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THE TIME IS SIX THIRTY ONE AND I CALL THIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED, HEAD OF ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
TYPE A AND TYPE B BOARD REC SWEEP IN ORDER.
WE DO HAVE QUORUM ONTO THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALL JUMPS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
ALRIGHT, ITEM FOUR, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, DO WANT BE SIGNED UP? NO, SIR.
STAFF WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON RECENT EVENTS, UPCOMING EVENTS, THE BUSINESS RESOURCES, UH, SPECIALIST POSITION, THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PLAN FOR THE CORPORATION AND BOOK STUDY.
UH, I ATTENDED THE SALES TAX TRAINING PUT ON BY TEDC ON THE FIRST REALLY GREAT INFORMATION.
I DO HAVE THE BINDER FROM THAT.
UM, ALSO JUST FOR AWARENESS, UH, THEY DID OFFER TO BRING THAT SALES TAX TRAINING TO US.
UM, SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE, AN EVENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT DIRECTION.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO INCLUDE SOME OF OUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO WE CAN COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD WOULD SEE VALUE IN.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ATTENDED RECENTLY WITH SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF, THE WILCO GROWTH SUMMIT.
UH, I DID JUST WANNA
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, I DO HAVE A MEETING COMING UP AND THIS DOES PARLAY INTO THE MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, UH, WITH THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS ON DECEMBER 19TH.
THAT'S A SCHEDULED MEETING WITH HER, UM, TO SORT OF REVIEW AND NOT SORT OF TO REVIEW AND LAY OUT THE PLAN, UH, FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS.
SO I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE TO BRING BACK TO THE BOARD IN JANUARY, UM, AT WHICH TIME YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE INPUT QUESTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I CAN GO BACK AND COLLABORATE FURTHER ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL UPCOMING EVENT IS THE CHAMBER GALA.
GALA IS ON, UH, JANUARY 27TH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM ON THAT TONIGHT TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PURCHASE THE TABLE.
AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN, UH, THE FY 24 BUDGET, UH, BUSINESS RESOURCES SPECIALIST POSITION.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE EXTENDED AND THE OFFER HAS BEEN ACCEPTED, UM, TO OUR NEW BUSINESS RESOURCE SPECIALIST.
SHE'LL BE STARTING ON JANUARY 8TH, WHICH IS ALSO A MEETING DAY.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT SHE'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND YOU CAN MEET HER IN PERSON.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER JOIN THE TEAM WON'T BE THERE.
SO FAR WE HAVE DONE CHAPTERS ONE AND SEVEN.
SO NEXT UP IS GONNA BE FOUR AND FIVE.
UH, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
CHANEY, DO YOU WANT TO, UH, YOU MADE MENTION THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HOW YOU ACTUALLY DID A PRESENTATION OR RECEIVED FEEDBACK.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AT ALL.
IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE, BUT THROW IT OUT THERE.
SO I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK ON A PRACTITIONER'S PANEL AT THE SALES TAX TRAINING THAT WAS PUT ON BY TEDC ON THE FIRST.
EVERYONE SEEMED PRETTY ENGAGED, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, UM, RELATED TO BOARD MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION AS WELL AS BOARD AND COUNCIL MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION TS, UM, HOW WE FUNCTION AS AN A AND B.
A LOT OF THE, THE CITIES THERE HAD EITHER A OR B DESIGNATION.
NOT VERY MANY HAVE BOTH, SO I WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'M ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING HU AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU JUMPING IN AND, AND YOU KNOW, START RIGHT, NOT EVEN JUST WALKING OR RUNNING AT THIS POINT.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CONTINUE TO PUT HUDDLE ON THE MAP AND THE MENTORING AND, UM, PROVIDING THAT, THAT EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE.
AND, UH, A BOARD MEMBER THOMPSON ARRIVED, UH, AT ABOUT, UH, 6 34 GIVE OR TAKE.
UM, ITEM SIX ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION TO PROVE RESOLUTION R 2023, UH,
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DASH 3 3 4 TO CLOSE THE CORPORATION'S ACCOUNT AT CADENCE BANK.SO THESE ARE BOTH CONSENT AGENDA AND DO WE
SO, YEAH, UH, IF THAT ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WELL AS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION, APPROVE THE CORPORATION'S MINUTES FROM THE REGULARLY, UH, FROM A REGULAR MEETING ON NOVEMBER 21ST, 2023, AND THEIR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2023.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM SIX ONE AND SIX TWO AS PRESENTED.
UM, WE HAD A LITTLE SWAP IN RESOLUTION NUMBERS.
SO THE RESOLUTION RELATED TO CADENCE BANK IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE R DASH 2 0 2 3 DASH 3 4 1 WITH THAT CHANGE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR LUCAS, SECONDED BY SECRETARY CLANCY TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE RESOLUTION NUMBER, UH, FOR THE CADENCE BANK CLOSURE IS R 2023 DASH 3 41.
AGENDA ITEM SEVEN ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION TO SELECT A MASTER DEVELOPER FOR THE CORPORATION OWNED COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES AND DISCUSS RECOMMENDATION OF SAME BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, UH, BOARD.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE UH, BOARD HAD APPOINTED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO EVALUATE OUR FINAL TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES.
THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED MEETINGS WITH BOTH, UH, MO, MARK AND MIDWAY AS OF THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE READY TO MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MIDWAY AS THE DEVELOPER FOR THE CORPORATION OWNED COTTONWOOD PROPERTY.
YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT MIDWAY WAS REALLY TRANSPARENT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY TREASURER COLEMAN, SECONDED BY SECRETARY CLANCY TO, UH, SELECT MIDWAY AS THE MASTER DEVELOPER OF THE CORPORATION OWNED LAND.
UH, OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, SO, UM, WE MET WITH MIDWAY LAST FRIDAY AND MO MARK TODAY AND, UM, I THOUGHT MIDWAY WAS VERY TRANSPARENT, UM, IN HOW THEY DO THEIR BUSINESS AND OPERATE.
THEY HAD A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES THAT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THRIVING TODAY, ONE BEING DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
AND SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT WAS THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN THE, THE BEGINNING AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PRO ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT.
THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE IN LEASING AND GETTING, UM, THE RIGHT TENANTS IN AND ALSO CREATING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS TO DRAW THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND TO SPEND TIME AND THEIR DEVELOPMENTS.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I CHOSE, I THINK THAT, UM, MIDWAY WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR HUDU AND, UM, EXCITED TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES THEY CAN GET, UM, THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVED WITH.
THERE WERE THREE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME.
FIRST WAS THEIR DEBT IS MANAGEABLE BASED OFF OF THE CURRENT ASSETS THAT THEY HAVE IN THEIR PORTFOLIO TO WHERE AS WE ENTER OUR ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN WHERE ONE OF THEIR PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS HAS ANY TYPE OF COLD FEET OR THEY HAVE ANY TYPE OF REDUCTION IN OVERHEAD OR THEY'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THEIR RISK, THEY CAN LEVERAGE THEIR CURRENT ASSETS THAT THEY HAVE TO POTENTIALLY INPUT IN MORE ON THAT PROJECT, WHICH WILL HELP US IN THE LONG TERM.
AND ALSO THEIR EAST RIVER PROJECT IS VERY INTRIGUING BECAUSE IT'S THE CLOSEST THING THAT CAN MIMIC WHAT WE HAVE AT COTTONWOOD ON A WIDE SCALE.
BUT ALSO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF POLITICAL MUSCLE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ALSO THEY HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTUAL PARTNERS WITH GENERAL CONTRACTING AS WELL AS PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS THAT TRUST WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND ALSO IT GIVES US CONFIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE TEAM WHERE THEY HANDLE A LOT OF THINGS VERTICALLY.
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OTHER, I GUESS YOU WANT TO CALL 'EM COMPETITORS OR THEIR COMPETITION WOULD HAVE TO OUTSOURCE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION OR A LOT OF THE CONTRACTING.AND WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE AS MUCH EXPOSURE AND RISK AS POSSIBLE.
SO I FEEL LIKE MIDWAY IS A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYTHING TO BE IN-HOUSE AND THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PLANS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND ALSO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS FAR AS OUR WASTEWATER AND MANAGING OUR RESOURCES IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
DID THE CONVERSATION EVER COME UP ABOUT, YOU KNOW, US WORKING ON POSSIBLE DEALS IN THE THAT SITE AND WORKING, I GUESS AS A PARTNER WITH THEM ON THAT OR? YEAH, SO THEY ACTUALLY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT STOOD OUT WAS, FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THEIR COMPANY CAME PERSONALLY AND HE HAS A DIRECT TIE TO HU AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOWS THAT, THAT THAT VESTED INTEREST HELPS GO A LONG WAY.
BUT THEY ALREADY HAD SOME PLANS WITH THEIR IN-HOUSE LEASING TEAM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DIVULGE EVERYTHING ALL IN ONE SITTING.
BUT I THINK OVERALL, BASED OFF OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY HAD TO PREPARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE ASKED, THE 12 QUESTIONS, THEY WERE ABLE TO HIT ON EACH ONE WHILE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE AT THE FRONT OF IT HERE.
SO IF WE WANTED TO PARTNER DOWN THE ROAD, WE COULD, OR IF WE WANTED TO JUST, HEY, YOU TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WE'LL BUILD IT OUT HOW YOU WANT US TO BUILD IT OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PARTNERS THAT WE BRING ONTO THE PROPERTY ARE VENDORS OR RETAILERS THAT'LL BE THERE 10, 15 YEARS.
AND THERE'S NOT AN OVER-RELIANCE ON MULTIFAMILY.
SO THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT VISION.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT STOOD OUT? I MEAN, YOU, YOU WALKED THROUGH A LOT OF GOOD POINTS, BUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT REALLY KIND OF SEALED THE DEAL AND I GUESS I'M, I'M WANTING TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ON IT, JUST SO FOR TRANSPARENCY TO ANYBODY THAT MAY BE WATCHING THIS.
ONE THING I'LL RECOMMEND IS EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE EAST RIVER PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE IN HOUSTON.
AND IT'S UH, I THINK IT'S IMMEDIATE SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, BUT IT'S A GREAT PROJECT THAT SHOWS A COMBINATION OF SUSTAINABILITY WITH WALKABILITY, PARKS, RECS.
UM, MULTIFAMILY IS MINIMAL, BUT THERE'S ALSO ENOUGH THAT COMBINES THAT WITH ACTUAL COMMERCIAL USE THAT'S NOT FOCUSED ON AN OVER-RELIANCE OF CERTAIN VENDORS THAT WOULDN'T LEAD TO LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THEY ALSO MADE SOME GREAT POINTS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF OUR LAND.
AND BECAUSE IT'S FLAT LAND, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BUILD THIS PART UP, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO INCLUDE CERTAIN DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DELIVER ON, ON TIME.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT 'CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND IT'S A LONG-TERM PROJECT, BUT WE ALSO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE OVERAGES WILL BE MINIMIZED WITH SOMEONE LIKE A MIDWAY VERSUS SOME OF THE COMPETITORS WHERE, YEAH, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE PROJECT, BUT IF THERE'S 30, 40 OTHER SUBCONTRACTORS INVOLVED, THEN THAT'S WHERE THE OVERHEAD GETS OUT OF CONTROL.
AND TO THAT POINT, UM, THEY WERE REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT TS AND DIFFERENT BONDS THAT THEY, THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE, HEY, WE WANNA BUILD THIS NOW, WE'RE GONNA GET OUR FUNDING, BUT THAT THEY'RE RESOURCEFUL AND THEY HAVE AN IN-HOUSE PERSON THAT THEY CAN RELY ON TO TRY AND HELP US ALONG THE WAY.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT TRAILS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN GET HELP WITH FROM GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK WITH THAT.
WAS WERE THERE ANY CONVERSATIONS, UH, ABOUT THE OVERPASS AND HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE PROJECT? YES, THEY DID BRING THAT UP AS WELL.
AND THEN THEY ALSO DISCUSSED HOW THE TRAFFIC IMPACT WOULD BE, WHICH I THINK WAS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS TRYING TO MINIMIZE AS MUCH INFLOW TRAFFIC AND HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE IN A CONDENSED SPACE WHERE THEY CAN WALK AROUND, STILL SHOP.
BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT IS THAT THEY HAD A CHIEF RISK OFFICER, WHICH IS HUGE FOR A PROJECT THIS SIZE IS, AND BEING IN BANKING, YOU WOULD APPRECIATE THAT SEAN, THEIR CHIEF RISK OFFICER WAS A FORMER COMMERCIAL BANKER.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE SCALE UP, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, WE MAY START A PROJECT THEN TWO YEARS FROM NOW LENDING RESTRICTIONS GET TIGHT AND WE MAY HAVE TO SCALE IT BACK.
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CAN WE STILL KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY STOPPING AND MITIGATING RISK IN THE PROCESS.WAS THERE ANY TALK AROUND TIMELINE? I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO, ALRIGHT, SO YOU SELECTED A MASTER DEVELOPER.
WHAT DOES THE TIMELINE LOOK? WHEN IS THERE GONNA BE DIRT TURNING? I MEAN WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING HAPPENING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE OTHER SIDE OF 79.
WHAT IS THIS SIDE OF 79? ARE THEY GOING TO CONFLICT? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MITIGATION PROCESS IF THERE IS ONE FOR, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC OR FOR DEVELOPMENT REALLY? UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES VERSUS THE MEGA SITE, DID THEY TALK TIMELINE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN SET UP JUST YET.
AND SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GIVE US AN EXACT TIMELINE, BUT THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO MOVE AS FAST AS WE WANT TO GO.
SO, UM, ONCE WE GET AS A BOARD A VISION OUT TO THEM, THEN THEY, THEY CAN TURN AROUND AND GIVE US SOME MORE SCHEDULING.
'CAUSE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TOO.
BUT THEY DID SAY AND MENTION THAT, UM, THE LENGTH OF IT IS GONNA BE PHASED OUT TILL IT'S GONNA LAST AT LEAST LIKE 10 TO 12 YEARS.
SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND, BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO, THEY HAVE THE BANDWIDTH AND PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS WE'RE READY TO GET STARTED.
AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE CITIZENS HERE, WE HAVE NEEDS HERE THAT CITIZENS WANT TO BE MET.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE TAKING THE NEXT STEP TO GETTING A MASTER DEVELOPER.
I THINK THE ONUS IS ON US NOW TO, TO HAVE THAT PLAN, TO HAVE THAT VISION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SET THAT WITH THEM AND THEN HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, LEAD THEM TO, UM, TO STARTING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S A BIG PAIN POINT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN HU IS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THESE RESOURCES AND WE'RE TIRED OF TRAVELING TO HAVE TO GO AND GET THOSE RESOURCES OUT AT OTHER CITIES WHERE THOSE TAX DOLLARS COULD BE SPENT IN, IN, IN-HOUSE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S PRUDENT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY HOLD THEM, UM, TO A TIMELINE, BUT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CHECKPOINTS OR WE HAVE, UM, YEAH, HAVE DIFFERENT DATA.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT MILESTONES THAT WE WANT TO HIT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AND IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CONSTANT FLOW SO THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING A GOOD RETURN FOR, YOU KNOW MM-HMM.
AND SOMETHING THAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A LEASING TEAM, SO THEY'RE NOT JUST ABOUT DEVELOPING, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT MIXED USE GREAT USES ARE IN THERE.
WHAT, WHAT THE CITIZENS NEED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THEY CAN GO AND TO THEIR PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, BRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.
SO YEAH, I LOVE THAT THEY'RE REALLY INVOLVED IN GETTING THE RIGHT CUSTOMER IN EACH OF THE BUILDINGS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO, YOU KNOW, WORK OBLIGATIONS AND, AND WHATNOT.
UM, BUT TO YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT BOARD MEMBER THOMPSON, UM, I WOULD NOT EXPECT DIRT TO BE TURNING AND I'M, LOOK, I'M PUTTING WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH.
I HAVE, YOU KNOW, NO CLUE AS TO HOW LONG IT WOULD TRULY TAKE, BUT I, I WOULD EXPECT THAT IT'S A YEAR PLUS OUT ON ACTUAL DIRT TURNING.
WHY? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY TO, YOU KNOW, SECRETARY CLANCY'S POINT, OBVIOUSLY THE MASTER PLAN, ALL THE OTHER PARTS AND PIECES HAVE TO BE DONE.
UM, YOU HAVE THE BRIDGE THAT MAY THROW AN ISSUE INTO THE EQUATION.
BUT I MEAN, JUST FROM A PURE DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T START TURNING DIRT UNTIL YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S WILLING TO TAKE OVER, YOU KNOW, LEASE FACES IN THAT DIRT TYPICALLY.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH PERMITTING PROCESSES WITH THE CITY AND GETTING ALL THOSE THINGS DONE, IT WILL TAKE A HOT SECOND.
I DON'T THINK THAT, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE TAKE ACTION ON THIS OR NOT, I MEAN EITHER WAY THAT IF WE WERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE DIRT TURNING TOMORROW MM-HMM.
IN ALL HONESTY, I WOULD PROBABLY EXPECT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR OUT POTENTIALLY.
NOW, LIKE I SAID, NOT TRYING TO PUT WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH, BUT KNOWING DEVELOPMENT AND SEEING THAT, UM, INSIDE OF COUNTY AS WELL AS EVEN CITY JURISDICTIONS, UM, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THAT.
AND I MEAN THAT, THAT, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE WRONG.
I, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT KIND OF TO, UH, BOARD MEMBER LUCAS'S POINT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ALL, ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS OUT SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, ONCE THIS IS MADE, THERE'S NOT THE QUESTION OF, OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, IN DECEMBER YOU HIRED A MASTER DEVELOPER, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING HAPPENING.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT EXPECTATION SET THAT, UM, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF OPTIMISM AND, AND EXCITEMENT AROUND AGREED.
SO, AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE'LL SEE IS, UH, AS WE PROGRESS, YES, MILESTONES, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS, THOSE WILL BE CRITICAL AND THEY WILL BE NECESSITIES.
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FROM HAVING DONE ENOUGH CONSTRUCTION IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, UM, WHAT DO I KNOW IS THAT JUST THE MORE CHANGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GO ALONG OR THE, YOU KNOW, WISHY-WASHY TYPE DECISIONS, THOSE WILL BE WHAT WILL HINDER THE PROJECT.NOT SO MUCH THE ACTUAL DIRT TURNING OR THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S GONNA BE THE, WELL, I KIND OF WANT THIS MORE OVER HERE, OR THIS OR THAT OR WHATEVER.
SO AS A BOARD, THE MORE CONCISE OF VISION THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT.
UM, AND IT WILL, I THINK WILL FACILITATE DIRT TURNING FASTER.
SO I ACTUALLY WOULDN'T PUT THE ONUS OF THAT SO MUCH ON THE DEVELOPER.
I PUT THAT ACTUALLY ON THE SEVEN PEOPLE THAT SIT UP HERE TWICE A MONTH.
SO, AND ONE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO MENTION TO TIE IN BOTH OF YOUR POINTS, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMPONENT IS INTEGRATED, BUT NOT TO THE, TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE PROJECT TO WHERE THERE'S SO MANY COOKS IN THE KITCHEN, THE MEAL DOESN'T GET MADE.
SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE ADEQUATE MESSAGING TO THE PUBLIC, THAT THEY'RE ENTRUSTING US TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, BUT ALSO NOT HAVING SO MUCH INVOLVEMENT TO WHERE, OKAY, WE, WE DIVULGE FROM THE ORIGINAL GOAL TO NOW BEFORE YOU KNOW, IT TIME IS WASTED AND NOW THEY'RE LIKE, STILL NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
SO JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT GOOD BALANCE.
AND IF I MAY JUST ADD ONE OTHER COMMENT BEFORE Y'ALL VOTE, UM, I DID WANT, AND ALSO FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS, UM, THE, WE DID ALSO INCORPORATE STAFF INTO THE PRESENTATION.
SO THERE WAS STAFF CONSENSUS AMONG MYSELF, ENGINEERING PARKS AND REC AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT AWESOME KNOWN.
AND THE LAST COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THIS IS THE GROUP THAT STOOD OUT JUST BASED UPON THEIR PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
SO IF ANYBODY IS WATCHING THIS AND YOU WANNA LOOK INTO SOME OF THE MIDWAY PROJECTS, CITY CENTER IN HOUSTON, EAST RIVER IN HOUSTON, KIRBY GROVE, UM, MEMORIAL GREEN, CENTURY SQUARE, BUFFALO HEIGHTS, LONE STAR DISTRICT, OR JUST SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS AND SEE SOME OF THE, THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE GOT GOING ON OVER THERE, YOU'D BE JUST AS EXCITED AS I AM.
UM, ONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOWED UP AND THAT HE IS, HAS SOME TIES TO THE, TO THE GENERAL AREA.
UM, AND THEN JUST THE, THE POLITICAL SIDE OF IT, HOPING IF THERE, IS THERE ANY ROADBLOCKS THAT THERE COULD BE SOME RELATIONSHIPS THERE THAT COULD HELP, UH, DO THOSE THINGS.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK THE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, ALL YOU GUYS, ONE THING I ENJOY ABOUT BEING ON THIS BOARD, THAT WE ALL COME IN WITH A DIFFERENT WILL SET AND DIFFERENT EYE SET.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS USING YOUR SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, UM, TO GET THIS TRUE.
UH, MIDWAY WAS PROBABLY MY TOP LIST TOO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ROLL CALL PLEASE.
ITEM SEVEN TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER, UH, ACTION REGARDING ATTENDANCE AT THE HUDA AREA CHAMBER GALA ON JANUARY 27TH, 2024.
AND APPROVAL OF THE ASSOCIATED EXPENSE, UH, BOARD, IF I MAY.
UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT THERE WILL BE A NOTICE OF POSSIBLE QUORUM POSTED AND, UH, LEGAL ADVICE IS TO REFRAIN FROM TALKING CORPORATION BUSINESS WHILE AT THE GALA.
THE NOTICE OF POSSIBLE QUORUM WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING CORPORATION BUSINESS AT THE GALA.
SO CHENEY, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE? USUALLY IT'S AROUND $5,000 FOR JUST A TABLE.
I, I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, A GOING ANY HIGHER THAN, UH, OFFERING OR TO GET A TABLE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A, DID THEY GIVE AN AS ESTIMATE OR ANYTHING ON THAT? UH, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I WAS LOOKING AT THE ITEM AND THOUGHT I SHOULD HAVE THAT.
AND I GUESS THE NEXT, NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, WHO WOULD BE ATTENDING AND DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE THERE? MM-HMM.
I MEAN, FOR MYSELF, I DON'T NEED A SEAT.
I'LL BE AT THE, UH, AT THE OTHER FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO THE SEAT WHEN THE PAST, I THINK WE'VE INVITED THE BOARD AND THEN IF THE BOARD CAN, WHOEVER THE CAN MAKE IT LEAVES OVER EXTRA SEATS.
UM, BECAUSE HOW MANY'S AT A TABLE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS WHAT CHENEY LA IT WAS CHENEY, BOB, WE CAN FIT LIKE 12 OR SEAN.
IF IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S LIKE THERE'S EXTRAS OR SPOUSES AND SPOUSES AS WELL, BUT I AGREE.
I WOULDN'T NEED A TABLE OR I WOULDN'T NEED A SEAT AS WELL.
SO I BELIEVE THAT IT'S A 10 TOP TABLE.
I'M LOOKING RIGHT NOW, I APOLOGIZE.
I SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT READY TO GO.
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YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR, FOR THE LAST, WHAT IS IT, THREE OR FOUR YEARS WE'VE ATTENDED THIS.IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE THE ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, AS A BOARD, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE GO OUT AND MEET THE COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM KIND OF AS A BOARD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE PART OF IT.
UM, IT ALSO SHOWS GOODWILL AND, AND BEING PARTNER WITH ANOTHER ARM OF THE CITY, WHICH IS THE, UM, CHAMBER, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO, I MEAN, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO.
UM, SO YEAH, I, AND I I AGREE.
I THINK JUST GETTING OUT OF JUST BUSINESS AND JUST HAVING SOME FUN
UH, AND THE SILENT AUCTION WENT GREAT LAST YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US.
PUT IN ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION BEFORE I CAN GET TO IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE WILCO GROWTH SUMMIT.
SO THEN I'LL 12, I'LL MAKE A MOTION NOT TO EXCEED, I'LL SAY 1300.
UM, NO SPONSORSHIP OR ANYTHING, JUST A TABLE, UM, FOR US TO ATTEND.
WHERE DID YOU GET 5,000 FROM? I DON'T REMEMBER.
WE MAY HAVE SPONSORED IN PREVIOUS YEARS OR HAD LIKE A, A HIGHER LEVEL TABLE OR MULTIPLE TABLES IF I RECALL.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I BELIEVE IT'S RED CARPET IS THE THEME.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR LUCAS TO, UH, NOT TO EXCEED $1,300 FOR A TABLE FOR, UH, THE CHAMBER GALA JANUARY 27TH.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER OWENS.
IT IS SAYS FOR A TABLE OF 10 AT 1250 OR 1250.
SO I WILL AMEND MINE DOWN TO WHAT THE WEBSITE SAYS OF 1250 FOR A TABLE OF 10.
NOW I DID JUST LOOK AT, I I JUST GRABBED THEIR WEBSITE.
YEAH, I THINK, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE SAME ONE? IT SAYS 2023.
OH, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE DATE ON IT.
IS IT? OKAY, WELL THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE PAYING.
ALRIGHT GUYS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND YOUR MOTION OR, OR THE AMEND GO DOWN 1250, WHICH IS COST SECOND.
ALRIGHT, SO VICE CHAIR LUCAS SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER OWENS HAS REDUCED THE AMOUNT TO NOT TO EXCEED $1,250 FOR THE TABLE DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE, ROLL CALL TREASURER COLEMAN.
ALRIGHT, ONTO ITEM SEVEN THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTUAL REGARDING THE NAMING OF THE SPINE ROAD OF THE CORPORATION, UH, OWNED LAND KNOWN AS THE MEGASITE.
SO I KNOW, UM, I THINK ENGINEERING HAS SPOKEN TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE NEED TO DECIDE ON A NAME FOR THE SPINE ROAD.
UH, AS PLATTS COME IN, WE DO HAVE TO ASSIGN ADDRESSES TO THOSE THINGS.
SO AS DEVELOPMENT STARTS GOING, UH, WE'LL NEED AN ADDRESS FOR THEM AND THAT MEANS IT'S, UH, STREET NAMES.
SO, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE BOARD HAD SOME IDEAS THEY'D LIKE TO THROW OUT.
I DID GET THE NAMING POLICY FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THERE ARE SOME PARAMETERS AROUND THAT.
UM, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF, OF WHAT'S ALLOWED TO THIS POINT.
DO YOU HAVE THOSE HANDY BY CHANCE? NOT SUPER HANDY.
CAN YOU TELL US ALL WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE? MM-HMM.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE PARAMETERS ARE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO, YEAH, SO TYPICALLY, AND, AND, AND I'M SPEAKING OFF THE CUFF, I AM NO GIS EXPERT NOR 9 1 1 ADDRESSING EXPERT TO ANYTHING OF THE SORT.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THERE IS NOT DUPLICITY WITHIN THE SAME AREA.
IE WE CAN'T HAVE FARLEY STREET HERE AND THEN HAVE A FARLEY STREET, YOU KNOW, FOUR STREETS OVER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND ALSO MORE COMMON, YOU KNOW, SPELLINGS, THOSE TYPE OF THING.
UNLESS IF IT'S A NAME OTHER ODDS AND ENDS.
UM, BUT BASICALLY, I MEAN, THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY.
IF YOU PICK UP THE PHONE CALL AND SAY AND CALL NINE ONE ONE, YOU GET WILCO, YOU KNOW, DISPATCH, THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO TYPE THE ADDRESS IN AND GO AND YOU DON'T GET THAT WITH SOME FUNKY, YOU KNOW, NAMES OR CREATIVE SPELLING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE STANDARD OR COMMON WAY THAT YOU WOULD SPELL IT.
SO, UM, ONE THAT I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN THINKING OF FOR A WHILE, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING OF ROAD NAMES ACTUALLY FOR, FOR AGES SINCE, UH, PROBABLY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, UH, ONE THAT I, I'VE THROWN OUT THERE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF
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HOMAGE TO, TO HUDU AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER ASPECTS, UM, SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT HAS CHANGED TO A MIX OF TECH AS WELL AS UM, INDUSTRIAL FLEX SPACE.SO, BUT WOULD BE LIKE RIVER HORSE CROSSING.
SO IT STILL KEEPS THE HU PIECE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNTY CAN DO BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE HIPPOPOTAMUS WAY.
UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S JUST A LONG, UH, ROAD SIGN AND NOT TO MENTION, UM, MOST PEOPLE CAN'T SPELL HIPPOPOTAMUS.
WHERE DID I HEAR WHERE THE PERSON HAS TO BE DECEASED IF WE'RE GONNA NAME IT AFTER A PERSON? DID I, IS THAT, NO, YOU'RE CORRECT.
UH, TYPICALLY THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS TOLD BY STAFF AND I DID GET A NAMING POLICY.
UNFORTUNATELY IT IS THE STREET NAME CHANGE POLICY, NOT THE NAMING.
SO I WILL HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED, I, I BELIEVE IT WAS WHEN I WAS SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT, UM, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CHANGE STREET NAMES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NAMED.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HAVE, WHAT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST KIND OF PAYING HOMAGE TO, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY IN, IN AMERICA, BUT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCOMPLISHING THE GOAL OF ACCOMPLISHING THE GOAL OF OF, OF HAVING SOMETHING IN HU THAT WE DON'T HAVE YET.
UM, I WOULD THROW SOMETHING OUT LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO TECH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO ANYTHING AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MEGA SITE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO RENAME STREETS IN A CITY THAT'S ALREADY HAS STREET NAMES.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TO HAVE A MARTIN LUTHER KING, UM, REPRESENTATION, UM, IN THE CITY.
AND I WOULD, YOU KNOW, THROW THAT OUT FOR POSSIBLE NAMING FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS ROAD.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HISTORY, I THINK ABOUT HISTORY OF HUDU AS WELL AND YOU KNOW, TO ME, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT LAND WAS TO THE LANDOWNERS THERE AND HOW MUCH THAT LAND MEANT TO, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT FARMED IT AND LIVED ON IT.
AND THEY HAD PARENTS THAT THAT PURCHASED IT A VERY LONG TIME AGO AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM, YOU KNOW? UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S THE KRUGER UH, THE KRUGER TRACK.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO ME, I, WHEN I THINK ABOUT HISTORY AND I THINK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR LAND, UM, I I, THE KRUEGER'S, THE KRUEGER, A KRUEGER NAME TYPE THING COMES IN MY MIND AND I DON'T KNOW, TO ME IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO MEM MEMORIALIZE THE, THE, THE KRUEGER'S THAT WERE THERE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE KRUEGER'S THAT ARE STILL AROUND IN THE AREA.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE MY SUGGESTION, THAT'S MINE.
NO, I SAID THAT WHEN I DIDN'T I SAY THAT GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE GUYS.
ALRIGHT, SO, WELL HE SHOULD HAVE, HE HE WASTED.
WE GET ON CAMERA TO TRY TO STOP, SHOOT ALL.
ALRIGHT, SO I'VE ACTUALLY PULLED UP THE COUNTY STANDARDS.
SO COUNTY, UM, THE BASIC ADDRESS AND GUIDELINES THAT ARE OUT THERE ESSENTIALLY ARE, YOU CANNOT HAVE A STREET NAME MATCH ANY OTHER STREET NAME IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
SO IF YOU HAVE MLK IN GEORGETOWN, YOU CANNOT HAVE MLK IN HU BASED OFF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
AND, UH, CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, YES SIR.
UH, JUST FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS, UH, YOU, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION IF YOU SO WISH TO, UH, FOR YOUR, FOR WHATEVER NAME IT IS TO BE, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO CORRECT COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, THE UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE, UM, REGULATORY OR RULES.
I, I THINK, I GUESS MY GUESS IS KIND OF WHAT, UM, MR. LUCAS IS MORE OF A JUST PAYING A HOMAGE TO WHAT'S HERE AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN A THEME, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 23 YEARS.
YOU'VE GOT HOWARD NORMAN, WHICH, UH, THE LAND WAS BELONGED TO HOWARD NORMAN, UH, HE WAS A VETERAN.
YOU HAVE, UM, GU OQUIST WHO WAS ALSO A, A SERVANT, UH, PERSON.
AND A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS HERE YOU HAVE, UM, CURLY DOC, CURLY, UH, IS PAYING HOMAGE.
SO YEAH, I THINK IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN TIE IT TO EITHER TO THE LAND OR TO SOMEONE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON TONIGHT AND WE ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A NAME? OR IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO TAKE ACTION.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THE THING IS THE COUNTY NEEDS THE INFORMATION, THE CITY NEEDS THE INFORMATION.
LIKE WE GOTTA START DOING STUFF, OTHERWISE WE'RE GONNA CREATE NEW ISSUES.
UH, SO ONE POSSIBLE MOTION WOULD BE TO SUSPEND TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, IF THAT WAS WHAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT, WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS.
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THANKS.CITY MANAGER, IF I MAY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO LEND ITSELF TO AN APPROPRIATE TIMELINE BECAUSE ONCE A RECOMMENDATION IS MADE HERE, WHAT OTHER STEPS WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL? THANK YOU CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
JAMES ERP, CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD.
SO, SO WHENEVER YOU PLOT THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE STEP AFTER YOU HAVE EFFECTIVELY THE SURVEYS DONE, YOU KNOW WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS GOING AND YOU'RE SUBDIVIDING THE LAND, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE NAME ON THE PLAT, UH, IDENTIFIED.
SO THERE'S STILL SOME PROCESS TIMEFRAME REMAINING PLATTING, UH, I ASSUME THAT THE PLATT'S NOT READY TO GO CHENEY? NOT QUITE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT WILL, AS SOON AS WE'RE READY, THEY WILL SUBMIT.
WELL WHAT I'M SAYING IS, UH, THE ENGINEERING HASN'T PREPARED AN OVERALL, UH, PLOT FOR THE PROPERTY THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE ROAD AND, AND ALL THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO BE, TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BE ACCEPTED YET, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WAITING ON.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO MEET THE TIMELINE FOR.
SO, UH, IF THEY HAD ALL EVERYTHING READY TO GO AND SUBMITTED IT TOMORROW, IT'S STILL LIKE A 30 DAY PROCESS.
SO I, I THINK YOU COULD NOT NAME IT TONIGHT.
UM, NOT RECOMMEND A NAME ANYWAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WANT TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION OR NOT.
MOST OF THE TIME THE DEVELOPERS ARE THE ONES THAT DECIDE WHAT ROADS ARE NAMED.
SO IT'S NOT USUALLY SOMETHING YOU SEE, UH, OCCUR TOO TERRIBLY OFTEN.
UH, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU MIGHT WANNA MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, LET THE COUNCIL DECIDE OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST DECIDE AND LET THE COUNCIL PUSH BACK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE IT AS A BOARD, BUT UM, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD THINK.
WELL I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE QUESTION IS THAT DOES IT NEED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL? DOES IT NEED, I MEAN I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU DEFINE IT, RIGHT? UH, THE EDC OWNS THE PROPERTY.
UM, THE EDC IS BUILDING THE ROAD.
SO I THINK TECHNICALLY THE EDC COULD BE IN A POSITION OF MAKING THE STATEMENT THAT, THAT THEY GET TO DECIDE.
SO NEED VERSUS OUGHTS OR SHOULDS OR THOSE OTHER TYPES OF THINGS ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHICH, YOU KNOW, PATH Y'ALL WANT TO GO, WHETHER YOU WANT TO, TO OFFER FEEDBACK TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OR NOT.
AND YOU HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER ON HERE, SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK HIS OPINION ON WHAT HE THINKS.
SO A QUESTION I HAVE IS, CAN YOU CALL IT, DOES IT HAVE TO BE CALLED A ROAD? CAN IT BE CALLED AWAY? SO A NUMBER OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF ROAD.
SO YOU HAVE A, EFFECTIVELY YOU'RE DESIGNING A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROAD, THAT WOULD BE A PARKWAY, A CROSSING WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
UM, YOU GENERALLY RESERVE ROAD FOR JUST STANDARD LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, ARTERIAL ROADS, NOT THE BIGGER ONES.
UM, SO YEAH, I THINK YOU COULD DO, YOU'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY ON, ON THE, ON THE ENDING UH, DESIGNATION.
'CAUSE I, I BOULEVARD, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
BOULEVARD WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE THAT WOULD WORK TOO.
'CAUSE IF WE CAN'T HAVE MARTIN LUTHER KING ROAD OR BOULEVARD, CAN WE HAVE MLK WAY AS AN OPTION? 'CAUSE IT'S STILL, EVERYBODY WILL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT IT ALSO KIND OF STREAMLINES IT KEEPS IT SIMPLE, BUT IT'S JUST A GOOD RECOMMENDATION FROM BOARD MEMBER THOMPSON.
YOU WOULD JUST HAVE TO CROSS REFERENCE WITH THE OTHER ROADS THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY TO SEE IF THOSE ROADS ARE USED.
UM, SO I WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION TO NAME THE ROAD.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF HAVE A HISTORY AS A CITY OF NAMING THESE ROADS IN SUCH A WAY THAT UM, IT'S WHOMEVER'S PROVIDED IMPACT TO THAT AREA OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE SEEN IT WITH THE SCHMITZ AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT.
UM, THAT'S JUST ONE THAT COMES TO MIND.
BUT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE UM, NAME THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, KRUGER BOULEVARD AND CALL IT A DAY.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MYSELF.
SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR LUCAS TO NAME THE SPINE ROAD KRUGER BOULEVARD.
UH, BOARD CHAIR IF I MAY? YES SIR.
UH, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO CLARIFY THE SPELLING OR ARE YOU THE NAME OF THE UH, THE FAMILY? IS THAT THE, IT IS THE NAME OF THE FAMILY.
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THE SPELLING.IF, IF YOU WANNA BE EXTRA SPECIFIC THE NAME AS I IDENTIFIED ON THE DEED BEFORE IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE EDC.
HEARING NO DISCUSSION, ROLL CALL TREASURER COLEMAN NAY.
ALRIGHT, ITEM SEVEN FOUR DISCUSSED AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION R 2023 DASH 3 33 TO APPROVE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FUNDING AND REFUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUDU AND THE HUDU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE SPINE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THE RESOLUTION HERE IS GOING TO BE R DASH 2 0 2 3 DASH 3 3 4.
SO BOARD THIS ITEM, UH, COMES BEFORE YOU AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTING THE SPINE ROAD.
SO AT PRESENT THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR THE ROAD IS HELD BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUDU AND KRES.
UM, BUT THE EDC IS IN CHARGE OF ACTUALLY EXECUTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD.
AND SO LEGAL COUNSEL HAD RAISED THE CONCERN THAT SHOULD THERE BE A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN OF THE ROAD, THAT THE EDC HAS NO RECOURSE.
AND SO THIS AMENDMENT TO THE FUNDING AND REFUNDING AGREEMENT PROVIDES LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS WOULD BE RELEASED TO THE EDC ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN OF THE SPINE ROAD.
AND THAT ALSO, UM, UPON NOTIFICATION FROM THE EDC THAT THE CITY WOULD CURE ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE.
SO THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE, THE REQUESTED RECOURSE FROM COUNCIL LEGAL COUNSEL TO BE CLEAR OR NOT.
IF ANY BOARD MEMBERS DO HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, THEN THE MOTION WOULD BE TO MOVE TO TABLE TILL, UH, AFTER EXEC.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO TABLE UNTIL AFTER EXEC.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE A MOTION? IT'S AGREED UPON.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR LUCAS SECONDED BY UH, SECRETARY CLANCY TO THE TABLE UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION WE'LL CALL BOARD MEMBER OWENS AYE.
WE'LL CIRCLE BACK ON THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE BOARD WILL NOW RECESS THE OPEN MEETING OR RECONVENING EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TAKE SYSTEMIC CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 ATTORNEY CONSULTATION 5 5 1 0 8 7 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 5 5 1 0 7 2 PROPERTY DELIBERATE AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING RETAIL AND RESTAURANT INCENTIVES.
FINE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MEGASITE PROJECT PROJECT SKY ABOUT PROJECT SEQUEL PROJECT TITAN, PROJECT STRAT THREE PROJECT FLEX PROJECT GRACELAND PROJECT FE PROJECT, CHICAGO PROJECT PREMIER THE COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES PROJECT CG TWO, THE TIGHT NOTICE TO VAULT THE SALES TAX SHARING AGREEMENT WITH ESD THREE AND THE EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE CORPORATE FUNDS FOR INCENTIVES.
THE TIME IS SEVEN 14, RIGHT? THE TIME IS 7 49 AND WE HAVE RETURNED FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE HAD ITEM SEVEN FOUR, OR EXCUSE ME, WE HAVE NO ACTION OFF OF NINE ONE.
UM, WHICH WAS ANY ACTION UH, DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH, SO WE WILL BRING BACK ITEM SEVEN FOUR DISCUSSING CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING RESOLUTION R 2023 DASH 3 34 TO APPROVE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE FUNDING AND REFUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HU AND THE HUDA ECONOMIC CORPORATION FOR THE SPINE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER THOMPSON.
NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 10.
UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, I WOULD UM, RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD, UM, AND I'LL ALSO ASK FOR STAFF INPUT AFTER THIS.
UM, I BELIEVE WE ARE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE CAN,
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UH, REDUCE THE MEETING COUNT FROM TWO TIMES A MONTH TO ONE.UM, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S UP HERE 'CAUSE WE'VE BASICALLY GOT THE MEGA SITE RELATIVELY, YOU KNOW, WRAPPED UP IN TERMS OF UNDER CONTRACT EVERYTHING ELSE.
UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE GOT THE MASTER DEVELOPER FOR COTTONWOOD ESTABLISHED NOW, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, AARON, UM, AND UH, UM, MARCUS AS WELL FOR THAT.
UM, AND UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY AND GET SOME TIME BACK IF WE NEED A SPECIAL CALL MEETING, WHATEVER ELSE.
HEY, I'M AKAY WITH THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO TRY AND GET US AWAY FROM HAVING TO BE HERE LITERALLY EVERY MONDAY OF THE MONTH, UH, FOR A HOT SECOND.
IT'S FUNNY, I WAS GONNA DISCUSS THE SAME THING.
UM, UH, CHENEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT? UM, I MIGHT RECOMMEND THAT WE WAIT UNTIL THE TITAN NOTICE OF DEFAULT IS RESOLVED AS I WOULD EXPECT WE WOULD NEED MORE FREQUENT MEETINGS.
HOWEVER, IF THE BOARD WOULD PREFER CALLING SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS, THAT WOULD ALSO BE AN OPTION TO ADDRESS THAT.
I WILL LEAVE THAT TO Y'ALL TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.
I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING THOUGH.
AT LEAST HAVE BOARD FOR DISCUSSION.
YEAH, WELL DISCUSSION OVER IT AND MAKE A MOTION IF POSSIBLE.
WE DID HAVE A, AN ORIGINAL MOTION ON IT TO MOVE TO TWO TIMES A MONTH.
SO WE DO NEED A MOTION TO RETURN TO ONE TIME A I'M OFF, IN MY OPINION, THAT WAY WE'RE COVERED.
UM, SO I'D LIKE A AGENDA ITEM TO UH, HAVE, UH, NOW THAT WE SELECTED MIDWAY TO HAVE THEM COME IN AND KIND OF PRESENT TO ALL OF US, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR VISION IS AFTER DOING SOME SURVEYING ON THE LAND, LOOKING AT IT, UM, WHAT THEIR VISION WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SEEN WORK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY, WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR HISTORY.
AND THEN, UM, UH, JUST GIVING US, YOU KNOW, A PRESENTATION ON WHO THEY ARE.
I KNOW THEY, THEY DID THAT ALREADY, BUT I THINK THAT WAS MORE IN A, A FORMAL SETTING.
I THINK KIND OF AN INFORMAL UM, GET TO KNOW YOU WOULD BE BENEFICIAL THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS IN THE PUBLIC, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THESE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE? UM, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR US.
PLUS AT THE SAME TIME I THINK IT WOULD REALLY HELP US IN UM, YOU KNOW, STARTING THAT PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE BUTTONED UP SO THAT THEY CAN GET STARTED.
SO, UM, I'D JUST LIKE AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THAT POSSIBILITY AND SEE IF, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD WOULD BE ON BOARD WITH UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
SO I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS TO, AND I THINK MAYBE JUST FOR ME, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, INFORMATION ON HOW WE DO INCENTIVES AND GRANTS AND IF THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THAT.
I MEAN I KNOW THAT'S WHAT INCENTIVES OH, GOTCHA.
I KNOW THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE COME UP AND REQUEST THINGS AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A PROCESS THAT WE USED TO HAVE A PROCESS, UM, AND IF NOT JUST MAYBE NOT ANY SOON, BUT JUST KIND OF GET AN IDEA FOR US TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND THEN I'M, AND I'M ASKING PERMISSION FROM STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO PREVIOUS CLOSE SESSIONS IN REGARDING TO THE MEGA SITE IN COTTONWOOD, UH, TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE CONVERSATION.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN DO FROM LEGAL.
I CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND THANK YOU.
CHANEY, CAN YOU ADD TO YOUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT THE NEXT TIME? KIND OF A YEAREND REVIEW SORT OF, WE HAD A LOT OF THINGS GO OFF IN 2023.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY WATCH THESE STREAMS AND UNDERSTAND ALL THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2023 WOULD BE COOL JUST TO AT LEAST UPDATE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE BOARD THAT JOINED MID-YEAR OR YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT UH, SURE.
YOU KNOW, SO 2023, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.
MIGHT I PROPOSE DOING THAT AS A PRESENTATION THAT WAY THE SLIDE DECK WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD WANNA REVIEW THAT? DOES THAT WORK? SOUNDS GOOD.
ANYONE ELSE? HEARING NONE THE TIME IS 7 54.
WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS OR AGENDA WE ARE ADJOURNED AT, AT, UM, AND MIKE'S OFF 7 54.