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[A. Regular Meeting Opening]
CALL TO ORDER.THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING AT, GIVE ME A TIME 6:02 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 2023 TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
FIRST, WE'LL START WITH THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE US AND TEXAS FLAGS.
THANK YOU. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AND THIS WONDERFUL SPRING TIME THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE IN TEXAS.
HAVE YOUR HAND ON OUR MEETING AS WE DISCUSS THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AND THIS DO SO IN A CIVIL WAY AND JUST ASK YOU TO BE WITH EVERYONE AS THEY TRAVEL FROM HERE HOME TONIGHT IN YOUR NAME.
JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT, SECTION B, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE EDC REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA. THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
IS THAT OKAY IN THAT? OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? PUBLIC COMMENTS. SECTION B.
[C. Consent Agenda - All items listed on the consent agenda will be considered by the Board and will be enacted on by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member so requests.]
BE ENACTED ON BY ONE MOTION.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER, A REQUEST.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. DO I NEED TO READ THOSE AS THEY ARE APPROVED? OKAY. NUMBER ONE, APPROVE THE APRIL 2023 MEETING MINUTES.
NUMBER THREE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. POTTER. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND.
OKAY. ELECTRONICALLY CAN WE DO THAT? OKAY.
AND WE HAVE A PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
OKAY. AND WHAT TIME DO I NEED TO GIVE YOU A TIME.
[1. Receive any reports and presentations by the Sachse Economic Development Corporation President, Board Members, Executive Director, and staff regarding items of community interest; special events; announcements and activities; office, industrial, commercial, or retail business retention; and marketing projects.]
READ THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.THIS IS FOR SECTION D, REGULAR ITEM.
RECEIVE ANY REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS BY THE 60 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF REGARDING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, SPECIAL EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES, OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL BUSINESS RETENTION AND MARKETING PROJECTS.
GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS EVENING.
JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR THE STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
WE DONATED A FEW GIFT CARDS FOR THE THIRD PLATE EXCUSE ME, THE THIRD PLACE FINISHER.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE GRABBED A FEW LOCAL BUSINESSES, SO WE WENT TO HOUSE OF BOBA.
WE WENT TO T&T FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, WE WENT TO MANNY'S AND ONE OTHER PLACE.
AND SO WE TRIED TO KEEP THE DOLLARS HERE LOCAL FOR THE FOLKS THAT ENDED UP WINNING.
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SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT EVENT.JUST A BRIEF KIND OF HIGH LEVEL UPDATE ON FIFTH STREET DISTRICT.
SO WITH THIS PROJECT, WE ARE STILL GETTING WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS OUR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PLANS BEING COMPLETED. WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH OUR ENGINEER.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S IN OUR CONTRACT.
SO THEY'LL BE PLATTING THE PROPERTY.
SO THEY'VE DRAWN US UP KIND OF A PRELIMINARY DOCUMENT THERE.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL DO RELATIVE TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENTS.
SO WE HAVE OUR ATTORNEYS WORKING ON THAT.
SO AS SOON AS WE CAN ANNOUNCE MORE, WE WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO DO THAT.
BE EXCITED TOO. BUT JUST THE KIND OF HIGH LEVEL.
NO IS THAT THE ENGINEER IS GETTING VERY CLOSE ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN PLANS.
AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS BID OUT THE PROJECT SO AS ALEXANDER STREET WILL HAVE TO BE IMPROVED, THE SEGMENT THERE, RIGHT THERE BY I GUESS WHERE THE ROUNDABOUT IS, THAT TRIANGULAR PIECE BETWEEN THE ROUNDABOUT.
AND SO THAT STREET WILL BE IMPROVED WITH CURB AND GUTTER SIDEWALK.
SO HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BID THAT PROJECT SOON.
I KNOW WE HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE I THINK WE THOUGHT MAYBE MARCH OR APRIL.
ARE THEIR RESTAURANTS OKAY WITH THE DESIGNS? HAVE THERE BEEN ANY BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT? HAVE THEY AGREED UPON ANYTHING? I KNOW LAST TIME THEY WERE STILL SORT OF GOING BACK AND FORTH.
SO JUST CURIOUS IF THEY'VE HAMMERED OUT THEIR THEIR SPECIFIC DESIGNS.
YES. SO THE COUPLE ELEMENTS THERE.
SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING THE CITY'S PIECE IS MORE OF THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PREPARATION OF THE SITE, WHEREAS THE RESTAURANTS ARE GOING TO BE SPECIFICALLY BUILDING THEIR OWN STRUCTURES.
BUT WE'VE CERTAINLY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH EACH WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH EACH OF THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'LL NEED FOR THEIR SITE, IN TERMS OF SPACE SPECIFICS REGARDING, YOU KNOW, METER SIZES AND IRRIGATION LINE SIZES.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PLACE THAT WE'RE AT NOW.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONCE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENTS EXECUTED, I THINK THAT WILL KIND OF TURN THE HEAT UP, IF YOU WILL, ON SUBMISSION DEADLINES AND KIND OF AND WHEN ARE WE EXPECTING THAT NOW THEY'RE IN REVIEW.
THE FIRST STEP IS PUTTING IT TOGETHER, WORKING WITH LEGAL AND THEN GETTING IT TO THEIR TEAM.
AND THEN THERE'S THEIR WHOLE THE BACK AND FORTH PIECE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
HOPEFULLY NOT LONG. THANKS YOU, SIR.
ARE THOSE AGREEMENTS GOING TO BE LIKE, DONE? BUT LIKE BOTH RESTAURANTS HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER.
WHEN WOULD THEY TURN DIRT? WELL, THE. YOU STILL HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF, THE PLANNING THAT'S GOING IN TO THE WHOLE ALEXANDER PIECE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME SYNCHRONICITY BETWEEN LIKE WHAT THE CITY DOES AND THAT.
BUT IF WE GET THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENTS SIGNED, I MEAN, THERE'S GOING TO BE CERTAIN PROVISIONS ABOUT WHEN THINGS HAVE TO BE SUBMITTED AND COME IN AND AND THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT THERE WOULD BE NO REASON WHY THEY COULDN'T GET PLANS SUBMITTED.
THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
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LOOK? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEN THERE'S STILL MORE HAPPENING THAT I DON'T KNOW.IN MY MIND I'M HEARING THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD GO FOR A YEAR OR MORE.
BUT I MEAN, BUILDING DESIGN THEM, DOING ENGINEERING AND MEP WORK AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT'S GOING TO THERE'S LEAD TIME WITH THAT, RIGHT? SO I ENVISION THAT AGAIN, WE THE WHOLE PROJECT CAN HAPPEN CONCURRENTLY.
IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO HOW QUICKLY THEY GET STUFF INTO THE CITY FOR REVIEW.
ONE MORE QUESTION AT WHAT POINT DOES IT BECOME PUBLIC, THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE ONCE WE'VE GOT THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENTS EXECUTED? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL DELIBERATING AND NEGOTIATING.
SO IS EVERYTHING GOOD WITH THEM NOW? BECAUSE I WAS HEARING THERE WAS MAYBE SOME CONCERN AND EVERYTHING ISSUES WITH.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT.
EVERYTHING'S GOOD. EVERYTHING'S GOOD.
OKAY. SO SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, IMPORTANT DATES.
OF COURSE, YOU'VE SEEN IF YOU'VE TRIED TO PARK IN A CERTAIN PART OF THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX THAT IT'S CLOSED OFF THE EXTREME GREEN AND DRUG TAKEBACK EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING ON SATURDAY CWD.
ONE OF THEIR PROGRAMS THEY DO HERE AT THE CITY STORAGE 365 UP ON PGBT.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE OPEN. EXCUSE ME.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THEIR RIBBON CUTTING ON MAY 27TH.
AND SAME DAY THAT FIRE STATION HAS AN OPEN HOUSE.
JK SACHSE PARK GRAND OPENING AGAIN DUE TO RAIN AND WEATHER IT WAS PUSHED BACK.
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON JUNE 3RD.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS FIRST PUBLIC PARK GOING IN ON THE COLLIN COUNTY SIDE OF SACHSE.
AND THEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF JUNE 3RD.
IF YOU HAVE LITTLES ONES OR IF YOU JUST LIKE TO READ.
AND THEN THE SACHSE CHAMBER LUNCHEON JUNE 13TH IN OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE JUNE 15TH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS OR ANYTHING? OKAY. SO I GUESS HOW WITH OUR AGENDAS AND I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION ON WHERE FIFTH STREETS AT.
HOW IS A BOARD DO WE BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES HAPPENING? I'M THINKING ABOUT MY FIFTH STREET WAS SOMETHING AT THE TOP OF MY MIND.
THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT SINCE THAT WAS A BRAND NEW BUSINESS OUT IN A MARQUEE AREA JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE COULD LEARN FROM THAT OR WHAT MAYBE THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE HEARD.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I MEAN, THAT THERE ARE SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE WITH THEM AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT IS TO BE JUST DIVULGED, RIGHT, IN A PUBLIC MEETING RIGHT. BUT I THINK THAT THERE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO BE SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POST MORTEM TYPE THING THAT YOU CAN DO, WHETHER SOMEBODY LEAVES OR THEY UPROOT, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
I THINK THERE'S A PLACE FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE GOING.
OH, SURE, YEAH. YOU WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT WOULD WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM THAT.
AND THERE'S OTHER SITUATIONS, TOO, THAT ONE JUST THAT AND FIFTH STREET KIND OF POP OUT.
AND I DON'T KNOW NOW HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, AS A AS A BOARD.
AND SO I, I, I'M JUST KEEP I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW I, I KNOW WITH THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, I WAS ASKING SOME QUESTIONS AND THEN I REALIZED I STEPPED IN SOMETHING. SO, JARED, IS IT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHERE CONVERSATIONS COULD BE MORE? PROBABLY NOT.
NOT IF WE'RE JUST TALKING SORT OF PHILOSOPHICALLY ABOUT GENERAL BUSINESS.
I MEAN, THE STATE CODE, THE STATE STATUTE SPECIFIES WHEN YOU CAN GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD NECESSARILY MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT IN AN OPEN SESSION.
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WE HAVE HAD QUITE A BIT ON OUR PLATE, QUITE A BIT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.AND SO WE'RE KIND OF STAYING FOCUSED AND LOCKED IN ON WHAT WE'VE HAD GOING.
BUT I MEAN, CERTAINLY IF THERE WAS.
PERHAPS THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR FOR THAT GROUP.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE CHAMBER CAN DO THAT AND HAS DONE IT IN THE PAST.
BUT I WAS JUST THINKING MORE OF HOW DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE LESSONS LEARNED SO THAT WE CAN SEE, OH, SHOULD WE CONSIDER DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT MAYBE HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES, KNOW WHAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, GIVING, YOU KNOW, AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GLEAN FROM THAT? WELL, MAYBE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
BUT I MEAN, I LIKE YOUR I LIKE YOUR QUESTION.
AS MR. POTTS SAID, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
BUT FROM YOUR STAFF STANDPOINT, I'M THINKING THAT SINCE YOU KNOW THOSE DETAILS, THEN WHEN OTHER COMPANIES COME IN AND THEY ARE SIMILAR OR DISSIMILAR FOR THAT MATTER, THAT YOU WOULD THEN HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE WHERE YOU COULD SAY OR YOU WOULD KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF BUSINESS OR THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION OR, YOU KNOW, THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE YOU AT THE TABLE OR ANY MEETINGS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE.
SO I THINK THE INFORMATION IS VERY RELEVANT.
BUT IF IT'S A TRAFFIC ISSUE OR IF IT'S A CATEGORY ISSUE OR IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THINGS COME BEFORE THIS BOARD ALL THE TIME THAT WE CONSIDER BUSINESS INCENTIVE WISE. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE REASON THAT THIS BUSINESS DID NOT SUCCEED? I DO THINK IT'S A ROLE OF THE EDC.
LIKE WE NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM, NOT NECESSARILY MAYBE MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THEM OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IN THE INSTANCE, BUT CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.
LIKE I ALSO SHARE MR. KINZER'S CURIOSITY ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY TRANSPIRED AT THAT BUSINESS, BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S PRIVATE INFORMATION YOU CAN'T SHARE, YOU CAN'T SHARE, BUT MAYBE THE CLIENT COULD ACTUALLY OR THE PERSON WHO OWNED IT COULD COULD GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SHARE THAT WITH US IN SOME FORM THAT IS NOT PUBLIC.
IF THEY DON'T WISH OR MAYBE EVEN COME HERE AND SPEAK TO US ABOUT IT THEMSELVES, I DON'T KNOW.
SO I MEAN, IT'S LIKE BUT SO WE'RE DOWN THAT ROAD.
WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS IF YOU DO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL ME.
OKAY. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
I GUESS AS I WAS JUST AGAIN, I WANT TO STAY ON THE AGENDA, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION OF IS LIKE NOW, NOW IT APPEARS WE'RE BOXED IN AND WE COULDN'T BRING UP ANYTHING OR BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS A BOARD.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY I'M COMFORTABLE WITH CALLING YOU OR GINA, BUT I WAS YOU KNOW, AS I'M LOOKING HERE, I WAS LIKE, I'M I AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M SITTING HERE BY MYSELF AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK AS A BOARD, WE WOULD WANT IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD PEOPLE TO HAVE AGREED.
I MEAN, I'VE AGREED. MR. POTTS HAS AGREED, YOU KNOW, MR. CHANDLER AGREED.
BUT I THINK YOU MAKE SOME VALID POINTS.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS MENTIONED IN MR. POTTS OVERVIEW.
[2. Discuss and consider approval of the goals and objectives of the Type B Corporation.]
AND I DO HAVE A CARD FROM MR. MARTY HOBOLT ON THIS.MR. HOBOLT YOU CAN SEE THE PRESENTATION.
OH, I DIDN'T. I DID NOT KNOW WHEN YOU WANTED TO COME, SO I JUST HAVE THE CARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AFTER I SEE THE PRESENTATION.
SO PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION.
OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION LAST MEETING, AND I THINK THE BOARD'S PREFERENCE WAS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE, YOU KNOW, TANGIBLE DOCUMENT AND TAKE NOTES AND STUDY IT CERTAINLY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT CALL.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO RECAP THE RANKING ACTIVITY.
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SO AS YOU RECALL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE HAD AN ACTIVITY WHERE THE EXISTING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FROM 2021 WERE RANKED.AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO BACK FOR THE SAKE OF OUR DISCUSSIONS LOOKING FORWARD AND KIND OF SEE HOW THAT RANKING SHOOK OUT, GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF BOARD FEEDBACK, AND THEN I'LL PROVIDE SOME OF MY GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE RESPONSES THAT THE BOARD GAVE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SENDING THOSE TO ME.
AND THEN I'LL PRESENT THE GOALS.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO THE GOALS SINCE THIS WAS SENT TO YOU, AND I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE CHANGES WERE. I WAS STILL RECEIVING SOME FEEDBACK AND WORKING ON THIS DOCUMENT, SO TAKING KIND OF EVERYTHING AND TRYING TO SYNTHESIZE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE READING SOME THINGS.
AND I WOULD I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE DO GO THROUGH AND READ THROUGH THE LANGUAGE, BUT THEN WE CAN DISCUSS KIND OF AT THE BOARD LEVEL, KIND OF WHAT YOU ALL FEEL AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS.
AND YOU CAN SEE BASED ON THE POINTS, HOW THE TOP 15 SHOOK OUT.
SO I DON'T THINK WE NECESSARILY NEED TO GO THROUGH AND WE DON'T NEED TO RELITIGATE THIS OR REAPPRAISE THE ACTION ITEMS. BUT JUST TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE THE POINT THAT.
WHENEVER WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 2023 GOALS THAT WAS TAKING THIS SURVEY RESPONSE AND APPLYING KIND OF THE GENERAL TOP 15, THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL.
SO I'LL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE COMMENTS.
IT IS NOT A VERBATIM LINE FOR LINE.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY APPROACHED THE RESPONSES DIFFERENTLY.
AND I THINK WE CAN KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND LOWLIGHTS HERE, IF YOU WILL.
SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, IF YOU WILL, KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE WHAT DO YOU LIKE WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU NOT LIKE FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT, THE REDEVELOPMENT PIECE, SOME GOOD, GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS ON BUSINESS PRACTICES.
THERE'S SOME SUCCINCT ACTION ITEMS. GOOD START ON IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES LIKE THE GOALS CATEGORIES ESSENTIALLY.
AND THEN THE FLOW FROM THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE TO THE STRATEGY IS GOOD.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SYNTHESIS OF EVERY BOARD MEMBER.
THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE INDICATIVE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF GENERAL THOUGHTS.
AND THE TIMING FOR QUARTERLY REPORTING VERSUS ANNUAL REPORTING.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF EVERYDAY COURSE OF BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
SOME OF THE GOALS ARE BARRIERS TO OVERCOME AND COULD BE REVISED COLUMN TITLES CONFUSING SHOULD INCLUDE A GOAL OF BEAUTIFICATION, UNSURE ABOUT WHETHER THE HOTEL GUIDELINES GUIDELINES BELONGED AND THEN MUCH TO DO COULD BE TOUGH TO COMPLETE.
POSSIBLY BREAK THE DASHBOARD INTO TWO AREAS.
SO THE GOALS OF THE EDC AND IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS OBJECTIVES.
SHOULD FIFTH STREET BE BROKEN DOWN INTO IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM? THERE WERE SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW THIS WOULD LOOK IF IT WAS POSTED TO THE EDC WEBSITE.
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RECOMMEND PUTTING THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES INTO A SEPARATE DOCUMENT TO MAKE THE OVERALL SHAPE MORE MANAGEABLE.AGAIN, ESTABLISHING A CADENCE FOR THE STRATEGY.
AS OPPOSED TO USING PERIODICALLY DEVELOPING MATRICES AROUND THINGS TO MEASURE IF WE'RE SUCCEEDING.
UTILIZING CITY STAFF, SCHOOL DISTRICT, LOCAL REGIONAL CHAMBERS, POLICE, FIRE, ETCETERA WHEN ENGAGING TARGET BUSINESSES AND NEEDING TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE FUNDING PIECE WHERE THE EDC MONEY IS REFERENCED IN THE GOALS.
SO THAT'S AGAIN, JUST SOME GENERAL COMMENTS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST A COUPLE OF MY OBSERVATIONS OR DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM 2023 CAME FROM THE PRIORITY RANKING ACTIVITY CONDUCTED BY THE BOARD, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2021. SO WE JUST DISCUSSED THAT, THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION LAST TIME ABOUT HOW THEY WERE PRIORITIZED.
AND SO JUST AS SORT OF A INFORMATIONAL NOTE, THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET.
AND SO THE ORDER CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE.
CERTAINLY BELIEVE THERE IS SOME VALUE IN TIGHTENING ACTION ITEMS. SO WANT TO HAVE MEANINGFUL METRICS THAT ARE PROVIDING VALUE, BUT ALSO WANT TO AVOID TRACKING AND COUNTING JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING SO.
I THINK THAT SOMETIMES THE TAIL CAN WAG THE DOG A LITTLE BIT WITH WITH SOME OF THOSE MEASURES.
WORDING, SOME METRICS WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE ONCE PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN SET.
WOULD BE THINGS LIKE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT BACK INTO THE CITY.
BUSINESS VISITS CONDUCTED SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ACTUALLY WHAT IS WHAT IS IT TELLING? HOW CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS OR MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON THE INFORMATION? SO JUST SOME POTENTIAL MEASURABLES.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THERE ARE STILL GOING TO BE SOME MORE.
IN FACT, MOST OF THE GOALS ARE GOING TO KIND OF CAPTURE A FLY.
RIGHT. SO THIS FISCAL YEAR IS WHEN AT THIS POINT WE ENVISION BEING ABLE TO GET TO A PROJECT BASED ON OTHER ONGOING ITEMS AND WORKLOADS AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY FOR AN ONGOING ITEM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DO.
BUT FROM A STAFF STANDPOINT, FROM AN INTERNAL STANDPOINT, WE WOULD CREATE OUR OWN INTERNAL WORK PLAN AND BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE SPECIFICITY IN TERMS OF WHEN DURING THAT YEAR WE WOULD BE GETTING TO THINGS AND HOW EVERYTHING KIND OF SHAKES OUT.
SIMILARLY, LOOKING AT LIKE A COMMUNICATION PLAN, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THINGS KIND OF DOWN TO THE MONTH LEVEL AS FAR AS WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE MATERIAL TO PRINT OR TO, YOU KNOW, THE ADVERTISERS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THESE ITEMS HAVEN'T BEEN RANKED.
SO COSTS AGAIN, THERE ARE THERE WERE SOME REFERENCES ABOUT EDC FUNDING AND COSTS FOR SOME OF THE ITEMS. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY THERE IS IN SOME CASES THE RECOMMENDATION LANGUAGE.
I KNOW THAT THIS PEOPLE PROBABLY HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
BUT IF THE LANGUAGE IS TO EVALUATE, RESEARCH OR CONSIDER, I STILL THINK THAT THERE'S VALUE IN THAT.
AND SO WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COST OF A ESTABLISHING A CRM TOOL.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD.
WE WOULD STUDY, WE WOULD EVALUATE.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION AT THIS POINT, BUT STILL DOESN'T NEGATE THE THE NEED TO DO THINGS LIKE EVALUATE KEY LAND FOR LAND BANKING OR IDENTIFY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE VALUE IN GOING THROUGH THOSE EXERCISES.
UM, IN TERMS OF SORT OF JUST LINKING BACK TO.
THE BOARD HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHING A VISION AND GUIDELINES AND SETTING DIRECTION. AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2017.
IT'S VERY MUCH INFORMS WHAT WE DO, REFERENCE IT ALL THE TIME.
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AND THEN IN TERMS OF THAT, THOUGH, WE ALSO DID A TARGET BUSINESS SECTOR ANALYSIS.AND THIS IS SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY THOUGHT OF LAST TIME.
DIRECTION THAT I'VE BEEN GIVEN FROM THIS BOARD, BUT ALSO DIRECTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RATIFIED IN THE JOINT MEETING MEDICAL HEALTH, WELLNESS, LIFE SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY, NICHE AND SPECIALTY RETAIL.
AS PART OF OUR BUSINESS ATTRACTION PROGRAM THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
MOST LIKELY YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE OF THE GARDEN OFFICE, SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
SO THAT'S SOME OF MY COMMENTS.
I'M GOING TO STOP THERE IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING YET.
BUT. WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A MOMENT.
THIS ONE THING. THIS IS GREAT THAT YOU'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH THIS.
ONE THING I DON'T I DON'T THINK I PUT THIS IN MY COMMENTS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, ONE THING THAT I PERSONALLY SEE IS HOW DO WE ENSURE AS WE'RE DOING ALL THIS WORK AND THEN COUNCIL'S GOT THEIR IDEAS, YOU HOW DOES THAT COME TOGETHER? I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING THAT WE HAD TOGETHER AND THEN EVEN THIS MOST RECENT JOINT MEETING, I'M NOT SURE, I'M NOT SURE IF WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AND I DON'T AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO FIGURE THAT OUT SO THAT LIKE IT.
I THINK I THINK THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE IDEAS AND YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THEY EXPECT.
AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS VERY CLEAR.
SO THAT HELPS US BE MORE EFFICIENT.
I MEAN, NOTHING IS MORE FRUSTRATING THAN LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE GO CREATE SOMETHING AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK, BUT YET YOU HAVE AN IDEA AND THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATIONS YOU CAN HAVE IN A BUSINESS.
BUT LET ME CLARIFY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO HERE, THAT IT MORE MORE THAN LIKELY WILL BE APPROVED ON THAT COUNCIL LEVEL.
WE'RE NOT JUST SPINNING OUR WHEELS HERE, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF THERE'S JUST CERTAIN THINGS LIKE I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO SEE, I KIND OF HEAR COMMENTS LIKE THAT IS LIKE, WELL, THEN LET, LET US KNOW BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER IF WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE SOMETHING INSTEAD OF BEING LIKE THIS, CREATING IT.
WE'RE VERY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MORE SPECIFIC WITH IT.
SO THAT'S THERE'S A WAY SO THAT WE CAN TIGHTEN THAT UP.
AND THEN I DON'T WANT TO SQUELCH, YOU KNOW, CREATIVITY AND MAYBE THINGS THAT HADN'T BEEN THOUGHT OF.
BUT ALSO IN A LOT OF CASES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO INVEST IN THIS BUSINESS OR THIS AREA THEN JUST UNDER, YOU KNOW, BEING CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND UNDERSTANDING OR COUNCILS, I THINK WOULD HELP.
SURE. REAL QUICK ON THAT POINT, THOUGH, THOUGH, SHOULDN'T WE AS A BOARD, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T WE CHALLENGE THE COUNCIL OCCASIONALLY? TO ME, IF ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS ALIGN WITH THEIR GOALS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE GOING DOWN THE PATH THEY WANT US TO GO DOWN, I HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH THAT.
IF THEY WANT TO VETO IT, THEY CAN VETO IT.
BECAUSE WE SAW FROM THAT MEETING LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO.
YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO FIND CONSENSUS. SO I'M LOOKING AT GOING, IF WE CAN HAVE CONSENSUS ALONG HERE WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND BRING SOMETHING TO THE COUNCIL, MAYBE IT FAILS, BUT I'D RATHER HAVE IT FAIL AND WE'RE DOING OUR JOB HERE THEN NOT DO IT AT ALL.
WE CAN BE OUT OF THE BOX, SO TO SPEAK, BUT WE'RE ALSO THEN BEING ARMED WITH THE PROPER RESEARCH INFORMATION, DETAILS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BUSINESS ENTITY, WHATEVER IT IS, BEING MORE THAN LIKELY SUCCESSFUL.
I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT YOU AS WELL.
I GUESS I LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP KICKING AROUND THIS WHOLE HIGHWAY 78 LOOK BETTER.
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YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT SPEND MONEY IS PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAYING, HEY, I NEED THIS, I NEED THIS, I NEED THIS.WHAT PRECLUDES US FROM GOING OUT TO BUSINESSES AND SAYING, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS GRANT SITUATION.
WE WANT TO HELP UNIFY YOUR AREA A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND WE WANT TO BRING TO YOU THIS MONEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PRECLUDES US FROM DOING THAT OR NOT? MR. POTTER, I HAVE THE GOAL FOR YOU.
JUST BUCKLE UP. I'M JUST [INAUDIBLE] YEAH.
NO, NO, THAT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD POINT, RIGHT? THE PROACTIVE VERSUS THE REACTIVE STUFF.
AND NO, MR. POTTER, WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'RE IN AGREEMENT.
AND I THINK WE WE DO NEED TO CHALLENGE.
BUT IF THERE IS AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THE SAME UNIVERSE AS ALL AGREE.
THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE I WAS COMING FROM.
SO AND THEN YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ALWAYS SAYING MAYBE WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE MORE OFTEN.
JUST LIKE NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE GOALS OUT TWO YEARS.
AND SO. JUST WANT TO BE AWARE OF THAT.
SO YEAH, I THINK I THINK CERTAINLY WE'LL GET INTO THE LOCAL BUSINESS GRANT PIECE.
AND AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE TARGET BUSINESS SECTORS DISCUSSION, THERE WAS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE MATRIX THAT WE PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE WHAT'S HELPFUL FOR US AS A STAFF IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, HERE'S THE CONTOURS OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD.
WE HAVE THAT DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD OR FROM COUNCIL, BUT THERE ALSO IS THAT FLEXIBILITY TO THINK, OKAY, DOES THIS ADD SOME SORT OF A VALUE THAT IS OTHERWISE NOT PRESENT IN THE CITY? IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY FIT INTO SOME SPECIFIC BOX, BUT IT IS MAYBE IT'S NOT IN A SURROUNDING CITY, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD POINT.
AND I THINK ONCE WE GET TO THE GOALS AND KIND OF READ THROUGH THEM, CERTAINLY KEEP THAT IN MIND AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU FEEL THAT THIS KIND OF GETS AFTER WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
WHEN WE KIND OF LOOK AT THAT ALIGNMENT, SOMETHING THAT KIND OF CAME TO ME AS I WAS LOOKING AROUND, IT SEEMS LIKE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF LIKE THE COMP PLAN.
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THESE BROAD AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T START GOING DOWN DIFFERENT PATHS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PROBABLY GETTING TIME TO UPDATE.
AGAIN, THOSE DOCUMENTS, AS YOU SAID, THINGS CHANGE, CONDITIONS CHANGE, MARKETS CHANGE.
WE ALL KNOW SACHSE HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED SINCE 2017 AND A LOT OF THINGS IN THE COMP PLAN HAVE BEEN REALIZED, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THAT DOCUMENT WHEN IT'S DONE, HANDLED DELIBERATELY.
SO CERTAINLY WITH REGARD TO KIND OF ALIGNMENT WITH CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THE I DO THINK IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THINGS KIND OF TRACK WITH WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THEY GIVE US AS THE GOVERNING BODY RELATIVE TO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THOUGH THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL THEY WILL SEE AS WELL.
THEY'LL REACT TO IT. THEY'LL APPROVE IT.
RIGHT. SO THEY'LL THEY'LL PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS.
SO THIS THIS DOCUMENT DOESN'T JUST STOP HERE.
RIGHT. IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE CITY.
SO GETTING INTO THE FUN STUFF CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENT.
THE DOCUMENT CARRIES OVER SOME OF THE SAME WELL, THE SAME GUIDING PRINCIPLE STATEMENTS.
AS YOU RECALL, THAT FIRST COLUMN PROACTIVELY SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, GROWING THE ECONOMY, PLANNING FOR SUCCESS, SUPPORTING EXISTING AND PROSPECTIVE BUSINESSES, ELEVATING THE SACHSE BRAND AND VALUE PROPOSITION.
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SO THERE ARE NOW JUST SIX GOALS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS WORKING ON EVEN THROUGH TODAY.SO OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL HAVE NOT SEEN THAT IT HAS CHANGED SINCE WHAT WENT OUT WITH THE PACKET.
BUT THE SIX IDENTIFIED GOALS THAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER BASED ON THE FEEDBACK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
FACILITATING STRATEGIC INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY BUSINESSES.
OF COURSE, IMPROVING THE 78 CORRIDOR, ENHANCING THE PGT CORRIDOR AND CREATING A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED FROM SCRATCH DOWNTOWN THAT IS ATTRACTIVE, SAFE, UNIQUE AND WELCOMING AND FUNCTIONS AS A CENTRAL GATHERING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THAT BEING, OF COURSE, FIFTH STREET DISTRICT.
A COUPLE OF OTHER CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
ADDED A JUSTIFICATION COLUMN AND THAT TO MR. CHANDLER'S I THINK POINT ABOUT SIMPLIFICATION I THINK CAN BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE AND IT'S MORE OF AN INTERNAL PIECE.
SO CREATED A SEPARATE CATEGORY FOR ONGOING ITEMS AND ESSENTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
SO INSTEAD OF THERE BEING 33 SEPARATE GOALS AND 30 SOMETHING ACTION ITEMS, THERE ARE SIX GOALS.
AND THEN WITHIN THOSE SIX GOALS, YOU HAVE 18 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT ARE NOT ONGOING.
RIGHT. SO THOSE ARE FY 23, FY 24, FY 25.
WHEREAS THE REST THERE ARE 15 ONGOING COURSE OF BUSINESS ITEMS THAT WOULD BE SORT OF GUIDING OUR DAY TO DAY IF I WERE TO DISAPPEAR. RIGHT? THE NEXT PERSON CAN KIND OF SEE, OKAY, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE.
NOT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
GOALS CAN ALSO BE SORTED BY GUIDING PRINCIPLE BY GOAL STATEMENT AND CATEGORY.
SO THERE WAS COMMENT ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO EVALUATE OR DISPLAY THE INFORMATION RATHER THAN JUST ALL 33 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AT ONCE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PASTICHE OF INFORMATION THAT CAN BE SORT OF HARD TO DISCERN.
BUT IF IT'S IN THE FORMAT THAT I'VE PROVIDED, WE CAN KIND OF CUT THE DATA DIFFERENTLY.
AGAIN, WHATEVER IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU, WE CAN FILTER AND SHOW IT BY THAT.
AND THEN FOR THE SAKE OF THIS DISCUSSION, BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF ANYBODY WAS GOING TO HAVE THEIR PRINTED OUT COPIES OF WHAT WENT OUT WITH THE PACKET, BUT THE REFERENCE NUMBER FOR EACH GOAL. SO LIKE HIGHWAY 78, 1.1 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, I DID NOT CHANGE THOSE FOR THIS DOCUMENT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EASE OF COMPARISON. BUT NEXT WE WILL GET INTO.
THE GOALS. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE WAY THAT WE'VE DONE THIS, AGAIN, IS WE HAVE OUR CATEGORIES, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE CITYWIDE FIFTH STREET, PGBT AND.
THIS 78? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE ALL THESE CATEGORIES THAT, AGAIN, SAME AS LAST TIME.
THE DIFFERENCE NOW IS THE GOAL STATEMENT CATEGORY.
YOU JUST HAVE FOUR OR EXCUSE ME, SIX GOALS.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW FOR EACH OF THE CATEGORIES AND THAT'S HOW I'VE CUT THIS, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU'LL SEE THE ADDITIONAL CITYWIDE ITEMS. WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE HIGHWAY 78 ITEMS. YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PGPT ITEMS, FIFTH STREET, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE ONGOING ITEMS NEXT.
SO THESE ARE SEPARATE, RIGHT? AND I THINK, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT PROBABLY NEEDING TO RANK THOSE, BUT WE'VE CAPTURED THEM DURING THIS EXERCISE AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH JUST SORT OF EVALUATING, YOU KNOW, ARE THESE STILL THINGS THAT WE'D WANT TO KEEP DOING ONGOING? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WE DID.
THE STATEMENTS THEMSELVES, THEY MIGHT HAVE READ MORE JUST LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM.
HERE'S THE ISSUE. I REMEMBER THOSE.
YEAH. AND AND SO EXCELLENT FEEDBACK AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE NOW IS SORT OF ELIMINATED THAT AND POSSIBLY MOVED IT OVER TO THE JUSTIFICATION COLUMN.
OR INDICATED WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, LIKE PERHAPS THERE WAS A COMPONENT OF WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE GOAL STATEMENT THAT CAN BE NOW INCORPORATED INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
SO. IF YOU'VE GONE THROUGH, WHICH I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
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THOSE ARE ALL FUNDAMENTALLY THE SAME.NOW, THE DATA HAS BEEN CUT DIFFERENTLY TO BE DISPLAYED LIKE THIS.
BUT THEN I THINK IT WOULD BE IF YOU IF YOU ALL LIKED, I THINK THERE WOULD CERTAINLY BE VALUE IN IT TO GO THROUGH THE JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ARE IDENTIFIED FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOALS.
IS THERE ANY IMMEDIATE THOUGHTS JUST ON THIS STRUCTURAL BREAKDOWN? I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SEEING IT TANGIBLY STILL, AND WE CAN I CAN GET THIS LATEST ITERATION OUT TO YOU, BUT JUST BEFORE WE KIND OF GET INTO SOME OF THE NUANCE AND DETAIL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO TAKE A LOOK AT FOR JUSTIFICATION CATEGORY, THAT COLUMN YOU WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AGREEING WITH THAT STATEMENT. SO I THINK FOR THE JUSTIFICATION THAT WAS REALLY MORE ME SAYING.
THIS IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE GOAL OR FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY BEING IN THERE.
CERTAINLY. AND YOU CAN YOU CAN HAVE IT.
BUT I THOUGHT THAT FOR THIS EVENING, AS WE SORT OF GO THROUGH AND DISCUSS WHAT THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES ARE, THIS WILL HELP SORT OF FRAME UP WHY IS IT THAT THIS IS IN THERE, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THIS CAME FROM THE 2021 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WAS CARRIED OVER JOINT MEETING CONVERSATIONS AND SO FORTH? UM. SO, AGAIN, I MEAN, AS YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THAT STRATEGIC LIST OF PROPERTIES ACROSS THE CITY AND THAT, AGAIN, A CITYWIDE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S KIND OF PUTTING THAT LIST TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, LIMITED LAND IN THE CITY.
IF WE'RE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE INVEST IN PROPERTY, THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS DOWN THE ROAD, GIVING SACHSE AN ASSET THAT CAN ALSO BE USED TO RECRUIT POTENTIAL PROSPECTS.
SO I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF VALUE IN THAT.
SO THAT DOES THAT KIND OF HELP FRAME UP IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY JUSTIFICATION.
I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SURE.
SO WHAT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING IS THE TARGET SECTORS WERE DISCUSSED, THEY WERE AGREED TO.
AND NOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS AND THIS WILL BE A PROJECT, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER LITERATURE AND MATERIAL COLLATERAL FOR THINGS LIKE TRADE SHOWS TO INDICATE THIS IS WHAT TARGET SECTORS THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER, RIGHT? SO LIFE SCIENCES, PUTTING TOGETHER SOME SORT OF AN INFOGRAPHIC OR A FLIER.
AND THAT'S THAT'S STAFF TIME, THAT'S RESOURCES.
AND SO I DID THINK IT WAS STILL WORTH CALLING OUT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO IT SAYS FY 2023, WHICH WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D GET AFTER HERE PRETTY SOON BECAUSE THE FISCAL YEAR IS COMING TO A CLOSE HERE, SEPTEMBER 30TH. AND JARED, ONE OF THE COMMENTS I MADE WAS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE MORE GRANULAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE TIMING OF THINGS.
FY 2023 OBVIOUSLY IS A QUARTER.
BUT WHEN IN THAT QUARTER AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO NARROW THAT DOWN.
BUT AS WE APPROACH THIS, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET MORE GRANULAR? I THINK FOR SOME THINGS, I THINK FOR SOME THINGS, YES.
AND FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO PIN DOWN.
IT'S LIKE PUTTING A DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT TOGETHER.
RIGHT? LIKE WE CAN PUT A DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT TOGETHER, WE CAN GET IT TO SOMEBODY.
BUT THEN THERE'S THE WHOLE BACK AND FORTH PIECE.
YES, I THINK THERE ARE CERTAINLY THINGS LIKE.
GO TO THIS TRADE SHOW ON THIS DATE THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE'LL KIND OF GET INTO IN THE FIFTH STREET DISCUSSION, LIKE LOOK AT HOW WE PLAN AND ACCOUNT FOR THE PUBLIC SPACE, OPEN SPACE AND THE BALANCE OF THE LAND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE USED FOR BUSINESSES.
BUT KIND OF GOING BACK TO SOMETHING I HAD SAID EARLIER, DENISE AND I AND GINA WOULD NEED TO SORT OF SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT OUR WORK PLAN, LOOK AT OUR WORKLOADS AND DECIDE WHERE CAN ALL OF THIS GO. SO I THINK FOR THIS DOCUMENT, IT'S HELPFUL FOR ME FOR THERE TO BE SOME FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE STILL SAID, HERE'S OUR PRIORITIES, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE IMPLEMENTING THINGS INTO OUR STAFF WORK PLAN, OUR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES, IT STILL LETS US ACCOUNT FOR THOSE ONGOING THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. SO IT NEEDS TO STAY BROAD FOR A MOMENT.
BUT IN A WORK PLAN, I THINK WE CAN GET MORE MORE SPECIFIC.
MISS NWANZE, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE? WELL. I THOUGHT YOU WERE REACTING TO SOMETHING..
YEAH, I KNOW I WAS. I MEAN, I WAS GOING TO ADD TO THE TIMING.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY MIGHT BE READY, BUT THE DEVELOPER IS NOT READY.
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THEY'RE, BUT HOWEVER, KNOWING THE FACT THAT WILL BE DONE IN 2023.YES. AND THEN WHATEVER PROJECT PLAN THAT YOU HAVE ON THE BACK END THAT YOU DEVELOP TO TRACK YOUR MOVEMENT, THEN THAT'S WHERE, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE YOUR DATE DEADLINE, YOU KNOW, TALK TO A DEVELOPER AND TRY AND GET THE CONTRACT BY THIS DATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS THE GOALS AND I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE VERY SPECIFIC TO A DEADLINE BECAUSE THOSE ARE MOVING AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS THAT WERE IMPACTED. YES, MA'AM.
SO AND I'LL SAY THAT IN PREVIOUS COMP PLANS THAT I'VE WRITTEN, YOU KNOW, YOU ESTABLISH A PRIORITY TIER AND THAT PRIORITY TIER MIGHT BE 1 TO 3 YEARS, 4 TO 7 YEARS AND THEN BEYOND SEVEN YEARS.
THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO KIND OF GET BACK INTO IT, RIGHT? RE DISCUSS THE TARGET INDUSTRY STUFF.
AND, BUT AGAIN, IF THE STAFF WORK PLAN LEVEL, THAT'S WHEN, YOU KNOW, DENISE AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY THIS IS WHEN WE EXPECT FOR SOMETHING TO START, THIS IS WHEN WE EXPECT FOR SOMETHING TO END, BUT ALLOWING CERTAINLY THE FLEXIBILITY FOR FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN.
BUT TO THE EXTENT WE CAN, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL.
I WOULD THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO TIGHTEN UP THE GOALS.
THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE ONE THING IS IF YOU DO SAY, OH, I'M GOING TO DO THAT IN 2023 OR 2024, I JUST WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THAT WON'T HAPPEN.
AND REALLY, I THINK WHAT YOU FIND WITH GOALS OR WHAT HAS BEEN FOUND WITH A LOT OF GOALS, IF YOU LOOK AT ALL COMPANIES, IS IF YOU'RE CONCENTRATING MORE LIKE I'M GOING TO DO 1 OR 2 THINGS THIS QUARTER AND YOU'RE SOLELY FOCUSED ON THAT, THAT'S MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN THAN SAYING I'M GOING TO DO THESE 12 THINGS BY DECEMBER.
WHEREAS SOME OF THIS IS MORE WORK PLAN.
THIS IS JUST HOW I SHOULD BE DOING BUSINESS.
BUT I THINK FINDING WHAT THOSE WHAT THOSE ONE, TWO, THREE KEY CRITICAL GOALS ARE FOR EACH QUARTER IS IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT HERE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SHOW PROGRESS.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE DON'T END UP MEETING HAVING A JOINT MEETING WITH COUNCIL GOING, WELL, WHAT DID YOU DO? AND THEN NOT GOING, OH, GOOD, GOOD ANSWER.
MR. POTTER. AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO SHOW RESULTS.
BUT WHEN THEY CAN, WE NEED TO START PUTTING THAT DOWN.
HE HAS SAID THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL OF US ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT TIMELINE BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GOING TO BE OFF KILTER SOMEWHERE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK UP QUARTER ONE, QUARTER TWO, QUARTER THREE WILL PASS BY AND WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT.
SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
BUT NOT TO PRESS WHERE WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T DO IT.
RIGHT. SO WE'LL GET WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THAT.
BUT NO GOOD, GOOD, GOOD FEEDBACK.
AND I'M GOING TO BE EVALUATED PERSONALLY BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS GETS DONE.
OKAY. BUT I MEAN, TO SPEAK TO THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE ABLE TO SLICE AND DICE IT.
WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THE GOAL STATEMENT.
THE GOAL STATEMENT, PUT IT ON THE EDC WEBSITE AND THAT'S IT.
HOW DO I HOW ARE THEY IMPLEMENTING THE GOAL? AND THEN WHAT'S THE REASON BEHIND THE GOAL? OKAY, WHAT'S THE TIMING, POSSIBLE TIMING.
AND THEN IF WE DON'T MEET THAT TIMING, OF COURSE WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE REASON LIKE, OKAY, SO WHY DID WE MEET? SO BEING ABLE TO SLICE AND DICE A DOCUMENT IN A WAY THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO NOT JUST THE BOARD, NOT JUST THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO THE CITIZENS. FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS FINALLY GETTING THERE.
OKAY. UM, SO JUST KIND OF KEEP GOING AGAIN.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE. CREATING THE TARGET SECTOR MATERIALS.
AND THEN HERE I AM SAYING REEVALUATE THEM.
AND AGAIN, LOOKING AT FY 2025, RIGHT, LIKE IT'S COMING UP BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, IT'LL BE HERE.
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AND SO THAT'S TAKING A LOOK WHAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER, RIGHT? LIFE SCIENCES AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS NICHE RETAIL.REEVALUATING IT, AND IT MIGHT NOT BE A WHOLESALE CHANGE.
LIKE I THINK WE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT OVER A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS.
AND SO IT MIGHT BE SOME TWEAKING HERE AND THERE, BUT STILL WORTH PUTTING ON SORT OF OUR.
TIMELINE, IF YOU WILL, TO CONTEMPLATE THAT ONCE MORE.
AND THEN KIND OF SIMILARLY, YOU CAN SEE THE 5.2.
RESEARCHING AND IMPLEMENTING CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TOOL TO ENSURE THIS IS THIS IS LIKE BEST PRACTICE STUFF, YOU KNOW ENSURING THAT WE'VE GOT THE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC NEED, THE SITE SELECTORS NEED THE DEVELOPERS, EVEN RESIDENTS MIGHT NEED IF THEY'RE JUST CURIOUS LIKE WHAT THIS BUILDING IS FOR LEASE AND IT'S IN ON 78.
I'M CURIOUS. SO THERE'S WAYS THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES PUBLICLY.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT SORT OF THING YET.
BUT THERE'S A WAY TO EMPOWER THE END USER TO DO A LOT OF THIS WORK ON THEIR OWN.
AND SIMILARLY WITH THE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT, AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW AND AS WE HAVE MORE AND MORE DEALS AND PROSPECTS AND PROJECTS JUST HAVING SORT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALL IN THE PRIVATE SIDE AND IN SALES, SO I DON'T REALLY NEED TO EXPLAIN A CRM TO ANYBODY HERE, BUT JUST KEEPING TRACK OF ALL OF THOSE AND BEING ABLE TO SIMPLIFY HOW WE'RE REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE JUST WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T PICK SALESFORCE, DO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO, DUH, YEAH, YEAH, YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, NEXT.
SO AND THAT'S I WOULD RECOMMEND HUBSPOT, BY THE WAY, FOR CRM.
IT'S A FREE APPLICATION AND IT WORKS GREAT.
EXACTLY. I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT, ACTUALLY.
WITH THEM. OH, REALLY? OH, OKAY. IT'S A IT'S A GOOD APPLICATION.
I USE IT RIGHT NOW EVERY DAY SO I CAN USE HUBSPOT FREE AND IT'S FREE.
I KNOW THE FREE IS WHAT GOT ME.
FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE.
YEAH. WHAT? WHAT COST IS IT? MUCH BETTER THAN SALESFORCE? JUST AS LONG AS IT'S NOT SALESFORCE.
AS LONG AS IT'S NOT SALESFORCE.
ALSO, SINCE THIS IS SUCH A BIG DOCUMENT.
UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT A TIMING ON HERE.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO COLOR CODE THAT LAST COLUMN ON YOUR TIMING LIKE GREEN, YELLOW, RED.
IF WE'RE YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRACKING PROGRESS ON THINGS.
ESSENTIALLY WE'VE GOT I'M PUTTING THIS ONE IN YELLOW RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND THIS OR THAT AND RED IS IT'S OFF BECAUSE MAYBE COUNCIL JUST DECIDED THAT'S NOT A PRIORITY OR SOMETHING.
YES. LIKE WHAT'S RED AND WHY IS THAT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? I NEVER HAVE THE RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHY A QUESTION WE SAY DIGITAL SITE.
A WAY TO EXPLAIN IT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THEY WOULD GO TO THE EDC SITE TO ANSWER SOME BASIC QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? I'M NOT. YEAH. SO ANOTHER THING DENISE HAS BEEN DOING IS SITTING IN ON PRODUCT DEMOS OR WILL BE SITTING IN ON PRODUCT DEMOS FOR DIFFERENT TOOLS TO KIND OF SEE.
AND I THINK THEY OFFER SOME DIFFERENT FUNCTIONALITY.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON 78, RIGHT? AND MAYBE IT'S GOT A SIGN OUT, MAYBE NOT.
MAYBE IT'S LISTED, MAYBE IT'S NOT.
BUT THIS THIS IS A WAY FOR SOMEBODY TO GO TO THE EDC WEBSITE.
AND THERE MAY BE WAYS TO SORT OF DO SOME SEARCH, SOME CUSTOMIZATION TYPE STUFF AS WELL.
YEAH, YOU CAN HOOK INTO ALL THESE LIKE A LOT OF THEM NOW.
USUALLY A GOOD, GOOD SYSTEM IS OPEN AND YOU CAN AT LEAST USE APIS.
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AND THEN IS THERE A TOOL THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALREADY HAVE? WE DO COMMERCIAL SITES AND LOOKING AT THAT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF SURROUNDING CITIES THAT ARE USING IT.
I WAS I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET CONTEXT ON WHAT IS A DIGITAL SITE.
AND SO I USE THAT JUST BECAUSE I POKED AROUND THERE, I WAS LIKE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SOMETHING LIKE I KNOW DOESN'T MEAN EXACTLY WHAT IT WOULD BE, BUT IS THAT WE ENVISION IS IT SOMETHING TO GO TO THE EDC SITE AND HAVE THAT RESOURCE AND THEN MAYBE THAT HELPS YOU NOT HAVE TO ANSWER A FEW MORE CALLS BECAUSE THEN SOMEBODY COULD LOOK AND THEN, OH, WELL, TAKE, TAKE, CHECK OUT THERE AND THEN WE CAN TALK MORE.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OF INTEREST.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SO THAT'S THE SITE SELECTION PIECE.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD INTEGRATE INTO OUR WEBSITE.
SO I THINK IT'D BE IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THAT SO.
MR. POTTER TO THE POINT THAT YOU MADE.
SO BASICALLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY HERE IS YOU RECALL WE WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION.
WE TALKED ABOUT LOCAL BUSINESS GRANTS, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY NEED TO BRING BACK TO YOU ALL DURING THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS TO SORT OF KIND OF DISCUSS AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE GENERAL PARAMETERS.
SO AGAIN, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'D BE LOOKING AT IS YOU HAVE SOME CRITERIA THAT ARE ESTABLISHED THAT GIVES SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF INCENTING LIKE VERY SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS LIKE GREASE TRAPS, CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO STAY WITH THE BUILDING THAT ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A VALUE. AND SO WE HAVE GENERAL FRAMEWORK IN PLACE.
AND IT'S HELPFUL FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR INCENTIVES TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, DO I HAVE A CHANCE OR IS THIS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY LOOKING AT THEIR TARGET INDUSTRIES? THIS IS VERY LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SCORE VERY HIGH, IF YOU WILL.
SO JARED TO THE THING WITH AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR INCENTIVES.
SO WOULD WE SEE A MORE AT THIS POINT WE REALLY WHEN WE TALK BUDGET WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN TO DETAILS TO KNOW HOW MUCH DO WE REALLY HAVE AND WHAT DO WE SEE FOR THE FORECAST OF THAT? AND THEN IF WE WERE TO KIND OF BREAK THINGS OUT AND SAY, OH, WE WANT TO HAVE BUSINESS GRANTS AND WE WOULD GIVE UP TO WHATEVER THAT IS, 100 TO 200 MILLION BUCKS OR WHATEVER TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
AND SO WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW SOME THINGS.
BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT AT SOME POINT THAT THAT'S A KEY PART OF THIS BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO KNOW, WELL, OKAY, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? BUT ALSO LOOKING AT IN THE CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, LIKE WE WE HAVE LAND.
WELL, WHAT'S LEFT AND WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THAT? IF WE'RE GOING TO LAND BANK MORE, HERE'S WHAT WE COULD DO THERE.
RIGHT? SO WE CAN HAVE THAT THAT FULL PICTURE.
AND THEN TO KNOW IF WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS AND THEN KNOWING TRULY WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS AT $1,000, IS IT $1 MILLION? RIGHT. SO YEAH, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WOULD WE WOULD BRING TO YOU ALL.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT PROBABLY GETTING MORE INTO THE INTO THE WEEDS THAN YOU GUYS EVEN CARE ABOUT NOW BUT I MEAN WE'D BE ASKING ESSENTIALLY FOR FOR THE BUDGET AUTHORITY TO PREVENT CERTAIN THINGS IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.
WE'RE NOT HAVING TO TAKE IT THROUGH THIS SAME PROCESS.
LIKE IF THERE ISN'T A MEETING FOR 29 DAYS, RIGHT.
MAYBE WE CAN STILL GET SOMETHING ROLLING.
AND THEN ANOTHER ASPECT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE INCENTIVE POLICY IS I KNOW CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF ANNUAL REPORT OR REPORT CARD THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, OVER THIS PAST YEAR WE PROVIDED THESE INCENTIVES OR THESE GRANTS.
AND THEN WHAT IS THAT ACTUAL RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT?
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AND SO I THINK.IF WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'RE GETTING ANY KIND OF RETURN ON IT.
AND THEN WE'RE NOT THINKING, OH, THIS IS WONDERFUL.
YOU KNOW, WE MADE 200% ON IT OR SOMETHING.
SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT, TOO, AS PART OF THAT BUDGETING PROCESS.
AND THEN HOW EFFECTIVE ARE WE? TO ME, THAT WOULD BE A KEY FACTOR.
I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THE CITY WOULD WANT TO KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR MONEY AND THEN WHAT KIND OF RETURN ARE WE REALLY GETTING ON IT? I THINK THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE WELL, IS BEING ABLE TO SHOW ANYTHING, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY ASKS HER, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO THE WEBSITE AND SEE, WELL, IN THE PAST YEAR, HERE'S ALL THE PROJECTS AND INCENTIVES THAT WERE PROVIDED AND THEN WHAT KIND OF RETURN WE SEE ON THAT.
SO THEN WE CAN SEE OVER TIME AS WELL, SOMETHING ELSE TO LEARN FROM AND THEN JUST TO KNOW WHERE WE.
YOU'RE WORKING WITH YOUR FINANCE TEAM.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PIECE, IT ALL IS RELEVANT, RIGHT? SO THE NUMBER OF HOUSING PERMITS, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND KIND OF HAVING A CONSOLIDATED ONE STOP SHOP FOR SOME OF THAT INFORMATION I THINK IS DEFINITELY VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S JUST LIKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BUT THAT'S AN ONGOING I THINK IT'S IN THE ONGOING YEAH.
SO THEN THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AND SAYING, OH WELL WE MADE 10% OR WE, WE INCREASED LIKE ARE WE INCREASING TAXES? DID WE INCREASE EMPLOYMENT, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS SO THAT WE HAVE THAT REPORT CARD TO IT AND WE'RE NOT.
JUST FEELING GOOD ABOUT A GOAL INSTEAD OF DEFINITELY.
SO THAT'S THE END OF THE CITYWIDE ITEMS. SO LOOKING AT THIS ONE.
SO IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME LANGUAGE, BUT GERMANE TO ONE OF THOSE TWO AREAS.
RIGHT. AND SO ESSENTIALLY WITH YOU CAN SEE THE GOAL STATEMENT AND PROVE VERY SIMPLE, IMPROVE THE HIGHWAY 78 CORRIDOR, RIGHT? SO IT'S THIS GOING BACK IDENTIFYING THOSE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, WORKING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM, IDENTIFYING KIND OF CIP PROJECTS AND ESTABLISHING WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES? WHERE MIGHT THERE BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTYEAR FUNDING, MAYBE SOME LOOKING AT THINGS FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE POTENTIALLY.
AND THEN I GUESS THE BOLD REALLY IS THE KEY POINT HERE.
BUT FOR THE LOWER HANGING FRUIT, CONSIDERING MECHANISMS WHERE THE EDC FUNDING CAN BE APPLIED IN A WAY THAT IS CATALYZING THESE AREAS, RIGHT? SO WE IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE.
BELIEVE IT WAS MR. POTTER MENTIONED LIKE HOW ARE WE HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, BE PROACTIVE? WELL, MAYBE THERE'S WAYS THAT ONCE WE HAVE OUR LIST, WE ALSO HAVE THE TOURIST NUMBER THREE PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES AGAIN, THAT'S THERE'S A DIFFERENT BOARD FOR THAT GROUP, BUT HAS IDENTIFIED ALL OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS ALONG HIGHWAY 78 OR A NUMBER OF THEM AND EVEN HAS ESTABLISHED A COST PREDICTION ESSENTIALLY.
OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS IN 2021 DOLLARS, SO THINGS CHANGE.
BUT I THINK BEING PROACTIVE IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT ONCE WE HAVE THIS LIST AND IT'S BEEN VETTED, WE CAN SAY, HEY, LIKE MAYBE KNOW GOING BACK TO I KEEP REFERENCING THE SEWER LINE OR THE WATER LINE THAT WAS DONE YEARS AGO BY THE EDC THAT WAS INTEGRAL FOR WHAT ENDED UP BECOMING THE STATION.
AND SO THAT KEY PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE WAS VITAL.
JUST THE COST FOR THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS IS SO HIGH THAT AND WE ARE AS A [INAUDIBLE] CORPORATION, WE'RE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE. AND SO THAT'S A KEY OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
SO WOULD PART OF THAT BE ENSURING THAT WE'RE.
YEAH, LET'S JUST SAY WE LOOK AT FIFTH STREET AND THEN WE SEE HERE'S ALL THE PROPERTY.
SO THEN WE'RE INVESTING IN THAT.
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I'M JUST WONDERING AS WE GO THROUGH AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, WOULD WE WANT TO ALSO SEE AS WE DEVELOP AND THEN BUSINESS COMES IN, WE CAN INITIALLY DO SOMETHING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVE IT, BUT THEN IT'S GOING TO HAVE LIKE MAINTENANCE OVER TIME.I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING OF INTEREST IN LOOKING AT THIS.
SO WE KNOW TRULY, IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE PROFITABLE? PART OF THAT COULD BE, I'M NOT SURE IF PEOPLE LOVE IT OR HATE THE WHOLE STRONG CITIES PHILOSOPHY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAXES COMING IN AND THEN YOU KIND OF LOOK AND SAY OVER OVER TIME, IS THAT EVEN GOING TO PAY FOR ITSELF? AND THEN THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF.
AND THEN IF THE EDC DECIDED, OH, WE WANT TO HELP WITH THAT AS WELL.
CERTAINLY I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
EXCUSE ME. FIFTH STREET WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE BECAUSE IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THE DISTRICT, YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING TO ALEXANDER STREET, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THAT ON BOONE AND ON BILLINGSLEY.
AND THOSE ARE THAT'S THAT'S AN ENHANCEMENT.
THAT'S A DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT.
THAT'S SIDEWALK, CURB AND GUTTER.
IT'S AN ENHANCEMENT. IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY THAT IT'S A NECESSARY THING.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE PIECE KIND OF STUDYING THAT, I THINK THERE'S I DON'T KNOW HOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY A WAY WE COULD COORDINATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS SOME ON THAT. BUT I JUST THAT WOULD BE LIKE FIFTH STREET IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT'S, THAT'S HORRIBLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST PARTS OF TOWN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO JUST KEEP UNCOVERING THAT AS WE GO ALONG? AND, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO ENCOURAGE OR DISCOURAGE THE IF YOU WANT BUSINESS TO COME IN THAT THESE AREN'T GOING TO BE BIG CHAINS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE COMPANIES THAT HAVE A TON OF MONEY TO DUMP INTO STUFF GOING IN THAT AREA.
SO HOW DO WE MEET THAT CHALLENGE AND HOW DO WE WORK THROUGH THAT SINCE I'M.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY SPOT ON AS FAR AS.
SO. UH, CONSULTING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO POTENTIALLY IDENTIFY AREAS WITHIN THE CORRIDOR WHERE A TRAFFIC COUNT OR STUDY MAY BE WARRANTED.
SO. PEOPLE WILL ASK US FOR TRAFFIC DATA, TRAFFIC COUNTS.
THERE'S A COST, OF COURSE, ASSOCIATED WITH GOING OUT AND GETTING THE STUDY.
WE HAVE SOME DATA THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO, BUT CERTAINLY IT LAGS OR IT MIGHT BE OUTDATED.
AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE GROWN QUITE A BIT IN OUR REGION.
AND SO THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE AREAS WHERE WE COULD PARTNER ON A STUDY TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT SIGNALIZATION OR WHATEVER, OR EVEN JUST GETTING THE TRAFFIC COUNTS FOR MAYBE WE'RE HEARING FROM SITE SELECTORS LIKE ARE THE TRAFFIC JUST DON'T HAVE THE TRAFFIC AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT INFO FROM 2018 AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, ACTUALLY HERE, HERE IT IS.
SO THAT WOULD BE THAT PIECE, SOMETHING TO CONSULT WITH THEM ON.
THEY WOULD BE LEAD AND POINT ON THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT TO IT.
SO OUR. POTENTIAL PARTICIPATION.
I MEAN, THINK ABOUT WOODBRIDGE AND COUNTRY CLUB.
THERE ISN'T A SIGNAL THERE AT COUNTRY CLUB.
IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TURN OUT FROM.
YOU KNOW THAT AREA AND MAKE A LEFT TURN.
PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING WITH THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
PERHAPS IT'S WARRANTED A SIGNAL THEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE, THE WHOLE THING.
AND THEN BACK TO THE LOCAL BUSINESS GRANT.
SO IF THE PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED AND FUNDED THROUGH THE BUDGET AND THIS THIS GOES DIRECTLY TO YOUR POINT, MR. POTTER, IDENTIFYING THE PROPERTIES THAT COULD BE GOOD CANDIDATES TO RECEIVE THAT FUNDING.
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I'M REALISTIC AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE AREN'T JUST LIKE GOING TO OUR WEBSITE FOR FUN.AND SO FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO THINGS.
AND I THINK WE ALL KIND OF KNOW WHERE SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE.
AND SO THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE AN INITIATIVE TO GET US.
OUT THERE. I DIDN'T DEFINE WORKING WITH WITH PEOPLE.
TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IT. THE WORD WOULD SPREAD.
I I'D ARGUE I PROBABLY HAD OVER 500 ON THERE.
YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT THINGS, YOU DON'T READ THINGS, YOU DON'T.
SO BUT KNOCKING DOOR TO DOOR IS I KNOW THIS TEAM HAS DONE AND EVEN SOME OF THE BUSINESS VISITS THAT WE'VE HAD AND HAD SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES TO COME AND PRESENT TO THIS BOARD KNOW THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THAT MANAGER OR THAT OWNER EXCUSE ME, IS MORE ENGAGED AND THEY MAY WANT SOMETHING BUT OR, YOU KNOW, BUT IT HAS TO BE IT'S THE START OF A RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THAT DOES TAKE TIME.
YES. AND IT'S THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND IT'S ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THE, YOU KNOW, THE RETAIL CENTERS AND SO FORTH AND PEOPLE THAT LEASE THOSE BUILDINGS, THE BROKERS.
AND SO IT'S LIKE WE JUST TELL THEM, HEY, BY THE WAY, AND THEN THERE.
BUT LOOK AT 78, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY.
I DON'T KNOW, 90% OF THAT IS LEASED.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD AND LONGER TERM, WE'VE GOT WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE CHALLENGE OF HOW DO YOU WORK WITH A LEASE OWNER TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO WANT TO WORK WITH US TO INVEST IN THAT.
BUT THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY THEY'RE TIED BY SOME PEOPLE.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO RIP THEIR PARKING LOT UP FOR EVEN A DAY TO PUT A GREASE TRAP IN.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY.
THE BUSINESSES WANTS IT, THE BROKERS, THEY WANT IT.
BUT THE OWNERS LIKE NO MAN I DON'T I'M NOT DOING IT.
I THINK I THINK DEFINITELY IT'S COMMUNICATING WITH EVERYBODY AND KIND OF EXPLAINING.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SKIN IN THE GAME, TOO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT AND SO FORTH.
IDENTIFYING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE A BARRIER.
SO THINK ABOUT PLEASANT VALLEY ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THERE'S SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT COULD LIKELY BE DONE.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST A REDUNDANT RECOMMENDATION FROM WHAT WAS IN THE HIGHWAY 78.
ITEM IDENTIFYING LOW HANGING FRUIT, CONSIDERING THOSE MECHANISMS FOR APPLYING IN A WAY THAT CATALYZES THE AREA, AND THEN WORKING WITH OTHER STAFF FROM KEY DEPARTMENTS, CREATING AND RECOMMENDING DRAFT HOTEL GUIDELINES TO BE REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO THERE WAS THERE WAS COMMENTS ON THE HOTEL GUIDELINES.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC PARAMETER FOR FOR WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE FROM I MEAN, WE KNOW BUT WE ALSO KIND OF DON'T.
AND SO WORKING PROBABLY MORE SO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM, PERHAPS AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING EFFORT TO ESTABLISH SOME OF THOSE GUIDELINES, CHANCES ARE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MAYBE ONE IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S A GOOD ONE AND CHECKS OUR BOXES.
SO. I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE.
EXECUTING DEVELOPERS AGREEMENTS.
FOR THE FIRST TWO BUSINESSES IN THE DISTRICT CONTEMPLATING THE NEXT PHASES OF FIFTH STREET.
SO CONSIDERING LOOKING AT OKAY FOR THE PROPERTIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ALEXANDER.
IS IT WORTH LOOKING AGAIN AT A MASTER DEVELOPER, SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND RUN POINT.
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THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DISCUSSED, BUT KIND OF BEGINNING TO THINK THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.AND ADDITIONALLY OWNERSHIP, RIGHT? LIKE, DO WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OR ARE WE UNINTERESTED IN BEING LANDLORDS? RIGHT? LIKE DO WE WANT TO HAVE TO BE DOING THAT? OR WOULD WE PREFER TO SELL AS A TO AN OPERATOR OF SOME KIND? IDENTIFYING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THE DISTRICT THAT WILL CATALYZE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
SO THIS AGAIN, DUPLICATE RECOMMENDATION FROM HIGHWAY 78.
CONSIDER UNIQUE AND CREATIVE WAYS TO ACTIVATE THE DISTRICT.
SO IN THIS INCUBATOR, A SHARED WORKSPACE GOES THROUGH VIRTUAL KITCHENS.
WHAT THIS ITEM BASICALLY DOES.
IS IT GETS US TO THINK ABOUT NOT JUST YOUR STANDARD AMENITIES, BUT HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THE ESTHETICS, HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT GENERATIONS THAT COME INTO SPACES AND USE THE SPACES, YOU KNOW, INCUBATOR, SHARED WORK? HOW ARE WE PROGRAMING OUR PUBLIC AND OPEN SPACES IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY? AND THEN AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT SUPPORTING NICHE SPECIALTY.
WE WANT THIS TO BE DESTINATION BASED DISTRICT AS WELL AS A CENTRAL GATHERING PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT CERTAINLY GOT TO GET THAT DAYTIME POPULATION. EXCUSE ME A MOMENT.
THANK YOU. IS THERE? IS THERE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT AT THIS POINT? THERE IS A AS FAR AS HOW BIG COULD IT EVENTUALLY BE? YES, THERE'S THERE'S THE FIFTH STREET, OLD TOWN ZONING DISTRICT.
SO AND IT'S ACTUALLY BOTH SIDES OF 78.
RIGHT. IT'S DEFINED ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT CAN GET A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE WHEN I SAY LIKE PHASE ONE OF FIFTH STREET DISTRICT, NOT EVERYBODY MIGHT REALIZE, LIKE SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO YOU, BUT THE ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR AGAIN, IT'S ENVISIONED AS A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, WALKABLE KIND OF DOWNTOWN AREA.
RIGHT. AND SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE WORTH.
THERE IS NOT A DEFINITIVE THIS IS WHAT FIFTH STREET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BUT THE THINGS ARE IN PLACE TO SORT OF GOVERN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.
I THINK THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT PART OF THIS WHOLE THING IS THE FIRST LET'S GET OUR HEAD WRAPPED AROUND WHAT IT COULD BE AND THEN SEE WHAT'S FEASIBLE, MAYBE.
I'M CERTAINLY NOT A DEVELOPER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I REALLY DON'T HAVE MY HEAD AROUND THE WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE OF THE CITY AND.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON.
I THINK IT'S TIME GIVEN WE'VE STARTED THE PROCESS WITH THE FIRST PIECE, BUT THAT'S JUST 2.4 ACRES.
RIGHT. AND SO. TO YOUR POINT, LOOKING AT IT, STUDYING IT, EVALUATING IT, DISCUSSING IT, I THINK I THINK PROBABLY INAPPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT WOULD BE AT A JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL, KIND OF GETTING EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE, TALKING ABOUT THAT VISION AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE NEXT AND CERTAINLY THE OWNERSHIP PIECE.
AND IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO USE IT, ARE WE EVER GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH PARKING? YOU KNOW. YOU TALK ABOUT A PARKING GARAGE AT SOME POINT? I DON'T HAVE NO IDEA.
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YEAH, THERE IS.YEAH. CERTAINLY THE CONCEPT PLAN HAS CONTEMPLATED A PARKING GARAGE IN THE COMP PLAN.
I THINK EVEN ILLUSTRATES A PARKING GARAGE.
SO AGAIN, ALLOW FOR US TO MAXIMIZE THE GROSS LEASABLE AREA.
I MEAN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, PARKING GARAGES ARE WE SEE WHAT CURRENTLY IS ON THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M NEW, SO I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE ELSE IS AWARE OF THAT OR NOT.
SO I JUST SAY I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST THAT WE WOULD HAVE NOW, IS WHAT'S IN THE COMP PLAN IS JUST TO GIVE IT AND I REALIZE I ENTERED JARED'S POINT IS IT COULD BE DATED, BUT IT IS THERE AND THAT IS NOW A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND WE HAD INPUT FROM EVERYONE AND ON IT.
ARE THERE ANY EXTRA OF THOSE BOOKS LAYING AROUND ANYWHERE? I CAN'T EVEN FIND MINE, BUT IT'S 120 PAGE DOCUMENT.
AND SO. I HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO IS ONLINE.
THAT'D BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO PRINT IT AND PUT IT BY YOUR BED THAT NIGHT.
AND SO I THINK WHEN YOU SEND YOUR NEXT WEEKLY UPDATE, CAN YOU JUST INCLUDE THAT LINK FOR ALL OF US? YES. ARE YOU HAPPY TO? YEAH.
THANK YOU. BUT I THINK THIS IS THE CHALLENGE IS THAT FIFTH STREET IT'S IN AND IT IS SOMETHING WHERE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT DO WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE TALK ABOUT PARKING GARAGE.
I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HAD SOMEBODY SAY, HEY, ARE YOU GOING TO DO A PARKING GARAGE? AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING IT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S LIKE, WELL, YEAH, WE'RE NOT QUITE READY YET, SO JUST HOLD, YOU KNOW, HAVE OTHERS THAT HAVE SAID, HEY, I'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING DOWN THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS THAT IT NEEDS TO WOULD NEED TO IT WOULD DO GREAT IN THAT KIND OF DOWNTOWN FEEL. SO.
THE CHALLENGE IS WE'VE GOT SO MUCH GOING ON, BUT THEN CAN WE DO IT IN TIME THAT WE DON'T SOMEBODY DOESN'T LOSE INTEREST IN IT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S LOCAL DEVELOPERS THAT ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS ASKING ME WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND SO THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING.
BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HURRY UP AND WAIT.
SURE. AND I THINK THE BIG THING THAT STICKS OUT, THOUGH, IS WE PUT PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THINGS ALL WALKABLE AND EXCEPT IN THE STATION TRAIL BASE STATION ARE SIDEWALKS ON THE SIDEWALK RIGHT THERE BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH AND WALMART? WELL, I THINK THE STATION WOULD THAT'S AN EXCEPTION BECAUSE THAT'S NEW DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO ALL THAT DID GET ARCHITECTED.
BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE TO WALK ON SEXY ROAD HELP YOU AND I WOULDN'T TRY TO WALK UP MILES ROAD FROM SEXY ROAD. HEY THOSE ARE THOSE ARE BEING IMPROVED THOUGH.
OKAY BUT TODAY I WANT TO TAKE MY DOG FOR A WALK.
WE'RE ON AN ADVENTURE AND WE HAVE TO CROSS OVER BACK ANYWAY.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT WALKABLE AND THEN WE'VE GOT TWO SIDES, YOU KNOW, WITH GOING ACROSS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY AND CROSS RAILROAD TRACKS AND YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGES.
THERE'S THERE'S NO DOUBT. I THINK WHAT'S HELPFUL AGAIN, GOING BACK TO US DOING SOME OF THAT LAND BANKING BACK IN 2017, WE HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WE CAN SORT OF DICTATE THAT AGAIN, PUTTING THE SIDEWALKS IN AND THEN SORT OF SEEING HOW IT SHAKES OUT.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THERE.
WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT REALLY IN THAT AREA.
AND SO I THINK I THINK IT'S TIME TO START CONTEMPLATING WHAT THE NEXT PHASE IS.
AND SO YOU HAVE SOME SOME CHALLENGES THERE.
IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE, BUT, YOU KNOW.
SO CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE PLAN FOR FIFTH STREET DISTRICT.
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THAT CONTEMPLATES ENTRY FEATURES AND MONUMENTATION.SO SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
THERE'S BEEN SOME LOOKING AT WHAT A FEATURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, RIGHT? SO THINK OF WHERE THE ROUNDABOUT IS LIKE, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT THERE BE FOR SOMETHING THERE INCORPORATING PUBLIC ART, THOSE KINDS OF ELEMENTS.
WAYFINDING AND HAVING CONSISTENT SIGNAGE PLAN SORT OF A THEME.
THERE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE YET.
WE HAVE SIGNS, STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, BUT THIS WOULD BE TAKING THAT A STEP FURTHER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO A SPECIAL PLACE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BISHOP ARTS DISTRICT OR YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE IN THE ELLUM, THAT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE YOU'RE SOMEWHERE.
AND WE WANT THAT SENSE OF PLACE AND ARRIVAL.
AND SO THAT'S A CRITICAL ELEMENT.
AND THEN. COMMISSION THEN IMPLEMENT A PLAN FOR HOW THE PUBLIC AND OPEN SPACE AND PHASE ONE.
SO AGAIN ADJACENT TO THE ROUNDABOUT WOULD BE WOULD BE PROGRAMED.
AGAIN, WHEN WE THINK OF THE FIRST 2.4 ACRES, YOU HAVE THE TWO BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING IN, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE BALANCE OF PROPERTY AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME NICE OPEN SPACE AND YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WANT THAT TO LOOK AND WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO PROACTIVELY TO ENGAGE THAT SPACE? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THE EDC WOULD CONCENTRATE ON? WOULDN'T THAT BE MORE PARKS AND REC AND.
SO THEN I WOULD ASSUME THEY'VE GOT A PLAN FOR.
I THINK EVERYBODY I THINK IT'D BE ALL HANDS ON DECK, CERTAINLY, BUT WE'D HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT IT.
BUT I MEAN, THAT WOULDN'T BE THAT.
WHAT IS MORE, WHAT OTHER PARKS WOULD COME IN AND ESPECIALLY WITH VISTA, HOW WOULD THOSE ALL GET INTEGRATED IN THERE? SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR. IT'S NOT PARK SPACE INTENTIONALLY, NOT PARK SPACE.
IT WOULD BE JUST THE BALANCE OF THE LAND.
SO OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, THEY WERE TALKING TO US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT FEATURES THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO SEE OTHER, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN STAMPED CONCRETE OR OTHER, YOU KNOW.
NATURAL FEATURES, DAYLIGHTING AND PONDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF MORE WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, YOU KNOW, STREET FURNITURE, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IT WOULDN'T BE PARK SPACE, BUT I THINK GETTING THEIR PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE GOOD.
AND I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY YEARS, YEARS AWAY.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CAN CREATE A WHOLE HOLY WAR IN ITSELF ABOUT.
YEAH, ALLOW A PLACE WITH A BUNCH OF TREES OR YOU GET TO PUT A BUILDING ON IT.
SO YEAH, IT'S GOOD, GOOD FEEDBACK.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE STILL IN THE ONGOING PIECE, BUT SUPPORTING EFFORTS ALONG PGT CORRIDOR.
CERTAINLY THE COMP PLANNING EFFORT, SMALL AREA PLANNING, WAYFINDING CORRIDOR OVERLAY PLANNING.
AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A CITY DRIVEN THING.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IN THE ONGOING CATEGORY.
OBVIOUSLY THE STATION IS VITAL TO SACHSE AND HOW DO WE BUILD UPON THAT AND ENHANCE THAT? CERTAINLY. AND SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL AREA PLANNING AND STAFF TO WORK WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP AND SO FORTH, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLUG INTO THAT, WORKING WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS, BROKERS, LANDOWNERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO RECRUIT A SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYER ALONG THE CORE PGT CORRIDOR, IDEALLY REPRESENTING ONE OF OUR TARGET SECTORS.
SO. THE REASON HERE, WE'RE LOSING POPULATION DURING THE DAY.
WE KNOW THAT WE WANT RESTAURANTS AND BOUTIQUE RETAIL AND THESE THINGS.
PEOPLE ASK, WHAT'S YOUR DAYTIME POPULATION? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME WHEN WE HAVE EVOLVED BIOLOGICS HERE AND SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT HAVE KIND OF KICKED AROUND COMING, BUT KIND OF LOOKING AT OUR TARGET SECTORS, HOW DO WE DELIBERATELY RECRUIT FOLKS THAT CHECK THE BOXES THEY'RE BRINGING PEOPLE HERE THAT MAYBE THEY LIVE HERE, MAYBE THEY DON'T, BUT THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY HERE AT LUNCH. THEY'RE FILLING UP THE RESTAURANTS.
PERIODICALLY CHECKING IN WITH BROKERS, FILLING TENANT SPACES ALONG PGA CORRIDOR.
I'VE GONE TO VISIT THEM IN THEIR OFFICES.
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HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? TAKING THEM A CHRISTMAS GIFT.AND THAT PAYS DIVIDENDS DOWN THE LINE.
JUST HAVING PEOPLE WHO YOU CAN CALL AND ASK QUESTIONS TO.
SO AGAIN, IN THAT ONGOING PIECE.
BUT IF YOU KIND OF BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, PEOPLE MIGHT THINK ABOUT SACHSE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE WAY THAT THESE DEALS GET MADE, IT'S BROKERS REPRESENTING BUSINESSES THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP.
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW THINGS CAN GO.
ILLUSTRATING CITY EDC IDEAS OR PREFERENCES FOR THOSE PARCELS.
SO AGAIN, THIS MIGHT BE AND THIS IS KIND OF IN THAT ONGOING PIECE, RIGHT? BUT WE HAVE LIMITED UNDEVELOPED LAND AND THE BULK OF IT IS ON PGT.
SO AND PERHAPS THIS ONE IS CONNECTED TO THE LAND BANKING PIECE.
LIKE MAYBE WE START CONTEMPLATING WHAT SOMETHING COULD LOOK LIKE OR POTENTIALLY PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN TERMS OF LIKE, WELL, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS SORT OF A LAYOUT? AND IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS, HOW COULD WE POSSIBLY PLUG IN TO THE PROCESS? HOW COULD WE BE PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF HELPING TO SUPPORT THE UPFRONT CAPEX THAT IS GOING TO TYPICALLY PREVENT A SMALLER ENTITY FROM GOING AFTER A PROJECT? SO THAT'D BE LIKE THERE WAS A BIG EFFORT TO.
YOU KNOW, LOOK AT CONCEPTUALLY WHAT SHOULD BE IN THAT GEORGE BUSH AREA.
RIGHT. THEY CAME IN AND OH, IN THE COMP PLAN THEY ENVISIONED A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIME AND THAT WAS I, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT, INCLUDING WHICH IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE WENT IS MEDICAL KIND OF A MEDICAL CENTER IDEA.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A REFRESHING THAT OR IS THAT A DO OVER? BECAUSE WE DID HAVE HERE'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO JUST MAYBE HUGE RETAIL OR WANT TO.
YEAH YEAH THERE'S SOMEBODY RELOCATE WITH THEIR OFFICES SCENARIOS.
WOULD THAT BE REDOING THAT AGAIN THEN? REDOING LIKE THE THE VISION FOR THE I GUESS DOING THAT OVER? I GUESS IT WOULD JUST BE A NEW PROJECT.
WHAT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE NEIGHBORING CONTEXT AND THE GOALS THAT WE WE WANT TO ACHIEVE.
I THINK AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN UPDATE, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE SOMETHING WE'D LOOK AT.
I BELIEVE THERE'S LIKE A MEDICAL TYPE.
YEAH. OFFICE. AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK RETAIL WE'VE GONE DOWN A PATH ALREADY.
SO THEN WE DO HAVE AN UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY THERE, BUT THERE'S ALREADY.
YOU KNOW, A MEDICAL AREA THERE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD? YEAH, AND SOME OF THAT, TOO.
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO BALANCE OUT WITH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
RIGHT. SO THAT WAS DEVELOPED PRIVATELY.
BUT I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT ALL FIT IN? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY MOVING AS WE SPEAK, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE WORK WITHIN THAT? IS IT NOW A DIFFERENT LOOK THAN WHAT IT IS NOW? I MEAN, SOME THINGS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT LOOK MOVING FORWARD? CERTAINLY. LET'S SEE.
SO THAT'S IT FOR THE ONGOING PGBT.
AND THEN I THINK WE'RE IT AT THE LAST ONE.
BUT AGAIN, ASSEMBLING ADDITIONAL LAND TO SUPPORT AND FURTHER CATALYZE FIFTH STREET DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF THAT NOW.
THAT'S A LOT THAT WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT AND TALKED THROUGH.
BUT I HAVE JUST A COUPLE KIND OF PROMPTS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT DO WE THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT AND HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT FEWER GOAL STATEMENTS? RIGHT. WE WINNOWED IT DOWN TO SIX TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE WEBSITE.
THIS COULD CERTAINLY BE SIMPLIFIED.
I THINK A DASHBOARD IS SOMEWHERE I'D LOVE TO GET EVENTUALLY.
I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
BUT JUST BASED ON KIND OF THE SYNOPSIS OF OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WE WALKED THROUGH.
ANY. ANY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR SOMETHING MISSING?
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DO WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO? TO ADD OR SUBTRACT.I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY.
AND I'LL ADMIT I WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT UP THE INDUSTRIAL AREA BECAUSE AS I WAS KIND OF THINKING THROUGH THIS, AND THEN I HAPPENED TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS INTERESTED IN SOME STUFF. SO WE DROVE OVER THERE AND WE WERE KIND OF GOING THROUGH IT AND IT JUST KIND OF CAME MY MIND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO HERE? BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE MOST DESIRABLE, YOU KNOW, MOST DESIRABLE AREA.
THERE'S BUSINESSES DOWN THERE, BUT THERE'S THINGS FOR SALE.
AND THEN I ALSO KNOW I'M THINKING, HEY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT'S LEFT TO DEVELOP, WE HAVE CURRENTLY THAT WHOLE AREA BEHIND IT, RIGHT? THAT I KNOW COUNCIL HAD HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO.
DO WE NOT DO ANYTHING AND IT'S OKAY, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT OR, YOU KNOW, IS IS THERE POTENTIALLY SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL? BECAUSE IF IF WE COULD MAYBE BRING IN SOME SMALL MANUFACTURING OR SOMETHING, OR ARE WE OKAY WITH IT KIND OF GOING THE DIRECTION OF MOSTLY I THINK IT'S MOSTLY AUTO REPAIR AND.
SEEING ABLE TO FIX FIX CARS IN THERE? I DON'T KNOW. I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY THOUGHTS OR..
I'LL PIGGYBACK ON THAT. IT'S INTERESTING.
AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS EXERCISE AND COMING TO THE MEETING, I ACTUALLY WROTE ON MY PRINTOUT OF MY NOTES THAT I SENT IN TO JARED INDUSTRIAL PARK CATEGORY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTHY OF A CATEGORY SINCE IT IS ON 78, BUT I THINK IT'S SEPARATE ENOUGH TO BE A SEPARATE CATEGORY.
I DON'T WANT TO KEEP GIVING CATEGORIES, THOUGH.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT. I MEAN, WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALREADY IS A LOT.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
THERE ARE VIABLE BUSINESSES THERE.
YOU SAID THERE ARE SOME OPEN SPACES THERE, I THINK.
PART OF MY THOUGHT OF HOW 78 LOOKS INCLUDES THAT INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND IT'S NOT A PRETTY THING.
SO I DO THINK ABOUT IT AS I'M GOING THROUGH.
SO THAT WAS MY THOUGHT TO SLAM ANY IN THE BUSINESS OR ANYTHING? NO, NOT AT ALL. I MEAN, IF YOU HAVEN'T, I'D STRONGLY RECOMMEND GO, GO DRIVE THROUGH IT AND SEE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SOME AREAS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.
WE HAD A BUSINESS HERE TO DO ONE OF THOSE BUSINESS SPOTLIGHTS AND URIEL'S.
YES, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BROCHURE.
SO THERE ARE SOME FANTASTIC BUSINESSES OVER THERE.
BUT WHAT CAN WHAT CAN WE DO AND SHOULD IT BE A DIFFERENT CATEGORY? LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, I GUESS, PROS AND CONS.
IT'S PART OF 78. IT'S THERE, BUT IT IS A SEPARATE THING.
SO THAT PROPERTY ON THE YOU KNOW, IN THE BACK SIDE, TOO, IS LIKE I MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHERE THAT GOES.
BUT THEN IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THAT'S IT'S NOT A SMALL LITTLE PATCH THERE AT ALL.
YEAH. IT'S ABOUT 18 ACRES BACK THERE.
WE'VE HAD SOME DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS ON IT.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF SITE CHALLENGES AND FLOOD AND FEMA ISSUES.
IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING PIECE, WHICH IS, I THINK, WHY IT'S STILL FOR SALE, RIGHT? SO I THINK TO THE POINTS THAT YOU'RE ALL MAKING, I THINK OF I THINK OF IT AS PART OF 78 AND KIND OF I BELIEVE IT'S INCLUDED IN THE TOURS AS WELL.
SO I MEAN, I THINK AS PART OF THE COMP PLANNING EFFORT, LOOKING AT THAT, STUDYING THAT, I THINK THAT AREA WOULD CERTAINLY BE OF INTEREST IN TERMS OF OBVIOUSLY WE WE WE CARE GREATLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY.
IT'S JUST A IT'S A TRICKY AREA.
SO HOW DO WE KIND OF THOUGHTFULLY THINK THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW PROACTIVE IS THAT? ONE OF THE TARGET PIECES, RIGHT? IS THAT ONE OF THE CRITICAL LAND SITES THAT WE IDENTIFY AND KIND OF PROACTIVELY OR PREEMPTIVELY DO SOME SOME SOME WORK? SO BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW AS FAR AS THE MANUFACTURING PORTION, I MEAN, THAT THAT'S ONE AREA WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF.
AND SO IS THAT IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? THAT'S WHERE I COULD BE WAY OFF BASE.
AND THAT'S NOW IT'S KIND OF OUR LITTLE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
IS THERE OPPORTUNITY BASICALLY? I THINK THAT THERE I THINK THERE ARE DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES FOR SURE.
MAYBE IF I HAVEN'T CALLED IT OUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, I THINK IT FITS WITHIN THE 78.
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I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE I JUST ADD IT TO MAYBE MORE DELIBERATELY, INCLUDING THE INDUSTRIAL, IF THAT IS THAT WORKS FOR ME RIGHT NOW.I JUST BRING IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT OR NOT.
YOU KNOW, AND IT'S AN I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE, MAYBE IN ONE WAY IS LIKE SOME OF OUR MAYBE THING CERTAIN TYPES OF BUSINESSES GET RELEGATED TO THAT AS WELL. AND SO IT JUST KIND OF WORKS ITS WAY OVER THERE.
IT'S ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL CHALLENGE WITH THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND I KNOW FROM SERVING ON DIFFERENT BOARDS OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S A FEW BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THERE A LONG TIME TOO, AND THEY LIKE IT JUST THE WAY IT IS. AND THEY DON'T.
THE ACCESS CERTAINLY CHALLENGE.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S THE DEAL, RIGHT? I'VE HEARD. PROBABLY KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF AUTOS IN THERE, RIGHT? SO I KNOW PARTICULAR TOW TRUCK COMPANY THAT'S LOCAL HERE WAS TELLING ME IF YOU CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT GETTING OVER THOSE RAILROAD TRACKS BECAUSE THEY TRY TO BRING THEIR EQUIPMENT OVER THAT AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
YEAH, INTERSECTIONS, CROSSINGS, CERTAINLY A KEY ELEMENT.
DID WE SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT BEAUTIFICATION OF 78? WHAT WAS THE WORDING ON THAT? I JUST DON'T REMEMBER IT.
ESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS, ENHANCEMENT.
PARDON MY SO IMPROVING THE 78 CORRIDOR.
SO THAT YOU HAVE THE LOCAL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM PIECE, YOU HAVE IDENTIFYING AREAS WHERE THE TRAFFIC YOU HAVE CONSIDERING MECHANISMS FOR EDC FUNDING TO BE APPLIED RELATIVE TO INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES.
IT'S ESTHETICS. ESTHETICS? YEAH. YOU HAD IT AT THE BOTTOM OF ENGAGE WITH LANDOWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS TO IMPROVE THE ESTHETICS.
YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S, I THINK, VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE.
SO I GO BACK TO THE DISCUSSION SLIDE.
BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DID PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AS AN ACTION ITEM THIS EVENING.
JUST IN CASE WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON IT IF YOU ALL ARE NOT READY.
ARE WE? I NEED TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD.
I MEAN, ARE YOU GUYS READY WITH THIS? DO WE NEED ANOTHER LOOK AT ANYTHING? ARE WE READY TO MAKE A MOTION? BECAUSE SO MUCH TIME ON IT ALREADY? I'M READY TO. WELL, I MEAN, I FEEL WE'RE READY.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I THINK IT'S DONE A GREAT JOB ON IT.
YEAH. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
I MEAN, THAT WAS A TON OF WORK.
NOT ONLY THE SURVEY, BUT ALSO READING THROUGH EVERYTHING.
OBVIOUSLY, WITHOUT THE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL THAT I JUST PUT IT INTO POWERPOINT.
AND JARED, DO YOU THINK BASED ON YOUR DEALINGS WITH CITY MANAGER GINA NASH AND YOUR ANY TYPE OF INTERACTION YOU'VE HAD WITH CITY COUNCIL, IS THIS THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO RECEIVE FROM US? IS THIS YOU KNOW, ARE WE SHOOTING AND WE AT LEAST IN THE WHEELHOUSE OF WHAT YOU KNOW, ARE WE JUST SO OFF, YOU KNOW? YEAH, I THINK I THINK IT I THINK IT'S CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, BIG TAKEAWAYS.
AGAIN, KIND OF FOCUS ON A FEW MAIN THINGS.
THEN BOARD I NEED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS POINT, IF LET'S SAY WE APPROVE IT AND THEN IT MADE, IT'LL JUST GO ON AND IT'S WHAT WOULD IT EVEN COME BACK? OR AT THIS POINT WE JUST GAVE OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN COUNCIL WILL LIKE IT, NOT LIKE IT, CHANGE IT AND THEN APPROVE IT.
AND WHAT WOULD THE WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD SEND IT TO
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COUNCIL RECOMMENDING APPROVAL IN ITS CURRENT FORMAT AND THEN IF THERE WAS.I MEAN, OF COURSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME SMALL.
FORMATTING TYPE STUFF POTENTIALLY, I THINK ANYTHING, ANYTHING MAJOR, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BRING BACK TO THE BOARD IF JUST SO YOU ALL ARE APPRIZED OF THE DOCUMENT.
OKAY. WELL, BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN THAT MOTION, LET ME ASK ONE MORE TIME ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE DID HAVE SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON D TWO.
MARTY ROEBUCK TOOK A PHONE CALL AND HE DID LEAVE.
HE STEPPED, HE TOOK A PHONE CALL.
BUT I THOUGHT HE CAME BACK IN.
BUT DID HE LEAVE? HE NEVER CAME BACK.
OKAY. NOT PRESENT. WHAT ARE THE RULES HERE? DO I NEED TO MOVE ON? IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OTHERWISE. OKAY. WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP.
AND THEN I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
AND THEN THERE'S STILL NOW A LOT MORE WORK TO DO TO WITH EACH ONE OF THESE.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
NOW. WE'RE NOT GOING TO. OKAY.
ABOUT POSSIBLE DASHBOARDING? MAYBE. WHAT IS IT THAT WE PUT UP ON THE WEBSITE? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT WHENEVER THE NEW SITE GOES LIVE.
AND I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO GET UPDATES ON THIS AS WE GO ON.
IT'S NOT THE LAST TIME WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT.
AND THEN COUNCIL IS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO THINGS IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT WAS SET EARLIER, CERTAINLY.
I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE IN TERMS OF THE FORMAT, I THINK THE SEPARATING THE ONGOING FROM THE OTHERS, WAS THAT ACCEPTABLE? AND AS LONG AS IT'S MUCH MORE CONDENSED ON FOR THE PUBLIC'S VIEW.
YEAH. YEAH. AND I THINK WE COULD.
WE COULD WE COULD BIFURCATE IN WHATEVER WAY AND MAKE IT MAKE IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S EASILY COMMUNICATED.
SO WE CAN EVEN PUT IT INTO A MORE OF A NARRATIVE FORM AS WELL.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE DEFINITELY IS A GREAT SUGGESTION.
AND THE OTHER THING I GUESS I WOULD ASK IS.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO NECESSARILY PRIORITIZE ANYTHING BECAUSE WE KIND OF DO HAVE THE FY CALL OUTS IN THERE, BUT IS ANYTHING OF MORE SIGNIFICANT TO THIS GROUP OR IS EVERYTHING SORT OF EQUAL FOOTING? I KNOW FIFTH STREET IS KIND OF IT'S KIND OF HAPPENING.
WE'RE DOING IT. BUT JUST ANY GENERAL COMMENTS ON THAT? WHAT'S WHAT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S LIKE SORT OF EVER CHANGING, RIGHT, BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, MORE SO OF THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THEIR PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE WE SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THEM.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CHALLENGE THEM AND DO OTHER THINGS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE THIS BOARD EXISTS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL ALLOWS IT TO EXIST.
SO THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT.
YEAH. I THINK IT ALSO KIND OF DICTATES TO YOU WHAT WHAT YOU CAN GET DONE.
AND SO IF YOU THINK YOU CAN GET SOMETHING DONE, PRIORITIZE THAT AND LET'S GET IT DONE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHATEVER VARIABLES ARE INVOLVED. YEAH.
I MEAN IF THINGS FALL INTO PLACE FOR YOU FOR SOMETHING TO GET DONE, LET'S..
LET'S GET IT DONE. I MEAN, YOU'RE WORKING ON, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GET THE CONTACT.
SO, I MEAN, A BUSINESS MIGHT COME IN AND IF WE SAY FIFTH STREET IS A PRIORITY, BUT THEY CAN'T FIT IN THE FIFTH STREET SPACE, BUT YOU CAN GET THEM ON PBG OR ANY OTHER LOCATION YOU NEED, WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY, WELL, WAIT, WE'RE WORKING ON FIFTH STREET RIGHT NOW.
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SO PRIORITY IS BASED ON WHAT'S COMING IN.WELL, I THINK I'M CLEAR AND HAVE MY DIRECTION.
OKAY. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE BECAUSE IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT.
SO I KNOW THAT IS HOPEFULLY THAT WILL KIND OF ADJUST.
HOPE THAT COUNCIL LOOKS AT IT AND THEY THEY'VE APPROVED AND THEN WE START WORKING ON IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET INTO ANOTHER JOINT MEETING AND THEN WE HAVE THIS.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING AND WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? SO AS LONG AS WE GET ENOUGH GUIDANCE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BACK TO I SAID WHAT THAT ALIGNMENT BECAUSE I.
I LOOK BACK AT THE JOINT MEETING, WE WERE LOOKING AT ALL THE GOALS AND I WAS HEARING SOME PEOPLE GO, WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? AND WHY IS THAT EVEN EFFECTIVE? AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS WASN'T OUR GOAL.
SO THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN WITH IT.
THIS TIME AROUND, IF THEY'RE ASKING, THEY APPROVED IT.
SO WHAT ARE YOU ASKING ME? WHY AM I APPROVED WHEN I GIVE YOU THE DOCUMENT WHEN YOU APPROVED IT? THAT'S MY POINT. THAT'S MY POINT.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID BEFORE, CORRECT? THAT'S WHAT WE DID BEFORE.
BUT THEN WE SPENT ALL THIS TIME ON IT.
AND THEN I THINK MY VIEW OF IT WAS THERE WAS THINGS GETTING QUESTIONED.
IT WAS LIKE, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT A MINUTE.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM SAYING IT OUT LOUD.
I GOT SOME OF THE SOME OF THE MOTIVATION THERE IS TO THROW MONKEY WRENCHES IN THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK IF THIS BOARD IS UNIFIED TO YOUR POINT, THAT IF WE IF WE HAVE IF WE'VE APPROVED IT AND THEY'VE APPROVED IT, PUSH BACK AND SAY, HEY, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE, YOU GUYS APPROVED THIS AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND I MEAN, AND I THINK FOR ME, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT WITH THIS DOCUMENT VERSUS I GUESS MAYBE THE ONE THAT WAS BUILT IN 2021 OR WHENEVER IT WAS DONE IS THERE'S A TIMING TIED TO THIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THAT TIMING.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ASK ME.
SO FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS OR 24 MONTHS? WELL, THERE'S THE TIMING AND YOU ALSO GET UPDATES.
SO THEREFORE, IF YOU WEREN'T IN AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SPOKE UP AT THE TIME BEFORE YOU APPROVED THE DOCUMENT.
POINT WELL TAKEN, BUT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHY TEDDY IS SAYING WHAT HE'S SAYING.
WE NEED TO BE PREPARED AND WE'RE GOING TO TELL THEM THAT.
I'M WITH YOU. I HAVE NO PROBLEM TAKING THAT ONE ON.
OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND I'M GOING TO MENTION JUST A PUBLIC COMMENT.
ONCE AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER.
OKAY. ARE WE READY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS? CAN TAKE SOME ACTION ON IT.
IS THAT IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WANTING? I MEAN, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO SEE BEFORE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AS IS.
YES. I SECOND THE MOTION, SO WHOEVER SECONDED, SHE CAN HAVE IT.
LIVELY DISCUSSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
CAN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM D? GOT TO VOTE. OH, GOD.
YOU CAN TELL IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.
[3. Conduct a public hearing for an infrastructure project for Milli’s Donuts LLC generally located along Miles Road and Rosewood Lane in Sachse, Texas.]
ROAD AND ROSEWOOD LANE IN SACHSE, TEXAS.SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, THE ACTION HERE REALLY IS JUST TO OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
THE INCENTIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
AND SO THIS IS JUST THE 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD.
STAFF DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ON THIS CARDS? YOU JUST ASK. OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM D THREE? SEEING THERE ARE, OKAY SEEING THERE ARE NONE, I NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS.
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NO, NOTHING. NOTHING.GOOD. CLOSE THE POLL. CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ITEM D 4, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT FOR SB SACHSE LIMITED LTD LIMITED.
[4. Conduct a public hearing for an infrastructure project for SB Sachse, LTD. generally located along Murphy Road and Blackburn Road in Sachse, Texas.]
GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG MURPHY ROAD AND BLACKBURN ROAD IN SACHSE, TEXAS.UM, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT.
ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM D 4?.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS IT.
OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY.
SEEING THAT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON BUT ADJOURNMENT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION. NO, NOT REALLY.
JUST GET THE. OH, I HAVE TO HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.