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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM]
ALRIGHT.WE LIKE TO CALL THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATION, UH, REGULAR MEETING.
UH, TO ORDER, UH, TO GET US STARTED, WE'D LIKE TO START WITH AN INVOCATION AND, UH, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO, UH, PATRICK, WOULD YOU HELP US WITH THE ABSOLUTELY.
I GOTTA CALL IT, I HAVE TO CALL IT TO ORDER JUST A CALL.
CAN WE, UH, DO THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES.
CLINTON WILLIAMS. DEREK CORICK.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS AND SHARED PURPOSE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH WISDOM AND INTEGRITY AND OUR DISCUSSIONS, CREATIVITY IN OUR IDEAS, UNITY AND DECISION.
WE WORK WITH YOU TODAY TO FOSTER GROWTH OPPORTUNITY, AND WELL FOR ALL THOSE THAT WE SERVE.
PLUS OUR EFFORTS WITH SUCCESS AND HONORS.
HONORS YOU BENEFIT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WITH, UH, BUSINESS RELATED TO THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MAY SPEAK TO THE BOARD.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK SHOULD INFORM THE BOARD OF THEIR NAME.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 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.
AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO, DO I READ THIS FIRST AND THEN WE PULL IT? STEP UPDATE FIRST.
[3. STAFF UPDATE]
ON TO THE, UH, MOVING ON THE AGENDA.UH, WE'LL HAVE A STAFF UPDATE.
UH, DAVID, IF YOU COULD, UH, PROVIDE THAT.
WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON ONTO THAT.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT, UM, A FAIR AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY, UM, KIND OF GENERAL UPDATE, UM, SINCE THAT OCTOBER 20, UH, 27TH BOARD WORKSHOP, UM, JOINT WORKSHOP WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE EDC BOARD WHERE I, I WENT THROUGH THE BAYOU VILLAGE PROJECT ON THE, ON THE FAR EAST SIDE, UM, FIELD, UH, FIELDED FOUR INQUIRIES ON RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ALONG, UH, FIVE 17.
UM, AND HAD MEETING REQUESTS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS, UH, WANTING TO BE A PART, SOME WANTING TO BE A PART OF BAYOU VILLAGE, OTHERS WANTING TO REDEVELOP AND, AND SEEKING SOME REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, CONVERSION OF, OF SOME EXISTING, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE, THAT ARE OLDER, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STYLE, A LITTLE RUNDOWN, MAYBE TRYING, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT CONVERTING THOSE, UH, INTO SOMETHING NEWER AND A LITTLE, LITTLE MORE UPSCALE.
UH, SPECIFICALLY I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL OF THOSE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS, I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM REAL ESTATE AGENTS JUST ASKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES ARE AVAILABLE, UM, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? WHAT'S THE VISION OF THE CITY? WHAT TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR BUILDING REQUIREMENTS ASKING ABOUT OUR UDC CODES, UH, IN THE VARIOUS ZONES.
UM, SO IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE, UH, SINCE THAT, UM, SINCE THAT MEETING, UH, WHICH IS GOOD.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT THING.
UM, NEXT, UM, UPDATE ON THE WATER STREET PARKING GARAGE.
UM, WE'VE RECEIVED A FINAL GRANT ELIGIBLE PAY APPLICATION.
THIS IS, I GUESS FOR, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR OUR NEWER BOARD MEMBERS.
YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW A LOT OF THIS ALREADY.
UM, SO THIS, THIS PARKING GARAGE HAS BEEN ON THE DOCKET WELL BEFORE I GOT HERE.
UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY, I GUESS, FOR A PROJECT THAT WAS KIND OF ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, SO THIS EDA GRANT, I THINK, HAS ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED SINCE 2019, UM, AND HAS BEEN MOVED AROUND.
UM, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD, RIGHT? WE FINALLY WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
WE HAD A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO DO SO IN OUR WATER STREET, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
WE FINISHED THE DESIGN IN AUGUST OF 24.
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OVER A YEAR AGO.WE COULD NOT PUT THAT OUT TO BID BECAUSE THE FINAL REVIEWS AND PLANS AND BID DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO BE RE UH, APPROVED BY THE EDA, RIGHT? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BID THIS UNTIL THIS YEAR, EARLY THIS YEAR.
UM, I, I, I THINK WE DIDN'T PUT IT OUT UNTIL APRIL.
UM, SO LOW BIG CONTRACTOR NAMED F FLINTCO, UM, THEY'RE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
UM, ACTUALLY PRETTY, PRETTY HAPPY.
WHENEVER I PUT ANYTHING OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT, I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS
UM, AND, UM, WE HAD A PRE, PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING, I WANNA SAY THE LAST WEEK OF JULY.
UM, HEY, WE'RE STARTING CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE SCHEDULED TO START CONSTRUCTION SEPTEMBER 5TH.
UM, AT THAT MEETING, THE EDA COMES IN.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, NORMALLY EACH YEAR THEY, THEY GRANT AN EXTENSION, UM, IN THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST, PDA'S ON THE CALL AND SAYS, HEY, YOUR EXTENSION'S NOT BEEN GRANTED.
THE LAST DAY THAT WE COULD SUBMIT A, UH, REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT WAS DECEMBER 1ST.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO, SO WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED, AND, AND AGAIN, CREDIT TO A GENERAL CONTRACTOR THAT THEY COULD DO WORK FAST ENOUGH TO GENERATE PAY APPLICATIONS THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
AND WE WILL BE CA RECAPTURING ALL $3 MILLION OF THAT GRANT.
WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO IT A LITTLE LATER ON, ON THE AGENDA.
UM, BUT WE, WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING AND MADE ENOUGH PROGRESS TO CAPTURE ALL THAT.
UM, I KNOW EVERYTHING'S BEEN SENT, NOT EVERYTHING'S BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED.
THEY ARE VERY BACKED UP FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE, UH, GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER ON.
UM, WE DO HAVE A, UH, THERE IS A, A CHANGE ORDER THAT HAS HAPPENED.
UM, SO THIS WAS DUE TO THE DRILLING OF PEERS, UM, AND FOUND WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE AN OLD BURN PIT OR, OR, OR TRASH DUMP OF SOME KIND, UM, THAT NEEDED TO BE DUG OUT.
'CAUSE WE'RE GOING SO FAR DOWN INTO THE GROUND FOR THE PARKING GARAGE.
I BELIEVE THIS WAS FOUND ABOUT 20, 25 FEET BELOW GROUND.
SO THE QUESTION COMES UP, WELL, HEY, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR BORING SAMPLES, WHY WASN'T THAT DISCOVERED? 'CAUSE THE LOCATION UNDER, UH, UH, WHERE IT WAS, WAS UNDER THE OLD WALMART CONCRETE PAD.
SO THOSE SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM AROUND THAT EXISTING SLAB.
OKAY? SO WHERE IT WAS FOUND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.
OKAY? SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY ACCEPTED UNFORESEEN CONDITION.
UM, THAT ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS BETWEEN, CAN YOU PAUSE THERE? IT IS NOT THEIR USUAL POLICY TO DRILL THROUGH CONCRETE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? I I MEAN, I'VE, OKAY.
IS IT, IS IT POSSIBLE? I I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT GENERAL PRACTICE.
UM, SO ANYTHING NO, THEY WOULDN'T DRILL.
THEY, THEY, WHEN THEY DO THOSE SAMPLES, IT'S, IT'S STRAIGHT DOWN.
UM, SO, UM, THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS BETWEEN 50 AND $60,000.
UH, FLINTCO IS WELL AWARE OF WHAT THE SITUATION IS.
SO, SO JUST AGAIN, BACKGROUND FOR OUR NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A $3 MILLION GRANT WITH A $1.5 MILLION MATCH FROM THE EDC.
EVERYTHING'S TAKEN SO LONG, WE'RE GETTING A MUCH SMALLER GARAGE THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED AT A HIGHER COST, RIGHT? SO OUR, OUR PIECE OF THIS IS GONNA BE IN THE 2.3 TO 2.4 MILLION RANGE.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU ASKING ABOUT MY OWNER'S CONTINGENCY, FOR EXAMPLE, OUT THE WINDOW, RIGHT? I, I HAD NONE.
UM, AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT.
SO WHAT THEY DID, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THIS DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY $15,000.
AND OF COURSE THE QUESTION'S GONNA BE, WELL, HOW'D YOU, HOW'D THEY DO THAT? THEY ACTUALLY TERMINATED THEIR CONCRETE SUB AND WENT WITH THE NEXT SUB.
SO IT WAS BID AS EXISTING SCOPE VERSUS A CHANGE ORDER, RIGHT? SO THAT DROVE THAT PRICE DOWN.
'CAUSE I GUESS THE CONCRETE, THE, THE, THEIR EXISTING CONCRETE SUB WAS, WAS ADDING ALL KINDS OF FEES.
AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE JUST GONNA CUT YOU AND, AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR, OUR, OUR NEXT BIDDER.
SO THAT, THAT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS.
I HADN'T REALLY SEEN GCS DO THIS VERY OFTEN.
UM, THE ENGINEERS HAD CONCURRED WITH THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, UH, OF THE 50 TO 60.
UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS GOOD WORK BY THEM.
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UPDATE ON THAT IS THEY, THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE GARAGE WALLED IN BY THE, BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.UM, SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE MOVING, UH, AND MOVING VERY QUICKLY.
SO, SO DAVID, ON THAT, UH, SO, SO THE, SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE, THE DEVELOPER WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, HAS PLANS FOR DEVELOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, BROADER AREA, AND THEY HAD INCENTIVES AND OBLIGATIONS THAT STARTED WHEN THE GARAGE STARTED IS COMPLETE.
IS IT COMPLETE OR STARTED? I THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN IT STARTED COMPLETION.
SO THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING ON COMPLETION.
WELL, THERE'S CERTAIN TRIGGERS.
SO THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE WAS A TRIGGER AT THE START.
THE MORE, WELL, I, I GUESS FOR THE EDC, OR AT LEAST FOR ME FROM A OPERATIONS AND AND MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE, I WAS ON A CLOCK TO COMPLETE THE GARAGE BY A CERTAIN DATE.
IF I DID SELL, WHICH I WILL, UM, THEN THE DEVELOPER MUST TAKE OVER ANY MAINTENANCE THAT OPERATIONS OF THAT GARAGE.
RIGHT? SO THAT WON'T BE A DRAG ON MY OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
SO, SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE VISION AND, AND KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE, UH, DEVELOPERS KIND OF AGREED TO DO.
WHAT ARE SOME, WHAT ARE SOME MILESTONES OR THINGS WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT OR LOOKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF TIMELINE AND PROGRESS THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE THE DEVELOPER MAKE, UM, NOW THAT THE GARAGE IS, YOU KNOW, WELL UNDERWAY? WELL, I, I, I GUESS, UM, UNFORTUNATELY TIMING WISE, I HAVE A MEETING WITH HIM TOMORROW.
UM, SO IT DIDN'T REALLY LINE UP FOR THE LATEST AND GREATEST INFORMATION FOR TONIGHT.
UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE KEY KIND OF TRIGGERS TO THINK ABOUT, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR AND I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS, AND MR. SCHICK AND I ARE EXTREMELY FAMILIAR.
SO, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE CHIME IN IF I MISS OR FORGET ANYTHING.
BUT ONE OF THE KEY, KEY THINGS IS, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S ALL ON COMPLETION OF THE GARAGE.
HE'S GOT 12 MONTHS TO PURCHASE ALL THE PROPERTY, ALL OF THE PROPERTY.
IT, IT'S ACTUALLY JUNE, JUNE, 2026.
JUNE OR JULY OF 26, THEY HAVE TO PURCHASE EVERY BIT OF THE PROPERTY, OR IT FALLS THROUGH.
BUT THERE WAS A TRIGGER THAT WE HAD TO PERFORM.
BECAUSE I READ THAT AGREEMENT SO MANY TIMES, SO MANY TIMES,
SO WE'RE GONNA HIT OUR TIMELINES TO THE, THE TIMELINES THAT WILL REQUIRE THEM TO TAKE ACTION, UH, IN 2026.
OKAY? UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO BUY ALL THE LAND.
THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO TAKE OVER, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS OR, YOU KNOW, A A CAR'S GONNA PARK THERE AND THEY HIT A PILLAR, THEY'RE GONNA NEED YOU TO DEAL WITH THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, CUTTING OF THE GRASS AND, AND LANDSCAPING AROUND IT, THEY GOTTA DEAL WITH IT.
SO, SO WE, SO WE WOULDN'T EXPECT TO START SEEING ANY MOVEMENT ON THE BROADER DEVELOPMENT UNTIL AFTER, AFTER JUNE 26.
I MEAN, HE CAN, HE CAN ABSOLUTELY PURCHASE IT SOONER IF HE SO CHOOSES.
AND THEN ONCE, AND THEN ONCE HE BUYS IT, HE'S GOT CERTAIN INCENTIVES THAT, THAT, THAT FOR, FOR DEVELOPING IT.
AND, AND, AND SO THEN, SO WHEN WOULD YOU EXPECT TO START SEEING PROGRESS ON ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT? WELL, I, I, I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION A LITTLE BIT BETTER AFTER TOMORROW.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT TOMORROW'S DISCUSSION IS WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE? GOTCHA.
SO I, I'LL, I'LL HAVE A BETTER UPDATE IN THE JANUARY MEETING.
DAVE, DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT WE TALKED TO THE DEVELOPER ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT TIMELINES AND LIKE, THEY GAVE THEMSELVES KIND OF A WINDOW OF YEP.
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS.
SO, UM, WE HAD HAD A MEETING WITH HIM, WHAT WAS THAT, THREE MONTHS AGO NOW? OKAY.
UM, UH, AND REQUESTED A PLAN FROM THEM.
UH, AT THE TIME WE SAID 60 DAYS.
THEY ASKED FOR ANOTHER MONTH, WE SAID, OKAY.
LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE DOING OUR PART.
WE NEED TO NOW SEE A DEFINITIVE PLAN WITH YOUR SCHEDULE.
WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN SO WE CAN SIT DOWN AND REVIEW THE PLAN AND MAKE SURE IT'S IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
RIGHT? SO IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WE HAD CERTAIN STANDARDS, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A HOTEL OF THIS CALIBER.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF RETAIL, UH, CERTAIN THINGS THAT I, I KIND OF ASKED THEM TO GO BACK AND EVALUATE WAS THEY HAD A, AN OFFICE BUILDING IN, IN THAT ORIGINAL PLAN.
AND I SAID, HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO THE CURRENT MARKET, RIGHT? THERE'S A GLUT OF OFFICE SPACE.
WOULDN'T THAT BE BETTER SERVED AS ADDITIONAL RETAIL OR
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SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER USE? UM, 'CAUSE HONESTLY, I I, I MEAN, MY OPINION I IS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A TOUGH TIME SELLING AN OFFICE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.UM, THERE'S, THERE'S OFFICE BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE, THE, YOU KNOW, GALVESTON COUNTY, HARRIS COUNTY THAT ARE BEING CONVERTED INTO DIFFERENT USES, YOU KNOW, STORAGE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, CONDOS, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF SAID, LOOK, I THINK, I THINK THAT PART FOR SURE NEEDS TO BE REEVALUATED.
UM, THE, THE RESTAURANT PAD, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN LEVEL TO THAT, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT PLOPPING ANOTHER MCDONALD'S, YOU KNOW, OR, OR BURGER KING THERE, RIGHT? LIKE THE, IT NEEDS TO BE A SIT DOWN DINING FACILITY.
UM, THIS IS WHAT I EXPECT TO GET TOMORROW.
UM, AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL AS THE MAYOR CAN PROBABLY ATTEST TO OF ABOUT WHAT I EXPECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON WATER STREET? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BILL MAYOR? OKAY.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.
MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING EVEN FASTER THAN WHEN I UPDATED THIS.
UH, SO THE BUILDING WAS WALLED IN.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY, UH, PUT UP THE ELEVATION ON, ON ONE SIDE OF IT.
UM, THERE WAS JUST AN INCIDENT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THE DI DICKINSON PD, UH, THWARTED A BURGLARY ATTEMPT AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
UH, SO SOMEBODY DID PULL UP IN A VAN LOOKING TO STEAL SOME MATERIALS.
UM, THERE WAS NO PROPERTY LOSS.
THE DICK DICKINSON PD INTERVENED, UM, AND, UM, WE'VE HAD THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DEAL WITH THAT, UH, IN ADDITION BACKYARD BREWING.
SO SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE, THEY'RE BACK.
UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE BACK AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GOING INTO.
UM, AND, AND I THINK, I GUESS ONE OF THE, THE, THE GOOD THINGS HERE, AGAIN, KIND OF GETTING BACK TO, TO SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS LIKE THE BAYOU VILLAGE PROJECT, THE ELS PROJECT, THEIR, UM, BACKYARD BREW BREWING WAS, WAS ORIGINALLY GETTING, UH, AN INCENTIVE, WHICH WAS A PIECE OF PROPERTY VALUED AT ROUGHLY $330,000.
UM, THAT AT THE TIME DID NOT WORK OUT FOR, FOR THEM.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING IN, UM, TO THAT OLD SCHOOL BUILDING, WHICH IS BEHIND THE SANCTUARY SPACE.
AND THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING ANY SE INCENTIVE FROM THE EDC WHATSOEVER.
THEY'RE DOING THAT COMPLETELY ON THEIR OWN.
THEY'VE GOT THEIR FINANCING, EVERYTHING'S MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THEY'VE WORKED, WORKED WITH ELS, UM, YOU KNOW, EELS WHEN THEY CAME IN WANTED A VI UH, UH, A VIBRANT AREA, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO JUST THEIR OFFICE BUILDING, THEY WANTED A VIBRANT AREA.
UM, AND THEY, THEY REALLY BELIEVED BACKYARD BREWING WAS GONNA HELP CREATE THAT.
UM, SO THEY'VE WORKED OUT AN ARRANGEMENT AND THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.
I JUST SPOKE TO, TO MIKE STARR AT BACKYARD, UH, LAST WEEK.
UM, HE'S EXCITED AND, AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO MO MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
ANY IDEA WHEN THAT, UH, WILL HAPPEN? I, I THINK THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION ON IT.
I, I KNOW THEY'VE DONE SCOTT JUST IN HIS GENERAL RENOVATION ON THAT BUILDING.
UH, I THINK THE WIRING IN THAT BUILDING NEEDED TO BE TORN OUT AND REPLACED.
I THINK HE'S DONE SOME INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, BUT I THINK THAT WAS REALLY MORE OF LIKE A, WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A A, A SHELL IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT? UH, VERSUS THE ACTUAL BUILD OUT FOR, UH, FOR BACKYARD BREWINGS BAR AND, AND BREWERY SPACE AND ALL THAT.
UM, I KNOW WHEN I TALKED TO MIKE, HE'S, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASE OF, OF SEEING WHAT HE HAS, HOW HE'S GONNA GET THAT ALL MOVED OVER, AND THEN WHAT ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT HE MAY NEED TO PURCHASE.
UM, SO, UH, THE FUTURE PLANS ON THE SANCTU SANCTUARY SANCTUARY SPACE, NOT THE SANCTUARY SPACE, UM, REMAINS TBD.
UM, SO WE CONTINUE TO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I DO ON THAT, I, UM, SO I GUESS FOR OUR NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, I, I JUST ACTUALLY HAD MY FIRST BOARD MEETING TODAY AS A, AS A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE CITY REGIONAL CHAMBER, UH, BOARD.
UM, SO I'VE WORKED WITH THE THAT CHAMBER IN, IN LOOKING AT BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT SPACE.
UH, WE HAD ONE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH
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OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BAY A, UM, TO BRING SOMEBODY INTO THAT SPACE.UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, VARIETY OF REASONS.
YOU KNOW, EITHER IT WAS TOO MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE, TOO LITTLE SQUARE FOOTAGE FINISH OUT WAS GONNA BE TOO EXPENSIVE.
YOU KNOW, VARIOUS THINGS THAT COME IN.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TRYING TO, TO MATCH A BUSINESS TO A SPACE, UM, IT, IT'S A LOT.
THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, SIZE NEEDS, FINISH OUT, BUILD OUT LOCATION, UM, TRAFFIC COUNT, ALL, ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS THAT REQUIRES 10,000 SQUARE FEET, OKAY, WON'T JUST GO THERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY MIGHT SAY, WELL, WE ALSO NEED A TRAFFIC COUNT OF X NUMBER OF VEHICLES, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE, RIGHT? SO, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UM, CONSTANT SPEED DATING
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ELS? UM, WE DO EXPECT ON THE BUDGET THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND APPROVED, I DON'T, I'M SURE THE NEWER FOLKS HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BUDGET YET.
UM, UH, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THAT IN YOUR ORIENTATION, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A MINUTE.
UM, BUT THE, THE FINAL, UH, PAYOUT OF THE ELS INCENTIVE WILL TAKE PLACE IN 2026.
THEY'RE ON TRACK TO RECEIVE THAT, UM, AND WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT EXPENDER EXPENDITURE SOMETIME IN 2026 PARK VIEW.
UM, SO PARKVIEW IS A MULTIPURPOSE, UM, UM, DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS GOING IN AT 6 46 AND FIVE 17, UH, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE WALGREENS ON, ON THE CORNER THERE.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING, UM, A LOT WITH A, A COMPANY CALLED ALLIANCE RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND, UH, GETTING THEM THROUGH THE PERMITTING PHASE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TREE COUNTS AND TREE MITIGATION AND, UM, ALL OF ALL THOSE FUN THINGS, UH, THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ADHERENCE TO THAT.
UM, OUR, OUR, OUR ATTORNEY, MR. MR DO, UM, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL ON, UM, A CONTRACT THAT, THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT, THAT THEY ARE PERFORMING, UM, TO THAT AGREEMENT AND, AND, AND PUTTING IN ALL THE REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE TO OUR STANDARDS.
IF NOT, THEN THERE'S A, A BASICALLY A, A PENALTY OR AN ADDITIONAL FEE, UM, THAT WOULD COVER THE CITY'S COSTS OF HAVING TO, TO GO IN BEHIND THEM AND, AND MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.
UM, ALLIANCE IS A NATIONAL, UM, UM, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPER.
UM, THEY WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UM, AND I DON'T EXPECT ANY ISSUES, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH THE POUND OF CURE.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THE CITY'S NOT LE LEFT, YOU KNOW, HOLDING, UH, ANY ADDITIONAL OR UNFORESEEN COSTS ON ANYTHING.
UM, SO WE'RE ABOUT WORKED OUT WITH THAT.
UM, UH, ALL THEIR PERMITS, THEIR PERMITS ARE, AND THERE'S, UH, I BELIEVE IT IS AROUND 3000 PAGES OF DRAWINGS AND ENGINEERING, UM, DRAWINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
UH, SO OUR PERMITTING DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE MARSHAL ARE DILIGENTLY WORKING THROUGH THAT AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
UM, WE'VE FINISHED EVERYTHING WITH WCID.
UM, ALLIANCE HAS PAID THEIR DEPOSIT FOR, UH, CAPACITY WITH WCID.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALL WRAPPED UP, AND WE'RE JUST WORK WORKING THROUGH THOSE PLANS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO ISSUE PERMITS, UH, ONCE THOSE ARE ISSUED, UM, ALLIANCE WILL CLOSE WITH BRAD ELMORE'S GROUP, WHICH IS THE, THE MASTER DEVELOPER.
UM, AND THEY WILL START CONSTRUCTION, I'M TOLD 10 DAYS AFTER CLOSE.
UM, SO, UM, AND ALSO I'M GOING TO A MEETING, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T, THAT YOU ALL HAVE THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, I DO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE, WITH ALLIANCE THIS FRIDAY.
UM, AND PART OF THAT IS, AGAIN, I GO, UM, I GUESS FOR SOME OF YOU NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, I DON'T JUST TAKE PEOPLE, OH YEAH, WE'RE GONNA BUILD THIS, AND IT'S REALLY NICE.
I SAY, OKAY, I'M GONNA COME TO YOUR OFFICE AND YOU ARE GONNA SHOW ME ALL YOUR FINISHES AND FI ATIONS, AND I WANNA SEE EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, SHOW ME WHERE YOU'VE DONE THIS SOMEPLACE ELSE.
SHOW ME, LET ME TOUCH THE MATERIAL.
YOU SAY YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT IN GRANITE, GRANITE COUNTERTOPS.
SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IT, YOU KNOW, GIVE THE SAMPLE.
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I'M SURE THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, WHO'S THIS GUY FROM THIS SMALL CITY? WE DO STUFF IN LA AND HOUSTON AND VEGAS, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, HERE'S THIS GUY FROM THIS 20,000 PERSON CITY, UM, COMING IN AND MAKING US SHOW 'EM EVERYTHING.BUT, UM, AGAIN, UM, THESE ARE, IT, IT, WE WILL GET INTO IT IN THE BUDGET, AND I'LL, I'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER PICTURE OF WHY I AM, UM, VERY PROTECTIVE AND, AND VERY, UM, PARTICULAR ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE COMING IN.
ANY QUESTIONS ON PARKVIEW? YEP.
UM, SO MR. DON AND I HAVE A CALL WITH COLLABORATE.
UM, TOMORROW, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO HAMMER OUT THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UH, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA START OUT WITH IS 1.5 ACRE RETAIL SECTION.
UM, THIS IS THE PROJECT ON THE FAR EAST END.
THIS IS ON THE 14 AND A HALF ACRES, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FIVE 17.
UM, COLLABORATE WILL, WILL PURCHASE THAT INITIAL 1.5 ACRES.
UM, AND THEN THEY WANNA BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THAT RETAIL STRIP IN, IN Q1 AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
UM, THEY HAVE, UM, A, A BUYER FOR THAT LINED UP.
THEY'VE GOT RE THEY'VE GOT, UM, TENANTS LINED UP.
SO EVERYBODY'S VERY ANXIOUS TO GET THIS MOVING.
UM, SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WILL BE WORKED ON, UH, FOR THE REMAINING PARCELS OF THE 14 AND A HALF ACRES.
IT, IT'S ROUGHLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S KIND OF BEING SPLIT UP INTO THREE SECTIONS.
UM, SECOND SECTION WILL, WILL LIKELY BE THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, WHICH WILL BE A, A MULTI-STORY AS WELL.
AND, AND THEN PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THE NEXT YEAR IS STARTING TO WORK ON THE, THE AGREEMENT FOR THE NORTH SIDE PROPERTY, UH, NORTH OF FIVE 17.
UM, THE OLD RESIDENCE, WHICH IS ON THE EDC PROPERTY, NEAREST GUM BAYOU.
SO IT'S A VERY OLD HOME TREE FALLING DOWN, TREE FALL, FALLING DOWN.
UM, IT'S RIGHT, RIGHT THERE AT THE BRIDGE.
UM, IF, IF YOU'RE GOING OVER THE, OVER THE BRIDGE ON THE LEFT SIDE BEFORE, CORRECT, CORRECT.
IF YOU'RE HEADED EAST, IT'S ON, ON THE LEFT.
THE VERY LAST BUILDING BEFORE THE BAYOU, UM, THAT WILL BE DEMOLISHED HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS.
UH, OUR PERMANENT, UH, DEPARTMENT HAS GOT, IS PUTTING THAT OUT FOR BID.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE HAVE REALLY NEED TO GET DONE.
UM, IF IT WERE ANY OTHER CITIZEN IN DICKINSON, WE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO DEMOLISH THE, THE STRUCTURE.
SO WE, AS, AS A ENTITY, UM, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING THE SAME CODES AND STANDARDS AS, AS WE WOULD REQUIRE ANY OTHER CITIZEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON BAYOU VILLAGE? AND AGAIN, I WILL GET WITH THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS WHEN YOU ALL HAVE TIME TO GO MUCH DEEPER IN, INTO THESE PROJECTS.
ALRIGHT, SO NEW BOARD MEMBER INFORMATION.
UM, SO I NEED TO SET UP TIME SINCE WE HAVE FOUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
I CAN'T DO EVERYBODY ALL AT ONCE.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE A, WHAT'S CALLED A WALKING QUORUM.
UM, SO I NEED TO SPLIT Y'ALL UP INTO TWOS.
UM, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT A NEW BOARD MEMBER PACKET.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW COMPLETE AND, AND RETURN.
I THINK EVERYONE HAS, CORRECT? ALL THE NEW PEOPLE HAVE, YES.
ALL THE NEW PEOPLE HAVE, WELL, IT'S NEW, NEW BOARD.
WELL, I, I SENT IT TO EVERYBODY SO THAT I CAN HAVE UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA, UM, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER EMAIL YOU GIVE US, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SENDING THE EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS.
WE NEED CELL PHONE NUMBERS FREQUENTLY.
WE'RE, WE'RE TEXTING JUST TO FOLLOW UP AND, AND MAKE SURE.
SO YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE NEW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DICKINSON EMAIL.
I THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE 'CAUSE OF THE, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ONE ALREADY.
SO FROM NOW ON, THE EMAILS THAT I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ALL, UH, IT'S GONNA BE YOUR NEW DICKINSON EMAIL.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT LOGGING IN OR ANYTHING, JUST GET WITH ME AND I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
SO AND SO, IF YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD NOW, WHEN WOULD BE A GOOD TIME, TYPICALLY TO DO THAT BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION, UM, AS SOON AS YOU COULD GET HERE.
UH, 'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, LIKE THE MAIN ITEMS OF THAT ARE COMPLETION OF THE NEW, OF BOARD MEMBER TRAINING, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM, COMPLETION OF CYBERSECURITY
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TRAINING WITH IT, UM, WITH OUR IT DIRECTOR OVER HERE.UM, AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS THAT THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE.
UM, AND, UM, AN OVERVIEW OF OUR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS WITH CAITLIN, UM, A Q AND A WITH MYSELF AND KAITLYN, ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
'CAUSE A TON OF INFORMATION'S GONNA COME AT YOU REALLY FAST, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE A BREATH FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN QUESTIONS WILL START COMING.
UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME Q AND A TIME, UM, THERE AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WELL AS YOU'RE SWEARING IN WITH THE, THE CITY SECRETARY.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE SORT OF OFFICIALS SWEARING IN.
UM, SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU CAN COME DURING THE DAY, THAT IS BEST, THAT IS EASIEST.
UM, IF YOU CANNOT, UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU FOLKS HAVE HAVE DAY JOBS AND THIS IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, LET ME KNOW.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE DO IS GET YOU IN AS EARLY AS YOU THINK YOU COULD MAKE IT ON.
IS THE COUNCIL MEETING, UM, PRIOR TO NEXT TUESDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING, BECAUSE EVERYBODY, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE IT DIRECTOR AND ALL THE FOLKS NEEDED WILL BE HERE ANYWAY.
SO WHEN WE GO PAST, YOU KNOW, FIVE O'CLOCK, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE THEY NEED TO BE UNTIL SEVEN.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT.
IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THAT'D BE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
AND I COULD START TO TRY TO GET THAT SCHEDULED.
ANY QUESTIONS AROUND THAT? ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT'S NOT ON THAT AGENDA? NO.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, A ANOTHER ITEM, UM, THAT, UH, I'M LETTING THE, BASICALLY MAKING THE BOARD AWARE.
UM, I, I WILL BE COMMISSIONING THIS AS PART OF MY JU YOU KNOW, MY STANDARD OPERAT, UH, OPERATIONS.
UH, I'M GONNA BE COMMISSIONING AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT WITH BROOKS AND WATSON.
UM, THEY ARE THE, THE CITY, UH, ACCOUNTING FIRM.
UM, I'LL GATHER A TIMELINE PROVIDED FOR THAT AT A LATER DATE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE EVERYBODY AWARE, UM, THAT I, I AM DOING THIS.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE WANTED TO DO, KIND OF REALLY, I MEAN, HONESTLY, SINCE I GOT HERE, I WANTED TO DO THIS.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET MOVING FORWARD, UM, HERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL COME, THEY'LL DO A, A REPORT OUT AND, AND ALL THAT STUFF.
UM, BUT, UH, I WANT EVERYTHING AUDITED FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS SO I CAN SEE WHERE, WHERE ALL, ALL OF OUR MONEY'S GONE EXPENDITURES HAVE, UH, UH, HAVE BEEN AND WHAT EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN MADE.
AND IF, AND IF WE GET NOTHING OUT OF THIS, WE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS IN THESE PROCESSES, YOU GET SOME TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION TO EITHER TIGHTEN YOUR FINANCIAL CONTROLS OR TIGHTEN YOUR, YOUR OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES.
SO THERE'S USUALLY SOME, SOME VALUE IN THIS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AUDIT? ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT,
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.UH, CONSIDERABLE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE DEDC REGULAR MEETING HELD ISN'T, IS THERE A SPIEL I READ BEFORE THAT, OR I READ THIS FIRST? I'M SORRY, WHAT? IS THERE A SPIEL I USUALLY READ BEFORE THIS OR I READ THIS FIRST? NO, YOU READ THAT FIRST.
UM, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE DEDC REGULAR MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025, FIVE B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER, 2025 DEDC FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT.
FIVE C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER, 2025 DEDC ACCOUNT STATEMENT FOR TEXAS FIRST BANK AND TEX POOL.
FIVE D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER 20, 25 MONTHLY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FEE AND AUDIT TRANSFER REQUEST FIVE E CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FY 25 TRANSFER REQUEST F FIVE, R FIVE F, UH, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE NOVEMBER, 2025 PAYROLL TRANSFER REQUEST.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS READ.
WELL, UH, I THINK, UM, COULD, COULD, COULD WE, COULD WE TAB TABLE THAT OR WITHHOLD THAT? WHAT DO WE, I WILL WITHDRAW THAT THEN.
UM, I THINK SARAH WANTED TO, UH, OKAY TO, TO, TO HELP WITH THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UH, YES AS TO WHAT THIS STUFF IS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I'M SARAH CLARK, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.
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I'M HERE AT EVERY MEETING WITH MOST OF THESE ITEMS AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO GO OVER THEM TONIGHT SINCE HOW IT'S THE FIRST NIGHT THAT YOU'VE SEEN THEM.SO FIVE B EVERY MONTH I'LL PRESENT THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORT TO YOU.
I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED ANY MORE DETAILS OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
FIVE C IS THE ACCOUNT STATEMENTS FOR TEXAS FIRST BANK AND TAX BULL.
THAT'S JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S IN THE BANK AT ALL TIMES.
SO THAT WAS APPROVED LAST MONTH? YES.
THAT THE, THE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FEE IS, IS PART OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EDC AND THE CITY.
THAT IS WHAT, SO IN THAT AGREEMENT, THERE'S VARIOUS SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE EDC BY THE CITY, SUCH AS SARAH SERVICES, UH, PAYROLL, UM, RETIRE, YOU KNOW, THE RETIREMENT PROGRAM, OFFICE SPACE, ALL THE, ALL THE EQUIPMENT, THOSE KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, THINGS INCLUDES OUR OFFICE SPACE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, COPIER, PAPER, ALL THE, YEAH, ALL THE STUFF.
AND THAT'S $28,000 A MONTH IS WHAT THAT COVERS.
AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT IS $333 A MONTH FOR, UM, AUDIT SERVICES, WHICH IS COVERED BY THE CITY.
FIVE E IS A ONE TIME REQUEST THIS MONTH.
AND THIS IS FOR ITEMS PAID BY THE CITY ON BEHALF OF A EDC.
SO, EDC HAS THEIR OWN BANK ACCOUNT AND TYPICALLY PAYS ITS OWN BILLS WITH THE EXCEPTION TO THE CREDIT CARD BECAUSE IT'S TIED IN WITH THE CITY'S CREDIT CARD.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME FEES SUCH AS LEGAL FEES, UM, THAT ARE ON THIS REQUEST.
AGAIN, THERE YOU SHOULD HAVE DETAILS.
UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THEN FIVE F IS THE MONTHLY PAYROLL TRANSFER REQUEST.
AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME AS FIVE E.
THE CITY PAYS THIS WITH THE C'S PAYROLL, BUT IT IS FOR KAITLYN AND DAVE.
SO EVERY MONTH I SUBMIT THE REQUEST WITH THE DETAILS ON WHAT WE PAID FOR TAXES, TMRS, ALL OF THEIR EXPENSES.
UM, SO IT, THIS IS A PART OF JUST THE MONTHLY CONSENT AGENDA, SO I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU GUYS SO YOU KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THIS INCLUDED.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT ANY DETAILS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS READ.
UM, CAN, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE? AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED MOTION PASSES.
[7. NEW BUSINESS]
SEVEN, UH, NEW BUSINESS, UH, SEVEN.A APPROVAL OF PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE TEXAS FIRST BANK AND TEXTBOOK ACCOUNTS TO CHANGE AUTHORIZED SIGNERS AND ACCOUNT INQUIRY ACCESS AND AUTHORIZE THE DEDC PRESIDENT TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE SUCH CHANGES AND PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
IS THIS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF, OF, UM, UH, THIS YEAH, THIS IS THE, THE, THE CHANGE, UM, IN WHEN PATRICK TOOK OVER.
THE CURRENT AUTHORIZED SIGNER IS COLIN AND MATT SABOTEUR.
SO WE'RE CHANGING IT TO PATRICK AND DAVE.
SO I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MYSELF.
DO, DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOVE TO APPROVE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.
AND, UH, IS THAT ITEM EIGHT? OKAY.
SO ARE, IS THIS WHERE WE GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION? UH, YEAH.
UM, SARAH, DID YOU WANT TO START OFF ON THE BUDGET UPDATE? DO WHAT? DID YOU WANNA START OFF ON THE BUDGET UPDATE OR DID YOU WANT ME TO TAKE CARE OF IT? UM, SURE.
SO, UM, AS THE SLIDE STATES, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABOUT $400,000 OVER BUDGET.
UM, THE BOARD DOES NOT APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT IT WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL ON THE NINTH.
UM, THE MOST OF THIS IS DUE, ALL OF IT IS DUE TO THE WATER STREET GARAGE.
WATER STREET GARAGE, AS DAVE SPOKE TO EARLIER, WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO START UNTIL THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO IT WAS NOT, NOT BUDGETED FOUR AND 25.
SO THAT IS THE, THE BIG DEFICIENCY.
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE WIRE STREET GARAGE, IT WOULD'VE BEEN UNDER BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, SO I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THE KEY POINT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T VOTE ON THIS AND IT GOES TO COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF WHAT COUNCIL'S VOTING ON.
AND SO THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
UM, OBVIOUSLY OUR CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS KNOW, UM, THERE WAS A PLAN FOR
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THE PICNIC GROUNDS.UH, IT WAS, IT WAS THE, THE PLAN THAT FOLKS WANTED WAS WELL ABOVE WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN BUDGET WAS.
UM, I BASICALLY WAS ASKED BY CITY COUNCIL OR DIRECTED BY CITY COUNCIL TO, UM, DO A REDESIGN TO DESIGN IT BACK IN THE BUDGET, WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO DO.
ULTIMATELY IT WAS CANCELED BY CITY COUNCIL ANYWAY.
UM, BUT THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL $188,000 IN DESIGN FEES, UM, THAT WERE INCURRED.
UM, AND THEN THE GARAGE COSTS.
SO ORIGINALLY ALL OF THAT, AS I MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE 3 MILLION FROM EDA PLUS OUR, OUR 2.3 RIGHT.
UM, WAS BUDGETED FOR THIS, THIS CURRENT YEAR.
HOWEVER, AS I MENTIONED, WE GOT THAT LAST MINUTE NOTICE FROM EDA SAYING YOUR EXTENSION WILL NOT BE GRANTED.
SO INSTEAD OF STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, LINCO STARTED RIGHT, BASICALLY RIGHT AWAY, STARTED ORDERING MATERIALS, STARTED, YOU KNOW, PREPPING SITE, GETTING EVERYTHING MOBILIZED.
UM, SO THEY COULD START BILLING.
SO ON A NORMAL COURSE, THEY WOULD'VE STARTED CONSTRUCTION SEPTEMBER 5TH.
MY FIRST PAY APP FROM THEM, UH, PAY APPLICATION FROM THEM WOULD'VE BEEN IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, BUT SINCE WE HAD TO ACCELERATE IT, WE ACTUALLY SPENT ROUGHLY 2.3 MILLION OR SO OUT OF, YOU KNOW, ON TECHNICALLY ON LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
UM, SO IF THAT, IF, IF THOSE THINGS HAD NOT HAPPENED, UM, WE WOULD'VE BEEN UNDER BUDGET.
WE ACTUALLY WOULD'VE BEEN UNDER BUDGET LAST YEAR BY $1.7 MILLION.
UM, SO, SO, SO, SO, SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT ISN'T THERE, THERE THERE'S NOT MORE TOTAL MONEY, IT'S JUST, IT GOT PULLED FORWARD INTO A DIFFERENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO THERE'S, AND I'M GONNA GET INTO DOLLARS AND CENTS HERE IN A SECOND, BUT YEAH, IT WAS, WE HAD THE MONEY, THE MONEY WAS PLANNED, THE MONEY WAS BUDGETED, THE MONEY WAS, WAS IN A SPECIAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT THAT THEN HAD TO BE ACCE.
THE USE OF THAT HAD TO BE ACCELERATED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 24, 25 BUDGET CYCLE.
SINCE WE SPENT IT DURING THAT BUDGET CYCLE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR 25, 26, SINCE IT'S SPENT IN 24, 25, IT HAS TO BE REFLECTED.
SO, SO WE PULLED IT FORWARD, WHICH MEANS THAT WE EXPECT THAT THE, AND WE BUDGETED FOR IT IN THE, IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL IN 26.
SO WE EXPECT, SO WE EXPECT THAT TO BE CORRECT TO SAVINGS IN 26, THE FOLLOWING FISCAL.
AND BASICALLY THE ONLY REASON THAT, UM, IT WASN'T BASICALLY WE USED SOME OF THE BUDGETED FUNDS FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION THAT DID NOT OCCUR.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON IT WAS ONLY $400,000 OVER BUDGET.
OTHERWISE IT WOULD'VE BEEN MUCH HIGHER AMOUNT DEFICIT.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE BUDGETED FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION, THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
THERE WAS A COST SAVINGS THERE.
UM, SO, UM, SO ANY ACTION FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATION.
NO, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I, I I WANT TO GO INTO THOUGH.
UM, SO DUE TO THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN, UM, UM, NO EDA REIMBURSEMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
UM, THE OTHER PART THAT THE BOARD NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF, SINCE WE'VE HAD TO PAY OUT ALL THIS MONEY, WE HAVE NOW PAID ROUGHLY 4.2, $4.3 MILLION TOWARDS THE PARKING GARAGE.
SO WE ARE OUT OF CASH, RIGHT? SO WE DO NOT HAVE CASH ON HAND AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE EDA, THEY OWE US $3 MILLION.
UM, BUT WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY RESPONSES TO OUR INQUIRIES.
THEY'RE VERY BACKED UP, WHICH I, I UNDERSTAND.
UM, BUT, UM, UNTIL THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, HA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, WE SIMPLY CANNOT SPEND MONEY.
UM, THEREFORE, UM, WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IS, AS WELL AS THE ACTION THAT I'LL BE TAKING, IS WE MUST STOP ALL OTHER UNPLANNED REQUESTS AND EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NOT OUTLINED IN THE 25 26 BUDGET.
SO THAT IS REQUESTS FOR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, A PLEASE SPONSOR THIS, PLEASE.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, BUY TICKETS TO THAT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.
WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY.
UM, AND, AND I'M, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT WE TAKE THE FOLLOWING INTO ACCOUNT WHEN ANY OF THESE THINGS COME FORWARD.
WE, WE SIMPLY CANNOT HAVE SOMEBODY SHOWING
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UP AND ASKING FOR 10 GRAND, 20 GRAND, 25,000.IF SOMEBODY WERE TO DO THAT, SAY AT TONIGHT'S MEETING AND THE BOARD WANTED TO APPROVE THAT, I WOULD BE USING A LINE OF CREDIT AND PAYING INTEREST ON IT.
UM, AS WELL AS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ALSO THINK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS AND THE EXPENDITURE AND THE, THE CASH THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT OUT OVER, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
UM, AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR ME, SO TO UNDERSTAND WHY I AM SUGGESTING THIS, I, WE HAVE NOT DONE A GREAT JOB HISTORICALLY OF INVESTING IN THE ECONOMIC FUTURE, RIGHT.
THE, THE, THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE VISION THAT ARE GONNA BRING THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, THE, THE HIGHER MEETING INCOME, THE HIGHER DISPOSABLE INCOME.
UM, SO I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR HISTORICAL DATA, UM, AND OUR BUDGET WILL CONTINUE TO BE COMPRESSED.
SO OUR FISCAL YEAR, 21, 22, WE HAD REVENUES, SALES TAX.
AND REMEMBER, WE ARE ONLY FUNDED THROUGH SALES TAX.
SO WE DO NOT TAKE IN PROPERTY TAX LIKE THE CITYSIDE DOES.
UH, WAS 3.3 22 23, 3 0.3 2324.
WE DROPPED TO 2.7 24 25 DOWN TO 2.2.
THIS YEAR WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 2 MILLION.
UM, AND THEN IF WE CAN GO TO, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, I'VE GOT AN EARLY REPORT.
THIS IS FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
UM, THIS PROJECTS DICKINSON IS IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
UM, THAT OUR SALES TAX REVENUES ARE GONNA BE DOWN, UM, ALMOST 16%.
I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT ON HERE, WE ARE THE ONLY CITY IN THE 22 AREA CITIES ON THIS SLIDE THAT HAS A DOUBLE DIGIT PERCENTAGE DECLINE.
MOST ARE A COUPLE PERCENT ABOVE.
UM, SOME ARE DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES.
UM, SO WE ARE, IN LACK OF A BETTER TERM, IN A LITTLE BIT OF A FREE FALL.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND.
THIS SLIDE HERE IN THAT BLACK LINE IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR US TO SUSTAIN OPERATIONS AT THE CURRENT RATE.
IF WE CONTINUE AT A 15% DECLINE YEAR OVER YEAR, WITHOUT TAKING NO ACTION TO BRING IN NEW DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE OUR TAX BASE, THE EDC WILL CEASE TO BE ABLE TO MEET ITS OPERATIONAL OBLIGATIONS BY THE YEAR 30 31.
SO FOR FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, TO, TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WE NEED TO GO SEEK THE DEVELOPERS, DO THE AGREEMENTS, THEY NEED TO DO THE, THE DESIGN, DO THE ENGINEERING, START THE CONSTRUCTION, OCCUPY.
SO BUILD IT OUT, OCCUPY IT OUT, AND THEN THOSE BUSINESSES START GENERATING REVENUE, WHICH THEN COMES TO US ON A LAG.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF OUTCOME, THIS IS NOT GOOD.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOT OF ACTION IN 2026 TO TURN AROUND PROPERTY.
ANY QUESTIONS ON WHY I AM SAYING WE NEED TO SHUT DOWN ANY UNPLANNED EXPENDITURES? WELL, NO, I THINK THAT'S CLEAR.
WELL, SO WE, WE'VE GOT AN, I MEAN WE'VE GOT, FOR ME, WE'VE GOT, WE GOT, WE HAVE BIO VILLAGE MM-HMM
WE'VE GOT WATER STREET MM-HMM
UM, AND WE'VE GOT, UM, PARKVIEW, PARKVIEW, MM-HMM
ALL OF WHICH WE EXPECT TO DELIVER SALES TAX.
UM, WHAT OTHER, AND SO, AND SO, AND SO THAT'S STUFF THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN.
WHAT ABOUT ELS? WELL, ELS, MOST OF EL S'S GENERATION WILL BE PROPERTY TAX, WHICH GOES TO THE CITY, NOT TO THE EDC.
SO, SO THE, I GUESS THE QUESTION I'VE GOT FOR YOU IS WHAT, WHAT THINGS DO YOU RECOMMEND BESIDES THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY ON TAP AND JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXECUTE ON THOSE THINGS AND, AND GET THOSE THINGS OVER THE LINE.
ARE THERE, ARE THERE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE? YOU SAID THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOT OF ACTION.
DO YOU HAVE SOME, SOME THOUGHTS ON WHAT THAT YEAH.
WELL, I, UH, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK THE ACTION THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE IS, IS PARKVIEW IS SORT OF SELF-CONTAINED.
WATER STREET, SORT OF SELF-CONTAINED, HITTING THE GAS ON BAYOU VILLAGE AND DOING WHAT IT TAKES TO BRING THAT IS, I THINK, WHAT THIS BODY NEEDS TO DO.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS, IF YOU LOOK AND TALK TO A LOT OF OUR RETAILERS, WHICH I TALK TO, I, I WALK IN AND TALK TO 'EM ALL THE TIME.
A LOT OF OUR RESTAURANTS ARE DOWN 40 TO 60%, 40 TO 60% THIS YEAR.
MOST SMALL BUSINESSES CAN ABSORB, UH, FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THAT KIND OF DECLINE.
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SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE CAUSE FOR THAT? AND THEN, AND THEN TWO, WE WANNA BRING IN NEW RETAIL.WELL, WHY DOESN'T NEW RETAIL WANNA COME HERE? 'CAUSE OUR TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE LOW, OUR MEDIAN INCOME IS LOW, AND OUR DISPOSABLE INCOME'S LOW RELATIVE TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
OKAY? SO THE ACTIONS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN ARE THINGS THAT TURN THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT.
TURN THOSE AND, AND GET THOSE NUMBERS POINTED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, A MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND WHY I AM GOING UP TO A NATIONAL, YOU KNOW, MULTIFAMILY BUILDER AND SAYING, SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UH, IS BECAUSE IT'S GOTTA BE OF QUALITY THAT WILL ATTRACT THE CLIENTELE THAT WILL TURN THOSE NUMBERS UP.
SO WE, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A FLIP OF THE SWITCH.
IT'S GONNA BE, WE NEED TO, EACH PROJECT THAT WE DO, WE NEED TO JUST TURN THAT KNOB A LITTLE BIT.
BAYOU VILLAGE IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL DRAW TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON A WEEKEND DOWN OUR MAIN DRAG OF FIVE 17.
SO JUST IN PRESENTING THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE GOT THESE LOTS ALONG FIVE 17 THAT ARE VACANT.
I'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY THESE FOLKS WANTING TO COME IN ONE, ONE, THEY WANNA COME IN TWO, THEY WANNA COME IN WITH NO INCENTIVE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING ANY MORE CASH OUT FOR THEM TO COME IN AND BUILD A BUSINESS HERE IN DICKINSON THAT WILL, IS GONNA PICK UP ON THOSE RESIDENTS.
SO THAT'S THE, THE WEEKEND TRAFFIC.
THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE MAKING THEIR MONEY.
YOU BRING THE MULTI-FAMILY BECAUSE THEN THERE'S, RETAILERS HAVE A COMFORT LEVEL THAT OUR POPULATION NUMBERS ARE GOING UP, OUR INCOME NUMBERS ARE GOING UP, OUR DISPOSABLE INCOME NUMBERS ARE GOING UP.
AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA KIND OF KEEP THE LIGHTS ON DURING THE WEEK.
SO, SO IT'S ALL, IT, IT ALL NEEDS TO KIND OF COME TOGETHER.
I, I JUST WANTED TO, SO I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF THE MEETINGS, UH, WITH MR. FUNK, KAITLYN, UH, MR. SCHICK AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE EDC AND TRYING TO FIGURE THIS THING OUT.
UM, WHAT I WANT EVERY, ALL THE NEW MEMBERS TO KNOW, AND ALSO THE, THE OLDER MEMBERS TO KNOW OUR SALE, OUR, OUR, OUR PROPERTY TAX RIGHT NOW IS LIKE 0.368, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
UM, WE PRODUCE ABOUT $6.4 MILLION IN REVENUE FROM THAT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BAYOU VILLAGE PROJECT, THEY'RE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS.
IF WE CAN PULL THIS OFF, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EIGHT TO $10 MILLION IN REVENUE FOR ME TO PRODUCE THAT.
I WOULD MORE THAN HAVE TO DOUBLE PROPERTY TAXES IF WE DO IT ON THAT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SALES TAX, THE REASON WHY WE HAVE TO DO THIS, WE HAVE TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO PUT AN INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF DICKINSON IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR PROPERTY OWNERS, OUR CITIZENS ARE TAKING THE BRUNT FORCE OF PAYING FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IS INVITING PEOPLE TO OUR CITY TO SPEND MONEY, PRODUCE MORE SALES TAX, AND NOW PEOPLE FROM PER LAND, PEOPLE FROM HOUSTON, PEOPLE FROM FRIENDSWOOD, PEOPLE FROM WEBSTER ARE NOW PAYING FOR OUR STREETS, OUR ROADS IN OUR DITCHES.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EIGHT TO $10 MILLION ON THE BAYOU VILLAGE PROJECT, ON A CONSERVATIVE SIDE, THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO MAKING OUR, OUR PROPERTY TAXES FROM 36 CENTS TO 85 CENTS.
RIGHT? I CAN PROMISE YOU WE WON'T HAVE A SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CITY OF DICKINSON IF WE MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR PROPERTY TAX TO GET THIS REVENUE IN.
EVERYBODY WANTS MORE ROADS, EVERYBODY WANTS MORE DITCHES.
EVERYBODY WANTS MORE EVERYTHING.
BUT NO ONE HAS AN A A REASON OR AN EXAMPLE TO PAY FOR IT.
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ABOLISH THE EDC, ABOLISH THIS, DO THIS, BUT THEN THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO PAY FOR ANYTHING.
SO WITH DAVE, WHAT DAVE IS SAYING IS WE ARE IN A DIRE NEED BECAUSE 35 YEARS AGO, THE PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE US DID NOT PUT A CONSCIOUS EFFORT AND INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE.
THIS IS NOT GONNA BE AN EASY TASK.
I'M CHALLENGING ALL OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, THE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS, EVERYBODY.
UM, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS WORK.
WE HAVE TO INVITE PEOPLE TO OUR CITY TO SPEND MONEY BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF PUTTING IN ON OUR CITIZENS.
UM, THE EDC IS THE WAY WE DO THAT, RIGHT? SO I, I WANT EVERYONE TO SEPARATE WHAT THE PAST EDC WAS AND WHAT THE CURRENT EDC IS.
UH, MR. FUNK, UH, HIMSELF, YOU GO SIT WITH HIM FOR A COUPLE HOURS, HE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND WITH THE AMOUNT OF, UM, INVESTIGATION HE DOES, THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH HE DOES, UH, HE COMES FROM MY BACKGROUND IN THE INVESTMENT WORLD.
UM, SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, IS PLEASE COME IN WITH AN OPEN MIND, BUT IF WE DON'T DO THIS, OUR CITY WILL DIE.
IT, IT, IT IS NOT A A A A MAYBE OR AN IF IT'S A, IT'S GOING TO IF WE DON'T CHANGE SOMETHING.
UM, AND THAT BAYOU VILLAGE PROJECT,
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ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GET THESE PEOPLE TO COME, WANT TO COME TO DICKINSON, BUT HE DID.AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE SLATE OF INDIVIDUALS.
UM, DO NOT COMPARE THEM TO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS WITH FOR THE PAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE, WHICH THEN TAKES THE BRUNT FORCE OFF OF OUR CITIZENS.
SO NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY DROP PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO KIND OF CAVEAT OFF OF.
APPRECIATE THAT SMITH DROP PROPERTY TAXES.
LET'S GO, YOU KNOW, UM, RESPONSIBLY, BECAUSE SANTA FE, I THINK ON THE, ON THE SCHOOL END, BECAUSE THEY DROP PROPERTY TAXES RIGHT.
WE'RE IN THE SAME, WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT, RIGHT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, AS, AS FOLKS ARE IN THEIR TRAVELS, YOU KNOW, AS, AS MAYOR KIND OF POINTED OUT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IS WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE WE, WE WANT TO SEEK OUT AND RECRUIT BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPERS TO OUR CITY THAT ARE NOT LIKE THE ONES WE HAVE HISTORICALLY DONE BUSINESS WITH, RIGHT? WE WANT THE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE BAYOU VILLAGE FOLKS, THEY DO STUFF ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THEY HAVE THE INVESTORS, THEY HAVE THE CAPITAL BACKING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SOMEBODY THAT, THAT THAT'S GONNA COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, RISK, YOU KNOW, 30, 40, $50 MILLION TO, TO GET A PROJECT STARTED.
OKAY? THAT'S NOT SOMEBODY THAT YOU JUST FIND ON THE STREET CORNER.
UM, YOU KNOW, RETAILERS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO OVERCOME.
UM, I JUST MET WITH A, UH, SOMEBODY WHO DOES A LOT OF THE HIGH END, YOU KNOW, HIGHER END RESTAURANTS, SIT DOWN DINING, UM, AND A LITTLE BIT HIGHER RETAIL.
AND HE LECTURED ME FOR, I, I MEAN I LITERALLY BARELY SAT IN THE CHAIR AND GOT A 20 MINUTE LECTURE, UH, UH, ABOUT OUR NUMBERS HERE.
RIGHT? UM, AND, AND I DON'T THINK I WAS QUITE ABLE TO TURN HIM LIKE I COULD TURN SOMES OTHERS.
BUT, UM, THAT WILL ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THEN, YOU KNOW, I WALK AWAY FROM THOSE MEETINGS GOING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA SHOW HIM THAT THAT GUY JUST HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT, THAT HE MISSED.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S THE MINDSET, LIKE, WE'RE GONNA HEAR NO, YOU ALL ARE GONNA HEAR NO RIGHT.
JUST TAKE THAT MINDSET OF, LOOK, WE'VE GOT PROJECTS AND PLANS THAT ARE STRATEGIC IN NATURE, LONG TERM IN NATURE, AND IT'S GONNA MAKE THE CITY MORE PROSPEROUS.
RIGHT? AND IF SOMEBODY TELLS YOU NO, JUST GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR LOSS.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT, THAT WANTS TO BE HERE AND BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THREW A LOT AT YOU GUYS ON YOUR FIRST MEETING, I APOLOGIZE.
BUT, UM, IT, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
UH, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS SO, OH, MR. BEFORE THE NEW MEMBERS TURN AND RUN, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT DICKINSON HAS OPERATED ON SALES TAX FROM STORES THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE HERE.
WE LOST KROGER, WE'VE LOST ZIEGLER'S, WE'VE LOST A LOT OF RETAIL PLACE, STAR FINE FURNITURE.
UH, WE ALSO LIVE OFF THREE 80 AGREEMENTS.
AND THE ONES THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THAT IS, WE SIGNED AGREEMENTS YEARS AGO WITH HOME HOME BUILDERS.
THEY BUY THEIR MATERIAL THROUGH A DICKINSON ADDRESS AND PAY SALES TAX ON IT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO CASH IN FROM DAVID WEEKLY, HOME, SOUTH HOME CO CONSTRUCTION AND A FEW OF, I THINK GUILLEN HOMES IS ANOTHER ONE.
AND HOME BUILDING IN THAT SEGMENT IS DOWN QUITE A BIT.
INTEREST RATES WENT UP, THEY SLOWED DOWN.
SOME OF THAT WILL COME BACK ON ITS OWN.
HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK WE OUGHT TO LIVE WITH THAT HOPE OF THESE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS COMING BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE.
I WOULD RATHER US GET A WHATABURGER IN TOWN THAT DELIVERS SALES TAX ON A REGULAR BASIS, AN AMAZON DROPBOX, WHEN THE ADDRESS IS DROPPED TWO DICKON, WE GET THE SALES TAX ON IT.
JUST START THINKING IN THOSE LINES RIGHT THERE.
IF YOU, UM, IF YOU ORDER PARTS FOR YOUR OLD CAR, HAVE IT DELIVERED TO DICKINSON, DON'T GO PICK IT UP IN LEAGUE CITY.
'CAUSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEY GET THE SALES TAX AND WE DON'T.
SO, UH, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE TO GENERATE THAT OBVIOUSLY BUY LOCAL.
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I MEAN, WE OUGHT TO BE ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO USE IF WE HAVE A BUSINESS IN TOWN TO WORK WITH THAT BUSINESS, A RESTAURANT OR WHATEVER.AND THAT WILL HELP EVERYBODY OUT.
AND IF YOU'RE GONNA BUY YOUR T-SHIRT FOR WHATEVER, I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS REALLY BIG ON PUSHING LOCAL AND THEY'VE HAD SOME OF THE VENDORS ACTUALLY REDUCE THEIR PRICE SO THEY COULD COMPETE WITH ONLINE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S HELPING IN THERE.
SO AS BAD AS THIS LOOKS, IT CAN BE CHANGED.
WE JUST HAVE GONE THROUGH A FIVE YEAR DROUGHT OF, OF LOSING MORE SALES TAX THAN WE HAVE GAINED ON THERE.
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY SITTING HERE IS THAT ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT Y'ALL MAKE ARE GONNA REALLY LOOK GOOD.
YOU KNOW, FRACTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE GONNA MAKE A, A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THAT.
AND, AND KIND OF ALONG THOSE LINES, JUST ANOTHER THING TO TOUCH ON THE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING I WORK ON ALMOST ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATION LEGISLATORS, THERE'S A GROUP OF THEM THAT WANT TO ABOLISH THOSE AGREEMENTS ALL.
SO THE OTHER PIECE TO THIS, OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY DON'T HAVE THE GREATEST PICTURE AS YOU, AS YOU'RE SEEING, BUT THE OTHER PIECE TO THAT IS, AS COUNCILMAN SCHICK SAID, THOSE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS WERE KIND OF SURVIVING ON, IF YOU WILL, ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY NOT MAKE IT THROUGH.
AND THAT'S JUST A FACT, RIGHT? IT IS EVERY YEAR, UM, EVERY YEAR, UM, ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS AND THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, UM, CORPORATION ARE, ARE ACTIVELY FIGHTING THE ABOLISHMENT OF THOSE THREE EIGHTIES, RIGHT? THOSE ARE TOOLS FOR US TO ATTRACT BUSINESS.
UM, FOR TOWNS LIKE OURS, UM, THEY'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, SMALLER CITIES, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE THE HU YOU KNOW, THE HOUSTON, THEY USE IT, THEY DON'T NEED IT.
AUSTIN DOESN'T NEED IT, DALLAS DOESN'T NEED IT, BUT CITIES LIKE OURS NEED THIS.
UM, SO WE FIGHT PRETTY HARD FOR THAT.
UM, AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A VICIOUS CYCLE AS WE LOSE THOSE BUSINESSES, OUR RETAIL LEAKAGE DOLLARS, UH, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ABOUT 90% OF THE RETAIL DOLLARS SPENT IN BY DICKINSON RESIDENTS LEAVE THE CITY OF DICKINSON.
NOW IT'S A CYCLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFERINGS IN THE CITY TO KEEP THOSE DOLLARS HERE, RIGHT? WE WANT PEOPLE TO SHOP LOCAL, BUT THEY SAY, WELL, BUT I WANT WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, I WANT X AND YOU DON'T HAVE X.
IT'S OVER IN LEAGUE CITY, AND I CAN'T GET X TO COME HERE BECAUSE GOING BACK, I DON'T HAVE THE TRAFFIC COUNTS.
I DON'T HAVE THE, I DON'T HAVE THE MEETING INCOME, RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, RIGHT? I DON'T, I DON'T HIT THOSE THRESHOLDS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CAUGHT IN THAT CYCLE.
SO WHEN WE'RE, AS WE PROCEED IN, IN, IN THE, THE COMING YEARS WITH YOU ALL, I LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU GUYS TO BREAK THAT CYCLE AND, AND GET THIS SHIP TURNED AROUND.
A ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SORRY.
WE'LL TALK MORE, UM, IN ORIENTATION.
I CAN GET DEEPER INTO THE NUMBERS.
AND NOW THAT WE SCARED ALL THE NEW BOARD NUMBERS,
I'M JUST, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOTHING BUT IF NOT TRANSPARENT.
HEY, MR. FUNK, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE MOMENTS TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU, MR. SPARKS HAS BEEN MANY YEARS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE, SIR.
WE, UH,
I, UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR TAKING THE TIME OUTTA YOUR DAY TO PUT BACK INTO OUR CITY.
UH, UH, SINCERELY, I, I MEAN THAT, THANK YOU.
WE, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOARDS THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD.
I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT WHAT MAYOR COUNCILMAN SCHICK, MR. FUNK HAS SAID, BUT IT IS VERY TRUE.
IF WE DO NOT START MAKING SOME CORRECTIONS AND CHANGING OUR BEHAVIORS, OUR CITY WILL DIE A SLOW DEATH, AND IT IS OCCURRING NOW.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
UH, I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH HIM, WITH YOU, SO THANK YOU.
[8. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION(S) ]
NUMBER EIGHT, EXECUTIVE CLOSED SESSION.UH, ITEM EIGHT, A TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY DELIBERATION REGARDING THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY.
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UH, ADJOURN TO, UH, YES, YOU CANWE'RE CONVENING CLOSED SESSION.
WE ARE CONVENING INTO CLOSED SESSION AT 8:08 PM WE ARE RECONVENING BACK INTO OPEN
[9. ACTION ITEMS FROM EXECUTIVE (CLOSED ) SESSION(S) ]
SESSION.WE'RE MOVING ON TO, UH, WELL BEFORE WE, UH, UH, CONCLUDE.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, AS PART OF THE EXECUTIVE, UH, AS PART OF THE EXECUTIVE, UH, DISCUSSION, UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF, UH, PROPERTY THAT WAS, UH, THAT WE WERE CONSIDERING TO ACQUIRE AS PART OF THE, UM, BIO VILLAGE PROJECT.
THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE EDC DIRECTOR TO, UM, NEGOTIATE WITH THE SELLER UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
THE, UH, COUNTER OFFER HAS COME BACK FROM THAT SELLER, UH, ABOVE THE AMOUNT THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE WANT TO, UH, VOTE NOW ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO ACCEPT THE COUNTER OFFER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? ACCEPT, ACCEPT OR REJECT OR ACCEPT OR REJECT THE, UM, ACCEPT OR REJECT THE, THE COUNTER OFFER.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REJECT THE SELLER'S COUNTER OFFER.
MR. SEA MAKES A, A, AN OFFER TO REJECT.
UH, NOW BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO A VOTE, IS THERE ANY, UH, DELIBERATION OR ANY DISCUSSION THAT WE WANNA HAVE ON THE MATTER? I THINK WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT WHILE PROXIMITY IS IDEAL, THERE'S SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT, THAT ARE JUST AS CLOSE, UM, LAND-WISE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE DAVE INVESTIGATE, TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, THAT'LL SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
CORRECT? THERE, THERE ARE SOME, SOME OTHER AVENUES THAT, THAT, UM, COULD, UH, ACHIEVE A SIMILAR OBJECTIVE.
ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS? ALL RIGHT.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION 10.
[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS ]
ARE THERE ANY, UH, BOARD MEMBER, UH, OR BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS? LET'S START DOWN.I WANNA WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS.
I KNOW CLINT'S NOT HERE WITH US, BUT ALL OF US, ALL OLDER PRESIDING MEMBERS, SUPER EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE LEADERSHIP WISE.
BILL'S BEEN A TON OF SUPPORT, UM, AND OUR MAYOR'S BEEN AWESOME AS WELL TOO.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOU GUYS.
WE, WE'VE DONE A LOT TO REPAIR A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS AND MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND I THINK WE WE'RE GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA GATHER SOME MOMENTUM REALLY QUICKLY.
UH, DAVID'S DONE A GOOD JOB OF OPENING SOME DOORS FOR US AS WELL, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT YOU GUYS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL
ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, UH, ANY OTHER, UH, ITEMS
[11. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
THAT SOMEBODY WOULD WANNA PUT ONTO A FUTURE AGENDA THAT WE WANT TO, THAT WE WANNA TAKE UP IN SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS? UM, I, I, I THINK, UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, UM, AS FAR AS UPDATES, UM, TOMORROW COULD POTENTIALLY BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA PUT THE PLACEHOLDER ON THERE.
UM, IF THERE SOMETHING, THE EFFECT OF AN UPDATE FROM, WELL, IT COULD BE AN UPDATE OR COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN ACTION ITEM.
UM, UM, SO I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS MAYBE WANTED TO AT LEAST PUT A PLACEHOLDER ON THE AGENDA.
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN UPDATE BASED ON YOUR MEETING.
AND YOU SAID YOU ALSO HAVE A MEETING ON 12 FIVE AS WELL? WITH WITH, UH, YES, WITH ALLIANCE RESIDENTIAL ALLIANCE.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE ANYTHING IN THAT MEETING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN ACTION ITEM.
IF THAT CHANGES, I WILL, I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT UPDATED.
UH, SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE THEN I GUESS WE ARE READY TO ADJOURN.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE ADJOURNING AT NINE 10.