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          WITH IT. I JUST HAVE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 602. THIS IS THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULAR BOARD MEETING. MAY THE 19TH, 2025. AND WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND SO THE MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED TO ORDER. WE HAVE THE INVOCATION. THANK YOU. NOT A PLACE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO IF YOU WILL STAND AND JOIN WITH ME AND JOIN. ME, THAT I AM THE FATHER. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NARRATIVE, BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN US FAVOR IN YOUR SIGHT. THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK GOOD ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE ARE HERE. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD LEAVE THAT AND DIRECT US IN OUR DELIBERATIONS, POSITION US, AND ENABLE US TO DO THE RIGHT THING ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY, MOVING IT FORWARD IN YOUR NAME. FOR THIS WE ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. AMEN. ALRIGHT. AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS? ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. TEXAS PLEDGE, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          [1. CITIZEN’S PUBLIC FORUM]
CITIZENS. PUBLIC FORUM AND SUBMIT A COMMENT VIA EMAIL FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS. YOU SUBMIT A COMMENT BY 4 P.M. ON MONDAY, MAY 19TH, 2025. EMAIL MUST. GOV EMAIL TITLED PUBLIC COMMENT MAY 19TH, 2025. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD. SO TO STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY SUBMITTED IN THAT 
          [2.a. BOARD MEMBER’S REPORTS]
MANNER? IF NOT, WE DID NOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS. THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME FROM. NO, SIR. I HAVE 1 OR 2 ACTUALLY. WE WENT TO THE BURGERS AND BOWLING. THE CHAMBER HAD HOSTED, AND I'M SURE IN THE DIRECTOR REPORT OF THAT. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET A COUPLE NEW BANKERS THAT ARE IN TOWN, AND SO I REALLY. THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD EVENT. SO I WAS GLAD WE HAD A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR DOWN THE ROAD, ONCE WE GET A FULL BOARD OF MEMBERS, IS MAYBE A WORKSHOP ON LAND ACQUISITION AND AVENUES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE EDC TO LAND BANK THINGS THAT METHODS THAT WE COULD USE OTHER THAN JUST LIKE A STRAIGHT PURCHASE AND OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF. SO. JUST SOMETHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO US. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EXTRA TRAINING THAT MR. BREWER AND THE TEAM ARE PROVIDING US. IT'S BENEFICIAL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I LIKE TO TAKE THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TO INTRODUCE SOME MATERIAL THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. AND IT HAS TO DO WITH STRATEGIC PLAN AND WORK PLAN. AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT UP ON THE FLOOR. YOU'RE WELCOME. LET ME LET ME START BY SAYING STATING THE OBVIOUS. DUNCANVILLE IS A BEDROOM 
          [00:05:01]
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR ABILITY TO FUND AND PROVIDE QUALITY MUNICIPAL SERVICES. SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC GROWTH DEPENDS ON OUR ABILITY TO ACT STRATEGICALLY AND INTENTIONALLY IN ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. OUR SHARED HOPE IS TO TRANSFORM THE TAX BURDEN TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS SECTORS. THIS TRANSFORMATION WILL NOT OCCUR OR MIGHT BECAUSE WE, DUNCANVILLE DIDN'T BECOME A BEDROOM COMMUNITY OVERNIGHT. CHANGE IS DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE WITHOUT A PLAN, BUT A PLAN CAN LEAD TO A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME WHEN APPLIED CONSISTENTLY. THIS CONSISTENCY IS ACHIEVED BY DEVELOPING AND LINKING VISION, MISSION, STRATEGIC GOALS AND WORK ETHIC. THIS MATERIAL IS PRESENTED TO YOU THIS EVENING FOR YOUR REVIEW AND COMMENT. YES, I AM GIVING OUT ALL. ULTIMATELY, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN A FUTURE MEETING TO REVIEW AND POSSIBLY TAKE ACTION TO ADOPT THIS WAY FORWARD. AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN. AND THIS WILL BE A SUMMARY OF THE MATERIAL THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE DC EDC FISCAL YEAR 2026 STRATEGIC PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THIS INTEGRATED STRATEGIC PLAN AND WORK PLAN SETS A UNIFIED DIRECTION FOR THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GROUNDED IN THE VISION OF THE DUNCANVILLE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND INFORMED BY YEAR ONE ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER. THIS DOCUMENT ALIGNS LOCAL ECONOMIC GOALS WITH OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION. JUST TO GIVE YOU A PEEK OF WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THE CURTAIN, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T MAKE THIS UP MYSELF. YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE, BUT ANYWAY. NO, THIS WAS MATERIAL THAT WAS WORKED ON BY OUR CONSULTANTS, T2 CONSULTING T2 CONSULTING. OKAY. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. BUT ANYWAY, BETWEEN THAT FIRM AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THEIR FINAL PRODUCT WAS A STRATEGIC PLAN COVERING A NUMBER OF YEARS FROM 2025 TO 2029. SO I TOOK IT AND WENT THROUGH IT. IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE ON AND ON. AND SO I. KIND OF CONDENSED IT DOWN FOR ONE YEAR. AND SO THAT'S THE BACKGROUND OF THIS DOCUMENT. SO STRATEGIC GOALS 2026 GOAL ONE STRENGTHEN BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION AND ATTRACTION. UNDERNEATH THAT LAUNCH A BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM. AS WE GET LATER IN THE AGENDA, STAFF HAS STARTED WORKING ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM AND YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND TALK ABOUT IT. GOAL TWO ADVANCE REDEVELOPMENT GOAL THREE EMPOWER SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURS. SLIDE. THREE GO FOR ENHANCE CULTURAL, TOURISM AND SPORTS BASED DEVELOPMENT. 
          GOAL FIVE PROMOTE WORKFORCE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT. GOAL SIX FOSTER TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT. AND RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT IT SAYS ALIGN THE EDC BUDGET WITH STRATEGIC GOAL CATEGORY. SO WE DID. WE DID HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT PROVIDED TO 
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US BY STAFF. AND THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND I HAVE SOME EXTRA COPIES JUST IN CASE YOU WANTED. BUT IF YOU GO BACK. TO THE MEETING OF MAY THE 5TH, THAT'S WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED. 
          SO JUST TAKE ONE AND HAND IT OUT. SO WHAT I'M HANDING TO YOU IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET BROKEN DOWN BY STRATEGIC CATEGORY. AND SO WHEN WE SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LINKING. WORK PLAN AND GOALS, VISION MISSION THAT'S AND ALLOCATING RESOURCES THEN THIS IS THE END PRODUCT. THAT WAS AGAIN AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FOR US TO SUCCEED WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THINGS STRATEGICALLY AND INTENTIONALLY. AND SO THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES A WAY FORWARD IN WHICH WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. 
          SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK PLANS FISCAL YEAR 2026 STRATEGIC GOALS AND ACTIONS ONE. BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION TWO. REDEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT THREE. SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT TOURISM AND EVENTS FIVE. WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIPS AND SIX. COMMUNICATION AND REPORTING. NOW THE SLIDE THAT WE JUST SHOWED. SO SHOW GOAL SIX GO BACK TO OKAY SEE THAT FOSTER TRANSPARENCY ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT. THEN WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE GOAL SIX IS CALLED SOMETHING ELSE. SO I POINT THAT OUT TO FOR YOU ALL TO SEE THAT THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND SO WE, WE NEED THE INPUT OF THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. I CONGRATULATE STAFF FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THEM IN A IN A VERY NEAR FUTURE TO CONTINUE TO WORK OUT THIS PROCESS. FISCAL YEAR 2026 PERFORMANCE METRICS. KEY INDICATOR EQUALS BUSINESS VISIT CONSIDERED. TARGET EQUALS. WE ARE HOPING. WE ARE HOPING TO AT LEAST DO 30 OR MORE BUSINESS VISITS TO CHECK IN WITH OUR BUSINESSES, SEE HOW THEY DO. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ASSIST OR HELP THAT'S AUTHENTIC? SO AND WE'RE GOING TO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT MEASURED MONTH BY MONTH SO THAT WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS BOTH STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL. YES, I KNOW I'M WEARING THAT PHRASE OUT, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. NEXT SLIDE. 
          YES, SIR. THAT'S IT. SO ANYWAY, TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU AND WORK ON IT. AND THEN WE WILL PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA. GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE. AND WE'LL LOOK AT IT, TALK ABOUT IT, TAKE ACTION ON IT, AND MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 
          [2.b. DIRECTOR’S REPORTS]
ATTENTION. SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR BARRERA FOR DIRECTOR'S REPORT. THANK YOU. AND GOOD EVENING. TO JUST ADD UPON WHAT MR. HARVEY HAD SHARED WITH YOU, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS REALLY A CULMINATION OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INPUTS AND DIRECTIONS. WE ARE WAITING TO BE FURTHER ALONG WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BECAUSE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THERE WILL BE A SPECIFIC STRATEGIES IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION TABLE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STRATEGIES ARE PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL ULTIMATELY THEN END UP BEING THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK PLAN. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE IN LINE AND SPEAKING WITH EACH OTHER AND ARE IN LINE, THAT THEY'RE NOT IN CONFLICT. AND SO WE'RE EXPECTED TO HAVE A DRAFT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. ONCE WE HAVE THE DRAFT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE STRATEGIES IN THAT PLAN, AND WE'LL BE INCORPORATING THOSE INTO STRATEGIC PLAN AS THEY LAY OUT FOR THE YEARS, AND WE'LL MAKE SOME CHANGES. AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS PROVIDE YOU WITH A RED LINE VERSION OF THE NEW PLAN OR THE LATEST DRAFT PLAN, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S BEEN REMOVED, ADDED, ETCETERA, AND JUST KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW THE 
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DOCUMENT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO THAT'S THAT. LAST THURSDAY WAS I SHARE WITH YOU THAT LAST THURSDAY WAS THE CLOSING TO THE PROPERTY, 220 NORTH MAIN STREET. 
          THIS IS THE PROPERTY SOUTH OF BEN FRANKLIN FOR THE PROPOSED LATINO RESTAURANT. SO CLOSING TOOK PLACE. AND THURSDAY EVENING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM WENT OUT TO THE RESTAURANT AND TRIED A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE ON THE MENU AND SAY A VERY DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT THERE. BUT WE TOOK IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A BUSINESS VISIT. BUT AS WELL AS CONGRATULATE THE OWNERS WELCOMED THEM TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE GAVE THEM A NUMBER OF DUNCANVILLE SWAG, IF YOU WILL. AND THEN THE HARD PART IS NOW OVER. NOW COMES THE FUN PART, THE BEST PART. BUT WE WILL ASSIST THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN GETTING THEIR PLANS REVIEWED AND PERMIT ISSUED SO THEY CAN OPEN THEIR DOORS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO I WANT TO SHARE THAT GOOD NEWS WITH YOU. LAST THURSDAY, I ALSO MET WITH THE HOTEL DEVELOPER FOR THE TOYOTA SITE, AND SHE SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY ANTICIPATE HAVING SOME CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS TO US WITHIN THE NEXT 6 TO 8 WEEKS. THEY ASKED US IF WE WOULD BE SO KIND ENOUGH TO SHARE ANY AND ALL STUDIES, REPORTS, DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SITE SO THEY CAN REVIEW HAVE THEIR TEAM REVIEW AS THEY START PUTTING TOGETHER THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS. SO. MISS ZUKA MENTIONED BANKS IN SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES BEING IN ATTENDANCE AT THE CHAMBERS EVENT LAST FRIDAY. WE ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH BANK TEXAS BANK AS THE LENDER ON THE ENCINA DEAL, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT HAVING A MEETING AFTER THE CLOSE, SOMETIME AFTER THE CLOSING AND SEEING HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE AND WHAT PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING THEM MORE ASSISTANCE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES, BUSINESS OWNERS, ACQUISITION, ETCETERA. SO WE'RE SET TO SIT DOWN WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO TO KIND OF DISCUSS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. THE ITEM WAS BROUGHT ABOUT LAND ACQUISITION. WE WILL DEFINITELY BRING THAT TO YOU HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          ABOUT THE OPTIONS. ONE THING THAT WE KIND OF HAVE BEEN TOYING AROUND WITH, AND WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY WORK THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF OUR ATTORNEY, IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CORPORATION OBTAINING A LINE OF CREDIT? SO WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY STRIKES THAT THE CORPORATION COULD PURCHASE A PROPERTY THROUGH ITS LINE OF CREDIT AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO USE ITS ITS CASH MONIES TO BUY IT, BUT THAT IN THAT SCENARIO, IF THAT'S AN OPTION THAT IT WOULD PUT, IT WOULD GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE CORPORATION TO BUY THESE PROPERTIES WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF. BUT ALSO PUT A SITUATION WHERE, SINCE YOU'RE PAYING THE INTEREST MONTHLY TO QUICKLY DO SOMETHING WITH IT AND DISPOSE OF IT, PUT IT IN A IN THE HANDS OF A DEVELOPER TO KEEP THAT REVOLVING ACCOUNT GOING. THOSE DETAILS WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT JUST YET, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION HERE SOON TO SEE IF THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION. AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MAY NEED TO PUT INTO THE BYLAWS, SINCE WE'RE SINCE WE'RE MAKING SEVERAL AMENDMENTS, JUST AGAIN, TO LEAVE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS OPEN AND NOT BE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE USING YOUR YOUR CASH FUNDS TO PURCHASE A PURCHASE PROPERTY AND HAVE THEM SEND YOUR MONEY THERE. 
          THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR THE TIME BEING. SO THE COMPANION TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT WE SENT OUT AS PART OF YOUR PACKET, RIGHT. UPDATED STATEMENTS FOR MAIN STATION AS WELL AS SALES TAX TREND REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO STAND IF THERE ARE ANY ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO EITHER OF THOSE REPORTS, MAYBE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DIGEST THEM FULLY. BUT AS A PRACTICE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEND THOSE TO YOU ALONG WITH THE PACKET, RIGHT, SO THAT YOU HAD TIME OR AT LEAST A CURSORY OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THROUGH THEM. AND THEN DURING THE MEETING SESSION, BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS. RIGHT. SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER ON THE SLIDE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT THERE'S ANY ANY QUESTIONS. ONE POINT I DO WANT TO MAKE OUT. AND THIS RELATED TO AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER IN THE AGENDA. THE SALES TAX FORECAST. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PARTICULARLY TOOK NOTE OF WAS THAT WHILE ANYTIME WE HAVE MAJOR BRANDS, MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS LIKE LIKE COSTCO, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT. IT'S GOOD BECAUSE WE KNOW, TRUST ME, I CAN SHOW YOU SOME DEBITS ON OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT FROM COSTCO, BUT THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THE TOP 10% OF OUR TAXPAYERS. AND SO WHILE THAT'S GOOD, IT'S ALSO 
          [00:20:05]
CAUTIONARY, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN THOSE RETAILERS EXIT THE MARKET, RIGHT, AND THEY ACCOUNT FOR 30% OF ALL OF THE SALES TAX WERE GENERATED IN THE CITY, IT THEN SPEAKS TO, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF GROWING OUR SMALL BUSINESS, RIGHT, AND CREATING COMMUNITY WEALTH SO THAT WE'RE MORE AND MORE DIVERSIFIED, RIGHT. SO WE CAN SUSTAIN THOSE THINGS WHILE STILL ENJOYING THE PARTNERSHIP AND FRUITS OF OUR LARGE RETAILERS. BUT WHEN ONLY TEN TAXPAYERS WHO COLLECT THOSE RETAIL POINT OF SALE TRANSACTIONS MAKE UP 30% OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE, AS A LOCAL ECONOMY, YOU KNOW IT. THERE'S IMPLICATIONS GOOD AND BAD WITH THAT. AND JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. AND AGAIN, MAIN STATION LIKE YOU SAID THAT WAS IN THEIR LEASE RATES. OCCUPANCY RATES EXCUSE ME CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND HIGH. THAT TELLS US THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THAT TYPE OF HOUSING, BUT ALSO SPECIFIC TO THAT QUALITY OR THAT PARTICULAR HOUSING, WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF OUR ASSETS, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP. SO IT'S DOING GOOD. MR. GOFF, YOU CAN WHEATLAND PLAZA, HOW'S OUR TAX REVENUE FROM THOSE RENTALS OR MOST OF THEM SALES TAX GENERATING TENANTS. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHEATLAND PLAZA IF I CAN. 
          MAYBE LATER ON. CAUSE YEAH, THAT QUESTION, WHILE WE HAVEN'T YET STARTED TO RECEIVE THE MONTHLY FINANCIALS LIKE WE HAVE WITH MAIN STATION, BECAUSE THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE TEN YEAR OPERATING PRO FORMA. WHEREAS TECHNICALLY WE THE PLAN IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. BUT YEAH, THERE'S AN EASY ANSWER TO THE MIX OF TENANTS. AND WE APPLY THEM. AND ABSOLUTELY A LOT OF THEM GENERATE SALES TAX. AND THEN OVERALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ARE WE GETTING REPORTS ON WHERE SOURCES ARE COMING OTHER THAN THE TOP TEN OR. YEAH, I GUESS THE QUESTION GOES, HOW DO WE KNOW EVERYBODY IS DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO TURN IN THOSE RECEIPTS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TURNING IN? YEAH, THAT'S A FINANCE AND COMPLIANCE QUESTION. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW HOW THAT'S COORDINATED WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. BUT I WOULD SPECULATE THROUGH THE STATE, THE STATE, THE STATE, THE STATE HAS A REPORT. THAT THEY PRODUCE ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS. IN A CITY THIS SIZE. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO A SALES TAX AUDIT ON A RANDOM BASIS. ON BUSINESSES IN DUNCANVILLE. I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO RELY ON IS TECHNOLOGY IN OUR LINKAGE TO THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. THERE IS SOFTWARE AVAILABLE THAT CAN TAKE THAT DATA FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, AND THEN YOU CAN MASSAGE IT ISOLATED BY VARIOUS VENDORS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING. AND I'M NOT SURE IF DUNCANVILLE HAS IT. I SUSPECT THAT THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO AUDITS. AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE DON'T. BUT WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THE COMPANY THAT CAN AND WILL. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A COPY OF THEIR PROPOSAL, BUT THEY DID A JUST A JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL AUDIT AND FOUND THAT THERE'S SOME FUNDS THAT WE HAVEN'T CAPTURED THAT WE CAN CAPTURE, CAPTURING. AND SO ENOUGH THAT IT'S WORTH PURSUING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COMPANY. AND SO WE'RE WORKING OUT THOSE DETAILS. LIKE I SAID I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT AGREEMENT. BUT YES, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE A BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN CAPTURING BASED ON JUST SOME PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THIS COMPANY. BECAUSE IF IT'S MONEY LEFT ON THE TABLE, THAT'S A CERTAIN COMPANY FOUND SOME MONEY THAT WAS LEFT ON THE TABLE THAT WE CAN GO AFTER. YEAH. SO I'LL, I'LL BRING THAT TO YOU IN A FUTURE MEETING. BUT NO, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT. AWESOME. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR US FOR DIRECTOR'S REPORT. ACTUALLY, I JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT REVENUE, THAT REMINDED ME ABOUT. AND I THOUGHT IT WORTH SHARING WITH, WITH THE BOARD. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO, MARLON AND I CONDUCTED A TOUR OF THE CITY, AND I WAS KIND OF GIVING THEM A LAY OF THE LAND, IF YOU WILL, AND SHOWING THEM SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. BUT AT THE 
          [00:25:05]
CONCLUSION OF THAT, OF THAT TOUR, WE STOPPED BY A SISTER GIRL'S KITCHEN TO JUST KIND OF SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING. AND THEY ARE DOING VERY, VERY WELL. AND IF I MISS ANY OF THIS INFORMATION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN. THEY SHARED WITH US THAT THEIR BUSINESS HAS ACTUALLY GROWN THREEFOLD SINCE THEY'VE OPENED, THAT THEY HAVE INDIVIDUALS COMING ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH DALLAS FOR THEIR FOOD, AND REALLY, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE SO MUCH INTEREST THAT THEY JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH SOME OF THE DEMANDS THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO PURCHASE. THEY WERE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A DELIVERY VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY ARE CONDUCTING OR PERFORMING A NUMBER OF THEIR DELIVERIES WITH THEIR OWN PERSONAL VEHICLE. AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THE PERSONAL VEHICLE STARTS TO SMELL LIKE FOOD, AND WE REALLY NEED A VEHICLE THAT'S MORE CONDUCIVE TO DELIVERIES AND ORDERS AND ETC. THEY SAID IT'S JUST THEY'VE JUST BEEN DOING VERY, VERY WELL SINCE THEY'VE OPENED AND THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THIS KIND OF GROWTH SO FAST. SO WHO WAS THIS AGAIN? SISTER GIRL'S KITCHEN SISTER. DID YOU ASK HOW THEY WERE MARKETING FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUTSIDE OF THE AREA? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, SHE SAID, A LOT OF IT IS WORD OF MOUTH. 
          YEAH. AND AGAIN, THIS, THIS, THIS ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE REPORTING, THIS IS NOT A DIME IN ESTABLISHMENT. RIGHT. OKAY. SO A LOT OF CATERING, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, DOORDASH, UBER EATS, A LOT OF CARRYOUT, JUST COMMONLY CARRYOUT. I'M ON THE WAY HOME, BUT I HAD THAT POUND CAKE OR OXTAIL OR WHATEVER ON YOUR MIND FROM WHAT WE HAVE. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S NOT. YEAH. SO. SO THEY'RE HAVING GROWING PAINS, RIGHT. LIKE I THINK YOU SAID NOT HAVING THE CARGO SPACE TO, TO MAKE THOSE DELIVERIES OR DO THOSE CATER EVENTS. THE OWNER HAVING TO WEIGH THE NEED TO STEP AWAY FULLY FROM THE OTHER JOB TO DEVOTE MORE TIME TO THE RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE RESPOND TO SOME OF THE DEMAND TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DINE IN. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S CHALLENGING BECAUSE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SPACE IS THE SPACE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A SMALL RETAIL PLAZA OR CORNER. BUT YEAH, THAT WAS A THAT WAS A GOOD UPDATE. THAT WAS DECIDED. AND AGAIN SOME WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MISS AGENDA WHEN IT RELATES TO SOME OF OUR BUSINESS RETENTION AND VISITS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE WANT TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE MY QUESTION OKAY. OKAY. SO OKAY. SO ITEM THREE ON THE AGENDA IS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF 
          [3. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT REVSIONS FOR DCEDC BYLAWS, POSSIBLE ACTION]
DRAFT REVISIONS FOR EDC BYLAWS POSSIBLE ACTION. LET ME PAUSE FOR A SECOND SO THAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU MY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND THAT IS. I BEEN GIVEN TO WELL, EXCUSE ME, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT A FULL BOARD, OKAY? AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT A FULL BOARD AND WE HAVE WE CAN HAVE ISSUES BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A FULL BOARD IN TERMS OF HANDLING THE BUSINESS OF THE EDC. SO THEY. THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE TALKED TO HAVE SHARED WITH ME THAT WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS. THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TO GET US OUR FULL COMPLEMENT OF SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS. AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO BE TO RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL THAT WE POSTPONE THIS ARTICLE UNTIL WE GET A FULL BOARD. AND THAT WAY THE ENTIRE BOARD CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS. IT'S THE BYLAWS. IT'S OUR DOCUMENT. IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY BUDGETARY IMPACT ON IT RIGHT NOW. ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET IN MY MIND TAKES PRECEDENCE. OKAY, THAT'S NOT THIS. IT'S OUR BYLAWS. IT'S OUR DOCUMENT. AND I THINK IT CAN WAIT. UNTIL WE GET A FULL COMPLEMENT OF MEMBERS, AND THEN 
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WE CAN TAKE IT UP AT THAT POINT AND PASS IT THROUGH. SO IF IT'S THE BOARD'S DESIRE TO GO ON AND TALK ABOUT IT IN ANY WAY, THEN FEEL FREE. BUT MY POSITION IS WE SHOULD TABLE IT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE GET A FULL COMPLEMENT OF MEMBERS AND TIMELINE AGAIN FOR THE FULL COMPLEMENT, BECAUSE TYPICALLY IT'S SUMMER, THE INTERVIEWS ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT SCHEDULE. OKAY. RIGHT. AND YEAH, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ALLUDING TO. BUT I'LL TRYING TO PIGEONHOLE THEM INTO A SPECIFIC DATE. BUT YEAH, WITHIN 60 DAYS, WHICH IS JULY AUGUST, THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. AND THEY USUALLY DO IT. AS FOR ALL OF THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT DISCUSSION IS GOING TO BE OUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR BOARD. SO AND IF I'M WRONG ABOUT IT, THEN IT'S AS SOON AS I KNOW I'M WRONG, I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW. SO BUT I, I'M UNDER I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION, BASED ON WHAT I HEARD, THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL. SO AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH IT AND STAFF, I'M SURE IT'S READY TO GO THROUGH IT. I THINK WE WOULD BE BETTER SERVED. SO I'M LOOKING FOR HIM. OKAY. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE THE PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL DRAFT REVISIONS FOR THE BYLAWS UNTIL WE HAVE FULL. 
          MOTION HAS BEEN PLACED TO THE FLOOR. OKAY, SAVAGE CLARIFICATION. ARE THESE FINAL? ARE THESE THE FINAL DRAFTS OR ARE THESE JUST PROPOSED DRAFTS? IT IS WORKING DRAFTS. IT'S WORKING DRAFT TITLED FINAL DRAFT REVISION. BECAUSE WE'VE SOLICITED INPUT. AND THAT DRAFT REPRESENTS WHAT WE PERCEIVE. SO UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO DATE, THAT'S THE FINAL DRAFT. YES. JUST TO CLARIFY. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO TABLE A SECOND. I WOULD SECOND THAT BECAUSE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IN HERE ABOUT INCORPORATION THAT I'D LIKE TO VISIT WITH OUR ATTORNEY TO FOR MORE EDUCATION OR KNOWLEDGE, NOT TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS, BUT TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES THAT THERE ACCURATE AND WE'RE NOT OVERLOOKING SOMETHING. ALL RIGHT. SO IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO TABLE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. WHO'S GOING TO ROLL CALL VOTE. THAT WOULD BE ME OKAY. MARCELLA, WOULD YOU NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ISSUE, MR. HARVEY, I'M FAVOR HAYDEN. MR. ZILKHA, SIR. YES, MISS PAYNE? OH, YAY! IN FAVOR, MR. SAVAGE. THANK YOU, MISS THOMPSON. YES. OKAY. AND THIS MAY TAKE ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR. OKAY. BRINGS US TO THE NEXT ITEM, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT REVISIONS FOR DC EDC PROCUREMENT POLICY AND POSSIBLE ACTION. SO. I WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT WITH YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT THIS AS WELL. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IN A PREVIOUS LIFE BEFORE RETIREMENT, I WAS FINANCE DIRECTOR AND I WAS FINANCE DIRECTOR. I WAS EITHER FINANCE DIRECTOR OR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE FOLLOWING CITIES DESOTO. SEAGOVILLE. WILMER HUTCHINS, WARM SPRINGS. BUT BEFORE THAT, I WAS WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS. THE REASON WHY I SHARE THAT WITH YOU IS BECAUSE IN THOSE CITIES THAT I JUST 
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MENTIONED DURING THE TIME THAT I WORKED THERE. WHEN THERE WAS AN EDC AS PART OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY. THEY WERE HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY. IF THEY NEEDED SOMETHING PURCHASE, THEY WOULD CALL IT FINANCE OR PURCHASING AND SAY, WE NEED THIS. WORKING TOGETHER. THEY WOULD WORK UP IF THERE NEEDED TO BE AN RFP OR STIPULATIONS OR WHATEVER, THEY WOULD WORK TOGETHER AND DO THAT. 
          I WILL LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT DURING THE TIME THAT I WAS DOING THIS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I FOUND INSTANCES WHERE THE CITY. AND EDC DID NOT GET ALONG, EVEN SO FAR AS COUNCIL WOULD REPLACE EDC BOARD MEMBERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THEMSELVES. THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN DESOTO. I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THAT THEY WERE WORKING AT CROSS PURPOSES. EDC WANTED THIS, THEY WANTED THAT. SO PHILOSOPHICALLY, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, I AM NOT A SUPPORTER OF THIS PROCUREMENT POLICY. IT LOOKS, IS A BIG WORD, INNOCUOUS ENOUGH, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY HAND IN HAND IN DOING THINGS THAT DO NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PURCHASING IS NOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS NOT PURCHASING. I WOULD LIKE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO BE FOCUSED ON DOING JUST THAT, AND IF THEY NEED SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEN THAT'S WHAT THE CITY IS FOR. SO AGAIN, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. BUT AGAIN, STAFF HAS DONE THE WORK. PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER IF YOU WISH TO HEAR IT, THEN YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THE TIME TO HEAR IT. AND AFTER I'VE HEARD IT, I'M TELLING YOU THE PLACE THAT I'M GOING TO BE IN UP FRONT. SO, SIR, MR. HARVEY, I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. BURR AND MR. SHELBY THE HOW WE GOT INTO AND REFRESH OUR MEMORIES OF THIS ECONOMIC PROCUREMENT POLICY, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY HAVE AUTHORIZATIONS TO DO SOME THINGS. I THINK IF THE HISTORY IS RIGHT. THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WAS DRIVING CREATING THIS. NOW, WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE FINAL DOCUMENT OR WHAT, I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR FROM MR. BURR MORE ABOUT THIS. OKAY. I CAN START OFF BY SAYING WHEN THE IDEA FOR PROCUREMENT POLICY WAS FIRST PRESENTED. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS WHY? BECAUSE MOST EDC, IF YOU'LL FIND AND TRY TO LOOK, TRY TO RESEARCH AND LOOK FOR A PROCUREMENT POLICY ON OTHER X, IT'S YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND VERY MANY BECAUSE THE EDC PLAYS BY A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES THAN THE CITY. THE CITY DOES. THE EDC DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PROCUREMENT STATUTES THAT THE CITIES HAVE TO FOLLOW. THE EDC HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO PURCHASING PROPERTY AND OR SELLING PROPERTY IN CITIES. DO SO MOST EDC OPERATE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A STATEMENT. WE'LL FOLLOW THE STATE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO PROCUREMENT. AND. SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES. AND THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT CITIES AND THE CITY COUNCILS AND EDC BOARDS SOMETIMES BUTT HEADS BECAUSE THEY'RE PLAYING A DIFFERENT PLAYBOOK. AND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL SEES THE FREEDOM THAT EDC HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT. I THINK THE REASON THAT THIS BOARD OR THE BOARD AS IT'S CONSTITUTED, WHEN WE STARTED THIS DISCUSSION AND STAFF WAS LOOKING FOR A TO HAVE A PROCUREMENT POLICY IS JUST TO HAVE A SET OF GUIDELINES IN PLACE. SO IF YOU IF SO, THEY CAN 
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MAKE A PURCHASE KNOWING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED PURCHASES WITHIN THOSE GUIDELINES. THAT WAY, WHEN TENSIONS DO ARISE BETWEEN EDC BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE IS A SET OF RULES IN PLACE THAT AS LONG AS EVERYONE IS READ THE RULES AND APPROVED RULES AND IS FOLLOWING BY THE RULES, EVERYONE'S CAN GET ALONG AT LEAST TO THAT, OR CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT. AS FAR AS THOSE RULES COME AND HOW WE'RE ACTING UNDER THEM. AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BECAUSE THE REASON THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PROCUREMENT POLICY IS TO HAVE A SET OF GUIDELINES IN PLACE TO TAKE AWAY THE AMBIGUITY OF, WELL, WE'RE AN EDC, WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY RULES. WE WE'RE MAKING OUR OWN RULES TO SELF-POLICE THAT WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE STATE LAW AND THIS PROCUREMENT POLICY. I DON'T THINK, DOES IT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL? I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE IT. IT WILL, IT WILL. SO THAT GETS TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO BUY IN ON THE RULE WE SET FOR OURSELVES. AND REALLY THE RULES ARE NOT NECESSARILY RULES. THEY'RE THE RULES THAT ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY MANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO MEMORIALIZE THOSE RULES AND HAVE THE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL AWARE OF WHAT THE RULES ARE THAT ARE WITHIN THE LEGAL PARAMETERS OF ALL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, BECAUSE UP TO NOW IT HASN'T BEEN MEMORIALIZED. AND SO THE QUESTION WAS ASKED OR THE REQUEST WAS MADE EARLIER THIS EVENING OF HAVING TRAINING ON LAND ACQUISITION. WELL THROUGH BY WAY OF THIS PROCUREMENT POLICY, IF IT IS SOLD, THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD TO ACQUIRE MORE LAND AND SEEK A SERIES OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, ETC, YOU HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE THAT WILL LET YOU ONBOARD THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH A FAIRLY QUICKLY AND GET THE SERVICES THAT YOU NEED TO BRING THE PROPERTY BACK INTO PRODUCTIVE USE, WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY OPERATE UNDER A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES. AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT SET OF RULES. AND SO THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS SET UP THAT THEY'RE JUST NATURALLY IN A POSITION THAT THEY CAN MOVE FASTER. SO AGAIN, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU ISN'T IN ANY WAY, IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM INTENDED TO PROVIDE NEW RULES OF THE GAME. THE RULES HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED. WHAT THIS IS INTENDING TO DO IS ACKNOWLEDGE, AND IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE RULES THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE THAT MANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS ARE FOLLOWING. AND BRING THIS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IS THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE CORPORATION OPERATES. CITY COUNCIL HAS ITS OWN SET OF RULES, SORT OF NOT LOOKING TO CIRCUMVENT. BUT THESE ARE THE RULES WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE LAW. AND IN ORDER TO WE HAVE THESE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CORPORATION THAT CITY COUNCIL SET UP WHEN IT CREATED THE CORPORATION. AND IN ESSENCE, IN GOING BACK TO THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. AND I THINK THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS TO, TO DOCUMENT THE SPENDING, THAT'S ONE. I THINK THAT THROUGH DEVELOPING A VERY. VERY THOROUGH, VERY THOUGHTFUL WORK PLAN AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THIS, WITH THE CITY, PARTICULARLY THE CITY MANAGER, THEN I THINK THEY COME AWAY WITH AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. SO THAT'S ONE THING. THE SECOND THING IS WE DO HAVE A LAWYER. SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CAN WE DO THIS OR IS THIS LEGAL OR THAT SORT OF THING, THAT'S WHY HE'S ON SPEED DIAL. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN IT'S UP. IT'S UP TO THE BOARD I MEAN YOU, YOU IF, IF THEY THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT I, I WILL SIT RIGHT HERE AND LISTEN WITH THEM. BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS TO YOU ALL WHY I'M TAKING THE POSITION THAT I'M TAKING. AND TO JUST TO ADD MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO HOW THIS PART ORIGINATED. MANY MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU FOR A PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE TO ALLOW STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE VEHICLE TO ATTEND CONFERENCES AND BUSINESS VISITS, ETC. AND THAT WAS APPROVED. THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY THE CORPORATION. BUT WHEN IT 
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WENT TO CITY COUNCIL, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED JUST FROM A PROCUREMENT OF LIKE, HOW DO YOU PROCURE THIS VEHICLE? WHO PAYS FOR THE INSURANCE, MAINTENANCE, ETC. AND THEN THAT JUST KIND OF SNOWBALLED INTO, WELL, WHAT IS THE PROCUREMENT POLICY? AND QUITE HONESTLY, AS RECENT AS WHAT IS IT? A WEEK OR TWO AGO WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND WHAT THAT GOES THROUGH. YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED, MR. HARVEY. YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY. WE, YOU KNOW, FULL TRANSPARENCY. WE WENT THROUGH THAT WITH MR. SHELBY'S INVOICES AND THE PROCUREMENT AND ALL OF THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, HAD TO GO THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE TO LET ME KNOW THAT THERE JUST A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES AND THAT WE HAD TO PROCESS THE INVOICES FOR SERVICES PERFORMED, AND THAT IT WAS JUST DIFFERENT. SO AGAIN, THIS IS INTENDED TO MEMORIALIZE THE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CORPORATION TO BE IN LINE WITH THE MISSION AND THE VISION STATEMENT OF THE BOARD AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY STRIKES, ALL THE TOOLS ARE THERE THAT ARE NEEDED TO MEET THE VARIOUS AGREED UPON GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR ENTERING THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THAT'S REALLY IT, BECAUSE THAT WAY THERE'S A SENSE OF TRANSPARENCY. AND YES, WHILE OUR ATTORNEY IS READILY AVAILABLE, IF WE DON'T HAVE TO PLACE A CALL OR SEND AN EMAIL, THAT CAN ALSO HELP US AND REDUCE SOME OF OUR LEGAL EXPENSES AS WELL. NO OFFENSE, BRETT, I WILL SAY THAT THE PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET IS VERY STREAMLINED. AND THE FIRST DRAFT WAS I, TO PUT IT POLITELY BECAUSE I DID IT. IT WAS OVERENGINEERED A BIT. AND SO THE, THE ONE THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET, IT'S GUIDELINES. SO VICTOR OR MARLIN OR MARCELO AREN'T HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, RUN IT UP THE CHAIN TO CITY COUNCIL IF THEY WANT TO GO GET A COPY OR PAPER OR. OR BUY A CAR, I'LL SAY THIS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT STAFF HAS BEEN HAVING INTERNALLY IS THE LOGIC OF ADDING THE PROCUREMENT POLICY STATEMENT SECTION AS AN APPENDIX TO OUR BYLAWS. RIGHT. AND SO, AS BRANDON POINTED OUT, IF WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS ON THE AGENDA, THIS IS A ONE PAGE SUMMARY OF THE DRAFT THAT'S IN THE PACKET, LIKE SPENDING THRESHOLDS, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WE SHOULD COME BACK TO THIS BOARD AND MAYBE EVEN THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A PURCHASE OR TRANSACTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROCUREMENT AND AGAIN, THAT PURCHASING THAT ACQUISITION, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT DOESN'T ALSO SPEAK TO IS SOME OF THE OTHER COMPANION CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING GETTING INQUIRIES FROM THE GOVERNING BODY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY AND ASPECT. SO YOU KNOW, OKAY, WELL THEN HOW DO Y'ALL DECIDE RIGHT TO SELL PROPERTY THAT THE EDC OWNS, RIGHT. AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? THAT'S TECHNICALLY NOT PROCUREMENT, BUT IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW AS A SEPARATE ENTITY, A CORPORATION FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY, WE AREN'T REQUIRED TO ACCEPT BIDS LIKE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE CITY GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE TO FOR BOTH REAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR OLD COFFEE MACHINES OR POLICE VEHICLES? YEAH, THERE'S A PROCESS THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW. BUT AS A CORPORATION, WHEN WE'RE NEGOTIATING POTENTIALLY REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, WE'RE TRYING TO EVALUATE THAT, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATE THAT. THAT ENDS UP BEING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE UNIFORM POLICY, IN THE ABSENCE OF A UNIFORM POLICY IN PLACE. RIGHT. WELL, LET ME LET ME ASK YOU THIS THEN. SO. DIRECTOR BREWER, IN YOUR OPINION, HAVING A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS WILL ELIMINATE DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN CITY AND EDC AS TO HOW IT'S SPENDING ITS MONEY. I'M STILL. 
          NO, IT WILL NOT LIMIT THE IT WILL HOPEFULLY REDUCE SOME OF THE CONFUSION BETWEEN HOW WE GO 
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ABOUT ACQUIRING OR OBTAINING PROPERTY, WITH BOTH DISPOSING OF. WELL, I MEAN, IT WILL PROVIDE SOME CLARITY INTO HOW WE ENGAGE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, HOW WE PROVIDE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES. NOW, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THE CORPORATION HAS DEALT WITH IN THE PAST, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW BEING MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT OUR EFFORTS DISPOSING OF PROPERTIES. EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DISPOSAL OF ONE PROPERTY, I.E. THE TOYOTA PROPERTY. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'D BE IN A POSITION TO DO THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE. WE DISPOSE OF OTHER PROPERTY THAT OWNED BY THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THAT IF WE HAVE AN INTERESTED PARTY THAT MEETS ALL THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THEY SAY, TIME IS MONEY, RIGHT? THAT WE DON'T END UP GETTING IN A SITUATION WHERE WE END UP GETTING TANGLED UP ON OUR OWN PROPERTY, THAT WE SLOW THINGS DOWN AND WE START LOSING THAT INTEREST THAT WE ONCE HAD. NOW TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WILL THAT SOLVE THE QUESTION OF SPENDING? I DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL, ONLY BECAUSE THE BOARD PROVIDES THE GUIDANCE ON WHAT YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE SPENT, HOW IT SHOULD BE SPENT. AND WE AS STAFF ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH SOME GUIDANCE ON BEST PRACTICES WHERE WE SPEND SOME OF OUR MONEY STRATEGICALLY, BUT WE BRING THAT TO THE BOARD, WE PROVIDE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. WE CAN ACCEPT OR MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN THAT'S BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET. BUT THAT'S PREPARED IN LINE WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THE YOU KNOW. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. SO, SO THEN LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER WE COME, WE AFTER WE COMPLETE THE PROCESS OF HAVING A STRATEGIC GOAL, OBJECTIVES, WORK PLAN, THEN WE HAVE THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN TO DO. THIS IS WHY WE DO IT. AND MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE DOING. YES, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DISCUSSED A FEW MONTHS AGO ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF HAVING THAT JOINT MEETING, POSSIBLY AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR OR THE BEGINNING OF IT, SO WE CAN SET THAT STAGE AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE USE THAT TIME AS A RECAP OF WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, BUT ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT THE CORPORATION WANTS TO DO FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. EVEN THOUGH THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS. 
          LET'S START HAVING THAT COMMUNICATION AND AGAIN, USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IN AND SAY, OKAY, THIS, THIS, THESE ARE THE BOARD'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THIS YEAR. THIS IS WHAT WE SET OUT TO. WE I DON'T KNOW, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, WE ACCOMPLISHED 95% OF WHAT WE SET OUT TO. YEAH, WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE 5%. BUT BASED OFF OF THAT, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THIS IS WHAT WE'LL HAVE WHAT WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE. BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SHARING WITH ME THROUGH THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS THAT I JUST GET THE SENSE THAT ON THE CITY SIDE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO AND MAYBE WHY WE'RE DOING IT. SO MAYBE IF WE IF WE TOOK THE. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET UP AT, AT THE QUARTER AND GIVE YOU A REPORT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T RESONATE. I'M SAYING MAYBE WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON IT. AND HAVE ONGOING COMMUNICATION WITH COUNCIL AS TO WHERE WE'RE GOING. AND THEN AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE YEAR, SAY THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT PLAN. YES. AND THAT'S WHY THE TIMING OF EVERYTHING IS JUST RIGHT. AND WHAT I MEAN BY EVERYTHING IS THE BYLAWS, PROCUREMENT, THE GRANT POLICIES, THE INCENTIVES, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THE BUDGET BECAUSE ALL OF IT COMES TOGETHER, ALL INTERRELATED, IT ALL COMES. SO IT'S A NICE PROBLEM TO HAVE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION. THE DOWNSIDE TO IT IS THAT IT ALL IT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED FAIRLY QUICK, BECAUSE THE BUDGET NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED AND GO THROUGH THOSE MOTIONS. SO WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND SCHEDULE, NOT A BIG PROBLEM, BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD BECAUSE NOW WE SEE HOW ALL THE PIECES COME TOGETHER AND HOW THE STRATEGIC PLAN FITS THE BUDGET, THE GOALS, THE MISSION STATEMENT, ALL OF IT COMES TOGETHER. AND THAT HELPS IN BEING MORE STRATEGIC WITH OUR EFFORTS. SO NOW WHEN YOU GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU GO BACK 
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AND HAVE THAT CHECK BACK, LOOK BACK IN THE YEAR, YOU'D SAY HERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE SOME MATRIX. WE SET OUT TO DO THIS. WELL, WE DID SPEND THIS. HERE'S THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. THESE MANY JOBS WERE CREATED. THESE MANY JOBS WERE RETAINED. HERE'S, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE BASE EQUALIZED ASSESSED VALUE. BUT THROUGH THESE CALCULATED EFFORTS, WE HAVE SEEN THIS TREND LIKE THAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL. QUESTIONS I'M SORRY I ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS. I WANT TO ASK YOU A PERSONAL QUESTION. YOU CAN ANSWER IT VERY VAGUELY, BUT I WOULD ASSUME YOU REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND YOU HAVE AN ANNUAL REVIEW, CORRECT? YES. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, DO YOU HAVE METRICS IN YOUR REVIEW THAT GOALS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHING? AND WOULD THE SOME OF THIS DOCUMENTATION HELP YOU SUPPORT YOUR REVIEW WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR YOUR REVIEW WITH THE CITY MANAGER? YES. SO EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS WHAT THEY CALL A WORK PLAN. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND BUT WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE HERE SOON, AN INSTITUTE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT MORE STABILITY IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE, WHAT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES IS THE STAFF GOING TO WORK ON, INITIATIVES AND WHERE THOSE STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES TAKEN FROM? FOR US, IT'S TAKEN OFF OF ONE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TWO, THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO AGAIN, OUR EVALUATION, OUR PERFORMANCE IS GOING TO BE BASED OFF OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN. AND WHAT'S DISCUSSED HERE. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO SET IT FOR US AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I THINK SO. SO IF YOU HAVE THE PROCUREMENT PLAN, IF YOU'VE GOT TASKS THAT YOU HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH AND YOU'RE HINDERED BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A WHAT I CALL THE DO LOOP OF, YOU ASK A DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE, BUT THEY CAN'T ASSIST YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE REFERRING YOU TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. AND YOU GO THROUGH THE CIRCLE, AND THEN YOU WIND UP GOING BACK TO THE FIRST DEPARTMENT THAT YOU STARTED WITH. IF THIS HELPS YOU ELIMINATE THAT TYPE OF RUNAROUND. I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE. 
          THE PROCESS WILL BE THE PROCESS. I'M HESITANT IN SAYING ELIMINATE BECAUSE YOU JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAID OUT PROCESS. BUT I THINK IT WILL IF ANYTHING, IT WILL PROVIDE SOME A BIT MORE, HESITATE AGAIN AND TAKE A LOT, A BIT MORE CLARITY INTO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE IN THEIR TOOLBOX. 
          AND THE CORPORATION, WHILE THEY'RE THE SAME, THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT GROUPS WITH VERY DIFFERENT POWERS AND RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON MY AM I CORRECT? AND SO ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SAY, HEY, YOU HAVE THE CORPORATION HAS THESE LAID OUT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND MISSION. SO WHAT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WHAT ARE THE TOOLS IN THE CORPORATION'S TOOLBOX THAT YOU USE AND MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN USING TO YOUR FULLEST TO HELP YOU ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOALS? AGAIN, THIS ISN'T A CONVERSATION ABOUT CIRCUMVENTING A PROCESS OR IT'S LIKE, NO, NOT AT ALL. IT'S ABOUT WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE NEED TO GET GOING AND WHAT TOOLS WE HAVE THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT BEEN USED, THAT CAN BE USED MAYBE A BIT MORE. AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS WHAT OTHER CORPORATE ARE THE SAME TOOLS THAT OTHER CORPORATIONS ARE DOING. SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO BE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE BOX. IF ANYTHING, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REPLICATE WHAT'S BEING DONE AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND TRYING TO MOVE THIS CORPORATION INTO A CORPORATION OF BEST PRACTICES THAT YOU ARE IN LINE WITH. ABBY AND I WERE JUST REFERRED TO IT AS A, B AND C CORPORATION. NO DIFFERENT. THAT'S THAT'S IT. THAT THE GAME AND THE RULES ARE ALL THE SAME. THAT'S REALLY IT. SO I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT ANY PROCESS. IT'S REALLY JUST TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY TO DIFFERENT PROCUREMENT TOOLS AND POLICIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CORPORATION. THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM CITY COUNCIL, BUT THAT WE WILL HAVE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE OPEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PURCHASES AND THIS AND THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S NOT AND FOR THAT MATTER, THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO TAKE THAT AWAY OR TO CONTINUE IT. BUT AS WE'RE HAVING MORE DIALOG ABOUT THESE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, DISPOSAL, CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS AND EVERYTHING, WE WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN BRING ON A CONSULTANT OR A TEAM QUICKLY TO PUT TOGETHER A VISION OR A SERIES OF STUDIES, ETC, TO KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG. WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE HELPFUL. SO I'M NOT I'M NOT FLIP FLOP. I WANT TO BE 
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HELPFUL. MY CONCERN IS THAT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL BUREAUCRACY ON WHAT THE CORPORATION IS TRYING TO DO. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M WILLING TO LISTEN IF THE DIRECTOR IS OF THE OPINION THAT THAT THIS WILL HELP AND I'LL I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE AND I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE. BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE GROUP SAYS. I'M JUST A PERSON WITH THE PRESENTATION. YEAH. ONE MORE THING, IF I MAY JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT BEFORE WE BRING THE FINAL CALL IT THE FINAL VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT FOR CONSIDERATION. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO VET THIS OUT WITH WITH THE CDC, MR. SHELBY, BUT ALSO WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY. I'M NOT GOING TO BRING A DOCUMENT THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE CORPORATION, THEN COME TO THIS CITY ATTORNEY AND SAY, HEY, THIS ISN'T THIS DOESN'T WORK. WELL, TIME OUT. SO I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, I HAD PREPARED A DRAFT OF WHAT I FELT WAS A GOOD STARTING POINT TO THE CORPORATION'S PROCUREMENT POLICY. AND HIS COMMENT TO ME UPON REVIEWING IT, HE'S LIKE, IT LOOKS BASICALLY THE SAME AS AS CITY COUNCIL'S HE'S LIKE. BUT CORPORATION OPERATES ON A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES. HE'S LIKE, KEEP IT SIMPLE, KEEP IT SIMPLE. SO I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT THAT EXERCISE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BRING FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING BOTH ATTORNEYS REVIEW IT AND PROVIDE THEIR SUPPORT AND SAID, OKAY, NOW YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT BOTH ATTORNEYS HAVE REVIEWED AND THEY SUPPORT THAT WE CAN BRING FORWARD FOR 
          [4. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT REVSIONS FOR DCEDC PROCUREMENT POLICY, POSSIBLE ACTION]
FORMAL ADOPTION. OKAY, OKAY. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO IN TERMS OF REVIEW AND PRESENTATION, AS NOTED, WE PUT THE DRAFT IN THE PACKET. RIGHT. SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT THAT EXAMPLE THAT HAS THE NARRATIVE CONTEXT IN ADDITION TO THE ANY ANY DATA OR ILLUSTRATIVE SECTION WHERE WE PREPARE HERE WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, A ONE PAGE FACT SHEET THAT PULLS OUT WHAT WE'RE DESCRIBING AS, YOU KNOW, KEY FEATURES OF THIS DRAFT POLICY, RIGHT? ONE, IT FOLLOWS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT WE'RE BEHOLDING TO AS A CORPORATION. AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISHES LIKE OR LIKE THE DIRECTOR SAID, IT MEMORIALIZES A WORKING PRACTICE THAT WE EITHER ARE CURRENTLY FOLLOWING OR WOULD, YOU KNOW, FEEL MOST EFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WERE, YOU KNOW, A POLICY ACTION, RIGHT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, ANY AND EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, WE'RE DOING SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BUDGET AUTHORITY RIGHT TO DO SO. SO THAT MEANS IT'S ALIGNED WITH BOTH THE STRATEGIC INTENTION AND THE BUDGET AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF DOLLAR AMOUNT AS IT RELATES TO THRESHOLDS. AGAIN, THAT TRIGGER, YOU KNOW, PROCUREMENT ACTION. HEY, IF IT'S AN EXPENDITURE OR PURCHASE THAT FALLS BELOW THIS BENCHMARK OF $3,000, WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR PRUDENT BEST PRACTICE JUDGMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, PROCURE THAT SERVICE, WHETHER IT'S A SERVICE, PRODUCT, EQUIPMENT, ETC. NEXT TIER. OKAY, WE NEED TO MAYBE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST PRICING RETURN. SO THAT TIER REQUIRES US TO GET SOME QUOTES. LET'S LET'S DO SOME SHOPPING. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, WHETHER IT'S VERBAL OR WRITTEN, AGAIN DEPENDING ON THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE PURCHASE, BECAUSE A LOT CAN FALL BETWEEN 3 AND $25,000. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT TIER. WE WANT TO GET COMPETITIVE. NOW WE WANT TO FORMALIZE THIS PROCESS. MAYBE WE CALL IT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS, EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST, ETC. BUT WE'RE IN THAT UNDER $50,000 THRESHOLD. AND THEN THE LAST ONE WE'RE BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK ON OUR FORMAL SOLICITATION, WHETHER WE CALL THAT AN RFQ, RFP, FORMAL PERIOD WHERE YOU SEND YOUR PROPOSALS, WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY TRANSPARENT. HERE'S WHO WE SELECTED, HERE'S HOW WE'RE SCORING AND MOVING FORWARD. KIND OF SET THE STAGE. SO THAT'S IN SHORT, LIKE MR. MARIA SAID, KEEP IT SIMPLE RIGHT A WAY TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S OUR STATED WORKING POLICY. AND JUST LIKE ANYTHING, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE, YOU KNOW, AND EDIT ALONG THE WAY ANNUALLY ETC. ASK A QUESTION. SURE. AND I'M 
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ASSUMING THE SENTIMENT IS JUST SO AS YOU DESCRIBED. YOU CAN DO LIKE DAY TO DAY THINGS THAT MAKE YOU TO BE FIRED OFF WITHOUT SEEKING APPROVAL. BUT MY QUESTION IS FOR THOSE THAT ARE GREATER, LIKE THE TWO VERBAL OR WRITTEN QUOTES, AND THEN THE MINIMUM THREE WRITTEN QUOTES FOR THE 3000 TO THE JUST SHY OF 50 K. WHAT'S THE CHECKS AND BALANCES? SO WE DO HAVE A FULL REPORTING FOR US WITH THOSE, SO WE'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS PROCURED IN THOSE THRESHOLDS OR, YOU KNOW, EXPENDITURES FOR THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS OR HOW WILL THAT WORK? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT I MEAN, I COULD SEE THAT BEING SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GREAT. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET. BUT NO, IT'S APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE YES, WE WANT TO BE JUST THAT TRANSPARENT. RIGHT. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, EVEN THOUGH AT A STAFF LEVEL WE MAY HAVE THE AUTHORITY WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THESE ARE SOME OF THE MONIES THAT WERE SPENT FOR THESE INITIATIVES FOR THESE PURPOSES, LET US WORK OUT THAT DETAIL, BECAUSE THAT IS THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND WE HAVE OUR BUDGET TO ACTUALLY SAY, HERE'S THE MONTH THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HAVE OR FREQUENTLY MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, ETCETERA. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I HAD A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT THE 24.999 NUMBER AS FAR AS JUST GOING GETTING A COUPLE QUICK THINGS. I JUST FOR THAT VALUE. MY PERSONAL OPINION WAS COULD WE GO LOWER ON THAT. 
          I, I JUST I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMED A LITTLE HIGH TO ME FOR WHATEVER REASON. IT JUST KIND OF STUCK OUT TO ME. AND I CAN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A BETTER REASON WHY THAT NUMBER SEEMS HIGH TO ME, BUT IF I'M HAVING A CONCERN WITH IT, I CAN. I CAN IMAGINE OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE CONCERN WITH THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND TO YOUR POINT, IF WE GO WITH LOWER NUMBER, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE, THAT YOU YOU GUYS SEE THAT IS IN THAT TARGET RANGE, I'M ENVISIONING SERVICES LIKE YOU HAVE TO PUT A SIGN UP FOR A PROPERTY FOR SALE, OR IF WE OWNED A PROPERTY AND SOMEONE DID SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, WE WANT TO SELL THAT, BUT THE BUYER DOESN'T WANT TO SEE A BUNCH OF HOUSEHOLD TRASH THAT SOMEBODY DUMPED ON THE LOT. 
          WE WANT TO CLEAR THAT QUICKLY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CALL SOMEONE TO SAY, HEY, CAN YOU GO OVER THERE AND TAKE CARE OF XYZ ACTION AND GET THAT TASK TAKEN CARE OF? I SUPPORT THAT, BUT I THINK ONCE WE GET INTO I KNOW SURVEYORS CAN START THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNTS, CAN START GETTING HIGH. THEY THEY HAVE DIFFICULTIES FINDING RECORDS OR SOMETHING. AND WHAT SHOULD BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT. ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET THE INVOICE AND IT'S NOT WHAT THEY QUOTED YOU BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND RECORDS IN THE IN THE LAND OFFICE OR WHEREVER THEY GOT TO GO. SO I GUESS THAT WAS MY CONCERN IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE CREEP OF INVOICES THAT THEY SAY, OH YEAH, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR $10,000. WELL, THAT WOULD FALL UNDER YOUR SECOND TIER. BUT THEN YOU GET THE INVOICE AND IT'S $27,000 BECAUSE THEY HAD SCOPE CREEP, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK THEM X AMOUNT OF HOURS TO FIND ALL THE RECORDS, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY, THEY HAD TO GO SO FAR BACK IN TIME AND GO SEARCH THROUGH PAPER COPIES. SO I THINK THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF MY CONCERNS. SO LET ME SAY IN, IN A SITUATION LIKE BOARD MEMBER ZYLKA JUST MENTIONED, THERE SHOULD BE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THAT VENDOR AND STAFF SAYING, OH, OH, OH, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO RUN OVER ON THIS THING. SO STAFF IN TURN, IS INFORMING THE BOARD THAT, WELL, WE ANTICIPATED IT GOING THIS WAY, BUT DUE TO WHATEVER CONCERNS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, IT APPEARS AS IF WE MAY NEED TO DO A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM BECAUSE IT HAS GONE SO FAR OFF KEY. AND SO ONGOING DIALOG CAN HELP THAT SITUATION. MY CONCERN IS HOW MUCH OF AN ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN DOES IT PUT ON STAFF? IF YOU LOWER THE THRESHOLD FROM 24 TO 9.99 TO SOME OTHER NUMBER? SEE, THAT'S SEE, I'M HOPING YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID. AND YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO AVOID THAT AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN OF HAVING TO COMPLY WITH. OKAY. SO. YOU KNOW, THAT'S 
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SOMETHING THAT YOU YOU ALREADY HAVE A QUESTION. TO THE ANSWER. I THINK MR. ZYLKA PRESENTED IT SO AND SO THAT'S JUST ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK FOR YOU ALL. AND MAYBE MAYBE YOU DON'T SPEND. MAYBE YOU DON'T. TRANCE OMIT A LOT OF INVOICES IN THAT CATEGORY. AND IT MAY NOT BE THAT BIG OF A DEAL, BUT LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT THIS BOARD IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE. SO IF I'M THE POLICE CHIEF AND I WANT TO GO SPEND $45,000, $49,999.99, AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN MY BUDGET FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM? I DON'T HAVE TO ASK ANYBODY. I JUST DO IT. THIS STAFF AND ANSWERS TO A BOARD. SO THEY'VE BUILT IN THESE THRESHOLDS. SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO ANSWER TO YOU GUYS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T THEY DON'T WANT IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THESE RULES THEY DIDN'T THEY WOULDN'T I MEAN THE NUMBERS UP HERE, THEY'RE BUILDING, THEY'RE LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'RE BUILDING IN EXTRA BUREAUCRACY, BUT THEY'RE DOING THAT TO GET BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE OVERSIGHT OF YOU GUYS. THE POLICE CHIEF DOESN'T HAVE A POLICE CHIEF BOARD HE'S ANSWERING TO, OKAY, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. I'M. I'M WITH YOU. THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE. YEAH, IT ADDS A LEVEL, BUT IT ADDS A LEVEL FOR YOUR BENEFIT, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY, I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER CLARIFICATION QUESTION. THE VERBAL QUOTES ARE OKAY FOR YOUR CONCERN. THE. YES, BECAUSE. UNDER THE RULES OF THE STATE LAW, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DO THAT. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRUSTING THE STAFF TO A CERTAIN EXTENT TO GET THOSE QUOTES AND TELL YOU THEY GOT THOSE QUOTES. BUT CAN THE STAFF JUST WRITE UP A MEMORANDUM THAT SAYS, I CALLED XYZ COMPANY AND THEY SAID THIS NUMBER, I CALLED XYZ COMPANY AND THEY PROVIDED THAT THAT'S NUMBER. AND IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH AS A WRITTEN QUOTE, INSTEAD OF GETTING ACTUAL NOTES BACK FROM THE VENDOR. IT JUST I THINK THAT WOULD WITHIN WITHIN THAT THAT CATEGORY. BUT THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, IS IT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE BOARD THAT'S OVERSEEING THE STAFF? OKAY. I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY IF THEY'RE DOCUMENTING THAT THEY CALLED XYZ COMPANY AND ABC COMPANY, AND THEY PROVIDE THESE TWO THINGS AND IT'S JUST DOCUMENTED. SO THAT DOWN THE ROAD THAT THERE'S A RECORD OF IT THAT THAT THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE AS STAFF CHANGES DOWN, WELL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MOVE AROUND. 
          DOCUMENTATION IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA. EXACTLY. SO AS I LOOK AT THE WAY THAT THIS ITEM IS CAPTIONED IT, IT SAYS PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT REVISIONS FOR THE DC EDC PROCUREMENT POLICY AND POSSIBLE ACTION. SO QUESTION TO BOARD MEMBERS. HAVE YOU SEEN ENOUGH TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO STUDY IT? SOME MORE CITIZENS? I THINK I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, BUT I WOULD LIKE I YOUR QUESTION ADDRESSED AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT. WELL. DOES STAFF FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH 24.99999 AS THAT THRESHOLD CATEGORY? BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY SAYING THAT. TO HIS POINT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT WITHOUT REALLY DOING MUCH AND JUST CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BE LIKE, WELL, WHY ARE THEY SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY FOR THAT ITEM? AND I'M JUST, AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO EFFICIENT USE OF OUR DOLLARS, THAT'S ALL. I THINK THE ANSWER TO A CITIZEN WOULD BE THE ALL. 
          ALL PURCHASES HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE APPROVED BUDGET. SO THE BUDGET, THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST GIVING HIM THE FREEDOM TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT PURCHASE. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT I THINK WHAT I HEARD EARLIER IS THAT WE DON'T NEED ACTION ON THIS TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS BACK AS A PART OF THE BYLAW, AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE BYLAWS, IS THAT, YES, I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT. IS THERE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL? I MEAN, WE'RE PREPARED TO RECEIVE ACCEPT ANY ACTION, BUT I HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT PROPOSAL. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS A STAFF. SO FROM THE BOARD AND THE BUT MY THOUGHTS ON 
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THAT PART OF THAT PROPOSAL WOULD BE, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT FOR THE BYLAWS TO REFERENCE A PROCUREMENT POLICY, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT PROCUREMENT POLICY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO EVOLVE ON ITS WITHIN ITSELF, OUTSIDE OF BYLAWS, BECAUSE THE BYLAWS ARE SO MANY MORE HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH TO GET BYLAWS CHANGED AND APPROVED. AND THIS BOARD COULD TWEAK THEIR PROCUREMENT POLICY YEARLY IF THEY WANT TO. THEY CAN DO THE BYLAWS TO, BUT THE BYLAWS ALWAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO FROM THE COUNCIL. AND IT'S ALWAYS A BUT WE CAN I THINK THAT I THINK THEY SHOULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER AND APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME. I REALLY THINK IT'S A SEPARATE DOCUMENT. IT'S A REFERENCE TO BYLAWS I WOULD LIKE. I'M FINE. I JUST WOULD LIKE THAT QUESTION AS TO HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT TO US. AND I'M FINE WITH ME PERSONALLY. A BUDGET TO ACTUALS. MONTHLY OR MONTHLY, WHATEVER WORKS FOR YOUR INTERNAL ACCOUNTING PRACTICES. OKAY. SO. THE CHAIR WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO. I'LL ACCEPT THE MOTION OR AGAINST. THE WORDING BECAUSE I HAVE SOME CONTINGENCIES TO POSTPONE. IT. MAYBE MAYBE MOVE TO POSTPONE THE DRAFT PROCUREMENT POLICY. I'M SORRY. YES. UNTIL THE COMPLEMENT OF THE BOARD IS FILLED AND PRESENTATION WITH SOME PRESENTATION WITH THE FINAL BYLAWS DRAFT AND STAFF GIVING DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE CHECKS AND BALANCES OF EXPENDITURES. THAT'S THAT'S A LOT. BUT THE CHAIR WILL ACCEPT THAT MOTION. I'M GOOD FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE IT WAS SO GOOD THAT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY THE BOARD MEMBER. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DID HAVE A QUESTION. SO IN YOUR MOTION, WERE YOU SAYING TO POSTPONE THIS COMPLETELY UNTIL WE HAVE ALL SEATS FILLED? YES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE BYLAWS ARE COMING BACK. AND SO WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS SIMPLY SO WE'RE KEEPING IT SEPARATE FROM. I'M JUST CONFUSED THERE. IF WE'RE KEEPING IT SEPARATE FROM THE BYLAWS. NO, IT'D JUST BE PRESENTED AT THE SAME TIME. OKAY, OKAY. BUT NOT A PART OF THE BYLAWS. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. THEN I'M ALL THE WAY. I'M. FOR NOW. OKAY, SO IT HAS BEEN MOTION AND SECONDED. SECONDED. SO LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL. VOTE, MR. HARVEY FOR MR. ZYLKA FOR MISS PAYNE, FOR SAVAGE, FOR MISS THOMPSON, FOR WHAT IS THIS. YES. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY I CAN'T SPELL IT. BUT ANYWAY. YEAH. OKAY. NEXT 
          [5. UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION & RECRUITMENT WORKPLAN]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA NUMBER FIVE UPDATE AND DISCUSSION OF BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION AND RECRUITMENT WORK PLAN STAFF. OKAY. SO ALSO IN THE PACKET RIGHT. IS THAT DRAFT WORK PLAN OUTLINE. YOU KNOW IT HAS SOME NARRATIVE SECTIONS. ALSO SOME TABLES WITH DATA WITH, YOU KNOW KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. AND YOU KNOW MORE ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW SOME OF THE THINGS STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN DOING, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING THAT ARE TIED TO LIKE, EXCUSE ME, STRATEGIC PLAN DISCUSSIONS, BUT ALL CENTERED AROUND THIS, THIS COMMON ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE DOING AS A STAFF, BUT ALSO AS A BOARD IN THE IN, IN THE VISITING RIGHT, IN AN EFFORT TO RETAIN THE SEE ABOUT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE BUSINESSES AND THEN ALSO ATTRACTING NEW INVESTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT. SO THIS OUTLINE, THAT APPROACH THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE AND STARTING WITH SOME GOALS. RIGHT. IT'S EITHER GOING TO BE A BUSINESS RETENTION VISIT BECAUSE THAT LOCATION OR THAT BUSINESS IS HERE. WE'RE CHECKING IN. WE'RE VISITING ON THEM. RIGHT. SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES IN DOING SO. AND THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT OR TRACK HOW OFTEN WE DO IT RIGHT TO GET THOSE BENEFITS. THE EXPANSION VISITS. AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXISTING BUSINESS, MAYBE IN A 
          [01:20:02]
DIFFERENT STAGE OF MATURITY OF EXISTING. RIGHT. BUT ARE THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND EITHER AT THEIR LOCATION OR OR GROWING INTO ANOTHER LOCATION? RIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE VISIT WE HAD WITH THE LOCAL NEW RESTAURANT THAT WE MADE THE GRANT TO FOR THE GREASE TRAP WITH THE VISIT THEM LIKE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THEIR OPERATIONS, AND THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING GROWING PAINS IN THE CONVERSATION SHIFTED TOWARD EXPANSION. RIGHT? SO BY DOING THAT, IT WAS MAYBE LIKE OUR SECOND OR THIRD STOP, BUT THAT ABSOLUTELY WAS. A BUSINESS EXPANSION OR BUSINESS RETENTION VISIT. RIGHT? SOME OF THE RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES WON'T NECESSARILY INVOLVE FILLING UP AT A SHOPPING CENTER OR A STOREFRONT. SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES INVOLVE US CONTACTING BROKERS, GOING TO LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS. 
          RIGHT. FINDING OUT WHAT COMPANIES ARE EXPANDING AND ALSO EXPANDING IN NORTH TEXAS. RIGHT. 
          AND THEN ALSO FIGURING OUT JUST BECAUSE WE WANT THEM, DO WE FIT THE CRITERIA THAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATION? RIGHT. SO THERE'S THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT THAT MAY RESULT IN, LIKE YOU SAID, NOT NECESSARILY VISITS, BUT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW THE ECONOMY, TO ATTRACT MORE INDUSTRY AND INVESTMENT IN THE METRICS ON THE SIDE. HEY, IF WE'D BE DOING WELL, IF WE CAN REDUCE THE VACANCY AND INCREASE THE OCCUPANCY OF SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. GREAT EXAMPLE OF A RECRUITMENT VISIT DRIVING DOWN MAIN STREET, IT COULD MAYBE 811 MAIN STREET FORMER RESTAURANT. 
          IT'S CLEARLY VACANT SIGN ON ON THE ON THE MONUMENT SIGN FOR AT LEAST I'M CALLING BROKER LEAVING TWO MESSAGES OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS LIKE, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO, IF ANYTHING, TO HELP YOU? HOW'S IT GOING? WHO HAVE YOU BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM? RIGHT. THAT'S MAIN STREET. IT'S A RESTAURANT. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A OF A RECRUITMENT OR ATTRACTION ACTIVITY. ALL RIGHT. SO HOW THAT LOOKS IN TERMS OF A WORK PLAN. AGAIN TALKING ABOUT HE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER MR. HARVEY DID TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN OUTLINE AND SOME OF THE GOALS LIKE HOW MANY OF THESE WE THINK WE CAN DO IN A GIVEN PERIOD IN A GIVEN WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, ANNUALLY. WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS A STAFF IS INVITING THIS BOARD TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WITH US, RIGHT? YOU SEE IN THE PACKET, LIKE THEY HAVE A FORM, RIGHT? I HAD IN MY OFFICE, I GOT A CLIPBOARD, I GOT ONE IN MY OFFICE. I KEEP ONE IN THE CAR. I MEAN, THAT'S COMMON REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU HAVE. BUT WE INVITE Y'ALL TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS WELL. AND HERE'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT, WE'LL MOSTLY BE DOING THEM DURING BUSINESS HOURS IN BETWEEN THE COMPETING PRIORITIES OF THE DAY. BUT WE ALSO ALL LIVE HERE. AND I'M SAYING WE BECAUSE STAFF. BUT I STILL LIVE HERE TOO. WE CAN DO THEM AFTER HOURS ON THE WEEKENDS. YOU GOING TO PATRONIZE THE LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT, HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM. INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS BOARD MEMBER. HEY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BUSINESS RETENTION VISIT. I WANT TO GET OUR SHIRTS. WHERE ARE YOU? POLO? TO ME. TO THE BUSINESS. THEY ASK FOR OUR SIZES LIKE 15 TIMES. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A I HAVE ONE. NO, I STARTED THE SAME TIME. I HAVE GOT TWO. YOU WORK HERE AND YOU HAVE NO NO NO NO AGAIN. BUT I DON'T HAVE. YEAH I HAVE A PEN. YES I DO GOT TWO. WELL THEY, I CONTRIBUTED MY SIZE I NEVER GOT SO. OKAY. WE NEED SHIRTS. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE A SHIRT. OKAY. NO. THE STAFF. NO STAFF. NO TO STAFF. OKAY. BACK TO. AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO AS A STAFF AGAIN BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO BE TRACKING THESE THINGS MONTHLY. IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AGAIN MAYBE TO INCLUDE AS PART OF OUR REPORTING. HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE ARE AS BEST WE CAN. AND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE VISITS THAT THAT MAYBE INVOLVE A TOUR. WE'LL TRY TO SCHEDULE THOSE AND AT LEAST INVITE Y'ALL. RIGHT. AND OR CITY COUNCIL. RIGHT. AND WE'RE DOING TOURS OR. VISITING MAYBE A LARGER CENTER, AND WE CAN HAVE ENOUGH TIME IN ADVANCE TO DO SO. THEN WE CAN DIVIDE UP. RIGHT. IF WE'VE GOT A SHOPPING CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THERE'S 10 OR 12 STOREFRONTS, ME AND VICTOR, WHEN WE WENT, WE VISITED A COUPLE OF THEM, AND THEN WE WENT TO ANOTHER PLACE AND VISITED ANOTHER CENTER. AND THEN WE DROVE AROUND AND LOOKED AT SITES OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND 
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OF HOW WE PROCESS AND BRAINSTORM IT. BUT AGAIN, DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR US TO COORDINATE AND SCHEDULE LIKE A GROUP. BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO CREATE A FORM UNNECESSARILY, BUT NONETHELESS, EVERYBODY, THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM, AND I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD TO KIND OF START TO CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OR THE NARRATIVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO COME SEE CITY HALL, BUT NOBODY EVER COMES AND STOP TO CHECK IN ON US. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SOMETHING I THINK WOULD BE BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLECTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN BEFORE YOU. SO I WANT TO CALL EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THAT VERY LAST SENTENCE. I CAN'T SEE IT. THAT'S RIGHT. AGENCY. AGENCY, RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS. AGENCY. VEHICLE FOR COORDINATED TEAM. BOARD VISITS AND TO LIMIT LEGAL LIABILITY RESULTING FROM THE USE OF PERSONAL VEHICLES TO CONDUCT OFFICIAL CITY. AND DC EDC BUSINESS. NOW, EARLIER IN THE DISCUSSION, WE MENTIONED HOW THERE WAS. AN INITIATIVE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION TO OBTAIN A VEHICLE. AND IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK THIS TIME IT SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE IT IS BEING TIED TO A PROGRAM OF WORK AND A SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY. WITHOUT HAVING A VEHICLE CAN'T BE ATTAINED. I AM NOT SURE IF THE FIRST TIME THIS WAS DONE IF THERE WAS A CLEAR PROGRAM OUTLINING THE NEED AS TO WHY THIS IS REQUIRED. AND SO I, I TALKED ABOUT AND HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALONG THE WAY ABOUT GOALS, OBJECTIVES, WORK PLANS, THAT SORT OF THING, BECAUSE I JUST BELIEVE WHEN YOU ARE INTENTIONAL AND YOU'RE STRATEGIC AND YOU CAN COMMUNICATE, THEN I THINK IT IT IT MAKES A BETTER CASE FOR GARNERING SUPPORT FOR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. THAT'S HOW I FEEL. I TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. OKAY. YEAH. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. BUT I WILL CONCUR. I JUST NEED TO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET. SO. QUESTION FOR YOU ON YOUR TARGETS. WHEN I LOOKED AT THEM, MY FIRST IMPRESSION WAS THEY MAY BE TOO AGGRESSIVE SO THAT YOU MAY BE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR FAILURE. DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE TARGETS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FAIL IN YOUR GOAL? BECAUSE THERE'S A BALANCE OF TRYING TO DO WHAT YOU CAN DO, BUT YOU'VE GOT LIKE YOU SAID, THERE ARE JUST SO MANY PRIORITIES IN A DAY. I MEAN, 50 VISITS, THAT'S ONE A WEEK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BASICALLY. AND NOW IF THERE'S TWO PEOPLE AND THAT ONLY MEANS EVERY OTHER WEEK, AND IF THERE'S THREE PEOPLE, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU START SPLITTING THEM UP. BUT IT DOES MAYBE GET A LITTLE MORE EASIER TO MAKE THOSE TARGETS. SO DO YOU FEEL THEY'RE TOO AGGRESSIVE? YES. I THINK THE THOUGHT WAS AT A MINIMUM, WE SHOULD FIND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER MAKE PHYSICAL VISITS BETWEEN THE TEAM AND OR THE BOARD FOR BUSINESSES OF ALL TYPES, INDUSTRIES OR SECTORS IN THE COMMUNITY. NOW, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE QUESTION THEN IS, DO I THINK I CAN EARN AN A AGAIN, SPEND SOME TIME IN THE CLASSROOM? SO I THINK I CAN GET AN A PLUS OR B PLUS ON THAT WITHOUT SPEAKING FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF. I WOULD FEEL THAT'S A WORTHY AMBITION, RIGHT? TO LISTEN THIS INITIAL YEAR TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT MEAN THERE IS NO 
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HIGHER PRIORITY IN TERMS OF STEWARDING THIS LOCAL ECONOMY. AND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CHECKING IN. AND IT'S NOT JUST BEING VISIBLE WHEN WE'RE LITERALLY MAKING A POINT WHEN WE GO VISIT. 
          WE ALSO TRYING TO FIND OCCASION TO SPEND SOME MONEY. NOW THAT'S USUALLY EASY. IF IT'S A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, LIKE WE WENT TO THE FURNITURE STORE AND BUY THE FURNITURE, BUT WE VISITED TWO BUSINESSES IN THAT CENTER. I MEAN, IF IT WAS LESLIE'S, I WOULD HAVE GOT SOME CHEMICALS OR SOMETHING FROM THE POOL. BUT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. AND I'M ALSO TELLING YOU, AGAIN, AT LEAST FOR ME PERSONALLY, LIVING HERE, MY FAMILY WOULD TELL YOU THAT'S THE CHARGE. FIND A WAY TO SPEND THAT MONEY LOCALLY. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A GAS STATION. YEAH, GO TO THE ONE BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME AS OPPOSED TO STOP ON THE WAY HOME. SO THAT'S MY THOUGHT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION. 
          HAVE A QUESTION? FEEDBACK? WELL, VISITS THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS MAKE. WILL THAT HELP RETIRE THAT 50 VISIT NUMBER OR NO. YEAH. SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO WE PUT THIS OUT THERE JUST JUST THAT TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD IN OBTAINING THESE GOALS. IS THAT HEAVILY ON STAFF. WHICH IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN WE MIGHT MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. BUT YOU KNOW, AS I SAID, YOU CAN DIVIDE AND CONQUER, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE SPREADING IT AMONGST STAFF AND THE BOARD, ONCE YOU'RE FULLY ALL THE VACANCIES ARE FILLED, WELL THEN THAT NUMBER IS DIFFERENT. BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO SAY IT'S GOING TO BE STAFF AND BOARD IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. SAID, WHAT'S THE BOARD'S APPETITE AND WHAT'S A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF NUMBER OF VISITS THAT THE BOARD CAN MANAGE AND THEN STAFF CAN MANAGE AND THEN OKAY, THEN LET'S MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WORK PLAN. WELL, OVERALL, I LIKE THE IDEA BECAUSE I THINK WE HEAR FROM BUSINESSES THAT. THAT GOVERNMENT IS ONLY REACTIVE VERSUS PROACTIVE. AND THIS TO ME SEEMS TO BE PROACTIVE. AND YOU'RE GETTING OUT THERE AND VISITING AND AT LEAST EXPLAINING PROCESSES THAT THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE BUSINESSES COME TO THE CITY, WHAT I HEAR IS I DON'T I CAN'T NAVIGATE THE PROCESS. SO MAYBE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROACTIVE AND INSTEAD OF JUST REACTIVE, WHICH AGAIN, HELPS IMPROVE THAT BUSINESS CULTURE THAT YOU'VE HEARD THAT IN OUR TOWN IS A CHALLENGE. PLUS, WE ALSO THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE OWNER THE FEEDBACK, BECAUSE WE'VE COME BACK OFTENTIMES AND SAID, WELL, THIS IS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED. BUT I THINK IT'S IT IT MAY BE SPEAKS LOUD WHEN YOU HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THAT. BUSINESS OWNERS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HERE'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING AS WELL. AND MAYBE THAT FEEDBACK IS THE SAME, MAYBE IT ISN'T, BUT I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU TO HEAR THAT FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED OUR FAIR SHARE FEEDBACK. BUT I THINK IT'D BE I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT VALUE FOR THE BOARD TO HEAR FIRSTHAND. THERE'S A LOT OF INTELLIGENCE THAT'S GATHERED WHEN YOU GO. 
          IT'S LIKE YOU GO THINKING YOU'RE GOING TO VISIT WITH THIS BUSINESS, I GOT MY SHEET OR CHECKLIST, BUT LIKE VICTOR WAS SHARING WITH ME, IF HE DID LAST WEEK, WE HAD TO GET A HAIRCUT AND WE ENDED UP FINDING ABOUT TWO NEW BRAND NEW BUSINESSES. ONE RECENTLY OPENED AND THEN ONE THAT'S COMING, AND THAT'S DONE SIMPLY BY VISITING ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY OR BUSINESS OWNER THAT WE, I DON'T KNOW, MAY NOT HAVE CAUGHT WIND OF. RIGHT. BUT THEN NOW WE CAN ANTICIPATE AND START THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, THIS THIS THING IS COMING TOGETHER. SO THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM THE VERBAL PEOPLE, EVERYBODY AGREES THAT THIS IS WORTH DOING, BUT I THINK SO. QUESTION I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK FROM AN I PROBABLY HAVE MORE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND YOU GUYS PROBABLY HAVE DATA, BUT AS FAR AS THE RECRUITMENT ASPECT, HAVE WE SORT OF SURVEYED THOSE LIKE NEAR MISSES OF OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE MISSED. SO WE KNOW NOT TO MAKE THOSE MISSTEPS AGAIN FROM THE RECRUITMENT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE NEAR MISS. SO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER THE SALES TAX DATA. THAT TREND REPORT, ONE OF THE SECTIONS THAT TALKED ABOUT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WHO ALL CONTRIBUTES TO THE SALES TAX REVENUE IN A GIVEN ECONOMY. RIGHT. IN THE RETAIL TRADE, THOSE ARE THE MOST OBVIOUS BECAUSE WE'RE USUALLY INVOLVED IN THE POINTS OF SALES. RIGHT. BUT THERE'S ALSO LIKE UTILITY 
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SERVICES WHOLESALE LIKE TELECOM. SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY IS WHEN I WHEN I THINK ABOUT ATTRACTION, IT HAS TO ALSO START WITH THE SPECIFIC SPACE. RIGHT. SO IT'S UNDERSTANDING, OKAY. WHETHER IT'S VACANT LAND OR WHETHER IT'S EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE OR LEASE RIGHT THERE, THERE ZONED A CERTAIN LAND USE. THE FOOTPRINT IS A CERTAIN MAKEUP. AND THEN THE INDUSTRIES RIGHT THAT ARE LOOKING TO COME TO DUNCANVILLE, WHETHER YOU'RE RECRUITING THEM OR NOT, RIGHT. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE LIKE A FORMULA. RIGHT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING ONE OF THE ATTRACTION ACTIVITIES IS AN EXAMPLE IS WE SUBMIT SITES FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES WHERE, OKAY, THIS SITE WILL WORK. IT'S AT A HARD CORNER SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. EITHER YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC COUNTS. WE KNOW THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SITE. WE KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THIS AND NOT AS FAR AS OUR MARKET PROFILE IN TERMS OF THE HOUSEHOLD MAKEUP, YOU KNOW, SHARE THE REPORT WITH THE STAFF THAT WE CAN GENERATE FROM THE MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE. MISS THOMPSON, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT? RIGHT. SO THAT THE TRADE MARKET ANALYSIS OF A GIVEN ECONOMY IS LITERALLY FASCINATING BECAUSE IT TELLS YOU SO MUCH ABOUT WHO LIVES IN THE HOUSEHOLDS, THEIR CONSUMER PATTERNS, THEIR DISPOSABLE INCOME, THEIR THE WAY THEY LIVE IN THIS BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THEN THAT HELPS US KNOW WHEN WE'RE BEING ASPIRATIONAL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WANT TO ATTRACT VERSUS WHAT'S SUPPORTED BY THE MARKET. AND THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE LOOKING TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY, LIKE DOCUMENT BECAUSE YOU CHECK ALL THESE BOXES. SO IN TERMS OF AN ANSWER, A QUESTION WITH NEAR MISSES, I DON'T KNOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD SAY THAT I COULD SHARE ANY NEAR MISSES IN THE I COULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT I'VE BEEN IN THIS SECTOR AND PUBLIC SECTOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD FROM DEVELOPERS AND FROM END USERS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRUTH TO IT, IS TIME IS MONEY AND TIME KILLS ALL DEALS. RIGHT. AND SO THE THESE ENTITIES, THESE INVESTORS WANT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY. THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AN ORGANIZATION'S HOUSE IS IN ORDER THAT YOUR ORDINANCES ARE IN PLACE, IN LINE WITH DEVELOPMENT TRENDS, THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE RUN THROUGH THIS LONG AND DRAWN OUT ENTITLEMENT PROCESS WHEN THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED FROM HERE OR THERE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. WHAT SETS YOU APART FROM THE OTHER COMMUNITY, WHERE THEY CAN TAKE THEIR MONEY AND KNOW THAT THEIR PROJECT CAN BE APPROVED WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME, TIME, AND THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR INVESTORS AND SAY, HERE'S THE PROJECTED RATE OF RETURN BECAUSE IT'S TRANSPARENT, HERE'S THE GUIDELINES, HERE'S THE USE, HERE'S EVERYTHING. AND IF WE LAY OUT A PROJECT IN THIS SPECIFIC MANNER, IT BECOMES A PERMANENT PROJECT, NOT A SERIES OF MEETINGS, HEARINGS, NEGOTIATIONS, NINE MONTHS, 12 MONTHS, 16. IT'S LIKE IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE FINDING OPPORTUNITIES, LOOKING WHERE TO PUT THEIR MONEY. YOU'RE IN US, IN SOME ESSENCE, COMPETING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, SAYING WHAT SETS YOU APART. SO IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOUR LAND, YOUR YOUR LAND USE REGULATIONS ARE IN ORDER. 
          YOUR INCENTIVES ARE IN ORDER FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT PRESENTS ITSELF TO YOU TO MOVE FAST. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CHANGING THE PLANS TO BE READY FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY AND MOVE FASTER THAN WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY IN THE PAST. THAT'S WHY I SAID I CAN'T SHARE. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY NEAR MISSES HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION NINE MONTHS. I JUST KNOW THAT FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS, THAT'S SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I'VE HEARD FROM DEVELOPERS AND THESE RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS, LIKE TIME IS MONEY, GO, GO, GO. 
          AND WHILE THEY'RE PRESENTING THESE BUDGETS, CONSTRUCTION COSTS, CARRYING COSTS, THE LONGER THAT THIS PROJECT TAKES TO GET APPROVAL, SO DOES THEIR COST. AND AT SOME POINT, A DECISION HAS TO BE MADE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROJECT AND IF IT CONTINUES TO BE VIABLE. SO THEN WHAT? WHAT IMPACT? SUPPOSE SUPPOSE WE HAD AN MISS THAT INVOLVED TIME, AS YOU SAID, THE PROCESS OF BRINGING A BUSINESS INTO TOWN BEGINS WITH THE EXTENSION OF AN OPPORTUNITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON ROLLING OUT THE WELCOME MAT. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE DO. ONCE THEY HAVE WALKED IN, THEN THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REGULATORY. SO 
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BUT OUR INVOLVEMENT. STOPPING THE DOOR TO THIS. SO WHAT DO WE. HOW HOW DO WE ADDRESS, DO WE EVEN ADDRESS AT ALL THE AMOUNT OF TIME EXPENDED IN MOVING THEM FROM OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALITY? THE REGULATIONS SIDE OF THE HOUSE? YES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THE THIS BOARD CAN ONLY CONTROL SO MUCH. RIGHT. BUT FOR US AT A STAFF LEVEL, WE CAN MAKE ALL SORTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE ALSO THE SUPPORT OF THE CORPORATION. BUT FOR US AS STAFF, IT DOESN'T START AND STOP AT A SPECIFIC POINT. BUT FOR US BEING THE, YOU KNOW, THE WELCOME AMBASSADOR BUSINESS FROM STAFF, IT STARTS FROM THE BEGINNING ALL THE WAY TO THE END, TO THE RIBBON TO THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. AND WE ARE THE AMBASSADORS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT. BUT HALF THE BATTLE IS ESTABLISHING AND NOURISHING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS EARLY ON. RIGHT. AND BUILDING THAT RAPPORT. AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE THEM ENGAGED AND INTERESTED, THEN IT'S DELIVERING ON THE OTHER PART AND PROVIDING THEM ASSURANCES THAT THEIR PROJECT IS IN GOOD HANDS, AND THAT THIS PROJECT WON'T TAKE TWO, THREE YEARS TO APPROVE, THAT YOU WILL BE WITH THEM BY THEIR SIDE THROUGHOUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE AND THAT THERE'S ANY IF THERE ARE ANY HURDLES THAT COME ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, THAT YOU WILL BE THERE WITH THEM. TO OVERCOME IT, HOWEVER, YOU NEED TO OVERCOME IT TO KEEP THE PROJECT ON TRACK. THAT IS ACTUALLY INTERESTING THAT YOU BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE I MET WITH DAISY PATEL, ONE OF THE MANAGING PARTNERS FOR THE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT OFF OF THE TOYOTA SITE, AND SHE SHARED WITH ME THAT SHE'S HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS PROJECT AND SAID, YOU'RE PROBABLY THE SECOND OR THIRD STAFF MEMBER THAT I DEALT WITH. AND SHE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT IS IN YOUR HANDS AND THAT YOU TAKE US TO THE FINISH LINE, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE OBTAINED. AND THERE'S MORE TO COME AND WE WANT TO DO MORE. BUT SHE DID SAY GET A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NO OFFENSE, YOU'RE THE SECOND OR THIRD. AND IS THERE GOING TO BE A FOURTH OR FIFTH NOT WISHING THAT. JUST SAYING LIKE, HEY, WE ARE INVESTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DOLLARS HERE. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND POSSIBLY WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROJECT IS IN YOUR HANDS AND YOUR TEAM'S HANDS. HELP US TAKE IT TO THE FINISH LINE. OKAY? IT JUST IT JUST MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO DO A FLOW CHART LISTING THE STEPS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN GETTING AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR THE CITY, AND YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, HERE'S HOW IT WORKS RIGHT HERE. IF THIS HAPPENS, YOU GO THIS WAY. IF THAT HAPPENS, YOU GO THAT WAY. PEOPLE LIKE IT WHEN THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROVIDING A SERIES OF CHECKLISTS. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN OPENING A RESTAURANT, WHAT ARE THE SOME OF THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS, GREASE TRAP REQUIREMENTS. AND ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKING THOSE THAT INFORMATION BILINGUAL, WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT MAYBE DOING SOME VIDEOS. SO YES, WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THAT IS IN THE WORKS BECAUSE WE DO FIND THEM THAT THEY'D BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU BACK TO YOUR PRESENTATION. YEAH. I THINK WE ENDED ON THAT LAST SECTION. RIGHT. THIS WAS OUR LAST SLIDE OUTLINING SOME OF OUR TARGETS. 
          JUST DEPENDING ON THIS. THIS ITEM WAS REALLY SET UP FOR DISCUSSION. UPDATE CONSIDERATION. WE'RE GOING THE SAME WAY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, MR. HARVEY MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THIS WORK PLAN IS ONE COMPONENT. THINK OF IT AS ONE LEG OF A DEPARTMENT'S STRATEGIC PLAN TOOLKIT. RIGHT. IT DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO, YOU KNOW, TO NURTURE, TO SHEPHERD, TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          RIGHT. AND SO AND I FEEL LIKE THE FEEDBACK WE HAD HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL. RIGHT. IT'S A 
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DOCUMENT THAT. SOME OF THE NOTES I TOOK, I THINK WE COULD, YOU KNOW, VERY EASILY INCORPORATE. I THINK THE MAIN THING IS OUR PROGRAM OF UPDATING AND REPORTING NOW, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXERCISE TO PUT, FORMALIZE WHAT WE HAD ALREADY KIND OF STARTED DOING. AND IN SOME INSTANCES HAVE BEEN DOING INFORMALLY. TWO THINGS REAL EASY. IF THIS FORM FOLLOWS WHAT THE TITLE IS UP THERE, THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO EXPAND THIS TITLE HERE IN THE FORM. YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK IT FOLLOWS VERY WELL WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO UP THERE. AND THE OTHER THING WAS IN OUR MARKETING AREA, AS YOU GO VISIT A COMPANY AND YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME TO ONE OF OUR MARKETING EVENTS AND PUT A BOOTH UP AT AND TO JUST SHOW OFF AND DISPLAY YOUR COMPANY AS FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR VENDORS AND WHATNOT TO BE AT EVENTS? I MEAN, TO ME, IT'S A GREAT SHOWCASE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEIR BUSINESS IS DOING BECAUSE WE CAN ALL DRIVE PAST THE BUSINESS EVERY DAY AND NOT KNOW THAT THEY'RE MAKING, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONAL MARKETING STUFF, AND THEY CAN EXPAND AND HELP, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE. I WILL SHARE THAT HAS BEEN AN OBJECTIVE OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNER, DEVIN. SHE'S GONE OUT TO BUSINESSES AND SHARED NOT JUST LETTING THEM KNOW OF THE EVENTS COMING, BUT ALSO HOPING TO GET THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN IF THEY'D LIKE TO BE A SPONSOR, WHICH COULD EQUATE A BOOTH AT THE EVENT OR THEIR LOGO AND BRANDING ON OUR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S PRESENTED IN A WAY. SO THAT DEFINITELY IS AN ONGOING INITIATIVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? I JUST HAVE A COMMEN. I WOULDN'T MIND IF SOME OF THE BUSINESSES WERE EVEN ASSIGNED TO US AS BOARD MEMBERS. THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, ONE OF THE BEST ROUTES. SO AT LEAST, YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT VISITING THE SAME BUSINESSES. SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, LIKE YOU STATED, I DON'T KNOW, I'M PASSING BUILDINGS, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY DO OR IF THEY'RE EVEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SO IT'LL BE GOOD IF WE KNOW. AND WE'RE JUST ASSIGNED THAT. I WOULD CHECK THOSE OFF FOR YOU ALL. THAT'S GOOD. I DID ALL RIGHT WITH OUR SHIRTS. YEAH. GET A SHIRT TOO. TWO SHIRTS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WAY. THE OWNER KNOWS THAT THIS IS NOT SOMEBODY TRYING TO ROLL UP ON HERE, RIGHT? YEAH. SO THEY'RE NOT LIKE, WHO SENT YOU? YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S AN OFFICIAL VISIT. YES. RIGHT THERE. THE LOGO. MAKE SURE WE HAVE SWAG AND LEAVE. WE GOT TO GET THAT APPROVED THOUGH. EVERYTHING. WAS IT 39.99? WE'RE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING A LOT OF BUSINESS. A SMALL BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND WE'LL BE ON OUR NEXT ITEM. ALL RIGHT. 
          YEAH. GREAT. AND WE HAVE A GOOD I CAN WORK AND EAT. OH. SO WE'RE GOING IN WITH KEITH. YEAH. LIKE SO OR GO TO CITY. RIGHT. IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE PAUSE WHERE I CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT. I NEED ONE OF THOSE AIRHEADS. BUT NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ALL. NO, I WAI WOULD LIKE TO OR WE COULD, WE COULD MOVE EXECUTIVE SESSION UP 
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RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. DO THAT NOW. NO, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S GO INTO 
          [10. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
EXECUTIVE SESSION. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT. YOU KNOW I DON'T THINK IT'S OKAY. SO WE'LL WE'LL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. AS OF EIGHT 755 RECESSING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.0872 T OKAY. WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 831. ACTION 
          [11. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION]
          [12. TAKE ANY NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE ACTION AS A RESULT OF CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
          [6. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF FY-26 DCEDC CALENDAR FOR COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS TRADE SHOWS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION COURSES, MARKETING, TARGET INDUSTRY RECRUITMENT AND ASSOCIATED TRAVEL & EXPENSES]
TO BE TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM SIX ON THE AGENDA. 
          AND WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF FOR PRESENTATION. OKAY. AGAIN THIS ITEM IS FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION, NOT NECESSARILY ANY ACTION, BUT IT'S REGARDING OR ASSOCIATED WITH A PROPOSED DRAFT CALENDAR, IF YOU WILL. RIGHT THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE AGAIN INTO THE BUSINESS ATTRACTION CATEGORY, RIGHT OF THE WORK PLAN OR ACTIVITIES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUSLY ON OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, A SNAPSHOT OF. TRADE SHOWS, CONFERENCES, YOU KNOW, REAL ESTATE CONFERENCES, TRAININGS, ETC. BOTH LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AND NATIONALLY. RIGHT. SO REAL QUICKLY, I THINK MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH EXCEL. THAT'S THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE THEIR RECON, THEIR REAL ESTATE DEAL MAKING EVENT EVERY MAY IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. RIGHT. THE ONE FOR NEXT YEAR, ALSO IN MAY LAST WEEK, 18TH THROUGH THE 26TH. RIGHT. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT GATHERING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDC, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT STAFF OR INTERESTS TO GO THERE IDEALLY RIGHT WITH A COUPLE OF SITES, SOME STRATEGIC, INTENTIONAL AGENDAS, RIGHT TO MEET WITH OR BRING. TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT DUNCANVILLE SPECIFIC TO DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY. SO RIGHT TYPICALLY THESE GROUPS WHO ARE REGISTERED FOR ICSC, THESE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS WHO ARE LOOKING TO MEET WITH CITIES, BROKERS, LARGE LANDOWNERS, RIGHT TO SEE IF OR HOW MANY BOXES YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHECK IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW IN NORTH TEXAS, RIGHT? THE OTHER ONE IS CSC AGAIN, SAME PARENT GROUP, BUT THEY DO THEIR REGIONAL ACTIVITIES WHERE AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE RED RIVER EVERY YEAR, RIGHT, IN THE DFW METROPLEX BECAUSE IT'S AN ECONOMIC ENGINE UNTO ITSELF. 
          RIGHT. AND SO TEAM HAD A VERY VISIBLE PRESENCE AT THE EVENT THIS YEAR. THE ONE FOR NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE IN FEBRUARY. DOWNTOWN DALLAS. RIGHT. RETAIL LIVE AGAIN. THEY DO A NUMBER OF EVENTS, BUT SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IS HOSTED BY AUSTIN EVERY YEAR. SO YOU GET YOUR YOU HAVE A STATEWIDE PRESENCE. RIGHT. AND AGAIN THESE ARE STILL GOING TO BE SOME COMPANIES THAT HAVE A REGIONAL AND NATIONAL. PRESENCE. RIGHT. BUT I'D LIKE BECAUSE IT GETS REAL SPECIFIC TO THE RETAILERS, THE THAT COMMERCIAL SEGMENT OF THE INDUSTRY THAT'S LOOKING TO GROW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THEY'RE REAL FAMILIAR WITH THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR ECONOMIES. RIGHT. AGAIN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO IN AND SAY, OKAY, YEAH, THIS PARTICULAR INDUSTRY OR THIS RETAILER THAT FITS WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT? WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, RIGHT? TC, DC EXCUSE ME, TDC RIGHT. TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL RIGHT. THIS IS THE ORGANIZATION IN OUR STATE WHERE THEY THEY PROVIDE DATA. THEY HAVE ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY CONFERENCES. BUT THE REAL VALUE WE THINK IS SOME OF THE TRAINING AND PROGRAMING THAT THEY OFFER TO PRACTITIONERS AND BOARD MEMBERS LIKE YOURSELVES. RIGHT. SO THEY'LL HAVE EVENTS LIKE WE HAVE LISTED HERE THEIR MID-YEAR CONFERENCE, I MEAN, PLANO THIS YEAR, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THEY'VE HAD STUFF LIKE IN RICHARDSON. SO EVERY YEAR, EVERY CALENDAR YEAR, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE 
          [01:55:02]
INTERESTED. AND WE FEEL LIKE IT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO ATTEND ONE OF THESE SESSIONS, MAYBE TAKE ONE OF THE TRAINING COURSES AS PART OF IT. MAYBE YOU WANT TO BECOME CERTIFIED. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SOME BOARD MEMBERS WHO WANT TO PURSUE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A CERTIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, YOUR BOARD MEMBER. NONETHELESS, JUNE AND OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE TAKE PART IN THOSE THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE BEING IN HOUSTON ACTUALLY STILL WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR COMING UP IN JULY, YOU KNOW, WE CAME ACROSS THIS THIS ORGANIZATION. SO THINK DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE, THINK CITY OF CHAMPIONS AS OUR MOTTO IS PRIMARILY TIED TO THE RICH CHAMPIONSHIP LEGACY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS. RIGHT. THIS CONVENTION FOR SPORTS FACILITIES, FOR CONVENTION SPACE, FOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. 
          ARLINGTON, TEXAS. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN TO CONNECT WITH TO TAKE PART IN THAT PROGRAMING RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES, JUST IDEAS TO EXPAND THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR SO, THE DUNCANVILLE FIELDHOUSE OR ANY OF OUR OTHER FACILITIES AS A AS A TOWN THAT REALLY IS IN THE SPORTS AS A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT, RIGHT. SO IN ARLINGTON. IN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH FROM NOW. OKAY. AND THEN THE RED SUMMIT, THAT'S PART OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP, RIGHT? THIS PAST YEAR, THE RECTOR HAD A CHANCE TO BE ON THAT PANEL, RIGHT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF IN OUR REGION. SO RED, THAT'S THE ACRONYM FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT. AND EACH YEAR THEY TRY TO TARGET A SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, CATEGORY OR SECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE REGION. RIGHT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO THAT EVENT, WE USUALLY HAVE A PRESENCE OR DELEGATION IN, YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF IS USUALLY INVOLVED IN EITHER THE PLANNING OR FACILITATION OF THAT EVENT. SO THIS ISN'T MEANT TO BE. TOTALLY REPRESENTATIVE OR LIMITED TO THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT WE FEEL LIKE IT DOES REPRESENT A GOOD MIX OF OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH LOCALLY, REGIONALLY, STATEWIDE AND NATIONALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD LOOK TO DO AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN OF HAVING OUR PRESENCE, DOING OUR BUSINESS ATTRACTION STRATEGY FOR OUR WORK PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. SO WE WANT TO PUT THAT TOGETHER, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, AND NOW START TO TALK ABOUT, OKAY, WHAT WHAT ADDITIONALLY OR WHAT REACTION DO YOU HAVE FOR ANY OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE TABLE? SEE, IT'S A GREAT START. OKAY. AND MOST OF US ARE ON THE TABLE AT LEAST HAVE BEEN TO ONE, 2 OR 3 OF THOSE. YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S WORTH US CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE, HAVE A PRESENCE AND GO, WE NEED TO GET OUR NAME OUT THERE. AND FOLKS AWARE THAT THERE'S OTHER PLACES THAT NORTH OF THE TOLLWAY, WHEREVER THEY WOULD GO. 
          AND THEY SAY WE EVERYWHERE. SO YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GREAT. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. OKAY. SO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND 
          [7. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION FOR STRONG TOWNS SPONSORSHIP AND DCEDC DELEGATION AT STRONG TOWNS NATIONAL GATHERING JUNE 9-11, 2025.]
CONSIDERATION OF STRONG TOWNS SPONSORSHIP IN DC, EDC DELEGATION AND STRONG TOWNS NATIONAL GATHERING JUNE 9TH THROUGH 11, 2025 PRESENTED BY STAFF. OKAY, SO WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TIED TO ITEM EIGHT A OR THE PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA. SO THIS WILL BE GOOD. WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN IF IT'S THE BOARD'S PLEASURE FOR THE NEXT ITEM, WE CAN HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THEY WILL AT LEAST HAVE SOME MORE CONTEXT TO WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ABOUT. OKAY. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, STRONG TOWNS, RIGHT? AS AN ORGANIZATIO, PRIMARILY THEIR CORE FOCUS AREAS IS GOING TO BE ON THE TYPE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY OR THE AUDIENCE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU WOULD BE TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF AT ICSC, FOR EXAMPLE. RIGHT? OR EVEN RED RIVER OR RETAIL LIVE. THIS IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT HAS, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY REFER TO AS INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WHERE YOU EXCUSE ME, A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'LL SEE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHEATLAND PLAZA 
          [02:00:03]
HERE ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. THEY AREN'T GOING TO BE. SOME OF THE LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT IT ISN'T GOING TO BE OR INDUSTRIAL PARKS. IT ISN'T GOING TO BE YOUR. 
          RETAIL ANCHORED BOX STORE WITH OUTPARCELS. AND YEAH, AS AN EXAMPLE. RIGHT. BUT IN A COMMUNITY LIKE OURS WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH, WITH, WITH OUR LAND MASS, WITH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AS IT IS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE STILL HAVE AVAILABLE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN ORGANIZATION WHO SPENT A LOT OF YEARS WORKING WITH MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT EDC ON REALLY HOW TO REALLY JUST HOW TO APPROACH THAT. AND ALSO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED THAT CITIES ARE NOW REALIZING BY FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT REALLY CAME UP TO THE SCENE AFTER WORLD WAR TWO, RIGHT WHEN WE STARTED DOING EVERYTHING BASED ON PASSENGER VEHICLES, RIGHT WHEN WE LEFT THE URBAN CORE AND WENT OUT TO THESE FIRST TWO RING SUBURBS. WITH THAT CAME A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, RIGHT, THAT WE SEE VISIBLE. AND AS WE'RE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE USABLE LIFE OF SOME OF THESE CENTERS, SOME OF THESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE 30, 40 YEARS OLD NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT'S LEFT. AND NOW HOW DO WE ATTRACT MORE REINVESTMENT, RIGHT. LIKE WE RECENTLY DID WITH WHEATLAND PLAZA. RIGHT, AS AN EXAMPLE. RIGHT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO BY LOOKING AT IS, HEY, BIAS CORE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT GOES INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, RIGHT. THE VALUE OF LOOKING AT THE MERITS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE REVENUE THAT THEY BRING PER ACRE. RIGHT. AND SO AS A KEY METRIC, AND WE REFER TO, AGAIN, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THE DOLLAR GETS RECYCLED BEFORE IT LEAVES DUNCANVILLE ENTIRELY? RIGHT. SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THE RELATIVE HEALTH OF YOUR SMALL BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO AGAIN, STRONG TIES TO THE STORY THAT'S BEING WRITTEN ABOUT STRONG TOWNS IS A STORY OF HEROES. AND YOU ALL ARE THE HEROES OF THAT STORY. AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT GETTING TOGETHER AND BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. JUST HAVE YOU LOOK AROUND BECAUSE THIS IS AMAZING. WHAT'S IN THIS ROOM, THE ENERGY, THE STORIES. ALL RIGHT. HOPEFULLY THIS STOPPED AND IT DID ALL RIGHT IN TERMS OF STRONG TOWNS RIGHT THERE. MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT FOOTPRINT AS AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THE EYES AND EARS AND THE REACH OF THEIR VOICE. AGAIN, AS AN ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, BEHIND RESEARCH AND DATA, WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE NUMERICAL REFERENCES THAT COME THAT WILL COME WITH SPONSORSHIP, RIGHT? AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENT, LIKE, LIKE BEING ABLE TO AMPLIFY DUNCANVILLE. AND ITS ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. RIGHT. SO THAT AUDIENCE. RIGHT. WHEATLAND PLAZA IS A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. RIGHT. AND THE REASON WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRONG TOWNS IS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROFILE EXACTLY WHAT THIS CORPORATION DID, RIGHT. BY LEVERAGING PUBLIC DOLLARS WITH PRIVATE CAPITAL TO DO INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT TO STABILIZE A COMMERCIAL RETAIL CENTER IN THE COMMUNITY. AGAIN, THAT HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS. THAT WAS VOID OF REALLY ANY NEW INVESTMENT OR STRATEGIC PLANS. 
          AND SO WHEATLAND, DUNCANVILLE LLC IS THE SINGLE PURPOSE ENTITY THAT WAS CREATED TO OWN THAT ASSET, YOU KNOW, SO BOTH THE PUBLIC, THE EDC AND OPTIONS, REAL ESTATE AND THEIR PRINCIPAL, THOSE ARE THE TWO PARTIES TO THAT, THAT ENTITY. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS INVITATION, THIS POTENTIAL SPONSORSHIP HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER AMPLIFY AS AN EXAMPLE. RIGHT. THEY'RE USING THIS. HEY, YOU GUYS SHOULD STUDY WHAT DUNCANVILLE AND THIS CORPORATION DID THERE IN TEXAS. 
          OKAY. SO WE'RE IN THE PLAZA AGAIN. WE KNOW THIS SITE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE LATEST ITERATION OF THE SITE PLAN. IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL. IT'S OFFICE RIGHT OPTIONS. REAL ESTATE MOVED THEIR HEADQUARTERS THERE. WE'VE GOT THE NEW DMV REGISTRATION. WE'VE GOT A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THE OTHER RETAILERS THAT HAVE BEEN STABILIZED WHO HAVE BEEN KIND OF SURVIVING THE PREVIOUS CONDITIONS. AND THEN LASTLY, URBAN RESIDENTIAL. 
          RIGHT. THEY USED TO BE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN PRE WORLD WAR TWO, WE DIDN'T DEVELOP RETAIL 
          [02:05:02]
EXCLUSIVELY AS STANDALONE PROPERTIES. YOU ALWAYS HAD THIS MIX OF OFFICE, OF RESIDENTIAL, OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND PUBLIC SERVICES IN, IN THESE DOWNTOWNS THAT AS WE WERE STARTING OUT. RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PROJECT BRINGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BACK, LITERALLY RECREATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE ELEMENTS RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL, OFFICE, PUBLIC SERVICES. IN TERMS OF WHEATLAND PLAZA AS AN ASSET, HOW IT'S PERFORMING, IT TELLS THE STORY AND IT'S TRENDING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. RIGHT. SO A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED, THE ENTITY WAS CREATED AND HE GOT THE FIRST PERMITS TO START DEVELOPMENT. WE SHOW THE INITIAL PROPERTY VALUE REALLY SERVED HIM $10 MILLION. AND THE DCX INVESTMENT CASH, RIGHT. THE SEED TO ACQUIRE 50% OWNERSHIP IN THAT PROJECT. HERE WE'RE SHOWING KIND OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING NOW. LIKE THE FIRST TWO PHASES HAVE BEEN COMPLETE. RIGHT. SO THAT'S SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE ILLUSTRATION. A LOT OF THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN CHECKED OFF. AND THEY'RE ENTERING SOME OF THE FINAL PHASES OF THE PROJECT. RIGHT. THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH DRC TO GET THE PERMITS TO START BUILDING THE TOWNHOMES. 
          RIGHT. THEY'VE DONE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, GOT NEW LEASE TENANTS, DID THE FACADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARTNER. 
          RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET OUR HANDS ON A COPY ON THE COPY OF THE APPRAISAL. AND WE MAY STILL GET OUR OWN INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY, MAYBE AFTER THE TOWNHOMES ARE BUILT. BUT BUT BASED ON WHERE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY, BOTH AS INCOME AND LAND AND IMPROVEMENT VALUE. NOW WE'RE APPROACHING $20 MILLION IN JUST A FEW YEARS. SO THIS ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE RETURN ON THAT INITIAL INVESTMENT. RIGHT. AND WE TOOK THE RISK TO PARTNER WITH PRIVATE CAPITAL. RIGHT. AND THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE RETURN OKAY BUYOUT SCENARIOS. 
          WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING IN TERMS OF REVENUE OR PROFIT. IF WE WERE TO SELL OUR INTEREST OKAY. IT'S BUILT IT'S STABILIZED. WE DIDN'T GET OUT. THAT'S FREE UP THAT THAT EQUITY THAT WE INVESTED AND MOVE IT TO THE NEXT WHEATLAND PLAZA OR OTHER PROJECT AREA. 
          RIGHT. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THOSE SCENARIOS LOOK LIKE BASED ON THOSE TIMELINE PERIODS. 
          THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT REALLY SHOWING MUCH BECAUSE IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT'S BEING BUILT HAS TO BE STABILIZED. BUT NOW WE'RE ALREADY APPROACHING THE SECOND TIER SCENARIO THREE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE CLOSE THAT DEAL A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT'S APPROACHING HOPEFULLY COMPLETION, MAYBE BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR OF THE FIRST OR THE NEXT YEAR. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE THOSE TABLES BELOW REPRESENT. AND THEN THIS LAST ONE. SO WHAT'S THE RETURN ON THAT CAPITAL INVESTED. AGAIN. WE CASH OUT OR LIQUIDATE OUR OWNERSHIP EQUITY 41% RETURN OR 85% RETURN ON THAT INVESTED CAPITAL RIGHT. HERE ARE SOME OF THE CLAWBACK PROVISIONS AND YOU KNOW, THAT ARE JUST BAKED INTO OUR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF DEFAULT. YOU KNOW HOW WE WOULD TREAT THAT IF THERE'S A DISPUTE IN TERMS OF THE MARKET VALUE? BECAUSE, AGAIN, WHATEVER THE AGREED UPON APPRAISED VALUE, THEN WE COME IN AT 50% OF THAT AS EQUAL PARTNERS. BUT WHEN THERE'S A DISPUTE, WELL, MAYBE I DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR APPRAISER THAT YOU GOT WE WANT TO GET OUR OWN. SO THERE'S LANGUAGE THAT SHOWS HOW WE WOULD LIQUIDATE THIS ASSET AND HOW WE WOULD TREAT, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES OF DEFAULT. AND WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. IF THE PARTNER WANTS TO SELL HIS INTEREST, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL OFFER ON THAT. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE AGREED TO BE PARTNERS, THIS ENTITY. SO THIS JUST A QUICK HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHEATLAND PLAZA AND THE OWNERSHIP ENTITY THAT WE HAVE CREATED BASED ON OUR OWNERSHIP IN IT. BUT AGAIN, IT'S ALSO ALL TIED TO WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRONG TOWNS AND THAT NATIONAL GATHERING, BECAUSE THEY'VE INVITED US TO BE A SPONSORSHIP OR JUST COME AND BE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE YOUR PARTNER IS ON THE PANEL, RIGHT? FOR ONE OF THE DAYS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA THAT WE SENT OUT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DUNCANVILLE AND WE EVEN PLAZA, WHETHER YOU'RE THERE OR NOT. BUT WE LOOKED AT IT AS MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY. WELL, WE SHOULD MAYBE WE SHOULD BE THERE BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING THE RECOGNITION, I KNOW AS A STAFF, WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE MEETING AND COLLABORATING AND 
          [02:10:02]
IDENTIFYING THE NEXT DEVELOPER WHO'S WHO HAS THE CHOPS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE ENDURANCE TO DO URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE DUNCANVILLE. AND WE'D LIKE WE'D LIKE TO POTENTIALLY BRING ANOTHER PROPOSAL BACK TO THIS BOARD ABOUT DOING ANOTHER PROJECT. AS SUCCESSFUL AS THIS ONE APPEARS TO BE TRENDING TOWARDS. SO THAT WAS REALLY THE LAST SLIDE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE PRESENTATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL. OKAY. SO DO WE NEED A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. YOU AS THE YOUR MEETING. IT'S YOUR MEETING AS PRESIDENT. AND YOU CAN OPEN PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. YOU'RE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING OKAY. WE WILL WE WILL NOW MOVE 
          [8.a. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTON 2025-5-18 APPROVING A SPONSORSHIP FOR STRONG TOWNS NATIONAL GATHERING IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.00 AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]
TO A POINT ON THE AGENDA WHERE THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE CAN SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. 
          AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, START BY GIVING YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. SO AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, YOU'RE OPENING PUBLIC HEARING AT? YES, SIR, I AM I AM OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING AND 851 SO IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? ALRIGHT, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN AT EIGHT. WHAT IS THAT? 52 852 OKAY. SO WE'LL GO BACK TO STAFF. OKAY. SO THAT'S. 
          SO. THE RESOLUTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE SPONSORSHIP AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL GATHERING. WE HAVE HERE. AGAIN, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PRESENTATION. OUR OVERARCHING OBJECTIVES FOR GOING AND SPONSORING THIS EVENT, MOSTLY TIED TO SUCCESS STORY WHEATLAND PLAZA, BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE UPON THAT SUCCESS STORY. SO IDENTIFY THE NEXT PROJECT AND THEN HAVE TO BE IDENTICAL TO WHEATLAND PLAZA. BUT THIS THIS URBAN REDEVELOPMENT IS WHAT IS WHAT THIS ENVIRONMENT CALLS FOR. AND SO WE INCLUDED DRAFT BUDGET AGAIN, THE CATEGORIES, THE COST OF GOING TO AND FROM. AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE. SO YOU SEE THAT THAT AMOUNT HERE INCLUDES. THE $5,000 PRIZE PACKAGE. YEAH. SO. SO ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? I WILL BECAUSE I ALWAYS DO. OKAY. SORRY. SO. DEVIN HAD SENT OUT A SURVEY. I BELIEVE IT WENT OUT TO EVERYBODY TO POLLING WHO WAS GOING, SO WHO WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO GO TO THIS EVENT? AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE HAD. TARGETED TWO STAFF MEMBERS AND TWO BOARD MEMBERS. SO IS THAT MR. BARRERA OR MR. GOFF? I HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON ATTENDING, BUT I HAVE OTHER, OTHER THINGS GOING ON HERE SO I'M NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. AND SO WE HAVE WE CAN WE GOT SPACE FOR ANOTHER BOARD MEMBERS. SO ARE THEY GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GO ALONG WITH OUR EVENTS PLANNER. YEAH. SHE IS GOING TO PRIMARILY BE MANNING THE SPONSORSHIP BOOTH. YOU KNOW WE'LL WE'LL TAG TEAM AND BE THERE TO SUPPORT HER BECAUSE IT'S BETTER WHEN WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE THERE. IT'S YOUR CONVERSATION. ONE PERSON, SOMEONE ELSE COMES UP. WE CAN HANDLE THAT. AND DID ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO GO? HOLDEN. MR. HARVEY, YOU STILL PLANNING TO JOIN US? YES. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT TWO, TWO STAFF MEMBERS AND ONE BOARD MEMBER. YOU KNOW, WE ALSO TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND HAD HIM AND HIS STAFF SEE IF ANY OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE INTERESTED IN GOING. THEY HAVE TRAVEL TRAINING BUDGETS THEMSELVES. AGAIN, IT'S DUNCANVILLE. THEY SHARE IN THE SUCCESS OF THE STORY AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY OF THEM CONFIRMED YET AS WELL. AS 
          [02:15:02]
IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO STAFF MEMBERS ON BOARD, ON BOARD. BUT WE'VE WE'VE RESERVED THAT BLOCK OF LODGING AND TRAVEL. AND IF WE NEED TO ADJUST, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO DO SO. WE ACTUALLY HEARD BACK FROM ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. AT THIS POINT, IT'S ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE BOARD MEMBER, TWO STAFF MEMBER. SO FOR IS THAT WHAT YOU HAD RESERVATIONS KIND OF IN YOUR PLANS FOR THOSE? YES. NO BILLS. GO AHEAD. WHAT'S THAT? NO, NOT THIS ONE. IT'S A TOUGH JOB. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO SHOW UP. I BETWEEN NEW YORK AND OH THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE. I HEAR MUCH INDEPENDENT. OKAY. SO AGAIN I THINK I'M THINKING BACK TO THIS AGENDA ITEM ABOUT STRONG TOWNS. BUT THE ONE BEFORE THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR CALENDAR, I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE KNOW WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY FORECAST THIS ONE THIS TIME LAST YEAR BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY COME OUT WITH THEIR ANNUAL GATHERING, WE WON'T NECESSARILY KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FEATURE A PROFILE READING THE PLAZA. RIGHT. BUT SO NONETHELESS, WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THE BOARD TO SEE IF, IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST OR CONSENSUS ABOUT GOING. YOU KNOW. OKAY. WELL, I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE PROPOSAL WAS, IF YOU DO THE 5000, DOES THAT COVER HOW DO WE BUDGET FOR THE TRAVEL EXPENSES THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED UNDER THE ASSUMPTION CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T HAVE BUDGET TO EXPENSE THROUGH THEM. 
          IF IT COMES THROUGH THIS BOARD THAT WE INCLUDE IT WITH THE 5000. YES. SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY. I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION. EXCUSE ME WITH DEVIN. I THINK MAYBE WE WHAT DO WE DO FOR REVENUES? AND WE HAVE A PRESENCE FOR BOTH THE BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL. AND WE JUST IT ALL IT ALL CAME OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET. WE DID NOT SEE. WE DID NOT AND HAVE NOT SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ATTENDING. YEAH. SO I WILL SAY WITH THE WITH THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE AND THIS IS CREDIT TO DEVIN, HER NEGOTIATING WITH THE GROUP. THEY YOU KNOW THE $5,000 PACKAGE IT ACTUALLY CAME WITH MAYBE I DON'T KNOW TWO BEFORE TICKETS. BUT THEY SAID HEY TWO REGISTRATIONS. WE'RE LIKE HEY YOU TELL US HOW MANY REGISTRATIONS YOU NEED. THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL HAVE. WE JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER COMING OUT HERE. SO IT THEN JUST COMES DOWN TO TRAVEL LODGING. YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO GO. SO. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE $5,000 PLUS FOR FOUR PEOPLE AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD CAN DECIDE WHO THOSE FOUR PEOPLE ARE TO BE INCLUDED ON TOP OF THE $5,000 TO. APPROVE THOSE. SO I. MR. ZYLKA, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? SECONDED BY MISS PAYNE. SO, MARCELLA. PROVIDE US A ROLL CALL. VOTE MR. HARVEY FOR MR. ZYLKA FOR. FOR MISS SAVAGE, FOR MISS THOMPSON, FOR YESES. UNANIMOUS. OKAY. BRINGS US TO ITEM 90 ON 
          [Items 9.a. & 9.b.]
AGENDA DISCUSSION OF JUNE. DC EDC SPECIAL MEETING DATE. OKAY, I'LL ADD S ON TO THAT. THAT SHOULD BE THE DATES. PROPOSED DATES. RIGHT. WELL, BECAUSE HE WAS MR. HARVEY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT WE WANT TO PROPOSE AND ADOPT AND SO THAT IT COULD, YOU KNOW, BE SENT TO CITY COUNCIL. SO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING FOR JUNE IS ON MONDAY THE 23RD. 
          RIGHT. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT MEETING DATE THAT HOPEFULLY 
          [02:20:02]
EVERYONE'S AVAILABLE FOR. BUT TYPICALLY WHEN WE PRESENT THE PROPOSED DRAFT BUDGET, RIGHT, WE WANT TO HAVE THE BOARD, THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF DIGEST IT, GIVE FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, ASK QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, US TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL ALIGNED WITH ALL THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. MISS, YOU KNOW, AGENDA SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC PLAN. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE TIED TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO THEN THAT LEAVES POTENTIALLY JUNE THE 16TH AND JUNE 30TH. WHY? BECAUSE YOU GUYS JUST APPROVED THE MOTION TO ATTEND THE STRONG TOWN CONFERENCE, RIGHT. SO THAT'S JUNE THE 9TH, RIGHT. SO THAT MONDAY YOU ARE AVAILABLE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY ALSO BE SOME CONFLICTS WITH THE MEETING DAY AFTER. THE 30TH OR THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH. SO WE JUST PUT THIS TABLE FIRST MONDAY. RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. 
          SO WE'VE GOT MEMBERS, WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD WHO ARE ON THE CITY'S BOND COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. SO THAT PRESENTS A CONFLICT FOR QUORUM, RIGHT. FOR THE FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE. OKAY. SO AGAIN, WE'VE GOT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. WE LIKE TO IN TALKING WITH THE BUDGET DIRECTOR AND THE FINANCE STAFF, THE PLAN IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL IN JULY. SO THAT MEANS TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THAT BUDGET AS A DEPARTMENT, CORPORATION, COMPONENT UNIT. WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE ACTION AND HAVE OUR BUDGET INCLUDED IN THAT SUBMISSION. SO THIS IS A SLIDE FOR THIS DISCUSSION. YOU KNOW, STAFF IS AVAILABLE. WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL THREE DATES AND PREPARED. RIGHT. YOU'RE COMMITTING US TO SOME VERSION OF US AS A STAFF. WE'LL BE WE'LL BE HERE IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW VICTOR MIGHT HAVE. HE HAS ALL THESE OTHER BOARD MEETINGS THAT HE GETS THE PLEASURE OF SHEPHERDING. I THINK MARCEL AND I. YOU. BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE. YEAH. THE TOUGHEST PART OF THE JOB. YEAH. WELL, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT THEIR CALENDARS. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. SO. SO, SO IN IN MY CASE. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF JUNE THE 16TH. BECAUSE WE GET THE BUDGET AT THAT DATE. WE HAVE A WEEK TO LOOK AT IT. AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THEN WE CAN COME BACK. THE REGULAR MEETING ON JUNE 23RD. TO RESOLVE QUESTIONS AND THEN ADOPTED BUDGET AND THEN JUST TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY WITH AMPLE TIME FOR THEM TO INCLUDE IT IN THEIR BUDGET. SO. I'M JUST SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF. AND THE MEETING ON JUNE 16TH DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A LONG MEETING BECAUSE YOU'D BE JUST GETTING THE BUDGET. SO IT IT CAN BE, IF NECESSARY, JUST A COME AND GO MEETING. OR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOME BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. BUT BUT IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK, TO HAVE THE TIME, GET THE TIME TO LOOK AT HALFTIME, TO LOOK AT IT AND GO THROUGH IT. AND SO WITH IF WE WAIT UNTIL JUNE 23RD, THEN WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING AFTER THAT. WOULD THAT BE JUNE THE 30TH? THEN YOU GET INTO JULY AND OTHER COMMITTEES HAVE MEETINGS. YOU HAVE THE FOURTH. AND THINK ABOUT TIME. HE CAN GET AWAY FROM ME PRETTY QUICKLY. SO. 
          DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE BUDGET INFORMATION, OR CAN WE JUST KIND 
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OF BE RESPONSIBLE AND COME PREPARED ON THE 23RD AFTER WE'VE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION? DO YOU THINK? NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE 16TH TO GIVE THE BUDGET MATERIAL. WE CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU IN ADVANCE, GIVE YOU AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW IT AND ASK STAFF ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY IN PREPARATION FOR THE MEETING. OKAY. AND THEN WE CAN JUST DEAL WITH IT LIKE THAT. AND I WILL SAY THERE WAS ALREADY A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH. SO I THINK THAT MEETING WAS KIND OF PUT IN PLACE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE FINANCE TEAM COME AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO PRESENTING THE BUDGET, AND I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT. SO YEAH, BECAUSE I WAS ONE THAT ASKED SOME QUESTIONS. SO IF I CAN GET MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THEN THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR ME PERSONALLY TO COME TO A MEETING. SO. I WILL SAY THIS TO KEEP IN MIND, WE WOULD BE APPROVING OR ADOPTING BOTH THE PROJECTED CURRENT YEAR BUDGET AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, THINK OF BUDGET TO ACTUALS, WHAT WE THINK WILL END UP AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF THE BUDGET. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO IT'S EVALUATION, IT'S EXAMINATION. IT'S POTENTIALLY QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS ABOUT BOTH CURRENT BUDGET, HOW IT ENDS AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. IS THAT IT'S JUST THIS REMINDER OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE, WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTING. THAT'S THE PROBLEMATIC PIECE OF IT FOR ME BECAUSE. I AM, I AM. I AM LESS THAN OVERWHELMED WITH THE. 
          THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION. WE'VE BEEN GETTING AS THIS YEAR HAS PROGRESSED. SO. I WOULD THINK THAT FINANCE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO PROJECT OUT OUR EXPENDITURES FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. NOW, WHEN I WAS IN THE BIZ BUSINESS, BASICALLY WHAT I DID WAS IN THE MONTHS OF APRIL AND MAY, I WOULD GIVE EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD AND SAY, OKAY, REVIEW YOUR BUDGET AND IF YOU HAVE ANY EXPENDITURES THAT YOU ANTICIPATE BEING OVER AND ABOVE THE DOCUMENT THAT EXPLAIN IT, AND THEN THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BECOME A PART OF THE REVISED BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY DO IT HERE, BUT ANYWAY. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN EVEN APPROACHED TO PROJECT WHAT YOU THINK YOU ALL WILL BE IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. IF YOU HAVEN'T, I CAN TELL YOU IF I WERE TO IS LATE. SO WE'LL SEE IF I CAN GET MY I CAN GET MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. NO, I DON'T NEED TO MEET UNTIL THE 23RD. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT BETTING ON IT THOUGH. I'M SORRY IF IT SOUNDS NEGATIVE. SO CAN WE PUT EXPECTATIONS ON THE TEAM TO HAVE AT LEAST INFORMATION TO US BY THE 16TH OR ON THE 16TH, AND WE FOREGO THAT MEETING AND MEET ON THE 23RD? I DON'T I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN SIT AROUND THIS TABLE. BUT IF WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS IN OUR HOME AND MEET ON THE 23RD, THAT WOULD BE BEST FOR ME. IF I MAY OFFER A SUGGESTION IN THE SPIRIT OF TIME AND EFFICIENCY, COULD WE SET UP? IS THE BOARD OKAY WITH SETTING UP A MEETING WITH OUR BUDGET ADMINISTRATOR, JENNIFER ODIE AND MR. HARVEY, DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS TO WORK THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS, GET THAT 
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INFORMATION, REFINE THE BUDGET AS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION. SEND THAT OFF VIA EMAIL TO THE BOARD. GET SOME COMMENTS IN A MANNER THAT DOESN'T VIOLATE. THERE'S NO VIOLATION OF OPEN MEETINGS, AND WE CAN MOVE. AND WE COULD PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE ON THE 23RD IT'S DONE, THAT WE COULD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO NEED TO CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE ON THE 16TH. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA MOVING ALONG. AND THAT'S WHY MR. HARVEY IS THE PRESIDENT ALL IN FAVOR? YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON 14 AND 15. I'M JUST PLAYING. OH, NO OTHER OTHER THAN OTHER THAN BEING IN RHODE ISLAND. I SHOULD BE AVAILABLE. THE AWESOMENESS OF BEING RETIRED. SEE, YOU GET THAT ONE DAY. OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT. SO THEN WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY. WE'LL TRY TO SEE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE WE CAN SCHEDULE THAT MEETING THIS WEEK TO GET YOU THE ANSWERS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO THEN WE CAN THEN WORK ON MAKING THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO THE BUDGET AND SEND THAT OFF TO THE ENTIRE BOARD TO SEE, PROCESS, ASK QUESTIONS AND WE CAN FINALIZE IT ON THE 23RD, I THINK, WITH WITH SOME COOPERATION ON THE OTHER SIDE, I THINK WE CAN DO OKAY. WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY. THAT'S OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GREAT TO ME, MR. BRUNER. YES. SO IF WE CAN HAVE AN EMAIL COPY BY THE 16TH ISH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I KNOW RIGHT NOW I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN THE 23RD, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHERS WOULD HAVE A CONFLICT ON THE 23RD. FOR AN IN-PERSON MEETING, BUT SO, YEAH, THE 23RD IS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED, REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, CORRECT? YEAH. SO THE 20 MY THE I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE BOARD THE BUDGET WITH AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW IT AND AFFORD THE BOARD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE 23RD. SO CAN WE SHOOT THE 16TH AS A GOAL? YES, BUT I HONESTLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU HAVE THE BUDGET BEFORE THAT, I THINK I THINK ANOTHER ASPECT OF GREG'S QUESTION IS THAT HE'S SAYING THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING, SO ALL THE REST OF US HAVE QUORUM. IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR NEW HIRES OR NEW NEW APPOINTMENTS, I'M AVAILABLE THE 23RD. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOOD. YEAH. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT, LOVE TO INCORPORATE THOSE COMMENTS INTO THE INTO THE BUDGET. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT ABOUT THE 30TH. WILL WE MEET ON THE 30TH OR IS THAT JUST STILL UP IN THE AIR? I THINK RIGHT NOW THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVED ON THE 23RD. YES. THE RAIN DATE OF THE 30TH. THE RAIN DATE OF THE 30TH. YES. BUT IT GETS SO CLOSE TO THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY. I UNDERSTAND, JUST FORUM ISSUE. YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          TRAVEL PLANS, ETC. SO THERE. YEAH, I'D RATHER JUST SHOOT FOR THE 23RD AND WORK TOWARDS THAT DATE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. UNLESS THERE ARE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THIS
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