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JUST GOTTA HAVE THE RIGHT VOICE.
HOW, HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT NOW? OKAY.
[1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM]
EVENING.I'D LIKE TO, UH, BEGIN AND CALL TO ORDER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CERTIFY OUR QUORUM? KAITLIN COLIN COKER? HERE.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE I GET INTO THE ACTUAL AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A FEW REQUESTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY, MR. COPELAND.
I HOPE YOU RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAD ASKED US TO, UH, ARRANGE THE STAFF REPORT FIRST, SO WE WOULD HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTERWARDS.
SO IF YOU NOTICE ON THE AGENDA THAT IS THE CASE THIS EVENING, UM, WE HAVE ALSO APPOINTED, UH, OR REQUESTED COUNSEL, ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE BOARD AS NON VOTING MEMBERS AND COUNCIL APPROVED TWO BOARD MEMBERS.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK BILL SCHICK AND TRAVIS, IF YOU GUYS, UM, APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SPENDING EXTRA TIME TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.
SO, UM, LET'S SAY CLINTON, CAN I LEAN ON YOU TO HANDLE THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? DEAR LORD, PLEASE BLESS US HERE TODAY AND OUR COMMUNITY, UM, GIVE US THE STRENGTH AND THE POWER TO MAKE A MAKE GOOD FORWARD, UM, TO BETTER, BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER THREE, OUR
[3. STAFF REPORT]
STAFF REPORT.UM, SO A COUPLE ACTIVITIES, UM, THIS WEEK I'M GONNA START OFF WITH, WE INTEND, WE ATTENDED THE, UH, FRIENDSWOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HAD A SMALL BUSINESS WEEK EVENT.
AND AT THAT EVENT, I, I MET MR. UH, ARMANDO PEREZ.
HE'S THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE HOUSTON AREA FOR HEB.
UH, HE CONNECTED ME WITH HIS REAL ESTATE TEAM TO, TO DISCUSS A POTENTIAL, UM, ADDITIONAL STORE HERE REPLACING THE KROGER'S.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE NUMBERS FOR THEM, UM, DOES NOT, DO NOT WORK OUT FOR THEM TO PUT A STORE THERE AT THIS TIME.
UH, THEY DID MENTION THE POSSIBILITY TO HAVE FUTURE STORE IN DICKINSON.
UH, HE WAS WELL VERSED ON OUR AREA.
UM, SAYS IT, IT IS A, A, AN AREA THAT THEY'VE HAD INTEREST IN FOR A LONG TIME, UM, AND THAT THERE IS, UH, ONCE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE GROWTH, UM, THEY, THEY, THEY WOULD REVISIT THE, UM, THAT SITUATION.
UM, WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN, UH, ONCE YOU SAW MORE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND MORE TRAFFIC COUNTS, AS WELL AS INCREASING OUR POPULATION.
IT WAS A VERY, VERY, VERY CORDIAL CALL.
UM, HE, HE ACTUALLY OFFERED TO, UM, UH, EXPRESS A DESIRE TO, TO GET COFFEE WITH ME IN ABOUT FIVE, SIX MONTHS AND JUST KEEP HIS, UH, EYE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO ON TOP OF THAT, I, I ALSO ASKED MR. PEREZ, UM, IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED, INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY ON THE PICNIC GROUNDS PROJECT AND, UM, UH, IF THEY'D BE INTERESTED OR ABLE TO PROVIDE A DONATION FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
UM, AND HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SO, UH, WE ARE, UH, HOPEFUL ON THAT AND WE WILL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP ON, ON, UH, IF ANYTHING DEVELOPS ON THAT.
UM, ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, MS. BETTY RUSSO, UM, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
UH, GOOD CONVERSATION, JUST A CHANCE TO CONNECT, GIVE HER AN UPDATE ON WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE IN DICKINSON.
UH, DID TALK ABOUT OUR EDUCATIONAL VIDEO SERIES.
UH, MADE A REQUEST, ACTUALLY SUBMITTED A FORMAL REQUEST TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE PARTICIPATE.
UM, SO SHE'S RUNNING THAT UP, UP THE FLAG IN AUSTIN TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE'D BE ABLE TO, TO DO ON CAMERA WITH US.
REAL QUICKLY, COULD YOU, FOR THOSE OF, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE WATCHING ONLINE, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UM, JUST, UH, RECAP EXACTLY WHAT THE SERIES IS, HOW THEY CAN FIND THE VIDEOS? SURE.
UH, WELL, ONE, WE DID CREATE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOR THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, SO WE'RE POSTING THE VIDEOS THERE.
WE ALSO POST THEM ON, ON FACEBOOK AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS,
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UH, THEY'RE VERY SHORT, UM, KIND OF BRIEF, JUST EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS.THEY'RE GONNA KIND OF, UH, INCREASE IN COMPLEXITY AS WE MOVE ON.
UH, SO THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW ARE FAIRLY BASIC ABOUT, FIRST, HOW DO YOU CREATE AN EDC AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN EDC TO, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY IS THIS BODY HERE? AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT LAWS SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN EDC BOARD.
AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU RELEASE A NEW VIDEO? UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT 'EM OUT NO LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH FASTER IF POSSIBLE, UM, TO, DEPENDS ON TIME PARTICIPATION FROM OTHERS.
UM, WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT AND GET, UH, UM, UM, SOME, SOME FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE OF JUST KAITLYN AND MYSELF AND, AND YOURSELF,
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INTERESTED THE, UH, BETTY WAS THAT IT WASN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC TO DICKINSON, IT WAS, IT WAS GENERAL EDUCATION.
AND SO SHE THINKS THAT BASED ON THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE GOVERNOR CAN'T JUST, THEY DON'T WANNA BE SEEN ADVOCATING FOR ONE CITY OUT OF ALL OF TEXAS.
BUT THE GENERAL EDUCATION PART OF IT, UM, WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE THINKS THAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET APPROVED AND THEN HELP US OUT WITH SOME OF THAT.
REGARDLESS, THEY'VE GOT SOME GOOD MATERIAL THAT THEY'RE GONNA SHARE WITH US, UM, THAT, THAT THEY PUT OUT.
SO AT A MINIMUM, WE'LL GET GOOD COLLABORATION AS FAR AS CONTENT GOES.
BON AND HAS ALSO OFFICE ALSO AGREED TO SUPPORT.
BONIN ACTUALLY HAS A SCRIPT, UH, IN HAND.
UH, I THINK HE'S KIND OF TIED UP IN SESSION RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONCE, ONCE HIS SCHEDULE CALMS DOWN A LITTLE BIT THAT HE'S GONNA, HE'S GONNA, HOW, HOW MANY VIDEOS HAVE BEEN RELEASED SO FAR? THREE HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
UH, FOURTH IS, WE'RE GONNA BE SHOOTING THE FOURTH PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.
UH, SHOOTING THE FOURTH NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE HAVE OUTLINES FOR A DOZEN DIFFERENT VIDEOS.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALRIGHT.
THIS IS JUST A FOLLOW UP ITEM.
UH, I MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A FALLEN, FALLEN TREE ON A FENCE.
UM, AT TH AT THE 32 0 2 OHIO PROPERTY, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO SEC, TWO DIFFERENT TREES DOWN THAT HAVE CRUSHED THE FENCE.
UM, PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE CLEARING THOSE ON, ON FIVE 19, AND THEN THE REPAIRS WILL BE COMPLETED BY, UH, BAYOU CITY FENCING.
UM, ON ZIGLAR'S, THE WORK CONTINUES.
UH, THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCELERATE THEIR TIMELINE, UH, AND ATTEMPTING TO OPEN IN JUNE.
NOW, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH, WITH KROGER'S CLOSING IN JUNE, THEY WANT TO TRY TO BE OPEN.
UM, SO THAT'S THE UPDATE ON THAT.
UM, WANTED TO BRING UP A, A CITY TOUR.
UH, AND THEN, UH, COUNCILMAN SCHICK WAS, WAS, UH, IN ATTENDANCE FOR THIS AS, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, MR. COKER, UM, MET WITH BOB SELLINGS SLOW WOLF COMPANY, UM, GAVE HIM A TOUR OF THE CITY.
HE REALLY, UH, WHILE NOT NECESSARILY A FIT FOR HIS CURRENT CLIENTS, HE REALLY GAVE US SOME GREAT, I THINK, FEEDBACK.
WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE? UH, AS FAR AS THE, THE DIFFERENCE THAT HE OBSERVED BETWEEN THE BUSTLING ACTIVITY ON THE WEST SIDE AND THEN NOT AS MUCH ACTIVITY ON THE EAST SIDE.
HE, HE'S FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THE BAYOU VILLAGE, UM, UH, PROJECT OR PLANS.
UM, HE ASKED US SEVERAL TIMES, ARE THOSE BALL FIELDS BUILT YET? RIGHT.
HE SAID, AND HE KIND OF REITERATED, DO YOU NEED SOMETHING? AND WE SORT OF SHOWED HIM, HEY, THIS IS RIGHT ON THE EAST LINE.
HE SAYS, YOU REALLY NEED TO GET A DRAW OUT THERE IN THAT AREA THAT'S GONNA PULL ALL YOUR TRAFFIC FROM 45 DOWN FIVE 17 ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE EAST SIDE OF DICKINSON.
HE GOES, ONCE YOU GET THAT ATTRACTION OUT THERE, MY IMPRESSION WAS THAT HE WOULD HAVE SEVERAL, I THINK HE EVEN SAID HE WOULD HAVE RETAILERS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED.
AND THEN SORT OF FILLING UP SOME POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL SPACE AROUND FIVE 17, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT DEVELOPER THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW, SAUL.
WHICH IS THE REASON HE WANTS TO DEVELOP IT AS THE ATTRACTION TO HELP SUPPORT THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO IT WAS JUST, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THAT SORT OF UNFILTERED THIRD PARTY EXPERT, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE EXPERT, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T, YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST BROUGHT THESE THINGS UP ON OUR OWN THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND DISCUSSED BEFORE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WELL, NO IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY.
I THOUGHT THE FEEDBACK WAS GREAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COUNCILMAN SCHICK OR, OR, OR MR. COGER, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT OR IF I KIND OF COVERED IT.
WELL, I WOULD JUST, UM, LIKE TO HAVE ON PUBLIC RECORD THAT I'D, UM, UH, SINCERELY THANK MR. SELLING SLOW FROM, AS THE PRESIDENT OF WOLF AND
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COMPANY, ONE OF THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY, MADE TIME TO COME DOWN AND FULFILL A PROMISE THAT HE MADE TO US AT THE RED RIVER SHOW THIS YEAR.UM, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT WAS A GOOD FIT, JUST SIMPLY GETTING HIS OPINION AND, UH, WAS DEFINITELY WORTH IT.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOB, FOR MAKING THE TIME.
UM, JUST, UH, WANTED TO GIVE IT A QUICK UPDATE ON, ON THE PICNIC GROUNDS.
STRUCTURED TONE HAS PUT THESE BACK OUT TO BID.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR FEEDBACK BACK FROM THEIR SUBS.
UH, PAP DAWSON'S RESUBMITTING FOR, UM, THE, THE CHANGES FOR THE PERMITTING PURPOSES.
UM, ASSUMING THAT GMP COMES BACK IN BUDGET, WHICH IS BACK TO ME THIS WEEK, UM, CONSTRUCTION, FENCING AND SITE PREP TO START AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN WITH SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS AND BIG DIRT MOVING, UH, FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.
UM, UH, AFTER THAT, I THINK, UH, CAITLYN'S GOT A COUPLE, UH, COUPLE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
ONE OF THESE IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY GETTING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD TRACTION ON.
UH, TOMORROW MORNING HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM WE'RE PUTTING ON, UM, IT'S CALLED, IT'S A, IT'S A PANEL A IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SBA, UM, ACCESS TO CAPITAL PANEL.
AND IT'S FREE FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ATTEND.
UM, WE'LL BE SERVING PIZZA, UM, AND YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE PANEL QUESTIONS, UM, KIND OF LEARN ABOUT THE INS AND OUTS OF APPLYING FOR A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN.
THE LINK IS ON ALL OF OUR SOCIAL PLATFORMS. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM HERE IN CHAMBERS.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I'M WORKING ON, UH, GETTING SUBMITTED THIS WEEK IS THE T-MOBILE HOMETOWN GRANT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
IT'S, UM, A GRANT FOR CITIES WITH POPULATIONS LESS THAN 50,000 AND THE MAX YOU CAN RECEIVE IS 50 GRAND.
UM, AND I'M APPLYING FOR IT, UM, TO FUND OUR PLAYGROUND SPACE.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED THIS WEEK.
I REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING, UM, MR. COKER FOR, UM, LETTERS OF SUPPORT, UM, TO SHOW THE PANEL THAT WILL BE CHOOSING, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, ARE GONNA CHOOSE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE GRANT, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WANTS THE PICNIC GROUNDS.
UM, AND THEN LIKE, UM, MR. FUNK SAID EARLIER, WE WILL PROBABLY BE FILMING VIDEO NUMBER FOUR, UH, NEXT WEEK AND IT'LL BE OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE WE'VE GOT, UM, BILL AND TRAVIS HERE, YOU MAY WANT TO SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT I'LL, UM, ALSO ADDING IN SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
IS THAT IT? AND THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS GROUP? NO.
[4. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
WE'D GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.I DO NOT HAVE ANY, SO I THINK WE CAN SKIP THE PROCESS UNLESS THERE'S SOME NEW COMMENTS THAT, UH, YOU GUYS, IF YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP, ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? COME ON.
NAME'S GARLAND COPELAND LIVE HERE IN DICKINSON, AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING WHAT I EXPRESSED INTEREST IN LAST TIME, MOVING THE COMMENTS UP AT THE FRONT.
CERTAINLY, UM, WHAT I ACTUALLY WAS LOOKING FOR IS MORE DETAILED UPDATES ON EXISTING PROJECTS.
UH, YOU COVERED SOME OF THOSE, BUT THEN THERE'S SOME THAT WEREN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT.
SO, UH, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAD, UH, PLANNED TO HAVE SCOTT MCCLUNG WITH, UH, ELS COME AND VISIT AND ACTUALLY GIVE US A PERSONAL UPDATE HIMSELF.
UH, BUT HE WAS OUTTA TOWN, SO HE HAD TO, HE WASN'T AVAILABLE TO COME TONIGHT, BUT, UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND PREPARE UPDATES ON THE PROJECTS FOR NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T EITHER COME COMMENT AT THIS TIME WOULD BE THAT I NOTICED ON THE AGENDA THAT, UH, Y'ALL USED TO PUT DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE, UH, FINANCIAL STATUS, PARTICULARLY TECH SPOOL AND, UM, TEXAS FIRST, AND THAT INFORMATION DOESN'T SHOW UP ON THE AGENDA ANYMORE.
AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS WHY IT'S, YEAH, IT'S PART OF OUR AGENDA PACKET.
IT, IT IS POSTED ONLINE AS PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET.
IT SHOULD BE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLICK ON THE AGENDA AND GO THERE.
SO YEAH, USUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE, YOU, YOU'VE GOTTA KIND OF, KIND OF SCROLL DOWN AND IT'S JUST LOADED WITH ALL OF OUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION, OUR BUDGET, OUR HOW WE'RE DOING AGAINST OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR PLAN BUDGET.
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TO DO THAT BEFORE I CAME TONIGHT AND IT, UH, PART OF THOSE ABCDS CAME UP.THAT PARTICULAR ONE DID NOT COME UP.
WHICH ONE? THE INFORMATION ABOUT SPOOL AND TEXAS FIRST.
WELL WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT SHOWS UP.
UM, MR. COKER, I, I CAN PROVIDE, UH, QUICK UPDATES ON WATER STREET AS WELL AS THE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
EE EVEN IF IT, THERE'S NO UPDATE FROM LAST MONTH.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO, I DIDN'T NECESSARILY IN, IN INCLUDE IT IN, IN THE WRITTEN REPORT.
UM, I HAVE, I DO HAVE A MEETING WITH FLINT COE, UH, TO DISCUSS THE CONTRACT.
UH, THAT MEETING IS ON MAY 20TH WITH WHO? FLINTCO ON THE WATER STREET PARKING GARAGES CONTRACT.
UH, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR, UH, DR. SAUNDERS AND, AND THE HEALTH AND THE, THE HEALTH CLINIC.
UM, AND THEN HOPE TO HAVE THAT OVER TO LEGAL FOR REVIEW, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
ANY UPDATES FROM BRAD ELMORE? UH, I ACTUALLY HAD REACHED OUT TO BRAD.
HE HAS BEEN OUT OF TOWN, BUT, UM, HE GAVE ME THE QUICK SORT OF TEXT MESSAGE THAT, THAT HE STILL LOOK ON TRACK TO BE BREAKING GROUND IN, IN FALL AND HE SAID HE'S, HE'S VERY EXCITED.
AND, AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION, THIS IS THE, THE, UH, MARK DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN WHERE THE SEARS BUILDING WAS THAT WRAPS AROUND WALGREENS? YEP.
HAS MIXED USE RETAIL, HAS A NEW LIGHT AT BAY SKY.
HAS A SECOND ENTRANCE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAS MULTIFAMILY AND A PARK DOWN THE BAYOU.
UM, MILLION DOLLAR DEVELOPMENT PLUS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, HE IS LOOKING AT A, AT A, AT A QSR THAT I THINK WOULD BE AN OUT, I CAN'T DISCUSS DETAILS ON THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT ADDITION IF HE PULL.
AND JUST FOR CLARITY FOR THOSE LISTENING IN WHEN WE CAN'T DISCUSS DETAILS THAT IS NOT, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT WILLING TO SHARE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT WE DO NOT SHARE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH THEIR CUSTOMER.
AND, AND, AND NOTHING IS FINALIZED AND RELEASING THAT INFORMATION WOULD JEOPARDIZE ANY, ANY OF THOSE DEALS.
JUST LETTER SUPPORT THAT YOU'RE DISTRICT'S OFFICE.
OFFICE, GALVESTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
SO WE, WE HAVE, WE REACHED OUT TO MULTIPLE FOLKS.
WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL RESIDENTS, UM, AS WELL AND, AND GOT SOME FROM OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR, OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE.
DID YOU ALREADY SUBMIT THE APPLICATION OR YOU IT'S NOT SUBMITTED YET, NO.
BUT I, IN, IN ALL FAIRNESS, I DO THINK THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE SOME VERY HIGH PROFILE PUBLICLY, UM, YOU KNOW, GOOD STATURE REPRESENTATIVE SUE WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT.
HEY, IS IT KIND OF STRANGE THAT YOU GUYS ARE SITTING OUT THERE? WE GOT SEATS UP HERE.
IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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, FIVE A WOULD BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM DEDC REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 14TH, 2025, FIVE B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH, 2025 DEDC FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT.
FIVE C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS TO APPROVE THE MARCH, 2025 DEDC ACCOUNT STATEMENT FOR TEXAS FIRST BANK AND TEX POOL FIVE D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH, 2025 MONTHLY ADMINISTRATION SERVICE FEE TRANSFER REQUEST IN FIVE E CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL, 2025 PAYROLL TRANSFER REQUEST.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE? WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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OKAY.IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS TO DISCUSS? NO.
BILL, THE ONLY THING I, I HAD THAT STAND IN MY MIND WAS, UM, YOU'D MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT SOME OF THE PROPERTIES THAT THE EDC HAS AND THAT WE MAY NEED SOME ATTENTION ON MOWING.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY, WHAT, WHAT WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON DISCUSSING THIS WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO HELP US WITH THIS? WE CAN, UH, I'LL, I'LL BREAK IT UP WITH CHASE.
UM, DID Y'ALL EVER SEND THE LIST OF PROPERTIES OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS? YES, WE DID.
HOW, HOW LONG AGO? TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, ALONG WITH, UH, ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING HIGHLIGHTED, ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING MOWED BY PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND JUST FOR THOSE ONLINE WHO ARE LISTENING IN, UH, WE DO NOT EXPECT THE PUBLIC, I MEAN THE WORKS DEPARTMENT TO HANDLE OUR, OUR PROPERTIES JUST AD HOC.
WE ACTUALLY HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM LAST YEAR WHERE THE EDC FUNDED MOWERS FOR THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF NOT ONLY THE EDC PROPERTIES BUT ALSO THE CITY'S PROPERTIES.
AND PART OF THAT AGREEMENT WAS TO USE THAT EQUIPMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THE DC PROPERTIES.
[7. NEW BUSINESS]
NOTHING.WE'VE GOT ONE SEVEN A CONSIDERATION IMPOSSIBLE ACTION.
TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH COLLABORATE FOR BAYOU VILLAGE PHASE TWO.
CAN YOU FIRST OF ALL, UM, GIVE EVERYONE A SUMMARY OF WHO COLLABORATE IS YES.
SO, UM, COLLABORATE, UH, IS THE, UH, OR SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOLVE VALENTINE, HE, HE IS COLLABORATE.
UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE EAST SIDE DEVELOPMENT SORT OF DEVELOPING, YOU KNOW, THE SCHEMATIC, SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE VISION, HOW ARE WE GONNA DRAW FOLKS IN? THIS IS ON A 14 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE EDC HAD PURCHASED.
YEAH, IT STARTED WITH THE 14 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UH, AND, AND THIS MOU IS FOR THE, THE, UH, 54 58 ACRES ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, SO JUST, JUST FOR EDIFICATION AND A LITTLE HISTORY ON THIS.
SO, UH, COLLABORATE WAS A GROUP THAT WE HAD MET SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UM, WHILE ATTENDING, UM, I DON'T THINK IT, I THINK IT WAS LAS VEGAS, NOT RED RIVER.
I DON'T, IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.
I THINK IT WAS RED RIVER, BUT I COULDN'T.
SO THIS, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF UM, WHERE THE EDC ATTENDS TWO DIFFERENT TRADE OR HAD BEEN ATTENDING TWO DIFFERENT TRADE SHOWS A YEAR, AT LEAST FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, AND EITHER, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WATCHING THE EDC OR BEEN A PART OF THE EDC AND COLLABORATE WAS ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT WE HAD MET EARLY ON TOOK AN INTEREST IN DICKINSON.
THEY LIKED OUR STORY, THEY LOVED THE IDEA OF THE BAYOU AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT COME TO LIFE WITH THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE BAYOU PROPERTY IS PRIVATELY OWNED.
UM, SO THEY SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR AGO MM-HMM
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BUT IF, IF THE EDC OWNS IT, UM, IT SURE MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR US TO COME IN AND SPEND TIME AND MONEY LOOKING AT WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO AS THIS HAPPENS TO, TO BE ONE OF THEM.
WE ALSO SET THE EXPECTATION AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING MONTHS AND BUYING, PROCURING THE FIRST 14 ACRES ON FIVE 17 AS FRONTAGE.
UM, IT WAS CLEARLY STATED TO SAUL IN COLLABORATE IN HIS GROUP THAT THIS WOULD, UH, THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY IN ANY, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REIMBURSE THE EDC FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE GIVEN AWAY AND WOULD NOT BE PART OF ANY INCENTIVE.
WE'VE ALSO SET AN EXPECTATION AS THE RELATIONSHIP HAS EVOLVED AND SAUL HAS TAKEN A KEEN INTEREST IN THIS PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE 54 ACRES THAT WE ARE NOW ENTERTAINING DEVELOPING.
IT TOOK US ABOUT TWO YEARS TO AGGREGATE 54 ACRES ACROSS
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WHICH ALSO ACROSS FIVE 17, WHICH ALSO ABUTS AGAINST WEST GUM BAYOU.UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PHASE TWO IS.
SO THEY HAVE NOW TAKEN AN INTEREST BECAUSE WE DID AGGREGATE THE PROPERTY AND WE HAVE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED WITH DEVELOPER ON THIS PROPERTY.
PHASE TWO AS WELL IS WE WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BUY THE PROPERTY FROM US.
THIS IS NOT PART OF AN INCENTIVE AND THEY HAVE AGREED AND THEY KNOW WHAT THE EXPECTATION WAS ALL ALONG.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I READ AND BREAK US TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? NOPE.
WE'VE GOT A VOTE ON SEVEN A SO, UM, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ENTER INTO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE.
WE HAVE WALTER WILSON SECOND CLINTON.
CLINTON GAVE US A VISUAL SIGN BUT WE HAVE TO HEAR IT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[8. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION(S)]
EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS.UH, THE TIME IS NOW 6:57 PM AND THE BOARD WILL HOLD CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING PURSUANT TO PROVISIONS CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN EIGHT A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT REAL PROPERTY DELIBERATE AND THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY EIGHT B TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
DELIBERATE, DELIBERATE THE OFFER OF A FINANCIAL OR OTHER INCENTIVE TO BUSINESS PROSPECT THAT GOVERNMENTAL BODY SEEKS TO HAVE, LOCATE, STAY OR EXPAND IN THE NEAR, IN OR NEAR THE TERRITORY OF THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY AND WHICH THE GOVERNMENT BODY, THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY, THIS IS REALLY AWKWARD GUYS.
THIS THE GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS CONDUCTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
WE WILL NOW CLOSE FOR SESSION.
IS IT WORKING? THE TIME IS NOW EIGHT 18 AND WE'RE BACK IN SESSION AT THIS TIME.
THERE ARE NO ACTION ITEMS FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION 10, WHICH IS, UH, OPEN IT UP TO ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
UH, GENTLEMEN, ANY COMMENTS? GOOD.
ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR GIVE, UH, CAITLIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT DOCUMENTED? NOTHING AT THIS TIME.
IT IS NOW EIGHT 19 AND WE WILL ADJOURN.