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THE FULL SURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING.UM, CALL TO ORDER AT SIX O'CLOCK ON JUNE, MONDAY, JUNE 15TH.
THERE ARE NO COMMENTS TONIGHT.
[III. Council Comment]
COUNCIL COMMENT.ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR AGREEING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD, ALL OF YOU.
I KNOW IT'S A, UH, IT'S A DEMANDING TASK AND, UH, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF US.
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE.
I COULDN'T BE HERE ON THE 27TH OF MAY MEETING.
I WAS OUT OF, UH, COUNTRY AND THAT KIND OF GOT, UH, SPRUNG ON ME THAT IT WAS UNDER MONDAY.
SO, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO, UH, SAY WAS I THINK, UH, THIS IS A NEW SLATE.
I'M SOME OF YOU ONLY, I THINK, UH, THREE OF YOU HAVE SERVED BEFORE ON THIS ONE, MR. DURAN, MR. KKI IN, UH, ARGUMENT.
SO, UH, WE ARE GONNA LEAN ONTO YOUR EXPERIENCE AND, UH, GET US WHATEVER WE CAN OUT OF THIS.
UH, EDC, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS A, UH, UM, KPI THAT I WOULD LIKE, UH, THE BOARD TO SET FOR THEMSELVES IS IN ADDITION TO GIVING DIRECTION, OBVIOUSLY IN A BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN, IN A WAY, SO YOU WOULD GIVE DIRECTION, BUT I WOULD SAY I WOULD REQUEST ALL OF YOU TO BE THE, UM, THE EMISSARIES OF THE CITY OF SHORE AND GET US MORE BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S A PART OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, AND TAKE CREDIT.
I, I WOULD SAY IF YOU BRING SOMETHING, TAKE CREDIT FOR IT, BECAUSE THAT'S MORE USEFUL TO THE CITY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT'S WHO TAKES THE CREDIT.
BUT FOR ME, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN SHOW THAT THE EDCS HAVE ACTIVELY GOTTEN, UH, THIS BUSINESS INTO TOWN.
SO I WOULD REQUEST YOU TO, UM, WORK WITH, UH, ANELLE AND HAYDEN AND GET US AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CAN.
WE STILL HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE COMMERCIALLY ZONED THAT CAN, UH, BE OCCUPIED WITH THESE NEW BUSINESSES.
YOU GUYS ARE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
SO, UH, SET YOUR OWN TARGETS AND SEE HOW WE CAN MEET THEM.
[Business - A]
TO ITEM FOUR A, UM, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE MAY 27TH, 2026 MEETING.UM, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S TAKING A LOOK AT IT.
UM, I MYSELF NOTICED ONE CORRECTION ON THE PAGE NUMBER ONE, JUST INSTEAD OF TOMMY CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER, IT WAS MYSELF.
YES, OLD HABITS DIE HARD, I GUESS.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
[Business - B]
FOUR B, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2026.YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTICE THAT THE SALES TAX NUMBERS ARE THE SAME THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED IN LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, WE DID NOT HAVE THEM REPORTED FROM THE STATE AND TIME TO INCLUDE, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE BOTH MONTHS, UM, READY FOR YOUR MEETING NEXT MONTH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST GIMME SORRY FOR TYLER.
DO Y'ALL WANT TO EXPLAIN, I GUESS, WHAT WE ARE APPROVING HERE? SURE.
SO WE DO STILL NEED, UH, A ALMOST TABLE
IT'S, WE'LL GO MORE THROUGH IT IN DETAIL AS WE DISCUSS THE BUDGET IN THE NEXT FEW ITEMS, BUT JUST IN A NUTSHELL,
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I'M GOOD ON MY, OKAY.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH, 2026.
WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
[Business - C]
ITEM FOUR C, UPDATE ON EDC FUNDED CIP PROJECTS INCLUDING HARRIS STREET AND DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.SO I'LL START WITH HARRIS STREET.
UM, SO WE DID ISSUE A, A NOTICE TO PROCEED ON HARRIS STREET FOR JUNE 1ST.
SO THAT PROJECT HAS OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF.
UH, THE CONTRACTOR WILL BE BEGINNING ON THE, UH, FIFTH STREET END, END OF THE STREET.
SO THE, UH, PEDESTRIAN PLAZA WAY WILL KINDA BE THE FIRST THING THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
NOT SURE IF I REPORTED THIS LAST TIME, THE, UH, FINAL RETAINAGE PAYMENT FOR DG MEDINA WAS PAID OUT.
SO THAT IS, THAT CONCLUDES ALL PAYMENTS TO TO THEM.
UH, AND YOU'LL NOTICE OUR NEW STRUCTURE HERE, UH, FOR THE PROJECT REPORTS, UH, AS WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, UH, FUND SUMMARIES, CONTRACT INFORMATION.
UH, SO JUST KIND OF GIVING Y'ALL A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A LOOK INTO THE NUMBERS HERE.
AND MATTHEW, REAL QUICK QUESTION ON THE DG MEDINA, THE FINAL RETAINERS PAYMENT, THAT IS THE NUMBER REFLECTED IN HERE.
THAT'S THE TOTAL DOLLARS SPENT TO DG MEDINA, THE 2.15 MILLION.
AND THEN SECOND QUESTION REGARDING THE NUMBERS, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS, UM, THIS ON DEFICIENCIES AND ADDITIONAL WORK, THE SITE ONE WAS THAT MATERIAL THAT, THAT WE, THE CITY PURCHASED AND THEN HAD SILVER SATAN INSTALL OR, OKAY.
UH, AND THEN IT, UH, A QUESTION ABOARD HAD WAS WITH ALL OF THE DEFICIENCY, UH, WORK, WERE WE STILL IN BUDGET AND WE STILL WERE YEAH.
ABLE TO KEEP THAT SAME BUDGET.
SO I THINK I DID THE MATH ON THAT.
AND, UM, THE CURRENT FUNDING BEING AT 5.3 MILLION, BUT THEN THE CONTRACT SUMMARY IS THAT 4.8 MILLION.
UH, SO THAT, THAT WILL PUSH US TO AN ANTICIPATED COMPLETION OF LATE MARCH LAST YEAR.
SO EXCITING, EXCITED TO GET THIS ONE GOING FOR SURE.
SO THIS, THIS PROJECT AND THIS PROJECT UPDATE IS KIND OF WRITTEN BASED UPON THE ICON PORTION, RIGHT? THE REMAINING AWARD CONTRACT OF THE ICON PORTION.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE TOP, TOP, I MEAN 2.7, 2.177, THAT'S THE ICON PORTION OF THE AWARD OF CONTRACT.
SO I GUESS GOING FORWARD, WE'RE JUST TRACKING WITH THIS PROJECT JUST THE ICON PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IN, IN THIS REPORT OUT.
SO I THINK, UH, IN THE NEXT, IN THE NEXT REPORT, YOU, YOU WON'T SEE THE DG MEDINA, UH, BLOCK HERE.
UH, WE'D BE REMOVING THAT ONE I GUESS.
BUT NO, I GUESS I'M GONNA, I GUESS I'M ASK, I'M ASKING THIS 'CAUSE I'M NOT ASKING TO REMOVE IT.
I'M ASKING TO SEE THE TOTAL, I DON'T REALLY WANNA SEE JUST THE ICON PORTION.
I'D LIKE TO SEE HOLISTICALLY WHAT THE PROJECT IS.
I THINK WITH THE CONTRACT SUMMARY RIGHT HERE BE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? I AGREE.
BUT JUST, JUST HOW THEY HAD HAVE THE PROJECT SUM.
LIKE IF YOU JUST LOOKED AT JUST THE SUMMARY, IF YOU DIDN'T GO DOWN INTO THE DETAILS OF THE, IT'S, UH, YEP.
DEFINITELY HERE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
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UH, THIS IS A GREAT SEGUE YEAH.TO TODAY THAT WE'RE DOING A DASHBOARD, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE FOR ALL THE PROJECTS FOR CIP, THAT'S GONNA BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT'S GONNA BE GOING LIVE, UM, AFTER COMMISSION MEETING TOMORROW WITH EVERYTHING.
NO PICKUPS HOPEFULLY, BUT TECH IS ALWAYS TECH.
SO YOU WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE PRINTOUTS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, UM, OF ONE PAGERS ESSENTIALLY OF THE PROJECTS HOLISTICALLY ON WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THE TOTAL BUDGET AS WELL AS WITH CONSTRUCTION KIND OF INCLUDED INTO THOSE SPACES.
BUT WE JUST, ON THIS ONE WE DID INCLUDE JUST ICONS CONTRACT 'CAUSE THAT'S CURRENTLY THE ONE THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.
UM, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN PRINT THOSE OUT OR WE CAN POINT YOU TO THE WEBSITE THAT'S GONNA BE THE MOST ACTIVE AND MOST, UM, RELIABLE I THINK.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE UPDATING THAT ONE ON, ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND IT KIND OF WILL HAVE ALL OUR INFORMATION.
YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UP HERE ON THE SECTION A.
'CAUSE LIKE I IMMEDIATELY WENT AND I'M LIKE, WELL, WE'RE ZERO ZERO PAID TO DATE AND I'M LIKE, NAH, WE'RE NOT EVEN PAID TO DATE
YEAH, WE, WE'VE ALREADY PAID FOR A PORTION OF THE HARRIS STREET PROJECT.
UM, SO, BUT THIS IS JUST THE ICON PORTION.
UM, AND MAYBE THE DASHBOARD WILL, YOU KNOW, HAVE LIKE A HARRIS COMBINATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT PROBABLY HAS TO DO WITH HOW Y'ALL AWARD THE CONTRACTS ON A PROJECT BASIS.
YEAH, I GUESS THE DASHBOARD PORTION WOULD'VE THE TOTAL, THE ENTIRE PROJECT COST? YEAH.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SEND OUT, UM, THAT LINK WHEN IT GOES LIVE AND, UM, DAVID AND MATTHEW CAN LET US KNOW.
SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT'S THERE, PLEASE SEND IT TO MYSELF OR HAYDEN MM-HMM
AND WE CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER, UM, PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, IF, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT TILL THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.
AND THAT WILL BE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THAT PROJECT DASHBOARD OR IT IS, IT WILL BE AWESOME.
FULCRUM FULCHER, I THINK IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
ANY OTHER HARRIS STREET QUESTIONS? SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE OR FOURTH STREET.
UM, A LOT OF PROGRESS HERE LATELY AT FOURTH STREET.
UH, STORM SEWER HAS BEEN INSTALLED FROM THE OUTFALL UP TO THE WILSON STREET INTERSECTION, UH, PAVING BOTH LANES INCLUDING, UH, PARALLEL PARKING SPOTS.
AND I BELIEVE SIDEWALK AS WELL HAVE BEEN POURED FROM IN THE FIRST SECTION FROM HOUSTON TO SIMS. AND THEY WERE FORMING THE INTERSECTION AND I BELIEVE THEY STARTED, UH, PAVED A PORTION OF THE INTERSECTION LAST WEEK.
SO, UH, SOON THEY'LL BE OPENING UP DOING THE TRAFFIC SWITCH BETWEEN, UH, CLOSING THE WILSON PORTION DOWN AND ROUTING TRAFFIC, UH, THROUGH SIMS. SO, UM, HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH THE RESIDENTS LIVING THERE? NO.
WE'VE BEEN PRETTY COMMUNICATIVE WITH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY'VE, UH, THEY'RE UP TO SPEED ON WHAT'S GOING ON, SO.
COMMUNICATIVE, COMMUNICATIVE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR MATTHEW TODAY? SAM, THANK YOU MATTHEW.
UH, KATIE FULCHER LIFT STATION.
SO I KNOW YOU GUYS DID, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO, I BELIEVE ABOUT $600,000 FOR THE DESIGN OF THE KATIE FULCHER LIFT STATION PROJECT THAT, UH, AWARD CONSTRUCTION AWARD IS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR TOMORROW.
BE KICKING THAT ONE OFF AS WELL.
I HAVE SOME INDOCTRINATION THAT I FEEL RESPONSIBLE TO DO, UH, ESPECIALLY THAT WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EDC AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
UH, SO, AND I, I'M, SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY HEARD ME SAY THIS, SO SORRY, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE LISTENING FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, THE, THE EDC HAS TWO PRIMARY ROLES.
ONE IS TO GROW THE PIE, AND TWO IS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY OF CITIZENS OF SHORE.
RIGHT? AND SO THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, THEY DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, HARRIS STREET WIDENING THE ROADS DOWNTOWN, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE WALKABILITY.
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UM, WE'RE GOING TO, IT'S GONNA ATTRACT MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, WHICH IS GONNA PUT MORE APPRAISAL VALUE ON THE APPRAISAL ROLE.WE WILL BE ABLE TO ATTRACT MORE TAX DOLLARS WITHOUT RAISING TAX RATES ON OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, AND AS WELL AS THE, UH, EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.
THAT'S ANOTHER KEY PROJECT BECAUSE FOR MANY OF THE DOWNTOWN, UH, PARCELS ARE, UH, IRREGULARLY SHAPED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE, UH, KEY, WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE JUST ONE PROPERTY OWNER THAT OWNS ALL OF DOWNTOWN.
IT'S, IT'S VERY FRAGMENTED OWNERSHIP.
AND, UH, IN ORDER FOR THAT, THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO DEVELOP, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES.
BECAUSE CURRENTLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A PROJECT, UH, DOWNTOWN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO USE A THIRD OF THE SPACE FOR DETENTION, A THIRD OF THE SPACE FOR PARKING.
AND THEN YOU, YOU HAVE JUST YOUR OWN LITTLE CORNER FOR, FOR YOUR PROPERTY.
UM, SO IF WE CAN SOLVE PARKING, IF WE CAN SOLVE DRAINAGE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BIGGER BUILDINGS.
WE'RE GONNA ATTRACT MORE SALES TAX DOLLARS TO OUR CITY.
SO THAT'S MY INDOCTRINATION SPIEL FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE DAY.
[Business - D]
ON TO ITEM FOUR D, THE FUN ONE, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET, PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT.SO THIS, UH, JUNE MEETING, WE WILL GO OVER OUR DRAFTED BUDGET AND I WILL GO THROUGH, UM, EACH ACCOUNT AND GIVE YOU KIND OF THE REASON FOR THE CHANGES YOU MIGHT SEE ON ANY LINE ITEM WHERE THERE'S AN INCREASE OR DECREASE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER LINE ITEM, WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT TITLE MEAN? WHAT ARE WE SPENDING DOLLARS ON THAT ACCOUNT FOR? WHY IS THAT AMOUNT? UM, ONCE I GO THROUGH ALL THE CHANGES, YOU CAN KIND OF BRING ME BACK TO THAT LINE ITEM OR JUST INTERRUPT AT ANY POINT.
UM, WE'LL ALSO GO OVER OUR, UH, ASSIST, UH, A SA AND UM, IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN KIND OF OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS, WHERE THEY GO TO WHAT THAT MEANS.
UM, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE FROM OUR TYPE A MEETING LAST WEEK, THE, UM, BOARD DECIDED TO LET US KNOW THAT IT'S THEIR INTENTION TO FUND PROJECT D 22 A, UM, THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY PROJECT FOR ITS FULL AMOUNT REQUESTED AT $1,098,250.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ON WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD WITH TYPE A, HAVING HALF OF THE COLLECTIONS THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD AND TYPE B, UM, STILL MAINTAINING WHAT THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD.
UM, TYPICALLY IN THE PAST EVERYTHING WAS FUNDED 50 50.
UM, SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE NOW? IS IT A THIRD AND TWO THIRDS? UM, DOES IT, IS THAT REFLECTED IN THE AMOUNTS? UM, THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO YOU.
UM, THEIR REQUEST WAS THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER FUNDING TWO PROJECTS, UM, AT ABOUT, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU CHOOSE, A LITTLE UNDER $2 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION.
UM, AND WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD SUGGEST WE START WITH, UM, EXPLORING WHAT PROJECT YOU WOULD LIKE TO FUND FOR CIP SINCE MATTHEW AND DAVID ARE STILL HERE.
WE CAN GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, MAKE THAT DECISION AND GO THROUGH INTO THE OTHER LINE ITEMS. SO AT THIS TIME, IF YOU'LL LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, UM, WE INCLUDED AGAIN THE EDC PROJECT REQUEST, UM, THAT PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTED TO YOU ALL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO THERE AGAIN YOU HAVE, UM, THE GRAVITY LINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THE TIMELINE, THE DOWNTOWN TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, AND THEN, UM, THE FOURTH STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT.
OR I GUESS THIS WAS WITH VICTOR 22.
NO SIR, WE DO NOT, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CIP PROJECTS OR DOES THE BOARD HAVE
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ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT? SO LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS, I THINK BOTH OF THEM, UM, THE OTHER TWO, UM, THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE, IN OUR, UM, POWERPOINT ARE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO KIND OF CARRY ON WHAT PATRICK SAID EARLIER.UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF DAVID, DO Y'ALL WANNA GIVE A QUICK, UM, LIKE RECAP OF WHAT THESE PROJECTS DO, WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE OF THEM? SO IF WE LOOK AT BOTH OF THE PROJECTS GOING FORWARD, UM, THE GRAD DAVID CAN, CAN YOU JUST SPECIFY FOR CLARITY WHICH PROJECTS YOU'LL BE REFERRING TO? YEP.
BUT I ALSO PREFACE THAT BY SAYING THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE FARTHEST ONE OUT BECAUSE WE ARE STILL WORKING ON DESIGN PHASE.
IT ISN'T A CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECT, BUT IT WILL SPUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ANYTHING SOUTH OF THAT PORTION BECAUSE WE PUT SANITARY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE TO EXPAND.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I DID KIND OF MENTION THAT THE ASK WAS SMALLER BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO SOME STUDY BEFORE IT.
UM, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A PROJECT THAT YOU'LL SEE RETURN INVESTMENT REALLY QUICKLY ONCE IT STARTS MOVING ON THERE.
UM, THE LAST THING I DIDN'T MENTION ABOUT THIS ONE IS THAT THE, THE PATHS THAT WE WERE CHOOSING IS STILL A BIT VARIABLE DEPENDENT UPON WHEN WE DECOMMISSION, UM, DOWN OR DOWNTOWN WHEN DIVERSION COMES ON ON BOARD.
AND THOSE ARE KIND OF THOSE ANSWERS THAT ARE GONNA START KIND OF SHAPING AS WE GET FURTHER OUT INTO THE SUMMERTIME.
SO, BUT DEFINITELY A GOOD PROJECT, UM, AND JUST SOME OF THE PATHS COULD CHANGE.
THAT WAS MY ONLY PREFACE
AND DAVID, FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE ANTICIPATED COST OF 2,338,000? WHERE WOULD THAT MONEY COME FROM? UM, IF THE EDC CHOSE CHOOSES TO SUPPORT, UH, THE 900,000 THAT WAS GONNA COME FROM, UM, WE HAD SOME RESIDUAL FUNDS THAT WERE MOVING AROUND, UM, IN THE WASTEWATER AND WATER SIDE OF OUR CIP PROGRAM FROM BONDINGS FROM 23 AND 25.
UM, KIND OF LIKE I PREFACED PREFACED LAST TIME, WE'RE STILL TAKING IT TO COUNCIL TO SEE IF WE CAN, UM, MOVE THAT MONEY AROUND IF LAKE HILL FARMS KIND OF FLOATS OF BEING A NEED IMMEDIATELY FOR THE CITY.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS A NEED, BUT PRIORITY RANKING IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT REST OF THAT MONEY WOULD COME.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT, IF IT WAS GONNA BE A GRAVITY FED VERSUS A FORCE MAIN.
SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT VARIABLE COSTS KNOWING THAT GRAVITY IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
UM, BUT I'LL JUST GIVE YOU INSIGHT THAT IF WE DO GRAVITY, THEN I HAVE TO DIG DOWN ABOUT 30 FEET
SO THOSE ARE SOME BIG QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
AND IT'S ALL HINGED UPON DIVERSION LIFT STATION OF HOW DEEP THAT IS, THE TANKS FOR THE DIVERSION LIFT STATION'S GONNA BE.
SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM.
BUT LIKE AGAIN, IT'S WAITING FOR A FEW OTHER PLAYERS, STAKEHOLDERS TO SAY WHERE, WHERE THE MONEY IS GONNA BE PRIORITIZED, SEE HOW FAR UP AND DOWN THIS PROJECT KIND OF LAYS.
DOES THAT HELP? I KNOW THAT WAS A LONG ANSWER FOR DOES IT, IS IT DEPENDENT UPON KIND OF ANY, ANY ACTIONS ON FM 3 59 RIGHT THERE MM-HMM.
AS WELL? IT'S NOT DEPENDENT UPON THAT.
IT'S COMPLETELY HINGING ON OUR, OUR WASTEWATER SIDE OF HOW FAR WE GO DIVERSION LIFT STATION AND WHEN THAT GETS FUNDED AND HOW THAT GETS FUNDED.
SO MY QUESTION IS LESS ABOUT COST AND MORE ABOUT IMPACT MM-HMM
UM, THAT IS A LARGE PORTION OF RESIDENTIAL IMPACT.
WHAT IS, WHAT'S THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE TO THE STREETS? 'CAUSE YOU'RE GOING IN FRONT AND BEHIND A, IT LOOKS TO BE, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT.
SO, UM, AS WE KIND OF MENTIONED THAT IT'S NOT IN FRONT AND BEHIND, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OR THE OTHER.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT ROUTES.
UM, A LOT OF THAT, LIKE I SAID, KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHERE DIVERSION IS AND THE DEPTH OF DIVERSION.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING FORCE MAIN, UM, GOING FROM LAKE HILL FARMS AND WE KEEP THAT AS BEING A LIFT STATION 'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE HINGE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IF WE DECOMMISSION LIFT, UM, LAKE HILL FARMS OR WE KEEP IT, IF WE KEEP IT, THEN I CAN DO A FORCE MAIN UP THE ROAD.
IT'S A LOT LESS DEPTH AND WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH IMPACT ON THE AREA AROUND, BUT YOU NEED TO DO A GRAVITY.
IT MIGHT BE AN IDEAL TO GO IN THE BACKSIDE OF IT, BUT AGAIN, I STILL GOTTA GET 30 FEET SOMEWHERE.
SO
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? AND I KNOW THAT WAS SUPER ABBREVIATED
SO HOW, HOW IS THIS PROJECT GONNA BE IMPACTED WHEN THAT WATER TREATMENT FACILITY DOWNTOWN GETS EVENTUALLY MOVED? SO ONCE IT GETS DECOMMISSIONED DOWNTOWN WASTEWATER RECLAMATION OR WHARF, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO
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REROUTING BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE LINES ARE ALREADY COMING INTO DOWNTOWN.SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROJECT FOR DECOMMISSIONING, UM, THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN DISCUSSION WITH THE TOLLWAY AS WELL AS, UM, SO WE'RE KINDA ANTICIPATING SOME REROUTE.
SO WHEN WE DO THIS PROJECT, THE IDEA IS THAT WE ALREADY CREATE THAT STEM OR THAT T THAT IS GONNA BE POINTED TOWARD DIVERSION, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW IT'S GONNA GO INTO DOWNTOWN.
SO JUST BECAUSE OF THAT VARIABILITY OF WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE DECOMMISSIONED DOWNTOWN, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF PREPPING FOR BOTH BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S, IT IS A WIN, NOT AN IF.
IS THERE ANY, UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN IF THERE'S ANY, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW WITH THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, THE TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS MM-HMM
AND THE, UM, FOURTH STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
LIKE, ARE, ARE ANY OF THEM OVERLAPPING AT ALL WITH THE CURRENT PROJECT THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON? OKAY.
I MEAN THERE'S SOME TIE IN, LET'S START WITH TIE IN AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THE OVERLAP IS AT RIGHT NOW.
SO KNOWING THAT, UH, TRIP EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY IS A SINGLE PROJECT UPON ITSELF, RIGHT? BUT THE TIE IN IS AT FOURTH STREET FOR ALL THE NEW DRAINAGE TO FLOW INTO THE EAST SIDE DRAINAGE TRIBUTARY.
SO FOURTH STREET'S, THAT TRUNK LINE THAT'S GONNA BASICALLY TAKE THE WATER OUT OF DOWNTOWN, EVENTUALLY THE BRAKE LINE WILL BE HARRIS.
SO EVERYTHING EAST OF HARRIS WILL GO INTO FOURTH STREET AND SOMEHOW GET IN, SOMEHOW WILL EVENTUALLY GET INTO THE EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY.
SO WHEN WE FIRST WENT OUT FOR FOURTH STREET, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT AREA, UM, WE DESCOPED AT FM 3 59, THAT TRUNK LINE THAT GOES UNDERNEATH AS WELL AS THE GRADING ON THE WEST SIDE OF 3 59.
SO WE KNOW THAT, UM, THIS IS THE OVERLAP PORTION, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO FUND THIS PORTION, THEN YOU'RE OPENING ESSENTIALLY THE STRAW THAT BRINGS THE WATER OUT OF WEST OF 3 59 AND GETS IT INTO EAST SIDE TRIBUTARY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT MARRIES UP.
SO ALTHOUGH THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT PROJECTS, YES THEY ARE.
MARY 3 59 DOES OVERLAP ON FOURTH STREET.
SO IN AN IDEAL SITUATION THEN I WOULD GET THE CON THE ENGINEER, 'CAUSE THE SAME ENGINEER THAT DESIGNED FOURTH STREET TO FINISH OUT THE DESIGN WORK.
'CAUSE HE'S AT 60% GET THE TECH STOP PERMITTING, WHICH WE HAVE A GOOD BEAT ON.
AND THEN WE CAN BID OUT THIS PROJECT WITH THE BEST CASE SCENARIO THAT WE GOT A SIMILAR CONTRACT THAT'S ALREADY WORKING IN AROUND THAT AREA THAT CAN JUMP INTO THIS.
AND THERE'S KIND OF THAT MARRYING OF THE TWO PROJECTS.
SO IT'S ALL COMPLETED AND WE HAVE A NEW TRUNK LINE THAT DRAINS DOZERS AND THE BANK.
I THINK I'M STILL LEARNING THE BUSINESSES ON THAT SIDE.
BASICALLY THAT IMMEDIATE, THAT SUB COURT HAPPENED WEST SIDE.
THAT WILL START DRAINING BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE ARE ISSUES.
UM, I JUST, I'M, I I'M ASKING BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CURRENT PROJECT NOW AND, AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR SOMETHING TO HAVE TO BE UNDONE OR REDONE BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT.
JUST BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL SCOPE INCLUDED THAT PHASE OF IT, THAT PORTION UNDER 3 59, IT JUST GOT TAKEN OUT BECAUSE AT THE TIME, UM, PERMITTING WAS AN ISSUE.
CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE HIGH SO WE JUST HAD TO BRING IT INTO BUDGET AND THAT WAS THE WAY WE BROUGHT THIS PROJECT INTO BUDGET.
SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE SEEN THAT OUR CONSTRUCTION PRICES HAVE COME DOWN AND I THINK THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS INCLUDING TECH DOTS LETTING OUT LESS MONEY FOR PROJECTS.
SO WE HAVE HUNGRY CONTRACTORS AS OPPOSED TO THOSE THAT ARE SAY, I'LL DO A LITTLE WORK, BUT IT'S JUST GONNA COST YOU AN ARM LEG.
SO THERE'S BEEN SOME VARYING FACTORS THAT ARE IN OUR FAVOR AND I JUST THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO GO WITH 3 59, IT'S REALLY THE IDEAL TIME TO BRING THIS PROJECT IN SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT GET DONE WITHIN THAT SAME SCOPE TIMEFRAME.
I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT
IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH ONE IS THE MORE IMPORTANT OR, YOU KNOW, BY TIME SURE MEANS AND, AND EFFICIENCY AND, AND TO BENEFIT THE CITY MORE, WHICH ONE IS ABSOLUTELY, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU PICK? AND KIND OF LIKE YOU MENTIONED, I I REALLY THINK CREATING THIS TRUNK LINE, ESSENTIALLY THIS STRAW OKAY, OUT OF DOWNTOWN DISTRICT IS GONNA BE THE IMMEDIATE FIX TO A LOT OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
NOW IT'S NOT THE COMPLETE FIX, RIGHT? SURE, SURE.
WE KNOW THAT 3 59 IN GENERAL HAS TO FIX SOME OF ITS SURE.
THE DRAINAGE COMPARISON AND HOW WE DO THE PROFILING, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS A LOT OF THAT IMMEDIATE FLOODING, NOT ALL OF IT, BUT WITH FINISHING OUT THIS PROJECT IN THIS TRUCK LINE, WELL TAKE TO FINISH ALL OF IT BECAUSE THAT'S ME TO THE RESIDENCE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU'RE GONNA START A PROJECT AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK A YEAR LATER AFTER DOING EVERYTHING AND THEN TEAR IT BACK UP TO REDO SOME MORE DRAINAGE OR WHATEVER.
WE WOULDN'T BE TEARING UP DRAINAGE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
SO I'LL JUST KIND OF GIVE THAT HOLISTIC VIEW THAT WE ARE, WHEN WE INCORPORATE WHAT HARRIS IS DOING FOR RETENTION, UH, THE RETENTION PLAN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FIFTH STREET, INCLUDING WHAT WALLACE IS BRINGING TO BEING ADDITIONAL DETENTION TO THE WEST
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OF WALLACE.AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD FOURTH STREET, THEN YOU START SEEING THAT WE HAVE A, A STR A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO HELP WITH SOME, WITH CAPTURING SOME OF THAT WATER FOR A BIT AND THEN WHEN THE SYSTEM CATCHES UP, RELEASING IT TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE AND NOT IN OUR BUILDINGS.
SO IT REALLY TAKING THAT LARGER LOOK OF WHAT DOWNTOWN HAS TO BE FOR DRAINAGE TO WORK.
SO WE ARE KIND OF LIKE, AND I KIND OF MENTIONED THIS WHEN WE DID THE PRESENTATION LAST BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CIP PROGRAM.
WHEN WE UPDATE OUR MASTER PLAN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW VASTLY IT'S GONNA CHANGE.
WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACT AS WELL AS LARGER IMPACTS.
SO THE NEXT PORTION THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS, OKAY, NOW THAT WE HAVE DETENTION IN DOWNTOWN, HOW CAN WE CHANGE OUR STRATEGY FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND THE LARGER AREAS FOR FULL? SURE.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO LOOK AT IN THE CASE STUDY.
SO WE CAN START SAYING WHAT'S THE NEXT PROJECTS AND HOW DO THEY IMPACT, WHICH WE WILL HAVE THEM TO HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN SHOW YOU.
YOU MENTIONED THE DOWNTOWN WHARF CAN DE COMMISSIONED MM-HMM
IS THERE A WAY TO GET A ECONOMY OF SCALE TO WHERE WE CAN SAVE SOME MONEY AND DO TWO PROJECTS AS ONE, DO TWO COMMISSIONING AND THE TRUNK LINE AT THE SAME TIME? THOSE ARE NOT, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE CAN DO THOSE THE SAME TIME AND SAVE MONEY.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE ARE TAKING, LOOKING AT THOSE STRATEGIES BUT NEEDING A LOT OF LARGER BUCKET, UM, TO DO THE, THAT WORK.
SO WE ARE TRYING SOME INNOVATIVE WAYS TO KIND OF MOVE SOME MONEY AROUND TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR DOLLARS.
UM, I JUST DON'T THINK AT THE SCALE OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO FUND IN THIS IMMEDIATE YEAR, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT WE CAN FUND BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS AND GET AN IMMEDIATE REIMBURSED BEFORE IT OR A RETURN ON INVESTMENT AN ROI ON IT.
SO, UM, AND JUST BECAUSE THE DOLLAR STARTS SCALING, WE GET INTO WASTEWATER ON THE DOWNTOWN OR, UM, THE RELOCATION OF IT OR MM-HMM
DECOMMISSIONING OF THAT WITH THE NEW ONE.
THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE, IS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN FUNDING HOLDING UP THE NEW, UH, THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THAT OR THE NEW ONE FOR THE, TO BE ABLE TO DECOMMISSION THE DOWNTOWN WHARF? YEAH, THERE'S, I, I'D LOVE THAT EVERYBODY'S STARTING TO USE WHARF 'CAUSE I WAS HOPING THAT THEY WORK WOULD KICK OUT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST DOLLARS, BUT IT'S ALSO SOME OF THE PROJECTS COMING ONLINE.
UM, WALLACE BEING THE, A BIG ONE, HARRIS BEING ANOTHER PROJECT TO COME ONLINE.
SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
EVEN IF WE HAD THE DOLLARS NOW THOSE HAVE TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE WE CAN DECOMMISSION DOWNTOWN, BRING IN DIVERSION LIFT STATION, POSSIBLY EXPAND CCR INTO THE FOUR 4 MILLION, UH, MGD PLANT ON ALSO, SINCE WE'RE NOT DOING TAMRON WEST ANYMORE, DO ANOTHER WHARF, UM, IN ANOTHER AREA TO BE MORE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE AFFLUENT WATERS AS WELL AS FOR THE WHARF, UM, SCOPES FOR THE PROJECTS.
IS, IS THERE ANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE, ARE, I'M, I'M, I'M THINKING OF THE VERY FIRST ONE IN PARTICULAR.
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ANY OF THESE PROJECTS THAT IF WE GET THEM STARTED AND MOVING NOW, WE WILL IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO HAVE OUR CONVERSATIONS ON THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON DOWNTOWN IN TERMS OF, UM, N 93.
UM, I, I DO THINK THE ONE, JUST THE FACT YOU PICKED OUT THAT PROJECT, UM, HAVING A DESIGN IN HAND, OR AT LEAST IN THE PROCESS OF GIVES YOU A BETTER POSITION.
YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE DOING THIS AND THIS IS THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF IT.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A, A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT THAT CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU THAT SCOPING RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
IF WE HAD THAT DOCUMENT, I CAN TELL YOU, YEAH, THIS IS THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT, THIS IS HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE AND THIS IS A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THIS IS THE POSITION THAT WE GET TO AFTER WE DO THAT PROJECT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT I MENTIONED.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT, I JUST DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE THOSE INITIAL STUDIES TO DO THAT WORK.
BUT I DO THINK THAT PROJECT WOULD PUT YOU IN A VERY KEY POSITION, UM, WITH THE UTILITIES THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND COMMERCIALLY IN THAT AREA.
SO THIS IS THE INITIAL PHASE WILL CONVEY SANITARY SEWER CLOSED FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SOUTH OF FM 10 93 MM-HMM
SO, SO SOUTH OF FM 10 93 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS THERE? YES SIR.
AND, AND WHAT A LOT OF THAT BE PAID FOR BY IMPACT FEES? SO I'M GOING TO STEP OUT OF SAYING THAT.
I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE PERCENTAGE AND JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THAT REALM, UM, OF HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR THROUGH IMPACT FEES.
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SURE.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I SEE A LOT OF OUR, OF OUR ITEMS HERE CONTAINED FY 2019 DRAINAGE STUDY THEY DO.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY LEARNINGS IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS OF Y'ALL'S? THE PROJECTS WE'VE DONE, THE, THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP AND THE CHANGES OVER TIME TO, TO FACTOR INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS BEING RELATIVELY NEW TO THE AREA.
AND KNOWING THAT I'VE DONE DRAINAGE IN OTHER CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES, I DEFINITELY CAN TELL YOU THAT GROWTH IS HARD
UM, I THINK WITH THESE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL, UM, PUT IN AND DONE SINCE THAT LAST STUDY, YOU'VE DONE A GOOD, WELL A GOOD, UM, ATTEMPT OF MANAGING THAT GROWTH AND HOW IT'S AFFECTED WITH THIS AREA IN GENERAL.
UM, I KIND OF SAID THIS ALREADY, I THINK THAT IT'S NEEDED FOR AN UPDATE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THE MORE OF THE MACRO LEVEL IMPACTS HAVE BEEN, UM, FOR DRAINAGE AS WASTEWATER AND WATER IN GENERAL.
UM, BUT I, I THINK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF TRYING TO HANDLE THAT GROWTH THAT VERY FEW CITIES, UM, ARE FORTUNATE TO SEE.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND I THINK I TOLD THIS TO THE BOARD LAST WEEK, UM, FOR DRAINAGE, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE DATA THAT IS HERE FO OR CENTRAL.
I THINK THE CLOSEST RAIN GAUGE THAT Y'ALL HAVE IS IN KATY AND I THINK THAT'S TOO FAR.
SO, UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY I WOULD SAY A PRIORITY IN THE NEXT FUTURE ROUNDS.
LIKE IF WE CAN GET SOME GAUGES, IF I CAN SEE SOME FLOW METERS GOING INTO SOME OF YOUR CREEKS, IT'D BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR EARLY DETECTION AS WELL AS TO MONITOR SOME OF THESE STORMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND INUNDATING THE AREAS.
A HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE? LIKE TYPICALLY HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET A NEW INITIAL STUDY? UM, AND THROUGH AND, AND ALSO, UH, WHAT KIND OF COST ARE WE TALKING ABOUT TACKING ONTO THESE PROJECTS? SURE.
SO, UM, IT WOULD BE A PROJECT UPON ITSELF.
IT TYPICALLY TAKES, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING ONLY REFRESH AND THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE'RE DOING TO REFRESH FOR THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE UM, 3 59 AND THE 10 93 CORRIDORS AND THAT IS SLATED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO IT IS IN MY CAP PROGRAM, UM, BEING PRESENTED TO THE, UM, TO COUNCIL.
AND I ALWAYS GET THE DATE WRONG WHEN END OF JULY, SO I MIGHT BE A MONTH OFF, BUT
SO THIS IS A REFRESH AS OPPOSED TO A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE JUST BECAUSE I DON'T, WE'RE NOT AT THE POSITION WHERE WE NEED THE FULL, UH, STUDY COMPLETED.
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AND SO IF WE, IF THAT WAS DONE FOR THESE SIMILAR PRO PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN A CLOSE PROXIMITY OF EACH OTHER, WOULD THE COST OF THOSE STUDIES OR COULD THE COST OF THOSE STUDIES KIND OF BE DIVVIED UP AMONG EACH PROJECT AS FAR AS LIKE OVERALL COST OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE ONE BIG NUMBER UPFRONT? IT DOES HAVE TO BE 'CAUSE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS BENEFIT FROM THAT STUDY THEY DO.
UM, BUT THE WAY OUR CIP PROGRAM IS SET UP INITIALLY RIGHT NOW IS THAT THAT WOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT UPON ITSELF.
UM, THAT WAY IT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH OUR CP PROGRAM.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY, WE'VE GOT THREE PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECTS AND AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT A BOARD IS GONNA PICK ONE AND WE'RE GONNA PICK THREE, BUT ALL THREE OF 'EM ARE GONNA GET DONE IT? IT'S UP TO YOU.
THAT WAS WHAT THEY REQUESTED FOR TYPE B BOARD TO CONSIDER.
THEY'VE SAID ON PAGE 37, PROJECT D 22 A, THEY, THEY'RE COMMITTING TO COVER THE FULL COST OF, UM, THAT PROJECT, THE 1 MILLION.
NOW THAT MAKES ME WANT TO DO THAT PROJECT
UM, THEY FIGURED, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU WANTED TO, THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE TO DO THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS.
UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMIT TO BOTH OF THOSE, MOVING THEM FORWARD.
UM, I WOULD SAY THE LAST THREE YEARS THERE'S BEEN AN AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION PER BOARD OF $1.2 MILLION JUST ABOUT, UM, TOWARDS CIP PROJECTS.
SO YOU WOULD JUST BE GOING ABOVE THAT AVERAGE A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, UM, BY CHOOSING TO FUND BOTH PROJECTS.
UM, YOU HAVE A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AND YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR SAME SALES TAX COLLECTION GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMFORTABLY RECOMMEND THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU MOVE FORWARD IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO.
UM, IF YOU ARE MORE RISK AVERSE AND JUST WANT TO CHOOSE ONE PROJECT, UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
AND LET'S SAY THESE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD AND UM, DAVID FINDS OUT A FEW MORE DETAILS ON
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THE GRAVITY LINE IMPROVEMENTS.WE ARE ALWAYS ABLE TO DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT LATER ON IN THE YEAR.
UM, THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION, BUT IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE AND YOU WANT TO EXPRESS THAT SUPPORT, THEN WE CAN JUST WORK IT INTO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND IF I CAN ADD ONE THING, UH, WE DID GIVE Y'ALL PROJECTS THAT WERE COMING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
UM, JUST BEING AWARE OF THOSE AND THOSE ARE LARGER PROJECTS, UM, THAT I WOULD NEED DEFINITELY SOME HELP IF WE COULD GET THOSE MOVING.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE PROJECT IS NOT SHOVEL READY.
UM, THAT'S THE FM, SOUTH FM 10 93 IS NOT SHOVEL READY.
JUST PREFACING THAT AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO CONSTRUCTION.
UM, EARLIEST INDICATIONS WOULD BE PRIOR TO THE FISCAL YEAR JUST 'CAUSE WE CAN DO THAT DESIGN AND DO IT WELL.
AND SO PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF 10 93 ARE NOT GONNA, ARE THEY NOT GONNA HAVE IT UNTIL THIS PROJECT GETS DONE? I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE PREFACE THAT I'M NOT, MIGHT NOT BE SHOVEL READY THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO HOW THE CONVERSATIONS GO IS KIND OF OUTSIDE OF MY LANE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE BECAUSE Y'ALL TYPICALLY LIKE TO FUND PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL READY AND JUST THAT ONE'S NOT.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT COST IN TERMS OF ESCALATION? WELL, YOU'D BE PAYING FOR THE DESIGN ESSENTIALLY FOR THAT PROJECT AND THEN WE CAN GET AN OPCC OR AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST TO WE CAN REPORT BACK TO Y'ALL NEXT YEAR, UH, TO SAY HOW THAT NUMBER IS LOOKING.
SO IT WOULD DEFINITELY WOULD NOT CHANGE THE ASK.
'CAUSE THE ASK WAS FOR THE DESIGN PORTION.
SO MY QUESTION, ANELLE, YOU PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED IT A SECOND AGO.
UM, BASED OFF Y'ALL'S PROJECTIONS AND Y'ALL'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THESE TWO PROJECTS WHERE WE SIT, I MEAN FUNDING WISE ALLOCATION AND FOR FUTURE PRO AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A HEALTHY FUND STILL FOR FUTURE PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT MAY COME UP.
UM, BUT YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTION ALREADY.
I THINK BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE GOOD BENEFITS TO THE GROWTH, UM, TO OUR GROWTH.
AND I MEAN, MY OPINION RIGHT NOW WOULD BE TO BUDGET PROBABLY FOR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW AS MUCH AS I WANT IT TO DO THE
THAT WOULD BE THE EIGHT PLUS THE NINE, CORRECT.
SO DO WE NEED A MOTION OR JUST DIRECTION? I THINK IT'S JUST DIRECTION.
IT, UM, THE PRESIDENT HAS SHARED, IS THERE ANYONE THAT BELIEVES DIFFERENTLY OR CAN WE GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE BUDGET? I MEAN, I SUPPORT THAT.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, YEAH, I I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE FIRST PROJECT JUST IN TERMS OF BEING THE LESS SHOVEL READY PROJECT, BUT IT ALSO PROBABLY HAS ANONYMOUS PLANNING CYCLE.
UM, THERE'S A PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO THERE TOO I REALLY LIKE.
SO, UM, YEAH, THERE, THERE'S, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO THAT LONG TERM EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SHOVEL READY.
SO I'M IN FAVOR AND I'M, AND I I DON'T LIKE THE TRIBUTARY ONE.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY FOR EACA
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR KEY, OUR LAST KEY LARGE, YOU KNOW, UH, CONSTRAINTS.
WELL, WELL LARGE CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES THAN THE COMMERCIAL CONTIGUOUS PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GOD WILLING, THEY'RE GONNA BE KEY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE CITY.
UM, SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THAT, IT'S IN AN AREA THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND SOME TIME, RESOURCES AND EVALUATION ON TO, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY AROUND THAT AREA.
SO SPENDING TIME AREA NORTH, SOUTH, KIND OF GO NORTH SOUTH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA BENEFIT US IN THE END TO, TO DO THESE EVALUATIONS NOW.
AND THANK YOU MATTHEW FOR TAKING ON ALL THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL GO BACK, UM, IN ORDER OF THE ATTACHMENTS TO THE BUDGET ITEM, AND WE WILL JUST START WITH THE A SA.
SO YOU SEE THE RED LINE COPY IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE FOR FISCAL YEAR 20.
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ALL RIGHT.LET'S SEE IF THIS WILL WORK NOW WITH THAT WEIRD SOUNDS.
SO A RED LINE COPY OF THE AS A IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
AND, UM, THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THAT DOCUMENT IS THE SAME.
THE RED LINES THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE JUST REFLECTIVE OF CHANGES IN THE BYLAWS THAT WERE MADE THIS PAST YEAR AND THINGS JUST LIKE DATES AND SUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY ROUTINE ITEMS. WHAT'S NEW IN THIS PACKET, UM, IS HERE BECAUSE A BOARD, UM, ACTUALLY REQUESTED TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAKES TO VARIOUS OTHER POSITIONS.
AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO THAT PROCESS, WHAT HAPPENED HERE, UM, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE, THIS IS PAGE 30 AND 31.
SO IT'S THE COST ALLOCATION, UH, METHODOLOGY.
AND WHAT HAPPENED ESSENTIALLY IS CITY MANAGER, UM, FINANCE DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND OURSELVES SAT TOGETHER AND JUST KIND OF REVIEWED WHAT THAT SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE EDC IS GETTING.
UM, WHILE WE ARE CITY EMPLOYEES, WE AS A CORPORATION ARE A SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITY.
AND SO WE RENT OUR OFFICE SPACE, OUR EQUIPMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT THAT COMES WITH THAT FROM SUPPORT FROM IT, THE SUPPORT WE GET FROM FINANCE.
UM, ALL OF THAT IS WHAT'S REFLECTED IN, UM, THE SERVICES HERE.
SO IT GIVES YOU JUST A REALLY, UM, BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHAT THOSE DEPARTMENTS DO.
AND THEN ON PAGE 32, YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE PERCENTAGE ALLOCATED.
UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES THAT WERE MADE JUST IN REVIEWING THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, RECOGNIZING THAT SOME HAVE INCREASED THEIR SUPPORT JUST BASED ON DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED AND, UM, JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT REQUIRE THAT SUPPORT.
OTHERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED IN JUST RECOGNIZING WHATEVER FUNCTION THEY USED TO SERVE.
UM, THE STRUCTURE FOR SOME REASON HAS CHANGED AND THOSE POSITIONS NO LONGER SUPPORT THE EDC TO THE DEGREE THAT USED TO BE REFLECTED HERE.
SO WE CAN I, CAN I PROPOSE SOMETHING? YES, SIR.
I PROPOSE WE GIVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS A RAISE
WE WILL BYLAW US
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT THOUGH, THAT THAT COUNTS FOR SOMETHING, RIGHT?
WE'RE GAME
UM, BUT THERE YOU SEE IT, WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT, VERY REFLECTIVE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND WORK THAT THEY'VE SPENT THERE.
SO, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, NOW'S THE TIME TO ASK.
AND I, I WILL SAY SOME OF THESE AMOUNTS WE DID HAVE, UM, INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS COME UP TO US, PHONE CALL, EMAIL.
UM, SOME OF THE AMOUNTS SOMETIMES SEEM LARGE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
THE LARGE PART OF ALL OF THESE SALARIES ARE FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND OR UTILITIES.
IT COMES OUT TO 1% OF THAT POSITION.
SO OUT OF THE, THE FULL PIE FOR ALL CITY POSITIONS, THE EDC CONTRIBUTIONS CONTRIBUTE, UH, REPRESENT 2% OF FULL CITY FUNDING.
UM, AND THIS IS ABOUT A $7,000 INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR FROM THE A SA, UM, THAT YOU GUYS RECEIVED LAST YEAR.
UM, THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED AND AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE, THIS IS NOT JUST A, A BILL THAT WE GET, UM, PER QUARTER, IT'S BASED ON PEOPLE SITTING IN THAT POSITION.
UM, SO IF THAT POSITION'S VACANT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEIR ROLE IS REDUCED IN SOME WAY, THAT SALARY REFLECTS THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT BEING CHARGED, UM, FOR AN EMPTY SEAT BASICALLY.
THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS OF COURSE.
UM, SEEING FOR AN EXAMPLE, OUR, ONE OF THE RISK SPECIALIST VACANT POSITION, UM, THE FUNDS TO THAT.
SO, UH, I MEAN THE ONLY OTHER MAJOR RED LINE IS THE CHANGE FROM 50, FROM 10 TO 50,000.
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IS THERE A OF THE, UH, EXPENDITURES IDENTIFIED? UM, SURE.THAT, UM, THAT JUST REFLECTS THE CHANGES IN THE BYLAWS.
SO WE, UM, WHEN THAT CHANGE WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL, THEY WANTED TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CITY MANAGER IS ALLOWED.
AND SO IT INCREASED THAT AMOUNT.
THE 10,000 WAS WHAT WAS SET IN 2007 WHEN THE BOARD WAS CREATED.
SO THE REVENUES LOOKED VERY, VERY DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY ARE NOW.
SO IT WAS JUST TO REFLECT, UM, KIND OF STATUE AND HOW THE BOARDS AND COLLECTIONS HAVE GROWN.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED APPROVAL ESSENTIALLY FOR, RIGHT? CORRECT.
WELL, IS IT WHAT WE NEED APPROVAL FOR IS WHAT THE CITY NEEDS APPROVAL FOR FOR THE AS SA WHAT THE BOARD THIS, UH, IS FOR ANY ONE TIME EXPENDITURE FOR WHATEVER IT COULD BE, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO COUNCIL IF IT IS BELOW $50,000 AS OF THE LAST ADOPTED BYLAWS.
PREVIOUSLY, ANY AMOUNT, ANY INVOICE WE RECEIVED THAT WAS ABOVE $10,000, WE HAD TO GO TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL BEFORE WE COULD SIGN OR MOVE FORWARD.
SO THIS GOES BACK TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED WHEN EDCS WENT FOR A STUDY FOR THE UNDERPASS YES.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD HAVE COVERED WITHOUT US GOING THROUGH THE COUNCIL AND WAITING FOR THE, UH, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
NOW WE MEET TWICE A MONTH, BUT NONETHELESS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY NOW 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T HOLD YOU TO 10,000.
AND THE WAY IT FELL FOR US TO TYPICALLY COUNCIL MEETS THE DAY AFTER US AND GETTING ON THE AGENDA AND IT'S SEVEN DAYS BEFORE NOWADAYS, SO, YEAH.
YEAH, AND I WILL NOTE THE, THE A SA AGREEMENT, UM, IT CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.
SO THE, THE SHARED SERVICES CHART THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ON THE BACK REPRESENTS A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE ACTUAL A SA DOCUMENT.
THE BULK OF THAT DOCUMENT ACTUALLY REFLECTS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BEING ME AND ANELLE.
UM, THE 180 BUDGET THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND, AND IT JUST KIND OF REFLECTS OUR DUTIES.
AND THEN IN A VERY SMALL SUBSECTION, COVERS THE SHARED SERVICES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT SECTION? NO MA'AM.
ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE ON TO PAGE 43.
SO HERE, HERE I'LL START OFF WITH OUR 180 ACCOUNT.
THAT IS OUR DEPARTMENT ACCOUNT.
THIS COVERS SUPPLIES, CONTRACTS, UM, THIS ALSO INCLUDES OUR SALARIES.
YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT PORTION HERE.
THAT'S DETERMINED BY HR AND THE CITY MANAGER AND GETS, UM, ADDED LATER.
SO THE LINE ITEMS YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE THOSE THAT HAVE CHANGED.
SO I'LL JUST START WITH MEETING EXPENSES.
THIS LINE COVERS, UM, ANYTIME THAT THERE'S A MEETING THAT WE HAVE TO ATTEND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OR OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL THAT WE TRAVEL TO, THINGS LIKE PARKING, FOOD, ANY SUPPLIES THAT WE NEED TO PRINT OR TAKE WITH US, THIS IS WHERE IT WOULD COME OUT OF MOST OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THIS ACCOUNT.
THEY'RE JUST US LOOKING BACK AT THE PAST YEAR, WHAT WE'VE SPENT AND REDUCING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, UM, INCLUDING MORE THAN WHAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING WE'RE SPENDING.
IF YOU MOVE DOWN BELOW, UNDER THE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES HEADING, YOU WILL SEE OUR MARKETING LINE.
UM, THIS IS JUST DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT WE PRINT A LOT OF TIMES HERE.
WE COLLABORATE WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND PRINT A BUSINESS GUIDE THAT, UM, WE SEND OUT TO THE CHAMBER AND JUST OTHER ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE, UH, NEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE MATERIALS WOULD COME OUT OF.
AND AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT EXPENDITURES THIS PAST YEAR, UM, BELOW THAT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, RETENTION HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU A BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, UM, PROGRAM AND HOW WE'RE HOPING TO TACKLE THAT.
UM, STRATEGICALLY, WE, WE ALREADY DO THAT.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF FORMALIZING THE PROCESS AND LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT TO EXPECT, AND HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THAT EFFORT.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST, UH, IT, IT USED TO HAVE THAT PLACEHOLDER OF 25,000 PREVIOUSLY.
WE'RE REALIZING WE DON'T REALLY SPEND THAT MUCH.
SO JUST CALCULATING THE MATERIALS WE WOULD NEED TO BRING WITH US TO THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, WE BELIEVE 10,000 IT WOULD, WOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH.
AND NOW REAL QUICK ON THE MARKETING, UM, BUDGETED 3025, OUR ACTUAL COST WAS 3,200, UM, AND NOW WE'RE DECREASING BUDGET TO PROPOSED BUDGET TO $1,500.
WITH THAT, WAS THERE LIKE A LARGE EXPENSE IN 25? SURE.
UM, I, I HONESTLY OFF THE TOP OF MY, MY HEAD DON'T KNOW WHAT 25 COULD HAVE BEEN.
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UM, BUT I CAN, I CAN FIND OUT.BUT YES, JUST LOOKING AT THE LAST YEAR, IT JUST, WE DIDN'T SEE, UM, WE'VE MOVED AROUND TO, WE HAVE OTHER ITEMS AND YOU'LL SEE US, WE GO THROUGH WHERE MARKETING MATERIALS CAN COME OUT OF.
UM, SO WE FEEL CONFIDENT IT MIGHT JUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WE REALIZED WAS MORE APPROPRIATE TO PULL OUT OF PROMOTIONS, THE PROMOTION SLIDE ITEM INSTEAD OF THIS MARKETING.
OBVIOUSLY A DECREASE SIX MONTHS IN.
FOR DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
SO THIS IS JUST REFLECTIVE OF MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH LIKE THE GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP, UM, AND ENTITIES LIKE THAT.
UH, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN THE REGION.
WE TRY TO PARTICIPATE PRETTY EVENLY WITH ANYTHING THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US SURROUNDING FOR SURE.
UM, WE BELIEVE A REGIONAL APPROACH IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND STAYING INFORMED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, WE JUST WENT THROUGH SOMETIMES THESE ORGANIZATIONS RESTRUCTURE, UH, THEIR TIERS OR WHAT MEMBERSHIP WE FALL UNDER, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE IN HOW MUCH WE PAY INTO THAT.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST A REFLECTION OF THAT.
AND I'LL TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SAY, IF THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU BELIEVE AS THE EDC, WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM BEING MEMBERS OF THAT COME ON YOUR RADAR, PLEASE SEND THEM TO US AND WE CAN LET YOU KNOW.
IF WE'RE ALREADY A MEMBER AND THAT GOES OUT FOR, UM, EVENTS, JUST, JUST THINKING, UM, GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP MIGHT HOST DINNERS OR LUNCHEONS ON CERTAIN TOPICS THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA BE MORE EDUCATED ON, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE HAVE A BUDGET TO ALLOW YOU TO ATTEND THAT.
UM, OR WE CAN SPONSOR A TABLE.
THOSE ARE ALL OPTIONS, UM, FOR YOU TO ALSO HAVE A PRESENCE AND BE INVOLVED IN THOSE THINGS.
IS THERE A LIST OF ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE MEMBERS TOO AND KIND OF WHAT'S THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR ALL THOSE? SURE.
UM, WE CAN SEND THAT OUT TO YOU.
UM, THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF AND WHAT THAT INVOLVEMENT LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT DOES GHP CHARGE YOU FOR THE MEMBERSHIP? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK, PULL UP AN INVOICE.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DISSOLVED IN THE PAST AND, YOU KNOW, WE NO LONGER USE THAT MEMBERSHIP OR WE KIND OF DID AN AUDIT ON DO WE PARTICIPATE.
YOU KNOW, SOME ALLOW YOU AT A CERTAIN LEVEL TO SIT AT A BOARD MEETING.
IT HAPPENED TO BE AT THE SAME TIME WE HAD ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE KNEW WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A BOARD MEETING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING.
SO WE DO TRY OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO US AS AN ORGANIZATION.
UM, TO THE NEXT PAGE, UH, OUR 700 ACCOUNT ON PAGE 44, I'LL START UNDER SUPPLIES.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST TAKING THAT AMOUNT FROM 500 TO $400 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL DROPPING IT FROM 30,000 TO 25,000, THE FULL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEUR.
WHAT WAS THAT QUESTION? SO, SORRY.
SO FISCAL YEAR SPENDING ON LEGAL 7 98, IS THAT CORRECT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT HASN'T, THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A FEW INVOICES.
UM, THEY USUALLY WILL BULK SEND THEM OVER.
I I WILL NOTE THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE QUITE A BIT DOWN.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM TRAVEL FROM SAN ANTONIO AS MUCH AND THAT'S A, A BIG BULK OF OUR EXPENSE FOR LEGAL.
UM, WE'VE KIND OF WORKED OUT WITH THEM.
IF WE EVER DO HAVE A QUESTION, PAUSE THE MEETING, GIVE 'EM A CALL, UM, OVER THE MICROPHONE.
UM, I KNOW DO KNOW DENTON NAVARRO IS SEARCHING FOR ATTORNEYS IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, KIND OF GET ON THAT PATH AND HAVE SOMEBODY, UH, PRESENT PRETTY REGULARLY.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UM, EVERY AGENDA ITEM AND EVERY AGENDA ITSELF IS REVIEWED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND WE DO HAVE A PHONE CALL WITH THEM.
SO THEY'LL ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS ON THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA CAUTION US ON THIS OR THAT.
UM, SO WE DO RECEIVE THAT LEGAL COUNSEL, DON'T THINK WE'RE JUST OUT HERE
UM, HAVING THESE MEETINGS WITHOUT LEGAL COUNSEL.
WE PREVIOUSLY
IT ACTUALLY BECAME A REQUEST THEY STARTED SENDING INTO US.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE SPLIT THE BOARDS, WHAT WE FOUND WAS MEETINGS USED TO GO FROM SIX TO ABOUT NINE OR 10 IN THE EVENING.
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WHEN WE SPLIT THE BOARDS, THAT TIME WAS REDUCED.WE STARTED ENDING ABOUT EIGHT 30 AT THE LATEST, USUALLY AROUND SEVEN 30.
AND SO THEY WOULD DRIVE IN FROM SAN ANTONIO OR AUSTIN AND THEY WERE SPENDING MORE TIME ON THE ROAD DRIVING HERE AND DRIVING BACK THAN THE LENGTH OF THE MEETING ITSELF.
SO NEXT ITEM, THE SHORE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB, WE ARE REDUCING THAT FROM THE 25,000 TO $20,000.
WHAT IS THAT? SO THAT WAS, UH, THE SRE FAST TRACK PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE HOST ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOPS, UM, ANYTHING KIND OF PLUGGING IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH RESOURCES WITH THE SPDC OR, OR WHATEVER THAT IS, YOU'LL NOTICE ON THERE, IT, IT SAYS WE HAVE A CHARGE OF ABOUT $15,000 OF, OF BULK OF THAT IS KIND OF THE REMAINING INVOICES FROM OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CANON.
UM, SO REALISTICALLY IT'S MORE AROUND $5,000 THAT WE'VE SPENT IN THIS ITERATION OF THE FAST TRACK PROGRAM.
THE REDUCTION THERE, UM, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT.
WE, WE HAVE ALL THE IDEAS AND THE FRAMEWORK, BUT IT'S JUST NEAR IMPOSSIBLE FOR MYSELF AND HAYDEN TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAM COMPONENTS, UH, ON OUR OWN WITHOUT A THIRD, YOU KNOW, STAFF MEMBER HERE.
SO WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
A LOT OF THOSE INITIATIVES STILL ARE BEING MANAGED BY VOLUNTEERS AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE.
SO IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING TO KEEP THAT CONSISTENCY THERE.
DO WE NEED TO INCREASE INSTEAD OF DECREASE? UH, I DON'T BELIEVE AN INCREASE IN FUNDS AT THIS TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM WOULD GIVE US THE ABILITY TO HAVE MORE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, CARRY THAT OUT.
WE COULD, BUT I THINK IT WOULD, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO DO A LOT OF WORK LEADING UP TO THIS POINT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO PUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT THERE AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOMETHING FOR THAT.
UM, WHAT WE FOUND IS TO GET SOMEONE WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT WAS VERY PRICEY, UM, FOR THE KIND OF WORK IN THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE PERFORMANCE WE PREVIOUSLY HAD.
I EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE AT HERE, WE HAD FUNDED A PROGRAM AND STARTED A PROCESS THAT WE WERE PROVIDING A SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE WERE GETTING VALUE OUT OF, UM, THAT WAS DEFUNDED AND WE WERE BRINGING IT INTERNAL, RIGHT? WAS WAS THE CONCEPT HERE.
AND, UM, AND NOW WE'RE DEFUNDING IT IN OUR OWN BUDGET.
SO WE'RE DEFUNDING IT TWICE AND WE'RE BASICALLY GETTING RID OF IT.
IT'S AN ASSET AND RESOURCE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING TO CREATE ENTREPRENEURS IN THE CITY OF SHORE.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.
I THINK WE NEED TO FUND IT PROPERLY AND GET THE ASSETS WE NEED.
I AGREED WITH YOU AT THE TIME THAT Y'ALL WEREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO FULLY TAKE THIS PROCESS INTERNAL.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO FURTHER LEADING DOWN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THIS FUNCTION OUTTA THE CITY OF RE SO, UH, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.
UH, I THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE FUNDING, UM, AND MAINTAIN WHAT WE CAN, UM, WITH REGARDS TO, UM, SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING, Y'ALL WERE DOING, UM, IN THIS PROCESS.
SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INCREASED.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT LINE ITEM? I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ALMOST AS MUCH AS $50,000 TO BE ABLE TO GET SOMEONE INVOLVED THAT COULD HELP Y'ALL.
THIS, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS A SLOW BLEED.
UM, AND NOT TO DISCOURAGE ANY OF THE WORK THAT WAS PUT IN, UM, BUT I, BUT I SAID THIS WHEN I WAS ON COUNSEL AND I, I, I STICK BY WHAT I SAID WAS EITHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS, AS A CITY NEED TO BE ALL THE WAY IN OR, OR I'M GONNA JUST BE BLUNT HERE.
TAKE IT BEHIND THE BARN AND SHOOT IT.
AND, UH, THE, THE CITY, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS, WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY DON'T WANNA SUPPORT THIS.
UM, I SEE, YOU KNOW, THE $20,000 BUDGET HERE, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S, IT IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT, THAT HAS HALF THE SUPPORT THAT IT NEEDS.
WHAT'S THAT? THEY APPROVE OUR BUDGET.
I'M, I'M PUTTING IN A A SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE NEEDS TO BE FUNDED.
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HAS TO BE 49, 9, 9 9, THEN LET'S DO IT.I MEAN, UH, BECAUSE JUST THE ONE EVENT THAT YOU THREW TOGETHER, TOGETHER, AND A MATTER OF WHAT, 10 DAYS THAT WE HELD AT A COMMUNITY EVENT CENTER AND THE OUTPOURING OF ENTREPRENEURS THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY, UH, WE, WE JUST, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING THEM A HUGE DISSERVICE BY NOT PLUGGING IN WITH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN REQUESTED TO GO OUT AND GET COMMERCIAL VENDORS AND, AND, AND LARGER COMPANIES THAT HAVE BIGGER BANK ACCOUNTS, BUT WE CAN'T, I DON'T FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I'M, I'M CONVICTED BY ONLY GOING AFTER THE BIG GUYS 'CAUSE THEY ARE GONNA SERVE US WITH MORE TAX DOLLARS, THEN ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE HOSTED AT IRENE STERN AND THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA GIVE THEM, IS GONNA GIVE IT LEGS.
AND I THINK IT'S UP TO US TO SUPPORT 'EM BOTH BECAUSE I THINK RE IS UNIQUE IN THAT YEAH, WE'VE GROWN FAST, BUT WE'RE STILL SMALL ENOUGH TO PLUG INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I'M, I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER,
SOME OF THESE TAX DOLLARS ARE MINE
I WANT NEIGHBORS THAT STARTED JUST LIKE I DID.
UM, BECAUSE THE BIG GUYS ARE EASY.
THE BIG FISH ARE EASY TO CATCH, BUT THE LITTLE ONES JUST SOMETIMES DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT FOR US TO SAY, OH YEAH, WE'RE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE ABOVE THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT.
UM, AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT TO SAY, HEY, WE CARE ABOUT YOU AND WE BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAM AND WE WANNA PLUG INTO YOU AS BEST WE CAN WITH THIS SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
THAT WAS A SMALL PORTION OF GETTING THAT STARTED.
UM, SO YEAH, I'M, I'M STILL A BELIEVER IN IT.
I DO ALSO JUST WANNA ADD THAT ABOARD DOES ALSO HAVE $20,000 IN THEIR BUDGET, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT FULLY LEANING ON B BOARD.
UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE MM-HMM
SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF US IT WOULD BE 40.
SO IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR 50, IF WE BOTH INCREASED, LET'S SAY 10, THAT'LL GIVE US MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THEORY.
'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT, AT, I'M LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE TOTAL EXPENDITURES YEAR OVER YEAR BETWEEN 2026 PROJECTED VERSUS PROPOSED, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A DECREASE IN BUDGET.
AND IN THEORY YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD GO UP.
SO I THINK WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WALKS OUT WELL, THIS WITH SOMETHING, WELL, THIS WAS, THIS WAS A, THIS WAS A $200,000 BUDGET WHENEVER WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE CANNON.
SO WE, WE, WE, WE KILLED A MAJOR PORTION OF IT.
SO, AND THEN, AND THEN WE TRIED TO MAINTAIN AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING OUT THE REMAINING PORTION WITH ALL PRACTICALITY.
BUT THE ASK IS TAKEN, RIGHT? YES.
I I THINK THAT, UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME AMOUNT THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO ANELLE AND HAYDEN TO GETTING THIS DONE.
AND SO I, WHETHER THAT'S A, UH, I WOULD ONLY THINK THAT THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN GO IS A CONTRACTED SERVICE.
SO, UM, BUT, UM, I'M OPEN TO, TO ALL IDEAS, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM, I THINK 40 IN GENERAL WOULD BE, UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT BOTH RIGHT NOW.
BOTH EDCS WOULD PROBABLY NOT, NOT BE ENOUGH.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WHAT I'M HEARING IS, UM, MARK, YOUR POSITION IS TO STILL INCREASE JUST TYPE B TO 50,000, KNOWING THAT TYPE A IS ALSO CON CONTRIBUTING 20.
SO IT WOULD TAKE US TO GROUND TOTAL OF 70,000.
AND THE SENTIMENT BEHIND THIS LINE ITEM TONIGHT IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE AS AN EDC, KNOW WE NEED TO INCREASE SALES TAX AND PURSUE THE, THE SALES TAX GENERATORS THAT WILL HELP US KEEP PROPERTY TAX LOW.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANNA GET SO FOCUSED ON JUST THAT, THAT WE FORGET TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES OR OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE A BUSINESS YET, BUT ARE WORKING ON THAT BUSINESS PLAN.
SO WE HAVE KIND OF THE OTHER SIDE OF EDC THAT WOULD FOCUS MORE ON THAT HOMEGROWN LOCAL MOM AND POP SHOP THAT WE CONSTANTLY GET OUR RESIDENTS ASKING ABOUT.
UM, AND TO TRY OUR BEST WITH MORE RESOURCES THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM,
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TO BRING BACK AS MUCH OF THE SPIRIT OF THAT PROGRAM AND THOSE SERVICES.IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? I JUST WISH I, I JUST WISH I COULD HAVE SAID IT THAT WAY.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M MEANT.
AND I JUST, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE PASSIONATE, UM, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT CAN STIR UP THOSE FEELINGS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE INTENT HERE, UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, OUR COMMUNITY WATCHES THIS.
OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WATCHES THIS AND WE ARE SENDING OUT A MESSAGE ON WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO INVEST IN AND THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE WANNA KEEP ALIVE OR SEE GROW.
AND SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
REMIND ME AGAIN, UH, THE FUND THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT LOANS COME OUT OF.
SO THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT IS $50,000 AS OF RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, WE'LL GET TO IT IN THE NEXT ACCOUNT.
I DON'T THINK WE, I KNOW YOU ASKED ABOUT THAT EVERY YEAR.
EVERY YEAR I'D LIKE TO MAKE MONEY ON OUR MONEY IN THE FUND.
IN THE, IN THE, THAT IS IN THE BANK.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE GET TOLD THAT WE'RE NOT USING IT.
IF WE'RE NOT GONNA USE IT, LET'S MAKE MONEY ON IT.
SO I JUST DID THE CALCULATION.
I THINK IT'S LIKE FROM 3% TO LIKE CLOSER TO 5%, WHICH IS BETTER THAN, YOU KNOW, CHECKING ACCOUNT RATES.
I WILL, I WILL JUST NOTE, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM 700, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE TRANSFERS SECTION.
SO THAT TOP ONE, THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT REPRESENTS HALF OF THE 180 BUDGET THAT WE JUST COVERED.
THE SHARED SPACE FEE IS OUR RENT.
THE SHARED SERVICE FEE IS THAT CHART THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
UM, AND THEN THE PROJECTS FUND OR WHATEVER THE BOARD ELECTS TO CHOOSE FOR CIP PROJECTS, UM, AS WELL AS OUR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, THEY'RE TRANSFERRED OUT INTO THE 7 0 1, WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO COVER.
UM, SO A LOT OF THOSE ARE PLACEHOLDERS OR JUST MOVED OVER FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE UPTODATE NUMBERS FOR OUR SALARIES AND THAT SORT OF THING, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UM, THE NEW SHARED SERVICES CHART.
SO THAT'S JUST REFLECTED OF THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE'LL START, UM, WITH PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
UH, THIS AMOUNT, THE PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES BY STATUTE, WE ARE ALLOWED TO SET ASIDE 10% OF OUR COLLECTIONS UP TO 10% OF OUR COLLECTIONS FOR PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD FALL UNDER THAT.
THIS IS WHERE WE SUBTRACT THE MONEY WE SPEND ON ALL EVENTS AS THE EDC.
WE FUND THE LARGE EVENTS THAT THE CITY HOSTS.
UM, SO IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS, UM, TAKEN THAT MAXIMUM OF 10% AND SET IT ASIDE, THIS LINE ITEM IS ALSO UNIQUE IN THAT IT'S THE ONLY ONE WHERE THE REMAINING BALANCE ROLLS OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.
BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, WE'VE BUILT, YOU'LL SEE THE 414,000, UM, A PRETTY HEALTHY BALANCE THERE.
UM, WE USUALLY SPEND ABOUT 50,000 A YEAR WITH THE CURRENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO THIS YEAR WE'RE JUST PROPOSING INSTEAD OF TAKING THE MAXIMUM OF 10% TO LOWER THAT DOWN TO 5%, LEAVE THE REST.
UM, AND WE BELIEVE IT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE SAME EVENTS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD.
IT ALSO STILL GIVES US ROOM SHOULD THERE BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COMES UP THAT REQUIRES US TO HOST ANOTHER EVENT SUCH AS THAT SHOP SMALL, UM, YOU KNOW, NO CONTROL OVER, UH, THE PAIN AND TREE CLOSURE.
BUT IT PROMPTED US TO FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.
A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS WERE SPENT THERE IN SUPPLIES AND MARKETING.
UM, BUT THAT IS, THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE CHANGING OR RECOMMENDING FOR THIS YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WHY NOT GO SEVEN AND HALF PERCENT? WE CAN
ESPECIALLY IF IT ROLLS OVER, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A USER OR LOSE IT.
ROLL IT OVER IF YOU DON'T USE, I MEAN, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL TWO AND A HALF PERCENT, WE CAN, CAN WE USE THOSE FUNDS TO SAY WORK ON SOMETHING FOR ENTREPRENEURS? SURE.
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I'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE.SO IT CAN BE REFLECTED HERE UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UM, FOR STUDIES EXPENSE, WE'RE TAKING THIS FROM 75,000 DOWN TO 55,000.
UM, THIS LINE ITEM ORIGINALLY WAS SET FOR, UM, COVERING IN BRAND NEW OR TOTAL STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE FOR THE EDC.
UM, YES, A, A FULL NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, WE HAD DISCUSSED, UH, I THINK WE ENDED UP LEANING MORE TOWARDS A REFRESH PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS, UM, QUOTED AT $50,000 TOTAL.
AGAIN, MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS TYPE B FUNDS.
BUT IT'S MIRRORED IN OUR TYPE A, SO A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE WOULD'VE BEEN THE SAME.
SO WE'RE JUST REDUCING THAT TO 55,000, LEAVING, LEAVING THAT AS A PLACEHOLDER.
SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, OR DISCUSS A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE OR ANY OTHER STUDY THAT COMES UP THAT'S REQUESTED TO MOVE A PROJECT FORWARD.
UM, THIS COULD COME FROM PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS COULD COME FROM A LANDOWNER.
IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE A HOTEL FEASIBILITY STUDY OR, UM, THE PARKING STRUCTURE STUDY.
SO JUST BEING READY AND HAVING THAT SET ASIDE FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD COME UP THAT WOULD HELP US MOVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORWARD, I THINK IS SMART TO DO.
HOW MUCH WAS THE PARKING STUDY AGAIN? DO YOU REMEMBER? ABOUT $12,000.
SO WE COULD DO ABOUT FOUR OF THOSE, RIGHT? THE DENSITY STUDY? YEAH.
AND THAT'S SPLIT BETWEEN OKAY.
'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE EITHER IN THAT VERY MINIMAL KIND OF SMALL AMOUNT, YOU KNOW, STUDY RANGE OR WE'RE IN SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA SURE.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND ALMOST REQUIRE A PROJECT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
LASTLY, UNDER TRANSFER, TRANSFER HERE, YOU CAN IGNORE THOSE ABOVE.
THOSE ARE PREVIOUS PROJECTS WE'VE COMMITTED TO.
SO THIS IS WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE PROJECTS YOU'VE NOW INSTRUCTED US TO INCLUDE FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THE HIGHLIGHT HERE, THE TEXAS HERITAGE, UM, PARKWAY, ILA PAYMENT, THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UM, HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR YEARS.
IT'S ON A PAYMENT SCHEDULE, IT IS DIVIDED IN THIRDS, THE CITY TYPE A AND TYPE B.
AND SO THAT AMOUNT, THE 96,000 IS JUST THE AMOUNT THAT'S ON THE SCHEDULE TO PAY BACK THIS YEAR BASED ON THAT IN OUR, IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT.
AND FORGIVE ME, I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT YEAR STARTED.
DO YOU HAVE THE SCHEDULE? I JUST PULLED IT UP.
I DIDN'T, I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE EDCS WERE PAYING A PORTION OF THIS I-L-L-I-I-I-L-A.
UM, SO, SO WE'RE SPLITTING THAT THREE WAYS WITH THE A, THE AND THE, THE CITY.
AND SO THE A IS IS PAYING THIS 96,000.
THEY ARE SAME AMOUNT ACROSS ALL THREE EXCUSE.
I I, I JUST WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND THAT.
I'LL SAY IN, IN THE SCHEDULE, THE HIGHEST IT GOES TO IS 166,000, AND THAT'S IN THE 2040S.
SO IT, IT, IT GRADUALLY INCREASES EACH YEAR.
IT'S NEVER, THERE'S NEVER A A, YOU KNOW, MONUMENTAL JUMP.
I JUST ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT CAME OUTTA THE INSI DIDN'T REALIZE THAT BBCS WERE FUNDAMENTAL AS WELL.
I BELIEVE WHEN IT WAS CALCULATED, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT'S JUST THE THP PORTION THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY OF RE CITY LIMITS.
SO THAT'S HOW THE ENTIRETY IS CHARGED TO EACH ENTITY IT GOES THROUGH.
AND THAT WAS JUST THE FAIRWAY THEY DECIDED BACK THEN TO DIVVY IT UP AMONGST ALL THE ENTITIES.
AND IF YOU GO TO WHAT, 1 16, 1 60, 1 66, UH, IS IN 2041, STILL HAVE A WHILE? A LITTLE BIT, YES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY, THE 180 700 OR SEVEN TO ONE BUDGETS, ANY, UM, OTHER INITIATIVES, PROJECTS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US ADD? NOW'S YOUR, YOUR TIME, THE 2050.
FORGOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, PROJECTS, ANYTHING COME TO MIND? I, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PROJECT THAT'S STILL ON MY MIND.
UM, AND MAYBE Y'ALL CAN GIVE ME AN UPDATE HERE, BUT, UH, WE, UM, WE KIND OF WRECK OUR, WE HAD DISCUSSED A LONG TIME AGO PROJECT,
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UH, AND THIS MIGHT NEED TO GO ON NEW ACTIVITIES, NEW PROJECTS, BUT, UM, A REALLY COMPLICATED PROJECT OF GETTING A WALKWAY FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO OUR, OUR TWO BIGGEST SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF RE DOWNTOWN, OUR, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OUR HIGH SCHOOL.UH, SO THAT OUR STUDENTS COULD SAFELY WALK ACROSS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FALLING APART.
UM, I'D LOVE TO FUND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN FUND A FEASIBILITY STUDY
FUND SOME, SOME PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO GET THAT EVALUATED.
AND I WANNA SAY THAT WE DISCUSSED IT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TIE THAT TO ALLOWABLE EXPENSES UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE CAN REVISIT MM-HMM
AND JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WHAT'S ALL THERE.
IF IT IS A POSSIBILITY AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
ALRIGHT, MEL, HAYDEN, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, SO NEXT MONTH YOU GUYS WILL HAVE YOUR A SA AND BUDGETS FOR ADOPTION.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO SET OUT OUR PUBLIC HEARING DATES FOR ANY OF THE, UM, DECLARED PROJECTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BUDGET.
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TO ITEM FIVE A, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.I'LL START OFF WITH ITEM ONE, THE FORT BEND PORT FREE PORT TOUR.
I KEEP WANTING TO CALL IT UP PORT PORT ARTHUR THE ENTIRE TIME.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT MYSELF AND HAYDEN WERE INVITED BY CARLOS GUZMAN AND, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JACKIE OVER AT FORT BEND COUNTY, IT'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE JOINED, UH, STAFF FROM EDCS ALL ACROSS FORT BEND COUNTY TO TAKE THIS TOUR.
AND, UM, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY WHEN YOU'RE ZEROED IN ON THE 13 OR SO SQUARE MILES OF THE CITY OF SHORE AND THE INITIATIVES HERE, UM, WE CAN GET SO FOCUSED ON THAT, THAT WE FORGET THE REGIONAL IMPACT, THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A SMALL PART OF A WHOLE.
SO IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO GET TO SEE HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE IMPORTED AND JUST A SEA OF CADILLACS,
I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, IT WAS COMING THROUGH THE PORT.
AND TO JUST SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT ON THE STATE OF TEXAS TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON THE 36 A PROJECT, ALL OF THAT WAS JUST REALLY BENEFICIAL.
AND THEN HEARING, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT TOUCHES EACH OF THOSE CITIES, UH, MAJOR CITIES WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY WAS VERY INTERESTING.
SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALWAYS DO OUR BEST TO STAY CONNECTED REGIONALLY THERE.
SO THAT WAS A NEAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAD.
UM, ITEM TWO, THE FORT BEND 2050.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT THE FORT BEND, UH, PARTNERSHIP NOW USED TO BE THE FORT BEND REGIONAL CHAMBER, RECENTLY REBRANDED, UM, COMMISSIONED A STUDY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH U OF H AND THAT THE FINDINGS OF THAT STUDY FOR THE REGION AND HOW WE CAN TACKLE THIS GROWTH AS A WHOLE IN ALL THIS SECTORS, TRANSPORTATION, WORKFORCE, HOUSING, EDUCATION, UM, ALL OF THAT, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIES? UM, THEY, THEY HOSTED A PRESENTATION TO KIND OF JUST GENERALLY TALK ABOUT THE FINDINGS.
WE DO HAVE A FEW PRINTED, UH, COPIES OF THAT REPORT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I'M HAPPY TO HAND OVER THE PRINTED, IF NOT, I CAN SEND THE LINK TO THAT.
IT IS AVAILABLE DIGITALLY AS WELL.
UM, BUT JUST, JUST INTERESTING FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THOSE DATA POINTS AND CONSIDER THEM IN OUR EFFORTS GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN LASTLY, ITEM THREE, UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, BASED ON THE COMMUNITY'S REQUEST AND INTEREST WE'VE GOTTEN, AND ALSO AN ISSUE WE'RE SEEING WHERE CERTAIN RESTAURANTS WANT TO BE HERE, RETAILERS WANNA BE HERE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED A FRANCHISEE.
WE REACHED OUT TO OUR, UM, RETAIL STRATEGIES PARTNERS THAT HELP US WITH ALL OF THAT RECRUITMENT.
AND THEY RECOMMENDED AN ORGANIZATION NAMED FRAN, THIS ORGANIZATION, UM, CAN COME IN AND DO A WORKSHOP FOR US HERE AT CITY HALL AT NO COST TO US.
THEY GET THEIR, UM, COMMISSION, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE FRANCHISE, SHOULD THEY PROVIDE THEM THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH THEM, WITH THE FRANCHISEE.
UM, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, IT HAS A REALLY WONDERFUL REPUTATION.
MANY, MANY YEARS IN SERVICE, WELL KNOWN IN THE HOUSTON REGION.
THEY GO THROUGH A VERY EXTENSIVE, ESSENTIALLY, AUDIT OF THAT FRANCHISEE OR POTENTIAL FRANCHISEE TO SEE DO THEIR INTEREST AND TALENTS AND KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND AND FINANCES ALL MATCH UP PROPERLY WITH WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
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NOT, IT TAKES THEM THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT AND TELLS THEM WHICH, UM, FRANCHISE WOULD THEY WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR.AND THEY'VE FOUND THROUGH THE YEARS THAT IT INCREASES THEIR OPPORTUNITIES OF SUCCESS IN LONGEVITY IN THE BUSINESS.
SO WE'RE HOSTING THAT HERE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE THE 24TH IN OUR HR TRAINING ROOM IN THE MORNING.
IT'S A BREAKFAST, UH, FROM WHAT? OH YES.
UH, WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE SBDC TO WHO ARE ALREADY BRINGING THOSE, YOU KNOW, ENTREPRENEURS TOGETHER WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BUSINESS.
LET'S MAKE THEM AWARE OF ALL THE RESOURCES WE HAVE REGIONALLY AT NO COST TO THEM.
SO WE DID INVITE THE S-B-D-C-S WALL.
THE LINK FOR THAT IS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, ON OUR WEBPAGE.
UH, AS ALWAYS, YOUR HELP REALLY COUNTS IN SHARING THAT TO YOUR NETWORK AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE.
UM, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THAT BREAKFAST, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEND THEM A LINK TO ALL THE MATERIALS AND SET A SEPARATE MEETING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FRIEND NET, WHICH IS THE, THE NAME OF THE COMPANY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
WE'VE POSTED IT, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE ONLY EVENT THIS ENTIRE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
WE HAVEN'T PAID FOR ANY MARKETING FOR YET.
IT RIGHT AWAY GOT, WE WE'RE UP TO 15 REGISTRATIONS AND WE'RE ABLE TO HOST 35.
SO IF WE CAN DOUBLE THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THAT ACTUALLY, HAVE WE USED THAT BEFORE? WE HAVE NOT.
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME TAKING THAT ROUTE.
UH, A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, WHAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT HOME BUSINESS ACCELERATOR EVENT AND PEOPLE SAY, HEY, I WOULD LOVE TO START A BUSINESS.
AND I ALWAYS LOOK ON THESE WEBSITES, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO START.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF BUSINESSES THAT WANNA BE HERE, AND THEY, THEY JUST HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THAT RIGHT PERSON.
SO SPEED DATING FOR OUR FRANCHISEE.
AND THAT EVENT IS SHARED ON OUR SOC SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
SO LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE,
THEY SENT IT IN THEIR NEWSLETTER.
AND IMMEDIATELY THERE WERE TWO REGISTRATIONS THERE, AS WELL AS OUR CITY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
WE SHARED THAT TO OUR EDC PAGE, BUT WHEN THE CITY SHARED IT, WE HAD THREE REGISTRATIONS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING.
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ITEM FIVE B, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE ALREADY ON HERE.UM, SO HERE YOU SEE KIND OF A CHART OF THE THP GATEWAY SIGN BUDGET DISCUSSION, DENSITY STUDY UPDATE.
THAT'LL BE DISCUSSED AT OUR, UM, SPECIAL JOINT MEETING.
AND THEN OUR PLAN IS TO BRING TO YOU THAT BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
IF AT ANY POINT, UM, THERE'S EVER A TOPIC YOU WANT ADDED ON THE AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHETHER IT'S DURING THIS ITEM, TEXT, EMAIL, PHONE CALL, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU.
AND THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO EXPLORE ADDING THAT ON THE AGENDA.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NOTHING.
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TO OUR LAST ITEM, ITEM FIVE C ANNOUNCEMENTS.SO I WAS GONNA SHARE THE FRANCHISE WORKSHOP COMING UP ON THE 24TH.
UM, HAYDEN INFORMED ME THIS FRIDAY, THE NETHERLANDS BUS IS GONNA BE AT OUR LOCAL HAT CREEK.
UM, SO FOR THE CELEBRATING THE WORLD CUP.
SO BUS, THE NETHERLANDS BUS, THEY BRING IT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE BASE FAMILY BASE, IT'S LIKE A TOUR BUS.
IT'S LIKE THAT, IT'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE THE, A DOUBLE DECKER BUS.
UM, SO LIKE A METRO BUS FROM EUROPE OVER THERE.
IT'S VERY SYMBOLIC TO THEIR, SO SOCCER CULTURE.
UM, IF YOU LOOK UP THE BUS ARRIVING IN, UH, GALVESTON AND COMING OFF OF THE BOAT, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHER.
SO IT'S, IT'S A HUGE DEAL THAT IT'S COMING TO SHORE.
UM, RIGHT NOW DURING THE WORLD CUP, DON'T, I DON'T KNOW MUCH, BUT YES, THE BUS IS COMING.
WHEN IS HIT THE SOCIALS, THEY, THEY KNOW ABOUTS.
WHEN WILL BE AT HAT? IT WILL BE AT HAT CREEK THIS FRIDAY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THE TIME, BUT IT WILL BE AT OUR LOCAL HAT CREEK THIS FRIDAY.
I'LL FORWARD, I'LL FORWARD THAT AS WELL.
WE'LL PROBABLY BE SHARING THAT ON OUR EDC FACEBOOK ALONG WITH ANY WATCH PARTIES.
THAT'LL BE HAPPENING IN ANY OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR, UM, THE WORLD CUP.
BUT ALSO WORTH MENTIONING IS IF YOU, IF YOU ATTEND, YOU GET TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THIS BUS.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS SO SILLY, BUT I PROMISE YOU IT'S A BIG DEAL IN THE SOCCER COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN TWO TICKETS TO A WORLD CUP GAME THAT HAT CREEK
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IS GIVING AWAY.AND I BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE THERE FOUR TO 6:00 PM IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
BUT WE'LL SEND, WE'LL SEND OUT THOSE DETAILS AND WE'LL POST THEM AS WELL.
MY SON WILL BE THERE BECAUSE HE LEFT SOCCER
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER HERE TODAY THAT WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE OUR LAST MEETING.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK WHO YOU ARE, UM, HAPPY TO, UM, GLAD TO BE HERE.
WE'VE BEEN ACROSS THE CREEK FOR 10 YEARS AND I EITHER LIVED IN OR WORKED FOR, UM, THE HOPE BEND COUNTY REGION FOR 20 YEARS FORTH THE COMPANIES WE TALKED, BUT UM, YEAH, HAPPY TO BE PART OF.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YOU HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, BLAKE.
WE HAD OUR THIRD BABY ON, UH, MAY 30TH.
IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL BLESSING.
SLEEP IS THE IMPORTANT PART, RIGHT? SLEEP IS THE IMPORTANT PART FOR A BRAND NEW.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? DO WE NEED A MOTION, RIGHT? YEAH.
I MOTION TO WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.