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EVENING.[1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM]
WELCOME 2026.OKAY, MS. CAITLYN, COULD YOU CALL US TO ORDER? PLEASE TAKE A ROLL.
CLINTON WILLIAMS. BILLY SPARKS HERE.
AT THIS TIME IF WE COULD PLEASE RISE.
AND MS. REYES, YOU'LL LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS AND A SHARED PURPOSE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH WISDOM AND INTEGRITY.
GRANT US CLARITY IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, CREATIVITY IN OUR, IN OUR IDEAS, AND UNITY IN OUR DECISIONS.
MAY THE WORK WE DO TODAY, FOSTER GROWTH, OPPORTUNITY, AND WELLBEING FOR ALL THOSE WE SERVE.
BLESS OUR EFFORTS WITH SUCCESS THAT HONORS YOU AND BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALL RIGHT, WE SEEM TO HAVE A LIGHT LOAD, SO LET'S GET STARTED.
MR. DAVID, CERTAINLY STAFF UPDATE.
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SIR, PLEASE.UM, SO, UH, BRIEFLY, WE, I TOUCHED ON THIS LAST MEETING.
UM, WE ARE GONNA BE COMMISSIONING AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT, UH, WITH BROOKS AND WATSON.
I DO HAVE THEIR BID BACK FOR THAT.
UM, I'VE REACHED OUT WITH THEM TODAY TO GET THE OFFICIAL, UM, ENGAGEMENT LETTER FROM THEM.
AND THEN I WANT TO MEET WITH THEM TO GET A TIMELINE, AS WELL AS DISCUSS WITH THEM SPECIFIC AREAS OF FOCUS AND HOW THE, HOW THE AUDIT PROCESS WILL WORK WITH THEM.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY I GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FOR Y'ALL AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THAT WATER STREET PARKING GARAGE.
MOVING ALONG, UM, WORK IS GOING QUICKLY.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A CONTINUAL ISSUE.
I MENTIONED THIS LAST MEETING.
UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN, UNFORTUNATELY, ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE WITH THE EDA DATE.
UM, WE HAVE SENT MULTIPLE EMAILS SPECIFICALLY ASKING ABOUT REMITTANCE.
AND, AND JUST REMEMBER THE FIRST PAY APP FOR A MILLION DOLLARS WAS SUBMITTED TO THEM BACK IN AUGUST.
RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN, AND NOW SINCE THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN, WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THAT FIRST REIMBURSEMENT BACK.
SO WE HAVE SENT MULTIPLE EMAILS.
THE ONLY RESPONSE THAT WE GET FROM THE EMAILS HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT EXISTING PAY APPS OR A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROJECT.
NOT EVEN ADDRESSING, UM, OUR QUESTION ON REMITTANCE.
UH, I SENT OUR EDA, UH, POINT OF CONTACT, A VERY DETAILED EMAIL EXPRESSING MY, MY, MY CONCERN IN, IN WHAT MY SITUATION WAS, THAT, THAT BASICALLY I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PUTTING IN A MILLION DOLLARS, GETTING SOME MONEY BACK, PUTTING IN ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON.
AND I'VE HAD TO FRONT OVER $4 MILLION.
UM, AND, AND WHAT THAT OSI, WHAT THAT HAS, THE POSITION THAT THAT HAS PUT ME IN.
AND I'VE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE FROM THAT, THAT CORRESPONDENCE WHATSOEVER.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD.
WE'RE OUR, MYSELF AND OUR GRAND ADMINISTRATOR, EMAIL THEM MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK.
UM, I, I, I REALLY WAS HOPING I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ALL A, AN UPDATE, AT LEAST THE TIMELINE.
UM, SO THAT DOES PUT US IN A, IN A CONTINUED CASH, UM, CRUNCH.
UM, SO ALONG WITH THE CASH CRUNCHES, UM, UH, SOME GOOD NEWS FROM A CASH AND EXPENSE STANDPOINT, UM, WE DID HAVE A CHANGE ORDER DUE TO PRECAST FINISH ARRIVING, ACTUALLY UNAPPLIED.
UM, SO BASICALLY, INSTEAD OF JUST CONCRETE PILLARS, IT'S CONCRETE PILLARS WITH A PRETTY FINISH ON IT THAT WAS CALLED OUT FOR IN THE SPECS.
I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND THEY SAID, OKAY, THAT'S A CREDIT BACK TO THE PROJECT FOR $45,000.
THE, UH, SO IN TOTAL AS, UH, I THINK PROBABLY PRE SOME OF THE, THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS HERE, WHICH IS MOST OF YOU,
UM, THERE WAS A WATER LINE, UM, THAT ACTUALLY THE WATER DISTRICT HAD CLEARED.
UM, AND WHEN THEY WERE DIGGING, THEY FOUND, THEY FOUND THE WATER LINE.
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WELL, FORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DIDN'T BREAK THE WATER LINE, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WATER DISTRICT.BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE, IT WAS ON US, THE OWNER.
HOW ABOUT THAT? HUH? UM, SO, UM, THERE WAS, UH, THEN WE HAD THE, THE BURN PIT THAT WAS 25 FEET UNDERGROUND.
UM, THAT ALL HAD TO BE DUG OUT.
UM, THERE WAS A, A SWITCH OUT OF THE HVAC SYSTEM, UM, BECAUSE THE ONE THAT WAS CALLED FOR IN THE SPECS WAS NO LONGER BEING MANUFACTURED.
SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO IN TOTAL, UM, WE HAD ABOUT SIX CHANGE ORDERS.
UM, THAT PUT US NEGATIVE 48,941.
WE JUST GOT THAT ONE, UM, UM, DEDUCTIVE CHANGE ORDER OF 45,000.
SO IN TOTAL, EVEN WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S KIND OF HAPPENED THERE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING RIGHT NOW, UH, $3,941 OVER BUDGET.
SO CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED KIND OF BEFORE Y'ALL GOT HERE, I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DOING TOO SHABBY THERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON WATER STREET? OKAY.
UH, ELS, SO THE, THEY'RE CONTINUING WITH THEIR INTERIOR FINISH OUT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A COMPLETION DATE OR AN ESTIMATED CO AT THIS TIME.
UM, SO I CHECKED WITH OUR PERMITTING GROUP.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVEN'T APPLIED FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS OF YET.
UM, BUT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR CASH POSITION, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY OCCUPY THE BUILDING, THEY'RE DUE FROM THE EDC $350,000 PAYOUT.
UM, SO I'M, I'M AGAIN, JUST KIND OF ALL GOES BACK TO THE EDA.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TIMING OF FUNDS AND CASH FLOW.
UM, DID SPEAK WITH MIKE STARR AT BACKYARD BREWING, UM, FOR THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, THIS WAS AN OLDER PROJECT THAT WAS GONNA BE A STANDALONE PROJECT, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS THAT THEN, UM, IT WAS GONNA BE ON ILLINOIS STREET.
IT NEVER KIND OF CAME TO FRUITION.
THEY'VE GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL INVESTORS AND MORE BACKING, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA MOVE IN WITHOUT ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE EDC WHATSOEVER INTO THAT OLD SCHOOL BUILDING RIGHT BEHIND THE SANCTUARY SPACE ON THE ELS CAMPUS.
UM, SO THAT IS A, SPOKE TO MIKE RIGHT BEFORE THE, UH, THE HOLIDAYS, AND HE'S VERY EXCITED AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WHEN WILL THEIR OPENING DATE? HE DOESN'T HAVE AN OPENING DATE YET.
I DON'T THINK THEY, UM, THE ONLY, THE ONLY WORK THAT I THINK'S EVEN BEEN DONE ON THAT BUILDING IS, UM, ELS AS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH.
THEY DID SOME, UM, THEY DID SOME, UH, ASBESTOS REMEDIATION IN THAT BUILDING.
UH, IT HAD THOSE OLD ASBESTOS SCHOOL TILES IN IT.
UH, AND THEN I THINK THEY HAD TO PULL THE WIRING OUT AND, AND PUT IN NEW WIRING.
THAT'S ALL IT'S BEEN DONE TO IT TO DATE.
UM, UM, BUT, UH, ELS IS GONNA DO THE WORK FOR THEM AND DO THE BUILD OUT.
I JUST DON'T HAVE A, A SCHEDULER OR A CONSTRUCTION START DATE YET.
YOU SAID ELS IS GONNA DO THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THEM? YEP.
WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A, UH, RETAIL, UM, BUILDER.
SO THAT'S RIGHT IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE.
SO THAT WORKS, WORKS OUT WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ELS? ALL RIGHT, UH, PARKVIEW, UM, SO LEGAL HAS COMPLETED THEIR BOND AND CREDIT REVIEW FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, HAD THE, THE STATUS MEETING WITH ALLIANCE ON BEFORE YOU KEEP GOING, LOCATION OF PARKVIEW JUST TO UPDATE US, SO WE ALL KNOW.
YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT.
I KIND OF FIGURED THAT PARKVIEW IS WHERE THE OLD SEARS BUILDING WAS, BUT GO AHEAD, DAVE.
SO THE PARKVIEW'S A A A MULTIPURPOSE PROJECT OR MULTI-USE PROJECT.
SO THE COMMERCIAL CENTERS WHERE THE OLD SEA SEARS BUILDING USED TO BE, THEY'RE ALSO PUTTING IN, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, THEY'RE PUTTING AN ACCESS ROAD IN FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN MULTIFAMILIES GOING RIGHT ALONG 6 46 DIRECTLY BEHIND WALGREENS.
UH, AND THERE'LL BE AN ACCESS ROAD THERE FOR THAT COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, SO WHEN YOU SAY RIGHT BEHIND WALGREENS, IS IT DOWN 1 46 OR IS IT DOWN 1 5 17? IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE STANDING AT THE CORNER ON 1 46, YOU'RE LOOKING AT WALGREENS, IT'S STRAIGHT ON DOWN.
UM, SO IT'S THAT PROPERTY THAT RUNS RIGHT BEHIND THE WALGREENS THERE, UM, UP TO THE BAYOU, UM, ON THE LIST ON FIVE 17 OR ON 6 46.
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UH, SO THAT'S A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT THAT'S COMING IN.THAT IS A KIND OF HIGHER END CLASS B INITIAL RATE RENTS ARE GONNA BE ABOUT A DOLLAR 95 A SQUARE FOOT.
SO THAT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE RENT RENTAL RATE HERE IN DICKINSON AT THIS TIME.
UM, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING SORT OF THE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME OF THE NEWER JOBS COMING INTO THE CITY OF GALVESTON SINCE WE'RE ONLY 15, 20 MINUTES FROM THE ISLAND.
UM, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ENGINEERS FROM THE REFINERIES AND OIL COMPANIES AND AVIATION SPOTS.
SO, UM, IT'S BEING DONE BY ALLIANCE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS A BIG NATIONAL, NATIONAL, UH, MULTIFAMILY BUILDER.
THEY'RE MET WITH THEM ON 12 FIVE.
THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UM, UM, THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO JUST RENT THIS RIGHT ON OUT.
UM, SO THEY'RE EXCITED TO GET MOVING.
UM, THEY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT, UM, BY THE EDC AS WELL AS THE CITY AND WORKING WITH THEM.
UM, THEY WANTED TO DO SOME THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAT WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD, THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE, THE BOND AND THE CREDIT REVIEW, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO, THEY WANTED CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY ON SOME OF THE BUILDINGS PRIOR TO FINAL PLAT, WHICH WE DON'T ALLOW FOR BY CODE BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE COMPLETE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DO FINAL PLAT AND GET YOUR CL.
UM, SO WE, WE BASICALLY HAVE ROUGHLY $900,000 SURETY BOND, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THAT, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS WILL BE COMPLETED AND FINISHED AS PER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR COS 'CAUSE WHAT THEY WANNA DO IS BUILD BUILDING ONE, OCCUPY IT WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING, BUILDING TWO.
UM, SO THEY WANT TO CAPTURE THE DEMAND, UM, FOR THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE MARKET.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO JUMP ON THAT.
UM, THEIR HOPE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SIMILAR TO, UM, WHAT YOU HEAR FROM THE GUYS ON BAYOU VILLAGE ON THE EAST SIDE, IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE UP IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE 2 25, 2 30 A SQUARE FOOT RENTAL RANGE, UM, IN THE NEXT, NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS.
SO, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME NICE AMENITIES THERE.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A NICE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT WILL THEN START, UH, I THINK LATER ON THIS YEAR ON THE COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT FRONT FIVE 17 WHERE THE OLD SEARS BUILDING WAS.
THAT ONE IS SLIGHTLY DEPENDENT ON TDOT.
SO, WE'LL, WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
UM, HOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE IN, UM, I'VE BEEN CALL 'EM A UNIT.
SO HOW MANY, UM, TO THE MICROPHONE, PULL THE MICROPHONE OVER HERE.
ALRIGHT, CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER? SO, ON THE PARK VIEW, WHAT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GONNA BE OCCUPYING, LET'S SAY UNIT NUMBER ONE OR TWO OR THAT KIND OF STUFF? GIMME A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THAT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S ROUGHLY 297 UNITS.
SO YOU GOTTA FIGURE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ON AVERAGE TWO TO THREE PEOPLE PER UNIT.
SO SOMEWHERE IN THE CONSERVATIVELY YOU WOULD SAY 500 OCCUPANTS, MOST LIKELY IT'S GONNA BE AT LEAST 600.
ANYBODY WITH SMALLER CHILDREN, YOU'RE GONNA PUSH THAT NUMBER UP INTO THE SEVEN 800 RANGE.
AND THE SCREEN JUST WENT BLACK
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE FOLKS,
DAVE, WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
THAT CONCRETE FOR THE PARKING GARAGE ARRIVED UNCOATED.
THAT'S A SEALER ON THAT CONCRETE.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT AT SOME LATER POINT WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND SEAL THE CONCRETE? NOT, NOT, NO.
IT WAS STRICTLY IN A CONFIRMED WITH KIMLEY HORN IN THEIR DESIGN.
UH, MOST OF THAT DESIGN WAS COMPLETED BEFORE I, I CAME ON BOARD FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF DESIGN.
UM, THAT, SO I TALKED TO, UM, BLAKE HODGE, KIMLEY HORNE, THAT WAS STRICTLY AN AESTHETICS COATING.
SO THERE, THERE WAS REALLY THE ONLY, THE ONLY THING TO, IT WAS JUST THE LOOK AND APPEAL.
SO WE'RE NOT LOSE, WE'RE NOT SACRIFICING ANYTHING FROM A QUALITY OR DURABILITY STANDPOINT WHATSOEVER.
SO, SO THAT WASN'T A SEALER TO KEEP MOISTURE? NO, NO SIR.
IT WAS STRICTLY, UM, 'CAUSE THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY, THAT WAS ONE OF MY, MY FIRST QUESTIONS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY, AND YOU KNOW, THE LINCO SAID WE, WE BELIEVE IT'S JUST AESTHETIC,
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BUT I CONFIRMED WITH THE, THE DESIGNER THAT OKAY, IT WAS PURELY A, AN AESTHETIC ELEMENT.SO NO FIRE COATING OR FIREPROOFING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, SIR.
NOTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE ANY RISK TO THE PROJECT SACRIFICE QUALITY OR BECOME A MAINTENANCE ISSUE 10 YEARS DOWN, 10, 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO, AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAINT THAT AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE IF WE WANT.
WELL WE HAVE A TECHNICAL ISSUE.
I'M JUST GONNA POWER ON THROUGH, UH OH, NOW I CAN'T DO THAT.
UH, SO, SO ALL, ALL OF THE PERMITS EXCEPT FOR ONE ON PARK VIEW, UH, HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND, AND INVOICED, UH, ONCE THAT LAST REMAINING, UM, PERMIT IS ISSUED AN INVOICE AND THOSE INVOICES ARE PAID, WHICH I TALKED TO ALLIANCE TODAY, THEY ARE SIMPLY, THEY'RE READY TO GO.
THEY JUST NEED THE NUMBER AND THEY'RE GONNA SEND PAYMENT ONCE ALL THAT HAPPENS.
'CAUSE PERMITS ARE ISSUED, THEY WILL START CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS.
SO RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, I HOPE.
UM, SO, UH, BAYOU VILLAGE, WE GOT IT BACK.
UM, SO ON BAYOU VILLAGE, UM, WE HELD A CONFERENCE CALL, GAVE YOU ALL A HEADS UP AT THE LAST MEETING ON THIS, UH, WE HELD A CONFERENCE CALL FOR THE FIRST, UM, IT'S GONNA BE A ONE AND A HALF ACRE RETAIL SPACE, WHICH WILL BE CARVED OUT OF THE 14 AND A HALF ACRES, UM, WHICH IS FIVE 17 EAST ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, WE GOT, UM, UM, WE ESTABLISH, WE, WE ESTABLISHED AND CONFIRMED PARAMETERS OF PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, UM, MR. DO WHO, WHO IS, UH, OUT ON VACATION, UH, WITH THE FA ON A FAMILY TRIP.
UM, HE'S DRAFTING THAT INITIAL AGREEMENT.
AND THEN ONCE HE'S BACK, UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT YET, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY GONE OUT.
UM, ONCE HE RETURNS AND FINALIZES THAT DRAFT, THAT'LL GO OUT TO COLLABORATES COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT.
IT'S NOT VERY COMPLEX, THIS FIRST PIECE.
UM, SO I DON'T, I DON'T EXPECT A LOT OF COMMENTS BACK FROM 'EM.
UM, THEN WE'LL TAKE THAT, IT'LL COME BEFORE THIS BOARD FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THEN WE GO TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, AS WELL.
SO, UM, ONCE WE GET ALL THAT DONE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA START CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY TO GO.
UH, I ACTUALLY MET WITH COLLABORATE AS WELL AS THE CONTRACTOR, UM, FOR THE RETAIL, UH, ESTABLISHMENT, UM, THE RETAIL SECTION.
UM, SO THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR PLANS, THEY HAVE THEIR ENGINEERING, THEY HAVE THEIR PATH FORWARD.
UM, THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED, AND THEN THEY'LL SUBMIT THEIR PLANS AND, UM, UH, START DEALING WITH THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT.
AND A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON BAYOU VILLAGE.
UM, BAYOU VILLAGE, THAT'S, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO DO THAT ONE IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, WHAT I DO NEED TO DO, WHAT NEEDS TO KNOW IT'S ON THE EAST END.
UH, TOTAL ACREAGE AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR CONTROL IS ABOUT 70 TO 75 ACRES.
UM, WE'LL PROBABLY GROW IN THE A HUNDRED ACRE RANGE TOTAL.
UM, UM, BUT THAT IS GONNA BE MULTIPURPOSE.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, SOME ATHLETIC VENUES FOR, FOR SOCCER, FOR BASEBALL.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER SPORTS AS WELL.
UM, UH, AS A, AS A DRAW, UH, I HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM BEFORE YOU WERE APPOINTED THAT I PROBABLY REALLY NEED TO SEND TO EACH OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, THAT'LL, THAT GETS PRETTY DETAILED ON IT.
UM, AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY, UM, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT RETAILS.
HOW FAR EAST ARE THEY GOING? I'M SORRY? HOW FAR EAST? IT, IT'S RIGHT AT ABOUT RIGHT AT THE LINE AT AT THE CITY LINE EGG FLOOR.
UM, ALONG THAT, THE, UM, DWELLING THAT THERE, THERE'S TWO DWELLINGS ON, THERE'S
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TWO DWELLINGS ON THAT PROPERTY.UM, AND, UM, ONE IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED, ONE IS VACANT, BEEN VACANT FOR 10 PLUS YEARS NOW.
UM, THAT BUILDING THAT'S VACANT IS, IS HIT THE NUISANCE STA STATUS.
I'M WAITING ON, UH, WE HAVE TWO BIDS IN FOR DEMO.
ONCE WE'VE GOT THE THREE BIDS, WE'LL SELECT LOWEST, LOWEST BID AND MOVE FORWARD ON DEMOLITION OF THAT STRUCTURE.
UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME FOLKS OUT THERE CLEARING SOME DEBRIS AND, AND, AND ITEMS FROM THE SITE, UM, PRIOR TO, TO THE HOLIDAYS.
UM, UM, WE DO NEED TO DO TWO APPRAISALS TIED TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, ONE IS ON THE CURRENT 55 ACRES, WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
UH, WE HAVE NOT DONE AN APPRAISAL ON THAT.
I CAN, WE DON'T HAVE CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT, BUT NEXT CLOSED SESSION, I CAN BRIEF YOU ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE IMMEDIATE NEED IS ON THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, UM, PER COUNCIL, WE, WE HAVE A, WE'RE DOING A, A, ANOTHER APPRAISAL ON THE 14 AND A HALF ACRES.
I HAVE AN APPRAISAL FROM 2023, BUT COUNCIL SUGGESTED THAT, THAT I GET A, OR WANTED ME TO GET ANOTHER ONE.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF THE SELL BACK TO COLLABORATE.
SO WE DON'T JUST GIVE PROPERTIES AWAY, RIGHT? WE, YOU KNOW, WE BUY THEM, WE ACQUIRE 'EM, WE HOLD THEM, WE PREP EVERYTHING, WE GET ALL THE PROPERTY TOGETHER.
BUT THOSE AREN'T FREE TO THE DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS BUY IT BACK.
SO THEY USUALLY BUY IT BACK AT, AT COST, UM, WHATEVER WE PAID FOR IT, PLUS SOME APPRECIATION.
SO WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY FOR 600,000.
I HAVE THAT LATE 2023 APPRAISAL THAT APPRAISED IT AT 700,000.
WE BACK INTO A COST PER SQUARE FOOT.
SO WHEN WE CARVE OUT THE ACRE AND A HALF, WE, WE DRILL THAT DOWN TO A SQUARE FOOT COST.
AND THEN THAT'S WHAT THE DEVELOPER THEN PAYS US TO ACQUIRE THE LAND.
UM, SO WE HAD AN APPRAISAL IN 23.
I, I, I, I THOUGHT IT WAS STILL VALID.
UM, I CONTACTED THAT APPRAISAL COMPANY AND, AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS STILL VALID.
THEY WOULD GIVE US A LETTER, UM, WHEN YOU SAID COUNSEL, LEGAL COUNSEL, NOT CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT? YES.
LEGAL COUNSEL, UH, ADVISED TO GET A NEW ONE DONE.
UM, THAT OBVIOUSLY GIVING MY CURRENT CASH POSITION DIDN'T WANNA SPEND.
UM, UM, I DID CALL APPRAISAL COMPANY, SAID THEY'RE WILLING TO SEND A LETTER SAYING THAT IN THEIR MIND IT'S STILL GOOD.
UM, THAT ORIGINAL APPRAISAL WAS DONE BY CBRE AND THEY, THEY'RE WILLING TO, TO SEND A LETTER AND SAY IT HAS NOT DECREASED.
SO MEANING THEY DON'T THINK IT INCREASED EITHER.
SO, UM, WOULD THAT SUFFICE LEGAL COUNSEL OR WE'RE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SPEND MONEY FOR THAT? MY, HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN OUT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON BAYOU VILLAGE? COULD YOU GIVE JUST A GENERAL TIMELINE OF WHEN WE EXPECT THESE ITEMS TO BE COMPLETED? UM, WELL, THE DEMOLITION, UM, I TALKED TO OUR, OUR TEAM THIS MORNING.
UM, THEY BASICALLY HAVE NOT, THEY ONLY GOT TWO OF THE THREE BIDS BACK.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND A, A NEW CONTRACTOR, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE MM-HMM
UM, SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO, TO BID IT OUT TO, UM, HE WAS NOT GONNA GET TO IT TODAY IS WHAT HE TOLD ME.
DEVELOP THEIR PRICE, COME BACK.
IT'S A PROBABLY AT LEAST A TWO OR THREE WEEK PROCESS FOR THAT.
ONCE WE MADE A SELECTION, THE BUILDING WILL COME DOWN IN PROBABLY TWO WEEKS.
UM, UM, THE, AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ITSELF, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE NIM IS WITH HIS DRAFT.
UH, I CAN'T REALLY GET AHOLD OF THEM.
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BUT THAT DRAFT NEEDS TO GO OUT AND THEN ANY COMMENTS AND FINALIZE AND SIGN AND THEN MM-HMMUM, SO THE EARLIEST THAT WE COULD SIGN, THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR BOARD MEETING NEXT MONTH MM-HMM
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT BOARD MEETING IS CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
SO, UM, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST A FIVE WEEK TIME HORIZON MM-HMM
UH, ON, ON FINALIZING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THAT'S ASSUMING THERE'S NO HANGUPS BETWEEN ATTORNEYS AND ALL THAT.
DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, IT'S PRETTY VANILLA.
AND, AND SO YOU ALSO SAID THAT THE RETAIL DEVELOPER, THEY'VE HAVE THEIR ENGINEERING DRAWINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH PERMITTING AFTER THAT, RIGHT? YES.
THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED ANY DRAWINGS OR ANYTHING TO, TO PERMITTING, WHICH THEY WOULDN'T.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THERE'S A COST ONCE YOU START THAT PROCESS.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, NO, MOST OF THE DEVELOP, UH, IN TALKING WITH COLLABORATE, THEY'VE SPENT ABOUT 400 TO $500,000 IN JUST ENGINEERING AND ASSESSMENT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO, UM, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO OUT THERE.
AND THEN JUST A QUICK QUESTION, WELL, HOPEFULLY A QUICK QUESTION ON PARKVIEW.
UM, DO WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION OR TIMELINE OF WHEN WE EXPECT THAT ONE FINAL PERMIT TO BE ISSUED? I'M, I, I'M TOLD DAYS.
UM, THERE'S ONE ITEM BETWEEN OUR CITY ENGINEER AND ALLIANCE THAT, THAT, UM, UH, WELL, I, I GUESS ENGINEER MADE SOME COMMENTS.
ALLIANCE, UH, RESPONDED BACK AND I THINK WE'RE JUST WAITING ON OUR CITY ENGINEER TO REVIEW THOSE COMMENTS.
AND THEN AGREE OR MAKE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IF HE AGREES, THEN THAT PERMIT'S ISSUE THAT THAT INVOICE WILL GO OUT.
UM, I MEAN, THAT COULD BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
SO SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD UPDATE FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
HO HOPEFULLY, I'M, I'M SAYING SHOVELS IN THE GROUND RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO, UM, UM, ORIGINALLY SHOVELS IN THE GROUND WERE SUPPOSED TO START IN NOVEMBER, SO.
UM, BUT JUST IN, IN KIND OF WORKING WITH THEM AND, UM, THE LEGAL AGREEMENTS AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY, UM, WAS SECURE AND, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS DONE, IT JUST TOOK A LITTLE LONGER.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANKS FOR THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, MET WITH TWO, UH, DEVELOPERS ON POTENTIAL DEMOLITION OF, UH, UH, OLDER LOW INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEY'D BE LOOKING TO DO, UH, A REDEVELOPMENT INTO A MULTI-USE, UH, TYPE OF SITE.
UM, SO SOME RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM NICER APARTMENTS, SORT OF MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH PARKVIEW AND BAYOU VILLAGE.
UM, SO, UM, STILL VERY PRELIMINARY THERE.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE GOING BACK TO, TO LOOK AT THEIR MARKET STUDIES AND DO THEIR FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
UM, SO I HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, UH, THIRD DEVELOPER ACTUALLY ON THURSDAY.
UH, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SITES THAT HE'S INTERESTED IN.
SO, SO WE'LL SEE IF ANYTHING COMES OF THAT.
UH, ALSO WORKING WITH QT, UM, WHICH IS THE NEW GAS STATION GOING IN ON THE WEST SIDE, UM, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH OCCUPANCY.
UM, I GOT A FORMAL LETTER FROM THEM.
WE, WE WERE IN RECEIPT OF A FORMAL LETTER FROM THEM THAT THEY EXPECT TO BE COMPLETE, UH, FEBRUARY 12TH.
UM, THE CHALLENGE THERE IS PER OUR UDCA GA, A FUELING STATION MUST BE ADJACENT TO A LIGHTED INTERSECTION.
SO AGAIN, TECH STOCK, AND IN THIS CASE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS TEXAS NEW MEXICO POWER IS, IS THE HOLDUP.
SO T CAN'T START IN INSTALL INSTALLATION OF THE LIGHT UNTIL TEXAS NEW MEXICO COMES OUT AND THERE'S, THERE'S FOUR POLES THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE, UH, EIGHT INCHES TO A FOOT.
UM, AND THEY'RE BACKED UP AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN ETA FROM THEM ON WHEN THEY CAN DO THAT.
SO, UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO TEXAS, NEW MEXICO.
UM, I LEFT A VOICEMAIL WITH THEM, I DIDN'T GET A CALL BACK, SO I, I HAVE ONE SIDE OF THE STORY.
UM, SO I'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO TRY TO GET THE FULL, YOU KNOW, THE STORY FROM THEIR SIDE, UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THERE AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE THAT.
SO ONCE TEXAS AND MEXICO COMES OUT, MOVES THOSE POLES, TEXT STOP, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IS,
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YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'LL BE 10 DAYS BEFORE THEY MOBILIZE AFTER THAT.UM, BUT THAT THEY'RE READY TO MOBILIZE AND START THE INSTALLATION OF THE LIGHT.
UM, WHAT I'M TRYING TO WORK THROUGH IS QT ISS LIKE, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT CITY'S ASKED OF US.
WE NEED TO OCCUPY, WE NEED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, NONE OF THESE FOLKS WANT TO BUILD A RETAIL SPACE, INVEST ALL THAT MONEY AND THEN HAVE IT READY TO GO AND SITTING THERE NOT GENERATING ANY REVENUE.
UM, SO TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT ISSUE.
UM, AGAIN, UM, MR. JONES BROUGHT UP SOME, SOME LEGAL ISSUES AND LEGAL CONCERNS.
UM, I SUGGESTED POTENTIALLY I NEED TO TALK WITH HIM WHEN HE GETS BACK THAT MAYBE WE JUST TELL THEM TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE RETAIL STORE AND NOT THE GAS.
UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, PER OUR CODES THAT GAS CAN'T BE OPEN WITHOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN GET THEM TO OPEN UP THE RETAIL, UM, AREA, UH, START SELLING FOOD AND, AND, AND ALL THAT, UM, UH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON TEXTILE TO FINISH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A TEMPORARY, THAT'S WHAT THEY REQUESTED.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT PER THE ADVICE OF LE OF, OF LEGAL COUNSEL, UM, THAT THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW IT LANDED ON MY DESK.
UM, BACK TO THE WELL ON THERE.
YEAH, I, I JUST, HE'S, AGAIN, HE'S OVERSEAS SO I CAN'T REALLY TALK WITH HIM.
BUT, UM, SO I, I'M TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE CONTACTS I HAVE AT AT TMP.
UM, SO I WANT TO, WHO'VE HELPED US OUT IN THE PAST.
SO I WANNA TALK WITH THEM AGAIN, GET THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY, TALK WITH TDOT, SEE WHAT ALL IS GOING ON, SEE IF WE CAN EXPEDITE IT.
AND, UM, THEN THERE'S NO ISSUE OR NO NEED TO DO ANYTHING, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE BOX.
IF THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, THEN I WANT TO REVISIT THE ISSUE, UM, WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AT LEAST ON, ON GETTING THE RETAIL OPEN.
UM, IS THERE A, A POSSIBILITY OF MAYBE BLOCKING OFF THE YEAH.
ABILITY TO TURN LEFT AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY HAS TO TURN RIGHT.
COMING OUTTA THERE AND MAYBE THAT
SO YEAH, THERE'S SOME NO LEFT TURN SIGNS OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST COMPLETELY IGNORED.
UM, AND IT IS A, I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A TRAFFIC SAFETY HAZARD.
SO IT IS RIGHT NOW, UM, WITHOUT THE LIGHT MINUS THE GAS STATION.
SO YEAH, SO SO WHEN YOU SAID LIGHT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RED LIGHT RIGHT THERE, QT OR YEP.
I THINK THAT'LL BE HELPFUL WHEN, WHEN THEY GET THAT, BUT YEAH, UH, YEAH, I THINK WHEN THEY PUT THAT IN, IT'LL KIND OF HELP MAYBE BREAK UP SOME OF THE CONGESTION A LITTLE BIT.
SPACE IT OUT A LITTLE, I THINK IS WHAT THE HOPE IS FROM, FROM TDOT'S PERSPECTIVE ANYWAY.
UM, SO, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK, WORK ON THAT ONE.
WHEN IS THEIR TIMEFRAME, IF THERE WASN'T AN ISSUE WITH TEXAS, MEXICO MOVING THOSE POLLS FE OPEN FEBRUARY 12TH, FE FEBRUARY 12TH, SO ABOUT A MONTH, I'D BE WILLING TO BET THAT COUNCIL WOULD AGREE TO A, UH, A WAIVER ON THAT SO THAT WE COULD GET THAT LOCATION OPEN.
BECAUSE EVEN IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET TEXAS TO MEXICO TO DO IT IN A TIMELY FASHION, THEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU WAIT FOR TDOT TO DO IT IN A TIMELY FASHION.
AND YOU, YOU NEED TO OPEN BEFORE THE END.
AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PUNISHING A BUSINESS THAT'S DONE ALL THE RIGHT STEPS AND DONE EVERYTHING CORRECTLY AND, AND ADHERED TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE ASKED OF THEM.
AND NOW WE'RE GONNA PENALIZE THEM FOR TWO OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONTROL AND OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY, UM, UM, UH, LIKE I SAID, I, I DON'T WANT TO THROW ANYONE UNDER THE BUS 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THEIR PERSPECTIVE YET, BUT I WANNA GET MORE INFORMATION AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH.
I BELIEVE THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S READING THAT CORRECTLY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT SAYS CONTROLLED INTERSECTION, IT DOESN'T SAY LIGHTED INTERSECTION.
SO AS LONG AS THOSE STOP SIGNS REMAIN, THERE CONTINUES TO BE A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
I'LL BE VISITING WITH HIM UPON HIS RETURN
I I REVIEWED THE, UM, UM, WITH OUR, UH, I REVIEWED THE UDC UH, TODAY WITH OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICER.
SO, UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, THAT,
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UH, I WANT TO JUST MEET, MEET WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TRY TO FLUSH OUT.SO ANY QUESTIONS ON QT? SO HAVE WE DISCUSSED WITH TXDOT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE? RARELY? UM, I HAVE NOT.
I SUSPECT THAT EVEN IF IT WAS THE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNAL MM-HMM
THAT THOSE POLES PROBABLY STILL NEED TO BE MOVED STILL IN THE WAY.
AND HOW MUCH DO THEY NEED TO BE MOVED AGAIN? UH, I BELIEVE TWO OF THEM ARE EIGHT INCHES AND TWO OF THEM ARE 12 INCHES, I WANNA SAY.
SO FOR THE SAKE OF 20 INCHES, WE DON'T HAVE AN OPERATING BUSINESS.
WE, FOR THE SAKE OF 20 INCHES, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, OPERATING BUSINESS THAT'S GONNA BE GENERATING SALES TAX IN THE CITY.
SO, UM, AND, AND THEN FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THAT JUST DRIVES, YOU KNOW, THAT BLOWS UP, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO, TO GET THIS THING OPEN.
SO THEY'RE MOVING, THEY'RE MOVING, THEY'RE MOVING QUICK TOO.
SO, SO BILL, ANY SUPPORT Y'ALL'S END WOULD OH, AB ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN HE GETS BACK FROM HIS VACATION, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.
CLEARLY SAYS A, UH, CONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
I'M SAYING, HEY, WE'RE OPENING ON THE 12TH, SO WE'LL SEE.
IS THERE ANYTHING PLANNED FOR THE OPENING? NO, I THINK THEY JUST
UH, I, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLANNING ANY, ANY, ANY BIG DOG AND PONY SHOW.
THEY, THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT TO TURN THOSE PUMPS ON AND, AND GET THOSE CUSTOMERS IN DOOR.
THEY'RE NOT PUMP AND GAS, YOU'RE NOT MAKING MONEY.
AFTER, AFTER THE MEETING WHERE THEY'RE OPEN, WE'LL ALL TAKE OUR CARS THERE AND, AND I GUESS
ALL RIGHT, WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? UM, SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL SAW OUR FACEBOOK POST, BUT WE HAVE A NEW WIDGET FEATURE, WHICH IS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
UM, I HAVE DOWNLOADED THE APP, UH, ON MY PHONE, UM, WHICH, UH, IS ON, ON THE APP STORE, UH, FOR IOS AND ANDROID.
AND IT'S UNDER, UM, THE NEW CAPTION OF EXPERIENCE DICKINSON.
UM, AND THIS IS A WIDGET WIDGET APP THAT CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE EDC WEBSITE.
SO VISITORS TO DICKINSON CAN, IF, YOU KNOW THEY WANT DINNER, THERE'S A ICON HERE TO CLICK EAT AND DRINK.
AND APPARENTLY IT KNOWS THAT I'M IN A BOARD MEETING AND IT'S TAKES ME RIGHT TO THE FIVE 17 BAR.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN CLICK ON THIS AND GO IT, IT'LL ACTUALLY GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS.
SO WHEREVER I AM, IF I WERE TO CLICK IN AND SAY, TAKE ME TO DESTINATIONS, IT, IT WILL DIRECT ME TO FIVE 17 BAR.
UM, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT MOST, IF NOT ALL BUSINESSES IN HERE.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, CAITLIN'S WORKED, PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS ONE.
UM, AND, UH, UH, SO THAT IS NOW UP AND RUNNING AND LIVE.
WE DID GET OUR FIRST WEEK REPORT RIGHT.
AND WE DID HAVE 25 USERS IN OUR FIRST WEEK.
UM, SO, UM, LAND ACQUISITION FOR DETENTION ON, ON BAYOU VILLAGE.
UM, I'VE DIRECTED OUR, UM, REAL ESTATE AGENT TO REACH OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS ON FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT PROPERTIES ON THE EAST END, UH, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT OUR ORIGINAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION WAS GONNA BE.
UM, THOSE NEGOTIATIONS SEEMED TO HAVE STALLED.
UH, SO I'M LOOKING AT OUR, OUR, MY PLANS, B, C, AND D.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO START THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, CAN'T GET INTO ANY MORE DETAIL THAN THAT ON IN A PUBLIC MEETING.
UM, SO, UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, THERE'S UM, THREE, SO ADDITION TO THE ONES THAT I JUST MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN TOLD TO HAVE THREE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE, ARE OFF MARKET, BUT WILLING TO SELL.
SO, UM, UH, JUST FOUND THAT OUT YESTERDAY.
SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THOSE FOLKS YET, BUT, UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA PURSUE THOSE AVENUES AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'LL BE, UM, UM, OH YES.
AND THEN LAST ITEM IS ANYONE INTERESTED IN
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ATTENDING THE LEAGUE CITY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? UH, WHICH I AM OF A BOARD, UH, UH, A BOARD MEMBER OF, SO NO, NO PRESSURE.UM, BUT IT'S SWING FOR A CAUSE, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENT.
UH, IT'S FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM ON THE FEBRUARY 12TH AT TOPGOLF.
UM, THERE ARE THREE PERSON TEAMS. UM, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE LET US, CAITLIN, OR I KNOW IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, DAY OR TWO, UM, 'CAUSE WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, BOOK SOME SPOTS BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
UH, IT'S, AND IT'S NOT SUPER EXPENSIVE.
SO, UM, SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, CHECK YOUR CALENDARS.
IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, WE'D LIKE TO ATTEND.
UM, USUALLY WE HAD, UM, I THINK LAST YEAR WE HAD TWO TEAM, TWO TEAMS OF THREE, UH, ONE TEAM OF SIX.
YEAH, ONE TEAM OF SIX LAST YEAR.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOOD AT SWINGING THE CLUB, MAYBE DON'T BE ON YOUR TEAM.
JUST, JUST COME AS A, AS AN ATTENDEE
I, UH, LOOK, I GOT A TITLE TO DEFEND
SO, UH, BUT LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UM, UH, MR. MR. COKER WHO WAS OUR PREVIOUS BOARD BOARD PRESIDENT, UH, WAS THERE, UH, MYSELF, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, CAITLYN CAME IN PRETTY CLUTCH THERE AND WE HAD OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, SO IT'S A, IT IT'S A PRETTY FUN EVENT.
THERE'S USUALLY SOME DEVELOPERS AND POTENTIAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AS WELL AS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF OUR NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, A CHANCE FOR YOU ALL TO MEET SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, UM, UM, AND SOME OF THE OFFICIALS, UH, YOU KNOW, NEXT DOOR IN LEAGUE CITY.
SO, UM, IF YOU CAN HIGHLY ENCOURAGE IT.
AND I THINK THAT IS ALL FOR ME, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I TURN OFF MY MIC? PERFECT.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE DICKINSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS REQUESTED BY A BOARD MEMBER IN WHICH THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT, CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
FIVE POINT A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER, 2025 DEDC FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORT, FIVE POINT B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER, 2025 DEDC ACCOUNT STATEMENT FOR, FOR TEXAS FIRST BANK AND TEXAS POOL FIVE POINT C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER, 2025 PAYROLL TRANSFER REQUEST AND FIVE POINT D CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER, 2025 MONTHLY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE FEE AND AUDIT TRANSFER REQUEST.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MO MOTION THAT WE APPROVE? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
[6. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
COMMENTS? ANYTHING YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SAY? DISCUSS, ADD? COLIN BILLY? MM-HMM.UM, THIS MAY BE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS,
[7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
SO I'M, WE'LL PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BUT I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTS, LOCATIONS, TIMELINES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.COULD YOU SEND US A COUPLE OF DATES AND SET UP LIKE A WORKSHOP OR A TRAINING OR AN EDUCATION SESSION, WHATEVER APPLIES, AND THEN ANY TRAINING THAT WE NEED TO GO ALONG WITH THAT? YEAH, UH, I WOULD SAY, I DUNNO, GIVE US TWO OR THREE DATES THAT YOU HAVE.
I CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, I THINK FOR THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WELL, AND REALLY EVEN THE EXISTING SITTING BOARD MEMBERS TOO, UM, MR. DOEN HAS A BOARD MEMBER TRAINING.
I THINK MAYBE WE KNOCKED THAT OUT AND THEN WE CAN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF SOME OF, OF, OF WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE, WE PROBABLY WOULD THEN ADJOURN INTO CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND TOO, WE START A LITTLE EARLIER THAN SEVEN.
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YEP.UM, THAT WAY IF IT GETS GOING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CALL IT QUITS BY NINE AND YEAH.
WORK WORKSHOPS, UM, TYPICALLY START AT FIVE 30.
UM, IS EVERYBODY ABLE TO MAKE IT BY FIVE 30? YEAH, SO, SO TYPICALLY WORKSHOPS WILL START ABOUT FIVE 30.
UM, WE TRY TO HAVE 'EM WRAPPED UP, YOU KNOW, BY 7, 7 30.
UM, ESPECIALLY WITH HOW WE'VE CHANGED THE SCHEDULE AROUND.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S USUALLY MEETINGS FROM VARIOUS BOARDS AND CITY COUNCIL AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE EVENINGS.
UM, SO WE TRY TO WRAP IT UP BY THEN.
SO LET'S LOOK FOR EMAIL, TWO OR THREE DATES.
LET'S DECIDE ON ONE AND GET UP TO SPEED.
'CAUSE I THINK WE HAD GOOD QUESTIONS AND THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT AND WE ARE OH, SO CLOSE TO DIRT MOVING.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT I THINK WE GET ON BOARD, WE CAN HELP WITH THAT AS WELL.
I, I AM ALSO IN, IN THE INTERIM, LIKE ANY OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS THAT, THAT WANNA MEET INDIVIDUALLY, UM, THAT WOULD BE ME.
UH, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL, SEND ME A TEXT, UM, AND WE CAN WORK OUT SOME, SOME TIMES TO COME IN, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TALK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, I'LL GET REALLY, REALLY GRANULAR, UM, VERSUS KIND OF WATCHING A CLOCK TALKING TO SEVEN PEOPLE.
UM, UH, SO THAT MIGHT BE BE HELPFUL.
AND THEN FOLKS CAN ASK ABOUT HISTORICAL THINGS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WANT.
ALL RIGHT, WELL IF THAT'S IT, THE OFFICIAL TIME, 7 49.
AND THAT WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING.