* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] OF THE FULL DEVELOPMENT [I. Call to Order] CORPORATION ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2026 AT 6:00 PM WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND IT IS SIX O'CLOCK SEPTEMBER 21ST. SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026. ALRIGHT. UM, ANYONE HERE FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS? NONE. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR [III. Council Comment] COUNCIL COMMENTS OR WE'LL DELAY THAT FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT. I THINK IT'S THE SAME, BUT THIS ONE'S MORE IMPORTANT. . WELL, I GUESS, UH, I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT I, UH, ISSUED OR, UH, TOLD EDCA FROM COUNCIL LOOKS LIKE. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE AWARE, BUT, UM, COUNCIL DID EXPRESS SOME NOTION ON A LITTLE BIT OF THE, UH, ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MEET SOME KPIS. I THINK, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO KIND OF DEFINE, BUT AT LEAST IF WE CAN PUT SOME FRAMEWORK AROUND HOW WE MEASURE SOME OF THE SUCCESS CRITERIA OR, YOU KNOW, VALUE OF THIS PROGRAM, I THINK WAS BROUGHT UP DURING COUNCIL AND I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST CONVEY THAT TO THE BOARD. I THINK, UM, IT WAS, UH, AVI AND I THAT DECIDED TO AT LEAST GIVE YOU GUYS THE BOARD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF COME UP WITH WHAT MAKES SENSE AS A FRAMEWORK AND, UH, WE CAN TAKE THAT FROM THERE. BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK, UH, ALL THE BUDGETS HAVE BEEN PASSED AND APPROVED, SO EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT. AND, UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG TAKEAWAYS, UH, FROM COUNSEL ON HERE. WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH AROUND SOME OF THE LARGER, UH, DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN AND, UH, PARTICULARLY BIG BOX, BIG BOX, PARTICULARLY BIG BOX? WELL, I, UH, DON'T FORESEE A LOT OF BIG BOX, UM, ACTION COMING IN, BUT, UH, THERE ARE SOME RUMBLINGS OF BIG BOX THAT MIGHT BE LINGERING IN THE WINGS. BUT, UH, OVERALL I THINK, UH, UH, WE DID TURN DOWN A THREE 80, UH, FOR HOME DEPOT ON, UH, COUNCIL. SO IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, WE HAD A THREE 80 THAT WAS TURNED DOWN. UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS BROUGHT ON, ON ON REALLY IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A THREE 80 AND, AND WHAT, UH, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY BRING, UH, TO THE CITY OR FOR HOME DEPOT? AND QUITE FRANKLY, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE, IN MY VIEW, UH, VERY GOOD ANSWERS ON, ON WHY THEY NECESSARILY NEED THIS THREE 80. SO ON THAT FRONT, ON THE BIG BOX, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT THE TAKEAWAYS THERE. HOWEVER, THEY'RE STILL ADAMANT ABOUT IT. UM, BUT, UH, YES, THE, THAT'S, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN FORESEE AS A BIG BOX, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UNLESS KELSEY OR, UH, AND NOW YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT? NO, SIR. UH, THE ONLY REASON FOR ASKING IS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TAKE THE DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE COUNCIL, SO THESE KINDS OF INSIGHTS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S, THIS WON'T BE THE, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST AND IT WON'T BE THE LAST. SO HAVING A GOOD CLEAR IDEA OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE LIST OF TARGET INDUSTRIES, WHAT WE WANNA BRING IN. UH, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL INVEST NO MATTER WHAT. UH, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT FOR MANY, UH, THE VIEW IS HOME DEPOT CERTAINLY FITS THE LADDER RATHER THAN THE FARMER, BUT ALSO IMPORTANT TO BE CAREFUL OF THE PRECEDENTS WE SET. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY I THINK ITEM D IS PROBABLY PRETTY IMPORTANT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, LEADING INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I THINK WE, WE NEED TO IRON THAT OUT VERY CLEARLY AS WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH LAND LEFT HERE IN THE CITY TO, TO UTILIZE. SO I THINK IF WE CAN REALLY FOCUS ON THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM 2019 TO NOW, I THINK IT'S, IT'S QUITE A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE. AND IF WE'RE GONNA BE MORE STRATEGIC ON WHAT WE BRING IN OR HOW WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL COME IN, I THINK IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT TO GET A LOT OF INPUT, NOT ONLY FROM THE EDCB BOARD A BUT OUR CITIZENS IN EACH DISTRICT AS WELL. SO I THINK, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UH, EXERCISE. I THINK THIS WILL BE WHAT, SINCE 2019, SO THAT'S WHAT, HOW MANY, ABOUT SIX YEARS. SO I THINK IT'S A LONG OVERDUE. SO TO YOUR POINT, I THINK, UH, THAT DIRECTION SHOULD BE COMING SOON. AGREED. AND, UH, ON THAT, I THINK, UH, A BIG ITEM OF DISCUSSION BACK THEN, SO THIS IS 7, 6, 7 YEARS AGO, UH, WAS THAT, UM, KEEPING AN EYE AND THINKING THROUGH WHAT OUR STRATEGY AND PREFERENCES ARE REGARDING PROPERTIES IN THE ETJ AND HOW WE ENGAGE AND WHETHER WE ENGAGE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD FIT, UH, SOMETHING LIKE A STRATEGIC PLAN WAS A BIG DEBATE BACK THEN. THERE WAS A DIFFERENT VIEW [00:05:01] AT THE TIME. UH, PERSONALLY I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT ONE, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ONE VOICE. UH, BUT I WOULD REITERATE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO. AGAIN, BACK TO YOUR POINT AROUND, UH, WHAT'S WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES IS LESS THAN IT WAS JUST SIX YEARS AGO. EXACTLY. UH, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO BE SAID AROUND, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK, UH, ETJ STRATEGIES IS A, IS A, IS A VERY BIG COMPONENT ON THIS THAT, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN AND GIVE US SOME, SOME GUIDANCE ON WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE SURROUNDING US. SO I THINK, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN IRON SOME OF THAT OUT TO MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND PULL THIS IN KIND OF, IN, INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND KIND OF LAY OUT A CLEAR VISION, I THINK, SO WE CAN ALLOW THE CITY AND OUR EDCS TO BASICALLY HAVE CLEAR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION AND HAVE A LOT OF CONSENSUS FOR US ON, ON THE COUNCIL AS WELL. SO APPRECIATE IT. IS THAT IT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING INTO THE BREACH. YEAH, , BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT. MOVING ON WITH OUR [Business - A] BUSINESS, UM, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION ON THE AUGUST 17TH, 2026 MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I MOVE MOTION FOR APPROVE MINUTES OF THE CORPORATION FOR FOR AUGUST 17TH. YOU LIKE, COMMENT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, MINUTES OF THE, OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE AUGUST 17TH, 2026 MEETING. SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, WITH THE MINUTES, UH, MOTIONED AND SECONDED. ANY, UM, ALL, ALL VOTES, UH, IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AYE. A, ANY THE NEGATIVE? ALL WE'LL TAKE ON, [Business - B] UM, BUSINESS B CONSIDERATION AND ACTION FOR FINANCIALS AND PAYABLE FOR THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST, 2026. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. JUST IN SUMMARY, UH, SALES TAX REVENUES FOR RECEIVED IN AUGUST. THE JUNE REMITTANCES WERE UP 16.42% FROM THE SAME PERIOD THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TOTALING $250,692 AND 17 CENTS. THAT'S ABOUT 77 POINT 29% OF THE BUDGET FOR 75% OF THE YEAR AT THE TIME THE AGENDA WAS PUT TOGETHER AND PUBLISHED. WE DIDN'T HAVE JULY, UM, 2026 REMITTANCES, BUT THEY CAME IN ON FRIDAY. SO, UM, THEY ARE UP SIX POINT 14% AND I CAN SEND THAT MORE FULL SUMMARY TO YOU. UM, TOMORROW. GO GO. THAT'S GOOD. PRETTY CLOSE TO A RECORD QUARTER THERE. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURES. I WILL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE FINANCIAL FAVORABLE OF THE CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JULY 31ST. 2026. I SECOND. ALRIGHT, MOTIONS APPRO. APPROVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSED. VERY GOOD. OKAY. UM, AND NOW ARE PROJECTS. [Business - C] WELCOME MATTHEW. GOOD EVENING. SO I'LL START WITH HARE STREET. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE ALMOST ALL OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORK COMPLETED. UH, THEY, THEY HAVE STARTED, UH, STABILIZATION AND CONCRETE PREP FROM FIFTH TO RIGHT ABOUT THIRD, A LITTLE BIT PAST THIRD COMING SOUTH. UH, THERE'S ONE MORE WATER LINE OFFSET REMAINING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH. UH, THAT WILL, ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, MOVE AHEAD WITH FLAT WORK, START POURING CONCRETE. UH, SO, UH, LIKE WE SAID BEFORE, THEY'LL BE STARTING AROUND THE PLAZA AREA, UH, REALLY KIND OF TAKING THEIR TIME ON THE, THE, UH, PAVERS IN THE, UH, CITY EMBLEM AREA. UH, SO THAT WILL TAKE A BULK AMOUNT OF THE TIME OF THE FLAT WORK. SO, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DETAIL IS, IS KIND OF PERFECT IN THAT [00:10:01] AREA RIGHT THERE AT THE FOURTH STREET INTERSECTION. SO, UH, AS FAR AS PAY APPS, WE UH, CURRENTLY HAVE PROCESSED ONE PAY APP. WE'RE REVIEWING THE SECOND ONE CURRENTLY. UH, YEAH, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART. SO AS OF TODAY, AS OF WHEN THIS REPORT WAS DRAFTED, WE'RE SITTING AT A 30% COMPLETE ACTUAL PROGRESS WITH ONLY 22%, UH, CALENDAR TIME EXPENDED. SO, UH, AND 8% COMPLETE PAYMENT AFTER PAY UP ONE. SO WE JUST KIND OF LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND JUST KINDA SHOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AS OF NOW. SO QUIETLY AHEAD, QUIETLY . YEAH. QUESTION, ONCE THE, UH, SECOND PAYOUT IS PROCESSED, WHAT WOULD THAT BRING THE PERCENTAGE ON? I WOULD JUST ROUGH NUMBERS. PROBABLY ANOTHER EIGHT TO 10%. SO, UH, LET'S SEE. YEAH, ANY, IS THAT CURRENT FUNDING CORRECT? THE $5 MILLION, IS THAT MATCH UP WITH THE REST OF THE REPORT? CURRENT FUNDING? UM, CONTRACT SUMMARY, IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING? SORRY, JUST YEAH, JUST THE TOP OF THE SUMMARY. OH, OF THE PAGE OF YOUR REPORT. CURRENT FUNDING, $5 MILLION FOR THE CONTRACTED AMOUNTS. IT'S, SO YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE, YEAH, SO I I I MEAN FOR THE CURRENT CONTRACTORS, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT FUNDING IS YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE THREE 2.392 AND THEN I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD, I MIGHT DEFER TO DAVID ON THAT, BUT I WOULD ASSUME ANYTHING AF BUT UH, EXTRA OF THAT IS PART OF THE OLD DJ MEDINA, UH, FUNDS. IS THAT WHERE WE HAVE THAT UH, DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER 1.7 MILLION UNIT WHEN THEY WERE TERMINATED? YES SIR. AND JUST SO I CAN KIND OF JUMP INTO HERE, SO PART OF THIS ALSO WAS INCORPORATING THE OTHER PROJECT FOR THE WASTEWATER, THE 4 470 5,000. WE DID BRING THAT ALL TOGETHER. SO JUST SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT CLEANER JUST SHOWING IT ON ALL OF ICON'S CONTRACT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A SPLIT GL UH, OR HAVING TWO GLS ON THIS PO. SO THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S THROWING THE NUMBERS OFF A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO WHAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY SEE. AND I GUESS IN THE PREVIOUS MONTHS WHERE WE HAD IT, IT'S IT'S OWN PROJECT NUMBER FOR WHAT Y'ALL FUNDED IN THE WASTEWATER. UM, BECAUSE MOST OF THAT WAS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF. THAT'S WHY WE JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS MORE APPREHENSIVE GOING FORWARD TO KIND OF PUT THAT INTO A SINGLE PROJECT SO WE CAN REPORT OUT ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE SINGLE PROJECT AS OPPOSED TO SAYING STREETS IS AT THIS PERCENTAGE VERSUS WASTEWATER STILL MOVING, UM, THIS WAY. SO THAT MAY BE AN A LITTLE BIT OF THE ADJUSTMENT THAT Y'ALL SAW THERE, UM, ON THAT CONTRACT SUMMARY. BUT WE CAN VERIFY THAT AND WE CAN COME BACK AND GET YOU, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A FEW LITTLE BIT OFF ON THAT, BUT WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THERE WHEN WE INCORPORATE ALL THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE ADDED AFTER DG MEDINA LEFT AND WE HAD TO USE SOME OF THE FUNDS TO MAKE THAT WORK. BUT WE'LL VERIFY THAT FOR Y'ALL FOR NEXT MONTH. AND I GUESS THAT'S EVEN A BETTER SEGUE INTO, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT FULCRUM IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING A NEW UPDATE FOR FULCRUM JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT CLEANER FOR Y'ALL TO GET TO E ESPECIALLY E FOUR Y'ALL, EDC PROJECTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THEM MORE ON A MONTHLY AND I'LL GIVE A BETTER BREAKDOWN AS WELL AS THE UPDATED PICTURES. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO RUN THAT ON THE, BASICALLY THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH. WE'LL UP, WE'LL PUT ALL THE NEW INFORMATION INTO THAT AND THEN WE CAN GIVE YOU, UM, THE URL OR THE CITY PAGE. I THINK WE'RE DISCUSSING CHANGING THE NAME FOR FULCRUM TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TELLING, TO JUST BE MORE IN LINE WITH ALL THE TRACKERS THAT WE'RE USING TO SAY IT'LL PROBABLY BE A CIP TRACKER SIMILAR TO WHAT FINANCE IS DOING IN THEIR OWN, UM, FINANCE TRACKER. JUST SO IT'S KIND OF IN THE SAME LINE. BUT THAT WILL BE THE MOST UPTODATE ONE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH IT. UH, IT TO GIVE Y'ALL LIKE A BUTTON OR AN EXPORT THAT IT WOULD JUST SHOW EDC PROJECTS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE LAYOUT THAT WE HAVE HERE, BUT IT'LL JUST BE MORE CONDUCIVE SO THERE'S NOT THESE LITTLE DOLLARS AND CENTS MISSED WHEN WE'RE DOING EXCEL SHEETS AND WE MISTYPE OR I FAT FINGERED. I MEAN THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED. . SO I DO WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL ALSO ONE MORE THING ON, UM, ON THIS CONTRACT WITH HARRIS. WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON THERE. I KNOW WE'VE HAD KIND OF BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WHEN THE CONTRACTOR CAME ON FOR THE LIGHTING. UM, THERE WAS A BIT OF A MIS AN AMBIGUOUS LINE ITEM FOR LIGHTING. SO THERE WAS A MISUNDERSTANDING ON THEIR PART VERSUS WHAT THE CON WHAT THEIR DESIGN TEAM WAS GOING FOR. AND IT WAS JUST AN ADDITIONAL WORDING. SO [00:15:01] THERE WERE MAYBE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WERE LOOKING FOR TO KIND OF MAKE THE LIGHTING COMPLETE AS TO WHAT WE INITIALLY DESIGNED IT FOR. WHICH WOULD BE THE, THE STREET LIGHTING THAT GO ACROSS THE, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD FOR IT? I JUST STRING LIGHTS, BUT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL NAME FOR IT. FESTOONS. OH SURE. YES. SOMETHING, IT'S A WEIRD INTERESTING NAME LIKE STOS. I WAS LIKE OKAY, TWO OS THAT FE LIGHTING. YEAH, YEAH. FESTOON LIGHTINGS. AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S ITS OWN LITTLE CATEGORY FESTOON. UM, BUT THE CONTRACTOR HAD PUT ZERO ON THAT BID ITEM AND I WAS HOPING HE WAS GONNA TELL ME IT WAS FREE, BUT HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THERE, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE FREE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF INCORPORATING, MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE ADDED ONTO THE CONTRACT. I KNOW THAT, UM, Y'ALL HAD REQUESTED IF THERE WAS ANY CHANGES JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW ON THIS CONTRACT. UM, I DO HAVE SOME, UM, IDEALLY IT WAS COMING TO Y'ALL FIRST TO SEE IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WERE INTERESTED ON, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROMISED Y'ALL A COMPLETE STREET. SO IF Y'ALL AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT FUNDING, IT'S NOT GONNA BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CONTRACT. BUT WE WILL, I'LL FIND PENNIES IN THE COUCH SOMEWHERE. BUT I JUST WANTED, BECAUSE Y'ALL ASKED FOR IT, I WANTED TO GIVE IT TO Y'ALL THAT I'M LOOKING FOR THAT CHANGE ORDER COMING IN PROBABLY IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. SO A QUESTION ON THAT. YES SIR. WAS THE SPECIFICATION NOT CLEAR ON THE, THE STUDENT LIGHTING AT ALL OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN APPROVE FOR NEXT TIME? WE CAN APPROVE IT FOR NEXT TIME? THE SPECIFICATION WAS CLEAR, THE DETAIL IN THE DRAWING MAYBE WASN'T AS CLEAR AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AS FAR AS HOW WE DO THAT LIGHTING AND WHAT THAT SPECIFICATION FOR THAT FESTOON IS. WE'VE GOT GONE SINCE HAVING, UM, PRIMROSE PHASE THREE GOING AND USING THE SAME TYPE OF FESTOON LIGHTING, WE FIGURED IT MAY BE WORTHWHILE JUST TO MAKE A REPLICATION OF WHAT PRIMROSE PHASE THREE IS USING IN THEIR FEST TO BRING 'EM INTO HARRIS JUST FOR A MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS FOR OVERALL AESTHETIC LOOK FOR BOTH OF THEM. SO WE'VE KIND OF TIED THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DESIGNER, BUT THERE WAS A BIT OF AN AMBIGUITY WHEN THEY DID THAT LINE. SO, AND THE CONTRACTOR NEVER CAME BACK WITH AN RFI OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR IT. UH, HE COULDN'T DO IT DURING THE BIDDING PHASE PORTION OF IT. UM OKAY. SO HE JUST SAID HE'D RATHER PUT A ZERO TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IN AN RFI DURING THE CONTRACT SO WE CAN KIND OF REALLY NAIL DOWN WHAT IT IS AND THERE WOULDN'T BE THAT MISSING NUMBER IN THERE. OKAY. DO, DO WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF THAT AMOUNT ALREADY OR? YEAH, THEY'RE WORKING ON STILL WORKING THROUGH, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT. OKAY. AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL A HALF NUMBER QUITE YET. SO BY NEXT MONTH WE FOR SURE WILL HAVE A NUMBER FOR Y'ALL AND Y'ALL CAN DECIDE YES OR NO. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE PROMISED Y'ALL A COMPLETE STREET AND WE WANNA LIVE UP TO THAT COMMITMENT FOR IT. IS THAT A TWO BLOCK DISCOUNT? IS THAT A TWO BLOCK DISTANCE FOR THE SUSTAINER? IT'S CLOSER TO TWO AND A HALF, ALMOST THREE BECAUSE THEY DO START RIGHT AFTER THIRD STREET AND GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THE OTHER HALF OF FIFTH. SO IT'S CLOSER TO THREE, I THINK IT WAS 1800 LINEAR FEET OF LIGHTING THAT WOULD GO ON JUST IN THAT VEST TUBE. SO TELL ME IF I'M YES SIR. OUT OF BOUNDARIES FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION. UM, WAS THAT THE ONLY FIRM THAT SUBMITTED A BID WITHOUT THAT DETAIL WHO SAID, WELL, WE'LL WE WILL WORK THROUGH IT LATER ON, OR HOW DID THAT WORK OUT? SO THAT WAS AN AD ALTERNATE, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN THE BASE BID. SO IF A CONTRACTOR WOULD'VE GIVEN US A ZERO ON A BASE BID ITEM, THEY WOULD'VE IMMEDIATELY BEEN DISQUALIFIED DURING THE, UH, NEGOTIATION PHASE OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE EVALUATION. SO BECAUSE IT WAS A, IT WAS AN AD ALTERNATE, WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS GROUNDS TO DISMISS THEM OR DISQUALIFY THEM. UM, SO WE FIGURED WE'D JUST, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK WITH MORE DETAIL. UM, SOME OF THE OTHER, I, THE, THE OTHER CONTRACTORS DID PUT A NUMBER IN THERE, BUT THEY WERE QUITE HIGH. SO IF WE WOULD'VE SELECTED THAT CONTRACTOR, I STILL WOULD'VE TAKEN THIS ITEM OUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT. SO JUST FOR PRUDENCY, WOULD IT BE BEST TO JUST GO BACK OUT FOR BID AND JUST SEE WHAT THE BIDS ARE SO THAT WE HAVE LIKE FOR LIKE WE COULD DO THAT? UM, I MEAN THAT'S NOT, WE, THAT'S NOT OFF THE TABLE. I DO HAVE A ELECTRICIAN THAT'S WORKING ON THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL, SO THAT IF I'M NOT JUST GOING WITH ICONS NUMBER FOR THIS. SO WE'RE KIND OF GOING FOR AT LEAST HAVING TWO, POSSIBLY THREE, UM, QUOTES FOR THEM. UM, JUST BECAUSE I NEVER LIKE HAVING JUST ONE FOR A CHANGE ORDER NOR JUST A BID. SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANNA PRINT THAT NUMBERS 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. I HAVE TWO OTHER ELECTRICIANS WANTING TO GIVE US QUOTES FOR THAT SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP THE MAINTENANCE SIDE OF IT. I DEAL WITH, UM, BIG TRUCKS, UM, AT FIRST AND MAIN AND TREE LIMBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SURE. WILL THESE GUYS HAVE ANY KIND OF PROTECTION AGAINST A BIG TRUCK COMING DOWN HERE? SO PROTECTION WISE, AND I KNOW THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT KELSEY DID BRING UP AS WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST PROTECTION IS GONNA BE THE HEIGHT OF THOSE POLES. 'CAUSE THEY WILL BE ON THEIR OWN POLES, UM, IN THE INTER PLAZA ON FOURTH STREET, BUT THEY WILL CONNECT TO THE 25 FOOT STREET LIGHT. SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CLEARANCE FOR THE SINGLE POLES ARE PROBABLY AT THAT SAME HEIGHT TO BE THEM GIVE PLENTY OF CLEARANCE FOR THOSE TRUCKS GOING THROUGH. SO WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES LIKE WE DID I THINK EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH SOME TREES THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT LOW. OKAY. YES MA'AM. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEARLY [00:20:01] DOCUMENTED AND THAT CONCRETE DOCUMENT THAT HAS THE SAME. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE BIGGEST HOLD UP OF THE POLE WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ELECTRICITY OUTLETS IN THAT SAME LOCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE ELECTRIC RUNNING. AND I KNOW ANELLE ALSO WANTED SOME MORE ELECTRIC SO WE CAN MAKE MORE SIGNAGE WHEN WE DO THE TREE LIGHTING. . UH, I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN RUNNING INTO ISSUES IN TERMS OF, UM, ORDERING AND GETTING DELIVERIES ON SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT, UH, WHERE THEY'VE GOT SOME PRETTY LONG LEAD TIMES. MM-HMM . UM, NOT AN ISSUE, UH, FOR US HERE. SO THE ONES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS THAT WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO TO GET SPECIFIC, UM, FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR. IF WE GO WITH THE ELECTRICIAN DOING THE WORK, AND THEN WE ORDER MATERIAL. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT FROM DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINTS TO MAKE SURE, SURE THAT THOSE DO NOT BECOME LONG LEAD ITEMS OR WE CAN CHANGE THE CUT SHEET TO MATCH SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BUT WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE DUE DISTRIBUTORS WITH THIS SPECIFIC FESTOON THAT WE WERE DOING FOR PRIMROSE. SO THERE'S KIND OF THAT OVERLAP AND REDUNDANCY IN THAT. SO WE ARE TAKING OPTIONS, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING OPTIONS ON US BUYING EQUIPMENT THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AND THEN HIRING ELECTRICIANS TO WHERE WE REDUCE SOME OF THE MARKUP THAT'S, WELL, WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULD REDUCE THE MARKUP. CORRECT, YES. FOR THE ELECTRICIANS, ABSOLUTELY. PERFECT. YEP. WE, WE DID THAT IN PHASE ONE AND WE SEE IT DID WORK WELL, MAYBE NOT IN THE ENTIRETY OF A PROJECT, BUT IN SOME OF THE SMALLER ASPECTS THAT WE CAN GET DONE THAT WAS IN LANDSCAPING AS WELL AS LIGHTING. SO WE WANNA BE PRUDENT AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT WOULD IT COST FOR US TO DO IT SINCE WE DO HAVE PMS THAT COULD OVERSEE THAT TYPE OF WORK, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT SOMETIMES YOU GET A BETTER DEAL IF YOU JUST HAVE A GUY THAT HAS AN ELECTRICIAN ON STAFF, THEN THEY CAN DO THE WORK ALTOGETHER. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON HARRIS AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MATTHEW. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, GO THROUGH DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE DRAINAGE OR FOURTH STREET. SO, UH, WE'RE AT A PRETTY SIMILAR SPOT IN THIS PROJECT. UH, NEARLY COMPLETED WITH ALL THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY, UH, WORK THERE. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE OR TWO MORE INLETS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED. UH, AND THEY HAVE STABILIZED THE SECTION BETWEEN SIMS AND WILSON AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE POURING THAT THIS WEEK. SO THAT'S THE, UH, THE, AS FAR AS ROAD CLOSURES, UH, SIMS AND FOURTH WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN WITH WILSON BEING CLOSED. UH, BUT AFTER THAT SECTION IS PAVED, THEY'LL MOVE ON TO THE INTERSECTION AND THEN KIND OF FINISH OUT THE LAST SECTION. AND THAT'S GONNA PRETTY MUCH CLOSE IT OUT. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'RE ABOUT AT 70% COMPLETE TOTAL WITH ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE CALENDAR TIME EXPENDED SO FAR. UH, SAME WITH THE SAME WITH PAYMENT. ABOUT HALF OF THE, UH, CONTRACT HAS BEEN PAID SO FAR. SO, UH, THIS CONTRACTOR IS DEFINITELY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON, ON FOURTH STREET. SO QUIETLY AHEAD OF , MAYBE A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT OF IT. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON FOURTH STREET AS FAR AS PAPP? I DO BELIEVE WE'RE ON, UH, PAPP SIX NOW JUST CAME IN. SO FIVE WAS BEING, BEING PROCESSED? YES. YES. OKAY. BUT SIX TO YES. YEAH. DAVID, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT BRINGING US UP TO IN TERMS OF PAYMENT? THAT ONE WAS A BIT OF A SMALLER ONE, UM, JUST BECAUSE THEY WORKED DURING CONCRETE YET. SO THAT SHOULD BRING US UP TO ABOUT, WHAT'S 6 58? MAYBE 59%. IT'LL BE ABOUT 10% OF THE ENTIRE CONTRACT AMOUNT. SO IT'S, IT WAS ABOUT 117,000, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. OKAY. I REMEMBER THE NUMBER MORE THAN PERCENTAGE I'M WORKING ON NOW. SO I, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALSO AN UPDATE. IT'S NOT ON THESE SHEETS YET, BUT AGAIN, UM, FULCRUM WILL HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION. I WANTED TO ALSO PROVIDE FOR LAKE HILL FARMS AND PHASE TWO OF, OF, UH, FOURTH STREET. THEY WILL BE ON NEXT MONTH BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA ENTER NEW FISCAL YEAR. SO TECHNICALLY THEY COME ONLINE, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE Y'ALL A HEADS UP THAT WE ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THE KIND OF HAVE THAT PREPPED TO GO OUT BECAUSE THEY, THAT'S WORK THAT CAN GET DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE IMMEDIATE. SO WITH FOURTH STREET, UM, P DAWSON IS ALREADY WORKING ON THE DESIGN. UM, THEY ARE PREPPING FOR IT, BUT WE JUST, AND YOU EDCS DOLLARS WAS MORE FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT PORTION. SO ONCE, UM, P DAWSON FINISHES THAT DESIGN, IT SHOULD BE BY THEN BY THE FALL TIME. ARE WE IN FALL YET? SO IN A FEW MONTHS? TOMORROW. TOMORROW. OKAY, PERFECT. HEY, [00:25:01] I CAN FEEL IT. PUMPKIN WILL BE GOOD. MAYBE A NORTHERN WOULD BE NICE. UM, SO ONCE THEY FINISH UP THAT DE THAT DESIGN WORK AND GO THROUGH THE PERMITING WITH TXDOT, THEN WE WILL LET THAT OUT. UM, PROBABLY IN AN RFP WE DID HAVE INITIAL THOUGHTS THAT POSSIBLY COULD GET MILLS TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING SUCH GREAT WORK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE DOING TOO GREAT OF A WORK AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DONE BEFORE THIS GETS OUT. SO MILLIS WILL BE SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IT, BUT THEY'LL JUST GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS ALONG WITH SOME OTHER CONTRACTORS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED SINCE WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK GOING ON AROUND THIS AREA, IT'S JUST, IT'S AN EASY PICKUP FOR THESE CONTRACTORS THAT WOULDN'T NEED A LOT OF ADDITIONAL MOBILIZATION, SO THEY'LL JUST MOVE SOME EQUIPMENT OVER. SO THAT'S GOOD FOR US AND I THINK THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF WHEN WE START DOING THIS WORK AND WE BUILD THESE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY START WORKING FASTER, THEY WANNA COME BACK. SO I DEFINITELY WANNA BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM, UM, AND KEEP THAT GOING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WITH LAKE HILL FARMS. UM, WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT DOING AN MS WORKING THROUGH OUR MSA TO GET AN ENGINEER ON BOARD BECAUSE IT IS JUST A TRANSMISSION LINE TO KINDA GET THAT MOVING. UM, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT WE ARE WORKING INTERNALLY TO START GETTING THAT. UM, IT'S NOT A A E FIRM, UM, DESIGN FIRM GOING WITH WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WITHIN, WITHIN OUR M-S-A-M-S-A CONTRACTS. TOO MANY ACRONYMS AND I'M NOT FEDERAL ANYMORE , SO I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON THAT. IT'S NOT ON THERE, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING ON IT. YOU SAID LIKE FOURTH STREET WE'RE CALLING IT, UM, PHASE TWO BECAUSE IT WAS INITIALLY IN THE PROJECT SCOPE, WE JUST DESCOPED IT BECAUSE OF FUNDING, BUT BECAUSE EVERYBODY MADE IT WORK AND THE CONTRACTS CAME OUT, WELL WE CAN INCLUDE THAT BACK INTO THE SCOPE. SO WE JUST KEPT IT AS THE SAME PROJECT NUMBER. CALL IT A PHASE TWO. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH, WITH REGARDS TO THESE PROJECTS? DO Y'ALL, DO Y'ALL HAVE A, UH, DO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO LIKE WHENEVER THE, THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE, THE PROJECT IN TOTALITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT TOTAL MM-HMM . OF WHAT WAS APPROVED. I DON'T EVER SEE ON THE SHEET THERE'S CONTRACTS MM-HMM . WHICH I CAN ADD UP AND THERE'S FUNDING TOTALS. SURE. WHAT WAS THE PROJECT APPROVED FOR? LIKE THE ENTIRE, LIKE SAY PROJECT D 22, A EAST SIDE DRAINAGE PROJECT D 20 B, THERE SHOULD BE LIKE A PROJECT APPROVAL AMOUNT. FULCRUM WILL START HAVING ALL THAT. SO THE ENTIRETY OF WHAT WAS APPROVED AS WELL AS MAYBE WHAT THE AWARDED AMOUNT WAS AT. SO THERE WILL BE SOME, TYPICALLY SOME GL DIFFERENCES IN THOSE MM-HMM . UM, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE, UM, CMT SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED ADDITIONAL SURVEYING AND TOPO. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW THAT IN A VERY LEGIBLE WAY, UM, BECAUSE WITHOUT PUTTING TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON ONE LITTLE REPORT LIKE THIS MM-HMM . SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE, I GUESS IS WHAT I KIND OF GET TO. YEAH. SO I GUESS IF YOU HAVE SOME SPECIFIC WANTS AND NEEDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON WHAT WE ROLL OUT IN FULCRUM NEXT MONTH, WHICH WE TEND ONE DEFINITELY WANNA HEAR THAT FEEDBACK SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MASSAGE THIS FULCRUM SLASH CIP TRACKER MM-HMM . TO BE WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS IN ONE CONVENIENT LOCATION. YEAH. I'M, I'M, I'M USED TO SEEING, UH, IN BUSINESS AND AUTHORIZATION FOR EXPENDITURES. SURE. IT MIGHT BE A, UH, IT'S AN APPROVAL LEVEL THAT YOU'VE ASKED EITHER EDC OR CITY COUNCIL OR WHATEVER COME TO APPROVE WITH. SURE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE AFTER YOU REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL THERE SHOULD BE SUPPLEMENTALS AND ADDITIONAL APPROVALS NEEDED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU KIND OF ENVISIONED SEEING. YEAH. AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF ADDRESS THAT. UM, YOU'LL KIND OF GO OFF OF A CONTRACTED BASIS, BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE US BACK TO THE ORIGINAL NUMBER OF WHAT POTENTIALLY THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE, WE'VE APPROVED A CERTAIN FUNDING LIMIT GENERALLY AT THE EDC. SURE. BUT WE DIDN'T, UH, APPROVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE. UH, 'CAUSE I'VE ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION BEFORE. SURE. LIKE, LIKE DID DO, WE WE'RE PAYING A CERTAIN FUNDING LEVEL AND THEN OTHERS COME AFTER OUT OF OTHER FUNDS. BUT ANOTHER WAY OF DOING THAT IS, UH, THERE'S A PROJECT APPROVAL AND WE'RE GONNA PAY 38% OF IT. SO THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S GENERALLY HOW IT'S DONE IN BUSINESS. 'CAUSE YOU HAVE PARTNERS AND SUCH, RIGHT. UM, WE'RE KIND OF PARTNERED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER FUNDS SURE. BUT WE'RE PAYING A VERY SET AMOUNT, WHICH IS GOOD IN A LOT OF WAYS FOR US, BUT THERE, THERE'S ALSO, UM, JUST KNOWING WHAT WAS THE TOTAL HOLISTICALLY WHAT THE APPROVAL YEAH. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT. SO, AND WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ALREADY WITH IT OF BEING ABLE TO REPRESENT THAT BETTER, BUT IT'S ALSO, WHICH WAY DO WE WANNA SKIN THE CAT OF WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE. VERY MUCH SO, SO VERY GOOD. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. ALRIGHT. TALK ABOUT KATIE F LIFT STATION. I, SO OUR NTP WAS ISSUED ON JULY 26TH. [00:30:03] THE GRAVITY SANITARY SEWER LINE NORTH OF, UH, WILSON STREET FIFTH AND WILSON WAS, UH, COMPLETED BACKFILLED. UM, I BELIEVE THEY COATED THE MANHOLES LAST WEEK, ALL THAT PASS AND EVERYTHING THAT, THAT LINE WILL PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE PRIMROSE DAYCARE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT. UH, SO NOW THEY HAVE MOVED DOWN TO THE ACTUAL LIFT STATION AREA. THEY ARE CURRENTLY BORING, UH, UP UNDER KATY FULCHER. THEY'VE INSTALLED THEIR SLEEVE FOR THE NEW 16 INCH, UH, WATERLINE PORTION. THEY ARE STARTING TO BORE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 10 93 FOR THE FORCE MAIN. AND, UH, VERY SOON THEY'LL BEGIN THEIR, UH, NEW WATERLINE PORTION IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FROM SIMS TO, UH, HARRIS. SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST ABOUT 5% CONTRACT TIME EXPENDED SO FAR. AND I BELIEVE THEY STILL REVIEWING PAY APP ONE I BELIEVE. SO WE HAVEN'T AS OF TODAY, UH, PAID ANYTHING OUT, BUT, UH, THAT THAT'LL BE COMING SOON. UM, YEAH, JUST A QUICK NOTE, UM, ON THE TOP SECTION YOU HAVE NOTICE OF PROCEED SEVEN 15 ABOUT PROJECT JOB UPDATE. OH. SHOWS JULY 26TH. SO I OKAY. TY O JUST YEAH. WE MINUTE JUST DATA. SURE. BIG MAN. OH YEAH. WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, CHANGE THAT FOR THE NEXT ONE. ACTUALLY. I THINK IT'S THE 15TH. YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL FIX THAT MATTER. MM-HMM . YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS. YEP. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS, JOB. KEEP UP THAT QUIET PROGRESS, . VERY GOOD. UM, MOVING ON [Business - D] WITH OUR BUSINESS, UH, WE'VE GOT CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN BY TIP STRATEGIES. YES, SIR. UH, TIP STRATEGIES HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO UPDATE THE CITY OF FULLER'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. THE PROPOSED UPDATE IS INTENDED TO BUILD ON THE CITY'S PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLAN WHILE ACCOUNTING FOR FULL SHARES, CONTINUED POPULATION GROWTH, UM, CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS AND EMERGING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT WEST HOUSTON AND FORT BEND COUNTY. IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU HAVE, UH, THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY'VE OUTLINED FOR US. UH, TIP ANTICIPATES COMPLETING THE PROJECT WITHIN FIVE TO SIX MONTHS AT A TOTAL COST OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF EXPENSES AND UP TO FOUR IN-PERSON TRIPS. THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPTION TO ADD MORE IF WE FEEL DURING THE PROCESS THAT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY. UM, THE EXPENDITURE REQUIRED FOR THIS BOARD AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT IS $50,000, HALF OF THE TOTAL COST AND A BOARD DID APPROVE, UM, AND, AND VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO THEIR HALF OF THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS VOTED IN FAVOR FOR, WE DID BUDGET 55,000, UM, FOR FY 25 FOR STRATEGIC PLAN. SO YOU, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY THERE. UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION, NOW'S THE TIME THE IN PERSON VISITS BE DURING OUR MEETINGS. SORRY, WOULD THOSE IN PERSON VISITS BE DURING OUR MEETINGS? NO, USUALLY IT'S, UM, OUTSIDE OF THOSE MEETINGS AND THEY ARE INCLUSIVE OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS. SO THEY'LL WORK WITH US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND SCHEDULING ALL OF THAT. UM, BUT IT INCLUDES EVERYBODY FROM OUR LOCAL CHAMBERS TO THE ISDS TO THE COUNTY, AND, UM, ANY GROUP THAT YOU KNOW IS, WOULD BE IMPACTED BY IT. OKAY. SO YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT VISITS TO FULL SURE. YES MA'AM. GOTCHA. YES. BUT AL ALWAYS WITH THE HOPE THAT AS MANY BOARD MEMBERS CAN PARTICIPATE, COULD, UH, TWO OF THOSE FOUR IN PERSON VISITS INCLUDE ONE IN THE EARLY PHASE WHERE IT WOULD BE A JOINT BOTH BOARDS AND COUNCIL KIND OF SETTING SO THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE CLEAR AND ALIGNED ACROSS THE BOARD AND THAT THIS, UH, THE SECOND ONE OF THE FOUR WOULD BE [00:35:01] IN THE CONCLUSION TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING ACTUALLY SHOWS UP IN THE, IN THE, THE PLAN THAT THEY'VE DELIVERED TO US. YES, SIR. WE CAN COMMUNICATE THAT THAT'S HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SCHEDULE THOSE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS, UM, CLEAR GUIDELINES AND DIRECTION, SINCE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT HAVING KPIS AND THE VERY CLEAR METRICS MM-HMM . THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON THAT. THIS NEXT VERSION DOES NEED VERY CLEAR KPIS THAT AGAIN, BOTH THE EDC BOARDS AND THE COUNCIL CAN AGREE ON. I MEAN, THESE FOLKS ARE THE, YOU KNOW, MOST, UH, AMONGST THE MOST RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE STATE IN TERMS OF DELIVERING THESE KINDS OF THINGS. AND IF THEY CAN'T DO IT FOR US, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN . THAT'S RIGHT. AND YES, WE, WE, UM, CAN DESIGN THE MATRIX THAT WOULD GO WITH EACH OF THE GOALS OUTLINED TO HAVE VERY CLEAR METRICS AND, UM, KPIS AND TIMELINES IN IT AT JUST AS NEEDED. THE ONLY ITEM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAY MODIFIED ON THE PROPOSAL IS THE FILE INVOICE. UM, IT SAYS INVOICE TYPICALLY HELD UNTIL A DRAFT OF ALL THE DELIVERABLES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. I'D LIKE TO STRIKE SUBMITTED AT APPROVED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MAKE FINAL PAYMENT. OKAY. THAT IS ON PAGE SIX, VERY TOP TO PREPARED UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN SUBMITTED, UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED, APPROVED BY BOTH EDCS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE GETTING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS WITH ABOARD. I MEAN, I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'S EXPENDITURE AND WE CAN HAMMER OUT WHAT THE PROPOSAL LOOKS LIKE AND THE EXPECTATION WITH TIP. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE PROPOSAL AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES FOR $50,000 FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE WITH TIPS STRATEGIES. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR TIP STRATEGIES AT $50,000 SECOND. ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE MOTION PASSES. UH, WHERE'S MY SHEET? CONTINUING ON TONIGHT. [Business - E] UM, DISCUSSION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESOURCES PROGRAM FOR OUR FULL YEAR 2027 PLAN. YES. YES. SO, , UM, FOR THIS ITEM, WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO SEEK YOUR FEEDBACK ON PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. UM, I'M MISSING MY NOTES WHERE I HAD OUTLINED, UM, BUT I THINK I CAN REMEMBER MOST OF IT. UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR, SO WE'VE HAD, UM, OUR FRANCHISE WORKSHOP, OUR ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOP, OUR RESOURCE FAIR. UM, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE SBDC FOR A COUPLE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN, UM, OUTSIDE OF THOSE PLANNED PROGRAMS, WE'VE KIND OF JUST BEEN KEEPING AN EAR TO THE GROUND TO WHAT, UM, CHALLENGES OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS FACING. AND SO OUT OF THAT, THINGS LIKE THE SHOP LOCAL EVENT DURING SMALL BUSINESS WEEK CAME ABOUT. UM, BUT JUST TRYING TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS WE CAN, UM, TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND JUST THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE UNFORESEEN. I KNOW THAT IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT COUNCIL JUST HAS SOME CONCERNS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE KPIS ATTACHED TO THIS PROGRAM. AND I DID RESPOND TO AN EMAIL THAT YOU ALL SAW, UM, WITH A LITTLE MORE DETAILS ON WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. UH, I THINK AFTER REALLY LOOKING AT IT, THE, THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR WHAT WE PUT ON THE PAST YEAR WAS RIGHT AROUND $2,000. UM, THAT WAS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR, UH, THE LAST FEW INVOICES FOR THE CANON AND FINISHING UP THAT CONTRACT. UM, SO WE FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT, UM, WITH A SMALL AMOUNT. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE CONTINUE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ADDED? AND WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ARE MEASURES [00:40:01] THAT DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OF THOSE EFFORTS. UM, AND OF COURSE I THINK IT, IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE ALSO THAT, UM, WE CAN LAY OUT THESE PLANS AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WILL COME UP THAT WE WANNA HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO AND HAVE THE RESOURCES AT THE READY. UM, SO I KNOW ON OUR SIDE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, BUT WE JUST WANNA GET SOME GUIDANCE FOR YOU AS WE PREPARE FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. WELL, UM, ANY, ANY COMMENTS BEFORE, UM, OPEN IT UP TO, TO THE BOARD ON ANYTHING? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT A DOLLAR PER HOUR SPENT ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UM, AT COUNCIL. UM, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT, UM, THE SUCCESS OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN TERMS OF THE HELPING OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE STARTING FROM SCRATCH AND THEREFORE, UM, YOU KNOW, PUTTING ON THEM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A, UH, A TAX ABATEMENT PLAN FROM THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM PER SE. UM, IT'S JUST NOT THAT SIZE, SCOPE AND SCALE. THAT BEING SAID, UM, I MEAN, WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOME METRICS THAT WE CAN, UH, PROVIDE, UH, TO SHOW THE GOOD WORKS THAT WE'RE DOING. UM, UM, DOLLAR PER HOUR IS PROBABLY NOT THE, THE CORRECT BECAUSE I, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT WE TOUCH, UM, AND IN A LITTLE BIT MORE EUPHORIC FASHION. UM, THE LIVES WE CHANGE, UM, FROM INTO, UH, FROM A, A PERSON THAT WORKS EVERY DAY OF THEIR LIFE IN A NINE TO FIVE JOB, TO A PERSON THAT WORKS FOR THEMSELVES, UH, TO MAKE THEIR BUSINESS BETTER AND GROW AND BECOME A THRIVING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF SHORE. SO I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE BUSINESSES WE TOUCH IS DEFINITELY ONE WAY THAT WE DO IT. UH, MANY OF THESE EVENTS, UM, UH, THAT WE THROW, UH, IT MAY, IT MAY BE THERE FOR AN HOUR, UM, BUT THE BUSINESSES WE TOUCH ARE, UM, TENS OF PEOPLE, TENS OF BUSINESSES AND, UH, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT BUSINESS AND FIND OUT ABOUT THEM, UM, PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. UM, AND THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, UH, IN OUR REGION, IN OUR AREA AND IN THE CITY OF SHORE, UM, THAT ARE AT THEIR FIRST STAGE OF GROWTH. SO, UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER, SO BUSINESSES THAT WE TOUCH, I THINK IS A GREAT WAY, UM, TO, TO ADDRESS THIS. UM, UH, I THINK ALSO POTENTIALLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WILL COME LATER AND I WOULD LOVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE BUSINESSES AND THE SALES TAXES THEY COME TO FRUITION. UH, I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. UM, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S OTHER KPIS LIKE KNOWLEDGE. UH, ONE OF THE KEY FOCUSES OF, OF A, OF A, UH, PROGRAMMING LIKE THIS, UM, IS THE KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATED TO BUSINESSES. SO, UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE COULD, WE THINK ABOUT IS THAT WHENEVER WE ARE THROWING AN EVENT FOR BUSINESSES THAT COME, IT'S THE HOURS SAVED FOR THEM. UM, THEY'RE COMING TO A LUNCHEON, UM, OR AN AN EVENT THAT WE THROW THAT'S DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME, THAT BUSINESS WOULD HAVE TO GO TO TWO, THREE OR FOUR PLACES TO GET THAT KNOWLEDGE FOR THEMSELVES. WE'RE PROVIDING THAT ALL AT ONE TIME TO A VAST GROUP OF PEOPLE. SO WE'RE CREATING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR A KNOWLEDGE SHARING THAT, TO BE QUITE HONEST, UM, CAN'T HAPPEN IN MANY PLACES. IF THEY WANTED TO PAY 1500 OR $2,000 TO GO TO A BUSINESS EVENT IN DOWNTOWN SHORE, I MEAN IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD FOR THEIR NEW ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS, THEY COULD PROBABLY GO DO IT, BUT THAT'S GONNA COST THEM A LOT OF FUNDS AND, UM, CREATE A, A ROADBLOCK FOR THEIR, UH, FIRST STEP OF GROWTH. SO, UM, SO I, I, I KIND OF SEE THIS PROGRAM AS BUSINESSES. WE TOUCH PEOPLE THAT INTERACT WITH THEM, AND THEN THE HOURS THAT WE SAVE OUR BUSINESSES IN DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE, UM, ALL IN ONE PLACE TO HELP THEM GROW AS FAST AS THEY CAN GROW. UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE TO THAT. MM-HMM . AGREE. UM, BUT, UH, I DO APPRECIATE THE NEED TO TRY TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE AND, UH, TOUCHES HOURS OF KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATED. UM, PEOPLE THAT INTERACT WITH OUR BUSINESSES AT THESE EVENTS ARE ALL CLEAR WAYS AND, UM, YOU CAN START TO ADD UP [00:45:01] THE NUMBERS VERY QUICKLY WHENEVER YOU, UM, ADD UP HOURS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PEOPLE BUSINESSES AND THAT KNOWLEDGE BASE. SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE IN L WITH WITH STRENGTHENING THESE PROGRAMS, REACTING TO WHAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE, UM, ASKING OF US. I THINK OUR NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH US CONTINUING TO INTERACT WITH OUR BUSINESSES, WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE OF THIS, UM, IN OUR INTERACTIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH OUR BUSINESSES. AND, UM, IT WILL LEAD TO MORE, UM, REQUESTS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST A FEW OF THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HAD THAT, THAT I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IN THE COURSE OF THIS. UM, BUT, UH, BUSINESS TOUCHES, HOURS OF KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATED AND PEOPLE THAT INTERACT WITH OUR BUSINESSES THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE REACTED WITH THEM WITHOUT OUR EVENTS IS, UH, IS ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. UH, I'M WITH YOU TOO. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT HAS THE WORD BUDGET IN IT. I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR. UM, BUT I, I SAW THIS AS KIND OF, UM, WHAT MAKES RE DIFFERENT THAN ANY THAN OTHER CITIES. UM, I, I DON'T WANNA BE, UM, A TOWN THAT HAS GROWN THE WAY THAT IT HAS GROWN AND NURTURED THE FAMILIES THAT ARE MOVING HERE AND BEING A SUPPORTER OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEN SAY, OH, WELL YOU COULD COME TO OUR BUSINESS WORKSHOP, UH, FOR FIVE GRAND AND STAY AT A HOTEL THAT WE DON'T HAVE. AND, UH, , YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANNA BE THAT KIND OF TOWN. UM, TO PUT A DOLLAR SIGN ATTACHED TO A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS MUCH LIKE ASKING PARENTS HOW MUCH THEY INVEST IN THEIR CHILDREN. AND IS THAT $800 AN HOUR? IS THAT I I BE, I SEE THIS AS MORE OF A NURTURING SITUATION. UM, AGAIN, I'M NOT DISCOUNTING THAT IT DOES NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET NUMBER OR ALLOWANCE ATTACHED TO IT. UM, BUT I ALSO THINK THAT BUSINESSES THAT ARE STARTING, UM, REMEMBER THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED THEM GET STARTED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE, I HAVEN'T INVESTED IN SHORE PERSONALLY OR BUSINESS WISE, HAPHAZARDLY, I'VE, I'VE DONE THAT INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WE ARE A, A CITY THAT SUPPORTS OUR RESIDENTS. WE CARE ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS AND WE CARE ABOUT OUR BUSINESSES. AND I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE MORE WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER TOWNS THAT JUST HAVE THEIR HANDS OUT THAT'S LIKE, THANK YOU FOR THE TAX DOLLARS AND GO ON ABOUT YOUR WAY. WHEN YOU INVEST IN SHORE, WE INVEST IN YOU PERIOD. AND I LIKE THAT MESSAGE. UM, AND ALL BUSINESSES START SOMEWHERE. UM, DEBRA DRESCHER AND I HAVE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF THOSE LUNCHEONS AND THERE WERE ALL TYPES. THERE WERE SOME THERE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THE QUESTIONS TO ASK. THERE WERE SOME THERE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THE, UM, THE BUSINESS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE A PART OF. I'M PART OF NFIB, IT'S A, IT'S A LEGISLATURE, UH, GROUP THAT, UM, FIGHTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN AUSTIN. UM, THEY ARE QUICK TO LET US KNOW WHEN SOMETHING'S COMING ACROSS THE FLOOR THAT'S GONNA HELP US WITH OUR TAXES. UM, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING I WAS ABLE TO SHARE IN THAT BUSINESS MEETING AND NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT IN THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT, AND WE WERE REPRESENTING THE EDC IN THAT MEETING. UM, AND IT'S JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY'RE GONNA REMEMBER THAT FUL SURE BELIEVED IN THEM WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE. AND THAT MATTERS TO ME AS A BUSINESS OWNER. BUT, UM, IT MATTERS TO ME AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS CITY TOO. SO, UM, YEAH, I GET THAT WE HAVE TO ATTACH A DOLLAR SIGN TO THAT, BUT, UM, WE JUST, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE, UM, AND THE KNOWLEDGE. YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR SIGN ON THE KNOWLEDGE. UM, I WOULD NEVER HAVE WALKED INTO THAT MEETING AND SAID, YOU'RE WELCOME FOR THAT ADVICE. IF EVERYBODY CAN SEND ME, YOU KNOW, PAST $20 MY WAY, UH, I NEVER WOULD'VE EXPECTED THAT. UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT WE DO HERE. UM, OR I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT'S WHAT WE DO HERE. UM, SO THAT'S MY 2 CENTS. I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING. I THINK THE NETWORKING THAT THESE EVENTS ARE ALLOWING US TO DO IS GREAT. AND I THINK THAT COULD BE ONE OF THE KPIS THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE ADDRESS, RIGHT? THE, THE MONEY IS ONE PART, RIGHT? MAKING THE INVESTMENT IS GREAT. SURE. BUT WHAT NETWORKING ABILITIES ARE WE GIVING THESE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE IT? TO YOUR [00:50:01] POINT, RIGHT? YOU MET SEVERAL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAD NO IDEA WHAT ORGANIZATIONS YOU BELONG TO. UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A, A KEY PART OF WHAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KPI OF IT. HOW MANY LIVES ARE WE AFFECTING, RIGHT? I THINK, MARK, YOU SAID THAT HOW MANY, HOW MANY FOLKS ARE WE CHANGING? AND THEN ULTIMATELY, UM, IT'S ABOUT BRINGING MORE INTO THE CITY THAN JUST THAT. RIGHT? IT'S WHAT ARE WE SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESS OWNERS WITH? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL ENCOURAGE, I THINK ALL OF US TO DO, UM, IS I THINK WE NEED TO GO AND TALK TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES, LOCAL BUSINESSES, UH, WON'T NAME ANY, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO THEY ARE. WHAT WOULD THEY HAVE WANTED TO SEE THE CITY HELP THEM WITH WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED THEIR BUSINESS? HOW COULD WE HAVE SUPPORTED THEM? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THEY WENT THROUGH AND HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAVE HELPED THEM REACH SUCCESS FASTER? AND THEN IF WE CAN TAKE THAT AND MAYBE PUT INTO A MAGIC SAUCE, IF YOU WILL, RIGHT. TO SHARE WITH THE OTHER ENTREPRENEURS WHO WANNA COME IN THE CITY, I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL. AND THAT COULD BE A KPI THAT WE CAN TRACK AS WELL. SURE. AND THAT DOES COME UP, UM, JUST IN OUR, YOU KNOW, DAY-TO-DAY ENGAGEMENT WITH BUSINESS OWNERS WHEN THEY CALL AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR SOME KIND OF REFERRAL OR ASSISTANCE WITH SOMETHING. AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL JUST ORGANICALLY, ORGANICALLY HAPPEN THROUGH OUR FORMALIZED BRE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE JUST LAUNCHED. UM, BUT THAT IS KIND OF THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT LEAD US TO CHANGE THE, THE PROGRAMMING FROM A MORNING WEEKDAY TO A SATURDAY AND, YOU KNOW, OR AN EVENING TO TRY AND JUST MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY WITH THEIR DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AND COMMITMENT. THANK YOU. I FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE BACK TO THE FUTURE, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT, UH, SO HARD AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CANNON WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE RANGE OF STARTUPS, UH, OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY. UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF STARTUP, THEY THINK ABOUT THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE STILL IN THE IDEATION CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PHASE, WHICH IS VERY EARLY STARTUP, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT YOUR BUSINESS PLAN, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THE SBDC AND OTHERS SUPPORT AND HELP OUT WITH. THE CHALLENGE WAS THAT THE REASON FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CANNON AT THAT TIME WAS THAT IT'S ALSO TO RECOGNIZE OTHER STARTUPS IN OUR, IN OTHER PLACES ON THAT JOURNEY, INCLUDING SEED LEVEL, UH, EXPANSION LEVEL, UM, IN TIME. AND AGAIN, WE HEAR ABOUT RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN CROSS CREEK, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO ARE IN THE MORE ADVANCED AND HAVE BEEN IN THE MORE ADVANCED SIDE, WHO THEN CHOSE TO MOVE THEIR BUSINESSES ELSEWHERE BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE KIND OF SUPPORT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR, FOR THAT SCALE UP. AND I THINK FOR SOME REASON WE'RE STILL MISSING THAT, RIGHT? AND, UM, I GUESS IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT I, THE REASON FOR DOING WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS TO ASSESS ALL THESE VARIOUS TYPES OF STARTUPS AND WHERE THEY WERE AND HOW CAN WE WORK TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE STARTUPS, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE IN THE EXPANSION PHASE, THE SCALING UP PHASE TO CHOOSE RE AS THE PLACE TO GROW VERSUS MOVING TO ANOTHER PLACE IN THE REGION OR EVEN ANOTHER STATE, WHICH SOME HAVE. SO I'LL, I'LL JUST REPEAT THAT. AS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE IDEATION AND CONCEPT PHASE. IT'S ACTUALLY ALSO FOR, AND PARTICULARLY MORE SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN MORE ADVANCED PHASES OF STARTUP, DON'T KNOW HOW TO CAPTURE THAT. UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, PART OF THE REASON FOR THE CANNON WAS BECAUSE MANY OF THE MEMBERS THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR RANKS WERE FURTHER ALONG THOSE STEPS AND WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO HAVE THAT SERVICE HERE. AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO NOT, NOT CONTINUE PURSUING THAT. SO I THINK SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY WE LOST OUR WAY ON ALL OF THIS AND, AND REALLY GOT STUCK JUST ON THE IDEATION AND THE CONCEPT PHASE. AND, AND AGAIN, I'LL PUSH, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO PLAY FOR, UH, PARTICULARLY IF WE WANT TO SEE HOMEGROWN BUSINESSES ACTUALLY GROW HERE AT HOME. IT'S A VALID POINT. DO WE HAVE ANY OF THAT DATA THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START CHASING SOME OF THOSE FOLKS AND JUST ASK THEM, HEY, WHAT WOULD'VE MADE YOU STAY HERE? THAT WAS THE POINT OF THE EXERCISE, . YEAH. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. [00:55:02] GOOD. RIGHT? YEAH. I, I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT JUST, JUST IN ONE KIND OF CLOSING COMMENT, WE THINK WE, WE THINK WE KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST BUSINESS FOR THE CITY OF RE WE HOPE TO HELP THEM IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AND FACETS. BUT THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE POTENTIALLY THE BEST BUSINESS FOR THE CITY OF SHORE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN SHORE AND WANNA START A BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF SHORE. AND THEY SEE THE SKILL SETS, THE PEOPLE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY LIVE HERE, THEY WORK HERE AND THEY WANT, THEY WANT TO MAKE B******T BETTER. AND SO, UM, WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE DOING, BUT UNTIL WE GO MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS WHERE THEY ARE, UM, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY AT ONE OF OUR SESSIONS, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, WE WON'T TRULY, TRULY KNOW IF THEY'RE AN EXISTING BUSINESS. WE'LL HAVE OUR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. UNLESS WE PROVIDE AN ENTREPRENEUR A PLACE TO LITERALLY COME AND TALK TO US FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE WON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, UH, IN KEEPING THE PROGRAM ALIVE AND NOW AND EVERYBODY IN THE, IN, IN, IN OUR CITY. UM, AND, UH, BUT THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS TO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT SOME OF THOSE KPIS DOWN AND, UM, WORK WITH THE, THE CITY, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM. SURE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. WE'LL, WE'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM ABOARD, BUT IT WAS ALL ALONG THE SAME LINES. UM, A LOT OF MAKING SURE WE'RE MARKETING WHAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. UM, GIVING PEOPLE ACCESS AND KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO TELL US WHAT THEY NEED MM-HMM . AND THEN TAKING THAT INFORMATION TO, UH, DETERMINE WHAT ELSE WE WILL OFFER, HOW WE WILL CHANGE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE TO BETTER FIT THE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UM, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE'LL PUT A LIST TOGETHER AND BRING IT BACK US. VERY GOOD. OKAY. MOVING ON. OUR, UM, EVERYBODY'S GOOD. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. IS THERE AN ITEM TO VOTE? NO, NOTHING DISCUSS, NO DISCUSSION. JUST A DISCUSSION. WE'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, VERY GOOD. UM, NEXT [Business - F] ITEM OF BUSINESS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A FORMAL REQUEST OF CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION FOR ALT ALTERNATE CORPORATION DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT DATES. YES. SO THIS ITEM IS ON HERE AFTER RECEIVING JUST, UM, MULTIPLE REQUESTS TIME AND TIME AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, FROM BOTH TYPE A AND TYPE B ON, UM, JUST THE CHALLENGE IT BRINGS TO US WHEN WE HAVE OUR APPOINTMENTS RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE VOTING, VOTING ON OUR BUDGET AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS SOMETIMES TO ONBOARD THOSE NEW MEMBERS, UM, AND THEN HAVE THEM MAKE THAT DECISION SO QUICKLY MM-HMM . UH, AND SO WE JUST FELT THAT IT'S BEEN REQUESTED AND REQUESTED. WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE IT MORE FORMAL. AND SO ON PAGE 37 OF YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE THE LETTER THAT WE WILL BE, UM, SUBMITTING TO THE MAYOR AND OUR SHORE CITY COUNCIL, JUST KIND OF EXPLAINING HOW THAT CAUSES CHALLENGES FOR US AND ASKING IF THEY WILL CONSIDER, UM, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE EDC EARLIER IN THE YEAR SO THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT AT THAT TURN OF THE BUDGET TIME TO VOTE A MONTH. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS HERE OR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? YEAH, WE, WE RUN INTO BUDGET TIME PERIODS AND THEN WE RUN INTO COUNCIL CHANGEOVERS. SO THEY WANTED TO GET THE NEW CITY COUNCIL IN PLACE FROM ELECTIONS IN PLACE AND THEN VOTE ON APPOINTMENTS AS WELL. SO YES, AND IT CAUSES CHALLENGES NOT JUST FOR JUST THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE ONBOARDING PORTION, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE CHANGE OF IN THE MEMBERS, THE NEW ONES COMING ON MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE AVAILABILITY ON THEIR CALENDAR RIGHT AWAY MM-HMM . AND SO THEN ESPECIALLY WITH OUR TYPE A BOARD, YOU RUN INTO QUORUM ISSUES WHERE MAYBE THE NEW MEMBERS CAN'T ATTEND THAT FIRST MEETING OR THAT SECOND MEETING BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOW GETTING INTO THE RHYTHM OF BEING AVAILABLE MM-HMM . UM, DURING THAT TIME. SO IT JUST, IT, IT JUST MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US. YEAH. I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED, KNOWN THAT I WOULD'VE BEEN ON EDC FOR A COUPLE MONTHS, STARTED TO, TO INTERACT AT LEAST FROM A PUBLIC POINT OF VIEW AND WROTE, YOU KNOW, ROSE MY KNOWLEDGE LEVEL SO THAT I CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AS WELL WHENEVER I'M ACTUALLY UP HERE AS WELL. SO YEAH, EARLY APPOINTMENT EARLY IN THE YEAR WOULD BE VERY GOOD. ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS PUT A DATE ON IT. ADD A DATE WHEN, YOU KNOW, IS IT BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR? WHEN, WHEN, DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE THOSE APPOINTMENTS [01:00:01] BEING DONE? OKAY. YES, IT DOES SAY EARLIER. OKAY. MM-HMM. ARE THEY APPOINTED IN APRIL? ARE THEY APPOINTED IN APRIL NOW? I BELIEVE IT'S MAY. MAY, YES. FOR JANUARY. I THINK THE IDEA WOULD BE MAYBE FEBRUARY, MARCH 1ST QUARTER. SO YOU COME BACK FROM THE HOLIDAY AND THEN YES. ANY ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE? UH, YES. OKAY. UM, SO JUST APPROVAL FOR THE REQUEST AND I CAN MAKE THOSE, THOSE EDITS TO JUST SPECIFY A CERTAIN, UH, SUGGEST A CERTAIN MONTH FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. OKAY. UM, WELL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, TO BASICALLY, UM, APPROVE THE, THE REQUEST TO THE CITY IN, IN THE FORM OF THIS LETTER FOR A NEW BOARD APPOINTMENT SCHEDULE. I SECOND THAT. YES. I NEEDED TO. WHO MADE THE MOTION? UH, I DON'T THINK, I THINK MARK JUST READ IT. IT WAS MOTION. YEAH, I JUST READ THE MOTION SECOND. YEAH, I DIDN'T, I WASN'T SO THINK JEN. AGREE SOLUTION. OKAY, SO WE NEED A SECOND. OH, YOU DO? WELL THEN I DID SECOND. NO, NO, YOU HAVE, YOU NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION. YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION FIRST. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, TO MAKE A DATE REQUEST FOR, UH, BOARD APPOINTMENTS IN EITHER FEBRUARY, MARCH AFTER, SO THAT IT'S IN THE FIRST QUARTER. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? I SECOND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ALRIGHT, THE MOTION CARRIES. AWESOME. I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. I THINK, I THINK MAYOR MCCOY KIND OF OFFERED THAT UP, UH, DIDN'T HE? AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, KIND OF TALKING ABOUT APPOINTMENT DAYS. I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. ONTO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [Business - G] REPORT. ELLE? YES SIR. I'LL START WITH ITEM ONE, THE FULL SURE. ENTREPRENEUR RESOURCE FAIR THAT WE RECENTLY HAD, WE HAD ABOUT 75, UM, RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THAT. UM, I THINK THERE WERE CLOSER TO ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW, WITH BOARD MEMBERS, UM, CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED. BUT OVERALL, AGAIN, JUST A GREAT SUCCESS IN TERMS OF THE CONNECTIONS WE HEARD. UM, AS SOME OF YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE NETWORKING ASPECT OF IT, UM, WE DID RECEIVE SEVERAL SURVEY RESPONSES THAT, UM, PEOPLE HAD GAINED A LOT OF VALUE AND IT'S A LOT OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, HAVING THE ABILITY TO WALK INTO ONE ROOM AND SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS. BUT BEING ABLE TO BE ADVISED BY THE SBDC CONNECT WITH YOUR LOCAL CHAMBER SO THAT YOU'RE PLUGGED INTO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THEN MEET WITH A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, VISIT A COUPLE BANKS AND EXPLORE FUNDING, UM, OPTIONS FOR YOUR IDEAS OR YOUR CURRENT BUSINESS NEEDS. AND ANYWHERE FROM MARKETING TO UM, JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES AND HELP THAT PEOPLE NEED. UH, I THINK FOR THEM TOO, IT'S INSTEAD OF, LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO TAKE MAYBE A FULL DAY OFF OF WORK. THEY CAN SPEND THAT ONE MORNING, UM, AND HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING THEY NEED IN ONE ROOM. UH, WE DID THIS YEAR CHANGE IT UP AND HAD A PANEL OF BUSINESS OWNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS JUST SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE ALL TOGETHER. IN PREVIOUS YEARS WE KIND OF HAD BREAKOUT SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT WAS A LONGER EVENT. UM, SO JUST BASED ON FEEDBACK, WE SHORTENED IT AND IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. UM, AND THEN AGAIN, AS PART OF THOSE SURVEYS AND CONVERSATIONS, PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY THIS EVENT. THEY WANNA SEE IT HAPPEN MORE OFTEN. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING NEXT YEAR ON HAVING, UM, A SPRING AND FALL INSTEAD OF JUST ONCE A YEAR, UH, IN LATE SUMMER. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A DATE NEXT SPRING TO HOST THE NEXT ONE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND? ALRIGHT, I'LL MOVE OVER TO ITEM TWO, THE ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOPS. SO WE DID SHARE ABOUT THIS, UM, OFFER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE RESOURCE FAIR. THE WORKSHOP IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. IT'S A FULL SATURDAY, SO 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM THE NEXT ONE IS OCTOBER 17TH. AND SO THAT'S UH, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR WEBSITE PARTICIPANTS CAN REGISTER AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO COVER, UM, JUST THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF EVERY, ANYONE FROM THE IDEATION STAGE TO SCALING TO ANY POINT IN BETWEEN. UM, AND JUST IT'S BUILT MORE AS A LECTURE AND BREAKOUT AND PEOPLE KIND OF WORK WORKSHOP, THOSE ISSUES. THEY'RE HAVING TO HOPEFULLY WALK OUT WITH NEXT STEPS, UM, OR MAYBE HAVING OVERCOME THE CHALLENGE THEY WERE FACING. SO YOU'LL BE SEEING, UM, THAT MARKETED AND THEN IT WILL GO OUT. WE HAVE A FLYER SET TO GO OUT IN THE UTILITY BILLS DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER, SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE THE FINAL MARKETING PUSH IN THE PAST. THAT WAS A REALLY SUCCESSFUL WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT, [01:05:01] UM, JUST STRAIGHT TO PEOPLE'S MAILBOX AND IT RESULTED IN A LOT OF REGISTRATIONS. SO RIGHT NOW I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 10, 10 REGISTRANTS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED. UM, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A THREE PART SERIES, SO THIS IS THE LAST FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN WE'LL PROGRAM AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR. SO JUST KIND OF WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIFFERENCE THERE, UM, SHORT AND TO THE POINT AND THEN LONGER MORE WORKSHOP STYLE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? ALRIGHT. UH, ITEM THREE, JUST WANTED TO MENTION ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WE ATTENDED, UH, THIS MONTH. THE FORT BEND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP HOSTED A PROGRAM IMMIGRATION AND FOCUS AND IT WAS JUST VERY EDUCATIONAL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY, WHAT THAT DOES TO OUR WORKFORCE, OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND UM, JUST WHAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF. I THINK COMING BACK THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT INSIGHTS THAT I GAINED. I DID SHARE WITH OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, UM, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL AND JUST KIND OF EXPLORING OTHER CONNECTIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE, UM, WITH THE FORT BEND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP TO GET THEM EDUCATED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BETTER EQUIP, UM, THE WORKFORCE HERE WITHIN SHORE AND FORT BEND COUNTY. SO REALLY GREAT PROGRAMMING THERE. ITEM FOUR, FULCHER CENTRAL. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE RECENTLY DID MEET WITH THEM AND KIND OF GET A FEW UPDATES THEY ARE WORKING ON, UM, FINALLY GOING VERTICAL. AND UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT MAYBE SCHEDULING A TOUR FOR YOU ALL ONCE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE OF THAT, UM, UP. SO I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO COORDINATE WITH YOU ALL. I THOUGHT IT'D BE GREAT TO KIND OF SEE AN IN PERSON, UM, CLOSE UP OF YOUR INVESTMENT ASSETS BEING BUILT. AND UM, I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ON THEIR WEBSITE IF YOU HAVEN'T YET. THEY DO GREAT AT COVERING WITH PHOTOS AND DRONE VIDEOS AND WE'LL BE SHARING SOME OF THAT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. WHAT'S THAT LIKE THAT JUST, UH, SOCIAL, IF YOU SEARCH FULL SURE. CENTRAL, IT'LL TAKE YOU THERE. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S FULL SURE. CENTRAL.COM? YES, FULL SURE. CENTRAL.COM. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. AND IT SOMETIMES TAKES A LITTLE LONG TO LOAD BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH MEDIA ON IT, BUT IT'S WORTH THE WAIT. . AND THEN LASTLY, JUST HOLIDAY EVENTS. WANTING TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THE TREE LINING WILL BE THE FIRST SATURDAY IN DECEMBER THE FIFTH HERE AT CITY HALL. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UM, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND JUST KIND OF PUTTING OUR FEELERS OUT THERE AND GETTING A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE TOGETHER FOR THOSE MICRO EVENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. SO WE JUST COME ALONGSIDE A BUSINESS THAT'S ALREADY HOSTING AN EVENT AND DO A SMALL SPONSORSHIP FROM 300 TO $500 TO KIND OF ENHANCE THAT EVENT. UM, BUT OUR GOAL IS THAT THERE WILL BE A PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE DONE THIS THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT HAS A CALENDAR FOR THE HOLIDAYS WHERE FAMILIES CAN GO AND THEY CAN SEE ALL THAT THERE IS TO DO TOWARDS THE END OF NOVEMBER AND DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WHERE THEY CAN SHOP LOCAL AND UM, JUST ENJOY THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PICTURES WITH SANTA AND HOT COCOA WITH SANTA AND WHATEVER ELSE OUR BUSINESSES ARE CREATIVELY PUTTING TOGETHER. AND THAT'S ALL. I HAVE SOME EXCELLENT EVENTS COMING UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. I THINK I HAVE TO READ THIS IN TOTALITY, CORRECT? YES. ALRIGHT. UM, NEXT UP WE HAVE, YES. YES. UH, NEXT [V. Executive Session] UP WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT CONSULTATION WITH ETERNITY, UH, ATTORNEY. UM, 5 51 DASH 0 7 2. DISCUSSION, THE PURCHASE AND EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY 5 5 1 0 8 7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDC OWNED PROPERTY ON 36 0 3 FM 10 93 AND 36 1 9 FM 10 93 RE, TEXAS 7 7 4 4 1. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE'LL ADJOURN INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:09 PM WELL OFFICIALLY WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION RECONVENING AT SEVEN 17 AND THERE'LL BE NO ACTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. ON TO [Recurring Items - A] FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I, THOSE THERE, THEY'RE TWO PROPOSED. MM-HMM . IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY WOULD LIKE ON FUTURE? UM, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT TIP STRATEGIES AND SOME ASSESSMENTS AROUND THE GROWTH AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE SEE ABOUT IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH, UM, THE CITY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN [01:10:01] AND WHERE THINGS STAND. UM, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS I'M STARTING TO HEAR FROM, UH, CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE GROWING F OF, UM, JUST THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE PLANNING FOR THAT? HOW ARE WE LOOKING, WORKING WITH TEXDOT ON 3 59 AND ACCESS NORTH. UH, AND ALSO JUST THE WAY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TRAFFIC, UH, INTERSECTIONS AND THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND ARE THERE WAYS TO IMPROVE THE FLOW? I'LL ADD THAT TO THE LIST AND DISCUSS. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE FOR THE, I'D LIKE FOR THE FULCRUM REPORT TO STAY ON FUTURE AGENDA WHEN IT'S READY. OKAY. WE'LL ADD IT ON THERE AS WELL. AND THEN DO WE, DO WE NEED THE KPIS TO BE BACK ON THE AGENDA IN A MORE FORMAL FORM? WE'LL BRING BACK YES SIR. A LIST OF JUST PROPOSED KPIS AND THEN GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. IF ANYTHING ELSE COMES TO MIND, YOU KNOW, AFTER THIS DISCUSSION THAT YOU'RE THINKING ON, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL, UH, BLAKE, MARK, OR MYSELF AND WE WILL GET THAT ON THERE. SOUNDS GREAT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO [Recurring Items - B] OUR, ONE OF OUR FEW LAST READING ITEMS HERE. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING. WELL JUST, UH, WE'VE GOT A PRETTY SOLID PARTNER IN THE FORT BEND REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP. UH, I KNOW THAT A**L, UH, AND CARRIE SCHMIDT AT THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, GET TOGETHER FREQUENTLY AND ALL, UH, A WHOLE RANGE OF UH, UH, ISSUES AND MATTERS. BUT THEY HAD THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE THIS PAST FRIDAY, UH, VERY, VERY WELL ATTENDED WELL OVER 200 PLUS ATTENDEES. UH, MY PERSONAL FAVORITE WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, UH, WHO FOCUSED ON ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS AND THE FUTURE FOR TEXAS IN, IN THAT ARENA. UM, SO GOOD, GOOD TO SEE AND HEAR SOME OF, SOME OF THAT. THAT'S, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF LEADING, UH, ON SOME ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES HERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. UH, KELSEY DID ATTEND AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR OR JUST CLIFF AND I. JUST CLIFF. OKAY. YES. UH, MR. CLIFF BLUE, HARD AND KELSEY WERE THERE REPRESENTING THE CITY, UH, ALL DAY. YEAH, IT WAS VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE EDC AND, UH, FULL SHE FOLEYS OCTOBER 10TH. SO, UM, SHARE ALL OF THAT IS ON OUR, UM, FACEBOOK PAGE. YOU'LL SEE THE BANNERS COMING UP THIS WEEK. UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED. DO YOU HAVE FLYERS FOR BUSINESSES OUT? UM, WE DON'T, BUT WE CAN BRING SOME BY. OKAY. I'LL PUT HIM UP. MY SON'S NOT GONNA LIKE THAT. THAT'S HIS BIRTHDAY. . CELEBRATE ALL OF FULL S**T. WE CAN SING HIM HAPPY BIRTHDAY IF YOU BRING HIM BY. I'LL HAVE THE BAND SING HIM. HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR EVERY, WE'LL HAVE A MARIACHI AND EVERYTHING . WE'LL SEE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG. AND ALSO A REMINDER THAT THIS FRIDAY, UH, SEPTEMBER THE 25TH IS A COUNTY HOLIDAY HERE IN FORT BEND COUNTY BECAUSE THE FORT BEND FAIR, UH, COUNTY FAIR, UH, IS IN FULL SWING. UH, SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER TRIED IT OUT, IT'S A GRAND, GRAND EVENT AND GREAT TO SEE A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS AND FOLKS JUST HAVING A GOOD OLD TIME. YES. AND THE EDC, THE EDC DID SUPPORT, UM, A SHOOT. SO YOU ARE A SHOOT SPONSOR, SO IF YOU SEE THE SIGN, GO AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH IT. OH, COOL. UM, WE JUST GOT TO GO TO THE SPONSOR RECEPTION LAST THURSDAY NIGHT. MM-HMM . VERY COOL. GOOD STUFF. ANYTHING ELSE, MAN? THAT'S, WE'RE IN OUR FESTIVAL SEASON IT FEELS LIKE. RIGHT? WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT GOOD STUFF. EVERYBODY PRAY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF COOL WEATHER FOR ALL OF OUR FESTIVAL SEASON COMING UP. YES. AMEN. ALRIGHT, AND WITH THAT, I'LL, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I SECOND. I KNOW SHE'S USED TO ME. I THINK I DO. THE FIRST YOU HAVE TO DO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 7 22. I SECOND, I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOTION TO AD. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7 22. ALRIGHT. PM. * 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.