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OFFICIALLY CALL OUR. SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. TO ORDER. AT 6:02 P.M. WE WILL KICK OFF OUR MEETING WITH OUR INVOCATION, WHICH I WILL LEAD IF WE CAN ALL STAND. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US HERE THIS EVENING TO MEET AS A DUNCANVILLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE THANK YOU FOR JUST THIS CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF. WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS OF DUNCANVILLE. AND WE JUST ASK THAT THE MEETING TONIGHT BE LED BY YOUR WORDS. BE LED BY YOUR THOUGHTS AND LAWS. CONDUCT THE BUSINESS IN THE WAY THAT WE SHOULD IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO MOVE IN ADVANCE THE MISSIONS FORWARD OF THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY AND ALL THESE THINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME. AMEN. WE NOW HAVE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR DIRECTOR, MR. GOFF, TO LEAD US. OKAY. WE'LL FIRST HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG. OKAY. READY? PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. LIBERTY. JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. NOW, THE TEXAS PLEDGE. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. OUR
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NEXT ITEM FOR THE EVENING WILL BE OUR CITIZENS PUBLIC FORUM. MADAM SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED TO FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS TONIGHT? YES, SIR. WE ACTUALLY DO. WE HAVE MISS PATRICIA EBERT AT 1155 GREENSTONE, AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ISABELLA, WHICH IS NOT A MATTER ON THE AGENDA. SO WE WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN UP THE CITIZENS PUBLIC FORUM AT 6:04 P.M. AND YOU CAN PLEASE COME FORWARD. I KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN STATED, BUT PLEASE RESTATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. PATRICIA EBERT 115 SOUTH GREENSTONE 75116. SO ISABELLA DUMPED ON DUNCANVILLE. I'M GOING TO READ THREE EMAILS BETWEEN ME AND THE CITY REGARDING THIS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 17TH AT 9:30 A.M.I EMAILED ECONOMIC DIRECTOR GOUGH OUTRAGEOUS YESTERDAY. ISABELLA DUMPED AUCTION, BOUGHT USED STOVES WITH AUCTION TAGS STILL ON THEM. A SINK AND SMALLER EQUIPMENT WERE DUMPED IN THE DUMPSTER. A SCRAPPER IS ALREADY EXTRACTED. THOSE THAT EQUIPMENT. I TOOK THIS PHOTO AT 8:33 A.M. TODAY. IN MY OPINION, THE $375,000 LOANED. ISABELLA DESERVES A SITE VISIT TODAY TO ASK, WHY ARE YOU DUMPING ON DUNCANVILLE? SO ON MONDAY THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 21ST, I EMAILED ACM RAUSCHER ABOUT RESOLUTION AND RAUSCHER EMAILED AFTER HOURS. YES, THEY DO THAT, HE SAID. CITY CREWS REMOVED THE MATERIALS FRIDAY A M DUE TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT CAME INTO THE HIGH VISIBILITY OF THIS AREA IN OUR DOWNTOWN. ISABELLA WAS ALSO GIVEN A WARNING. I EMAILED BACK WHY NOT A VIOLATION? RAUSCHER AT 7 P.M. EMAILED BACK. I AGREE.
ABOUT THIS, BUT HE SAID THAT IF THEY HAD NOT, IF THEY'D GIVEN AN NOV, THEY'D HAD TEN DAYS AND IT WOULD STILL HAVE BEEN THERE. SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO EMAIL TO OUR WONDERFUL EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, THIS EMAIL ALONG WITH THE PHOTO. THAT WAY YOU HAVE PUBLIC RECORDS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WATCHING THIS VIDEO, IT BECOMES A PUBLIC RECORD. YOU CAN REQUEST IT.
THANK YOU, MISS LANE. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE DC
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EDC MEETING MINUTES OF AUGUST 24TH, 2026. THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A MOMENT TO REVIEW THOSE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.[00:05:01]
OR IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE BRING THOSE FORWARD. I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT. THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 24TH, 2026DCDC MEETING. IS IT PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED? IS THERE ANY UNREADINESS? IF NOT, WE'LL ASK YOU TO VOTE USING OUR SYSTEM.MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OUR D, C, D, C MONTHLY CALENDAR. I WILL TURN IT BACK
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OVER TO OUR STAFF. GOOD EVENING. I THINK MISS MISS LANG PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH A PHYSICAL COPY OF THE MONTHLY CALENDAR. AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFIC TO THE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH D, C, D, C, MORE SO OF A MUNICIPAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS, INCLUDING VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, OBVIOUSLY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND BOARD MEETINGS. WE'LL HAVE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER ITEM LATER IN THE PRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT THE SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WE HAVE ON THE CALENDAR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, BUT WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS TO WITH RESPECT TO THE MONTHLY CALENDAR STAFF AND ARE HAPPY TO RECEIVE ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. THERE ARE NO COMMENTS WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO OUR DIRECTORS REPORT. OKAY. AGAIN, GOOD EVENING. MARLON GOUGH, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SORRY, MR. READY TO GO. FLOOR IS YOURS. OVER THE MIC TO YOU HERE IN A SECOND. SO AT THIS TIME, I KNOW WE DO HAVE[4. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS ]
AT LEAST ONE BOARD MEMBER REPORT, AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS, WE CAN FOLLOW UP. SO I HAD SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR BETTER BLOCK AND TODAY WAS THE FIRST CORE TEAM ZOOM MEETING. I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE AN UPDATE ON SOME THINGS THAT I HEARD TODAY. IT WAS THE KICK OFF FOR THE VOLUNTEERS AND THIS WILL CONTINUE WEEKLY UNTIL THE ACTIVATION. I KNOW THERE'S A PREVIOUS COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I COULD NOT ATTEND THAT, BUT TODAY'S ZOOM CALL, THE DUNCANVILLE PROJECT MANOR MANAGER IS AZAEL ALVAREZ. A COUPLE OF KEY DATES OCTOBER 5TH WILL BE A CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS AND VENDORS. OCTOBER 27TH IS THE TARGET TO GET PROGRAMING AND VENDORS SECURED. NOVEMBER 2ND IS A SECOND VOLUNTARY PUSH VOLUNTEER PUSH AND THEN THE 11TH THROUGH 13. THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS THE ACTUAL BUILD, THE VOLUNTEER BUILD, AND THEN NOVEMBER 14TH IS THE SCHEDULED ACTIVATION DATE, THE FIRST KICKOFF. SO AGAIN, TODAY WAS JUST A BRAINSTORMING ROUNDTABLE AND KIND OF ACTIVITIES THAT PEOPLE THEY ASK, WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES WOULD YOU ENVISION SOME OF THE. JUST BRAINSTORM. NOT SAYING THAT THESE ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. JUST. IT WAS EARLY BRAINSTORM MOVIE NIGHT, DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WIND ENSEMBLE, FAMILY GAMES, A SCAVENGER HUNT, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WERE THROWN AROUND. AGAIN, ANYBODY CAN GIVE INPUT AS TO WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, HOW TO EFFECTIVELY SOLICIT VOLUNTEERS. AND THEN SO SOLICITING VENDORS, THERE'S A SIGN UP WEBSITE AND THERE'S ROOM FOR 12 VENDORS AND TWO FOOD TRUCKS. THEY TALKED ABOUT COLLABORATING WITH PARKS AND REC ON UPCOMING EVENTS. MAYBE CONSIDER COLLABORATION WITH DUNCAN SWITCH. AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE SIX MONTH PILOT, I'M NOT SURE I, I REALIZED THIS THROUGHOUT THE SIX MONTH. PILOT GROUPS CAN SIGN UP TO USE THE SPACE. SIMILAR TO KIND OF SIGNING UP FOR A PARK, A PARK, PAVILION AND BETA BLOCKERS AT WORK ON PROMOTIONAL, AND THEN THE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO TO SEE MORE THINGS IS BETTER. BLOCK.ORG/DUNCANVILLE. SO THANK YOU, MR. HOFFMEYER. ANY OTHER BOARD REPORTS? ABBY. THANK YOU, CHAIR BRODWIN. I WAS JUST WANTING TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF AND DEVIN FOR THE FESTIVAL DE LAS AMERICAS EVENT.IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, LOTS OF LIVE MUSIC. I DID SEE BETTER BLOCK SIGNAGE OUT, SO TELLING PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND JUST VERY NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY OUT, ENJOYING THE THE FREE
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OPPORTUNITY. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, THAT THE VENDORS WERE GREAT AND THE FOOD WAS EVEN BETTER. THANK YOU, MISS ABNEY. ANY ADDITIONAL REPORTS? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT. RIGHT BACK AGAIN.[5. DIRECTOR'S REPORT ]
MARLON GOFF, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. SO INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FOR THIS WEEK'S THIS MONTH'S AGENDA WAS OUR SALES TAX COMPARABLES AND COLLECTIONS YEAR TO DATE. SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF ONE OF THOSE EXHIBITS THAT INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF HIGHLIGHTING JUST KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE FISCAL CALENDAR AND JUST REMIND US THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LIKE TWO MONTHS, YOU KNOW, FROM A PERIOD TO WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY COLLECTED VERSUS WHEN THE CONTROLLER THEN DEPOSITS THOSE FUNDS INTO THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY. AND SO, BUT IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THIS SAME PERIOD OR SNAPSHOT IN TIME FROM 2005, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD JUST CALL OUR ATTENTION TO. AND BASED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY FLAT, RIGHT THIS SAME MONTH IN 2025, WE'RE ABOUT 0.6059% FROM WHERE WE ARE. AND AGAIN, IT SHOWS WHAT THAT MONETARY COLLECTION TOTAL LOOKS LIKE. IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF COLLECTIBLES.SO OUR PEERS IN DALLAS COUNTY, THIS IS A CHART AGAIN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MADE AVAILABLE. AND AGAIN, IT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER THE YEAR. HOWEVER, WHERE WE ARE BASED ON THAT SAME SNAPSHOT OF TIME, A LITTLE BIT UP OVERALL, NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT, 10% IS RELATIVELY HEALTHY.
AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AGAIN OF THE MONTHLY TRACKING OF THE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT MAKES AVAILABLE WITH US AND OUR, OUR CONTRACTOR HDL, SO THAT WE'RE MONITORING WHAT'S KIND OF HAPPENING IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AT LEAST AS IT RELATES TO SALES TAX COLLECTION. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN THE SECOND REPORT ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKET STAR TRANSIT, AND I'M ACTUALLY ASKED OUR INTERNAL PROJECT MANAGER, MISS PEREZ, TO JUST COME GIVE A QUICK HIGH LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS TO THAT PARTICULAR REPORT AND PRECURSOR. WE'VE ASKED THEM TO COME VISIT WITH THE BOARD. JUST GIVE US AN OVERALL UPDATE ON PUBLIC TRANSIT. YOU PROBABLY HAVE BEEN HEARING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT WHAT'S MAYBE HAPPENING WITH DART. STAR TRANSIT IS MEETING WITH THE CITIES THAT IT SERVES, AND SO WE'VE INVITED THEM TO COME BACK. WHETHER THAT ENDS UP BEING IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. SO WE'LL STAY TUNED FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. EVENING BOARD. MARCELLA PEREZ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
SO JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION, SOME STATS, FISCAL YEAR 2026. SO STAR TRANSIT'S DEMAND RESPONSE, THIS EQUALS THE RIDES THAT CAN BE ORDERED IN ADVANCE. SO THAT IS YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE 87% ELDERLY AND DISABLED TRIPS. SO LOTS OF MEDICAL TRIPS. BUT THEIR TOTAL FOR THE YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR IS 1603 TOTAL TRIPS. I DID ADD A COMPARISON. SO FROM FISCAL YEAR 2025, THEY HAD JUST OVER A THOUSAND. SO THERE WAS A 50% 58% INCREASE FROM 2025 FOR THOSE FOR STAR NOW, WHICH THESE ARE THE SAME DAY RIDES THAT CAN BE ORDERED THROUGH THE APP, WHICH THEY PARTNER WITH UBER. IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VEHICLES, THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 4804 TOTAL TRIPS THIS YEAR, AND BASED ON FISCAL YEAR 2025, THEY HAD A 19% INCREASE. SO THOSE RIDES HAVE BEEN IN DEMAND. AND AS DIRECTOR GOFF MENTIONED, WE HAVE A MONTHLY CHECK IN WITH STAR TRANSIT TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME THINGS AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THEM. THEY ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH MULTIPLE CITIES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF POSSIBLY ADDING LIKE A SHARED REGIONAL VEHICLE BETWEEN DESOTO, LANCASTER, CEDAR HILL. THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES AND CITY COUNCILS ARE INCORPORATIONS ARE SAYING ABOUT THAT, BUT I KNOW ALSO I'VE DISCUSSED WITH THEM THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING THE SERVICE TIMES. RIGHT NOW, THE ON DEMAND, FOR EXAMPLE, ENDS AT 6:00. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE INCREASING THAT TO 8:00 TO SEE IF THERE IS A NEED. BUT I'VE ASKED FOR SOME DATA ON BASED ON WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, WHAT THEY'VE
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SEEN, TO SEE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY OR AGAIN, INCREASING SERVICE IN SOME WAY.NOW, OF COURSE, THIS WOULD HAVE A BUDGET IMPACT, SO I WOULD RATHER THEM SPEAK ON THAT AND THEN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DATA. BUT WE ARE CONTINUING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THEY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THEN PROVIDE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. I'LL ALSO GO OVER. SO JUST TO BE PREPARED FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON, WE WERE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU THE DATES FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, THE UPCOMING DC, DC BOARD MEETING DATES FOR NOVEMBER. WE HAVE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, WHICH IS THE WEEK OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. AND SAME FOR DECEMBER.
THAT FALLS ON THE WEEK OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. SO THAT MEETING DATE WOULD BE MONDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, 2026. SO DIRECTOR GOFF, WE JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN FRONT OF YOU TO LET YOU CHECK YOUR CALENDARS. THAT WAY, IF THERE'S A COLLECTIVE FEEDBACK ON POSSIBLY CHANGING THE DATES OR IF YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S OTHER CONFLICTS THAT ARISE, THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. AND IF NECESSARY, YOU KNOW, MAKE ANY CHANGES. SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR FOR THE UPCOMING MONTHS AND ALLOW YOU TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. ALL I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. MISS PEREZ, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT WE SEND THESE TWO DATES OUT BY EMAIL.
AND IF MISS LANE, IF WE CAN JUST PULL THE BOARD JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CONSENSUS OR WE HAVE, WE WILL HAVE THE COLLECTIVE GROUP HERE FOR THOSE DATES. LET'S DO THAT. I KNOW EVERYONE MAY BE CHECKING THE CALENDARS NOW, BUT. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE DECEMBER IS NOT THE FOURTH. MONDAY IT'S THE THIRD. I. LET ME CHECK MY CALENDAR. I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAD BEEN SET EARLY ON. YOU'RE RIGHT THAT THE 21ST IS THE THIRD MONDAY, BUT THAT THE 28TH.
I COULD SEE WHY. BECAUSE THAT'S RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF CHRISTMAS. THE CHRISTMAS FALLS ON THE 25TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY. SO THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT WEEKEND IF THERE WERE ANY TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. DEFINITELY MAKE SURE WE GET A POLL OUT. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TEE THIS UP TO HAVE. START HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT MAYBE THE CONSENSUS IS AND WE CAN KIND OF ADJUST BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK. YEAH, JUST BEING MINDFUL OF THE HOLIDAYS, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WHEN DO WE NORMALLY MEET FOURTH MONDAY. SO IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE THE 20.
THIS IS NOT THE FOURTH. NO NO. OKAY. SO THIS IS LIKE THIS IS WE MAY THIS IS UPCOMING. BUT REALLY JUST SAY, HEY, TENTATIVELY, HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT MEETING THE WEEK BEFORE OR THE FOURTH MONDAY, GIVEN THE TIMING OF DECEMBER 25TH BEING ON A FRIDAY WEEKEND HOLIDAY, THEN WILL WE HAVE A QUORUM ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY? WE WILL KNOW WHETHER KNOW THAT KIND OF SOONER THAN LATER, AND THEN WE COULD GOT PLENTY OF TIME TO NOTICE AND PREPARE FOR IT.
THANK YOU. AND I'LL ADD I THINK I BELIEVE IT WAS 2025 WHEN WE ACTUALLY MOVED THE DECEMBER MEETING BACK INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY. SO JUST AGAIN, IF THERE'S SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, EVEN WITH THAT DATE, THEN ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE. RIGHT? ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. GOFF OR MISS PEREZ? ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM
[7.A. Briefing and update on a draft Letter of Intent for a proposed development located at 727 S Cockrell Hill Road, Duncanville, TX. ]
NUMBER SEVEN BRIEFING AND PRESENTATIONS. AND SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO STAFF. OKAY. SO AGAIN YEAH BRIEF ITEM FOR BRIEFING PRESENTATION. SO NO ACTION. BUT THE CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSION ON A PARCEL THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF DUNCANVILLE. SO TO REFRESH THE CONVERSATION ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE AND, YOU KNOW, UPDATE THE BOARD ON WHERE THINGS STAND AND ANTICIPATION OF BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK AGAIN BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THIS, THIS CORPORATION IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. OKAY. IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHY, RIGHT? WE ORIENT OURSELVES TO THIS SITE. WE SEE WE'RE JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF COCKRELL HILL AND WHEATLAND ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT ROAD, WE HAVE A 0.86 ACRE PARCEL THAT THE CITY OF[00:20:07]
DUNCANVILLE OWNED. RIGHT. AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A, YOU KNOW, AN ADVERTISING THAT WE, WE INCLUDE IN SITE SUBMISSION PACKETS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO MARKET THE SITE FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT. IF WE WERE STANDING ON COCKRELL HILL LOOKING AT THIS SITE ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND MANY OF YOU WHO ARE LONG TIME DUNCANVILLE RESIDENTS MAY REMEMBER THIS MOST RECENT LAND USE AT THIS ADDRESS. THE FORMER SMITHVILLE JUNCTION, RIGHT.LOOKING AT IT FROM UP TOP, FROM THE SATELLITE IMAGE AGAIN, NOW WE CAN CLEARLY SEE HOW VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, ENTERED AND EXITED THAT SITE AGAIN, BASED ON THIS LAND USES, YOU KNOW, OIL, LUBE, CARWASH, AUTO SERVICE CENTER, RIGHT. BUT ALSO WE SEE THEN A COUPLE YEARS LATER, YOU KNOW, AS THE SITE IS DEMOED, RIGHT, AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TOOK ACTION AND THIS PROPERTY WAS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE TAX SALE AND THE CITY ACQUIRED IT. THE FOLLOWING STEP AFTER ACQUISITION WAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, RIGHT. SO WE CAN SEE SOME SITE PHOTOS WERE ACTUALLY REMOVED, THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS, AND YOU DID THE GROUNDWATER MONITORING, RIGHT. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A BEEN A CLEAN, WE'LL SAY, INFILL SITE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND AS PART OF OUR CORE ACTIVITIES, WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT TO THIS SITE TO BRING IT BACK TO A PRODUCTIVE LAND USE. OKAY, SO TOPIC OF DISCUSSION THIS TIME LAST YEAR, SITE WAS UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE FRANCHISEE FOR ACQUISITION TO BUILD A QSR QUICK SERVE BEVERAGE RETAIL CONCEPT BRAND SPECIFICALLY. FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, TIME AND DISCOVERY OF SOME, YOU KNOW, TITLE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE CLARIFIED. THAT FRANCHISEE IS NO LONGER AT THE TABLE. THAT CONTRACT HAS SINCE TERMINATED OR TIMED OUT. WE'VE CONTINUED TO MARKET THE SITE AND CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH H2O AS THE RETAIL FRANCHISEE, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY APPROVED THIS SITE, AND THEY STILL VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE SITE. AND SO THIS JUST GIVES US A SNAPSHOT AGAIN, OF WHAT WE'D BE PUTTING, RIGHT AS WE'RE PUTTING THIS SITE IN FRONT OF BRANDS TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER REINVESTMENT. OKAY. SO AS PART OF THIS BUSINESS ATTRACTION ACTIVITY, WE REACHED OUT TO A LOCAL FRANCHISEE AT THE TIME. HE'S ONLY GROWING A PORTFOLIO UNDER THE SMOOTHIE KING FRANCHISE BRAND. RIGHT. BUT HE'S A LOCAL KID, RIGHT? RIGHT. IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF DUNCANVILLE, WITH MANY ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, HE CAME UP THROUGH THE SMOOTHIE KING RANKS AS A GENERAL MANAGER, AND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS BEEN QUIETLY BUILDING A SMALL PORTFOLIO OF LOCATIONS IN THE DFW. AND SO THE FRUIT OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS THAT HE WAS MOTIVATED TO BECOME A FRANCHISEE. SO HE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THEY AWARDED HIM A FRANCHISE TERRITORY, AND WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE REAL ESTATE TEAM, AS WELL AS MR. BLACKNALL, WHO WOULD BE THE FRANCHISEE AND OPERATOR. BUT INSTEAD OF ACQUIRING THE SITE, AS WE'LL SEE IN THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, THE PROPOSAL UNDER THIS DRAFT, LOI, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE FRANCHISEE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE STILL BRING THIS PRODUCT TO THE MARKET, BUT JUST UNDER THAT UNIQUE STRUCTURE, AS OPPOSED TO ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION, THIS IS A LONG TERM GROUND LEASE AND CONSTRUCTION. OKAY.
BUT THAT'S THE PROPOSED OPERATOR, DUNCANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ALUM. HERE'S A SITE PLAN, THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING LATER THIS WEEK WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING. IT'S LIKE THE PRECURSOR TO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOING TO FINALIZE PLANS, CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN. AND SO THAT'S IN THE QUEUE. WHILE WE OBVIOUSLY START THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE GOVERNING BODY ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE MIGHT ARRIVE AT DELIVERING THIS END USER TO THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, SO WE MENTIONED GROUND LEASE IN THE FORM OF A LETTER OF INTENT. HERE'S JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HAVE STRUCTURED CONCEPTUALLY TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD. JUST OUTLINE THE CATEGORIES SPELLED OUT LIKE IN THE LONGER DOCUMENT, BUT JUST KIND OF FLESHING OUT HOW CONCEPTUALLY THIS GROUND LEASE WILL WORK. WE'VE ALSO GOT AN UPDATED APPRAISAL ON THE SITE, AS WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND SO THAT LAND VALUE IS ACTUALLY UP FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD IT UNDER CONTRACT. HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, THAT LAND USE AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE AND IT'S A TAXABLE LAND USE, REGARDLESS OF IF THE D, C, D, C
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CITY STILL RETAINS OWNERSHIP UNDER THE GROUND LEASE STRUCTURE. IT'S NOT A TAX EXEMPT LAND USE ANYMORE. AND SO HERE'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT THAT REVENUE IS BRINGING TO THE TABLE. IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL GROUND LEASE PAYMENTS THAT INCLUDE ANY ANY JOB CREATION. BUT AGAIN, THIS YOU WOULD EXPECT THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR FORMAL AGREEMENTS. SO THAT'S A SNAPSHOT. I'LL PAUSE HERE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS JUST KIND OF TALKS ABOUT WHAT TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION IS AND NEXT STEPS ALONG TOWARDS YOUR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. BUT I WANTED TO PAUSE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK.AGAIN, WENT THROUGH THOSE RELATIVELY QUICKLY. BUT I KNOW WE'RE AT LEAST ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE BRAND. AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BE AN UPDATE TO KIND OF WHERE THINGS ARE AS WE CONTINUE NOW TO TRY TO FORMALIZE THOSE TERMS, WHEN TO COME BACK, GET FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD, AND THEN USE THAT TO GET US FURTHER ALONG. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? MR. GOFF, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS WHEN WE COME BACK FOR THE THE NEXT, I GUESS, WILL BE OUR CITY. THE DC CDC PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS. IS THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON HOW THE GROUND LEASE IS STRUCTURED? I SAW IN THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A FIVE YEAR WITH SIX RENEWABLE TERMS. TERMS. YEAH.
OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN WITH THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL, IF WE DECIDED TO SELL THE INTEREST IN THE GROUND LEASE IN THE SITE, THEY'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY IT OUTRIGHT. SO ABSOLUTELY, THE THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE MUCH MORE, WE'LL SAY, ENTAILED THAN THE DRAFT LETTER. REALLY WANTED TO GET FEEDBACK JUST ON THE RELATIVE THOUGHTS OR COMFORT LEVEL WITH THIS APPROACH, BECAUSE LAST TIME THIS WAS BEFORE THIS BODY, IT WAS JUST TO SELL THE SITE AND HAD THAT, YOU KNOW, FRANCHISEE AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM BUILD THE PRODUCT AND, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
WELL, MR. GOFF, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'VE COMPLETED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE GROUND LEASE AND YOU SHOULD HAVE IT TOMORROW. THANK YOU, MR. HAGAR. ANY FURTHER ITEMS, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. AND OUR NEXT ITEM IS OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY FOR THIS EVENING. SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. THERE ARE NO ACTION ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING EITHER. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? ITEM NUMBER TEN. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION OR FORMAL ACTION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO LISTEN TO ANY THOUGHTS OR OTHER BUSINESS YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO BRING BACK FORWARD, MAYBE ON THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT MEETING. SO. HEARING NONE, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY IDEAS, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT? WE DO NOT. WE WILL DISPOSE OF THAT ITEM. SO THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT. SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. MOTION IS APPROVED AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT
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