Feb 26, 2024 Community and Economic Development Corporation

[CALL TO ORDER]

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GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE DUNVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULAR SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS. JOHNSONVILLE CITY HALL. UH FOR MONEY. FEBRUARY 26 2024 AT 6:04 P.M. UH AN INVITATION. UM IS TO BLOCK WOULD YOU MIND DOING THE INVITATION AND THE PLEDGE OF RELIGION WILL BE CALLED BY MR READ? MHM. YEAH. NO IN PRAYERS. BOW OUR HEADS. I WAS VERY BECOMING YOUR PRAYER. AS A BOARD OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO AS RESIDENTS IN APPOINTED MEMBERS. YEAH, FOR YOUR PROTECTION. WHEN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, OUR CITY STAFF. ME ME. HELP US MAINTAIN THIS COMMUNITY WE LOVE LET US MAKE DECISIONS THAT IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC WELL BEING. IN THE CITY OF DON'S ECONOMY. WE BLESSINGS JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LABOR AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. IN TEXAS, LARRY . I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS STATE UNDER GOD. ONE AND THIS ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON THAT FIRST THING THAT I AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.

CITIZENS PUBLIC FORUM. TO SUBMIT A COMMENT VIA EMAIL OR YOUR COMMENT TO BE READ. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. SUBMIT A COMMENT BY 4 P.M. ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH 2024 FEMALE TO JEREMIAH DOT BREWER AT DUNCANVILLE TX.GOV. EMAIL TITLE. PUBLIC COMMENT OVER 26 2024. FIRST AND LAST NAME AND A DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR COMMENTS? OK? OK, ITEM NUMBER

[2. RECEIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORTS]

BETWEEN I WOULD SAY 5075 BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR AND, UH, HE COPIED JEREMIAH, CYNTHIA AND MYSELF AND, UH, INTRODUCED ME TO THEM. AND UH, WE'VE BEEN PICKING UP AND KEEPING THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION GOING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO WHILE WE WORK THROUGH THE TRANSITION, WE ARE DOING A SEARCH. UM YOU KNOW, UH, WE ARE TAKING THAT TASK ON AS WELL AND CONTINUING TO TALK TO THOSE BUSINESSES AND, UH, I'M NOT GONNA PROMISE THAT EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALL ROSES, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP THE WHEELS TURNING FORWARD SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, BUT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. ANY QUESTIONS? SO WILL YOU BE OUR STAFF? SO I TILL. YES IT MYSELF AND JEREMIAH AND CYNTHIA. YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF WORKING AT A TEAM APPROACH AND A COUPLE OF TIMES. I'VE EVEN HAD TO PULL DAVID INTO STUFF. UH, THE ASSISTANT OF THE CITY MANAGER DAVID KEYES IS HERE TO SEE YOUR NAME AS WELL. UM BUT, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, HOPING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER THIS EVENING ON THE AGENDA ABOUT MAYBE, UH, SOME HELP ON AN INTERIM BASIS AS EVEN TAKING A LOOK AT OUR OURSELVES AND THE WAY WE DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UM BUT THEN, UM, ALSO, YES, IN THE MEANTIME, UH, WE'LL WE'LL BE COVERING IT AS MUCH. AS WE CAN

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UH, WE'VE WE REALLY DID A LOT IN TERMS OF LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, FINANCIAL PLANNING , INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, WHICH ALL IS BASICALLY THE FUEL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE THOSE THINGS IN PLACE, THEN YOU'RE MORE APT TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO UH, YOU KNOW, VERY COMFORTABLE WITH IT VERY EXPERIENCED WITH IT SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IS WE UNDERSTAND IN REGARDS TO THAT JUST. WITH HERE AND NOW BECAUSE JUST AS ONE OR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT DOES NOT STOP THE WORK OF THIS BOARD. IT DOES NOT STOP THE WORK AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT TO BE DONE. AND WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH THAT. AND I I'VE GOT THE COMMITMENT FROM MR FINCH THAT HE'S GONNA HE'S GONNA SUPPORT US AND THE OUR LIAISON IN REGARDS TO UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE ALWAYS HAD WAS THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE THE GREATEST IDEAS IN THE WORLD. I MEAN, WE HEAR INFORMATION. GUS WAS ABLE TO KEEP US ON TRACK IN REGARDS TO LEGAL WISE WHAT WE COULD AND COULDN'T DO. THINK THEY KEPT US ON TRACK WITH REGARD. MR FINCH ACTUALLY HAS THAT THAT EXPERIENCE IN REGARDS TO KEEP ON TRACK WITH THAT HE ALSO AGAIN HAS ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO GOING FORWARD WITH THAT, AND WE WANT TO DO AND MAKING SURE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOES FORWARD WITH THAT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. THANK

[3.a. DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – DUNCANVILLE PD FIRE TRUCK PULL SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION PRESENTATION – DOUG SISK]

NOTHING DO A COUPLE OF POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE TRUCK TO SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION PRESENTED, UH THROUGH THE PRESENTATION BY MR DUFF, SIS. WHERE DO YOU WANT ME? WHEREVER YOU WANNA BE. SO WHERE WE CAN SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT IF HE'S GONNA PULL UP ANYTHING OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE? MATERIALS, BUT THAT'S ALREADY A GOOD THING. OK? UM SO THE TEST NUMBER 32.

THERE'S NOTHING HERE. SIX. RIGHT, OK. SO UM, WHAT THIS IS D BE WHEN I WAS AT DUCKIE AS A POLICE OFFICER FOR 35 YEARS. UM, WE DID FUNDRAISING FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT BOARD RUNS THE LARGEST GRASSROOTS FUNDRAISER. THAT BENEFIT SPECIAL OLYMPICS, TEXAS OR SPECIAL OLYMPICS ACROSS THE WORLD. UM AND DUNCANVILLE. WE TOOK IT ON AS AN EVENT TO HOLD THE FIRE TRUCK FULL AND THIS IS GONNA BE OUR 15TH YEAR TO DO IT. FIRST YEAR WE RAISED HAD FIVE TEAMS PARTICIPATING RAISED ABOUT $5000. THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 27 TEAMS AND WE RAISED OVER $38,000. SO THIS YEAR, OUR TAGLINE IS GONNA BE ON IT. IT'S NOT ON THE FLYERS THAT I HAVE YET BUT WE'RE ON THE SHIRTS THAT WE'LL GET DONE IS ACTUALLY GONNA SAY THE WORLD'S LARGEST FIRE TRUCK PULLS BENEFITING SPECIAL OLYMPICS. TEXAS PROVED ME WRONG. AH! BECAUSE WE'RE THE LARGEST FIRE TRIP POLE IN TEXAS. THAT HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, AND NOBODY ELSE RAISES MONEY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS. TEXAS OTHER THAN US IN A POWER TRIPLE. SO THAT'S GONNA BE OUR TAGLINE THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AS BIG AND AS HIS GRAND AS WE CAN TO BRING IN MORE TEAMS AND MORE, UM, SPONSORS, AND LAST YEAR AT THE EVENT, GUS WAS ACTUALLY THERE AND HE APPROACHED ME AND HE GOES. HAVE Y'ALL EVER TRIED TO GET SOME SPONSORSHIP FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? AND I SAID, NO, I DIDN'T KNOW WE COULD DO THAT. AND SO HE HE'S THE ONE THAT SUGGESTED I. I BRING THIS BEFORE Y'ALL. UM AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE ASKED WHERE THE MONEY GOES AND HOW IT'S DONE AND HOW IT BENEFITS THE CITY. IS ONE ON THE SECOND PAGE. I GUESS IT WOULD BE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW FUNDS ARE OVERALL BENEFITING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN DOES, AS THEY SAID, A PERCENTAGE ASIDE FROM EVENTS. AND IT'S 10% OF AN EVENT. GOES BACK TO WHATEVER THIS MUNICIPALITY CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WHATEVER RAISE THAT MONEY FOR THAT LOCAL AREA TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, EQUIPMENT TRAINING, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO. SO IF THIS EVENT GOES LIKE WE'RE PLANNING ON IT AND RAISING ABOUT $50,000 5000 DOLLARS OF IT COULD GO BACK TO PROGRAM, MONEY AND SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR THE LOCAL SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES AND DUNVILLE. AND THERE'S OVER. 180 ATHLETES IN TEXAS IN DUNCANVILLE ALONE. THEY ARE ON THE TWO DIFFERENT OF THE DUNK SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL OR SCHOOL LEVEL TEAMS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OLDER KIDS FOR OLDER ADULTS EVEN AFTER THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL STILL CAN PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY PARTICIPATE UNTIL THEY'RE 99 PLUS YEARS OLD. UM OK? UM THAT ONE THING WHEN I WAS TALKING TO GUS ABOUT THIS, HE

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IT'S IT DOESN'T DO THAT PART OF IT. BUT HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THERE STILL MIGHT BE SOME POSSIBILITY OF DOING SPONSORSHIP FOR IT. OK? PEOPLE. PEOPLE WILL BE HERE ALL DAY LONG. IT. IT'S A GOOD HALF A DAY EVENT. WE START SETTING UP ABOUT 630 IN THE MORNING TO GET EVERYTHING SET UP. WE START REGISTRATION AT NINE. WE START START PULLING AT 10 O'CLOCK, AND USUALLY IT'S ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. THEY WERE KIND OF WRAPPING EVERYTHING UP. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS? IT. HOW IS DALLAS COUNTY INVOLVED IN THIS ANYWHERE ON THE PLANE? YOU DON'T SEE IT ON THE FIRE. IT IS. LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION. IS DALLAS COUNTY INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL? UM, SO HOW THAT ALL HAPPENS IS SOME OF Y'ALL MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ME. I WAS A DUNK. POLICE OFFICER FOR 35 YEARS, UH, RETIRED MARCH LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE LAST. UM, I WAS RETIRED FOR EIGHT MONTHS. AND THEN THE SHERIFF APPROACHED ME TO BE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. SO I WAS STILL GONNA BE DOING THE FIRE TRUCK PULL, EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T AN OFFICER AT THE TIME BECAUSE WE WERE STILL GONNA DO IT AS DUNCANVILLE PD. AND THEN WHEN I WENT DOWN TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SINCE I'M DOWN THERE NOW IT'S A JOINT EFFORT. THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH IT. THEY WERE ACTUALLY FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN PUTTING TEAMS IN IT. UM, LAST YEAR, THEY ACTUALLY HAD FOUR TEAMS FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATING IN IT. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE HAVE THE DUAL NAME IN IT. UM, BECAUSE IT'S STILL SINCE I STARTED THE EVENT, AND I'M THE ONE CARRYING IT ON AND HAVING THE CONTACTS AND KNOWING HOW IT ALL FLOWS. WE JUST KIND OF MADE IT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND UM, DANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SO SOME OF THE PROCEEDS WOULD GO TO THE GO TO BENEFIT THEM AS WELL. IF THE IF THEY'RE AWESOME FUNDS, BUT I MEAN OUR SINCE IT'S TAGGED AS A DUNK YOUVILLE EVENT THE MONEY WOULD THE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY COULD STAY? BECAUSE WE DO OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT. I MEAN, WE DO GOLF TOURNAMENTS. WE DO POLAR PLUNGES. WE DO ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. T COPS. UM, A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SO THOSE OTHER EVENTS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY HAVE BENEFIT THOSE AREAS. THIS ONE ACTUALLY SAYS JUST STAYS IN HERE. GONNA GET STUCK IN HERE ON BEHALF. IF THE THINGS APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP, THEY CAN GODS OR WITH AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN IT, IF THEY FLY PUTS IN FOR DUNCANVILLE SCHOLARSHIP FROM A DUNCANVILLE TEAM, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET IT. HOW MUCH DO Y'ALL USUALLY BRING IN ON SPONSORSHIPS? UM WMB HAS BEEN A PRESENTING SPONSOR FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS. UM HBO RECORD SERVICE LAST YEAR CAME ON AS A LARGE SPONSOR, AND THIS YEAR HE ACTUALLY IS GONNA BE A PRESENTING SPONSOR. UM AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT LEVEL SPONSORSHIPS BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF COMPANIES THAT DO THE $2000 LEVEL AND THEN UH, A NUMBER OF THEM DO THE 750. AND WE HAVE A QUITE A FEW LOCAL SPONSORS THAT DO THE $500 TO BE A LOCAL SPONSOR. OK? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ACTUALLY, THERE'S A BOOK ONE TAKE. WE JUST ON PRESENTATION. SIX. OH, YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES. I MOVE FOUR. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE D CDC MINUTES

[4. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE DCEDC MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 22, 2024]

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[5. RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING REPORTS]

[6. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING SPONSORSHIP FOR DALLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE – DUNCANVILLE PD FIRE TRUCK PULL ]

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[7. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR INCENTIVE AND GRANT ASSISTANCE BY ONE SOURCE PLUMBING LOCATED AT 518 HWY 67, DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS 75137]

LANDSCAPING SIGNING 78. THE. FAILING TO $106,770. DEMOLITION. REALLY? IRRIGATION. $60,000 INFRASTRUCTURE. 2030 $35. DECIDED IMPROVEMENT 33,850. GET FREE VALUE IS 90,000. THE.

PROPERTY TAX. 10 YEARS. THAT. YOU WANT FLAVOR FOR THAT? YEAH. CAN YOU GET BACK ONE LAST ONE? DOING ALL THE. ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT OR YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE. YES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. UH PATRICK FILA WIFE, FRANCINE FIGUERO, BOTH OWNERS ONCE WITH PLUMBING AND AIR. UH THE ADDRESS IS 518 EAST HIGHWAY 67. THE SERVICE. WHAT'S THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET? UH IT KEEPS GOING UP AND UP. OF COURSE I'M AT ABOUT 1.3 MILLION UH, EVERYTHING. TO ME. THAT. YOU PROBABLY TALKS ABOUT THIS IN THE PACK. SO DOES THIS PROJECT REPRESENT AN EXPANSION OF YOUR EXISTING OPERATIONS? THEN.

SECONDLY, HOW MANY NET THROUGH FULL TIME JOBS. WE YOU ANTICIPATE. WITH THIS EXPANSION PROJECT. UH, DEFINITELY AN EXPANSION FOR US, BECAUSE WE UH, RIGHT NOW OFFICE OUT OF DE SOTO.

1000 500 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. SO GOING UP TO 5000 IS GONNA BRING A LOT MORE EMPLOYEES TO OUR OFFICE FROM DISPATCH WAREHOUSE. UH, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET YOUNG ADULTS INTO PLUMBING AND HP. IT. WHICH OVER TIME YOU GET CREDENTIALS FOR IT AND THE LICENSE. UM RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 20. FIVE EMPLOYEES. WE'RE LOOKING TO AT LEAST DOUBLE IT ONCE WE HAVE THE SIGNAGE AND EVERYTHING GOING BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A BIG BASE IN DUNCANVILLE. OUR PRESENCE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO EVEN DONE YOUR BUILDINGS HERE. LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. YOU'RE GONNA BE KEEPING THE OFFICE AND DE SOTO OR YOU GONNA SHUT THAT WINDOW? OH, YES, DEFINITELY SHUT IT DOWN. IT'S A RENTAL. SO EXCITED TO EVENTUALLY GET IN IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 16 VEHICLES. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO EASILY DOUBLE THAT ONCE WE HAVE MORE VISIBILITY, MORE VISIBILITY, OF COURSE. I? YEAH. I'M SORRY. HOW MANY 16 4

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[8. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR INCENTIVE AND GRANT ASSISTANCE BY PROJECT FLAP LOCATED AT 202 W. CENTER ST., DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS 75116]

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ON IT. GET ME BACK. IF. WELL IF YOU WANNA LOOK AT THAT REAL QUICK, SO I, I TEE THIS UP SO WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT HERE, UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT, UH A GREAT PROJECT THAT THAT THE APPLICANT IS BRINGING IN. THERE'S ALSO A MATTER THAT IS, UH, RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THIS PROJECT THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, A LITTLE BIT LATER. UM BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MR MA IS HERE THIS EVENING TO HELP EXPLAIN THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS, UM I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE MANY STEPS TO COME IN THE FUTURE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. TIM 8 1519 SOUTH KOREAN STONE, UH, PROJECT AND COURSE IS RELATED TO, UH PROPERTY LOCATED AT 202 CENTER STREET. JANUARY 22ND OUR, UH, WE END UP PURCHASING THE CAR THAT PROPERTY YOU A, UH, VACATED DAYCARE OF OUR CHURCH THAT THE, UH C ONE WAS TAXES. UH, AFTER THE MEETING WITH THE CITY FOR

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THE FIRST IS, UH, THERE'S A, UH, YOU LOOK AT THE SURVEY. THERE'S A, UM FIRE HIDING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED THAT HAVE TO BE MOVED OVER. SO WE HAVE TO TEAR UP THE PARKING LOT IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE GAIN OCCUPANCY FOR PROSPECTIVE TENANTS. ALSO, UM A TURNAROUND FOR THE FIRE TRUCK WE DID HAVE. WE DID GO OUT WITH THE FIRE MARS TO VISIT WITH HIM TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WERE THERE ANY KIND OF ACCOMMODATIONS? BECAUSE IT IT. IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE THE FIRE TRUCK CAN TURN AROUND. BUT IT WAS PRETTY ADAMANT THAT WE HAVE TO PUT IN OUR HAMMERHEAD. AT THE END OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE, UM THE FIRE TRUCK TO MANEUVER AND GET OUT. OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS AN UNANTICIPATED COST. AND NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SITE THAT WE ACQUIRED, BUT REALLY OUR REQUIREMENT FROM THE CITY. SO IN THE PROPOSAL, WE'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING, UH, SOME ASSISTANCE, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY STARTED DOING ANYWAY, WITH FINISHING OUT THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE SITE. ALSO, UH TO REPAID THE PARKING LOT TO DO THE EXTENSION HAMMERHEAD AND HAD TO TURN PARKING LOT TO, UH, MOVE OVER THAT FIRE HYDRANT.

ALSO WANTED TO DO, UH, SOME SOME LANDSCAPING. OF THE SITE. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT THIS TO BE A FROM YOUR ATTRACTION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DUNCANVILLE. UM, AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS OF FLAPJACK. THERE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WE HAD TO COME BACK A LITTLE BIT LATER IS WE HAVE TALKED TO TWO PICKLE BALL. COURT INSTALLERS. UH EACH COURT IS ABOUT 30 40,000 TO PUT A PICKLE BALL. COURSE THERE, BUT, UH, IT'S GONNA HAVE GOOD LIGHTING.

COVER PATIO FOR EATING. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD GOOD GOOD AMENITY TO THE CITY CITY OF DONVILLE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNED? THAT'S THAT'S A RENDERING OF OUR WORK.

THAT WOULD BE FOR PICKLE BALL COURT. UH WE'RE GONNA RE REPA. UM THE, UH THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING PUT SOME AARON ROTH LEARNINGS RAILING SO PEOPLE CAN EAT INDOORS AND OUTDOORS. UM SO DEFINITELY A, UH OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY. RIGHT NOW AGAIN, IT'S. NO SALES TAX. WE'LL GET PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX OFF OFF OF THAT PROPERTY, SO ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

NO. WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE FOR OPENING YEAH. SO UM, WE, UH, GOT A CONTRACTOR HERE, SO WE'VE ALREADY START TO REPAINT AND WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF WEEK, SO IT'S TOTALLY NEW. FOR US TO EXTERIOR. UH, THE . THE, UH, THE PICKLE BALL COURTS, UM, JUST TALKING TO THEM AND TASTES ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS. UM ALSO MY CONTRACT HE DOES. HE OWNS A CONCRETE COMPANY

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IN FACT, THERE'S NO BALL COURT EATING KIND OF CONCEPT IN SOUTHERN DALLAS. THEY HAVE IT IN, UH, GRAND PRAIRIE. CHICKEN PICKLES, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE ON THE SAME SCALE, BUT IT IT WILL GIVE. UH YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT'S INTO PICKLE BALL TO COME OUT AND EAT AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME ENTERTAINMENT. QUESTION LIKE THE ONE IN GRAND PRAIRIE. I I'VE HEARD TEXAN THAT PLACE IS OVERRUN. IT'S SO POPULAR WHATEVERS IF THIS BECOMES SO POPULAR YOU HAVE TO EXPAND.

WELL, WE I MEAN, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT. WE, UH I MEAN, THE PROPERTY SITS ON 3.4 ACRES, SO WE GOT ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR EXPANSION. THAT'S IF THERE'S DEMAND FOR IT RIGHT. BUT I DO KNOW THAT VERY POPULAR. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO ENDURE. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE.

WE'LL DISCUSS IT LATER. THAT CONCESSION, BUT SEEMS LIKE ON SOME OF THE RENDERS YOU MAY SHOW. WHAT WOULD AMOUNT TO A SECOND PHASE OF THIS LARGER SITE. MAYBE THIS BEING ACCOMPLISHED. IS APPROPRIATE. I THINK MAYBE I EVEN SAW SOME UH, THE HOUSING TOWN. YEAH YEAH. I MEAN THAT. I MEAN, OUR OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS TO REPURPOSE THIS BUILDING. WE DO HAVE, UH, ACCESS LAND THERE OR TRYING TO DEBATE. UM NEW YORK. UH, I WILL SAY WE DID. DOWNTOWN. UH UH, ZONING. DO PERMIT EMISSION DEVELOPMENT. SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MISS MISUSE TO KNOW ABOUT BUT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OBSERVATIONS FOR THAT. THANK YOU. BE TABLED AS EXECUTIVE SESSION. THIS MOOD AND PROBABLY SECOND IN REGARDS TO TABING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UM THE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS. CAN I SAY I? I CLOSE THE SAME TIME. 11

[9. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR INCENTIVE AND GRANT ASSISTANCE BY DW CEDAR RIDGE, LLC LOCATED AT 102 - 110 NORTH CEDAR RIDGE DR., DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS 75116]

UM MR WALTERS IS HERE? YES. YEAH, THANK YOU. THE BOTTOM. IF YOU PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE, WALTERS. I'M WITH US REALTY. WE, UM THE OWNERS OF DWCR OWNS THE PROPERTY AT 102 TO 110 NORTH SEA RIDGE DRIVE. UM IT IS A CENTER THAT WE BOUGHT. UM IT'S IN THE BEST YEAR. INITIALLY, WE WERE WE WERE TALKING WITH CLAY AND JUST, UM SO JUST TO CATCH EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED. UM WE PURCHASED THIS BACK IN. I BELIEVE IT WAS AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. UM INITIALLY WE WEREN'T CONSIDERING A GRANT FROM THE CITY. UM SOMETHING YOU KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT AND WE GOT. WE

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WE WERE UM, IT WAS OWNED BY THE SAME GENTLEMAN FOR PROBABLY 40 OR 50 YEARS. UM HE DIDN'T INVEST IN THE BUILDING VERY OFTEN, UM HE TOOK WHATEVER TO. IT'S CALLED, UM YOU KNOW, HE WAS NEVER REALLY FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE BUILDING IN ANY WAY OR UPGRADING THE TENANCY. UM IN FACT, THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT, HE CALLED ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WHAT YOU REALLY NEED.

HERE IS A PAWN SHOP. THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S MISSING. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT JUST LAST TIME. I WAS LIKE WHAT WE'VE GOT SOME HIGHER HOPES FOR THIS BUILDING. I THINK, UM BUT BECAUSE THE COST WE FOR THE BUILDING. WE HAD A VERY LIMITED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET. UM WE DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE THE GREEN ON AND OFF, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE IN IN BASICALLY PAINTED, UM AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT WE COULD UPGRADE THE TENNESSEE BUT UM WHEN WE PARTNERED WITH WITH CITY DUNCAN BILL, UH, ON THE GRANT REALLY ALLOWED US TO ELEVATE THE SCOPE OF THE BUILDING AND, UH, THE SCOPE OF OUR PROJECT. DOING SO YOU REALLY UM. YOU REALLY ALLOWED TO ATTRACT FIRST CLASS? THAT'S THE ONLY COME TO BUILDINGS THAT LOOK NEW OR YOU KNOW, BRAND NEW REMODELS. UM, SO THE FIRST GRANT AND YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE WITH, UH, WHEN I PRESENTED THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WE'VE BEEN VERY OPEN WITH OUR BUDGET. WE HAVE INVESTED IN THE CENTER A LOT. WE'RE ONLY REQUESTING FUNDS THAT EXCEED OUR INITIAL BUDGET, WHICH WAS DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE OF WHICH WAS LOSING LIBERTY TAX. UM. WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT TENANT FOR MONTHS, AND THEY YOU KNOW, THEY ACTUALLY THAT YOUR PAIN MARKET OR A RENT. THAT WAS WAY WAY BELOW MARKET AND THEY WANTED THE RENT TO GO DOWN IF THEY RENEWED AND WE JUST CAN'T. WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT, UM SO THAT INCREASED THE BUDGET ITEM FOR TENDER IMPROVEMENT. AT LEAST THE COMMISSION WHEN YOU SIGN A NEW LEASE WITH A TENANT, ESPECIALLY FIRST CLASS TENANTS, AND ESPECIALLY RESTAURANTS, THEY REQUIRE VERY HIGH TENTATIVE IMPROVEMENT PACKAGES. UM THEY THEY COME IN AND SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY ON THE SPACE AND MAKE IT LOOK NICE AND BRING THEIR OWN BRANDY TO IT WITH A NEW FLOORING. UM OFTENTIMES THEY CAN REUSE. CERTAIN ITEMS FF NEED THAT WERE THERE BEFORE, LIKE A COOLER, A GREASE STRAP. UM BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S JUST VERY COSTLY TO LEAD TO A RESTAURANT. UM SO IT THIS PROPOSAL. SO SO THE FIRST GRANT REALLY JUST COVERED THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. UM AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WE WERE GOING IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THIS THIS ACTUALLY THREE PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER THE SECOND ONE WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. UM AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. THIS WAS TAKEN TODAY TO THE DONUT SHOP. UM WE JUST SIGNED A NEW LEASE WITH THAT GROUP, AND PART OF THAT INCENTIVE WAS TO UH, OFFER THEM A NEW SIGN, WHICH WHICH WAS COVERED IN PART BY THE BY THE FIRST GRANT AND THAT WENT TO THAT SIGN ACTUALLY WENT UP. I THINK THIS MORNING OR YESTERDAY SO UM IT LOOKS GOOD. UM. IN MY OPINION, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK WE'RE JUST WE'RE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT SHORTFALL WITH REGARD TO BRINGING HIGH QUALITY TENANTS IN WITH THE AMOUNT OF TENANT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUESTING IN THE ASSOCIATE POLICE COMMISSIONS TO PAY THE BROKERAGE THEN REPRESENT THESE RESTAURANTS. UM. LIBERTY TAX WAS A HUGE ITEM, BUT ALSO, UM YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S HOT. IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO FINISH SPACES OUT. UM FAST YOU FINISH FACES OUT THOSE TENANTS. THEY'RE STRUGGLING, TOO. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEIR COSTS HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST 510 YEARS TO BUILD SPACES LIKE, CLICK THIS OUT, SO THEY'RE C. I REQUESTS GO UP. UM WHEN WE HAD INITIAL MEETING ABOUT THIS WITH GUS AND LEAH, I THINK THE IDEA WAS UM THEY RESPONDED POSITIVELY TO IT. I THINK HIS HIS, UH, REQUEST WAS LISTENING. I THINK WE CAN I THINK THIS THE BOARD WOULD RESPOND FAVORABLY TO THIS. IF YOU IN EXCHANGE, YOU WERE ABLE TO LEASE THE TWO REALLY QUALITY RESTAURANTS. SO UH, WE'RE FINE. ABIDING BY THAT, UM, I THINK THAT POP JOHN'S, UM SO PAPA JOHN'S IS NO LONGER THERE THE ARMOR THAT THE THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE OPERATED FOR YEARS. THAT WAS, UH, A TENT THAT WE WERE AWARE WAS GOING TO LEAVE.

WHEN WE HAD THIS UNDER CONTRACT. HE WAS STILL OPERATING, BUT I THINK HE WAS READY TO RETIRE AND UH, MOVE ON. SO WE HAD BUDGETED FOR SOME TINLC FOR THAT SPACE. UM LIBERTY TAX. WE WERE NOT AWARE WAS GOING TO LEAVE. UM WE HAVE TOURED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE RESTAURANT THAT'S LOOKING IN THE PAPA JOHNS SPACE. NOW THEY'VE GOT 32 LOCATIONS. IT'S A PIZZA. UM IT'S A PIZZA DELIVERY AND, YOU KNOW, UH, RESTAURANT. IT'S GREAT. I THINK IT WOULD BE A HUGE, UH, BENEFIT. UM WE'RE ALSO IN THE FINAL LEASE NEGOTIATIONS IN ONE OF THE SPACES WITH ANOTHER RESTAURANT.

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REALLY VALUE THIS PARTNERSHIP. WE THINK IT, YOU KNOW? IT'S REALLY A ALREADY WHAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN GRANTED, AS I THINK ELEVATED THE CENTER AND WHAT WE COULD HAVE BEEN ABLE. YOU KNOW WHAT WE WERE IN BEFORE THAT AND, UM WE'RE EXCITED TO TRY TO SEE THE PROGRESS IT SHOULD BE DONE.

SO FAR, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. WE DID REPLACE THIS ROOF, WHICH WASN'T ANTICIPATED IN OUR INITIAL BUDGET, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT, UH, WITH THE GRANT. THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW ROOF. THAT ROOF WAS 25 YEARS OLD. UH, WE'VE REPLACED HVAC UNITS BRAND NEW UNITS ON ON THE CLEANER SPACE AND ON THE DONUT SPACE. UM OBVIOUSLY WE RIPPED OFF THIS THIS GREEN AWNING AND, UM BUILT UP A HIGHER FACADE. WE'RE GOING TO BE SO THIS WAS INITIALLY A 7-ELEVEN WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT. SEVENTIES AND BECAUSE THERE WAS YOU KNOW, THERE USED TO BE GAS PUMPS OUT HERE AND THERE WAS TWO TURN IN THE 7-ELEVEN THAT WE THOUGHT THAT JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR THE CENTER. WE'RE GOING TO ENCLOSE THAT. I THINK THAT HELPED ALLEVIATE SOME TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TOO. WHEN PEOPLE GO THROUGH A LOT, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY THEY'RE STOPPING AND TURNING IN. SO WE'RE CLOSING THAT CURB CUT AND WHEN BY DOING SO, WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE A LANDSCAPING BED RIGHT HERE, SO WE'RE GONNA PUT LANDSCAPE IN SOME OF IT'S ALREADY IN. IT'S GOING IN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, WE'RE IN SELLING LANDSCAPING HERE, AND THEN THERE'S A LANDSCAPING AREA HERE. UM, TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE? I'M MISSING HERE, BUT, UM YEAH. SO THE FACADE IS REALLY, UH OH, WE'VE ALSO SO THE 7-ELEVEN IF YOU IF YOU REMEMBER THE CLEANERS UNTIL RECENTLY HASN'T UM, THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING KIND OF JUTTED IN UM AND WE WERE ABLE TO WE INSTALLED A NEW STOREFRONT STRAIGHT ACROSS. SO NOW IT'S COMPLETELY STRAIGHT ACROSS. SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM THIS ANGLE. BUT UNDERNEATH THIS AWNING YEAH, IT IT WOULD JUT IN. AND NOW WE'VE CREATED A STOREFRONT THAT GOES RIGHT. WE JUST THINK THAT AESTHETICALLY, IT LOOKS BETTER. UM, PROVIDES THE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE.

UM IT JUST MAKES FOR CLEANER LINES, UH, ON THE BUILDING AND SO WE'VE ALSO. THERE'S THERE WAS QUITE A FEW POTHOLES IN THE CRACKS AND THINGS IN THE PARKING LOT, WHICH WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE JUST THOUGHT. OK BUT WITH WITH THE GRANT WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND ABOUT 10 OR $15,000 TO PREPARE A LOT OF THESE POTHOLES. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE COVERINGS HERE, WHICH WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PAINT OVER AND MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT NICER, BUT THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF WHAT? WHAT? WE'VE BEEN DONE WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM? THE QUESTION. NO. THERE. WELL, MR WALTERS. UM I'M THE AIR CONDITIONING FOR THE OTHER TWO SUITES IN THE NORTH. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD ADD BASED ON WHAT THE TENANTS NEED? SO WE DID IT. HVAC INSPECTION WHEN WE BOUGHT IT AND, UM THESE. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT'S GONNA BE A NEGOTIATING ITEM, WHICH MEANS THEY AREN'T FAILING. THEY'RE IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION.

THEY'RE OLD. UM, DEPENDING ON THE TENANT. THEY MIGHT SAY, LISTEN, WE CAN'T COME INTO A SPACE WITH THE NINE YEAR OLD UNIT. WE NEED NEW HX UNITS. UM THAT WILL PROBABLY ONCE WE GET FURTHER. IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE YOU KNOW TENANTS THAT WILL REPLACE LIBERTY TAX AND THE ABA JOHN'S GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING ITEM. UM, WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR H VAC REPLACEMENT.

UM SO THAT'S LIKELY NOT GONNA BE AN ITEM THAT THAT WILL NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR UM WE HAD USED PART PARTIALLY USED THE H, UH, THE CITY GRANT TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF THESE NEW UNITS, WHICH AGAIN WE WOULD NOT HAVE DONE. UM SO UM, BUT THEY NEEDED IT. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY BASICALLY JUST LIMPING ALONG. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE STORY WITH THESE THEY ARE. I THINK THEY WERE IN BETTER CONDITION THAN THE ONES ABOVE THESE TWO SPACES. UM, WHEN WE GOT OUR INSPECTION BACK BUT IT'S JUST GONNA BE A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, OK, IT'S OPERATIONAL, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE . FOR A FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. WE HAVE TO KEEP IT COOL. WHATEVER YOU KNOW THAT YOU GET YOU GET QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, AND IT MIGHT BE A DEMAND THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR LEASE. BUT UM WE HAVEN'T REALLY COUNTED THAT YET. SO. YOUR QUESTIONS. ACTIONS. MOTION TO TABLE THIS AFTER SE.

THE SECOND. IT'S BEEN A PROBABLY SECOND IN REGARDS TO TABLE ITEM NUMBER, 10. AND I. I THANK YOU.

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[10. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN APPLICATION FOR INCENTIVE AND GRANT ASSISTANCE BY PROJECT BLEND LOCATED AT 103 N. CEDAR RIDGE DR., DUNCANVILLE, TX 75116]

IT'S REALLY JUST FOR I DO. TO ASK. THE AT THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO SPEAK ON. HOW'S IT GOING ? EVERYBODY UH, MY NAME IS SKYLER BLACKALL. 103 NORTH CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE. A SMOOTHIE KING. I CURRENTLY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS AND THIS ONE WILL BE MY THIRD. UH I'M ASKING FOR 163. ULTIMATELY IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A 450 TO 500 GRAND PROJECT. AND INITIALLY. WHERE WOULD THE SPACE TAKE? IT WILL BE A LOT CHEAPER. UNTIL WE ACTUALLY WENT INSIDE THE SPACE AND WE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE. KIND OF LIKE YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT H VAC UNIT IN TERMS OF A 15 YEAR OLD H VAC UNIT. THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE. UM TO EVEN MAKE THE DRIVE THROUGH WORK. WE HAVE TO BUILD A WHOLE WALL, WHERE THAT THAT IS THAT, UM. IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK. YOU HAVE TO BUILD A WALL RIGHT HERE AND COVER UP THAT WINDOW. UM THERE WERE JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO, UH HAVE TO MAKE WORK JUST TO MAKE THIS WORK. UM AND ON TOP OF THAT.

EVER WAS THAT LAST 10? THEY CUT A LOT OF CORNERS AND WE ARE BASICALLY HAVING TO, UH PICK UP FROM THEIR MISTAKES, AND THAT'S COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY. AND ON TOP OF THAT, TO EVEN MAKE THIS LEASE WORK. THE LANDLORD, UH NOT PROVIDING ALLOWANCE AND, OF COURSE, YEAH. NOW IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR A COST OF PROJECT LIKE JUST BUT ULTIMATELY, UH VERY, VERY EXCITED TO BRING THIS MOVIE CAME TO THE CITY. UM I THINK IT WOULD DO GREAT FOR THE CITY. I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED YOUR OPTIONS HERE. AND, UH, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT OWN THE CEDAR HILL AND THE SOTO LOCATION. AND UH, SMOOTHIE KING IS KILLING. UH THE DE SOTO LOCATION IS A TOP FIVE IN THE NATION. UH, THE CEDAR HILL LOCATION IS A TOP 30 IN THE NATION, AND THAT'S WITHOUT A DRIVE THROUGH. UH, THE ONE ON WHEATLAND. THAT IS A TOP 50 LOCATION, SO ALL I CAN SAY IS, UH, OO KING WAS A HUGE BRAND. I THINK IT'LL DO GREAT GREAT THINGS FOR THE C, A DOCTOR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. WHERE YOUR OTHER THREE OTHER TWO LOCATIONS, UH, THEY'RE BOTH IN FORT WORTH. SO UH, SOUTH FORT WORTH OVER IN THE CHISHOLM TRAIL AREA WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING AND DEVELOPING UP THAT A LOT AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS AT THE SHOPPING CENTER NORTH. BUT, UH, BEING A BEING BORN AND RAISED IN DELVILLE. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TO BRING SOMETHING SEE ME SO.

YEAH THE LEASE IS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY NEGOTIATED. HOPEFULLY I CAN BE WE'RE HOPING TO SIGN THAT LEASE HERE. HOPEFULLY, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, MAYBE NEXT WEEK. BUT UH, I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, LONG PROCESS TRYING TO GET THIS DONE. I WAS TALKING TO GUS FOR A FEW YEARS, AND EVERY TIME WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING FELL THROUGH, SO WE HAVE TO DO A LOT TO EVEN EVEN GET THIS. UH BUT WE FINALLY MAKING IT HAPPEN. I KNOW WE KIND OF WERE TALKING TO YOU GUYS AT SOME POINT. I THINK THERE WAS SOME MOST YOU GUYS BUT SO WE WERE TRYING TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS JUST TO JUST TO TRY TO MAKE IT WORK, ESPECIALLY WHEN A DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE DRIVE THRU MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. SINCE THE SO HEAVY THAT GONNA HAVE AD. AND THE GAP BETWEEN THE SODA AND CEREAL, IS IT? IT'S CRAZY. THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE. OK THE OTHER THING JUST ABOUT DRIVE THROUGH JUST BEING IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS, AND ANYONE ELSE IN THE

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SMOOTHIE KING WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU. OH, NO, NOT NOT AT ALL. OK, SO WE'VE ALREADY I'VE ALREADY SIGNED MY AGREEMENT. EVERY EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH ALREADY DONE. MY ARCHITECT ALREADY DID THE LAYOUT FOR THE STORE. UH, ALL OF THAT'S ALREADY APPROVED. SO, YEAH, WE'RE AS SOON AS I SIGN THAT LEASE. UH, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH READY TO GO. I KNOW THE LANDLORD. UH, IS PRETTY MUCH HE'S GOING TO COURT WITH THE PREVIOUS TENANT FOR THE DAIQUIRI SHOP, AND, UH, HE IS. PRETTY MUCH ALMOST AT THAT BIG GREAT. I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK FOR THAT. BUT AFTER THAT READY TO GO. I WISH YOUR TIMELINE AFTER UM, I'M HOPING, HOPING EARLY SUMMER. YOU KNOW, ALWAYS. THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT HAPPEN. BUT THAT IS THE PROJECTION, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S ALREADY SOMEWHAT ESTABLISHED. IT WON'T BE AS HARD THE PERSON JUST FROM THE GROUND UP, SO HOPEFULLY BY EARLY SUMMER, THIS THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE DONE. I ALREADY HAVE MY EQUIPMENT ORDERED, WHICH THAT'S THAT'S THE HUGE THING THAT TAKES ABOUT 11 TO 12 WEEKS, BUT I ALREADY HAVE THAT ORDERED. I ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING LINED UP. ALREADY, UH, TALKED TO MY SIGN GUY. I'M ALREADY PRETTY MUCH HAVE EVERYTHING LINED UP.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS? ACCIDENT ACCIDENT BOOK WE TABLE THIS SO. CHANGE.

YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS. ON A THEY SAY I, BUT I'M TELLING THINGS. ITEM NUMBER 11 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTIONS REGARDED AN EXTENSION FOR A

[11. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING AN EXTENSION FOR A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH HAV-R CHARBURGER LOCATED AT 606 S. CLARK RD., DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS 75137]

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UM I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY CLOSE. SO TO KIND OF RESOLVING IT ALL. IT'S JUST BEEN A BIG CLUSTER OVER THE LAST YEAR TRYING TO SINCE WE GOT APPROVED FOR THE GRANT, TRYING TO GET SOMEBODY TO AGREE TO A TAKE OUR MONEY AND GET US A SIGN UP. SO IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON THAT SIDE OF DUNCANVILLE, IT'S REALLY DARK OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. UM AFTER MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS LOCATION , AND WE WERE ALSO TRYING TO OPEN THE GAS STATION NEXT DOOR, WHICH HAS BEEN A WHOLE ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THAT, LANDLORD. UM SO I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER DO THE LANDLORD THING AGAIN IN BUSINESS. I'M TRYING TO OWN MY PROPERTY. BUT UM, WE'RE THERE AND IT'S THE SITUATION WE'RE IN.

SO, UM, I'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH MY LANDLORD, THE DESIGN COMPANY HE WANTS US TO USE. SIGN COMPANY. WE WERE OUR CONTRACTOR TO USE TRYING TO KIND OF RESOLVE THIS. THIS DISPUTE THAT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH US. IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THERE, UM, ISSUES, BUT I THINK THAT WE'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT IT. VERY CLOSE TO BEING SETTLED OUT. I JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO YEAH. EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE AND AGAIN GET SOMEBODY TO TAKE MY MONEY SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR SIGN UP AND HAVE IT DONE. SO UM, I ACTUALLY I ALREADY HAVE A SIGN THAT'S BUILT WITH ONE COMPANY. UM SO, LIKE I SAID, I HAD TO JUST SITTING IN THEIR WAREHOUSE WAITING TO BE INSTALLED, WAITING FOR GRAPHICS TO BE PUT ON IT. UM AGAIN. I WAS JUST TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE BETWEEN MY LANDLORD AND THE OTHER COMPANY. UM IT'S JUST HAD US HELD UP FOR A WHILE, SO I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS. LIKE I SAID, THIS PLACE IS A IS A MONUMENT IN IN DUNCANVILLE. UM IT NEEDS THE SIGNAGE. IT'S THAT AREA. IT'S A GREAT TIME TO HAVE A GREAT A NEW TIME. UM, THEY PUT IN THE CHIPOTLE OVER THERE. THE NEW CAR WASH, WHICH WE GET A LOT OF BUSINESS OFF OF THAT NEW CAR, WASH THE SELF SERVE CAR WASH NEXT DOOR TO US IS BUSY LIKE WHEN THE WEATHER IS LIKE THIS.

IT'S GREAT, BUT AT NIGHT WHEN IT'S DARK, THERE'S NO ONE THERE. AND THEN WITH THE GAS STATION NEXT DOOR BEING CLOSED. WE'RE THE ONLY BUILDING THIS THERE AND WITH NO OUTSIDE LIGHT. UM WITH OUR CY AND ALL THAT. WE DO SEE THE EVEN THOUGH WE STAY BUSY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AT THE RESTAURANT. UH, WE DO SEE A DECLINE. AS IT STARTS TO GET DARKER. WE ARE LAW THAT I FEEL LIKE BIG, BRIGHT NEW SIGN WOULD WOULD GIVE REALLY, REALLY HELP US SO UM. THAT'S IT. I JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME. JUST TRY TO WORK OUT THE ISSUES WITH THE LANDLORD DESIGN COMPANIES, BUT UM I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CLOSE. SO LAST THING I WANNA DO I CLOSE MY RESTAURANT DOWN THIS EVENING SO I COULD BE HERE SO THAT I COULD, UM GOT YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING I WANNA DO IS GET ANOTHER EXTENSION, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. SO IS THE PROPERTY WHERE THE CAR WASH. THE RESTAURANT AND THE. OB. OBVIOUSLY THE GAS STATION. THAT'S THREE IS AT THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OR THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. YEAH, OUR LANDLORD. USE. THEY BUILT THE CAR. THEY'VE SOLD THE CAR WASH SINCE THEN, SO THEY ONLY OWN OUR PROPERTY. UM AND LISTENING TO ALL THESE, UH THIS FUNDING REQUEST AND STUFF. I WISH I WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR MORE MONEY TO BE HONEST. WELL BECAUSE MY LANDLORD OWNS THAT PIECE OF THAT PIECE OF GRASS BEHIND US. AND ONE BIG THING THAT HURTS US IS IT DOESN'T. UM AGAIN WE STAY BUSY, BUT IT WOULD REALLY HELP TO HAVE DRIVE THROUGH. AND IF I COULD EXPAND MY PARKING LOT TO THE BACK AND PUT A DRIVE THROUGH AROUND THE BACK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BE KIND OF COOL, BUT NOT TO IT. YEAH SO, YEAH, I'M GONNA TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT THE QUESTION THAT GOING FORWARD. THAT THAT'S THAT'S. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. SO I MEAN, I WAS WORKING WITH CLAY THE IT'S THIS ALL CAME ABOUT BECAUSE WE GOT HIT BY LIGHTNING AND THERE WAS A BIG DISPUTE BETWEEN WE TRIED TO FILE EVERYTHING ON OUR INSURANCE. OUR INSURANCE ONLY COVERED THAT WE HAD A POWER SURGE THAT THAT KNOCKED OUT SOME STUFF ON THE INSIDE, KNOCKED OUT SOME AIR CONDITIONER. SO WE FIXED EVERY EVERYTHING IS DONE EXCEPT THE SIGN. THE SIGN GOT HELD UP BETWEEN MY INSURANCE COMPANY, MY LANDLORD'S INSURANCE COMPANY, AND IT JUST BECAME A BIG, LONG DRAWN OUT. MESS OF POTATO. WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR WHAT? SO WHEN THE GRANT CAME ABOUT IT TURNED INTO OK, I DON'T NEED ANYBODY'S INSURANCE MONEY.

LET ME JUST PAY FOR THE SIGN AND GET MY AND GET THE GRANT. YOU KNOW, AND THEN THAT TURNED INTO AN ISSUE WHERE MY LANDLORD'S GOT MONEY IN WITH ONE SIGNED COMPANY . I'VE GOT MONEY IN WITH ANOTHER SIGNED COMPANY, SO THEIR DISPUTING OVER WHO'S GOING TO PUT THE SIGN UP, AND I JUST NEED TO SIGN. THAT'S ALL I NEED IS A BIG, BRIGHT NEW SIGN. SO BUT YOU SAID YOU GOT TO SIGN BILL AND WAITING ON SOMETHING. YEAH THERE'S A BUILT SIGN. ONE OF THE TWO COMPANIES HAS A SIGN SITTING

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75137 UNTIL AUGUST. 26 2024. AND HOPEFULLY WAY BEFORE THAT. I FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. GET THE MOOD AND PROBABLY SECONDLY, IN REGARDS TO THE EXTENSION OF THE HARBOR HARBOR AGREEMENT. INTO AUGUST 26 2024 ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS? NONE ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE, UH, ALL THE SAME SIZE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT NUMBER 12 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTIONS

[12. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING A PROPOSAL FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AGREEMENT BY MRB GROUP]

YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA PULL SOMETHING UP, SO I'VE ACTUALLY YEAH. LET ME JUST KIND OF SET THIS. SO UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY , WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME TRANSITIONS HERE WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN PICKING UP ON IS YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION OF IS THERE IS THERE A CLEAR DIRECTION BETWEEN BOTH THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF, MAKING SURE THAT GENERALLY ALL THE FISH ARE SWIMMING IN THE SAME DIRECTION IS HOW I WOULD SAY IT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM SO I REACHED OUT TO A CONTACT THAT I'VE WORKED WITH FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, UM, IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND UM AND

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ASKING THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT. THEIR VISION, YOUR VISION FOR DUNCANVILLE. UM, AND WHERE YOU WANT THE COMMUNITY TO HEAD WELL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THERE IS ALIGNMENT, RIGHT? WE'RE LOOKING FOR PLACES WHERE YOUR VISION IS OVERLAPPING SO WE CAN ATTACK THAT. UH, BUT NEW VISION CAN REALLY BE FULLY FORMED WITHOUT A SOLID FOUNDATION OF DATA. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE WITH YOU A MARKET ANALYSIS. THAT LEVEL SETS WHAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND MARKET REALITIES. HERE IN THE COMMUNITY . UH AND THEN FROM THERE, JUST AN ASSESSMENT OF THE TOOLS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED IN TERMS OF STAFFING IN TERMS OF RESOURCES, UM, AND IN TERMS OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET THE JOB DONE. THE REPORT THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DELIVER. WOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, A SYNTHESIS OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM LOCAL LEADERSHIP. WHERE ARE THERE OVERLAPS? WHERE IS THEIR DEPARTURES? UM AND, UM AND WHAT WE THINK IS, UH, A GOOD PATH FORWARD, GIVEN CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS AND WHAT EVERYONE'S VISION IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW YOU MIGHT STRUCTURE YOUR, UH YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL, UH, APPROACH. IT'S GOOD TIMING. I MEAN, NOBODY WANTS TO SEE STAFF TURNOVER. THAT'S UM THAT'S DIFFICULT, NO MATTER WHAT, AND PARTICULARLY AGAIN WITH ALL THE STUFF YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

UH, I'M SURE THIS ISN'T UH, ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER MEANING THAT YOU HAVE SO EACH MONTH YOU'VE GOT GREAT PROJECTS COMING TO YOU. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT STAFF FOR LONG. BUT WHILE YOU'RE HAVING SOME OF THIS TURNOVER AND LEADERSHIP, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO PRESS PAUSE LEVEL SET. GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE MEET THE RIGHT HIGHER TO GET US MOVING FORWARD. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO I WAS A I HEAR A LOT OF, UH WE SEE YOU RECEIVING INFORMATION JUST LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION. TALKING TO PEOPLE. WHAT ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT, IN REGARDS TO YEAH. SO WE GO NEXT STEPS, RIGHT? SO UM THE ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT IS GONNA GIVE YOU UH, WHEN I WOULD SAY IS A 3 TO 5 YEAR ROAD MAP OF STEPS YOU NEED TO TAKE, UH IN, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE ORGANIZATION, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD DOWN THE PATH. UM, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, DOUG AND I WERE SPEAKING TODAY AND THE ULTIMATELY YOU'VE GOT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM THAT'S UH, A BIT DATED THAT COULD USE SOME, UH, THAT COULD USE SOME, UH UPDATE. UM YOU'VE GOT SOME, UH, PRIORITIES, SOME PRIORITY AREAS THAT CITY COUNCIL AND OTHERS HAVE HAVE SHARED WITH DOUG. THAT COULD USE SOME UPDATING. UH YOU'VE GOT, UH, I HEARD A LOT OF REFERENCES TONIGHT. UM, SO HEARTENED TO HEAR QUESTIONS LIKE READINESS. THE PLANNING AND ZONING INFRASTRUCTURE. ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UM, ARE THOSE BUILT TO SERVE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UM AND, UM AND SO, UH, THERE'S A

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WELL, HE WAS A TOWN MANAGER IN THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY. UH, I, UH I MOVED FROM MY FROM MY CITY MANAGER POSITION INTO A PRIVATE SECTOR. UH, POSITION IN IN DOUG AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT HOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REALLY WORKS. WHICH IS AGAIN THIS INTENTIONALITY POLICY ORIENTATION, INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. UM AND SO , UH, WHEN I MOVED INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, DOUG ENGAGED ME TO HELP HIM STAND UP A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UM THAT SUPPORTED THE CITY AND TOWN OF CANANDAIGUA. UM AND, UH AND THEN ALONG THOSE LINES CHASING OUT CRITICAL PROJECTS, LIKE, UH, REZONING, MAKING SURE THAT YOUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS MAKING SURE THAT UH, YOUR ZONING YOUR, UH, ALL OF THE ALL OF THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS THAT SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY ARE ALIGNED WITH YOUR VISION. GREAT TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO HAPPY THAT YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A VISION. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THOSE, UH, POLICY ORIENTED THINGS IN A LOT OF WAYS. THAT'S WHERE CITY COUNCIL AND BOARDS OF DIRECTORS NEED TO BE APPEAR IN POLICY ORIENTATION, BUT THE CITY MANAGER NEEDS A TO DO LIST. HE NEEDS A CHECKLIST OF TACTICAL THINGS CHANGES THAT WE CAN BE MAKING, UM, THE EXAMPLE THAT HE THAT HE JUST GAVE OUT TO FORM BASED CODE AND WE TOOK A RIDE AROUND, UH, THE CITY TODAY AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD VIEW A PLACE LIKE DUNCANVILLE AS BUILT OUT. RIGHT IT. UM BUT IN REALITY WHAT WE KNOW IS, UM, WE WE'VE COME FROM SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE BUILDABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY BY 304 105 100. AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU. IS BECAUSE.

SALES TAX IS DEPENDENT UPON THINGS LIKE DENSITY AND INCREASING THE BUILDABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE BY 304 105 100, AND WE DID THAT. JUST BY MAKING POLICY CHANGES BY ONLY INVESTING IN THINGS LIKE POLICY CHANGES AND CREATING THE RIGHT BASIS. THE RIGHT FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNITY TO OPERATE, IF ANY ONE OF THESE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO START A BUSINESS, UH, HERE CAME IN AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND HEARD WE GOT A GREAT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. IT ONLY TAKES 6 TO 9 MONTHS. THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TOWNS OVER, RIGHT? NOBODY WANTS TO WAIT 6 TO 9 MONTHS. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 6 TO 9 MONTHS WITH PRICE. WHAT HAPPENED TO PRICING AND ALL OF THAT? BUT DOUG WORK TO DO IN IN HIS, UH, IN HIS PRIOR ENGAGEMENT WAS CREATE PREDICTABILITY AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND PREDICTABILITY DOESN'T MEAN ROLLING OVER AND BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO EVERY DEVELOPER WHO WALKS IN. WHAT IT MEANS IS SETTING A CLEAR VISION. AND THEN BUILDING THE FOR THE POLICY FRAMEWORK BEHIND IT TO MAKE SURE THAT DEVELOPERS KNOW THESE ARE THE RULES. AND WE CAN GET IT DONE IN 90 DAYS OR 60 DAYS IF WE FOLLOW THE RULES. AND IT WORKS AND IT WORKED WELL IN CANADA, AND I WAS HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH THEM IN A SMALL WAY ON THAT. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, COMMENTS. THE OTHER THING. I'LL JUST SHARE WITH YOU REAL QUICK. MATT DIDN'T TOUCH ON IT. BUT MR B GROUP IS A VERY LARGE GROUP. BUT 500 EMPLOYEES OR SO OK? YOU'RE GETTING THERE, RIGHT? UM BUT BUT WE'RE ON CAMERA. UM. BUT THAT INCLUDES, UH ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS THAT INCLUDES IT. IT BECOMES A ONE STOP SHOP SO THAT YOU KNOW IF THERE IS SOMETHING

[01:20:05]

WHAT IS WHAT IS THE I'M I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE SHOW. I THINK IT'S LESS IN IN YOU JUMP IN HERE, TOO, BUT I THINK IT'S LESS FOR THE CANDIDATES HONESTLY AND MORE ABOUT INTERNAL. IT'S IS THE COUNCIL AND THE BOARD AND THE STAFF ALL IN ALIGNMENT, RIGHT? WHAT WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, AND THEN WHAT? THE WHAT THIS BOARD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, AND LET'S FOCUS ON THOSE INSTEAD OF GOING ALL THESE OTHER DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE NUCLEUS OF THIS AS WELL AS TAKING REALLY A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL MAKEUP. DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES WE NEED? AND TELLING US WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES, TELLING US WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR. IN TERMS OF CANDIDATES, YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN TELL YOU THAT NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THIS BUSINESS RETENTION STRATEGY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MATT AND I HAVE WORKED ON, AND I'M SURE THAT THAT WOULD BE IN THE REPORT IN DIFFERENT THINGS. AND IN ADDITION TO CREATING NEW BUSINESSES AND BRINGING NEW BUSINESSES OUT I THINK THAT'S THE MOST CRITICAL PIECE HERE IS AGAIN. LIMITING FOCUS. SO WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS TO DELIVER YOU A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT SAYS THESE ARE THE PRIORITY AREAS THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AS OPPOSED TO AND IT DOES TELEGRAPH TO CANDIDATES. IS THIS THE KIND OF COMMUNITY I WANNA WORK IN? IT TELEGRAPHS TO APPLICANTS? UM IS IT WORTH MY TIME GOING IN? SHOULD I EVEN GO IN AND APPLY THEIR PRIORITIZING THESE AREAS VERSUS THESE AREAS? UM AND I THINK IT TELL TELEGRAPHS TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL. ABOUT HOW YOU WANNA SEE DUNCAN BILL DEVELOP, SO THE ACTUAL DELIVERABLE THE FRAMEWORK THAT YOU WILL HAVE AT THE END OF THIS, UH, WILL BE AN ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT. HERE ARE THE RESOURCES YOU'VE GOT. HERE IS YOUR CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK. AND HERE'S WHERE YOU SAY YOU WANNA BE. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GET THERE? WOOD VACANCIES, IF ANY, DO WE STILL HAVE IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT? AT THE RECORD LEVEL CIVIL ENGINEER YES, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE WE'VE HAD THOSE PARALLEL. BOY OF STAFFING. MM.

YOU KNOW THAT DEPARTURE. YES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THEN ANOTHER PARALLEL TRACK OF WORKS. SO WHEN I SEE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN KNOW THAT TRIGGERS ME, BOY. THIS IS GONNA BE BIGGER THAN JUST. BECAUSE THOSE COMPONENTS OF THE COURT IF WE'RE GONNA REALLY GET THESE DEVELOPMENT POSTS TO THE FINISH LINE. I'LL I'LL SHARE WITH YOU I WAS SHARING WITH MATT THIS AFTERNOON. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID YOU KNOW, THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT I WAS HERE I STARTED MEETING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS AND THEN AS FAST AS I COULD, I STARTED MEETING WITH BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT FOR BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR PERMITTING PROCESS. AND THEY DON'T WANNA COME HERE OR THEY DON'T WANNA STAY HERE BECAUSE OF OUR PERMITTING PROCESS AND THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT BECOMES A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ME, RIGHT? BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU I WENT TO CEDAR HILL AND MET WITH A BUSINESS THAT SPECIFICALLY WENT TO CEDAR HILL. UM BECAUSE OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS HERE, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE IS WE'VE CHANGED THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE. UH WE'VE WE'VE BROKEN APART. WHAT WAS A VERY LARGE DEPARTMENT UNDER GUS. IT WAS ALL OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UH, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, FOR INSTANCE, NOW REPORTS TO DAVID, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR NOW REPORTS DIRECTLY TO ME. NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES REPORTS TO DAVID AND THEN I'M WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK THAT UP SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE INVOLVEMENT IN IN REALLY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. UM AND HAVE THAT REALLY COMING IN DIRECTLY TO CITY ADMINISTRATION. ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF THIS, UH, I'LL TELL YOU IS FIRE INSPECTIONS AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THAT WITHOUT GETTING INTO A LOT OF INFORMATION. BUT UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS COMMUNICATION AND, UH, AND EVEN THE SOFTWARE THAT GETS USED FOR THE PERMITTING PROCESS, RIGHT? UM THE COUNCIL THE OTHER NIGHT.

WE BRIEFED THE COUNCIL ON SOME FINANCIAL NEEDS TO REALLY GET THE INGOLF SYSTEM UP AND GOING AND THE COUNCIL WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT FOR US TO GET THAT UP AND GOING THAT IS ONE

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THOSE ARE THE THREE BIGGEST, UH, DATA PACKAGES THAT WE PULL FROM, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO, UH, I MEAN, THOSE TEND TO UH, TRY TO PATTERN. UM CENSUS DATA. UH, BUT WE ALSO JUST LOOK AT RAW CENSUS DATA. THE CHALLENGES YOU KNOW, WITH RAW CENSUS DATA IS PARTICULARLY 2020 CENSUS. UM IT'S A LITTLE BIT FLAWED. UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WE LIKE WORKING IN COMMUNITIES LIKE DUNK BILLS. WE CAN WE CAN ASK FOLKS. YOU KNOW, CHECK OUT CHECK US UP ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. UM SO IN ADDITION TO THE PACKAGES THAT WE USE, UH COSTAR AND SO FORTH, UM WE DO ALSO RELY ON LOCAL BUILDING PERMIT DATA. VALUATION DATA. THAT KIND OF. YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS, COMMENT STUFF SO THEY IF I. YOU HAD ASKED ME A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THE COMPENSATION. I THINK IT JUST BE GOOD TO CLARIFY THAT THAT'S THAT'S NOT 15,000 PER MONTH. THAT'S LIKE $15,000. CORRECT AND IT'S WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS PIECE OF THE PROJECT TO TAKE AROUND 90 DAYS. OF THE BULL, THE BULL. LIKE TO TAKE THIS TO CLOSE. I'LL MOTION TO TABLE THIS TIME FOR CLOSED SESSION. WE DISCUSSING I SAID. IT'S BEEN A PROPER SECOND IN REGARDS TO TAKING THAT ITEM NUMBER 12 AND SAYS LOOK OF THE SESSION. WE HAD COME, OF COURSE COMING UP. NOT ON A FAVOR, SAY A ALL ALL THE POST SAME SIGN. NEXT I DON'T KNOW THE 13. WE'RE GONNA CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. UH, PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARINGS IN ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK PRO OR NEGATIVE

[13.a. ITEM 6 OF THE FEBRUARY 26, 2024, DCEDC AGENDA – “DPD FIRE TRUCK PULL”]

[13.b. ITEM 7 OF THE FEBRUARY 26, 2024, DCEDC AGENDA – “ONE SOURCE PLUMBING”]

ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD IN REGARDS TO ONE PLUS. ONE SOURCE PLUMBING.

YOU'RE NOT, AND YOU HAD A MOTION TO CLOSE SO IT CAN I HAVE A 2ND 2ND JUST TURN ME IN PROPER SECOND AND OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UH, 11 FOR COMING ON EVERYTHING I HAD AND. I DON'T

[13.c. ITEM 8 OF THE FEBRUARY 26, 2024, DCEDC AGENDA – “PROJECT FLAP”]

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[13.d. ITEM 9 OF THE FEBRUARY 26, 2024, DCEDC AGENDA – “DW CEDAR RIDGE”]

[13.e. ITEM 10 OF THE FEBRUARY 26, 2024, DCEDC AGENDA – “PROJECT BLEND”]

[13.f. ITEM 13 OF THE FEBRUARY 26, 2024, DCEDC AGENDA – “MRB GROUP”]

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]