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[(EDC) Board Meeting/(CDC) Board Meeting on October 15, 2024.]
RIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW SIX 30 AND I CALL THIS HEAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TYPE A AND TYPE B BOARD OF DIRECTORS INTO ORDER.CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? CHAIR CLANCY.
CAN YOU ALL JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND TWO, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY.
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL LIBERTY HONOR ON A TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO BE TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AN INDIVISIBLE O.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NOPE.
MOVING TO ITEM 5.1, STAFF WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON CRITICAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE MEGA SITE SPINE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES, MASTER PLANNING, CITY STAFF UPDATES, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS, WILLIAMSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PARTNERSHIP EVENT RECAPS, UPCOMING EVENTS AND PROPOSED PROJECTS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE CORPORATION IN 2025.
UH, SEVERAL UPDATES FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT.
THE MEGASITE SPINE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE FIRE ACCESS ROAD.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO TO THIS POINT.
UM, THERE IS SOME RELOCATION NEEDED BY ENCORE OF A COUPLE OF POLES THAT STAND IN THE PATH BETWEEN, UH, WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO END THE ROAD AND WHERE IT NEEDS TO TIE INTO 33 49.
SO WE HAVE GOTTEN AN UPDATE FROM ENCORE AT PRESENT.
THEY ARE PLANNING TO RELOCATE THOSE POLLS, UH, FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF 2025.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SEE IF WE CAN EXPEDITE THAT, UH, AS WE WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT PIECE OF THE PROJECT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES MASTER PLANNING.
THERE'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, SO WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AT THAT TIME.
BUT JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO THE OVERPASS.
SO, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR COORDINATION EFFORTS BETWEEN MIDWAY AND GARVER, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN ENGINEER, UM, AS WELL AS CITY ENGINEER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS PATH FORWARD.
UM, AND THAT IS THE IMPETUS FOR THE REQUEST FROM MIDWAY TONIGHT.
UH, JUST STILL THE UNKNOWN OF THAT AND, AND TIMELINE, SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S UNDERWAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, BRIAN THOMPSON JOINED US AT 6 33.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, STAFFING UPDATES.
SO TODAY WE WELCOMED OUR NEW BUSINESS RESOURCE SPECIALIST.
HER NAME IS EMILY VITROS, AND SHE WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE REST OF THE CITY TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY AT THE FIRST, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME HER.
I HOPE SHE HAD A GREAT FIRST DAY.
UH, IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE HER A PART OF THE TEAM, AND THE TEAM IS REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HER AS WELL.
SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SHE ADDS TO OUR EFFORTS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
MAN, I CAN'T LOOK AT YOU WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO, UH, THE UPDATE FROM THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE FOR CITY COUNCIL OR SUBCOMMITTEE RATHER FROM CITY COUNCIL IS THAT I THINK THEY ARE PLANNING TO NOMINATE, UH, IN NOVEMBER.
SO, UM, IF THEY CAN DO IT THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER, THEN WE WOULD HAVE OUR NEW BOARD MEMBER PRESENT FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD IN NOVEMBER.
SO JUST WANNA THANK SEAN FOR ALL OF HIS TIME AND TALENTS THAT HE'S GIVEN TO THIS BOARD, AND, UH, BY WAY THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU AND WISH YOU SO MUCH JOY AND SUCCESS IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER.
SO, UH, DELEGATION JUST RETURNED FROM SOUTH KOREA.
UH, I GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY WITH THE RECAP, SO I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO PREP THAT FOR THIS MEETING, BUT I WILL PROVIDE THAT UPDATE AT THE MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A PRETTY ROBUST TRIP.
AND, UM, THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A TRIP TO SOUTH KOREA IS FEBRUARY FOR SEMICON.
UH, AND THEN THE ONE FOLLOWING THAT IS PLANNED FOR AROUND JUNE.
SO WE'LL EVALUATE WHAT THOSE AGENDAS ARE LOOKING LIKE AND I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO
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THE BOARD, UM, TO DECIDE WHICH TRIP THEY WOULD PREFER THAT I ATTEND.BASED ON THE ANTICIPATED AGENDAS, WE MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS FOR THE JUNE TRIP, BUT THAT IS AN ANNUAL TRIP.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE, UM, EVENTS THAT WERE, WERE, UH, PARTICIPATED IN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS TO KIND OF WEIGH THOSE DECISIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UH, SINCE THE BOARD IS FUNDING THAT TRIP, I THINK IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT Y'ALL DECIDE, UH, WHICH ONE IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND ADVANTAGEOUS FOR ME TO ATTEND.
UM, EVENT RECAPS SO MUCH, LOTS OF GROUNDBREAKINGS, LOTS OF RIBBON CUTTINGS.
UM, MYSELF AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAVE ATTENDED LOTS OF EVENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, WELCOMING NEW BUSINESSES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, GROUNDBREAKING FOR SEGMENT TWO OF THE WILCO EAST WILCO HIGHWAY.
SO SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT TO BE UNDERWAY.
UM, POWER BREAKFAST TOASTED BY THE CHAMBER AND ESD THREE, THE CHAMBER LUNCHEON
UH, WE ALSO ATTENDED A PRE LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT PUT ON BY THE TAYLOR CHAMBER.
UM, I ATTENDED THAT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY OR, OR AS AN INVITED GUEST OF THE COUNTY AND THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.
UH, THE SPEAKER THERE WAS DR. RAY PERRYMAN, SO HE'S ALSO, IT WAS HIM AND HIS FIRM THAT DID OUR HIGHWAY 79 CORRIDOR STUDY.
UM, SO ONE THING I WANTED TO REPORT BACK TO THIS BOARD IS JUST THE CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON WORKFORCE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT BEING SUCH A LEADING DECISION MAKING POINT FOR A LOT OF BUSINESSES ABOUT WHERE THEY LOCATE AS WELL AS WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO EXPAND OR LEAVE A COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IS GONNA CONTINUE TO BE A CONSTANT PRIORITY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WHICH IS PARTLY WHY I'M SO EXCITED THAT EMILY'S HERE AND CAN REALLY PICK UP THE BATON, UH, AND RUN WITH IT.
SO, UM, KIND OF IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, THEY ALSO REALLY, UM, FOCUSED ON THE K 12 EDUCATION PIECE AS WELL BECAUSE THEY DO SEE THAT TALENT PIPELINE STARTING AT HOME.
SO, UM, HOW WE LEVERAGE OUR LOCAL K 12, UM, IS GONNA BE REALLY CRITICAL IN FEEDING AND KEEPING THAT PIPELINE NICE AND FULL AND HEALTHY MOVING FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND ATTRACT BIGGER BUSINESSES TO HURO.
UH, THE HIGHWAY 79 CORRIDOR REPORT, SPEAKING OF, UH, IS COMPLETE.
SO I WILL BE BRINGING THAT REPORT BACK TO Y'ALL IN NOVEMBER.
I HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH THE OTHER PARTICIPATING CITIES AND RAY PERRYMAN TO REVIEW THAT IN DETAIL, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ET CETERA.
UM, WHAT I MAY DO IS SEND THAT OUT TO Y'ALL AHEAD OF TIME.
THAT WAY YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, SO THAT I CAN BE SURE AND ASK THOSE AND GET CLARIFICATION AND CIRCLE BACK WITH THOSE ANSWERS AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING AND MY PRESENTATION ON THAT.
OKAY, I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR EVENTS.
OH MY GOSH, I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THAT.
SO, UM,
I DO WANNA SHARE, WE HAVE A FULL PAGE AD COMING OUT, UH, NEXT WEEK IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS JOURNAL AND I DO HAVE THE PROOF HERE.
SO IF ANYONE ON THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT OR SUPER EXCITED, IT IS THEIR INDUSTRIAL EDITION.
SO THIS AD IS TAILORED TO INDUSTRIAL RECRUITMENT.
UM, SO SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THAT OUT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A HALF PAGE AD GOING INTO AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL'S BOOK OF LISTS, WHICH IS A GREAT RESOURCE, VERY, UM, VERY WELL REFERENCED, UM, BY VARIOUS, UH, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, SITE SELECTION, UH, REAL ESTATE, ET CETERA.
AND OUR AD WILL BE IN THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SECTION.
SO WE'LL TAILOR THAT AD TO THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF, UH, RECRUITMENT.
SO EXCITED ABOUT THOSE MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO NEED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM.
THEY ARE SO GOOD AT COLLABORATING.
THEY'RE SO GOOD AT PUTTING OUR VISION INTO ACTUAL IMAGES AND CONTEXT AND COPY AND COLOR SCHEMES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY GREAT, UH, PARTNERSHIP.
AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SHOUT OUT OUR MARKETING ANALYSTS.
SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB PARTNERING WITH THAT TEAM TO REALLY LEAN INTO THE DATA COMPONENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE APPROPRIATE BUZZWORDS THAT ARE GONNA GET, UM, REACTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT PARTNERSHIP BLOSSOMING TOO IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
IN THAT AD, WHAT DO YOU FOCUS ON? ARE WE FOCUSING ON LAND SALES OR JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF HUDU IN GENERAL? SO IT IS FOCUSED ON EDC.
SO THIS REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AD FOCUSES ON ACCESS.
SO OUR TAG, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WE LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS YEAR, IS HUDU HAS IT.
SO THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS HUDU HAS IT ACCESS.
AND SO WE TALK ABOUT OUR ACCESS TO LAND, INCLUDING THE EDC OWNED PROPERTY, OUR MOBILITY, OUR ACCESS TO UTILITIES, UH, TALKING ABOUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, OUR WORKFORCE TRAINING, ACCESS.
UM, AND IT'S GOT SOME MAPS ON HERE AND THEN
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OUR BELOVED HIPPO WITH THE PUZZLE PIECES.UH, AND THOSE FACTOIDS ARE GEARED TOWARD THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE RATHER THAN THE RETAIL THAT IT WAS DEVELOPED FOR FOR ICSC.
UH, I ALSO ATTENDED AN ARM, UH, WHICH IS THE AUSTIN REGIONAL MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION, THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
I WAS A GUEST OF TSTC, SO GOT TO LISTEN TO SOME GREAT SESSIONS THERE.
UM, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE A REALLY CRITICAL PARTNER FOR US AS WE EXPAND OUR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FOOTPRINT HERE IN HURO.
SO, UH, I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND THAT AND GRATEFUL TO TSTC FOR INVITING ME TO THAT, UM, PROJECTS.
OKAY, SO AS WE STARTED TO DISCUSS WITH THE JOINT MEETING, UH, WITH CITY COUNCIL, UM, ON THE THIRD THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BOARD TO LEAN INTO YOUR ABILITY TO FUND VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS.
IF ALL OF OUR LAND SALES GO THROUGH AS PLANNED, THIS BOARD WILL BE IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO ENGAGE IN THOSE PROJECTS.
SO I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE CITY ENGINEER AND COLLABORATING ON WHAT IS ON THE CIP LIST, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR THIS CORPORATION TO POTENTIALLY FUND OR PARTNER IN SOME MANNER TO HELP EXPEDITE THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, AND SO SOME OF THOSE IDEAS ARE GONNA BE KEY CORRIDOR ROADS THAT IMPACT WHAT WE KNOW IS GONNA BE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT AHEAD OF THAT A LITTLE BIT, UM, AND PROVIDE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT, THAT ROADWAY THAT ARE GONNA BE MUCH NEEDED AND REALLY IMPACTFUL.
UM, OTHER THINGS ARE POTENTIALLY IMPROVING A TRAIL SYSTEM, UH, IN HUDU THAT'S RATED HIGH ON OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY, UH, CONSISTENTLY.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AND NEEDS.
UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS, EXAMPLES, UH, INCLUDE, UH, AN EVENT VENUE, UH, HERE IN HURO.
SO THAT AGAIN, HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ASKED FOR.
AND I KNOW VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN GATHER AND HOST EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS AND, UM, MEETINGS EVEN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE JUST A SPRINKLING OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING AND CITY ENGINEER AND I WILL BRING A PROPOSAL TO YOU TO CONSIDER, UM, AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING AS WELL.
SO THAT'LL BE A LITTLE JOINT PRESENTATION WITH US.
AND THEN THAT SHOULD SET US UP NICELY TO THEN TAKE THOSE IDEAS TO COUNCIL AT THE NEXT JOINT MEETING, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES IN JANUARY.
WILL WATER WASTEWATER ALSO BE A TOPIC OF CONSIDERATION? IT CAN, UM, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE.
UM, AND THAT AGAIN, IS GONNA BE, UH, KIND OF A WORKING CONVERSATION, BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE IS INCLUDED, WE CERTAINLY CAN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY WITH THE SOUTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION AND SOME OF THE MEGASITE WASTEWATER LINES AND WATER LINES, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, WE'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I'LL ALSO BE CONSULTING WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS WE BRING YOU ARE ACTUALLY APPROVED
WELL, AND THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION, LIKE MAKING SURE WE HAVE A LIST OF CANS AND CAN'T YES.
OF, OF THINGS THAT WE, WE ARE ABLE TO DO OR NOT.
AND CHA THE, THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS AND ON LIVE OAK AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE WALKABILITY THINGS THAT I KNOW WERE CONSIDERED IN CIP.
'CAUSE THAT DOES BRING UP ONE OTHER, UM, POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT THE BOARD MAY CONSIDER, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO SORT OF SPREAD THE LOVE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, YES, WE WANNA BE SUPPORTING THINGS THAT ARE, UM, GONNA BE KEY FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL GROWTH THAT WE KNOW IS COMING IN SOME DEVELOPMENT.
AND I'LL SHARE A MAP WITH Y'ALL AS WELL THAT A DEVELOPER SHARED WITH ME ABOUT WHAT'S COMING DOWN LIMMER LOOP, UH, CLOSER TO THE ONE 30.
UM, BUT WE ALSO THINK ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? AND THERE WAS RECENTLY A WORKSHOP FOR CITY COUNCIL WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THE ROADS IN OLD TOWN AND KIND OF REIGNITED THE LIVE OAK PROJECT.
UM, PECAN STREET IS ALSO ANOTHER NICE CONNECTOR, UH, THAT'S IS STILL IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS.
AND FOR NOW, UM, NOT KNOWING THE TIMELINE FOR THE CO-OP BUILD OUT, UM, THROUGH PECAN, THE PECAN STREET AREA, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE IF APPROVED, UH, TO BE FUNDED BY THE CORPORATION WE WOULD BRING FORWARD.
BECAUSE FOR NOW THAT CONNECTS A MAJOR PARKING AREA.
SO WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY ECONOMIC IMPACT, UM, THAT IS A GREAT WALKING, UH, CONNECTION FROM PARKING AT THE CO-OP AND WITH THE GARAGE ABOUT TO OPEN HERE, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'S GONNA BE EVEN MORE SO PEOPLE ARE PARKING OVER HERE TO WALK TO EVENTS DOWNTOWN.
SO PROVIDING, UH, SAFE PASSAGE
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WITH SIDEWALKS AND THE APPROPRIATE DRAINAGE, PUTTING UTILITIES UNDERGROUND, THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, I THINK WOULD BE A STRONG CONTENDER FOR THE SPORT TO CONSIDER AS WELL.AND IT HELPS GET THAT BALANCE BETWEEN IS, ARE WE DOING PARKS AND TRAILS A LITTLE BIT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, ROAD PROJECTS FOCUSING ON OUR DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE AND BRING YOU A NICE ROBUST LIST OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT HIT ON VARIOUS PRIORITIES, UM, BOTH OF THIS BOARD AND ALSO COUNCIL SO THAT THERE'S A GOOD, UM, COLLABORATION THERE.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY, UH, ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE COMMITMENT TO MIDWAY IS GONNA BE TO REALLY DEVELOP OUT THAT COTTONWOOD PROJECTS PRIOR TO TAKING ON SOME OF THESE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS? THAT WOULD BE MY GOAL, IS TO HAVE THAT BETTER IRONED OUT PRIOR TO THE NEXT JOINT EDC CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JANUARY.
UM, THEY'VE ASKED FOR A 90 DAY EXTENSION AND I THINK IN THAT TIME, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON AN ACTUAL CONTRACT AND A TIMELINE, UH, KIND OF IF THIS, THEN THAT SITUATION.
SO IF WE GET CONFIRMATION ON WHAT THE ROAD, THE OVERPASS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, AT WHAT POINTS, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THIS WAY.
LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK, MAKE SURE I HIT EVERYTHING.
UH, UPCOMING EVENTS, HOLIDAYS IN HU SORRY, I GOTTA CIRCLE BACK 'CAUSE THAT'S HUGE.
SO HOLIDAYS IN HU UH, THREE OF THE EVENTS ARE NOW UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DUE TO THEIR ECONOMIC IMPACT POTENTIAL.
SO SMALL BUSINESS SHOP SMALL SATURDAY IS, UM, NOVEMBER 30TH, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30TH.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE MORE OF A CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR FOR US THAN AN ACTUAL EVENT JUST BECAUSE HISTORICALLY THAT EVENT WITH REGARD TO THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, ACTUAL SHOPPING AND SALES IMPACT HAS NOT BEEN, UM, QUITE AS HIGH AS WE WOULD LIKE.
SO WE ARE PUTTING MORE EFFORTS INTO A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND REALLY LEVERAGING GIFTY, UM, WHICH IS A, AN E-GIFT CARD, UM, THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH LAST YEAR.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE WORD OUT AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BOTH POTENTIAL SHOPPERS AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESSES TO GET MORE BUSINESSES SIGNED UP.
BUT EFFECTIVELY YOU CAN BUY A GIFTY GIFT CARD FOR HU AND ANY BUSINESS THAT'S SIGNED UP, YOU CAN USE THAT GIFT CARD.
SO IT'S KIND OF A ONE-STOP SHOP TO SPEND IN MULTIPLE BUSINESSES.
UH, AND IT ALSO TAKES THE BURDEN OFF OF OUR BUSINESS OWNERS TO HAVE TO TRY TO MANAGE A GIFT CARD, UH, PLATFORM OR PROCESS OR GIFT CERTIFICATES.
SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.
SO WE'LL BE PARTNERING, PARTNERING WITH THEM AS WELL AS AMERICAN EXPRESS.
THIS IS KIND OF THEIR BIG, BIG SMALL EVENT.
SO WE'LL BE LEVERAGING SOME OF THEIR MARKETING COLLATERAL AS WELL.
UM, AND, AND PUSHING THAT OUT.
THE OTHER EVENT THAT IS, UH, UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE HIPPO CLAUSE CRAWL.
SO IT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN THE SANTA CLAUS CRAWL AND, UM, TRYING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE DEI AND B COMMISSION, UM, KIND OF MAKING OUR EVENTS MORE INCLUSIVE AND NOT SO, UM, RELIGION SPECIFIC OR BELIEF SPECIFIC.
SO IT IS THE HIPPO CLAUSE CRAWL AND UM, WE HAVE A NEW LOGO THIS YEAR, SO THAT'LL BE ON DECEMBER 7TH, SATURDAY DECEMBER 7TH.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE EVER IN THAT EVENT'S HISTORY, SO WE'LL BE SELLING OVER A THOUSAND TICKETS FOR THAT
SO WE'RE EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT, WE'RE REALLY ELEVATING THE EVENT WITH SOME DIFFERENT ACTIVATIONS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF NEW, NEW, BIGGER, BETTER COMING TO IT.
UM, AND SO LOOK FOR THOSE DETAILS TO COME OUT IN THE COMING WEEKS.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR HOLIDAY MARKET.
UM, AND THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED OUR, OUR CHRISTMAS FAIR.
AND COUPLE CHANGES TO THAT NAME, WE'VE CHANGED IT TO THE HOLIDAY MARKET AGAIN IN AN EFFORT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INCLUSIVE 'CAUSE PEOPLE CAN BUY GIFTS FOR ANYTHING, RIGHT? NOT JUST CHRISTMAS.
SO, UH, WE HAVE EXPANDED THAT TO, TO TRY TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE.
ALSO, WE REPLACED THE FAIR WITH MARKET BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO POSITION THIS MORE AS A SHOPPING EVENT, NOT SO MUCH A FAMILY FUN EVENT.
UM, PARKS IS TAKING OVER THE, THE FAMILY FOCUSED EVENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND WE'RE TAKING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED, UH, EVENTS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME CHANGES AND THAT'LL BE THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY ON THE 14TH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE, THOSE LITTLE TIDBITS OUT.
IS CHAMBER INVOLVED? THEY USUALLY PARTICIPATE, YEAH, THEY'RE USUALLY A, A VENDOR OR A BOOTH, UH, AT MOST OF THE EVENTS, SO WE ANTICIPATE THEM TO BE INVOLVED THIS TIME TOO.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU CHANEY, FOR THE UPDATES.
UM, MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO AGENDA
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ITEM 6.1, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE CORPORATION'S MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER, 2024.CHRISTINA BISHOP, CITY CONTROLLER.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL RECEIVED THE SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN YOUR EMAIL.
UH, YOUR FISCAL YEAR DOES END SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO THIS IS A GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE YOU'RE GONNA LAND FOR THE YEAR.
OF COURSE, THERE'S STILL LAST MINUTE INVOICES TRICKLING IN, ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE, BUT, UM, I THINK OVERALL, UM, OVERALL IT WAS A A, A GOOD YEAR FOR THE EDC.
UH, ONE ITEM I WANNA TOUCH ON IS THAT, UH, WE MADE THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY TOURS, UH, THIS MONTH THAT CAME TO $22,868.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THIS, UH, THERE'S AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TS THAT 50% OF SALES TAXES GENERATED IN THE CO-OP THAT THE EDC RECEIVES GOES BACK TO THE TS AND THAT IN TURN GOES TO THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THERE TO BUY DOWN THEIR ASSESSMENT.
SO ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET YOU'LL SEE A DUE TO CITY OF HUTS AND THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HAS OCCURRED, BUT I'M HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
SO I SAW ANOTHER JORDAN FOSTER INVOICE ON THERE.
DID, DID YOU SEND THOSE OUT TO US? THERE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANOTHER INVOICE.
UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE THE BANK STATEMENT REGISTER, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A CHECK THAT WAS ALREADY ISSUED THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SIGNED OFF ON AND APPROVED, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING, UM, NEW FOR JORDAN FOSTER THIS MONTH.
THAT WAS ON, I THINK LAST, UH, ON THE 26TH OF SEPTEMBER.
SO THAT CHECK WOULD'VE BEEN CUT SEPTEMBER 26TH.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF A MEETING THAT, OH, I THINK YOU HAD CALLED SIGNERS IN FOR THAT ONE.
SO THAT, YEAH, THAT ONE MESSAGE AGAIN, IF WE CAN GET AN EMAIL WHEN THOSE ARE EMAILED TO YOU, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, SO THAT WE HAVE SOME TIME, UM, LIKE A 30 DAY NOTICE BEFORE WE CUT THOSE CHECKS.
BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD ON HERE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS GONNA BRING UP MADAM CHAIR, I, I COMMUNICATED WITH CHRISTINA, I WAS UNCERTAIN WHAT DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS MEANT AND SHE EXPLAINED IT IN EMAIL AND I WOULD JUST INVITE HER TO SAY IT PUBLICLY FOR EVERYBODY JUST SO THAT I NEEDED TO LEARN THE NOMENCLATURE.
SO, UM, ON THE BALANCE SHEET, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A BUSINESS LOANS FOR $63,308 AND THEN AN, UM, AN OFFSETTING ACCOUNT FOR THE CALLED ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS FOR $63,308.
SO, UH, BACK DURING COVI, THE CORPORATION HAD ISSUED LOANS TO, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES TO HELP WITH, UH, RELIEF.
UM, THERE WAS A MAJOR CHAIN OF EVENTS AND THOSE LOANS STOPPED BEING COLLECTED FOR, UH, A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME.
BECAUSE OF THAT, OUR AUDITORS THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY KIND OF NEED TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S A GOOD POSS GIVEN PAST PERFORMANCE, THERE'S A GOOD HISTORY THAT SOME OF THESE WON'T BE COLLECTED.
SO FOR YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO BE VERY FAIRLY STATED, WHATEVER YOU THINK YOU'RE GETTING IN THE SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, JUST CONSIDER IT A BONUS.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT ACCOUNT IS.
AND THEN DID WE LOOK ANY, UH, ANY, UM, OPTIONS FOR THE ALLIANCE BANK, UM, TO RECEIVE ANY INTEREST? 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT LAST MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE ALLIANCE BANK ISN'T RECEIVING INTEREST AND SO, UM, WE WERE JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD PUT IT INTO SOMETHING, AN INTEREST BEARING IF, IF WE CAN EARN INTEREST ON THAT ACCOUNT.
I, I'VE, I HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET.
SO DO WE HAVE ACTION TO APPROVE THE CORPORATION'S MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 24? 2024? I MOVE.
WE, UH, ACCEPT THE REPORT AS A GIVEN.
WE HAVE FIRST BY MINTON SECOND, AND THEN SECOND AND BY OWENS.
UM, MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FIRST BY MINTON AND SECONDED BY OWENS.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UM, IF NOT, CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? BOARD MEMBER THOMPSON.
UM, THIS PASSES SEVEN ZERO AND THEN SIX TWO DISCUSS MS. CHAIR BEFORE YOU DO, UH, SIX TWO.
IS IT OKAY IF WE MOVE SIX THREE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN POSTPONE OR DELAY SIX FOUR
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UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION? YEAH, I, I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT.DO WE NEED A MOTION? MOTION? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO UNLESS ANY, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS? NO.
SO WE'LL PULL OUT SIX THREE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND POSTPONE SIX FOUR TILL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION AND FIVE AND SIX FIVE.
ARE WE DOING 6 5 2 CHENEY OR HP? UH, THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE BOARD IF YOU'D PREFER TO.
SIX THREE AND SIX FOUR ARE KIND OF RELATED AND THEY'RE STACKED THAT WAY BECAUSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS SIX THREE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
RIGHT? SIX FOUR DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF TO PURSUE IF, IF WE CAN'T GET PAST SIX THREE.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY I PULLED THOSE TWO.
SO IS THERE, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE, YOU WANNA DELAY SIX FIVE? NO.
YEAH, WE SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND DO SIX FIVE AND GET THAT MAKES SENSE.
YEAH, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE MINUTES.
SIX TWO
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SIX TWO AS PRESENTED.
OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION BY LUCAS AND I'LL SECOND THAT AND SECONDED BY UM, MCLAUGHLIN.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? CAN I GET A ROLL CALL PLEASE? SECRETARY OWENS AYE.
PASSES SEVEN ZERO AND THEN WE'LL SKIP TO SIX FIVE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION R DASH 2024 DASH 2 58 APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT HP.
SO AT THE BOARD'S DIRECTION AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, UM, I WORKED WITH LEGAL COUNSEL TO DRAFT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT HP AS DIRECTED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BY THIS BOARD.
UH, THAT DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS WELL AS THE CORRESPONDING RESOLUTION.
SO, UM, WE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANYTHING REGARDING NEGOTIATIONS THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE CHANGED AS FAR AS TERMS, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE PULLED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
HAS THIS BEEN PRESENTED TO THEM ALREADY? YES, AND WE DO HAVE THEIR SIGNATURE.
I, THE FORMATTING IS A LITTLE BIT OFF SO I PRINTED OUR COPY AND I'VE ALREADY COMMUNICATED WITH THEM THAT WE'LL NEED TO GET A ANOTHER SIGNATURE, BUT I DO HAVE, THEY HAVE AGREED TO IT IS THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT.
SO THEY HAVE AGREED TO THIS AS WRITTEN? CORRECT.
SO WE'RE PULLING THIS INTO EXECUTIVE, NOT NECESSARILY JUST IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ABOUT TERMS OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SHOOTING POINTS? OKAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT HP.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
OKAY, SO I HAVE A FIRST BY SECRETARY OWENS AND SECONDED BY TREASURER GIDEON, MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? I MEAN, SORRY.
UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? NO.
UM, CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? TREASURER GIDEON AYE.
MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO AND THEN WE WILL SKIP DOWN TO SIX FIVE.
OH, OKAY, NOW WE'RE ON TO SEVEN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, THE BOARD WILL NOW RECESS THE OPENING MEETING AND RECONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT OF, UH, TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT 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 RURAL PROPERTY TO DELIBERATE AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE, UH, REGARDING LITIGATION PERTAINING TO JSR COMPANY INC.
PROJECT JJPD PROJECT, HP PROJECT WELCOME MAP PROJECT MAG MAVERICK, UH, SPINE ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE MEGASITE PROJECT PROJECT TITAN PROJECT
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FLEX PROJECT STRAT THREE, UH, PROJECT FAY PROJECT GARDEN, THE FARM LEASE AT THE MEGA SITE, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES AND MOU WITH MID MIDWAY, THE OVERPASS PROJECT AT HIGHWAY 79 AND CR 1 32 AND THE EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE CORPORATE FUNDS FOR INCENTIVES.THE TIME IS NOW 7 0 1 AND WE ARE ENTERING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS NOW 9 32 AND WE'RE ENTERING, OR I MEAN WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION SO WE'RE GOING TO ITEM 6.3 MM-HMM,
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION R DASH 2024 DASH 22 5 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT AND NOTICE TO PROCEED WITH TITAN CHAIR, I MOVE, WE APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2024 DASH 2 25 AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY, UM, BOARD MEMBER MINTON AND SECONDED BY TREASURER GIDEON.
UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.
CAN WE CALL FOR A VOTE PLEASE? SECRETARY OWENS AYE.
MOTION PASSES 7 0 6 0.4 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION R DASH 2024 DASH 2 26 APPROVING A CHANGE ORDER FOR JORDAN FOSTER CONSTRUCTION RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SPINE ROAD PROJECT CHAIR.
WE ACCEPT RESOLUTION R 2024 DASH 2 26 AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY, UM, VICE CHAIR MITTEN AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MCLAUGHLIN.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.
CAN I CALL VOTE PLEASE? BOARD MEMBER THOMPSON AYE.
7 0 6 0.5 DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION ARE, OH, SORRY.
UM, 8.1, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING THE MOU EXTENSION REQUEST FROM MIDWAY.
FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE AND PLANNING OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOU EXTENSION REQUEST FOR MIDWAY FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE AND PLANNING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE, UM, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY BOARD MEMBER OR SECRETARY OWENS AND SEC SECOND IN BY VICE CHAIR MITTEN.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? NO.
7 0 8 2 POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANYTHING.
I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANYTHING.
GOING ON TO NINE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN PRIOR MEETINGS, TO WORK ON OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO TACKLE ON, UM, BUSINESSES THAT WE WANNA FOCUS ON WITH THAT.
AND FOR, FOR THE CHAIR'S BENEFIT, I WOULD ASK CHENEY THAT WITH OUR MONTHLY REPORTS WE GET A SCHEDULE OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR THE, UH, SPINE ROAD THAT INDICATES PROGRESS AND NOTES, WEATHER AND, UH, ANY OTHER POTENTIAL DELAYS
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THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE CHANGE ORDER.IT'S JUST A INFORMATION ONLY ITEM.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT? MADAM CHAIR? YES, I AGREE.
THE TIME IS NOW 9 36 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.