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I MIGHT NOT COMPLAIN.I DUNNO IF THEY HAVE LIKE THE HOME DEPOT ONE.
[I. Call to Order]
OKAY.SO I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER OF THE CITY OF WILSHIRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, ON MONDAY, JUNE 8TH AT 6:00 PM WE HAVE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT, SO THAT'S NICE.
IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS' COMMENTS TONIGHT? NO, MA'AM.
[III. Council Comment]
UM, I SEE OUR COUNCIL LIAISON IS HERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PENA, DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR INPUT RELATED TO COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? UH, ACTUALLY I DO.I'D JUST LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I THINK YOU'VE, YOU'VE STATED THERE, I'M THE LIAISON FOR YOU ALL AS OF LAST MEETING.
I'VE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR THREE WEEKS NOW,
BUT, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT EDC.
UH, I AM VERY CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE, UH, OUR ENGINE GROW HERE.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SMALL TOWN CHARM OR MORE SALES TAX.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME MORE, UH, COLLABORATION WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL AND WITH THIS BOARD AND EVEN WITH THE CITY, I THINK.
UM, SO I, WITH THAT, I LIKE TO SAY, UM, I'M ACTUALLY, UH, HERE TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
AND, UM, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME OR ASK AT ANY TIME.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION RIGHT NOW? I'M JUST, SORRY.
UH, AND I KNOW YOU'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB FOR THREE WEEKS, BUT HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE, AND IT'S, IT'S DATED A LITTLE BIT, BUT HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF SHORE THAT WAS THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR ECONOMIC 19? I FEEL LIKE THERE'S MULTIPLE PLANS OUT THERE.
THE ECONOMIC, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN.
I HAVEN'T READ IT COMPLETELY, BUT, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, THERE'S SOME GOOD NUGGETS IN THERE.
BUT IT'S, UH, QUITE, IS IT DATED? I BELIEVE THE DATE WITH THAT IS ON, UH, YEAH, THAT'S THE 2019 PLAN.
19, I WILL SAY, KAY, THAT HE IMMEDIATELY AFTER GETTING APPOINTED, REACHED OUT TO US, EMAILED US AND GOOD TIME.
HE SENT A LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS.
UM, AND WE DID GET TO MEET WITH HIM AND GO OVER SOME OF OUR KEY PROJECTS.
A LOT OF, UM, WHAT DRIVES THAT FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALL.
I'M SURE HE'S JUST DRINKING THROUGH
BUT HE DID TAKE THAT TIME AND IT WAS A COUPLE OF HOURS.
SO I'M SURE THAT COMMUNICATION THERE WILL CONTINUE.
AND THAT'S 2019, SO WE ARE 20, 26.
UM, SO I THINK THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT SINCE THEN, SO IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAYBE BRUSH IT UP, MAYBE REVISE IT, SEE WHAT WE TRIED,
SO THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME THOUGHT ON THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK, UH, THE GROWTH HERE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS.
EVEN THE PROJECTIONS ON THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, WERE OFF BY LIKE DOUBLE SO, UH, ANYWAY, ON POPULATION.
SO, BUT YES, OFF TO A GOOD START,
UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO LISTENING AND HEAR SOME COMMENTS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE WE, DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE? EVERYBODY'S HERE.
AND WHO'S, WHO'S NEW? WE HAVE ONE.
HAS HE BEEN HERE FOR ONE YEAR ALREADY NOW? AUGUST TO BE ONE YEAR.
[Business - A]
OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNDER FOUR A WELCOME, AN INTRODUCTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS.WE HAVE ONE NEW BOARD MEMBER AS OF TONIGHT, AND THAT IS DEBORAH DRESCHER, AND WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HER ON THE BOARD.
UM, I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE DOES.
AND I, I, I THINK YOU HAVE A PERFECT BACKGROUND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU'D WANNA SHARE A LITTLE OF IT WITH SURE.
WELL, ACTUALLY MY BACKGROUND IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, WHICH WAS PRETTY MUCH MY WHOLE CAREER, BUT I HAVE, UM, UH, JUST FINISHED A TERM ON THE, UM, ON THE B BOARD AND, UH, AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING, I DO KNOW KAY AND BONNIE, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW THE REST OF Y'ALL.
UM, I'M, UH, A RELATIVELY NEW, I'M RETIRED.
I'M A RELATIVELY NEW RESIDENT A COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, IN SHORE.
SO I KIND OF BRING, UH, THAT PERSPECTIVE.
UH, ALSO, UM, BUT PRETTY MUCH MY, UH, CAREER GOING ALL THE WAY GOING BACK 40 YEARS WAS, UH, IN COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I, UH, AT THE LOCAL AND THE STATE LEVEL, I, UM,
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RAN LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS AND CITY RELATED.AND THEN THE LAST ABOUT 15 YEARS, I GUESS OF MY CAREER WAS, UM, UM, AN ESTATE, UH, AGENCY.
AND I WAS, I WORKED WITH 90 CITIES IN TEXAS AND HELPED THEM IN THEIR REVITALIZATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, UH, RELATED TO DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION.
SO THAT WAS, UH, UM, THE END OF MY CAREER.
SO I'M GLAD TO BE USING THOSE SKILLS.
UM, I HAVE ALL OF THE SAME DEGREES THAT, THAT ANELLE HAS.
AND, UM, AND ACTUALLY WORKED, MET HER, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T REALIZE IT, MET HER IN A PREVIOUS JOB ABOUT THREE MONTHS BEFORE I RETIRED FROM MY STATE JOB AND WAS BARELY PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO HER IN
BUT, UM, THE, UH, THE OTHER THING TOO THAT IS KIND OF RELATED HERE IS THAT I WAS ALSO IN ELECTED OFFICE, UH, FOR ABOUT A DECADE.
I WAS ON A SCHOOL BOARD IN WHAT WAS THEN THE FASTEST GROWING, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS.
AND THAT WAS BECAUSE I WAS IN THE, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE TOWNS WAS THE FASTEST GROWING TOWN IN THE STATE AT THAT TIME IN, IN TEXAS.
BUT IT'S RELATIVE TO KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, UM, WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO I'M GLAD YOU GET TO SEE IT HERE.
YOU GET TO SEE IT ALL OVER AGAIN HERE, RIGHT? IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT ANYWAY, I'M GLAD TO, TO BE HERE WORKING WITH Y'ALL.
DO WE WANNA GO DOWN AND OKAY, BONNIE? YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
HI, I AM, UH, BONNIE TYLER BUELL.
SO MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN SHORE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW.
UM, SO, UH, PROFESSIONALLY, UM, I'M A PRODUCT MANAGER IN A FRONT OF HOUSE, UH, FOOD SERVICE.
UM, SO I DESIGN DESIGN PLATES AND CUPS FOR A LIVING.
UM, SO I HAVE A PREVIOUS, UH, WORK EXPERIENCE IN ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE.
UM, SO A LOT OF, UH, EXPERIENCE ON THE FINANCE SIDE, UM, AS WELL AS STRATEGIC PLANNING.
UM, AND THEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE, I, UH, PREVIOUSLY AND KATIE, I SERVED ON MY MUD BOARDS, UH, FOR, UM, ABOUT 14 YEARS TOTAL, UH, BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT BOARDS.
UM, SO HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WORKING THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY OBVIOUSLY WATER, UH, AND WASTEWATER, UM, FOR, UH, SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND KATIE THAT, UM, WERE EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH LIMITED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND HAVING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALIZE WHAT HAVING, UM, MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL, UH, CUSTOMERS DID TO, UM, TAX BASE AND RENEW FLOWS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, UH, AND THEN I HAVE BEEN ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THREE YEARS.
UM, SO YEAH, SO, UH, DEFINITELY ENJOYING MY TIME HERE.
I WANT TO FIRST SAY MY, UH, RESUME IS NOT NEARLY AS DECORATED
UM, I HAVE BEEN IN FULL SHIRT ACT JUNE 1ST, MADE FIVE YEARS.
UM, MY WIFE AND I, WHICH THIS IS MY WIFE FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, MOVED HERE JUNE 1ST, MAY FIVE YEARS.
UM, PROFESSIONALLY, I'M A RETIRED RAILROAD ENGINEER FOR UNION PACIFIC, UH, 25 YEARS.
AND SINCE RETIREMENT I'VE WORKED TWICE AS HARD AS A, UH, THREE TIME BESTSELLING AUTHOR, GUEST LECTURER AT VARIOUS COLLEGES.
BUT I HOLD A POSITION AT PRAIRIE A AND M DEVELOPMENT AND PHILANTHROPY BOARD RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND, UH, JUST SEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNGER STUDENTS THAT ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED, UNDERSERVED.
I PRODUCE COMEDY SHOWS AND PORTRAIT SHOWS FOR THE IMPROV.
SO, EXCUSE SAID, I THOUGHT YOU LOOKED FAMILIAR WHEN I SAW YOU.
WERE YOU, WERE YOU AT THE ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOP? YES.
THAT EXPLAIN WHY YOU LOOKED FAMILIAR, BECAUSE WE TALKED AND I BOUGHT SOME OF YOUR PRODUCT
UM, I GUESS MY BACKGROUND'S A LOT MORE BORING THAN THAT
UM, SO I HAVE LIVED IN SHORE A LITTLE OVER 14 YEARS.
I SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL FOR SIX YEARS REPRESENTING DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH WAS WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN CROSS CREEK RANCH.
UM, HAVE BEEN GOING TO ALMOST EVERY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING SINCE ABOUT 2016.
MISSED VERY, VERY FEW OF THEM IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE CITY NEEDS AND SO IT'S A KEY INTEREST OF MINE.
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A LOT OF THE TML ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS THAT THEY HOLD IN NOVEMBER, UH, OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN AT BASTROP, UH, BECAUSE I FIND THOSE VERY EDUCATIONAL AND VERY USEFUL AND THEY GIVE A LOT OF REAL LIFE EXAMPLES, UH, SOME OF WHICH I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE SHORE FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS.UM, AND I SERVED ON THE B BOARD FOR, I DON'T KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
AND THEN I SERVED ON THE A BOARD.
THIS IS STARTING, I JUST GOT REAPPOINTED, UH, AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THIS IS, UH, STARTING MY SECOND TERM.
SO I HAVEN'T LIKE, BEEN ON THE DAYS, BUT I'VE BEEN OUT THERE LISTENING TO A LOT OF THIS.
NO, BILL AND I HAVE, AS OF DECEMBER WILL BE IN SHORE FOR 16 YEARS.
UM, PAST WAS ON JUST DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING, UM, BOARDS.
BUT HERE SINCE IN FULCHER, UM, I MAINLY WAS IN CONSULTING ON AN AIRPLANE AND WAS NEVER HOME.
AND NOW THAT I'M FINALLY BACK LOCAL AGAIN, I WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED AND TRY AND GIVE SOME TIME.
AND SO I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, UM, SINCE AND HOPING TO CONTINUE VERY GOOD.
AND MY, MY BACKGROUND'S PETROLEUM ENGINEERING, SO, YOU KNOW, BUT I DID GET TO DO PLANNING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND A LITTLE BIT OF GAS MARKETING AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS BESIDES JUST ENGINEERING.
[Business - B]
UM, WE ARE ONTO ITEM FOUR B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CORPORATION BYLAWS TO INCLUDE THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER.SO AS ALWAYS, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN DO THIS.
YOU CAN NOMINATE A FULL SLATE IN ONE MOTION FOR ALL FOUR OF THOSE, UH, POSITIONS.
MS. CASE STATED AND VOTE AND APPROVE.
OR YOU CAN TAKE IT POSITION BY POSITION.
YOU MAY NOMINATE YOURSELF FOR ANY ONE OF THOSE, OR YOU MAY NOMINATE ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES.
HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED.
I GUESS I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY INTEREST IN THE PRESIDENT POSITION.
UM, DOES ANYBODY WANNA BE VICE PRESIDENT? CARLOS? I SECOND.
UH, ANYONE FOR SECRETARY? UM, I THINK I'M SECRETARY OR WAS PREVIOUSLY YOU ARE.
AND ANYONE FOR TREASURER, WHICH YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THE BOOKS OR WRITE THE CHECKS.
THE CITY DOES THAT, BUT THAT'S FINE.
SO YOU WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
MICHELLE? I NOMINATE MICHELLE FOR THE RECORD.
I BECAME THE TREASURER AT MY FIRST MEETING.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY ALREADY THAT'S, THAT'S WHY YOU BECAME TREASURER.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT WHOLE SLATE SO WE CAN, WILL, CAN I, UH, I WILL MOVE TO, UM, APPROVE THE SLATE AS PRESENTED.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, MEMBER DRESCHER.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY CARLOS TO NOMINATE MYSELF.
FOR PRESIDENT CARLOS FOR VICE PRESIDENT BONNIE FOR TY FOR SECRETARY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WE HAVE OUR JOBS FOR 20 FOR FISCAL.
WELL, NO, IT'S NOT FISCAL YEAR FOR, UH, 2026 GOING INTO 2027.
[Business - C]
ITEM C, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE APRIL 20TH, 2026 MEETING.I JUST WANNA NOTE ON THE AGENDA THAT DATE IS INCORRECT.
UH, THE MINUTES REFLECT THE CORRECT DATE OF MAY 11TH.
WHAT IS THE CORRECT DATE? MAY, MAY 11TH.
I WROTE IT AND I DIDN'T CATCH IT.
SO, QUESTION SINCE I WASN'T AT THAT MEETING.
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ANYONE HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 11TH MEETING.WE HAVE A MOTION BY BONNIE TYLER, A SECOND BY CARLOS WALLACE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE MAY 11TH MEETING.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NONE, UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[Business - D]
OKAY.ON TO ITEM FOUR D, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING.
IS IT SAFE TO SAY APRIL 30TH, 2026? APPARENTLY NOT.
UM, WE UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THE APRIL SALES TAX COLLECTIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE THE MARCH, WHICH YOU GUYS DID NOT SEE LAST MONTH.
UM, SO SALES TAX RECEIVED IN MAY, 2026, WHICH ARE MARCH, UH, 26 REMITTANCES.
WERE UP 12.9% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTALING $234,189 AND 67 CENTS.
UM, EACH CORPORATION SALES TAX REVENUES NOW TOTAL $1,164,987 AND 77 CENTS, OR 50.65% OF THE BUDGET, 50% OF THE YEAR COMPLETE.
UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANNA POINT OUT, THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN USUAL.
TYPICALLY WE DON'T SEE OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS OUTPACING, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, OUR FISCAL YEAR UNTIL THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE, IT IT'S VERY POSITIVE NEWS.
I I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE FUND BALANCE REPORT THAT'S ON PAGE 19 OF THE PACKET.
I WAS, I WAS THINKING A MONTH OR TWO BACK.
WE ASKED TO UNDERSTAND OF THAT, OF THOSE BALANCES, HOW MUCH OF IT WAS ALREADY COMMITTED TO PROJECTS GOING INTO THE FUTURE? DO Y'ALL HAVE THAT NUMBER OR? WE, SO WE ARE WORKING WITH FINANCE RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF A LAST DITCH, UM, REPORT MAKEUP.
IT'LL LOOK DIFFERENT NEXT MONTH.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE SWITCHING OVER PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME MORE DETAILS AND A LITTLE BIT CLEARER BREAKDOWN OF WHERE ALL OF OUR DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT.
SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT IN JULY.
UM, IT WAS TOO CONFUSING TO PUT IN HERE THIS MONTH.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE KIND OF DEFAULTED BACK TO THIS.
UM, BUT WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
I, I MEAN, IT, IT POPPED INTO MY MIND AGAIN THIS MONTH 'CAUSE I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE, WE KIND OF, SORT OF NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN, UH, CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD ABOUT THIS.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? UM, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NUMBERS, BUT HAVE WE ALREADY STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THE GRAPH OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE COMPING YEAR OVER YEAR? LIKE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT CONVERSATION.
YI I'M GONNA TRY AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
WE MAY JUST HAVE KIND OF LIKE MIRRORED GRAPHS SHOWING THE CHANGE IN REVENUE, UH, COLLECTIONS.
UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE OUT SOME SORT OF CREATIVE WAY.
'CAUSE WE DO WANNA STILL MAINTAIN THAT HISTORIC DATA, UM, FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE IN THE PACKETS.
UM, BUT ALSO BEING COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THE YEAR OVER YEAR IS GOING TO DROP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY
SO YEAH, WE MIGHT JUST STOCK THE COLLECTIONS, RIGHT.
CITY AND EDC SO THAT IT'S STILL, WE COULD STILL DETERMINE RIGHT? SEE, YES.
SEE WHERE WE WOULD, WOULD'VE, COULD'VE, EXACTLY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE PAYABLE I, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, PAYABLES OF, UH, IS IT THE $21,780 AND 25 CENTS? UH, THE 13,000, SORRY.
UH, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE PAYABLES.
UH, IF, UH, $13,774 AND 72 CENTS FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH.
I DIDN'T I SECOND THE MOTION ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE PAYABLE OF $13,774 AND 72 CENTS.
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UH, OKAY.NOW WE GET TO E IF THE BOARD WOULD PLEASE CONSIDER MOVING TO ITEM F OH, OKAY.
[Business - F]
UH, WE WILL SKIP ITEM E FOR NOW AND WE WILL GO TO, UH, ITEM F UPDATE ON EDC FUNDED CIP PROJECTS, HARRIS STREET AND DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.SO THESE ARE THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FUNDING? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND ALTHOUGH MATTHEW'S GONNA GIVE YOU THE UPDATE, I DID WANNA PRESENT JUST THE CHANGE IN HOW WE'RE DOING THE REPORTING FOR Y'ALL.
AND THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN WHAT WE SENT OVER TO YOU.
AND ALSO TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP THAT AS WE ARE SHOOTING FOR NEXT MONTH, UM, CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED THAT WE DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY ON THESE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A DASHBOARD AND THIS, THESE PROJECTS WILL BE A PART OF THAT DASHBOARD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO VIEW.
UM, WE'RE NOT UPDATING THEM WEEKLY OR DAILY BECAUSE Y'ALL KNOW, CAPITAL PROJECTS TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET UPDATES FOR.
BUT MY GOAL IS, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE UPDATE THAT WEBSITE WILL ALSO BE THE SAME UPDATE THAT WE SHOW FOR EDC FOR ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE EDC FUNDED, UM, AS WELL AS POSSIBLY SOME FUTURE ONES.
SO EVENTUALLY OUR GOAL IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL START, START HAVING ARCHIVES OF THE PROJECTS AND YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK BACK IF YOU WANNA GO BACK TO FE UM, PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS OR LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TOWARD.
BUT WITH THAT, ALL THAT BEING SAID, WITH THIS NEW REPORT OUT THAT WE GAVE TO Y'ALL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO STILL SEE THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T CAPTURE, UM, FROM THE REQUEST FROM LAST MONTH.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME BAR GRAPHS WE HELD OFF ON SOME OF THE BAR GRAPHS BEING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FINANCIALS OF WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE AT AS WELL AS THE PROGRESS OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
UM, THIS REPORT IS DEFINITELY MORE DETAILED AND WE APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK, UM, THE ONE THING I DO JUST WANNA STRESS, SO I APPRECIATE FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S, UM, YOU HAVE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED DATE AND THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE.
AS AN EXAMPLE, JUST LOOKING AT THE HARRY STREET ONE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THAT ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE STAYS STATIC.
AND IF THAT DATE CHANGES, THAT, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL FIELD THAT GETS INTO PLAY.
JUST SO THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ORIGINALLY INTENDED THE PROJECT TO END, AND THEN WHAT THE, THE ACTUAL ONE IS.
UM, AND I WILL SAY WITH THAT, I THINK, UH, WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND WE CAN SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT SLIPPAGES ARE OFTEN OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS LAST WEEK OR TWO IS PROBABLY A GREAT EXAMPLE.
SO I DON'T THINK, UM, I JUST, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE SCARED OF SHOWING THAT SOMETIMES THAT DATE CHANGES.
BUT I DO THINK AS A PART OF TRANSPARENCY, IT IS JUST BEING ABLE TO SORT OF EASILY SPEAK TO THIS WAS OUR, THIS IS OUR TIMELINE AND THIS IS WHAT OUR, WHAT IT TURNED OUT TO ACTUALLY BE.
AND, UM, WE DON'T CHANGE THAT DATE UNLESS THE CONTRACT MAKES A REQUEST SPECIFICALLY FOR ADDITIONAL DAYS.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, YOU KNOW, A RECENT MEMORY WITH DJ MEDINA AND HE ACTUALLY HAD NEVER REQUESTED ADDITIONAL DAYS.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO STILL REPORT OUT THAT THE CONTRACTUAL DATE WAS, EVEN IF IT WAS, WE WERE IN THE PAST BECAUSE HE NEVER MADE THAT SUBMISSION TO US.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CAVEAT TO THAT.
BUT WE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT.
I'LL START WITH HARE STREET UPDATES.
SO AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE TABLE, UH, THE CONTRACTUAL CLOCK HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED AS OF TODAY WITH A NOTICE PROCEED TODAY, JUNE 8TH, UH, WHICH GIVES US ANTICIPATED COMPLETION LATE MARCH OF 2027.
SO, UM, THE RETAINAGE AGREEMENT WITH DIGI MEDINA WAS FINALLY WORKED OUT.
AND I THINK AS OF LAST WEEK, WE, UH, PAID THAT OUT.
THAT'S THE FINAL PAYMENT, UH, FOR DG MEDINA.
SO WE ARE JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ICON AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
SO, SO BETWEEN DG MEDINA AND ICON, IF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AWARDED TO DG MEDINA WAS 3.75 MILLION, WE'RE STILL COMING IN PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER FOR THE PROJECT.
WE'RE WE'RE LATE WITHIN BUDGET.
WE'RE LATE, BUT WE'RE NOT OVERSPENT TO ANY DEGREE.
OKAY, MA'AM, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
EVEN WITH THE DEFICIENCY WORK, UH, THOSE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THERE STILL
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WITHIN BUDGET.SO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HARRIS STREET? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE OR FOURTH STREET.
SO A LOT OF, UH, CONCRETE POURING OCCURRED LAST WEEK ON FOURTH STREET.
SO AS OF NOW, WE HAVE BOTH EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND LANES AS WELL AS THE PARALLEL PARKING ZONES PAVED, UM, FROM SIMS TO HOUSTON.
SO NEXT STEPS ARE TO, UH, STABILIZE THE SIMS AND FOURTH INTERSECTION, WHICH TOOK PLACE TODAY.
AND, UH, VERY SOON WITHIN THIS WEEK, THEY'LL BE POURING THAT INTERSECTION, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO REOPEN THAT INTERSECTION AND THEN CLOSE DOWN THE WILSON STREET INTERSECTION SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ON DOWN, UH, THAT WAY.
UH, STORM SEWER BOXES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED UP TO WILSON, UM, SO JUST PAVING FOR THAT PORTION REMAINS AND AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS ON THE SOUTHERN, UH, SOUTH OF FOURTH.
AND THIS, THIS PROJECT IS GONNA COME ALL THE WAY TO MAIN STREET, RIGHT? CORRECT.
IT STRUCK ME TODAY 'CAUSE I, I HAVE STARTED USING THE NEW HUGGINS, UM, FROM 3 59 OVER TO KATIE FULCHER AND IT JUST STRUCK ME TODAY THAT AT THAT ONE INTERSECTION YOU HAVE A NAME CHANGE FROM HOUSTON STREET TO DIXON STREET.
IS THERE ANY THOUGHT THAT THE CITY HAS AT ALL ON LIKE, MAKING IT EITHER ALL DIXON OR ALL HOUSTON OR I, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S IT BECAUSE HOUSTON'S A RELATIVELY SHORT SEGMENT AND DIXON'S A RELATIVELY SHORT SEGMENT.
WE DO HAVE A DIXON STREET WIDENING PROJECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE 'CAUSE OF THE PARK.
AS, AS FAR AS NAME CHANGES, I'M NOT SURE.
THAT'S NOT YOUR JOB, HUH?
IF ANYTHING, I WOULD ASSUME MAYBE ALL DIXON.
'CAUSE I KNOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILY HISTORY IN THAT, IN THAT PART.
SO YEAH, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
I, I SPENT A SUMMER LIVING IN SHREVEPORT WHERE STREETS CHANGE LIKE EVERY, THE NAMES CHANGE LIKE EVERY HALF MILE REALLY DROVE ME NUTS.
I WAS DRIVING FIVE MILES TO GET TO THE AIRPORT WHEN IF I'D KNOWN THAT THE A CERTAIN STREET CHANGED NAMES FOUR TIMES, IT WOULD'VE BEEN TWO MILES.
SO I'M, I, TO ME IT JUST SEEMS WEIRD TO HAVE TWO VERY SHORT LITTLE STREETS THAT MEET UP HAVING DIFFERENT NAMES, BUT IT'S A GOOD POINT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH WAS, OH, GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, UM, WERE THERE ANY LESSONS LEARNED WITH THE RAINS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS IN REGARDS TO THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON DOWNTOWN? I WOULD MM, LESSONS LEARNED AS, OR ISSUES THAT WE'VE REALIZED OR THINGS WE, UH, THINGS THAT ARE WORKING WELL, THINGS THAT ARE, OOPS, UH, YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HEAR THE OOPS BECAUSE EVERYBODY POSTS THOSE FIRST RIGHT.
SO WE KNOW THAT, UM, RE STILL GETS INNOVATIVE WITH RAIN.
AND THIS WAS NOT, I WOULDN'T EVEN SAY A 25 YEAR STORM MM-HMM
SO, BUT IT WAS CONSISTENT, WHICH IF YOU KIND OF AGGREGATE ALL THAT, THEN YOU WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THAT REALM OF BEING THE 25 YEAR STORM.
WE KNOW THAT CHER'S SOILS HAVE A LOT OF CLAY IN THEM, SO IT'S GONNA HOLD WATER AS WE SEE.
IF YOU GO LOOK AT THE DETENTION POND NORTH OF HARRIS.
SO THERE'S NEEDING TO BE DRAINAGE DONE AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MULTIPLE TIMES ALREADY AND WE HAVE THAT PROJECT FOUR FOURTH STREET AS WELL AS THAT WOULD TOUCH FOURTH STREET AT 3 59 AS WELL AS THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY THAT WOULD DIG OUT SOME OF THOSE AREAS AND GIVE SOME MORE FREEBOARD FOR STORMS. IT'S NOT GONNA FIX ALL OF IT, BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY DO A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A NEW COLLECTOR POND FOR THAT PORTION AS YOU START DIGGING OUT THOSE TRIBUTARIES AND START REDIRECTING THEM INTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF RE THROUGH 10 93.
SO FOR ME, THOSE ARE LESSONS LEARNED.
THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THAT IS A MAJORITY OF THE SYSTEMS WORKED WELL.
AND NOW I DEFINITELY WANNA CAVEAT THAT BECAUSE FROM PUBLIC FACING, WHEN A STREET GETS FLOODED IT LOOKS HORRIBLE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE MADE TO DO.
THEY ARE MADE TO BE A CONVEYANCE SYSTEM FOR WATER DURING THESE EVENTS TO KEEP THEM FROM YOUR HOUSE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE A LOT OF THOSE NUANCES AS WELL AS WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, KNOWING THAT THERE'S GONNA
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BE SOME RUNOFF, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED WITH SWIP AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE TEMPORARY THAT'LL START KIND OF, UM, WEEDING THEMSELVES OUT NATURALLY AS PROGRESSIONS KEEPS GOING FOR CONSTRUCTION.SO WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE LESSONS LEARNED.
WE KEEP EYE ON NEW PLACES THAT SHOULDN'T BE, UH, PONDING THAT MAYBE ARE PONDING AND THEN OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM CAN ADDRESS A FEW OF THOSE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE SOME, UM, SOME BIRD BATHS OR DIFFERENT THINGS.
OR WE CAN GO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM'S DOING.
THAT WAS A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, HOW FAR DOWNSTREAM DO Y'ALL GO TO, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ILL EFFECTS? UM, BECAUSE THIS TRIBUTARY FLOWS INTO SOMETHING THAT FLOWS INTO SOMETHING ELSE THAT FLOWS DOWN THROUGH THE BO ARK AREA AND IT FINALLY GETS INTO JONES CREEK, I GUESS SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF US OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, WERE THERE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS TO, UH, RESIDENTS IN THE BOAT ARK AREA? SO WE HAVEN'T LOOKED, GOT ALL THE INFORMATION BACK YET BECAUSE I WOULD ACTUALLY, UH, SAY THAT WE'D WAIT TILL THE STORM'S FINISHED, WHICH WE STILL SEE SOME STORMS COMING UP THIS, THIS WEEK AS WELL.
AND THEN YOU CAN DO AN AGGREGATED, UM, MAP OF WHAT THOSE INUNDATIONS DID.
BUT WE LOOK TO LARGER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NOAH AND USGS TO KIND OF PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES BEYOND DRIVING OUT THERE AND TAKING A LOOK, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING SOUTH OF 90 STARTS GETTING A LITTLE BIT MUDDY.
AND I, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATING VEHICLE, I WOULD DEFINITELY WOULDN'T RECOMMEND YOU MUDDYING UP SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY.
SO, UM, DOES, DOES NOAH ACTUALLY PROVIDE REAL TIME MAPS TO SHOW THEY DON'T, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE HOLE OF THAT F'S IN RIGHT NOW IS.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THIS.
I KNOW THAT, UM, PART OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING UP A NEW WEATHER STATION THAT WOULD HAVE A RAIN GAUGE, WHICH I THINK THE CLOSEST RAIN GAUGE TO Y'ALL IS IN KATY, WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IT LIVE, ACTUALLY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND I'VE DONE IT IN PREVIOUS POSITIONS WHERE WE CAN START ADDING SOME OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, BUT THEN WITH TECHNOLOGY IT BRINGS NEW DATA AND THEN WHO'S GONNA START MANAGING THAT DATA? WHERE IS IT GONNA BE HOUSED AND HOW DO WE COMPUTATE THAT VAST AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE STORMS? SO WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT.
I CAN'T SAY WE HAVE A GREAT SOLUTION YET, BUT WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT'S A NEW NUANCED PROBLEM THAT WE'RE STARTING TO WORK TOWARD.
DO ANY OF THE POLICE DRONES, ARE THEY A ABLE TO CAPTURE WIDE ANGLE PHOTOGRAPHY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE CAN GET PICTURES, UM, BUT I DON'T, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT REQUEST TO BE MADE FOR THEM TO DO AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AS OPPOSED TO THEIR NORMAL DUTIES AS OF YET.
SO I'M THINKING, UH, AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC, BUT I'M THINKING IT MIGHT ALSO BE ADVANTAGEOUS IF THE CITY IS TALKING WITH, UH, HEINZ.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE DOWN IN BODARK THAT WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WATER OVERFLOW FROM THE HEZ DEVELOPMENT SURE.
AND I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, IT COULD HELP US WITH DRAINAGE ALL OVER, BUT IT COULD ALSO HELP WITH COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH HEINZ POTENTIALLY.
AND WE KNOW PROJECT SPECIFICALLY LIKE REDBIRD THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS BEYOND 10 93 THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS HOLISTICALLY AND THEN DRILL IT DOWN TO SITE SPECIFIC.
SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE NEEDING TO GRAB SOME NEW INFORMATION, HENCE WHY WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN ON THE NEW NEXT PLAN COMING UP FOR DRAINAGE.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE, LIKE WE KINDA REITERATE RIGHT NOW THE CIP PROGRAM IS IN THE MIDDLE OF ITS CYCLE AND OUR PLANS NEED TO BE UPDATED AND WE GOTTA REVISE SOME OF THOSE.
AND THE MA THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN IS THE ENORMOUS ONE BECAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE GET IMPERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS, UM, DEVELOPMENTS, IT'S GONNA AFFECT OUR WATERSHED.
AND HOW DO WE START LOOKING AT HOLISTICALLY OR EVEN BRING IN ANOTHER AGENCY, MAYBE LIKE THE US UM, CORPS OF ENGINEERS THAT CAN DO A REVISION TO THE HUCK SIX MAP AND HUCK TENS.
I MEAN, WE NEED THOSE UPDATES TO BE ABLE TO MASTER PLAN WELL AND MODELS.
I'M GLAD Y'ALL ARE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE ON ALL THAT.
SO NOW DO WE WANNA GO BACK AND CATCH UP WITH E THANK YOU.
OH, WERE YOU GONNA CALL IT? OH, SORRY.
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ADAM, ME REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET, PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT.SO THIS MEETING, UH, JUNE, YOU HAVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION AND THE A SA DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION.
SO A COMMENT ON, UM, THE A SA, THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPOSITION
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AND STRUCTURE OF IT HAS NOT CHANGED FROM FISCAL YEAR 26.THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF MINOR EDITS HERE WITH NEW DATES AND CHANGES IN EXPENDITURE ALLOWANCES BASED ON OUR BYLAW UPDATES.
UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THOSE REVISIONS THAT WERE APPROVED, UM, DUE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE SALES TAX REALLOCATION PROPOSITION DURING THE MAY 2ND ELECTION, THE SALES TAX REVENUES WILL BE REDUCED TO, UH, POINT 25% OF LOCAL SALES TAX COLLECTION DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS 0.5 IT, UH, PREVIOUSLY HAD.
SO WITH ALL OF THIS, WE CAN START WITH THE FIRST ATTACHMENT IN THAT BUDGET SECTION, WHICH IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT.
LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU SEE THE COUPLE OF EDITS THERE.
AND AS REQUESTED, UM, BY THE BOARD AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, WE DID GO BACK AND REVISIT THE SHARED SERVICES PORTION OF THE AGREEMENT.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ON PAGE 30, 31 AND 32.
AND THAT PROCESS, UM, INVOLVED OUR, OUR STAFF, MYSELF AND HAYDEN, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR FINANCES DIRECTOR.
AND WE WENT THROUGH EVERY POSITION THAT WAS LISTED THERE, UH, PREVIOUSLY AND EXACTLY WHAT THE DUTIES ENTAIL, WHAT, UM, THAT COLLABORATION LOOKS LIKE, THE SERVICES THROUGH DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF THAT IN GREAT DETAIL.
UH, AND JUST WORKSHOPS BACK, UH, ANY NEW POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO STAFF THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT ON THE SHARED SERVICES, BUT THAT DO HAVE A ROLE IN SUPPORTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND WE, UM, PUT TOGETHER REALLY AN ANGELA, OUR DIRECTOR, UH, UH, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR PUT TOGETHER WHAT YOU HAVE HERE, WHICH, UM, SHARES THE DIFFERENT POSITION AND THEN JUST KIND OF THE RATIONALE IN A GENERAL WAY OF WHY IT IS THE WAY IT IS.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PORTION OF IT, UM, WE'LL TAKE THOSE.
NOW IS THAT TOTAL NUMBER BIGGER OR SMALLER THAN LAST YEAR'S NUMBER? IT'S ABOUT $7,000 LARGER THAN LAST YEAR.
UM, THOUGH THAT, THAT IS ALSO ACCOUNTING FOR, UM, UH, I THINK COLA AND STEP AS WELL FOR ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS.
SO WE ANTICIPATED IT TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IF WE LOOKED AT THE SAME, YOU KNOW, APPLES TO APPLES FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, AND ON PAGE 32 YOU WILL SEE THERE WERE CERTAIN POSITIONS WE FOUND, UM, THAT WERE ALSO REMOVED FROM IT.
SO IT WAS A, A GIVE AND TAKE TO TRY AND REPRESENT AS ACCURATELY AS WE COULD TRUE TIME AND EFFORT CONTRIBUTION, UH, BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF REAFF.
UM, SO I TAKE IT THIS MEANS THAT THEY, UM, ARE NOT BUYING INTO THE PROPOSITION THAT BECAUSE OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ARE ONLY HALF AS MUCH AS THE B BOARD, THAT WE SHOULD GET A BREAK ON THE A SA COSTS.
DURING THE MEETING, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE REVIEWED THE WORK THAT MYSELF AND HAYDEN ARE DOING AND THE STAFF CONTINUES TO DO THE, THE WORKLOAD AND THE TIME DOESN'T REALLY SEE THAT IMPACT.
IT'S STILL THE SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT.
UM, EVEN THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE ONLY COLLECTING HALF OF THAT SALES TAX THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD.
WRITE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYBE
I THINK, UM, I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE THAT THAT NUMBER STAYS THE SAME.
UM, I THINK IT'S THE SAME WAY THAT WE SEE, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY PERSONAL EXPENSES OR, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS EXPENSES.
UM, JUST BECAUSE YOUR REVENUE AMOUNT CHANGES DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOUR RENT CHANGES OR YOU, YOUR UTILITY EXPENDITURES CHANGE, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, THESE EXPENSES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE, UM, AS WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE OR EVEN INCREASE, UH, BASED OFF OF THE STAFF THAT'S DOING THE WORK TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARDS AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO DO.
UM, AND YEAH, IT'S THE, IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK, EVEN IF YOUR REVENUE CHANGES.
UM, SO, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS THAT THERE'S LESS FUNDS LEFT OVER, UM, FOR US TO HAVE A AS STRONG OF AN ECONOMIC IMPACT AS WE KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WITHIN THE A BOARD.
SO, UM, IT'S JUST AN UNFORTUNATE OUTCOME OF, UH, PROPOSITION A PASSING IN MAY.
I'M GONNA TRY TO SEE IF I CAN COME UP WITH A RATIONALE TO SAY IT SHOULD BE LOWER
WE CAN JUST DO PROP B IN NOVEMBER AND SWITCH IT RIGHT BACK.
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NOW IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD ABOUT THE A SA, UH, THANK YOU.
YOU DO HAVE THE EDC PROJECT REQUEST THAT PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTED TO YOU A FEW MEETINGS AGO JUST FOR US TO REFERENCE BACK WHEN WE GET THERE, BUT WE'LL SKIP OVER THAT AND HEAD TO, UM, PAGES 43, 44 AND 45.
NOW HERE YOU SEE OUR, UH, 180 ACCOUNT.
THAT ACCOUNT IS BASICALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT MYSELF, HAYDEN, OUR SALARIES, AND ALL THAT INFORMATION COMES FROM HR.
SO YOU DON'T SEE IT INCLUDED HERE, BUT IT IS CALCULATED.
UM, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IT JUST TAKES TO RUN THE OFFICE, OUR SUPPLIES, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND OTHER CHARGES SUCH AS DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT I DO DURING THIS PORTION IS JUST, UH, COMMUNICATE WHAT WE'VE CHANGED AND WHY THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
IT, IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING, UM, THAT THE 180 AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW DOES NOT INCLUDE PERSONNEL COSTS.
WE DON'T ACTUALLY GET THOSE NUMBERS UNTIL CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THEIR BUDGET.
UM, SO AS YOU KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET, UM, IT IS REFLECTED AT ITS CURRENT STATE IN THE SIX HUNDRED AND SIX OH ONE ACCOUNTS, BUT IT'S JUST NOT SHOWN HERE ON THE 180.
HE, SO I'LL JUST GO DOWN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER LINES AFTER I FINISH GOING THROUGH WHAT HAS CHANGED, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOT THOSE DOWN OR JUST, UH, ASK AWAY AND WE CAN CLARIFY ANYTHING THERE.
UM, AND SO I'LL START WITH DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS UNDER THE CATEGORY.
OTHER CHARGES WE DECREASED FROM 15,000 TO 12,000.
UM, WE, WE BASICALLY JUST LOOK AT THE DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE PAID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, REALIZE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T QUITE SPEND THAT, SO THERE'S NO REASON TO OVER BUDGET TRYING TO KEEP IT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE ACTUAL NUMBER SPIT.
SO THAT'S JUST THE RATIONALE THERE.
AND SO YOU, YOU SAID THAT YOU DIDN'T QUITE SPEND THAT OR YOU DROPPED SOME MEMBERSHIPS? UH, WE JUST DIDN'T SPEND IT.
SO YOU DIDN'T BACK OUT OF SOMETHING YOU WANTED? NO, MA'AM.
WE STAYED ON TRACK WITH ALL OF THE DOON MEMBERSHIPS.
SOMETIMES ORGANIZATIONS WILL REWORK THEIR LEVELS OR, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE NO LONGER MEMBERS, BUT IT JUST CHANGED BASED ON WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY UTILIZING WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
SO JUST TRYING TO, UM, BE AS GOOD AS STEWARDS OF THE DOLLAR AS WE CAN AND HAVE IT MATCH WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE ORGANIZATION IS.
AND THEN I'LL MOVE UP WHEN I MS. HAYDEN TO, UM, THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES CATEGORY, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION.
UH, FISCAL YEAR 26, WE HAD BUDGETED $25,000.
AGAIN, JUST TRACKING EXPENDITURES AND ACTIVITIES.
WE JUST DID NOT FIND THE TIME OR THE, THE REASON TO UTILIZE ALL OF THAT MONEY.
SO WE'RE JUST MATCHING KIND OF THE TRENDS OF LAST YEAR TO INTO FISCAL YEAR 27.
AND I WILL NOTE, UM, THAT 25,000 NUMBER, THAT'S ACTUALLY A CARRYOVER FROM, UM, COVID YEARS, UM, WHEN, WHEN THE BOARDS WERE TRYING TO, UM, BE AS ACTIVE IN, IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY DURING THAT, THAT TOUGH TIME.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF REFLECTING IT BACK DOWN TO SINCE NORMALCY, WE, WE WILL BE PRESENTING A, UM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGY TO YOU GUYS, UH, PROBABLY IN JULY.
UM, THAT'LL UTILIZE THESE FUNDS AS WE MAKE OUR BUSINESS VISITS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA BE MORE TARGETED TOWARDS A TOTAL OF 10,000 INSTEAD OF 25? YES, MA'AM.
SO JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT, LIKE, WHAT WOULD THAT COVER? WHAT, WHAT'S IN THAT CATEGORY WITH OUR PLAN? UH, NO, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT YOUR PLAN, JUST WHAT'S THE GENERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT COVER? JUST BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE VISIT.
SO ANY COST THAT WE WOULD INCUR, YOU KNOW, TO OH, OKAY.
WHETHER IT'S PAYING FOR A SERVICE TO TAKE TO DISTRIBUTE THE SURVEY, WHETHER IT'S DELIVERING A TO, OH, I GOT APPRECIATION IT RIGHT.
FOR A BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN HERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS.
NOT LIKE THE WORKSHOPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR, OUR BIG RETENTION AND DEVELOPMENT WOULD COME IN THE FORM OF INCENTIVES, WHICH ARE NOT DIFFERENT REGULARLY BUDGETED FOR THE MOST PART.
THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS IN THE 180.
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QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER LINE ITEMS THAT REMAIN UNCHANGE? UM, ON THE, THE TRAVEL AND TRAINING? SO, SO FAR THEY'VE ONLY BOOKED 10,000 TO THAT.I WILL SAY THAT IT DOESN'T REFLECT OUR, UM, ICSE TRIP.
BUT THE 20,000 SHOULD COVER RED RIVER AUSTIN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU IN SAN ANTONIO.
T-M-L-T-M-L-E-D-C THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU ATTENDED.
ICSE, LOCAL ICSE, VEGAS, UM, TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, THAT ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
AND THEN OCCASIONALLY WE WILL ROTATE TO DO TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION OR TOURISM.
JUST THINGS THAT WE FEEL WOULD EQUIP US TO BETTER CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS OUR GOALS DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THOSE LONGER TRIPS, WE, THERE ARE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, DRIVE TO AUSTIN FOR THE DAY, UH, RETAIL LIVE OR YEAH.
GO DOWN TO HOUSTON FOR, FOR A DAY AND THAT ALL PULLS OUTTA THAT SAME ACCOUNT.
YEAH, I THINK ALL OF THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.
WE'LL MOVE ON, UM, TO OUR CORPORATION FUND, UH, ACCOUNT 600, UM, PAGE 44.
SORRY, I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING OVER, UM, I'LL START WITH CHANGES IN SUPPLIES.
SO SUPPLIES, WE JUST, UH, DECREASED THAT FROM $500 TO $400 BASED ON PAST YEAR EXPENDITURES AND JUST ASSESSING WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE OFFICE.
AND DO WE NEED ANYTHING ELSE? WHAT ABOUT, UM, WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING IN THE WATER BILLS FOR MAIL OUT, DOES THE CITY CARRY THAT? NO.
AND SO THAT WOULD COME OUT OF OUR, UH, PROMOTIONS FUND.
UM, THAT, THAT SUPPLIES ITEM, UM, THAT'S LIKE YOUR NAME PLATES.
UM, ANY MEETING EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, FURTHER DOWN BELOW, UH, UNDER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, OUR ADMIN, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LEGAL, WE DECREASED THAT FROM 30,000 TO 25,000.
UM, JUST, WHAT DID I PUT HERE? THAT MIGHT BE A NOTE FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THEN A LITTLE FUR FURTHER DOWN, YOU'LL SEE THE FULL SURE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR LINE 25,000.
WE'VE JUST DECREASED THAT TO 20,000.
UM, YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THESE NOTES CARRIED OVER FROM, UH, THIS SYS THE BUDGET SYSTEM FROM LAST YEAR.
SO IT SAYS PLACEHOLDER UNTIL WE DETERMINED YEAR THREE.
YEAH, JUST IGNORE THOSE NOTES DETERMINED.
THAT'S JUST BASED ON THE WORKSHOPS.
SO THIS IS WHERE ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS, UM, FOR ANY FULL SHIFT FAST TRACK EVENT WOULD COME OUT OF.
SO JUST DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO THAT.
AND, UM, THAT'S IT FOR CHANGES IN THIS ACCOUNT.
THE NUMBERS YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, THE TRANSFER OUTS, THOSE ALL DEPEND.
UM, THOSE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF PROVIDED TO US BASED ON THE PERCENTAGES YOU SEE IN THE A SA BASED ON SALARY CHANGES, NEW POSITION HIRES, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND THEN ON, UM, THE PROJECTS YOU DECIDE TO FUND.
SO ALL INFLUX UNTIL THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE READY TO BE PLUGGED IN.
HELP ME, HELP ME OUT HERE WITH, UH, A SA REIMBURSEMENT VERSUS A SA SHARED SERVICE.
UM, SO THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT IS ESSENTIALLY ONE HALF OF THE 180 ACCOUNT.
SO THE, THE, THAT BUDGET THAT WE JUST WENT OVER.
AND SO THAT INCLUDES MINE AND L'S, SALARIES, OUR BENEFITS, AND THEN THE OPERATIONS OF WHAT YOU CONSIDER THE EDC AS A DEPARTMENT, UM, THE SHARED SPACE FEE, THAT'S OUR RENT, UM, TO CITY.
UM, AND THEN THE SHARED SERVICES FEE IS THAT CHART THAT YOU SAW AT THE BEGINNING WITH ALL OF THE OUTSIDE POSITIONS AND WHAT WAS, AND THAT ALSO I THOUGHT THE NUMBER WAS 200 AND SOME THOUSAND.
WAS THAT ALL OF IT? NOT 50% OF IT.
WHAT AM I MISSING? THAT'S 50%.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S LIKE 218,000 I THINK IS REFLECTED ON THERE, BUT THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE THING.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHERE, UM, AT THE POINT.
SO THIS 102 NUMBERS GONNA CHANGE TO 109 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YES, MA'AM.
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THANK YOU.LASTLY ARE, UM, CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, UH, PROJECT ACCOUNT 6 0 1.
THE CHANGES YOU SEE HERE, UM, ARE STARTING UNDER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FOR TARGETED INCENTIVES.
WE TOOK THAT FROM 50,000, UM, TO ZERO.
THAT'S JUST BASED ON, UM, THERE'S NO PROGRAM FOR THAT LINE? NO, NO REAL PLAN FOR IT.
UM, IT WASN'T USED PREVIOUSLY.
I THINK WE HAD ACTUALLY REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED AND LAST YEAR AND IT WAS JUST HELD IN CASE WE DEVELOPED A POLICY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT WE'RE JUST REQUESTING TO AGAIN DROP IT TO ZERO PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
SO PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES ARE, UM, CALCULATED STATE LAW ALLOWS US TO PULL 10% OF SALES TAX REVENUES THAT WE COLLECT AND PLACE THAT ASIDE FOR PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
UM, OUT OF THAT 10%, WE REMOVE WHATEVER AMOUNT WE BUDGET FOR EVENTS.
SO MINUS WHAT YOU DECIDE, UM, WHICH IS BUDGET IS $50,000.
IT'S WHAT'S WORKED IN THE PAST, UM, IN OUR EFFORT TO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THE COLLECTIONS.
SORRY, ONE MORE THING THAT MAKES THIS LINE UNIQUE IS THAT IT'S THE ONLY LINE IN THE BUDGET THAT'S ABLE TO ROLL OVER THE UNUSED FUND INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SUCH A STRANGE NUMBER IN THAT, THE 414,765.
SO IT'S MORE LIKE A BALANCE AS OPPOSED TO AN ANNUAL EXPENSE.
SO GIVEN THAT WE HAVE SUCH A HEALTHY BALANCE THAT WE BUDGET, UM, THAT WE SPEND ABOUT 50,000 ON EVENTS AND THEN PROMOTIONAL ITEMS AS THEY COME UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UM, WE'RE JUST TAKING THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE TO NOT USE THE MAX AMOUNT ALLOWED OF 10%, BUT TO REDUCE THAT TO 2.5% THIS YEAR.
AND WE CALCULATED THAT TO BE AN ESTIMATED $31,000 THAT WOULD CARRY OVER.
SO YOU WOULD DIP INTO THAT 414 BALANCE, UM, ABOUT $18,000 IF WE MAINTAIN THE, THE $50,000 FOR BUDGET.
SO THAT'S ALL WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING INSTEAD OF 10%, WE'RE NOW ONLY, UM, PUTTING 2.5% IN THAT LINE AND THEN REMOVING THE EVENTS FROM THAT
CAN I, CAN I JUST, UH, ASK A QUESTION GOING BACK OUTSIDE OF THAT? SURE.
UN UNLESS THERE'S SURE NO PROBLEM.
SOMETHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT ON THAT.
BUT, BUT I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, TARGET, YOU DON'T WANT THE TAR ON THE TARGETED INCENTIVES.
YOU DON'T WANT GET RID OF THAT BECAUSE IN CASE THERE WAS EVER THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO THAT, EVEN IF IT'S IN, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS ALL THOSE ZEROS.
BUT SINCE I AM JUST TRANSFERRING OVER HERE FROM THE B BOARD, SO FROM THE A BOARD PERSPECTIVE, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF TARGETED INCENTIVES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THROUGH THIS? UM, SO I THINK THAT'S THIS PART.
AS HAYDEN MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, THAT WAS ALSO A LINE THAT WAS INTRODUCED DURING THE COVID PORTION.
SO IT WAS TO TRY AND PROVIDE ANY RELIEF THAT COULD BE DEEMED ALLOWABLE BY STATUTE.
UM, BUT IN THAT TIME, THE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE THAT TYPE B IS ABLE TO DO TYPE A CANNOT, RIGHT? A LOT OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE ARE A MUCH HIGHER TICKET ITEM.
AND I THINK THERE IS THAT FEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMOVE IT, THEN IT WON'T BE AVAILABLE.
SO I'LL JUST REMIND YOU, SHOULD THERE BE A REQUEST? IT WOULD FIRST BE FUNNELED THROUGH, UM, FROM A BUSINESS, IT WOULD BE FUNNELED THROUGH THE GRANT, THEN IT'D BE FUNNELED THROUGH OUR LARGE INCENTIVE, YOU KNOW, UM, PROGRAM ADOPTED BY THE CITY.
IF FOR WHATEVER REASON THOSE AREN'T GOOD FITS, BUT WE STILL DEEM THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF HELP, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD, ADD THAT ON THE AGENDA AND CREATE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE THAT THAT BUSINESS OWNER OR PROPERTY OWNER NEEDS.
AND LASTLY, FOR CHANGES, UH, IN THIS ACCOUNT, WE'LL LOOK AT STUDIES EXPENSE.
WE ARE REDUCING THAT FROM $75,000 TO $55,000.
AS ALWAYS, UH, YOU'RE, THIS IS YOUR BUDGET, YOU APPROVE IT, YOU SET IT.
SO IF THERE'S ANY LINE ITEM YOU WANT MORE CLARIFICATION ON, YOU WANNA SEE INCREASED, DECREASED, THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU.
JUST LET US KNOW NOW OR BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING.
I THINK, UM, TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION, WE REALLY NEED YOUR GUIDANCE ON WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT OUT
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OF THE CIP PROJECTS PRESENTED TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PLUG THAT INTO, UH, THE BUDGET PROCESS SO WE CAN GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.OR IF ANYBODY JUST, YOU KNOW, FROM CONVERSATION LAST MONTH, KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THAT SUPPORT TO LOOK LIKE, FEEL FREE TO SHARE.
IS THERE ANY, SORRY, IS THERE ANY KIND OF RANKING ON THESE CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECTS ON TIMING? LIKE, ARE ALL OF THEM EXPECTED TO BE KICKED OFF NOVEMBER OF 2026? ARE SOME OF THEM EXPECTED TO GET KICKED OFF IN AUGUST OF 2027? IS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING TIMING WISE THAT, THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF BASED ON, ON THOSE THREE PROJECTS, BASED ON THEIR CURRENT TIMELINES THEY'RE PROVIDING, AGAIN, SUBJECT TO CHANGE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
THE FOURTH STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT AND THE GRAVITY LINE, I THINK ARE THE CLOSEST, UM, OUT OF THOSE PRESENTED TO BEING ABLE TO GET STARTED.
SO ONE ASK THE GRAVITY LINE IS FOUR $900,000 AND THEN THE FOURTH STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IS $850,000.
ASK OR DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY? TRIBUTARY.
DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WOULD BE THE NEXT IN LINE.
SO DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY FOR $1,098,000 TWO 250, AND THEN FOURTH STREET DRAINAGE FOR 850,680.
AND THEN THE GRAVITY LINE AT 10 93 IS THE ONE THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE FURTHER OFF.
AFTER TRIBUTARY, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT BOTH THE TRIBUTARY AND THE FOURTH STREET, UM, PLAY A PART IN OUR EXISTING, UH, INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN.
BOTH OF THEM CONNECT INTO HARRIS STREET IN SOME SORT OF WAY AS WELL AS THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT.
UM, SO THIS JUST OVERALL STRENGTHENS THE, UM, THE DRAINAGE ABILITY FOR DOWNTOWN AND THE DEVELOPABILITY, UM, OF DOWNTOWN MOVING FORWARD AND HELPS WITH, SO EVEN, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S EAST SIDE DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE, IT ALSO HELPS WITH THE WORK WE'RE DOING WEST OF MAIN STREET.
IT, IT'S PART OF THE WHOLE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
SO, SO, SO ALL THREE OF THOSE ADD UP TO 2.848 AS FAR AS THE ASK, DO, DOES THE CITY HAVE DEDICATED, LIKE ONE OF THESE, THE GRAVITY LINE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR 900,000, BUT THEY HAVE THE TOTAL COST OF 2.3 MILLION.
DO THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THE FUNDING FOR THE OTHER 1.4 MILLION THAT THEY NEED THAT THEY'RE NOT ASKING US FOR? AND IS THIS 900,000 JUST FOR A, OR IS IT FOR A AND B? BOTH.
OR WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT? 900 WAS FOR B.
SO FOR, FOR THE, THE EDC ASK, IT IS A, IT IS B IT IS ANY COMBINATION.
UM, SO THAT'S THE ASK FROM THE EDCS JUST IN A AND B.
AND HOW WE WANNA SPLIT IT UP AS A CORPORATION, IT'S UP TO YOU.
AND IT IS ALSO WORTH NOTING JUST BECAUSE THERE'S AN ASK OF $900,000 OR A MILLION DOLLARS IF THE BOARD WANTS TO SUPPORT $750,000, THAT IS STILL, YOU KNOW, AN ACCEPTABLE USE OF FUNDS, UM, TO HELP THESE PROJECTS GET GOING.
ALL THREE OF THESE ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE A, THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY MM-HMM
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO, UH, SUPPORT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE.
DON'T KNOW ABOUT PRIMARY JOBS, BUT DEFINITELY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO, SO STILL MY QUESTION, IF THEY'RE ASKING THE EDCS IN COMBINATION TO PUT UP 2.8 MILLION AND THEN THE TOTAL IS LIKE 5, 6, 7, 8, LIKE 8 MILLION, DO THEY, DO THEY HAVE THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE OTHER $6 MILLION THEY NEED OR 5 MILLION OR WHATEVER IT IS? IT'S PROJECT DEPENDENT AND I CANNOT REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
SO IT'S, WE CAN KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DISCUSSION AND THE AMOUNT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND AND WE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IF YOU'D LIKE TO KIND OF LIST IN, YOU KNOW, YOUR PREFERENCE IN ORDER OF SUPPORT BASED ON IF THEY HAVE THIS AMOUNT, UM, ALLOCATED.
BECAUSE SOME OF THE, THAT PROJECT COST IS, IS THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN SPENT FROM THE BEGINNING.
SO IT MIGHT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR WITH STUDIES YEAH.
AND SUCH, YOU KNOW, BUT SOME, THERE MIGHT STILL BE OUTSTANDING
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ITEMS OUTSIDE OF THAT ASK.AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS IF WE SAY WE WANT, IF WE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT, TO ME IT'S NOT FAIR TO SPLIT IT 50 50 ANYMORE SINCE WE DON'T GET THE SAME FUNDING AS THE B BOARD.
MAYBE IT'S MORE LIKE ONE THIRD, TWO THIRDS NOW.
UM, BUT IF, IF WE SAY WE'RE HAPPY TO COMMIT A MILLION DOLLARS AMONGST THESE THREE PROJECTS, I'M WONDERING DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'RE COMMITTED AND THOSE FUNDS TRANSFER OVER TO THE CITY'S BALANCE SHEET AND WE DON'T SEE 'EM ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMITTED AND THEN THE CITY HOLDS ONTO IT FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GET ALL THE FUNDING THEY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOME PROJECT.
UH, SO USUALLY THE MONEY WOULD STAY WITH THE CORPORATION UNTIL THE PRO PROJECT GETS STARTED AND IT WOULD GET PAID TO THE CITY AS THE PHASES OF THE PROJECT ARE COMPLETED.
BUT WOULD WE HAVE TO TELL 'EM, SORRY, YOU DIDN'T GET THIS DONE.
SO WE'RE TAKING OUR $300,000 BACK.
THEY WOULDN'T TRANSFER THE MONEY IF THE PROJECT HAD HASN'T STARTED.
SO IN THE PAST WHEN HAYDEN AND I GOT HERE, SO THEY WOULD JUST COME BACK AND ASK US FOR IT AGAIN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
IT WOULD JUST CARRY OVER TO THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.
THAT WAS TYPICALLY WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE GOT HERE THREE AND A HALF ISH YEARS AGO.
IS THE EDC WOULD PLEDGE MONEY, UH, TO THE PROJECT, BUT IT WOULD NOT GET STARTED AND SO THEN IT WOULD JUST CARRY OVER.
SO WE KIND OF HAD SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO RENEW THE PLEDGE EVERY YEAR? IT WAS, YEAH.
I MEAN THE, ONCE THE PROJECT DECLARATION WAS MADE, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF PUTTING IT IN THE BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND IT WOULD JUST CARRY OVER.
UM, BUT WE KIND OF REWORKED THE BUDGET TO WHERE IF IT WAS ENCUMBERED, IT WAS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THE PROJECT START DATE WAS WITHIN THAT FISCAL YEAR SO THAT WE WOULDN'T ENCUMBER FUNDS AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME THROUGH.
WELL, IF, LIKE, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ON THE BASIS OF THE REVENUE THAT THE EDCS WILL BE GETTING FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I, I COULD, I MEAN WE HAD A BALANCE OF $7 MILLION, I GUESS, GUESS IS THAT WHAT THE NUMBER WAS? YES, MA'AM.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A ONE THIRD, TWO THIRDS, THAT WOULD BE US PITCHING IN A MILLION BUCKS AND EDCB PITCHING IN 2 MILLION BUCKS.
AND I'M OKAY WITH A MILLION DOLLARS GIVEN THAT WE HAVE A $7 MILLION BALANCE.
I, I THINK THAT'S IMMINENTLY REASONABLE AND THAT, AND ANYTHING THAT HELPS WITH DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT IS A GOOD THING.
SO THAT WOULD BE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE HISTORICAL AVERAGE, RIGHT.
OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO CIP PROJECTS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO ON EACH ONE OF THESE THREE.
AND WE CAN, IF YOU WANNA SET THE MOTION TO AN AMOUNT SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION TO, OR NOT TO EXCEED A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE CAN DISCUSS WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE IF THERE'S, IF FUNDING SOMETHING IN TOTAL, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF GET IT MOVING FORWARD IS EASIER.
AND THEN IT'LL ALSO BE DEPENDENT ON HOW THE CONVERSATION GOES WITH B BOARD AND AMOUNT.
AND, AND COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER MAY SAY, WE'RE TAKING THAT PROJECT OFF THE LIST, RIGHT? MM-HMM
LOTS OF DIFFERENT FACTORS HERE.
AND SO IF THEY TAKE SOME PROJECT, IF THEY TAKE ONE OF THESE PROJECTS OFF THE LIST BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, THEN IT WOULD STAY IN OUR COFFERS.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ON THAT? SO I THINK I WOULD SAY, LIKE, I GUESS IT, DO WE HAVE TO SAY THAT WE SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS? OR CAN IT BE WHERE WE SAY WHAT, LIKE, WE WILL PLEDGE $750,000 TO CITY OF RE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE, THEY HAVE TO ALIGN WITH A BOARD REGULATIONS.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM ARISES BECAUSE IT'S THE REGULATIONS.
'CAUSE YOU LACK THE SPECIFICITY.
UM, SO WE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO DECLARE, UM, SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
AS THE BOARD, IT'S EASIER IF WE, IF AS A BOARD YOU ELECT, OKAY, WE WANT TO DO THE DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY FOR A MILLION DOLLARS MM-HMM
UM, INSTEAD OF, WE WANNA DO ANY COMBINATION OF, UM, JUST IN GENERAL FOR CIP PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE A, A HARDER TIME TRYING TO GET THAT THROUGH, UH, THROUGH LEGAL APPROVALS.
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UM, BUT IN THE FUTURE, THE MOST SPECIFIC, THE BETTER.LET, LET ME ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, 'CAUSE THAT BROUGHT UP ANOTHER THING IN MY MIND.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS ASKING OF THE B BOARD? ARE THEY ASKING JUST FOR THESE THREE PROJECTS? OR ARE THEY ASKING FOR SOMETHING WITH PRIMROSE AND SOMETHING ELSE? NO, IT, IT IS THE EXACT SAME POWERPOINT THAT YOU GUYS ARE RECEIVING.
UM, SO IT'S THE SAME ASKS ACROSS THE BOARD.
WE GOT, WE DID NOT GET ANY DIRECTION FROM THEM, UM, AT THEIR LAST MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME MORE CLARITY, UM, THIS MONTH.
BUT I THINK OVERALL B BOARD SENTIMENT IS THAT THEY, THEY WANT TO FULLY FUND PROJECTS WHERE THEY CAN, UM, RATHER THAN DOING PORTIONS LIKE WE HAVE DONE TRADITIONALLY IN THE PAST.
UM, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH, UM, THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT, WHICH WAS BASICALLY COMPLETELY FUNDED OUT OF BOTH, UH, BOTH CORPORATIONS.
SO ARE ALL THREE OF THESE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AB SPLIT? THEY SURE.
'CAUSE FOR SOME REASON I HAD THE DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY AS A, I DON'T KNOW WHY.
UH, I THINK THAT THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A PREFERENCE OF THE BOARD, UM, DURING OUR LAST CONVERSATIONS, BUT THEY'RE ALL APPLICABLE, UM, ACROSS BOTH.
AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION ON THE EAST SIDE WAS THERE WAS GONNA BE A SPLIT OF HOW MUCH WAS RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL, AND DOES THAT IMPACT LIKE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, UM, OF THE ASK? SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE ASK AMOUNT.
UM, THAT'S SITTING AT AROUND 20% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS.
THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN 20% COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY IN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT STAYS BELOW THAT THRESHOLD.
UM, DOWNTOWN'S A LITTLE HARDER TO DESCRIBE BECAUSE TECHNICALLY ANY PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN COULD BE COMMERCIAL, UM, DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE ORDINANCES THAT, THAT GOVERN THAT AREA.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL, I THINK WE'RE WELL BELOW THAT THRESHOLD.
UM, AND WE HAVE THE NUMBERS TO, TO PROVE THAT UP.
IF IT'S EASIER ACCOUNTING TO, FOR US TO TAKE ONE PROJECT AND THE B BOARD TO TAKE TWO PROJECTS, CAN THEY SHARPEN THEIR PENCILS ON THE A SA SHARED SURFACES NUMBERS?
AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THEY'LL SAY YES.
AND I KNOW TIMELINE WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW.
BUT JUST FOR BUDGET WISE, THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE WAS POTENTIALLY THE END OF 26TH INTO 27.
DO WE THINK 26 WILL HAPPEN AT ALL? THEY HAD EAST SIDE DRAINAGE RANKED AS THE FIRST, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THEN FOURTH STREET, UM, F 3 59 FOURTH STREET, FEBRUARY OF 2027.
AND THEN THE GRAVITY LINE IMPROVEMENT, I DIDN'T HAVE OUT DATE.
AND EL SAID IT WAS FURTHEST OUT, OR HAYDEN ONE OF THEM SAID THAT.
IT WAS FISCAL YEAR 27 OR 28 OF THE GRAVITY.
SO, WHILE I UNDERSTAND FROM A READINESS TO DO THE WORK PERSPECTIVE, THAT TIMELINE, WHAT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE WORK TO ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT? WHICH OF THESE WOULD, ONCE IT'S, ONCE THIS PROJECT IS DONE, WOULD BE FASTEST TO DEVELOPMENT ON THAT? LAND TRIBUTARY IS BY FAR OF THESE THREE, THE, THE BIGGEST KEY TO UNLOCKING, UM, THAT AREA DOWN NOW IS THAT BECAUSE OF CAPITAL RETAIL, THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY A PORTION OF IT.
UM, BUT IT, IT PLAYS IN SO CLOSELY WITH THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT.
IT, IT HELPS EXPAND ITS DRAINAGE CAPABILITIES.
UM, AND SHOULD, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUT OF TURN, IT SHOULD, UH, UNLOCK THAT WHOLE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, UM, WITHOUT, UH, NEED FOR ONSITE DETENTION.
FOURTH STREET, UM, PLAYS A ROLE OBVIOUSLY IN ALLEVIATING, UM, SOME OF THE DRAINAGE CONCERNS IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND THEN THE GRAVITY LINE IS STILL VERY MUCH IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
UM, THESE TWO ARE MUCH FURTHER ALONG, UM, THAN THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, IT'S JUST THOSE DOWNTOWN PROJECTS IMMEDIATELY PLUG INTO THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE MM-HMM
UM, AND, AND KIND OF PUSHES THAT FURTHER ALONG.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DRUTHERS IF, IF WE TAKE AN ENTIRE PROJECT TO MAKE IT EASIER ON THE ACCOUNTING GROUP, UH, IF WE TAKE AN ENTIRE PROJECT AND LET B BOARD TAKE TWO OTHER PROJECTS, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY, UM, WISHES ON WHICH ONE WE SHOULD TAKE AND LEAVE THE OTHER TWO FOR B? WELL, IF YOU'RE DOING A 1 MILLION, 2 MILLION SPLIT, IT WOULD BE A BOARD DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY 1 MILLION, AND THEN THE OTHER 2, 8 50
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AND 900 COME ALMOST TO 2 MILLIONYEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK, UM, I THINK YEAH, IF WE'RE LOOKING AROUND THAT DOLLAR VALUE, THEN I THINK A BOARD OFFERING TO FUND THE FULL EDC ASK FOR THE DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, ESPECIALLY BASED OFF OF THE, LIKE YOU SAID, UNLOCKING, YOU HAVE THE KEY TO UNLOCK, UM, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT'S INCREDIBLY VITAL.
UM, $7 MILLION IN OUR FUND IS A VERY COMFORTABLE PLACE TO BE.
UM, I THINK IT GIVES US A LOT OF LEVERAGE.
UM, I THINK AT THE SAME TIME, DEPENDING ON WHO COMES IN AND WHAT EXACTLY THEY'RE ASKING, IT'S NOT A LOT OF LEVERAGE.
UM, I THINK THAT AS WE, I
AND I WOULD CAUTION FROM MY END GOING TOO FAR INTO THAT OPERATING FUND BALANCE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE THAT IMPORTANT AND KEY ROLE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I THINK THE MILLION DOLLAR ASK ONLY TAKES AROUND $400,000 OUT OF THAT GENERAL FUND.
I THINK THAT'S AN AMOUNT THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH.
UM, BUT I, I WOULD SAY FOR ME, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE GOING ANY FURTHER THAN THAT.
UM, I THINK ESPECIALLY THAT THIS BEING OUR FIRST YEAR WITH THE REDUCED FUNDING, I THINK IT'S, UM, UH, I THINK IT'S PRUDENT.
VERY PRUDENT AND AND GENEROUS OF US.
I, I WILL KIND OF AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT.
AND WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR PROJECTIONS, WHEN WE WERE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL, UM, UH, BALLOT ELECTION, WE, WE ALWAYS PLAN FOR THE CIP EXPENDITURES TO STAY AROUND THE $1.1 MILLION MARK.
UM, AND GOING FORWARD LIKE THAT AND KIND OF MAINTAINING OUR OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES AS IT IS, WE DO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.
UM, WE STILL ANTICIPATE GROWTH COMING IN, UM, ESPECIALLY INCREASING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS SOME OF THESE LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, UM, KIND OF BREAK GROUND.
UM, SO WE, WE DO FEEL COMFORTABLE KIND OF MAINTAINING AT THAT APPROXIMATELY A MILLION DOLLAR MARK.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS WITH CARLOS OR DEBORAH? NO.
I LIKE WHAT MONEY SAYS BY JUST BEING RESERVED, UH, HOLDING ON THE MONEY FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
THAT, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
NO, AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING EVERYONE, UM, SAID AS WELL WITH THE TRIBUTARY SEEMING TO BE THE MOST CRITICAL AT THIS POINT FOR US TO FOCUS ON.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I THINK IT WAS JUST A DISCUSSION.
SO, SO NEXT MONTH WE WILL ACTUALLY, NEXT MONTH IS GONNA BE A PIECE OF CAKE
NEXT MONTH WE'LL COME IN WITH THE, THE FINAL BUDGETS, UM, UH, THE, THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE A SA FOR APPROVALS.
TELL 'EM, TELL 'EM NOT TO BUMP UP THE TRIBUTARY CAPITAL PROJECT INVESTMENT
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THOSE IN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DECLARE ANY PROJECTS, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR.
UM, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET CLARIFICATION FROM LEGAL, BUT THAT'LL BE NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN WE WILL BE OUT OF BUDGET SEASON UNTIL COUNCIL, UM, UH, CHOOSES TO ADOPT OUR BUDGETS A FEW MONTHS LATER.
UM, DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING ON THESE FUTURE PROJECTS THAT THEY PUT IN HERE? I THINK JUST AS AN FYI.
UM, THERE, THERE WERE KIND OF A HOLDOVER FROM THAT PRESENTATION THEY GAVE YOU GUYS A FEW MONTHS BACK.
IT, IT, IT IS GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE.
WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE UP HERE ARE TALKING ABOUT BIG EXPENDITURES TO COME, THESE, THESE NUMBERS ARE CONSIDERABLY LARGER THAN THE THREE PROJECTS THEY ASKED US TO LOOK AT FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
SO I GUESS WE'RE ON TO ITEM FIVE.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO ANNOUNCEMENTS RECURRING.
I, SORRY, DID I MISS SOMETHING? NO, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, THE, THE SYSTEM SWAPS, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS IS ACTUALLY NEXT ON THE AGENDA.
YOU HAVE, FIRST YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT AND THEN ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BUT WE CAN SKIP ANNOUNCEMENTS TO GO TO THE REPORT.
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IT.WE WILL DO BUSINESS ITEM FIVE, UH, SUB ITEM B, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.
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ALRIGHT.I'LL START OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE, ICSC, VEGAS RECAP.
SO, UM, WE GOT THIS EARLIER TODAY AND WE PRINTED OUT THE PAPER RECAP STATE OF THE INDUSTRY REPORT SENT OVER BY RETAIL STRATEGY.
SO YOU DO HAVE THAT TO LOOK AT.
IT'S NOT, UM, FULL SURE SPECIFIC.
UM, ALL THOSE TRENDS THERE JUST GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATE, WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY HOW THOSE TRENDS AND THAT DATA TRICKLES DOWN INTO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN HERE IN SHORE.
SO HAYDEN AND MYSELF ATTENDED, UH, MID-MAY THE CONFERENCE AND IT WAS COMPLETELY PACKED.
THERE WERE OVER 24,000 ATTENDEES.
UM, THERE WERE A THOUSAND RETAILERS THERE AND OVER 900 EXHIBITORS, UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE RETAILERS.
SO WE GOT TO MEET WITH, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS TARGET RETAILERS AND BROKERS, JUST DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS AND KIND OF TARGET THOSE AREAS IN RE THAT WERE LOOKING TO HAVE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN IN.
SO WE HOPE TO HAVE, UH, MORE DETAILS TO YOU SOON ON THINGS THAT DO GET MOVED FORWARD ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
IS THERE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A, A PRESENCE OF LARGE CHAINS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY TO ATTEND AND SUCH.
IS THERE, UM, ANYONE THERE WHO'S WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES? PROBABLY.
UM, THE, THE KIND OF THE BLESSING AND THE CURSE OF VEGAS IN PARTICULAR IS IT IS A WORLDWIDE, UM, CONFERENCE.
SO THOUGH TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA DEFINITELY HAVE THE LARGEST FOOTPRINT THERE, UM, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL.
UM, THE, THE NICE THING ABOUT ICSC VEGAS IN COMPARISON TO RED RIVER IS IT'S A WAY MORE OF A HOTSPOT FOR THE DEVELOPER SIDE THAN THAN THE RETAILERS.
RETAILERS AT RED RIVER WHEN WE GO.
THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE MAIN POINT OF IT.
UM, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS REALLY GETTING IN FRONT OF DEVELOPERS, TENANT REPS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UM, THEY'RE WORKING WITH LARGER FLAGS OR AT LEAST SPECIALTY BRANDS MM-HMM
AND THERE ARE SOME, I MEAN, SINCE I'M RETIRED, THAT THEIR NAMES HAVE, UH, ESCAPE ME.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME CONFERENCES AND GATHERINGS SPECIFICALLY TARGETING SMALL BUSINESSES.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WITH THE DEVELOPERS, THEY HAVE TO PENCIL, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE AWARE OF WHAT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR.
SO WHILE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THE PROJECT HAPPEN, THEY KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO LEAVE ROOM FOR THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND THERE IS A HUGE, UM, I THINK EAR TO THE GROUND WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
A LOT OF THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS THAT WE DID ATTEND WERE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO JUST SAW EXPONENTIAL GROWTH.
AND IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING HEARING, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT IDEA THAT CAME TO THEM AT 2:00 AM THEN TURNED INTO THIS BUSINESS, THEN PLUGGED INTO A BIG DEVELOPMENT AND IS SEEING UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS.
UM, SO HEARING THOSE INSPIRATION STORIES, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTING THEM AND THEY ARE CENTRAL TO THE MISSION, UM, KIND OF DOES HELP YOU SEE, IT'S A WELL-ROUNDED EFFORT.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO WHEN THIS SAYS RETAILERS WE MET WITH, THAT'S TALKING ABOUT, UM, RETAIL STRATEGIES, MET WITH THEM.
AND AS ALWAYS, I, I LIKE TO SAY IF YOU SEE A RETAILER IN THERE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT THAT.
UM, THE SPECIFIC REPORT IN YOUR HAND IS JUST IN GENERAL, IN ATTENDANCE, MET WITH RETAIL STRATEGIES.
UM, WE ALSO DO GET INQUIRIES AND MEETING REQUESTS FROM RETAILERS THAT MIGHT NOT BE ON OUR LIST FOR TARGET THAT WE WOULD NOT INCENTIVIZE, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, HONOR THAT MEETING AND, AND THAT REQUEST, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE ON OUR LIST.
WELL, ONE THING I LIKED ABOUT THEIR LIST IS IT SAID HILTON.
'CAUSE I STILL THINK WE NEED A HOTEL.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO I'M, I'M KIND OF IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE BROKERS AND DEVELOPERS THAT THEY MET WITH.
AND IF ANY OF THESE PEOPLE DO OFFICE SPACE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR THE CITY.
AND WE WILL HAVE A MORE FULCHER TEAM.
UM, MADISON AND MEGAN, WHO ARE OUR REPS FOR RETAIL STRATEGIES, THEY'LL PUT TOGETHER, UM, A SMALLER VERSION OF THAT SPECIFIC TO RE WE SHOULD GET THEM THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
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I'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.ON MAY 27TH, UH, HAYDEN AND MYSELF JOINED THE FORT BEND COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY TEAM TO, UM, TOUR.
UH, I, I ALWAYS GET THOSE PORT FREE PORT
UM, AND IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL.
I MEAN, I THINK OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET, GET GOODS TO THE STATE AND THROUGH OUR HIGHWAYS AND DOWN INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
BUT TO SEE IT HAPPEN AND JUST AT THE SCALE OF THE VEHICLES COMING IN, THE RISE, THE FRUIT, I MEAN, ALL OF IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
WE WERE GRATEFUL JUST FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE DAY TO DAY CAN GET SO FOCUSED ON ACROSS THE STREET AND THIS SIDE OF TOWN OR THAT SIDE OF TOWN THAT JUST STEPPING BACK AND SEEING HOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKS STATEWIDE, UM, AND WORLDWIDE SEEING THE SHIPS COME IN WITH VEHICLES FROM EUROPE.
AND, UM, ALL OF THAT WAS VERY AMAZING.
IT WAS JUST SO INTERESTING SEEING ALL OF THAT.
UM, ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD, HAYDEN? NO, NO.
IT'S, UM, IT LOOKED LIKE LITTLE TOYS.
IT WAS PICKING THINGS UP AND YEAH.
UM, BEING HERE IN SHORE SO FOCUSED ON THAT QUALITY OF LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING RETAIL AND ATTRACTING THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCES THAT OUR, THAT OUR CITIZENS WANT.
BUT THERE IS A PART OF YOU AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPER THAT HAS THAT ITCH FOR, FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY AND GETTING TO KIND OF GET OUT AND SEE, UM, SEE THAT TAKE PLACE WAS GREAT.
UM, THEIR TEAM, UM, DOWN AND, UH, AT THE PORT, UM, WERE WONDERFUL TO US.
THEY ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD, UM, AND, AND KIND OF WALKED US THROUGH, UM, THEIR DAY-TO-DAY WORKING DOWN THERE.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
ANYTIME YOU'RE READY, I CAN TAKE YOU INTO HOUSTON.
WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY TAKE THE CONTAINERS OFF THE TRAINS AND PUT 'EM ON 18 WHEELERS.
SO THANKFUL, UM, TO FORT BEND COUNTY FOR JUST ALWAYS BEING INCLUSIVE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SIT SHOULDERS TO SHOULDER WITH OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE DOING SIMILAR WORK.
UM, RICHMOND ROSENBERG, MYSTERY CITY LAND, ALL HAD STAFF THERE, SO IT WAS GREAT ALL AROUND.
UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, THE FORT BEND 2050 REPORT.
SO I HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF VERY PRECIOUS PHYSICAL COPIES HERE TO WHOEVER JUST ABSOLUTELY HAS TO HAVE PAPER BECAUSE A DIGITAL, I ONLY HAVE FOUR FOR BOTH BOARDS.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS.
UM, THE FORT BEND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP DID HOST A LUNCHEON WHERE THEY GAVE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY.
UM, BUT JUST REALLY WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE FOR US TO STRATEGICALLY TACKLE THE TIME BETWEEN TODAY IN 2050 TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE PROJECTED POPULATION GROWTH AS A COUNTY.
AND HOW DOES EACH CITY HAVE A ROLE IN THAT? SO, VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION.
UM, I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE'LL REVISIT WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, JUST ALL THE DIRECTORS WITHIN THE CITIES OF FORT BEND COUNTY, BUT IT COVERS EDUCATION, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, UM, RETAIL, YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL OF IT.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU LOOK THROUGH IT.
AND I DID HAVE A PREVIOUS REQUEST TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOMEBODY TO COME DO LIKE A MINI PRESENTATION OF THAT.
SO, UM, NOW THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN OVER THEIR BIG UNVEILING AND SHARING ALL THAT, WE WILL REACH OUT AND SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO HEAR IT FROM THEM MAYBE AT THE, LIKE, AT THE JOINT MEETING THAT'S BEING MM-HMM
BUT, SO YOU SAID THERE'S A DIGITAL COPY? YES.
AND WHERE DO WE FIND THAT? I CAN SEND THE LINK OUT.
YOU HAVE A DIGITAL, RIGHT? YES.
CAN I LOAN, CAN I BORROW ONE OF THE YOU CAN SURE.
ALRIGHT, LASTLY, UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE DO HAVE THE FRANCHISE WORKSHOP JUNE 24TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM THAT HAS BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED SINCE THE DAY WE ANNOUNCED IT.
WE ARE UP TO 12 REGISTRATIONS SO FAR.
AND THAT'S REALLY WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MARKETING DOLLARS.
USUALLY WE HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE ON ADS ON FACEBOOK HERE AND THERE.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST SHARING IT TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, OUR LINKEDIN PAGE, AND ASKING THE CHAMBER TO SEND IT IN AN EMAIL BLAST AND THE CITY, THE CITY'S FACEBOOK, FACEBOOK PAGE, SHARING IT THEMSELVES.
SO I THINK THERE'S STILL, UM, QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED THAT JUST NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REGISTRATION.
I THINK FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, HAVING 15 PEOPLE THERE WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, WE HAVE CAPACITY PROBABLY FOR 30.
SO IF YOU CAN, UM, WE'LL MAKE ROOM IF IT THERE HAS, THERE HAPPENS TO BE MORE THAN 30 INTERESTED.
SO JUST PLEASE SHARE THAT AS MUCH AS YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE.
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UM, WE DO APPRECIATE THAT GETTING THE WORD OUT, UM, FOR THE WORK THERE.AND THIS ONE'S SPECIFICALLY GREAT.
THE FACILITATORS ARE COMING IN.
WE INVITED, UM, FRAN, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT TRIES TO PAIR FRANCHISEES WITH FRANCHISES.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ASK THE SBDC DIRECTOR TO COME IN TO OFFER OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT THAT THAT PERSON, THAT RESIDENT CAN, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
SO ALL AROUND, I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT EVENT.
AND THAT'S JUNE 24TH? YES, MA'AM.
WE'LL PROVIDE A LIGHT BREAKFAST FOR THOSE ATTENDING.
UM, SO IT'S ONLY LIKE FROM EIGHT TO NOON OR 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM OH, OKAY.
AND WE CAN SEND THAT CALENDAR INVITE AS WELL.
I THINK I TRIED TO SHARE IT TO A BUNCH OF FACEBOOK GROUPS IN THIS AREA.
THANK YOU THAT I CAN DO THAT AGAIN.
AND I SAW CARLOS PUT IT ON LINKEDIN.
I JUST TOOK HIS AND SLAMMED IT ON MINE.
AND BONNIE ALSO IS VERY GOOD ABOUT SHARING ALL THAT.
AND DEBORAH ALWAYS VOLUNTEERS FOR HELP THE DAY OF NOT FOR THIS ONE.
DON'T WORRY, I HAVEN'T SIGNED YOU UP WITHOUT YOU KNOWING
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JUST THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU DO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS THAT STAFF IS MAKING HERE.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY REPORT.
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I GUESS, I GUESS WE'LL GO TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ITEM C, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANELLE AND HAYDEN INCLUDED A PAGE, UH, IN THE PACKET AND IT LISTS THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY GATEWAY SIGN UPDATE FOR NEXT MONTH AND FINISHING UP BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, UH, NEXT MONTH.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO ADD TO THAT? I WAS THINKING MICHELLE, DIDN'T, DIDN'T YOU ASK FOR, UH, LIKE IS THERE AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY ON ANY DISCUSSIONS, DEVELOPMENTS UNDERWAY? WAS THAT ONE OF THEM? DO WE WANNA KEEP THAT ON THE LIST? WE'RE GONNA TRY AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DISPERSE THAT.
UM, HOW, HOW HARD IS IT TO GET A LIST FOR NEW CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY? JUST SO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS KIND OF KNOW THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPENING UP.
I SAW BERKELEY EYE CENTER IS HERE.
UH, I HATED TO SEE COBBLESTONE COTTAGE GIVE UP, BUT, YOU KNOW.
BUT YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY RUN THAT REPORT AND, AND ADD IT ON HERE.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A FEW OTHER WAYS THAT WE'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT NEW BUSINESSES ARE ON YOUR RADAR THAT WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU WHEN WE PRESENT THE, UM, BRE PLAN.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
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ONTO ANNOUNCEMENTS.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY WANNA BRING UP TO THOSE IN THE ROOM AND ANYONE WATCHING ON THEIR LAPTOP? I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, WE HAVE THE BOSS JUNIOR MARKET HAPPENING AT IRENE STERN.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS INVITED, UM, KID ENTREPRENEURS, KIDPRENEURS TO HOST A LITTLE SHOP LOCAL, UM, MARKET IN THERE.
THEY HAVE 15 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES RUN BY KIDS IN THERE.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE UNDER THE AGES OF 12.
SO FIVE YEAR OLDS TO 12 YEAR OLDS.
THAT'S HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY.
SO BEFORE YOU HEAD TO PRIMROSE PARK,
UM, IT'S BEEN REALLY SWEET TO JUST SEE THAT MENTALITY.
THE PERSON THAT HAS ORGANIZED AND ASKED FOR THE EDC TO SPONSOR BY HAVING IT AT IRENE STERN, UM, SENT US A REALLY ENCOURAGING EMAIL.
UM, I, SOME OF THOSE CHILDREN WERE INTERESTED IN SELLING, UH, FOOD ITEMS, AND SO THEY REACHED OUT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHAT ALL DO THEY NEED? AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE INTIMIDATING.
WHEN YOU'RE A FAMILY WHO'S SUPPORTING SOMETHING A CHILD LIKES TO DO.
AND I HAVE TO GO APPLY FOR A PERMIT AND SHOW UP TO CITY HALL AND PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE.
AND SO I, I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS, YOU KNOW,
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KIND OF BRACE MYSELF FOR THE, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY CAN'T, IT'S A, IT'S A KIDDO.JUST LET HIM DO, YOU KNOW, LET HIM DO THE EVENT.
I, I SAID, JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THE DEADLINE FOR THE PERMIT.
UM, SUBMISSION IS TOMORROW, OTHERWISE A LATE FEE APPLY.
AND SHE RESPONDS BACK AND SHE SAID, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AT CITY HALL FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.
IT'S SUCH A VITAL STEP IN THE PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ABIDING BY COTTAGE FOOD, LAW, HEALTH, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND ALL OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY.
SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY SWEET.
UH, I THOUGHT THEY HAVE A GREAT ADVISOR, SOMEONE WHO'S MAKING SURE THEY KNOW THE PROCESS AND THEY COMPLETE THE PROCESS, UM, THE RIGHT WAY.
IF YOU CAN AT ALL SUPPORT, UM, SHARE THAT SHE HAS THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK, UM, WE'LL SHARE IT FROM THE EDC PAGE AS WELL.
BUT THIS SATURDAY AT IRENE STERN, REPEAT WHAT THE NAME OF IT IS AGAIN? IT'S THE BOSS JUNIOR MARKET.
THERE WERE SEVERAL AT THE LAST EVENT.
UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE THERE.
SOME ON THE STAGE SELLING JEWELRY AND THINGS, AND IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE.
UM, I NOTICED I DIDN'T GET UP THERE, BUT I NOTICED.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THAT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
WHAT, AND YOU SAID WHAT TIME? IT STARTS AT 8:30 AM OKAY.
AND SOME OF THOSE, UM, KID OWNED BUSINESSES AT YOU SAW AT OUR SHOP LOCAL EVENT ARE HOUSED WITHIN TIFFANY'S TINY FLOWER TRUCK ON FM 10 93.
SO IF YOU GO IN THE SHOP AND YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING TO SUPPORT, UM, THAT BUSINESS, JUST ASK.
AND SHE'LL POINT YOU, SHE HAS OVER 20 BUSINESSES WITHIN HER SHOP, SO SHE'LL POINT YOU TO WHICH GOODS AND, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTS ARE OWNED BY THOSE KID BUSINESSES IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
UH, AND THEN I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE OUR PRIMROSE PARK GRAND OPENING THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH THAT STARTS AT 11:00 AM AND RUNS UNTIL 1:00 PM AT 7 6 2 2 DIXON ROAD.
SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE THERE AS WELL.
THOSE ARE ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAVE.
I'D LIKE TWO OTHER EVENTS THAT I JUST WANNA MENTION.
UH, DEFINITELY THE SRE REGIONAL CHAMBER FOR COMMAS FREEDOM FEST.
IT'S GONNA BE FRIDAY, JULY 3RD, SRE HIGH SCHOOL, SEVEN TO 10:00 PM UH, GOOD TIME SHOULD BE HAD BY ALL.
AND THEN, UM, I HEARD ABOUT THIS OTHER THING AND IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE SHORE HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
THEIR BOOSTER CLUB IS DOING A GOLF TOURNAMENT OUT AT WESTERN LAKES TO TRY TO RAISE MONEY FOR, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER BANDS NEED INSTRUMENTS, WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN ANYTHING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND IT, IT'S A GOLF TOURNAMENT.
IT'S OUT AT WESTERN LAKES ON JUNE 29TH.
AND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING, SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT 'EM.
OUR TYPE B BOARD DID SPONSOR THE DRONE SHOW.
THAT WILL BE PART OF THE FREEDOM FEST.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A REALLY GREAT TREAT.
AND YOU'LL GET TO SEE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOGO UP IN THE SKY AND BRIGHT LINES FOR A FEW SECONDS.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MOTION A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MS. TYLER.
IS THAT HOW YOU SAY YOUR LAST NAME? YEAH, IT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOBLE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT SAYS.