[0:05] All right. Bring this meeting to order. This will be a regulating of the BK Development Corporation.

[0:11] It is Tuesday, December 9th, 2025. Time is 4.31.

[0:16] Present today are board members Will, DeSophano, Reynolds, Libby, Aske, and myself, Hyte.

[0:23] So that gives us a quorum. So we will start with the Pledge of Allegiance.

[0:31] Pledge of Allegiance.

[0:33] the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God,

[0:41] indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[0:51] This is item four to our consent agenda, which is to consider the approval of the minutes

[0:56] of the regular meeting conducted on November 4th, 2025.

[1:01] Second.

[1:02] First and second.

[1:03] All in favor say aye.

[1:04] Aye.

[1:05] Any opposed?

[1:09] We'll move on to item five, we'll discuss and consider resolution 2025-15, approving

[1:16] the Magnolia Musical Theater Product Performance Agreement and funding provided by the BK Development

[1:20] Corporation.

[1:21] SAF Report.

[1:22] Yes.

[1:24] Thank you.

[1:25] Yesterday again we have Andrew here with Magnolia Theater to give us his revised

[1:29] application.

[1:30] So I will let Andrew come up.

[1:42] Good afternoon board.

[1:42] How are you?

[1:44] I bet you didn't think you'd have to see me three times in a year, but I do appreciate

[1:48] you letting me come back and present an updated ask from the Bekev Development Corporation.

[1:57] So we have not changed our show, so that's a very good thing.

[2:02] We still would love to produce the Adams Family Musical in 2026 out here in Hill Country

[2:07] Galleria from July 15th through August 15th. It's a five-week run, four shows per week

[2:13] for a total of 20 performances that we hope to perform. Since the last time that we met,

[2:20] I was asked to revise our application, go back and tighten as much as I could with

[2:27] the revised ask and look at other areas where we might be able to replace some

[2:31] of the funding. As you all know, my goal for this presentation was to ensure that the musical

[2:37] was paid for in full without the reliance on donations that have been lower than expected

[2:44] all three years in a row and corporate sponsors that have not really come to the table with

[2:49] cash donations. Plenty of offers of in-kind donations from corporate sponsors, but

[2:55] cash is truly what we need to produce shows like this. So that has always been my

[3:00] goal is just get the show covered, let us start building a baseline for the

[3:05] organization with the hope that in the future the ask would not have to be so

[3:12] great. Just some reminders of what Adams Family has looked like throughout the

[3:17] years for multiple professional productions and this is the type of

[3:21] quality of show we hope to bring to the City of B Cave in 2026. It's a

[3:27] phenomenally hilarious show. The music was written by a Broadway composer who

[3:32] has won Tony Awards. Very well-known Andrew Lippa. He's fantastic. You would

[3:37] know other shows he's done. The characters are timeless. They are beloved, and this

[3:42] is a show that is actually produced more than any other show every year. So

[3:48] this is a very well-known show. People really do love it. It also helps that

[3:53] Wednesday is out there, even though it's not an officially branded Adam's

[3:56] I think everyone associated this with Wednesday immediately.

[4:01] Our run, again, July 15th through August 15th, our seating capacity has not changed,

[4:07] even though we did kind of bust over 1,000 this past summer with our closing night.

[4:12] We had about, I think it was 1250 out there, which was incredible,

[4:16] but we're going to say we stick at 1,000.

[4:20] With the expected total run from 11.5 to about 12.5 is what we can expect.

[4:26] Now that we have three years of data and attendance,

[4:29] I feel comfortable with that number.

[4:32] Our Ask, Revised Ask came down to 240.

[4:36] The reason it came down to 240,

[4:39] after discussion with our board,

[4:41] who I'm very happy and thankful.

[4:43] We have some of our board here tonight,

[4:44] as well as members of the community

[4:45] who support Magnolia musical theater.

[4:50] And myself and Kalin,

[4:52] because if you remember the other side of this,

[4:54] was finding a way to wean Kalin and my personal finances off of this show without sacrificing

[5:01] the quality.

[5:03] We decided that we would be able to lower it by 60,000 from our original ask because

[5:08] we do have a $30,000 ask that was submitted for budget approval from Hill Country Galleria.

[5:15] It has not technically been approved yet, but I have full confidence that it has been

[5:20] submitted and in the past they've seen massive benefit from this it will be

[5:24] approved as well as a suggestion that we were given to also see if we could

[5:29] start applying for hot funds as just a little bit of background when we first

[5:34] started this we did apply for hot funds first we were trying to fund this

[5:38] through hot tax and it was actually approved by City Council with the

[5:43] contingency that we came and asked the Economic Development Board for the

[5:46] money instead, because this was more of an economic play for the businesses around the

[5:51] area than it was trying to put people in hotels.

[5:55] I think we've done both.

[5:57] We have proven that we do drive traffic to the hotels over the five-week period.

[6:04] And so I think we have a really compelling reason to go and ask for hot funds in our

[6:10] fourth year if we can continue partnering with Senesta, getting those discount codes

[6:15] out there and driving people to the hotels in Bee Cave.

[6:18] So we will be applying for $30,000 of hot funds on January 27th as well to see if we

[6:25] can make up the full difference of what it will cost to produce the Adams family here.

[6:32] So with that in mind, the ask is for 240.

[6:36] This does update what we potentially would have in reserves based off of all of the

[6:43] grants that we are in the middle of applying for. We've actually already submitted three

[6:47] grant applications. The big one for that Texas Commission on the Arts grant is due by the

[6:53] end of the year that I am still working on. Corporate donors, individual donations, our

[7:00] end of year giving campaign, which we are in the middle of right now, we believe we

[7:05] could have a reserve for 2027, which I hope you all know. We want to be here as long

[7:11] as we possibly can and keep bringing theater with about 90 to about 155,000 just based off

[7:18] of what we have in front of us right now which would mean in future year 2027 a smaller ask

[7:26] from BCDC and that's what we've always been trying to get to is getting to a place where

[7:33] we have reserves that we can earmark for the following year and come and ask you all for less

[7:39] in future years. But it did adjust because I did have to put the 30,000 we originally had from

[7:46] the Galleria as a corporate sponsor in this bucket of just paying for the show now. So that's why

[7:52] this adjusted like that. Also asked of me was to produce a timeline of payments so that we

[7:59] weren't asking for the lump sum of money right up front as soon as it was it got through approvals

[8:05] and went through the 60-day period.

[8:08] I went through budgets and just with everything

[8:10] that we have to pay for and put down payments for

[8:13] as far as rentals are concerned,

[8:15] this is where I feel the most comfortable.

[8:18] So you can't really see the timeline.

[8:20] Hopefully you've had a chance to look through it,

[8:22] but it does split it up from February

[8:24] all the way to when we have to really get going in June

[8:29] with different payments for each period.

[8:32] So I hope that was helpful.

[8:33] I hope that's what you were looking for.

[8:35] I feel confident that we'll be able to make all of our down payments for rentals on time

[8:39] with this and still complete the show to its highest quality.

[8:45] A few show updates for me.

[8:46] We have hired our director, our music director, who is actually here with us.

[8:50] Susan, where are you?

[8:51] There she is.

[8:52] Our music director right there.

[8:53] Our choreographer just signed with us today.

[8:56] We have a new director and a new choreographer this year, which we're very, very excited

[9:00] about.

[9:01] Our costumer and our production stage manager have all said yes and been hired, so we are

[9:07] well on our way to auditioning for this show.

[9:09] We did announce our auditions for January 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.

[9:13] We have opened up sign-ups for those auditions and we already have over 100 people sign

[9:19] up for the auditions.

[9:21] We only have 120 spots available, just based off we do it in one weekend, so we only

[9:27] have a certain number of people we can see, with what is it, three weeks left, we're going

[9:34] to have a wait list at this point in past years.

[9:37] This is when we start looking at how many people could we possibly get in from our wait

[9:41] list as well.

[9:42] So really great response from the community around auditions for this show.

[9:47] And then we do have our end of year giving campaigns running.

[9:51] They've been running since giving Tuesday, and so far we've raised three grand in

[9:56] our end of year. We'll have another really big push for these last three weeks, where

[10:00] I do think we will be able to get to our goal based off of previous years.

[10:10] Any questions?

[10:16] We do need to have a public hearing. So with that, I will open up to the anybody who would

[10:23] like to. Two people signed up, but you're one of them under. We also have Sandy Cox

[10:29] who signed up. With your permission, if you don't mind, the reason I signed up

[10:33] was there were three people who wanted to come and speak today who were not able and

[10:38] actually sent me something to speak if that's okay. I'll make it quick. The first is from

[10:45] a performer who's done two of our shows with us and has been with Magnolia for a few years

[10:49] now. Her name is Lydia Marguza. She says Magnolia Musical Theater gifted me with

[10:55] my first experience back on stage after having my second child. If you don't remember

[10:59] her she played Vi in Footloose and she played the mayor of Bikini Bottom last year. This

[11:05] beautiful family enabled me to rediscover myself as an artist and as an individual, something

[11:09] that I believe makes me an even better mother now. Magnolia also gives my entire family

[11:14] something to look forward to each summer. Both of my children attended SpongeBob many

[11:18] times, something we could easily make happen since admission was free. They fell in

[11:23] love with the show, the cast, the costumes, the set, the music. They honestly fell

[11:27] and love with the entire Magnolia community. My five-year-old even caught the acting bug

[11:31] and started acting classes this year. We are now patiently waiting for the Adams family

[11:36] next summer. Not only did Magnolia awaken a love of theater in my family, but it also

[11:41] introduced us to the Hill Country Galleria, a place we had never been to before, and

[11:45] a place we frequent quite often now, even outside of the summer. Between Amy's ice

[11:50] cream, Tony C's Barnes & Noble, the movie theater, the library, the skating rink,

[11:54] my two children are always down for a trip to the Galleria we love our Magnolia family and are incredibly grateful for the memories

[12:01] Artistic fulfillment and friendships we form summer after summer

[12:06] This one is from Tanner who was our Patrick star

[12:10] Last year and our Willard for Footloose

[12:13] He really wanted to be here

[12:15] But he actually lives in San Antonio and teaches in San Antonio and he just could not get here by 430 after his class

[12:22] So he said I apologize for not being here. I live in San Antonio two hours away from the city of B cave has not stopped me from

[12:29] Wanting to continue being a part of Magnolia musical theater

[12:32] I believe that it is what speaks to most the most to me about how important this theater is

[12:38] Would it be easier for me to just do theater around San Antonio?

[12:41] probably but the

[12:43] Convenience of doing local theater is utterly outweighed by the quality of experience that I would get working with Magnolia

[12:49] The mission of this company is something that I truly believe in, bringing free professional

[12:53] quality theater to the Hill Country area.

[12:56] What Andrew and Kaylyn Canata have done with this theater is nothing short of awe inspiring.

[13:00] I have made lifelong friends, honed my craft as a performer, and felt as though I was

[13:05] a part of something bigger than just a musical production.

[13:08] The experience of being able to finish the show and directly hear how much we have

[13:12] been able to inspire people while keeping it free is worth any amount of driving

[13:16] I have to do.

[13:17] Without them, I would have never met the wonderful community of B-Cave, Texas in such a capacity.

[13:24] And then the last one is actually from an audience member, and not just an audience member,

[13:28] an audience member who has seen our shows from Buffalo, New York.

[13:32] As a visitor from Buffalo, New York, I had had the pleasure of attending several performances

[13:37] by Magnolia Musical Theater during summer trips to the Austin area.

[13:41] I was genuinely impressed by the exceptional quality of the production

[13:44] and also the welcoming community-centered atmosphere

[13:48] of the company fosters.

[13:49] It is evident that the company invests in local talent

[13:52] and creates unique opportunities for residents of all ages

[13:55] to participate in the arts.

[13:57] As someone who travels frequently,

[13:59] I can say that cultural assets like Magnolia Musical Theater

[14:02] are among the activities that elevate a locale.

[14:05] They encourage tourism, support local businesses,

[14:08] and build a sense of identity that visitors like me

[14:12] carry home and share with others.

[14:13] B-Cave is fortunate to have an organization that adds much such meaningful value to both quality of life and economic vitality.

[14:22] My experience with the Magnolia Musical Theatre Company makes me eager to return and encourage others to do the same.

[14:27] Supporting this company, in my view, is an investment in B-Cave's long-term growth, creativity, and community pride.

[14:34] And that is from an audience member named Laura Mooney.

[14:38] Thank you.

[14:43] We have Sandy Cox signed up.

[14:54] Chairman, Board of Directors, C-Manager, and C-Staff, my name is Sandy Cox.

[15:00] And I am the executive director of Texas Arts, and we are a performing arts nonprofit just

[15:05] three miles down the road from you.

[15:07] We just celebrated our 20th anniversary in this community, and so I came here to support

[15:14] Magnolia Theater because I thought some of the things that we have shared over the years

[15:18] and have experienced over the years is very relevant to the ass that they're making today.

[15:23] First and foremost, we're the only two performing arts nonprofits for 16 miles.

[15:32] The next closest one is literally an hour drive away, especially if you think about the 620 traffic.

[15:40] It's very, very hard to get out here into West Austin and especially professional theater.

[15:46] And so, you know, really we're the only organizations that are bringing arts to this community.

[15:52] And it's a very, very different and special community.

[15:55] You may hear, you know, how fundraising happens in Austin.

[15:59] But West Austin is really different.

[16:02] And one of the biggest differences is that we really don't have big corporations on this side of town.

[16:08] We have a lot of small and medium-sized businesses, as you all well know, right?

[16:12] You are supporting them and you're helping them, you know,

[16:16] kind of bring their products to the market here and to the community.

[16:18] And what's difficult about that is they don't have the large text that they can write.

[16:25] And please don't make me use the F word, football, because a lot of the cash donations do go

[16:32] to football in this community and they don't go to the arts.

[16:37] We are very, very, very appreciative of all the in kind, but unfortunately in kind donations

[16:42] don't pay for artist salaries.

[16:44] And one of the things that I know Andrew and I both pride ourselves is that we pay our actors.

[16:50] Not all organizations do.

[16:52] And it's very, very hard to make a living as an actor in Austin, Texas,

[16:56] and that's one of the things that has been really important for both of our organizations.

[17:00] So, you know, we, like I said, we're very, very appreciative of the in-kind donations,

[17:05] but it does help us with our sets.

[17:07] It does help us with when we feed our casts and things like that,

[17:12] but there's a lot more that goes with that.

[17:16] Secondarily, individual donations.

[17:20] If you've read the paper, you know giving is down this year.

[17:24] And we're 20% down at techsarts in our individual giving,

[17:29] and that is the largest line item in our budget,

[17:31] and that's why you can see that Magnolia is struggling as well.

[17:35] So really, then, we are left and really relying on that municipal and government support.

[17:41] And I will tell you, Tex arts would not be here today if the City of Lakeway and the Lakeway Civic Corporation

[17:48] did not step up in a big way two years ago and increase our funding.

[17:53] And so if you all love the arts and you want the arts, we really need the help.

[17:59] It's not from a lack of trying, I have a development director that has been knocking on doors and knocking on doors.

[18:06] And so it's very, very difficult.

[18:07] But I would also add to you that y'all are really fortunate that you have one of the best actors and producers in Austin, Texas,

[18:17] willing to put on a fantastic show and has put on fantastic shows for y'all for the last couple of years right here in your backyard.

[18:26] And so I really, really urge you to support them in this mission.

[18:33] Is there only two people that have signed up?

[18:35] Is anybody else in the audience like to speak?

[18:39] Please state your name and address for the record.

[18:46] My name is DJ Delacchio and I reside in Austin, Texas.

[18:51] You heard from Patrick.

[18:52] I suppose it's time now you heard from SpongeBob.

[18:56] It's nice to be back in this room because the last time I was here was awkwardly performing

[18:59] a musical number, so I'm glad I can talk to you in my voice.

[19:04] I'm sure just about every single person in this room could explain the financials of what we're trying to do better than I could.

[19:12] But I want to talk about the intangibles, the things that we can't put on paper.

[19:20] Andrew has created this amazing environment after our shows where actors come out and we meet the families and everybody who comes out to see our shows.

[19:32] The looks on all of these families faces and these kids faces is it's undeniable.

[19:42] Magnolia has something special and I can see it in every single one of those little

[19:48] smiles when they come up to me and they hug me and they ask me to sign their

[19:52] program. It's not something you're gonna find anywhere else and I know it was

[19:59] He's not just for SpongeBob, but for feuding the beast and for footloose and I never thought I'd see kids clamoring to see Ren McCormick

[20:07] This is not something that you are going to find

[20:11] Anywhere else and I want to tell you just a quick little anecdote

[20:14] I went to a cabaret to see some friends saying this is in Austin

[20:17] And we're hanging out afterwards and two people who I had met that night who were some theater friends

[20:22] they brought their their daughter and

[20:26] The mom at one point looks at the daughter and points at me and goes

[20:28] Do you know who that is and of course a little girl's like no, I don't know who the strange bearded man is and

[20:34] Then mom says that's spongebob and the way her face lit up

[20:38] You would have thought her favorite Disney character just came to life in front of her

[20:43] I've never felt something as as

[20:46] Special as that in in any kind of performing that I've ever done in my entire life. That's not something that you can fake

[20:55] We have oh

[20:57] So before we put on Spongebob, we were doing press around the area, we went to All-Star

[21:02] Burger and we went to Amy's.

[21:03] After All-Star Burger, I was walking back in my costume and a kid and his dad stopped me

[21:08] like I was the actual Spongebob and wanted to get my picture.

[21:12] Two kids from Amy's chased me down afterwards to get my picture.

[21:16] Employees, I should mind you, they left their posts to come get a picture with

[21:20] Spongebob.

[21:21] That's how much the show meant to people and it's how much every show has meant

[21:27] to people that Magnolia has done. There's a group of young adults who come to every single

[21:32] show that Magnolia has done. One in particular, his name is Blake. He has been to more shows

[21:38] of Magnolia than anybody. He's in the audience every single night. He knew my lines I think

[21:44] better than I did, honestly. He is a special kid and this group of people they love Magnolia.

[21:53] it has made a connection that you cannot find in any other theater. Magnolia is lucky. A lot

[22:00] of theaters never get the kind of passion and connection that we are able to make on

[22:07] a yearly basis, and that's with one show.

[22:14] Those are just some of the examples that

[22:16] I was able to come up with, but again, clearly Magnolia has made genuine impacts over

[22:21] three years that is unheard of and that's not even just connections with the

[22:29] people in the audience it's people who work with them. Everyone here today

[22:35] clearly has given their heart and soul and time and sometimes money for

[22:40] Magnolia because Magnolia and specifically Andrew and Kailin give

[22:44] everything for us. It's so rare to find people who care so deeply about creating a safe and

[22:55] artistically fulfilling environment nowadays. And honestly, it's hard enough to find artistic

[23:00] environments anymore at all. The city of Austin is littered with theaters who had to die or

[23:06] leave because they couldn't afford to stay open. Please don't let Magnolia do the

[23:13] thing. Magnolia is not just a theater company. It's an experience. It is something that will

[23:23] never be replaced. So please be a partner for Magnolia. Help us put on the show now

[23:33] so that we can exist forever. Thank you.

[23:45] Hi. Thank you for hearing all of us speak today.

[23:47] My name is Erin Ryan. I am an actor with Magnolia Musical Theatre. I've been

[23:53] an actor all around Austin, but recently I was in Footloose and it was a load of

[23:58] fun. I live in Lakeway and what Magnolia Musical Theatre has given me and my

[24:06] family is number one the chance to come out of retirement like Lydia's

[24:11] letter. Living in Lakeway, there's not, besides Texards, who I also work,

[24:17] I'm in White Christmas, come and see it.

[24:20] Besides that, it is really difficult as a parent

[24:23] and a working parent to get out to any other theaters

[24:25] and why that doesn't have anything to do

[24:27] with the economics of it.

[24:29] I just want you to know we're very appreciative

[24:32] for the time you've had Magnolia here

[24:34] because it's allowed so many of us actors

[24:36] opportunities that we would have never had

[24:37] because Austin has just changed so much.

[24:39] It's hard to get to the other side of town.

[24:41] But what I want to focus on is the amount of people,

[24:44] just me, my little self brings to the show.

[24:47] So I have a massive Hispanic family in Houston.

[24:50] They all come to the shows.

[24:52] Even though I wasn't in SpongeBob last year,

[24:54] they came, a nephew of mine who is autistic,

[24:57] his favorite thing in the whole world,

[24:59] and he's also nonverbal, is SpongeBob.

[25:02] And he came to see SpongeBob all the way from Houston

[25:05] and had the time of his life.

[25:07] They were very worried about how he would react

[25:09] in a crowd, but he had probably the best night

[25:12] of his whole life getting to see that and witness that.

[25:16] In addition to that, I have friends all over Austin who, by the VIP package, stay in the

[25:21] hotel from North Austin, Flugerville, all over Hutto each and every time there's a show.

[25:29] So the actors, although we don't get paid a ton, right, because we're actors, we

[25:33] not only spend a lot of our money right here in the Galleria before and after the

[25:37] show and with our families, we also bring a lot of business to this

[25:42] gallery and to the city of Bee Cave. So I just wanted to, I don't know if you

[25:47] have that perspective, but the actor specifically and the crew, I mean, how

[25:51] many are there of us? A hundred. Think of a hundred people bringing at

[25:55] least 15 people each to this area to spend their

[25:59] hard-earned money, even though the show is free, they spend money all

[26:03] around. So I'm not sure how that impacts

[26:06] the economics of what we're talking about today, but those are, that's what I see in my experience,

[26:11] so thank you for for hearing us.

[26:24] Hi, I'm Laura Powell, Austin, actually his mother-in-law.

[26:32] I've been doing theater for about 40 years, mostly in the Austin area,

[26:35] so I've worked with a lot of theater production companies over the over those years. Some of

[26:41] obviously better than others, right? I would put Magnolia Musical Theater in the

[26:48] top two production companies that I have worked with in 40 years, as far as the

[26:54] way they... every detail where I'm not having to worry about anything as an

[27:00] actor, the support that they give their performers,

[27:07] the fact that they pay

[27:08] in our professionals as far as who does the music and the costume and the lighting, it's

[27:15] not something I have to worry about, which is not always true when you're doing a show.

[27:20] Sometimes you have to wear a lot of hats.

[27:23] But Magnolia Musical Theater is beyond professional in their approach to bringing life theater

[27:29] to the community.

[27:31] And the other thing I wanted to bring up was I don't know the last time you bought

[27:37] a ticket to go see a show in Austin. It's expensive. You know, if you want to go take

[27:44] your family to go see Beauty and the Beast at Bass at 500 bucks, maybe more when you,

[27:51] you know, do parking and that sort of thing. And I raised my kids with theater. I was

[27:56] raised with theater. It's important for development, for kids development to see this, to experience

[28:03] finance it, to be a part of it and if it's economically, you know, if they can't go because

[28:12] it's so expensive, it's a crime, it's a crime.

[28:16] And so to bring this to your community for free is unbelievable, it's a gift to the

[28:24] community and I really, really, really hope you guys can see the importance of supporting

[28:30] them.

[28:31] Thank you.

[28:32] For

[28:36] context, that was your Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast.

[28:43] Hi, good evening, good afternoon.

[28:45] I know some of you, my name is Ray DeJohn.

[28:47] I'm president of the board of directors for Magnolia.

[28:49] Please excuse my tardiness, but as it happens,

[28:52] I was picking up my daughter from ShowQuire,

[28:54] who is, she's got a performance happening on Thursday,

[28:56] and one of her favorite things to do this in the summer

[29:00] is to attend Magnolia.

[29:01] She comes multiple times, knows many people in this room,

[29:04] and thank you everybody for being here.

[29:05] I don't know if anybody else is going to speak, but if I'm the last one to speak, I just want to offer an excerpt.

[29:12] I do live in the area. My daughter goes to Ruff Hollow Elementary, Lake Travis.

[29:17] I live in the Sweetwater area, so you could say I'm BK of adjacent.

[29:20] But what's fortunate for me is that I get a copy of the Community Impact newspaper every month.

[29:25] And I noticed there was an interview this month with Ms. Julian.

[29:29] I just want to offer a quote and talk about it for a quick second.

[29:34] She was asked about the challenges that BKV has in the past year and how you would work to overcome them.

[29:40] And she said, like many growing communities, BKV faces the challenge of managing growth while preserving the environment and community character.

[29:47] And it's that last piece that I want to focus on.

[29:49] I feel that Magnolia for the last three years has become a part of the community character of BKV.

[29:54] And I think that it's not just an economic engine or a community asset.

[30:00] So what I feel that we are obviously as a free piece of theater is a community amenity, which brings people to Bee Cave to spend money.

[30:10] So Laura mentioned, you know, $500 to see a show at Bass. Well, I would argue that people are still spending money.

[30:16] They're just not spending it on the show. They're spending it in the restaurants and at the shops in the gallery and around Bee Cave.

[30:23] So, if that is any influence into your decision, I hope it is.

[30:26] I hope that the showing and the people that have spoken here tonight made a difference for you.

[30:31] But I thank you for your time and I thank you for hearing us.

[30:37] Anyone else?

[30:40] All right, so that will close the public hearing in 501.

[30:45] Move to approve resolution 2025-15.

[30:49] Second.

[30:50] Second.

[30:52] Any additional discussion?

[30:55] All those in favor, say aye.

[30:56] Hi, and all those posts in there, that's unanimous.

[31:04] Thank you so much, thank you.

[31:09] Thank you, Andrew.

[31:11] I move this on to item number six,

[31:18] BCDC project updates,

[31:20] first on the 2025 BK Central Park

[31:23] Infrastructure Improvement Project.

[31:30] Thank you, Director Hyde, excited about McNallya.

[31:34] Just a quick, I just wanted to give you guys

[31:36] a quick update on some of the capital developments

[31:38] that we're doing, just kind of refresh your minds.

[31:40] There are still projects going on in the background.

[31:43] The first one that I wanted to update you guys on

[31:46] is the 2025 BK Central Park Infrastructure Improvement

[31:50] Project.

[31:51] I know we talked about it back in August.

[31:54] I don't have too much to update you on.

[31:56] We had to wait the 60 days in case anyone petitioned it,

[32:00] which they did not.

[32:01] So that got approved at the end of November.

[32:04] And so Susan has been working on doing our kickoff.

[32:07] She is working on the feasibility studies now, the environmental review, and the data collection.

[32:15] So that is going forth currently.

[32:18] We don't have too many updates on that, but I should have more to say on that in March, I would say.

[32:24] So I just wanted to remind you guys if that's happening, give you an update.

[32:27] And then I will let Julie take the next one.

[32:30] I have a question on that previous one.

[32:32] Two questions. One is, are there any, I know when I read this, there were no upcoming milestones or anything.

[32:41] You have to have that in the project plan, I would assume, somewhere.

[32:45] If you know some grade, if next time you could just kind of state what some target dates for delivery of plans or constructions or whatever,

[32:53] they might be interesting to see.

[32:56] So the next time that she's going to have an update would kind of be

[33:07] February 25th.

[33:08] It would kind of give us what's happening with the environmental review and she's literally doing

[33:12] like the data collection now, so we'll have a little bit more then.

[33:15] Great.

[33:16] I think the director was also referring to the scope of work and milestones in it.

[33:22] Correct.

[33:22] Yeah.

[33:24] I'll have that next time.

[33:25] So,

[33:29] I'll update the board now on the BK Parkway sidewalk and pedestrian crossing improvement project.

[33:36] As you know, this is the engineering side of this project that we received a grant from Text.on.

[33:46] We have been working through the route design and the studies.

[33:51] you know, it looks simple when you have a red line on a map, but whenever you get

[33:57] out there on the topography, not quite as simple in all the driveway

[34:01] connections that are happening along 2244. So they have been working on the route

[34:08] design and studies. They have also had their environmental kickoff meeting.

[34:15] So

[34:15] So the environmental scoping meeting took place in October, October 2, 2025.

[34:24] We are still well within the budget.

[34:28] So we've gotten our preliminary engineering cost estimate.

[34:31] And we are right within the budget where we need to be.

[34:35] So we feel comfortable that our original budget estimates are still on target.

[34:45] The 30% text dot submittal will be to text dot on May 2026.

[34:53] That's the 30% design.

[34:55] We've been working very closely with the text dot team on when they will get their,

[35:01] they require a 30% a 60% and 90% design.

[35:05] So we have that project timeline worked out with text dot with 30% text on submittal

[35:12] May 2026, 90% text dot submittal on July 2026.

[35:20] There are no outstanding issues or items with our timeline or our budget at this time.

[35:26] So everything's progressing very well.

[35:30] Sorry, sir. Go ahead.

[35:32] In the notice, there is also, I forget the date that's my question.

[35:36] There was a date on when the contract had to be, had it needed to be awarded.

[35:40] Can you remind me what that was?

[35:41] So the let date with TextDOT, they have to have everything wrapped up by December 1st so that TextDOT can then submit it for bids to the public to begin the construction.

[35:56] So TextDOT is, that's kind of the time where we use to back up all the other timelines to make sure that we're comfortable.

[36:05] I can't remember how many days of float they have in there between those times, but 12-1

[36:11] is the drop data date that TextDOT has to let this project.

[36:15] Any expectation like it will run up to about that time before we get to that point or will

[36:20] it happen sooner?

[36:22] Well I think it's going to run right up to that time because we submit to TextDOT

[36:28] the 30% 6090 and then we get feedback along the way to make sure that we're meeting all

[36:35] the criteria that they're needing since we're doing the engineering and they're doing the

[36:39] construction. So we've allowed ourselves all the way up until the end of November for

[36:45] that back and forth to occur. I think there is some float in there. So we're not backing

[36:51] ourselves up against the wall, but we're all comfortable with that timeline.

[36:55] Thank you.

[36:58] Can you refresh my memory?

[36:59] Did we hire Freese and Nichols?

[37:02] Did we pass a resolution to hire them for this?

[37:08] And maybe it's premature.

[37:10] I know you're the project manager right now, boss, but yeah.

[37:14] So I'll have to go back to see what the resolution, because the project was approved.

[37:21] So I'll have to go back and look at that.

[37:23] I remember the project being approved by because we had to hold a public hearing like you mentioned earlier

[37:29] I remember that but I was curious whether or not there was a separate contract and it may be like I said

[37:36] It may be premature given the timeline. I just couldn't I couldn't remember. I can't remember either. You'd know

[37:42] Frieza Nichols is who is engineering this right?

[37:46] We'll make sure that we have that contract buttoned up to make sure that's with the economic development corporation

[37:52] that is who the city uses on on the project we've already been incurring

[37:59] expense from them but it just reminded me I didn't know if we already took action

[38:05] on that or maybe our esteemed attorney I actually don't believe that we have

[38:09] no okay okay we can do that at the next meeting maybe like I said we may be you

[38:16] You know, pretty mature, but I'm sorry, Mr. President.

[38:24] I'm excited for both of these projects.

[38:26] I mean, I'm finally going to get working on the park.

[38:31] I'm biased about the walkway because one, I'm actually one of these crazy people

[38:35] who actually does walk from the uplands to the gallery from time to time.

[38:38] And I also broke my ankle jumping over a fence for one of the part of this thing.

[38:42] Yeah, so I'm being for my safety as well.

[38:47] So I'm glad they weren't moving forward with these.

[38:49] So thanks for getting us up to date.

[38:53] Spelled with an I or a Y.

[38:56] The author is with a Y, I believe.

[38:58] I think the street is with an I.

[39:01] I believe.

[39:04] Anything else in those projects?

[39:08] Nope.

[39:09] All right, that brings to item seven.

[39:12] Move to adjourn.

[39:14] Second.

[39:14] Second all in favor say aye and we are adjourned at 510

Dec 09, 2025 Economic Development Board Meeting

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