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           COLIN COKER HERE. 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM]
MATT SABOTEUR. 
          HERE. 
          WALTER WILSON. 
          DEREK CORICK. 
          HERE. 
          CLINTON WILLIAMS? HERE. 
          ISRAEL GARCIA? HERE. 
          PATRICK SPIES. 
          WALTER IS HERE. 
          WE HAVE QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          THANKS FOR COMING OUT. 
          UM, LET'S START OFF WITH AN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          UM, HOW ABOUT WE SHAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT? CLINTON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND SURE. 
          INVOCATION, PLEASE. 
          THE UNITED STATES REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, MISSION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          DEAR LORD, UH, PLEASE GUIDE US AND THE, UH, TO MAKE SOME MAKE GOOD DECISIONS TONIGHT. 
          UM, BL CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR CITY, BLESS OUR FAMILIES, UM, AND CONTINUE TO, TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FAMILIES TO THE CITY. 
          GOD'S NAME. 
          AMEN. 
          AMEN. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME, 
          [3.  ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS]
WE, WE WILL LIKE TO GO THROUGH, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS CONCERNING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTERESTS. 
          NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN OR DISCUSSED. 
          BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS REGARDING ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.04153 A IS CITY ATTORNEY TRAINING FOR DEDC BOARD. 
          GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS. 
          I AM HERE TO PROVIDE WHAT I HOPE TO BE IS, UH, GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL TRAINING, UH, FOR THE BOARD. 
          AND SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH ALL THIS EXCITING STUFF. 
          SO THE FIRST PART OF MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, THE EDC ITSELF, THE, UH, PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS, UH, THAT IT SERVES. 
          AND SO, AS, UH, THE BOARD SHOULD KNOW, THE, UH, EDC, UH, IS CREATED PURSUANT TO, UH, TWO CHAPTERS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          THAT BEING CHAPTER 5 0 1 AND 5 0 5, UH, AND THOSE TWO CHAPTERS TOGETHER, UH, GOVERN HOW THE, UH, EDC, UH, OPERATES. 
          THE DEDC IS CREATED AS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION, UH, AND IT IS CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ORDER TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF DICKINSON. 
          UM, IT WAS THE EDC WAS AUTHORIZED, UH, BY A VOTE OF THE ELECTORATE TO COLLECT A COR DESCENT SALES TAX IN ORDER TO FUND ITS, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, ACTIVITIES. 
          NOW, THE TWO CHAPTERS THAT, UH, AUTHORIZE ITS CREATION ALSO SPEAK TO HOW THOSE TAX DOLLARS MAY BE SPENT, AND THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS IN THERE. 
          UH, I HAVE UP THERE KIND OF THE THREE, UH, MAIN CATEGORIES OF, UM, EXPENDITURES OR TYPES OF EXPENDITURES THAT CAN BE MADE WITH THOSE TAX DOLLARS. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE, THE ONE THAT WE, UH, USE THE MOST IS GOING TO BE PROJECTS THAT, UH, CREATE OR RETAIN, UH, WHAT IS DEFINED UNDER THE LAW AS PRIMARY JOBS. 
          THERE IS A, UM, KIND OF A DETAILED DEFINITION OF WHAT A PRIMARY JOB IS. 
          NOT ALL JOBS ARE GOING TO FIT INTO THAT, UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, STAFF KIND OF, UH, MADE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT BOX IS CHECKED BEFORE WE WOULD BRING FORTH A, UH, PROPOSED PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT TO THE BOARD. 
          UH, A SECOND TYPE, UH, OF EXPENDITURE THAT'S ALSO ALLOWED, UM, A PROJECT. 
          AND, AND ACTUALLY THE BOARD RECENTLY, UH, AUTHORIZED THIS IS, UH, AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. 
          AND THERE, UH, SO LONG AS THAT PROJECT, UM, IS TO CONSTRUCT INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH THERE'S A DEFINITION OF THAT, UH, IN THE STATUTE, AND IT IS TO PROMOTE OR DEVELOP NEW OR EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES WITHIN THE CITY. 
          THEN THAT IS A PERMISSIBLE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE TAX DOLLARS AS WELL. 
          UH, THOSE TAX DOLLARS ARE ALSO ALLOWED TO BE USED TOWARD PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
          THERE IS A CAP, UH, TO THAT OF, UH, NO MORE THAN 10% OF THE, UH, THE ANNUAL REVENUES OF THE, UH, THE EDC. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND PART OF MY, UH, PRESENTATION IS TO GO OVER, UH, BRIEFLY KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE, UM, RULES OF 
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ORDER THAT, UH, THIS BODY TYPICALLY FOLLOWS WHEN CONDUCTING A MEETING. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER. 
          UH, AS YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR THIS BODY TO EVEN MEET, THERE HAS TO BE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE PRESENT. 
          UH, STATE LAW DOES SET THAT NUMBER AT FOUR. 
          THIS IS A BODY OF SEVEN MEMBERS, AND SO, UH, FOUR IS A MAJORITY OF THAT SEVEN AND FOUR IS A QUORUM. 
          UH, THAT QUORUM HAS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO START THE MEETING AND ALSO MAINTAIN DURING THE ENTIRETY OF THAT MEETING. 
          YOU CANNOT LOSE A QUORUM AND, AND CONTINUE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. 
          UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT, AND I DON'T RECALL IF I'VE SEEN THIS BOARD MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE, UH, HAVE HAD A MEMBER THAT PARTICIPATES, UH, IN A MEETING, ATTENDS A MEETING, UH, VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE THAT IS ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW TO OCCUR. 
          AND THAT MEMBER THAT IS ATTENDING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE IS ABLE TO DISCUSS DELIBERATE, UH, VOTE, YOU KNOW, ON, ON ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD. 
          BUT THE ONE THING THE MEMBER DOES NOT, UM, SERVE IN THE SAME WAY AS SOMEONE ATTENDING IN PERSON IS THAT PERSON THAT IS, UH, VIDEOING IN DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS A QUORUM. 
          SO YOU WILL STILL NEED TO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BODY AT THE PHYSICAL MEETING SPACE. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, ROBERT'S RULES, UM, WE SEE THAT IN ORDER FOR THE BODY TO TAKE AN ACTION, UH, THERE HAS TO BE A MOTION THAT IS MADE AND THEN A SECOND, UH, TO THAT MOTION IN ORDER TO PLACE AN ITEM, UH, UP FOR DELIBERATION, UH, FOR THE BODY. 
          YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A MOTION THAT'S MADE AND IT'S NOT A SECOND, THEN WHAT THE CHAIR WILL SAY IS, THE MOTION DIES FOR LACK OF A SECOND. 
          SO YOU NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UH, I ASK THAT MOTIONS BE MADE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 
          AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS CONTRACT FOR SUCH AND SUCH TO SO AND SO, OKAY, THAT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          THAT IS A MOTION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. 
          AND THE REASON WHY I SAY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE VERSUS THE NEGATIVE, WHICH WOULD BE A, I MOVE TO DENY THIS PROPOSED ACTION. 
          IF A MOTION IS MADE AS A MOTION TO APPROVE, AND THEN THE VOTE IS TAKEN AND THE MOTION FAILS, THEN THAT ACTION HAS FAILED. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT THAT APPROVAL HAS BEEN DENIED. 
          IF A MOTION TO DENY IS MADE, AND THEN THE VOTE ON THAT MOTION TO DENY FAILS, WELL, THE CONVERSE IS NOT TRUE. 
          THAT ACTION ISN'T APPROVED. 
          IT'S JUST, IT'S DENIAL WAS DENIED. 
          BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU WILL THEN NEED ANOTHER MOTION MADE IN ORDER TO APPROVE, BUT THEN HAVE A VOTE ON THAT. 
          AND SO TO MAKE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST EFFICIENT AND CLEAR, JUST MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          UH, EVEN IF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT WANT TO VOTE, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT ITEM, JUST MAKE THE MOTION IN THE, IN THE, UH, AFFIRMATIVE. 
          ALSO, WHEN YOU MAKE A MOTION, PLEASE CLEARLY STATE THE ACTION THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY THAT MOTION. 
          UH, SOMETIMES YOU'LL HEAR SOMEONE SAY, SO MOVED, AND THAT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE, WELL, EXACTLY, WHAT ARE YOU MOVING? YOU KNOW, UNLESS SOMEONE WILL SAY, THE CHAIR JUST SAID, HEY, I WOULD NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT TO AWARD, YOU KNOW, THIS WORK TO SO AND SO FOR SUCH AND SUCH AMOUNT. 
          IF THAT, UH, CHAIR JUST INVITED A MOTION WITH ALL THOSE DETAILS, THEN SURE, AT THAT POINT YOU SAY, SO MOVED BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR WHAT THE MOTION IS. 
          BUT, UH, ASIDE FROM THAT SITUATION, MAKE A MOTION THAT HAS THOSE DETAILS THAT CLEARLY STATES WHAT IS THE, UH, PROPOSED ACTION. 
          AND SO THE TYPICAL ORDER THAT YOU SEE IS GOING TO BE THE, THE, UM, MOTION MADE, UH, AND SECONDED. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE DELIBERATION ON THAT MOTION, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU PUT THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR FOR DELIBERATION. 
          AND THEN AFTER THAT, YOU'LL HAVE THE VOTE. 
          SO, TYPES OF MOTIONS. 
          UNDER ROBERT'S RULES, YOU HAVE THE MAIN MOTION, THAT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE, WHETHER IT'S A RESOLUTION, UH, AN ACTION, WHICH SHOWS UP IN THE MINUTES. 
          THAT'S CALLED A MINUTE ORDER. 
          UM, BUT, UH, UNDER THE RULES, YOU ARE ALLOWED ONE MAIN MOTION ON THE FLOOR AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A MAIN MOTION THAT IS THEN SUBJECT TO A SUBSIDIARY MOTION, A PARLIAMENTARY MOTION. 
          UH, THESE ARE PROCEDURAL MOTIONS THAT JUST SERVE TO MODIFY, UH, THE MAIN MOTION. 
          IF YOU HAVE SUCH A SUBSIDIARY MOTION THAT HAS TO BE DISPOSED OF BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO, UH, THE MAIN MOTION. 
          AND SO COMMON SUBSIDIARY SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS THAT YOU'LL SEE THE MOTION TO AMEND. 
          YOU HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, YOU KNOW, A, A, A TRANSACTION, A CONTRACT, 
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AND SUCH AND SUCH AMOUNT. 
          MAYBE SOMEONE WANTS TO AMEND THAT AMOUNT TO UP IT OR, OR LOWER IT MOTION TO AMEND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO INCREASE THE CAP OR REDUCE THE CAP OR, OR TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS. 
          YOU CHANGE THAT MAIN MOTION IN SOME WAY. 
          THAT IS A MOTION TO AMEND. 
          SO THE MOTION TO AMEND. 
          ALSO, HE NEEDS A SECOND. 
          UH, SO IF THE MOTION TO AMEND IS MADE, AND SECOND IT, YOU DEBATE THAT, AND THEN YOU TAKE A VOTE ON IT. 
          IF THE MOTION TO AMEND PASSES, THEN THAT MAIN UNDERLYING MOTION TO APPROVE, IT'S NOW BEEN AMENDED. 
          IT IS NOW AN AMENDED MOTION. 
          IT'S STILL A MAIN MOTION THAT WILL NEED TO HAVE A VOTE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S BEEN AMENDED. 
          UH, THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A, ANOTHER TYPE OF, UH, PARLIAMENTARY MOTION IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE. 
          THAT IS A MOTION WHERE YOU HAVE THE MAIN MOTION. 
          YOU'RE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, SAY A CONTRACT APPROVAL. 
          UM, AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT MORE TIME, MORE DETAILS, MORE INFO. 
          THAT WOULD BE WHEN A MOTION TO POSTPONE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. 
          UH, YOU MAKE THE MOTION, IT IS, UH, TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. 
          UM, IT'S ALSO THE TYPE OF MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY, WHICH ACTUALLY IS JUST, UH, A WAY TO KILL THE MAIN MOTION WITHOUT FORCING A VOTE, UH, ON IT. 
          AND, UM, WHAT I HAVE SEEN, AND IT IS ACTUALLY INCORRECT, SO IF IT'S ONE THING THAT Y'ALL TAKE FROM THIS IS THAT, UM, IN ORDER TO POSTPONE ACTION ON AN ITEM, POSTPONE VOTE ON AN ITEM, PLEASE MAKE IT AS A MOTION TO POSTPONE AND NOT AS THE MOTION TO TABLE. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT MOTION TO TABLE IS ACTUALLY A MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE. 
          UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE MOST, UH, COMMONLY MISUNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, UH, PROCEDURE OR MOTION UNDER ROBERT'S RULES. 
          UH, FOLKS THINK THAT IT'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE. 
          EXCUSE ME, IT IS NOT. 
          IT IS, THANK YOU. 
          UH, YOU USE THAT IF, UH, THE BODY IS CONSIDERING AN ACTION AND THEN SOMETHING URGENT COMES UP AND YOU WANT TO LAY THAT ACTION TO THE SIDE, LAY IT ON THE TABLE TO TAKE UP THIS OTHER MATTER, GIVEN THAT, UH, THE EDC BOARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT I ADVISE AND THE COUNCIL, GIVEN THAT YOU GUYS CAN ONLY TALK ABOUT STUFF THAT'S POSTED ON THE AGENDA, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMETHING COMES UP THAT WAS UNANTICIPATED. 
          AND YOU HAVE TO LAY ASIDE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO TAKE THAT UP URGENTLY. 
          SO YOU'RE NOT EVER GONNA NEED A MOTION TO TABLE, YOU KNOW, USE THE MOTION TO POSTPONE, UH, A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES THAT'S, UH, USED. 
          IF YOU NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF ORDER OR OTHERWISE, JUST SET ASIDE A PARTICULAR RULE OR REQUIREMENT OF, UH, OF ROBERT'S RULES. 
          SO, UH, OTHER, UH, COMMON SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS GONNA BE THE MOTION TO MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. 
          YOU'LL HEAR THIS AS I CALL THE QUESTION, UH, SOMETIMES IT'S USED, UM, INCORRECTLY. 
          'CAUSE THE PERSON SAYING THAT MIGHT THINK THAT JUST ONE PERSON SAYING THOSE WORDS, I CALL THE QUESTION, FORCES THE BODY TO TAKE A VOTE. 
          THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. 
          UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY A MOTION, UH, TO MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. 
          IT REQUIRES A SECOND, UH, IS NOT DEBATABLE, AND IT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS VOTE ACTUALLY, TO, TO PASS, BECAUSE WHEN IT PASSES, IT CUTS OFF THE DELIBERATIONS AND IT MOVES DIRECTLY TO A VOTE. 
          THE REASON WHY THAT HIGHER THRESHOLD ON THE VOTE IS BECAUSE, UM, YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE MAJORITY IS ACTUALLY UTILIZING THIS PROCEDURE TO SHUT OFF THE DEBATE BY THE MINORITY, OKAY? AND SO IT IS A MECHANISM TO KIND OF SHUT UP THE MINORITY. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY THE, UH, THE HEIGHTENED VOTE REQUIREMENT, AND THEN THE, UH, MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT, UM, IS A MOTION THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN AT THE SAME MEETING WHERE THE, THE PREVIOUS VOTE WAS TAKEN, BUT THE BODY TAKES A VOTE, OKAY? AND THERE'S CLEARLY A SIDE THAT PREVAILS. 
          UH, BUT THEN AT SOME POINT LATER AT THE SAME MEETING, THE BODY WANTS TO REVISIT THAT QUESTION AGAIN, REOPEN IT BACK UP FOR A NEW VOTE. 
          THAT'S WHEN THERE WOULD BE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. 
          THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER HAS TO BE MADE BY SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE PREVAILING SIDE, SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE WINNING SIDE, YOU KNOW, BUT DECIDES, OH, WAIT, WE NEED TO, MAYBE THAT WAS RASH. 
          MAYBE WE MADE THE WRONG DECISION. 
          LET'S RECONSIDER THAT. 
          THE REASON FOR THE RULE THAT IT CAN ONLY BE MADE BY SOMEONE ON THE PREVAILING SIDE IS TO PREVENT THOSE ON THE LOSING SIDE TO CONTINUALLY MAKING A MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND KIND OF BOGGING DOWN THE, UM, UH, THE PROCEEDINGS. 
          SO WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING, UM, YOU USE AYE TO VOTE IN FAVOR, NAY TO VOTE AGAINST. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, A MOTION 
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ONLY, UH, PASSES UPON RECEIVING, UH, MORE I VOTES THAN A MAJORITY OF I VOTES. 
          UM, THIS IS KIND OF A, A, A QUIRK TO NOTE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU CAN ABSTAIN WHEN YOU'RE VOTING. 
          UM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IN TERMS OF CALCULATING VOTES, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD BEFORE THAT AN ABSTENTION COUNTS LIKE A NO. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BODY THERE, A MAJORITY OF THOSE WOULD BE THREE. 
          SO YOU NEED THREE I VOTES. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE, UH, OTHER VOTES OR NOS OR ABSTENTIONS. 
          'CAUSE AN ABSTENTION IS JUST, YOU'RE STILL THERE AND YOU'RE COUNTED TOWARDS THE NUMBERS, THE MATH THAT'S NEEDED. 
          BUT IF YOU ARE NOT AN I VOTE, THEN THAT'S NOT A VOTE THAT YOU NEED, UH, IN ORDER TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF I VOTES. 
          AND SO, UH, THAT'S KIND OF A, A QUIRK OF THE RULES. 
          OKAY. 
          THIRD PART TO MY PRESENTATION, UH, THE CODE OF ETHICS. 
          SO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, UH, FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          UH, THEY ARE GOVERNED BY KIND OF TWO SOURCES. 
          ONE IS STATE LAW, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 1 71, AND THEN THE OTHER SOURCE IS GONNA BE THE CODE OF ETHICS AS CODIFIED IN THE CITY'S CODE IN CHAPTER TWO. 
          SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE ESSENCE OF THAT IS FOR A BOARD MEMBER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COMPETING INTEREST, YOU KNOW, ON A PARTICULAR MATTER THAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD. 
          UH, AND IN ORDER TO HAVE A COMPETING INTEREST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THE MATTER THAT IS BEING VOTED ON. 
          AND SO THERE IS A TWO-PRONGED TWO, UH, COMPONENT TEST. 
          FOR A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 
          FIRST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A, THE BOARD MEMBER WHO WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT CONFLICT HAS TO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THAT TRANSACTION. 
          AND, UH, THE SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST COMPONENT OF THE TEST ITSELF HAS TWO COMPONENTS, EITHER ONE OF WHICH IF MET WOULD GIVE YOU A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST. 
          SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUSINESS ENTITY, YOU WOULD HAVE A BOARD MEMBER WOULD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THAT BUSINESS ENTITY. 
          IF ONE YOU OWN IN THAT, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THE BOARD IS LOOKING TO GRANT A CONTRACT TO A, A GC, A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, OKAY? UH, AND A BOARD MEMBER HAS 10% OWNERSHIP IN THAT GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR OWNERSHIP, UH, INTEREST IN THAT GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT GC THAT IS WORTH $15,000 OR MORE, THAT WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THAT BUSINESS ENTITY. 
          ANOTHER WAY IS, LET'S SAY YOU DON'T HAVE OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THAT GC, BUT RATHER, UH, YOU, OR, AND, AND HERE UNDER PERSON IS EITHER THE BOARD MEMBER OR A RELATIVE WITHIN TWO DEGREES OF CONSANGUINITY OR AFFINITY TWO DEGREES OF BLOOD OR MARRIAGE. 
          UM, AND THAT IF, IF EITHER ONE, IF A RELATIVE OR YOU, YOU RECEIVE MORE THAN 10%, UH, OF INCOME FROM LAST YEAR FROM THAT ENTITY, THEN, THEN THAT SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST, UH, IS ALSO TRIGGERED. 
          IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL PROPERTY, UH, LET'S SAY THE BOARD HAS AN ITEM TO CONSIDER BUYING A PIECE OF LAND. 
          IF A BOARD MEMBER HAS, UH, OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THAT PIECE OF LAND THAT IS GREATER THAN $2,500, THEN THAT MORE BOARD MEMBER HAS A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THAT PIECE OF LAND. 
          THE SECOND PRONG, ACTUALLY, FOR YOU GUYS, FOR THE EDC BOARD, THE SECOND PRONG OF THAT, THAT Y'ALL'S ACTION WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL ECONOMIC EFFECT ON THAT BUSINESS ENTITY OR, OR REAL PROPERTY. 
          IN MY MIND, I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE MET. 
          IT'S THIS PRONG THAT FOR A BODY LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT NOT BE MET BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, HAS BROADER POWERS AND WOULD DO THINGS LIKE ADOPT A ZONING ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, THAT APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE CITY OR ADOPTS A TAX RATE THAT APPLIES TO THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY THERE, THEY HAVE PROPERTY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OWNED PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY, AND SO THAT ACTION WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS NOT A SPECIAL ECONOMIC EFFECT, MEANING AN IMPACT THAT'S DIFFERENT ON THEIR PROPERTY VERSUS ALL THE OTHER PROPERTIES TO WHICH THAT, THAT ACTION WOULD APPLY. 
          BUT THAT REALLY DID APPLY TO Y'ALL. 
          SO REALLY, IF YOU GUYS ARE VOTING ON A CONTRACT, IT'S GONNA HAVE A SPECIAL ECONOMIC, UH, EFFECT ON THAT BUSINESS THAT YOU'RE AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO OR ON THE REAL PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO, 
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TO ACQUIRE. 
          SO REALLY, FOR YOU GUYS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DO YOU HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST EITHER IN THE BUSINESS ENTITY OR THE, UH, THE REAL ESTATE, UH, AT HAND. 
          SO IF THERE IS A, UH, SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST AND THEREFORE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, UH, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE. 
          NOW, THIS IS FOR THE YOU, LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU OR A RELATIVE WITHIN TWO DEGREES, TWO DUTIES ARE TRIGGERED. 
          UH, FIRST THAT YOU HAVE TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT WITH THE CITY SECRETARY. 
          THIS IS UNDER THE, UH, CITY ORDINANCE, UH, THAT STATES THE NATURE OF THE INTEREST. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND DUTY THAT IS TRIGGERED IS THAT THE CONFLICTED BOARD MEMBER HAS TO NOT PARTICIPATE, MEANING LEAVE THE ROOM DURING DISCUSSION AND VOTE, UH, ON THE MATTER. 
          AND I ALWAYS TELL MY, UH, MY GOVERNING BODIES, VOLUNTARY RECUSAL ALWAYS FINE, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, TO AVOID EVEN THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. 
          SO EVEN WHEN THERE'S NOT A TRUE LEGAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT WOULD TRIGGER THOSE TWO DUTIES, SOMETIMES YOU CAN SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THIS PARTICULAR ACTION. 
          I'M GOING TO JUST REFRAIN FROM PARTICIPATION OR REFRAIN FROM VOTE, OR I'LL JUST ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE. 
          ANY OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE FINE. 
          SOME OTHER, UH, CONSTRAINTS THAT EXIST, UH, STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE BOARD MEMBERS OR ANYONE THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A DECISION MAKER LIKE THIS FROM ACCEPTING ANY GIFT WORTH $50 OR MORE, OR CASH MONEY, EQUIP, UH, EQUIVALENT, UH, IN ANY AMOUNT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A, A BRIBE. 
          UH, AND THEN UNDER THE CITY'S CODE OF ETHICS, UH, YOU CANNOT ACCEPT ANY GIFT THAT MIGHT REASONABLY TEND TO INFLUENCE, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUR DISCHARGE OF YOUR DUTIES. 
          UH, YOU CAN'T REPRESENT, UH, OR APPEAR ON BEHALF OF A PRIVATE, UH, ENTITY BEFORE ANY CITY BODY. 
          UH, ALSO CANNOT USE YOUR POSITION TO SECURE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, AND YOU CANNOT DISCLOSE, UH, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. 
          SO IF EVER IN DOUBT, UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH ME, GIVE ME A CALL. 
          UH, LET ME ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU, AND I'M KIND OF FLYING THROUGH THIS. 
          UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AND, AND, AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT MAY COME UP. 
          UH, POSTPONE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          , THIS IS THE FOURTH PART. 
          FOURTH AND LAST. 
          SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 
          OKAY. 
          OPEN GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE, WELL, THE EDC IS NOT A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, AS Y'ALL KNOW. 
          THE, UH, EDC IS A PRIVATE CORPORATION, A NONPROFIT CORPORATION. 
          SO IT IS NOT A, A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, UH, TO WHICH THOSE TWO OPEN GOVERNMENT STATUTES, TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, THOSE TWO STATUTES, SPECIFICALLY BY THEIR TERMS, APPLY TO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. 
          SO THOSE TWO STATUTES, BY THEIR TERMS, WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE EDC, BUT FOR THIS SECTION IN THE EDC STATUTE, UH, THAT SAYS EDCS WILL COMPLY WITH THOSE TWO, UH, STATE LAWS ON OPEN GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE GET THERE. 
          SO, UNDER TOOMA, UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE ACT REQUIRES THAT MEETINGS BE PUBLIC, AND THAT NOTICES MUST OF THE MEETINGS, MEANING THE AGENDA THAT STATES, YOU KNOW, THE VARIOUS TOPICS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED, UM, THAT, THAT AGENDA BE POSTED IN ADVANCE. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT THE END OF AUGUST. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW THE RULE IS 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE. 
          UH, BUT COME SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, HOPEFULLY CAITLYN IS PAYING, PAYING ATTENTION, BUT THERE WILL NEED TO BE THREE BUSINESS DAYS, UH, IN BETWEEN THE DATE OF POSTING AND THE DATE OF THE MEETING. 
          AND SO EFFECTIVELY, UNLESS WE HAVE A FRIDAY MEETING, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO POST ON A MONDAY, AND THEN HAVE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AS A THREE BUSINESS DAYS, UH, IN BETWEEN. 
          BUT IF OUR MEETINGS ARE NOT ON FRIDAYS, THEN THERE WILL BE A WEEKEND INTERVENING. 
          SO IF IT'S A TUESDAY MEETING, WE'D HAVE TO POST BY THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE. 
          AND SO IT, UH, EXTENDS THAT, THAT POSTING TIME OR INCREASES THE POSTING TIME. 
          UM, SO REMEMBER THAT A MEETING CONSISTS OF A QUORUM OF THE BODY, WHICH IS FOUR. 
          UM, YOU CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE THAT QUORUM IN A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          BUT, UH, THERE IS A PROHIBITION IN, UH, TOOMA REGARDING HAVING DISCUSSIONS IN NUMBERS OF LESS THAN A QUORUM, BASICALLY, WITH THE INTENT TO CIRCUMVENT THE ACT. 
          SO, UH, LET'S, LET'S PLEASE NOT DO THAT. 
          UM, THAT'S WHY WHENEVER I SEND OUT AN EMAIL, UH, TO MY, YOU KNOW, THE BODIES THAT I, THAT I REPRESENT, I WILL SEND THE EMAIL AND HAVE THE BOARD MEMBERS IN MY, UH, BC, C LINE, BECAUSE 
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THEN THAT PREVENTS, UH, ANY CHANCE THAT A BOARD MEMBER WILL INADVERTENTLY HIT REPLY ALL BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD POINT TO THAT EMAIL SAYING, HEY, THAT'S THE DELIBERATION. 
          YOU HIT REPLY ALL. 
          YOU SENT THE EMAIL TO ALL OF THE BOARD, AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BOARD BUSINESS EDC BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THAT COUNTS AS DELIBERATION. 
          SO, UM, TOOMA DOES PROVIDE SOME CRIMINAL SANCTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS. 
          SO LET'S, UH, LET'S MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO THAT. 
          I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE ALL TAKEN THE, UH, OPEN MEETINGS TRAINING, UH, THAT REALLY FUN VIDEO. 
          UH, I'D BE EVEN LESS FUNDED THAN THIS TALK. 
          UH, SO, OKAY. 
          THE OTHER STATUTE THAT YOU HAVE TO, UH, BE AWARE OF AND COMPLY WITH IS GONNA BE, UH, TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, THAT KIND OF OUR RECIPE, OUR STATE'S RECIPE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE OPEN RECORDS ACT, UH, OR FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AS YOU MIGHT HEAR, YOU KNOW, ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR SOME, UH, OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 
          BUT FOR US, IT'S THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. 
          SO UNDER THIS ACT RECORDS THAT ARE HELD BY THE EDC, BY THE BOARD, EVEN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, UH, ARE PRESUMED TO BE PUBLIC IF THEY RELATE TO EDC BUSINESS. 
          AND SO THOSE RECORDS ARE, UH, SUBJECT TO STATE, UH, GUIDELINES REGARDING HOW LONG THEY MUST BE, UH, RETAINED, AND ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN MAKE A REQUEST TO GET A COPY OF THAT INFORMATION. 
          UH, SUCH A REQUEST IS A PIR IS A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST. 
          AND WHENEVER WE GET ONE OF THOSE IN, THEN THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE WILL LEAD UP, UH, THE HANDLING OF THAT REQUEST, UH, GATHER THOSE RECORDS. 
          AND, UM, IF IT OFTEN GOES TO, UH, LEGAL FOR REVIEW, AND IF I LOOK AT IT, THEN I SEE THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME, UH, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS, THEN I'LL SEND OFF A, A LETTER TO THE, UH, AGS OFFICE TO ASSERT THAT, UH, EXCEPTION TO DISCLOSURE. 
          SO THE PIA ALSO HAS, UH, CRIMINAL SANCTIONS, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, MESSING WITH, UH, RECORDS OR NOT COUGHING THEM UP OR THAT SORT OF THING. 
          AND, AND ALSO HAS THE, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT YOU WATCH THAT FUN VIDEO. 
          OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          MY BONUS IS THAT, UH, WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF AN AGENDA, THERE'S NO NEED FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          YOU JUST, YOU'RE DONE DECLARE THE BOARD CAN JUST DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW I FLEW THROUGH THAT PRETTY QUICK. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO, IN YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION, THERE WERE CATEGORIES IN WHICH THE EDC CAN USE FUNDS OR ISSUE FUNDS, AND ONE OF THOSE WAS PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
          CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? CLARIFY PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES? UM, NOT VERY WELL, AND ONLY BECAUSE, UH, IN THE LAW IT IS ALSO NOT, UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH GUIDANCE IN THE LAW ON REGARDING WHAT COUNTS AS PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
          THE STATUTE DOESN'T DEFINE IT. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN AG OPINIONS THAT HAVE TRIED TO DEFINE IT, UH, AND THOSE OPINIONS, UH, SO LONG AS IT'S NOT LIKE A BLATANT ABUSE. 
          UH, I KNOW THERE WAS ONE, UH, AG OPINION, I FORGET WHAT CITY IT RELATED TO, BUT IT HAD TO DO WITH THE EXPENDITURE OF TAX DOLLARS UNDER THE PROMOTION, UH, YOU KNOW, USE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS STATUE. 
          AND I, I FORGET IF IT WAS FOR HUDA OR WHAT CITY IT WAS FOR, BUT THIS EDC, YOU KNOW, DETERMINED THAT, HEY, IF WE BUILD, USE THIS MONEY TO BUILD THIS HIPPO, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY, IT'S GOING TO PROMOTE THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, AND WHAT THE AG SAID IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE BOARD'S DETERMINATION THAT THAT EXPENDITURE IS GOING TO PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, THAT CITY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT EDC UH, THAT, THAT DETERMINATION THAT FINDING BY THE BOARD IS GOING TO BE ACCORDED A GREAT DEAL OF DEFERENCE. 
          AND SO IT'S HARD TO SAY, OH, THAT EXPENDITURE COUNTS, OR THAT DOES NOT COUNT WHEN IT COMES TO PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
          SO REALLY IT'S JUST, OKAY, DOES IT SEEM LIKE IT WOULD HELP TO PROMOTE OR ADVERTISE? AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THOSE G OPINIONS LOOK AT IS THE WEBSTER'S DEFINITION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO ADVERTISE OR PROMOTE. 
          AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE BEST I CAN GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, SO, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. 
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I WILL, UH, SIT DOWN AND, UH, ALLOW YOU GUYS TO GET TO THE IMPORTANT STUFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NI FOUND THAT VERY INTERESTING AND HELPFUL. 
          WE, WE, AT LEAST, I HAVE NEVER GONE THROUGH ROBERT'S RULES. 
          I WENT THROUGH KERS RULES IN COLLEGE AND IT WASN'T, UH, IT WASN'T QUITE SO STRICT. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT DO I NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS SINCE WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? ANY PERSON WITH BUSINESS RELATED TO DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STAFF UPDATE IS NEXT. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST CHANGING THIS UP SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING. 
          , LEMME LEMME FINISH IT. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          UM, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD INFORM THE BOARD OF THEIR NAME. 
          COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE LIMITED TO MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          THE BOARD MAY NOT DELIBERATE OR TAKE ACTION ON THE ITEMS, NOT APPEARING ON THE AGENDA, BUT MAY CONSIDER PLACING AN ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA IF DELIBERATION IS NECESSARY. 
          WE HAD NO ONE THAT SIGNED UP, BUT I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE BACK TO STAFF UPDATES. 
          VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON. 
          IT'S ALL YOURS. 
          ALRIGHT, STAFF UPDATES. 
          UH, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE'VE PUT IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH IS TO INCREASE REVENUE, PROPERTY VALUE, AND JOBS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UH, THIS IS A STANDING SLIDE IN OUR PRESENTATION, UM, GOING FORWARD, SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, FOR THE STAFF UPDATE, 
          [4.  STAFF UPDATE]
UM, STARTING OFF WITH, WITH WATER STREET PARKING GARAGE. 
          UM, SO THE, THE SITE PREP WAS CONDUCTED, UH, AND THE JOB SITE, JOB SITE TRAILER AND, AND ONSITE STORAGE IS UP. 
          CONSTRUCTION FENCING WENT UP LAST WEEK. 
          UM, THE DEMOLITION CONTRACT BASED ON MY PHONE CALL WITH FLINTCO THIS MORNING, AND JUST FYII AM CALL, UH, I AM SPEAKING OR IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH F FLINTCO ON EITHER A DAILY OR EVERY OTHER DAY BASIS. 
          UM, SO EVERYTHING'S GETTING VERY BUSY, UM, WITH THE PROJECT. 
          UM, UH, SO THEY ARE FINALIZING, UM, THE DEMOLITION CONTRACT AND THEY EXPECT THAT TO START THIS WEEK. 
          UM, AS OF TODAY, UH, WE JUST RECEIVED A, UH, $1 MILLION PAY APPLICATION. 
          SO WE'VE GOT ONE, UM, 1.5 MILLION IN BILLABLES TO BE APPLIED AGAINST OUR EDA GRANT. 
          AND WOULD YOU MIND REMINDING, UM, THOSE LISTENING IN AND THOSE ATTENDING, UM, THE SPLIT, THE TOTAL AMOUNT, WHAT THE EDA GRANT, HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THE EDA GRANT? IT WAS ISSUED FOR SOMETHING ELSE AND WE ACTUALLY MOVED IT OVER. 
          YEP. 
          YEAH, THE EDA GRANT WAS AND WHAT DOES EDA STAND FOR? UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, UH, WHICH IS GO GOVERNMENT ENTITY, UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THEY'RE A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY. 
          THE EDA GRANT IS THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS $3 MILLION, AND I BELIEVE WAS ORIGINALLY FOR, UH, THE MARKET PROJECT, RIGHT WAY BACK WHEN, UM, IT WAS TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE WATER STREET SITE. 
          UM, THE WAY THAT THAT GRANT WORKS IS, UM, SO, SO FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE GET TODAY, WE PAY THAT IN FULL. 
          WE SHOW PROOF OF PAYMENT AND OUR INVOICES TO OUR EDA CONTACT, AND THEN WE GET 66% BACK OF WHAT WE SPEND. 
          UM, AND THAT CYCLE CONTINUES UP UNTIL THE EDA HAS REIMBURSED US A TOTAL OF $3 MILLION. 
          SO OF THIS MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEND, WE WILL THEN GET $660,000 BACK IN, AND THEN THAT CYCLE CONTINUES UNTIL WE'VE GOTTEN A FULL $3 MILLION BACK. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT, UH, JUST TO UPDATE ON ELS CONSTRUCTION, UM, STRUCTURAL STEEL WAS DELIVERED LAST WEEK. 
          UM, I KNOW SOME OF THE FOLKS MAY HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT IT OUT, UH, THAT THEY DID PAINT THE SANCTUARY BUILDING IF THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION IT 'CAUSE IT DOES LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT. 
          UM, WITH THE PAINT JOB, UH, THEY'VE REMOVED ANOTHER WALL, UH, OF THE MAIN BUILDING AND ARE WORKING ON THE STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THEN ADD THE SECOND FLOOR AND THEN THEY'LL, THEY'LL ENCLOSE THE BUILDING AGAIN. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT WILL BE THE INTERIOR FINISH OUT. 
          AND AGAIN, WHAT IS THE PLANS FOR THE INTERIOR FINISH OUT? SO, UM, ORIGINALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST OFFICES ON THE FIRST FLOOR STORAGE WAS, WAS REALLY JUST GONNA BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. 
          UM, SO NOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT SECOND FLOOR MAYBE EARLY, UH, INSTEAD OF JUST LEAVING IT BASICALLY AS A SHELL. 
          UM, THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA FINISH THAT AND MAYBE USE SOME OFFICE SPACE. 
          MAYBE IT'LL ALSO BE STORAGE, BUT THEY MIGHT 
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PUT SOME OFFICES UP THERE TO BEGIN WITH. 
          UH, FIRST FLOOR WILL BE COMPLETELY FINISHED OUT, UM, FOR OFFICE SPACE AND TRAINING AREAS FOR ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES. 
          SO IS, AM I TAKING THAT AS PROBABLY AN OPTIMISTIC MOVE FOR MAYBE EVEN BRINGING ON MORE EMPLOYEES THAN THEY ANTICIPATED? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MR. MCCLUNG IN A PUBLIC SETTING, UM, BUT HE, THINGS ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN IN, IN, IN PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY. 
          YES. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RIGHT PARKVIEW? UH, WE ARE ABOUT ONE TO TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM OUR, PER OUR PERMITS BEING ISSUED ON THE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SITE. 
          UM, SO WE HAD TO DO, UH, GET SOME ITEMS RESOLVED. 
          BASICALLY THE DETENTION SLOPING WAS, WAS AN ITEM. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ASSIST WITH IS WCID FINAL APPROVAL IS PENDING. 
          UM, WE'VE, WE'VE NUDGED OUR PARTNERS OVER IN WCID, UH, THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO A FEW INQUIRIES. 
          THE LAST CHECK, WHICH WAS FRIDAY, ADMITTEDLY, I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO CHECK ON IT TODAY, BUT AS OF FRIDAY, WE'RE STILL PENDING THE, THE FINAL APPROVAL. 
          UM, THE PARKVIEW BUILDER IS SITTING THERE WITH A A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS CHECK THAT THEY'RE JUST WAITING, UH, TO MAIL TO WCID TO TO RESERVE, UM, THE CAPACITY. 
          UM, SO FINAL COMMENTS FROM THEM AND THEN THAT'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF AFTER THAT. 
          REALLY, THE ONLY ITEMS OUTSTANDING THERE ARE TREE MITIGATION. 
          SO TRAVIS MOORE AND I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM LAST WEEK. 
          UM, IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO A FEE IN LIEU. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THEY PROMISED, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE, WITH THAT NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENT. 
          THEY PROMISED THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO GIVE A GOOD THICK TREE LINE IN BETWEEN THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ADJACENT. 
          SO TO DO THAT AND THEN STILL MAINTAIN THE ELEMENTS, UH, IN THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT QUITE GONNA BE ABLE TO HIT ALL OF, YOU KNOW, KEEP A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TREES, RIGHT? SO, UM, WHAT THEY'RE LIKELY GONNA DO IS DO WHAT'S, WHAT'S CALLED A FEE AND LIE. 
          AND WE, WE SAT DOWN, WE WENT THROUGH, UM, THAT INTERPRETATION, MADE SURE THEY HAD THE RIGHT FORMULA FOR THAT, UM, TOLD THEM THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL TREE COUNT. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS, THAT IS WHERE WE LEFT IT WITH THEM LAST WEEK. 
          BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD QUICKLY. 
          UM, SO THEY DO HAVE, ALL THEIR FINANCING IS SECURED FOR THE, FOR THE MULTIFAMILY UNIT. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY WENT TO ALLIANCE RESIDENTIALS HEADQUARTERS HERE IN HOUSTON. 
          UM, NOT THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, BUT THEIR MAIN OFFICE SPACE HERE IN HOUSTON. 
          AND ACTUALLY REVIEWED THEIR FINISHES AND ALL THEIR FUR, YOU KNOW, ALL THEIR FURNISHINGS AND AMENITIES, UM, TO ENSURE THEIR ADHERENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE WERE GETTING. 
          THE END PRODUCT, UH, THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN OUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          AND BASED ON, ON WHAT I WAS SHOWN AND WHAT I SAW THERE, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY ARE, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA PUT SOME NICE AMENITIES IN THERE AND THEN ACTUALLY ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE SEEKING RENTS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, UH, ON A COST SQUARE PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS THAN WE WERE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATING. 
          SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A NICE DEVELOPMENT THERE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON PARKVIEW? ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, THIS IS, UH, ITEM TWO, UM, INFORM THE BOARD. 
          UM, THE CITY HAS REQUESTED USE OF THE ILLINOIS STREET BUILDING FOR STORAGE PURPOSES AND RECORD KEEPING. 
          UM, THIS WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO TERMINATE A LEASE ON A STORAGE UNIT, SAVING THE CITY SIDE $6,000 A YEAR. 
          UM, AT THIS TIME, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY POTENTIAL TENANTS OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS PROPERTY. 
          UH, WE DO CONTINUE TO SHOP IT WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, FOLKS COME TO US AND, AND ARE LOOKING FOR A BUSINESS LOCATION. 
          UM, SO I DON'T, THIS ACTIVITY WILL NOT IMPEDE OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO, TO SHOP THIS FOR A POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HELP SAVE OUR, OUR PARTNERS IN THE CITY SIDE. 
          SOME MONEY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          HOW SECURE IS IT? UH, IT'S, UH, THE, THE BUILDING'S SECURE. 
          IT, IT, IT LOCKS UP THERE. 
          THERE'S NOBODY'S GETTING IN THERE. 
          UM, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, UM, IS IT DEHUMIDIFIER UNITS, RIGHT? THAT, THAT IT IS KIND OF MOIST IN THERE. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SOME UNITS IN THERE TO, TO DRY IT OUT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT, IT'LL BE OKAY FOR STRICT WOULDN'T BE GOOD FOR, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL CITY OFFICES. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL RECORDS AND RECORD 
          [00:40:01]
RETENTION, IT'S, IT'LL BE FINE. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. 
          UH, SO, UM, FLOATED OUT IS, IS SOMETHING YOU PROBABLY SAW IN YOUR EMAIL WAS A POTENTIAL, UH, MEETING DATE CHANGE. 
          UH, SO THE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD TO CHANGE OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS TO THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH. 
          UH, THIS IS IN BETWEEN THE TWO CITY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT OCCUR MONTHLY. 
          UM, SO FAR THIS CONSENSUS IS THAT, THAT THAT WORKS. 
          UM, YOU WANTED TO JUST MENTION IT HERE AT THE MEETING, IF THAT DOES WORK. 
          UM, WE WILL PUT THE, WE WILL MAKE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING TO, UM, PUT THIS FOR A VOTE. 
          I WOULD JUST ADD ONE THING TO THAT. 
          I THINK TRAVIS HAD MENTIONED THIS MEETING OR TWO BACK AT COUNCIL, IS THAT THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT MEETING TIMES FOR THE DIFFERENT BOARDS AND JUST, AND EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD PUSH OUR, OUR REG OUR MEETING TIME BACK 30 MINUTES, I THINK THE PREFERENCE WAS TO HAVE BOARD MEETING AT SEVEN O'CLOCK MM-HMM . 
          AND SO IF, IF THIS, IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT IT'S THE RIGHT, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT TO IT IS THIRD, THIRD TUESDAY, AND AT SEVEN YEP. 
          I WOULD DO THIRD TUESDAY AT, AT 7:00 PM I THINK HOPEFULLY WITH IT BEING SORT OF IN THE REGULAR, REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING CYCLE, MAYBE HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME MORE COMMUNITY INPUT AND ATTENDANCE WOULD BE THE HOPE. 
          WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE FIRST WEEK? WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH? UH, WE WERE ON THE THIRD MONDAY, SO WE JUST MOVED TO THE THIRD TUESDAY. 
          WE COULD, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE FIRST, FIRST MONDAY. 
          IS THERE A PREFERENCE? HUH? NO, NOT CURRENTLY. 
          WELL, THE THIRD TUESDAY, WELL, I GUESS THE FIRST TUESDAY WOULD BE BETWEEN COUNCIL MEETINGS TOO, WOULDN'T IT? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, THE REASON, THE REASON I WAS ASKING IS BECAUSE IF YOU, IF YOU HAD THE MEETING EARLY, LIKE ON THE FIRST TUESDAY, WHATEVER THAT GIVES YOU, IF YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT HAS TO GO TO COUNCIL, IT GIVES YOU TWO SHOTS AT GETTING IT TO A, YOU KNOW, A COUNCIL VOTE IF IT'S NECESSARY. 
          I JUST WANNA DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T ANOTHER BOARD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY. 
          SO WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS. 
          UM, BUT WE JUST WANT TO, OR EVEN FIRST MONDAY. 
          NO, I, I WOULD, I WOULD TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE MONDAYS. 
          MONDAYS ARE ARE DIFFICULT FOR ME. 
          BUT I WAS JUST SAYING IF, IF, IF IT'S ON THE FIRST TUESDAY AND THERE'S TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT IF FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT QUITE READY TO MAKE THE FIRST ONE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO COME TO COUNCIL, THEN WE HAVE THIS SHOT AT THE SECOND ONE. 
          WELL, STUFF CAN MOVE ALONG OUR NIM AS NIM ADVISE, AS LONG AS WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA POSTED THE VERY NEXT DAY. 
          . 
          WELL, THIS IS, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I WAS BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE OF THE, THE NEW POSTING REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT, IT'S BUSINESS DAYS NOW, RIGHT? SO, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS ON A BUSINESS? WHAT HAPPENS ON A BUSINESS DAY IF THEY'RE ON, IF FOR SOME REASON YOU'RE OFF ON, ON THAT THREE DAYS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE'S A HOLIDAY, DOES THAT COUNT AS A BUSINESS DAY? UH, NO SIR. 
          IF IT'S A HOLIDAY DAY, IT DOES NOT COUNT. 
          WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          SO THERE'S, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THAT FROM WHAT WE LISTENED TO IN THE PRESENTATION OF, FROM THE LEGAL STANDPOINT OF THIS SEEMS LIKE THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING POSTED IN TIME TO MAKE THE COUNCIL'S SECOND MEETING, SECOND TUESDAY MEETING. 
          SO, SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH THE, UM, INTERIM CITY MANAGER, ONE OF THE ONE, SOME OF THE THOUGHT AROUND BEING THAT THIRD TUESDAY WAS THAT WE WERE IN BETWEEN THE TWO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          SO IF SOMETHING NEW CAME OUT OF THE FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD THAT TO OUR AGENDA OR DISCUSS THAT AT OUR MEETING. 
          AND THEN IF WE NEEDED SOMETHING TO TAKE ACTION FROM CITY COUNCIL, WE THEN HAD TIME TO TURN AROUND AND GET IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          SO MINE IS JUST, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT STUFF ON OUR AGENDA THAT MAY NEED TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE OR SOMETHING. 
          'CAUSE IF WE'RE DEALING WITH A PROJECT, RIGHT, IT GIVES YOU TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO GO FOR VOTE VERSUS ONE GIVES OPPORTUNITY. 
          BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN A CONSTRUCTION VISIT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET STARTED, YOU NEED TO GET STARTED, RIGHT? BUT WHETHER YOU DO IT ON THE FIRST OR THE THIRD, YOU'RE STILL IN BETWEEN TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS NO MATTER WHICH ONE YOU DO. 
          OH, YOU'RE, IF YOU DO IT ON THE FIRST TUESDAY, YOU'RE BEFORE TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS CAN, UH, FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH. 
          CAN I SAY THAT REAL QUICK IF YOU DON'T MIND? YEAH. 
          NO MATTER WHAT THOUGH, IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE OUR MEETINGS DON'T, WE DON'T CLOSE 'EM UP AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE DO TWO AND THEN CLOSE BUSINESS, IT'S, IT COULD BE ON THE THIRD OR THE SET FIRST DOESN'T MATTER. 
          EITHER WAY, OUR BUSINESS CONTINUES TO GO. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S IN THE FIRST OR THE THIRD, IT'S KIND OF IRRELEVANT. 
          SO IT FALLS INTO THE CONCERN OF, OF HOW, OF HOW IT HAS TO BE POSTED NOW IS WHERE PART OF MY CONCERN FILLED IN. 
          [00:45:01]
SO I THINK THE BIGGER CONCERN IS ALSO CAN WE MAKE QUORUM? AND SO I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION OFFLINE UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT THAT COMPONENT OF IT. 
          OTHERWISE, AND THAT'S WHY WE, THE TWO WHATEVER MAKE WORKS, THAT'S WHY YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE WERE PROPOSING THIS THIS TUESDAY WAS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR INABILITY TO MAKE QUORUM ON MONDAYS, UM, LIKE I, I KNOW FOR, FOR MR. SPIES, FOR EXAMPLE, HE HAS CONFLICTS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY TUESDAYS. 
          UM, TYPICALLY STAY AWAY FROM WEDNESDAY EVENINGS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE, UM, THAT MASS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT KIND OF QUICKLY WHITTLES YOU DOWN TO REALLY TUESDAY OR THURSDAY. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT WITH, TRY AND GET ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, AS MR. COKER HAD MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD TRY THE TUESDAYS, BUT YOU, WHETHER IT'S THE FIRST OR THE THIRD, HONESTLY, AS LONG AS WE CAN JUST PICK A DATE AND IT'S SET AND UNLESS GIVEN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK THE DELIBERATION IS SOMEWHAT JUSTIFIED, BUT ALSO MUTE. 
          YEP. 
          SO I THINK EITHER WE TAKE THE CONVERSATION OFFLINE AND, AND COME TO A CONSENSUS OFFLINE MM-HMM . 
          OR WE JUST EXERCISE WHATEVER EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE YOU WANT TO EXERCISE AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          MY PERSONAL OPINION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL WE HAVE, UH, EMAIL COMMUNICATION OUT. 
          SO IF, UM, EVERYONE, UH, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO RESPOND TO THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, JUST SO WE CAN GET, UH, GET A CONSENSUS AND WE'LL HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH. 
          THANKS. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          UM, SO FOR LEAGUE CITY REGIONAL CHAMBER, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE STARTED A PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL AND I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BE A PARTICIPANT OF THAT. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE, THIS IS A SPECIAL COUNCIL, UH, TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS STRATEGIC EVENT COORDINATION AND JOINT SOLUTIONS FOR SOME OF OUR RE REGIONAL CHALLENGES. 
          WE HAD A GREAT FIRST MEETING. 
          UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, DELIBERATION GOING AROUND, A LOT OF, A LOT OF, OF, UH, IDEAS SHARING, UM, THAT WERE SHARED. 
          EVERYONE SORT OF SPOKE ABOUT WHAT THEIR PRIMARY, UM, ISSUES WERE IN EACH OF THEIR, THEIR CITIES OR, OR BUSINESSES OR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AND IT WAS A, A GREAT OPEN DIALOGUE. 
          UM, AND THERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL CITIES, SEVERAL OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTY, UH, REPRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          UM, SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A HEADS UP ON THAT. 
          WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING. 
          THIS COUNCIL WILL MEET ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. 
          THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION AND UM, UM, WORK ITEMS IN BETWEEN THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS, BUT, BUT IT'LL BE A QUARTERLY COMMITMENT, UH, TO ATTEND AND THEN IN BETWEEN SOME, SOME WORK. 
          SO, ALRIGHT. 
          OH, SO PASS PASSING. 
          UPCOMING, UH, EVENTS. 
          UH, WE HAD THE RATE, UM, HOUSTON REGIONAL, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, AUGUST MEETING, UH, ATTENDED THAT, ATTENDED THE GALVESTON COUNTY AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS. 
          WE HAVE A QUARTERLY MEETING WHERE WE ALL GET TOGETHER, TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN EACH OF OUR, OUR CITIES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT CHALLENGES, ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, A NETWORKING EVENT THIS WEEK, UM, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY TO MEET POTENTIAL RE RETAILERS FOR A, THE BAYOU VILLAGE, UM, UH, EAST END DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY JUST TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY GONNA HAVE A, A RETAIL FOCUS TO IT, UH, AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPERS. 
          SO THAT'LL BE THIS. 
          I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT THIS THURSDAY. 
          ALRIGHT THEN, UH, UH, AS FAR AS BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, UH, CAITLYN ATTENDED THE BAY H UH, PROSPECT REVIEW MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. 
          APPRECIATE HER DOING THAT. 
          I WAS OUT OF TOWN AT THE TIME. 
          UM, THERE WERE TWO OPPORTUNITIES, PROJECT GOLDMAN PROJECT LIFT THAT, AND THEN WE TALKED WITH BARBARA ABOUT, UM, SO TWO BUSINESSES SEEKING RELOCATION TO THE REGION. 
          UH, WE PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THESE TWO, UH, AND WE'RE AWAI A RESPONSE AND WE'VE BEEN, ACTUALLY, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FOLLOW UP AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN WE MET WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER. 
          UM, UH, IT'S A COFFEE, COFFEE MACHINE VENDOR CALLED JOE WELCOME. 
          UM, CAME IN TO DISCUSS SOME POTENTIAL ASSISTANCE WITH, WITH EXPANSION. 
          SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE, UM, WITH HIM IN THE FUTURE. 
          [00:50:01]
SO I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST FLOAT THE NAME OUT SO EVERYONE GOT GOT TO HEAR IT. 
          UH, THIS PERSON WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO US BY, UM, HE MENTIONED, UM, THE NAME OF SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THAT ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS NOT PLANNED. 
          UM, BUT, UM, UM, DEFINITELY I WILL SAY, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS GENTLEMAN, UM, I GET A LOT OF FOLKS THAT COME INTO MY OFFICE ASKING FOR A LOT OF ASSISTANCE. 
          HIS REQUESTS WERE REASONABLE, SMALL, SCALABLE, UH, AND HE SEEMED TO REALLY KNOW HIS BUSINESS PRETTY WELL AND HAD HIS NUMBERS REALLY AT, UM, YOU KNOW, SET, SHOWED ME HIS BOOKS, SHOWED ME HIS SALES TAX, SO HE SEEMED TO, UM, BE DEFINITELY ON THE, ON HIS WAY. 
          SO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THIS IS YOU. 
          SO AS FAR AS THE UM, DEDC BUSINESS NETWORK, UH, COUNCILMAN SCH AND I HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND WE NEED TO NAIL DOWN A, A RECURRING DATE FOR THAT. 
          UH, BUT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE BUSINESSES SIGN UP, ONE BEING, UH, A NUTRITION PLACE IN TOWN THAT SELLS LIKE PROTEIN SHAKES AND ENERGY TEAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          IF Y'ALL, IT'S OVER BY BOOT BARN, IT'S CALLED QUENCH NUTRITION. 
          UM, I LOVE THEIR PROTEIN SHAKES, SO Y'ALL GO CHECK 'EM OUT. 
          SO THEY'VE SIGNED UP AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THEIR GRAND OPENING, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALREADY OPEN, THEY'RE GONNA BE HAVING LIKE A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. 
          I THINK IT'S THIS SUNDAY. 
          SO MAKE SURE TO ATTEND THAT. 
          AND THEN, YEAH, LIKE I SAID, UH, COUNCILMAN CHI AND I ARE WORKING ON FINDING A TIME TO MAKE IT RECURRING, UM, WEEKLY. 
          AND IF ANYBODY ELSE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING US, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. 
          SO, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT , I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO. 
          UM, SO IS IS THAT A SO, SO IS THAT HOW, HOW, HOW DOES IT WORK? UM, HOW, HOW HAS THAT, HOW'S THAT BEEN PUT TOGETHER? UH, SO I HAVE A PACKET THAT I SEND OUT TO THE BUSINESSES THAT WE GO AROUND TO AND THEY FILL OUT THEIR INFORMATION AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AND THEN I ADD THEM TO MY EXCEL SHEET AND START POSTING AND OKAY. 
          SO, UH, SO WE'RE POSTING THINGS, UH, ABOUT THEM ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          YES. 
          ON THE CITY WEBSITE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, DDC WEBSITE MM-HMM . 
          AND, AND JUST, UH, AND JUST KIND OF, AND, BUT, BUT NOTHING MORE CONCRETE THAN THAT YET. 
          LIKE, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BILLBOARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST, IT IS JUST, WE'RE WE'RE JUST, WE'RE WE'RE JUST PUTTING THEM ON THE, ON THE, UM, ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE AND KIND OF JUST TRYING TO DRAW ATTENTION. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S BASICALLY JUST ADVERTISING HELP DIGITALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THEN DO YOU, ARE YOU GONNA BE MEASURING, UH, THAT AT ALL? LIKE, ARE YOU GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UM, LIKE IF THEY'VE GOTTEN MORE FOOT TRAFFIC OR LIKE IF THEY'VE GOTTEN A BENEFIT FROM IT OR, OR, OR HOW MUCH RESPONSE THEY'VE GOTTEN ON THE WEBSITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH. 
          UH, I'VE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, UM, A QUESTION THAT ASKS IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH ME ON A MONTHLY BASIS JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT ME TO POST, UM, IF THEY'RE HAVING LIKE A SPECIAL THAT WEEK OR THAT MONTH, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, OR IF IT'S LIKE THE HOLIDAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO I CAN DEFINITELY INCLUDE THAT AS, AS KIND OF A FOLLOW UP OF POINT. 
          UH, I, I'D LOVE TO SEE THE PACKAGE JUST TO KIND OF SEE. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          IF YOU EMAIL IT TO ME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          COOL. 
          THANKS. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION TOO. 
          A COUPLE MEETINGS BACK, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOME FORM OF DIGITAL ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD STREET SIGN. 
          YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN SCHICK ALSO MADE A RECOMMENDATION OR SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER AS PART OF THIS PACKAGE? OBVIOUSLY WE ARE LIMITED TO WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES, BUT I THINK THIS COULD FALL WITHIN THAT REALM OF, OF, UH, EVEN THE 10% PROMOTIONAL, UH, DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT TO HELP PROMOTE BUSINESSES. 
          AND SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS AN EDC, I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          YES. 
          AND I MEAN, WE CERTAINLY DO WANNA SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND, AND OUR STARTUP BUSINESSES, UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN A YEAR LIKE THIS WITH, WITH RISING COSTS SEEN ACROSS REALLY PRESSING A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THAT'S SOME OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          UH, IN SOME OF THESE MEETINGS THAT I'VE ATTENDED, UM, WE HAVE NOT GONE AND GOTTEN ANY COSTS AT, OR BIDS OR QUOTES. 
          UM, TO BE PERFECTLY FRANK, I'VE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON WATER STREET AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. 
          UM, AND, AND SIMPLY HAVE NOT HAD A TIME TO GO GET QUOTES. 
          UH, I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TRYING TO ALSO EACH MORNING AS I'M COMING INTO THE OFFICE, STOPPING INTO VARIOUS BUSINESSES AND SIMPLY ASKING HOW THEY'RE DOING AND GETTING THE FEEDBACK OF HOW IS THE BUSINESS GOING? HOW ARE YOU DOING, WHAT DO YOUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? UM, AND TRYING TO GET OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO HEAR THEIR NEEDS. 
          UH, PROBABLY MORE SO THAN I'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          UH, MY SCHEDULE'S KIND OF CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, SO I'M ACTUALLY IN TOWN BEFORE EIGHT O'CLOCK 
          [00:55:01]
AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FINDING SOME EXTRA TIME IN THE DAY TO JUST AS THOSE BUSINESSES ARE OPENING UP, GOING AND TALK TO 'EM. 
          UM, SO I WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM THEM ON, ON WHAT THEY NEED AND, AND ARE WE DOCUMENTING THAT SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN ALL KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HERE, HERE'S THE FOLKS WE'VE TALKED TO, HERE'S HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US TO SEE HOW WE CAN SERVE. 
          HONESTLY, DEREK, I HAVEN'T DOCUMENTED IT. 
          I, I'VE JUST STARTED DOING IT IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 
          I KEEP TRACK OF THE ONE THAT COUNCILMAN CHICK AND I GO TO. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I'LL, I'LL COME IN, I'LL GRAB THEIR BUSINESS CARD. 
          I'LL USUALLY, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED FROM, FROM A SOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORT, I'LL GIVE IT TO CAITLIN. 
          UM, SOME OF 'EM ARE LIKE, UH, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FINE. 
          YOU KNOW, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S ODD, YOU KNOW, YOU COME IN AND YOU SAY YOU'RE FROM THE CITY, SOMETIMES IT GETS A MIXED REACTION. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TRY TO DO IS GET OUT MORE FIRST, RIGHT. 
          AND, AND REALLY TALK TO THEM AND SEE, OKAY, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD THE, WOULD THAT BILLBOARD SOLUTION REALLY BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT? LIKE, LET'S HEAR FROM THEM. 
          UM, HOW ARE THEY DOING? YOU JUST CAME HERE, YOU STARTED THIS LOCATION, YOU HAD A TECH STOCK CONSTRUCTION. 
          HOW IS THAT IMPACTING YOUR BUSINESS? IT WAS INTERESTING. 
          THE ONE I STOPPED INTO ON THAT EXAMPLE SAID, ACTUALLY IT HELPS ME BECAUSE THEY GET BACKED UP, THEY'RE IN FRONT OF MY SHOP AND THEY PULL IN HERE INSTEAD OF SITTING TRAFFIC AND THEY WANNA LOOK AT MY PRODUCTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK, RIGHT, LIKE, OKAY, AND, AND, AND SEEING WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. 
          LIKE I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS KILLING THEM. 
          AND HERE HE'S TELLING ME THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ADVANTAGE. 
          UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, I CAN MAKE THE ASSUMPTIONS AS I DRIVE BY THE BUSINESS OF WHAT I THINK, BUT UNTIL WE'RE ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO THEM, UM, THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE. 
          SO I AGREE. 
          BUT TO DEREK'S POINT, I THINK IF, IF THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION, THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO TRACK OR TO MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN USE IT AS A REFERENCE POINT. 
          YEAH. 
          AT THE VERY LEAST, ENTER THE DATA INTO, UH, OUR CRM TOOL. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT A DATE, YOU CAN PULL A REPORT ON IT AND THAT'S EASY. 
          GET THOSE NAMES IN. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THING BEFORE WE MOVE TO SECTION SIX IS, CAITLYN, YOU HAD SENT OUT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, UM, UH, SOME EXAMPLE VIEWS OF INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE INFORMATIVE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          PUBLIC HAS A PLACE TO GO. 
          REMEMBER YOU ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, SHE SAID THESE ARE SOME, YOU SENT SOME SLIDES OUT. 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S LIKE, SO YOU HAD A WATER STREAK SLIDE, YOU HAD A, AND IT WAS ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT, ABOUT THAT GIVEN PROJECT. 
          SO LIKE WHAT WE DO IN OUR, OR WHAT DAVE DOES IN OUR STAFF UPDATES. 
          YEP. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT YOU HAD SOLICITED SOME INPUT. 
          SO ONE THING WHILE WE'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY, IF YOU CAN ACCESS IT REAL QUICK, SOME OF THE EXAMPLES TO SHOW THE PUBLIC OF, OF HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON DOING AND LAUNCHING FAIRLY SOON SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS EASY ACCESS TO SEE ARTISTS, RENDERINGS, GET THE LATEST UPDATES, SEE WHAT THE TIMELINE IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE, ARE WE ON TRACK, ARE WE NOT, WHAT'S THE TOTAL VALUE? WHAT'S THE TAX, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING ALL THOSE FACTORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          I THINK FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD TO PUT A, A, A PRIORITY ON THAT TO GET THAT LAUNCHED. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION LIKE THAT IN OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THAT I SEND OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          SO I TRY TO DO SOME OF THAT THERE AS WELL. 
          SO, EXCELLENT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO HAVE YOU GOT A COUPLE EXAMPLES YOU CAN SHOW REAL QUICK? I, I CAN'T LOG INTO MY EMAIL ON THIS, SO I DON'T, AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS OR ELSE I WOULD AND I CAN DEFINITELY SEND OUT AN EMAIL WITH THAT INFORMATION TO EVERYBODY, SO, OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          NEVERMIND . 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION 
          [6.  CONSENT AGENDA]
SIX. 
          GONNA CON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. 
          THERE WILL NOT BE A 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. 
          SIX. 
          A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM DEDC REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JUNE 16TH, 2025, SIX B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM DEDC REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JULY 14TH, 2025, SIX C CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE, 2025 D-E-D-D-C ACCOUNT STATEMENT FOR TEXAS FIRST BANK AND TEXAS POOL SIX D CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE JULY, 2025 MONTHLY ADMINISTRATION SERVICE FEE TRANSFER REQUEST SIX E CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE JULY, 2025 PAYROLL TRANSFER REQUEST AND SIX F CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE JUNE, 2025 DEDC FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT. 
          [01:00:01]
DO WE HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SECOND, WE HAVE A MOVE TO APPROVE. 
          AND A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL TAKE THIS TO A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO 
          [7.  OLD BUSINESS]
SECTION SEVEN, OLD BUSINESS SEVEN EIGHT. 
          CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT WITH VISIT WIDGET FOR WEBSITE HOSTING SERVICES. 
          KAY. 
          I HAVE A, YEAH, I HAVE A PRESENTATION. 
          COME ON. 
          NO, I CAN, EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO TONIGHT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A MORE IN DEPTH OVERVIEW OF VISIT WIDGET, WHICH WAS THE PLATFORM THAT I TOUCHED ON, UM, LAST MONTH. 
          CAN YOU JUST GIVE A QUICK SCENARIO WHERE WE ARE? WE, WE BASICALLY OUR CRM I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN? CAN YOU GIVE US, YOU KNOW, THE, EVERYONE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHY WE'RE HERE, WHY WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS? BECAUSE WE LOST OUR WEB HOSTING SERVICES WITH OUR CRM TOOL PROVIDER. 
          YES. 
          SO OUR CRM TOOL, E-D-O-I-Q, UH, THEY ALSO PROVIDED WEB HOSTING FOR US, AND THEY'RE DOING AWAY WITH THAT SERVICE, SO WE'VE GOTTA FIND A NEW ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE ELECTED TO GO THIS ROUTE IS BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VISIT WIDGET. 
          UM, VISIT WIDGET IS A CUSTOMIZABLE DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT'S DESIGNED TO ENHANCE TOURISM AND VISITOR ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO WITH ALL OF OUR UPCOMING DEVELOPMENTS, WATER STREET, ELS, UM, BAYOU VILLAGE, AND ALSO ALL OF OUR CURRENT ATTRACTIONS, UM, VISIT, VISIT WIDGET WILL HELP TO STREAMLINE VISITOR PLANNING, UM, AND SHOWCASE ATTRACTIONS. 
          AND THAT CAN BE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO DICKINSON OR PEOPLE THAT ALREADY LIVE HERE. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE WHITE BOX, THE CONTRACT COST IS $5,450 FOR THE INITIAL SETUP FEE. 
          SO THAT'S TRANSFERRING EVERYTHING OVER FROM OUR CURRENT HOST TO THEM. 
          AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT IS 8 49 A MONTH, AND THAT COMES WITH A WHOLE HOST OF, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? YES, SORRY. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FEATURES. 
          I INCLUDED SOME CURRENT CLIENTS AT THE BOTTOM THERE. 
          I THINK THEY HAVE AROUND 300 CITIES THAT THEY SERVICE. 
          UM, BUT THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE THAT I WANTED TO INCLUDE. 
          UM, THE FIRST IS THAT THEY ARE CUSTOM BRANDED TO ANY CITY THAT THEY WORK WITH. 
          UH, SO WHEN IT COMES TO DICKINSON, UH, BOTH THE APP AND THE WEBSITE PRESENCE ARE STYLED TO PERFECTLY MATCH, UM, OUR UNIQUE BRAND. 
          THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT FOR NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING US. 
          UM, AND IT BOOSTS ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY PRIDE. 
          UH, SECOND BEING IS SUPPORTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, THEY ARE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, HOST. 
          SO THEY ENCOURAGE EXTENDED STAYS AND BOOSTS VISIBIL VISIBILITY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTES TO INCREASED SPENDING, WHICH INCREASES OUR, UH, SALES TAX BASE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST FEATURE, AS MINA TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN OUR JULY MEETING, THEY HAVE GREAT SECURITY FEATURES, UM, AND THOSE INCLUDE SSL ENCRYPTION, FIREWALL AND THREAT DETECTION, AND A FOCUS ON USER PRIVACY. 
          SO HOW CAN VISIT WIDGET HELP DICKINSON? UM, AS WE STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, THE DICKINSON EDCS MAIN GOAL IS TO MAKE MONEY FOR THE CITY BY INCREASING NOT ONLY OUR JOBS AND OUR, UH, PROPERTY VALUE, BUT OUR TAX, OUR SALES TAX BASE AS WELL. 
          UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE WORK HARD EACH DAY TO PROMOTE AND RETAIN CURRENT BUSINESSES, UM, SHOWCASING WHAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER AND WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE IS IMPERATIVE TO THIS MISSION. 
          AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDES ARE KIND OF GONNA GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE FEATURES THAT VISIT WIDGET OFFERS AND THE BENEFITS THAT COME ALONG WITH THOSE FEATURES. 
          SO THIS IS GONNA BE WHAT THE BRANDED APP LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A VISITOR OR IF YOU LIVE HERE, YOU DOWNLOAD OUR APP, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, AND THE WEBSITE INTERFACE WILL LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR. 
          UM, I DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, BUT I JUST PICKED OUT A COUPLE THAT I FELT WERE IMPORTANT TO TOUCH ON. 
          THE FIRST BEING, UM, THAT IT IS FULLY BRANDED AND TAILORED TO DICKINSON. 
          AND THE BENEFIT OF THIS IS THAT IT REINFORCES OUR BRAND AND SHOWS VISITORS, UH, THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE. 
          UM, THE SECOND ONE IS EMBEDDED MAPS. 
          SO SEAMLESS NAVIGATION OF DICKINSON RIGHT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. 
          SO THIS ALLOWS VISITORS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANNA HAVE TUNNEL VISION ON DICKINSON, THAT'S WHAT THEY GET. 
          UH, YOU LOG IN AND I MEAN, YOU CAN JUST SCROLL AROUND AND SEE, UM, LIKE YOU SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THERE. 
          IF YOU WANNA LOOK FOR A RESTAURANT, YOU GOT EAT AND DRINK OUTDOORS. 
          UM, AND THEN IT'LL TAKE YOU TO A MAP. 
          AND THEN THE LAST, UM, A DA COMPLIANT, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC THAT VISITS OR LIVES IN DICKINSON HAS ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. 
          [01:05:03]
AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THE PACKAGE IS OBVIOUSLY OUR WEBSITE HOSTING SERVICE. 
          AND THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IS OPTIMIZE WORDPRESS HOSTING. 
          THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ALREADY USE WORDPRESS TO DESIGN AND RUN THE SITE. 
          SO WHENEVER THEY TRANSFER EVERYTHING OVER FROM OUR CURRENT HOST TO THEM, WE WON'T LOSE ANY DESIGN, WE WON'T LOSE ANY INFORMATION. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET EVERYTHING IN ORDER. 
          SO, UM, IT'S USED BY LEADING BRANDS AND IT'S HIGH PERFORMING AND, AND TRUSTED. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS DAILY BACKUPS AND ONE CLICK RESTORE FEATURES. 
          SO OUR WEBSITE DATA WILL BE BACKED UP EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. 
          SO IF THERE'S A CRASH, SOMETHING HAPPENS, I MEAN, YOU CAN RECOVER IT THE NEXT DAY. 
          PROBLEM SOLVED. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES IS THE ADVANCED SECURITY MEASURES. 
          UM, SSL ENCRYPTION, ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROLS AND FIREWALL AND THREAT DETECTION. 
          AND THEN THIS IS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN IN-HOUSE CRM. 
          SO THIS PROVIDES VALUABLE ANALYTICS THAT GIVE US INSIGHT INTO REOR AND VISITOR ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT? WHAT ARE VISITORS THAT COME TO OUR WEBSITE AND COME TO OUR APP? WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT? AND IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO TRACK THAT DATA AND ENSURES THAT OUR MARKETING DOLLARS ARE BEING USED STRATEGICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY. 
          SO THAT'S A REALLY COOL PART OF IT. 
          AND THEN THAT'S IT. 
          IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. 
          SO YOU, ME, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS HOSTING SERVICE HAS A CRM TOOL FUNCTIONALITY MM-HMM . 
          SO OUR CRM TOOL THAT, THAT WE'RE USING NOW, NO LONGER DOES THE WEB HOST SITE WEB WEBSITE HOSTING, BUT THIS ONE HAS A CRM TOOL. 
          SO HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON E-D-O-I-Q? DO WE THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL? AND IS THIS CRM TOOL THAT'S AVAILABLE WITHIN THE FEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY? IS IT A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION TO INVESTIGATE? IS IT A USABLE TOOL THAT WOULD HELP US? UM, I DON'T, IN NEW OF E-D-O-I-Q-I DON'T THINK THAT, I THINK E-D-O-I-Q AND VISIT WIDGET IS, IT'S DI MEAN E-D-O-I-Q, WE USE TO TRACK OUR PROJECTS AND DATES AND STUFF THAT HAPPENED WITH THE PROJECTS, WHEREAS VISIT WIDGET WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE META, UM, LIKE CLICKABLES AND, AND TRACKING WHERE, LIKE, HOW LONG A USER STAYS ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST NET MORE DATA ANALYTICS. 
          BUT YOU MENTIONED CRM TOOL THAT'S DIFFERENT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, DAVE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT BETTER. 
          WHAT I SAW FROM THEM, I WOULD NOT CONSIDER OUR CRM TOOL, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IN EDO IQ. 
          UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY EDO IQ IS, IS A TOOL THAT REALLY IS DESIGNED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. 
          SO WE CAN PUT ALL OF OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, INFORMATION WAREHOUSE, OUR DOCUMENTS, UM, THERE'S A CALENDAR FEATURE IN THERE. 
          SO WHEN THERE IS A, UM, A CHECKPOINT AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IT SENDS ME A NOTIFICATION SAYS YOU NEED TO REACH OUT TO ELS AND GET THEIR JOB NUMBERS FOR THIS PAST YEAR. 
          UM, THIS DOES NOT HAVE THAT, THAT TYPE OF OF FUNCTIONALITY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND, AND THE OTHER POINT TO IT, I KNOW WE, WE, WE WERE HOSTING OUR WEBSITE THROUGH E-D-O-I-Q, BUT IN TALKING WITH IT, WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DOING THAT , UH, FROM A, A SECURITY STANDPOINT. 
          UM, UH, SO THIS, UH, UH, OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE LOOKED AT, THIS ONE REALLY MET AND THEN WAS BACKED BY IT FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT AS WELL. 
          IS THERE, IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON WHY WE'RE DOING OUR OWN WEB HOSTING SERVICE VERSUS USING THE ONE THAT THE CITY USES? YES. 
          I THINK, I MEAN, THE CITY CIVIC PLUS IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT SINCE WE TECHNICALLY AREN'T A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, WE DON'T, UH, FOLLOW THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY DOES. 
          FAIR ENOUGH, FAIR ENOUGH OF A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ESPECIALLY AFTER WE, AFTER WE ASKED YOU FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UH, DOES THE APP HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS? YES. 
          SO IF WE WANTED TO UTILIZE THE SYSTEM VERY SIMILAR TO HOW MUNICIPALITIES USE CODE RED MM-HMM . 
          OR ANOTHER FACILITY FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ROAD CLOSURE, WE COULD UTILIZE THE APP FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M 97% SURE. 
          I CAN DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I'M, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN WE ALSO USE IT TO PROMOTE BUSINESS? IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC, UH, PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY, ANYTHING OF THAT SORT MM-HMM . 
          YEAH, I MEAN, UH, THE WIDGET, I MEAN, THE WIDGET INSIDE OF THE WIDGET, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY, WHEN YOU CLICK ON A CERTAIN BUSINESS, IT'LL PULL UP KIND OF ALL ABOUT THAT BUSINESS AND I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEY CAN CUSTOMIZE, UH, THE INFORMATION THEY WANT ON THAT. 
          AND THEN ANY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HOMECOMING OR, YOU KNOW, THE CHRISTMAS PARK LIGHTING OR, YEAH, THERE'S ROAD CLOSURE'S, UH, IF I, THERE'S A CALENDAR OF EVENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NICE JOB, CAITLYN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          [01:10:03]
WHAT'S THAT? . 
          SO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ACTION AT RIGHT NOW? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? UH, YEAH. 
          I, I'LL, I'LL GIVE A MOTION TO, UH, TO APPROVE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY DEREK SECOND BY CLINTON. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? I GOT A QUESTION. 
          UH, I DON'T REMEMBER THE COST. 
          YEAH, I THINK IT WAS $829 A MONTH AND A 5,000 PLUS INITIATION FEE. 
          YEAH, IT'S 5,400 FOR THE INITIAL SETUP FEE, AND THEN 8 49 PER MONTH AFTER THAT. 
          ANOTHER QUESTION, IS THIS ALREADY FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET? THIS IS, IS FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET THAT YOU'LL SEE LATER ON THIS EVENING THAT IT JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT IT COSTS. 
          YEAH, THAT'S FINE. 
          UNDERSTAND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL TAKE THIS TO A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION SEVEN, OLD BUSINESS SEVEN, A CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH VISIT. 
          WHAT CAN WE ALREADY DO? SEVEN B CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO SPONSOR THE BAYOU FRIENDS FOREVER. 
          BLACK TIE TEXAS GALA. 
          WE ALREADY, UH, DID THIS, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL APPROVALS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR AT THIS TIME SINCE I SERVE ON THE BOARD, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO INTEREST, SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN BFF, AND I'M NOT BREAKING ANY RULES IF I VOTED ON IT, JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF, LEAVE THE ROOM AND IN ITS ENTIRETY, AND YOU ALL CAN DELIBERATE ON THIS ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, SO, UH, AS, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE, UH, THIS, THIS BOARD BEFORE, UM, THAT WAS A $5,000 SPONSORSHIP, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE EDC, UH, AT THE JOINT BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS THE JOINT WORKSHOP BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL, EDC AND DMD. 
          ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS, CAN'T WE STREAMLINE THE PROCESSES FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT BOARDS? SO MEANING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, EDC WILL DO EVERYTHING FOR THIS ONE EVENT, AND THEN DMD WILL DO THIS EVENT AND C WILL DO THAT EVENT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL REPRESENTED, UM, BUT WE'RE JUST STREAMLINING THE PROCESS VERSUS GOING, YOU KNOW, BOARD TO BOARD TO BOARD. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SO THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION, UM, I'VE, SINCE WE HAD ALREADY REVIEWED THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UM, STEP UP FOR THIS ONE. 
          AND, UH, SO WE ARE COMING BACK TO THIS BODY TO APPROVE, UM, A TOTAL OF $10,000, RIGHT? SO A $5,000 CONTRIBUTION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DICKINSON AND ANOTHER $5,000 CONTRIBUTION, UM, OR, OR SPONSORSHIP, I SHOULD SAY, NOT CONTRIBUTION BEFORE COUNCIL GETS ON ME. 
          UM, SPONSORSHIP ON BEHALF OF THE DMD, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, FOR THE TOTAL OF $15,000. 
          UM, SO IT WENT FROM 10 TO $15,000. 
          UH, WELL, IT WAS EACH, EACH ENTITY, EACH ENTITY, K FIVE WAS FIVE FOR EACH ENTITY, RIGHT? SO WE'D ALREADY APPROVED OUR, OUR FIVE. 
          UM, SO IT WOULD BE FIVE ON BEHALF OF DMD FIVE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT EVENT THE DMD WILL DO, YOU KNOW, THEIR FIVE, AND THEN FIVE ON BEHALF OF THE EDC AND FIVE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, JUST TO TRY TO STREAM THE, THE REQUEST WAS TO STREAMLINE, UH, SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY. 
          SO IT WAS, IT WAS THE THREE BODIES WORKING TOGETHER TO, UM, TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IF, UM, ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS OR NOT, BUT, BUT THAT WAS THE GOAL WAS JUST TO MAKE THE PROCESS SMOOTHER. 
          SO BASICALLY, UH, WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THE FACT THAT WE ARE A BUNCH OF NONPROFITS THAT ALL GIVE MONEY TO OTHER NONPROFITS. 
          THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND NONPROFITS IS TO RAISE FUNDS FROM PRIVATE FUNDS, NOT COMMINGLE IT WITH THIS, TO THAT, TO THAT. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING A WHOLE LOT, WHICH WE'RE NOT DOING. 
          ONCE AGAIN, THE BIG THING IS, IS WHETHER 15 GRAND COMES FROM DICKINSON AS A WHOLE, OR FIVE FROM DMD, FROM THIS IS ALL, WE'RE ALL PART OF THE MISSION, RIGHT? IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. 
          'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY GETTING OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO A BUNCH OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHEN WE ARE IN FACT OUR OWN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, UM, OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT, RIGHT? SO FOR INSTANCE, THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION GALA, 
          [01:15:01]
I AM A MEMBER OF THE BOARD. 
          I'M ACTUALLY ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. 
          I AM SAYING, I DO NOT WANT A SINGLE DOLLAR FROM THE CITY UNLESS Y'ALL WANT TO DO IT, BECAUSE YOU WANNA HAVE A TABLE THERE, RIGHT? I KNOW. 
          WE DON'T NEED THE ADVERTISEMENT. 
          I HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO WANT TO GET TABLES. 
          WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AT FUNDRAISING FOR OUR NON-PROFIT SCENARIOS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, BUYING ANIMAL FRIENDS FOREVER. 
          HOWEVER, I ALSO KNOW IS WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE STARTUP MONEY WHEN WE START THESE NONPROFITS. 
          THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW NONPROFIT. 
          SO THE IDEA WOULD BE, Y'ALL FRONT THIS ONE BECAUSE THE MONEY'S COMING RIGHT BACK TO THE CITY, RIGHT. 
          IN LIEU OF A DONATION TO THE, UH, BAYOU ANIMAL SERVICES. 
          SO THAT IS, UH, WHY WE WERE TRYING TO ASK FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THAT ONE. 
          AND THEN, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OF OUR ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT, UM, CONTRIBUTING TO THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE CONTRIBUTING TAX PAYING DOLLARS TO. 
          RIGHT? SO, UM, THIS IS A GOOD CAUSE. 
          THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFITS. 
          THE BAYOU ANIMAL SERVICES, THIS $15,000. 
          UM, AND REMEMBER, THIS IS REALLY KIND OF FRONT MONEY SO THAT WE CAN RAISE MORE FUNDS FOR BAYOU ANIMAL SERVICES, WHICH IS ALSO AN ENTITY OF DICKINSON. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT WAS THE WHOLE PREMISE BEHIND THE CONVERSATION. 
          UH, ARE YOU GONNA OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS OR SHOULD WE JUST GO AHEAD? OH, OKAY. 
          WHO, SO I, I PERSONALLY HAVE THOUGHTS AROUND, WITHOUT THAT EXPLANATION, MAYOR, I THINK I WOULD'VE VOTED AGAINST THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I HAVE STRONG CONCERNS OR RES RESERVATIONS IN DOING THINGS WHERE THERE IS NO ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THE CITY. 
          BUT IN TURNS MOTION, MAKE A MOTION BEFORE YOU HAVE DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I WILL MAKE A MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND, I, I MOVE TO, TO APPROVE $15,000 FOR, UH, BEST FRIENDS OF BIO ANIMAL SERVICES. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? IT IT, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 10. 
          WE'VE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN I MOVE, THEN WE CONTRIBUTE AN ADDITIONAL $10,000 TO BBF FOR THEIR EVENT. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          YEAH. 
          DISCUSSION. 
          DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITHOUT THAT EXPLANATION, I WOULD'VE HAD SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE BENEFIT TO CITIES AND HOW WE SUPPORT, UH, A NONPROFIT SUPPORTING A NONPROFIT. 
          BUT WITH THE EXPLANATION, I UNDERSTAND THE INDIRECT RELATIONSHIP, THEREFORE, I HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I ASKED FOR A CLARIFICATION ON THE 10% PROMOTIONAL WAS FOR THIS VERY REASON MM-HMM . 
          IS BECAUSE IF THIS FALLS WITHIN THAT, PER, WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS, THEN IT PROVIDES US WITH THE LATITUDE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MOVE ON IT IF WE CHOOSE TO DO SO. 
          SO WITH THAT, I HAVE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          WELL, THIS, THIS EVENT IS, IS BASICALLY PART OF THE STARTUP, AS THEY SAID, A STARTUP MONEY FOR THE EVENT, WHICH THEY HAVE HAD. 
          THIS WILL BE, I THINK THEIR THIRD ONE. 
          UH, THEY IS QUITE A BIG TURNOUT, AND THEY HAVE THE EVENTS THAT GROWN IN SIZE RELATIVELY WELL. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'VE DONE IT, I'VE DONE IT THE PAST TWO YEARS AND NEVER MADE IT. 
          SOMETHING'S ALWAYS COME UP. 
          SO, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT NON-PROFITS OR NON-PROFITS. 
          BASICALLY, THEIR WHOLE MISSION IS TO DONATE TO OTHER NON-PROFITS. 
          THAT'S PART OF YOUR, THAT'S PART OF YOUR MISSION STATEMENT. 
          SO, I MEAN, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST IN LINE WITH, UH, AND THE EVENT DOES BRING PEOPLE TO THE CITY. 
          SO ANYTIME YOU BRING THEM, THEY CAN STOP BY AND HAVE A HAMBURGER AT TJ RE'S. 
          WHO KNOWS . 
          DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL TAKE IT TO VOTE. 
          UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? NO. 
          MOTION PASSES BACK IN THE SADDLE . 
          ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO SEVEN C DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF THE DEDC FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO THIS TIME MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, UH, 2025 FOR DEDC. 
          GIMME A SECOND. 
          ALL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY DISCUSSION 
          [01:20:01]
ON THE BUDGET? I, I KNOW, UM, THANKS FOR SENDING IT OUT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD IT, IT, WE HAD A, A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH COUNCIL IS ALSO, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE A QUO AT THE, AT THE WORKSHOP, SO WE REALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO, TO DELIBERATE. 
          BUT, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL REQUIRES ANY SPECIAL ATTENTION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM, UM, SOME SOMEWHAT ABNORMAL FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT, THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT WE MAY HAVE MISSED? SO, UH, I, I BELIEVE ALL PRO ALL PROJECT PROJECTS, UH, ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. 
          UH, ALL ITEMS ON THE BUDGET HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THIS BODY, UH, BE IT EITHER PUBLIC FORUM OR IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UM, SO THERE'S REALLY, UH, NO NEW ITEMS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS OBVIOUSLY THE VISIT WIDGET IS, IS, IS A NEW COST IS POPPED UP ON THERE, BUT, UM, THAT WAS PROBABLY, UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, SOME OF THE, SOME ITEMS WERE REDUCED. 
          UM, BASICALLY LOOKING AT, UH, SOME, UH, ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT WILL BE PART THAT WE HAD BUDGETED SEPARATELY IN 24 AND 25 THAT ARE NOW GONNA BE PART OF PROJECTS THAT ARE NAMED AND ESTABLISHED. 
          AND THAT'S IN THE PROJECT BUDGET. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE BUDGET ITEMS WERE REDUCED. 
          UH, ANOTHER PROGRAM, OUR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION BUDGET WAS ALSO REDUCED. 
          UM, IT HAD NOT BEEN FULLY UTILIZED IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, SO I, I PULLED THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, NOT TO DO AWAY WITH IT, BUT STILL HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THAT PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT UNTIL, IF IT'S NOT BEING FULLY UTILIZED, I'M JUST SCALING IT BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          WHEN I WAS JUST ASKING THEM ON SOME, UM, UH, WHAT, THERE, THERE'S BEEN A RECENT LAWSUIT THAT CAME UP THAT WE'VE BEEN NAMED AS A, UH, IN WITH A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON, ON THE PICNIC GROUNDS. 
          AND I WANTED TO, UM, UH, CONFIRM THAT WE'VE GOT MONEY BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR TO COVER THOSE ANTICIPATED EXPENSES. 
          WHAT IS THAT AMOUNT? SHOULD WE ANTICIPATE MAYBE INCREASING THAT? UM, NOT THAT I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. 
          WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL. 
          YEAH. 
          SARAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ONE IN FRONT OF YOU? HAS, UH, $20,000 20 YEAH. 
          AND LEGAL FEES AND, UM, WE BELIEVE 50,000 IS MORE ACCURATE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S FIRST I HEARD OF THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE ADHERE TO SARAH'S ADVICE ON THAT ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS, THIS IS WHERE YOU DOING AMEND, I THINK, I THINK M'S. 
          COUNSEL ON THIS ONE. 
          MOTION ? UH, YES, THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET JUST TO, UH, INCREASE THAT LINE ITEM FROM 20 TO 50,000. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE BUDGET TO INCREASE THE, UH, LEGAL FEES, UH, BY $30,000. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? COULDN'T IT BE ADDRESSED IF WE TO MAKE, HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT LATER ON DURING, IN THE YEAR IF YOU HAVE TO, TO, UH, COVER ADDITIONAL COSTS? THAT'S, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADDITIONAL COST IS. 
          WELL, WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE GONNA SPEND IT. 
          WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA BUDGET FOR IT SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK US LATER IF THEY NEED IT. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, WE, IF IT'S NOT SPENT, THAT'S MORE OF A BLESSING, BUT AT LEAST PLANNING FOR THAT EXPENSE RIGHT NOW IS A LITTLE BIT MORE PRUDENT, I WOULD BELIEVE. 
          AND THAT EXPENSE WILL NOT BE BUILT, PICKED UP BY OUR INSURANCE. 
          UH, NO SIR. 
          IT IS A BREACH OF CONTRACT CLAIM. 
          AND THOSE ARE NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE OR CONTRACT. 
          GET THE JOB. 
          YEAH, WE WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON THAT ONE, . 
          OKAY. 
          ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE THIS TO A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF INCREASING THE BUDGET $30,000, UH, ON THE LEGAL LINE ITEM. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP, SIR. 
          NOW APPROVE THE BUDGET ITSELF, RIGHT? YES. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EDC FISCAL YEAR 2020 5, 26 BUDGET? I THINK WE ALREADY DID. 
          THAT'S WHAT, NO, WE DID. 
          YEAH, NOW WE, SO NOW WE JUST GOTTA, JUST GOTTA VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [01:25:01]
WE'LL TAKE THAT TWO AND VOTE ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE ON. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          NEW 
          [8.  NEW BUSINESS]
BUSINESS EIGHT. 
          A CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH BAY AREA HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 2028. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WE ON THIS TONIGHT? BARBARA, HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM BAY HERE. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MARTIN MITCHELL, VICE PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY AT THE BAY AREA HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP. 
          UH, REALLY JUST WANTED TO BE HERE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT SINCE 2006, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND WORK, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE, UM, IN YOUR PACKAGE SHOULD BE THE, A COPY OF THE, THE CONTRACT HAS ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT OR IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? UM, THAT, THAT ITEM, UH, IS IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU JUST APPROVED. 
          UM, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, UM, MAYBE IT'D BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IT IS, UM, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW HOW WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND THAT SORT OF, SO JUST, SORRY, I WAS TOLD EARLIER THAT I WAS JUST COMING TO THANK YOU. 
          NO, THAT THAT'S, BUT BUT JUST FOR PEOPLE. 
          'CAUSE BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING ON, ON, UH, YOU KNOW, ON, ON VIDEO POTENTIALLY AND THAT, SO IT'D BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS. 
          AND SO THE BAY HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE RECRUIT, RETAIN, EXPAND PRIMARY JOBS IN THE REGION. 
          SO WE LOOK AT A 5, 10, 15, 20 YEAR DIRECTION ON HOW TO SHAPE THE ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEM IN OUR REGION. 
          AND SO WITH THE BAYER HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP, IF YOU LOOK AT A MAP OF OUR REGION, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SIX O'CLOCK TO THREE O'CLOCK ON THAT MAP ALL THE WAY DOWN 45 AND SIX, UH, SIX 10, I'M SORRY, 2 25. 
          OVER TO THE WATER. 
          WE HAVE OUR, UH, PRIMARY, UH, INDUSTRY CLUSTERS, AEROSPACE, ESPECIALLY CHEMICAL HOTEL TOURISM, HEALTHCARE, AND THEN, UM, MARITIME LOGISTICS. 
          SO WE GO OUT AND WE ACTIVELY RECRUIT THOSE BUSINESSES TO COME TO THE AREA, TO THE REGION. 
          WE WORK WITH OUR EDC PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS THAT THEY COULD FIT INTO AND THEN HELP THEM GET THAT INFORMATION TO THOSE THROUGH THOSE, UM, PROSPECTIVE BUSINESSES TO HELP BRING THEM IN HERE. 
          SO IF WE CAN BRING THOSE PRIMARY JOBS IN, THAT BRINGS IN YOUR SECONDARIES, YOUR RESTAURANTS, YOUR ENTERTAINMENT, YOUR DRY CLEANERS. 
          SO WE TRY TO GROW THE INDUSTRIES AND THE JOBS IN THE REGION. 
          I'D LIKE TO JUST, JUST ADD ONTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES TO BE A, A TREMENDOUS PARTNER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR US. 
          WHEN, WHEN KROGER'S LEFT, UM, THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES ON THE PHONE. 
          HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT CAN WE DO? UH, WE GET CONSTANT COMMUNICATION AND BARBARA AND I WERE EMAILING EACH OTHER YESTERDAY ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON, UM, JUST ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT PROSPECTS, UH, BE IT REAL ESTATE THAT THAT'S COMING ON THE MARKET. 
          UM, Y YOU KNOW, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE STAFF UPDATE, UH, NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, ANY TIME THAT I'VE HAD AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM OR A CHALLENGE, UM, IF I NEEDED ANY ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT YOU HEAR TONIGHT OR BRIAN, UM, THAT DOOR'S ALWAYS OPEN AND, AND I NEVER HAVE AN ISSUE, UH, GETTING FACETIME WITH THEM, TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST, NOT JUST ON A REGIONAL LEVEL, BUT SPECIFICALLY HERE, HERE IN DICKINSON. 
          UM, SO THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, PROBABLY WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH AND WE'RE MEMBERS OF, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN DEFINITELY ONE OF, ONE OF THOSE STANDOUT, UM, SUPPORTERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM PRIOR, WE'VE SINCE 2006, THIS IS A RENEWAL. 
          THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY AS, OKAY. 
          THEY SEND A NEW, SO THE NEW CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE HAS A CERTAIN RATE FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          YES, IT'S A RENEWABLE, YES. 
          IT'S ALSO A, A NEW CONTRACT TERM. 
          I, IF I CAN ADD ONE MORE THING ABOUT A SURE. 
          SO ONE THING I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IS THEY DON'T JUST BRING BUSINESSES HERE. 
          THEY ALSO HOST A THING CALLED THE COUNCIL OF MAYORS. 
          UH, THEY HOST IT EVERY AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON WE ON A WEDNESDAY. 
          SO IT'S HAPPENING THIS NEXT WEDNESDAY, WHICH I'LL BE GOING. 
          UM, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALSO GETS US IN CONNECTION WITH DEVELOPERS. 
          WE HAVE HOUR LONG MEETINGS WHERE THEY EXPLAIN WHAT REALLY THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP IN A CITY. 
          SO THE EDUCATION PIECE ALONE, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE 
          [01:30:01]
GO CHECK IT OUT. 
          BRIAN FRIEDMAN HAS DONE AN AWESOME JOB WITH ME AT LEAST, UM, BECAUSE BEING MAYOR, AND THEN I GOT TO ALSO BECAUSE OF THAT, I'VE GOTTEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH A LOT OF OTHER MAYORS, PARA LAND, SEABROOK, KEMA, ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THEIR CITIES. 
          SO ASKING WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T. 
          SO THE COMMUNITY THING IS HUGE WITH BEHE AS WELL, NOT JUST THE DEVELOP THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE. 
          SO, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD ON THE PUBLIC POLICY SIDE. 
          BEHE PLAYS A LEADING ROLE IN A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AS WELL AS IN DC UH, BEYOND AEROSPACE. 
          BUT I ALSO IN TEXAS, WHAT HAPPENS LEGISLATIVELY IN SOME OF THE POLICIES THERE? UH, I'VE BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF BEHE FOR YEARS. 
          I THINK THEY DO GREAT WORK AND I THINK, UM, YES, THEY DO GREAT WORK. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          UM, VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THESE GUYS. 
          SO, UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO A, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, CONTRACT WITH BAAP? OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE WILL TAKE THIS TO A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          A NAYS NONE. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          ALRIGHT, EIGHT B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN INCENTIVE REQUEST APPLICATION FOR DEPOT REPAIRS FOR KEEP DICKINSON. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          I SEE JULIE OUT THERE. 
          JULIE, HAVE YOU GOT SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO BRIEF US ON HERE? THERE'S ALSO A COPY, UM, OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN EMAIL. 
          THAT'S THE BID. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT'S, UH, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? UM, I SENT PHOTOS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF YOU OUT AT THE DEPOT LATELY. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ROTTEN WOOD THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          UH, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          THE, OH BY THE WAY, JEWELRY MASTERS SIX 14 OLD OAKS. 
          DO Y'ALL STILL DO THAT? UM, OKAY. 
          UM, THE CITY, UH, TOLD US ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TO STOP, UH, HAVING PEOPLE RENT THE FACILITY OUT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE ROTTEN WOOD ON THE, UH, WHEELCHAIR RAMPS. 
          THE, UM, HANDRAILS ARE WOBBLING AND THE WOOD IS ROTTING. 
          UM, ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES. 
          THEY DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE, UH, TO SHOW YOU KIND OF THE DAMAGE THAT IS OUT THERE AND IS GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY. 
          UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR TEN FIVE, THE BID WAS 11, AND SO WE WOULD COVER THE 500 AND ANY OVERAGES THAT ARE OF COURSE NOT IN EXCESS. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS FOR TEN FIVE. 
          UM, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY JUST SPENT $3,000 HAVING THE INSULATION PUT UNDER, PUT BACK UNDER THEIR OFFICE AND THE ADJOINING OFFICE TO THEM THAT THE, UH, VART HAD PULLED DOWN. 
          SO BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, POSSUM AND CAT AND OTHER CRITTERS OUT THERE, FLEAS WERE COMING UP THROUGH THE FLOOR AND SPREADING OUT THROUGH THE BUILDING, AND THEN THE COLD AND THE HEAT COMES THROUGH THE CRACKS. 
          SO THEY'VE, THEY'VE TOOK CARE OF THAT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY GENEROUS OF THEM TO DO. 
          UH, BUT THE, THE SAFETY ISSUE, I HAD A YOUNG COUPLE COME OUT JUST, UM, EARLIER THIS MONTH. 
          UH, THEY WANTED TO HAVE THEIR WEDDING OUT THERE AND I HAD TO TELL 'EM NO, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE. 
          WHAT IS IN THE BID IS JUST A FRACTION OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OUT THERE. 
          THE DOORS INTO THE MUSEUM NEED TO EITHER BE REPLACED OR TAKEN OFF, SANDED DOWN AND REPAINTED AND SEALED. 
          THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS SINKING A LITTLE BIT. 
          IT HAS SETTLED A LITTLE BIT, WHICH CAUSES THAT ONE DOOR INTO THE MUSEUM WHERE IF YOU PULL JUST A, A KID DID, IT ACTUALLY MADE US AWARE OF IT. 
          PULLED THE DOOR OPEN AND IT WAS LOCKED. 
          SO, UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE ROOF IS IN IN GOOD SHAPE. 
          IT WAS PUT ON IN 2011. 
          UM, BUT IT, IT REALLY NEEDS SOME ATTENTION. 
          I THINK IT, WE DO GET PEOPLE THERE FROM, YOU NAME A STATE IN THE, IN THE US AND WE'VE PROBABLY HAD PEOPLE OUT THERE FROM THERE IN ADDITION TO ALL THE LOCAL CITIES, UH, AROUND US, UH, AS FAR AS RO SHARON AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN CLEAR LAKE HOUSTON. 
          SO IT IS, IT IS A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, 
          [01:35:02]
UM, IF IT'S FIXED UP, IF IT'S MARKETED, I THINK, AND IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO MANAGE THOSE EVENTS AND BECAUSE IN THE PAST, UH, EITHER JOAN OR I HAVE SAT OUT THERE WHILE SOMEBODY HAD THEIR BABY SHOWER OR HAD THEIR EVENT FOR FREE AND, UM, WE, WE PROBABLY DON'T WANNA DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          BUT, UH, ANYWAY, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT VENUE AND IT COULD REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TRAIN SHOW USED TO BE OUT THERE EVERY CHRISTMAS. 
          THE PLANT SWAP HAD, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO 500 PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          UH, JUST THERE'S THE ART GUILD HAD SOMETHING, THE POTTERY SHOW. 
          SO IT, IT REALLY IS, FITS INTO WHAT YOU GUYS DO HERE. 
          SO I HOPE YOU'LL, YOU'LL APPROVE THAT. 
          UM, I DID APPLY FOR AN, A GRANT TO TRY TO PAY FOR IT, AND I DID THAT FOR 21,000 TO TRY TO COVER THE COST OF THOSE DOORS, WHICH I TOTALLY MADE UP BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA COST AND THE OTHER ISSUES THAT IS, THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, THAT, ANY QUESTIONS, WALTER? OH, IF, UH, IF THESE REPAIRS ARE MADE, THEN WOULD IT BE, WOULD IT BE ABLE TO BE RENTED OUT? LIKE FOR THE EVENTS YOU'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT? I, THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          IT WOULD BE, BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL REALLY TO SEE IF IT'S SAFE. 
          BUT I THINK IT WILL BE. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          AND, AND I, I'D ONLY PUT, I, WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, THE, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, THE MAIN RAMP IS THAT TRICKS OR THAT PLASTIC. 
          YEAH, SO THOSE ARE FINE, BUT THEY GO LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY EITHER WEREN'T FINISHED IN, IN THE INSTALLATION PROPERLY OR WHATEVER, BUT THIS BID INCLUDES, UH, SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL. 
          UH, THE OTHER RAMPS ARE ALL WOOD AND IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY WOULD BE TO PUT THAT PLASTIC BOARD OR WHATEVER THAT STUFF IS COMPOSITE ON THOSE OTHER RAMPS. 
          BUT IS, THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT. 
          WHO WILL BE OVERSEEING THIS FOR THE CITY OR, OR DICKINSON. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          THE CON WHO'LL BE OVERSEEING THE CONTRACTOR. 
          SO YOU'LL BE THE, YOU'LL BE THE FINAL PERSON ON IF THERE IS AN ADDITION OR I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO ANY CHEAPER, BUT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE, YEAH, THERE THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONS. 
          I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          . 
          I KNOW, I THINK SO TOO. 
          THERE MY CONTRACTOR IN THE WORLD. 
          THAT DOESN'T ADD ON. 
          SO, UH, WELL, WAS THERE, WAS THERE, WAS THERE A SPECIFIC, I'M DESPERATE. 
          WAS THERE A SPECIFIC, UH, SPECIFICATIONS ON EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL HE WAS GONNA USE? I KNOW IT'S ON THIS PART OF THIS, UH, THE TWO BY SIX, UH, WHAT THEY CALL HANDRAIL TOP STUFF, UH, THE SPECIFICS OF THAT AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT'S GONNA BE FINISHED BECAUSE MOST OF YOUR TREATED LUMBER NOWADAYS, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GROUND CONTACT TREATED. 
          UH, SO A LOT OF IT HAS TO BE TREATED PRIOR TO BEING INSTALLED. 
          SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IF ANY OF THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WITH THE DETAILS OF WHAT THE PRO WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO? I'D LOVE TO, BUT I'M BUSY WORKING , BUT NO, I WAS JUST BROUGHT THIS UP SINCE IF YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT THERE, SOMEBODY CAN BE OUT THERE AND, AND JUST SEE IF IT'S DONE PRIOR TO BEING INSTALLED AND STUFF. 
          BECAUSE I, I'VE SEEN THOSE HANDRAILS AND A LOT OF IT IS, IS, IS IS JUST, UH, NEGLIGENCE FROM NOT BEING UP KEPT, I MEAN, KEPT UP. 
          IT, IT, YOU KNOW, THE SUN TEARS UP THAT, UH, VARNISH OR WHATEVER THEY PUT ON IT. 
          WELL, I THINK THEY'RE ORIGINAL, SO YEAH, THE THEY'RE 20 YEARS OLD. 
          YEAH, I KNOW, BUT THEY'VE PROBABLY NEVER BEEN FINISHED EITHER. 
          BUT ONCE ANYWAY, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. 
          LIKE I SAID, IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT, UH, YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, AND IT, IT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO GO AHEAD. 
          I HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT I WILL ALSO, BUT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO, I'M NOT FAMILIAR, FIND OUT, FAMILIAR WITH THE CONSTRUCTION THAT I AM FROM, UH, FROM WHATEVER, UH, BUILDING INSPECTOR, WHATEVER. 
          IF, IF THE BUILDING WOULD THEN PASS TO WHERE IT COULD START BEING RENTED OUT AND NO, DON'T DO THAT. 
          HUH? I KNOW THE COST WILL GO UP IF I GET TO. 
          I KNOW, BUT IT'S ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT HAPPEN, THE THINGS THAT HAVE THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE. 
          SO THE BUILDING COULD BE RENTED, SO THEREFORE YOU COULD THEN START GENERATING SOME REVENUE, IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO DOES THE CITY OWN THE FACILITY? YES. 
          YES. 
          THE CITY OF DICKINSON OWNS THE FACILITY. 
          YES. 
          THE, UH, KEEP TAKING SOME BEAUTIFUL AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICE OUT THERE. 
          AND THE CITY'S VERY GRACIOUS TO LET US OFFICE OUT THERE FOR FREE. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO THERE WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO VISIT, SO, AND SHOW ON THE MUSEUM AND STUFF. 
          SO OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, WHAT BUDGETING PROCESS HAS BEEN IN PLACE TO HELP MANAGE THAT MAINTENANCE COST? THAT'S A CITY QUESTION. 
          . 
          SO IT, SO, SO THE, SINCE THE CITY OWNS A FACILITY, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE CITY TO MAKE SURE IN BUDGET 
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SOMETHING FOR MAINTENANCE OF THAT FACILITY. 
          AND THEY MAY HAVE. 
          I, I, I HAVEN'T LOOKED. 
          UM, WELL I CAN TELL YOU, BUT I DID GO TO THE CITY AND, UM, UH, I'M HERE AND I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE DEALING WITH A LOT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A, IT'S NOT A, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, WHERE, WHERE HAS THE MONEY, IF ANY, COME FROM TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY AND WHO'S BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THAT? THE EDC HAS PAID, UM, A WHOLE BUNCH OF IT. 
          THE CITY'S PAID FOR SOME, IT'S BEEN THE EDC HAS PAID FOR MOST OF IT. 
          LE NEW ROOF WAS PAID FOR BY EDC AND I THINK THE, THE CITY HANDLED, 'CAUSE I WAS ON COUNCIL AT THAT TIME. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S A 50 YEAR ROOF ON THERE, SO IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 
          BUT I MEAN IT COST DID THE EDC ALSO PAY TO MOVE THE BUILDING THERE? YES. 
          NO, THAT WAS THE WHEAT WISH GARDEN CLUB. 
          NO, THE WHEAT AND WISH GARDEN CLUB PROVIDED THE LAND. 
          NO, THEY, THEY, I THOUGHT THEY DID THE MOVE AND THEN THEY GOT IT. 
          THERE WAS A TDOT GRANT FOR CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY, WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY MOVED THERE. 
          YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          BUT WHEN IT WAS, WHEN IT WAS, UH, ACTUALLY RENOVATED, THERE WAS THE TXDOT GRANT THAT WAS OVER, THAT RAN OVER BUDGET BY A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH EDC PICKED UP ALL THAT COST. 
          SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. 
          SO SINCE WE'RE, WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE BUDGET, UM, MAYBE IT'S TOO LATE. 
          UM, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO AMEND THE BUDGET NOW THAT, TO TRY TO BUDGET SOMETHING IN FOR THIS, THIS WOULD BE LIKE A GREAT TEST, BY THE WAY. 
          GREAT EXAM. 
          YEAH. 
          TO SEE IF WE COULD DO SUCH A THING. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THE BOARD, Y'ALL TELL ME BECAUSE I LITERALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT MECHANISM. 
          YOU JUST MAKE IT EASY FOR US AND TELL US. 
          NO, NO, IT'S, IT WOULD BE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER. 
          AND GIVEN THAT ALL OF Y'ALL VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET, THEN ANY OF Y'ALL CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A SLASH FUND . 
          WELL, LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY TO USE THE FACILITY? NO, YOU DO NOT. 
          VERBAL. 
          OKAY. 
          MY QUESTION WOULD'VE BEEN IN THAT AGREEMENT, IT WOULD STIPULATE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS AN AGREEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT THERE FIRST AND EC ACTUALLY USED TO BE THERE. 
          THE THING I'M, I'M, I'M YOUR NAME IS STILL ON THE SIGN. 
          ACTUALLY, THE THING I'M, I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT IS JUST IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A BENEFIT, RIGHT, THE THING IT'S GONNA DO, WHICH IS TO ALL, ALL THE THINGS YOU, ALL THE COOL THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT AREN'T THERE ANYMORE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE, BUT SOMEHOW IF WE HAD A GOOD FACILITY, MAYBE IT WOULD ATTRACT THOSE THINGS BACK. 
          SO BE ABLE TO RENT IT OUT, HAVE DIFFERENT EVENTS THERE, DRIVE MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. 
          BUT WHAT YOU'VE SAID IS THAT THE BUILDING IS IN REALLY BAD SHAPE AND THAT IT REALLY ISN'T USABLE RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          AND IF WE DO THIS BANDAID, THERE'S NO, UM, ASSURANCE THAT IT WOULD BE USABLE FOR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 
          THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES ARE NOT IN BAD SHAPE. 
          UM, IT'S GETTING INTO THE BUILDINGS, THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ON THOSE RAMPS AND STAIRWELLS, LITTLE STAIRCASES. 
          AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, THE BUILDINGS ARE FINE. 
          SO THE TEN FIVE FIXES THAT, AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN IT, YOU'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. 
          YEP. 
          AND TO THE MUSEUM WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE ANY, IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE A COMMITMENT FOR THE KINDS OF EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES OR, OR, OR THINGS THAT, BECAUSE I THINK GENERALLY IT, IT GOES THE PEOPLE THAT WANNA USE THE FACILITY COME TO THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY DON'T, THEY, THEY CALL US OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHO THE NUMBERS RINGS OUT THERE AND WE SEND THEM TO THE CITY. 
          I DON'T, UH, I THINK CARRIE LYNN USED TO HANDLE THAT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT. 
          I THINK THEY'RE INTERESTED AND THEY CAN SEE THE, THE VALUE IN IT. 
          SO LIKE THE WEDDING, YOU TALKED ABOUT IF, IF THIS WAS DONE THE WEDDING, YOU WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THAT WEDDING. 
          THE WEDDING IS IN SEPTEMBER, BUT NO, NO. 
          I I DON'T MEAN YOU WILL HAVE IT NOW, BUT I MEAN THEORETICALLY IF THAT, IF, IF IF THIS HADN'T BEEN A PROBLEM, YOU WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THAT WEDDING. 
          SURE. 
          WELL, IF AGAIN, THAT'S CITY APPROVAL, WE JUST, WE JUST KIND OF HELP MARKET IT BECAUSE WE'RE THERE, PEOPLE COME AND VISIT IT, WHETHER IT'S DRIVE BY OR THEY LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S WEBSITE AND WE SHOW 'EM AROUND AND THEN THEY GET THESE IDEAS. 
          BUT MARKETING IT, WHICH I THINK YOUR GROUP COULD DO, UH, AND WE CAN HELP, BUT, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE DRIVEN BY THERE FOR YEARS AND NEVER EVEN NOTICED IT. 
          UM, THIS ONE LITTLE BRIDE THAT CAME IN AND SAID, I SAW A WEDDING HERE AND YOU HAD THE LITTLE EDISON LIGHTS AND OH MY GOSH, I COULD JUST SEE IT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, 
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SO IT'S, AND I HAVE A, SO I DON'T, IT'S ON THE SAME SUBJECT. 
          SO I HAVE A GRANT, UM, TO PUT IN A HUNDRED TREES BACK IN DICKINSON, UH, DUE TO LOSS OF, FROM HURRICANE BARREL. 
          SO PART OF THAT GRANT, I HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC CELEBRATION AND I WANNA HAVE IT OUT THERE. 
          THE TREE PLANTING IS NOVEMBER 8TH. 
          SO I NEED TO, I NEED TO GET THIS BUILDING TAKEN CARE OF FIXED BY THEN. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST, JUST ONE QUESTION, SINCE WE DO HAVE MR. MAGNO HERE, UH, IS THERE, UM, AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE DETAILS AND FORGIVE ME FOR PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU WEREN'T PREPARED TO TALK TO ANYTHING THIS EVENING. 
          UM, BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE IN THE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS. 
          YOU DO OVERSEE PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION. 
          LIKE WHAT DOES PUBLIC WORKS SORT OF COMMIT TO, TO, UH, HELP THESE ENT ENTITIES AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS GOES? UM, CURRENTLY, LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S IN THE, THE, THE CITY BUDGETS? SO, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT MRS. MASTERS HAS SAID THAT I 100% AGREE WITH. 
          IT IS A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. 
          IT IS VERY DEPLORABLE NEEDS A LOT OF WORK FROM THE CITY'S STANDPOINT. 
          I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH YOUR MONEY AND YOU CAN GRANT HER THIS MONEY. 
          BUT I WOULD BE UNDER, NO, LIKE ON OUR BEHALF, AS FAR AS THE CITY IS CONCERNED, I CONCERN MYSELF WITH HAVING EVENTS OUT THERE FOR LIABILITY PURPOSES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BECAUSE IT IS IN PORSCHE CONDITION. 
          AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR WHERE I'VE BEEN SITTING FOR SIX MONTHS. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT'S NOT BEEN A PRIORITY. 
          WHILE IT IS A PRIORITY AT SOME POINT, WE NEED TO INVEST IN IT AND WE NEED TO GET IT AND LOOK AT WHAT THAT ROI IS GONNA BE WITH RESPECT TO RENTING IT OUT. 
          I THINK WE NEED AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE THAT'S GONNA SET SOME GUARDRAILS ON AND SOME LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS USE. 
          LAST MONTH IT HAD A $800 WATER BILL. 
          THE MONTH BEFORE WAS A $600 WATER BILL. 
          I HAVE CORRECTED THAT WITH RESPECT TO THE TIMING OF THE WATER. 
          SOME OF THE REASONS THAT IT HAS, THE CONDITIONS THAT IT DOES IS BECAUSE CATS HAVE BEEN FED, CRITTERS ARE BEING FED AND THEY'RE GONNA TEAR UP THINGS. 
          SO THE REASON THIS IS NOT MRS. MASTER'S FAULT, BUT THE REASON THAT THIS THINGS ARE OCCURRING, AND PARTLY WHY IT'S BEEN NEGLECTED, IS BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAD THE CORRECT OVERSIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S WHATEVER WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. 
          BUT FOR THE SIX MONTHS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT A PRIORITY. 
          WE DO NEED TO PUT SOME MONEY AND SOME ATTENTION INTO IT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN PRIORITIZED. 
          THE OVERSIGHT. 
          AND I'LL ADD ONTO THAT, THE OVERSIGHT IN PREVIOUS YEARS WAS THERE WAS FULL-TIME STAFF OUT THERE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          YOUR OFFICES WERE ACTUALLY IN THAT BUILDING. 
          UM, SO THERE WAS PEOPLE THERE 24 7. 
          UH, THEY ACTUALLY SAW THE EVENTS, BOOKED THEM, DID EVERYTHING. 
          UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOME SOMETHING YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO, UM, BUT IT TAKES EMPLOYEES TOMORROW. 
          AND I WE'RE GONNA HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION REGARDING STREET MAINTENANCE, TAX FUND, AND THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC WORKS, TURNING INTO STREETS AND MAINTENANCE AND SOMEDAY A PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED WITH FACILITIES AND WITH THE FUTURE OF FACILITIES. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, THIS TO BE A PART OF THAT PLAN, BUT I DON'T SEE MONEY IN IT RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT NEXT YEAR COULD ABSOLUTELY SEE US MAKING SOME, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY PUTTING SOME LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET TO HELP REPAIR THIS PLACE OR GET SOME GRANTS. 
          UM, WITH THE COOPERATION OF MRS. MASTERS AND US, THE, THE, THE ISSUE AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY SITTING IN MY ROLE RIGHT NOW IS IF SOMEONE FALLS OR SOMEONE GETS HURT OR WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE, WHAT DOES THAT LIABILITY LOOK LIKE? AND I THINK ON ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES OTHER THAN THE NICE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE OCCUPYING THE SPACE RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE NO ONE OUT THERE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND RUN THEM OFF. 
          THEY DO GOOD THINGS AND WE RESPECT WHAT THEY DO. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO CLEAN IT UP THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. 
          RIGHT NOW, AT THIS TIME, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO, UH, AMEND THE BUDGET TO INCLUDE $10,500 FOR THE REPAIR THAT ARE NEEDED AT THE MUSEUM. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO DO WE HAVE THE REQUEST WOULD, THE REQUEST WOULD COME OUT OF OUR, OUR CURRENT BUDGET. 
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OKAY. 
          WE HAVE THIS, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE MONEY IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET. 
          WE, I THINK YOU DO YOU HAVE LINE ITEM THAT SAYS COMMUNITY SUPPORT OR SOMETHING? OKAY. 
          WELL IF WE DON'T HAVE TO AMEND THE NEW BUDGET, THAT'S FINE. 
          WE DON'T, I'LL NEED, I'LL NEED TO TAKE, I, I'LL NEED TO ADMINISTRATIVELY MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN I RE THEN I MOVE THAT WE AWARD THE $10,500 FOR REPAIRS FOR THE TWO DICKINSON. 
          BE FOR THE REPAIRS OF THE MUSEUM, RAILROAD MUSEUM OF, UM, WELL, IS THERE A SECOND? NOT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I WON'T SPEAK UNTIL THERE'S A SECOND. 
          I GUESS I'LL SECOND SO THAT I CAN SPEAK. 
          . 
          YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I HAVE, UH, SOME QUESTIONS SURROUNDING ANY, ANY INSTANCE IN WHICH WE USE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO DEVELOP ANYTHING WITHIN THE CITY. 
          UH, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ANY TIME WE CAN SUPPORT OUR, OUR OWN AGENCIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          MY CONCERN THOUGH, HOWEVER, IS THIS FIXES ONE ISSUE OF MAYBE A GROWING LIST OF OTHER ISSUES. 
          AND SO WHILE I WOULD BE INCLINED TO SUPPORT THIS, IF THIS WAS THE SINGLE ISSUE, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT APPROVING THIS AND IT ONLY REALLY ADDRESSING ONE ISSUE AND IT'S NOT REALLY GONNA OPEN THE FACILITY UP THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE UP. 
          SO PERHAPS WOULD YOU CONSIDER MAYBE, AND THIS IS UP TO THE TEAM, UH, AND YOU MAYBE COMING BACK, UH, WITH A FULL PROPOSAL AND, AND, AND EXPLORING THAT. 
          AND I'M, ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL WARM AND FUZZY ABOUT GIVING 10,005 HUNDREDS TO FIX 10,000, ROUGHLY $11,000 TO FIX A PROBLEM. 
          THAT'S NOT REALLY GONNA BE THE SOLUTION. 
          UH, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION THERE. 
          THE PROBLEM AT THE DEPOT IS THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ON THE RAMPS AND THE STAIRCASES, AND THEN A LEAK THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE AC IN THE MUSEUM IN THE CEILINGS, WHICH THIS WILL FIX, INCLUDES FIXING. 
          YES. 
          WOULD I LIKE TO SEE THE BUILDING POWER WASHED? YES. 
          THE PAVERS, UH, THE, THE SIDEWALK, THE PARKING LOT TO CLEAN IT UP TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT THESE RAMPS, THESE WERE HANDRAILS, THE CEILING'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          IT'S JUST COSMETIC ISSUE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFTER. 
          AND THAT, THAT IS THE PROBLEM. 
          RESTROOMS WORK OFFICES ARE FINE. 
          ACS FINE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, I IT'S HEAT'S IN IT COOLS AS BEST IT CAN BECAUSE IT'S AN OLD, OLD, OLD, OLD BUILDING AND THERE'S NO INSULATION OTHER THAN THAT. 
          UM, MY ISSUE IS IF IT ISN'T TAKEN CARE OF NOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S GET THIS ROT IS GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU FIX THE HANDRAILS, YOU FIX THE RAMPS, IT, THERE'S NO LONGER A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          SO I I I THINK TO EZEKIEL'S POINT, I THINK THAT, I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH, WITH GIVING YOU THE MONEY, WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE CITY WOULD ACTUALLY APPROVE REOPENING. 
          RIGHT? I MEAN, AS LONG AS LONG AS WE, WE DONATE THE MONEY OR, OR GIVE THE, GIVE THE LOAN THE MONEY OUT THAT YOU CAN OPEN YOUR DOORS TO HAVE FACI TO HOST FUNCTIONS. 
          UM, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DONATE THE MONEY AND THEN YOU NOT BE ABLE TO, OR THE CITY NOT NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH OPENING THE DOORS. 
          I THINK THAT'S KIND OF I TOTALLY AGREE. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THE, THE REPAIRS THAT SHE'S REQUESTING AND THIS MONEY WILL DECREASE OUR RISK AND LIABILITY. 
          I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKELY TO FALL AS A RESULT OF WHAT'S THE CON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. 
          I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE ALLOCATED TO MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAIN THIS BUILDING BECAUSE IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN AN, UH, A PRIORITY. 
          I MEAN, UH, SO MANY OTHER THINGS WE'RE QUITE URGENT RELATIVE TO THIS. 
          AGAIN, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THIS BUILDING IN ITS FUTURE. 
          I ONE HO I 100% DO JUST MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY TOMORROW. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I, FROM MY ROLE, JUMPED ON IT. 
          BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO FIX WHAT SHE'S HERE TO ADDRESS, UM, URGENTLY, UM, IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S, IT IS A BANDAID. 
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I DO AGREE THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY, BUT IT IS A BANDAID. 
          I, I'M, I'M, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY, UM, THAT WE CAN MAYBE 'CAUSE THIS THE FIRST TIME I'M, I'M HEARING, I'M, I'M FIRST HEARING, I MEAN I, I'VE KIND OF KNOWN THAT THERE ARE ISSUES AND THINGS, BUT I MEAN, THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST, I'M JUST NOW, UH, BEING PRESENTED WITH IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          SURE. 
          WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE OKAY TO MAYBE, UM, REVISIT IT NEXT MONTH AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO KIND OF GET MORE INFORMATION AND THINK ABOUT IT AND, AND SEE AND SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT BENEFIT WE THINK IT'LL GET. 
          IT'LL ALSO BE POST THE COUNCIL MEETING YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, WHICH WILL PROBABLY GIVE MORE CLARITY AS TO MAYBE WHAT THE, THE CITY'S COMMITMENT IS TO IN THE FUTURE. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WELL, IT DOES, EXCEPT I'M, I DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS PUBLIC CELEBRATION. 
          UM, IF WE, IF KEEP DICKINSON BEAUTIFUL, STARTS THIS PROCESS, THIS ON DIRECTOR, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL TAKE HIM A MONTH TO FINISH. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA FIND SOME MONEY AND QUICKLY, UM, BECAUSE WE, WE WORK OUT THERE, OUR BOARD MEMBERS COME OUT THERE FOR MEETINGS AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          YEP. 
          MS. MASTERS, I THINK FOR THAT EFFECT ALONE, FOR SAFETY ALONE, I, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ALONE. 
          AND SO, WELL IT'S COSMETICS TOO 'CAUSE IT'S EMBARRASSING. 
          RIGHT? OF COURSE. 
          BUT SEE, BUT SAFETY WISE IT'S IS, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. 
          WE CAN GET, WE CAN BYPASS COSMETICS AS LONG AS NO ONE'S GETTING HURT OR DYING. 
          SO IN THIS CASE, I, I, I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON IT, BUT I THINK BECAUSE OF THE LIABILITY AND BECAUSE THAT IS CITY PROPERTY, THAT INCREASES US TO A WHOLE NOTHER GAMUT OF WORST CASE SCENARIO SITUATIONS. 
          AND SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT OUR CITY IN THAT SITUATION. 
          'CAUSE NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALLOCATION OF MORE CITY DOLLARS. 
          SO FOR THAT ALONE, YEAH. 
          YES. 
          IF WE PUT THIS TO A VOTE, BUT I THINK MAYBE IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS, COLIN MAY INVITING YOU BACK AND HEARING SOME MORE OF YOUR VISION AROUND IT, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT OTHER STUFF LATER. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, LIKE MATT WAS SAYING, UH, HAVE A PLAN FOR MAINTENANCE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THIS IS GONNA FIX IT TEMPORARILY, BUT THEN MORE OF THOSE BOARDS ARE GONNA ROT THROUGH THE YEARS. 
          SO THERE NEED DOES NEED TO BE TO BE A MAINTENANCE PLAN, BUT THIS WILL FIX WHAT IS WRONG TODAY. 
          WE, WE HAVE TO GET AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE TOO THOUGH, AND SET SOME GUARDRAILS AND SOME EXPECTATIONS OF WHO IS TO BE THERE AT WHAT TIMES WHEN I THINK THE, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT MM-HMM . 
          ALL THAT, THAT SORT OF STUFF. 
          ANY AGREEMENT THAT WAS IN PLACE, UM, PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL HAS BEEN, UM, IS, IS FAR EXPIRED. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THE CITY HAD A RENTAL POLICY OUT THERE. 
          THAT'S THE AGREEMENT PART. 
          THAT'S NOT FOR US TO DISCUSS. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE CITY AND MM-HMM . 
          AND WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THEN A SECOND SO WE CAN TAKE THIS TO A VOTE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME, LET'S TAKE IT TO A VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING $10,500, UM, FOR THE, UM, DEPOT REPAIRS FOR KEEP DICKENS AND BEAUTIFUL SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. 
          UM, I DID GET A SMALL GRANT TOO TO ENHANCE CURBSIDE RECYCLING. 
          SO WE'VE HAD, UM, JUST OVER 60 NEW PARTICIPANTS IN CURBSIDE RECYCLING. 
          I'M GONNA LEAVE SOME OF THESE FLYERS OUT HERE FOR, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW. 
          WE'LL LEAVE THOSE THERE TO ENCOURAGE MORE RECYCLING, UH, WHICH HELPS REDUCE OUR SOLID WASTE, WHICH IS GOOD. 
          AND ALSO, I, I GOT ANOTHER, UM, GRANT FOR THE RETREAT. 
          IT'S CALLED RETREAT. 
          IT'S GETTING A HUNDRED TREES BACK IN DICKINSON. 
          SO IF YOU LOST A TREE AND BARREL, UH, THERE'S FLYERS ON OUR WEBSITE WITH A QR CODE. 
          BEST THING TO DO IS GO TO THE WEBSITE D BEAUTIFUL@DICKINSONTEXAS.GOV OR HAVE THIS BIG QR CODE. 
          YOU CAN DO IT WITH YOUR PHONE AND REGISTER FOR YOUR REQUEST TO GET A FREE TREE. 
          SO IS IT, IS IT PRIMARILY FOR RESIDENCE THEN, OR IS IT ALSO FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES? YEAH, IT'S, IT'S RESIDENCE. 
          RESIDENCE ONLY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          OH, OH, AND I, I ALSO, 
          [02:00:01]
IT'S KIND OF, KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, WE KEEP, DICKINSON BEAUTIFUL HAS, UH, THREE PAST, UH, GOVERNOR'S COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, WHICH ARE, UM, UM, $180,000 T DOT LANDSCAPING GRANTS. 
          LIKE CITY HALL WAS ONE OF OUR AWARDS. 
          WE HAD IT LANDSCAPED THE PLANTER BOXES ALONG FIVE 17 AND HIGHWAY THREE THAT HAVE THE CREPE MYRTLES. 
          THEY WERE WON, UH, SOME OF THE STREET TREES THAT YOU SEE. 
          ANYWAY, SO WE'VE, AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE PROBABLY PUT ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS BACK INTO THE CITY WITH OUR PROJECTS WITH, UH, DE SNAGGING THE BAYOU AND JUST A T TON OF OTHER STUFF. 
          SO I ALWAYS LOOK FOR A GRANT FIRST BEFORE I COME TO THE CITY. 
          UM, I DID, IT WAS, I, I ONLY ESTIMATED 11,000 FOR THE DOORS IN THE LAST GRANT, THE MUSEUM DOORS AND LOOKING AT 'EM, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S ENOUGH, BUT, UH, I'LL STILL, I'LL ALWAYS LOOK FOR A GRANT FIRST BEFORE I COME TO YOU, BUT, UM, THE TIME IS CLOSING IN THE ROD IS GETTING WORSE, SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND I THINK YOU'LL BE GLAD THAT YOU'RE INVESTING MONEY IN THIS LITTLE DEPOT. 
          'CAUSE IT'S KINDA LIKE THE CITY'S EVENT CENTER AND MUSEUM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, PRETTY COOL. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS JEWELER. 
          OKAY. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE'LL UM, MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS 8 32. 
          THERE'S NO EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS TONIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN LET'S GO BACK TO OPEN SESSION. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE NOW BACK TO OPEN SESSION SECTION 10. 
          IT'S 8 32 . 
          I LIKE AN EFFICIENT MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? 
          [12.  FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? DATE? ANY MORE FROM SKY H2O? THEY, UH, I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE GONE BACK IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          ? UH, I, I CAN, I, I CAN SPEAK TO YOU AFTER THE MEETING ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, NOTHING AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, THEY JUST POPPED UP ON LINKEDIN AGAIN FOR ME AND I WAS JUST REMINDED IT REMINDED ME ABOUT THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I WAS LIKE, OH, I FORGOT THEY EXISTED. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER ITEMS OF NOTE? OKAY, AT THIS POINT WE WILLIN THANKS. 
          WE WILLIN. 
          I'LL TAKE JEN.
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