ALL RIGHT THEN WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL TO ORDER.
[A. Meeting Opening]
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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF THE CITY OF SACHSE WILL HOLD A REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, APRIL 18TH AT OFFICIALLY BEGINNING 6:04 P.M TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS.I'VE ASKED COUNCILWOMAN HOWARTH TO LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS GREAT CITY THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE IN AND FOR ALL OF OUR MANY BLESSINGS, WE ASK THESE THINGS AND THY SON JESUS CHRIST, AMEN, AMEN.
WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM B PUBLIC COMMENT.
B1 THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.
THE TIME LIMIT IS THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE ACTING SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
I'M ASSUMING WE DON'T HAVE ANY WRITTEN OR EMAIL.
OKAY. THEN WE SHALL MOVE TO ITEM C, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[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.]
ALL ITEMS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD AND WILL BE ENACTED ON BY ONE MOTION.ITEM C1 APPROVE THE MARCH 21ST, 2024 MEETING MINUTES AND ITEM TWO ACCEPT THE MONTHLY REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 29TH, 2024.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
A MOTION. MOTION BY RICHARD AND A SECOND BY CHINELO.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY SAYS WE'LL WILL VOTE MANUALLY.
SO, DENISE, I'LL LET YOU RUN THROUGH THE NAMES AND.
OKAY. SO CHRIS, IS THAT WE WANT TO DO IT THAT WAY OR DO YOU WANT TO CALL NAMES OUT? AM I DOING IT? I CAN DO IT.
THE RESULT IS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS D1.
[D.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.]
RECEIVE ANY REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS BY THE SACHSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF REGARDING ANY ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, SPECIAL EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES.OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL BUSINESS RETENTION AND MARKETING PROJECTS.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MR. POTTS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THIS EVENING.
SO BRIEF STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE FARMERS MARKET A LITTLE BIT.
SO THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED.
WE'VE SINCE POSTED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS THAT THE FIRST MARKET WILL BE MAY 11TH, FROM 9 A.M.
TO 1 P.M., SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
IT'LL BE EVERY MONTH ON THE SECOND SATURDAY FROM MAY THROUGH OCTOBER AND THEN IT'S OBVIOUSLY, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, AN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT SITE AND SO THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON HOW THE SITE DEVELOPS TO, TO MOVE THE MARKET, TO MAKE IT, TO GIVE IT A SPOT IN THE DISTRICT.
BUT WE'LL JUST KIND OF CONSIDER THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
IS THAT ONE PART OF AT THE END OF OCTOBER? IT'S SEE HOW IT GOES AND WE'RE EXTENDING AN AGREEMENT.
IS THAT KIND OF HOW THE AGREEMENT ENDED UP WORKING OUT? SO IT WAS A I THINK THEIR STANDARD KIND OF PRACTICE IS TO INITIATE A SIX MONTH TERM TO START.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE FEELING EACH OTHER OUT TO SOME EXTENT, SEE HOW IT GOES.
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THE AGREEMENT OR I GUESS NOT IF WE DON'T.WANT TO CONTINUE HAVING IT THERE, OF COURSE.
BUT YEAH, WE WILL JUST RE EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT ESSENTIALLY, OR AMEND IT.
WE'RE DELIGHTED WE'LL BE DOING SOME THINGS TO GET THE SITE PREPARED.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR FOUR SEASONS.
THEY'RE BASICALLY A TENANT THAT WILL BE USING THE SPACE.
SO WE MIGHT DO SOME THINGS LIKE GET SOME SIGNAGE PRINTED, PUT SOME TEMPORARY, YOU KNOW, PARKING SIGNS UP, VARIOUS ELEMENTS, PERHAPS BUYING SOME PICNIC TABLES IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE FOOD TRUCKS JUST TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PLACE TO SIT.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST TO MAKE IT A NICE EVENT FOR PEOPLE.
SO MAY 11TH, MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
IT SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME, BUSINESS VISITATION.
SO LOCAL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
IT'S A RETAIL STRIP BUILDING ON 78 IN BROOKVIEW.
SO THERE'S KIND OF TWO MULTI TENANT STRIP RETAIL CENTERS ON EITHER SIDE OF BROOKVIEW.
AND ONE OF THOSE OWNERS HAVE HAVE SUBMITTED WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET A COUPLE OF JUST MINOR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND WE'LL KEEP THE BOARD APPRIZED OF HOW THAT GOES.
OBVIOUSLY, ONCE THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR QUOTES AND EVERYTHING, AND TO SIGN WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
YES. SO ACCORDING TO THEIR APPLICATION, IT IS GOING TO BE SOME FACADE IMPROVEMENTS PAINTING, SOME ADDITIONAL STUCCO WORK, RESTRIPING THE PARKING LOT, SOME OF THOSE KIND OF CURB APPEAL ELEMENTS.
SO WE'RE KIND OF GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED OUR LANDLORD THIS WAS THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO DENISE HAD BEEN VISITING BUSINESSES ALONG HIGHWAY 78.
POPPED INTO ONE, AND I THINK THAT THE OWNER OF ONE OF THESE BUSINESSES WAS INTERESTED, REACHED OUT TO HIS LANDLORD, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND THEN THE LANDLORD KIND OF COORDINATED AND THEY AGREED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
THAT'S FROM BUSINESS VISITS THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING.
THAT THEY FIND OUT ABOUT IT OR FIND OUT, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
THAT'S. I MEAN, THAT'S PERFECT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR.
WE'LL SEE HOW. YEAH, KEEP US POSTED HOW IT GOES.
THAT'S GREAT. ESPECIALLY DENISE HAS BEEN REALLY HITTING THE STREETS RELATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE ABOUT YOU KNOW THAT'S GREAT OPPORTUNITIES ON 78 AND SHE'LL ACTUALLY TALK MORE ABOUT KIND OF HOW HER BUSINESS VISITS DOVETAIL INTO A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING ON LATER THIS MONTH.
SO AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE SEXY SPOTLIGHT, I WILL LET DENISE KIND OF EXPLAIN SOMETHING THAT SHE'S GOING TO START DOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE LOCAL BUSINESSES.
GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I THINK WE KNOW THE FEEDBACK FROM A LOT OF BUSINESSES PROMOTING AND MARKETING.
THERE'S JUST THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO START LIKE A SEXY SPOTLIGHT WHERE WE JUST MAKE A NICE GRAPHIC AND WE DO A DIFFERENT BUSINESS, A LOCAL BUSINESS, EVERY MONTH, I THINK THAT.
I THINK PEOPLE WOULD REALLY LOVE THAT AND APPRECIATE IT AND IT KIND OF LETS PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GREAT BUSINESSES HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I THINK WE ALL KNOW SOMETIMES YOU MAY COME IN THE SAME WAY AND GO OUT THE SAME WAY, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL IS HERE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT STARTING AND SO WE'RE DOING ONCE A MONTH.
ARE WE POSTING THEM LIKE WHAT, ONCE A WEEK ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR JUST ONE TIME FOR THAT MONTH.
SO BOARD MEMBER WON'T SAY THIS, WON'T REPLACE ANY OTHER PROMOTION.
IF YOU KIND OF FOLLOWED THE PAGE YOU'VE SEEN DENISE IS DOING ANYTIME SHE'S ON A VISIT, SHE'LL POST.
THIS IS KIND OF A SEPARATE BRANDED THING.
THAT WILL BE JUST A KIND OF ESTABLISH A CADENCE THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
THAT'S GREAT. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT POTENTIALLY EVEN LIKE BOOSTING SOME OF THE POSTS? YES JARED IS ALL FOR BOOSTING POSTS.
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THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. GET THEM TO COME TO US AND GIVE US THEIR DOLLARS INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND.WELL, I'M TENTATIVELY HAVING A BOARD MEETING MAY 16TH.
YOU ALL RECEIVED AMBERLYNN AT THE STATION, SO THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE THERE, THE 55 PLUS AGE RESTRICTED COMMUNITY AT THE STATION, BUT THEY'RE HAVING A KIND OF GRAND OPENING, RIBBON CUTTING SPEAKEASY EVENT.
SO THE BOARD HAS BEEN INVITED TO THAT.
I'VE KIND OF MENTIONED IN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE AT THE COMMONS PARK, WHICH I'M SURE MR. CHANDLER CAN SPEAK TO, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATION.
IT'S A PUBLIC PARK RIGHT THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE NEXT POP UP PARK WILL BE.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE BLAST IS COMING UP JULY 3RD.
I MENTIONED THAT FOR A COUPLE REASONS.
ONE, IT'S ONE OF THE CITY'S SIGNATURE EVENTS.
BUT NUMBER TWO, WE HISTORICALLY AND WILL BE AGAIN THIS YEAR, SPONSORING A PORTION OF THE FIREWORKS AND SO AS PART OF THAT, THE EDC BOARD WILL GET SOME RECOGNITION AS PART OF THE DURING THE EVENT, THE EMCEE KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGING EDC BOARD.
IT'S A GREAT EVENT. BRING YOUR FAMILIES.
AND THEN JUST AS A QUICK NOTE, JULY, ALL BOARD MEETINGS WILL BE CANCELED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE ONE SPECIAL MEETING FOR COUNCIL IF NEEDED, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NO BOARDS ARE GOING TO BE MEETING THAT MONTH AND THEN AGAIN, THE SUMMER NIGHTS CONCERT SERIES MAY 3RD.
IS THE BUFFETT BEACH BAND GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE? SO ALL OF THOSE WILL BE HELD AT JC SAXE PARK.
SO I LOOKED AS THE PICKLEBALL COURT ALMOST READY.
DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE FOOD TRUCKS OR ANYTHING AT THE OFF THE BEACH BAND EVENT? I GOTTA BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE, I THINK SO, YEAH, I THINK I SAW THAT, I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE BUT I WILL DOUBLE CHECK AND I'LL SEND A NOTE.
ALSO, JARED, ON THE POP UP PARK THING, ARE THERE HOURS FOR THAT? I WILL SEND THAT AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ALWAYS THE SAME, SO I'LL GET THE CLARIFICATION, SEND THAT.
OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM D TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SHOP LOCAL EVENT.
[D.2. Receive an update on a shop local event.]
WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE NOTES FIRST.GO AHEAD. PARDON? WHO'S DOING A SHOP LOCAL.
IS THAT YOU, OR THIS WILL BE MISS LEWIS.
PERFECT. OKAY, SO THIS IS A REALLY FUN ITEM.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM RULES AND THEN NEXT STEPS AND SO THIS IDEA KIND OF CAME FROM NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, WHICH IS APRIL 28TH THROUGH MAY 4TH AND I THINK, LIKE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT I SAID EARLIER, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES WOULD LOVE HELP WITH PROMOTION AND MARKETING AND SO I THINK SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. WOULD BE A SHOP LOCAL PASSPORT PROGRAM AND SO ESSENTIALLY RESIDENTS WOULD GET A PASSPORT.
AND THEN ONCE THEY COLLECT NINE STICKERS, THEY CAN ENTER TO WIN A PRIZE AND SO GETTING THE PARTICIPANTS, THE PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES, I WAS JUST CALLING AND EMAILING AND REALLY JUST GOING OUT AND TELLING THEM ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND THEY WERE ALL FOR IT.
I THINK THEY WANT MORE STUFF LIKE THIS.
SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF MANY AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE CAVEATS AND NOTES.
YOU CAN'T GET A STICKER IF YOU ORDER ONLINE AND IT'S GOING TO BE ONE PASSPORT PER HOUSEHOLD AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP. WE'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PASSPORTS AND I HOPE EVERYONE GETS ONE.
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COLLECT THE THE STICKERS AND THEY GET THEIR NINE, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING THE STICKERS TO THE PASSPORT TO CITY HALL OR THEY CAN EMAIL IT TO ME AND I'M GOING TO KIND OF SEE WHO ALL COMPLETED THEIR PASSPORT AND IF IT'S ELIGIBLE TO ENTER FOR THE GIFT CARDS AND THE NEXT STEPS. ARE GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH THE BUSINESSES, GIVING THEM THE MATERIALS, ENSURING THAT THEY KNOW THE PROGRAM RULES.I KNOW THAT EMPLOYEES OR WAITERS, IT'S LIKE THEY MAY WANT TO JUST GIVE OUT A STICKER, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF EMPHASIZE THEY HAVE TO SPEND THE $10 OR MORE TO GET THE STICKER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, ABIDING BY THE RULES.
AND THEN I'LL LAUNCH THE PROGRAM NEXT WEEK ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN MY LAST STEP WILL BE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM BUSINESSES TO SEE HOW THE PROGRAM GOES AND IF IT WAS GREAT, IF THEY THINK WE SHOULD DO IT AGAIN AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TURNOUT AND I HOPE THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES LIKE IT AND WANT MORE THINGS LIKE THIS.
WILL THE BUSINESSES HAVE THE ACTUAL PASSPORT CARDS THEMSELVES? THEY WILL. I'LL PROVIDE THEM WITH A STICKER THAT'S SMALL STICKER AT THE BOTTOM, THE TEAM TAXI, THEY'LL GET THAT STICKER AND THEY'LL GET THE PASSPORTS.
OKAY. SO IT'S ALL FREE TO THEM.
WE'RE PROMOTING IT. WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE SUPPLIES.
THEY JUST HAVE TO SAY YES, THAT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND THEY'RE IN.
IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THE PASSPORT ITSELF AVAILABLE ONLINE? SO LIKE IF I'M AT HOME, I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO, I CAN JUST PRINT ONE OUT AND TAKE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE ACTUAL CARD.
I THINK THE LIBRARY YOU CAN PRINT FOR FREE THERE.
SO WE CAN ALSO ADD THAT IF YOU WANT TO PRINT IT, GO TO THE LIBRARY, PRINT IT FOR FREE.
IT MAY NOT BE FOR FREE. EXCUSE ME, BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
WE CAN DO THAT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS THAT WE DID, DENISE DID A GREAT JOB OF GETTING DIFFERENT BUSINESSES KIND OF ACROSS THE YOU CAN SEE THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING FROM RESTAURANTS TO, YOU KNOW, SPAS AND SO FORTH.
ONE OF THE BUSINESSES ON HERE, YOU MIGHT BE KIND OF SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD A LITTLE BIT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD THAT BE ON THERE? BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT SHE'S GOTTEN, PEOPLE WANTING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE RECOGNIZED AND SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A DENTIST VISIT HERE IN SACHSE, YOU'RE AT THIS PLACE, GET A STICKER WHILE YOU'RE WHILE YOU'RE THERE AND IT WOULD CERTAINLY COUNT.
SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT KIND OF FIRST BLUSH AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I KNOW LAST YEAR THE CHAMBER HAD A SCAVENGER HUNT TYPE OF EVENT AND SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST A WAY TO LET'S SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO DENISE DID A GOOD JOB PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
ARE WE DOING ANYTHING? IS ANY OF THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHAMBER OR THIS IS ALL COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM CHAMBER.
OKAY. SO THIS ISN'T AN ACTION ITEM.
IT WAS. WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRAM SO YOU ALL WERE AWARE OF IT AND YOU CAN PROMOTE IT ON YOUR OWN, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED. BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO GET ALL THESE STICKERS PRINTED AND THEN JUST THIS SORT OF BONUS OF IT ALL IS THEN WE HAVE ALL THESE EXTRA STICKERS AND LIKE, I'VE GOT A FIVE YEAR OLD AND IT'S JUST THEN WE CAN GIVE THEM OUT.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THESE EXTRA PROMOTIONAL ITEMS. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC RATIONALE BEHIND THE DATE, LIKE THE DATES THAT YOU PUT FOR IT? THE DATES. YEAH, ACTUALLY HOW LONG IT IS, THE THREE WEEKS? JUST MAKING SURE THAT, I MEAN, EVERYONE CAN KIND OF GO AROUND TO THE BUSINESSES AND.
YEAH, BECAUSE, WELL, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THREE WEEKS IS NOT ENOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, [INAUDIBLE].
TODAY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT LIKE, I ONLY HAVE ONE FREE DAY A WEEK WHERE I COULD DO THIS.
JUST I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE TIME TO GO TO ALL NINE MYSELF AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
SO YOU HAVE TO GO TO NINE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
YES. YOU CAN ONLY GET ONCE STICKER PER BUSINESS.
I THINK WE SHOULD. OH, I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE MAKE THAT PART OF THE RULES.
YEAH. BECAUSE I DIDN'T READ IT.
YEAH. GOTCHA. THANK YOU FOR THAT AGAIN.
YOU HAVE TO, IT'S ONE STICKER PER BUSINESS.
SO FOR ME, [INAUDIBLE] STATION.
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YEAH. FOR ME, [INAUDIBLE] STATION.I CAN'T DO IT. IF I CAN'T GO TO THE STATION, I CAN'T GO TO IT NINE, EXACTLY.
DEFINITELY. FOR THE RECORD, YOU CAN GO TO JAKE'S AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S ONLY GOING TO GET ONE STICKER.
BUT AND YOU'VE ASKED ALL THE BUSINESSES AND THESE ARE THE ONES PARTICIPATING, OR COULD WE GET MORE ON THE LIST? I MEAN, THERE'S A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT I THINK WOULD WANT TO PARTICIPATE I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM, LIKE THE OWNER I'VE TALKED TO, LIKE A MANAGER, AN EMPLOYEE, AND THEY SAID, YEAH, I THINK MY THE OWNER WOULD BE IN, BUT I'VE CALLED AND EMAILED AND.
[INAUDIBLE] I THINK WE CAN MORE VARIETY IF POSSIBLE DO THAT.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD START. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE PASSPORT THING ORDERED SOON, SO WE CAN TRY TO MAKE MAYBE ONE QUICK LAST FINAL PUSH AND THEN SEND IT TO SEND IT TO PRINT.
BUT SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET CONFIRMATION, BUT WE WILL MAKE ONE LAST PUSH AND THEN EXTENDING THE EVENT, MAYBE PERHAPS ONE MORE WEEK.
THAT'S A GRADUATION WEEKEND FOR WYLIE ISD, I THINK AND GARLAND ISD, I THINK IS THAT SAME WEEKEND.
SO I THINK I LOVE THIS IDEA I THINK IT'S GREAT.
GREAT. THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK AND WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
[D.3. Receive a briefing about the upcoming update to the City's Comprehensive Plan.]
YES, SIR.EXCITED? THIS WILL BE JUST A QUICK, YOU KNOW, BRIEFING, BUT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THIS THIS CONTRACT EDC BOARD, OBVIOUSLY PAYING FOR HALF OF IT.
SO THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE I THINK I'VE EVEN EXPLAINED AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING.
SO ACTUALLY, AS OF TODAY, I FLIPPED KIND OF MY LAST ROUND OF COMMENTS BACK TO THEM.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT EXECUTED HERE PRETTY SOON.
IT'S JUST MAKING THE TWEAKS TO THE GRAMMAR AND FORMATTING AND KIND OF MINOR STUFF.
AFTER THAT PLAN KICK OFF BEGAN PUTTING TOGETHER THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR IT AGAIN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG KIND OF PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENT TO THIS PLAN THAT WE WILL BE DEVELOPING WITH THE CONSULTANT.
JUST THAT'S A CHARTER REQUIREMENT AND THEN ULTIMATELY FINAL PLAN APPROVAL ADOPTION IS BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE WILL BE BRINGING THE CONSULTANT IN TO TALK WITH THIS BOARD ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL.
WE GOT THAT INTO THE SCOPE SO THAT OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALL ARE A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE PROCESS, SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF FUNDING AND SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THEM IN FOR A WORK SESSION TYPE EVENT TO SPEAK WITH THE BOARD MORE AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG.
YOU SEE CHARTER, THE CITY CHARTER REQUIRES THE P&Z, AND THAT'S COMMON REALLY.
YEAH. SO MANY MEETINGS REVIEWING THE CHARTER BEFORE THEY WENT TO VOTE.
SO OKAY WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE TERM YET.
PLEASE DON'T. SO JUST QUICKLY AS YOU ALL KNOW WE DID ISSUE AN RFQ FOR THIS.
ADVERTISED IT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES, KIND OF ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED.
WE HAD FOUR SUBMITTED, HELD INTERVIEWS WITH ALL FOUR FIRMS, AND THEN WE SELECTED KIMLEY-HORN.
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I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.THEY WERE POSTED WITH THE PACKET THAT WENT OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND USING IT TO SORT OF DRIVE NEXT STEPS.
SO THIS IS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL AND SO I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING.
THIS IS ALL JUST A LITTLE VIDEO, BUT AS A WAY TO KIND OF MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.
THIS WEBSITE WILL BE SET UP AND WILL ALLOW FOR FOLKS TO GET IN TO THE SYSTEM.
SEE THE PLAN ELEMENTS PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
SO I MEAN, I KNOW I SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I'VE GOT KIDS.
IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME AFTER 6:00 TO GO OUT AND MAKE A MEETING.
SO JUST KIND OF A NEAT LITTLE TOOL.
YES, SIR. KIMLEY-HORN IS GOING TO BE SETTING UP OUR COMP PLAN WEBSITE FOR US AND THEN WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIST WE'RE GOING TO BE BRANDING THE PLAN, BRANDING THE MARKETING EFFORT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE SORT OF A JOINT EFFORT IN TERMS OF PUTTING OUT, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL KINDS OF ENGAGEMENT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE TO THE PLAN.
THESE ARE FAIRLY STANDARD PLAN ELEMENTS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
SO WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING AND AGAIN WE'LL KIND OF GET INTO THIS IN THE NEXT ITEM.
IT DOVETAILS INTO THIS COMP PLAN STRATEGIC PLAN.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE KIND OF AT A VERY HIGH GLOBAL 30,000 FOOT VIEW SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC ITEMS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRILLING DOWN A LOT MORE.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOX TO THE RIGHT THE CATALYST AREA STUDIES.
SO YOU HAVE THE THREE CATALYST AREAS THAT EXIST.
YOU HAVE RANCH ROAD, THAT AREA.
YOU HAVE THE FIFTH STREET KIND OF 78 AREA.
YOU'VE GOT THE VERY ROBUST HIGHWAY 78 CORRIDOR STUDY, WHICH WAS A MAJOR PART OF THIS PLAN PLANNING EFFORT AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION METRIC MATRIX, WHICH IS I THINK.
MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PLANNING EFFORT AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY PUTTING TOGETHER THE, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATIONS, HERE'S HOW YOU CAN ESTABLISH ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, TIMING, PRIORITIZING, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT AND SO THAT'S THOSE PIECES I'D SAY I KIND OF WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT AND AGAIN, RELATIVE TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD STRATEGY.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS STAY VIBRANT AND SUCCESSFUL AND THAT PROPERTY VALUES STAY UP? INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES.
SO URBAN DESIGN, CORRIDOR PLANNING, GATEWAY PLANNING, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET CONSISTENT SIGNAGE, UPDATE OUR SIGNAGE, ESTABLISH SOME ENTRY MONUMENT FEATURES IN THE CITY TO LET YOU REALLY KNOW HEY, I'M IN SACHSE WAYFINDING.
IS THERE A WAY TO DO CONSISTENT BRANDED WAYFINDING THAT HELPS GET PEOPLE AROUND THE COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT LOOKS LOOKS NICE? SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSING AS PART OF THE PLAN.
IN ADDITION TO LAND USE, MOBILITY, PARKS, TRAILS, OPEN SPACE AND THEN AGAIN, JUST TO YOU ALL ARE AWARE, BUT JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND IN THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY THE COUNCIL ON APRIL 1ST, IT WAS TO ALLOW FOR UP TO AND NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 RELATIVE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THEY THEIR SCOPE IS WITHIN THAT RANGE.
AS WE WERE KIND OF WORKING AND NEGOTIATING IT, WE MADE SURE TO NOT EXCEED THAT SPENDING AUTHORITY.
IT'S NOT. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
NO, I'M NOT THINKING THAT. I'M LOOKING AT SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE.
HOW DID WE GET IN THIS 50/50 WITH THE CITY? WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LONG TIME AGO, REMEMBER? I COULDN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS 50.
I COULDN'T. THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE I FOUND IT.
AND THAT'S ALREADY ACTUALLY BEEN IT.
I THINK WE DISCUSSED A NUMBER, NOT A PERCENTAGE, I THINK IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
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WE SET THIS ASIDE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.SO THAT WAS JUST LIKE WAIT A MINUTE.
KIND OF INTERESTING THAT IT DID COME UP.
LOOKING 50. I ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES WHY THAT WAS AND THE ANSWER WAS THAT'S HOW IT WAS DECIDED.
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS DONE BACK IN 2015.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE STRATEGY THAT REALLY WORKED AND KIND OF WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THE DATA FROM THIS HELPS US WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR OUR. THE OTHER PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR.
SO I'M AND THE PARTS ABOUT THE IN DEPTH CORRIDOR STUDY FOR 78 AND STUFF SPECIFICALLY FOR.
YES. SO THAT'S HOPEFULLY IT'LL HELP WITH A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT IT'S JUST STRIKES THE FUNNY BONE IF YOU WILL.
IT'S LIKE. THAT'S WHY I ASKED ALL THOSE.
SORRY JODY. GO AHEAD. NO THAT'S IT.
AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET THIS KICKED OFF AND MORE TO COME.
WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP THIS BOARD APPRIZED OF ALL THE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SO FORTH.
THAT'S GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. POTTS ON THIS? I'M GLAD THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
WHY IS IT 50/50? GOES RIGHT BACK TO FORT WORTH.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSS THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE TYPE B CORPORATION.
[D.4. Discuss the goals and objectives of the Type B Corporation.]
AGAIN. THIS IS GOING TO MR. POTTS, I THINK, FOR YOU.YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO AGAIN, WE'LL DISCUSS THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
KIND OF A QUICK PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION.
GIVE JUST A HIGH LEVEL BACKGROUND OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED, AND THEN KIND OF GET INTO A PROPOSED SCOPE ESSENTIALLY FOR MOVING FORWARD, HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, NEXT STEPS, AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY.
SO SUMMARIZING SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING.
AGAIN, THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY VERBATIM BUT JUST KIND OF CAPTURING THE DISCUSSION.
SO NEEDING TO KNOW THE PRIORITY ITEMS, INTERESTED IN USING THE CONSULTANT, NEED TO ADD FOCUS.
WANT MEASURABLE RESULTS IN AN ACTIONABLE PLAN? OF COURSE LOOKING AT THE DATA AND THEN REMOVING THE OPERATIONAL ITEMS. SO THE BOARD DIRECTED US TO PUT TOGETHER A POTENTIAL SCOPE AND THEN RETURN THIS MONTH TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL AND I WILL JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT I'VE GOT THE EXISTING ADOPTED GOALS IN THIS PRESENTATION.
IF AT ANY POINT WE NEED TO REFERENCE THEM.
AGAIN, THE MAIN FOCUS AREAS AND THE CURRENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WERE PRIMARILY PGT HIGHWAY 78, THOSE AREAS INCLUDING 5TH STREET THAT WE'VE KIND OF IDENTIFIED AS THE CRITICAL CATALYST ZONES.
SO I'VE DONE SOME I'VE LOOKED BACK SINCE OUR PREVIOUS MEETING AND SORT OF REVIEWED PROPOSALS THAT WE HAD RECEIVED A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK AGAIN, JUST TO RESTATE THIS ALL KIND OF STARTED BACK IN 2021.
THE BOARD AT THE TIME WOULD ASKED THAT STAFF DRIVE THAT AND SO WHENEVER WE REVISED OUR GOALS IN THIS PAST YEAR, THE NEWLY ADOPTED GOALS, WE HAD A RECOMMENDATION IN THERE TO AGAIN REVISIT TARGET INDUSTRY ANALYSIS IN FY 2025. BUT HERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PLANNING TIME AND AS YOU ALL KNOW TIME KIND OF SNEAKS BY.
SO WE'VE STARTED HAVING THIS DISCUSSION NOW.
I'VE TALKED TO OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SORT OF ABOUT THE TIMING.
AS I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING, THEY THOUGHT THAT BRINGING IN A SEPARATE FIRM, OR IF IT WAS THEM TAKING ON THIS ADDITIONAL KIND OF OUT OF SCOPE ITEM, THEY THINK BRINGING SOMEBODY IN AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS INTO THE COMP PLAN, SO ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE COMP PLANNING PROCESS WOULD BE TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.
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TARGET INDUSTRY ANALYSIS SCOPE THAT WE HAD PROPOSED TO US BACK IN 2021.SO IF YOU LOOK THERE, YOU CAN SEE, OBVIOUSLY.
PART OF WHY THAT'S IN THERE IS WHENEVER WE THE LAST TWO ITERATIONS OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, IT WAS FUNDAMENTALLY DRIVEN BY THE BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THERE WASN'T A PARTICULARLY THERE WASN'T AN OUTREACH FOR THE RESIDENTS, ESSENTIALLY, REGARDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND SO THIS IS A POTENTIAL OPTION TO ADD SOME OF THAT, PERHAPS WHETHER IT'S OPEN HOUSES OR MEETING IN A BOX TYPE ACTIVITIES SIMILAR TO LIKE, WHAT WILL WE BE DOING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BUT THAT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PIECE AGAIN LOOKING AT THE SWOT ANALYSIS.
SO STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREATS OR CHALLENGES.
WE CAN LOOK AT THIS FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LENS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TO BRING IN A SITE SELECTION CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THIS EFFORT, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT MAYBE SOME OF OUR KEY AREAS FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SITES FOR, YOU KNOW, MAJOR MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES.
AGAIN THE TARGET INDUSTRY ANALYSIS, CLUSTER ANALYSIS.
SO DRILLING DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR SWOT ANALYSIS, IF YOU WILL, LOOKING AT THE REGION AND KIND OF IDENTIFYING THESE ARE THE TARGET AREAS THAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE FOCUSING IN ON AND THAT MIGHT JUST BE CONFIRMING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE COME COME UP WITH.
AGAIN, THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PIECE WITH EVOLVE COMING IN, OF COURSE, NICHE AND BOUTIQUE RETAIL.
I'M NOT SURE THAT SUBSTANTIVELY, YOU KNOW, CHANGES BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS OR WAYS TO CLUSTER SOME OF THESE USERS IN A WAY THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY THINKING ABOUT.
SO LABOR SHEDS LABOR ANALYSIS.
WHERE ARE PEOPLE COMING FROM TO WORK HERE? WHERE ARE OUR RESIDENTS GOING? WE KNOW YOU KNOW SOME OF THAT, BUT THEY CAN PUT TOGETHER POTENTIALLY A MORE ROBUST ANALYSIS THAT IS TELLING US THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN REALISTICALLY DRAW FROM INTO YOUR COMMUNITY NEW AND EMERGING TRENDS.
SO THE EXAMPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT UP EARLIER WAS YOU KNOW, AI PEOPLE ARE USING AI IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOW OR SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, YOU'VE GOT JOBS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN BE NECESSARILY THINKING OF.
IT WAS JUST THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGICAL AR AUGMENTED REALITY.
IT'S JUST NOT EVEN ON MY RADAR AND WORKING WITH SOMEBODY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE NEW AND EMERGING TRENDS ARE, TO KIND OF BE ON THE CUTTING EDGE AND VANGUARD, IF YOU WILL, THIS PIECE. SO SITE READINESS ANALYSIS.
SO LOOKING AT OUR CATALYST AREAS AND AGAIN THAT THAT DRILL DOWN INTO SAYING, THIS IS WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AS A SITE SELECTOR PERSPECTIVE FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND SELECT, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, THIS PROPERTY FOR THEIR PROJECT, LOOKING AT IT FROM INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, ELECTRICITY, UTILITIES, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HAVE OUR SITES READY FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN, PLUG AND PLAY.
THE PRIORITIZATION MATRIX IS SIMILAR LANGUAGE TO LIKE WHAT YOU SAW IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO REALLY DRILLING DOWN INTO, YOU KNOW, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS, ENSURE THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS CONSISTENT AND SUPPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IDENTIFICATION OF RELEVANT AND APPLICABLE METRICS.
THERE MIGHT BE, FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT, WAYS TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S NEW JOBS OR SALES TAX GENERATED, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, THERE COULD BE SOME REAL VALUE IN IDENTIFYING SOME OF THESE METRICS THAT WE'D WANT TO REPORT OUT.
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PERHAPS DRILLING DOWN INTO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN ANNUALLY.THIS IS WHAT WE ENVISION GOING OUT.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT WITH THE TERS AND RELATIVE TO THE BOND PROGRAM DOLLARS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT FUNDING MECHANISMS HELP US TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO FROM AN INCENTIVE STANDPOINT.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HELP EVERYBODY OUT, IF YOU WILL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EVERYTHING SORT OF TIES BACK TO THIS PRIORITIZATION MATRIX.
THEY WORKED TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH KIND OF OUR GO FORWARD PLAN, IF YOU WILL, AND THEN SEPARATING BROADER GOALS FROM OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES AND BEST PRACTICES. SO THIS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
BUT YOU KNOW, DO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE SOME OF THESE DAILY TASKS IN OUR STRATEGIC DOCUMENT? THE ANSWER MIGHT BE YES IN A KIND OF BACK END STAFF DOCUMENT AND NOT ON A FORWARD FACING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC DOCUMENT. AND THEN DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD CERTAINLY NEED TO DO IS UNDERSTAND TO WHAT EXTENT WE WANT TO GO AND ENGAGE FOLKS IN WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO CRITICAL TO HAVE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT AND KIMLEY-HORN FOR THE COMP PLAN AND THEN AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS, WHETHER WE GO RFQ OR SIMPLY JUST.
INTERVIEW FIRMS, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE IT IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
WE KIND OF HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE CAN DO THIS.
HAVING THE GROUPS WE'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW REALLY DIG INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SCOPE AND RFQ TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE DUPLICATING WORK, CREATING REDUNDANT WORK.
I'D BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT LIKE IF WE'RE ALREADY PULLING THE DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DON'T SCOPE OUT PULLING THOSE SAME REPORTS IF WE ALREADY HAVE THE INFORMATION. SO THAT'S KIND OF SOME POTENTIAL SCOPE ITEMS. ONE OTHER SLIDE AND THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK TO THIS.
ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
BUT JUST FROM A NEXT NEXT STEP STANDPOINT REFINING THE POTENTIAL SCOPE BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS.
SO I THINK IN THE LAST MEETING I HAD MENTIONED PROBABLY CAN ASSUME ABOUT $60,000.
BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY NEGOTIATE SCOPE AND.
BE INTERESTED IN THIS GROUP IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON A PROCESS.
IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH STAFF IDENTIFYING FIRMS AND KIND OF GOING THAT ROUTE, OR IF YOU FEEL THAT AN RFQ IS THE CORRECT WAY TO GO. OFFER THAT UP TO YOU ALL TO KIND OF PROVIDE YOUR INPUT AND THEN OF COURSE, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL GET STARTED.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, ONCE WE'VE EXECUTED THE CONTRACT AND SO WE'RE KIND OF TRACKING REALLY WELL WITH THE TIMELINE AND BEING ABLE TO GET A CONSULTANT SELECTED HERE IN THE NEXT PROBABLY SIX MONTHS AND HAVE SOMETHING EXECUTED, I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY FEASIBLE.
YES, SIR. QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY BEFORE I PIPE IN ON ANYTHING.
IF THEY'RE THINKING SIX MONTHS INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS WHEN THEY START, DOES THAT MEAN THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY AGREED TO CONTRACT AND SO FORTH IN THE NEXT 4 OR 5 OR WHAT IS ACTUALLY, I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE WAITING ON US IS WHAT I DON'T WANT AND SO IS IT.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
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ADOPT OR APPROVE YOUR BUDGET IN AUGUST, IN AUGUST, AND THEN IT'LL BE FINAL IN THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS OCTOBER 1ST.WE CAN JUST SAY, HEY, WE JUST WANT TO PUT IT INTO OUR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
AS LONG A YOU GET COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT, THEN WE'RE OKAY.
YEAH WE CAN. THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN DO IT.
AGAIN, IF YOU GO TO THE RFQ ROUTE RELATIVE TO JUST TIMELINE, AND THE WAY WE WOULD WANT TO DO IT IS PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF TO HAVE SOMEBODY BROUGHT IN, OKAY, OR EVEN SUBMITTING STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATION.
OKAY. SO FROM MY STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF RFQ, JUST INTERVIEWING AND ASKING FIRMS, I'VE GOT TO DEFER THAT TO YOU, CITY MANAGER STAFF TO SAY THIS IS HOW WE NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.
SO IN MY OPINION IS THERE REALLY LIKE A LIMIT THAT KICKS OFF THAT PROCESS? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE A SPENDING LIMIT IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO GO THAT WAY.
SO IT REALLY KIND OF COMES DOWN TO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING.
YEAH. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DRAINAGE STUDY, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WE DID WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND FIFTH STREET DISTRICT, THAT WAS $400,000 ITEM THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ISSUE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT.
NOW, WHENEVER WE BID THE CONTRACT FOR ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
THAT GOES THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS.
BUT THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HOW LONG DOES IT HAVE TO BE PUBLISHED AND LIKE WE CAN DRIVE THAT FOR THE COMP PLAN WE LET IT STAY OUT THERE ABOUT A MONTH. I WOULD JUST ASK, IS THERE A KNOWN QUANTITY? YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE WITH AS FAR AS FIRMS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, VERSUS IF YOU DID AN RFQ AND HAD SOMEONE COME IN AND.
QUESTION, YOU KNOW, MAKE A GOOD BID AND WOULD YOU GO WITH AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY, OR WOULD YOU BE MORE APT TO GO WITH SOMEONE THAT YOU KNOW THAT ANOTHER CITY USED OR HAD YOU HAD REFERENCES ON? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO I'VE BEEN KIND OF LOOKING AT DIFFERENT CITIES THAT HAVE PUBLISHED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, AND YOU SEE A LOT OF THE SAME FIRMS GET, GET UTILIZED.
I THINK IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT.
THAT'S A LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY THAT IS MAYBE DIFFERENT THAN YOU MIGHT GET.
FROM A DIFFERENT FIRM THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE.
AND THEN TO HIS QUESTION, REALLY, IF YOU GOT FOUR FIRMS THAT COME IN, YOU KNOW, THREE OF THEM, YOU DON'T KNOW THE FOURTH, ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE MUCH CREDENCE TO THE FOURTH? I THINK BECAUSE IT'S LIKE IT'S A NO NAME FIRM, BUT OR LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE GOING TO BE STARTING BACK.
THEY'RE STARTING AT THE BACK OF THE PACK KIND OF THING OR WHAT.
YEAH. SO I THINK YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP REFERENCES FAMILIARITY THAT ALL FACTORS IN.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF WE DO CHOOSE A DIFFERENT FIRM, THEN.
KIMLEY-HORN. THE DATA BEING COLLECTED.
THAT IS PART OF OUR INFORMATION.
WOULD THEY PASS THAT ON? DO WE HAVE IT AS PART OF WHATEVER NEGOTIATION WE'RE DOING WITH THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE, OR FOR THE CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? YEAH, WE WOULD, THEY WOULD NEED TO PLAY NICE IN THE SANDBOX, CORRECT? YEAH. I MEAN, OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
LET'S SAY KIMLEY-HORN CAME IN AND DID IT.
IS THERE VALUE TO THE SAME FIRM DOING IT? I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT VALUE SPEED IS IT COULD THEY GIVE IT TO US FOR A BETTER FINANCIAL AMOUNT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING BOTH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IS THERE ANY SORT OF WAY WE CAN, IF WE TIED THEM BOTH TOGETHER, THAT WE COULD FIND SOME MORE BENEFITS FOR THE CITY, FOR DOING BOTH AT THE SAME TIME? YEAH. I THINK IT'S JUST SORT OF A MATTER OF MAYBE HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THIS EFFORT.
WE COULD CERTAINLY LIKE IF WE WERE JUST GOING TO REACH OUT TO SOME FIRMS, WE COULD ASK KIMLEY-HORN, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO THROW YOUR NAME IN THE RING, WE CAN SORT OF TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND THEIR SCOPE.
AND SO YOU HAVEN'T ASKED THEM.
YOU HAVEN'T ACTUALLY THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER IN THE RESEARCH AND USUALLY, EVEN IF THEY DO PASS THEIR RESEARCH ON TO A NEW FIRM, INFORMATION IS ANALYZED AND, YOU KNOW, PASSED THROUGH DIFFERENTLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO PASS OFF THE RESEARCH OR JUST THEIR RESULTS.
SO PEOPLE ANALYZE ESSENTIALLY DATA DIFFERENTLY.
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SO INTERPRETATION SOMETIMES COULD BE LOST.I CERTAINLY I WOULD ALMOST SAY I THINK RICHARD COMMENTING HERE, I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT US TO GO TO KIMLEY-HORN FIRST AND THEN GO FIND ONE OTHER PERSON, JUST TO KEEP KIMLEY-HORN HONEST.
THAT'S WHERE I GOT TO BELIEVE THERE IS.
THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE BECAUSE THE CITY OBVIOUSLY IS COMFORTABLE WITH KIMLEY-HORN.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF BUSINESS AND THEY'RE A GOOD FIRM AND YOU PUT BUT THEY DON'T.
THEY DON'T GET IT. JUST, HEY, SINCE YOU'RE DOING THIS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU DO THAT.
I YEAH, I'M GOING TO INTERVIEW SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO KEEP YOU HONEST.
I MEAN, WHAT I DO IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
ARE YOU WILLING TO ADD THIS TO YOUR CONTRACT TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS? IT'S GOING TO RAISE AT YOUR CURRENT ROLE.
THAT'S NOT THEM. LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN.
LET'S SEE. WHAT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT KIMLEY HORN OR KIMLEY-HORN DOES? I MEAN, WE'VE USED THEM FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE'VE USED THEM FOR DRAINAGE PLANS.
AND I THINK WE USED THEM TO DO A PARK LIKE, DO THEY JUST DO EVERYTHING AND THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF THIS HUGE PIE OR WHAT? SO I THINK IT'S ONE THING THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO AND AGAIN, I IF I'M MISCHARACTERIZING THIS AND KIMLEY-HORN IS WATCHING, I'M SORRY, BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO LEAN MORE INTO THIS AND BRING MORE OF THIS STUFF IN-HOUSE.
SO A LOT OF THE TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE WORKING WITH KIMLEY-HORN.
SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR PLANNERS, THEY'VE GOT CERTIFIED PLANNERS ON THEIR STAFF THAT THEY STILL WOULD BRING IN A SUB TO GET SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT MAYBE THEY AREN'T AS ADEPT IN GETTING.
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED, LIKE I SAID, IN KIND OF.
BUT IF WE DON'T WANT TO BE THEIR ONE OF THEIR FIRST, I THINK KIND OF WE COULD CERTAINLY GET THREE, FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS AND I MEAN, AGAIN, I'VE GOT KIND OF A LIST THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING AND WE COULD CERTAINLY GET SOME SCOPES AND SOME PROPOSALS AND POSSIBLY BRING SOME GROUPS IN TO TALK WITH IN MORE DETAIL.
AND THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.
ALSO, LETTING THEM KNOW AND SEEING WHAT THEY CAN BRING TO THE TABLE WORKS SINCE THEY'RE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING FOR AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ONE OF THEIR FIRST ONES, I SEE DISCOUNT DOLLARS. EXACTLY.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? LIKE I JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, DISCOUNTS.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL.
THEY CAN USE THAT. IF THEY DO GET IT, THEY CAN NOW PACKAGE IT FOR OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW. SO I'VE GOT AGAIN, I'VE GOT A WORKING LIST OF A FEW FIRMS THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WE COULD GET IN TOUCH WITH AND HAVE SOME MORE DETAILED DISCUSSIONS. AND SO I GUESS REGARDING THE SCOPE, AS I BEGAN TO TALK TO SOME OF THESE GROUPS, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION WITH THE POSSIBLE SCOPE, BECAUSE OKAY, DO WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE POSSIBLE SCOPE.
BECAUSE HOW MUCH TIME DO WE NEED THEM TO SPEND ON LABOR ANALYSIS? AND I DON'T KNOW IF NECESSARILY NEW AND EMERGING TRENDS ARE IDENTIFYING INDUSTRIES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ASKING ME, I'M THINKING OF THAT SCOPE FOR ANYBODY WHERE WHAT ARE YOUR TOP FOUR OR SO PRIORITIES KIND OF THING? AND BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO THAT PLAYS INTO HOW MUCH YOU'RE WILLING TO PAY, BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE THE SCOPE A HUNDRED THINGS LONG AND WE CAN WRITE A QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR CHECK. AND WE GOT A REALLY COOL DEAL.
BUT IS THAT REALLY WHAT WE NEED AND SO THAT THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I KEYED IN ON.
THE USE OF THE USE OF THE EDC FUND.
YES, THAT'S A BIG ONE FOR ME TOO.
I CAN SEE, OKAY, I THINK I KNOW WHAT THIS IS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE LABOR ANALYSIS PER SE IN THE TARGET INDUSTRY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF CONTROL. OVER THERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT WE CAN.
WHAT TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AND SO FORTH COMES IN JUST BASED UPON WHAT WE DO IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT KIND OF UTILITIES AND SO FORTH, WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE WILLING TO HELP WITH. BUT BEYOND THAT, IT COULD BE A CEMENT PLANT.
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BUILDING, I DON'T KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IN THIS THING I BUT THEN THE LABOR ANALYSIS, IS IT NOT PART OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS AS FAR AS.YEAH, I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT ABOUT TARGET INDUSTRIES TOO.
IS THAT NOT PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY? I THINK THIS WOULD BE SORT OF A MORE SPECIFIC DRILL DOWN.
LOOK, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GETS INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A BROADER ZOOM.
IT WAS LIKE, OH, IT COULD BE A GROUP OF MEDICAL STUFF, OR IT COULD BE THIS WITH OFFICE BUILDINGS OR IT COULD BE, AND THAT THEY ALL KIND OF MADE SENSE ECONOMICALLY OR FROM A MARKET STANDPOINT, BUT IT DIDN'T LIKE PICK A WINNER KIND OF THING.
IT'S YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER A LOT OF IT ANYWAYS.
YEAH. BUT YEAH, TO SOME EXTENT AND WHERE THIS KIND OF COMES IN, I CAN TELL YOU LIKE I'LL GET A CALL FROM SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, WOULD THE CITY BE INTERESTED IN INCENTIVIZING X USE? AND WITH QUITE A BIT OF CERTAINTY, I'M ABLE TO SAY THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN THAT USE BASED ON OUR TARGET INDUSTRY STUDIES.
AND IT GIVES US KIND OF THE, I GUESS, THE COMFORT AS STAFF TO KNOW, LIKE, LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING AFTER SOME OF THESE THINGS NOW AND WHERE IT ALSO HELPS, CONVERSELY, WOULD BE IF A BIOTECH LIKE I WENT TO THE BIO CONFERENCE LAST YEAR, WE KNOW THAT'S A TARGET INDUSTRY AND SO IT KIND OF HELPS US TO KNOW IF THE PHONE RINGS LIKE, YES, WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.
YEAH. BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY HAVE SOMEBODY PROPOSE SORRY, THE FEEDBACK, PROPOSE A SCOPE TO US AND WE CAN REFINE IT AND WINNOW IT DOWN AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE.
I DO WANT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO THE CITIZENS, I GET THAT.
BUT IF YOU ASK THEM WHAT THEY WANT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEIR ANSWER IS? THEY DON'T KNOW I'LL TELL YOU.
GROCERY STORE, WELL, GROCERY STORE, OR EVEN LOOKING MORE BROAD.
IF I HEAR TRADER JOE'S ONE MORE TIME.
YEAH. SO I WANT WE NEED THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
BUT I WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GO TOO GO TOO FAR ON IT THAT WE'RE.
IT'S CLOSE TO TWO MAJOR, YOU KNOW, INTERSTATES.
YOU'VE GOT A RAIL LINE UP HERE IN WYLIE, WHATEVER.
YOU WERE PERFECTLY SITUATED TO DO A, B AND C IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE, THAT'S ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR? YEAH. AND SO YOU SHOULD PROBABLY TARGET THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR AND I'M NOT.
WHICH RFQ'S DO WE RESPOND TO THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STATE OR THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER AND AGAIN, SOME OF THAT LIKE TO THE POINT THAT THE BOARD HAS MADE IS WE DON'T HAVE 50 CONTIGUOUS ACRES.
NEXT WHOSE HOUSE CAN WE BUILD AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN PART OF OUR PART OF OUR NOT ISSUE.
BUT PART OF THE THING WITH TARGET MARKET ANALYSIS IS ALSO HOW DO YOU TAILOR YOUR TARGET TO WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, BECAUSE YOU COULD WANT IT LIKE I WANT TO HAVE AN AIRPORT.
WELL, WE AREN'T GOING TO EVER HAVE AN AIRPORT, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE PHYSICALLY LIMITED ON WHAT WILL ACTUALLY FIT AND WHAT KIND OF SERVICES WE HAVE AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENT IN THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AT MAYBE A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, THAT WHAT'S REALISTIC TO WORK ON THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, THAT ALSO FULFILL WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AS A COMMUNITY.
SEE, THAT'S FOR ME WHERE THE SITE READINESS AND WHAT WE'VE GOT AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT.
I LIKE I LIKE JIM'S POINT OF HERE'S YOUR OPTIONS AND HERE'S WHAT CAN BE DONE AND TO YOUR POINT, SCOTT, I THINK THE NUMBER ONE THING FROM MY LIST IS THIS THE USE OF THE EDC FUND, TOO.
BECAUSE LIKE, WE HAVE ALL THIS MONEY AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NEVER REALLY USING ENOUGH OF IT TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IF THEY CAN TELL US, HEY, SPEND YOUR DOLLARS HERE AND HERE, I THINK THAT'S VERY VALUABLE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHATEVER THAT IS.
SO IF I'M FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, THEN IF I SUM THIS UP TO KIND OF PUT A NICE BOW FOR YOU JARED.
IT'S YES, LET'S GET FEEDBACK FROM A FEW DIFFERENT FIRMS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A FORMAL RFQ.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S NECESSARY.
START WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT.
BUT WE'RE OPEN TO A COUPLE OF FIRMS, ONE KEEPING EACH OTHER HONEST.
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BUT ALSO I DON'T NEED TO BE I DON'T THINK WE'D BE KIMLEY-HORN GUINEA PIG IN THIS, I REALLY DON'T.BUT AND THEN FROM A SCOPE STANDPOINT.
YOU GUYS ARE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OR ELEVATING THE SEXY BRAND AND VALUE PROPOSITION.
I THINK THAT WILL BE A BYPRODUCT OF IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THOSE ARE IMPORTANT GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE EDC, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT I SAY THAT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN FOCUSES ON MY OWN AND MY OWN VIEW AND YOU GUYS CAN DISAGREE WITH ME, BUT AND WILL START WORKING TO INTERVIEW AND GET INFORMATION FROM FIRMS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION.
IT'LL PROBABLY GO RIGHT HAND IN HAND WITH OUR BUDGET DECISION THAT WE SO WE NEED TO HAVE WE NEED TO KNOW NUMBERS FOR OUR BUDGET DECISION BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A 2025. FISCAL YEAR BUDGET ITEM SO THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT UNTIL JULY TO KNOW A NUMBER.
WE DON'T HAVE TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT.
WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A NUMBER SO WE CAN PUT INTO OUR BUDGET.
AM I DON'T WE HAVEN'T USUALLY HAVE A BUDGET MEETING FOR EDC IN JUNE.
YEAH. GREAT. GLAD YOU ALL BROUGHT THIS UP.
SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.
BUT I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, THIS WOULD BE THE FOURTH ONE THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
WE'VE KIND OF ESTABLISHED LIKE A CADENCE AND OUR BUDGETS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY SIMILAR EACH YEAR.
BUT IF WE'RE THINKING TIMING WISE, I MEAN, JUNE 2ND MONTHS, CAN YOU HAVE.
YEAH. YOU COULD HAVE ENOUGH TO GIVE US A YOU'D HAVE ENOUGH TO GIVE US A FRAMEWORK TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO PUT IN THE BUDGET MAY NOT BE EXACT, SIMILARLY TO HOW WE DID THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE PUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO THE CAPITAL LINE AND WE CAN DO NOT TO EXCEED.
OKAY, THAT WOULD WORK THEN IN JULY.
THAT'S WHY I SAID IS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE JULY, JUNE.
I THINK WE ALMOST DIDN'T HAVE MAY APPARENTLY BECAUSE IT'S SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY.
BUT YES THAT'S RIGHT BUT NO THAT'S.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER ANY FEEDBACK.
WE WRAP IT IN A NICE BOW FOR YOU OKAY AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS I THINK THE NEXT TIME.
IS IT ADJOURNMENT? OH, OUR LAST TIME IS ADJOURN.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND YOUR FEEDBACK AND EVERYTHING.
WE APPRECIATE IT. GO HOME AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, YOUR DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.