSINESS OWNERS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FATHER'S A FRANCHISEE AND I, I HAVE THIS BUSINESS AND I WOULD LOVE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP YOU? AND WE SAID, YOU CAN BECOME AN ADVISOR TO THOSE THAT ARE STARTING OUT. SO WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP WITH HER. UM, OVERALL, I, I JUST THINK IT WAS KIND OF AN INJECTION OF EXCITEMENT AND COLLABORATION ACROSS ALL, YOU KNOW, AGES AND ALL FRONTS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE LAST THREE YEARS. SO IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. IT'S VERY EXCITING. WE'LL FIND WAYS TO KEEP MAKING IT HAPPEN THAT ALSO GIVE US SOME TIME TO SLEEP AND WE'LL INVITE THE OTHER CITY TEAMS. I'LL, I'LL SAY IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT. WE HAD, UM, KELLY, UM, THE EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION. WE HAD THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UM, YOU KNOW, MEETING EVERY TIGHT TURNAROUND OF, HEY, WE NEED TO CREATE THESE VIDEOS. WE NEED HELP PUTTING THE WORD OUT THERE. UM, THAT JUST WITHIN 24 HOURS ALREADY HAD DESIGNED IDEAS AND WERE READY TO FILM. UM, SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENT. AND I, I WILL SAY THE, THE STUFF I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE ADVANCED MARKETING, GETTING THE WORD OUT, THAT THAT WAS DONE [01:20:01] EXTREMELY WELL. VERY, VERY GOOD. UM, VIDEOS AND ALL AROUND. YES, I, I THINK EVERYONE WAS VERY HAPPY TO HELP. WE HAD FACILITIES OUT THERE HELPING US TAPE AND, AND MEASURE. AND, UM, THAT I THINK THE DAY OF, I SAID IT SOUNDED SO SIMPLE, INVITING PEOPLE TO COME SET UP THEIR OWN STUFF. AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, SWEATING, TAPING, BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON WE HAD CREATED THIS LAYOUT THAT GAVE EVERYONE 10 BY 10 SPOTS, BUT COME TO MEASURE THE 25 PEOPLE WE TOLD TO THERE WOULD'VE NOT, WOULD NOT FIT. SO WE HAD TO REDUCE TO EIGHT BY EIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF ROLL WITH IT. BUT EVERYONE WAS JUST SO GRACIOUS AND SO WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER THAT IT JUST HAPPENED AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT TIME. YEAH. OKAY. AND LASTLY, UPCOMING EVENTS. UM, I WILL SEND A CALENDAR OUT. UM, WOULD Y'ALL, WOULD Y'ALL PREFER CALENDAR INVITES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL EVENT OR A, A FLYER OF ALL THE EVENTS IN ONE PAPER? YEAH, I WOULD PREFER THE SECOND. OKAY. IF YOU SEND ME THE FIRST IT, I'M, THEY'RE GONNA GET LOST. YES. OKAY. SO YOU, EVERYONE ELSE MAY, YOU MAY HAVE TO DO BOTH, BUT I, I CAN ONLY KAY'S OVER HERE WITH PAPER. OKAY. . UM, BUT I'M, I'M ONLY GONNA BE ABLE TO MANAGE, I'LL ADD IT TO MY CALENDAR. I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO QUESTION BUTTON. I CAN ADD IT MANUALLY ON MY OWN. WE'LL DO BOTH. OKAY. WE'LL DO BOTH. THANK YOU. YES. UH, BUT JUST UPCOMING EVENTS, LIKE I MENTIONED THE FRANCHISEE WORKSHOP, UM, NUMBER, WAIT, DID I WRITE? YES. UPCOMING EVENTS, NEW EVENT I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. FRANCHISEE WORKSHOP. WE'D PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT SOME BUSINESSES BEING INTERESTED IN SHORE, BUT THEY CAN'T FIND, UM, A FRANCHISEE. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, A COMPANY TO WORK WITH AT NO COST TO US THAT HELPS, UM, THOSE INTERESTED IN ENTERING THE, THE FRANCHISE WORLD, UM, WHO MAYBE HAVE NO EXPERIENCE OR THOSE THAT DO IDENTIFY WHAT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THEM AND PAIR THOSE PEOPLE TO THE COMPANY, WHICH HAS A EXTREMELY HIGH SUCCESS RATE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IT'S SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 24TH HERE AT CITY HALL TIME. NOT YET DECIDED. UH, SECOND, THE FULL SURE ENTREPRENEUR RESOURCE FAIR IS SEPTEMBER 1ST. THAT'LL BE AT IRENE STERN, SIMILAR TO THE HOME BUSINESS ACCELERATOR WE'D DONE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOP SERIES SEPTEMBER 12TH. SO AGAIN, I'LL FOLLOW UP AND WE WILL, WE'LL CREATE THOSE EVENTS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. AND ALL THAT INFORMATION WILL BE ON THE EDCS PAGE OF THE CITY WEBSITE AS WELL. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. I LIKE HOW THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE. YEAH, THAT WAS A LOT. YEAH. THAT WAS A LOT. . [Recurring Items - B] OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE B, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE'VE ALREADY GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE LIST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OH, COME ON. SCROLL, SCROLL, SCROLL. UH, WE'VE GOT THE THP GATEWAY SIGN UPDATE FOR NEXT MONTH. WE HAVE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. UM, I'D STILL LIKE TO SEE THE LIST OF COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT DID NOT MOVE FORWARD AND THE REASON. ANY OTHERS? GREAT. ANY COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD THAT I MISSED? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OFFICIAL. YEAH, YOU HAVE A LIST, DON'T YOU? YOU HAVE A LIST OF COMMERCIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE LIKE IN THE PIPELINE? YES. THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE. I MEAN, THEY'RE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED. THEY'RE, THAT'S ALL WE'RE AT. WE CAN SCRUB IT. YEAH, WE CAN SCRUB IT TO MAKE SURE IT ALIGN. YES. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE. THAT'D BE GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. UM, ITEM [Recurring Items - C] NUMBER FIVE C. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. UM, THE PRIMARY RUNOFF DATE IS COMING UP, IT IS ON TUESDAY THE 26TH. SO IF YOU VOTED IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY OR DIDN'T VOTE AT ALL, YOU CAN VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RUNOFF. DITTO ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, BUT IF YOU VOTED IN THE REPUBLICAN, YOU CAN'T SWITCH AND GO TO DEMOCRATIC. UM, EARLY VOTING IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 18TH THROUGH 22ND. AND THEN ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 26TH. AND I'M JUST ANNOUNCING IT BECAUSE THESE RUNOFFS [01:25:01] HAVE THE LOWEST TURNOUT OF ANY KIND OF ELECTION YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UM, MONDAY, MAY 25TH, THE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY, THAT IS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE BRAZOS RIVER ROTARY CLUB, ALONG WITH THE SHORE SIMONTON LYONS CLUB, THE TEXAN EXCHANGE CLUB, THE SHORE REGIONAL CHAMBER FOR COMMERCE. AND THE CITY OF FULCHER ARE HOSTING A MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM AT IRENE STERN ON THAT MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY AT 11:00 AM AND ANYONE AND EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND, WHERE WE HONOR AND REMEMBER THOSE THAT MADE THE GREATEST SACRIFICE. AND HAYDEN HAS OFFICIALLY GRADUATED FROM TEXAS A AND M. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THE, UH, FULCHER BEAUTIFUL PHOTO COMPETITION. YES. IS OPEN. THAT'S IT. ALL DAY. ALL DAY. ALL DAY. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THERE IS WHAT I WAS FORGETTING. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. WELL, I ALREADY HAVE THE PHOTO THAT'S GOING TO WIN. IS IT YOUR CEMENT SLAB? NO. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. . THAT'D BE GOOD. NO. UH, THE PHOTO FOR TWIN DAY AT THE OFFICE. . THAT WAS SO CUTE. UH, SITTING HERE ON MY COMPUTER. DO I NEED, I WANT TO, YEAH. IF Y'ALL DIDN'T SEE IT, YOU'RE MISSING OUT. SO FOLLOW ANELLE ON, ON FACEBOOK. HER OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. IS THIS FACEBOOK OR NO, LINKEDIN. LINKEDIN, YEAH. UM, HAYDEN LOOKS AWESOME. I DIDN'T KNOW HE LOOKED SO GOOD IN LONG BLACK HAIR. UM, SO, UH, IF YOU DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. I I CAN SEND THIS PICTURE TO YOU. I TOOK A SCREENSHOT AND SAID I'M KEEPING THIS FOREVER. YOU DID. WE YOU DID. OH, SHOCKING. YEAH. THERE WAS NO WAY YOU WERE LOSING THIS . UM, OKAY. IS THAT ALL WE'VE GOT? EXCELLENT. DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MOVE. WE ADJOURN. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AT 7:28 PM ON MAY 11TH, 2026. TURN OFF YOUR MICS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.