* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] NOPE, I STILL SEE 6 29. YEAH. [(EDC) Board Meeting/(CDC) Board Meeting] THE, UH, MEETING OF THE HUDDLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL COME TO ORDER. THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR MAY WILL COME TO ORDER. IT IS SIX 30 MONDAY, OCTOBER 10TH. YOU HAVE ROW CALL PLEASE. MIKE MENEZ. PRESENT. DON CARLSEN. JANIE GABO. HERE. SEAN LUCAS. HERE. MIKE SNYDER. HERE. RANDALL CLARK. HERE. AARON CLANCY. HERE. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEG AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR STANDS. NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HONOR, THE TEXAS FLAG PLEDGE LEADS TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE IN INDIVIDUAL. NOW MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES ALLOCATED TO YOU. NOT SEEING ANYBODY PRESENT, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE DO HAVE APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2022 MEETING, MEETING MINUTES, WHO HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING. MINUTES. WE HAVE A MOTION. APPROVE THE MINUTES IN THE SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVORS. OH, I'M SORRY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. KAREN CLANCY. AYE. RAM CLARK. AYE. MIKE SNYDER. HI, JOHN LUCAS. AYE. SHANE GBO. AYE. MIKE MENDEZ. AYE. MOTION PASSES SIX OH, UH, BOARD MEMBERS. I AM GOING TO SKIP, UH, AGENDA ITEMS SIX THROUGH ONE THROUGH SIX THROUGH FOUR IN THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN ONE, WHICH IS TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON CORPORATE MONTHLY FINANCIALS FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND FISCAL YEAR 2023, BUDGET EXPENDITURES AND REVENUE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET. HI, GOOD EVENING. UH, CHRISTINA BISHOP, CONTROLLER FOR THE CITY OF PUDO. UM, I PREPARED THE SEPTEMBER 30TH FINANCIALS. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SET OUT IN THE PACKET ON FRIDAY. UM, SO I DO WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE INCOME STATEMENT. THAT'S PAGE TWO. UM, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, THESE ARE NOT YOUR FINAL NUMBERS FOR YEAR. UM, WE HAVE TWO MONTHS OF SALES TAX THAT STILL NEED TO COME IN. SO WE DO NEED TO TRUE UP YOUR, UH, SALES TAX REVENUE LINE ITEM. AND WE HAVE MAYBE ABOUT $75,000 IN SPENT. BOTH THOSE THINGS CONSIDERED. UM, I DO EXPECT YOUR SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR TO END AT CLOSE TO THAT 600,000 MARK THAT YOU SEE. UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO BOOK STILL, BUT I DO THINK YOU'LL END UP WITH A SURPLUS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS? I, SINCE HOW? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN MOVING ON. UM, I ALSO INCLUDED THE 2020 BUDGET THAT YOU APPROVED AND WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. UM, I GUESS I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ON THAT ITEM EXCEPT THAT, UM, YOU HAD APPROVED AS THE BOARD, UM, SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR A C DIRECTOR AND THE, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BUT I BELIEVE THE CITY DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO KEEP THAT IN HOUSE WITH THE CITY. SO THOSE SALARY AND BENEFITS I WOULD SUGGEST BEING PROFESSIONAL SEARCH. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WANNA MAKE THAT MOVE. UM, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY BUDGET ITEM AT THIS POINT THAT MAYBE AN ACCURATE, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE MAKE A MOTION AT, AT THE NEXT MEETING TO ITEMS. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS I CAN TELL YOU. I'M NOT INCLINED TO MOVE THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM JUST YET. OKAY. SO WE JUST SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE. OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. AGENDA ITEM EIGHT ONE, EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE BOARD NOW RESET THE OPEN SESSION MEETING. RECONVENE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. UM, SECTION 5 51 0 7 1 ATTORNEY CONSULTATION 5 51 0 8 70, DEVELOPMENT 5 5172 REAL PROPERTY TO DELIBERATE AND SEEK ADVICE REGARDING PROJECT TITAN PROJECT SKY BOX PROJECT, E PROJECT V RESTAURANT, RETAIL AND DESTINATION [00:05:01] INCENTIVE PROGRAM. THE MEGA PROJECT MEGASITE PROJECT INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, INCENTIVES, AND NEW PROSPECTS FOR INCENTIVE EVALUATION AND CONSIDERATION. ITEM B, SECTION 5 51 0 7 1 ATTORNEY CONSULTATION AND SETTLEMENT TO DELIBERATE AND SEEK LEEWOOD ADVICE RELATED TO POTENTIAL CLAIMS INVOLVING BCO, TEXAS AND IT'S RELATED FAILURE TO, UH, PROPERTY PROPERLY SERVE THE CORPORATE LOAN PROGRAM. I BELIEVE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PROPERLY, IS IT, IT PROPERTY, UM, SERVICE, THE CORPORATE LOAN PROGRAMS AND SECTIONS 5 51 0 7 1 ATTORNEY CONSULTATION AND 5 51 0 7 4 PERSONNEL TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT, UH, EMPLOYMENT AND SUPERVISION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT, APPOINTMENT EMPLOYMENT, AND POTENTIAL DUTIES OF A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STAFF MEMBER. THE TIME IS NOW 6 35. WE'LL ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. YEAH, WE'RE GOOD. BF THERE ARE. OKAY, THE TIME IS 10 25. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD IS ENTERED BACK IN A REGULAR SESSION. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. MOVING BACK UP TO ITEMS, UH, THE AGENDA ITEMS ON SIX, UH, BOARD, THERE'S NOTHING TO DISCUSS ON 61 62. UH, WE DO HAVE SIX THREE, CONSIDER ACTION ON A RESOLUTION PERMITTED AN EASEMENT, SUBJECT TO SIZING SPECIFICATIONS ALONG THE RAILROAD, RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY ON HDC TYPE B OWNED PROPERTY, LOCATED THE MEGA SITE AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED BATTERS. UM, BOARD, WE WERE CONTACTED, UH, BY ANOTHER PIPELINE COMPANY WHO IS LOOKING FOR AN EASEMENT ON THE MEGA SITE LOCATION. UM, BASED ON THE CA THE, THE BOARD'S PREVIOUS DIRECTION, THE LAST TIME WE HAD, UH, SOMEONE LOOKING FOR PROPERTY, WE, WE'VE MADE AN INITIAL CONTACT WITH THEM, BUT, UH, I'VE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM YET. UM, EXPLAINING TO THEM THAT THEY MAY BE RUNNING A FOUL OF A LARGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON. UM, AND, UH, ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL GO THROUGH. BUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU WANT TO, UM, TO, UH, REVIEW THAT, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE CURRENT, UM, PARAMETERS. THERE'S BEEN NO, NO SCR, UH, UH, SKETCH PLAN OR, OR, OR SURVEY OR ANYTHING OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS FROM THEM. SO, BUT IT'S, CAN YOU, I MEAN, WHAT'S KIND OF THAT CORNER THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR? UM, THEY, THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A POSITION WHERE THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO AN EXISTING PIPELINE. UM, AND, BUT THE, UH, I'M JUST TRYING ABOUT THE POSITION ON THE, ON THE MEGA SITE. UM, YEAH, IT CUTS THROUGH A COUPLE OF . YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A MAP TO RIGHT. I JUST REMEMBER THERE WAS LIKE A BOX ON A GOOGLE MAP THAT WAS ABOUT ALL THEY'VE GIVEN US TO THIS POINT. SO YEAH. SO THERE, THERE WAS REALLY NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD EVEN CONSIDER IT. I MEAN, WE, WE CAN, I CONSIDERED A, UH, A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD EITHER APPROVE OR DENY A REQUEST. BUT I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD TO CONTINUE TO RESIST THE, UH, UM, THE EASEMENT, THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON IT TONIGHT. SO YOU'D LIKE, YOU'D LIKE A MOTION TO DIRECT YOU TO CONTINUE TO RIGHT. THAT THE BOARD IS NOT INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE EASEMENT. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE MOTION. SECOND TO NOT ENTERTAIN THE DISCUSSION FOR THE EASEMENT. YES, SIR. FOR THE EASEMENT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE. SCHNEIDER. AYE. KENDALL CLARK. AYE. AARON CLANCY. HI SEAN LUCAS. AYE. KENNY GAMBLE. AYE. MIKE, YOURS MENDEZ. AYE. MOTION. CARRIE 60, ITEM 64. CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION. TRANSFERRING THE EMPLOYMENT AND SUPERVISION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY OF HUTTO TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE H E D C AND HD H GDC TYPE B, CREATING POSITION OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, PROVIDING FOR THE POWERS AND DUTIES FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITIONS PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUTTO AND THE ADC TYPE B PROVIDED FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE H E D C, TYPE B BUDGET AND PROVIDE 'EM TO RELATED MATTERS. UM, BOARD AS, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVE, UM, A PREVIOUSLY HELD TO CONSENSUS TO HAVE ME GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND REQUEST THAT THE EDC DIRECTOR AND NOW THE ADDITIONAL STAFF, UH, BE BROUGHT BACK UNDER THE EDC, UH, IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. I WENT TO A BOARD MEETING. IN THAT BOARD MEETING. JUST LONG STORY SHORT, THAT BOARD MEETING, THE, UH, COUNCIL CHOSE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE BUDGET AND, UH, GET THAT COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER. I WENT BACK BEFORE THE BOARD, UH, I'M SORRY, WENT BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL [00:10:01] AND REQUESTED IT AGAIN, UH, AND SAID, WE'RE AT THE BUDGET NOW. AND SO, UH, THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION HELD AT THAT POINT IN TIME. UM, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE CUZ I LEFT RIGHT AFTER I MADE MY PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, AND SO NOW THIS RESOLUTION BASICALLY WILL BE A VOTE BY THIS BOARD TO PLACE BEFORE THE COUNCIL. AND, UH, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION AS SOON AS, UH, THEY POSSIBLY CAN, WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD BE NEXT THURSDAY IS THE NEXT MEETING. UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, JUST WANNA MAKE A POINT THAT THE, UH, RESOLUTION, IT HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER 1ST TO ALLOW FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON IT. UH, AND SO, AND IT'S CONDITIONED ON CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR, FOR THE POSITIONS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IF NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. OH, MY ONLY COMMENT WAS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST STATED RE THAT I THINK, UM, I WASN'T GONNA HOLD UP ANY RES REGARDLESS OF HOW I VOTE OR NOT, I THINK THE RESOLUTION SHOULD GO FORWARD TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN GET THE VOTE FROM THEM FOR THE DIRECTION. SO THAT'S ALL. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. UM, THE MOTION TO, I GUESS CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO BRING, UH, THE TWO CITY COUNCIL, THE, UH, MOVEMENT AND OF THE, UH, ECONOMIC DIRECTOR AND ITS EMPLOYEES OVER TO THE EDC. WE HAVE A MOTION. I SECOND AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION ROCOM PLEASE. KAREN CLANCY. AYE. KENDALL CLARK. AYE. NICE LETTER. AYE. JOHN LUCAS. AYE ABSTAIN. MIKE MENEZ. AYE. MOTION CARRIES FIVE ZERO WITH ONE ABSTENTION. WELL NOW MOVE ON TO NINE. UH, THERE IS NO NEED FOR AGENDA ITEM NINE ONE OR 9 2 8. OH, WE ARE GOING, SORRY. UH, YEAH, I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY, YEAH, EIGHT WAS THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, RIGHT. SO, UM, AND NOW IT TAKES US TO ITEM NINE THREE. UM, AND IT IS WITH EXCITEMENT AND SADNESS THAT I SAY THAT OUR BOARD MEMBER, CHANNEY GABO HAS SUBMITTED HER RESIGNATION TO THE BOARD, UH, FOR A, UH, ANOTHER POSITION THAT SHE'S ACCEPTED WILLINGLY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. UH, AND SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER NEXT ENDEAVOR IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT SAD TO SEE HER GO ON THE BOARD. SO, UH, I DO HAVE HER RESIGNATION WITH US AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPOINT ANOTHER MEMBER TO THE BOARD, UH, AT SOME FUTURE DATE, WHICH WE HOPE TO BE FAIRLY SOON. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND LET YOU SAY ANY WORDS IF YOU WOULD LIKE. OH MY GOSH. UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO CITY FOR APPOINTING ME AT CITY COUNCIL. UM, THIS LAST YEAR WITH THIS BOARD HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CAPACITY AND LEARN AND GROW. UM, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HU IN, IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND, UM, YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF HU THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IT'S APPRECIATED. WELL, WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE GREAT LOGO YOU HELPED DESIGN. YEAH, THAT, THAT'S MY PARTING MY PARTING LOGO. , ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT IT MAY BE WATCHING THIS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A TALENTED PEOPLE TO ADD TO THE BOARD AND THERE IS A PROCESS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THE EDC AND SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING HERE TO HUDDLE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE APPLY. WE'D LOVE TO ADD TO THE TALENT TO THIS BOARD. SO YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. I'M NOT SURE WHO CONTACT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CONTACT CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE OR THEY CON YES. OKAY. SO THEY CAN CONTACT CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, AND THEN WE, WE HAVE A A THREE PANEL COUNCIL NOMINATING COMMITTEE THAT THEN GOES THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS. UM, AND THEN THEY'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THAT PROCESS TO THE FULL COUNCIL. AND IT'LL BE THAT THREE PERSON COMMITTEE THAT WOULD APPOINT THE NEXT EDC BOARD MEMBER? NO, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO BRING THAT PERSON TO THE FULL. OH, I'M SORRY. THAT'S RIGHT. TO THE COUNCIL TO APPOINT THE NEXT EDC BOARD MEMBER. YES, SIR. WITH THE RESIGNATION OF BOARD MEMBER AT GAMBLE. YES, SIR. SO THAT WORKS. ALL RIGHT. THERE'D BE NOTHING ELSE. THE TIME IS 10 34 AND WE STAND ADJOURNED RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN? NO, I DON'T WANT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.