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[(EDC) Board Meeting/(CDC) Board Meeting on September 14, 2026.]
THE TIME IS 6 35.I CALL TO ORDER THIS HATO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TYPE A AND TYPE B BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
UH, BOARD MEMBER SCHNEIDER HERE.
WE'LL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
IP ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
DID WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? NOPE.
UH, MOVING ON TO ECONOMIC DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
STAFF WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON CRITICAL PROJECTS INCLUDING THE PECAN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THE RIGHT OF WAY OPTIMIZATION PROJECT, CITY OF HU FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, KEY PARTNERSHIPS, UH, PARTNERSHIPS, UPDATES INCLUDING WILLIAMSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, HU AREA CHAMBER, AND INFORMATION ON RECENT AND FUTURE EVENTS.
UH, SO PECAN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE DESIGN TEAM FROM HALF, SO I WON'T STEAL THEIR THUNDER, BUT I DO WANT TO NOTATE THREE THINGS THAT THEY'LL BE ASKING DIRECTION FOR FROM THE BOARD TONIGHT, JUST SO YOU HAVE THOSE IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE LISTENING TO PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, ONE IS THE DIRECTIONAL PARKING ON PECAN STREET.
YOU'LL SEE OPTIONS FOR ANGLED PARKING OR PARALLEL PARKING.
SO WE NEED THAT INPUT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AN ALTERNATIVE PARKING ON MAIN AND WEST THAT WOULD REMOVE THE PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF THOSE STREETS.
AND THEN, UH, UTILITIES, WE NEED YOU TO WEIGH IN ON THE PROPOSED COMBINATION OF OPEN DITCH AND BURIED UTILITIES.
OR IF YOU REALLY WANT IT TO MIRROR FARLEY, IT WOULD BE BURIED UTILITIES THE WHOLE WAY.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S TIME AND COST IMPLICATIONS THERE THAT THEY'LL DIG INTO.
SO THOSE THREE THINGS WE NEED TONIGHT.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA WANT YOUR FEEDBACK ON, BUT THOSE ARE THREE KIND OF CRITICAL PATH ITEMS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN AND COMPLETE IT, UM, AS SCHEDULED.
WE HAD THE OPEN HOUSE FOR PECAN STREET PROJECT LAST WEEK.
UM, THAT WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HERE AT CITY HALL.
AND THEN WE ALSO POSTED ON OUR SOCIALS SO PEOPLE CAN WEIGH IN FROM HOME OR WORK, OR NOT FROM THE CAR,
UH, SO THAT CLOSES ON WEDNESDAY, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT FEEDBACK TO INCORPORATE AS WELL.
AND, UM, IT WAS, IT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, BUT THEN IT'S ALSO VERY SPECIFIC ASKS ON THE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACTUALLY INFORM.
SO, UM, THE, THEY'RE LIKELY TO SEE THEIR FEEDBACK IMPLEMENTED INTO A, THE PROJECT VERSUS, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC BEFORE WHERE WE ASK FOR INPUT AND THEN DON'T TAKE IT.
SO WE TRY TO BE REALLY MINDFUL OF WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACTUALLY INFLUENCE ON THIS PROJECT AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE OR IT'S ON ALL OF OUR SOCIALS.
SO IT'S ON THE DOWNTOWN HU PAGES AND THE CITY, OR, YEAH, THE CITY HEAD OF, OF HU PAGES AS WELL.
UM, THE RIGHT OF WAY OPTIMIZATION PROJECT CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE FY 27 BUDGET, SO THAT INCLUDED, UM, CARRYOVER COSTS FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING THE SURVEY COMPLETED LATER THIS MONTH AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UH, FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, THE DESIGN REVISIONS CONTINUE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN INCORPORATING THE, UM, FEEDBACK FROM OUR CONSULTANTS AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES WILL BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING TO GET OPERATIONAL COST IMPLICATIONS FROM THEM AS WELL.
IT'S STILL ON SCHEDULE, UM, BUT UTILITY COORDINATION IS DEFINITELY A CRITICAL PATH ITEM, UM, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE EXPLORING ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO EXPEDITE THE BIDDING PROCESS AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
SO, UM, WE CAN KEEP UP WITH OUR VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE.
UH, MOVING ON WILCO, EDP, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING EVENT, UH, THIS FRIDAY.
WE'RE HOSTING A DELEGATION FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE BUDGET APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY.
UH, THEIR CONTRIBUTION FOR FY 27 IS GONNA BE 600,000.
UH, THE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH IS ONGOING.
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS TEN ONE.
SO IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED, UM, THOSE APPLICATIONS CAN BE SENT TO JORDAN ROBINSON AT THE HU OR AT THE HUDDLE, MY GOODNESS, AT
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THE ROUND ROCK CHAMBER.THEY ARE HOSTING A TABLE AT THIS WEEK'S CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LEGACY LUNCHEON.
UH, I'LL BE ATTENDING AS THEIR GUEST TO THAT.
WILCO, EDP, UH, AND THEN ALSO PARTNERING WITH OPPORTUNITY AUSTIN FOR A WILCO DAY FOR A SITE SELECTOR GROUP THAT'S GONNA BE IN TOWN ON OCTOBER 2ND.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO HOSTING A DELEGATION FROM TAIWAN ON OCTOBER 1ST.
AND THEN WILCO, EDP WILL BE AT SEMICON WEST OUT IN CALIFORNIA, UH, IN MID-OCTOBER.
SO WE'LL HAVE UPDATES FROM THAT EVENT AND HOPEFULLY SOME LEADS COMING THROUGH, UH, THAT I CAN SHARE.
AT THE NOVEMBER DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, JUST DEPENDING ON THE, THE TIMING OF THOSE, UH, CHAMBER UPDATES, WE WERE CONTINUING OUR MONTHLY STAFF MEETINGS TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT AND COLLABORATION ON ALL OF OUR EFFORTS.
UM, OUR LINKEDIN LEARNING CAMPAIGN WAS OUR FIRST COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, DEFINITELY WENT WELL, ESPECIALLY FOR A FIRST TIME INITIATIVE.
AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING, UH, THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE THAT RESOURCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO THANKS TO THE CHAMBER FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THAT GREAT RESOURCE.
NEXT STEP IS THE PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES EVENT IN NOVEMBER.
IT WAS A REALLY GREAT COLLABORATION EVENT BETWEEN THE EDC AND CHAMBER, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF OTHER EC UH, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND BUSINESSES.
SO, AS A REMINDER, THAT EVENT FOCUSES ON OUR EIGHTH GRADERS AND EXPOSING THEM TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT JOBS AND INDUSTRIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE PARTNER WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO, TO BRING ONSITE SOME MORE HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT A JOB IN THAT SECTOR MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND THEN WE WE'RE CURRENTLY PLANNING THE SHOP SMALL SATURDAY CAMPAIGN, AND I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS FOR Y'ALL AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING FOR THAT RECENT EVENTS.
UH, AUGUST 13TH WAS THE CHAMPION'S LUNCHEON HOSTED BY WILCO, EDP.
I KNOW SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WENT TO THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.
HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AND REALLY GREAT ROOM TO BE IN.
UM, HEARD ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR WILCO, EDP, AND THEN HAD A DISCUSSION ON THE AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE SECTOR.
UH, THE TEXAS OR CENTRAL TEXAS KOREA BUSINESS SUMMIT WAS ON AUGUST 26TH.
THERE WERE ABOUT 300 ATTENDEES.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT WHY HUDU IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO INVEST.
AGAIN, SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE THERE TOO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, FROST BANK'S OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING WAS ON AUGUST 27TH.
THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE TURNOUT.
UH, THE HU COMMUNITY REALLY SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST TURNOUTS THEY'VE HAD IN THE AREA WHEN THEY'VE DONE A GRAND OPENING.
AND THEN, UH, I MENTIONED THE PECAN STREET OPEN HOUSE LAST WEEK, AND THEN LAST THURSDAY, UH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON FORT HOOD FOR THE DAY AS PART OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS LEADERSHIP DAY AT FORT HOOD.
AND THAT WAS HOSTED BY CONGRESSMAN CARTER.
SO THANK YOU TO HIM AND HIS OFFICE FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT.
UH, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE GOT TO ATTEND AS WELL, AND THAT WAS, UM, IT WAS REALLY IMPACTFUL.
CHENEY'S NOT BAD WITH THE, UM, WHAT WAS THE SHELL? OH,
I, I CAN, YOU GOTTA DO AN M1, A ONE, UH, ABRAMS TANK SIMULATOR AND BLEW SOME STUFF UP.
I WAS ON A 50 CALIBER AND, UH, SHE SAYS SHE WAS ON THE OFFENSIVE THEN, AND CHANEY WAS, JANNEY WAS DRIVING AND HITTING THE TANKS, AND I WAS HITTING A PEOPLE, OTHER PEOPLE, BUT IT WAS YOU, THE PEOPLE.
BUT THAT WAS, UH, TO SELF DO NOT MESS WITH CHENEY
UM, THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY TO SEE THE SERVICE MEMBERS.
AND THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
WE CAME AND ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND SPENT TIME TO MM-HMM
TALK WITH US AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND SHOW US DRONES AND THE STUFF THEY'RE DOING TO, UH, PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THE HEAD OF THE WHOLE FORT, I WOULD THINK A PERSON WHO COMMANDED 45,000 PEOPLE WOULD BE MORE LIKE STERN.
AND THEN THIS GUY WAS VERY, HE SEEMED LAID BACK AND LIKE EASYGOING.
AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, I BET HE'S NOT THAT WAY BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE HAVE THE GREATER AUSTIN ASIAN CHAMBER VIP MIXER TOMORROW EVENING AT THE TOKYO ELECTRON OFFICES DOWNTOWN CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LEGACY LUNCHEON ON WEDNESDAY, THE CZECH REPUBLIC DELEGATION ON FRIDAY, DOWNTOWN HUDDLE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
UH, QUARTERLY MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, UH, CHAMBER NETWORKING EVENT THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 29TH.
WE HAVE THAT TAIWAN DELEGATION ON OCTOBER 1ST, THE OA SITE SELECTOR EVENT ON OCTOBER 2ND.
AND JUST A REMINDER FOR THE BOARD AND PUBLIC THAT THE OCTOBER EDC BOARD MEETING WILL BE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH DUE TO THE HOLIDAY ON WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON THE 12TH.
THAT WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.
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OKAY.MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER PRESENTATION REGARDING THE INCENTIVE FOR HURO HOSPITALITY.
YEAH, SO BASICALLY, UM, UM, OUR THING IS THAT THAT, UH, WHY WE SHOULD, UH, UH, UH, FIRST WE WERE GIVEN THE 300,000 INCENTIVE AND NOW THEY WANT US TO TAKE IT BACK.
BUT WE HAVE SENT A DETAILED EMAIL ON SEPTEMBER 9TH THAT WHAT HAS GONE THROUGH US, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE, UH, DELAYS AND EVERYTHING.
INITIALLY WE WERE HIT BY, UH, POWER ISSUE.
LIKE WE, IT TOOK SUCH A LONG TIME TO GET THE ELECTRICITY AND AFTER THAT HOT TAPPING, HOT TAPPING AND CODE TAPPING ISSUE.
UH, BUT IT IS SITUATION ALSO CREATED THAT THE PROJECT GOT DELAYED A LOT, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO IT HAS TAKEN MORE TIME.
LIKE IF YOU SEE, WE HAVE SENT YOU THE EMAILS, LIKE IF YOU HAVE, SO IF YOU SEE THE EMAILS, IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE DELAYED THE PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN DELAYED WITH SO MUCH ALSO.
SO DUE TO HOW TO LIKE NOT EVEN GIVING SOME OF THE LIKE PERMISSIONS AND STUFF ALSO.
IN BETWEEN WE WERE APPROVED ALSO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEN THE COLD TAPPING AND HOT TAPPING ISSUE WAS THERE.
AFTER THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE POWER AND THE NO, THE SWITCH LINE ALSO.
WITH THE CORP AND AT THE LAST IN DECEMBER ERC YES.
WE ARE NOT AWARE ALSO FOR THE EER C YES, YES.
WE WERE NOT TOLD THAT YOU NEED THIS OR THIS AND WE WERE DELAYED BY A MONTH AND A HALF.
AND LAST INSPECTION FIRE MARSHAL TOLD THAT YOUR INS, UH, BUILDING HAS 12 YEARS.
IF THEY, IF THEY WOULD'VE COME EARLIER, THEY CAME EARLIER.
AND IF THEY WOULD'VE TOLD WE COULD HAVE MADE, UH, THIS TIMELINE ALSO SHORTER AND YEARS IS NOT LIKE A 15 DAYS THING IS TOOK ALMOST SIX MONTHS FOR US.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PERMISSIONS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH FA, UH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND SO MANY THINGS AND ALL.
SO THO ALL THOSE THINGS DID A LOT, YOU KNOW, AND WE PAID EXTREME INTEREST ALSO PER MONTH.
UH, THAT WE, WE SENT AN EMAIL AS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW, NEW PEOPLE UP HERE THAT MAY NOT KNOW ALL THIS.
AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WHEN IT CAME TO THE HOT WATER TAP AND A COLD TAP THAT WAS IN THE PLANS, IT WAS SET UP AS A COLD TAP.
WHICH, IF I UNDERSTAND RIGHT, MEANS YOU CAN BASICALLY, UM, SHUT THE WATER OFF.
TAP THE LINE AND PROVIDE WATER.
AND THEN THE INSPECTOR CAME OUT AND DECIDED THAT WAS NOT THE WAY THEY WANTED DONE.
WHICH MEANS BASICALLY TAP A LINE THAT'S IN USE, BUT THAT REQUIRED OTHER ENGINEERING AND MORE YES.
IT TAKES ALMOST 60 DAYS TO GET THAT TYPE OF CREW TO GET COME FROM CANCERS.
THEN THERE WAS AN ISSUE, AND SOME OF THIS WE'VE GIVEN YOU GUYS TIME ON.
THEN THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE WATERLINE THAT WAS DISCOVERED TO BE TOO CLOSE.
I THINK THE WATERLINE WAS BELOW SEWAGE AND WATERLINE.
WHICH IS AGAINST TCQ GUIDELINES.
AND SO THE CITY DIDN'T REUP YOU THE WHOLE COST, BUT A PORTION OF THE COST.
BUT WE MADE YOU GUYS RE UM, REALIGN THOSE LINES WHERE IT WOULD BE BACK WITHIN CODE AND THAT THAT WAS A CITY WATER LINE.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE ENCORE ISSUE WHERE WE HAD A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE I WOULDN'T SAY WE WERE, WE WERE IN A DISAGREEMENT WITH ENCORE ON HOW LINES WERE GONNA BE BURIED AND NOT BURIED.
AND THAT RESULTED IN A DELAY IN GETTING APPROVALS FOR YOU ALL TO GET YOUR PERMANENT POWER.
AND I THINK THE LAST BIG ONE WAS THE SESS ISSUE WHERE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME IN YES.
TESTED AND DUE TO WHATEVER REASON, UM, WHETHER IN YOUR GUYS' CONTROL OR OUTTA YOUR GUYS' CONTROL, THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET, UM, BASICALLY THEIR 9 1 1 SERVICE TO WORK IN ALL THE AREAS OF THE BUILDING.
SO YOU GUYS HAD TO GO BACK AND REDESIGN YES.
UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEN TO INSTALL WHATEVER THAT SYSTEM IS.
IS THAT THE, THAT'S THE FOUR, THAT'S THE FOUR BIGGEST ONES, RIGHT? YES, YES.
AND LET ME REMIND WITH THE POWER, I JUST WANNA PUT SOME, WHEN THE POWERS WAS NOT DISTRIBUTED PROPERLY ON TIME, WE HAD SO MUCH DELAYS FOR SO MANY THINGS, LIKE WE COULDN'T CLOSE THE BUILDING.
WE HAVE TO PUT THE FURNITURE, WE HAVE TO ORDER LIKE STORAGE AND EVERYTHING SO EVERYTHING'S PUSHED BACK.
IT'S LIKE A DOMINO CASCADING EFFECT, YOU KNOW, ONE BY ONE.
NOW, I WILL SAY THIS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND I TOLD YOU GUYS BEFORE WHEN THE DEADLINE WAS 1231, RIGHT? AND THE BOARD SAID, HEY, WHETHER YOU LIKED THE DEAL OR NOT, THEY SAID, HEY, WE'LL GIVE YOU A 30 DAY AND YOU GOTTA DO X.
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IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD WHEN YOU DON'T RESPOND BACK ON THAT.AND SO WHAT HAPPENED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS WE SAY 1231.
OKAY, WE'LL GIVE YOU THE ONE 30 AND MAYBE MORE AND YOU DON'T RESPOND.
AND THEN YOU DO GET OPEN IN JUNE.
THEN IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE A WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY RESPOND BACK? NO, I THINK I SENT AN EMAIL ON THAT.
THAT, UH, 30 DAYS NOT, NOT POSSIBLE FOR YEAR.
THEY SAYS BETWEEN THREE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS TO GET APPROVED.
SO THEN WE DIDN'T GET REFERRED AND I SENT AN EMAIL ALSO.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE, UH, WE DIDN'T PAY THAT 25,000 BUCKS.
IS THERE, UM, IS THERE A PORTION OF THE MONEY YOU GUYS WOULD, WOULD FORFEIT AND PAY BACK? OR ARE YOU STILL WANTING THE, WHAT IS IT? IT WAS THREE 50.
IS THERE A PORTION THAT YOU ALL WOULD SAY? 'CAUSE I MEAN THE, THE INCENTIVE WAS SET TO INCENTIVIZE YOU GUYS TO BUILD A HOTEL.
AND SO WE'VE DONE, THAT'S MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AT A CERTAIN TIME.
AND AGAIN, WHETHER YOUR FAULT OR NOT YOUR FAULT, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND THAT TIMEFRAME ALMOST BY A YEAR.
AND SO IS THERE, IS THERE A MANNER AWARE THAT WE COULD SAFELY MAKE A VOTE AND GO BACK TO, UM, SOME OF US ARE, DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT ALL IN ALL, WE GOTTA ANSWER TO TAXPAYERS.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE WILLING TO SAY, OKAY, LOOK, INSTEAD OF MAKING US PAY BACK 300, WE, WE, WE WE'LL PAY BACK THIS AMOUNT AND WE JUST WANNA BE DONE AND HAVE IT RUN A HOTEL, GENERATE MONEY AND THEN OPEN UP ANOTHER ONE OR DO OTHER STUFF.
IS THERE A NUMBER THERE? THAT ONE MAY TAKE TIME, BUT I THINK WE GOT, WE ARE OKAY WITH THAT $25,000.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE AGREED IN THE JANUARY? YEAH.
BECAUSE OF THE DELAY, WE CAN PAY 25,000 AND CAN BE DONE 25,000 OF THE 300 K.
I MEAN, BUT WE OFFERED THAT OPTION.
BUT THERE WAS NO WAY LIKE THE 25,000 EXTENSION JUST ONLY FOR 30 DAYS, WHICH WAS NOT POSSIBLE AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHICH, SO THAT'S THE REASON I SEND AN EMAIL AND I JUST SAY THAT THIS IS NOT WAY, SO WE SAYS, OKAY, GIVE US SOME MORE TIME AND ALL.
AND THEN IN BETWEEN YEARS HE HAS THING GOING ON.
AND, UH, YOU AND I THINK, UH, MISS JENNY CAME AND I SHOWED THEM HOW THINGS WERE WORKING AND ALL, YOU KNOW, SO FINALLY, AND YOU'RE SAYING TO WIN WORK, 'CAUSE IT, IT WAS GONNA TAKE 30 OR IT WASN'T GONNA TAKE 30 DAYS, IT WAS GONNA TAKE THREE TO FOUR MONTHS TO SOLVE THE SCIS PROBLEM.
SIX MONTHS ALSO WAS NOT GUARANTEED.
BUT WE, WE ARE LUCKY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET IN MONTH, WE ARE ABLE TO GET BY, UH, A PRE END, YOU KNOW, FOUR MONTHS.
I, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
MY FIRST ONE'S TO LEGAL, THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM DOESN'T HAVE CONSIDER ACTION.
SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE CONSIDER ACTION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM TODAY? EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY SAYS, CONSIDER THAT IT SAID DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PRESENTATION.
SO WE COULD CALL IT AFTER EXACT SOMETIME TOO.
SO I, I GUESS KINDA GETTING A MINUTIAE HERE, I'M NOT AS SORRY, I'M NOT AS WELL VERSED ON THE, ON HISTORY OF THIS, BUT WE, WE HAVE AN INCENTIVE, I THINK $300,000 AND THERE'S SOME, UM, FROM THE CITY SIDE, EDC SIDE IS TO RETRACT SOME OF THAT OR ALL OF THAT.
UH, OR, AND BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO PAY IT BACK OR THE DEVELOPER OWNER HAS TO PAY IT BACK.
SO I SEE THAT, I THINK THAT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE OWNER, DEVELOPER, UH, MR. AMISH, I'M SORRY MR. AMIN, UM, IS THAT THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN DELAYS AND THERE'S SOME OF 'EM, TO ME, THEY'RE IN THREE CATEGORIES.
I'M NOT PUTTING A PERCENTAGE ON 'EM, BUT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S DEVELOPER OWNER DELAYS MM-HMM
THERE COULD BE CITY DELAYS AND THEN THERE'S THIRD PARTY DELAYS, RIGHT? SO I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING FROM STAFF AND MAYBE IT ALREADY EXISTS, WHETHER IT BE THE EDC STAFF OR, OR LEGAL IS, IS WHAT, IS WHAT I THINK WHAT, UM, WHAT, UH, BOARD MEMBER SNYDER HAS SAID IS THAT WHAT NUMBER WOULD BE KIND OF, CAN WE PAY THIS AND JUST GET IT OVER WITH? AND I HEAR IT'S $25,000, SO YOU KEEP $275,000.
I LIKE TO SEE A NUMBER FROM EDC STAFF IF NOT TODAY, BUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OR EDC LEGAL, WHAT THAT BREAKOUT IS.
SO, 'CAUSE IF THERE IS, UH, OWNERSHIP OF DELAYS BY CITY OF HU, EITHER WE SHOULD HAVE SOME COMPENSATION OR AS, AS, UH,
AND THEN WHAT IS ON THE DEVELOPER OWNER AND THEN WHAT IS ON THIRD PARTY? SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT FROM, FROM LEGAL AND OR STAFF.
SO, UH, LEGAL DOESN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TONIGHT.
UM, AND I WOULD EXPECT THE STAFF WOULD PROBABLY BE, BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF THE BREACH AND THE ACCELERATED INTEREST, THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN INTEREST THAT'S ALSO OWED AT THIS POINT.
AND SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE, THE, THE CURRENT VALUE OF THE CONTRACT, IT'S CL IT'S A LITTLE OVER $400,000 OWED DUE TO THE DELAY AND THE NON-RESPONSIVENESS.
UM, AND SO, BUT A MINIMUM WE, IF IT, IF WE SETTLE THINGS TODAY WITH NOT ANY MORE OCCURRING INTEREST, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BACK TO PAY FOR THAT.
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THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITI THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.RIGHT? BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE OF THE DELAY.
I MEAN, WE HAVE FORGAVE EVERYTHING WE, THE EDC FORGAVE EVERYTHING AT A MINIMUM THE EDC AND THE CITY WOULD NEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BACK TO INCUR THOSE IN, TO TAKE OVER THOSE INTEREST PAPERS.
WELL, THE EDC DID NOT INCUR INTEREST.
IT'S INTEREST THAT WAS, OH, SORRY.
EDC DID NOT INCUR INTEREST BECAUSE THE EDC DIDN'T TAKE LOAN AND THEN PAY INTEREST ON THE LOAN.
NO, IT'S INTEREST LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE ON ANY OTHER LOAN.
UM, THAT, BUT IT ONLY WAS INCURRED IN THE EVENT OF BREACH.
SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, 'CAUSE BASED ON YOUR WORDING, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU THINK UNDERSTAND MAYBE THE EDC INCURRED IT.
SO THE, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS A LOAN.
IT WAS A LOAN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN THE MONEY WAS GOING TO BE PAID BACK TO THE CITY OR TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND THEN WHEN, WHEN THE PROJECT WAS NOT YET COMPLETE, THERE WERE TWO EXTENSIONS THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN AFTER THE SECOND EXTENSION, UH, DESPITE CONVERSATIONS WITH OR, OR INVITING, UH, BETTER INFORMATION AND ANOTHER EXTENSION, UH, WE LOST, WE JUST, THEY WERE SILENT TO OUR, TO THE STAFF'S RESPONSE.
AND SO INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO, TO CHASE THEM, WE WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GOT FULLY OPEN AND THEN PROVIDE THEM WITH THE, AND SO AS A REVENUE, RIGHT? SO WE MADE A DEMAND AND, UH, IN RESPONSE TO OUR DEMAND IS THE, THE, UM, PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING TONIGHT.
SO I JUST, I GUESS, I MEAN, WHETHER DIRECTIONS NOW OR LATER, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LEGALLY WE HAVE A RIGHT TO, AND THEN WHAT NUMBERS DOES OUR, AS FAR AS BREACH AND THEN WHAT NUMBERS ARE, DO WE THINK WE THE CITY OR THE EDC IS OWED BECAUSE SOMETHING WASN'T FULFILLED IN THE CONTRACT OUTSIDE OF NECESSARILY THE BREACH? AND THEN WHAT ARE, UM, CITY OF HUDU THAT WOULD BE, UH, WOULD BE CONSIDERED GRACE IF WE, IF WE ALLOW THAT TO, TO NOT BE RETURNED.
AND THEN WHAT WERE THIRD PARTY DEVELOPER OR THIRD PARTIES THAT TO ME ARE OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OF EDC AND I WOULD THINK WOULD BE ON THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE, THE OWNER DEVELOPER, EXCEPT IN TIMES WHERE WE'RE GIVING GRACE THAT, OH, ON CAR WAS LATE IN THIS, SO WE SHOULD, AND THAT'S NOT NEC THAT'S NOT THE OWNER DEVELOPER'S FAULT, BUT MAYBE THE CITY WOULD DO GRACE ON THAT THIRD PARTY THING.
SO WHATEVER THOSE NUMBERS ARE, I'D LIKE TO SEE BEFORE KIND OF MOVING FORWARD.
I KNOW WE CAN'T DO ALL THAT NOW IN THE PUBLIC SESSION, BUT MAYBE WE CAN DO, WE'VE GONE MORE DETAILED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAN BE ABLE TO RESPOND LATER.
UM, THE NOTES THAT I HAVE REGARDING THE SI, UM, TIMELINE, YOU SAID THREE TO SIX MONTHS, A MINUTE AGO, ON MY NOTES IT SAYS 45 DAYS TO 120 DAYS.
DID IT CHANGE? YEAH, IT CHANGED.
INITIALLY WE, I MIGHT HAVE SAID, 'CAUSE I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANY RECORD OF COMMUNICATION SAYING THAT IT CHANGED TO THREE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE MY CONFUSION IS CURRENTLY.
UM, WE, WE SENT AN EMAIL ON THIS ONE WHEN THIS ISSUE HAPPENED IN, UH, IN CHRISTMAS MEANS, UH, DECEMBER, 2025, WE WERE COMPLETELY NOT AWARE.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR US, UH, OCCUPANCY CERTIFICATE.
AND THE ONE THING IS THAT THIS, THIS RULE CAME, SO IN A OCTOBER, 2024, YEAH.
WE DO NOT HAVE ONE SINGLE EMAIL.
WE HAVE NOTHING FROM FIRE MARSHAL.
AND SUDDENLY IN 2025, AND HE CAME FOR A FINAL, HE SAYS, YOU TOLD THE SYSTEM HE CAME BEFORE HE COULD HAVE TOLD US BEFORE, AND OUR BUILDING, BUILDING PERMIT BUILDING WAS APPROVED WITHOUT THIS THING, EVERYTHING.
SO THIS, ALL THESE THINGS CAME IN BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY.
SO WE ARE NOT EVEN AWARE THAT, UH, WHAT TIMELINE, I SAID MAYBE WHAT IT WAS THREE TO SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, AND INITIALLY THEY MIGHT HAVE TOLD 45 TO 120 DAYS, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
BUT WE ARE SHOCKED ON THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE, WE ARE COMPLETELY NOT AWARE AND EXTRA LOT OF COST HAS BEEN, WE, UH, WE PAID, YOU KNOW, EXTREME.
AND I THINK ALSO IT TOOK LIKE TO PUT EVERYTHING ON IN THE LINE, IT TAKES TIME.
ALL, ALL THIS WE HAVE TO ORDER THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE, IT'S, IT'S JUST THE PROCESS.
IT'S NOT OUR, IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
IT IS JUST BY THE, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES, CONSEQUENCES.
WE PAID, I MEAN WE WROTE WHAT INTEREST WE HAVE BEEN BEARING AND ALL AND AFTER.
ALSO MY REQUEST IS THAT WE BRING A LOT OF LIKE BUSINESS ALSO, LIKE WE PUT A LOT OF INVESTMENT, LIKE FOR RIGHT NOW HAMPTON I OWN AND UM, UH, TOWN PRICE, WE BRING LIKE ALMOST 4 MILLION REVENUE A YEAR FOR TOWN PRICE.
SO THAT WILL ALSO BRING A LOT OF BUSINESS, RETAIL, BUSINESS AND ALL, YOU KNOW.
AND I SENT AN EMAIL THAT AT LEAST WE BRING $1 MILLION BUSINESS FOR RETAIL INVESTOR NEARBY FOOD AND SO MANY THINGS.
AND ALSO I THINK EDC JUST FOR DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THEY SHOULD CONSIDER THAT PART ALSO, YOU KNOW, NOT, UH, SHOULD JUST SAY, HEY, WHAT IS THE MONEY AND ALL YOU, WE ALL WORK AS A TEAM.
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ABSOLUTELY.THERE WAS A NINE, THERE WAS A NINE MONTH EXTENSION GIVEN, AND THEN WE OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
BUT I DON'T IF YOU HAVE THE EMAIL THAT SAYS THREE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS, WHATEVER THAT ONE WAS, CAN YOU SEND THAT? BECAUSE I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AFTER SEEING 45 TO 120 DAYS.
SO DEFINITELY WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU.
AND ALSO WE ARE BRINGING ONE MORE PROPERTY VERY SOON, YOU KNOW, TOWN, HOME TO SUITE, YOU KNOW, SO ALMOST ON THAT STREET WE ARE PUTTING ALMOST FOUR 40 TO $50 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, DO YOU REMEMBER THE A DA WE HAVE TO YOU REMEMBER? YEAH.
A D ALSO CT APPROVED THE WHOLE PLAN AND THEN YES, THEY SAYS, OKAY, NOW WE HAVE TO GO A DA RAMP AND ALL.
SO LAST MINUTE WE WERE DOING A D RAMP AND ALL, SO THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS WERE APPROVED.
AND THEN, UH, WHEN CITY INSPECTOR SAYS, HEY, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT YOU TO CHANGE DRIVER, I THINK YOU HAVE INSPECTORS CAME.
SO WHEN THEY CAME, THEY SAID THIS WAS THE LAST PERSON WHO APPROVED OF OUR MAP.
AND THEN THE NEW PERSON CAME IN, HE SAID THAT THIS IS, THE LAWS ARE CHANGED, SO WE HAVE TO LIKE, WITHIN A WEEK OR SOMETHING BECAUSE FIRE MARSHALS WERE COMING, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE OUTDOOR, UH, THE A DA RAMP AND EVERYTHING.
LIKE WE DID IT LIKE OVERNIGHT, WE HAD TO ALL ORDER THE AGENCY.
BUT THAT'S LIKE, WE HAVE BEEN DELAYED BY SO MANY LAWS BEEN CHANGED AND WE'VE BEEN LIKE NOT TOLD MM-HMM
IT'S NOT LIKE WE WANTED TO DELAY THE PROJECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR I GUESS KIND OF A TAGLINE OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE EDC BOARD HAS ALL THESE PERTINENT EMAILS.
THE, THE ANYTHING FROM DECEMBER AND JANUARY, BUT I THINK WE HAD EVERYTHING UP THROUGH JANUARY 8TH, WHICH BELIEVE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LAST PUT IN A PACKAGE AND SENT COMMUNICATION, PUT IN A FILE AND THEN WE YEAH.
AND THEN THE MOST RECENT EMAIL THAT THEY HAD ASKED TO BE SENT TO Y'ALL AHEAD OF THE PRESENTATION, THAT'S ALSO, WE JUST HAVE A PRESENTATION, HAVE ONE STOP SHOP, WERE, YOU KNOW OKAY.
KIND OF THE HISTORY SINCE DECEMBER.
I TRIED TO GO THROUGH AND PULL ALL THE CONVERSATIONS.
SO THOSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ATTACHED IN THE, THE EMAIL.
BUT I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL IN THERE.
I'M, YEAH, I'M JUST MOSTLY INTERESTED IN DECEMBER, JANUARY TIMEFRAME.
UM, CAN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY DEBT ON THE PROPERTY ON THE PROJECT? YES, WE DO.
ARE YOU BEHIND IN PAYMENT ON ANY OF THE, THE DEBT THAT YOU GOT OTHER THAN THIS LOAN? NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A PRESENTATION ON THE PECAN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
RJ ENSLEY, HALF AN ASSOCIATES GOOD EVENING BOARD.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE.
I APPRECIATE CHENEY SETTING THE STAGE.
UM, I'M MARJA AINSLEY WITH HALF, UH, CENTRAL TEXAS MARKET LEAD, VICE PRESIDENT.
SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE PECAN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN MOVING AT A PRETTY EXPEDITED PACE TO KIND OF TRY TO MOVE THIS AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UM, AND BE ABLE TO SOLIDIFY A LOT OF THE, THE PROJECT GOALS.
UM, KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT WE'RE GONNA COVER OR WHAT I'LL COVER IN THE PRESENTATION HERE IS SOME OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, WHAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE NORTH STAR OF THE OVERALL PROJECT, THE INITIAL SCOPE, UM, AND HOW THAT HAS MODIFIED TO AN EXTENT.
UH, SOME OF THE INPUT AND CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TYPICAL SECTIONS THAT CHANEY LAID OUT.
AND THEN THE DECISIONS THAT, UH, CHANEY KIND OF MENTIONED TALKING ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES IN PARKING SOLUTIONS, THE ALTERNATIVES IN THE UTILITIES, AND HOW WE HANDLE MAIN AND WEST STREET.
UH, SO LOOKING AT THE PROJECT AT A GLANCE, THE ORIGINAL SCOPE IS FOR PECAN STREET, WEST STREET AND MAIN STREET, PECAN STREET FROM WEST 2, 16 60 WEST STREET FROM PECAN TO 79 MAIN FROM PECAN TO 79.
IT IS A FULL STREET RECONSTRUCTION WITH CURRENTLY HAS OPEN ROADSIDE DISHES THAT WOULD GET CONVERTED TO SOME LEVEL OF A STORM SYSTEM ON STREET PARKING, IMPROVED ALLEY ACCESS, A DA COMPLIANT SIDEWALKS, LANDSCAPING, STREET SCAPE, DECORATIVE STREET LIGHTING, UM, AND OVERHEAD UTILITY RELOCATIONS WERE FEASIBLE.
UM, BUT THE PROJECT IS WORKING WITHIN A CONSTRAINED BUDGET.
AND SO ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE WORK THROUGH AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE ARE REALLY, UM, AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE GOALS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE, THE, THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AS WE KICKED THIS PROJECT OFF AND IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PROJECT, THESE WERE THE FOUR THAT BECAME ESTABLISHED, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHING A SAFE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR THAT ALLOWS US TO CONNECT THE CO-OP TO THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ALONG PECAN STREET.
UM, PROVIDING AN URBAN CANOPY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, MAKING THAT
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A WIDE SAFE SIDEWALK, LIGHTING THAT CORRIDOR SO PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AS THEY MOVE BETWEEN THE TWO.UM, AND ESTABLISHING IT IN A SETUP THAT WANTS TO SPARK THE REDEVELOPMENT OR THE INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA.
UM, CREATING PARKING ENHANCEMENTS AND ADDING AS MUCH PARKING AS WE COULD TO THE ENTIRE AREA.
SO LOOKING AT THAT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT YOUR MASTER PLANS OF THE AREA.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE DEVELOP IS BUILT FOR DEVELOPED GROWTH OF THE AREA, MAKING SURE THAT IT MAKES SENSE, IT'S BUILT TO THOSE STANDARDS OR TO WHAT THE ULTIMATE PLAN LOOKS LIKE SO YOU GUYS AREN'T GOING BACK IN AND RIPPING IT BACK OUT.
UM, SO THE ORIGINAL SCOPE, LIKE I SAID, GOES FROM 1662 WEST STREET ON PECAN, GOES TO 79 FROM PECAN ON WEST AND MAINE, TALKS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE, THE RECONSTRUCTION, THE STORM DRAIN, THE A DA COMPLIANCE, STREET SCAPE AND LIGHTING, AND THE, THE FIVE AND A HALF MILLION BUDGET WE'VE HAD TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MODIFICATION.
SO THAT SHOWS WHAT THE FOOTPRINT LOOKS LIKE CURRENTLY.
UM, AND I'M GONNA JUST CLICK AHEAD REALLY QUICK 'CAUSE IT KIND OF SAYS THE SAME THING.
WE'VE TIGHTENED THE CORRIDOR LIMITS JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE PULLED BACK FROM 1660 AND STOPPED THAT AT E STREET AND WE'VE PULLED BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM 79.
PART OF DOING THAT IS TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT TEXT DOT COORDINATION SO THAT WE CAN KEEP IT ON SCHEDULE, ELIMINATE HAVING TO GO THROUGH IN A TEXT DOT ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING PROCESS.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NECESSARY NEED OF THE PARKING IN THAT AREA, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIVE THAT WE GET FROM PARKING ON PECAN THAT ADDS A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL COST THAT WE CAN MOVE OVER AND BE ABLE TO WORK INTO WESTERN MAINE ALTERNATIVELY.
UM, AND THEN PULLING THOSE OFF OF 79 IS REALLY JUST KIND OF GETTING IT OUT OF THAT THROAT AND THEN TYING IN WORKING AROUND THE BUSINESSES.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE CRUDE DEPICTION, BUT IT KIND OF SHOWS THAT'S THE INTENT OF IT.
THAT'S A, A PRETTY QUICK MAP THAT I DREW IN A, IN PDF
UM, SO NOW I KIND OF WANNA WALK THROUGH.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DATA ACQUISITION, UM, THAT'S BEEN WORKING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO WE DID A BLOCK WALK WITH EDC STAFF.
WE DID IT WITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, KIND OF WALK THROUGH A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, THE OPEN DITCHES THAT KIND OF DON'T FUNCTION SUPER WELL.
UM, DID A DEEP DIVE INTO THE, THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, LOOKED AT THE OVERHEAD UTILITY ISSUES, HOW THOSE KIND OF ROUTE THROUGH IT AT THE CORNER OF WEST AND PECAN IS KIND OF A THREE-WAY CHANGE AND, AND PRETTY CONGESTED WITH THE FIBER OPTICS AND, AND THE CABLE OVERHEAD THERE.
UM, UH, A LACK OF A PEDESTRIAN NETWORK.
AND YOU CAN REALLY TELL THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN HU AND THEN GETTING TO THE CO-OP.
AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS IN TRANSITION AND SO WHAT HAPPENS OVER THAT CORRIDOR IS REALLY IMPERATIVE TO KIND OF BLEND THAT AND MAKE IT FEEL APPROPRIATE.
UM, SO WE WENT THROUGH, WE DID QUALITY LEVEL B ON THE PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE MAPPED THE WATER, WE'VE MAPPED THE WASTEWATER, WE'VE MAPPED ALL OF THE OVERHEADS AND THE UNDERGROUNDS, UM, TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT MAKES SENSE AS WE START TO LAY OUT DIFFERENT TYPICALS.
UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AN INITIAL CONFLICT ANALYSIS CURRENTLY.
UM, BUT THE FINAL ANALYSIS IS GONNA BE DEPENDENT ON THE TYPICAL THAT WE TAKE.
UM, AND WHEN WE WORK THROUGH THESE UTILITIES, A BIG PART OF THAT IS WHAT WE DECIDE TO RELOCATE REALLY DICTATES WHEN THE JOB GETS FINISHED AND LOOKING AT DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO FULLY TAKE THINGS UNDERGROUND OR MOVE THEM INTO THE ALLEY, UM, AND PUTTING THINGS ON THIRD PARTY COORDINATION TIMELINE VERSUS KEEPING IT INSIDE OF THE CITY'S ABILITY TO MOVE EVERYTHING.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST A, A, A CONSTRAINT AND PROJECT RISK THAT THE PROJECT'S CARRYING HERE.
UM, IT HAPPENS WITH A LOT OF PROJECTS, UM, BUT THESE LINEAR ONES WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, VERTICAL DROPS FOR THE POWER TO TRY TO GET TO SOME OF THESE RESIDENTIAL BUSINESSES OR THE, OR THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES.
UM, WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO REWORK THE PANELS ON EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, UM, OR AT THE HOUSE.
SO EACH OF THOSE IS A VERY INTENTIONAL STEP OF THE PROCESS.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, THE DRAINAGE IS A ANOTHER VERY LARGE CONCERN.
SO, UM, AS I STUDIED THE DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN, AND I'LL SHOW, UH, SOME SNIPS FROM THAT IN A FEW SECONDS.
UH, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF LOCAL FLOODING IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF INUNDATED STRUCTURES THAT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS, UH, THAT POPPED UP AS WELL AS SOME LOCAL FLOODING, UM, THAT WAS IN THE DITCHES THEMSELVES.
AND WHEN WE WORK WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS WHERE WE START TO RESHAPE AND FILL THOSE DITCHES OR ADD MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER, WE'RE INCREASING THE STORM WATER IN THAT AREA.
AND SO WE'RE STARTING TO BALANCE HOW MUCH ARE WE ABLE TO PUT IN THE GROUND VERSUS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MITIGATE AND NOT CREATE AN ADVERSE IMPACT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T MAKE IT WORSE SOMEWHERE THAT IT ISN'T ALREADY FLOODING? UM, AND IS THERE A REGIONAL APPROACH OR IS THERE A, A LEVEL OF INCREASED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN DO? AND SO ALL OF THOSE LITTLE MOMENTS OF DECISION ARE, ARE PARTS OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW AND WHY WE'VE GOT DECISION POINTS TODAY.
SO THESE ARE TWO CLIPS FROM YOUR DOWNTOWN, UH, DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS FROM A PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO COUNCIL IN 2024, AND EACH OF THOSE RED DOTS REFLECT
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A FLOOD RISK BUILDING IN THE CITY LIMITS IN DOWNTOWN HU WITHIN OUR PROJECT AREA IN THAT GREEN SPOT.AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS FROM THE ACTUAL MASTER PLAN, AND THAT TEALISH COLOR SHOWS THAT IT'S BETWEEN HALF A FOOT TO A FOOT OF FLOODING DEPTH IN THE OLD TOWN AREA.
UM, AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO THAT BLUE, IT'S A FOOT TO TWO FEET.
SO LIKE IT'S AN AREA, IT'S A, IT'S A PROBLEM.
LIKE, UH, UH, THESE HISTORIC DOWNTOWNS TEND TO HAVE THAT RIGHT? THERE HASN'T BEEN A TON OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS REDEVELOPED THAT SPACE OR WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH WITH A FULL DOWNTOWN DRAINAGE REDEVELOPMENT.
AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT ISN'T THE FULL INTENT OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS TO SOLVE ALL OF THAT.
SO IT'S A BALANCE OF WHAT CAN WE TAKE DOWN AND DO EFFECTIVELY HERE WITHIN THE BUDGET TO GET YOU GUYS THE GOALS THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN WE MAPPED IT, WEST AND MAINE ARE SITTING AT 80 FEET.
THEY HAVE THE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO, UH, THAT WORKS.
IT'S 50 TO 60 FEET DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU DRAW THAT LINE AT.
AND SO WE LOOK AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO TACKLE THAT.
BUT THERE'S GONNA BE ACQUISITION NEEDED ON PECAN TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS.
UM, THERE'S SOME BUILDINGS THAT RELATIVELY ENCROACH OR GET REALLY CLOSE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE, UM, WITH SOME OVERHANGS AND, AND HOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE DRIVEWAYS ARE, ARE FUNCTIONING.
UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL GONNA BE A LITTLE CHALLENGES THAT WE WORK THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
WE PRELIMINARY HAVE FOUR ACQUISITIONS IDENTIFIED, UM, ALONG PECAN AND THEN DEPENDENT ON THE DRAINAGE SOLUTION, THERE'S AN, AN ADDITIONAL ACQUISITION THAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
UM, SO I'M GONNA START THE PECAN AND I APOLOGIZE IF I'M GOING FAST, BUT THERE'S A, A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER HERE.
SO PECAN HAS TWO ALTERNATIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THE, THE TOP ONE IS HEAD AND ANGLED PARKING.
THE BOTTOM ONE IS PARALLEL PARKING.
SO THEY EFFECTIVELY ARE LOOKING EAST.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE OPEN DRAINAGE DITCH TO THE NORTH THERE WHERE THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES ARE.
SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY AS A BAR DITCH.
WE'D REGRADE IT, KIND OF OPEN IT UP, LET IT FUNCTION APPROPRIATELY, UM, AND THEN, UM, LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF ADDING PARKING TO THAT SOUTHERN SIDE.
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM, AND I'LL OUTLINE ON THE CONCEPT IN A SECOND, IS THE HEAD AND ANGLE PARKING REQUIRES MORE ACQUISITION.
WE'VE GOTTA PUSH FURTHER INTO THE, THE PROPERTIES THEMSELVES BECAUSE THE HEAD AND ANGLE PARKING JUST EXTENDS DEEPER.
UM, SO WE NARROW THE SIDEWALK A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE MADE THAT EIGHT FEET TO KIND OF CUT DOWN, UM, VERSUS BEING ABLE TO DO A 10 FOOT ONE.
SO I'M GONNA DO A SIDE BY SIDE HERE.
SO SAME THING, TOP AND BOTTOM HEAD IN VERSUS PARALLEL PARKING AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCES.
UM, SHOULD BROUGHT MY WATER, OTHERWISE I WAS GONNA DIE GUYS.
SO IN THE HEAD AND ANGLE PARKING THERE, IT'S NARROWER FOR 'EM.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO GET MORE PARKING SPACES IN THAT SCENARIO.
WE CAN GET ABOUT 21 GIVE OR TAKE.
AND, AND THESE NUMBERS ARE AS THEY CURRENTLY SIT, AS WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA MOVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT GIVES YOU THE RELATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE'RE JUGGLING.
ON THE PARALLEL SIDE, WE'RE ABLE TO GET 13 SPACES, BUT IT'S ALMOST THE DIFFERENCE OF AN ADDITIONAL 10 FEET OF ACQUISITION FROM YOUR COMMERCIAL SIDE OR THE REDEVELOPMENT SIDE THAT YOU GUYS ARE EXPECTING THERE, SOUTHERN SIDE OF PECAN STREET.
UM, AND SO THIS IS A DECISION POINT THAT, UM, WE GET TO THE END TO TALK THROUGH IS, WHICH IS THE WAY WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD IN THESE TYPICALS HERE, IS ARE WE ABLE TO GET THE GOAL AND OBJECTIVE FOR YOU ALL WITH PARALLEL PARKING AND REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE ACQUISITION SIDE, OR DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HEAD AND ANGLE PARKING THAT GENERALLY MATCHES WHAT WE'RE SEEING ALONG FARLEY AND ALONG EAST STREET, UM, KNOWING THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, IMPACTFUL TO THE, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES ALONG THAT ROUTE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE 10 FEET ADDITIONAL CORRECT.
ON TOP OF THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE IT WOULD BE.
SO IT, IT'S ACTUALLY IT'D BE 10 ON TOP OF, SO IT'S CURRENTLY IT'S 50.
SO IN THE PARALLEL WE WOULD BE GOING TWO 60 IN THAT SPACE.
AND IF WE DID HEAD AND ANGLE, WE'D HAVE TO GO TO 70.
DO YOU HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS WHICH PROPERTIES WOULD BE AFFECTED? 'CAUSE WHEN I LOOK DOWN PECAN, A BIG CHUNK OF PECAN IS UNDEVELOPED ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING THE RIGHT OF WAY UNLESS YOU GET CLOSER TO 1660, WHICH I THINK YOU SAID YOU GUYS WERE PEELING BACK.
IT'S MAIN AND WEST, RIGHT? YEAH, MAIN AND WEST.
SO THE, ON THE, THE STREETS LEFT TO RIGHT.
IT'S KIND OF HARD ON THIS CLIP AS IT GOES WEST MAIN EAST.
AND SO THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING ACQUIRED IS KIND OF THE BOTTOM CLIP THERE.
UM, THERE'S THREE HOUSES AND THEN A VACANT LOT.
AND THEN A VACANT LOT THAT YEAH.
ARE ANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE SOME HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE? I FORGET THE TERM DESIGNATION OR I DON'T CONCERNED ABOUT I DON'T BELIEVE
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SO, BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHECK.I WAS, I NEED TO LOOK AT THE, AT THE DENTIST OFFICE.
I THINK THEY'RE A PART OF OLD TOWN, BUT NOT LIKE THE HISTORICAL TOWN.
I I DON'T REMEMBER, I'VE, I LOOKED THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION EARLIER, BUT I KNOW IN OUR CALLS WE'VE LOOKED AT BASICALLY AN OVERLAY ON WCA EFFECTIVELY TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY TAKE.
AND IT'S, IT'S SIGNIFICANT BETWEEN THE TWO OPTIONS AS TO HOW CLOSE IT GETS TO SOMEBODY'S FRONT DOOR.
I MEAN, DO WE, IT'S, DO WE HAVE THAT AS PART OF THIS? I HAVE, THIS IS, IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE TRICKY TO SEE, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE AERIAL AND THE RENDER THERE, RIGHT? OF THE, THE TRANSPOSING, THE PUSHED LINE.
SO THE BLUE IS IN THE PARALLEL SCENARIO AND THEN THE OTHER COLORS IS IN THE ALTERNATIVE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE, THE HOUSES THAT ABUT MAIN STREET, BASICALLY RIGHT? WE ARE KIND OF PUSHING PRETTY CLOSE INTO THEIR PORCH ITSELF.
UM, WE'RE ALMOST AT THE FACE OF THAT, THAT PORCH LINE ON BOTH OF THOSE HOUSES.
UM, THAT'S NOT A, IS THERE A HYBRID TO WHERE YOU CAN DO ANGLED ON THE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE IT AND THE AREAS THAT YOU DON'T, YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE PARKING.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL OR NONE, RIGHT? THE ROAD'S GONNA STAY THE SAME.
UHHUH,
RIGHT? I MEAN, CAN WE DO THAT? LIKE WHEN YOU GET EAST OF MAINE WHERE IT'S MORE BUSINESS AND EMPTY LOTS, YOU CAN HAVE PARKING AND THEN WHEN YOU GET UP TO RESIDENCE WEST OF MAINE, CAN YOU JUST PARALLEL OR NOT HAVE PARKING MM-HMM
I THINK TO AN EXTENT I THINK WE CAN UM, 'CAUSE WE ARE EFFECTIVELY GONNA HOLD THE GUTTER LINE THROUGH IT IN BOTH SCENARIOS.
SO LIKE, YES, I THINK THAT'S A FEASIBLE, UM, OPTION.
I, I THINK WE'D WANNA PLAY WITH WHERE THE LINE IS AND THEN THERE'S A BALANCE ON THE MEDIANS.
BUT, UM, I, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT'S NOT AN, UH, A THING YOU COULDN'T LOOK AT.
I THINK THAT WOULD GENERALLY BE FEASIBLE.
AND THIS IS WITH KEEPING THE ROADS WHAT AT A, WHAT, WHAT WIDTH ON THESE? THESE ARE A 20 FOOT FACE-TO-FACE.
UM, SO THE MATCHING THE 10 FOOT LANES YEAH.
IS IS THERE ANY OPTION? 'CAUSE THESE ARE ALL 45 DEGREE ANGLE PARKING.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT 30 DEGREE? WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT 30 DEGREE.
WE ARE MATCHING THE THAT MAY ONLY GET YOU FIVE FEET, RIGHT, EXACTLY.
SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE ALL THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? UH, YES.
SO WE WENT, SO 45 TO PARALLEL GIVES US THE BIGGEST CONTRAST OF THE DIFFERENCE.
UM, WE CAN LOOK AT 30, WE KNOW WE'LL END UP IN SOME MEDIUM BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
IT COULD FREE UP A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THAT.
DID YOU LOOK AT GRADING OR TILING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE SO THAT YOU COULD EXPAND THE PARKING ON THAT SIDE? SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME FOR ME.
SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT ON THAT SIDE.
THE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WE'RE JUGGLING IS WANTING TO KEEP THAT DITCH OPEN CURRENTLY UNTIL WE SOLIDIFY THE DRAINAGE SOLUTION.
I THINK THE DETENTION SOLUTION IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE CARRYING ABOUT $300,000 WORTH OF COST IN IT.
AND IT LOWERS BY KEEPING THE DITCHES OPEN IN CERTAIN AREAS BECAUSE WE CAN ALLOW THAT AREA TO STORE WATER.
UM, SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, BUT IT MAY DRIVE THE PROJECT COST UP, WHICH MAY TRIGGER OR, OR PUSH OVER THE OVERALL PROJECT BUDGET.
YEAH, I, I LIKE THE, UH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE HYBRID THAT, UH, MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
IF, IF WE CAN LIMIT THE, YOU KNOW, THE WIDTH AND THE ACQUISITION THE RIGHT OF WAY, THE, UH, THE BUSINESS THERE, THE ONE JUST, UH, TO THE EAST OF, UH, MAINE OFF OF PECAN.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S A HOUSE BUT IT'S A BUSINESS.
UH, I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM POSSIBLY BENEFIT FROM MORE QUANTITY OF PARKING.
AND I LIKE, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING THE MOST PARKING AVAILABLE BUT NOT ENCROACHING ON THE RESIDENCE AS MUCH.
AND THE REASON WE NEEDED PARKING IS FOR THE COMMERCIAL.
I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE THAT, BUT YOU WANT THE PARKING, BUT RIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ALMOST SHARE INTO THE, UH, THE PAIN SOMEWHAT.
AND, AND IT'S NOT LIKE THEY WON'T BE COMPENSATED FOR IT, BUT I I THEN FOR ME, THE HOUSES, THEY MAY NOT BE AS INTERESTED IN HAVING A BUNCH OF STRANGERS PARK IN FRONT OF THEM, BUT MAYBE THESE, THESE BUSINESSES, DO THEY HAVE, HAVE YOU ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WANT? WOULD THEY PREFER THE MORE PARKING IN FRONT OF THEM OR WOULD THEY WANT MORE? IT'S JUST THE ONE BUSINESS THOUGH, RIGHT? IT'S JUST ONE, MY GUESS IS THEY'RE GONNA WANT THE PARKING BUT NOT, NOT IN FRONT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE HAVING EVERYTHING ELSE.
I WANT IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO PICK, YOU DON'T WANT IT THERE.
YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING I THINK THE PARALLEL PARKING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSES MAKES THE MOST SENSE BECAUSE THAT EMULATES A NORMAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE YOU WOULD PARK ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND YOU'RE NOT FACING IT.
SO THEY WON'T GET HEADLIGHTS IN THEIR WINDOWS, YOU KNOW.
SO ONE, NO, SORRY, NOT TO CUT YOUR JIM THOUGH.
ON WEST AND MAIN WE HAVE ONLY EXPLORED ANGLELAND PARKING, WHICH I HAVEN'T SHOWN YET.
WE HAVE ONLY EXPLORED ANGLELAND PARKING ON THOSE.
PARALLEL PARKING IS ONLY BEING CONSIDERED ON PECAN IS THE ONLY STREET THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT.
AND WE SET UP THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE NORTH SIDE ONCE THE DRAIN IS SITUATED.
THAT WHOLE POINT IS HOW DO YOU SET THIS UP SO
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THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT ENTIRELY? CORRECT.UM, CAN I ASK IN THE HYBRID OPTION ONE MORE TIME FOR A CLARIFICATION ON THAT? ON WHICH PROPERTIES? SO BETWEEN WEST AND MAINE IT WOULD BE THE PARALLEL.
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT AN AS ASPECT ON THIS.
I THINK ALL WE SHOULD BE DOING IS GIVING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE START MESSING WITH ALL THIS, THE CITY COUNCIL'S GONNA WANNA WEIGH IN AND EITHER BUST IT OR SAY NO UNDERSTOOD TO ANY OF IT.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, WESTIN MAINE.
AND SO THIS SHOWS WE'VE GOT THE, UM, ONE WAY DIRECTIONAL PARKING HERE.
UM, WE ARE ANGLED IN, THERE ARE TWO CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THE TOP AND BOTTOM ARE, ARE EFFECTIVELY THE EXACT SAME THING THERE.
THE ONLY THING THAT ISN'T DEPICTED HERE IS ON ONE OF THE SCENARIOS WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT PUTTING PARKING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF WESTERN MAINE.
AND THAT IS THE SAME CONCEPT TO MAINTAIN THAT OPEN BAR DITCH ON IT.
WE'D STILL ADD A SIDEWALK TO THAT SIDE, BUT WE JUST WOULD NOT ADD, UH, PARKING ON IT.
UM, WHEN I GO TO THE NEXT ONE TO SHOW THE IMPACT OF THAT, WE ARE GETTING THE MAJORITY OF OUR PARKING FROM THIS PROJECT ON THAT SIDE OF BOTH STREETS.
UM, SO WEST STREET IN THE SCENARIO THAT DOES, UH, IT ALL GETS 27 PARKING SPACES.
MAIN STREET GETS 29 PARKING SPACES.
UM, BUT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL DRAINAGE IMPACT FOR THAT.
IF WE WERE TO NOT PUT THE PARKING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE TWO OF THEM, UM, WE, WE END UP GOING DOWN TO 27 TOTAL.
UM, IT TAKES ABOUT 7,500 SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE A DRAINAGE IMPACT, BUT IT IS ABOUT HALF THE IMPACT.
I THINK WE NEED TO FIX THE DRAINAGE.
IT MAY BE, TO ME IT'S WHAT I'M AFRAID OF.
WE DO ALL THIS WORK AND SOMEONE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW FROM NOW IS GONNA GO, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAD THEY JUST FIXED THE DRAINAGE WE COULD HAVE DONE BLAH, BLAH BLAH.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO, UM, MAYBE AGAIN WITH THE COUNCIL, 'CAUSE OUR BUDGET MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE ALL THAT, BUT DO IT RIGHT TO WHERE A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW WE'RE NOT STILL FIGHTING WITH DRAINAGE ISSUES.
'CAUSE THAT'S ALL I CAN SEE IS MM-HMM
YOU FIX IT ALL AND EVERY TIME IT DOES FLOOD, IT'LL BE BLAMED ON US.
WHEN REALLY MAYBE IT WASN'T UNDERSTOOD.
UM, I'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH JUST SOME OF THE METRICS FOR YOU GUYS BEFORE WE GET INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS THAT ARE OUT TO THE OPEN HOUSE.
UM, WITH THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING ALMOST 1600 LINEAR FEET OF NEW STREET RECONSTRUCTED.
UM, WE'RE GETTING UP TO 57 ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR THE PROJECT OVER 2000 FEET OF A DA SIDEWALK, 32 NEW SHADE TREES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.
AND THEN, UM, A PRETTY LARGE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF OTHER NATIVE LANDSCAPING THAT WE'D ADD THROUGHOUT IT.
UM, AND SELECT KEY AREAS TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT, THAT VISION TO LIFE AND KIND OF EXPAND THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
COULD YOU GO BACK ON THAT? YEP.
SO THAT'S USING BOTH SIDES EAST AND WEST.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THE MOTION AND THAT'S ALSO USING TOTAL ANGLED YEP.
SO THAT'S, SO, SO IF WE'RE TAKING THIS KIND OF THE NUMBERS, SO IF WE DO THE REMOVING THE WEST SIDE AND DOING THE PARALLEL PARKING ONLY LIKE 40.
WE'RE DOWN TO, WE LOSE ABOUT, WE LOSE ONLY 17.
I THOUGHT WE LOSE MORE THAN YOU LOSE, UH, 20, 25 ISH.
SO YOU CUT IT IN HALF, ROUGHLY.
THE TRICKY PART OF THE PROJECT IS DEFINITELY THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF PLAYING THE GAME RIGHT? OF MOVING THE DOMINOES AROUND.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE OPEN HOUSE THAT, UH, WE HAD LAST WEEK AND WHAT'S POSTED ONLINE IS WALKING THROUGH A HANDFUL OF DECISION POINTS ON CONTEXT AND IN HARDSCAPING PLACEMAKING ELEMENTS.
UM, THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, CAN KIND OF BRING THIS, THIS VISION TO LIFE AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT.
AND SO I HAD OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE TEAM WALK THE SITES, WALK THE CO-OP WALK FARLEY, LOOK AT, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE AREA AND PROVIDE SOME, SOME SCENARIOS OF STEPPING THROUGH THIS.
UM, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS THAT WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THE LIGHT POLES, THE BIKE RACKS, BENCHES, TRASHES, UM, AND THE TRANSITION ZONES.
WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GOOD FEEDBACK ALREADY FROM THE OPEN HOUSE AND I EXPECT TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM WHAT'S, UM, DIGITAL.
BUT THAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF GUIDING THAT IS TRYING TO FIND THE BLEND AND THE BALANCE.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK TOO CO-OP OR TOO HISTORIC, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT RIGHT BALANCE IS.
AND SO WE HAVE A, A DEDICATED APPROACH FOR IT, SIMILAR TO THE SHADE TREES, UM, AND ORNAMENTALS SHRUBS, GROUND COVER AND MULCH.
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WE'VE TALKED TO THE CITY ARBORISTS.WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT DOES A DIVERSE CANOPY LOOK LIKE IN THE AREA? WHAT ARE THE STRUGGLES WITH, UH, FARLEY STREET AND HOW THOSE ARE PLACED AND WHAT'S THE SPACING ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, HOW THE INTERACTION OF THAT IS WITH THE BUSINESSES.
UM, THE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE CONCERNS, WHAT IS THE, THE IRRIGATION TOLL ON SOME OF THESE PLANTINGS.
UM, AND SO ALL OF THOSE ARE, ARE, ARE TYPES OF DECISION MARKERS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW TO GET IT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA WAIT TILL WE GET THROUGH THE FULL OPEN HOUSE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT A, A NICE SLATE OF, UM, RESPONSES AND FEEDBACK AND THEN PROVIDE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THE PLANTING PILOT AND, UH, AND PLACEMAKING PILOT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, THE NEXT PIECE KIND OF GOES INTO OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN, KIND OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING.
UM, WE ARE EXPECTING THIS TO REQUIRE LYME FOR THE ROAD.
SO, UM, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE DEALT WITH ROAD RECONSTRUCTION, THAT CAN GET MESSY, IT CAN GET PRETTY DIFFICULT TO KIND OF WORK WITH IN THE AREA.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S A SLURRY, WHETHER WE'RE DOING THIS IN A PHASED APPROACH, HOW DO WE DO THIS WITH MINIMIZING THE IMPACT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A DETAILED PHASE YET THAT'S GONNA COME AFTER WE GET SOME, SOME FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT AT THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MIND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A, A STRUGGLE.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE OTHER KEY PIECES.
UM, I'VE GOT MOLLY ON THE TEAM THAT'S HERE TO HELP UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE, THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS IMPACT THAT THAT TAKES.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO BE EFFECTIVE AT COMMUNICATING AND WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO KNOW WHERE THEIR CONCERNS ARE ON THE PROJECT.
AND SO WE GET TO THE DECISION POINTS.
I KNOW WE KIND OF, WE DID THIS AS WE WERE GOING HERE, UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'VE KIND OF GOTTEN THROUGH THE, THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT ON THE PARKING AND DRAINAGE, THE, THE STREETSCAPE PALLET ITSELF.
I THINK THE, UH, THE EFFECTIVE PART IS TO WAIT FOR THAT FEEDBACK TO COME IN.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE WORKING TO MOVE FORWARD IN 60% DESIGN, WHICH IS SET TO GET IN, IN, IN, UM, OCTOBER.
SO, UM, CONFIRM THE STREETSCAPE PALETTE.
THAT WAS WHAT, YOU JUST HAD TWO SLIDES BEFORE.
PICKING OUT THE FLOWERS AND STUFF.
AGAIN, I, I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE IS SAYING IS HERE'S WHAT WE THINK WE LIKE, OR THE DIRECTION, AND THEN, 'CAUSE THE COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE TO BE THE ONES THAT MAINTAIN IT AND ALL THAT.
AND LIKE FOR ME, FOR STREETSCAPE, UH, I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE GROUND COVER AND ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE ANYTHING WE HAVE DOWN THERE IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE WHAT, LIKE A COUPLE YUCCAS AND SOME, UM, OLD MULCH, RIGHT.
AND SO I THINK IF WE PUT SOME TREES IN, BUT I THINK ONE TIME, ONE THING I SEE A LOT OF CITIES DO IS THEY GET REAL FANCY, RIGHT? AND IT LOOKS GREAT FOR A YEAR OR TWO, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES FOR FOUR MONTHS AND IT'S ALL DEAD.
AND THEN THEY SPEND ALL THIS TIME CONSTANTLY REPLANTING AND, UM, MOST OF WHAT I SAW WAS NATIVE.
IT WOULD, IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE FARLEY AS A TEST CASE FOR THE ALL, NOT EVERY VERY OFTEN DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER DOWNTOWN STREET THAT'S HAD 10 YEARS OF BEING ABLE TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND WHAT DID AND DIDN'T WORK.
AND SO A LOT OF THE PLANT SEED PALLETS SAID, OKAY, WE UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLES THAT THAT HAD.
THAT WAS TOO, UM, IT WASN'T DROUGHT TOLERANT ENOUGH OR IT WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH WATER OR WHATEVER THE, THE CASE MAY BE.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT? WAS TEXAS SAGE ON THERE? YES.
I WOULD SAY THAT DAMN NEAR BAY.
THAT AND THE, UM, WHAT'S THE THINGS THAT HAVE THE LONG SHOOTS OUT THAT HAVE THE RED FLOWERS ON THEM? THE FIRECRACKER FERNS? NO, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE ALL GREEN AND THEN THEY HAVE PINK, PINK ON THE END.
UM, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A, A, UH, IT'S LIKE A YUCCA, RIGHT? BUT IT'S GOT THIS, WELL, IT'S GOT LITTLE PODS ANYWAY.
THERE'S ONLY TWO THINGS IN MY YARD THAT DIDN'T DIE.
AND, UM, EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS LIKE IT.
EVEN THE LIVE OAK GOT DAMAGED.
BUT THOSE TWO THINGS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR HARDY ZONES INTENDED TO BE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU CAN'T KILL 'EM.
WHAT'S THAT? IT'S A RED YUCCA.
THAT'S WHY I LOOKED LIKE A YUCCA
SO I GUESS I WOULD SAY FOR ME, THE, UM, WHERE I TALKED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE AND I WOULD SAY WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER THE GROUND COVER THAT THE CITY OUGHT TO LOOK AT, LOW MAINTENANCE, LEAST THE AMOUNT OF WATER AND MAINTENANCE, LEAST AMOUNT OF WATER, LOW MAINTENANCE, DON'T WANT 'EM OUT THERE TRIMMING IT EVERY WEEK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO LOW GROWTH, LOW MAINTENANCE, LOW WATER.
SAME FOR THE TREES, WHATEVER'S NATIVE AND GOOD JOB NOT PUTTING ANY, UH, LIVE OAKS, IT SEEMS. WE GOT, THANK YOU.
WE'VE HAD A HABIT IN THE CITY OF PLANTING MYRTLE, FORCING PEOPLE TO PLANT LIVE OAKS, TWO FEET FROM A BUILDING, GIVING PEOPLE ALLERGIES ALL THEY LONG, BUT THEY'RE, SO DI HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON, UH, YOU MENTIONED ALLEYS.
THAT'S MY QUESTION ABOUT ALLEYS.
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ABOUT AS FAR AS, UM, RELOCATING UTILITIES.ARE THERE ANY OTHER EFFORTS TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE ALLEYS AT ALL? SO RIGHT NOW IN THE PLAN, THE, THE BIG INTENTIONS IS RE UTILITY RELOCATION OF THE ALLEY SINCE YOU GUYS OWN IT, AND THEN REWORKING SO THAT THEY ARE NOT, UM, CLEARLY DEFINED FOR PEOPLE TO USE.
BUT THAT IS WHERE TRASH TRA, UH, TRASH ACCESS CAN GO THROUGH SO THAT ANY PEOPLE THAT ARE USING CAN MOVE TO THE BACKSIDE OF IT.
UM, SO REWORKING THE DRIVEWAYS AND THE APPROACHES, BUT MAKING IT SEEM MORE, UH, SERVICE ORIENTED AND LESS LIKE INCENTIVIZING SOMEBODY TO GO THROUGH IT.
AND THIS MAY BE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS, IT PROBABLY IS, BUT I THINK IT'S A, TO DIRECTOR CHENEY, THERE'S THAT, UM,
THERE'S THAT ALLEYWAY THAT GOES EAST WEST FROM THE PARKING LOT, THE CITY PARKING LOT.
THERE WAS TALK OF MAKING THAT, UM, PAVING THAT AND DEVELOPING THAT.
I ASSUME THIS IS NOT INCOMP, THIS IS NOT ENCOMPASSES THIS OR CORRECT.
THAT WAS WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE RIGHT OF WAY OPTIMIZATION PROJECT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR ALTERNATIVE BID.
WELL, THERE'S NO PRESENTATION ON IT, BUT, RIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE DISRUPTIVE TO DOWNTOWN, BUT ALL I'VE HEARD SINCE I'VE BEEN ON INVOLVED IN THE CITY IS THEY WANT SOMETHING DONE DOWNTOWN.
IT BE DRAINAGE, PARKING, UH, WALKABILITY AND ALL THIS.
BUT WE'VE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, IT, IT'S, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT DOWN SOME TREES, YOU'RE GONNA, IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE IT JUST ALL FITS HERE.
IF IT FITTED THERE, IT WOULD ALREADY BE THERE.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS GONNA HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF REWORK, RE-ENGINEERED, RE-ENGINEERING.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE A LITTLE, BUT I, I HOPE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT AS A POSITIVE AS LONG AS THEY DO HAVE THE DRAINAGE FIX.
THEY DO HAVE THE SIDEWALKS, THEY DO HAVE THE STREETSCAPE AND THINGS.
'CAUSE IF WE JUST TAKE RIDE AWAY AND PUT PARKING IN, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
BUT, UM, CAN'T MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
I KNOW THAT TAKE OUT THE BIKE RACKS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
THERE'S A, A, A NUMBER OF INTENTIONAL DECISIONS ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU CAN'T TAKE LIGHTLY.
YOU THINK IT'S A LITTLE DECISION AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF TIMES.
UM, SO MAY I'LL GET TO JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE AND SUMMARIZE ON THE, ON THE DIFFERENT ONES HERE.
SO THE PARALLEL TO ANGLE THEN PARKING.
UM, WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT THE HYBRID OPTION LOOKS LIKE FOR PECAN THERE AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT GOES BACK TO COUNCIL.
UM, THIS DOES SHOW KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE IN COST.
THERE'S ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DIFFERENCE, UM, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT, THE EASEMENT AS WELL.
ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE THERE, UH, FOR PARKING ON IT.
AND, AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK FOR THE, THE SOLUTION THAT RESOLVES THE DRAINAGE FOR IT AS WE WORK THROUGH THE, THE PROBLEM THERE THAT STILL MAXIMIZES IT.
SO, UM, MAKE SURE I'VE HEARD THAT CORRECTLY.
UM, WHAT'D YOU SAY? AM I USING OPTION A NOW? YEAH.
IT'S THE MOST, UH, IT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE, BUT I THINK LONG TERM, LONG TERM IT SETS US UP WITH THE MONEY WE'RE INVESTING IN DOWNTOWN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU INVEST THAT MILLIONS IN DOWNTOWN AND THEN GO, WELL, WE, WE KICKED THE CAN DOWN ON THE DRAINAGE.
WELL THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED ON BETWEEN, ON FARLEY BETWEEN WEST AND BASICALLY WHAT USED TO BE SHORT STREET.
YOU GOT VALLEY ENG ENGINEERED AND NOW YOU HAVE FLOOD ISSUES AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
WHERE I WANNA SEE THE COST CUT IS PROBABLY THE TRASH CANS.
UH, AND I EVEN THINK EVEN GOING BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE, I THINK WHEN WE, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY NEED TO TALK TO THOSE COUPLE HOMEOWNERS AND GO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
'CAUSE YOU MAY HAVE A HOMEOWNER GO, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT LONG TERM, THAT BEING A VIABLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO ME, HAVING A PARKING THERE, UM, MAY, IF YOU HAVE ONE DRIVEWAY, YOU CAN'T PARK ON ANY OF THE ROADS LIKE YOU CAN IN RESIDENTIAL THAT GIVES YOU PARKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU MAY BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TURN YOUR BUILDING INTO A COMMERCIAL AND, UH, THEY MAY SEE VALUE IN THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT THINKING THE, OH, OOPS.
THAT'S ALL OF THE, THE DECISIONS THERE IN TERMS OF, OF TIMEFRAME AND POINT.
UM, SO WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR TOTAL SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW IS, UM, AT THE BOARD APPROVAL TO MOVE INTO 60% DESIGN, UM, TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THOSE, UM, AND BE ABLE TO BRING IN FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITH DETAILED COSTS AT THE NEXT PHASE.
I, NOT TO HOLD YOU ANYTHING, BUT WHAT'S KIND OF THE TIMEFRAME? I KNOW YOU'RE 6% DESIGN, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT FOR BIDS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION TIME, AGAIN, NOT TO HOLD YOU TO IT.
THE GOAL IS TO GET THIS TWO BID
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BY EARLY NEXT YEAR.RIGHT NOW IT SHOWS ON THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'D LIKE TO BE BID AN AWARD BY, UH, MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, SOME OF THAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE UTILITY RELOCATION AND THE DETENTION IMPACTS.
BUT, UM, ALL OF THE THINGS IS THE MORE THINGS WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP IN THE CITY'S CONTROL AND NOT HAVE THEM SPIRAL CAN KEEP IT ON THAT SCHEDULE.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY HOW WE'RE KIND OF JUGGLING THIS IS ANYTHING THAT SPILLS OUT OF THE, THE CONTROL OF EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND COUNCIL, UM, IS WHEN WE START TO LOSE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT CONTROL OF THE SCHEDULE.
BUT, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CONSTRUCTION TIME WOULD BE? I GUESS FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS? WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT 400 TO 450 CONSTRUCTION DAYS.
UM, I'D SAY THAT'S IN CALENDAR DAYS AND THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE'D PROBABLY DO THIS IN A COUPLE MORE PHASES THAN NORMAL, JUST BECAUSE YOU'D WANNA DO THIS, NOT SO IMPACTFUL.
UM, BUT I, I THINK YOU'D BE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S SOMETHING IN 18 MONTHS.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS SEVEN ONE CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECT 1 0 7 EAST STREET CHANEY.
UH, SO PROJECT 1 0 7 EAST STREET IS LOCATED AT 1 0 7 EAST STREET IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
UH, THIS IS A RENOVATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT OF AN EXISTING HISTORIC BUILDING.
UH, THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THE FACADE GRANT FROM THE HEDC.
THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES A VARIETY OF STRUCTURAL REPAIRS AS WELL AS FACADE REPAIRS, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT, UH, REPLACING BRICK PAINTING, MORTAR REPAIRS, STABILIZATION OF OF THE BRICK WALLS THERE, UH, NEW WINDOWS AND NEW DOORS.
UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT INVESTMENT IS OVER 850,000.
UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BEING HELD AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
SHOULD THE EDC APPROVE INCENTIVES FOR THE PROJECT.
THERE'S A MANDATORY 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD BEFORE FUNDS CAN BE EXPENDED FOR THE PROJECT.
SO IT'S JUST TO MAKE PUBLIC RECORD OF THE PROJECT REQUEST FOR INCENTIVES.
UH, SO THE TIME IS 7 37 OPENING UP FOR ANY PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION COMMENTS.
UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN TWO, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECT ORCHARD.
UH, PROJECT ORCHARD IS A PLANNED RETAIL DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EDGE SCHMIDT AND THE FUTURE LIVE OAK EXTENSION.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO A SHOPPING CENTER WITH RETAIL AND RESTAURANT OFFERINGS.
UH, IT DOES INCLUDE AN ANCHOR GROCERY TENANT.
UM, THAT WILL OCCUPY A MAJORITY OF THE SPACE, APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THEN THE REMAINING APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SQUARE FEET WOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THE OTHER SPECIFIED USES, SUCH AS ADDITIONAL RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS.
THE PROJECT ALSO REQUIRES THE COMPLETION OF THE LIVE OAK EXTENSION ROAD PROJECT, AS WELL AS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT EDGE SCHMIDT, INCLUDING A SIGNAL.
SO AGAIN, STATE LAW REQUIREMENT PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF INCENTIVES.
AND HOW BIG WAS THE GROCERY? WHAT'S THAT? HOW BIG WAS THE GROCERY? HOW MANY FEET? UH, 15 TO 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
OPENING UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT 7 38.
CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7 38.
MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN THREE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF INCENTIVES FOR PROJECT 1 0 6 EAST STREET.
GOOD EVENING BOARD, JENNIFER DURO, MARKETING ANALYST.
UH, THIS ITEM IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PROJECT 1 0 6, THE PROPOSED RELOCATION OF MERGE BARBERSHOP TO A 1,760 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT THE 1 0 6 EAST STREET, AND THE POTENTIAL PROVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS PUBLIC HEARING DOES NOT OBLIGATE HEDC TO APPROVE FUNDING, BUT PRESERVES THE OPTION FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION AND BEGINS THE REQUIRED 60 DAY PERIOD BEFORE INCENTIVE FUNDS MAY BE EXTENDED.
UH, THE SCOPE OF THIS IS TO, UM, REPAINT THE CURRENTLY, UH, RED FRONT GABLE FACE, ENTRANCE DOORS, WINDOW TRIMS, AND, UM, ALSO RECODING OF THE PAINTED CONCRETE PORCH AND WALKWAY ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SIDE ENTRANCE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? WE WILL ACTUALLY TALK MORE ABOUT THIS IN, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION AS WELL.
ANYBODY? I DON'T EVEN THINK WE CAN, SINCE IT DOESN'T SAY DISCUSSION.
WE JUST NEED TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, HEARING NONE.
WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ALSO AT 7 39.
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ON TO AGENDA ITEMS EIGHT ONE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE CORPORATION'S MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR AUGUST, 2026.CHRISTINA BISHOP, ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR.
THE AUGUST FINANCIALS WERE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET POSTED ONLINE.
I DID NOT EMAIL THEM OUT THIS TIME.
UH, YOUR HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST ON THE REVENUE SIDE, YOU DID HAVE A VERY STRONG SALES TAX MONTH.
LARGELY IT WAS YOUR SECOND STRONGEST SALES TAX MONTH OF THE YEAR, LARGELY DRIVEN BY REMOTE TAX PAYERS.
UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU DID HAVE YOUR ALLIANCE BANK INTEREST PAYMENT THAT THAT OCCURS IN FEBRUARY AND AUGUST, AS WELL AS AN EXPENDITURE FOR PROJECT ERROR.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, AT THE END OF AUGUST, WHICH IS ALMOST THE COMPLETION OF THE FISCAL YEAR, YOUR REVENUES ARE 6.75 MILLION OVER EXPENSES, AND YOUR FUND BALANCE IS AT ABOUT 15.1 MILLION.
UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CORPORATE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT OF AUGUST, 2026.
PRESENTED BY BOARD MEMBER MORRIS, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE BOARD MEMBER WARNER AYE.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT TWO, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE HURO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SPECIAL CALLED JOINT MEETING WITH JUDO CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 6TH, 2026, AND THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 10TH, 2026.
MOTION TO APPROVE AS IS ON BOTH SECOND OOH, GO AHEAD.
MOTION PRESENTED BY VICE CHAIR MORALES, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING ON, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE BOARD MEMBER MORRIS AYE.
MOVING ON TO EIGHT THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FOR THE CORPORATION.
WE APPOINT BOARD MEMBER MORALES AS THE CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBER WARNER AS THE VICE CHAIR.
IS THAT RIGHT? OR SECRETARY? OR IS IT SECRETARY? SECRETARY.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MORRIS.
HEARING NONE WILL CALL THE VOTE.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT WAS A MOTION TO HAVE KAITLYN MORALES AS CHAIR AND, UH, CHARLES WARNER AS VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY.
WELL, NOW CHAIR MORALES, MAYBE.
NOW, JULIE, NOW, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MOVING ON TO EIGHT FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION R DASH HEDC DASH 2026 DASH 0 4 6 TO APPROVE THE CREATION AND FUNDING OF A SPECIAL CO, UH, SPECIAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, SPAC TO SUPPORT THE PURSUIT OF WET ALCOHOL ZONING IN THE CITY OF HURO.
IT'S ACTUALLY A SPECIFIC PURPOSE ACTION COMMITTEE, BUT YES.
SPECIAL PURPOSE, I THINK SPECIFIC SPECIAL PURPOSE, POLITICAL SPECIAL PURPOSE, POLITICAL ACTION.
BASICALLY IT IS, YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS ONE THING.
WHAT IS IT? IT'S A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
SO THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES IS THE BOARD AUTHORIZING BASICALLY ANY OF ITS MEMBERS, UM, TO TAKE THE STEPS TO CREATE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE
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ACTION COMMITTEE FOR THE SOLE INTENT OF, UM, COLLECTING OR EXPENDING FUNDS FOR THE LOCAL AL LOCAL ELECTION.I MEAN, THE ALCOHOL ISSUE FOR JP FOUR, UM, THAT IS, IT, IT AUTHORIZES WHICHEVER BOARD MEMBER DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT DOES NOT SPECIFY A PERSON, UM, TO FILE ANY PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE FILED TO IN ORDER TO CREATE IT AND MAINTAIN IT.
AUTHORIZED IT DOES NOT HAVE TO SPECIFY WHO'S GONNA DO IT.
IT SPECIFIES ANY BOARD MEMBER WHO'S GONNA VOLUNTEER.
I DID IT THAT WAY SO THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND, AND SOMEBODY HAS TO SAY, I, I HAVE TO DUCK OUT FOR PERSONAL REASONS, ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER CAN STEP IN AND BE TREASURER AND CAN FILE.
AND BASICALLY IT AUTHORIZES THE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND IT DOES SPECIFY JUST FOR CLARITY, BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT PROHIBITS THE USE OF ANY PUBLIC FUNDS.
GOING TOWARDS THE ELECTION ISSUE.
SO THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE BOARD MEMBERS TO TAKE ACTIONS, YOU KNOW, TO VOLUNTEER TO TAKE ACTIONS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
IN OTHER WORDS, CITY FINANCE CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE TREASURER'S PRO, UH, OP OR PROJECT OR OBLIGATIONS.
ALL MOTION TO APPROVE IS PRESENTED.
MOTION PRESENTED BY BOARD MEMBER SNYDER.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD.
DO I NOW SAY CHAIR MORALES OR DO I CONTINUE VICE CHAIR.
AND THEN DO I SAY VICE CHAIR? SECRETARY VICE OR VICE CHAIR? SECRETARY WARNER.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION R DASH HEDC DASH 2026 DASH 0 4 7 TO RATIFY THE PURCHASE OF 1 0 1 ANTHONY STREET.
THIS RESOLUTION WE PUT FORWARD, THE BOARD TOOK ACTION AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION AS OFTEN AS THE CASE AND IS, YOU KNOW, PROPER AND AUTHORIZED UNDER TOOMA.
HOWEVER, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE ISN'T A RESOLUTION THAT IS CREATED AND SO WE'RE JUST USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RATIFY THAT DECISION SO THAT THERE IS DOCUMENTATION.
THERE IS A RESOLUTION AND A PAPER RECORD YES.
UH, FOR PEOPLE TO PULL AND LOOK UPON.
MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.
MOTION PRESENTED BY CHAIR MORALES.
UH, SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD.
ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, WE'LL CALL THE VOTE VICE CHAIR WARNER.
AND MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT SIX.
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON A PROPOSED STRATEGY FOR DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, CITY COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM WITH ALL OF THE FOCUS AND ENERGY AROUND REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN THE EDC BEING A, A BIG PART OF THAT.
UH, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR DOWNTOWN FROM THE EDC.
SO THIS IS A, A NEW TOPIC, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON A STRATEGY TONIGHT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAD THE DOWNTOWN CHAPTER OF THE 2040 COMP PLAN THAT'S THE MOST RECENTLY APPROVED CONCEPT, VISION IDEA FOR DOWNTOWN.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD JUMPING OFF POINT.
I'LL ALSO BE SENDING OUT LIKE THE MASTER MOBILITY PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT PARKS AND TRAILS 'CAUSE THERE IS SOME CONNECTIVITY THROUGH DOWNTOWN VIA THE LIVE OAK EXTENSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE ALL OF THOSE PIECES TO CONSIDER AS WE'RE LOOKING AT DOWNTOWN AS A HOLISTIC, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO THIS IS JUST, IF THERE WERE ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS OR IDEAS, IF YOU WANNA SHARE THOSE, AND THEN I WILL PUT THAT INTO THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION ON A ACTUAL STRATEGY.
BUT JUST WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION, THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THE ROAD PROJECTS, I THINK COUNCIL'S JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT THE STRATEGY IS BEHIND.
IT DOES FEEL A LITTLE BIT SHOTGUN GUNNY RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO STRIKE WHEN THE IRON'S HOT.
SO WHEN PROPERTIES ARE AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA,
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YOU GOTTA GO AFTER IT.BUT I THINK WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE CLARITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, I BELIEVE THAT FINANCE WOULD PROBABLY APPRECIATE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE STRATEGY TOO, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING MINDFUL OF OUR CASH FLOWS AS PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARISE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE AND IMPLEMENT, NOT JUST KIND OF START AND, AND HOLD TO BE CLEAR, THERE WASN'T A VOTE BY COUNCIL ASKING FOR THIS.
THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER, IT WAS JUST A REQUEST FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? YEAH.
FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT THE COUNCIL.
I'M ONLY CLARIFYING THAT BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN WE SAY THE COUNCIL'S NOT REAL SURE, AND I LOOK UP HERE, I GO
I WANNA MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE I KNOW, UH, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT GOTCHA.
UM, THE, THE THREE ORDINANCES WE HAVE TO PROVIDE GRANTS FOR, LIKE FACADES AND EVERYTHING MM-HMM
IS THAT, SHOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN THIS OR, I KNOW THEY'RE SEPARATE ORDINANCES, BUT, BUT IN THIS PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR HOW ARE WE CALLING THIS? THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT DOES THAT, NOT NECESSARILY THE, THE, THE, THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, BUT THAT INTENTION TO HAVE THAT PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT IS THAT WE ARE THE CITY COUNCIL.
ALONG WITH EDC IS DOING THESE THINGS FOR REFUNDING GRANTING LOAN FOR, FOR WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO AN ORDINANCE.
CAN YOU BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR? BECAUSE WE DON'T HANDLE ORDINANCES AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEVEL.
ONE OF 'EM IS TO, UM, PROVIDE, UM, REIMBURSEMENT FOR FACADES.
I THINK FOR STRUCTURE, I NEED HELP ON THE THIRD ONE.
BUT ANYWAY, I'M JUST SAYING IS IF, IS THAT, DO WE WANT TO HAVE IN THIS REDEVELOPMENT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I'M NOT SAYING I, I KNOW IS, DO WE WANT, IF WE'RE GONNA BE ASSISTING IN OWNERSHIP PROPERTY OWNERS DOWN THERE WITH REIMBURSEMENTS AND OR LOANS AND OR GRANTS MM-HMM
UM, SHOULD THAT BE INCLUDED IN THIS REDEVELOPMENT PLAN? I THINK SO.
I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
IT'S, IT'S A TANGIBLE WAY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN, ESPECIALLY FOR EXISTING RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT, WHATEVER ELEMENT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR A FINAL ANSWER ON THAT.
I WOULD SAY DRAINAGE, WALKABILITY, PARKING AND REDEVELOPMENT.
IT, IT COULD DEFINITELY BE IN THE RECITALS TO INCLUDE THAT ALL THE, THE BIGGER COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I WOULDN'T WANNA REFERENCE A SPECIFIC ORDINANCE.
I'D LIKE TO BE MORE BROAD BASE THAT MM-HMM.
DIRECT TO STAFF TO CONTINUED INCENTIVES COUNCIL AND TO SEE THAT WE DO THESE THINGS AND MM-HMM
THIS IS PART OF THIS, THE SCOPE OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT.
THE DRAINAGE AND PARKING ARE TWO HUGE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS REALLY.
UH, SO AS LONG AS WE'RE ON THE PATH FORWARD THERE, BUT I THINK THAT THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES WE'RE DOING TO PRESERVE THEIR CHARACTER AND PRESERVE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL, YOU KNOW, UM, LANDSCAPE OF DOWNTOWN.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT TO PROTECT IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET TORN DOWN AND TURNED INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE JUST THE WAY THEY ARE OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP ONE OF THOSE PARKING OR DRAINAGE OR, YOU KNOW, OTHER REDEVELOPMENT ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
SO WE WOULDN'T SPEND MONEY ON IT IF IT DIDN'T SERVE A VERY, VERY, UM, HEAVY PURPOSE IN, IN ANY OF THOSE GOALS.
SO BRINGS VALUE TO THE DOWNTOWN.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS INVESTMENT INTO DOWNTOWN FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH.
IS THAT OUR STRATEGY HERE? I WOULD SAY THAT'S, UH, PRETTY MOVING ON
PRETTY UH, PRETTY SUCCINCT POINT YOU MADE THERE.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM EIGHT? SIX.
THE BOARD WILL NOW RECESS THE OPEN MEETING AND RECONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 ATTORNEY CONSULTATION 5 5 1 0.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 5 5 1 0.07.
TWO REAL PROPERTY TO DELIBERATE AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
PROJECT CORE, THE MEGASITE PROJECT PROJECT BLUE HUB PROJECT CRAWFORD PROJECT COVO PROJECT INNOVATE PROJECT HEARTBEAT PROJECT, AIR PROJECT ORCHARD PROJECT MAESTRO PROJECT 1 0 7 E STREET PROJECT 1 0 6 E STREET, POTENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, THE INCENTIVE AGREEMENT FOR HOW TO HOSPITALITY, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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OF THE COTTONWOOD PROPERTIES AND ANY RELATED INCENTIVES.LITIGATION WITH MIDWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IMPACTING CORPORATION OWNED PROPERTY, THE SALES TAX SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HU AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT THREE, ALCOHOL ZONING FOR THE CITY OF HU.
PROPOSED HU FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE, A LOAN PROGRAM FOR THE CORPORATION AND THE EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE CORPORATE FUNDS FOR INTENSIVES.
ALL RIGHT, THE BOARD WILL NOW, UH, CALL BACK OPEN SESSION.
MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN ONE, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AGENDA ITEMS. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE 1 0 7 EAST FACADE GRANT AND ALSO, UM, THE THREE 80 AGREEMENT AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION PRESENTED BY BOARD MEMBER SCHNEIDER.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
HEARING NONE WILL CALL THE VOTE BOARD MEMBER THORNTON AYE.
THEN MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE 1 0 6 FACADE, UH, APPLICATION WITH AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 4002ND.
MOTION PRESENTED BY BOARD MEMBER SNYDER.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD.
HEARING NONE WILL CALL THE VOTE BOARD MEMBER REPORTER FIELD AYE.
AND THEN WITH RESPECTS TO THE PROPOSED HUDDLE FIRE STATION, NUMBER ONE, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UM, MAKE PUBLIC OUR PRE-DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF HU.
SECOND, A MOTION PRESENTED BY BOARD MEMBER SNYDER SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD.
ANY DISCUSSION? AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT WAS AN APPLICATION THAT WAS GIVEN, I BELIEVE THE MEETING WAS LAST WEEK.
IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK SO.
SO OUR CONSULTANT, WE'VE, WE'VE HIRED SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THAT'S GOT LOCATION, WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.
I THINK IT'S USUALLY, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION ANYWAY, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING FOR AN EASIER WAY FOR IT TO GET OUT THAN SOMEONE HAVING TO DO A, A FOIA.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
HEARING NONE WILL CALL THE VOTE CHAIR MORALES AYE.
UM, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION RESOLUTION R DASH HEDC DASH 2026 DASH 0 4 9 TO APPROVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR INFORMANCE AGREEMENT FOR PROJECT ORCHARD.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE TAKING ACTION ON THAT TONIGHT.
SO MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN THREE, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION AND RESOLUTION R DASH HEDC DASH 2026 DASH 0 5 0 TO APPROVE A LOAN PROGRAM FOR THE CORPORATION.
WE WILL ALSO NOT BE TAKING ACTION ON THAT ITEM.
MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN FOUR, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON RESOLUTION R DASH HEDC DASH 2026 DASH 0 5 1 TO APPROVE A LOAN FROM THE CORPORATION TO THE HU AREA CHAMBER CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DIRECT STAFF AND LEGAL TO PREPARE, UH, LOAN DOCS AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
MOTION PRESENTED BY BOARD MEMBER SNYDER.
SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD.
HEARING NONE WILL CALL THE VOTE BOARD MEMBER PORTERFIELD AYE.
ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
ONLY THING I MIGHT ADD IS DO WE NEED AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THAT, UM, PROPERTY AT WEST STREET WHEN IT, UH, END? IT'S UNDER PROJECT HEARTBEAT, SO I'LL BRING IT BACK.
ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEM SUGGESTIONS? OKAY.
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THE TIME.