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[00:00:02]

THE RE DEVELOPMENT

[I. Call to Order]

CORPORATION WILL CALL OUR MONDAY, JULY 20TH, 2026 MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS' COMMENTS? NO, SIR.

COUNCIL COMMENT.

[III. Council Comment]

MR. HARVEY, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITAKER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT NEXT MONTH, I THINK WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS YOU'LL HAVE THE JOINT SESSION WITH COUNCIL.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN.

THAT'S THE ONLY WEEK I HAVE WITH MY FAMILY VACATION AFTER MY SON'S, UH, SUMMER STUDIES AND EVERYTHING, THE CLASSES.

SO, UH, WE WILL, UH, THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WILL BE HERE.

YOU'LL GET TO TALK WITH THEM.

UH, I WILL TRY AND MEET UP WITH, UH, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YOU, UH, BEFORE I GO THAT WAY WE WILL SOME IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IF THE, IF YOU NEED ANY HELP.

AND THEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY ANIL WILL BE IN THE LOOP.

YES, SIR.

AND THEN, UH, WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

UM, ANY CONCERNS, QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR BUDGET? YOU KNOW, I'M AVAILABLE TO TALK ANYTIME YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SERVING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING

[Business - A]

ON TO ITEM FOUR, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE JUNE 15TH MEETING.

IS THAT SO EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW 'EM, RIGHT? YEAH.

QUESTION? YES.

UM, SO I HAVE A, JUST A LITTLE CORRECTION THERE.

IT SHOWS THAT I SECONDED A, A MOTION.

I THINK I WAS ABSENT AT THAT MEETING.

SO YES SIR.

YOU WERE.

UM, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO FIX THAT.

YEAH, JUST WHAT ITEM WAS IT? UM, HOLD ON.

LEMME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT.

IT WAS THE REGULAR MEETINGS.

OH, I SEE THAT.

THE ADJOURNMENT, CORRECT.

THERE YOU GO.

WE'LL GET THAT FIXED.

MY APOLOGIES.

NOPE, NO PROBLEM.

ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE IN SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM FOUR

[Business - B]

B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE JUNE 25TH, UH, SPECIAL JOINT MEETING.

I ALSO, UH, NOTICE ANOTHER ERROR ON THAT ONE.

UM, IT SAYS DRESCHER SECONDED.

I DON'T THINK WE STILL HAVE PRESSURE ON THIS BOARD.

SO IT WAS A JOINT MEETING THOUGH, SO.

OH, OKAY.

OH, BUT, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BEEN, IT WOULDN'T, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'LL GO BACK AND FIX THAT TOO.

'CAUSE IF SHE DID SECOND, MAYBE WE JUST TRADED ON THE MEETING MINUTES.

THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.

NO WORRIES.

AND MR. OTU, YOUR LAST NAME IS SPELLED WRONG, SO WE'LL GET THAT FIXED TOO.

, .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? APPROVE THE MINUTES.

A MOTION'S BEEN MADE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? MOTIONS MADE AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.

[Business - C]

ITEM FOUR C, UM, CONSIDERATION AND ACTION ON FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING MAY 31ST, 2026.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION REAL QUICK, UH, AS YOU'VE ALL NOTICED, HAYDEN IS OUT, UM, THIS WEEK.

SO WE DO HAVE KYLE SMITH.

HE IS OUR INTERN FROM THE SUMMER FOR THE SUMMER.

UM, SO THAT IS WHO'S SITTING BESIDE ME, HELPING ME TAKE SOME MINUTES.

UM, AND NOW TO OUR FINANCIALS AND PAYABLES.

THE SALES TAX REVENUES RECEIVED IN JULY, 2026.

REMITTANCES FOR THE MONTH OF MAY WERE UP 7.7% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THEY TOTAL $183,245 AND 36 CENTS EACH CORPORATION SALES TAX REVENUES TOTAL $1,526,000 966 WITH 90 CENTS OR 66 POINT 39% OF THE BUDGET FOR 50 FOR 67% OF THE YEAR.

SO THE PAYABLES FOR, UM, THIS PERIOD ARE $12,000 500 OR 12,593, UH, DOLLARS AND 18 CENTS.

THANK YOU.

ANELLE.

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ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION, IF I MAY.

YES, SIR.

UH, DEPARTMENT 180, CATEGORY 52, PERSONAL COSTS WE'RE AT JULY.

AND I'M LOOKING AT EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS.

LOOKS LIKE WE USE 92.7% OF THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON? THAT IS PAGE 20, UH, 20.

EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS AT 92%.

UM, YES, WE CAN CHECK ON THAT AND SEE WHY IT'S REFLECTED THAT WAY AND, UM, GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, THE PAYABLES OF $12,593 AND 18 CENTS? YES.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PAY THE 12,005 $593 AND 18 CENTS FOR THE PAYABLES FOR THE MAY 31ST, 2016 MOTION'S BEEN MADE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

[Business - D]

ITEM FOUR D, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET, PROCESS, SCHEDULE AND DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU.

SO THIS IS OUR JULY MEETING, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN YOUR PO UH, PACKET, WE HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, THE ADOPTION OF THE A SA AGREEMENT AND THE PROJECT DECLARATIONS THAT WE DO NEED YOUR APPROVAL ON, UH, TONIGHT TO STAY ON TRACK WITH WHAT, UM, STATUTE SETS FOR US.

UH, RIGHT ABOVE THAT IN YOUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED THE FUNDING PRIORITIES THAT YOU DIRECTED TO US IN OUR PREVIOUS TWO BUDGET MEETINGS.

UM, JUST TO RECAP, IT'S THE SUPPORT FOR SOUTH FM 10 93 GRAVITY LINE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $900,000, UM, SUPPORT FOR THE FM 3 59 FOURTH STREET DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $850,000, UH, $850,680.

THE USUAL TEXAS HERITAGE ILA AGREEMENT, THIS IS YEAR FOUR, ACCORDING TO THE AGREED UPON SCHEDULE AT $96,667 AN INCREASE IN THE FULL SHARE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB AMOUNT TO 50,000.

AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS AT 50,000.

ADDITIONALLY, THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE THAT YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET IS THE INCLUSION IN THE 180 ACCOUNT OF PERSONNEL AND SALARIES THAT IS JUST GIVEN TO US BY HR AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND AT THIS TIME REFLECTS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY HAVE YET TO DISCUSS, WHICH IS, UM, A 4% COLA AND, UM, MERIT FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.

SO THAT NUMBER COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNCIL APPROVES AND AT THAT TIME, THAT'LL CHANGE IN OUR BUDGET AS WELL.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ON ANY OF THAT? THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION, SO IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MA MAKE, WE CAN MOVE THEN ITEM BY ITEM AND GO AHEAD AND APPROVE EACH OF THE SEPARATE, UM, BUDGET RELEVANT, UH, AGENDA ITEMS. AND WE DID MAKE THE, I SEE THE ADJUSTMENTS FROM LAST, UM, LAST MONTH.

LIKE THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB.

YES, SIR.

YOU SHOULD SEE THAT REFLECTED.

WE DID TRY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE HIGHLIGHTED AND THEN MAKE THE NOTE.

YEAH.

AWESOME.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? THE, THE LINE ITEM FOR TECHNOLOGY, UH, MAINTENANCE THAT KIND OF CONTINUES TO INCREASE OVER TIME IS, IS THERE A LIST THAT WE, UM, WE CAN REQUEST THAT FROM IT? USUALLY THAT'S ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS THEY PROVIDE FOR US.

MM-HMM.

AND IT, UM, ENCOMPASSES ALL OF OUR SERVICES FOR OUR EQUIPMENT, LIKE OUR LAPTOPS, OUR PHONES, IF THEY'RE NEEDING TO BE UPGRADED, THE MONTHLY CHARGE ON THOSE SERVICES.

UM, AND THEN A FEW OTHER SOFTWARES

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THAT WE USE.

SO THAT'S NOT A SA THAT'S SPECIFIC TO Y'ALL? YES.

OKAY.

YEAH, THAT'S JUST ITEMS WE UTILIZE DAY TO DAY.

GOTCHA.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR D, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[Business - E]

FOUR E, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 27 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT, A SA BY AND BETWEEN THE SRE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY OF FULCHER.

AND A COPY OF THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION DUE? APPROVE? I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE STILL READING.

I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE STILL READING .

AND THIS IS THE SAME A SA FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS WELL.

YES, I WAS ABOUT TO JUST REMIND EVERYONE.

IT'S, UM, BASICALLY THE SAME VERY MINOR CHANGES, DATES, YEARS, THE 50% I THINK WAS THE ONLY, OR, OR WHAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE THAT ONE VERY MINOR CHANGES TO REFLECT THE UPDATED BYLAWS.

CORRECT.

I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE A SA AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM

[Business - F]

FOUR F, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 27 RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUDGETS SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN OH ONE.

THE PROPOSED BUDGET CAN BE FOUND IN PREVIOUS ITEM FOUR D.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, SIR.

YEAH.

UM, READING, I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED FOR THE FULL SHARE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB, IS IT 50,000 OR 40,000? UH, 50,000.

50.

OKAY.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

BECAUSE I, YES SIR.

I SAW 40,000 SOMEWHERE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THE ALSO SAW 50,000.

YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS DISCUSSION.

SO WE WENT BACK AND WATCHED AND THAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT WE ENDED UP BEING ULTIMATELY DIRECTED TOWARDS.

YES.

AND WHAT DO WE HAVE ORIGINALLY? LIKE 20, IT WAS 20 20,000.

YES.

SO MAYBE THAT'S 40,000 COMBINED.

UM, BUT YES, BETWEEN BOTH.

BOTH BETWEEN, YEAH.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

BUT WE CHANGED THAT.

YEAH.

SO JUST, JUST TO CHECK THIS, BY APPROVING THE BUDGET, WE'RE OFFICIALLY STARTING THESE PROJECTS.

UH, WE, WE HAVE TO DECLARE THE PROJECT.

SO YOU'RE APPROVING THE BUDGET IN THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM.

THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE THE RESOLUTION TO SET THE PROJECT DECLARATIONS.

OKAY.

SO THEN WE'LL BRING THOSE TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE APPROVE OUR BUDGET HERE WITH YOUR DIRECTION, HOWEVER, THE ULTIMATE FULL APPROVAL RESTS WITH COUNCIL.

SO THIS IS WHAT THEY WILL BE PRESENTED AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

OKAY.

AND DO WE DOCUMENT ANYWHERE IN HERE THE SPLIT BETWEEN GROUPS OR, UH, BETWEEN, UM, FTC AND EDC? UH, IT, WHAT ARE YOU REFERRING TO? WHAT THE SPLIT OF LIKE, PROJECTS.

PROJECTS? UM, I MEAN, FINANCE HAS THE DOCUMENTS YOU AGREED TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF LINE ITEMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY.

I'M JUST, BUT WE HAVE, WE JUST HAVE OUR BUDGET, OUR NUMBERS ARE OUR BUDGET AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY I KNOW.

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SO WE'RE NOT YEAH, I KNOW.

IT'S TRICKY BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE, WELL THEN WHO KEEPS TRACK OF THE PERCENTAGE STUFF? YEAH.

'CAUSE WE'RE REALLY PAYING A PERCENTAGE OF INVOICES AS THEY COME IN AS WELL.

OH, THAT WOULD BE US.

SO WE CODE YEAH.

STAFF CODES.

UM, AS INVOICES COME IN, SO LET'S, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR EVENTS, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN AN INVOICE COMES IN, FOR EXAMPLE, $10,000 FOR THE BAND AND STAGE, THEN I WOULD CODE 50% TO THE COMMUNITY EVENTS LINE OF ABOARD AND 50% TO THE COMMUNITY EVENTS LINE OF B BOARD.

AND WE GO THROUGH AND REVIEW THOSE.

OKAY.

SO IT'S JUST MANAGEMENT AND THEN FINANCE DOUBLE CHECKING BEHIND US AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THOSE, YOU KNOW, YOU USUALLY CAN TELL SOMETHING'S OFF WHEN THE NUMBERS AREN'T MATCHING EACH OTHER WHEN IT'S LINE ITEMS LIKE THAT, WHERE COSTS ARE USUALLY SPLIT 50 50.

RIGHT.

I JUST, IT'S BEEN STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

RIGHT.

50 50 MM-HMM .

THOSE PERCENTAGES MIGHT CHANGE AS DIFFERENT REVENUE SOURCES CHANGE.

SURE.

AND SO, UM, DOCUMENTATION OF THAT I JUST IS KIND OF AN ENCOURAGEMENT.

THE BUDGET PROCESS WOULD BE ONE PLACE FOR THAT PROJECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, START, UM, IS A, IS A GREAT PLACE FOR THAT AS WELL.

BUT JUST SO THAT WE ARE NOT JUST PASSING ON A, A BUDGETARY AMOUNT, WE'RE PASSING ON THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE ARE, UM, ALSO AGREEING TO WITH OUR, OUR FELLOW COUNSEL, OUR FELLOW COUNSELS.

ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

AND A LOT IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST AND ALL THAT COMES FROM FINANCE, SO THEY HAVE THE CALCULATOR SET AND THEN IT SENDS US THE AMOUNT.

BUT YES, I MEAN, I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY GOES IN EVERY DIRECTION AND WE ALWAYS DO WANNA DOUBLE CHECK.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION COMMENTS ON THE BUDGET? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, FULL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BUDGET ACCOUNT.

707 0 1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.

THANK YOU, MARK.

A MOTION'S BEEN MADE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE.

AND SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ALRIGHT, MOVING

[Business - G]

ON TO ITEM 4G, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON FDC RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH ZERO ONE A RESOLUTION OF THE RE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DECLARING PROJECTS OF THE CORPORATION FOR F SCHOOL YEAR 27, DIRECTING STAFF TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF THE SAME AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING.

I JUST FOUND THE MISTAKE YOU'RE REFERRING TO MR. OTU AND IT'S, IT LISTED HERE IN THE PROJECTS.

IT LISTS THE SRE BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUB AT 40, BUT THE APPROVED BUDGET WAS AT 50.

SO WHEN THE MOTION IS, UH, MADE, IF WE COULD PLEASE MAKE THE MOTION READING THE RESOLUTION, REFLECTING, AND THEN ADD, REFLECTING AMENDED AMOUNT, 50,000 OF 50,000, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S FIXED BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNSEL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. TU.

THAT WAS A GOOD, ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE FTC RESOLUTION? I, I, I, UM, JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM.

UM, AS OUR, UH, AS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COMES IN FROM SALES TAXES INCREASES, YOU KNOW, UH, AND THE MONEY IN REVENUE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THE NUMBERS ARE GETTING BIG.

UM, AND SO I, I LOVE THAT OUR PROJECT STAFF MEETS WITH, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THE CITY EVERY MONTH.

UM, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW, UM, THE GOOD WORKS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE CITY OF RE UM, SO JUST, JUST THE DISCUSSION ITEM THAT THE NUMBERS ARE GETTING BIG, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH, UM, AN ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF SHORE IS IMPORTANT, AND AS SRE GROWS, THE NUMBERS GROW.

UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M REALLY POINTING OUT HERE, UM, TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF ALSO WHAT WE DO, BUT WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE DAY TO DAY MAKING SURE THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE SPENT, UM, FISCALLY.

SO, SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY WITH, UH, AND I, I THINK WE HAVE SOME GOOD PROJECTS IN FRONT OF US.

THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY.

THANKS.

YEAH, THANK YOU MARK.

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I GUESS, AND WITH THAT I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL.

UM, JUST GOING BACK TO THE RESOLUTION, UM, RESOLUTION OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2027 PROJECT LIST, UH, AS SPECIFIED AMENDED FOR, UH, THE 40,000 MATCHING OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS 50,000.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIES.

MOVING ON TO THE FUN STUFF.

THE NON-ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF.

ITEM, EXCITING

[Recurring Items - A]

STUFF.

ITEM FIVE, A UPDATE ON EDC FUNDED CIP PROJECTS.

HARRIS STREET, DOWNTOWN, EAST SIDE DRAINAGE.

ALL YOURS.

START WITH THE HARRIS STREET.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE KICKED OFF OUR SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT ON JULY 6TH.

UH, ALMOST ALL THE ASPHALT, THE OLD ASPHALT HAS BEEN TORN UP.

SO, UH, CONTRACTORS MOVING ALONG QUICK.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE RAIN AND EVERYTHING, SO LOOKING GOOD.

UH, THEY'RE DOING GOOD WORK SO FAR.

WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT.

UH, NEXT STEPS WILL BE, THEY'RE SUBSURFACE UTILITIES, SO THEY'LL BE MOVING ON TO THAT PRETTY QUICK.

UH, WE'VE INSTALLED TEMPORARY ACCESS TO, FOR THE CHURCH PARKING LOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF, OF HARRIS, AND THERE WILL BE A TEMPORARY ACCESS FOR THE, UH, J-T-M-J-T-M CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS RIGHT THERE AT FOURTH.

SO JUST TO ENSURE EVERYBODY'S GOT ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

UM, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE CHART ON TOP, WE DID ADD A FEW CELLS FROM WHAT WE HAD LAST MONTH.

UH, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE NEW PERCENTAGES FOR ACTUAL PROGRESS PERCENT, UH, CALENDAR TIME, AND AS WELL AS A PAYMENT PERCENT COMPLETE, JUST TO KIND OF SEE THAT COMPARISON AS WE, AS WE MOVE ALONG.

AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE, UH, FOURTH STREET CHART, UM, YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE PROCESS CHANGE ORDERS, YOU'LL SEE THAT 215,000 THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY A CHANGE ORDER.

THOSE WERE TWO ALTERNATE BID ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT.

SO WE DON'T YET HAVE A CHANGE ORDER IN THIS PROJECT AS OF YET.

IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE A CHANGE ON THAT SO IT DOESN'T CONFUSE PEOPLE WHEN LOOK AT CHANGE ORDERS? YES.

YEAH, WE'LL CHANGE THAT UP FOR NEXT MONTH.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 215? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

NOW, HOW DO Y'ALL SPECIFY WHAT GOES INTO THE DEFICIENCIES AND ADDITIONAL WORK AS WELL? UM, 'CAUSE SOME ARE LISTED AS DEFICIENCIES AND PAVING.

UM, THE EXAMPLE LIKE SITE ONE, SILVER SANDS, UM, I GUESS THAT'S CIRO PAVING.

JUST WANTED TO, HOW, HOW DO Y'ALL SPECIFY THOSE LINE ITEMS? WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THOSE WERE, THAT 190,000 WAS, UH, NOT INCLUDED IN THE, NOT A PART OF THE 2.3.

YEAH, SO THIS IS DEFINITELY A SPECIAL CASE.

WHEN WE, THIS WAS APPLYING TOWARD DG MEDINA SPECIFICALLY, THE DEFICIENCIES WERE ITEMS THAT CEDROS AND SITE ONE OR CEDROS AND TORONTO ELECTRIC, UM, HAD ALREADY APPLIED WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AS PART OF THE CONTRACT.

UH, THAT'S THE DG MEDINA DID NOT COMPLETE UP TO PLAN SET AS WELL AS CITY REQUIREMENTS.

SO THERE WERE ITEMS THAT WE KIND OF LABORED MONTH AFTER MONTH.

THEY JUST, THEY JUST WEREN'T FIXING THEM OR INSTALLING THEM CORRECTLY.

SO WHEN WE DID THE TERMINATION, THOSE WERE ITEMS THAT WERE STILL LEFT ON THEIR DEFICIENCY REPORT THAT STILL NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED.

SO WE TOOK THE MONEY THAT WAS OUT OF RETAINAGE AND USED THAT MONEY TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR THAT WE DID USE MORE FREQUENTLY IN TORONTO ELECTRIC AND CEDROS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SAW A DIFFERENT CONTRACT FOR THOSE ITEMS. IN NORMAL SITUATIONS, THE CONTRACTOR COME BACK AND FIX IT.

IT MAY BE A WARRANTY ITEM OR CHANGE ORDER POSSIBLY, BUT THIS WAS JUST A SPECIAL SITUATION.

NOW, SITE ONE AND, UM, LET'S SEE.

SITE ONE, SILVER SANDS, THOSE WERE THE IRRIGATIONS THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PHASE ONE, UM, PROJECT.

THEY WERE TAKEN OUT

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VERY EARLY ON.

BUT WHEN WE SAW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND A REQUEST FROM EDC BOARDS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AROUND HARRIS, WE SAW THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ON A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR THAT COULD INSTALL THOSE BEFORE WE STARTED PHASE TWO TO KIND OF EVEN THAT OUT FOR THE ENTIRE DESIGN SET.

DOES THAT HELP QUESTION REGARDING TO SCHEDULE? SURE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, I WAS REACHED OUT TO BY THE FOLKS OVER AT UNION CHAPEL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED IS A CONCERN AROUND COMPLETION, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT OF THE CHURCH.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN IMPACT FROM THE LAST GO AROUND THE, UH, CHALLENGE.

NOW, THE CONCERN NOW IS WITH THE EASTER HOLIDAY AND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, WHICH IS WHERE MOST OF THE DONATIONS COME IN TO HELP WITH WHAT THE CHURCH DOES WITH COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND THERE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO MAYBE PRIORITIZE SOME OF THAT, UM, AND, AND GET THAT DONE A LITTLE BIT FASTER.

SO ENTRY AND EXIT TO THE CHURCH, UM, IS AVAILABLE FOR PARISHIONERS TO COME IN AND OUT.

ARE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING, THE EAST EASTERN PARKING LOT? YEAH.

FOR UNION CHAPEL IN PARTICULAR? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

YEAH, WE, YEAH, WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE CHURCH IN PARTICULAR REGARDING THAT.

UH, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN REACH OUT TO, UH, MR. CANTWELL AND, OKAY.

YEAH, SO WE, WE TALKED TO THE PASTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATOR, UM, JUST LETTING HIM KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

SO THERE'S AN ENTRANCE THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING AND I THINK, UM, PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE'RE GONNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THEIR PARKING LOT, BUT WHILE THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE, UH, WE HAD COUNSEL AS WELL AS EDCS, UM, BOAT BOARDS REQUESTING THAT WE WOULD DO THE PLAZA PORTION FIRST.

WE INSTRUCTED THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM TO WORK ON FIFTH STREET BACK, AND THAT IS FOR MULTIPLE REASONS FOR THE PLAZA AS WELL AS FOR THE DRAINAGE ON THAT ISSUE.

IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN PAST FIFTH STREET, YOU NOTICE THAT THAT DETENTION POND IS FULL , IT'S VERY FULL.

SO, UM, WE REALLY INSTRUCTED THE CONTRACTOR TO PRIORITIZE THE OPPOSITE SIDE, BUT ALSO PUT THAT BARRICADE FURTHER BACK BEHIND THE ENTRANCE FOR THEIR DRIVEWAY.

SO IF YOU ALSO NOTICE THAT WE'VE POWERED THE, INSTALLED A TEMPORARY DRIVEWAY ON SECOND STREET, SO THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL ACCESS FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT AS WELL.

SO I DON'T THINK THE CONTRACTOR WILL GET THAT FAR, BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE TIMEFRAME FOR NEXT EASTER, THE WAY THAT THE CONTRACTOR'S MOVING, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE SHOULD MISS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WEEKEND FOR THAT, THAT CELEBRATION FOR EASTER SUNDAY.

SO THAT'S THE GOAL.

BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP Y ALLALL UPDATED AS WELL AS THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, MR. ROLLER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, AND ALSO THE CHURCH AND AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THE CONTRACTORS DOING THAT ALONG WITH THE CITY.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA KEEP THAT CONVERSATION GOING.

SO IF YOU HEAR ANY MORE, PLEASE DIRECT ME TO US.

IF WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM, WE DO SEND OUT UPDATES, AT LEAST BIWEEKLY WILL DO.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER HARRIS STREET QUESTIONS? UH, JUST, JUST SOME OF THE, THE PAY TO DATE AND COMPLETION DATE ARE AT, AT ZERO ON THE, UH, THE HARRIS STREET.

AND THERE'S BEEN SOME, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT'S THE NEW CONTRACT.

YES, CORRECT.

YEAH, WE JUST AS THEY STARTED IN JULY 6TH PER THIS YES, SIR.

REPORT OUT.

OKAY.

YEAH, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD, UH, YET A PAY APP, SO RIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

MOVE ON TO DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE OR FOURTH STREET.

SO AS THIS WAS THE SAME LAST MONTH, UH, AS FAR AS STORM SEWER PROGRESS, UH, THEY'VE INSTALLED ALL THE WAY UP TO THE WILSON INTERSECTION.

UH, CURRENTLY ROADWAY PAVING FROM HOUSTON TO SIMS, INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION IS NOW PAVED.

UH, THEY'VE GOT SIDEWALK ALMOST ALL THE WAY UP TO THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL.

UH, AT THE TRIBUTARY OUTFALL, THE HEAD WALL AND WING WALLS HAVE BEEN POURED.

SO, UM, YEAH, NEXT STEP IS JUST COMPLETING THAT, UH, SIMS AND FOURTH INTERSECTION.

SO THAT CAN BE OPENED UP AND THEY'LL START MOVING ALONG WITH PAVING ALL THE WAY TO, UH, WILSON.

SO, AND JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, UH, ON THIS CHART HERE, SO WE'VE GOT, YOU'LL SEE 33% ACCORDING TO CALENDAR DAYS, UH, SO FAR

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AND 45% COMPLETE, UH, BASED ON PAYMENT WITH ABOUT A 50, UH, 50 OR SO PERCENT COMPLETE ACTUAL PROGRESS.

SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND JUST KIND OF SHOWCASE THAT PROJECT, HOW THAT CONTRACTOR'S DEFINITELY MOVING, MOVING ALONG VERY WELL.

SO, UH, LOOKING TO SEE THE SAME THING AT A HARE STREET.

SO YEAH, THEY ARE MOVING ALONG FAST AND SO, AND DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CAUSING ANY ISSUES REALLY.

SO YEAH, WE VERY NICE TO SEE.

TRIED TO KEEP GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THAT, THOSE COUPLE BLOCKS THERE.

SO, YEAH.

UH, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, US HANDLING CONTRACTORS AS WELL, JUST KIND OF KEEPING EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON FOURTH STREET AT THIS PACE? I MEAN, THEY COULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

SURE.

POTENTIALLY.

I MEAN, VERY, VERY LIKELY.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT, NOT OUTTA THE PICTURE FOR SURE.

IF THAT'S IT FOR FOURTH STREET, I'LL JUST, IT'S, IT'LL BE ON THE, SORRY, CAN YOU JUST TALK, GET 50,000 FOOT VIEW ON CHANGE ORDERS ONE AND TWO FOR 207,000.

WHAT WERE THOSE FOR? SO THOSE WERE FOR, UH, THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL CEMENT STABILIZED SAND AND A BIT ADDITIONAL STORM SEWER PIPE THAT WAS NEEDED.

UH, SOME THINGS WERE ENCOUNTERED IN THE FIELD THAT WEREN'T QUITE ACCORDING TO THE PLANS, SO, UH, THAT WAS KIND OF ACCOUNTING FOR THAT.

OKAY.

YEAH, JUST DOWNTOWN OLD DOWNTOWNS, UH, TROUBLES.

SO THAT'S IT.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JUST, UH, JUST WANTED TO ADD ON HERE.

YOU'LL START SEEING THIS IN THE REPORTS GOING FORWARD.

UH, KATIE FULCHER LIFT STATION HAS OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF AS WELL.

UH, YOU GUYS, UH, FUNDED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT.

I FORGET WHAT THE EXACT AMOUNT WAS, BUT WE'RE JUST YEAH, IT WAS 600,000.

THAT'S IT, I THINK.

SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ON THAT ONE.

UH, THEIR NTP WAS THE 15TH, SO THEY'LL BE STARTING WITH THE ADDITIONAL STORM SEWER, UH, I'M SORRY, GRAVITY SEWER FROM THE FIFTH IN WILSON MANHOLE UP TO, TO SERVE THE, UH, PRIMROSE DAYCARE.

OKAY.

PROPERTY.

OKAY.

AND THE PROPERTY SIGN WORK WILL BE UP TO YES.

PROJECT SIGNS WILL BE UP.

AWESOME.

SO PROJECT, UM, THE LITTLE PROJECT SUMMARY, IS THAT LIVE ON THE WEBSITE YET, OR, I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

THE PROJECT DASHBOARD FULCRUM.

YEAH, SO FULCRUM, FULCRUM IS UP AND RUNNING, SO YOU CAN FIND THAT ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

WE ARE NOT UP IN, UP, I, WE'VE HAD REQUESTS IF WE CAN UPDATE THAT DAILY CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

NOT EVEN MAYBE WEEKLY.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SHOOT FOR AT LEAST BIWEEKLY, IF NOT MONTHLY FOR SURE.

YEAH.

AND IT'S JUST CONSTRUCTION'S A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

I THINK EVERYBODY EXPECTS THAT YOU DO A WEEKEND PROJECT AND YOU CAN UPDATE THEM EVERY FEW MINUTES, BUT CONSTRUCTION'S NOT QUITE THERE YET.

YEAH.

BUT IT IS BEING UPDATED AND KIND OF WORKED OUT SOME OF THE BUGS.

'CAUSE THE NEW SYSTEM ALWAYS HAS A FEW BUGS.

THANK Y'ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO

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ITEM FIVE B, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT.

THANK YOU.

I'LL START WITH ITEM ONE, THE 2026 EDC PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS.

SO THE WINNERS WERE RECOGNIZED AT OUR JULY 7TH COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAD ABOUT 12 UH, ENTRIES, SO ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE NEW PHOTOGRAPHERS JOIN.

UM, AND PEOPLE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED COME BACK.

UM, WE HAD SOME REALLY WONDERFUL PHOTOS SUBMITTED, AND YOU CAN SEE THE WINNER OUT HERE IN THE LOBBY OUTSIDE OF THE COURT WINDOW.

IT WAS MR. RAYMOND SHOE'S, EAGLE, UM, FLYING.

AND IT HAS A, A BIRD AND I MEAN A, A FISH .

IT'S JUST REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR WAS AMERICA'S TWO 50 AND HOW WE COULD CAPTURE THAT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO JUST THAT FLYING EAGLE LOOKED GORGEOUS.

UM, AND THEN ALL OF THE OTHER CONTEST

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ENTRANCE ENTRIES ARE ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE IN AN ALBUM, SO YOU CAN GO AND SEE THEM THERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

AND, UM, WE USUALLY DO HOST THIS CONTEST ONCE A YEAR IN THE SUMMER.

UM, AND IT REALLY HELPS US AS STAFF TO HAVE THOSE IMAGES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, OUR RESIDENTS ALL OVER THE CITY HALL.

USUALLY IT'S, UM, NATURE THEMED.

VERY RARELY DO PEOPLE INCLUDE PEOPLE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT A LITTLE MORE HOPEFULLY AS THERE WERE A COUPLE THIS YEAR.

A COUPLE, YES, USUALLY IN THE MINORITY, BUT, UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.

ITEM TWO, THE KATY AREA, EDC, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK SUMMIT WAS HOSTED ON JUNE 26TH.

SO WE HAD A REALLY WONDERFUL GROUP OF BOARD MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT ATTENDED.

AND THEY JUST TALKED THROUGH VARIOUS TOPICS LIKE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY, UM, JUST ALL RELEVANT TO THE REGION.

UM, WE JUST REALLY BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND IN OUR NEIGHBORS COMMUNITY.

SO IT WAS GREAT TO SPEND THAT DAY THERE.

UM, IF YOU EVER SEE SUCH AN EVENT HOSTED BY ANY OTHER ENTITY IN THE REGION AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING AS A REMINDER, YOU DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT.

SO WHETHER IT'S A TICKET FOR YOURSELF OR IF YOU'RE TALKING AMONGST EACH OTHER AND YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A SPONSORED TABLE, UM, TOGETHER, PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL.

UM, WE DO GET THOSE REQUESTS OFTEN.

UM, AND MEMBERS DO GET TO ATTEND OTHER EVENTS HOSTED.

UM, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN YOU, UM, ALL OF THE TIME, BUT WHEN WE CAN, WE DO.

SO ANY, ANYTHING HOSTED BY KATIE AREA, A DC CENTRAL FORT BEND, CHAMBER SHORE REGIONAL CHAMBER, UM, THE, UH, FORT BEND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP, GREATER HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP, ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OR ANY OTHERS WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE EXPOSURE TO THAT CONTENT WILL HELP YOU MAKE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS IN YOUR ROLE, WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO JUST REMINDING EVERYONE OF THAT.

UM, ITEM THREE, OUR FRANCHISE WORKSHOP.

WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

UM, I WAS HOPING MR. POWERS WOULD BE HERE TO GIVE HIS TAKE ON IT.

HE WAS ABLE TO JOIN US AND, AND SIT IN ON THAT.

WE HAD, UM, OVER 20 PEOPLE, SOME ALREADY BUSINESS OWNERS, SOME INTERESTED IN BUSINESS, UM, OWNERSHIP.

AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT.

WE HAD BOTH THE GROUP FRAN NET THAT SPECIALIZES IN PARTNERING, PEOPLE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A FRANCHISEE WITH THE RIGHT FRANCHISE THAT THEY WOULD BE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN.

UM, SOMEBODY CALLED IT SPEED DATING FOR BUSINESS OWNERS.

BUT THEY DO GO THROUGH A VERY EXTENSIVE EVALUATION, NOT JUST TO CHECK ON THEIR FINANCES, BUT KIND OF WHAT IS THAT PERSONALITY THAT'S GONNA BE BEST SUITED FOR LONGEVITY IN THAT PARTNERSHIP.

AND THEY HAVE A VERY HIGH SUCCESS RATE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO FRAN NET, WE ALSO HAD OUR LOCAL SBDC OFFICE JOIN.

UM, AND SO THEY'RE, THEY HAVE AN OFFICE BASED OUT OF RICHMOND, BUT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES AS WELL.

UM, AND THEY, THEY HAD GREAT QUESTIONS.

IT WAS A GREAT DIALOGUE AND I KNOW THERE WILL, THERE WILL BE SOME FOLLOW UP MEETINGS BETWEEN MORE, MORE INDIVIDUALIZED BETWEEN THOSE TWO ENTITIES AND SOME OF THE ATTENDEES.

SO WE'LL REPORT IF ANYTHING, UM, COMES BACK FROM THAT.

BUT WE DID GET SOME REQUESTS FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO THEM THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT WHEN IT WAS HOSTED, WHICH WAS A BREAKFAST DURING THE WEEK, UM, THAT REQUESTED MAYBE WE DO THIS AGAIN, BUT SOMETIME IN THE EVENING OR MAYBE ON A SATURDAY WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO STEP AWAY FROM WORK.

SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT KIND OF ASSESSING HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND WHEN ISN'T A GOOD TIME TO HOST THAT.

AGAIN.

ITEM FOUR, UM, THE FULL SHIFT FIT FEST.

WE HAD, UH, ONE OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS, MS. DARBY AKERS, UM, AND STRETCH LAB REQUEST OUR SPONSORSHIP FOR THAT.

WE SUPPORTED THEM BY PROVIDING IRENE STERN AS A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD HOST THIS, UM, WELLNESS EVENT.

IT WAS A LOT OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, IT THAT SPACE, SO A LOT OF SKINCARE, UM, SWEAT HOUSE, DIFFERENT GYMS, DIFFERENT PERSONAL TRAINERS, JUST THINGS LIKE THAT.

CHIROPRACTORS, UM, IT WAS OPEN INVITATION KIND OF THROUGH THAT NETWORK OF LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.

AND, UM, I DID RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK.

IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED FOR THE FIRST HOUR.

SO, UM, LESSONS LEARNED THERE ON MAYBE NOT DOING IT IN THE SUMMER OR TRYING SOME LATE FALL.

UM, YOU, I THINK WE ALL KNOW HOW BUSY SUMMER SCHEDULES GET, BUT ALWAYS TRYING TO SEE HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE? AND THEN A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS THAT FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, LIKE TWO OR THREE DAYS BEFOREHAND WHEN THE BUZZ IS OUT THERE AND WOULD'VE LIKED TO BE PART OF IT.

SO MAYBE PARTNERING AGAIN WITH THEM, SPONSORING AGAIN BY PROVIDING THE LOCATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT EVER SINCE WE DID THE SHOP LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENT THERE, I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

AND SO WE'LL KEEP TALKING TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENT BRANDING WE CAN DO FOR THAT.

WHAT OTHER SECTORS OF BUSINESS WE CAN INCLUDE.

UM, AND JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM IN THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

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ITEM FIVE, THE FORT BEND COUNTY TOURISM DEPARTMENT.

SO RECENTLY THE UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITY OFFICE FOR FORT BEND COUNTY ADDED AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN TOURISM POSITION.

UM, HER NAME IS ANDREA HOWARD AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY, HOW MANY, MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS SHE'S BEEN ON THE JOB.

BUT, UM, FORT BEND COUNTY IS GOING THROUGH A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR TOURISM FOR THE COUNTY.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH EACH OF, UM, THE CITIES.

SO WE HAVE A SCHEDULED MEETING TO GO THROUGH THAT.

UM, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT COULD IT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE FOR ? SO JUST GRATEFUL TO BE ASKED FOR OUR INPUT AND BE INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS.

AND THEN, UM, ONCE THAT INITIAL INFORMATION IS GATHERED, THEY WILL GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHAT RESOURCES AND WHAT DOES THAT IMPLEMENTATION LOOK LIKE.

UM, FOR US RIGHT NOW IN THE STAGE WE'RE AT, IT COULD LOOK LIKE SOME MONETARY SUPPORT FOR MARKETING FOR OUR EVENTS LIKE FULL FOLLIES.

AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AS KIND OF OUR MARQUE CHER EVENT, UM, THAT SUPPORT COULD BE MEANINGFUL, UM, FOR THAT EVENT AND MAYBE FOR OTHERS.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT CONVERSATION AND WELCOME THEM.

WE DID HOST THEM ON JULY 14TH.

JUST GAVE THEM A TOUR OF THE CITY AND, UM, ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING WHERE WE USUALLY HOST OUR EVENTS, SHARED WITH THEM SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ABOUT NOT HAVING A VENUE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD CONVERSATION.

AND THEN LASTLY, UPCOMING EVENTS.

I DID SEND OUT A CALENDAR INVITATION AS A PLACEHOLDER FOR YOU FOR STER, UH, FOLLIES ON OCTOBER 10TH.

THAT'LL BE IN THE EVENING, FOUR TO 8:00 PM AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE, UM, CREATE THE MARKETING MATERIALS FOR OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS IN THE FALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ANELLE.

BUSY.

BUSY.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO

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ITEM FIVE C ANNOUNCEMENTS.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT? IS HAYDEN AND HIS GRANDMA WATCHING TONIGHT? BOTH OF THEM.

HIS GRANDMA MIGHT, SHE'LL BE CONFUSED.

WHEN DID HAYDEN TARA GET A LITTLE LONGER? ? THAT IS TRUE.

UM, UH, SPEAKING OF EVENTS, WE DO HAVE CHILL OUT WITH THE CITY ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH AT 4:30 PM UM, IT IS A SNOW CONE END OF SUMMER START OF SCHOOL YEAR TRANSITION CELEBRATION, UM, AT EAGLE LANDING PARK.

AND IT WILL HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL TOUCH A TRUCK COMPONENT.

UM, WE'VE DONE THIS IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY WONDERFUL TURNOUT, UM, FOR THIS EVENT THE CITY HAS PUT ON.

SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE KIDDOS IN YOUR LIFE, YOUR CHILDREN, UM, GRANDCHILDREN, WHATEVER IT IS, INVITE THEM OUT.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY FUN.

WHAT'S THE DATE AGAIN? IT IS AUGUST 7TH, A FRIDAY AT 4:30 PM RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

IT'S ALREADY AUGUST.

WHICH PARK IS THAT? YOU SAID EAGLE.

THAT'S EAGLE.

EAGLE LANDING ON WOODS ROAD.

MM-HMM .

MM-HMM .

AND THE ADDRESS IS INCLUDED, UH, IN THE FACEBOOK EVENT ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE.

YEAH.

MOVING

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ON TO ITEM FIVE D, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW ON THERE FOR ANTICIPATING.

UM, WELL WE DO HAVE THE JOINT EDC CITY COUNCIL MEETING COMING UP EARLY AUGUST, I THINK AUGUST 5TH.

UM, AND THEN NEW BUSINESS UPDATE AUGUST OF 2026 MEETING.

UM, IF THERE'S EVER AGENDA ITEMS THAT Y'ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT, REACH OUT TO I GUESS MYSELF OR ANELLE.

UM, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT.

SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

WE HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 6:44 PM.