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I HEAR IT'S PRETTY COLD THERE. IT IS. WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO START THE MEETING. OKAY. IT IS 6:04
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P.M. SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OF DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION TONIGHT GIVEN BY BOARD MEMBER MR. PATRICK HARPER. WOULD YOU GUYS PLEASE STAND? I'M NOT SEEING THE FEED ON MY. IT'S NOT ON. DO YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR. YEAH. AUDIO. THE VIDEO IS NOT. GREAT. YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S WHY I HAD A WORD OF PRAYER. DEAR GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE LIFT UP YOUR NAME AND PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING AT THIS TIME FOR BRINGING US INTO A NEW YEAR AND ALL THE PROMISE THAT A NEW YEAR HOLDS.WE ARE SO THANKFUL, DEAR GOD, FOR THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF JESUS AND ALSO FOR THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO BRING WEALTH INTO THIS COMMUNITY VIA THE VEHICLE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE PRAY THAT GOD THAT YOU WOULD BE IN OUR MIDST AND YOU WILL LEAD AND GUIDE OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS THAT WE MIGHT ACCOMPLISH YOUR HEART'S DESIRE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. BLESS THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY, EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY INDIVIDUAL. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. OKAY, SO WE HAVE OUR PLEDGES NEXT, STARTING WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES FLAG. SO IF YOU COME INTO THE ENTRANCE. JUST MAKE.
YEAH. THERE WE GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. THE TEXAS FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. MAY BE SEATED. OKAY. BEFORE WE START ON OUR AGENDA, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A
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MOTION TO MAKE A SLIGHT CHANGE TO THE ORDER OF OUR AGENDA. THAT CHANGE WOULD ENTAIL MOVING ITEM FIVE, A OTHER BUSINESS TO DISCUSS PROPOSED CULTURAL DISTRICT BY ARTS COMMISSION.THAT ITEM WOULD FOLLOW ITEM ONE. CITIZENS PUBLIC FORUM. IN CONSIDERATION. I WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO DO SO. SO MOVED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER HARVEY A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER SAVAGE. I WILL ASK FOR A ROLL CALL. ON THAT MOTION. SO CALL EVERYBODY'S NAME AND. TANYA SAVAGE. RIGHT? I YES OR NO? ON ON ON THE VOTE. OH, I SORRY.
IT'S OKAY. PATRICK. HARVEY. RONNIE. GOLF. HI. DANIELLA. PAINT. HI, KYLE. PENNYBAKER.
VOTED. SORRY. JUST PRESENT MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ITEM ONE. CITIZENS PUBLIC FORUM TO SUBMIT A COMMENT VIA EMAIL FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUIRED. YOU SUBMIT A COMMENT BY 4 P.M. ON MONDAY, JANUARY THE 6TH, 2025 TO THIS CORE GROUP AT DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS.GOV. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
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CULTURAL DISTRICT. YES. SO THANK YOU THIS EVENING. YOU HAVE YOU WILL HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION REGARDING THE PROPOSED ARTS DISTRICT. THIS EVENING YOU HAVE MR. BROWNING THAT WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROPOSED DISTRICT AND ITS MEANING TO THE CITY AND THE VALUE. SO I'LL HAND OVER TO YOU, IF THAT'S OKAY, MR. PRESIDENT. HELLO. SORRY I'M LATE. I WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS 630, SO I REALLY APOLOGIZE. OH, NO. YOU'RE GOOD TO VALUE YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO MY NAME IS MATT BROWNING. I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE DUNCANVILLE ARTS COMMISSION, AND I'M EXCITED TO SHARE OUR IDEA OF HAVING A CULTURAL DISTRICT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. OUR FIRST KIND OF STEP IN THIS WAS ON MARCH 26TH, WHERE WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION OR VOTED TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO DESIGNATE THE FIRST CULTURAL DISTRICT IN DUNCANVILLE AND THE BEST SOUTHWEST REGION THROUGH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. WITH ARMSTRONG PARK BEING AT THE HEART OF IT, INCLUDING ADJACENT WALKABLE AREAS ALONG MAIN STREET, EAST CENTER, AND EAST WHEATLAND ROAD. THEN WE PRESENTED IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR JOINT MEETING ON JUNE 25TH. OUR SECOND STEP WAS ON OCTOBER 22ND, WHERE WE VOTED TO RECOMMEND THE NAME OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICT AS ARMSTRONG PARK. ARMSTRONG PARK CULTURAL DISTRICT AND THE BOUNDARY BEING THE PARK. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE. WE THEN PRESENTED THAT IN A CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING ON OCTOBER 29TH. SO THOSE KIND OF ARE OUR OUR VOTES, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY GOT THE BALL ROLLING. SO ARMSTRONG PARK, IT IS THE CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S ALREADY GOT A VAST HISTORY, A RICH HISTORY OF CULTURE AND ACTIVITIES AND THINGS. SO WHAT IS A CULTURAL DISTRICT? YOU MIGHT BE ASKING? WELL, WE GOT THIS FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE GOOD TO DEFINE IT BY THE PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW. DESIGNATE IT. SO IT'S BACK IN 2005, THE 79TH LEGISLATURE, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, CAN NOW DESIGNATE CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN CITIES ACROSS TEXAS. CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE SPECIAL ZONES THAT HARNESS THE POWER OF CULTURAL RESOURCES TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY VITALITY. THESE DISTRICTS CAN BECOME FOCAL POINTS FOR GENERATING BUSINESSES, ATTRACTING TOURISTS, STIMULATING CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND FOSTERING CIVIC PRIDE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO IN DALLAS COUNTY, THERE ARE THREE CULTURAL DISTRICTS. THIS ONE IS THE DALLAS. IS THERE A WAY TO MOVE THE BOX THERE? JUST JUST DOWN. FRACTION. THIS IS THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT. OH. THAT'S RIGHT.JUST. DEMOCRATS. I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE JUST. SORRY. WELL ENOUGH ALONE. THAT'S OKAY. THIS ONE? YEAH. THAT'S FINE. GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT AND LOTS OF ACTIVITIES THERE. MUSEUMS, THEATERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS COMMUNITY. THE NEXT ONE IS DEEP ELLUM, AND IT IS MORE ARTIST CENTRIC. IT HAS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKET ON HERE, BUT IT'S IT TALKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND HAVING LIVELY MURALS AND GALLERIES AND THEATERS AND COMEDY CLUBS. SO IT'S GOT A DIFFERENT VIBE TO IT. AND THEN YOU HAVE FAIR PARK. ALL THREE OF THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PURPOSES. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CULTURAL POINTS TO THEM. RIGHT. THE POINT IS, DUNCANVILLE IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A CULTURAL DISTRICT JUST LIKE THOSE. IT'S VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIFIC TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IT IS PLACED IN. SO TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS EXPECTS COMMUNITIES THAT WANT THIS
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DESIGNATION TO ALREADY HAVE AN AREA FUNCTIONING AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT, NOT SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE PLAN OR THE MASTER PLAN OR THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE COMP PLAN. IT'S WHAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE AND HAPPENING. SO WHY ARMSTRONG PARK, YOU MIGHT ASK? WELL, IT'S THE MOST SUITABLE LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S GOT A 50 YEAR HISTORY AS THE CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY. 50 YEARS OF MUSIC FESTIVALS, FAIRS, THEATERS, LITERARY EVENTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, FAMILY EVENTS. I'LL GET TO COMMUNITY CONTINUOUSLY WALKABLE IN A MINUTE. IT'S ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS AND RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES AND MAIN STATION AND WHEATLAND PLAZA. HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THEN IT'S GOT LIBRARY, POPS, HOPKINS CENTER, CITY HALL, RECREATION CENTER, A GAZEBO, A PAVILION, POOL, AMPHITHEATER, HISTORICAL SITES, THE ICE HOUSE AND PICNIC TABLES AND GREEN SPACE. AND THERE'S MORE. WE JUST RECENTLY GOT KIDS BUILD PLAYGROUND REFURBISHED, AND THE SPLASH PAD WAS SO POPULAR DURING THE SUMMER IT WAS CRAZY. THERE'S FREE WI-FI, BASKETBALL COURT, TENNIS COURT, GARDEN AREAS. IT'S EVEN GOT A LEGACY. ONE. IT WAS ONCE HOME TO THE LARGEST ALL VOLUNTEER BUILT WOODEN PLAYGROUND, AND THERE'S EVEN A MODEL OF IT IN THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER. IT'S A BIG DEAL. AND BEFORE ALL OF THAT, IT WAS THE SITE OF A DUNCANVILLE AIR FORCE. WELL, THAT'S A STATION AT THE AIR BASE. AIR FORCE BASE. RIGHT. SO IT HAS 50 YEARS OF BEING THE CENTER OF EVERYBODY'S WORLD IN DUNCANVILLE. GENERATIONS OF HOUSTON ALREADY. THE CHAIR OF OUR COMMISSION, RON, HE TELLS A STORY ABOUT WHEN HE WAS A BOY, MAYBE EIGHT, NINE, TEN YEARS OLD. HE WOULD GO TO THESE EVENTS. HE WOULD GO TO THE PARADE. HE WOULD GO TO THE CONCERTS. RIGHT. AND NOW HE TAKES HIS NEPHEW. THAT'S TEN, 11 YEARS OLD TO THESE EVENTS. SO IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR GENERATIONS. NOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT STATISTICS, MONEY. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT HOW DOES THIS HELP? WELL, THE TEXAS CULTURAL TRUST IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES RESEARCH ON SUCH THINGS AS THESE CULTURAL DISTRICTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THESE COMMUNITIES. THERE'S FOUR IN THIS FIVE YEAR STUDY, THE ONE IN FORT WORTH IS IT'S LIKE I SAID, FIVE YEARS. SO FROM 2017 TO 2021, FORT WORTH CULTURAL DISTRICT RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF $427,500 IN CULTURAL DISTRICT GRANT FUNDING. SO IN THOSE FIVE YEARS, THEY GOT THAT MUCH GRANT. THEY ALSO EARNED SALES TAX COLLECTION UP TO $1.9 MILLION. THEY INCREASED SALES TAX COLLECTION BY 18%. THEY INCREASED PROPERTY VALUE BY 14%. ARE YOU HEARING ME HERE? THIS IS BIG GROWTH HERE. DRAWS NEARLY 2.5 MILLION VISITORS EVERY YEAR TO THIS LITTLE COMMUNITY OF 2000 RESIDENTS AND 540 BUSINESSES.THAT'S A HUGE IMPACT, RIGHT? LET'S GO DOWN TO HOUSTON THEATER DISTRICT. THEY RECEIVED AN AVERAGE $530,951 IN CULTURAL GRANT FUNDING ANNUALLY. THEY COLLECTED $91,663 IN SALES TAX ANNUALLY. THEY INCREASED SALES TAX COLLECTION COLLECTION BY. LET'S GET THIS RIGHT 232%. SALES TAX COLLECTION MORE THAN TRIPLED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. INCREASED PROPERTY VALUE BY 33%, AND IT DRAWS OVER 1 MILLION VISITORS EVERY YEAR TO THE COMMUNITY OF ONLY 200 BUSINESSES. HUGE IMPACT. WACO. IT'S NOT BEEN OPEN AS LONG, SO IT ONLY HAS LOOKS LIKE ONE YEAR OF IN IN THE STUDY. SO IT AVERAGED 42,500 IN CULTURAL DISTRICT GRANT FUNDING. NOW YOU
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DON'T GET THESE GRANTS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS DESIGNATION. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF REAL IMPORTANT. THEY COLLECTED 1.7 MILLION IN ANNUAL SALES TAX. THEY INCREASED SALES TAX COLLECTION BY 26%, INCREASED PROPERTY TAX VALUE BY 35%, AND THEY DRAW 2.1 MILLION VISITORS EVERY YEAR TO A COMMUNITY OF 600 BUSINESSES. NOW YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, THOSE ARE BIG CITIES. WHAT ABOUT US? WELL, WINNSBORO CULTURAL DISTRICT, 3400 PEOPLE IN THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY. THEY RECEIVED ALMOST $200,000 IN CULTURAL GRANT FUNDING. THEY COLLECTED $60,000 IN SALES TAX ANNUALLY, INCREASED SALES TAX COLLECTION BY 22%, INCREASED PROPERTY VALUE BY NEARLY 30%, AND THEY DRAW 40,000 VISITORS TO THEIR LITTLE COMMUNITY OF 3400. WOW, WHAT AN IMPACT. WHAT AN ECONOMIC IMPACT. SO A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION IN ARMSTRONG PARK CAN BE USED TO GROW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AREAS RIGHT AROUND. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S DEVELOPED OUT FROM THERE, MAYBE IN SPOKES, YOU KNOW, GO TO MAIN STATION, GO TO WHEATLAND PLAZA, GO TO ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS IN TOWN THAT ARE RICH WITH CULTURE AND ART, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST HAPPENING IN THE PARK. OKAY. BUT WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE. WE NEED TO START WHERE IT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED. AND THEN THE EDC CAN BOLSTER LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURS TO BUILD THEIR BRAND AROUND THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. BUILDING BRAND IS GOING TO BE A BIG, BIG DEAL. SO WHY DOES THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS PROMOTE THESE CULTURAL DISTRICTS? AND IT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WANTING TO KNOW. IT'S BECAUSE THEY KNOW CULTURAL DISTRICTS BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT LONG. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TRY TO ANSWER THEM. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL REVERT THAT. NOT SO MUCH. A QUESTION, BUT. A COMMENT. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. AND THE ARTS COMMISSION ON YOUR INVOLVEMENT, YOUR COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISHING AN INITIATIVE THAT WOULD TRANSFORM OR ADD TO DUNCANVILLE AS A DESTINATION FROM TIME TO TIME. I WONDER ABOUT THIS QUESTION, AND THAT QUESTION IS WHY WOULD SOMEONE WANT TO COME TO DUNCAN TO. SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T KNOW THAT I GOT SOME THEY HAVE TRAVEL MONEY AND THEY WANT TO TAKE A VACATION, SO WHY SHOULD THEY COME TO DUNCANVILLE? WELL, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU TOUCHED ON.YOU'VE GOT WINNSBORO, 4000 PEOPLE. IT'S A DESTINATION. AND THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
THEY GO ON DESTINATION VACATIONS. AND WHAT BETTER DESTINATION TO COME TO AS A VACATION WHERE YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY CAN ENJOY? AND I THINK THAT COMES UNDER THE CONCEPT OF FAMILY FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT. SO IT'S ALREADY THERE AND IT'S ALREADY KNOWN IT BEING ARMSTRONG PARK IS ALREADY THERE, AND IT'S ALREADY KNOWN FOR BEING A PLACE OF FAMILY FRIENDLY.
ENTERTAINMENT. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR BOARD TO GET BEHIND THIS BECAUSE CLEARLY, CLEARLY WE WANT TO TRANSFORM DUNCANVILLE INTO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN NOT ONLY LIVE, BUT THEY CAN PLAY AND WORK AND DO WHATEVER. THAT'S PART OF THE MISSION. AS I UNDERSTAND IT. SO THANK YOU FOR AN OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION AND GIVE MY REGARDS TO THE ARTS COMMISSION AND JUST
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TELL THEM HARVEY IS BEHIND. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS AND THERE'S SOME SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER. ONE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S THREE IN DALLAS COUNTY. THEY'RE ALL IN DALLAS BETWEEN DALLAS AND WACO. THERE'S NOT ANOTHER CULTURAL DISTRICT. AND I BELIEVE I'VE HEARD THAT CEDAR HILL IS STARTING TO WORK ON IT. AND AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING IS DESOTO. WE NEED TO BEAT DESOTO AT THIS. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, ONCE, IT'S TREATED LIKE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE NAMING COMES INTO IT. WE'RE LOOKING AT A ONE YEAR TIMELINE BEFORE WE COULD GET THE DESIGNATION. IS THAT, WELL, AT LEAST A YEAR? YES. JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMING THAT, I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMING, BUT THERE'S A MUCH LARGER PRESENTATION THAT WILL I COULD DO FOR IN A FUTURE DATE. OR RON, COULD THAT KIND OF GO INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF EACH OF THOSE THINGS. BUT. THERE IS SOME THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE FOR OUR APPLICATION TO BE ATTRACTIVE TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, BUT WE HAVE MOST OF IT. WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF GET IT GOING AND GET IT, GET IT KNOWN. WE NEED, BUT WE CAN ALREADY DO A LOT OF THE EVENTS, THE PROGRAMING, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT ESTABLISHED, LIKE I SAID. YES.I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT. I WOULD LIKE AT SOME POINT TO HAVE THE INTRICACIES SORT OF SPELLED OUT. AND THEN WINNSBORO IS MY LAST QUESTION, BUT I'M CURIOUS. WINNSBORO, TEXAS OR WINNSBORO? YES, TEXAS. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A COMPARABLE SIZED CITY. AND I'VE BEEN THERE. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING LOUISIANA. OH, YEAH. TEXAS. OKAY. GOTCHA. YES. MISTER BROWNING, I ALSO HAVE HEARD THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, COULD YOU SHARE WITH THE BOARD THE BENEFITS OF HAVING AN ESTABLISHED AND APPROVED DISTRICT AS IT RELATES TO GRANT OPPORTUNITIES? ONCE YOU HAVE THE PIECES IN PLACE? JUST THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OPEN ITSELF UP TO GRANTS AND FUNDING. OKAY. FUNDING? YES. IF YOU IF YOU SAW. THAT CHART THAT I SHOWED YOU HOW THERE'S FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, YOU YOU GET A LOT OF MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS ONCE YOU'VE GOTTEN THIS DESIGNATION, YOU GET IT FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS. BUT YOU ALSO GET IT BECAUSE PART OF THE PROCESS IS STARTING A NONPROFIT. AND ONCE YOU HAVE A NONPROFIT CONNECTED TO IT, THEN YOU CAN GET A DIFFERENT FUNDERS, DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS TO GIVE TO THE ARTS. AND THERE'S LOTS OF FOUNDATIONS THAT WANT TO GIVE TO THE ARTS, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WHEN THAT COMES INTO A COMMUNITY. I DON'T HAVE MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT, BUT BUT THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT WORKS. YOU GET THE DESIGNATION AND THEN PEOPLE ARE MORE EASILY ABLE TO GIVE TO THAT. AND ALSO. YEAH, WELL LET ME STOP THERE. Y'ALL HAVE GONE BEFORE OTHER BOARDS AND PROVIDED OTHER. YES. PRESENTATIONS. AND IF Y'ALL ARE Y'ALL GETTING A CONSENSUS OF SUPPORT FROM THEM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TONIGHT? YES. WE ARE ACROSS THE BOARD. THE CITY COUNCIL IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ARE REALLY EXCITED. SO. WE WOULD LIKE TO BECAUSE SEE IF YOU REALLY GET A GOOD IDEA OF THIS, IT'S NOT JUST AN ARTS COMMISSION, IT'S THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. IT'S ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, ALL THE BOARDS, EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED. YES. CAN I YEAH. CAN I ADD ONE THING? I AM THE. HI I'M DR.
MONICA GOODIN. I SERVE NOT ONLY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I SERVE AS THE COUNCIL LIAISON FOR THE ARTS COMMISSION. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THIS WON'T COST THE CITY ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WE WON'T NEED TO WORK THIS INTO A BUDGET. IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALREADY SELF-SUSTAINING. IT ALREADY EXISTS. IT ALREADY HAS BEEN EXISTING FOR THE LAST 52 YEARS. SO THE PROGRAMING AS OUR WONDERFUL VICE CHAIR SAID, IT'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED. WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW IT AND PROVIDE MORE ART OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE WHO PROBABLY WON'T EVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
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ANYWHERE. SO THERE'S BEEN THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THERE'S BEEN OTHER STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN DUNCANVILLE TO BE MODERATE INCOME. AND WHEN YOU HAVE MODERATE INCOME AND YOU HAVE ALSO BATTLING INFLATION WITH THAT, YOU'RE LIMITED IN WHAT YOU CAN DO. SO ME BEING A PERSON PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO JUST GO ANYWHERE WITH MY GRANDKIDS LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO. HOWEVER, THIS GIVES US SOMETHING IN OUR BACKYARD THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN. I CAN EXPOSE THEM TO THE ARTS, GROWING IT AS FAR AS SCULPTURES, GROWING IT, AS FAR AS PERFORMING ARTS, GROWING IT, AS FAR AS MAYBE SOME AFRICAN ART OR WHATEVER THAT THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE BECAUSE OF BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. SO BEING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IT HERE WITHIN OUR CITY, ALREADY OPERABLE, AND IT WOULDN'T COST US ANY MONEY, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS, YES, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT A MORE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION. WE ALREADY HAVE ABOUT 60% OF IT DONE, BUT WE NEED WAYFINDING SIGNS, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD COME TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ASK, SINCE YOU DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR WAYFINDING SIGNS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ASK FOR IN THE APPLICATION. AND THEN LITTLE SMALL OTHER DETAILS. WE HAVE TO GET THE NAME ON THE PARK. ONCE THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THIS IS THE WAY THAT THEY WANT TO GO, THEN WE NEED TO GET THE NAME CHANGED AT THE PARK, MEANING ARMSTRONG CULTURAL DISTRICT. WHY DID WE SAY ARMSTRONG CULTURAL DISTRICT? BECAUSE EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS IT AS ARMSTRONG. WHY GO AND REINVENT THE WHEEL? WE DID DO A SURVEY ON IT, AND ABOUT 80%, I THINK IT WAS ROUGHLY 70%. STRONGLY AGREE WAS 50. AND THEN. AGREE WAS ABOUT 20. SO YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT A 50% OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO DO IT.WE'VE BEEN TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HERE. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT IN ARTS COMMISSION SINCE MARCH. WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT HE WENT TO WAS ANOTHER BIG HIGH. ONE OTHER COMMISSION THAT WAS DID YOU ALREADY SAY PARKS? YES, IT WAS PARKS. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS A MAJOR ONE, NOT PNC. I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE'VE GONE TO ALL OF THEM AND EVERYBODY'S FAVORABLE OF IT. SO IT JUST KIND OF MAKES SENSE BEING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IT AND LET'S RECOGNIZE IT AS SUCH. IT'S ALREADY OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT IS JUST BEING EXISTING WITHOUT THE NAME. SO THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD. OKAY. CAN I? SURE. SO LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION AND LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION, MY THOUGHTS NATURALLY FLOW TO WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP. AND SO YOU ALL KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WAYFINDING SIGNS. WE DO HAVE A BUDGET FOR WAYFINDING SIGNS AND, AND THAT'S AN AREA PERHAPS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY HELP. AND THEN AS YOU ALL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AS YOU IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE CAN HELP, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO COME TO THE MEETING AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR SITUATION IS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP MOVING FORWARD. DEFINITELY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO CAN WE ASK HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? WELL, I'VE ALREADY I'VE ALREADY THANK YOU, MR. HARDY, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY, BECAUSE FOR ME, I THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS JUST BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE DUNCANVILLE AT HEART AND ONE HOME IN A COMMUNITY WHERE I DON'T HAVE I. I JOKE THAT I HAVE AN AVERSION GOING NORTH AND NORTHWEST HIGHWAY. I DON'T WANT TO GO NORTH OF THE TRINITY, REALLY. SO HAVING THAT IN OUR BACK YARD, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT. ANY PLACE THAT WE CAN AS A BOARD SUPPORT THAT. I THINK I'M SPEAKING FOR ME AND MR. HARVEY. YEAH. THANK YOU. I AGREE, ONE OF THE REASONS I JOINED THE BOARD WAS IN HOPES OF BEING ABLE TO BRING MORE THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. SO BEING ABLE TO VOTE OR SUPPORT SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES IS EMPOWERING TO ME. AND I'M SURE TO OUR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS I FEEL FORCED TO PATRON, AND IT'S DISHEARTENING SOMETIMES TO SEE IT GOING TO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, DESOTO OR CEDAR HILL, WHEN THEY'RE OUTPACING US, WHEN THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE TO. SO BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS IS HEARTWARMING. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. I'M EQUALLY AS EXCITED. THANK YOU. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MATT. ANY OTHER. QUESTIONS? I THINK THANK YOU
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VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE DON'T HAVE AN HOUR. WE CAN BRING RON IN HERE.[2. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE DCEDC MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS HELD ON OCTOBER 28, 2024, AND NOVEMBER 25, 2024]
OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON OUR AGENDA. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS HELD BOTH ON OCTOBER 28TH, 2024 AND NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024. WE'LL JUST HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE DOCUMENT ITEMS IN OUR PACKET. MR. COFFEE, IF IT'S OKAY, COULD WE HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE SEPARATE FOR EACH SEPARATE? YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I COULD DO OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER. SO. OKAY, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 28TH, 2024. MEETING WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS OR CORRECTIONS. SECOND. OKAY, THE MOTION IS MADE BY MR. SAVAGE, SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER HARTMAN. AND THE MOTION. WOULD ASK THE SECRETARY TO CONTINUE TO THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. TANYA SAVAGE. HI. PATRICK HARVIE. AYE.PENELOPE. HI, MARLIN. GOLF. HI. THANK YOU. MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. OKAY. AND THERE'S NO MOTION FOR THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024. BE. WELL, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER THE 25TH, 2024. CORRECT MOTION BY FORT PAYNE, SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER HARTMAN. ON THIS ONE. WE MIGHT NEED SOME GUIDANCE FROM OUR ATTORNEY IN THE. MISS SAVAGE WAS NOT HERE. WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THAT MEETING. SO WE PERCEIVE WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTES. SO THIS MAY BE ONE THAT WE MAY NEED TO TABLE UNTIL SORRY. DO WE HAVE OTHER MEMBERS PRESENT. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL SEEK OUR ATTORNEY'S GUIDANCE ON THAT. BRANDON. I, I THINK THAT DOESN'T REALLY PASS THE SMELL TEST. I DON'T I CAN'T THINK OF A STATUTORY REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO VOTE TO APPROVE, BUT I THINK VICTOR IS CORRECT. AND BEING CAUTIOUS AND MAYBE TABLING THOSE MEETINGS TILL WE CAN HAVE A QUORUM OF MEMBERS OR A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS THAT WERE ACTUALLY AT THE MEETING TO VOTE ON IT WOULD BE THE PROPER THING TO DO. MR. HARVEY HAS A QUESTION. SO YES, MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY EXPENDITURES OR DISBURSEMENTS ATTACHED TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES TO NOVEMBER? BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. WE MAY CONSIDER OURSELVES DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT ALL THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES SUCH THAT SOMEONE, ONE OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED DUE TO OUR ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. THAT'S REALLY A QUESTION NOT ONLY FOR THE ATTORNEY, BUT ALSO FOR STAFF. NO, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES IS A MINISTERIAL ACT AND IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE ACTUAL VOTE THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE ON AT THE MEETING IS NOT AFFECTED BY WHETHER OR NOT YOU APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. SO THEN SO THEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF WE HAD AN INITIATIVE TO APPROVE IN NOVEMBER AND WE APPROVED IT, THEN ONCE OUR. MR. WORD, I'M LOOKING FOR THE PERSON THAT'S BENEFITING THE ORGANIZATION IS BENEFITING FROM OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. THEY CAN THEY CAN GET PAID ONCE THEY TURN IN THEIR DOCUMENTS AND HAVE THEIR PAPERWORK IN ORDER.
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WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT PREVIOUSLY. AM I MAKING SENSE? YES. THE WAY THE ACTS, THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE DISBURSEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED AT THAT NOVEMBER MEETING WERE APPROVED AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING. WHEN YOU'RE APPROVING THE MINUTES, YOU'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE MINUTES REFLECT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING. SO, YES, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED, THE MEETING CAN MOVE FORWARD AND SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WHETHER OR NOT YOU APPROVE THESE MINUTES OR NOT. THANK YOU. TO ADD TO THAT, THE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THAT THAT MEETING THE BOARD APPROVED THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REQUEST WITH THAT SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND TO THAT RESOLUTION WAS A DEVELOPMENT BRIEF THAT PROVIDES THE APPLICANT THE AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH THE PROCESS OR IN THE GRANT APPROVAL PROCESS. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE IT. NOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED A MOTION. AND BRANDON I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE HERE WITH THE MOTION. BECAUSE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO NEED A MOTION TO RESCIND THAT. AND, AND THEN HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND TO TABLE THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 25TH. YES, BECAUSE THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE SINCE IT HAD A SECOND, ALL YOU WOULD REALLY HAVE TO DO IS WHOEVER MADE THE MOTION CAN WITHDRAW THEIR MOTION AND MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THAT, TO TABLE THAT, TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION TO APPROVE NOTES FOR NOVEMBER THE 25TH, 2024 AND TABLE THEM UNTIL FURTHER REVIEW. SECOND. OKAY.MOTION TO WITHDRAW. HERE FOR A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO THROUGH THE ROLL CALL. YES.
THANK YOU. TANYA SAVAGE I KNOW SHE'S NOT. YEAH. SHE'S NOT GOING. YES. MR. HARVEY.
PENELOPE. HI. MARLIN. GOFF. ALL RIGHT. WE GO. ITEM THREE OF OUR AGENDA RECEIVED DIRECTOR'S
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REPORT. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, I HAD SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO THE BOARD ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON. ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THAT LIST IS WE WERE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF PARTICIPATING LATER THIS MONTH IN THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTER RED RIVER CONFERENCE, TO BE HELD IN DALLAS. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE EVENT ORGANIZER TO OBTAIN SOME INFORMATION REGARDING HOW TO PARTICIPATE, OBTAIN A BOOTH, ETC. I HEARD BACK FROM THE ORGANIZER THIS MORNING. SHE HAS PROVIDED ME WITH BOTH INFORMATION AND COST, AND WE WILL BE PROCEEDING WITH SECURING A BOOTH AND PARTICIPATING IN THAT EVENT. I WILL SHARE TOMORROW THE EVENT DETAILS, THE DATES, ETC. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING WITH STAFF, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU THERE. ANOTHER ITEM THAT I HAD SHARED WITH YOU IN THAT EMAIL WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST OF AVAILABLE AND VACANT PROPERTIES COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, ETC. THAT ARE EITHER FOR SALE AND OR FOR LEASE AND HAVING THAT ADVERTISED NOT SO MUCH ADVERTISED, BUT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEB PAGE, WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THAT. THOSE EFFORTS AND WE'RE LOOKING WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO OBTAINING A PRESCRIPTION WITH COSTAR, WHO IS ONE OF THE INDUSTRY LEADERS IN PROVIDING US THAT INFORMATION. OUR FIRST THOUGHT OR INITIAL THOUGHT IS THAT WE WOULD OBTAIN THAT LIST FROM COSTAR AND MAKE THAT LIST AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. AND BUT THEN WE WOULD WORK ON ON HAVING AN INTERACTIVE MAP AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB PAGE, WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN SORT, ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT, AND JUST AGAIN, JUST HAVE IT BE A BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY. BUT AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING, AT LEAST HAVING A LIST OF AVAILABLE PROPERTIES, VACANCY RATES, ETC. ON OUR WEBSITE AS WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT, SO WE WILL BE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION ON FOLLOWING. NEW YEAR. WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND OR[00:40:02]
ENHANCEMENTS TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE YOU, THE TIMING OF THE INFORMATION. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO HAVE YOU THE PACKETS READY FOR YOU TO REVIEW. GO OVER THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE MEETING SO YOU HAVE AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW THE MEETING MATERIAL. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO STAFF AND ASK STAFF QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THE ITEMS IN YOUR PACKETS. WE ARE ALSO, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THIS. GOAL, WE WOULD ASK THE BOARD'S ASSISTANCE WITH PROVIDING US WITH ANY ITEMS THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE AGENDA NO LATER THAN THE MONDAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED MEETING, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA AND WE HAVE ANY MATERIAL THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT AVAILABLE AND DELIVERED TO YOU AS PART OF YOUR REVIEW AND BE READY TO DISCUSS AT THE MEETING. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. I PROVIDED YOU THIS EVENING A COPY OF THE BOOK OF ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. I HAVE FOUND THAT BOOK TO BE VERY HELPFUL IN JUST UNDERSTANDING PROCEDURALLY HOW TO RUN MEETINGS, MOTIONS, ETC. SO IT RECENTLY PROVIDED THIS SAME BOOK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND I WILL BE ALSO PROVIDING THIS BOOK TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. SO IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE TO HAVE PROCUREMENT POLICY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT HAVE PROVIDED ME YOUR PROCUREMENT, YOUR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT PROCUREMENT POLICY. WE WILL BE REVIEWING THEM THIS WEEK, AND WE WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER WITH BRANDON TO GO OVER THOSE COMMENTS. AND MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT POLICY ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR YOUR OFFICIAL REVIEW. CONSIDER AND ULTIMATELY APPROVAL THE BYLAWS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST BYLAWS COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17TH AT 3 P.M, AND THAT MEETING IS GOING TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY. AND AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT MEETING AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED ON, DISCUSSED AND MORE TO FOLLOW.THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME. AS FAR AS DIRECTOR'S REPORT. QUESTION. YES. MR. HARVEY, FIRST, OKAY. WITH RESPECT TO THE GOAL OF HAVING PACKETS PREPARED THE WEDNESDAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. YES. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT CHALLENGES YOU ANTICIPATE THAT MIGHT PREVENT FOR YOUR PRESENT FOR YOU AND THE STAFF IN COMMUNICATING THAT EXTERNALLY TO APPLICANTS OR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. I KNOW IT'S COMMONPLACE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'LL SAY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO GET ON PNC MEETING FOR FEBRUARY. THIS IS THE CUTOFF BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS, ETC. DO YOU ANTICIPATE OR HAVE YOU GUYS ACCOUNTED FOR THE NEED TO BROADCAST THAT EXTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE. YES. OKAY. SO NO, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I MENTIONED IN MY EMAIL, THAT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS AND PROVIDE THE APPLICANTS WITH MORE INFORMATION, MORE TRANSPARENCY, FLOW CHARTS. AND WE'RE EVEN TOYING AROUND WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING AND ESTABLISHING SEVERAL DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT GRANT APPLICATIONS, WHETHER OR FOR THAT MATTER, APPLICATIONS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S BEING USED FOR GRANTS, FOR SPONSORSHIP. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT SAME APPLICATION WAS EVEN USED FOR HOT FUNDS. BUT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS CREATE ONE FOR HOT FUNDS, SPONSORSHIP GRANTS, HAVE A CHECKLIST FLOWCHART AND DONE IN THAT. AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, ESTABLISH HARD AND FAST DEADLINES IN ORDER TO MEET THE PACKET ASSEMBLY AND DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF. AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. THANK YOU, MR. HOLMES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO AS IT RELATES TO THE FIELD HOUSE, I THINK EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE EDC HAS A SUPPORTED THE FIELD HOUSE BY HELPING PAY ITS ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. AND THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS GOING TO BE THE LAST PAYMENT. THE LAST FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE. TO FIELD
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HOUSE. AND SO. MY. QUESTION IS, OR MY CONCERN IS MOVING FORWARD. IF THERE ARE, THERE WILL BE NO.DESIRES ON THE PART OF THE FIELD HOUSE TO LOOK TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM US. THEN. WELL AND GOOD. HOWEVER, IF DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES ON THE GROUND THEY FEEL THEY BEING THE FIELD HOUSE, FEEL IT NECESSARY TO COME TO THIS BOARD FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THEN I THINK WE AS A BOARD NEED TO TALK ABOUT. THE METHODOLOGY, THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE FIELD HOUSE NEEDS TO PROVIDE TO US. MOVING FORWARD AND WHATEVER FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THEM. WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE RECENT HISTORY OF THIS ORGANIZATION IN PARTICULAR, THERE HAS BEEN MOVEMENT. OF POLICY MAKERS DECISIONS, DECISION MAKERS, STAFF MEMBERS IN AND OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR. ORGANIZATION. AND I THINK IF THERE ARE ANY FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND THE FIELD HOUSE, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT RESETTING THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM. TO INCREASE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FIELD HOUSE FOR THIS BOARD. SO THAT'S.
THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS AND ALSO TO TOTALLY DIFFERENT SUBJECT. BUT IN TERMS OF THE CHRISTMAS PARADE, I THINK I WAS ONLY ONE. THAT PARTICIPATED IN IT. AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US WHEN WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE I KNOW THINGS THAT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, WE GET BUSY, WE HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS, WHAT HAVE YOU. BUT IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WHAT WE DO IS VERY IMPORTANT. OUR ROLE, I THINK, IS IMPORTANT IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK THE PEOPLE WOULD APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SEE. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SO INVOLVED IN SHAPING THE ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THIS COMMUNITY, WE WOULD FOLLOW. SO JUST AN APPEAL, JUST THINK ABOUT IT. AND MOVING FORWARD, HOPEFULLY WE CAN. HAVE SHOW FORTH. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US, MR. MARTIN. THANK YOU. MR. HARVEY JUST REMINDED ME WHEN HE MENTIONED LAST MONTH'S HOLIDAY IN THE PARK EVENT ABOUT THE UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS THAT'S SCHEDULED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AGAIN, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LAST YEAR THE THIS BOARD PURCHASED TWO TABLES. WE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LARGE ATTENDANCE, LARGE TURNOUT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE TWO TABLES, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH INTEREST ON, WE MAYBE SHOULD PROCEED WITH PURCHASING ONLY ONE TABLE. BUT AGAIN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO I CAN LET THE CHAMBER KNOW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET ME KNOW RIGHT NOW, BUT CERTAINLY WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, SO I CAN LET THE CHAMBER KNOW SO THEY CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY. WELL, SINCE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT, I'M GOING. OKAY.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL. SIX JANUARY 2016. OH, YES. I'M SORRY I SAID LATER THIS MONTH, BUT NO, THAT'S
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ANOTHER EVENT. BUT THAT'S NEXT THURSDAY. NEXT THURSDAY. AS PART OF APOLOGIZING FOR MISSING THE PARADE BECAUSE I WAS BURYING A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHER AND A FATHER. BUT I DO THINK SOMETIMES THE EVENTS ARE NOT AS TIMELY. AND SO I KNOW ME PERSONALLY. I KNOW YOU DO. I LIVE BY A CALENDAR, SO IF SOMETHING IS MOVING, I DON'T KNOW, A MONTH, TWO MONTHS IN ADVANCE. IT MAY NOT HAPPEN. SO WHEN YOU'RE SENDING IN AND IT'S LIKE A WEEK OR FIVE DAYS LIKE THAT, IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER COMMITMENTS. BUT I DO APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY CAN MAKE A SHOWING. WE DO AND I THINK WE DO. OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO SAY SOMETIMES THE NOTICE IS VERY, VERY SHORT, SURE. TO ACCOMMODATE OR SHIFT THE PIVOT TO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO IS IT OKAY THEN IF I HEAR SOMETHING TO JUST SEND YOU A TEXT OR AN EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS COMING UP, I APPRECIATE IT. NO WORK FOR ME, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT A GLANCE FOR A YEAR. YEAH. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COULD I JUST ADD THE THIS EVENT IS THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. SO YOU'LL GET A BIG PRESENTATION FROM THIS US DUNCANVILLE CITY PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD BECAUSE THIS THING IT'S A PRETTY GOOD PRESENTATION. THE 16TH IS THE THURSDAY CORRECT? THURSDAY AT 6:00. YES. 6:00. AND THE RECEPTION STARTS AT SEVEN. WHAT TIME? AM I UP? YEAH, YEAH, SURE. IF I COME TO THE MEETING LIKE THIS AND IF I GOT PEOPLE LOOKING AT ME, I MIGHT STAY TUNED. THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO YOU, AS WE KNOW THESE DAYS FOR THESE EVENTS, TO LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS ONE CAME TO ME ON FRIDAY TO MY OPPONENT, THIS SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A YEARLY EVENT. SO LET ME. SO WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT. SO LET ME JUST SHARE WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE CHAMBER AND THEIR CALENDAR. LIKE JANUARY TO THE STATE OF THE CITY. AND THEN SEPTEMBER THEY'LL DO THE REMEMBRANCE AND THEN EITHER SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. THEN THEY'LL DO THE VEGAS NIGHT.AND. THAT'S THAT'S THE EVENTS THAT I CAN RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. SO THAT'S GIVE YOU A SENSE. FREE TO LOOK FOR. YEAH. AND I BELIEVE THAT IN MAY THERE'S A GOLF OUTING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL I DON'T DO GOLF. I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE GOLF TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR. OKAY. SO MAY. OKAY I KNOW APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE WORK ON IMPROVING THAT. YES. THANK YOU.
[4.a. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2025-1-1 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SUCCEED FOREVER COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FOR A SIGN GRANT FOR THE OUTLET RETAIL STORE AT 914 S. CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE IN THE AMOUNT UP TO $7,950.00 AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]
OKAY. TAKE US TO ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA. PUBLIC HEARINGS. ALL RIGHT I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST ITEM NUMBER A AND OUR PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA IS TO CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2025. DASH ONE. DASH ONE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SUCCEED FOREVER COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION FOR A SIGNED GRANT FOR THE OUTLET RETAIL STORE LOCATED AT 914 SOUTH CEDAR RIDGE DRIVE, IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO $7,950, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. OKAY, IF I MAY, BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION, CAN I GET A FIRST AND SECOND AND A VOTE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO IF YOU REMEMBER, ON OUR LAST MEETING WITH THE GUIDANCE FROM OUR ATTORNEY, DETERMINED THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. BUT CERTAINLY WHEN WE TAKE ACTION, WE'LL FOLLOW THE SAME ROADS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION. DID YOU WANT TO CALL FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION? WELL, WERE YOU PREPARED TO DO THAT AFTER THE PRESENTATION? YEAH, IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT THAT IS AFTER THE STAFF PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION DELIBERATIONS, THE BOARD MEMBERS, THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY. YEAH. WELL THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENT GOFF AND DC-DC BOARD MEMBERS, I AM HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT. SO SOME OF THE BACKGROUND IT'S A LITTLE CUP SUCCEED FOREVER COMMUNITY[00:55:05]
TRANSFORMATION. THEY ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 2014. THEY ARE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION BASED IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. THEIR MISSION IS TO SERVE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY HELPING SET A POSITIVE. VISION FOR STUDENTS FUTURES, ALONG WITH SPECIFIC GOALS TO ACHIEVE THEM. I WOULD SAY SHE COULD MOVE THE SQUARE TO OVER. YEAH, WE'RE HAVING OUR TEAMS IS A LITTLE BIT YEAH, YEAH PRESENTATION BUT I CAN'T. OH GOTCHA. OKAY. I'M SORRY.SPECIFICALLY THE OUTLET THRIFT STORE OPENED IN 2018 TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE, HIGH QUALITY SHOPPING FOR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO WITH A DUAL PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE INITIATIVES OF SUCCEED FOREVER NONPROFIT. PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE EXPANDED INTO DUNCANVILLE WITH THEIR THIRD AND LARGEST STORE YET, AND THEIR PROGRAMS. SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMS ARE BASED OUT OF THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE, INCLUDING THE HOMESCHOOL PE PROGRAM, THE VISION, HACKER'S ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, AND STRENGTH AND AGILITY TRAINING FOR CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR BACKGROUND. THE FIRST STORE WAS OPENED IN MIDLOTHIAN IN 2018, AND IT WAS OPENED WITH 950FT■!S INSIDE OF A COFFEE SHO, AND WITHIN A YEAR AND A HALF THEY EXPANDED TO A NEW LOCATION IN MIDLOTHIAN WITH 2100FT■!S. IN 2021, THEY OPENED THEIR SECOND STORE IN CEDAR HILL WITH A SPACE OF JUST OVER 2100FT■!S. AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS THAT TOGETHER, BOTH THE STORES BENEFITED FROM EACH OTHER'S SUCCESS AND IT HELPED TO ADVANCE THEIR GROWTH. IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, 2024, THEY OPENED THEIR THIRD STORE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, AND IT IS KNOWN AS THEIR SUPERSTORE WITH FIVE 5000FT■!S, EXCUSE ME. AND WITHIN SIX MONTHS, BASED ON THE FIGURES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, THEIR STORE HERE IN DUNCANVILLE HAS EXCEEDED THE FIRST YEAR SALES COMPARED TO THE OTHER TWO STORES THAT WERE OPEN PREVIOUSLY. AND WE EXPECT THESE TRENDS TO CONTINUE. IT WILL JUST INCREASE THE SALES TAX THAT'S GENERATED, THE REVENUE. SO THE SCOPE IN THE PROPOSAL, THE REQUEST IS REGARDING SIGNAGE. AND SPECIFICALLY THEY'VE MADE IT KNOWN THAT THEIR SIGNAGE, THEIR LOGO HAS BECOME WELL KNOWN. AND THAT HELPS TO IDENTIFY THEIR STORE, THEIR BRAND AND IN RETURN INCREASE THE VOLUME OF FOOT TRAFFIC THAT THEY HAVE. THEY ALSO WANT TO INCREASE THEIR PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE DID REVIEW THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE DIMENSIONS. AND THEY DO MEET THE CITY'S CODE REQUIREMENT. THEY HAVE SIGNED A FIVE YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT, AND THEY DO PLAN TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY EVEN LONGER PAST THAT TERM. THE SIGNAGE WOULD INCLUDE ILLUMINATED CHANNEL LETTER SIGNS ON THE BUILDING, ALONG WITH REPLACING THE FACES OF A TWO SIDED POLE SIGN. SO THE WHY? INTRODUCING THE NEW BUILDING SIGNAGE WOULD CREATE A WELCOMING AND VISUALLY APPEALING ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT AREA FOR THEIR BUILDING SPECIFICALLY, AND TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL BUSINESS TO IMPROVE THE CURB APPEAL TO, OF COURSE, ATTRACT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC AND HOPEFULLY WITH DUNCANVILLE BEING THEIR THIRD, THEN WE CAN ALSO FEED OFF OF THE SUCCESSES OF THE PREVIOUS STORES AS WELL AND INCREASE THE VISITORS THAT WE GET, NOT JUST FROM THE THREE CITIES, BUT HOPEFULLY FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AS WELL. SO THE SPECIFIC REQUEST IS FOR $7,950 FOR THE SIGNAGE. IT INCLUDES, AS I MENTIONED, BOTH THE IN THE ILLUMINATED LETTERS, THE SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING ITSELF, ALONG WITH THE FACES FOR THE EXISTING POLE SIGN. AND THIS REQUEST DOES ALIGN WITH THE EDC'S GOALS OF OFFERING INCENTIVE GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO BUSINESS OWNERS FOR PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEY DID SUBMIT, BASED ON THE THREE QUOTES THAT WERE SUBMITTED. THE BAKER BAKER SIGNED COMPANY WAS THE MOST COMPETITIVE AND A
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PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF SAVINGS AS COMPARED TO THE OTHER TWO. SO IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, AGAIN, BASED ON THE SALES FIGURES THAT WERE PROVIDED, THEY'RE MIDLOTHIAN STORE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S JUST A TREND OF INCREASING SALES YEAR OVER YEAR FROM 2018, WHEN THEY OPENED, 2019, 2020, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST FROM 2019 TO 2020, THEY ALMOST TRIPLED THEIR SALES. AND SAME WITH CEDAR HILL. THEY JUST HAVE BEEN GROWING EXPONENTIALLY. AND FOR DUNCANVILLE, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN OPEN SINCE JULY. SO EVEN JUST THAT, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT FIRST YEAR, AND REALLY IT'S JUST SIX MONTHS, BEING HERE HAS EXCEEDED THEIR FIRST YEAR SALES ALREADY. SO THIS IS A MAP OF THEIR LOCATION ON CEDAR RIDGE. JUST SOUTH OF WHEATLAND AND NORTH OF. BIG STONE. IS THAT BIG STONE. BIG STONE THAT CUT OFF. THESE ARE VISUALS OF THEIR CURRENT SIGNAGE AT THE OTHER TWO LOCATIONS. THE TOP LEFT IS THEIR MIDLOTHIAN LOCATION, AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE SIGNAGE THAT WAS INSTALLED NOT TOO LONG AGO AT THE CEDAR HILL LOCATION. SO THIS IS THE EXISTING SIGNAGE AT THEIR PROPERTY. RIGHT NOW. IT IS THE SIGNAGE THAT BELONGS TO THE CURRENT LANDLORDS THAT OWN THE STORE THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY, AND THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PROPERLY IDENTIFY WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO. THESE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE INTERIOR SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION. SO YOU COULD SEE HOW CLEANLY AND ORDERLY THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES TO BE. AND AGAIN, PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY ITEMS AND NOT BEING KNOWN JUST AS A TYPICAL THRIFT STORE, JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT THEY'RE TRYING TO ELEVATE THE TYPE OF PRODUCTS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. JUST SOME MORE PHOTOS. AND A VARIETY OF HOME GOODS, CLOTHING. AND WE CAN ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. JUST A SECOND. SO THIS IS A MOCK UP OF THE RENDERING, SHOULD I SAY, OF WHAT THE PROPOSED SIGNAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE BUILDING? LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE DIMENSIONS AND THEY DO MEET CODE. THIS IS THE CURRENT POLE SIGN THAT THE. THEN IT'S TWO TWO FACING A POLE SIGN. HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING IS THE RENDERING FOR THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE THAT WOULD GO ON THE SIGN. AND I WILL ASK IF WE HAVE MISS EMILY HERE WHO IS REPRESENTING SIX SEED FOREVER COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION. AND SHE CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON ANYTHING THAT I MAY HAVE LEFT OUT. YEAH, I MEAN, I'D JUST LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, BUT YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING US. WE'VE BEEN, LIKE I SAID, NOT JUST IN THE SOUTHERN COMMUNITIES. GO AHEAD. SORRY. I WOULD SAY IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND BUSINESS ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YES, MY NAME IS EMILY DOCK. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUCCEED FOREVER COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION. SO. YEAH, BUT YOU DID A GOOD JOB. DEFINITELY. WE HAVE HAD A PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST MIDLOTHIAN, CEDAR HILL, BUT BASICALLY I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE SOUTH OF 20, WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS, BUT THEN WE ALSO DO PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF THAT AS WELL. BASICALLY JUST BRINGING THE POSITIVE MINDSET, HELPING KIDS THAT MAYBE HAVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND NOT SO POSITIVE WAYS TO SHOW THEM, HEY, YOU CAN REROUTE THAT. MAYBE YOUR FAMILY HASN'T HAD, YOU KNOW, GIVEN YOU THOSE TOOLS OR, OR WHATEVER SITUATION CAN BE, BUT WE CAN TAKE THOSE SKILLS AND YOU CAN IMPACT YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO WE DO THAT THROUGH VERY SPECIFIC TYPES OF VISION AND GOAL SETTING WHERE LIKE TOMORROW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO GET TOWARDS THIS GOAL. SO WE MAP THAT OUT WITH THEM. WELL, THROUGH HOME SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. BUT THEN THE STORES, WE INITIALLY IT WAS IT WAS IN 2018 AS A FUNDING SOURCE, BUT IT TURNED INTO GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY REALLY WELL. AND MORE THAN JUST A PART, IT'S MORE OF A PART OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO, AND NOT JUST MADE TO DO WHAT[01:05:06]
WE'RE DOING. BUT YEAH, ONE THING THAT SHE STATED WAS WE'VE HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM MIDLOTHIAN COME TO DUNCANVILLE SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR STORE AND FROM CEDAR HILL AS WELL, BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY EVERY STORE IS TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, TEN MINUTES FROM MIDLOTHIAN TO CEDAR HILL AND CEDAR HILL TO HERE. AND SO IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY WE WERE GOING TO DALLAS ANYWAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH DUNCANVILLE. AND SO THAT SIDE OF IT, WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. AND IT'S JUST GOING TO INCREASE AS WE ALWAYS KNOW, LIKE ABOUT A YEAR IS WHEN OUR STORES KIND OF REALLY TAKE OFF MORE. THE SIGNAGE DEFINITELY SAYS 75. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN VERY CONFUSED, OF COURSE. AND SO I ALWAYS KNOW AS A PREVIOUS CUSTOMER TO THEM BECAUSE THEY JUST LOOK. AND SO THEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, NO, THIS IS NEW. WE'RE NOT THEM. THEY WERE AWESOME. WE'RE DIFFERENT THOUGH. WE'RE NOT THE SAME. SO NOT ONLY THAT, BUT KNOWING THAT THAT BUSINESS WAS THERE A LONG TIME. SO WE DO HAVE THAT FOOT TRAFFIC. BUT I THINK ONCE NEW SIGNS COME UP IT'LL ALERT THE COMMUNITY MORE. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY THEY RECOGNIZE THE LOGO OR THE FEEL OF THE STORE WHEN THEY WALK IN, SO THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE BECAUSE OF OUR OTHER LOCATIONS. SO THE BRANDING HAS BEEN PRETTY BECAUSE WE DID A STUDY TO SEE IF WE SHOULD CHANGE THE BRANDING. AND WE REALIZED REAL QUICK THE FEEDBACK WAS WE, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME. SO BUT YEAH, IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE IN DUNCANVILLE. AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT FIRST SIX MONTHS. SO. WE HAVE. YEAH. SOMEBODY WANT TO GO FIRST? I DON'T HAVE TO GO FIRST BUT I HAVE NO NO NO NO. IS THAT A GOOD QUESTION? YOU MENTIONED PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. DO YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH DALLAS, DALLAS, DUNCANVILLE ISD PRESIDENT. SO WE DON'T CURRENTLY IN THE PAST WE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH IT WAS ACTUALLY A CUSTOMER WHO WAS A TEACHER THERE. AND SO WE'D HELP SUPPLY THE CLOSET WITH THE NEEDS LIKE CLOTHING AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE SCHOOL IN THE PAST. WE HAVEN'T CURRENTLY BEEN IN THE SCHOOL, BUT A CONNECTION WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. SO COULD I GET YOU TO, LIKE, STAND OVER THERE? YES. SORRY. NO. THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S OKAY. THE FIRST TIME HERE. YES, IT IS MY FIRST TIME HERE. YES. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANKS FOR COMING. AND SO YOU MENTIONED AND ALSO AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION IT TALKS ABOUT HIGH QUALITY SHOPPING. AND SO. DO YOU ALL AS YOU SELL MERCHANDISE. DO YOU ALL CHARGE AND REMIT SALES TAX. SO WE'RE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX WHEN WE PURCHASE ITEMS. BUT WHEN WE SELL THEM WE'RE NOT EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX. SO WE SUBMIT SALES TAX PAYMENTS EVERY MONTH OKAY. SO. YOUR BUSINESS WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE COFFERS. WE HAVE BEEN FOR SIX MONTHS. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES. SO YOU MENTIONED HIGH QUALITY.MERCHANDISE. SO CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF SO HIGH QUALITY MERCHANDISE? TO ME, HIGH QUALITY IS WALKING IN AND SEEING IT LOOK AS GOOD AS IT WOULD LOOK IF YOU GO INTO A REGULAR STORE. SO WE'RE VERY PICKY ON WHAT WE PUT OUT, BECAUSE WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO FEEL VALUED, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIFT THROUGH THINGS THAT ARE HOLES OR SMELLY OR WHATEVER, THAT THEY CAN COME IN AND KNOW. THEY CAN JUST LOOK FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE WITHOUT HAVING TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT IT HAS IMPERFECTIONS ON IT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING'S BRAND NAME, IT JUST MEANS THAT IT'S GOOD QUALITY. SO. SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE. WHAT I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW COULD BE SOMETHING FOR SALE AT YOUR STORE. YEP. IF I TOOK IT TO THE CLEANERS FIRST AND MADE SURE THERE WERE NO HOLES IN IT. YEAH, WE SAY CLEAN, GENTLY USED. OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE OTHER ITEMS, BUT WE HAVE SYSTEMS TO PROCESS THINGS FAST, AND WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT PICKS UP MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK, AND THEY ALSO GIVE US MONEY FOR THOSE ITEMS. THEY END UP GOING INTO OTHER STORES THROUGHOUT THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA. SO THEY'RE NOT THROWN AWAY. BUT WE THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE I CAN BE VERY PICKY, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'LL BE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE OR RECYCLED. SO YEAH, WELL, I NEED A I NEED A CONCERN LIKE YOURS. SINCE I'VE RETIRED. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO. WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR TO WEAR NICE THINGS. SO ALL THE NICE THINGS THAT I'VE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS KIND OF NEED A NEW HOME. YEAH. WE'RE HERE. YEP.
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I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THEN. YEAH, WE'RE OPEN EVERY DAY BUT SUNDAY AND TAKE DONATIONS ALL THREE STORE HOURS. SO YEAH. OKAY. BECAUSE WHEN MR. COOK SAYS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? OKAY.I'M, I'M KIND OF I'M KIND OF I'M KIND OF A. OFF SIZE. AND MY COACH IS 44 LONG WITH MY PANTS AT 36. AND USUALLY IT'S 44, 38 IS THE STANDARD SIZE. OKAY. SO BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SMALL HILL FOR A CLIMBER PUT TOGETHER. SO WE'LL HOOK UP AND THEN WELL WHAT YOU CAN'T GET THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE NINTH STREET. OH AND THE SHOES ARE 11. OKAY. NOW YOU'RE SURE WITH WITH HOW YOU'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUR LAYOUT AND SELECTION OF ARTICLES FOR SALE. AND YOU JUST RIGHT NOW MENTIONED ABOUT TAKING ITEMS IN DONATIONS DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, CAN YOU SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT THAT PART AND THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A BIN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE'VE SEEN BIDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND OFTENTIMES THEY COULD JUST GO FULL OF STUFF AND BIDS ARE NOT EMPTY AND JUST. YEAH, SO WE'VE TRIED WITH THE BIN IN MIDLOTHIAN, THEY GAVE US AN EXCEPTION ON HAVING A BIN, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT PART OF THEIR NORMAL. AND WE SAW A LOT OF TRASH, A LOT OF MATTRESSES AND COUCHES AND THINGS THAT WE DON'T TAKE. AND, AND THEN ALSO A LOT OF THEFT. SO WE HAD TO PUT UP CAMERAS AND THEN WE ENDED UP JUST PULLING THEM. AND IT DID NOT AFFECT US. IF ANYTHING, IT MADE US AT OUR JOB EASIER. I THINK WE STILL GET THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE LIKE IN THE BEST CONDITION THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH, BUT I THINK HANDING SOMETHING TO SOMEONE, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO GIVE THEM YOUR TRASH, YOU KNOW, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND OF COURSE, WE DON'T TAKE CERTAIN ITEMS LIKE MATTRESSES AND THINGS, SO WE DON'T EVER, EVER SINCE THAT HAPPENED, THAT PROBABLY WAS 2020. MAYBE WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE MATTRESS LEFT. WE HAVEN'T HAD FURNITURE LEFT OUT THERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY. AND IF IT DOES HAPPEN, WE HAVE A SYSTEM TO GET IT OUT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO WE DO TAKE DONATIONS DURING BUSINESS HOURS 10 TO 6 AND PULL THROUGH THE BACK. THEY CALL US, WE HELP THEM GET IT OUT OF THE CAR. SO IT'S VERY EFFICIENT. BUT YEAH, EVEN IF YOU GUYS WERE LIKE, GET A BIN, I WOULD SAY NO, THANK YOU. IT'S JUST NOT IT'S A HEADACHE. IT'S. YEAH, IT'S THEFT AND CRIME. ANYTHING OUT BACK. SO AND IT HELPS TO CUT DOWN ON NEIGHBORHOOD BLIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE WITH THAT. YEAH. YEAH. WE DON'T EVER HAVE ANYTHING SITTING OUTSIDE OF OUR BUILDINGS. IT'S ALL MANAGED INSIDE. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THE BOARD OKAY I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN ATTENDANCE. BUT FOR THE RECORD, SINCE WE STILL ARE IN A PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AN OPPOSITION FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM. HEARING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. WELCOME. YES. TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. SO I WILL FIRST ASK FOR ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION RELATED TO THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVED.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BOARD MEMBER HARVEY. WE HAVE A SECOND. A SECOND OKAY. AND A SECOND BOARD MEMBER SAVAGE. TANYA SAVAGE. HI, PATRICK HARVIE. HI. DEVELOPING. HI. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. WELCOME AGAIN. OKAY. WELL, WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN UP ITEM FIVE. SO I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MOVE TO ADJOURN. I SECOND. MOTION. SAVAGE AND SECOND. MR. HARVEY. THANK YOU. TANYA SAVAGE PATRICK HARVEY A.
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PENELOPE A MARLIN GOFF, I THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.