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We're called to order the Stafford Economic Development Corporation, the regular meeting,

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August 26th, 2025.

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Roll call, starting with him. We lost the president. Damon Leonetti, president, Randy Cronn, president. Can't match here, but I sent him. And we see Ms. Goodwin coming around this year.

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I'll stand for the pledge of legions, so we don't have to have Ms. Goodwin on today.

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Congratulations to the United States of America.

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Congratulations to the United States of America.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Item three, organizational matters related to the annual meeting, including administrations

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of office to appointed and re-appointed directors, Alice Chin, William Bostic,

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Damon Lennetti, Randy Cron, and Gwen Goodwin.

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Everybody in front?

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Everybody wants to stand there, or you can come up front, please put a phone here.

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We'll stand here, we'll be there. That way, it's easier for us to win.

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Yeah. And if it's Alice, I'll give you the phone.

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Alice, come up and take your time.

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Yeah.

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I'm a little different.

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You were talking about different things.

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Right.

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Right first, stand.

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We please raise your right hand.

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Repeat each one after me.

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In the name, I'm by the authority of the state of Texas.

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In the name of the sign of authority to the state of Texas.

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I do solemnly swear for a firm that I will faithfully execute.

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I will faithfully execute the firm that I will faithfully execute.

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I will faithfully execute the firm.

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I will faithfully execute the firm.

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The duties of the Office of Stafford and Economic Development,

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Corporation, Board Director of the State Texas and will to the best of my

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And the law of the United States, and the law of the United States, and this state tell us this on it.

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Thank you.

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Give me a moment if you want to make a comment.

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Sure.

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My name is Allison.

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I'm so honored to be part of the SEC Director.

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And actually, all this year, I'm watching all of you do the excellent job for our city.

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I really appreciate it.

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I'm so happy finally I can join all of you.

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And I just want to give you briefly information about myself.

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I'm the first Asian-American woman who's elected a city council since 2019.

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And all this year, I remember one thing, the mayor's council of mention.

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We need to do everything day in day out for the city, so they're always my principal.

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And hopefully, we all work together, make staff are strong.

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Thank you so much, I appreciate it.

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And by the way, I want to thank you, my colleague, too, Cali here, Mayor Kimatio, Mayor Prattin,

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Oden Bosick, and all the city council members, apply me and

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and approve my appointment with this position.

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I really appreciate all of them.

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I really want to learn everything from all of you.

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Thank you.

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Welcome.

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Welcome.

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And to go to the next item B, Election of Officers,

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open with nominations for Board President.

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Mr. President, I'd like to nominate Randy Krone

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for Board President.

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It's okay.

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Any other nominations?

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We call for the vote, Parliament,

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motion passes, nomination for Vice President, I'd like

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to make a nomination and nominate Vice President Leonetti.

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Do we have a second?

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Do we have a second?

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All in favour?

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Passes, nomination for Secretary.

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I'd like to nominate Mr. Goodman.

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I'll second that.

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All in favor?

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I was glad to be there.

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So you'd be planning that position?

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I'd be planning that position because it requires someone to sign, be nearby.

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There may have been a confusion.

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We open that nomination for Secretary.

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I nominate William Boston.

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Second.

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All in favor?

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Motion passes.

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Nomination for Treasurer.

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I'd like to make a nomination and we'd like to nominate Director Gwyn as the Treasurer.

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Second.

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All in favor?

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Right.

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Motion passes.

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I think that we have consideration on the above items, we've put that taken care of.

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We'll go to public comments,

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seeing no one stepping forward.

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We'll go to number five, plaque presentation to fresh and savoury, delicate and grue, you

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might

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need to bring it back.

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I don't know if he's there yet.

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Okay.

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Okay. This item's a little house cleaning that is long overdue under the past

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president, Mr. Wengerra, had a presentation of fresh and savory deli and grilled under

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his administration what they have meant to the city and we have a plaque here for fresh

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and savoury tonight that we would like to present and Mr. Geras has yes thank you very much

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for giving me the opportunity to give this plaque to the owner and the operational and

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and manager of fresh and savory.

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The concept is very simple.

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We got to take care of our commercial,

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our retail, and our fast food.

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That's how we make the budget.

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If you don't take care of them,

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you're looking at some disasters going to property tax.

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We have to be a service to not only our citizens,

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but the restaurants and the businesses of this city.

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and be fair. Just like you are treating your citizens, you get to treat them as

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well because you're the ones that bring the income to this city. And when I was in

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office I had brought an idea that was going to be bringing a quarterly

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recognition to a business and staffer. And there's the list is long but we can do

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for a year, you're looking at a minimal amount of money that's going to be invested, and

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thousands of dollars of gratitude and participation.

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At the end of the day, this is the, I think the best thing that this board can do, apart

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from what the city does, is an individual board is present appreciation to our economic

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and that's the business factor and at the end of the day we will be in lockstep with what City Council does.

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We will take your advice to heart and make it move.

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Well, at the end of the day, this board has a government that's away from what we do with City Council

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and your recommendations that take it truly to heart.

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You're not wasting your time, believe me.

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This is what this board has been all about.

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I congratulate Mr. Chen on her first tour on this board.

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And I selected her for the move in fact, because she is in account of it.

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And the more numbers people you have in business, the more clarifications of numbers and

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and transparency and the budgets and everything.

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That's gonna be the gig for another 10 years,

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I hope, maybe longer, but I came up with that.

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And Mr. He's on his way over here to close his business.

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So if he doesn't make it, I'll give it to him

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or you can give it to him however.

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But if I would like the president to please read

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what's on that plaque,

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because it's kind of condensed but it speaks for itself and at the end of the day

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you're only talking under $100 for a plaque. When you look at at least $400 a year

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that's not going to hurt staffer but it shows a lot of gratitude to our extended

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family.

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The plaque reads, the City of Stafford EDC, Fresh and Savory, Delhi and

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Grill, an establishment that has made its home in Stafford since 1984, one of the best sandwich

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and salad shops in East Fort Bend County, are participant in supporting many city and

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local events.

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Fresh and savoury has become a part of the fabric of the City of Stafford, 2025, and I believe

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the gentleman just won't give in.

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So if you want to step forward and get

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your back,

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probably we'll do the passage

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administration said we would get this to you. We appreciate being in the city

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and what you've done for our citizens and our city government.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank

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you very much.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Thank you so much.

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Could you follow a little bit on the screen, Mr. Erwin?

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Let's see.

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He's a man of few words, and he'll come up here.

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Can I ask a question?

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Or would you welcome to here for it?

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Yes.

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First of all, thank you all so much.

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This means more to us than you could ever imagine.

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Again, as you know, the history of the restaurant has been around in staffer for a very, very

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long time.

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And it's been taken over for new management, as you know, me, my family, and I made

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a promise to the original owners of course where he had passed away and the wife's still

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living and enjoying her retirement, but I made a promise to her that no matter how big

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freshness area ever gets in the future that I will honestly just keep the

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original in Stafford. It was born here, it'll stay here. For people in the

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community making our dreams come true, besides I'm speaking for them and

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myself and each and every one of you have recognized a lot of faces. So thank

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you so much for the bottom heart. I mean it's sincerely. I mean we work so hard

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day and night as you know all restaurants such as us won't all feed all day

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long and I always think about only one thing and I made I told my wife I didn't want to give

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up. We came very closely just letting it go. You know COVID hit is you know we all struggled

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everyone everybody in this room had struggled but I made a promise that I would continue going.

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I just I just love seeing the people's faces when eating some great food and especially all about

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this community. I just want to be a part of you all what you do for us and we want to thank you on

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my behalf. And, man, you have, I'm speechless. This is beautiful. Thank you so much. And I mean

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that. Thank you.

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Thank you,

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sir.

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One other thing that I did mention is that the involvement of this business with the city

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and donations and participation in our city. And I guarantee that every time that he brings

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his trace of sandwiches to our meetings. There are not very many left when we believe,

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but I appreciate the board to give me the honor to bring this forward and I look forward

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to at least this to continue. Let not let it stop and there's too many good businesses

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here not to be recognized and give them the accolades that they deserve. Thank you very much.

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you'll have a good evening. Again, Miss Chen, congratulations. I know you'll do a good job.

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I'd like to make a personal comment. I've got the personal tour of his back kitchen area.

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Oh, I remember. His staff is outstanding.

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in the end of the film.

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The food that he does on a daily basis is wonderful.

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I always try to do whatever you need to do. I will take care of it. Anyway, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Geron. Yes, sir. Okay. We'll move to item six, discussion of financial matters for the corporation, including item A, presentation of finance.

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statements, investments and other financial reports, the discussion of consideration of

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administrative fees paid to the city of Stafford.

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We'll start with that, Ms. Schuff.

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The President, members of the Board, thank you for giving me the opportunity to present

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SEDC's financial position for the period ending June 30, 2025, nine months into the fiscal

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year 2425.

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Starting with fund balance, we all know, as CDC's fund balance is very strong, it grew

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by combined fund balance grew by $2,674,358.

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Fund balance of, heart fund also grew by $127,317.

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Cash and investment total portfolio, $21.289 million.

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The categories are government pool logic, 18% or 3.722 million, 28% or 6.04 million

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invested in government pool called Texas class, 16% or 3.365 million invested in broker

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C.D.'s, 28% or 6 million invested in government agencies, 9% or 1.994 million invested in

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U.S. Treasury, and the remaining 1% or 0.169 million is with FEDC's deposit rebank.

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Rated average yield, Governmentful Logic provided 4.41% of interest, Governmentful Texas Class

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provided 4.40% of interest average yield of broker CD 4.21% average yield of

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government agencies 4.34% US treasury 3.75% and the depository bank provided

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2.58% of interest total weighted average yield 4.28% and weighted average

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maturity 318 days.

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Here today interest received $588,094 and interest accrued but not received $113,710.

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As we all know, SEDC has three funds, operating fund, debt service fund and capital project

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fund.

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Starting with operating fund, revenue, the total sales tax revenue of $5.2 million which

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net of the rebate is 13.91% higher than last fiscal year. And the year-to-date interest

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income is $217,852. Expenses, the total expenses of $2,387,393 is categorized as follows.

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917,097 dollars spent on services, including administrative consulting and landscaping.

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Utility charges, $70,561. Marketing and Promotions, $15,451. Repair cost of $116,867

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dollars includes $24,367 spent on pump station repair and maintenance cost of $92,500 for

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37 cameras. Transfer to debt service fund $1,267,418.

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Debt service fund revenue comes from the general fund, transfer from the general fund $1,320,

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$10,056 and the interest income amounts to $52,638.

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Expense, there are two debt payments made during the year.

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First payment was made in the month of February.

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That includes only interest, $72,033.

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Next payment will include principal plus interest

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and will be made at the end of this month, August.

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Capital project fund, the total revenue

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amounts to $1,712,958, which consists of two components, reimbursement of $1,394,750

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from the Love It Agency for Priced Road Project, and the remaining amount comes from the

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interest income, $318,208. Expense side, the total expenditure amounts to $1,887,737,

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dollars, and it consists of payment of $7,000 to Westwood Professional for Landscape Improvement

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Project.

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$132,054 is engineering cost for the Pike Road Project, and the remaining $1,747,983 construction

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cost of Pike Road Project.

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That's all I have on the financial for FEDC, and I'll be happy to answer any questions

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you may have.

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You want to go ahead and have any questions on where we're at so far.

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Okay.

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Got an item B, discussion of administrative fees paid to the city of Stafford.

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Yes, I wanted to share this detail and you should have the detail in your packet.

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As you all know that SEDC pays administrative fees to the city.

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The current fiscal year, 2425 administrative fees budget and pay to the city is $935,000.

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That fees is going up from $935,000 to $2,000,000, $54,773.

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And breakdown of how this amount is calculated is included in your packet.

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Each department's proposed budget and the percentage or the ratio of their budget which is allocated

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to SCDC and I'll be happy to answer any questions I have. This was discussed with the Finance Committee

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and Finance Committee unanimously proposed this and all three members are present to answer any concerns

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you may have.

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Okay,

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we're going from the 70,000 month which was the 900,000 to 2 million that

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is being necessitated to fund various areas in the city that we can legally do to assist

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city council in balancing their budget. Is there any corrections on that statement anybody

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wants to make? Now, the question is, if this is going to be a one-time thing.

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It's recurring. It's not one time. It's based on the proposed departmental budget and the

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percentage allocated to a CDC. I understand that, but I want everybody to understand we're

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going from a little less than a million to over $2 million. So down the road, if anybody's

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We've got a question, what are we getting for that $2 million?

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My view is that we're assisting Council of the Balancer budget.

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Any other comments?

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Quim?

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So, in the future, like maybe in two years, will it still stay at the $2 million level?

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This is not a one time for this year occurrence.

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Am I correct?

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Correct.

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So this calculation is based on the proposed departmental budget and it's allocated amount.

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So if the allocation remains the same, it will definitely go up because proposed budget

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goes up every year.

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Cost goes up, proposed budget goes up, allocation will go up.

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In my professional opinion.

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Yes.

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And so are we taking on additional staff members under this budget and just so on now who

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to what types of what department or what types of positions.

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So I can definitely go with it and it should be in your packet also.

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So I'm looking at my phone and I can't get my phone.

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No problem.

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I can go over it.

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So in the proposed budget, Finance Committee has recommended to hire in-house city attorney

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and have the legal service in-house and only portion of the legal service will be

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be outsourced. This is in the proposed budget. Nothing has been passed yet. This is in the

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proposed budget. So this is also a proposal. So 25% of legal costs, legal departments cost

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will be charged to SEDC. 25% of finance costs will be charged to SEDC. 25% of administrations

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cost, 15% of multimedia, 15% of information technology, 15% of development service, 25%

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of parks, 25% of street, 25% of public works, and 7% of human resources. These are the

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say there's two pockets in the same pair of pants and it needs to be done, it needs to

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be done. But it also, we need to recognize that it will have an impact on future projects

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that we want to do in the city. And all that I ask is that everything on this administrative

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If contract, that it has been a question that it has been reviewed at all these allocations

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to be very departments, as long as it can be legally done, so there's no blowback on

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our board.

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I can't see how we can check, because it is for the betterment of the city.

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As a follow-up, it is good in the statement.

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In the future, if we all of a sudden felt like maybe it was time to reduce it.

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Is that something that we could initiate an item for the city's council's agenda to discuss?

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or is that something y'all would initiate to us saying,

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hey, we don't need a charge all this much anymore, whatever.

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But that would be the appropriate action to take

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is just to suggest that maybe we would re-look at this

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at some point in the future.

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Absolutely, thank you.

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Okay, thank you.

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If sales tax shoots through the roof,

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then it would be a plausible idea to say you're getting

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more money in your pocket. Let's step back what you're taking from us is we have some projects

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that we won't done. So we need to keep this in our mind. Okay. I don't think we ought to fight it.

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But I wanted the public and everybody on the board to understand why it's being done.

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Do you have anything else out there? Any other comments from the board? We'll open the

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thank you. Public comments on the above items we just discussed. Seeing no one stepping forward

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possible consideration of appropriate actions on items A and B. Now this administrative

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in the past we had an administrative contract with the city. Are they going to bring us another

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contract? Because these amounts are different so yes you know we will make it

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formal with the same agreement and this will be attached to it. This is

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exhibit to that contract so then we have a legal document to support it.

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And that's in a reiterate. This is in our coming budget. For the next year? Yes,

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correct. Yes sir. So you will look at bringing us and administrative contract

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If the next meeting correct today's item is the discussion item

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Next meeting will bring the contract with this attachment to make a formal legal document

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We'll have it on the agenda the next meeting correct to discuss the ratification of administrative services contract

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Okay

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We're good item

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seven

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discussion and consideration regarding

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the proposed staff for the Economic Development Corporation's budget for

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fiscal year 2025 and 2026.

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As you all remember in the last meeting I had presented

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preliminary budget, a CDC's preliminary budget for the next fiscal year. Now this

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is the kind of final proposed budget for SCDC and I will go over the key highlights of

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this proposed budget, what this budget includes for the operating fund, 1,405,000 transfer from

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SDC to Stafford Centre to support capital needs, 1,825,000 transfer to the capital project

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fund for future development initiatives, 221,875 dollars transfer to city to cover the

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The economic development director's expense. Please make a note that this transfer will not occur if that position is vacant. It's just budgeted. It does not mean that it will be spent. It's just budgeted. Administrative service cost, which we just went over $2,054,773. All other budgeted items reflect commitments made under prior project resolutions.

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So, this is the overall general funds budget.

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I have a presentation if Robert can pull it, Robert.

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So, as we all know, there are three funds operating, debt service and capital project fund.

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Next.

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Total SEC's budget, 8.2 million, operating budget is 4,662,757 dollars, the details I just

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went over.

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debt service $1,689,440 and capital project for future development initiatives $1,825,000.

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Next.

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Operating expense, what's included in that $4,000,000, operating expense $2,985,882, including

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administrative fees of over $2,000,000, transfer of $1,689,442 to debt service fund, transfer

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of 1,822,000 capital project fund for future development initiatives, transfer of 1,405,000

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to staffer's center for capital repair need, transfer of 50,000 to staffer's center for

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performance grant, transfer of $221,875 to city for economic development administrator.

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Next.

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That

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service fund, as we all know, there is one outstanding debt, SEDC has, that debt

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will retire in 2030, total outstanding principle is 8 million 15,000, and outstanding interest

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is 415,248 dollars, together is 8,430,248 dollars.

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Next.

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Capital project fund, current active projects, there are four active projects. Total funding

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from SCDC is in the first column. Next column represents the fund spent as of 930-2024.

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Last fiscal year, we all know that audit is still going on, but these are the final numbers.

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current year, current year, we spend total of $1,895,017 on three projects, $3,700 spent

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on drainage project, that's only engineering service paid to Jones Engineering, $1,884,317

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construction, Pycode project, and $7,000 paid on landscape improvement project, remaining

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balances of each project are in the last column.

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So we still have 8.2 million commitment in convert but not spent and I believe that's all I have if you have any questions

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I'll be happy to answer any questions or comments from the board item

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B the discussion of consideration concerning resolution approval and staff for the economic development

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on a corporation's budget for the fiscal year 2025-26.

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Comments, no questions?

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Kind of like, is what it is, is, okay.

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Something that these are budgeted numbers.

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Not necessarily, it'll be spent.

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Because in my four years of experience,

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I have seen where CDC has added more funds to fund balance.

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Because these are commitments, we have to budget for it.

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Not necessarily it will be spent.

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So do we have a resolution that we need to vote on tonight?

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Is that what we're at?

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Just to public comment first.

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Okay.

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Senator.

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Public comments on the above items,

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including the proposed budget.

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Seeing no one step forward,

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we'll take a vote on the resolution.

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resolution and look for a to approve the 20 25 26 budget. Yeah, yeah, possible. You have to create it with possible

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consideration. Chair, can I have a one question? I will just wonder, we did not have the audit finished yet, right?

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The audit is not done yet.

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The audit will be done September 16th, I know, right?

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The audit for SCDC is not complete by the auditory act, right?

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Correct, but I don't think budget has any impact on audit.

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These are simply budgeted numbers.

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Sometimes from balance, you know, we have to have the audit from balance showing.

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Usually, when we adopt the budget, fund balance is projected, fund balance is not audited.

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Then in February, when the audit is completed,

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then we bring back the revised budget with audited fund balance.

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That's the way it is, everybody.

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All right, I will say the later this evening we're going to be discussing a change in our meeting date next month.

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The auditors will be here and we will have a meeting prior to City Council.

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Here's the budget.

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So that's coming down the road next month, but I don't see a reason why we can't

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approve the budget and if the audit comes back something, we just have to amend the budget.

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Yeah, all of these jobs are to verifying our number. Our numbers, they are not the one making it.

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They are the one making it and there is a check and balances and then they will say,

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Okay, yeah, you were in the original rate or wrong.

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That's what it is.

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All right, we'll have to take a motion on improving

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the budget for 20, 25, 23, 6.

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Some moves.

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My second.

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And then we have a second on favor.

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Past unanimous.

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Okay,

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item eight discussion regarding the city

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of Stafford Parks, Water, Fountain, Replacement Project.

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That's been going on for a while,

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I don't think Connor has some information to put this to bed.

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Yes.

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So this is the resolution formally creating the project.

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There is, I believe

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it's got, 350 allocated towards it.

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Yeah.

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And so this basically, once the 60 days is up, this allows folks to run.

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Knock it out.

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All right.

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We vote on the resolution and then we have to have a public hearing on it.

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Public hearing is already posted and is about to happen just seconds from now.

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So do we open public hearing now, so we say, we'll open a public hearing regarding the possible

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project, the city of Stafford Water, Parks Water, Foundry, Placement Project.

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We'll open the public hearing at 709.

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Anyone from the public wishing to step forward, step forward.

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Seeing none, we'll close the public hearing at 709 and just to what was the dollar amount

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Again, one more time, 350, entertain a motion to approve the parks, water parks, fountain

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project.

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Mr. President, I'd like to make a motion to approve this, presented.

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Second.

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We have a motion in a second.

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All in favor?

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Passes namelessly.

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Congratulations.

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Okay.

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Item 9, discussion regarding resolution.

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approving the WaterFound project.

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Same thing.

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Updates by Director of Public Works,

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Development Services, Christopher Riggs,

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including update on the City of Stafford Sign Replacement

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and Improvement Project update on the expanded 2025 Street

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Repair Project.

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Chris.

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Thank you, sir.

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President Cron, board members.

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So, as you all know, I'm back.

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But I'm still trying to figure everything out.

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So, I don't have much of an update.

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I'm hoping you'll give me one.

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I'm kidding.

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I got Bob here.

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He's going to run with 10, 11, and 12.

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Those are going to be his items.

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And he's here.

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It's kind of give you all an update on what's going on.

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and then a resolution about the 2025 to expand it and then an additional item number 12 to talk about our future budgets for projects, so take away Mr. Bob.

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Well, you just started doing that.

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Jones gets went long-winded.

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On the 2025, the city of Stafford had streets that they were going to maintain or develop

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in the residential area.

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I believe there was about eight streets that were identified that could be classified as

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major thoroughfares or that contribute to our businesses, our economic development, and I think that's what was the 2025 was like eight or nine streets.

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Mr. Jones, you can correct me if I'm wrong on that.

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I think you were correct.

469
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:39,730
next item. And a burst that I may not find the attitude list with it. But you can probably

470
00:41:39,730 --> 00:41:48,670
tell me at that time, it was, you had a number off the top of your head. Less than 150,

471
00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:49,390
wasn't it?

472
00:41:52,290 --> 00:41:59,850
I think it was somewhere in the park of 400. I think it was a 350. I think it

473
00:42:01,650 --> 00:42:10,310
I could help you with what the contract that the city said signed for the street repairs

474
00:42:10,710 --> 00:42:17,990
in the residential area was about a million one and the city has a right under the contract

475
00:42:18,410 --> 00:42:23,210
to issue a change order to build more streets only up to 25% of the value.

476
00:42:23,210 --> 00:42:32,550
So, I think several months ago, I told you you could have a project and do the $250,000

477
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:36,490
worth of improvements and decide what you would do next.

478
00:42:37,710 --> 00:42:43,170
I hadn't been engaged while y'all been looking at whether you do something immediately on

479
00:42:43,170 --> 00:42:49,270
a small project when we talked in February, I brought you a list and said, I think y'all

480
00:42:49,270 --> 00:42:55,250
a big project authorize a little bit at a time so we can go target areas and

481
00:42:55,250 --> 00:43:01,310
know we have money to fix them. My recollection is you said yes let's do that

482
00:43:01,310 --> 00:43:09,850
right so I sent you a test deal that essentially ends up saying you could

483
00:43:09,850 --> 00:43:18,490
adopt a seven million dollar project. Now if you want to do the 250 you can the

484
00:43:18,490 --> 00:43:24,350
The reality is you're at the same place on the 250 right now that you are on a $3 million,

485
00:43:24,410 --> 00:43:31,170
$4 million, $5 million project you hadn't adopted a project and if you adopted a project

486
00:43:31,170 --> 00:43:37,990
you could pay for this out of the adopted project and not do another small one and then do

487
00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:45,230
the bigger one depending on what your flavor is and what you would like and so I have a lot

488
00:43:45,230 --> 00:43:54,310
information on what was done on the street project inside the residential areas and then

489
00:43:54,310 --> 00:44:00,750
we have several places, Shibirgrove, Kupelamon, Kirkwood, Kupelamon, Greenbrower, Kupelamon,

490
00:44:01,010 --> 00:44:06,470
I think West Airport, and they were going to be similar to what we've been doing in the

491
00:44:06,470 --> 00:44:07,070
subdivisions.

492
00:44:07,670 --> 00:44:12,830
Not a wholesale replacement of a street going in where you got a really bad joint, pulling

493
00:44:12,830 --> 00:44:18,690
out enough material to smooth the joint out somewhere that you have a whole panel that's

494
00:44:18,690 --> 00:44:25,690
bad, take the whole panel out. Sometimes when the pavement is set a little bit we have

495
00:44:25,690 --> 00:44:29,610
to take more pavement out just to get the grade right so that the water will drain.

496
00:44:31,110 --> 00:44:36,270
So you're kind of in an interesting point right now because I think you got this on the agenda

497
00:44:36,270 --> 00:44:44,930
But as a result of things that Kyle brought to you after we talked in February and I don't

498
00:44:44,930 --> 00:44:50,490
have necessarily addressed it previously because I couldn't find anything directly in a minute

499
00:44:50,490 --> 00:44:58,770
since then, but I would say to you, if you, if you have any serious thoughts about a larger

500
00:44:58,770 --> 00:44:59,310
project.

501
00:45:00,110 --> 00:45:29,570
I would suggest you do a larger project, even if you only go authorized $250,000 worth of repairs today. I don't mean today as soon as you doubt the project, because you could take it out of the money you have. And if you don't want to do anything else, you don't have to. But if you do, then you have money where you can say, you know, all right, we talked about doing street signs. We talked about, you know, joint repairs.

502
00:45:29,570 --> 00:45:34,530
is that kind of stuff? I don't believe anything's been done on any of that because number one I was

503
00:45:34,530 --> 00:45:41,430
not asked to do anything and I don't think I'm just a young head, anybody else doing it. So I think we're

504
00:45:42,670 --> 00:45:48,590
at GO right now and I think you can look at it either way you want. I think you could adopt

505
00:45:49,970 --> 00:45:57,590
a $253,000 dollar project and tell us to go do the commercial streaks that that will fund

506
00:45:57,590 --> 00:46:04,510
or you can say on the very same day we would vote on the 250 instead of doing that

507
00:46:04,510 --> 00:46:09,790
this just vote on pick whatever number you want I'd originally said 3

508
00:46:09,790 --> 00:46:14,330
million over three years strictly for street repairs and then we talked and

509
00:46:14,330 --> 00:46:20,350
said well you know maybe Jebby Elaine between Mule and Cash would be a road

510
00:46:20,350 --> 00:46:26,250
that we'd like maybe you could adopt a project without having to actually choose

511
00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:33,270
those. I put them on my list so you kind of see the number, how much it would cost, how it fits

512
00:46:33,270 --> 00:46:40,490
into the program. And so I'd answer questions however you want to go into it because I think

513
00:46:41,050 --> 00:46:45,670
the big project of the little project today sits here in exactly the same place.

514
00:46:46,150 --> 00:46:47,950
You don't have any blanks of your resolution,

515
00:46:50,260 --> 00:46:51,560
don't have any blanks filled in.

516
00:46:52,780 --> 00:46:53,500
I

517
00:46:59,420 --> 00:47:07,240
like to hear everybody's comments, but I'll start by saying, you do a small project.

518
00:47:11,890 --> 00:47:22,010
We lose a lot of time doing all the steps and discussions of getting a project and

519
00:47:22,010 --> 00:47:32,410
getting it public hearing, council's got to have a hearing, we get bogged down in the

520
00:47:32,410 --> 00:47:33,110
bureaucracy.

521
00:47:33,750 --> 00:47:41,630
If we do it one time with a larger number that is setting there, as long as it's restricted

522
00:47:41,630 --> 00:47:51,070
to commercial areas and thoroughfares, I think we could be a lot more expedient in getting

523
00:47:51,070 --> 00:48:02,210
things done. So then it comes down to the question, we do a project that doesn't mean if we

524
00:48:02,210 --> 00:48:11,150
did a $3 million project that doesn't mean we're going to draw out $3 million this year or whatever

525
00:48:11,150 --> 00:48:19,710
we have to look at how our revenue comes in every year. But if we go ahead and get that project,

526
00:48:19,710 --> 00:48:29,830
we're kind of encumbering the money that if City Council comes along with dangling

527
00:48:29,830 --> 00:48:35,030
something shiny and everything we can go well. Who's going to go tell the

528
00:48:35,030 --> 00:48:40,710
business people they're not going to get their streets a year two years three

529
00:48:40,710 --> 00:48:47,890
years down the road. Once we encumber it we've made a commitment to try to get

530
00:48:47,890 --> 00:48:56,270
this down. So it's a question of what this board would feel comfortable as a dollar amount

531
00:48:58,050 --> 00:49:08,670
to do a project. Bob said he had seven million dollar number up there, but if a really

532
00:49:08,670 --> 00:49:17,970
turning loose, we'd probably have a lot bigger number that needs to be done. So I can't

533
00:49:17,970 --> 00:49:25,110
In my mind, I can't say, well, let's load ball at 2 million or 2.5.

534
00:49:25,330 --> 00:49:36,390
We need to have a realistic number that Mr. Jones and Mr. Riggs can go out and start trying to get something to comments.

535
00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:50,360
The idea of the project that did about $250,000 worth of work was because that was all the

536
00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:56,380
money that was on the horizon. That was all the money anybody was talking about. And

537
00:49:56,380 --> 00:50:01,360
then when y'all talked about it and said more, then we looked at a couple things y'all

538
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:09,300
do, and also provided you in the backup a cash flow of revenues that added in seven

539
00:50:09,300 --> 00:50:14,760
million dollars to see what the impact is over a period of two, three, four years.

540
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:21,840
Candidately, that's the very same thing you do with the debt service on the Civic Center.

541
00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:27,380
I mean, you've got that budgeted out for 10 or 15 more years, whatever the number is.

542
00:50:27,980 --> 00:50:31,980
Now, I'm not the one to decide whether or not those numbers are right, so I'm not suggesting

543
00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:32,400
that.

544
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:40,440
I am suggesting that I don't know, even on the drainage project, when you adopted the

545
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:45,200
drainage project, the money for the drainage project was immediately moved over into the

546
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:46,020
drainage project.

547
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:53,620
And I think you should plan the project, plan it against your revenue, and move money as

548
00:50:53,620 --> 00:50:59,600
you're ready to do pieces of the drainage project. Now, council may say, no, no, no, you

549
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:04,120
got to fully fund it. And if so, I'd back off, but if we were doing bonds, you wouldn't

550
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:10,680
fully fund it. If you do something else, you would do a payout of some kind. And so I

551
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:18,180
think it's to your advantage to do a bigger project. Those, for instance, if the projects

552
00:51:18,180 --> 00:51:23,220
a little bigger, let's say we do the streets that we could do with the change order, get

553
00:51:23,220 --> 00:51:32,800
those started and then we go out and get bids or use a by-board contract and go start

554
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:38,260
striping or putting buttons down on the streets in some key areas. We may come back here

555
00:51:38,260 --> 00:51:43,540
two months after we do that. You know Bob, you're telling me that I need to put some more

556
00:51:43,540 --> 00:51:48,780
of those pamper placements in. The best thing we did was change some street signs and put

557
00:51:48,780 --> 00:51:55,380
and striping in. That'd be all a decision when you start seeing what the results are in

558
00:51:55,380 --> 00:52:00,960
that kind of thing. You can't do that. If you do a little project in a fire shot and

559
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:05,840
you go build it and you're done. Now you got to come back and formulate another one, fire

560
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:12,560
another shot and you're done. And you would be much better served, I think, looking at this.

561
00:52:12,860 --> 00:52:17,580
We have a list of about 250,000 dollars worth of streets and commercial areas that need to

562
00:52:17,580 --> 00:52:22,520
be repaired. That realistic number is probably 750 this year. You didn't have

563
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:27,740
money so that wasn't a conversation, okay? And you may still decide you don't

564
00:52:27,740 --> 00:52:32,120
have money, but we're talking about a way that you might have the money, gave

565
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:36,940
you a cash flow that demonstrates kind of how your money works. All that would

566
00:52:36,940 --> 00:52:44,980
need to be verified by CFO. Now I could need to say she agrees that that's how

567
00:52:44,980 --> 00:52:50,160
would play out and you know engineers sometimes are overly optimistic and

568
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:54,580
encounter usually ultra conservative so there's probably a line in there

569
00:52:54,580 --> 00:53:01,820
between us there would be a pretty good demarcation so didn't mean to interrupt

570
00:53:01,820 --> 00:53:03,720
I just want to be sure that there's an understanding.

571
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:10,700
Chris do you have any comments after hearing this?

572
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:17,760
So, the projects are great and where I'm feeling the pain and it's probably not necessarily

573
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:25,160
for this board is just making sure I got people to run all these things and we don't

574
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:30,200
have any kind of project managers or any of that kind of stuff, but I'm excited.

575
00:53:30,620 --> 00:53:38,240
I'm glad we've figured out a way to do some infrastructure because the city needs it

576
00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:45,240
And I'm sorry from our department's end that some of these things aren't done already.

577
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:48,100
I just can't speak for the past all well.

578
00:53:48,180 --> 00:53:54,460
I know this thank goodness I still have him as some continuity between the last four years.

579
00:53:55,120 --> 00:54:00,480
So a lot of it, I'm catching up on, I have a lot of immediate things.

580
00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:07,140
I've been trying to put fires out in the last couple of weeks, but this board is really,

581
00:54:07,140 --> 00:54:14,680
I keep telling her, but it's almost like I have two cities I'm working for now, because I work for the city, and then we have a lot of

582
00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:23,680
upcoming, exciting things to do here, which is the work I like getting done. But anyways, I

583
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:30,720
digress. Like I said, I'm learning probably just just as much as Mr. Chen here. She's new to all this stuff too.

584
00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:46,420
But in the past, we were connected with the EDC, I think back then maybe some salary stuff was done, but exciting times, I'm glad that we figured out a good way to make some of this stuff happen.

585
00:54:46,420 --> 00:54:57,540
Well, right now after hearing this discussion, I feel that I should meet with Alka and try

586
00:54:57,540 --> 00:55:08,600
to determine with her guidance as to how much we should feel comfortable allotting and

587
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:10,140
moving to a project.

588
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:20,240
When we did the $7 million, that was a big jump, of course, in various discussions, people

589
00:55:20,240 --> 00:55:28,520
would say, well, the EDC's got $20 million in the bank, and it's like, well, yeah, $7 million

590
00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:36,720
is in convert, so we're now at $13 million, but like I said earlier, I can say, well, this

591
00:55:36,720 --> 00:55:37,620
This is where it's gone.

592
00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:48,400
Some of the people look at you've got a cigar box with a lot of money, but it's committed.

593
00:55:49,460 --> 00:56:00,200
And I feel that if we can get a commitment on these streets and things that we can legally

594
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:05,120
do and go ahead and convert, then we're really showing, removing head.

595
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:14,880
and we're giving the city finances to get this job done so at this time I would

596
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:22,260
say let me meet with Alka because just as Bob said it in the past you ran the

597
00:56:22,260 --> 00:56:29,200
numbers the income and let's see what we come back with a number it may be seven

598
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:37,640
million it may be five million it might be two fifty okay but as soon as I can get

599
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:48,100
a number put together then I will get with Tommy to draw up a project and

600
00:56:48,100 --> 00:56:54,580
bring that project before the board and let's vote on it and put this to bed

601
00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:07,080
I think it's better to have a good idea on the number going in because it's easier.

602
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:15,100
It's easier to go too high and not spend it and go too low and have to essentially add

603
00:57:15,100 --> 00:57:20,200
on, you know, expand the project, which is exactly the same as creating a new project.

604
00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:26,880
So it's better to get a firmer grasp on what that total is, that way you're

605
00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:31,720
noticed can sort of account for all the possibilities. The other thing is

606
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:36,860
depending on the scope of what you want to do on the roads, you know, if it's if

607
00:57:36,860 --> 00:57:38,140
you're going to paint

608
00:57:40,180 --> 00:57:43,000
all the roads blue doesn't relate necessarily to

609
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:49,820
infrastructure. Well then we definitely probably have to do it under a 505-158.

610
00:57:49,820 --> 00:57:55,300
If for some reason the board determined that blue color wouldn't result in newer expanded business development, of course.

611
00:57:56,160 --> 00:58:02,320
But if it's for infrastructure improvements related to roads, so if we're not knowing what the scope of those improvements are.

612
00:58:02,780 --> 00:58:09,040
But if it's just for the infrastructure room and the streets and roads, that project creation can happen pretty fast.

613
00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:17,540
Because you don't have to have the 60 day waiting period, you don't have to have the public hearing, although I always suggest having one anyway, why not.

614
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:30,460
But it's not subject to the same requirements that what's called Chapter 505 projects are subject to, which are the added administrative requirements of a project creation.

615
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:38,700
Street road improvements related to new expanded business development, it's 501 project, you can pretty much do it.

616
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:42,160
Prove it by the EDC, approval by City Council, you're ready to roll.

617
00:58:42,820 --> 00:58:50,780
Would you say either one of these two proposed resolutions being different, other than there's

618
00:58:50,780 --> 00:58:53,920
a different name about the road and there's a different name about it.

619
00:58:53,920 --> 00:58:57,620
Yeah, in fact, I mean they look like they would be the same resolution.

620
00:58:57,720 --> 00:59:01,600
To me, it looked like they were almost a duplicate.

621
00:59:02,340 --> 00:59:06,500
No, I think it's why I think it was just people using the different title for the same project.

622
00:59:07,100 --> 00:59:12,360
Well, I caused part of that problem because I didn't know there was going to be an agenda

623
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:18,540
item this month. However, that got carried over. He had the 2025. I was coming planning to

624
00:59:18,540 --> 00:59:24,560
talk the global, whether it was just what you want to do for 2025 and no more, whether

625
00:59:24,560 --> 00:59:30,800
you wanted to set up the bigger program. But if you could do it with a single resolution,

626
00:59:31,340 --> 00:59:39,960
I would suggest you just bypass one of these two items that just do one and then it would

627
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:45,700
be easy enough to flesh out the numbers and whether it makes a difference that they decided

628
00:59:45,700 --> 00:59:52,260
on the number tonight or if they decided on it next month, I would encourage it to be

629
00:59:52,260 --> 00:59:59,940
thinking big because, you know, we've done, we've done almost 500 million of...

630
01:00:00,940 --> 01:00:25,480
Mayor Thurper Street repairs in the last two years, this would be another 250. And y'all can drive around and say, I wish you would have extended it a little bit here. I wish you would have fixed something over there, but just to function how much money there is. If we were able to do the 500,000 750 project, you would have some real impact in some of your commercial areas.

631
01:00:26,260 --> 01:00:37,830
Well, in a perfect world, we went from roughly 900,000 a month, I mean, a year to two million

632
01:00:37,830 --> 01:00:43,690
that we're going on administrative services and in perfect world, I should be seeing more

633
01:00:43,690 --> 01:00:49,090
from the street department for that money, which is probably not going to happen.

634
01:00:49,090 --> 01:00:51,630
So we're going to have to supplement it.

635
01:00:51,630 --> 01:00:54,730
So, like you say, let me give it the outcome.

636
01:00:55,130 --> 01:00:56,370
Let's bring it number back.

637
01:00:57,350 --> 01:00:59,630
So we're not just pulling a number out of the air.

638
01:00:59,810 --> 01:01:04,210
I want our financials to reflect that decision.

639
01:01:05,990 --> 01:01:07,350
Bob, do you have anything else?

640
01:01:07,550 --> 01:01:07,990
No, I'm okay.

641
01:01:08,390 --> 01:01:09,950
Well, just one last question.

642
01:01:10,130 --> 01:01:12,170
This does not push you any direction at all.

643
01:01:14,030 --> 01:01:18,030
If they don't take any kind of action until September,

644
01:01:18,350 --> 01:01:21,170
does that change the timeframe for how rapidly

645
01:01:21,170 --> 01:01:26,890
They could do something no, I mean ultimately what changes the time frame is going to be and

646
01:01:27,990 --> 01:01:32,230
You know all things being equal if you have the time you adopt it under

647
01:01:33,190 --> 01:01:35,590
501 and under 505158

648
01:01:36,250 --> 01:01:43,550
You have more flexibility and and essentially the types of projects or the types of improvements that would qualify

649
01:01:43,550 --> 01:01:47,870
Although if but that's why I ask if we are only talking about

650
01:01:47,870 --> 01:01:53,910
Well, streets and roads and related infrastructure to streets and roads.

651
01:01:54,830 --> 01:01:59,970
I mean, that then essentially the 60 day waiting period doesn't necessarily have to happen.

652
01:02:00,970 --> 01:02:06,050
But if you do it under 158, you have more flexibility in case, let's say they come back at the next meeting.

653
01:02:06,290 --> 01:02:11,810
And it's like, well, we want to kind of target this other thing that's related to this other part of the street.

654
01:02:11,910 --> 01:02:12,430
We're improving.

655
01:02:12,770 --> 01:02:15,770
Maybe that's not technically related to the street.

656
01:02:15,770 --> 01:02:18,710
but it's certainly permissible under 505158.

657
01:02:19,230 --> 01:02:20,910
I mean, I'm making an assumption based on it.

658
01:02:20,930 --> 01:02:22,710
It could be all one project,

659
01:02:22,950 --> 01:02:25,430
it would just leave different categories.

660
01:02:25,930 --> 01:02:26,990
Correct, okay.

661
01:02:27,550 --> 01:02:33,630
And I looked at the 2020, because I also realized,

662
01:02:34,490 --> 01:02:37,810
everyone's been talking about the 2025 Street Repair Project,

663
01:02:38,370 --> 01:02:41,690
and I've been killing myself, trying to find,

664
01:02:42,590 --> 01:02:44,710
where is this 2025 Street Repair Project?

665
01:02:45,190 --> 01:02:46,530
It's a city council project.

666
01:02:49,490 --> 01:02:50,470
They're in one for me.

667
01:02:50,950 --> 01:02:53,590
Right, and that's what that's confusion on my part.

668
01:02:54,010 --> 01:02:55,530
But I went and pulled the resolution.

669
01:02:55,630 --> 01:02:59,650
We looked at, you know, that's all five of all those improvements.

670
01:02:59,770 --> 01:03:00,490
Those are 501.

671
01:03:00,690 --> 01:03:01,310
Those can move quick.

672
01:03:02,310 --> 01:03:04,250
And when I say move quick, everything can move quick.

673
01:03:04,270 --> 01:03:08,730
It's just whether they got a 60 day lag on the front end before they can get going quick.

674
01:03:09,410 --> 01:03:11,230
That's kind of the, that's general with the hold up.

675
01:03:11,910 --> 01:03:13,710
But you could do everything else in that 60 days.

676
01:03:13,710 --> 01:03:22,170
So if I call you with the number that Alka feels comfortable with, you can draft the paperwork and we'll have it our next meeting.

677
01:03:22,990 --> 01:03:41,670
Yeah, as long as the parameters, because what I've included is sort of my, what I surmise from the discussion, is the targets, the road targets are commercial, primary, thoroughfares, essentially, the major feeders, stuff that has maybe a certain percentage of business,

678
01:03:41,670 --> 01:03:50,750
us or that feeds major business areas and then as these come up, those roads would come

679
01:03:50,750 --> 01:03:57,070
before the board would confirm that yes, this does fit into the parameters being primary

680
01:03:57,070 --> 01:03:58,330
corridors, major thoroughfares.

681
01:03:59,370 --> 01:04:04,690
But if you all want different parameters, something more specific, something less specific.

682
01:04:05,290 --> 01:04:11,910
But I would just like to have it as broad as we can so that we don't have to revisit it

683
01:04:11,910 --> 01:04:21,330
every time something comes up that meets all legal laws and we just do it we just do

684
01:04:21,330 --> 01:04:22,030
it one time.

685
01:04:22,730 --> 01:04:24,190
Yeah, I'm about that.

686
01:04:24,530 --> 01:04:27,450
Well, we'll come up with a number and we'll get to touch with you.

687
01:04:27,830 --> 01:04:31,030
I'd be happy to meet with y'all when you meet if you would like that.

688
01:04:31,030 --> 01:04:32,590
Are you buying lunch or something?

689
01:04:33,290 --> 01:04:36,210
I wouldn't offer by lunch, but I guess I need to, aren't you?

690
01:04:36,590 --> 01:04:38,470
A couple of coffee.

691
01:04:41,050 --> 01:04:42,910
Any other questions or comments?

692
01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:50,100
I want to say, Ms. Jones, I appreciate what you've done.

693
01:04:51,180 --> 01:04:54,100
You and I, we discussed the street project in different iterations.

694
01:04:54,580 --> 01:04:56,800
So it's good to see where we're at now.

695
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:59,660
And I mean, I just appreciate the fact

696
01:04:59,660 --> 01:05:05,700
that you came up with that you suggested the idea of doing this in buckets and creating

697
01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:11,720
a program instead of just something that's going to be long lasting and more able to

698
01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:13,940
take some more areas of opportunity.

699
01:05:14,400 --> 01:05:20,300
So I just appreciate how we kind of workshop this and then even you, Mr. President, seeing

700
01:05:20,300 --> 01:05:25,860
where the start off is just a list of age streets into what this is now.

701
01:05:26,020 --> 01:05:28,500
And I feel this would be very much more impactful.

702
01:05:28,500 --> 01:05:39,840
So, Kudos to this entire board for what we're trying to do and also, Mr. Jones, has shown

703
01:05:39,840 --> 01:05:40,680
us the life.

704
01:05:42,900 --> 01:05:51,860
Last time you were here was, you were saying, last time you were here you were saying perspective,

705
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:53,820
residents or business people.

706
01:05:53,820 --> 01:05:59,740
So one of the first things they see is when they drive through your streets, are they striped?

707
01:06:00,900 --> 01:06:01,880
When they're buttons.

708
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:09,720
I know when you can't learn off North Maine and you start up Stafford Road by UPS, you get

709
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:13,720
to underpass in the roads, merge.

710
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:19,440
Even my business partner goes, when is Stafford going to get some stripes on these streets?

711
01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:24,700
people running around in each other but I've been definitely noticing it

712
01:06:24,700 --> 01:06:32,580
driving down or we'll just inform the staffers and are shining diving before

713
01:06:32,580 --> 01:06:37,540
there are no stripes on that street and when it rains the little bit that's

714
01:06:37,540 --> 01:06:43,120
there you can't see so there's a lot of things that you've been lightness on

715
01:06:44,060 --> 01:06:45,740
and let's see what we'll get done.

716
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:48,920
Thank you, Mr. President.

717
01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:50,120
I think it'd be a good program.

718
01:06:52,440 --> 01:06:55,600
I'll stand here just in case somebody makes a wrong note.

719
01:06:56,020 --> 01:06:56,420
I got to go.

720
01:06:56,720 --> 01:07:05,080
Well, we need to go to public comments on this previous discussion here from the public seeing

721
01:07:05,080 --> 01:07:14,440
We know one step forward, we'll go to the next item, which is the appropriate

722
01:07:18,730 --> 01:07:19,890
action

723
01:07:19,890 --> 01:07:26,090
would be, I'm going to meet with Alka and bring something back to the board and Mr.

724
01:07:26,270 --> 01:07:26,410
Jones.

725
01:07:26,950 --> 01:07:27,950
And with Mr. Jones.

726
01:07:29,710 --> 01:07:30,310
Okay.

727
01:07:30,570 --> 01:07:31,410
The next item,

728
01:07:34,700 --> 01:07:38,640
discussion regarding a resolution approving the Stafford Economic Development

729
01:07:38,640 --> 01:07:44,060
on the Corporation, expanded 2025 Street Repair Project.

730
01:07:45,290 --> 01:07:48,340
The comments were made almost like a duplicate

731
01:07:48,340 --> 01:07:50,200
of what we've said so that I think.

732
01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:53,660
We'll table that item, and we'll work on the previous card.

733
01:07:55,780 --> 01:07:56,260
Okay.

734
01:08:03,510 --> 01:08:06,250
Item 13, discussion of matters related

735
01:08:06,250 --> 01:08:09,270
to the Stafford Center, including report

736
01:08:09,270 --> 01:08:11,550
by Brian Blum, President of FM Square

737
01:08:11,550 --> 01:08:16,850
on event schedules, marketing plans, operation statements, and production.

738
01:08:17,490 --> 01:08:18,070
Welcome, Brian.

739
01:08:18,350 --> 01:08:18,950
Thank you.

740
01:08:19,970 --> 01:08:22,670
Good evening, Mr. President, members of the corporation.

741
01:08:23,390 --> 01:08:24,770
Boy, you should see the other guy.

742
01:08:27,110 --> 01:08:31,970
I'm fine, it's a little mole that I don't know why this huge bandaid is on there.

743
01:08:31,990 --> 01:08:34,350
My dermatologist is not a plastic surgeon, I guess.

744
01:08:36,710 --> 01:08:41,190
But I appreciate the opportunity to come before you today just on the financial

745
01:08:41,190 --> 01:08:48,670
front, I would like to tell you that we're $208,000 over the same time last year's revenue.

746
01:08:49,970 --> 01:08:55,430
Mrs. Chen, thank you for your comments the other night pointing that out in our performance.

747
01:08:56,150 --> 01:08:59,850
So things are definitely looking good.

748
01:09:01,290 --> 01:09:06,490
So September 12th and 13th, we've kind of become a little bit of a hub which is really good

749
01:09:06,490 --> 01:09:11,990
news for us for bodybuilding because these are tournaments that bring a lot of people

750
01:09:11,990 --> 01:09:19,290
to our town so it's a lot of hotel night usage but this is another organization SSC presents

751
01:09:19,290 --> 01:09:26,370
their summer shredding on September 12th and 13th and then on September 18th, Gian Marco,

752
01:09:26,630 --> 01:09:32,610
he's a three-time Latin Grammy award-winning singer, he's from Peru, he'll be in our theater.

753
01:09:33,910 --> 01:09:39,790
October 7th. I'm not sure if you've looked into this at all. I highly recommend you

754
01:09:39,790 --> 01:09:48,270
do. Leon Ed and Friends. Billions of views on YouTube. There are half Russian, half Ukrainian

755
01:09:49,050 --> 01:09:57,250
tribute band that really started about the Chicago covering Chicago music, but is expanded

756
01:09:57,250 --> 01:10:02,630
We wanted to earthwind and fire, steely dams, so we're really excited about that.

757
01:10:02,790 --> 01:10:08,390
Russia and Ukraine is together here, yeah, yeah, that's, uh, boy, we could all just figure

758
01:10:08,390 --> 01:10:10,270
that, let figure that out from them.

759
01:10:10,690 --> 01:10:11,910
What time they start?

760
01:10:12,490 --> 01:10:13,210
Uh, APM.

761
01:10:13,950 --> 01:10:18,970
You know, measure nine out is October the 7, measure nine out.

762
01:10:19,350 --> 01:10:20,850
Well, I know, I know.

763
01:10:21,050 --> 01:10:26,470
Um, where, where the show is going to sell out, so it doesn't look like it's, uh, the fact

764
01:10:26,470 --> 01:10:32,770
the effect and maybe Russian Ukraine need a national night out October 8th

765
01:10:32,770 --> 01:10:36,330
staying alive it's the one night of the Bee Gees they've been at the

766
01:10:36,330 --> 01:10:42,570
Stafford Center a few years ago fantastic high-end tribute artists on

767
01:10:42,570 --> 01:10:48,690
October 8th as well the 50 plus Expo will return so it's a free event it's at

768
01:10:48,690 --> 01:10:53,830
9 a.m. begins at 9 a.m. and it'll feature vendors like financial planners

769
01:10:53,830 --> 01:11:00,290
health care providers and other vendors and services and speaking engagement so that's

770
01:11:00,290 --> 01:11:01,630
free and open to the public.

771
01:11:02,530 --> 01:11:09,790
October 11th this is exciting for us another big economic impact type event, Ivankas is

772
01:11:09,790 --> 01:11:12,730
an international powerlifting organization.

773
01:11:13,370 --> 01:11:18,190
We've never had powerlifting in the Stafford Center and so this is the first time.

774
01:11:18,610 --> 01:11:23,810
It presents some challenges to us, you can imagine dropping weights and so there's

775
01:11:23,810 --> 01:11:28,170
There's a lot of engineering conversations we've had with them, but this will be streamed

776
01:11:28,170 --> 01:11:30,470
worldwide from the Stafford Center.

777
01:11:31,050 --> 01:11:32,730
So we're really excited about that.

778
01:11:33,830 --> 01:11:41,850
Ben and Bonnie, he is an Iranian pop singer, he'll be in our theater on October 18th.

779
01:11:41,890 --> 01:11:49,550
And October 22nd, the stars of the 60s, Jay and the Americans with Lala Brooks, the circle,

780
01:11:49,550 --> 01:11:56,850
So we'll be in our theater and also we'll have that big dinner that one of our benefactors

781
01:11:56,850 --> 01:12:05,730
that supports this particular promoter will have his dinner with fresh and savoury catering

782
01:12:05,730 --> 01:12:06,490
the event.

783
01:12:07,010 --> 01:12:13,870
Then November 9th, the Grand Teeve Ballet returns, seems like we have a Russian Ukrainian theme

784
01:12:13,870 --> 01:12:14,290
tonight.

785
01:12:14,290 --> 01:12:20,450
but one of the finest ballet organizations in the world will be at the Stafford Center.

786
01:12:21,270 --> 01:12:23,610
And December 4th, this is really interesting.

787
01:12:23,750 --> 01:12:29,790
Joy to the world, experience the magic of Christmas with the Grammy-nominated violinist,

788
01:12:29,830 --> 01:12:36,990
Jenny Oaks Baker. And it's also her children as well, very talented family.

789
01:12:38,130 --> 01:12:42,750
January 21st, this is something that's been at the Stafford Center many years ago.

790
01:12:42,750 --> 01:12:45,470
I actually sold out two performances years ago.

791
01:12:45,990 --> 01:12:51,790
Mania, the ABBA tribute band from Sweden will be in our theater.

792
01:12:52,530 --> 01:12:58,630
And then February 12th, Sinatra and Buble, a tribute to the American Songbook will also

793
01:12:58,630 --> 01:12:59,570
be in our theater.

794
01:13:00,210 --> 01:13:05,650
One of the things I wanted to point out is when you, if you go on our website, in fact,

795
01:13:05,770 --> 01:13:12,290
I just texted somebody, I want to make a change, it says, our calendar of events, I want to

796
01:13:12,290 --> 01:13:13,410
to add the word public.

797
01:13:13,690 --> 01:13:16,830
There's so many events that are not open to the public

798
01:13:16,830 --> 01:13:19,350
that if we ever published our calendar,

799
01:13:20,150 --> 01:13:22,510
we're very excited we had live nation come

800
01:13:22,510 --> 01:13:26,970
for the first time for a tour of the building yesterday.

801
01:13:27,730 --> 01:13:29,530
And they said, can we just go on your website

802
01:13:29,530 --> 01:13:31,250
and this is what hit me.

803
01:13:31,330 --> 01:13:32,490
They said, can we just go on your website

804
01:13:32,490 --> 01:13:34,010
and check your avails?

805
01:13:34,030 --> 01:13:35,270
And I said, absolutely not.

806
01:13:35,770 --> 01:13:38,570
More events are non-public than they are public.

807
01:13:38,570 --> 01:13:49,130
So, I just wanted to point that out to you, there's a lot going on and I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.

808
01:13:51,550 --> 01:13:54,150
By the food blaze, and Michael food blaze?

809
01:13:54,410 --> 01:13:55,590
Well, it's a tribute show.

810
01:13:55,810 --> 01:13:56,350
Oh, I wish.

811
01:13:56,810 --> 01:13:58,330
Okay, I know the real one coming.

812
01:13:59,890 --> 01:14:00,850
No, and...

813
01:14:00,850 --> 01:14:01,610
Okay, he's in my name.

814
01:14:01,630 --> 01:14:02,550
He's toy at a center.

815
01:14:03,870 --> 01:14:04,350
Yeah.

816
01:14:04,510 --> 01:14:04,750
Typing.

817
01:14:05,890 --> 01:14:06,870
Michael food blaze.

818
01:14:06,990 --> 01:14:07,350
Amazing.

819
01:14:07,690 --> 01:14:07,830
Yeah.

820
01:14:09,270 --> 01:14:12,250
I have a little quick question, I know you're working on this.

821
01:14:13,050 --> 01:14:14,750
Do you have the list of the hotels?

822
01:14:15,350 --> 01:14:18,990
Are they somehow on our way to the page two?

823
01:14:19,490 --> 01:14:22,810
Yeah, okay, yeah, we put our, we have the hotels,

824
01:14:22,810 --> 01:14:25,370
and then when our customers will call us,

825
01:14:25,470 --> 01:14:28,150
we give them a code, certain hotels have given us

826
01:14:28,150 --> 01:14:33,390
some preferential pricing, so we pass that code on.

827
01:14:33,390 --> 01:14:44,470
In fact, just did it two days ago to a group that they called back and said, wow, is the best customer service they got actually from one of the salespeople at one of the hotels.

828
01:14:45,350 --> 01:14:54,590
And yeah, it's real important, as you know, we're funded through hotel occupancy tax, so we owe them a big debt of service back to them.

829
01:14:54,850 --> 01:14:56,110
No, thank you.

830
01:14:56,450 --> 01:14:57,330
Thank you.

831
01:14:57,330 --> 01:14:58,390
Yes sir.

832
01:15:00,530 --> 01:15:15,630
Waiting on a survey that's being done to see about what to do with the land and all that. So since there's another agenda item, I'm going to get into great detail of that in that agenda item. Okay, yes.

833
01:15:30,530 --> 01:15:34,110
referring to is the college

834
01:15:34,110 --> 01:15:36,650
down the street has their annual

835
01:15:37,530 --> 01:15:40,310
kind of their introduction to the year

836
01:15:40,310 --> 01:15:41,690
with all of their faculty

837
01:15:41,690 --> 01:15:45,790
and whatnot from other properties

838
01:15:45,790 --> 01:15:48,250
than just their Stafford location.

839
01:15:48,610 --> 01:15:50,590
But yeah, the theater was used,

840
01:15:51,050 --> 01:15:53,750
the ballrooms were used, the sweets were used,

841
01:15:53,750 --> 01:15:55,150
it was a big event.

842
01:15:57,680 --> 01:15:58,600
Yes, ma'am?

843
01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:05,960
Yes, do we have anyone else taking advantage of our grant program?

844
01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:07,680
Great question.

845
01:16:07,820 --> 01:16:10,240
I'm glad because Alka had mentioned that.

846
01:16:10,660 --> 01:16:18,060
We present the grant program to several promoters and we explain to them if they sign the agreement

847
01:16:18,060 --> 01:16:22,240
there's no obligation other than that they're afforded this opportunity.

848
01:16:22,240 --> 01:16:30,960
What the performance plan is, and you approved it in the budget tonight for $50,000, up to $50,000,

849
01:16:31,960 --> 01:16:42,220
is if a promoter comes to the building and does a show, six shows in a year, meaning that first show starts the clock, if you will.

850
01:16:42,580 --> 01:16:47,800
If they do six shows in that year, and there's losses, they can submit.

851
01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:53,840
It's a lot of information, but they can submit what their talent cost is, their overall cost, and their loss.

852
01:16:54,420 --> 01:17:07,380
We won't necessarily fix their losses completely, but we have a system whereby if an artist costs $10,000, you can get $2,500 back from the city.

853
01:17:07,380 --> 01:17:11,780
We have had one of Live Nation's partner companies in

854
01:17:11,780 --> 01:17:16,800
Poreum is the only one that has actually capitalized on that

855
01:17:16,800 --> 01:17:22,720
over six shows in a year and there was something about $80,

856
01:17:23,100 --> 01:17:27,580
$600 that they received to that $50,000, but I can tell you in

857
01:17:27,580 --> 01:17:31,180
that meeting yesterday with Live Nation, the biggest provider of

858
01:17:31,180 --> 01:17:34,900
all live entertainment, they got into great detail and

859
01:17:34,900 --> 01:17:38,020
information from us yesterday on the grant program.

860
01:17:38,680 --> 01:17:40,380
So keeping our fingers crossed,

861
01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:42,640
we would love to add them to our schedule.

862
01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:45,100
They've just represent the live nation urban,

863
01:17:45,740 --> 01:17:48,360
live nation Latin, everything.

864
01:17:48,900 --> 01:17:51,900
So if we can get them, and these are people

865
01:17:51,900 --> 01:17:54,340
that I've been friends with for 30 years,

866
01:17:54,600 --> 01:17:57,380
and I told them it took 20 to get them into the staff

867
01:17:57,380 --> 01:18:01,920
or something to come tour, but they had some competing venues, too.

868
01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:04,840
So you did a calendar year or a year.

869
01:18:04,900 --> 01:18:07,360
No, it's once that first show takes place,

870
01:18:07,720 --> 01:18:11,380
then you have to do six shows from the date of that first show.

871
01:18:12,380 --> 01:18:13,500
Thank you.

872
01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:19,660
That definitely shows them that we're interested in them,

873
01:18:19,660 --> 01:18:22,720
that we want them to be a success and we want to be a success.

874
01:18:23,400 --> 01:18:25,240
Just gives them another two of them,

875
01:18:25,340 --> 01:18:31,260
the toolbox to track your promoters and questions and comments.

876
01:18:33,020 --> 01:18:37,720
Okay, we'll go to public comments saying

877
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:41,540
no one's stepping forward.

878
01:18:42,520 --> 01:18:49,860
You can see that consideration on the appropriate action on this item saying none.

879
01:18:50,060 --> 01:18:50,160
Yeah.

880
01:18:50,660 --> 01:18:57,580
Go to item 14 discussion and consideration regarding the Stafford Center Reef Replacement Project.

881
01:18:58,660 --> 01:19:04,240
We've got money in the budget that will be going to effect shortly.

882
01:19:05,400 --> 01:19:11,960
So we need to do that as a project and Tommy will bring us the paperwork and the advertisements

883
01:19:11,960 --> 01:19:15,520
so that we can put that to bed.

884
01:19:16,140 --> 01:19:20,620
Can we do that next month or do we have to wait till the budget goes in effect?

885
01:19:37,530 --> 01:19:57,270
I have some information for you, but not complete information to to talk about this, I would just recommend that well I'm just looking that we get the project approved that when we want to get started.

886
01:19:57,270 --> 01:20:01,450
and all that paperwork's done because we have a timeframe

887
01:20:01,450 --> 01:20:04,670
that we have to wait where you can spend the money.

888
01:20:05,330 --> 01:20:09,870
So we have an option to work through some co-op pricing

889
01:20:10,590 --> 01:20:15,310
opportunities that doesn't mean we can't talk to multiple

890
01:20:15,310 --> 01:20:25,270
people, but we can avoid a lot of downtime delay time taking

891
01:20:25,270 --> 01:20:26,290
that route possibly.

892
01:20:27,410 --> 01:20:31,150
A project versus doing it through a by-board?

893
01:20:31,630 --> 01:20:36,150
Well, to do by-board versus doing a project.

894
01:20:36,710 --> 01:20:38,790
Tommy, if we do a project, does that

895
01:20:38,790 --> 01:20:41,810
preclude any other avenues of getting it done?

896
01:20:42,890 --> 01:20:42,990
No.

897
01:20:45,120 --> 01:20:48,520
And the project, assuming we're not driving the train

898
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:54,100
to manage the repairs and have to have a project spend money,

899
01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:54,980
anyway, correct?

900
01:20:55,200 --> 01:20:55,340
Right.

901
01:20:55,340 --> 01:21:03,000
assuming we're not doing, we're not managing the repair of the roof, the project is a, is a vehicle to finance the improvement.

902
01:21:03,540 --> 01:21:04,920
Is that a conflict with the vet?

903
01:21:04,920 --> 01:21:07,120
No, that's great. Great news.

904
01:21:07,340 --> 01:21:12,060
Now, I just, I want to get that money in the coffee home that it's ready.

905
01:21:12,360 --> 01:21:13,340
May 10th.

906
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:16,540
Tommy, did you bring a resolution for that tonight?

907
01:21:18,920 --> 01:21:19,800
I didn't see it.

908
01:21:21,980 --> 01:21:22,660
Is it?

909
01:21:24,260 --> 01:21:33,940
It's the next agenda. It's number 14, it should be 77 in your packet. Oh, we

910
01:21:43,220 --> 01:21:46,660
don't

911
01:21:49,130 --> 01:21:49,370
have

912
01:21:49,370 --> 01:21:55,930
a dollar amount. Do you remember it was a million four, wasn't it? Now, I don't believe it

913
01:21:55,930 --> 01:22:06,070
So we'll see 1.1 million, one of the things we talked about in getting some numbers of where it wouldn't exceed.

914
01:22:06,630 --> 01:22:18,810
There was an opportunity for about $68,000 to go with a 30 year roof as opposed to a 20 year roof made complete sense to do that.

915
01:22:19,030 --> 01:22:24,510
So I think if we just stick with the 1.1 million, we'll be good.

916
01:22:24,510 --> 01:22:30,410
The one point for the there was other things that this

917
01:22:30,410 --> 01:22:36,770
SDC approved that ran it up to one yes sir yes sir one point one you're

918
01:22:36,770 --> 01:22:45,750
looking for yes sir not to exceed my colleagues headed me the resolution so

919
01:22:45,750 --> 01:22:52,850
we have a resolution before us resolution of the Board of Directors of Stafford

920
01:22:52,850 --> 01:22:58,810
economic development corporation approving the project, the corporation a project for the repair

921
01:22:58,810 --> 01:23:05,470
installation of maintenance and improvement of the Stafford Center roof and related equipment

922
01:23:05,470 --> 01:23:13,910
facilities and improvements to enhance the city's Stafford's community and event facilities and

923
01:23:13,910 --> 01:23:16,610
And the amount is 1.1 million.

924
01:23:33,650 --> 01:23:36,670
Is this advertised, or is it public hearing?

925
01:23:37,050 --> 01:23:43,910
That not yet, I'd mention before you can do project creations, two ways public.

926
01:23:44,050 --> 01:23:47,890
You can do the notice first, have the public hearing with the project creation,

927
01:23:47,990 --> 01:23:50,090
or you can do the project creation, and then have the public hearing afterwards.

928
01:23:50,530 --> 01:23:51,810
So we can vote on this tonight.

929
01:23:52,290 --> 01:23:56,490
Yes, we vote on this tonight, and the notice will go out once it's approved.

930
01:23:56,490 --> 01:23:57,070
Okay.

931
01:24:00,350 --> 01:24:07,650
Well, I think we're up to vote on this tonight for the 1.1 million for the

932
01:24:07,650 --> 01:24:08,330
REF project.

933
01:24:13,320 --> 01:24:15,280
I'll open it up for motions.

934
01:24:17,560 --> 01:24:21,000
Well, yeah, thank you. You'll open it up for public comments.

935
01:24:21,800 --> 01:24:26,100
Yeah. Public comments for action. Public hearing will happen later.

936
01:24:27,160 --> 01:24:30,720
or public comments on the item.

937
01:24:32,780 --> 01:24:39,280
Seeing no one from the public leave the hospital consideration.

938
01:24:42,120 --> 01:24:49,160
President, I make a motion that we approve 1.1 million or roof improvement at the Stafford

939
01:24:49,160 --> 01:24:49,440
Center.

940
01:24:51,880 --> 01:24:52,380
You have a second.

941
01:24:53,820 --> 01:24:56,400
Second by William Bostick, all in favor?

942
01:24:58,830 --> 01:25:00,750
Well opposed, motion carries.

943
01:25:03,430 --> 01:25:08,630
Okay, we'll go to item 15 discussion regarding a request

944
01:25:08,630 --> 01:25:13,530
to have an event impact analysis completed on the Stafford

945
01:25:13,530 --> 01:25:17,090
Center and Civic Center to gauge activity.

946
01:25:17,410 --> 01:25:22,070
I had a discussion with Brian this past month on this

947
01:25:22,070 --> 01:25:23,290
after our last meeting.

948
01:25:23,290 --> 01:25:41,150
and he's here to speak but I will say the survey or the planned expansion that I believe

949
01:25:41,150 --> 01:25:50,050
was $50,000 were spending I'm led to believe Brian will speak on this that the numbers

950
01:25:50,050 --> 01:25:58,750
will come from that but so far he's heard that we're out performing other similar venues

951
01:25:58,750 --> 01:26:01,990
and Brandt would you speak of it?

952
01:26:02,330 --> 01:26:02,690
Yes sir.

953
01:26:03,090 --> 01:26:10,630
So as you know this for engaged convention sports and leisure to do a feasibility master

954
01:26:10,630 --> 01:26:11,690
plan study.

955
01:26:12,490 --> 01:26:15,990
Part of that study was crunching the numbers.

956
01:26:15,990 --> 01:26:20,470
They got every bit for the last five years of our numbers.

957
01:26:21,090 --> 01:26:33,130
All of our events, mix of events, they've done a lot of analytical work to it as my understanding from talking to them.

958
01:26:33,770 --> 01:26:43,230
They have, I also understand that they are finished, their document, ready for presentation.

959
01:26:43,230 --> 01:26:46,850
and speaking to Mr. Cron a couple of weeks ago,

960
01:26:47,130 --> 01:26:49,490
what he was saying was like we did before,

961
01:26:49,870 --> 01:26:55,310
was the joint meeting between the City Council and SCDC.

962
01:26:56,030 --> 01:26:57,930
So I reached out to the gentleman,

963
01:26:58,330 --> 01:27:01,210
Senior Vice President, who came here originally

964
01:27:01,210 --> 01:27:03,210
and met with you, Bill Krueger.

965
01:27:03,910 --> 01:27:05,250
And he gave me the dates,

966
01:27:05,330 --> 01:27:09,410
and this is really for the mayor now to make this call.

967
01:27:09,410 --> 01:27:13,690
but he gave me the dates of 10, 14, 10, 21, and 10, 28.

968
01:27:13,850 --> 01:27:16,750
I assumed you wanted to get out of away from the budget.

969
01:27:17,550 --> 01:27:19,830
So I asked him to stay away from September.

970
01:27:23,850 --> 01:27:27,850
But there's significant information there about a hotel,

971
01:27:28,170 --> 01:27:31,030
possible project, expansion of the center,

972
01:27:31,530 --> 01:27:36,810
and then analyzing our performance of where we are

973
01:27:36,810 --> 01:27:39,490
and what we've done, what we've accomplished.

974
01:27:40,510 --> 01:27:44,990
So, and where there's gaps, I'm sure too,

975
01:27:45,130 --> 01:27:50,290
where the need to take whatever action

976
01:27:50,290 --> 01:27:51,990
is recommended to this.

977
01:27:52,430 --> 01:27:54,590
One of the things I wanna point out too is

978
01:27:55,020 --> 01:27:58,350
that when we start thinking about projects

979
01:27:58,350 --> 01:28:00,950
and of course it takes time and there's bureaucracy,

980
01:28:01,350 --> 01:28:03,710
but as Michelle mentioned earlier,

981
01:28:03,710 --> 01:28:11,150
We're five years away from retiring, less than five years away, from retiring our debt on Stafford Center.

982
01:28:11,910 --> 01:28:25,490
And so, even if we waited and planted accordingly to that time, I think that's something that would be beneficial for the city to consider.

983
01:28:26,130 --> 01:28:30,790
But as far as the activities and things like that, they're going to get into all of that.

984
01:28:30,790 --> 01:28:33,770
but I'm sure that'll all be reflected in their report.

985
01:28:34,410 --> 01:28:34,970
And presented.

986
01:28:40,350 --> 01:28:41,510
1021, 1021.

987
01:28:41,530 --> 01:28:42,430
Oh, I'm sorry, yeah.

988
01:28:42,650 --> 01:28:45,270
So he gave me 1014.

989
01:28:45,630 --> 01:28:48,290
I asked him to just give us the Tuesdays

990
01:28:48,290 --> 01:28:50,510
because I figured that there could be a joint meeting

991
01:28:50,510 --> 01:28:53,250
before with council, before you're meeting.

992
01:28:54,230 --> 01:28:58,250
And then he just gave me several Tuesdays.

993
01:28:58,270 --> 01:29:03,870
So 1014, 1021 and 1028 are currently what he has

994
01:29:03,870 --> 01:29:22,790
availability. So we just do just need to pick one day and we're just let him know and call for

995
01:29:22,790 --> 01:29:26,050
the joint meeting and he'll fly down.

996
01:29:29,650 --> 01:29:37,240
Sounds good to me. Yep. Because because our people

997
01:29:37,240 --> 01:29:43,080
And we've got three council members, so they're going to be there.

998
01:29:44,900 --> 01:29:51,160
So we only have to have at least one of us show up to make a forum.

999
01:29:52,260 --> 01:29:58,880
I'd like to have everybody there, so it's more adamant of the date of council can meet.

1000
01:30:00,340 --> 01:30:30,320
No, sir. Now, the other item on here was in reference to the civic center. And I see Susan's here. And well, let me start by, I passed the information onto based on some comments from you and what I could recall. You may want to address the hurt of what you

1001
01:30:36,040 --> 01:30:46,980
Yeah, so I'm just trying to figure out I know we had some funds allocated for the civic center. I'm just trying to figure out what can we do with it?

1002
01:30:47,720 --> 01:30:56,020
It's a city asset, but it also has a lot of economic events there. I mean, at one point it was the shred.

1003
01:30:56,020 --> 01:30:59,000
but it was HQ for the shredding bit

1004
01:30:59,680 --> 01:31:01,040
before it got as big as what it got.

1005
01:31:01,760 --> 01:31:03,100
So I'm just trying to figure out,

1006
01:31:03,580 --> 01:31:06,780
is there a way that, what do we need to do?

1007
01:31:08,020 --> 01:31:09,860
I know there's several issues with it

1008
01:31:09,860 --> 01:31:13,160
from the foundation, to the lighting, to the pavement,

1009
01:31:14,480 --> 01:31:16,600
even flooding issues, I believe I heard.

1010
01:31:17,440 --> 01:31:19,840
It's coming in from the bottom of the,

1011
01:31:19,960 --> 01:31:22,560
there's gotta be a crack underneath.

1012
01:31:23,500 --> 01:31:25,320
When I first came to work here,

1013
01:31:26,020 --> 01:31:34,840
The office is underground so like halfway up to your waist is underground and in the rest of it's above ground.

1014
01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:43,140
So that it cracked and I'm sure that's what's happening on the other side as well because it is underground on that side as well.

1015
01:31:43,720 --> 01:31:45,140
So that needs to be addressed.

1016
01:31:45,140 --> 01:31:52,080
But you know the city center is busy if we had a lot if we had five more Friday Saturdays Sundays in the month

1017
01:31:52,080 --> 01:31:53,740
We could book it and you know

1018
01:31:53,740 --> 01:31:57,340
We don't really book a lot during the week because of the school

1019
01:31:57,900 --> 01:32:03,380
Parking issues if it's a smaller event or it's in the evening then we do but during the day time

1020
01:32:03,380 --> 01:32:08,120
It's very hard to book that that building, but it's still busy, but

1021
01:32:08,960 --> 01:32:11,280
We do have to do something with that building

1022
01:32:11,820 --> 01:32:16,460
I think we need to, I was asked to wait until we got a New Public Works Director.

1023
01:32:16,840 --> 01:32:17,540
He's here now.

1024
01:32:18,320 --> 01:32:21,420
We need to go in and look at the foundation again.

1025
01:32:21,720 --> 01:32:26,080
When we did the foundation years ago, we went all the way around the building.

1026
01:32:26,880 --> 01:32:33,020
I see most of the cracking and most of the, when you're walking inside you can feel it.

1027
01:32:33,820 --> 01:32:38,600
It's more in the front half of the building than the back half of the building.

1028
01:32:38,600 --> 01:32:45,520
But until we start doing something with that building, it needs it's terrible.

1029
01:32:46,340 --> 01:32:47,720
But the lighting has been done.

1030
01:32:48,560 --> 01:32:53,160
We did those projects just a few months ago, so it's complete.

1031
01:32:54,140 --> 01:33:03,460
And the sidewalk out front, we leveled that concrete so that you don't have all the rough,

1032
01:33:04,180 --> 01:33:05,600
you know, where somebody's going to trick over it.

1033
01:33:05,600 --> 01:33:16,360
So we did those two projects with that money before Chris got here and so now we need to work on the foundation is your first deal.

1034
01:33:17,920 --> 01:33:28,800
You know, carpet and all that kind of stuff can be fixed and sheet rock afterwards, but it until you do something with a foundation with that building, you that that has to be your number one.

1035
01:33:28,800 --> 01:33:32,160
Is there a five-year company that had done some foundation work?

1036
01:33:33,280 --> 01:33:35,540
Outland, at least, did it years and years ago.

1037
01:33:35,860 --> 01:33:37,140
Oh, so it's out of one?

1038
01:33:37,260 --> 01:33:37,680
Oh, it is.

1039
01:33:38,040 --> 01:33:38,520
It's...

1040
01:33:38,520 --> 01:33:40,100
Their warranty was only five years.

1041
01:33:40,300 --> 01:33:40,720
Now, they...

1042
01:33:40,720 --> 01:33:41,880
They missed...

1043
01:33:41,880 --> 01:33:44,920
Did because they told us if we did the whole building,

1044
01:33:45,300 --> 01:33:46,940
they would have a lifetime warranty.

1045
01:33:47,620 --> 01:33:48,980
But that's not what the...

1046
01:33:48,980 --> 01:33:50,000
That's not what it says.

1047
01:33:50,260 --> 01:33:51,240
It says five years.

1048
01:33:51,620 --> 01:33:51,900
Okay.

1049
01:33:52,680 --> 01:33:53,640
It's a...

1050
01:33:53,640 --> 01:33:54,360
Is it safe?

1051
01:33:54,820 --> 01:33:57,220
Right now, we are having several programs.

1052
01:33:57,220 --> 01:33:59,340
Is it safe for the people to?

1053
01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:01,140
I am not an engineer to answer that question.

1054
01:34:01,140 --> 01:34:04,660
Yeah, I know, you know, since you are talking about in public.

1055
01:34:05,520 --> 01:34:12,280
Yeah, I'm not an engineer, I've heard that the brick will fall off before the building

1056
01:34:12,280 --> 01:34:20,220
collapses because the steel frame, I don't, I'm not an engineer, so, and he has been, Bob

1057
01:34:20,220 --> 01:34:22,760
Jones has been out to look at it, so okay.

1058
01:34:23,800 --> 01:34:29,120
But we need to do something with the foundation before we do anything else.

1059
01:34:30,320 --> 01:34:36,750
But in your opinion, the foundation is the biggest.

1060
01:34:37,470 --> 01:34:38,370
That's the number one.

1061
01:34:38,630 --> 01:34:39,230
That's the number one.

1062
01:34:39,590 --> 01:34:40,490
Okay, perfect.

1063
01:34:42,830 --> 01:34:48,290
Well, it's another one of those situations where you can take down the road.

1064
01:34:48,290 --> 01:34:53,830
So many years just didn't happen over the past two or three years, the

1065
01:35:00,710 --> 01:35:01,770
engineering of

1066
01:35:01,770 --> 01:35:03,910
somebody to come up with a loan to save.

1067
01:35:04,510 --> 01:35:13,550
The city needs to come up with analysis of what needs to be done, not just a general

1068
01:35:13,550 --> 01:35:17,090
employee walking through the letters of crack in the ceiling.

1069
01:35:19,350 --> 01:35:23,190
We really need to know what that condition, that city needs to know what that condition

1070
01:35:23,190 --> 01:35:36,470
of the building is. And then our board would need to see if it would fit into what we want

1071
01:35:36,470 --> 01:35:42,350
to do moving forward. It's just like we're taking on the streets, we've got drainage,

1072
01:35:43,550 --> 01:35:46,150
you know, that cigar box is going to run out of money.

1073
01:35:47,750 --> 01:35:52,570
So, let's to come out and give us an estimate of what they think it would take.

1074
01:35:55,240 --> 01:36:00,420
I was asked to wait till we got a city engineer and he is here now, so...

1075
01:36:00,420 --> 01:36:03,160
Can you get in touch with him and see what you can have?

1076
01:36:03,440 --> 01:36:06,740
I think it needs to be looked at and studied.

1077
01:36:08,380 --> 01:36:18,060
And then the finger pointing can start of how to happen and who's going to contribute

1078
01:36:18,060 --> 01:36:29,940
to fix it. That's the bottom line to it. Our board can only take on so much and we

1079
01:36:29,940 --> 01:36:40,940
start losing our vision or our main goal. It was just like Gwen made the

1080
01:36:40,940 --> 01:36:46,420
comment years ago. We were looking at doing an intersection on the street. She said,

1081
01:36:46,420 --> 01:36:49,240
So how much they got to do with economic development?

1082
01:36:49,380 --> 01:36:50,740
Because we hadn't had done a street.

1083
01:36:50,920 --> 01:36:53,340
Well, we complied with the law.

1084
01:36:54,780 --> 01:36:58,580
But is it that intersection?

1085
01:36:58,940 --> 01:37:02,060
Is it going to generate more business or whatever?

1086
01:37:02,840 --> 01:37:05,760
So a lot of things can be legally done.

1087
01:37:06,440 --> 01:37:09,060
But you've got to establish a packing

1088
01:37:09,060 --> 01:37:12,620
order of where you're going to attract.

1089
01:37:12,620 --> 01:37:23,040
Unfortunately that's decaying so it needs to be addressed and it may come down to we're

1090
01:37:25,240 --> 01:37:33,460
prodding city council along because it's not only the city's asset but we spend money

1091
01:37:33,460 --> 01:37:44,800
down there and citizens of business people come in and use that facility so we're both

1092
01:37:44,800 --> 01:37:51,980
We need to keep counsel keeping that on the front burner,

1093
01:37:51,980 --> 01:37:55,880
because that information really needs to come from counsel

1094
01:37:56,500 --> 01:38:02,260
and say, mother needs to ask the child if we can go with them.

1095
01:38:04,840 --> 01:38:07,340
That's where do you have any other questions from Susan?

1096
01:38:07,500 --> 01:38:08,960
Or Susan, do you have any comments?

1097
01:38:09,080 --> 01:38:09,560
No, thank you.

1098
01:38:11,690 --> 01:38:11,990
OK.

1099
01:38:12,470 --> 01:38:13,010
Thank you.

1100
01:38:13,370 --> 01:38:13,930
Thank you.

1101
01:38:14,750 --> 01:38:16,550
We'll go to public comments,

1102
01:38:19,070 --> 01:38:23,290
signal one stepping forward, possible consideration of appropriate

1103
01:38:23,290 --> 01:38:23,790
action.

1104
01:38:23,990 --> 01:38:29,070
I don't feel like we're needing other than we need to keep in the bag for a man.

1105
01:38:29,330 --> 01:38:37,370
Well, I was way impossibly heard council at their next meeting because, well, let me just

1106
01:38:37,370 --> 01:38:37,910
say this.

1107
01:38:38,070 --> 01:38:42,210
We've got three city council people on this board.

1108
01:38:42,210 --> 01:38:49,690
And if they're going to be part of this board, they need to carry that message forward because

1109
01:38:49,690 --> 01:38:57,150
we need to be working as a team and you counsel people, y'all are part of my team, which

1110
01:38:57,150 --> 01:39:00,330
means we should be part of y'all's counsel's table.

1111
01:39:00,890 --> 01:39:08,630
and also a more about a safety issue if we even do something if collapsed who

1112
01:39:08,630 --> 01:39:13,310
don't take responsibility yeah that's what I'm just you know where we worry about

1113
01:39:13,310 --> 01:39:30,310
that we don't want to be on national news I know I know okay we'll go to

1114
01:39:30,310 --> 01:39:43,370
that the audit for the EDC is ready to go and they would like to meet with us the night before they meet with City Council when they do the City Council's audit.

1115
01:39:44,430 --> 01:39:56,570
So I suggested that we have our September meeting the night before City Council change our meeting night.

1116
01:39:56,570 --> 01:40:00,150
So it's more fluid with the auditors.

1117
01:40:00,770 --> 01:40:05,850
She didn't feel like they could do both of them on the same night as joint meeting.

1118
01:40:07,530 --> 01:40:10,890
So I'm on it. Runana, talk to us.

1119
01:40:13,130 --> 01:40:18,130
So here September 16, 2020-25-630.

1120
01:40:19,550 --> 01:40:22,650
I'm reading a CDC meeting here, your attachment,

1121
01:40:23,450 --> 01:40:26,770
saying September 16, 2025-630.

1122
01:40:39,240 --> 01:40:40,120
Okay,

1123
01:40:42,620 --> 01:40:47,120
so we need a motion to move our September meeting.

1124
01:40:48,580 --> 01:40:50,340
September 16th.

1125
01:40:50,340 --> 01:40:59,340
September 16th, yes.

1126
01:40:59,340 --> 01:41:00,640
a motion from ours.

1127
01:41:00,980 --> 01:41:01,940
Public comment first.

1128
01:41:02,040 --> 01:41:02,680
Oh, public comment.

1129
01:41:03,000 --> 01:41:04,820
We're trying to move this along too fast.

1130
01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:05,300
Sorry.

1131
01:41:05,960 --> 01:41:07,400
I didn't help it make any sense.

1132
01:41:07,400 --> 01:41:07,820
We're watching that.

1133
01:41:08,600 --> 01:41:09,640
Public comments.

1134
01:41:09,980 --> 01:41:10,380
Public comments.

1135
01:41:10,960 --> 01:41:13,320
Seeing none, we'll move the motion.

1136
01:41:14,040 --> 01:41:15,000
Now, I'll explain the motion.

1137
01:41:15,180 --> 01:41:17,820
Can I make a motion to...

1138
01:41:17,820 --> 01:41:20,920
September 16, 2025, as our next city comes.

1139
01:41:21,100 --> 01:41:23,060
SEC, median, 630.

1140
01:41:24,000 --> 01:41:24,840
We have a second.

1141
01:41:25,680 --> 01:41:26,320
Let's take a second.

1142
01:41:26,760 --> 01:41:27,700
We have three seconds.

1143
01:41:44,140 --> 01:41:45,500
I have to

1144
01:41:50,940 --> 01:41:58,120
look on the calendar to see what dates were available that were for the committee

1145
01:41:58,120 --> 01:42:03,200
to meet on and I know normally you meet on Tuesday. So I was trying to stay within a Tuesday

1146
01:42:03,200 --> 01:42:09,480
theme, but Thursdays were also available as well. So you have, these are the options

1147
01:42:09,480 --> 01:42:16,640
that were provided for November and December, Monday, December the 15th because there was

1148
01:42:16,640 --> 01:42:20,580
not a meeting there. I went ahead and slid it in because I know most people like to go

1149
01:42:20,580 --> 01:42:28,040
two weeks into the Christmas. So if anybody, if you don't want to go 15th or below, then

1150
01:42:28,040 --> 01:42:32,160
And then you only have three dates for December as far as a meeting wise however you want

1151
01:42:32,160 --> 01:42:32,820
to schedule it.

1152
01:42:33,080 --> 01:42:35,360
So, this is what was available on the calendar.

1153
01:42:35,760 --> 01:42:40,320
You can vote on it and decide which ones you want and I'll put it in motion.

1154
01:42:52,780 --> 01:42:55,760
the number six.

1155
01:43:01,880 --> 01:43:03,360
Number six.

1156
01:43:03,780 --> 01:43:04,400
Number six.

1157
01:43:05,000 --> 01:43:05,860
Number six.

1158
01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:11,740
November is the sixth, the 13th, or the 20th, which is 20th is close to Thanksgiving.

1159
01:43:12,120 --> 01:43:13,000
So I wasn't sure.

1160
01:43:13,000 --> 01:43:20,780
Now, number six, I have a schedule here, the state of the schools, Dr. Bostic, but it is

1161
01:43:21,700 --> 01:43:23,120
11.30 a.m.

1162
01:43:27,500 --> 01:43:32,460
Let me just say this, we're going to set these days,

1163
01:43:35,450 --> 01:43:38,410
they may be canceled if we don't

1164
01:43:38,410 --> 01:43:44,570
have anything, if we don't have anything that's really important, we'll cancel the meeting.

1165
01:43:44,570 --> 01:43:52,710
Because we know everybody's schedule is fluid. You're looking at a calendar day and it can change.

1166
01:43:53,370 --> 01:43:57,770
So, yeah, number 13 is okay with me. Thursday and November the 13th.

1167
01:43:59,130 --> 01:44:02,270
Well, let's, let's, well, we've got to do public comment.

1168
01:44:09,760 --> 01:44:13,960
Let's go to public comments and then we'll do public comments.

1169
01:44:24,060 --> 01:44:29,200
Let's throw out November 13th, for the number 18, that's all, give it to me.

1170
01:44:30,040 --> 01:44:32,060
We're not gonna confuse, we're gonna pick a date.

1171
01:44:34,060 --> 01:44:35,760
I'm saying, I'm due first day.

1172
01:44:36,020 --> 01:44:39,660
Thursday, November 13th.

1173
01:44:39,660 --> 01:44:47,000
and in December, Thursday December 11th.

1174
01:44:50,040 --> 01:44:52,680
I'll make that most yeah. So I'll move.

1175
01:44:53,220 --> 01:44:56,980
Paul in favor. Got him. That's the way to get done.

1176
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:12,360
Okay. We'll notify you if it's canceled. Okay. Approval of item 18, approval of July 2nd, 2025,

1177
01:45:12,860 --> 01:45:22,680
regular meeting, minutes, public comments. Seeing none, we go to possible consideration of appropriate

1178
01:45:23,220 --> 01:45:26,520
This is President, I do have one correction.

1179
01:45:26,780 --> 01:45:29,920
We did talk about the water finance.

1180
01:45:30,580 --> 01:45:32,060
My fault, I just had it,

1181
01:45:35,090 --> 01:45:38,170
it had a survey brought it up,

1182
01:45:38,330 --> 01:45:39,830
but that wasn't his item.

1183
01:45:40,250 --> 01:45:41,310
That was actually my item.

1184
01:45:42,330 --> 01:45:44,270
So I just would like credit with it.

1185
01:45:44,590 --> 01:45:45,930
To boss it.

1186
01:45:49,310 --> 01:45:50,030
We have a correction.

1187
01:45:53,950 --> 01:45:54,650
We have a motion.

1188
01:45:58,980 --> 01:46:02,380
I make a motion just to make the corrections

1189
01:46:02,380 --> 01:46:05,640
Since the item number eight, as described.

1190
01:46:08,060 --> 01:46:10,040
Second, who's that going to do?

1191
01:46:11,060 --> 01:46:12,220
I'll second it, okay.

1192
01:46:13,040 --> 01:46:15,800
Motion in second, motion approved.

1193
01:46:16,600 --> 01:46:18,040
Yes, unanimous.

1194
01:46:18,160 --> 01:46:18,480
That stands.

1195
01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:21,460
Chairman, I cannot vote.

1196
01:46:21,660 --> 01:46:22,220
I'm not here.

1197
01:46:22,520 --> 01:46:23,580
So I said stand, my vote.

1198
01:46:26,940 --> 01:46:32,620
Change the losses to abstain, because you were not on the board.

1199
01:46:32,820 --> 01:46:34,960
I'm not on the board, so I'm just not going.

1200
01:46:34,960 --> 01:46:49,860
Okay, request for future agenda items from the board. I will say I'll get with Alka and get Tommy the information to bring us a street project resolution back

1201
01:46:50,780 --> 01:46:55,840
Which he may be able to just massage the one that he had here tonight

1202
01:46:57,260 --> 01:47:01,820
Alice you mentioned something earlier. Yes, I mentioned I actually

1203
01:47:01,820 --> 01:47:09,500
We talked to Commissioner Andy Myers about the funding for

1204
01:47:09,500 --> 01:47:13,500
PICRO and I say, can you give us an update about that?

1205
01:47:13,820 --> 01:47:18,400
And also, you are placing three in our district.

1206
01:47:18,880 --> 01:47:23,900
So, and he said, I'll be happy to come to SEDC to give you an update about that.

1207
01:47:24,640 --> 01:47:31,920
So I will, if the, if the City Council, if the SEDs are who I will talk to his, his staff,

1208
01:47:32,460 --> 01:47:36,420
to keep the staff and find the day, maybe September or maybe October.

1209
01:47:36,980 --> 01:47:40,900
It would be very interesting to have him come for the board.

1210
01:47:41,120 --> 01:47:41,240
Yes.

1211
01:47:42,100 --> 01:47:46,740
To tell us what his thoughts and dreams are for our city?

1212
01:47:46,800 --> 01:47:47,480
Yes, yes.

1213
01:47:47,640 --> 01:47:52,560
And then we can make our comments as to how well he is or isn't representing us.

1214
01:47:53,200 --> 01:47:59,580
So if you will contact his office to see if he could make next month's.

1215
01:47:59,600 --> 01:48:01,040
Yes, September 16th.

1216
01:48:01,040 --> 01:48:02,860
Is there a September 16th meeting?

1217
01:48:03,820 --> 01:48:03,940
Yeah.

1218
01:48:04,060 --> 01:48:06,220
Once you confirm that, I'll call Renata.

1219
01:48:06,500 --> 01:48:06,600
Okay.

1220
01:48:06,600 --> 01:48:07,440
I'll get that on the agenda.

1221
01:48:07,800 --> 01:48:08,040
Okay.

1222
01:48:08,220 --> 01:48:10,260
I heard a talk with him.

1223
01:48:12,440 --> 01:48:13,600
He's a reaction.

1224
01:48:13,820 --> 01:48:14,960
Was he able to help us?

1225
01:48:16,040 --> 01:48:16,940
As much as he can.

1226
01:48:17,680 --> 01:48:18,200
That's it.

1227
01:48:18,440 --> 01:48:20,000
Well, all politicians say that.

1228
01:48:20,000 --> 01:48:23,240
But I want him to come here and follow that.

1229
01:48:23,760 --> 01:48:26,000
Yes, that's the point of order.

1230
01:48:26,260 --> 01:48:26,640
I don't know.

1231
01:48:26,740 --> 01:48:28,940
We will have three council members here.

1232
01:48:29,100 --> 01:48:30,560
And the mayor will be present.

1233
01:48:30,820 --> 01:48:33,660
But maybe a note to city council that we're

1234
01:48:33,660 --> 01:48:36,340
going to have a commissioner here would be a good idea.

1235
01:48:36,880 --> 01:48:38,620
OK, so they want to attend the meeting.

1236
01:48:40,720 --> 01:48:44,440
You would have to make that as a joint meeting.

1237
01:48:45,040 --> 01:48:45,480
Yeah.

1238
01:48:45,940 --> 01:48:48,280
Well, I mean, because if they come in,

1239
01:48:48,580 --> 01:48:50,180
that way, we are covered, right?

1240
01:48:51,100 --> 01:48:57,920
Well, yes, we could do a joint meeting, have him first in the City Council to turn their

1241
01:48:57,920 --> 01:49:00,120
meeting and we could continue on.

1242
01:49:01,480 --> 01:49:06,040
And yes, but we're all part of the team and he's going to be here.

1243
01:49:06,960 --> 01:49:13,780
That's a good use of commissioners' time to get more banged for the buck.

1244
01:49:14,020 --> 01:49:15,140
You have to carry it in.

1245
01:49:16,440 --> 01:49:17,440
I'll call him.

1246
01:49:17,540 --> 01:49:18,200
His service tomorrow.

1247
01:49:18,360 --> 01:49:18,960
I know that.

1248
01:49:18,960 --> 01:49:23,420
And then, and then if everybody council can't make our

1249
01:49:23,420 --> 01:49:27,060
might of the sole maker, we offer, we offer to them.

1250
01:49:27,080 --> 01:49:27,820
Yes, okay.

1251
01:49:32,600 --> 01:49:36,000
Probably be October would be the better time frame

1252
01:49:36,000 --> 01:49:37,200
if it's possible for them to come.

1253
01:49:37,280 --> 01:49:38,640
Okay, I need to talk to the head.

1254
01:49:38,840 --> 01:49:40,900
See he's coming, but they see what he, and then, okay.

1255
01:49:41,420 --> 01:49:42,800
So October, what day?

1256
01:49:44,460 --> 01:49:46,280
October, what?

1257
01:49:46,720 --> 01:49:53,100
We just flew the 20, 28th, October 28th.

1258
01:49:53,120 --> 01:49:58,820
October 20. That would be our schedule meeting. But if we're doing a joint with the council, then that can be changed.

1259
01:49:59,600 --> 01:50:05,680
Okay. We'll have to see what he can do. But I think I like to give him a day. So, you know, because he's very busy.

1260
01:50:05,680 --> 01:50:11,280
So if I lock him in, they'll not check with Roxanne. And then I can send you a message.

1261
01:50:12,380 --> 01:50:13,280
That's not okay.

1262
01:50:13,740 --> 01:50:18,400
I mean, we can invite council and have council. We do a special meeting on that same thing.

1263
01:50:18,400 --> 01:50:27,520
Well, the council's meeting. Well, council's agenda is always so long. I was thinking we could we could show up on their nights, but

1264
01:50:28,500 --> 01:50:29,680
Y'all get too long.

1265
01:50:32,940 --> 01:50:36,340
Yeah, October 28th, it's a regular SEDC meeting.

1266
01:50:36,880 --> 01:50:40,980
So, shouldn't it let me do October 28th? If it works, then

1267
01:50:41,640 --> 01:50:52,590
Can you give it to me today so at least I can just laugh and I'll tell you okay, yes, okay, all right.

1268
01:50:53,050 --> 01:51:01,890
The only other thing that I have would be hopefully by the end of next, at the next meeting I will be able to have some additional

1269
01:51:03,670 --> 01:51:08,470
information of the EDC executive director.

1270
01:51:10,610 --> 01:51:14,110
We've got something in the work. We don't

1271
01:51:14,110 --> 01:51:18,470
know what's going to happen. Okay, anything else? We're doing the reports.

1272
01:51:20,930 --> 01:51:21,770
We're going to

1273
01:51:21,770 --> 01:51:30,130
you. I'm looking for a few items. Okay, we'll move on to item 20 reports, Stafford

1274
01:51:30,130 --> 01:51:35,910
Economic Development Corporation for Directors may make announcements and community interest

1275
01:51:35,910 --> 01:51:40,750
in accordance with Section 551-0415 in the Texas Government.

1276
01:51:41,250 --> 01:51:41,650
William.

1277
01:51:42,090 --> 01:51:42,370
Yes, sir.

1278
01:51:42,510 --> 01:51:42,930
Thank you.

1279
01:51:43,370 --> 01:51:50,910
I'd just like to say that we had several food establishments opening up, Porteos, Chicago

1280
01:51:50,910 --> 01:51:51,830
based company.

1281
01:51:52,950 --> 01:51:56,870
They specialize in hot dogs, sausages, and other foods.

1282
01:51:56,870 --> 01:51:58,850
they just recently opened this week.

1283
01:52:00,070 --> 01:52:03,850
Kavas, another one, they just opened up earlier this month,

1284
01:52:04,290 --> 01:52:06,330
and then we also have black rock coffee,

1285
01:52:06,650 --> 01:52:07,930
they opened up this month.

1286
01:52:08,450 --> 01:52:09,830
And so that's just a few of them.

1287
01:52:09,970 --> 01:52:10,570
That's what's going on.

1288
01:52:10,730 --> 01:52:12,310
These are all restaurants in the grid.

1289
01:52:12,730 --> 01:52:16,850
So, and it's just kind of cool just knowing

1290
01:52:16,850 --> 01:52:22,930
the big one target is either gonna open up next month

1291
01:52:22,930 --> 01:52:23,750
or in October.

1292
01:52:24,070 --> 01:52:26,590
So, it's a few things moving on over

1293
01:52:26,590 --> 01:52:32,810
in the grid and I want to commend you guys everyone up here again starting to fill in so let's

1294
01:52:32,810 --> 01:52:40,130
keep up the work. The next door is the black rock, the next door is building permits and a side

1295
01:52:40,130 --> 01:52:49,950
for pepperoni. A couple doors down, five guys, hamburgers, has an open sign. So five guys open.

1296
01:52:56,590 --> 01:52:57,730
is open, yeah?

1297
01:52:57,990 --> 01:52:58,610
Yeah, I've got it.

1298
01:52:58,730 --> 01:53:00,890
In targets within 60 days of opening?

1299
01:53:01,390 --> 01:53:01,790
Marguerites?

1300
01:53:02,010 --> 01:53:02,550
Yes, exactly.

1301
01:53:02,790 --> 01:53:03,950
No matter what, that's 60 legs.

1302
01:53:04,190 --> 01:53:04,510
That's fine.

1303
01:53:04,790 --> 01:53:06,550
It's human, you know, as a person.

1304
01:53:06,910 --> 01:53:07,050
Yes.

1305
01:53:07,270 --> 01:53:10,590
I think, you know, I really think a SECGC,

1306
01:53:10,590 --> 01:53:14,090
we, other one, want to get more business come to our cities.

1307
01:53:14,270 --> 01:53:17,250
Or when they have a near business come to our city.

1308
01:53:18,110 --> 01:53:19,810
Like, the other chamber, they will come

1309
01:53:19,810 --> 01:53:21,750
to, you know, have a cutting ready,

1310
01:53:21,930 --> 01:53:23,090
or very old visit, whatever.

1311
01:53:23,670 --> 01:53:25,130
I think our thing here,

1312
01:53:25,130 --> 01:53:31,450
We can talk to the public or director if they have some new business open because they

1313
01:53:31,450 --> 01:53:35,310
know they are not doing the permit, they know what date they are going to issue, what

1314
01:53:35,310 --> 01:53:36,010
date they open.

1315
01:53:36,350 --> 01:53:42,910
So maybe as an SEC director can go pay a visit to welcome them to our city, to all the

1316
01:53:42,910 --> 01:53:44,690
business owner come to our city.

1317
01:53:45,230 --> 01:53:53,350
I'm just thinking maybe we can do a sign or welcome to staffer from SEC and just some suggestion

1318
01:53:53,350 --> 01:53:59,810
just like a channel. It's a it's a very good suggestion. I don't get a monthly

1319
01:53:59,810 --> 01:54:06,630
check like City Council does. I'm busy taking text and phone calls from

1320
01:54:06,630 --> 01:54:15,990
Anada. I know. Television department. But what you are saying is we need to be

1321
01:54:15,990 --> 01:54:21,170
doing something. But I think what we also need to do is discuss

1322
01:54:24,180 --> 01:54:25,640
our television

1323
01:54:25,640 --> 01:54:34,000
department going out there on the grand opening. They do send me emails. Can you

1324
01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:39,080
do an interview and can you do this and do that? That would give us something to

1325
01:54:39,080 --> 01:54:46,800
feed to them. Yes. This place is opening up. Yeah. Okay. And so it would give

1326
01:54:46,800 --> 01:54:50,680
go television time on that in the city website.

1327
01:54:51,320 --> 01:54:54,720
But yes, if nothing else,

1328
01:54:55,600 --> 01:54:59,060
Alice Chin or the mayor needs to stop,

1329
01:54:59,220 --> 01:55:03,280
you may not like hamburgers, okay?

1330
01:55:04,080 --> 01:55:06,500
But it'd be nice if the mayor or a council person

1331
01:55:06,500 --> 01:55:10,100
go give me two hamburgers and oh, by the way,

1332
01:55:10,100 --> 01:55:12,720
I'm a council person of that year, you know?

1333
01:55:12,720 --> 01:55:21,800
So, as we go out in our community, tell the people who you are and how you appreciate

1334
01:55:21,800 --> 01:55:22,240
it.

1335
01:55:22,660 --> 01:55:28,260
And at one point, if I may, we were doing that, we had he was here.

1336
01:55:29,320 --> 01:55:35,940
She would invite us to do different events and a grand opening, and so we would go as

1337
01:55:35,940 --> 01:55:38,200
often as, maybe you know.

1338
01:55:38,200 --> 01:55:43,100
If I go to Hamburger Police and I tell them I'm mayor from home, I would like to say that.

1339
01:55:44,680 --> 01:55:49,320
No, we just welcome them. We don't need you, either sandwich. We just go there to welcome them.

1340
01:55:49,320 --> 01:55:50,740
Yeah, welcome them.

1341
01:55:51,300 --> 01:55:51,680
Yeah, whatever.

1342
01:55:52,100 --> 01:55:52,920
Thank you.

1343
01:55:53,580 --> 01:55:54,720
Any other comments?

1344
01:55:55,280 --> 01:55:55,440
No.

1345
01:55:57,940 --> 01:56:00,020
Well, thank you for seeing me.

1346
01:56:01,540 --> 01:56:02,520
Welcome to Alice.

1347
01:56:03,060 --> 01:56:03,600
Thank you.

1348
01:56:03,980 --> 01:56:06,080
Again, welcome Alice to the board.

1349
01:56:06,360 --> 01:56:06,860
Thank you.

1350
01:56:06,860 --> 01:56:10,000
You get out of the line, you talk too much, you're such a fool.

1351
01:56:10,020 --> 01:56:12,340
No, no, I thought that was my job.

1352
01:56:15,080 --> 01:56:19,200
Well, you try to take a little, a little weight off the line.

1353
01:56:19,680 --> 01:56:20,660
We're in the keeping line.

1354
01:56:21,040 --> 01:56:22,020
I tell you the line.

1355
01:56:22,500 --> 01:56:23,820
We have motion for adjournment.

1356
01:56:24,480 --> 01:56:25,000
So moved.

1357
01:56:25,540 --> 01:56:25,860
Second.

1358
01:56:26,280 --> 01:56:27,040
Motion and second.

1359
01:56:27,040 --> 01:56:27,680
All in favor.

1360
01:56:28,720 --> 01:56:29,520
Motion passed here.

1361
01:56:29,960 --> 01:56:30,380
Thank you.

1362
01:56:30,620 --> 01:56:31,020
Now, thank you.

1363
01:56:31,140 --> 01:56:32,520
Before y'all get out of here.

1364
01:56:32,860 --> 01:56:33,020
Yeah.

1365
01:56:33,020 --> 01:56:33,280
Yeah.