* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. ARE Y'ALL READY? [00:00:01] KEITH SANDERS BY JULY 20TH. OKAY. IT IS SIX O'CLOCK. UH, THIS [I. Call to Order] IS, I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UH, IT'S MONDAY, JULY 13TH. AND WE DO HAVE A FULL, UH, CONTINGENT OF BOARD MEMBERS HERE TODAY. UM, CITIZENS' COMMENTS? ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS' COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM. NONE TODAY. COUNSEL COMMENT. WE DO NOT HAVE OMAR. OKAY. SO [Business - A] WE CAN GO ON TO ITEM FOUR. BUSINESS, UM, SUBTOPIC A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE JUNE 8TH, 2026 MEETING. UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, CORRECTIONS? I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING OF. NOTE. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE. WHAT WAS THE DATE? 16TH. EIGHTH. EIGHTH. JUNE. EIGHTH MEETING. I SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. [Business - B] AND THEN WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, JOINT MEETING, UH, ON JUNE 25TH, 2026. AND THOSE DRAFT MINUTES ARE ALSO, UM, IN THE PACKET AS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION REVISIONS? UH, TO THOSE MINUTES, I WOULD MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 26TH MEETING. I SECOND. THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ONTO [Business - C] ITEMS FOUR C, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2026. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UM, WE DO NOT HAVE THE, UH, JULY COLLECTIONS FOR SALES TAX REVENUES, BUT WE DO HAVE JUNE COLLECTIONS. UH, WE WERE UP 14.36% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTALING $178,733 AND 77 CENTS. UH, EACH CORPORATION'S SALES TAX REVENUES NOW TOTAL $1,343,721 AND 54 CENTS, OR 58.42% OF THE BUDGET FOR 58% OF THE YEAR COMPLETE. IT'S NICE THAT IT'S THAT BIG OF AN INCREASE FROM A YEAR AGO. THAT'S NICE. UM, I, I HAD ONE, UH, QUESTION AND I, I LOOKED, I'LL SAY THIS, I MAYBE LOOKED AT THESE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FINISH UP BUDGET TONIGHT, BUT ON, UH, PAGE 16 OF THE PACKET, THERE'S A SA REIMBURSEMENT AND A SA SHARED SERVICES. IS A SA REIMBURSEMENT, IS THAT BASICALLY THE OFFICE FOR YOU AND AN L AND YOUR EXPENSES? THAT'S BASICALLY ED STAFF. THANK YOU. SO THE, THE A SA REIMBURSEMENT IS THE 180 ACCOUNT, SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT YOU GUYS APPROVE EVERY MONTH, THAT 14,000 THAT'S LISTED THERE. SO THAT'S OUR SALARIES, DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS AND THAT SORT OF THING. YEAH. UM, WHAT IT TAKES TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT. CORRECT. THE SHARED SPACE FEE IS BASICALLY OUR RENT FOR CITY HALL AND THEN SHARED SERVICES. THE, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LOAD WE'RE CARRYING FROM EVERYBODY ELSE IN CITY HALL? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT. YES, MA'AM. PROPERLY, MA'AM. AND, AND THEY'RE BILLED, SOME OF THEM ARE BILLED QUARTERLY, SOME OF THEM ARE BILLED SEMI-ANNUALLY. UM, SO THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL SEE KIND OF FLUCTUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, ON THE VERY NEXT PAGE, UM, THIS WAS THE TRANSFER OUT WW 25 HARRIS STREET, WHERE IT SAYS THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WAS 478,000, BUT IT SAYS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR THE YEAR IS 956,000, WHICH IS BASICALLY EXACTLY DOUBLE. IS THAT NUMBER SUPPOSED TO BE DOUBLE? IT IS. PROBABLY NOT. AND THAT IS, WE, WE'LL CHECK WITH FINANCE ON THAT TOMORROW, THE PAGE 17, I THINK THAT TRANSFERS FOR THE NEW CONTRACT, SO IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN OKAY. [00:05:04] YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL GET CLARITY ON THAT. WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, IT'S EITHER A TYPO AND IT WASN'T TRANSFERRED, OR IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE, THE CONTRACTOR SWITCH MM-HMM . SO WE TRANSFERRED, TRANSFERRED BACK, AND THEN TRANSFERRED AGAIN. SO IT, IT KIND OF DOUBLED UP ON THIS. OKAY. IT WAS THE SAME MONEY. CORRECT. IT JUST, IT JUST LOOKS STRANGE TO ME. YEAH. WE'LL, WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS EXACTLY DOUBLE. YES, . GOOD CATCH. CAN, CAN I ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS TOO? YES, MA'AM. SINCE I'VE OBVIOUSLY JUST COME OVER FROM B BOARD, SO I HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKING, UM, AT A BOARDS. UM, SO UNDER THE TWO CATEGORIES, THE, THE 6 0 1 FOR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND THE 600 FOR CONTRACTUAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, OF COURSE I GET LEGAL AND I GET MEETING SECURITY, UM, AND, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND THEN THERE'S PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEN THE STUDIES EXPENSE, UM, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR WHEN WE WERE HOPING WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, MA'AM. WHICH IS THAT ONE LINE? YES, MA'AM. YEAH. SO, OKAY. WELL, NO ANSWER WHAT? OH, NO, NO. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT OH, NO. SO PROMOTIONAL EXPENSES THEN AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO? SO THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF THE PROMOTIONAL LINE. SO WHEN WE'LL GO INTO THE BUDGET, THE PROMOTION LINE THIS YEAR WAS CAPPED AT 10% OF OUR REVENUES, OUR SALES TAX REVENUES BY LAW. YEAH. THEN LESS THE $50,000 FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND THEN IT ALSO ROLLED OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE PREVIOUS YEAR. UM, SO IN A SENSE, THE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS ARE THE SAME, JUST SEPARATED OUT TO MAKE IT A, A CLEANER EXPENSE OKAY. FOR US. AND SO, SO, SO ONE OF THEM IS A COM, ONE OF THEM IS A CUMULATIVE NUMBER THAT ROLLS UP, PILES UP EVERY YEAR. CORRECT. SO THAT INCLUDES LIKE, I'M ASSUMING, UM, UH, PROMOTIONS RELATED TO ADVERTISING PLUS EVENTS PLUS PROMOTING, LIKE AT THE, THE, UM, MEETINGS THAT Y'ALL GO TO? EXACTLY. IT INCLUDES ALL OF THAT, YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT, MA'AM, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE MA'AM. YEAH. IT ALSO INCLUDES ANYTIME WE GET A REQUEST FOR A SPONSORSHIP, IT COMES OUT OF OH, PROMOTIONAL. YEAH. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DISTINGUISHING, OR IF IT'S A MAGAZINE PRINT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT'S OUT OF PROMOTIONS. AND THEN OUR REGULAR EVENTS THAT ARE REOCCURRING THAT WE KNOW AND HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF EXACTLY THAT AMOUNT. OKAY. COME FROM THE COMMUNITY EVENTS LINE. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED IN THAT LINE. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. LIKE THE DRONE SHOW OR THE FIREWORKS CORRECT. OR WHATEVER WAS FREEDOM FEST. YES, MA'AM. EXACTLY. YEAH. DISCUSSION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIALS RE PAYABLES? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE, UM, REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE OWED TO THE CITY THIS MONTH? PAGE 14. RIGHT. UH, I MOTION THAT WE APPROVE REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR $12,593 AND 18 CENTS FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD ENDING. MAY 31ST. I SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? A ANY OPPOSED MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AGAIN. UM, OKAY. [Business - D] ON TO REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 27, 20 27, BUDGET, PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UM, SO WE HAVE REACHED JULY THIS MEETING, AND WE ARE NOW, UM, PRESENTING YOU WITH THE BUDGET THAT YOU WILL VOTE TO ADOPT, UM, AS WELL AS THE A SA THAT YOU WILL TAKE A VOTE TO ADOPT. UM, SOME UPDATES FOR YOU ALL AFTER DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION ARE B BOARD DECIDED TO FUND THE TWO OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THEM. THAT'S GONNA BE THE SOUTH FM 10 93 GRAVITY LINE IMPROVEMENT, UH, AT $900,000, AS WELL AS THE FM 3 59, UH, AT FOURTH STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, UH, $850,680. SO TOTAL FOR THOSE TWO PROJECTS, THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING, UH, $1,750,680. UM, SO WE JUST WANNA KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR END, UM, TO SUPPORT. AND JUST THANK YOU AGAIN [00:10:01] FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION IN CHOOSING A PROJECT TO SUPPORT, UM, FOR THE CITY. THE ONLY NEW INFORMATION FROM WHAT WE LAST PRESENTED TO YOU, UM, AT THAT, AT AT OUR LAST MEETING IS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE PERSONNEL SECTION OF THE 180 ACCOUNT THAT'S GONNA BE IN YOUR PACKET ON PAGE 31 RIGHT AT THE TOP. UM, THAT'S REALLY JUST PROVIDED BY HR AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ABILITY TO CHANGE THAT. YOU'LL SEE IN THE NOTES THAT THAT'S CONSIDERING A 4%, UM, COLA AND MERIT FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, UM, WHICH STILL UP TO COUNCIL, WHICH YES, WILL BE STILL UP FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO IT COULD CHANGE THAT NUMBER, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO THERE. AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE, WE'VE STILL MAINTAINED THOSE, UH, LINES THAT HAVE CHANGED IN YELLOW FOR YOU. UM, AND AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER POINTS OF CLARIFICATION, YOU MAY ASK THAT OR YOU MAY JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADOPTION, OR, SORRY. YEAH. SO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTION. SO, UM, ANELLE, YOU AND I HAD, UH, DISCUSSED THIS BRIEFLY, BUT I JUST FOR THE RECORD, WANNA JUST CONFIRM THAT, UM, LAST YEAR WE, UH, SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO CITY COUNCIL TO FUND UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. UM, AND WE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AT THE END. UM, BUT THAT THIS BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES FUNDS SO THAT WE COULD RESUBMIT THAT REQUEST TO CITY COUNCIL THIS YEAR. YES, MA'AM. IT DOES IF WE CHOOSE TO. SO, OKAY. YES, IT DOES. UM, MAYBE I WAS ASLEEP IN PRIOR MEETINGS. I, I TRY TO BE AWAKE FOR THESE MEETINGS. BUT, UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, SHORE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURIAL HUB, UM, IT SHOWS FISCAL ACTIVITY TO THIS POINT AND WE'RE, WHAT, EIGHT MONTHS OR NINE MONTHS INTO THE YEAR IS 19,000. WE'VE GOT THAT BUDGETED, UH, FOR NEXT YEAR FOR 20,000. YES, MA'AM. AND I'M, I, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA TRY TO DO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE BOSS JUNIORS OR, UM, SOME OTHER TYPE SURE. ACTIVITY. I'M, I'M WONDERING IF THE 20,000 SHOULD BE BUMPED UP A LITTLE BIT. UM, OKAY. SO THAT, THAT 19,000 INCLUDED SOME LAST INVOICES FROM FULL SHARE FAST TRACK. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DECEPTIVE IN PAINTING THAT PICTURE THAT IT'S WHAT WE SPENT WHENEVER THE PROGRAM CAME FULLY IN HOUSE. OKAY. SO WITH THOSE CONSIDERATIONS OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY SPENT ONCE WE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE CANNON, UM, THIS IS THE AMOUNT WE FELT WAS APPROPRIATE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR ENTREPRENEURS IN THE COMMUNITY AT ALL LEVELS, UM, SUPPORTING SOMETHING LIKE THE EVENT YOU JUST MENTIONED, I IS A, A MUCH LOWER AMOUNT. AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S ABLE TO COME OUT OF PROMOTIONS BECAUSE IT IS PROMOTING THAT EVENT AND PEOPLE TO BE HERE, UM, FOR IT. SO THERE'S STILL ROOM. WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE A CHANGE IF YOU REQUEST THAT TONIGHT, WHATEVER INCREASE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE HOW, HOW MANY BOOT CAMPS DID WE HAVE THIS YEAR? I'M, I'M THINKING OF THE WEEK, THE WEEKEND THINGS WHERE PEOPLE, UH, PARTICIPATE BOTH ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WE'LL HAVE THREE, THERE WILL BE THREE TOTAL UHHUH. UM, AND EVEN THAT, I MEAN, WE, WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THE COST OF THE FOOD, THE SPEAKERS, ANY KIND OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THAT. SO WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT IN THAT NUMBER IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL, IF YOU JUST WANNA GIVE IT A, JUST A LITTLE MORE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT PROGRAMMING, WE WE CAN DO THAT. AND THE B BOARD HAS A SIMILAR AMOUNT IN THEIR BUDGET. B BOARD ACTUALLY ASKED TO INCREASE THEIR AMOUNT TO $40,000. UM, SO , I I THINK WE, WE WILL, WE WILL BE SAFE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL LAND. UM, AT THIS UPCOMING MEETING, THEY ALSO WERE MARKED DOWN TO 20 AND THEY REQUESTED TO TO DOUBLE THAT. SO, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT IF THAT'S ENDS UP BEING WHAT THEY ELECT TO DO. UM, AND PRETTY PR I KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS WE DID THIS YEAR WERE KIND OF, I'LL CALL IT OUTSOURCED BECAUSE IT, IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T EVENTS ACTIVITIES THAT YOU AND HAYDEN LEFT LED, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE DOING THE BOOT CAMP AND SOME, THERE WAS PROBAB PROBABLY Y'ALL, Y'ALL MAY HAVE HAD MORE, UH, HANDS-ON WORK WITH THAT, UM, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU CALLED IT WHEN THE PAINTED TREE CLOSED DOWN AND EVERYBODY WAS, I WAS OUT, I WAS OUT OF TOWN THAT WEEKEND, SO I DIDN'T GET TO GO SHOPPING. BUT, UM, SMALL BUSINESS FOOD. YEAH, BUT I'M, I'M JUST [00:15:01] WONDERING, I MEAN, WERE Y'ALL GOING FULL OUT OR IS, I MEAN, I MEAN, COULD YOU SPEND MORE MONEY? I MEAN, PART OF PART OF THAT ALSO AT THE TIME WAS, UH, POTENTIALLY THE CITY WAS GONNA HIRE AN EMPLOYEE TO HELP AND I THEY DID OR DID NOT? THEY DID NOT. THEY, NO. OKAY. SO IT WAS ALL ON YOU AND HAYDEN IN ADDITION TO YOUR REGULAR JOBS THIS YEAR? IT HAS BEEN, YES. YEAH. WELL, I GUESS IF THE B BOARD IS, IS, UH, BUDGETING 40,000, WE CAN KIND OF JUST HANG ON TO THEIR COATTAILS A LITTLE BIT. UM, YEAH, I I THINK AS STAFF WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WHETHER B BOARD DELS TO GO THAT HIGH OR YOU BOTH REMAIN AT THE 20,000. I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES, AT LEAST AT THE LEVEL THAT WE DID THIS YEAR. BUT ESPECIALLY KNOWING KIND OF HOW WE CAN MOLD THE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR, I, I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFIDENT ON, ON HOW TO GET THOSE, UH, THAT PROGRAMMING OUT. YEAH. I MEAN WE, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE AN EVENT AT IRENE STERN DURING THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE DID, WE DID THAT ONE YEAR THE FIRST YEAR WITH FULL SURE FAST TRACK THE CANNON HERE AND HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE COME BY. RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT KIND OF AN IMPACT IN THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN. MM-HMM . IT'S, I MEAN, WHICH THAT'S LABOR INTENSIVE TO SET SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP. IT TAKES A LOT OF, A LOT OF COORDINATION AND A LOT OF UPFRONT PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . THAT'S STILL ON THE LIST TO HAVE LATER THIS YEAR. SO WE SHOULD STILL HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF THE HOME BUSINESS ACCELERATOR WITH KIND OF A REBRAND, BUT ALL THE SAME COMPONENTS THAT MADE THAT EVENT REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND ALL THE GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM IT WILL BE REINCORPORATED INTO IT S OCTOBER, AND THAT'S MAYBE OCTOBER, I THINK IT'S OCTOBER, IT'S GONNA BE IN SEPTEMBER. SEPTEMBER. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T, YEAH. OCTOBER. I HAVE TOO MANY DATES IN MY MIND. YEAH. UM, BUT I CAN SEND THAT OUT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. UM, SOMETHING THAT BONNIE SAID IN BO AND YOU AS WELL, K TWO MADE ME JUST WANT TO TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE BUDGET. UM, AND IT'S STILL IN THE BUDGET WITH MAYBE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE WANNA ADD TO OUR, UM, AGENDA TO DISCUSS WHETHER WE'D LIKE TO RESUBMIT, UH, FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, AND SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THAT THROUGH. WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD, UH, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHO SAID MAYBE IT DID NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER LOOK . AND SO I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, BECAUSE, AND ESPECIALLY WHAT, WHAT YOU HAD SAID, UM, KAY, THAT YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THAT SORT OF ACTIVITY IS USUALLY DONE BY CONSULTANTS BECAUSE YOU NEED THAT OUTSIDE EXPERTISE AND THAT OUTSIDE VIEW AS WELL. AND THEN STAFF TIME AND WORKLOAD AS WELL. SO I JUST FOR FUTURE CONVERSATION, I'M NOT SUGGESTING DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW, BUT JUST MM-HMM . AND I, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE AT LEAST ATTEMPTING TO HAVE A JOINT EDC CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, IN EARLY AUGUST, PRIMARILY CENTERED AROUND STRATEGIC PLANNING ACROSS THE BOARDS AND COUNCIL. SO HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT'LL BE BROUGHT UP DURING THAT TIME, UM, TO KIND OF GET A, A FEEL OUT FOR, FOR WHAT COUNCIL KIND OF ENVISIONS THAT PROCESS. I KNOW THE CITY'S ALSO GETTING READY TO DO THEIR, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SO IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THEM AS WELL TO HAVE KIND OF OUR EDC PORTION READY TO PLUG INTO THAT. UM, SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL, UH, KIND OF KICK OFF SOON. WELL, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET MY OPINION OF IT. YES, MA'AM. ON THE RECORD, , I, I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THEY HAVE PROBABLY UPDATED THEIR WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN AT LEAST THREE TIMES, MAYBE FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST 10 TO 12 YEARS. UH, THEY'VE LOOKED AT DRAINAGE PLANS, THEY'RE ABOUT ON THEIR FOURTH REIS REVISION OF THEIR PARKS AND PATHWAYS PLAN. UH, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE EDC PLAN, SO, UM, AND THAT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO, 7, 7, 8 YEARS AGO. SO I, I THINK 2019. YEAH, I THINK IT'S WORTH DISCUSSING. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP, BONNIE. UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, OH, YEAH, I DO. I, OKAY. AND, AND I'M SORRY, THIS IS, THIS IS A TINY BIT OF A SOAP BOX THING FOR ME, BUT I, I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THIS, UM, A SA SHARED SERVICE THING, AND I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT, UM, BONNIE SAID LAST TIME THAT, THAT THERE SUPPOSEDLY THE WORK THAT, UH, EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY DOES TO SUPPORT THE EDCS HASN'T GONE AWAY, AND THEY'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND SO I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL, [00:20:01] LET'S TAKE THAT TO THE EXTREME. LET'S SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T TAKE AWAY HALF OF OUR FUNDING, THAT THEY GRABBED THE WHOLE HALF A CENT. IF THEY STILL HAVE TO DO ALL THAT WORK TO SUPPORT THE EDCS, THEY WOULD BE SHOVING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT A SA COST ONTO THE B BOARD, NOT JUST 50%. AND SO TO ME, IT'S KIND OF AN ARBITRARY DECISION ON HOW THEY CAME ABOUT IT. AND MOSTLY THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE, UM, WHEN I WAS VOLUNTEERING AND, AND TRIED TO DO MY BEST ON THE POLICE SALARY COMMITTEE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER, THERE WERE THREE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UH, SAT IN ON AND PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETINGS. AND I BROUGHT, I BROUGHT THIS VERY TOPIC UP WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO BASICALLY TAKE AWAY PART OF THE, A BOARD FUNDING, COULD THEY AT LEAST BE COGNIZANT OF THE SHARED SERVICES AND GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO REDUCING THE AMOUNT THAT THEY PILED ON TO THE A BOARD? UM, AND I ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHO WAS AT EACH MEETING, BUT I CLEARLY REMEMBER SOMEBODY SAYING, YES, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND SO EVERYONE ELSE HERE ON THE BOARD, YOU CAN APPROVE THE BUDGET THE WAY IT'S SET OUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST. UM, BUT I'M THINKING IF WE VOLUNTEER TO TAKE ON 50% OF THE A SA SHARED SERVICES, WE ARE SAVING THEM FROM HAVING TO HAVE THAT HARD DISCUSSION AND HAVE THAT HARD DECISION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE SIT ON COUNCIL, AND I'M REMEMBERING WHAT THEY SAID IN THE POLICE SALARY COMMITTEE MEETING. SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY SOAPBOX FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. SO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT ITEM TO ADOPT THE BUDGET OR NOT, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO VOTE AGAINST A CITY BUDGET WHEN I STOOD ON PRINCIPLE ONCE BEFORE. SO THERE YOU GO. THAT, THAT'S JUST THE WAY I AM. WOULD YOU JUST RE REPEAT THE PART ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU, UM, WERE SUGGESTING, UH, WHAT I, OR WHAT YOU WERE DOING? WHAT I WAS HOPING INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF US, I MEAN THE SHARED SERVICES AMOUNT THAT THEY HAVE IN HERE SPLIT BETWEEN THE A AND THE B BOARD. IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME OR ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT WOULD BE IF THEY HAD NEVER TAKEN AWAY 0.25 CENTS FROM US. THEIR, THEIR KEY, I MEAN, THE SHARED SERVICE NUMBER HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN ABOUT $400,000. ABOUT 200 OR NO, A HUNDRED THOUSAND. IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND. IT'S ABOUT 200,000. AND SO ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS ALWAYS ALLOCATED TO B. AND APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED THOUSAND GOT ALLOCATED TO A, BECAUSE WE BOTH HAD THE SAME FUNDING. WE BOTH HAD A 0.50 CENT PART OF THE TAX SALES TAX THAT CAME BACK TO EACH BOARD. UM, BUT WHEN PUSH CAME TO SHOVE ON, UH, WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE POLICE SALARY COMMITTEE, AND I WILL POINT OUT THERE THAT WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TAKE EACH BOARD DOWN TO 0.38 CENTS. I DIDN'T WANT THE A BOARD TO BE 0.25 AND THE B BOARD TO BE 0.5. I WANTED THEM TO STAY EQUAL AND B YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT WAS JUST WHAT I THOUGHT WAS FAIR. UM, AND, AND THERE WERE REASONS THAT THEY DID NOT DO THAT. IT HAD TO DO WITH, UM, THEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT TAKE TWO BALLOT PROPOSITIONS INSTEAD OF ONE, AND THEY THOUGHT IT COULD CON, COULD CAUSE VOTER CONFUSION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT COUNCIL DECIDED AND WHAT THEY VOTED ON WAS HALF CENTS STAYS WITH THE B BOARD AND 0.25 CENT COMES AWAY FROM THE A BOARD BACK INTO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. SO, SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, YES. AND SO IN MY MIND, THEY COULD EASILY TAKE OUR AS A'S SHARED SERVICE NUMBER DOWN TO 50,000 AND JUST EAT THAT 50,000 COST OUT OF THEIR GENERAL FUND. UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF THEY HAD TAKEN AWAY OUR ENTIRE HALF CENT BASED ON, UM, BONNIE'S LOGIC, THEY WOULD BE THROWING THE WHOLE $200,000 ON THE B BOARD TO RECOVER, QUOTE THEIR FULL COST FOR SUPPORTING THE [00:25:01] EDCS. SO, SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING FOR COMPROMISE THEY AGREED OR KINDA SOFTLY AGREED THAT I GUESS, I GUESS IF, IF, IF I TO MAKE ME HAPPY TO MAKE ME VOTE YES ON THIS BUDGET THAT NIGHT, I WOULD TAKE THE A SA SHARED SERVICE NUMBER DOWN YEAH. BY, UM, $50,000. AND YOU MENTIONED IT THAT NIGHT, AND WELL, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS PART OF A DISCUSSION MM-HMM . AND WE DIDN'T SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON IT. UM, BECAUSE WE WERE AT THE VERY LAST MEETING AND THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WHAT THE AGENDA ITEM WAS GONNA BE. AND, UM, THEY, THEY WANTED TO HAVE A FINAL, A FINAL, FINAL VOTE FROM THAT COMMITTEE. RIGHT. I LOST THE VOTE IN THAT COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY DID HALF A CENT AND A QUARTER CENT INSTEAD OF THREE EIGHTS FOR EACH ONE. SO, WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MAKES SENSE. I MEAN, TO REDUCE THE MONEY, BUT HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SAME EXPENDITURES IS, THAT'S KIND OF, I MEAN, IT'S A NO BRAINER FOR ME, BUT I UNDERSTAND BONNIE'S LOGIC TOO, SO I'M, I I CAN SEE, I JUST, I JUST, I JUST DON'T WANNA MAKE IT EASY RIGHT. ON COUNCIL. I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND I WANNA HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT, AND I WANNA SEE IF MAYBE THEY WILL CONSIDER THIS. RIGHT. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY WON'T CONSIDER IT AT ALL IF WE DON'T ASK FOR DON'T FOR IT. RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. WELL, I SUPPORT, I SUPPORT THAT. YEAH. UM, I APPLAUD YOUR SOAPBOX, , AND I WOULD EVEN JOIN YOU ON YOUR SOAPBOX. UM, I, UH, I AGREE. YEAH. I MEAN, I WAS, UH, TRYING TO LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF YEAH. THAT, YOU KNOW, LOGICAL STANDPOINT, AND I THINK YES. YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S TWO POINTS ON, THERE'S STILL YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO VIEWPOINTS ON IT. YES. BUT, BUT I DO AGREE. AND IN FACT, SO AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, I BELIEVE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER DID ADVISE TO THEM THAT A BOARD HAD THE INTENTION TO FUND THE PROJECT THAT WE HAD FUND, AND THAT, THAT THAT FUNDING WAS AT SAME LEVEL AS LAST YEAR DESPITE OUR REDUCTION. AND, AND YOU COULD SEE THAT CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGED THAT AND APPRECIATED THAT. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT LITTLE BIT OF GOODWILL MM-HMM . IF A**L AND HAYDEN DON'T MIND A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WORK, WE COULD POTENTIALLY COME TO THEM WITH TWO BUDGETS. HERE IS A BUDGET THAT SAYS WE ARE WILLING TO FUND AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE DID THAT, BUT YOU GUYS CUT OUR FUNDING BY 50%. WE'RE NOT GONNA CUT YOUR FUNDING BY 50%. BUT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BASICALLY AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM YOU THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR PART TO CONTINUE TO FUND THESE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO BRING THAT VITAL BUSINESS MM-HMM . TO DOWNTOWN. RE CAN YOU GUYS EAT A LITTLE BIT OF THIS? BECAUSE WHEN YOU VOTED ON THIS, YOU HAD TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE IMPACTS. WE HOPE YOU UNDERSTOOD ALL OF THE IMPACTS WHEN YOU VOTED ON IT, AND WHEN YOU TOOK IT TO THE VOTERS, AND WHEN YOU SOLD TO THE VOTERS AS POLICE FUNDING AS OPPOSED TO JUST STRAIGHT REALLOCATION. AND, AND THEY, I, I WASN'T AT THE MEETING, BUT I WATCHED THE, UH, VIDEO OF THE MEETING MM-HMM . AND THERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF A STATEMENTS MADE BY, AND I'M SORRY, I, I AM FORGETTING THE NAME OF THE, UH, CFO THAT REPLACED AARON. BUT, UM, SHE, SHE MADE SEVERAL STATEMENTS TO, UH, REASSURE EVERYBODY THAT YES, UH, THE MONEY TAKEN AWAY FROM A WAS DEFINITELY GOING TOWARDS POLICE SALARIES. AND THEY WERE VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT. AND THEY WERE NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, PUSHING IT INTO DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NOT GONNA, IT'S NOT GOING TO FUND PEOPLE DOING PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS AND LEGAL OR IT OR ANYTHING. IT IS GOING TO BE POLICE SALARIES. SO, WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS INTENDED FOR. SO I WAS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WHEN I WAS WATCHING THE VIDEO. I DON'T THINK THE LINE BUDGET LINE COMPLETELY TOTAL OUT, BUT I, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY THAT INTENTION. YES. THAT WAS VOCALIZED. BUT, SO YEAH. SO I AM NOT SURE EXACTLY THE BEST WAY MAYBE FOR YOU TO PRES WOULD BE TO PRESENT THAT. BUT DO [00:30:01] YOU, DO YOU THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO BASICALLY SAY, HERE'S OUR INITIAL BUDGET, BUT WE WE DO HAVE ONE READY FOR YOU GUYS TO, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY BACK HERE, TYPE OF A THING THAT BASICALLY WE CAN START WITH QUEST, YOU KNOW, WITH OFFER A, AND THEN IF YOU DON'T TAKE OFFER A, WE ALREADY HAVE OFFER B IN THE BACK POCKET, SO YOU'RE ONLY, UM, ABLE TO PASS ONE FORMAL BUDGET FOR CONSIDERATION. BUT IF YOU WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE WHAT YOU'VE SUMMARIZED FOR PRESENTATION, AND THEN IT CAN COME BACK BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK, AND THEN YOU SELECT THE ONE THAT YOU DE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE FINAL FORMAL APPROVAL. AND, AND COUNCIL HAS, I MEAN, IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY APPROVE THEIR FINAL, FINAL, FINAL BUDGET. SO I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL IN THE DISCUSSION STAGES DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, SO WE CAN APPROVE IN AUGUST THEN. SO BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING, I THINK THE EASIEST WAY, AND NATALIE PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WOULD BE TO, TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET WITH THE CHANGE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE AS SA AND CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE CIP FUNDING MM-HMM . ON THAT. SO THAT JUST IMPACTS, SO IF COUNCIL SAYS YES, THEN IT JUST KEEPS MOVING FORWARD. IT DOESN'T NEED TO COME BACK. IF THEY CHANGE IT, THEN IT COMES BACK FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS TO BE REDISCUSSED. IF THEY PROPOSE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING OR DENY IT, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK FOR US TO DISCUSS AGAIN THE FOLLOWING MONTH. RIGHT. YEAH. SO MAKE, SO IN AUGUST. YEAH. SO THEN WE WOULD AGAIN BE DISCUSSING ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET THAT MM-HMM . NOW COUNCIL HAS SEEN. YEAH. SO MAKE THE, THE DISCUSS CHANGES HERE, SEND THAT ON TO THEM, AND THEN IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DISAGREE FOR ANY REASON, UM, THEN YOU CAN TAKE THAT BACK UP SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK UP REGARDLESS. I MEAN, THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE A, THEY'LL HAVE A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD IDEA WITH ONE TEENY TINY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL REVISION THAT COULD EASILY GET APPROVED IN FIVE MINUTES IN AN AUGUST MEETING. AND IT COULD, IT COULD EVEN BE AN AUGUST SPECIAL MEETING THAT WOULD LAST, YOU KNOW, 15, 20 MINUTES MAX. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I AM A MOTION. WELL, WE'RE NOT TO THE MOTION PART. OH, WE'RE NOT TO THE MOTION YET. YEAH. THIS IS JUST THE DISCUSSION. SO WE'RE ON, WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. YEAH, WE'RE ON D BUT WE'RE ALMOST ON E. YES. NO, AND WE, WHILE THE DISCUSSION WAS GOING ON, WE WERE LOOKING, HAYDEN WAS LOOKING AT THE AS SA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IN THERE SUPPORTS IT AND THE LANGUAGE IN THE AS SA SAYS, UM, A SA SHARED SERVICES FEE LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET, SO THAT THEY, THE AS SA DOCUMENT ITSELF WOULD NOT NEED TO BE REVISED, JUST SO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL. GOOD. YEAH. ITEM. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON OR ADDITIONS OR ANYTHING ON THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED? IF NOT, I THINK WE CAN GO ON TO ITEM E AND TAKE ACTIONS THEN. SO [Business - E] ITEM E CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF SHORE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ACTION, WHICH, UM, AND EL JUST SAID WE, IT, DEPENDING ON THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD AND WHAT CITY COUNCIL DOES, MAKES NO DIFFERENCE ON THE A SA. IT WORKS EITHER WAY. SO NOW I MOTION YES. OKAY. TO, UH, APPROVE THE BUDGET AS PROVIDED WITH THE, WE'RE JUST, IT'S JUST THE ASSA DOCUMENT BY ITSELF. SORRY. SO TO APPROVE THE ASSA NO CHANGES, IT'S PAGE 34. OH OH, WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE ASAID. YES, MA'AM. SO WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM WITHIN OH, GOTCHA. I'M FOLLOWING NOW. I'M MOTION TO APPROVE THE A SAI SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND THE CITY OF SHORE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027? NO, IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? IT IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND WE ARE FINISHED WITH BUSINESS ITEM FOUR E. [Business - F] SO WE ARE ON TO FOUR F [00:35:02] CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUDGETS. AND THESE ARE FOR, DO YOU CALL IT ORGANIZATION SIX HUNDRED AND SIX OH ONE OR WHAT DO YOU, HOW, HOW 600 REFERS TO WHAT THAT IS, THE OPERATIONS BUDGET AND THEN THE YEAH, THE OPERATIONS BUDGET AND THE PROJECT'S BUDGET. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERENCING EARLIER DEPARTMENT YEAH. IN MY STRATEGIC PLAN. YEAH. YEAH. SO ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THOSE 606 0 1 BUDGETS AS SHOWN THIS EVENING? WHEREVER THAT A SA LINE IS? I WANT IT CHANGED TO 50. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS. IT'S ON PAGE 32 AND IT'S, UH, BUDGET LINE 600 959 0 1 10. OR YOU CAN JUST CALL IT BY ITS NAME'S SHARED SERVICE. CAN I, AM I ALLOWED TO MAKE A MOTION? YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. I FIGURE, I FIGURE IT SHOULD BE ME SINCE I'M THE ONE THAT'S KICKING AND SCREAMING ABOUT IT. UH, I WHERE IS THE NUMBER? TELL I'M SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT FOR ME PLEASE? NOW YOU CAN SAY 50% OF THAT ITEM, THE SHARED SERVICE, THE SHARED SERVICE, A SAY SHARED SERVICE, THE NUMBER ITSELF, UH, IS $109,608. BUT IT'S EASIER WITH THE PERCENTAGE IN CASE THAT CHANGES. YEAH. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT FOR THIS IS THE 600 BUDGET, RIGHT? YES. IT'S OUTTA 600 THAT WE, UH, REDUCE THE A SA SHARED SERVICE NUMBER BY 50%. THAT'S MY MOTION. ANELLE. DO YOU NEED A REALLOCATION OF THAT AMOUNT TO SOMEWHERE ELSE? COUNSEL CAN FIGURE IT OUT? NO, SHE OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, I JUST MEAN IN, IN YOUR BUDGET FOR, OKAY. AND I SECOND THE MOTION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I, UM, I TOTALLY, AND, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND, SINCE IT CAME FROM B OBVIOUSLY . UM, I HAVEN'T HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS AND I, I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE IT'S PRESENTED REALLY NICELY OR, UH, MATHEMATICALLY ACCURATELY. AND THERE NEEDS TO BE VERY LOGICAL REASONS. SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE'RE KICKING BACK AT SOMETHING OR, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. BUT I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK PRESENTATION MIGHT BE VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL, THAT IT JUST STICKS TO LINE ITEM. YES. UH, SO THE MOTION WAS TO REDUCE THAT LINE, BUT THE ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PR PROCEDURALLY HERE. 'CAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION THAT JUST SPEAKS ON THAT LINE ITEM, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET WITH THIS CHANGE. OH, OKAY. WELL, I WAS THINKING THAT COULD BE A SEPARATE MOTION THAT YOU MAKE THIS CHANGE AND THEN THE BUDGET, THIS PROPOSED BUDGET IS CHANGED AND THEN YOU APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET. BUT I DON'T THINK, CAN YOU MAKE TWO MOTIONS ON ONE AGENDA ITEM? NO. YEAH, I THINK YOU HAVE APPROVE. YEAH. YOU CAN ONLY SUBMIT ONE FOR THEM TO APPROVE. SO YOU, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE CLEANER JUST TO DO ONE ITEM TO ONE MOTION FOR THE WHOLE THING. UM, SO THE BUDGET AS AMENDED, AND WE ALREADY HAVE A SECOND, RIGHT? DID YOU SECOND ME ALREADY? YOU COULD AMEND THE MOTION. GET A SECOND A VOTE ON THAT AND THEN VOTE ON THE MOTION. ALRIGHT. SO I WANNA HAVE A VARIETY OF VOTES ANYWAY. LET ME TRY AGAIN. SO YOU'RE, LOOK, YOU'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE BUDGET SIX HUNDRED AND SIX OH ONE WITH YOUR ONE REQUESTED AMENDMENT. RIGHT. OKAY. I WANT TO AMEND THAT MOTION THAT I JUST MADE, UM, TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET WITH THE REVISION THAT THE A SA SHARED SERVICE AMOUNT GET REDUCED BY 50%. DOES THAT TAKE CARE OF IT? I SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? AND DEBORAH, I THINK YOU MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. IF NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, CAN I GET A VOTE PLEASE? [00:40:01] ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. DO WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH ANOTHER MOTION NOW? THE TO PASS. SO THE MOTION, THIS, THIS MOTION WAS TO AMEND IT AND NOW THIS IS THE, UM, THE ACTUAL MOTION? YES. SO THE ACTUAL MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AS WE JUST REVISED IT AS AMENDED WITHIN REVISION? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE EDCA BOARD APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THE REVISION THAT WE JUST MADE TO THE A SA SHARED SERVICE AMOUNT. IS THAT PERFECT? IS THAT OKAY? YEAH, THAT WORKS. OKAY. YEAH, I SECOND IT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE. WE HAVE APPROVED OUR BUDGET AND THANK YOU ANELLE AND HAYDEN FOR ANYTHING YOU CAN DO ON HELPING US OUT WITH ALL YOUR OTHER COMPADRES AND CITY STAFF ON THIS MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK. SO THAT WAS ITEM [Business - G] F. SO WE ARE DOWN TO G CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CDC RESOLUTION 2026 DASH OH ONE. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DECLARING PROJECTS OF THE CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. THAT SHOULD SAY FISCAL YEAR 27. WELL, YEAH, THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION DOES SAY 2026. 2027. OKAY. BUT IT'S FOR FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. DIRECTING STAFF TO, TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE SAME AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. SO THIS, UH, RESOLUTION REFLECTS YOUR, UH, PROJECTS, YOUR PROJECTS FOR THE FULL AMOUNT THAT YOU HAD COMMITTED TO. NOW GIVEN WHAT YOU'VE REQUESTED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM. AND IN THAT DISCUSSION, IT'S UP TO YOU TONIGHT IF YOU'D LIKE TO POSTPONE THIS UNTIL YOU HEAR BACK FROM CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT THEY DECIDE TO DO WITH THE REQUEST BEFORE THEM, OR IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH DECLARING AT THE AMOUNT YOU'VE COMMITTED. DOES POSTPONING GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH? THIS ISN'T REALLY DIRECT OR DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE FOR QUORUM PURPOSES AND ALL THAT, I WILL NOT BE AT THE AUGUST MEETING. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE, THAT WE, THAT MIGHT CHANGE HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH IT FOR QUORUM PURPOSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. IT ONLY TAKES A SIMPLE MAJORITY TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. RIGHT. IT DOESN'T TAKE A SUPER MAJORITY. OKAY, WELL THEN WITH ME BEING GONE, I WASN'T SAYING THAT THAT WAS YEAH. THAT YOU STILL HAVE A QUORUM, BUT IF THERE WAS LIKE TWO OTHERS OR YEAH, RIGHT, THEN THERE MIGHT NOT BE. APPRECIATE THAT HON. HONESTLY, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR SPENDING THE MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TRIBUTARY DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THE TEXAS HERITAGE PARKWAY ILA FOR YEARS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE COMMITTED FOR YEARS TO COME. AND I ALSO THINK THE SHORE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I, I WOULD NOT WANNA SEE THAT GO AWAY. SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO APPROVE THIS THE WAY IT IS TONIGHT. I MEAN, WE, WE DO WANNA BE GOOD PARTNERS TO THE CITY. WE ACTUALLY DO. SORRY, WHEN IS THE AUGUST MEETING? IS IT THE 10TH? IT IS THE 10TH. I BE BACK IN TIME NOW. I'M LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR. YEAH, SEE THAT'S WHY WE, YEAH. DID YOU BROUGHT IT UP ? YEAH, WE CAN. OKAY. SORRY. NO WORRIES. AND, AND POTENTIALLY IF WE NEED TO, WE COULD CHANGE THE DATE, I SUPPOSE, IF WE HAD TO. I'M GOOD WITH KEEPING WITH NOT, WITH NOT POSTPONING. I DON'T, I LIKE THE VOTING MAIL. YOU NEED . I LIKE THE . [00:45:08] I RISE HERE. EVERYBODY. IF YOU GUYS WANNA PASS, WHOEVER DOES, IF, IF YOU DO ELECT TO MAKE A MOTION, I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT YOU READ FROM THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION ITSELF. THAT TOP SECTION, THAT WHOLE TITLE. YES MA'AM. PAGE 37. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE GUIDANCE. HAYDEN. HAYDEN, ANYONE WANNA MAKE A RES? WANNA MAKE A MOTION? SORRY, I HAVEN'T, I SHOULD HAVE, SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE DONE THE ACTUAL MATH, BUT SINCE A BOARD TOOK OVER, I MEAN, OR THE B BOARD TOOK OVER APPROVING THE TWO PROJECTS MM-HMM . FOR THE 1.75 MM-HMM . THAT OPENED UP, I MEAN SOME OF THE BUDGETS. SO EVERY, ALL OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE AGREED TO SPLIT EVEN WITHOUT, EVEN WITH OUR REDUCTION MATHEMATICALLY, WE'RE STILL OKAY MM-HMM . RIGHT? CORRECT. AS FAR AS MONEY STILL IN THE BANK AND WHAT WE CAN, YEAH, I MEAN WE HAVE GOING FORWARD, YEAH, WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL GENERAL FUND BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WHAT I LOOKED AT IT, I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS CLOSE, BUT THOSE TWO PROJECTS TOOK A PRETTY GOOD CHUNK OF IT. BUT IF THAT GOT RE IF THAT OFFICIALLY GETS REALLOCATED, THEN WITH THIS, THEN WE'RE IN BETTER SHAPE. RIGHT. I THINK YOUR CONCERN IS WAS MORE LONG TERM, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH. YEAH. MY CONCERN IS, IS IF YOU START DIPPING INTO SAVINGS YEAH. WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? MM-HMM . THEN FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE STRONG PARTICIPATION IN ARE GOING, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO, OR IF, OR SOMEONE APPROACHES US WITH SOME SORT OF SALES TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT, ET CETERA. AND THEN WE LOOK AT THAT BEING A REDUCTION OF OUR FUTURE INCOME AS WELL. THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU JUST, IT, IT, IT JUST MAKES THOSE DECISIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S LESS FREEDOM THE MORE THAT WE EAT AWAY AT OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT, BUT, UM, OR EVEN OUTSIDE. YEAH. EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT AT LEAST WE KNOW ABOUT LIKE WEST PARK TOLLWAY, WHAT ADDITIONAL IS THAT EVEN GOING TO EXACTLY AND THE UNDERPASS? YEAH, IT COULD, YEAH. I MEAN IF AT A POINT WHERE I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO GROW THAT ACCOUNT BECAUSE WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IF THEY COME TO THE, UH, CITY AND SAY WE NEED $10 MILLION TO DO AN OVERPASS VERSUS AN UNDERPASS OR AN UNDER, YOU KNOW, WHICHEVER THE RIGHT ONE IS RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE LIKE, AH, YOU KNOW, WHO HAS $10 MILLION EDCA, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF THING. LIKE, YAY. LIKE WE COULD BE READY TO GO. RIGHT. I JUST WANNA, SORRY, POINT OUT THAT THESE EXPENDITURES ARE ALREADY APPROVED PER YOUR MOTION ON THE BUDGET. THIS IS JUST THE RESOLUTION DECLARING. SO JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN CASE THERE IS ANY, IT KICKS OFF THE PROCESS 'CAUSE THESE HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED AND NOTICED AND IT'S LIKE 60 DAYS THEN BEFORE YOU CAN CORRECT PLUS, PLUS COUNSEL HAS TO APPROVE IT AS WELL. YES MA'AM. SO THAT'S RIGHT. IT BASICALLY GETS YOU IN SHAPE TO WHERE IF YOU WANNA SPEND THE MONEY COME OCTOBER 1ST, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND THE MONEY. 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL THE LEGAL HOOPS AND SATISFIED EVERYTHING IN THE STATE LAW. I, THERE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A PIECE OF ME THAT WANTS TO POSTPONE THIS BECAUSE, UM, LEVERAGE, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF LEVERAGE. UM, BUT I, I AGREE WITH, WITH KAY THAT THE MOST, WE ARE HERE TO GROW THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY OF RE AND THAT IS OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE. AND EVEN IF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED THAT PUT SOME ROADBLOCKS IN THAT PATH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE BALL AND WE ARE GOING TO FUND THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BRING THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS SOON AS IT CAN POSSIBLY COME TO THE CITY OF SRE AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE. AND I THINK THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE, TRY AND BE AS BALANCED AS WE CAN IN OUR APPROACH, BUT I THINK THIS YEAR AT LEAST, YEAH, THAT WE SHOULD NOT POSTPONE THIS REGARDLESS OF WHAT CITY COUNCIL MAY OR MAY NOT DO AS A PROS TO APPROVING OUR FIRST BUDGET SUBMITTED TO THEM. SO I WILL MOTION THAT WE READ THE WHOLE THING. YEAH. SORRY, , CAN I, BEFORE YOU MAKE THE MOTION, CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION TOO? UH, GIVEN AGAIN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SINCE I JUST CAME OVER FROM THE B BOARD, UM, SO, SO HARRIS STREET [00:50:01] IS NOT IN HERE AND LIKE IN THE, IN THE BUDGET UNDER OUR TRANSFERS THE EAST, UH, THE DRAINAGE AND THE, UM, THE HERITAGE PARKWAY IS THERE, BUT THEN THE THIRD ITEM UNDER 6 0 1 IS THE HARRIS STREET. SO WHY IS THAT NOT IN HERE? THAT'S AN OLD PROJECT THAT IS JUST NOW THE TRANSFERS ARE BEING MADE TO, SO THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN THE PAST. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S JUST MONIES ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO FALL OUT OF THAT ACCOUNT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT ANSWERS THAT. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA MAKE A MOTION? UM, JUST READING GI OPPOSED, BUT 37 I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OH, I'LL, I'LL DO IT. I JUST DON'T WANNA TREAT IT. OKAY. OKAY. I MOTION THAT WE PUBLISH NOTICE AND SET. OH, I'M SO SORRY. JUST TO ADD, YOU KNOW, MORE TO IT. I JUST REALIZED THERE IS A TYPO IN THE RESOLUTION. IT LISTS THE FULL SHARE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB AT 25,000. OH GOSH. BUT THE BUDGET YOU JUST PREVIOUSLY APPROVED HAS IT AT 20,000, SO WITH THAT EDIT AS WELL. OKAY. I'M SORRY BONNIE. THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES. SERIOUSLY. AN INTERESTING, OKAY, I MOTION THAT WE PUBLISH NOTICE. JUST READ EXACTLY WHAT THAT, THAT TOP OF PAGE 37 SAYS WORD FOR WORD JUST READ AND THEN AT THE END JUST ADD 20,000 INSTEAD OF 25. AN AMENDMENT WITH THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. THAT'S IT. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FULCHER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, CDCA TYPE A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SALES TAX CORPORATION DECLARING THE PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE CORPORATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2027, DIRECTING STAFF TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE SAME WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT THE SHORE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB, UH, AMOUNT BE REVISED TO $20,000. PERFECT. PERFECT. IS THERE A SECOND? BETTER BE A SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UM, BONNIE AND A SECOND BY MICHELLE TO APPROVE CDC RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO ONE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THIS AT ALL? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. THAT VOTE IS FOUR TO ONE, I THINK, RIGHT CARLA? OKAY. ONE DESCENT. YES. OKAY, THEN WE [Recurring Items - A] WERE THEN WE ARE ONTO RECURRING ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, UH, UPDATE ON EDC FUNDED CIP PROJECTS, THOSE BEING HARRIS STREET AND DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE, WHICH IS THE SAME FOURTH STREET, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, I'LL START WITH HARRIS STREET. SO AS YOU KNOW, OUR NOTICE TO PROCEED WAS ISSUED LAST MONDAY, JULY 6TH, UH, CONTRACTOR HAS INSTALLED THEIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THE STREET IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT BETWEEN SECOND AND FIFTH ON HARRIS STREET. AND, UH, CONTRACTOR WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN REMOVING ASPHALT TODAY WITH THE WEATHER, UH, THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO. SO, UH, TOMORROW THEY ARE PLANNING TO GET BACK OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY START WORKING ON THAT. UM, YEAH, AND YOU'LL SEE WE ADDED A COUPLE CELLS IN THE, UH, FUNDING UPDATE FOR, UH, PROGRESS PERCENTAGE COMPLETE. EXCELLENT. SO, AND AS WELL AS PAYMENT PERCENTAGE AS WELL. SO, UH, YOU'LL START TO SEE THOSE WHEN WE START APPROVING PAY APPS AND MOVING ALONG. SO THANK YOU. UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION THOUGH. SURE. UM, THE PARKING SPOTS, THE PARALLEL PARKING SPOTS ARE KIND OF SMALL. HOW ARE, HAVE WE, DO WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT? I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. DO, UM, ARE YOU TALKING LENGTH OR WIDTH OR BOTH? LENGTH. LENGTH. OH, LENGTH. YEAH. LIKE IF THERE'S NOT, IT'S TWO, TWO CARS, NOT TWO, NOT A SUV AND A CAR OR TRUCK A YOU KNOW, LIKE GO, WHAT, WHAT I CAN SAY IS ON THE, SO ON OUR UPCOMING WEST DOWNTOWN STREETS MM-HMM . PROJECT AS WELL AS [00:55:02] POSSIBLY ON WALL STREET TOO THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ON STREET PARKING IN THOSE AS WELL. SO MAYBE SOMETHING WE NOT ON WALLACE. NOT ON WALLACE, JUST ON THE WEST ON THE FIRST THROUGH FIFTH, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ON STREET PARKING ON THOSE TOO. SO MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD, UH, ADDRESS WITH AT THAT TIME. YEAH. SO I HEAR THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT DOING A DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE. POSSIBLY. WE DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST KIDDING. MAYBE. I'M JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING. SO WEST SIDE DOWNTOWN HAS KIND OF A SLOPING PARKING TOUR. IF YOU HAD A TRUCK, YOU PROBABLY WANNA BE ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE PARKING SPOT AS OPPOSED TO THE BACKSIDE. SO THE WEST SIDE WILL HAVE TYPICALLY THREE PARKING SPOTS, SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT LESS CONGESTED ON THOSE PORTIONS. BUT OVERALL THE PARKING SITUATION SHOULD BE EXTREMELY BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. UM, BECAUSE WE'LL BE ADDING, I THINK OVER JUST ON, WE COUNTED, I THINK YOU'RE CLOSER TO 60 ON HARRIS, SO YOU'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING. THEN WHEN WEST SIDE COMES IN, YOU'LL ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND VOLUME FOR THAT. SO THEY ARE A BIT TIGHT ? THEY ARE, BUT IT'S, THEY WERE ON THE, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE LENGTH AND WHAT IS THE WIDTH? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK. 'CAUSE I THINK WEST, WEST SIDE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LARGER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE ARTERIALS. SO THE ARTERIAL, YOU'RE NATURALLY GONNA HAVE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, MORE COMPACT BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE PARKING ON FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH. SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT EXACT NUMBER. I CAN'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. YEAH, ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS REALLY GOOD AT PARALLEL PARKING WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT A AND M BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PARALLEL PARKING SPACES WHERE I HAD TO GO. THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO. I'M NOT THAT GOOD ANYMORE. I KNOW MY CAR SUPPOSEDLY DOES IT ITSELF, BUT I HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT. OH. UM, THAT'S ABOVE MY TECHNOLOGY PAY GRADE THE PARKING LOT. PARKING, NOT, I EVEN TRY TO PROGRAM IT, BUT IT WILL GO STRAIGHT. UM, SO THE, THE ON STREET PARKING THAT WILL BE ALONG FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, ARE THOSE GONNA BE PARALLEL OR ARE THEY GONNA BE DIAGONAL? THOSE WILL BE PARALLEL ALSO. THEY'LL, IT'LL ALL BE PARALLEL DOWNTOWN. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I COULD, COULDN'T REMEMBER. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO REITERATE, WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHURCH AND THE, UH, JATM CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS AT THE CORNER OF FOURTH TO, UH, PROVIDE SOME TEMPORARY, UH, DRIVEWAY ACCESS. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON HARRIS STREET? SO MOVE ON TO DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE OR FOURTH STREET. UH, SO STORM SEWER HAS BEEN INSTALLED UP TO THE WILSON STREET INTERSECTION. UH, ROADWAY PAVING FROM HOUSTON TO SIMS HAS BEEN COMPLETED. UH, THE INTERSECTION HAS NOW ALSO BEEN PAVED WITH JUST A COUPLE ITEMS, UH, SOME CONCRETE APRONS AND SIDEWALKS TO BE PAVED BEFORE, UH, THAT INTERSECTION WILL BE OPENED UP, WHAT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. SO IS THE PAVING THERE CONCRETE OR IS IT ASPHALT? ALL CONCRETE. ALL CONCRETE. THANK YOU. UH, AND JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT ON THAT, ON THOSE NEW, UH, CHARTS HERE, WE'VE GOT A A PERCENT PAID OF 45% AND ONLY A 30, 33% CALENDAR TIME EXPENDED, BUT WITH A AROUND 50% COMPLETE PROGRESS, ACTUAL PROGRESS. SO DEFINITELY, UH, MOVING ALONG WELL WITH THAT CONTRACTOR. SO HAVE Y'ALL HAD ANY ISSUES WITH RIGHT OF WAY WITH, UM, THE HOMEOWNERS, LANDOWNERS IN THAT AREA? I MEAN, I MEAN, SOMETIMES NOT, AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT THIS SPECIFIC STREET, BUT I KNOW SOME OF THE STREETS DOWNTOWN. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE GOING HERE AND THEN IT'S LIKE A LITTLE FOOT JAG OVER THERE AND A SURE, YEAH. IT'S SOMETHING WE ADDRESSED PRETTY PRETTY EARLY ON TOO. WE MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WE WENT AROUND KIND OF KNOCKING ON DOORS AND JUST TRYING TO BE AS VOCAL AS POSSIBLE AND COMMUNICATIVE, COMMUNICATIVE, USE THAT WORD AGAIN AS POSSIBLE WITH THOSE HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA. SO AS WE MOVE FURTHER DOWN FORTH TOWARDS WILSON, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THE SAME THING. VERY GOOD. DID WE GET A [01:00:01] SIGN UP YET SAYING THANK YOU TO EDCA ? YES. YES, THANK YOU. YEAH, IT'S RIGHT ON, UH, AT THE END OF HARRIS AND 10 93. COOL. RIGHT? I THINK, YEAH. THANK YOU. TAKE A PICTURE. I DROVE PAST IT THE OTHER DAY. I SAID LOOK AT THAT . ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR FOURTH STREET? SO WE COULD TOUCH ON KATIE FULCHER A BIT AS WELL. UH, NTP IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE WEEK FOR KATIE FULCHER LIFT STATION CONSTRUCTION, WHICH YOU GUYS, UH, THAT'S OKAY. I WOULD LIKE, WE'LL STILL UPDATE YOU ON IT ANYWAY. , WE STILL LIKE GETTING UPDATES. YEAH, , SO THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY, SO NOW [Recurring Items - B] WE ARE AT FIVE B ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT UP TO YOU, ANELLE. YES, MA'AM. UH, ITEM ONE, THE 2026 EDC PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS WERE, UH, PRESENTED ON JULY 7TH AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAD 12 ENTRIES THIS YEAR. I BELIEVE ALL OF THEM SUBMITTED TWO PHOTOS, OR MOST? A COUPLE OF THEM. A COUPLE OF THEM, YEAH. UM, WHICH IS, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT UP TO TWO PHOTOS. SO WE HAD SOME REALLY WONDERFUL PHOTOGRAPHY IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW THAT IT IS ON A ALBUM ON THE EDC FACEBOOK PAGE. AND THEN IT'S DISPLAYED IN THE LOBBY HERE, UM, DOWNSTAIRS AT CITY HALL. SO, UM, JUST ALWAYS REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THAT. IT'S GOTTEN US SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF THE CITY AND I THINK HAVING THAT, UH, IN THE HALLWAYS FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US TO JUST ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY WE'RE SERVING, UH, IS JUST A REALLY NEAT WAY TO KEEP THAT TOP OF MIND. UM, ITEM TWO, THE KATY AREA, EDC, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK SUMMIT, UM, WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT HOSTED BY THE KATIE AREA, EDC. WE DID HAVE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS JOIN US, COUNCIL MEMBERS JOIN US AS WELL AS OUR CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, MANAGER, OUR EDC INTERN FOR THE SUMMER. AND IT WAS JUST VERY INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL. SO I THINK JUST MAINTAINING A PRESENCE AND CONNECTION TO THE REGION AROUND US IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO. UM, AND IT'S EVEN BETTER FOR US WHEN YOU'RE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH US GETTING THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. UM, AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE THERE AS WELL. UM, ALTOGETHER JUST GREAT TO SEE THAT SUPPORT AND TURNOUT. UM, THAT WAS THE EVENT WHERE GOVERNOR ABBOTT WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER? UH, YES MA'AM. HE WASN'T ABLE TO TO MAKE IT ON THE DAY OF. SO HE WAS NOT, YES, WE HAD MISS, UH, DON BUCKINGHAM PRESENT. OH, SHE'S THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE LADY, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. YES. SO SHE TOOK KEYNOTE. UM, AND THEN WE GOT TO HEAR MOST OF THE OTHER SECTIONS WERE MADE UP OF PANELS, UH, IN THE REGION. A LITTLE MORE KATIE CENTRIC, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, RELEVANT TO THE REGION. COOL. AND LASTLY, ITEM THREE, THE FRANCHISEE WORKSHOP. SO WE HOSTED THIS HERE AT CITY HALL AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD OVER 20 PEOPLE JOIN US THAT DAY. A LOT OF FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS FROM THAT. UM, A LOT OF JUST GOOD SYNERGY WITH OUR SBDC WHO ALSO DID PRESENT IN ADDITION TO FRAN NET, UM, WHO DID, YOU KNOW, WALK PEOPLE THROUGH KIND OF WHAT THAT, UH, FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. AND, UM, BONNIE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT DAY? YEAH, UM, I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE LEVEL OF ATTENDANCE, UM, CHATTED WITH A COUPLE OF THE OTHER ATTENDEES. UM, THEY WERE RESIDENTS OF SHORE DIRECT. UM, SO, UH, THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY GREAT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE, UM, HAVE INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT FROM PEOPLE LIVING ALREADY, LIVING DIRECTLY HERE IN SHORE. AND, UM, I THOUGHT THE INFORMATION WAS, WAS REALLY INTERESTING. I THOUGHT THAT, UH, IT WAS GREAT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION CAN REALLY DO AND CAN REALLY BE A GREAT RESOURCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES. AND THEN, UM, YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT THE, UH, THE FRANCHISE, UH, PROGRAM SOUNDED REALLY INTERESTING. UM, SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GREAT WAY TO GET SOME REALLY GREAT, YOU KNOW, JUST INFORMATION JUST AS YOU'RE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE JUST STARTING OFF IN THAT JOURNEY. UM, SO, UH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, I'D BE SO WONDERFUL TO SEE MORE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SHORE, BUILD BUSINESSES IN SHORE. UM, SO I DEFINITELY HOPE THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT CLASS TAKE ADVANTAGE. UH, JUST JUST A GENERAL QUESTION. IF THIS WAS [01:05:01] KIND OF SORT OF LIKE INTRODUCTION TO FRANCHISING, WOULD THERE BE AN A NEED OR WOULD THERE BE ANY KIND OF LIKE FOLLOW UP WORKSHOP THAT COULD HELP SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE? OR JUST JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE COULD MAYBE DO TO SUPPORT, UM, THE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT AREA? SO THE ORGANIZATION WE PARTNERED WITH, FRAN DOES EXACTLY THAT. SO OUR ROLE HERE IS TO BASICALLY BRING THEM TO THE RESOURCE AND THEN FROM THERE WE SHARE THE CONTACT INFORMATION OF THOSE ATTENDEES, AND THEN THEY CAN ONE-ON-ONE CONNECT WITH FRAN NET, WHICH IS KIND OF A FREE SERVICE TO THEM COMPLETELY. THEY RECEIVE A COMMISSION FROM THE FRANCHISE THAT THEY OH, INTRODUCE THE FRANCHISEE TO. UM, AND THAT PROCESS IS VERY EXTENSIVE. UM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE WAY THEY DESCRIBE IT, A PERSONALITY FIT TEST. SO OUTSIDE OF VETTING, UM, THE CANDIDATE, IF YOU WILL, OR THE INTERESTED PARTY FINANCIALLY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THEY ALSO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE A RIGHT FIT FOR THE FRANCHISE BECAUSE IT, IT'S A BETTER INDICATION OF LONG-TERM SUCCESS. UM, THE DAY OF, WE ACTUALLY GOT TO HEAR SOME REALLY WONDERFUL STORIES OF, UM, THE SBDC DIRECTOR FOR THE REGION, UM, WORKING WITH FRAN AS WELL, SAYING, YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMEONE WALKING THROUGH MY DOOR SAY, HEY, I JUST RETIRED AND I WANNA INVEST IN A, UM, SHE TOLD ME A SPECIFIC STORY OF A GENTLEMAN THAT CAME IN, I WANNA OWN A PIZZA PLACE. AND THEY SAID, OKAY, WELL, HAVE YOU EVER MADE PIZZA OR, OR HAVE YOU WORKED AT A PIZZA PLACE? DO YOU LIKE TO EAT PIZZA? HE SAID, NOPE, I JUST LIKE TO EAT PIZZA. YES, BASICALLY. AND THEY SAID, WELL, LET'S, LET'S WALK YOU THROUGH THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS THAT WE DO AROUND HERE. TURNS OUT HE WAS BEST FIT FOR, UH, TO BE A FRANCHISEE FOR A CHIROPRACTOR. OH LORD. AMEN. SO, NOTHING AT ALL. AND NOTHING HE WOULD'VE EVER DREAMT UP HIMSELF. BUT BASED ON HIS BACKGROUND, BASED ON HIS INTEREST, IT WAS THE PERFECT MATCH FOR HIM. AND HE IS STILL IN BUSINESS AND INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. AND SO THEY SAID THAT'S MOST OF THE STORIES THAT WE GET. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T JUST SIT WITH THEIR TALENTS AND THEIR INTERESTS LONG ENOUGH TO REALLY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA THRIVE. UM, AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM, YOU KNOW, MISSTEPPING AND WASTING MONEY AND ALL OF THAT. UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY SPECIALIZE IN. AND SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. SO THE FOLLOW UP, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THE GROUP, IT GOES MORE TO A ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION AT THAT POINT? YES. THAT THIS WAS VERY GENERAL. I THINK ANY FOLLOWING CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY ONE-ON-ONE PERSONAL BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION AND THE INDIVIDUAL. I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO IS JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP A PULSE ON WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE REQUESTING. THIS IS DIRECTLY A RESULT OF FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, JUST FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTIONS. SO IF THE INTEREST CONTINUES TO BE THERE WITH A DIFFERENT GROUP, THEN WE ARE HAPPY TO REACH OUT AND HOST IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. I THINK THAT WOULD BE KIND OF THE WAY TO KEEP THAT ALIVE. OKAY. DO, DO WE HAVE, WHAT ABOUT LIKE A, SOME TYPE OF A STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN TO SHARE THE STORY YOU JUST SHARED SO FUTURE PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT AS WELL INTO JUST CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING EFFORTS. SOUND. SO MONTE, WHAT FRANCHISE ARE YOU GONNA START? ? YEAH, I, I HAD A, FRANK AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE STILL TALKING. OKAY. , YOU LIKE PIZZA TOO? UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID THINK THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS THAT SHE SAID, UM, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO DO A FRANCHISE. THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE, YOU ARE POTENTIALLY DOING, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MY HUSBAND IS A CPA, LIKE HE, HE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GO INTO A FRANCHISE THAT WAS MAYBE LIKE ACCOUNTING FOCUSED BECAUSE IT'S, YOU'RE SORT OF A LITTLE BIT TOO CLOSE TO IT. YOU HAVE TO, YOU NEED TO SORT OF BE A LITTLE BIT REMOVED. AND SO SOMETIMES IT DOES WORK OUT REALLY WELL FOR SOMEONE WHO YEAH. MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN PIZZA OR DOESN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN CHIROPRACTOR. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T START AND OWN A SUCCESSFUL FRANCHISE BUSINESS. UM, BECAUSE A FRANCHISE IS A BUSINESS THAT'S ALREADY SORT OF SET UP AND RUNNING AND IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU COME IN AND, AND PUT THAT IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND, AND MANAGE IT WELL AND, AND THAT, SO, UH, SO I THOUGHT THAT THAT PIECE WAS ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING. IT ACTUALLY, TO ME, IT MADE IT FEEL MUCH MORE OF AN ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY THAT I COULD POTENTIALLY ACTUALLY HAVE A, AN OPTION TO GO INTO. MM-HMM. UM, BECAUSE OF THAT AS OPPOSED TO JUST BEING LIKE, WELL I DON'T KNOW WHAT I COULD, WHAT MY SKILLS WOULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, GO INTO THERE, BUT SO IT, IT ACTUALLY KIND OF MADE IT FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE REAL. YEAH. LIKE A REAL OPPORTUNITY. [01:10:01] OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, SO THAT [Recurring Items - C] TAKES US TO, UM, RECURRING ITEM FIVE, SUBPARAGRAPH C FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PUT ON THE LIST FOR HAYDEN AND ANELLE TO ADDRESS FOR US? WELL, THE DISCUSS, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, THE DISCUSSION OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THAT IS LIKELY TO COME UP AT OUR JOINT MEETING. SO WILL THERE BE AN AGENDA SENT OUT FOR THE JOINT MEETING? OKAY. YES MA'AM. UM, I GUESS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND I'M, THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE THE SMALL TOWN CHARM COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT, UM, JUST CURIOUS ARE, ARE WE DOING FULL SHE FOLLIES AGAIN THIS YEAR AND CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN IN THOSE AREAS. WE'LL ADD THAT ON THERE. AND THEN, UM, NOT SMALL TOWN CHARM, BUT UM, AS A FOLLOW ON TO THE JOINT MEETING THAT WE HAD, I GUESS IT WAS JUNE 26TH WITH THE B BOARD, UM, AND THIS IDEA OF A POSSIBLE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE RETAIL COMBO PARKING GARAGE THING, I'M WONDERING IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UM, SINCE IT KIND OF SORT OF IS A REAL ESTATE THING, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THAT POSSIBLY? YEAH. OR MAYBE UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, SEND NATALIE ALL OF THE DETAILS ON THAT DISCUSSION ITEM AND THEN GO FROM THERE OKAY. WITH WHATEVER CATEGORY IT MIGHT FIT INTO. OKAY. BUT YOU'RE REQUESTING THAT THAT BE ADDED YEAH. AS AN ITEM IF POSSIBLE IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, RIGHT? YEAH. AND, AND UM, I SEE YOU HAVE NEW BUSINESS UPDATE. I MAYBE THAT MAYBE THAT'S KIND OF, UM, STEMMING FROM THE REQUEST I HAD ABOUT NEW CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY. YES. OKAY. UH, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? PROBABLY FALLS BACK UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAN FUTURE, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, LIKE MORE OFTEN IF POSSIBLE AND DIFFERENT HOURS OPERATED. I KNOW AT LEAST THE LIST OF MY PEOPLE COULD NOT MAKE AN AM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. SO IF THIS COMPANY CAN OFFER AN AFTERNOON OR AN EVENING OR A SATURDAY, OH, THE FRANCHISING THING. FRANCHISING, YEAH, THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. THANK YOU . GOOD IDEA. IF NOTHING ELSE, [Recurring Items - D] WE WILL GO ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? I DO. COOL. YAY. UM, OH, AND I JUST CHANGED IT. SO WE DO HAVE, UM, FULL, FULL SURE FIT FEST ON JULY 18TH HAPPENING AT IRENE STERN COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS IS BEING PUT ON BY STRETCH LAB. UM, THAT BUSINESS IS TAKING THE LEAD. THEY'VE GATHERED A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESSES, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE WELLNESS SPACE. UM, AND IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO KIND OF DO THEIR STRETCH LAB DEMOS. YOU'LL FIND PLIABLE WILL BE THERE WITH SOME GOODIES, BLUE EAGLE FITNESS AMONG MANY OTHERS, JUST KIND OF SKINCARE, UM, THINKING, YOU KNOW, THAT SIDE OF OF BUSINESS SWEAT HOUSE WILL BE THERE. UM, AND JUST A FEW OTHERS. SO THE EVENT IS ON FACEBOOK, BUT IT WILL BE AT IRENE STERN FROM 10:45 AM TO 1:00 PM SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO STOP BY, UM, IF ANYTHING ELSE TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THOSE BUSINESSES IN TOWN AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. AND WE WOULD WHAT DAY WAS THAT PLEASE? UH, JULY 18TH. JULY TEENTH. SO THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY? YES, MA'AM. OH, THAT'S THIS SATURDAY? YES MA'AM. THIS SATURDAY. THANK YOU. AND WE, UM, ARE JUST SPONSORING A SMALL, UM, MARKETING ITEM FOR THEM TO HAVE OUT THERE. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER KIND OF THE SHOP SMALL SIGNAGE THAT WE HAD OUT FRONT. SO IT'LL BE THE SAME FOR THAT EVENT. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING BY SPONSORING THE RENTAL OF IRENE STERN, UM, AS THE VENUE FOR THE EVENT. UM, SO JUST HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THAT SPACE. YOU DON'T [01:15:01] HAVE TO DRIVE MILES AND MILES BACK AND FORTH ACROSS TOWN. YOU CAN JUST GO TO ONE SPOT AND MEET EVERYBODY AND GET ALL YOUR WELLNESS NEEDS TAKEN CARE OF. ARE ALL THE NAMES OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, BUSINESSES ON YOUR EDC PAGE? UH, THEY'RE LISTED ON THE EVENT PAGE. OKAY. FULL SHARE FIT FEST ON FACEBOOK, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY SHARE IT, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ON OUR PAGE AS WELL. AND HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. OKAY. OKAY. UM, IF NOTHING ELSE, WE HAVE ONE MOTION LEFT. ITEM SIX ADJOURNMENT. DOES ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT, I THINK THAT SAYS 7:16 PM THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. AND NOW, SORRY, WHAT, WHAT WERE THE NAMES OF THE TWO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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