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[(EDC) Board Meeting/(CDC) Board Meeting]
TIME IS FIVE 40 AND I CALL THIS SPECIAL CALLED HOOKUP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TYPE A AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TYPE B BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING TO ORDER A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.CHAIRMAN MIKE MENDEZ, VICE CHAIRMAN, DON CARLSON, SECRETARY CHENEY, COMBO TREASURE SEAN LUCAS, BOARD MEMBER, MIKE SNYDER, BOARD MEMBER, RANDALL CLERK, BOARD MEMBER, AARON CLANCY.
ALL RIGHT, WE DO HAVE QUORUM AND FLETCHER.
I'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT HERE AND JUST SAY THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.
ON TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE.ONE, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FUNDING A PARTNERSHIP, THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO SUPPORT BUSINESS GROWTH, BUSINESS RETENTION AND TOURISM, AND HADOW BY SUPPORTING THE INTERNATIONAL BARBECUE COOKERS ASSOCIATION BCA LABOR DAY.
COOK-OFF INCLUDING THE DESIGNATION OF HOW-TO TEXAS AS A REGULAR EVENT LOCATION FOR THE ASSOCIATION FROM FUNDS BUDGETED FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
I AM REGION ONE DIRECTOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BARBECUE CRUISE ASSOCIATION.
UH, MY WIFE AND JENNY AND I, UH, JENNY AND I, WE, UH, WE KIND OF FELL INTO A REGION WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY OUR TURN TO HOST THE TEXAS SHOWDOWN AND THIS SHOWDOWN TRADITIONALLY HAS MOVED FROM REGION TO REGION.
UM, AND SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR A SPOT TO BE CENTRALIZED SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TO EASY.
UM, WE HAD ACCESS TO, UH, NOT JUST VENDORS, BUT YOU KNOW, LOCAL SUPPORT.
AND SO WE SEARCHED AROUND FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A PHONE CALL.
I MET A GENTLEMAN AT A COOK-OFF WHO WAS ACTUALLY A MERCHANT FROM YOUR TOWN WHO SAID HUDDLE WOULD BE THE PERFECT PLACE.
UH, THERE WAS A PLACE RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE.
I SAID, MAN, YOU'VE JUST WANTED IT THERE.
CAUSE IT'S NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TRAVEL THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, ANYWAY, WE, WE, UH, WE MET WITH HIM AND WE DISCUSSED SOME ITEMS AND THEN, UH, HE REACHED OUT AND WE HAD SOME MEETINGS AND, AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS, THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD IDEA THAT THIS, THIS COOK-OFF WAS SCHEDULED TO BE.
AND, UH, WAXAHACHIE, UH, WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE THE BOARD SIX MONTHS AGO THAT IT NEEDED TO BE HERE.
UH, WE HAD ALREADY HAD SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH ALEXA HATCHI WE DID HAVE TIME TO, TO COME OUT OF THAT CONTRACT AND MOVE AND MOVE HERE WITH BOARD APPROVAL.
AND THE MAIN REASON I'M DOING THAT IS WE LIVE CLOSE TO, WE WERE IN CEDAR PARK.
WE HAVE SOME PROPERTY HERE IN HUDDLE AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE HERE.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE DRIVING IN WAXAHACHIE IF YOU WANT US TO HELP COORDINATE THIS.
SO THE IDEA CAME ABOUT AND THE BOARD IS THIS, OKAY? YOU GUYS DO WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU CAN DO.
AND IT'S, LET'S SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
THIS BOARD IS RELATIVELY NEW WITH THE STRUCTURE OF, AS FAR AS I WANT TO SAY, A YOUNGER GENERATION BOARD LOOKING TO TRY TO MAKE THIS ORGANIZATION GROWTH FOR THE FUTURE ON HOW WE EVEN COLLECT OUR POINTS OR POINT SYSTEMS ARE OUR JUDGING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT HAPPENED AFTER THIS LAST ELECTION WAS AFTER THE MEETING, IT WAS A CONSENSUS.
THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO.
THIS SHOWDOWN BRINGS IN A HUNDRED, 150 COOKS.
AND AT ONE POINT IT WAS BRINGING IN OVER 200 COOKS, PRE PANDEMIC.
OKAY? SO WE'RE SLOWLY CATCHING UP AND TRY AND RECOVER FROM ALL THAT.
BUT IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THIS HAS GIVEN BACK TO OUR COOKS AND EVERYBODY SAYS, WELL, WHAT ARE YOUR MEMBERS DOING FOR EVERYBODY ELSE? WHY ARE WE GIVING BACK TO THESE, TO THESE COOKS? WELL, THESE COOKS DO THREE TO FOUR COOK-OFFS A MONTH, SOMEWHERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND WE'RE THE LARGEST SANCTIONING BODY OF BARBECUE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 1300 MEMBERS CURRENTLY ANGRY GROW EVERY MONTH.
THE REASON WE DID THIS IS BECAUSE WE WANTED BARBECUE TO STAY TRUE TO TEXAS BARBECUE.
WE WANTED THE JUDGING TO REMAIN TRUE TO THE PAST.
THERE'S NO, THIS THERE'S NO THAT YOU COOK HALF A CHICKEN.
HARDEST THING TO DO IN THE WORLD IS TO COOK THE BREASTS AND THE THIGHS AT THE SAME TIME AND BOTH BE JUICY.
SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING, A LOT OF THESE COOKS.
I WILL TELL YOU, 90% OF THE COOKS THAT ARE COMING TO THIS, COOK-OFF TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND I STARTED THINKING, I SAID, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS, EVERY COOK-OFF THEY GO TO IS FOR A NONPROFIT YEAR-ROUND
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12 TO 15 COOKS SOMETIME EVEN 20 COOKS A YEAR.THEY GO TO, SO ALL THEY'RE DOING IS GIVING BACK.
CAUSE I CAN, I PROMISE YOU THIS FROM BEING A COOK, YOU CAN WIN EVERY ONE.
AND YOU'RE STILL NOT GOING TO RECUPERATE YOUR MONEY THAT YOU'RE SPENDING ON THIS HOBBY.
SO THE BOARD DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE BACK AS MUCH AS WE CAN, LET'S HAVE A BIG PAYOUT.
THIS IS, THIS WE'RE THE LARGEST GROUP.
LET'S HAVE THE BIGGEST PAYOUT IN TEXAS.
YOU KNOW, SO WE TOOK AND PRE PANDEMIC.
THERE WAS THERE WASN'T VERY COOK-OFF.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF FUNDS.
UH, SO WE, WE DID WHAT WE HAD TO DO AND WE PUT $20,000 INTO JUST THE ACTUAL PAYOUT TO GO BACK TOWARDS OUR MEMBERSHIP.
THE REST OF THE PAYOUT COMES BY HOW MANY PEOPLE SIGN UP? HOW MANY TEAMS SIGN UP, UH, AS OF THIS MORNING, WE'RE AT 130 TEAMS. AND I PREDICT WE WILL HIT 150 BY SATURDAY, BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE REGISTRATION CLOSES A LOT OF COOKS, WAIT TILL THE END OF THE, THE TIME PERIOD OF JUST SHOW UP AND SAY, HEY, I'M HERE.
SO OTHER PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE COMING.
THEY'RE ALREADY ASKING US, HEY, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO POST WHO'S COMING? UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM TEAM COME FROM MEXICO.
WE HAVE A TEAM COMING FROM NEW MEXICO.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PIT MASTERS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, ONE FROM IOWA.
AND I FORGET WHERE THEY'RE FROM.
AND THESE ARE GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW.
THEY WERE ATTRACTING A LOT OF OTHER COOKS TO GET TO COME TO THIS EVENT.
AND SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE JUST RAN INTO WAS JUST LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE PARK.
AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET JUDGES THERE, TENTS, TABLES, AND ALL THAT OTHER KIND OF STUFF AND MAKE IT PALPABLE, JOHN, JUST FOR THE COOKS.
SO THEY WANT TO COME BACK, BUT FOR THE CITY OF HUDDLE, TO WANT US BACK FOR YOUR CITIZENS TO COME UP AND TELL YOU, HEY, THIS WAS A GREAT COOK.
AND WE GOT TO TASTE SOME GOOD BARBECUE, AND WE SAW SOME REALLY NICE RICKS.
SO WE'VE KIND OF BEEN WORKING BACK AND FORTH ON THAT.
AND JENNY'S HAS GOT A WHOLE DEAL ON THAT.
SHE'S BEEN WORKING HER BUTT OFF AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS SURVIVES THIS WEEK, WE'LL PROBABLY STAY MARRIED, IF NOT, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
BUT IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A ROLLER COASTER BECAUSE I ANSWERED TO A BOARD AND THE BOARD IS NOT HERE.
AND I, EVERY TIME WE MAKE A DECISION AND THEN WE HAVE TO JUSTIFY IT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US, BUT EVERYONE'S GUN-HO OR EXCITED.
AND WHEN WE CAME AND HAD OUR ANNUAL BOARD MEETING HERE, THEY JUST GOT EATEN UP WITH A HIPPOS.
AND THEY JUST LIKE, AND I WAS LIKE, YEAH, COME ON, GET MORE MOTIVATED LIKE HUDDLE, YOU KNOW? AND SO THEY'RE EXCITED AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO, THEY'RE EXCITED TO GET HERE AND GO TO WORK.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET JEN EXPLAIN JUST SOME OF THE COST STUFF AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT SHE'S PLANNING FOR THIS EVENT.
HE SAID, MY WIFE ENGINEERED HERE, BUT I AM THE WIFE AND I AM JENNY.
UH, BEFORE I GET INTO SOME OF THOSE COSTS, WHICH IS SPEAKING TO WHAT MIKE SAID, WHEN HE SAID, WE KIND OF RAN INTO AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S SORT OF NO INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN THAT THERE IS NO INFRASTRUCTURE.
I DON'T COME AT IT, LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S AN INSULAR EVENT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO REWARD THE COOKS AND JUST TAKE CARE OF OUR COOKS AND PAY ATTENTION TO IBC.
WE CAN'T SUCCEED THAT WAY AT ALL.
AND MY PROFESSIONAL WORLD, I WORKED FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND I HAVE DONE SOME GOVERNMENT WORK IN THE CITY LEVEL, UM, THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE LIFE.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING IS A SUCCESS AT ALL.
IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT A COMMUNITY DRIVEN EVENT, AND IF YOU DON'T PAY HOMAGE AND REWARD AND APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU'RE IMPACTING AND COMING AROUND.
SO THE EVENT NOW THERE'S TWO PIECES, BASICALLY OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT PIECE IS WHERE I AM COMING IN TO TURN THIS EVENT INTO AND TO MAKE IT A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT THAT, UH, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HEDO IS DESERVES AND HOW TO CAN BRAG ABOUT, AND THAT WE FEEL AS THOUGH, UM, YOU GUYS WANT US TO COME BACK.
SO FOR EVERY STEP THEY'RE TAKING TO REWARD THEIR COOKS WITH FUNDS AND A GOOD EXPERIENCE, I'M TAKING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY FAMILY AND HEDO HAS A CHANCE TO HAVE A GREAT, UM, A GREAT TIME OUT HERE AND THEN EVERY BUSINESS ON HOOK BENEFITS FROM THIS.
SO THAT BEING SAID, UM, ASIDE FROM JUST THE COOK-OFF, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING, UH, IS FOR A COMMUNITY EVENT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE, IN FACT, LET ME GRAB MY GLASSES.
IF YOU DON'T MIND W WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE, UM, UH, UM, IS THE WAY THAT I'VE ORGANIZED THOSE EXPENSES.
IT'S ACTUALLY EASIER FOR ME TO LOOK AT IT UP HERE THAN THERE.
UM, IT'S DONE BY DATE AND TIME, JUST SO Y'ALL CAN KIND OF SEE THE TIMELINE.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS WERE ALREADY PURCHASED AND TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THERE, BUT JUST SO YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT.
STARTS ON WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS MY BIRTHDAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ME.
UM, AND WE WERE HAVING TO INVEST OBVIOUSLY FIRST AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
SO IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE COSTS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, UM, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
THE FIRST INITIAL ONES WERE THINGS THAT THE CITY NEEDED FROM US.
THE PUBLIC NOTICE, THE SURVEY BEING DONE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SECURITY, UH, W WHAT DID THEY COME TO THE POLICE? WHAT WAS IT, A PUBLIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT, UH, PULL THIS UP.
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SO, OF COURSE, I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU WITH ALL OF THOSE DIGITS AND NUMBERS, BUT I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IT FOR YOU, AND THEN KIND OF GET INTO THE FUN CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.SO, UM, YOU LOOKED AT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
IF YOU GET TO THE VERY, VERY BOTTOM, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUR GRAND TOTAL, WHICH IS $21,246 AND 26 CENTS.
I ADDED A LITTLE PAT IN THERE 3,500, BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LAST MINUTE, OH, WE NEED TO GET YOU AN EXTRA FIRE INSURANCE POLICY FOR THIS TENT.
AND, OH, THIS GENERATOR BROKE.
SO WE GOTTA GO GET YOU ANOTHER GENERATOR.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDING AS WE HAVE GONE ON THIS WEEK, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF, WE ACTUALLY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL FACILITY THAT WE RENTED SO THAT WE CAN HOST A MOVIE NIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
SO SOME OF THAT PADDING IN THAT 3,500 IS EXPENSES THAT I CERTAINLY THINK WE WILL MEET THAT I CAN'T GUARANTEE WE WILL, BUT I FEEL IT'D BE ABLE TO FEEL BETTER IF WE WERE PREPARED THERE.
SO THE 21 IS THE ACTUAL COST THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
OUR BIGGEST COSTS OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN IN BUILDING A TOWN WHERE THERE IS NO TOWN.
WE HAD TO RUN A 40 BY 60 TENT.
WE HAD TO BRING IN ELECTRICITY.
THERE'S NO WATER, AND WE HAVE FIRE.
ALL THE PORTA-POTTIES THE HAND WASHING STATIONS WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN YOU WOULD EVEN IMAGINE TO KEEP THIS SAFE AND HEALTHY.
AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WE'RE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOOD HERE, WE HAVE TO HAVE, ACCORDING TO IBCA RULES, WE HAVE TO HAVE UNDER OUR JUDGES TENT, 55 JUDGES AT A TIME IN THEY'RE ALL TASTING FOOD, AND IT'S DONE VERY ORGANIZED.
THE OPERATION SIDE OF THE BUSINESS OF IPCA HAS THAT DOWN.
HAS THE VOLUNTEERS LINED UP, HAS THE SCORING SYSTEM.
AND IT'S A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE.
I ADDED A LITTLE PANACHE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS EXCLUSIVELY BENEFICIAL TO THE RESIDENTS OF HOW-TO SAY EXCLUSIVELY, BUT I DIDN'T LET ANYONE ELSE VOLUNTEER OR SIGN UP TO BE A JUDGE UNTIL I HAD MADE SURE I FILLED THE FIRST 140 SPOTS WITH HUDDLE RESIDENTS OR OUR LOCAL HOTEL BUSINESSES, OR THOSE OF YOU THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THE JUDGES ARE THAT ARE COMING IN TO GET TO TASTE OR TASTING THE BEST OF THE BEST BARBECUE IN A VERY ORGANIZED FASHION.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE WOODEN PICNIC TABLES.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NICE ROUND TABLES WITH BLACK TABLE CLAWS.
WE HAVE OUR LOGO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTERPIECES.
IT'S GOING TO BE COOL IN THERE.
WE HAVE PARTICLES, WHICH WHEN I HAD TO BRING IN ELECTRICITY AND WATER FOR THAT PIECE TO, UM, THERE, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LIKE VIP EXPERIENCE INSIDE THERE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE MAIN HUB OF THE JUDGING PIECE, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS IN MOST OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY.
BUT LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT IT WILL BE FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND.
SO ON FRIDAY, UM, AS SOON AS I CAN GET THE YES, FROM THE POWERS THAT BE HERE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WITH, OR WITHOUT A CERTAIN I'M MORE OF THE ASK FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION WHEN IT COMES TO IBCA BOARD.
SO I'M PLANNING ON DOING THESE THINGS REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT IT HASN'T BEEN POSTED YET TONIGHT, I PLAN ON PUBLISHING AND ALISON KNOWS THAT.
UM, AND SO DOES CHRISTIE AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY STAFF THAT I'VE WORKED WITH FRIDAY NIGHT, WE'RE DOING A MOVIE ON THE BANKS OF BRUSHY CREEK, WHERE WE'VE RENTED A 25, A SQUARE FOOT INFLATABLE MOVIE THEATER, AND BRINGING IN A PROJECTOR.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW EITHER IN CONDO.
UM, I TOOK A POLL WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND IT'S EITHER ON CANTO OR SING TOO.
WE'RE DOING COMPLIMENTARY POPCORN FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO COME IN.
THERE'S A SEPARATE ENTRANCE FOR THEM TO BE AT SEPARATE FROM THE COOKS.
THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RIGS COMING IN AND THEY CAN SMELL THE SMOKE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT PIECE.
THAT'S OVER TO THE SIDE, THAT'S KIND OF RAISED UP.
SO I'VE RENTED THAT THAT WAS FRIDAY.
SO I PRINTED THAT AND PLANTED THE MOVIE NIGHT, WHICH HAS GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD REACTION FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM HEAD-TO-TOE ENJOY THE MOVIE.
IN ADDITION, IT'LL HELP THE FAMILIES OF OUR COOKS THAT ARE THERE THAT CAN STAY AND WATCH A MOVIE THAT WE CAN'T DO A MOVIE TILL DUSK.
SO THEY'D BEEN TOLD TO GO EAT AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT.
I'VE GIVEN THEM LISTS OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE MATERIALS I'M GIVING THEM.
SO I EXPECT PEOPLE WILL SETTLE IN ON FRIDAY EVENING, THE JUDGES OR THE COOKS WILL GO AND DO THEIR BUSINESS AT THE JUDGING TENT.
AND THE FAMILIES WOULD GO OUT AND EAT LOCAL RESTAURANTS, AND THEN COME BACK AND WATCH THE MOVIE.
UM, THEN FRIDAY NIGHT WINDS DOWN AND THEN WE MOVE INTO SATURDAY, SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM 11 TO FIVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FREE HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS AND CHIPS.
GRACIE, ARE YOU DRIVING? CAN YOU BACK THIS UP? YES, SIR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, NINE ONE.
UM, SO WE, WE WILL, WHEN I WENT TO NINE TWO, I'M SORRY, NINE TWO.
AND SO, UM, NO, YEAH, NINE THREE, MY GOODNESS.
I'M GOING TO CATCH UP WITH MYSELF.
SO THE COOLING PAVILION WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BILLION.
THAT'S GOING TO BE BY OUR JUDGES TENT.
THAT'S KIND OF BY THE, UM, ACTUAL BACKSIDE OF THAT PARKING NEAR THE, UM, THE MAIN AMPHITHEATER.
AND THEN THERE'S THAT LITTLE PAVILION IN THAT GRASSY AREA.
THE LITTLE PAVILION'S GOING TO HAVE A TV SET UP WITH ALL THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES, AS WELL AS SOME BOARD GAMES.
AND THEN ON THE GRASSY AREA, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YARD GAMES, A GIANT JENGA, TWO CORN HOLE SETUPS.
AND THEN THAT TOSSED THE BALL ON THE ROPE THING.
UM, THERE WILL BE A KONA ICE, SNOW CONE TRUCK THERE AS WELL TO SELL, SELL, SELL.
SNOWCONES ASSUMING WE CAN'T GET FUNDING FOR THAT, IN WHICH CASE WE'LL GIVE AWAY SNOW CONES, BUT THE HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS AND CHIPS WILL BE COMPLIMENTARY FOR GENERAL ATTENDEES VOLUNTEERS, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME AND GET A BITE.
UM, THERE'S, THERE IS A BIT OF A MISCONCEPTION, I THINK, IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND USUALLY IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET TO COME TO THE BARBECUE COOK-OFF AND JUST GO EAT A BUNCH OF FREE BARBECUE AROUND THESE THINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THIS IS A HIGHLY LEVEL SANCTIONED EVENT.
THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.
THAT'S NOT NOT TO SAY THAT THEY CAN'T GO GET BITES FROM DIGITAL.
ONCE THEY TURN THEIR FOOD AND THEY HAVE EXTRA RIBS OR WHATEVER, BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE COMING IN THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO GET A FULL THREE MEAT, BARBECUE PLATE.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME, THE BEST WAY TO EAT THE BARBECUE, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE BEEN ADVERTISING IS IF YOU'RE 18 AND ABOVE, YOU CAN SIGN UP IF YOU'RE ONE OF OUR
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HUDDLE FOLKS TO BE A JUDGE.SO I EXPECT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITH THE YOUNGER KIDS OR THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WANT TO JUDGE, BUT CAME WITH THEIR BOYFRIENDS, WIVES, SIBLINGS, FAMILY, OUT THERE IN THAT COOLING PAVILION AREA, ENJOYING THE GAMES AND WHATNOT.
AND THEY CAN WALK AROUND AND SEE THE RIGS ALSO GO DOWN THERE OVER THE BIG PAVILION WHERE THE POPCORN WILL BE IN, YOU KNOW, BY THE CREEK AND SET UP CHAIRS AND WHATNOT.
SO DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE CREATED WHAT I'M CALLING A HENRIETTA HEDDA IS HIDING.
AND SO WE'RE DOING A MISSING POSTER.
I IT'S IN THE USB ONE THAT I SENT YOU.
THIS ONE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SO I'VE GOTTEN A HUNDRED OF THOSE LITTLE FOAM, UM, HIPPOS.
THAT WAS, I HAVE ONE OF THEM THAT SAYS A DOWNTOWN LIVE OR LIVE TOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE BACK OF IT.
AND I'M GOING TO HIDE THEM ALL AROUND THE PARK FACILITIES, WHERE WE ARE NOT UNDERNEATH THE HOT RIGS, BUT AROUND, AND THEN IT'S FOR FREE.
THEY ARE GOING TO COLLECT FROM 11 TO FIVE, AS MANY HIPPOS AS THEY CAN FIND MS. MS. MISSING HENRIETTA'S, AS THEY CAN FIND, TURN THEM INTO ME AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL COUNT THAT DOWN AND FOR EACH CATEGORY.
SO IF YOU'RE A COOK AND YOU ARE THE WINNING, GOT THE WINNING NUMBER OF HIPPOS, YOUR PRIZE IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE.
IF YOU WERE A HEDO CITIZEN OR A LOCAL NEIGHBOR, YOUR PRICE WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN THE PRIZE FOR OUR VOLUNTEER OR JUDGE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
I HAVE THIS IN DRAFT FORM, CAUSE I WAS, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'M HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THESE PRICES.
UM, FOR THE SHOWDOWN VOLUNTEER, A JUDGE IS TWO PASSES TO COOK FAST, 2023 FOR THE WINNING IBCA COOK, WHO GETS THE MOST HENRIETTA'S, IT'LL BE A FREE ENTRY TO THE IBCA SHOWDOWN NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT, THAT INCENTIVIZES THEM TO WANT TO COME BACK.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE WINNING LOCAL HOW-TO ATTENDEE, WE HAVE A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO SOUTHSIDE MARKET AND BARBECUE.
AND I'M TRYING TO ALSO GET ONE TO THE NEW ICE CREAM PLACE.
THAT'S GOT THE MEXICAN DOLCE SWEET STUFF.
UM, SO THAT IS OUR ACTIVITIES ON SATURDAY.
THEN WE HAVE OUR AWARDS CEREMONY FOR OUR COOKS, AND EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO COME ATTEND THAT TOO.
WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING OVER TO THE OTHER PAVILION AND DOING THAT OVER THERE BY THE CREEK.
PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO STAY FOR THAT.
THEY MAY NOT WANT TO, THEY MAY BE TIRED.
IT MAY BE IN BOARD WITH THAT, BUT THEY'RE WELCOME TO STAY.
IT IS STILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THAT POINT, AS FAR AS COMBINING THE PUBLIC AND OUR IN YOUR COMMUNITY WITH IBCA THE SWAG BAGS, WHICH WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED TODAY, AND WEREN'T, THEY'RE GRAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HIPPO ON THEM.
THERE'S GONNA BE A SORT OF THINGS IN THERE THAT WE'RE GIVING TO ALL OF OUR REGISTRANTS, BUT WHAT, WHAT IS OF INTEREST TO THE CITY OF HEDO IS GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF THESE.
EACH ONE IS GOING TO GET ONE OF THESE POSTCARDS ON THE FRONT SIDES.
THIS ONE SAYS, IBCA I BE SEEING A HIPPO SCAN HERE.
AND IT'S THE WALKING TEST, THE SELF-GUIDED VIRTUAL HIPPO TOUR.
AND THEN THIS ONE IS IB SEEING A HEAD OF CO-OP DISTRICT AND THEY CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE AND IT DIRECTS THEM TO THE, TO THE CO-OP.
UM, THEN THERE'S ALSO ONE OF THESE THAT I'VE CREATED THAT HAS A LIST OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO GO EAT AND DINE AT SO THAT THERE'S NOT EVEN A CONFUSION, NO ONE, NO ONE TRIES TO GET ON THEIR PHONE AND LOOK UP RESTAURANTS.
THEY'RE BEING DIRECTED TO GO AND STAY HERE.
UM, WHAT AM I MISSING AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY GOES? WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT.
AS FAR AS THAT COMMUNITY PIECE, WE DID CREATE A NEW FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS INFORMATION AND INCLUSION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT THE EVENT.
AND, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, A FEW THINGS THAT MIKE MENTIONED THAT I, I KIND OF WANTED TO CLARIFY THE IBCA SHOWDOWN USED TO MOVE FROM REGION TO REGION.
WE HAVE FIVE REGIONS IN TEXAS, SO EVERY REGION WAS GETTING A CHANCE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR.
SO THE CHALLENGE THAT I HAVE TAKEN ON AND I'M COMMITTED TO SUCCEED WITH IS TO STOP THE MOVEMENT AND KEEP IT HERE IN HUTTOE.
THERE IS AN INTEREST WITH THE BOARD SO LONG AS WE HAVE A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT THAT GOES SMOOTHLY.
SO ANY ASSISTANCE I CAN GET ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE AND THE COSTS, WE NEED TO MAKE IT SMOOTH FOR THE COOKS, I WILL OBVIOUSLY MATCH AND INCLUDE AND TRY TO DO EVERYTHING BENEFICIAL I CAN FOR THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT THEY ALWAYS WANT TO COME BACK TO.
AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO IF, WHEN WE PULL IT OFF THIS YEAR, I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT IT'LL GROW NEXT YEAR.
CAN YOU FLIP BACK TO THE COSTS? YEAH.
NOW ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION WAS WE ARE DOING A VIEW, UH, AN INTERVIEW WITH KSAN ON FRIDAY MORNING AT THE PARK TO PROMOTE THE, UH, THE EVENT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING IN AND INTERVIEWING THE NUMBER ONE COOK IN TEXAS.
THE TOP 10 ARE ACTUALLY SIGNED UP AND WE'LL BE HERE.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE STUFF.
JUST, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THE BOARD ACCEPTED THE CITY OF HUDDLE.
IT PUT A HIPPO ON EVERY SHIRT AND A T-SHIRT 60 OF THESE ARE GOING OUT.
AND THEN TWO OF THESE ARE GOING OUT AND EVERY SIGN I JUST ORDERED ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT VARYING EVENTS TO TRY TO KEEP THE PUBLIC PARKED OVER HERE AND KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AND KIND OF CONTAINED EVERY SIGN WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S DIRECTIONAL OR SAFETY OR MEDICAL ALL HAS OUR HIPPA WITH THE SUNGLASSES LOGO ON IT.
SO NOTHING THAT I TOUCH DOES NOT RECEIVE SOME FULL OF A PHOTO TOUCH OR A HIPPO TOUCH.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION REAL QUICK? YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION TO ATTENDEES ABOUT STAYING HERE LOCALLY.
WHAT COMMUNICATION HAS GONE OUT TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN PREPARE, THERE WERE ALL OF THAT.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE NOT A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER.
AND SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO INTERACT.
WE PLAN ON JOINING AFTER THIS.
SO I'M ASSUMING THE CHAMBER POSTED OR COMMUNICATED TO THEIR, THEIR BUSINESSES.
I, I W I WAS OUT OF THAT LOOP ON THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING MEMBERS YET.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ADDITIONAL YOU
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WOULD LIKE ME TO DO, IF THERE'S A CERTAIN SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE, THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO QUICKLY CONNECT, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.THE WORD IS GETTING AROUND SOMEHOW.
CAUSE I, I JUST FEEL THAT THREE CALLS ON THE WAY OVER HERE FROM CITIZENS ASKING MORE INFORMATION.
SO THE EVENT PAGE WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION TOMORROW MORNING.
WELL, HE SAYS THREE CALLS ON AVERAGE, WE GET 15, UM, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO VOLUNTEER OR JUDGE OR SAYING, I WANT TO JUDGE, BUT MY SON'S ONLY 17.
WHAT CAN HE HELP WITH THAT SORT OF THING? ANOTHER ONE OF THE PIECES ON THAT INFRASTRUCTURE COST THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT I DIDN'T ELABORATE ON.
I DID MY VERY BEST DUE DILIGENCE FOR EVERY SINGLE VENDOR WE'RE USING TO BE A HEAD OF BASE BUSINESS.
THERE ARE SOME THAT COULD SOME THAT COULDN'T, SOME OF THEM YOU'LL SEE VARIOUS BECAUSE SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES COULD DO SOME PIECES OF IT, BUT COULDN'T DO ALL OF IT.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT AS TURNOUT FROM BOTH YOU HUDDLE, CITIZENS, ATTENDING LOCAL RESIDENTS, ATTENDING AND PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE DRAWING IN TO PARTICIPATE IN SUPPORT THE COOKS THIS YEAR BETWEEN 500 AND A THOUSAND.
JENNY, DID YOU WANT ME TO SHOW ANY OF THE OTHER, OR YOU CAN SHOW THE SIGN? JUST AN EXAMPLE.
ONE OF THE SIGNS I GOT PRINTED TODAY IS THE, THE JUDGES REGISTRATION.
THEY ALL LOOK VERY SIMILAR, BUT THAT WAS THE IT, OH, IT DID NOT PULL UP.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A REGISTRATION SIGN ON THE USB.
WE GOT THAT SIGN REGISTRATION.
SO ALL THE SIGNS LOOK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'RE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE HIPAA WASN'T BEING BARBECUE.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA THAT WASN'T HIS IDEA.
THEY ALL GOT IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO HIPPOS BEING ON FIRE AND I'M LIKE STOP.
OR YOU JUST WITH THE HEADING HENRIETTA, WE DIDN'T DO A HO DO A HIPPO HUNT.
I'M LIKE, WE CAN NOT TALK ABOUT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM SACRIFICING, HURTING, EATING, OR COOKING A HIPPO.
THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS THAT I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS EVENT MANY TIMES, RIGHT.
AND YOU WENT TO WAXAHACHIE, LIKE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HAD IN WAXAHACHIE.
LIKE HOW HAS THAT HELPED THEIR TOWN OR THE WHEREVER YOU PREVIOUSLY HAVE HELD IT? WELL, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A PRIME EXAMPLE LAST YEAR.
AND THIS IS, I GUESS THIS WAS THE, THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE BACK RIGHT AFTER CODE.
UH, THEY HAD RIGHT AT A HUNDRED COOKS AND IT WAS IN THE LITTLE CITY OF RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS.
NOW A HUNDRED COOKS TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE.
IT'S PRETTY FAR, THAT'S MY THAT'S WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED.
AND THE FIRST OF ALL, THEY ONLY HAVE TWO HOTELS.
UM, AND THEN EVERYONE SEES THEIR NEEDS.
AND ONE THING THAT WE FAILED TO MENTION ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY'RE DONE, THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH BARBECUE AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'VE JUST EATEN PIECES HERE AND THERE.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE A, LIKE A COOKIE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT YOUR STUFF.
AND THEN THEY GO EAT AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND THEN SUNDAY MORNING, WE'LL PROBABLY, IF WE HAVE 150 RIGS THERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER THE CEREMONY, WE'LL PROBABLY LOSE ABOUT 20 TO 30 OF THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCAL AND THEY CAN GO HOME.
THE REST WILL STAY OVERNIGHT THAT WE DINNER THERE.
AND THEN IN THE MORNING, THEY'LL ALL EAT BREAKFAST BEFORE THEY HIT THE ROAD.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GIVEN, UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH SOME LOCAL, UH, FOOD VENDORS TO HAVE SOME TRUCKS OUT THERE, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE REALLY BUSY RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A LARGE GROUP OF A BREAKFAST.
SOMEBODY SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET A BIG BREAKFAST ORDER PRETTY SOON.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO NAIL THAT DOWN THIS WEEK.
UH, CAUSE WE, WE INTEND TO FEED ALL THE COOKS ON SATURDAY MORNING, UM, ON TOP OF THE BURGERS AND THE OTHER STUFF WE'RE DOING FOR THE PUBLIC, UH IT'S IT'S AND I CAN TELL YOU, UH, RENEWED, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A SMALLER TOWN.
THEY COULD, THEY GO TO GIVE VERY LITTLE AT THE TIME IT'S THEY HAD WATER, ELECTRICITY FOR THE HOOKUPS FOR ALMOST EVERY RIG.
SO THAT WAS A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE OVER THERE.
THEY PAID FOR 10 TABLES AND CHAIRS AND THAT WAS IT.
THE CITY OWNED ALL THE PORTA-POTTIES AND DONATED THEM AND THEY JUST STAYED THERE.
UM, NOW PRE COVID SAN ANGELO WAS 220 TEAMS AND SAN ANGELO EMBRACED THAT AND WANTED IT BACK.
BUT IT WAS JUST TOO FAR THAT, THAT THE ISSUE IS THERE'S NOTHING EVER BEEN CENTRAL.
AND, UH, UM, NEW THIS AS FAR AS ON THE BOARD, THIS IS MY SEVENTH MONTH AND WE TOOK THIS ON, ON THE SIX MONTH.
UH, AND SO WHAT I'M SEEING IS THE BOARD IS TIRED OF IT, MOVING AROUND THE CITY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL EVERY YEAR.
WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S TURNKEY EVERY YEAR.
AND I THINK WITH SO FAR WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE MADE WITH JUST YOUR LOCAL VENDORS NEXT YEAR WILL BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO PLAN THIS YEAR.
IT'S JUST BEEN, WE DON'T KNOW ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT AND NOW WE KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO HOW EARLY WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO IT AND WHAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR.
I WOULD TELL YOU IS LOOKING AT WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I'D SAY ONE OF THE BIGGER DIFFICULTIES THAT MADE THINGS KIND OF HAPPEN SO LATE IN THE GAME WAS WE HAD NO BUDGET AND I HAD TO BUILD A TOWN WITH BEG, BORROWING AND STEALING.
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IT TAKES MONTHS TO CONVINCE A COMPANY LIKE MARCIE RENTALS TO DISCOUNT OR DONATE ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND, THEIR TENTS AND TABLES.I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO, I HAD TO COME UP WITH SOME REALLY CREATIVE WAYS TO CONVINCE THEM THAT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
SO SOME OF, A LOT OF THE DILEMMA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PORT-A-POTTY CONTRACTS JUST BEING SIGNED TODAY BECAUSE THEY WERE, THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO WORK IT UP WHERE THEY CAN DONATE THE HAND-WASHING STATIONS BECAUSE OF THE NECESSITY FOR THE CLEANLINESS.
SO THE DIFFICULTY IN BUILDING A VILLAGE WHERE THERE IS NONE WAS WHAT WAS TIME CONSUMING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I WAS NOT GIVEN ANY, UH, BUDGET FROM THE, FROM THE BOARD.
I MADE A VERY MEAGER AMOUNT THAT WOULDN'T HAVE COVERED.
LIKE THE, WE LITERALLY HAVE NO CORPORATE SPONSORS.
WE HAVE NO BIG TITLE SPONSORS FOR THIS EVENT.
AND BECAUSE ALL THE REGISTRATION MONEY IS GOING TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AND RE AND PAY OUT FOR THOSE THAT COME, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE DONE THAT.
IT PUT THE DEVELOPMENT PIECE WITH YOU STARTING TO RUN THIS EVENT WITH $0 IN A PARKING LOT.
THE ECONOMY HAS NOT BEEN HELPING EVEN THE BIGGER CORPORATIONS GIVE MONEY.
AND WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HEARD THAT A LOT AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
AND WE STARTED SAYING, OH CRAP.
YOU KNOW, SO, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHY DON'T WANT TO GIVE MONEY TO COOK-OFF? WELL, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THESE COASTS GIVE BACK TO NONPROFITS YEAR ROUND.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ONE BIG THING IS WHAT WOULD BE THE, I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS BRANDING AND STUFF, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE SUPPORTING IT.
I WANT TO SEE WHERE THE EDC IS GETTING CREDIT IF WE HELPED.
AND LIKE, THERE WERE, WE'RE BASICALLY THE SPONSOR.
RIGHT? AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD.
SO THE SWAG I HAVE, I'VE RETAINED MATERIALS, THE SWAG BAGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GRAY, THAT AREN'T HERE YET.
I I'M HANDLING GETTING PRINTING ON THERE AND I RESERVED A SPOT THAT'S EXCLUSIVELY FOR WHATEVER EDC, HOWEVER THIS WORKED OUT.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO ADD ON EDC PIECES IN THERE ALSO, WHEREVER ELSE YOU CAN SEE.
I MEAN, I WILL MAKE MURAL, MAKE MIRACLES HAPPEN.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THERE BEING SOME KIND OF CREDIT GIVEN WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
UM, WHETHER IT IS TO OUR COOKS, TO THE BOARD AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF I HAVE TO GET IT, I MEAN, I STILL HAVEN'T THOSE SIGNS THEY'RE NOT DONE YET.
THAT'S THOSE THAT'S DESIGNS BEING DONE AND THEY'RE BEING PRINTED TOMORROW.
I CAN GET EXTRA SIGNS WITH THE EDC LOGO ON THEM.
IF YOU NEED ME TO DO A BANNER WITH THE EDC LOGO ON THERE, I CAN PUT THE EDC LOGO OR IF I CAN MAKE IT, IF Y'ALL DON'T HAVE ONE, I CAN FIND IT.
I CAN CREATE ONE THAT WE'LL GO BENEATH THE MOVIE THEATER OR THE MOVIE, THE MOVIE SCREEN.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE, ESPECIALLY ON THAT MOVIE NIGHT.
THERE'S A, THERE'S LIKE LITERALLY 25 FEET LONG AND 15 FEET HIGH WAITING FOR A BANNER TO GO, OKAY.
AND ONCE YOU WERE DONE WITH IT THERE ON FRIDAY, WE CAN MOVE IT OVER TO THE JUDGE INTENT.
SO CITIZENS WILL SEE THAT ALL DAY OR THE HOTDOGS AND HAMBURGERS, POOLING THE POOLING PEOPLE AND WITH THE FUN STUFF.
AND MAYBE FOR THE INTERVIEW ON FRIDAY MORNING.
I WILL BE CREATIVE AND I WILL TAKE DIRECTION.
SO, AND I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION IS, SO FOR THE CITIZENS THAT ARE COMING, IS THERE ANY COST FOR THEM? IS IT, YOU KNOW, JUST ABSOLUTELY NOT COMMENT.
I MEAN, I, I I'M, I'M AWARE I'VE, I'VE SEEN HOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE BARBECUE COOK-OFFS AT LIKE THE, UM, THE COOK-OFF HERE IN TOWN, UM, AT THE TRAVIS COUNTY FAIR EVERY YEAR.
AND THAT BECAME A SANCTIONED EVENT AND UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THOSE INS AND OUTS.
SO, UM, YEAH, NO, UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE TERM OF NO TOUCHY APPLIES THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T WALK AROUND AND, UH, TO EACH RIG AND GET, NO, I, I, SOME OF THE COSTS YOU'LL SEE THE ADDED COST ON THERE AND I JUST CALCULATED IT OBVIOUSLY WAS GOING TO ABSORB IT, WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT, IT WAS ADDED COSTS TO HAVE THE MOVIE NIGHT TO GET THE POPCORN THERE, TO DO THE HAMBURGERS, THE HOT DOGS, TO GET THE YARD GAMES OUT, TO ADD THE COMPONENTS, THE HENRIETTA THING.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, I'M PRINTING THOSE AT HOME AND I'M TAKING THE DONATED TO HIPPOS AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
WELL, THE PRICES THERE'S A COST TO THAT.
SO WE DID, I DID TAKE A STEP AND PROBABLY ADDED ABOUT $2,000 IN EXPENSES THAT HAVE OBVIOUSLY A POCKET TO SHOW GRATITUDE AND DEBT IN A, IN A, IN A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY ON THOSE COMMUNITY EVENTS.
WILL THERE BE BY RECALL OPTIONS FOR CITIZENS TO SHOW UP? SO WHAT YOU, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT SO MOST EVERYONE I'VE BEEN TO WE'RE HANDING OUT TASTES WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH OUR RIBS.
DO YOU MEAN, I KNOW CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T PROM IT, I DON'T WANT SOMEONE COMING THINKING.
THEY JUST WALK UP TO LIKE, GIVE ME A PLATE.
WE'RE ALSO STILL WORKING ON WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE LEFTOVER JUDGING FOOD.
SO, BECAUSE EACH COOK LIKE THEIR, THEIR BRISKET, THEY TURNED IN NINE SLICES.
ONLY THREE, FOUR GET EATEN THE REST, SIT THERE.
AND, UH, AND A LOT OF COOK-OFFS EVENTUALLY GO IN THE TRASH.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A LOCATION WHERE THAT GO WITHOUT, WITHOUT THE, UM, I GUESS THE RED TAPE OF, YOU KNOW, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WELL, I MEAN, WHAT WE DID THAT MUCH SMALLER COOK-OFF LAST ONE I JUDGED IS WE BOUGHT BOXED UP THE, WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, THIS KIND OF LEFTOVERS
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IN A NICE, LIKE IN ONE OF THOSE CART TO CARTONS THAT IT COMES IN, BUT KIND OF REARRANGED IT NICELY WITH GLOVES ON AND THEN OFFERED IT TO VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR FAMILIES.AND SO YOUR, YOUR CITIZENS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE, UNDER THE TENT AND OUTSIDE THE TENT DURING THE JUDGING, THEY CAN WALK OUT TO GO BOXES AND JUST A BIT, I GUESS, THEIR TICKET TO, TO GET, UH, GET ANY EXTRA FOOD IS GOING TO BE TO HELP OUT.
AND I KNOW IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAVE GIVEN TO LIKE WOMEN'S SHELTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND HALFWAY HOME, JUST FIGHT.
UM, AND THIS, MY CURIOSITY IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HOW CONFUSED ARE PEOPLE THAT, THAT COME TO THE EVENT AND GO, I HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY CLEAR I'M ON OUR FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE AND WITH ALISON AND ALL OF OUR POSTINGS IN A VERY FRIENDLY WAY, PLEASE COME GET A HAMBURGER, HOT DOG.
YOU MIGHT GET A BITE OF BARBECUE, BUT IT CAN'T BE EXPECTED IF YOU REALLY WANT TO EAT, BE A JUDGE.
OTHERWISE COME ENJOY A HAMBURGER AND A HOT DOG.
SO I THINK RANDALL BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT WHEN IT COMES TO ADVERTISING.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO FALL ON THE CITY.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE CITY'S KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROGRESSION FOR AWHILE.
WHEN WE GIVE 300, I THINK IT'S $350,000 WE GIVE TO COKE FAST.
AND SO I'M A LITTLE SHOCKED THAT EACH YEAR WE GIVE THAT MONEY AND THEN THERE'S LIKE ZERO MARKETING.
UM, AND COMING FROM THE EAST COAST WHERE THERE'S NASCAR, WHEN NASCAR COMES TO SAY, UM, PICK A CITY OUT THERE, IT'S PLASTERED EVERYWHERE.
AND SO I THINK SOME OF THIS, HOPEFULLY I'VE BEEN HOPING THE CITY WILL TAKE UP SOME OF THESE EVENTS AND REALIZE THAT, HEY, AS THESE THINGS ARE GROWING, UM, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HELP MORE? CAUSE LIKE COKE FEST DID ALL THE WORK TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO HOTELS, LOCALLY AND RESTAURANTS, BUT THE CITY COULD PARTICIPATE IN THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, YOU GUYS DO BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF JUST BASICALLY THERE'S A PARKING LOT THERE.
UM, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK WITH NO SERVICES AND THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING MORE THAT THE CITY AND THE EDC CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO NOT NECESSARILY FIND LIKE, CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE FUND FOR A TEMPORARY THINGS, WHICH IS GOOD TO GET THINGS GOING, BUT HOW DO WE GET MORE PERMANENT? LIKE INSTEAD OF EVERY YEAR SPENDING 10,000 FOR POTABLE WATER, HOW DO WE JUST GET POT OF A WATER THERE PERMANENTLY? BUT, UM, I DO THINK THAT, UM, THERE IS A POTENTIAL, UM, IF THIS GOES DECENT THAT NEXT YEAR, IT CAN GROW TO THE POINT TO WHERE, UM, MAYBE IN TWO OR THREE YEARS YOU HAVE A REGIONAL TYPE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING AROUND AND IT'S, IT'S MORPHED INTO SOMETHING MORE TO WHERE WE'VE KIND OF INCUBATED IT.
SO TO SAY, FIX SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND THEN WE'RE NOT PUTTING MONEY POTENTIALLY INTO IT LATER ON, UM, CORPORATE SPONSORS, WE'VE GOT TWO LARGE HOME IMPROVEMENT, PLACES THAT IN WITH THE TIME, NO, IF THEY KNOW IT'S COMING IN A YEAR AND WITH THE TIME I COULD HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
I MOVED TO BUSINESS HERE AT
SO WE LIVE IN CEDAR PARK, BUT WE REALLY FEEL AT HOME IN HADOW.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE COMMITMENT AND THE, THE AVAILABILITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GROWTH OF CONNECTING WITH THOSE BUSINESSES RIGHT OFF THE JUMP.
AS SOON AS WE'RE WRAPPED UP THIS YEAR, SENDING THANK YOU, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BUILD THAT WHERE WE WON'T NECESSARILY NEED AS MUCH, UM, BEG, BORROWING AND STEALING BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE SOME BUILT-IN, UM, CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS.
AND HE SAYS, IF THIS TURNS OUT THAT THIS WILL TURN OUT TO BE A HUGE SUCCESS, IT REALLY WILL.
SO I COMMIT TO YOU, I COMMIT TO YOU THAT IT WILL BE SOMETHING REALLY GOOD AND THAT MY MISSION BEING NOT ON THE BOARD AND BEING A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A PTA MOM IS TO BE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT AND BENEFICIAL TO YOUR PEOPLE, UM, EQUALLY TO THE COOKS, BUT HOW DO, HOW DO PEOPLE DESERVE THE CAKE? SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
THERE'S NO OTHER TEXAS SHOWDOWNS.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST AND LARGEST.
THIS IS WHY WE WANT IT TO STAY HERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO TRY TO SOLIDIFY AND GET IT HERE AND THAT THEY DON'T MOVE OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THIS AS, UH, A MAJOR EVENT THAT EVERY LABOR DAY WEEKEND, OR IF IT TURNS OUT YOU GOT TO DO IT NOT LABOR DAY WEEKEND, BUT I KNOW WHAT THE MONDAY HOLIDAY THAT MIGHT WORK, YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET TO TURN IT INTO THIS, A BIG EVENT THAT THE CITY KIDS TO KICK OFF FOOTBALL SEASON, GET A KICKOFF CENTRAL TEXAS THE FALL, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DUB SEASON AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK MY GOAL WOULD JUST BE OVER TIME THOUGH THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP FUNDING IT, BUT THAT, BUT YOU GOT TO START SOMEWHERE.
SO, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR MARKETING FOR THIS YEAR.
I THINK WE WERE UNDER ALREADY.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, IT WOULD APPLY AFTER SEPTEMBER ONE.
WOULD IT BE, I GUESS OCTOBER ONE IS OUR NEXT BUDGET.
SO IT'S ALREADY GOING TO BE FUNDED THIS WEEK.
SO, AND WE WERE GOING TO PUT, WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO PUSH BOARD, UM, THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SPEND IT ALL.
WELL, I LOVE THAT IT ENCOURAGES TOURISM AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT OUR TYPE B BOARD DOES IS IT LOOKS FOR TOURISM AND I LOVE THAT YOU'RE MARKETING OUR DOWNTOWN AND TRYING TO GIVE HIM AS MUCH PRESS AS POSSIBLE TO GET
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FOLKS DOWN THERE AND INCREASE THE TRAFFIC THAT'S DOWN THERE.AND WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR EXPENSES, A LOT OF THE EXPENSES ARE JUST GIVING BACK TO THE CITIZENS AND HAVING THEM DO ATTEND A SAFE EVENT, LIKE CLEAN WATER AND PORTA-POTTIES AND HOTDOGS AND HAMBURGERS FOR THEM TO EAT AND GAMES.
AND YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS A BOARD TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR CITIZENS AT A FREE EVENT THAT THEY WOULD ENJOY.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SUSTAINABLE FOR A YEAR AND YEAR.
I WILL, YOU KNOW, I, TO MIKE'S POINT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO WHERE WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY PAYING FOR CHAIRS OR TABLES OR WATER, THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I'M GETTING A START ON.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, WOULD BE A GOOD THING, WILLING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE.
AND YOU'RE SURE THAT 25,000 AROUND THAT IS, IS WHAT'S NEEDED.
WELL, THAT'S, WHAT'S LISTED ON HERE.
WELL THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM OR TO SUPPORT AND SPONSOR, UH, NOT TO EXCEED 25,000, UM, FOR THIS, UH, COOK THE BCA LABOR DAY COOK-OFF EVENT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TREASURER LUCAS, SECOND BY SECRETARY GAMBOA.
AND IF WE CAN GET A LOCAL BOARD MEMBER, RANDALL CLARK BOARD MEMBER, MIKE SNYDER, I TREASURE SEAN LUCAS, SECRETARY CHENEY, GUMBO, I VICE CHAIRMAN, DON CARLSON MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS.