Jun 23, 2025 Community and Economic Development Corporation

[CALL TO ORDER]

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OKAY, SO WE ARE CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 12. THIS IS A REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. TODAY IS JUNE 23RD, 2025, AND WE ARE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. JUST TO DO A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPING BEFORE WE GET OFF ANOTHER WAY, WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE AGENDA AS PRINTED, EXCEPT IF WE HAVE A NEW BOARD MEMBER SHOW UP. AND IF WE DO, WE WILL DEPART FROM THE AGENDA. SO THAT IS FINE. CAN SWEAR AT ME. SWEAR HIM IN. AND. AND THEN WE'LL GO RIGHT BACK TO THE AGENDA. HAS A PRINTED. SO WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS INVOCATION OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO IF YOU WILL STAND AT THE END. FIRST AND FOREMOST, FATHER GOD, WE ARE THANKFUL BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU LOVE US. YOU MADE US, AND NOT WE OURSELVES. WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU NOT ONLY MADE US, BUT YOU'VE ALSO GIVEN US A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DID NOT DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY AS IT MOVES FORWARD ECONOMICALLY. WE PRAY FOR WISDOM, GUIDANCE, UNDERSTANDING. COOPERATION, COHESIVENESS, CHEMISTRY, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN ORDER THAT WE MIGHT ACCOMPLISH YOUR PURPOSE FOR OUR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THIS WE ASK IN JESUS NAME AND FOR HIS SAKE WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. LET ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO 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. ONE ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS PUBLIC FORUM. DO WE HAVE ANY

[1. CITIZEN’S PUBLIC FORUM]

ANYWAY. SO WE HAVE NO ELECTRONICS. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT THAT IS A CITIZEN AND HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, THIS IS YOUR TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO. STATE YOUR COMMENT. AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD, GIVE US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, SERIAL NUMBER AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TWO MINUTES. SO DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? WELL, WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK, ARE WITH US. HE'S BEEN HERE ALL OF FOUR WEEKS. YES, SIR. YEAH, THIS IS MY FOURTH WEEK, ACTUALLY. HI, I'M MARK RAUSCHER. I'M THE NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH IS BASICALLY COVERING ALL THE FORWARD FACING DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS AND REC, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, LIBRARY, FIELD HOUSE AND COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING. I COME HERE FROM SUNNYVALE. I WAS THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THEN BEFORE THAT, CITY OF FORT WORTH AND DALLAS IS WHERE I SPENT MOST OF MY CAREER. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND MEET ALL OF YOU TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR. TODAY IS BOARD

[2.a. BOARD MEMBER’S REPORTS]

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[2.b. DIRECTOR’S REPORTS]

IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL WHY DON'T YOU PUT THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA, PLEASE, SIR. OKAY, BEFORE I JUMP TO DIRECTOR'S REPORTS, DOES THAT TAKE CARE OF ALL THE BOARD COMMENTS? THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM TWO B ON THE AGENDA. AND THAT IS DIRECTOR'S REPORT. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I'LL PUT TOGETHER A LIST. OTHERWISE I FOR SURE WOULD HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM. ONE IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

ON THE TABLE IS THE DRAFT OF THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT'S THE PAPER VERSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A DIGITAL VERSION, I'D BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU FOR YOU TO LOOK AT. THERE WILL BE AN EVENT FOR THE PLAN WE'RE REPRESENTING AS THE BLOCK PARTY THAT WILL BE ON JULY 22ND. I BELIEVE THAT YOU RECEIVED AN EMAIL INVITATION FOR THAT, AND POSSIBLY EVEN A PAPER INVITATION IN THE MAIL. JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THAT. THAT EVENT YOU ARE. IF YOUR SCHEDULE PERMITS, I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND. AT THIS MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT WE'RE INVITING ALL BOARDS AND ALL MEMBERS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THIS EVENT. SO AGAIN, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WHAT'S IN THE PLAN WILL LAY THE FRAMEWORK OUT FOR THE WORK PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR AND THE YEARS TO COME, AS WELL AS THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IT COMING TOGETHER AS IT RELATES TO THE BYLAWS, THE GRANT STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVES THAT WILL BASICALLY BE OUR GUIDE TO WHAT WE DO IN THE COMING YEARS. SO JUST SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THE BUDGETS, THE BYLAWS, THE CURRENT BYLAWS HAVE THAT THE BUDGET NEEDS TO BE APPROVED AND PASSED ON TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION ON OR BEFORE JULY 31ST. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET. THERE MAY BE A NEED TO HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS IN ORDER TO MEET THIS DEADLINE, BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND WE HAVE A FEW A FEW REQUESTS THAT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT, A FEW REQUESTS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON SOME OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND POTENTIALLY THE YEARS TO COME.

MR. HARVEY, MR. GOFF AND I AND MR. HARVEY HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY AT THIS TIME. WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EXACTLY MEANS. BUT AS SOON AS WE KNOW MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU. THE TIF BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A MEETING WITH THE TIF BOARD ON WEDNESDAY. AND AT THIS MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM TO APPROVE THREE YEARS WORTH OF ANNUAL REPORTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING A WORK PLAN FOR THE COMING MONTHS AND THE FISCAL YEAR, AS WELL AS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THIS BOARD. WHAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING IS DISCUSSING WITH THEM THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A JOINT MEETING OF THE TIF BOARD AND THE CDC TO TALK ABOUT EACH GROUP'S INITIATIVES AND HOW EACH

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[3.a. POST-EVENT BRIEFING – BLOOMFEST MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL]

POST-EVENT BRIEFING ROOM FEST AND ARTS FESTIVAL THREE PRE-EVENT BRIEFING ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND C POST EVENT BRIEFING. STRONG TOWN'S NATIONAL GATHERING. SO WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF AND SHE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE. HI EVERYBODY. SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO DO A QUICK RECAP OF FEST, WHICH WAS NEW THIS YEAR. IT WAS THE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL. IT WAS ON MAY 23RD. SO LIKE I SAID THIS WAS THE INAUGURAL YEAR FOR THIS EVENT. IT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW SPRING SIGNATURE EVENT. IT KIND OF SOLIDIFIES THE CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT THAT WAS INITIATED THIS YEAR, BRINGING A MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL TO THAT AREA, WHICH IS ARMSTRONG PARK. CURRENTLY, WE WILL USE THE FEEDBACK AND THE SURVEYS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL. WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WERE A SPONSOR? OUR BIGGEST SPONSOR WAS COX FARMS NURSERY AND MARKET. THEY PROVIDED ALL OF THE FLORALS AND THE BLOOMS THAT WERE KIND OF SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. FROM THE STAGE ON PHOTO OPS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY WERE SUPER EXCITED TO BE A PART. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN A PART OF EVENTS, BUT IN IN THE PAST. SO THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO BE ASKED TO BE PART OF THIS EVENT. PROFILE AGAIN. INAUGURAL YEAR. NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON MORE ARTISTS AND MORE ART THEMED ACTIVITIES. SOME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS WERE OUR MUSIC AND DANCE GROUPS. WE HAD OUR LOCAL GROUP, CANDACE ORDERED STEPS, WHICH IS AN AWARD WINNING, AN EMMY AWARD WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER THAT'S LOCAL HERE TO DUNCANVILLE, SO SHE WAS A PART OF IT. HER GROUP, AS WELL AS WILLIAM ADDISON, WHO IS A TEACHER HERE AT VILLAGE TECH, AND HE PERFORMED OUR ARTS COMMISSION, DID A COMMUNITY ART PROJECT. WE HAD SOME PHOTO OPS THAT WERE BUILT BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUILT, PAINTED.

THEY'RE DESIGNED BY ME, BUT I HAD NO PART IN BUILDING THEM. THAT WAS ALL OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. OUR SPLASHPAD WAS OPEN, SO PEOPLE GOT TO ENJOY THAT AND THEN GOT TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT. SPONSORS WERE COX FARMS NURSERY, HARMONY SCHOOL. THEY SUPPLIED ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEER STAFF, STAR TRANSIT SHUTTLED FROM ALL THE HOTELS TO THE EVENT. SINCE THERE WAS A BIG BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HERE IN DUNCANVILLE, THE FIELDHOUSE, WE WENT AHEAD AND INCORPORATED. THE HOTEL'S SENSORY WORLD IS A SENSORY BUS THAT HAS AN EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO GET OVERWHELMED, AND THEY NEED KIND OF A BREAK FROM THINGS GOING ON.

AND THEN DFW ELITE PROVIDED THE ADDITIONAL SCREENS AS WELL AS THE CAMERA FOOTAGE FOR THE EVENT. WE HAD 52 MARKET VENDORS AND THEN TEN FOOD VENDORS AT THIS EVENT. ATTENDANCE. OUR NUMBER, THE FINAL NUMBER THAT WE GOT WAS 2700 FOR OUR EXPECTED. OUR GOAL WAS 2500 BETWEEN 2500 TO 3000. SO WE DID HIT THAT GOAL. MY GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR IS 4000. AND I THINK WITH HAVING A YEAR TO PLAN INSTEAD OF A MONTH AND A HALF, WE CAN DEFINITELY HIT THAT GOAL FOR THIS. NORTH WAS PLANO FOR THE SOUTH, ATTENDEE WAS ENNIS, FOR THIS EAST ATTENDEE WAS TEXAS AND THEN FURTHEST WEST WAS FROM ALEDO. AND WE USED THIS DATA FROM PLACER.AI. SO WITH PLACER.AI WE

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SOME POST-EVENT, SOME DATA THAT WE CAN CAPTURE IS WHERE PEOPLE GO WHEN THEY LEAVE OUR EVENTS.

SO WE CAN SEE THAT FOR HERE THEY STAYED HERE, THEY WENT TO SONIC, THEY WENT TO WALMART, THEY WENT TO QUIKTRIP, THE VILLAGE, THE APARTMENTS. BUT SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THEY WENT TO HERE IN DUNCANVILLE. SO THE BIG THING ABOUT PLACER.AI IS WE CAN KIND OF TRACK WHERE THEIR ECONOMY AND WHERE THEIR MONEY IS BEING SPENT DIRECTLY AFTER OR BEFORE EVENTS, AS WELL AS WE CAN SEE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ON A SATURDAY INSTEAD OF A FRIDAY. I DO BELIEVE THAT WILL HELP GATHER THAT 4000 OR THAT 4000 ATTENDEE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE RELOCATED THE MARKET FROM WHERE IT WAS, WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE. IT WAS OVER HERE IN THIS PARKING LOT, AND IT WILL NOW BE DOWN THE PATH CONNECTING THE ENTRANCE TO WHERE THE FOOD VENDORS ARE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THE VENDORS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SUPER SPACED OUT LIKE THEY DID. WE DID HAVE TO MOVE THIS EVENT. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THE BEGINNING OF MAY, AND IT WAS VERY RAINY AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY, SO WE DID HAVE TO MOVE IT TO THE END. LUCKILY, EMERALD CITY BAND HAD THAT DATE AVAILABLE, SO WE GOT TO MOVE IT. YES, SIR. SO I WANTED TO ASK THIS QUESTION. I WAS I WAS SO EXCITED AFTER SHE MADE THIS PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL, I SAID, THE EDC MUST HEAR THIS PRESENTATION. BUT THE QUESTION I HAD AFTER YOU GOT TO THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS TIME THERE WAS INCLEMENT WEATHER, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE PUBLISHING AN ALTERNATIVE DATE WHEN WE SWING INTO THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR NEXT YEAR? SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT, OH, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THIS DATE RAIN OUT DATE, THAT DATE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. 100%. SO WITH THE EVENT HAVING TO BE PUSHED BACK, WE DID HAVE TO REDO THE MARKETING THAT WE HAD ALREADY DONE. WE HAD TO PULL OUT THE POSTERS THAT WE HAD MARKETED AND PUT OUT EVERYWHERE. AND THEN WE HAD TO REPLACE THEM WITH NEW ONES. WE HAD TO WORK TO BOOST THE SOCIAL MEDIA, TO SHOW THAT THE DATE HAD BEEN MOVED, SO THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THE SECOND, AND THAT THEY KNEW WHEN THE EVENT, THE NEW ONE WAS ATTENDANCE COULD HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. WE WON'T REALLY EVER KNOW. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS. THIS WAS JUST SOME OF THE FEW PLACES THAT IT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED. SO THIS IS ON OUR WEBSITE. THIS IS MY EVENT WEBSITE, I FORGET THIS IS TOUCH SCREEN. THIS IS WHERE IT WAS IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, AS WELL AS EMERALD CITY BAND POSTING ON THEIR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR US, AND THEY HAD DONE MULTIPLE THINGS THEY HAD POSTED. THEY HAD MADE VIDEOS. SO EMERALD CITY BAND REALLY, REALLY KIND OF HELPED US OUT SOCIAL MEDIA WISE AS WELL. SO FOR THE BUDGET WE HAD, I HAD BUDGETED $60,000 FOR THIS EVENT, WHICH WAS PAID FOR THROUGH HOT TAX. WE HAD SPENT JUST OVER AT 64,000, BUT WE DID BRING IN ABOUT $8,000 IN REVENUE, WHICH BROUGHT OUR TOTAL COST DOWN TO 56,000 JUST OVER. SO ENDED UP, IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, COMING JUST A SMIDGEN UNDER WITH REVENUE FACTORED IN. THESE ARE KIND OF SOME HIGHLIGHT PICTURES FROM THE EVENT. IF YOU WERE NOT THERE, THE PERFORMANCES. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE DANCE MEMBERS FROM KANSAS ORDERED STEPS. THIS IS THE FOLKLORICO GROUP THAT WAS THERE. AND THEN OF COURSE EMERALD CITY BAND. SO THE NEW DATE FOR NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE ON SATURDAY, MAY 9TH, AND THE EVENT WILL BE FROM 2 TO 10 P.M. INSTEAD OF 4 TO 10 P.M, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO SCHEDULE MORE PERFORMANCES AND BE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THINGS WITH THAT TIME FRAME. YAY! THAT WAS THIS. DOES

[3.b. PRE-EVENT BRIEFING – ANNUAL 4 TH OF JULY CELEBRATION]

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YES, SIR. SO, CANDY WAS A DISCUSSION ITEM? YES. AND SO CAN YOU PROVIDE FOR US? THE NEWEST LATEST WORD ON CANDY. WE WILL HAVE CANDY. THE PEOPLE'S CANDY WILL BE AVAILABLE. MR. HARVEY, NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO SERIOUSLY, NO, IT REALLY WILL BE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST THAT THE PEOPLE DRIVING THE GOLF CART ARE NOT THE ONES THROWING THE CANDY, THAT THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WALKING BESIDE THE GOLF CARTS THAT WILL THROW THE CANDY, AS WELL AS COUNCIL WILL GO BEFOREHAND. THAT WAY THEY CAN KIND OF DRIVE HOWEVER THEY WISH AND TOSS CANDY AND GO ACROSS THE STREET AND TOSS SOME MORE CANDY. BUT WE DO ASK THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE PARADE EITHER FLOATS OR INSIDE. THE GOLF CARTS ARE NOT THE ONES THROWING THE CANDY. IT'S GOING TO BE THE ONES WALKING. SO IF YOU'RE WALKING, BY ALL MEANS WALK CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALK AND THEN GIVE THE PEOPLE THEIR CANDY. BUT CANDY, FROM AN EVENT PLANNER STANDPOINT, IS JUST A SAFETY PROBLEM WHEN PEOPLE THROW IT AND IT DOESN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDEWALK, CHILDREN RUN INTO THE STREETS. AND WHAT YOU RISK AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN ALMOST HAPPEN, IS YOU RISK TRAILERS OR PARADE FLOATS THAT THE DRIVER HAS GONE PAST. WHEN THE CHILD RUNS OUT, THE CHILD ALMOST GETS HIT BY THE TRAILER. SO THAT'S WHY CANDY IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL IN THE SENSE OF THROWING IT.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE WORRY ABOUT YOU THROWING THE CANDY AND HITTING SOMEONE. IT'S THE CANDY NOT MAKING IT, AND PEOPLE RUNNING OUT INTO THE STREET BECAUSE KIDS ARE KIDS AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY DO. THEY WANT THE CANDY. THEY'RE GOING TO GO GET THE CANDY. IT'S JUST A SAFETY THING. SO. AND EXCUSE ME. YES, SIR. SO AND THIS IS WHY I WANTED YOU TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE WE PROBABLY WON'T BE IN THE PARADE DURING CANDY. HOWEVER, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE ARE PROVIDING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THIS PARADE. AND BEING IN THAT POSITION, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE. DUE TO. NO. ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND INITIATIVES THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS PARTICULAR PARADE. THE PERSON THAT PAYS SHOULDN'T BE LEFT OUT.

THEY SHOULD BE FRONT AND CENTER. MR. HARVEY, I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CARS FOR Y'ALL THAT WE ARE TALKING TO FREEDOM TO KIND OF SECURE THE VEHICLES FOR YOU FOR DC, DC. BUT WE WILL HAVE A FEW CARS FROM FREEDOM CAR DEALERSHIP. I WANT TO ADD TO WHAT SO WHAT DEVIN'S MENTIONS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO FINALIZE THE AVAILABILITY OF AT LEAST A COUPLE OF VEHICLES WITH FREEDOM, THE LOCAL DUNCANVILLE DEALERSHIP, NOT JUST TO BE AVAILABLE. IF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE, BUT ALSO TO HAVE THEN THOSE VEHICLES ON SITE AT THE EVENT. THINK OF WHEN YOU'VE MAYBE BEEN TO THE MALL OR SOMEWHERE, AND THEY GOT A VEHICLE WITH THE DESTINATION STICKER ON IT. SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FREEDOM BY PARTICIPATING AND PROVIDING THOSE VEHICLES FOR THE EVENT.

PARK THE VEHICLES ON SITE DURING THE EVENT, AND MAYBE EVEN SEND A FEW SALESMEN AND WOMEN IF THEY WANT TO MARKET. BUT NONETHELESS, THEY'LL SEE THOSE VEHICLES ON THE SITE. THEY'LL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT MARKETING IN A WAY FOR US TO ENGAGE AN IMPORTANT LOCAL BUSINESS WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT'S MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE EVENT AND FOR THEM. SO IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON CORRECTLY, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EDC. IF THEY WANTED TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE ITSELF. YES, SIR. AND SO IF WE DECIDED TO DO THAT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO BE IN WHICH AREA AT WHAT TIME? SO THE CHECK IN BEGINS. IT'S FROM 7 A.M. TO 8

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LOADING AND CHECK IN AT CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THEN LINE UP. AND STAGING BEGINS AT REED MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE GYMNASIUM. SO PARADE NOTES AGAIN, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WILL RUN A GOLF.

YOU GUYS WILL BE IN THE FREEDOM CARS. WE WILL PROVIDE STRESS BALLS AS WELL AS CANDY TO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN THROW. AND THEN PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT THROWING THE CANDY SHORT OF THE PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK. I WOULD RATHER YOU OVERTHROW THAN OVERTHROW. JUST AS A NOTE. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE EVENT MAP. SO OUR VENDOR MARKET WILL BE RIGHT HERE ALONG THIS WALKWAY. WE WILL HAVE THREE AMUSEMENT RIDES. IT WILL BE KIND OF A SMALLER FERRIS WHEEL. IT WILL BE A SWING STYLE RIDE, AS WELL AS A PIRATE SHIP THAT SWINGS BACK AND FORTH. SO THEY WILL BE THERE. THEY ARE FREE AS WELL AS AN OBSTACLE COURSE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE IN THIS AREA. THEN THE VIP TENT WILL BE LOCATED RIGHT HERE, AND THEN IN THIS AREA WILL BE WE WILL HAVE A GAMING AND VIDEO GAMING TRUCK, AS WELL AS A NERF WAR AREA THAT WILL BE FENCED IN FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE, LIKE A NERF WAR WITH NERF GUNS. THE SPLASH PAD WILL BE OPEN. THIS WILL BE PARKING FOR THE VENDORS, AND THEN THE ARTS COMMISSION HAS THEIR COMMUNITY ART PROJECT THAT WILL BE GOING ON RIGHT HERE. AND THEN FOOD VENDORS WILL BE IN THIS PARKING LOT, AND THEN THIS WILL BE THE VIP PARKING RIGHT HERE. AND THEN THE REST OF THIS PART OF CITY HALL PARKING LOT IS HANDICAPPED.

THE RUN OF SHOW. SO THE EVENT STARTS AT 4 P.M. WILLIAM ADDISON WILL GO ON. THIS IS THE NON CORRECTED VERSION. I'M SO SORRY. WILLIAM ADDISON GOES ON AT 415. AND THEN. JADE FLORES STARTS AT FIVE. SHE'LL GO FROM 5 TO 6. SHE'LL TAKE A BREAK SO THAT OUR MAYOR CAN GIVE AN ADDRESS. AND THEN SHE WILL CONTINUE FROM 615 TO 7 P.M. AND THEN CROSSROADS DOWN, WHICH IS OUR HEADLINER, WILL START AT 7 P.M. AND GO UNTIL 930, WHICH IS WHEN THE FIREWORKS WILL START. AND THE FIREWORKS LAST APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES. SO AS WHEN THE SLIDESHOW WAS PUT TOGETHER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF SEVEN. WE NOW HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE REGISTERED FOR THE VENDOR MARKET. WE DO HAVE A DISCOUNT CODE FOR DUNCANVILLE BUSINESSES TO REGISTER AS A VENDOR, AND THEN WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING MARKET VENDOR APPLICATIONS THROUGH JUNE 27TH AND THE PARADE APPLICATIONS THROUGH JULY 1ST. AND THE PARADE APPLICATIONS DO GO TO THE LIONS CLUB. SO THE LIONS CLUB IS WHO PUTS ON THE PARADE FOR 4TH OF JULY. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY US

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THEY PERFORMED AT SUPER BOWLS. THEY'RE KIND OF BIG NATIONWIDE, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THEM TO BE THERE. AND AGAIN, THE STAGE SCHEDULE WILLIAM ADDISON GOES ON AT 415. JADE GOES ON AT FIVE, CROSSROADS SOUND GOES ON AT SEVEN, AND THEN THE FIREWORKS BEGIN A LITTLE BIT BEFORE 940.

FOR ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE AMUSEMENT RIDES, THE OBSTACLE COURSE, MULTIPLE PHOTO OPS BUILT BY BOTH THE CITY AS WELL AS RENTED MOBILE FOOD VENDORS, MARKETPLACE VENDORS, THE VIDEO GAME TRUCK, THE NERF WAR GAME AREA. THE SPLASH PAD WILL BE OPEN, WE WILL HAVE A FACE PAINTER AND OF COURSE OUR EMS EMERGENCY STAFF WILL BE ON HAND PARADE ATTENDANTS. SO THIS IS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. PARADE. I KNOW THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT ACCURATE. WHAT I DID HAVE WAS I HAD ACCUPLACER GO IN AND CREATE A NEW PARADE ROUTE FOR US SO THAT NEXT YEAR OR AFTER THIS YEAR'S EVENT, I CAN SELECT THE PARADE ROUTE AND IT WILL SHOW ME WHO IS OR HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE. SO THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF GET A BETTER NUMBER FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT OVER THE YEARS, YOU KIND OF HAVE SEEN IT GROW FROM JUST UNDER 8000 TO JUST ABOVE 10,000. SO THIS IS THE PEAK PARK ATTENDANCE THAT WAS FROM LAST YEAR. SO AGAIN AT 9 P.M. RIGHT BEFORE THE FIREWORKS SHOW IS WHEN THERE'S THE PEAK ATTENDANCE. SO THE AVERAGE DWELL TIME FOR THIS EVENT WAS 99 MINUTES, WITH ITS PEAK BEING AGAIN BETWEEN THAT 7 TO 9 TIME FRAME. AND THE LAST YEAR'S EVENT WAS A THREE DAY EVENT. SO THIS SHOWS KIND OF THE COUNT FOR LAST YEAR, THE THREE DAYS OBVIOUSLY THE FOURTH, THE BIGGEST AMOUNT. WE DO HAVE AN EVENT SURVEY THAT WILL GO LIVE ON JULY 4TH, JUST SO WE CAN GET KIND OF FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY WHO WAS THERE AT THE EVENT. IT WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT WILL BE UP ON NUMEROUS THINGS LIKE OUR DIRECTIONAL COLUMNS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER SIGNS AND UP ON THE SCREENS FOR 4TH OF JULY SO PEOPLE CAN SCAN THE QR CODE, AND THEN AGAIN, IT'LL GET REPOSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THAT FEEDBACK FOR NEXT YEAR. IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO NEXT YEAR'S PLANNING, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE SURVEY IS GOING TO BE FOR. AS WELL AS USING ACCUPLACER TO SEE WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM, MAYBE WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO SEE, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

BUT THOSE METRICS ARE GOING TO HELP US, WHICH IS WHY WE LOVE PLACER. I PERSONALLY. THAT'S IT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS HANLEY? IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER THE SECOND TIME AROUND. I JUST FOR Y'ALL FLUSHING I'M CLOSER. I CAN BE LIKE VANNA WHITE. YEAH. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE NICER WHEN YOU GET CLOSER TO THE SCREEN. ALL RIGHT, MR. MULLIN,

[3.c. POST-EVENT BRIEFING – STRONG TOWNS NATIONAL GATHERING]

PERMISSION TO PRESENT WHILE SEATED. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. BOARD.

WE CIRCULATED A PAMPHLET RIGHT FROM THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, THE 2025 NATIONAL GATHERING STRONG TOWNS. AND JUST LIKE DEVIN GAVE POST EVENT RECAP FOR BALLOONFEST, WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THIS THE SAME WAY FOR STRONG TOWNS. A COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS EARLIER, MR. HARVEY, DURING THE BOARD REPORTS, NOTED THAT WE SENT A SMALL DELEGATION TO THIS EVENT. THE LAST MEETING.

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SOME OF THEM REPRESENT THE VENDOR EXHIBITION HALL, SOME OF THEM ACTUAL SESSIONS. THIS EVENT WAS DECENTRALIZED, RIGHT? AND SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING AT ONE HOTEL, CONFERENCE ROOM AND BREAKOUT ROOMS, IT WAS AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AND LOCATIONS WITHIN THE ARTS IN DOWNTOWN DISTRICT OF PROVIDENCE, AND THAT ITSELF PROVIDED FOR A LOT OF UNIQUE EXPERIENCE WITH BOTH THE EVENT AND THE SESSIONS, BECAUSE YOU WERE WALKING TO AND FROM RIGHT, YOU WERE MAKING NOTICE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT, AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMING WAS CENTERED AROUND THAT PARTICULAR EXERCISE. RIGHT. I GUESS, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT THESIS THAT STRONG TOWNS AS AN ORGANIZATION KIND OF CHAMPIONS AND HELPS CITIES AND DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE WITH IS THIS APPROACH TO INCREMENTALLY DEVELOPING AND REDEVELOPING YOUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT. SO HERE'S AN IMAGE OF, I GUESS, WHAT WE REFER TO IN THE INDUSTRY AS ADAPTIVE REUSE, RIGHT? WHERE YOU HAVE A FORMER USE THAT'S LIVED ITS USABLE LIFE. RIGHT. AND IN THIS CASE, A FORMER GAS STATION, AUTO SERVICE CENTER, NOW CONVERTED INTO A, YOU KNOW, ARTISAN PIZZA SHOP, LOCALLY OWNED, SOME OTHER SMALL, EXCUSE ME, SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF SMALL INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WOULD BE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS WHERE YOU HAVE GROUND FLOOR OFFICE OR RETAIL WITH EITHER ADDITIONAL OFFICE OR RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE. BELOW WE SEE SOME SOME ELEVATIONS FOR TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENTS. AGAIN, NONE OF THESE DEVELOPMENT IMAGES REPRESENT LARGE OR SMALL SCALE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT OVER TIME, RIGHT? THIS CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF INCREMENTALLY REDEVELOPING SECTIONS OF YOUR COMMUNITY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE WHEN THE INVESTMENT AND OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, IS REALLY WHAT THAT STRONG TOWN MODEL IS ALL ABOUT. OKAY, NEXT COUPLE SLIDES. REALLY JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME SNAPSHOTS TO SOME OF THE SESSIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE PAMPHLET THAT WE HANDED OUT. AND SO WHAT WE KIND OF TRIED TO DO WITH OUR TEAM IS KIND OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER. RIGHT? SO MR. HARVEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN ONE PARTICULAR SESSION, ME AT ANOTHER ONE, DEVIN MAYBE MANNING THE EXHIBIT HALL. AND THEN ONE OF US RELIEVING HER AND SHE'S GOING TO A SESSION AND LIKEWISE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID OVER OVER THE PERIOD WE WERE THERE. SO THE EXAMPLE WITH THIS PARTICULAR SESSION, IT WAS LABELED BY HOW CITIES CAN DO THE MATH, MAKE THEIR TOWN STRONGER. ONE KEY METRIC THAT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS REVENUE PER ACRE. RIGHT. SO IN THE IMAGE HERE ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THIS THIS SIMILAR FOOTPRINT OF THE TRACK TO THE RIGHT. RIGHT. IT'S A IT'S A PARCEL THAT HAS INDIVIDUALLY, YOU KNOW, PLATTED PARCELS. AND THEN THE, THE PROJECT ON THE RIGHT IS JUST ONE SINGLE PARCEL WHERE IT HAS LIKE A QUICK SERVE RESTAURANT REVENUE PER ACRE. I GUESS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS HOW WE WOULD EVALUATE GAS MILEAGE OR THE EMISSIONS EFFICIENCY ON A VEHICLE, RIGHT. WHEN CITIES LOOK AT HOW PROPERTIES ARE PERFORMING, MEANING THE REVENUE THAT THEY PRODUCE ON A PER ACRE BASIS, MEANING HOW MUCH LAND IS REQUIRED TO GENERATE THAT REVENUE THAT WE'RE ALL AFTER, IS ONE OF THE KEY INDICATORS OR METRICS THAT THEY HIGHLIGHTED DURING THIS PARTICULAR SESSION.

AND WHAT WHAT WE FIND IN A LOT OF CITIES IS THAT THIS PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING, RIGHT FOR THE LAST 60 PLUS YEARS IS PROVEN TO BE NOT SUSTAINABLE, RIGHT? IT'S MAYBE WE WANT TO START ONE OF THE OTHER SESSIONS AGAIN THAT HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER OF LOCAL PROJECTS, RIGHT. WHEATLAND PLAZA, MAIN COMMONS AND MAIN STATION. RIGHT. AND SO THIS SESSION WAS FOCUSED ON REALLY HOW YOU REIMAGINE AND REDEVELOPMENT REDEVELOP, EXCUSE ME, SOME OF THESE LARGER PROPERTIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE AGAIN, FALLEN ON HARD TIMES, WHETHER THEY ARE CLASSIC SUBURBAN RETAIL SHOPPING CENTERS, RIGHT. WHETHER THERE'S IN SOME INSTANCES CHURCHES, WE KNOW MAIN COMMONS WAS A CHURCH, RIGHT, THAT WAS STRUGGLING TO PAY ITS TAXES. RIGHT. AND THEY PARTNERED WITH THE LOCAL DEVELOPER, RIGHT, TO RETROFIT SOME OF THE UNDERUTILIZED CLASSROOM SPACES IN THAT CHURCH. THAT PROPERTY IS NOW HOME TO

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AND SO PER ACRE THAT'S WHAT BRINGS IT DOWN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS, ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY THEY UTILIZE TO MAKE THE POINT THAT I JUST MADE IS THAT THE FUTURE IS INVINCIBLE. THE MORE YOU CAN PUT INTO A SPACE RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, WHATEVER, THE, THE MORE PRODUCTIVE IT BECOMES AND THE MORE IT CHURNS AND IT DOES NOT COST YOU AS MUCH IN TERMS OF HAVING TO PLACE INFRASTRUCTURE, BECAUSE MAIN STORE HAS HAD ITS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YEARS. BUT THEN AGAIN, IF YOU GO OUT TO THE, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, DUNCANVILLE, WHERE CITY PER SQUARE MILE, LIKE IN MIDLOTHIAN, I THINK MIDLOTHIAN IS WHAT, 50 SOMETHING SQUARE MILES. SO FOR MIDLOTHIAN TO GO OUT TO THE BOONIES, OUT TO THE EDGE TO DO A DEVELOPMENT, THEN THEY HAVE TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE WATER AND SEWER AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT COST SO MUCH. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF 30, 40 YEARS, WHATEVER, THEN YOU GOT TO REPLACE ALL OF THAT. AND BY THAT TIME. BLIGHT HAS SET IN AND BUDGETS GET SQUEEZED. AND SO STRONG TOWNS. THEORY OF THE CASE IS THAT IT'S BETTER NOT TO EXPAND. IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND, GO UP AND NOT HORIZONTALLY. SO SEE I TOLD YOU I WAS THERE. YEAH. GOOD NOTES. YEAH. COPIOUS NOTES. NO THAT'S GOOD I MEAN AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN, WHEN THE THEORY AND THE EXAMPLE CAN MEET POTENTIALLY REAL OPPORTUNITIES. RIGHT. AND SO IN THIS CASE WE KNOW THE SUCCESS STORY THAT THAT WHEATON PLAZA IS SHAPING UP TO BE. WE KNOW SUCCESS STORIES LIKE YOU MENTIONED MAIN STREETS AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME DECLINING AND UNDERPERFORMING CENTERS REMAINING IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE JUST GAVE A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF ONE THAT MANY OF YOU MIGHT ALSO BE FAMILIAR WITH IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS IN NEED OF SOME INVESTMENT, RIGHT? ANOTHER SESSION. AGAIN, I KNOW ONE THAT IS DEAR TO MR. HARVEY. HE SETTLED RIGHT IN ON ONE OF THESE. I THINK I JOINED HIM AT THE END OF THIS ONE. STRONG TOWNS ACTUALLY HAS A TOOL THAT CITIES CAN USE TO REALLY HELP THEM DRILL DOWN INTO THEIR MUNICIPAL BUDGET, REALLY HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW, AS THEY LABEL IT, DECODE RIGHT WHERE THE COSTS ARE, HOW OUR ECONOMY WORKS. RIGHT. AND SO AGAIN, EXAMPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE REALLY LOOKING AT CITIES AS A COLLECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WITHIN THEM NEIGHBORHOODS, CORRIDORS AND BLOCKS EVEN, AND REALLY JUST ISOLATING THOSE TO SEE HOW THESE BLOCKS AND CORRIDORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ACTUALLY PERFORMING. WHAT IS THE REAL VALUE TO OUR ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE TOOLS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT. RIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN LET THAT DATA HELP INFORM US AS WE'RE MAKING

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RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR PATTERNS THAT A LOT OF OUR PEERS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES DO. AND AS A RESULT, WE MUST LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTLY AS AS STEWARDS OF OUR ECONOMY. OKAY. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE NATIONAL GATHERING WAS EVERY YEAR, STRONG TOWNS, SPONSORS, STRONGEST TOWN COMPETITION. IT'S A CONTEST, RIGHT? YOU SEE IN THE GRAPHIC. LOOKS LIKE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, RIGHT WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE BRACKETS AND THE TEAM AND THEY ADVANCE TO THE DIFFERENT ROUNDS. SO TO DOES THIS CONTEST. RIGHT.

THIS YEAR'S WINNER WAS MARION, OHIO. AND I THOUGHT A PARTICULAR INTEREST WAS THAT POPULATION RIGHT. THIS IS A CLASSIC RUST BELT CITY IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WHO'S, YOU KNOW, SEEN AND BEEN THROUGH SOME ROUGH TIMES. WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE AN OHIO NATIVE AT THE TABLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT COMMUNITY. BUT YEAH, SO THEY WERE THERE. THEIR THEIR TEAM FROM MARION, ILLINOIS. AND SO I WOULD SAY SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM STRONG TOWNS, THEY REALLY ENCOURAGED DUNCANVILLE TO CONSIDER INTEREST IN ENTERING THIS COMPETITION NEXT YEAR. AGAIN, THEY'VE HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL OF OUR PROJECTS ALREADY, SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME INCREMENTAL, STRONG TOWNS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN DUNCANVILLE ALREADY. IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER RIGHT APPLYING, THIS IS HOW THEY EVALUATE THAT COMPETITION AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. RIGHT. SO THOSE FIVE PRIORITY CAMPAIGNS. RIGHT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FOCUS AREAS. AND I WANT TO BE WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THIS IS THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY AN INITIATIVE THAT NEEDS TO BE LED AND CARRIED OUT BY THE CITY, MEANING OR THE DCDC OR ITS STAFF. RIGHT. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A COMMUNITY COALITION. RIGHT? A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE AT THE STRONG TOWNS NATIONAL GATHERING, THEY WEREN'T CITY STAFF, RIGHT? THEY WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, YOU KNOW, SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND SO THIS BREAKS DOWN THE FIVE PRIORITY CATEGORIES THAT THAT CITY WOULD, WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER, AND THE BASIS FOR WHICH YOU'D BE EVALUATED AS YOU'D HOPE TO ADVANCE THROUGH THAT COMPETITIVE PROCESS. RIGHT. AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS BREAKS DOWN TO LOCAL CONVERSATIONS. RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, HEY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS. RIGHT. WHO ARE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS? WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE YOU DO AS A STAFF? BECAUSE THESE ARE THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO HELP GALVANIZE AND BUILD THESE COALITIONS, TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF STRONG TOWN. SO THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE. QUICK RECAP AGAIN THAT WEEK THAT WAS HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR.

[4. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT REVISIONS FOR DCEDC INCENTIVE & GRANT POLICY]

AS I MENTIONED, THE REVISIONS IN THIS POLICY REFLECT A STRATEGIC SHIFT TO PRIORITIZE THE ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES, THOSE REVISIONS ARE IN BLUE IN THAT

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ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS WERE ADDED AGAIN JUST TO PROVIDE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK FOR THE DC EDC. FROM THE APPLICANT STANDPOINT, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD AS REQUIREMENTS ARE A BUSINESS PLAN. SO FOR EACH BUSINESS THAT IS COMING FORTH TO MAKE A REQUEST, WE ARE ASKING THAT THEY HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN IN PLACE AS WELL AS A MARKETING PLAN, A COPY OF THEIR IRS LETTER OF INCORPORATION, AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE SALES TAX AND USE CERTIFICATE FOR THE BUSINESS. AGAIN, AND THIS IS ENSURING THAT THERE'S PROOF THAT THEY ARE A REGISTERED SALES TAX PARTICIPANT. YES, SIR. SO IN INSTANCES WHERE THEY GIVE US DOCUMENTS WHICH CAN BE DOUBLE CHECKED FOR AUTHENTICITY, WE WILL DO THAT. YES. OKAY. AND THEY WOULD EACH I BELIEVE THE TEXAS SALES AND USE TAX CERTIFICATE IS RENEWED. AND THAT THAT HAS AN EXPIRATION. SO THERE YES THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN VERIFY THAT IF NEEDED AS WELL. OKAY. IN ADDITION WE ARE ASKING FOR THEM TO AGREE THAT WE COULD REVIEW THEIR BUSINESS TAX FILINGS, TAX PAYMENT AND LICENSE STATUS, BUSINESS LICENSING CODE, COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY WITHIN THE CITY. CITATIONS, FINES AND ALSO ACCESSIBLE BUSINESS REVIEWS SUCH AS ON GOOGLE OR OTHER EXTERNAL SITES. AGAIN, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET A PAINT A WHOLE PICTURE FOR THE EDC ON WHO THIS APPLICANT IS. I THINK IT JUST HELPS ALSO FOR US JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC, TO SAY WE'VE DONE ADDITIONAL VETTING AND WE KNOW WHO IT IS EXACTLY THAT WE'RE AWARDING MONEY TO. WE ARE ANOTHER FEATURE, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR EFFICIENCY, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE STRUCTURE TO THE TIME THAT WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. AND THIS WILL ALSO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT.

AND BEING MORE EFFICIENT IN BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON THESE APPLICATIONS AT A SPECIFIC TIME OF YEAR. SO WE ARE PROPOSING AN APPLICATION PERIOD FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WOULD BEGIN ON DECEMBER 1ST AND END ON MARCH 1ST. AND THAT WAY, INSTEAD OF IT BEING YEAR ROUND AND WE COULD THIS WOULD ALLOW US ALSO, THE OTHER PRIMARY GOAL IS SO THAT FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES, WE CAN STRATEGICALLY PLAN AND HAVE THAT TIME FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. AND AS YOU KNOW, THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THINGS START AT THE END FEBRUARY, MARCH, BEGINNING OF MARCH. SO AND HAVING THIS APPLICATION PERIOD AT THAT TIME THAT WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO MOVE MORE EFFICIENTLY INTO THE NEW BUDGET YEAR AND PREPARE FOR THAT SO THAT THAT WOULD BE THE APPLICATION PERIOD. AND THEN ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD HAVE ALL OF MARCH, THE STAFF WOULD HAVE ALL OF MARCH TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS. THEN WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO MATCH THEM UP TO THE GRANT

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ALL THE OTHERS ARE MORE BASED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BASED ON WHAT THEIR SPECIALIZED NEEDS ARE. IF THEY IF WE'RE REALLY HAVING TO GO TO BAT, SO TO SPEAK, TO GET THEM TO STAY IN TOWN. BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANY OTHER INPUT FROM THE BOARD ON THE ADDITIONAL AREAS, ABSOLUTELY WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME THOSE AS WELL. BUT JUST SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM WITH THOSE SPECIALIZED. REVISIONS THAT I PRESENTED, AND I THINK I GET IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THE CHOICE IS THERE AND THE CHOICE IS STAY IN DUNCANVILLE OR GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, I WOULD MUCH RATHER US DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN, WITHIN REASON TO KEEP THAT BUSINESS HERE. SO ANYWAY, I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD THROW THAT OUT. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. OKAY, I STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU DO? OKAY. SO LET'S SEE NOW GOING DOWN. I'M STILL ON PAGE EIGHT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS. IT SAYS COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEMO REDEVELOPMENT AND REUSE PROGRAM.

SO. I GUESS WHAT THROWS ME OFF IS RESIDENTIAL DEMO. AND I MAY BE OVERSIMPLIFYING IT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HELP PAY FOR PEOPLE TO RENOVATE THEIR OWN HOUSES. AND SO. EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT, SO I CAN HAVE A BETTER IMPRESSION OF WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO DO. SO THIS PROGRAM AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW 100% WHAT THE INTENT WILL, BUT I CAN ABSOLUTELY ASSUME THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS PUT IN PLACE TO HELP THOSE SPECIALIZED AREAS THAT ARE DEALING WITH A LOT OF BLIGHT, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IF THEY ARE, AGAIN, BEING STRATEGIC, IF THEY ARE NEIGHBORHOODS CLOSE TO THE AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REDEVELOP, SUCH AS OUR MAIN STREET, OUR DOWNTOWN AREAS, THIS WOULD ALLOW THE EDC TO HAVE A TOOL TO GO TO THOSE RESIDENTS, OR IF THEY WERE TO COME TO US, THAT WE COULD SAY IN ASSISTING THEM WITH IMPROVING THEIR RESIDENCES, THAT WOULD IN TURN ASSIST THE CITY, BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO DRAW TOURISTS AND VISITORS TO THOSE AREAS, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO IMPROVE THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE SUCH AN EYESORE. OR THOSE THAT ARE VISITING OUR CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME WOULDN'T GET A BAD IMPRESSION, AND THEY WOULD INSTEAD WANT TO CONTINUE VISITING BECAUSE THAT WOULD. IF YOU ENVISION, LIKE YOUR DOWNTOWN GRAPEVINE OR EVEN LIKE BISHOP ARTS OR THOSE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AREAS, THEY PUT EFFORT INTO BEAUTIFYING THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEY'RE TYPICALLY CENTERED IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THIS PROGRAM, NOT JUST TO OPENLY OFFER IT TO EVERY RESIDENT, BUT TO BE STRATEGIC IN OFFERING THIS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S WHAT THE REUSE COMES IN. ALL RIGHT. SO. WHAT AREAS IN DUNCANVILLE. RIGHT NOW? DO YOU ALL HAVE IN MIND IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS WILL ADDRESS. BECAUSE I'M I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE IN MY MIND THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THIS IS A SOLUTION. SO WHERE WHERE IS THE PROBLEM. FOR ME? ONE, ONE

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AND I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, THE WHOLE IDEA ABOUT STRONG TOWNS IS DEMO IS ALMOST LIKE EMINENT DOMAIN. SO IF WE SAVE IT, SAVE IT. SO BUT THEN YOU START TALKING TOWARD THE END OF YOUR SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, ADAPTIVE REUSE AND REDOING AND I'M USING DIFFERENT WORDS. BUT AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING. SURE. I THINK THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO SAVE STRUCTURES, BUT THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES WHERE FOR AS MUCH AS YOU TRY, FOR AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO, UNFORTUNATELY, ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THAT PROPERTY ISN'T ISN'T THE BETTER PLAY OR THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THAT REDEVELOPMENT AND DEMOLITION IS THE BETTER CHOICE. I'M NOT SUGGESTING TO DEMO SEVERAL PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE CHARACTER THAT ARE WORTH SAVING. NO, NOT AT ALL. IT'S ONE THAT YOU LOOK AT AND YOU AND YOU EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPERTY IS WORTH REUSING AS AN ADAPTIVE REUSE. AND WHAT THAT COST WILL, WILL, WILL BE. AND SOMETIMES IT ULTIMATELY BOILS DOWN TO A BUSINESS DECISION.

OKAY. AS THESE SITUATIONS COME UP, THEN YOU ALL WILL PRESENT THEM TO US AND WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. OH. ONE QUESTION. OH, OKAY. LET'S SEE. SO ON PAGE NINE I'M GOING TO READ THIS TO YOU AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS SAYING. APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED.

THIS IS FOR NUMBER FOUR. ON PAGE NINE, APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH AN ESTIMATED PROJECT BUDGET DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVED BY THE EDC AND OR CITY COUNCIL BEFORE PROJECTS ARE STARTED. CONSTRUCTION, REDEVELOPMENT, REUSE AND RENOVATIONS MUST BE EQUAL TO AT LEAST 51% OF THE MOST RECENT. AUGUST 1ST DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. ASSESSED VALUE. SO AS I READ THIS, WHAT PICTURES SHOULD COME INTO MY MIND? I WOULD SAY THE MAJOR GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY, NOT JUST KEEP IT AS IS, BECAUSE SOME, DEPENDING ON WHO IT IS, THEY COULD PRESENT A PROJECT WHERE IT'S NOT REALLY IMPROVING TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO WHERE AND AGAIN, AND THIS WOULD COME BEFORE YOU ALL. SO THE MAJOR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE MONEY THAT'S SPENT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD REALLY REVITALIZE THE PROPERTY, TO MAKE IT SOMETHING LIKE A GEM, TO JUST SHINE VERSUS JUST BRINGING THINGS UP TO CODE THAT IT REALLY WOULDN'T BE TO SAY YOU COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING AND SAY THEY PUT A LOT OF MONEY AND EFFORT INTO THAT. THE 51%, I WILL WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AGAIN. BUT THIS WAS ALREADY IN PLACE. SO BUT I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE A NOTE TO REVISIT THAT. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I WOULD ADD TO THAT I GUESS, TO HELP PAINT A ILLUSTRATIVE PICTURE. SOME OF SOME OF THE REQUESTS ARE YOU CAN MAKE AN INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE YOUR PROPERTY, BUT IT MAY NOT ACTUALLY SHOW UP ON AN INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED OR

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YOU'D RATHER PREFER BRING IT DOWN. NO, I'M JUST I'M JUST ASKING. WE. SO DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT, TYPICALLY WE SEE THAT THOSE PAVEMENT QUOTES ARE HIGHER THAN SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUESTS THAT WE'RE GETTING. SO THAT'S WHY WE BUMP THAT AMOUNT UP. HOWEVER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE PROPOSING THE 50% MATCHING REQUIREMENT. SO THIS IS MORE OF LESS JUST TO PUT A CAP ON THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTION THE EDC WOULD GIVE, REGARDLESS OF THE PROJECT AMOUNT. OKAY, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. LET'S SEE. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS CONCERNS. JUST TO ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, AFTER AFTER THIS MEETING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND US AN EMAIL OR REQUEST A 1 TO 1 MEETING TO GO OVER SOME OF WHAT WE PROPOSED, ONLY BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED YOUR FEEDBACK. WE VALUE YOUR FEEDBACK BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP SOON. BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS DOCUMENT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HINGES ON OTHER PIECES OF OTHER COMPONENTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT TO ADD ANY PRESSURE, ANY STRESS. BUT REALLY, NOW IS THE TIME WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT THE BYLAWS, THE PROCUREMENT POLICY, THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE POLICY. AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET. AND NOW HERE'S A SITUATION WHERE NOW ALL THE PIECES COME TOGETHER AND YOU START SEEING HOW THAT WORKS TOGETHER. AND ALSO WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WHAT'S IN THE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX AND WHAT'S BEING TASKED FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, EACH BOARD AND COMMISSION. AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ALL WRAP IT TOGETHER.

SO WE'RE IN CONCERT. WE'RE IN LINE WITH WITH THE CITY'S OVERALL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

AND WE'RE PLANNING ACCORDINGLY FOR THESE THINGS MOVING FORWARD AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, THAT WE HAVE THE DATA NECESSARY TO MEASURE OUR LEVEL OF SUCCESS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE SEE FIT.

SO A FEW MOMENTS AGO, I TALK ABOUT STEPS IN THE PROCESS. SO THIS WAS A PRESENTATION. SO MY QUESTION TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE DO YOU ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH WITH THIS DISCUSSION AND WHAT YOU'VE JUST READ TO MOVE THIS NOW INTO THE NEXT STAGE OF BEING CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL? I FEEL CONFIDENT. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE CAN PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONCE, JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEP, ONCE WE HAVE THAT APPROVED, THEN, AS MARCELA SHARED, THEN WE START PUTTING TOGETHER THE SPECIFIC PACKETS FOR THE SPECIFIC REQUEST WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE FLOW CHARTS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE SHOULD BE TOLD, WE'VE ASKED ALLAH TO HELP US WITH. SO, OKAY, I KNOW SHE'S ANXIOUS TO GET TO THAT PROJECT. I'M ANXIOUS TO TAKE A VOTE SO I CAN HAVE HER DO MY RECORD VOTE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. SO LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE. OKAY. SO THAT BRINGS US TO NUMBER FIVE

[5. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT DCEDC SPONSORSHIP POLICY]

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THE OTHER QUESTION IS YOU'VE GIVEN US A POLICY. SO IS THERE I'M ASSUMING THERE'S GOING TO BE AN APPLICATION TO GO ALONG WITH THE POLICY. THE APPLICATION ITSELF IS ALREADY IN PLACE, BUT ON THE BACKSIDE IT WAS JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL GUIDELINES. WHEREAS THIS IS REALLY IT REALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE OTHER WAY AROUND, SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE POLICY CREATED FIRST, THEN THE APPLICATION. HOWEVER, SINCE WE ARE MAKING LIMITS OUT OF LEMONADE, WE ARE NOW CREATING THE POLICY TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE. SO MOVING FORWARD, THE NEXT THING THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO GET FROM US IS TO FOR THE BOARD TO FORMALLY APPROVE IT. YES, SIR. OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE JUST SEEN? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT. I ECHO YOUR SENTIMENTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT HELPS ALLEVIATE HOW 85% OF WHAT WE DISCUSS AND TRY TO EXTRACT. BUT I WOULD ADD, SO THAT YOU'RE DOING THE WORK ON THE FRONT END IN ADDITION TO THE POLICY, BECAUSE PEOPLE, SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY VISUAL THAT THERE IS A MOCKUP, IF YOU WILL, OF THE APPLICATION THAT SAYS THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU FILL IN THIS FIELD AND SO FORTH. AND I THINK THAT WILL FURTHER HELP. SO THEY CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE CHECKING OFF. WE DID EVERYTHING AND IT READS HOW IT SHOULD. AND LIKE I SAID, THAT ALLEVIATES A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO MORE PREPARED WHEN THEY COME TO DISCUSS IT. YES. TO EXPECT. YES. THE FIELDS ON THE APPLICATION ALREADY REFLECT THE ELIGIBILITY, BUT I JUST EXPANDED ON IT. AND SO IN FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOR THE EDC, THOSE STAFF REPORTS THAT WE INCLUDE WITH THE APPLICATIONS REALLY DIVE INTO THE KEY DETAILS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AND KNOW AND KNOW I'M SAYING ILLUSTRATED. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IT SHOULD READ BLAH. SO IT EXPLAINS BLAH. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE GET ALMOST A PERFECT APPLICATION IS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING. SO THEY GET A VISUAL TO SEE. THIS IS AKIN TO WHAT I SHOULD BE STATING IN THIS FIELD. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. UNDERSTOOD. YES. THAT WAS YEAH, THE ONLY THING. BUT. I CAN DEFINITELY SEND YOU A COPY, A CLEAN COPY OF THE APPLICATION AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. SO YOU CAN COMPARE IN REAL TIME. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. DOES ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE SEEN HEARD. SO WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, ARE WE READY THEN TO MOVE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL? WELL YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTION STAFF. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT OKAY. LET'S SEE. OKAY. SO

[6. PRESENTATION OF SALES TAX AUDIT]

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SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ THIS AND IT'S PAGE FOR THE AGREEMENT. ARTICLE FOUR COMPENSATION BE SAYS THE INCREASES IN TAX REMITTANCES QUALIFIED DEPOSITS BY THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER INTO THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL SALES SLASH USE TAX AUTHORITY CODE. SPERM FEES WILL ONLY BE DUE IF FIRM EFFORTS SUCCESSFULLY SECURED. ADDITIONAL INCREASE REMITTANCES FROM SUSPECT BUSINESSES, AS DEFINED IN THE SCOPE SECTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND WILL EITHER BE ROMAN NUMERAL ONE, 24% OF ANY INCREASE. REMITTANCE REPRESENTING PAST REPORTING OF A SUSSEX BUSINESS

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THANK YOU. AND THERE'S MORE TO COME HERE AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO I'VE LOST MY LITTLE SHEET TELLING ME WHERE TO GO, BUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN PUBLIC HEARING

[7.a. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2025-6-19 APPROVING A BEAUTIFICATION GRANT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.]

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ANY HAZARD TREES THAT ARE THAT ARE IN PEOPLE NOT REALLY MAINTAINING THEIR PUBLIC TREES.

WE COME IN AND HELP THAT FUND HELPS WITH THAT AS WELL. KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL BOARD IS ANOTHER HUGE ASPECT OF WHAT THESE FOUR FUNDS FOR BE FUNDS GO TOWARDS. SO THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT CDB COMES UP WITH. SO THEIR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, THEIR BUSINESS BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAMS, REALLY RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. SO NEXT TOPIC RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AWARDS. SO BOTH OF THOSE THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR NATIVE LANDSCAPING WORKSHOP THAT WE HOST EACH YEAR. OUR GARDENING WORKSHOP. YES SIR. SON INTERRUPT. SO THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AWARDS, THAT'S THE THING WHERE YOU GUYS GO AROUND EACH QUARTER AND SAY, THIS IS THE ORDER OF THE MONTH. YES, SIR. THAT IS THAT COMES OUT OF THIS. IT DOES FOR ME. FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY WHAT FUND THAT THAT PROJECT, THE NEW SIGNS, THE PLAQUES AND THE BASKETS AND THINGS THAT WE STOCK WITH THE BASKETS THAT GOES TO EACH RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNER. SO WE GIVE THOSE, WE GIVE ONE PER DISTRICT EVERY QUARTER. SO APPROXIMATELY 20, 20 HOMES GET A RESIDENTIAL AWARD. AND THEN THE BUSINESS AWARD WE GIVE OUT ONE A QUARTER. SO FOR BUSINESSES EACH YEAR, GET A YARD SIGN AND A PLAQUE THAT GOES UP IN THEIR BUSINESS. THAT JUST KIND OF BRINGS MORE AWARENESS TO THE PEOPLE COMING IN THAT THEY HAVE DONE WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY. AND WE'RE RECOGNIZING THEM FOR THAT AND THEN BEAUTIFICATION SIGNAGE. SO A LOT OF THE ADOPTED PARK SIGNAGE, ANY TYPE OF BEAUTIFICATION. I KNOW WE'VE STARTED A COUPLE NEW INITIATIVES FOR OUR NATIVE RESIDENTIAL NATIVE LANDSCAPING AWARD, AND AS WELL AS COMING UP WITH THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE WITH NATIVE PLANTS WITHIN THEIR YARD. SO A LOT OF THAT FUNDING OR A LOT OF THOSE SUPPLIES COME OUT OF THE FORBY FUNDS AND SUPPORT THAT KEEP THEIR BEAUTIFUL BOARD, IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THOSE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, WE ARE A PART OF THE KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL ASSOCIATION AND THE KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL ASSOCIATION. SO EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO EITHER ATTEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO KEEP OUR AFFILIATION. SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN AFFILIATED WITH BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR WELL OVER 15 TO 20 YEARS. YES, SIR.

WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE WON THAT AWARD? WHICH AWARD? SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY QUITE A FEW

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KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL AND KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL. SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED OUT OF THIS OR IS THAT THE GENERAL FUND. SO THE KEEP DUNCANVILLE BEAUTIFUL PORTION. SO ALL OF THE LITTER GRABBERS ALL OF THE BAGS, ALL OF THE VESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE UTILIZE OR WE HAND OUT FOR SAFETY COMES OUT OF THE FOUR FUNDS SECURING THOSE CONTRACTORS, I BELIEVE THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENTS HANDLE THOSE. YES, SIR. AND THEN LITTER SANITATION. SO TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF SOLID WASTE AND LITTER SANITATION CREW IS ALSO SOME OF THEIR SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE FUNDED OUT OF THIS FUND AS WELL. SO LIKE I SAID, THE LITTER GRABBERS, BAGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHENEVER WE HAVE TO GO CLEAN UP PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, THE SOME OF THE BEAUTIFICATION FUNDS ARE USED TO SUBSIDIZE THAT AS WELL. I SHOULD HAVE LED WITH THIS, BUT I ALSO TRIED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A BUDGET DETAIL FROM 2025 OF WHAT KIND OF WE'VE SPENT PER YEAR, AND THEN, AS WELL AS A DETAILED PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2026, SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKETS TO REVIEW. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY TIME. SO THE FY 2026 BUDGET BREAKDOWN I'VE KIND OF CATEGORIZED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREAS OF WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED TOWARD BASED ON WHAT WE'VE USED THEM FOR IN THE PAST. SO THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM, SO THAT'S ABOUT 16,500. THAT'S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING FROM LIKE I WAS SAYING, THE AFFILIATE RECOGNITIONS, THE HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE, THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING WORKSHOP, PRETTY MUCH ANY PROGRAM, OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SCHOOLS, COLORING BOOKS, HANDOUTS, EARTH DAY PROCLAMATIONS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE FUNDED OUT OF THAT COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS CDB MATERIALS WORKSHOP, AWARDS, STUDENT PROGRAMING, BEAUTIFICATION, SUPPLIES AND ENHANCEMENTS IS ANOTHER 40,000. SO THE SUPPLIES AND ENHANCEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE ALL OF THE LANDSCAPE MATERIALS. LAST YEAR I THINK WE WENT IN AND RENOVATED THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. SO WE RENOVATED ORIOLE PARK, LEWIS NICHOLS PARK AND THE SOUTH HEMISPHERE OF LAKESIDE PARK CAME IN, TILTED UP, RENOVATED IT, AND PLANTED NATIVE WILDFLOWERS, NATIVE SEEDS OUT THERE. AND IT'S ACTUALLY FLOURISHING THIS YEAR SO THAT THOSE ARE BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS THAT THE CDBG BOARD ACTUALLY SPEARHEADED. AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT KIND OF HELPED MANAGE AND GET THOSE THINGS READY FOR THAT, WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR NOT A REWARD, A GRANT WORTH $5,000 TO HELP WITH THAT PROJECT THAT WE WERE AWARDED FOR. SO KATY B ALSO DOES A LOT OF THE, THE GRANT INITIATIVES AS WELL FROM KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AND KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL. SO A PORTION OF FORB FUNDS, FERTILIZER, MULCH, NATIVE SEEDS, SIGNAGE, BANNER REPLACEMENT, AFFILIATE DUES AND TRAINING. IT'S 74 7400 KTBC-TV MASTER NATURALIST BOARD TRAVEL MAINTENANCE AND LANDSCAPING IS AROUND 390,000. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MAINTENANCE AND MOWING MAINLY. AND THAT'S IDEALLY WHAT WE FUND FROM FORBY IS TEXDOT RIGHT OF WAYS AND. TXDOT RIGHT OF WAYS AND EDC LOTS. THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN PORTIONS OF WHAT'S FUNDED FROM. FUNDS MOWING AND SEASONAL COLOR, TREE PLANTING, IRRIGATION, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ADVERTISING IS AROUND 5000 EVENT MARKETING FLIERS AND THEN INSERTS INTO ADMINISTRATIVE INSERTS INTO ADMINISTRATIVE

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SUPPORTS CONTINUING CONTINUITY OF SERVICE AND BEAUTIFICATION, MOMENTUM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ENABLES MATCHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS OUTSIDE OF FUNDING. SO AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT TRYING TO GET THESE GRANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST SECURED, I THINK 400,000 FROM TXDOT TO IMPROVE I-20 AGAIN. SO THE PORTIONS THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE FIRST GRANT FROM 2020, WE'VE ALREADY SECURED KIND OF A $400,000 GRANT. WE JUST HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN PHASE OF IT OUT OF THE CITY'S BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, IF WE CAN SECURE FUNDING, THEN WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EACH YEAR WE CAN GO OUT FOR MORE OF THESE MATCHING GRANTS, CAB INITIATIVES, CTB INITIATIVES, TXDOT, TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO ALSO HELP WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION ASPECT OF THE CITY AND THEN TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO ANNUAL REPORTING. SO WHAT I WAS WE WERE PROPOSING WAS AN ANNUAL REPORT TO YOU ALL ON THE OPERATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FROM HORTICULTURE OPERATIONS. THE CDB INITIATIVES, VOLUNTEER HOURS AND AN EXTERNAL GRANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND MATCHES FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE. SO YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW OUR OPERATIONS KIND OF EACH YEAR. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT US TO REFOCUS AND RESHIFT OUR INITIATIVES, THEN YOU COULD DO SO AT THOSE THOSE MEETINGS ABOUT EVERY SIX MONTHS, EVERY SIX MONTHS. SO TWO A YEAR. I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. AND THEN CONCLUSION AND REQUEST. SO THE REQUESTING AN ANNUAL REOCCURRING EDC FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 463,416 ANNUALLY, THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE YEARLY OR BI YEARLY REPORTING AND UPDATES. AND THESE PROGRAMS ARE VITAL TO THE DUNCANVILLE IMAGE GROWTH AND LIVABILITY. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THE TIME, PLEASE, PLEASE ASK NOW ANY QUESTIONS FROM THIS BOARD. WANT TO TAKE YOUR SILENCE AS IS UNDERSTANDING AND THOROUGH SUPPORT? SO. COUNCIL. SO AT THIS POINT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THEN WE. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN DO IT. YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM UNDER PUBLIC HEARING. HEAR THAT.

THEN WE HAVE THE THREE ITEMS. THEN CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN GO BACK. OR YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND. ENTERTAIN. OH NO. OH AND ACTUALLY GO TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. YEAH YOU CAN DO THAT. IT'S ALL IT'S I THINK WE SET IT UP TO, TO HEAR ALL OF THEM AND THEN CLOSE IT AND THEN GO BACK AND HEAR MOTIONS. BUT ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO WE JUMPED. ITEM SEVEN B CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 20 2536 OKAY. NO, YOU MAKE ME NERVOUS. COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP FOR THE INTERFACE DFW RETAIL

[7.b. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2025-6-20 APPROVING A SPONSORSHIP FOR THE INTERFACE DFW RETAIL/ INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]

STAFF, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. YES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US, FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN A CONFERENCE THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9TH THIS YEAR. I ATTENDED THIS EVENT LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR WAS HELD IN SEPTEMBER.

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AND THIS YEAR THEY REACHED OUT TO US ASKING IF ONE WE WANTED TO BE PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PANEL SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PORTION OF THE CONFERENCE. THE RETAIL MIXED USE PORTION, WHICH IS THE MORNING SESSION, HAS ALREADY BEEN BOOKED UP AND FILLED. BUT THERE IS ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AFTERNOON TO BE PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE. AND ALSO THEY'VE ASKED IF WE WOULD LIKE TO BE A SPONSOR. NOW THIS IS AND I HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IN YOUR EXCUSE ME, YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. I SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE TODAY THIS MORNING, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND SHE SHARED WITH ME THAT THOSE THAT ARE SERVING ON THE PANEL HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE THE PRESENTING SPONSOR, AND THAT HAS A SPONSORSHIP DOLLAR AMOUNT OF $5,000. I DID SHARE WITH HER THAT WE RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN STRONG TOWNS, AND THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HITTING OUR BUDGET, AND SO THAT I WASN'T SURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR IN THE $5,000 LEVEL OR CATEGORY. BUT I'D SHARED WITH HER THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND REALLY CHECK AND TASTE THE YOUR APPETITE ON PARTICIPATING IN THIS OPPORTUNITY. LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF LOCAL DEVELOPERS, RETAIL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS AT THIS EVENT.

GOOD TURNOUT. IF I HAD TO GUESS, LAST YEAR THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABOUT 300 IN ATTENDANCE OVER THE COURSE OF THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON. AND SO HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN. HERE'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET OF WHAT EACH SPONSORSHIP LEVEL INCLUDES. AS YOU WILL SEE, EACH EACH LEVEL INCLUDES A SERIES OF BENEFITS. BUT SO YOU DON'T YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T GET NOTHING, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO THERE IS VALUE IN EVERY LEVEL OF SPONSORSHIP. WHAT I SHARED WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT I SPOKE WITH THIS MORNING, THAT GIVEN THAT THIS BUZZ WAS BROUGHT TO US HERE RECENTLY AND THAT WE HAVE HAVE OTHER ENGAGEMENT, OTHER COMMITMENTS, THAT I WASN'T EXACTLY SURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AT THAT PRESENTING SPONSORSHIP LEVEL, ESPECIALLY GIVEN AFTER THE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED WITH OUR SPONSORSHIP FOR THE STRONG TOWNS NATIONAL GATHERING. BUT I SAID WE MIGHT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A DESIRE TO MAYBE START AT THE SILVER SPONSORSHIP OR 1500, AND FOR NEXT YEAR WE COULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND MAYBE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF MAYBE GOING TO THE PRESENTING SPONSOR DOLLAR AMOUNT OF $5,000. BUT AT LEAST WE GET OURSELVES IN THE DOOR WITH IT'S A GOOD MARKETING. I'M SO SORRY. NO. THAT'S OKAY. SO THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW IS IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTION. DID I HEAR? YES. THEY HAVE ONE SEATS AVAILABLE IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTION OF THIS CONFERENCE, WHICH IS IN THE AFTERNOON. YEAH, I'M I'M REALLY NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT DUNCANVILLE, I SEE MORE RETAIL RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT AND NOT SO MUCH INDUSTRIAL. I MEAN, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING INDUSTRIAL THAT WE DONE OTHER THAN THAT WAREHOUSE THAT'S IN DISTRICT FIVE NORTH OF 20. SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH US PARTICIPATING, BUT. I'M I'M DEFINITELY NOT COMFORTABLE WITH BEING A LEADING SPONSOR THERE. THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES DOWN THE LINE

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[7.c. CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2025-6-21 APPROVING THE FY 2026 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.]

THANK YOU MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. FOR THE PEOPLE. GOOD EVENING. AGAIN. I'LL START BY SAYING, OBVIOUSLY, AN EXERCISE, AS YOU KNOW, TIME CONSUMING AS THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET. LIKE I MIGHT BE THE ONE FACILITATING OR SPEAKING, BUT CERTAINLY OUR ENTIRE TEAM, MARCELLA. VICTOR. DEVIN, WHO

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EXCUSE ME SPECIAL EVENTS. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER FUND THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET AND HOW IT'S BROKEN OUT. WE'LL SEE. OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE EVENTS BASED ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR EACH OF THOSE EVENTS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT PARTICULAR FUND THAT THOSE EVENTS OR ANY OF THE CATEGORIES FOR THAT MATTER, REPRESENT. AND IN THAT LAST FUND, AGAIN, WE HAVE ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES ROLLED UP, BOTH GRANTS. RIGHT. WE'VE KIND OF CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY SOME TARGETED REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, RIGHT. SHOPPING CENTERS, RETAIL CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE, PARTICULARLY AROUND MAIN STREET IN OUR DOWNTOWN, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH. WE'VE WE'VE GOT FUNDING INCLUDED FOR STAR TRANSIT. AGAIN, BASED ON THE AGREEMENT, WE HAVE THEM TO HELP PUBLIC TRANSIT SPONSORSHIPS AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION GRANTS, AGAIN, JUST AS A LABEL

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AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT STAR TRANSIT SPONSORSHIP AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION REFERENCED HERE. RIGHT? I KNOW I'M JUST TALKING AND GOING THROUGH THEM. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LIKE GIVE MY ATTENTION LIKE MR. HARVEY JUST DID WITH ANY QUESTIONS BACKWARDS OR FORWARD. OKAY. SO. AND I'M SORRY I GET A LITTLE ABOUT LANGUAGE, BUT BASICALLY WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I SAY YOU HAVE FOUR COST CENTERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, YOUTH PROGRAM, SPECIAL EVENTS AND DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE. THOSE ARE COST CENTERS TO ME. AND THEN YOU HAVE PROGRAMS I CAN GO ALONG WITH THAT. OR YOU CAN SAY FUNCTION. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE FUNCTIONS.

AND THEN THOSE IF YOU TAKE THE NEXT LEVEL DOWN, THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LINE ITEMS. AND THESE LINE ITEMS ROLL INTO THESE FUNCTIONS OR PROGRAMS. THESE FUNCTIONS OR PROGRAMS ROLL INTO THESE COST CENTERS. AND THIS IS HOW THE MONEY IS ALLOCATED I LIKE IT. IT'S A IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET. I SHARED WITH STAFF AND THEY'VE SHARED WITH US AS THEY'VE GONE ALONG THIS MEETING TONIGHT THAT THE CITY'S BUDGET IS NOT YET FINISHED. AND SO WE HAVE HEARD TALK OF POSSIBLY ADDITIONAL MONIES COMING FROM US TO HELP THE CITY BALANCE ITS BUDGET. AND SO, AGAIN, I GUESS I JUST CAN'T I KEEP REFERRING BACK TO ALL THE YEARS I SPENT IN TRYING TO MEET DEADLINES. AND SO IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT BEFORE WE CAN GIVE THE CITY A BUDGET, IT NEEDS TO BE EVERYTHING REFLECTED IN THAT BUDGET THAT WE KNOW OF. AND I HAVE I JUST HAVE JUST A LOT OF RELUCTANCE KNOWING THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS OUT THERE AND THEN GIVING THE CITY A BUDGET AND SAYING, THIS IS IT.

AND WE BOTH KNOW, NO, THAT'S NOT IT. SO BUT I WANT TO APPLAUD THE STAFF. THIS IS A THIS IS A WONDERFUL EFFORT. VERY GOOD. I LOVE IT. AT THIS POINT I'M AT A QUANDARY AS TO WHAT TO DO IN TERMS OF. SHARING WITH YOU ALL WHICH WAY I THINK WE SHOULD GO. AGAIN. I JUST WISH WE HAD THE INFORMATION, BUT I GUESS JUST TO MEET THE DEADLINE OR WHATEVER, MAYBE GO ON AND JUST APPROVE IT AND COME BACK LATER WHEN WE KNOW THE NUMBERS AND DO IT AGAIN, I GUESS. YES, SIR. ARE WE DONE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH I'M SORRY. YES WE ARE. OKAY. SO CLOSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES.

OH, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:26 P.M. WE CAN ALWAYS DO THIS. OKAY. SO NOW AT THIS TIME, WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ANY OF THESE. OR MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO DENY MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION. OR WE CAN ALSO IF YOU WANT TO SEEK ADVICE FROM LEGAL COUNSEL, WE CAN DISCUSS ANY OF THESE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO DISCUSS IN MORE DEPTH THE. THE THESE ARE ALL REQUESTS. SO WE CAN DISCUSS THE REQUESTS UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTION OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AN EXECUTIVE

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[8. EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

[9. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION ]

[10. TAKE ANY NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE ACTION AS A RESULT OF CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ]

SECOND MOTION. MOTION TO TABLE. SEVEN EIGHT OKAY. BOARD MEMBER PAYNE MADE A MOTION TO TABLE SEVEN EIGHT AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER SAVAGE. AND SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? WITH NONE BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO ASK, I AM TO CONDUCT OUR RECORD VOTE. OKAY. PRESIDENT HARVEY, I APPROVE. SAVAGE. PAYNE. AND THOMPSON. OKAY. SO ITEM SEVEN A IS UNANIMOUSLY TABLED. THAT TAKES US TO ITEM SEVEN B, AND THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE TABLE, ALONG WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. APPROVED. ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.

UNDERSTANDING. I MOVE. TRYING TO BE CUTE. GET ALL YOUR CHEESES. PUT THEM ON. ALL RIGHT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED A SPONSORSHIP FOR THE INTERFACE DFW RETAIL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE AND AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OR AT THE SILVER LEVEL, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,500. OKAY. WE HAVE HEARD MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER SAVAGE. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY THOMPSON? DIANA. AMELIA. ALL RIGHT. MR. HARVEY APPROVED.

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THANK YOU. AND FINALLY. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM. SEVEN C OF OUR AGENDA. I MOVE THAT WE TABLE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF THE 2026 BUDGET TO A FUTURE TIME AND DATE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD. SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SO SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

GREAT. HARVEY APPROVED. SAVAGE. APPROVE. APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT HAS BEEN UNANIMOUSLY TABLED FOR THE ZERO. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. SO THAT TAKES US TO ITEM EIGHT A DISCUSSION OF

[8.a. DISCUSSION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GOALS]

DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. RIGHT? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING. I'LL SAY WE

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THAT'S IT. FORGET THE NAVIGATING, GOING THROUGH DEPARTMENTS AND GOING THROUGH TO FINALLY GET TO THAT PLACE. SO NOW AS WE'RE DEEPER INTO THIS, INTO THIS PROJECT, WE'RE THINKING THAT YOU MIGHT BE BEST SERVED BY JUST HAVING A WEBSITE AND NOT AND DO AWAY WITH THE IT'S A PAGE. WE CAN REVAMP IT AND WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT AS WE'RE DEEP INTO THIS TIME, WE'RE THINKING, YEAH, WE MIGHT BE BEST SERVED IN DOING A COMPLETE WEBSITE. AND WE'RE ALSO BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH A COMPANY THAT CAN PUT TOGETHER A SERIES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VIDEOS. AND THIS COMPANY, NEON CLOUD, HAS REPRESENTED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA. AND THEY PUT A PROPOSAL TOGETHER. WE'VE EXECUTED THE PROPOSAL AND WE WERE READY TO LAUNCH THE WORK THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, BUT WE PUT THE BRAKES ON IT BECAUSE WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE DO IT? ARE WE IN PART GETTING AHEAD OF IT WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO REDO, DO A WEBSITE, GET ALL THE OTHER PIECES DONE, AND THEN FINALIZE IT WITH THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VIDEO? SO THEN YOU

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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET. THE WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION ON TOMORROW, WHAT, 25 TO $35,000 INCLUDES. LIKE I SAID, I JUST HAD ASKED HER JUST TO GIVE ME A RANGE AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID. BUT WE DID. WE ARE HAVING A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION WITH WITH HER TOMORROW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY WITH OUR OWN TECH DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT OR HAVE THIS DONE INTERNALLY. BUT IF IT'S DONE INTERNALLY, THEN WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND THEIR OWN WORKLOADS AND PROJECTS AND, AND JUST COORDINATE THAT AND SEE WHAT THAT DOES TO OUR TIMELINE. AND WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THEM.

SO THERE'S MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW. IS REALLY IS REALLY THE SHORT AND SWEET OF IT. WE'RE STILL GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE DIRECTOR BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, ASKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DONE. AND SO THAT YES, THAT WILL COME INTO FALL INTO THE REVAMP WITH THERE BEING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DELIVERING A BETTER MESSAGE, A CLEAR MESSAGE, AND NOW WITH WITH THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REVAMPING OUR, OUR APPLICATIONS. AND WE'LL PUT ALL OF THAT ON THERE AS WELL. AND AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING, HOW DO WE SHOWCASE THAT? WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE IN A MANNER THAT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY, CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, ETC. SO IN ESSENCE, ALL THE PIECES ARE COMING TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER FAST. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE MIGHT WANT TO SLOW THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO GET MAYBE A FEW PROJECTS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG, SO WE CAN COME BACK AND DO MORE WORK ON THIS, ON THIS TASK. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY, I KIND OF INTERRUPT. I'M GLAD YOU DID. YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD. SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH REVAMP OF THE WEB PAGE AND THE CREATION OF A BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE TIED TO THE WEB PAGE, I.E. THE VIDEO AND THEN POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY A WEBSITE INSTEAD OF A WEB PAGE. BUT THERE'S MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW. IF YOU WANT TO. YEAH. SO THE ONE, THE NEXT ONE IS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE HAD SOME ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. RIGHT. UPDATES OF BOTH EVENTS THAT WERE AND KIND OF REPORTING OUT AS WELL AS UPCOMING EVENTS. SO THIS GOAL AGAIN, IT'S DEPENDING ON IF IT'S JUST AT THE END OF THE YEAR RIGHT NOW, IT WON'T IT WOULDN'T BE MORE COMPLETE. IT'S ONGOING BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE EVENTS LEFT IN BOTH THE FISCAL AND CALENDAR YEAR, BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY IS THAT THAT'S A GOAL.

WHETHER IT'S INDIVIDUAL DAY. THIS ONE SAYS MULTI-DAY EVENTS. THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT'S ALSO TIED TO, AGAIN, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND REALLY JUST HOW WE PRIORITIZE THE RESOURCES IN OUR IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET. ALL RIGHT. REVAMP THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. AGAIN. WE HEARD UPDATE AGENDA ITEM TODAY PROPOSING THE AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS TO OUR SPONSORSHIP GRANT APPLICATION. RIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES IN OUR BUDGET IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO. SO THIS GOAL JUST READS REVAMP THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS. DEPENDING ON AGAIN, WHEN THAT ITEM THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE YOU IS APPROVED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MARK THAT ONE AS COMPLETE AS OPPOSED TO ONGOING OR IN PROGRESS.

DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE AVAILABLE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. SO I'LL SAY THIS. OUR SEPARATE MARKETING CAMPAIGNS WITH PROMOTING AVAILABLE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THIS KIND OF IS TIED TO SOME OF THE SHIFTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE REVISION OF SOME OF OUR POLICIES. AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE NO LONGER WANT TO BROADCAST AND MARKET GRANTS FOR LANDSCAPE AND SIGNAGE. PAVEMENT. RIGHT. THE INCENTIVE GRANTS THAT

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WHO'S OUT THERE, WHO'S DONE WHAT AND TO GET US READY. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHOW YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON SOME OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND HONESTLY, SOME OF IT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR THE LAST FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AS FAR AS JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE, MORE INFORMATION ON THE WAYFINDING SIGNS IN THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE DOCUMENT LAYS OUT A SERIES OF IDENTIFIED SITES AND ENTRANCE FEATURES AND EVERYTHING, AND TALKS ABOUT CERTAIN SPECIFIC, CERTAIN PARAMETERS AROUND THIS. AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. AND AS MARLON SHARED WITH YOU, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE

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IT'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, BUT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. HERE'S THE CONVERSATIONS. AND THERE'S MORE TO MORE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE PROVIDED IN THE COMING WEEKS. ONE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT, RIGHT? SO JUST LOOKING AT THIS, LIKE VICTOR MENTIONED, THESE GOALS ESTABLISHED PROBABLY AROUND THIS TIME LAST YEAR, AND I DON'T MAKE A HABIT OF LOOKING AT OTHER DEPARTMENT GOALS, BUT I COUNT TEN GOALS THAT WERE PROPOSED AND INCLUDED IN THIS DEPARTMENT'S, YOU KNOW, ANNUAL. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTEXT TO KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND SO I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IN LOOKING AT THESE, ARE THERE ANY GOALS OR IS THE BOARD COMFORTABLE WITH THIS LIST OF GOALS. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROPOSE NEW GOALS FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT BUDGET DOCUMENT AND NARRATIVE FOR OUR SECTION AND OUR DEPARTMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS MINDFUL OF MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, WE PROPOSE A HEALTHY, YOU KNOW, SET OF GOALS OR OBJECTIVES OR METRICS THAT WE CAN MEET. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T MEET THOSE, BUT I'M CURIOUS FOR FEEDBACK ON THIS LIST OF GOALS. AND IS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIORITIES OF THIS BOARD? I WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M SEEING ON THE SCREEN. HOWEVER, I WOULD OFFER THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, I HANDED THE BOARD SOME DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO WORK PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, MISSION GOALS, THAT SORT OF THING. SO IN LOOKING AT HOW WE MOVE AHEAD, I WOULD OFFER THAT AS A DEPARTURE POINT BECAUSE IT WAS GIVEN TO ME IN AN EARLIER VERSION BY CITY MANAGEMENT WITH WITH THE INPUT THAT WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME WAS IN CONFORMITY WITH THIS. WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOCUMENT. SO. ACTING THEN, UPON WHAT I HAD BEEN GIVEN AND JUST TRUSTING IN THE RELIABILITY OF WHAT I HAD BEEN GIVEN, I WOULD SAY RATHER THAN REINVENTING THE WHEEL, WE CAN USE THAT AS A DEPARTURE POINT. AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE. AND I WAS POINTING AT THIS, AND THEN I REALIZED AT THE MOMENT I POINTED AT THIS, THIS IS CONCERNING WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS SOMETHING TO MOVE US INTO THE FUTURE. SO I GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO. I WOULD OFFER THAT AS A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND START THERE AND WORK ON THAT.

AND THEN I THINK IT WOULD HOPEFULLY TAKE A LOT LESS EFFORT ON OUR PART RATHER THAN STARTING FROM SCRATCH. ONE THING I LEARNED FROM BEING IN THE BILL IS WHY START FROM SCRATCH WHEN YOU COULD JUST TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE'S? AND IT'S NOT STEALING. IT'S IMPROVING. YEAH. YOU COULD.

THANK YOU. SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE ON 7070. OH MY GOODNESS. YEAH WE ARE. OH WAIT.

YEAH. SEE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN. IT'S A TYPO. IT'S 80 OKAY. SO IT

[8.b. DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR TXDOT SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL (SS4A) GRANT APPLICATION]

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[8.c. DISCUSSION OF DCEDC SPECIAL MEETING ]

OKAY, LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT. I DON'T KNOW, HOW ABOUT TWO? I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE 22ND. YEAH. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THE FIRST TWO WEEKENDS, BUT. THEN. WOW. BUT OUR REGULAR MEETING ON THE 21ST. SO. FOR JULY, JULY 28TH, 2828. AND THE SEVENTH IS REALLY PUSHING IT. WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU'LL GET TO HAVE THE INFORMATION, THE INFORMATION FOR THE CITY? I THINK I ALREADY RECEIVED IT AS A MATTER OF GOING THROUGH AND PUTTING IT IN A OKAY, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING? TO TRY TO SHOOT? YOU COULD TRY TO SHOOT FOR JULY 7TH TO CIRCULATE TO ME. WE'D HAVE TO CIRCULATE. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WE'D HAVE TO CIRCULATE. THIS WEEK BY. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO AGAIN MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. IF IT'S NOT, IF

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