* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM] [00:00:04] COLIN COKER HERE. MATT SAER, WALTER WILSON. DEREK CORICK, CLINTON WILLIAMS. HERE. ISRAEL GARCIA PATRICK SPIES. HERE WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU, CAITLIN. UH, I HAVE ASKED MR. SPIES IF HE WOULD PROVIDE US WITH HIS, UH, BLESSING INVOCATION IN THE PLEDGE. WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. ARE WE INDICATION? YEAH. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HE TRIED AND CORRECTION. WE ASK THAT YOU HAVE CLEAR OUR MINDS IN OUR HEARTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE NAME OF DICKINSON, ASK THAT YOU PROVIDE WISDOM AND GIVE US PEACE OF MIND, YOUR MOST HOLY NAME AND PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SIR. I JUST GOT A NOTE FROM, UH, ISRAEL. HE SAID HE IS ON HIS WAY, HAD A LONG DAY AT WORK. SO GOOD [3. PUBLIC COMMENTS] PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. ANY PERSON WITH BUSINESS RELATED TO DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MAY SPEAK TO THE BOARD. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD INFORM THE BOARD OF THEIR NAME. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE BOARD MAY NOT DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, BUT MAY CONSIDER PLACING AN ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA IF DELIBERATION IS NECESSARY. UM, I DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE, UH, I'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE. AMY, YOU'RE FIRST ON THE LIST. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND RAISE COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN AND, UH, PEOPLE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD. UH, MY NAME'S AMY SKI AND I'M THE PRESIDENT, CEO OF THE BAY AREA HOUSTON TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP. I RESIDE AT 37 0 1 BAYOU CIRCLE, DICKINSON, TEXAS. I AM HERE TODAY TO JUST GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT AN EDUCATION INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, WITH DICKINSON, I-S-D-C-T-E STUDENTS AND PASADENA, I-S-D-C-T-E STUDENTS. UM, THIS YEAR THERE ARE NINE TEAMS TOTAL. ONE FROM DICKINSON, NINE FROM PASADENA. THEY'RE MUCH LARGER THAN US. UM, AND THEY ARE ALL WORKING ON A TINY HOME PROJECT THAT WILL BE JUDGED BY PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AT OUR TOP GOLF FUNDRAISER ON APRIL 3RD. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO DROP OFF SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT FUNDRAISER. UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUE OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS, UM, BUT MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE. FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A CALL OR SHOOT ME AN EMAIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT WE'RE JUST SEEKING SPONSORSHIPS FOR THIS EVENT, AND THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE DONATED TO PASADENA, ISD AND DICKINSON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS TO HELP THE NEXT GROUP OF PEOPLE NEXT YEAR. AND WE'RE HOPING IT TO EXPAND IT INTO OTHER ISDS. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS THAT WITH THE INCREASE IN FUNDING IN OUR, UH, TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS FROM THE STATE, AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOBS ACT, THERE IS A BIG NEED FOR ENGINEERING, UH, PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE FIELD. AND THERE IS A HUGE WORKFORCE SHORTAGE. MOST OF OUR, UH, UH, COMPANIES ARE CANNIBALIZING FROM EACH OTHER TO TRY TO FILL OPEN POSITIONS. SO WE DECIDED TO START TO WORK WITH LOCAL ISDS, SAN JACINTO COLLEGE AND CLEAR, UH, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE TO CREATE AN INITIATIVE WHICH WE DUBBED CREW, THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF AN ENGINEERING WORKFORCE. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS FUNDRAISER IS FOR. AND I'LL YIELD MY TIME BACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AMY. THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN. I THINK WE'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON. DAVID LEHMAN, WE WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP, PROVIDE US COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING, DAVID LEHMAN. I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. UH, JUST WANNA, I'M, UH, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING TONIGHT UNDER THE PROTECTION OF MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS GRANTED BY GRANTED BY THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CONSTITUTION. GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS TONIGHT. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT, WE'RE GOING TO LAS VEGAS. IS THERE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO VEGAS AT THIS POINT? AND IS THAT READILY AVAILABLE? AND HOW MUCH IS THE BUDGET FOR LAS VEGAS? YOU KNOW, I'VE, UH, SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW THAT I'M A LAS VEGAS FREQUENT VISITOR, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE EXCITING PLACES LIKE CASINOS. LAS VEGAS IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES IN AMERICA TO GO AND PLAY IN. USED TO BE FREE TO GO EAT BUFFETS AND, [00:05:01] YOU KNOW, IF YOU PLAYED ANY TABLE GAMES AT ALL OR ANY SLOTS, IT, EVERYTHING WAS FREE. IT'S NOT ANYMORE. IT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE TOWN PROBABLY OTHER THAN NEW YORK CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO AND THAT IT'S UP THERE. SO THAT'S MY QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE A LIST? WHO'S ON THE LIST AND WHAT'S YOUR BUDGET FOR THE LAS VEGAS CONVENTION? SHOULD WE BE GOING TO A LAS VEGAS CONVENTION SINCE Y'ALL JUST HAD A DALLAS CONVENTION? I NOTICED LAST YEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS ONE OR TWO PEOPLE THAT WENT THAT WEREN'T ON THE EDC BOARD. UH, DID THEY PAY THEIR OWN WAY? UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS A SPOUSE. DID SHE PAY FOR HER FOR HER FOOD? UH, DID SHE PAY FOR HER AIRLINE? THAT'S SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE GOT. NEXT ONE IS PICNIC GROUNDS. WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THE PICNIC GROUNDS? HAVE WE, HAVE WE GOT ONE AND HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR IT? THE THIRD ONE IS WHAT I TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK. AND, UH, COLIN, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS ABOUT MR. BRANTLEY IN PROSOURCE THAT Y'ALL AREN'T DOING BUSINESS WITH THEM ANYMORE WHEN PER WHEN PROPERTY IS PURCHASED. UH, MY QUESTION, I GUESS IS, IS THERE, AND, AND MY SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION FROM LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH, EXCUSE ME, IS WHAT? DO Y'ALL HAVE A LIST ON YOUR WEBSITE OF WHAT PROPERTIES YOU OWN? BECAUSE, UH, DARRELL HARTWICK BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS RHINO STILL IN, IN, IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SOMETHING? ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING WITH RHINO AND TWO PEOPLE TOLD HIM NO, THAT'S A DEAD DEAL. BUT THERE'S A SIGN OUT THERE THAT SAYS RHINO ON IT, FUTURE HOME OF RHINO. SO, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A LIST OF PROPERTIES? NUMBER ONE, WHERE IS THE LIST? WHAT'S THE ADDRESS OF THOSE PROPERTIES? AND WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMER DO Y'ALL HAVE IN PLACE TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP THOSE PROPERTIES? SO SURE WOULD LIKE SOME ANSWERS AT SOME POINT ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY, [4. CONSENT AGENDA] SO LET'S MOVE ON TO SECTION FOUR, THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND BE WILL AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL NOT BE SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS REQUESTED BY A BOARD MEMBER, IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO WE'VE GOT, UH, SEVERAL ON HERE. DO I NEED TO READ ALL OF THEM OUT LOUD? YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. SO, FOUR A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM D-E-D-E-D-C, REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 13TH, 2025, FOUR B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM DEDC REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 21ST, AND SIMILARLY FORESEE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM DEDC REGULAR MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER. THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, UM, APPROVAL ON THIS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENLIGHTEN EVERYONE? CAITLIN? THERE WAS JUST, UH, AN ERROR, UM, WHEN I WAS DOING THE MINUTES FOR THOSE TWO MEETINGS. UM, ON PEAK IT SAYS COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS INSTEAD OF BOARD AND BOARD MEMBERS. SO, UH, IF YOU CAN SEE ON, UM, BOTH OF THOSE, I WENT AHEAD AND REDLINED THEM AND CHANGED IT TO THE APPROPRIATE, UM, VERBIAGE. AND THAT'S ALL THAT, UH, NEEDED TO BE FIXED ON THOSE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO FOUR D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 24 DEDC FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT FOR E CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 24 DEDC ACCOUNT STATEMENT FOR TEXAS FIRST BANK AND T POOL FOR F CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY, 2025 MONTHLY ADMINISTRATION, UH, SERVICE FEE TRANSFER REQUEST 4G CONSIDERATION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY 25 PAYROLL TRANSFER REQUEST. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A AS IS AND WITH CORRECTION, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IN ITS ENTIRETY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY CLINT WILLIAMS IN ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER? NO DISCUSSION. WE'LL TAKE IT TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. NAYS NONE. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO SECTION FIVE, WHICH IS OLD BUSINESS AND SECTION SIX, [6. NEW BUSINESS] WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS. SO DAVID, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO, SO SECTION, YEAH. SECTION SIX UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UM, IS CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO IMPROVE THE ATTENDANCE AND EXHIBIT. AND THAT'S REALLY, UM, WHAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WAS ARE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO ATTEND, AND IF WE ARE ATTENDING, DO WE WANT TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT TO EXHIBIT AT ICSC [00:10:01] LAS VEGAS? THE DATES FOR THAT ARE MAY 18TH TO, UM, THROUGH THE 20TH. SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT I DO NEED IS THOSE ON THE BOARD THAT, THAT ARE INTERESTED AND ABLE TO ATTEND. UM, IF YOU COULD EMAIL ME IN THE NEXT WEEK AND LET ME KNOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, LIKE TO ATTEND. UM, THE RE REGISTRATION COST, THE EXHIBIT COST IS ROUGHLY $1,800 PLUS ALL THE EXTRA LITTLE EXTRAS LIKE ELECTRIC AND ALL THAT THAT YOU NEED FOR THE BOOTH. SO IF WE, IF I REGISTER TO ATTEND AND EXHIBIT I NEED IT, IT, IT IN INCREASES TO, UH, JUST OVER $3,000, WHICH I NEED THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, UH, TO MAKE AN EXPENDER EXPENDITURE ABOVE $3,000. OKAY. WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS. SURE. UH, THIS YEAR I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. UM, AND I, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, HOSTING A BOOTH IS A SUBSTANTIAL INITIATIVE. I KNOW THE YEAR THAT, UH, WE HAD, UH, REQUESTED AMY, I THINK YOU HAD HELPED US WITH A SHARED BOOTH ON A COUPLE YEARS PRIOR TO THAT. AND WHEN JURY WAS HERE, SHE DID A REALLY NICE JOB, UM, PLANNING IT, STOCKING IT, UH, ATTENDING IT. UH, WE HAD I THINK PROBABLY EIGHT PEOPLE ATTENDING THAT TIME THAT WE ALL SHARED BOOTH DUTY AS WELL AS, UM, I MEAN THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS THAT, THAT THIS, UM, UH, RETAIL SHOW WAS IN. SO THE ABILITY TO COVER THAT THIS SIZE SHOW, UM, IT, IT DOES TAKE A FULL CREW. SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UM, IS I'D MENTIONED EARLIER THAT IF BILL SCHICK WAS AVAILABLE, HE MAY HAVE SOME, UH, TRAVEL CON, I MEAN SOME, UH, PERSONAL CONFLICTS, BUT, UH, BILL IS TENURED AND HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. HE WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD HAND TO HAVE. UM, I THINK HE ALSO ENJOYS GOING OUT THERE AND TALKS A GOOD GAME ABOUT OUR CITY. UM, BUT I WOULD SAY MY RECOMMENDATION FROM A LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVE AND EXPERIENCE IS THAT, UM, YOU MAY WANNA PASS ON YOUR OWN BOOTH. I MEAN, MAYBE TALK WITH AMY OR OTHERS IF THEY'RE DOING A SHARED BOOTH, UM, THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY, BUT OTHERWISE I WOULD KEEP IT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LET, LET, LET'S SEND A CONTINGENCY OUT THERE OF ATTENDEES MM-HMM . UH, AND LET'S PLAN THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE SOME HAY OUT OF THE TRIP. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. YEAH, NO, I WOULD ACTUALLY, I MEAN, JUST MY RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT. I THOUGHT WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, CONFERENCE IN DALLAS WORKING THE FLOOR, UH, TEAMING UP AND, AND, AND WORKING THE ROOM. UM, LAS VEGAS IS MUCH, MUCH LARGER. UM, AND, AND I THINK WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. UM, AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR, OUR DALLAS TRIP. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND KEEPING WITH THAT, THAT SAME STRATEGY. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO BRING THIS TO THE BOARD BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, INVESTED IN THE BOOTH SPACE BEFORE, UM, AND LEAVE THAT DECISION TO, TO THIS BODY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? QUESTIONS STATEMENTS? WELCOME SIR. THANK YOU. MY APOLOGIES. . GOOD TO SEE YOU, BEN. ALWAYS DEMANDING. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOUR FACE. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. OKAY, WELL GOOD. SOUNDS LIKE WE, THAT WE'VE GOT SOME PLANNING TO DO THERE. OKAY, VERY GOOD. UM, ANY OTHER BUSINESS? WE'VE GOT A DISCUSSION REGARDING, UM, SIX B, WHICH IS POTENTIAL NEED TO CALL SPECIAL MEETING FOR NOTICE TO PROCEED ON PICNIC GROUND CONSTRUCTION. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO, UH, COMPLETE DESIGN AND ACTUALLY PUT OUT FOR BIDS, THOSE BIDS WE HAD HOPED ON THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE THAT WE WOULD BE, UM, PRESENTING THIS THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT HAVE THE PRICING BACK. THERE WAS A, A DELAY WITH FINALIZING, FINALIZING DESIGN. THAT DESIGN HAS BEEN FINALIZED. UM, IT, THE PACKAGES ARE OUT TO BID FROM THE SUBCONTRACTOR, SO WE'RE GETTING A FINAL BUDGET PUT TOGETHER. THE PROCESS FOR THIS IS THE BUDGET WILL COME IN FROM STRUCTURED TONE. WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE ACTUALLY CONSISTING OF, UH, MR. SCHICK IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THAT. UM, SO THERE'S A GROUP OF FIVE THAT WILL REVIEW THAT BUDGET AND ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, EXCEED BUDGET BELOW BUDGET, WHAT HAVE YOU. UH, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH RECOMMENDING IT FOR NOTICE TO PROCEED THAT WOULD THEN BE PRESENTED TO THIS BODY, UM, TO APPROVE A NOTICE TO PROCEED. UM, I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM THE CONTRACTOR STRUCTURED TOWN SOUTHWEST EARLIER TODAY. UM, THEY HAVE [00:15:01] STARTED RECEIVING INFORMATION BACK FROM SUBCONTRACTORS AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE BUDGET FINALIZED. THEY HOPE BY NEXT MONDAY, UM, DEPENDING ON WHERE ON HOW MANY BIDS COME IN AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO WORK ON FURTHER, THEY JUST KIND OF GAVE THAT ASTERISK OF, IT MAY TAKE US A LITTLE BIT LONGER, BUT, UM, THAT SHOULD BE COMING IN SHORTLY. SO ONCE THAT'S RECEIVED, I'LL MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE. ONCE THE COMMITTEE HAS HAS COME TO AN AGREEMENT, THEN WE WILL PROBABLY CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, WHICH WILL BE, UH, TO REVIEW THE BUDGET AS WELL AS RENDERING. SO WHAT IS THE SITE GONNA LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE WE APPROVING HERE? AND, AND AGAIN, JUST I'LL, I'M GONNA THROW IN A SURE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST RENDERING OR THE FIRST MEETING WE'VE HAD. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MONTHS NOW AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ARDUOUS PROCESS. UM, MULTIPLE DELAYS. UM, NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THE TIMELINE THAT THIS HAS. UM, ALTHOUGH I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT WE COULD HAVE DONE WITH IT. I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN EXPLAINING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING THE BIDS OUT FINALLY. UM, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A MILESTONE, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, YES. UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FIRM, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS NOVEMBER OF 2023. THAT'S THE BUDGET. SO WE'RE GONNA SEE EXACTLY WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, HOW MUCH OF THAT BUDGET ARE WE GONNA USE OR, OR POSSIBLY EXCEED. SO, UM, MORE INFORMATION KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED. UM, AND MR. LEHMAN, FOR PURPOSES OF ANSWERING ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS, THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL WAS $2.2 MILLION FOR THE PICNIC ROUNDS. OKAY. IS THAT IT? ALRIGHT. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DO HAVE A COMMENT. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE A TIME OR DATE FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING? IT'S A VERY BUSY SEASON FOR ME, SO IF YOU KNOW OF A DATE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OR I MAY HAVE TO TAKE IT VIRTUALLY , UM, ON AN AIRPLANE SOMEWHERE. YEAH. UH, AS OF, AS OF RIGHT NOW WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHEN EXACTLY STRUCTURE TONES GOING TO PRESENT US WITH THE, THE FINAL BUDGET, IT'S TOUGH FOR ME TO GIVE YOU A FIRM DATE. UM, I AM HOPING BY FEBRUARY 25TH OR BEFORE, UM, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEY HAVE SAID ON THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY WILL BE PUTTING CONSTRUCTION FENCING UP ON FEBRUARY 27TH OR THEREABOUTS. UM, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THEN, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING. OKAY. OKAY. UNFORTUNATELY, I'M SORRY, SORRY. I DO APOLOGIZE. IT'S THE BEST. NO, I MEAN, THERE ARE THINGS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. YEAH. WELL ALSO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT PUTTING UP ANY CONSTRUCTION FENCE UNTIL WE COME IN. THEY COME IN WITH A BID. RIGHT. SO IT'LL HAVE TO, THE MEETING WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETIME BEFORE THAT. AND, UH, I HAVE MET, DAVID AND I HAVE MET WITH THEM EVERY THURSDAY FOR, HE WAS MEETING WITH 'EM BY HIMSELF BEFORE THEN, BUT ANYWAY, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT MY OPINION OF IT, BUT, UH, NO, TELL US. BUT ANYWAY, WE, BECAUSE WE ASKED FOR, WELL WE ASKED FOR SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY SIMPLE FOR THIS MEETING. YEP. AND WE'RE TOLD THAT WE COULD, WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, LONG TIME AGO AND WE JUST INFORMED THAT WE DIDN'T GET IT TODAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WHICH I, I THINK IS PRETTY SIMPLE. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE SITE PLAN WHERE EVERYTHING SETS. OKAY. AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU GO OUT BID YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE EVERYTHING IS. ALRIGHT. BUT THERE'S NOTHING STOP THAT STOPS YOU FROM FORWARDING THAT SITE PLAN TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. CORRECT. WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT. SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DIGEST IT AND COME UP WITH OUR OWN QUESTIONS. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. VERY GOOD. OKAY, WELL, ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? OTHERWISE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO [7. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION(S)] EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME NOW IS 6 49 AND WE WILL CLOSE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. THE [8. ACTION ITEMS FROM EXECUTIVE (CLOSED ) SESSION(S)] TIME IS NOW SEVEN THIRTY THREE. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. THERE ARE NO ACTION ITEMS FROM THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION [9. STAFF UPDATE] NINE, WHICH IS STAFF UPDATE. DAVID. ALRIGHT. UM, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE, UH, EDA GRANT. I DID SUMMON ALL THE PARTIES TOGETHER LAST WEEK FOR OUR MEETING, UH, TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS WHAT WAS NEEDED. UM, THERE'S ABOUT FOUR TO SIX ITEMS THAT ARE BEING CORRECTED, UH, PER EMAIL TODAY FROM KIMBERLY HORNE. TWO OF THOSE, UH, SIX ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. THE OTHER FOUR SHOULD BE DONE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AND THEN EDA ESTIMATES ABOUT A TWO WEEK TURNAROUND, UH, FOR APPROVAL. UM, AT THIS POINT I DO [00:20:01] NOT, I, I DON'T SEE CONSTRUCTION STARTING ON THE WATER STREET PARKING GARAGE UNTIL PROBABLY APRIL. UM, THE HISPANIC BUSINESS NETWORK OF GALVESTON COUNTY, UH, HAS INVITED ME TO BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THEIR FEBRUARY NETWORKING EVENT ON FEBRUARY 20TH. THEY HAVE ALSO INVITED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO ATTEND. UM, IT IS FIVE 30 TO 7:00 PM AT THE CRISTO RAY BAKERY. UM, AND THEY WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT NOT JUST THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BUT HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS IN GENERAL. AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INCENTIVES THAT ARE, ARE OFFERED AND ALLOWED UNDER TECH, UM, THE, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE. UM, SO, UH, WORKING WITH SEVERAL, UH, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS, UM, ON THEIR PROPERTIES THAT THEY EITHER ARE LISTING OR ARE ABOUT TO LIST AND, UH, DISCUSSION, DISCUSSING THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE BROUGHT INTO THAT. A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I'M GETTING A LOT LATELY. UH, AND IF YOU ALL COME ACROSS THIS, PLEASE JUST SEND 'EM MY WAY, IS WHAT IS NOW ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING SINCE WE HAD THE, THE CHANGE IN ZONING SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. UM, SO I'M WORKING WITH FOLKS ON THAT. UM, AND, UH, THE, UH, DEVELOP A, A, UH, EDUCATIONAL VIDEO SERIES CONCEPT. UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT, UH, VIDEO, UM, SORT OF EDUCATIONAL PIECES ON EVERYTHING FROM JUST WHAT IS AN EDC, UH, WHY DID THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE CREATE IT ON DOWN TO LOOKING AT SALES TAX, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1 0 1 CLASSES, UH, WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, SO I'VE MAPPED OUT ABOUT 10 OF THESE. I WANT TO GET TO PROBABLY 12 TO 14. WE'RE HAVING SOME GUEST SPEAKERS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, WE'VE ALREADY LINED UP. I'D LIKE TO INVOLVE AS MANY, UH, OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE, UM, TO DO THIS, UH, JUST TO, TO GET OURSELVES OUT. THIS JUST IS IN LINE WITH OUR OVERALL EDUCATE AND INFORM INITIATIVE. UM, AND THEN, UM, UM, THAT SHOULD COVER IT. THANK YOU, DAVID. I, I'M, UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT INITIATIVE. I THINK WE'VE HAD FAIR TURNOUT FROM TIME TO TIME ON THE, UH, THE OFFSITES OR ONSITE WITH REGARDS TO, UH, EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, OPEN HOUSES, WHAT HAVE YOU. UM, BUT IT, IT DOES SEEM TO BE OVERWHELMING FOR MOST PEOPLE. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EDC IS. SO I THINK KEEPING THESE 62ND, AND THIS IS A GREAT IDEA BY KAITLIN. I THINK IT WAS YOUR IDEA, RIGHT, KAITLIN? OR WAS IT A MUTUAL THING BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU? OKAY. BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S BRILLIANT. UM, I THINK THAT WILL GO OVER WELL AND KIND OF PEPPERING THESE SESSIONS OUT EVERY FEW DAYS OR ONCE A WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK THAT THEY'LL, THAT YOU'LL PUT 'EM OUT? YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS AT LEAST MONTHLY. UM, IF NOT A LITTLE MORE FREQUENT. UH, SOME OF THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE MAPPING OUT IS AS, AS I'M DRAFTING THE, THE, THE SCRIPTS WOULD PROBABLY, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO FOUR WEEKS IN BETWEEN JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY CLOSELY ALIGNED. SO YOU MIGHT WANNA HIT THAT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER. SO, UM, WE'LL WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGURE ALL THAT OUT. THAT'S GREAT. AS, AS THE SCRIPTS AND THINGS COME TOGETHER, IT WORK. OKAY. UH, ANY COMMENTS? TEAM ON THE UPDATES? ALRIGHT. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR BOARD COMMENTS. PATRICK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING? I'M GOOD. GOOD. CLINTON? NO, NO, NOTHING. WALTER ISRAEL? NOPE. OKAY. WELL THEN, UH, AT THIS TIME AT UH, 7 37, WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.