Jan 29, 2026 Dickinson Management District (DMD)

US ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.

AND THEN NEXT ITEM IS INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

MR. BLACKSHIRE WILL LEAD US IN THE INVOCATION AND WHILE WE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

SURE.

FOR THE FATHER, WE, UH, ASK THAT YOU WATCH OVER US TONIGHT, LORD.

AND THAT WE, UH, ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE CITY'S MONEY, LORD, THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, LORD.

AND, UH, LEAD AND GUIDE US ALL AND WATCH OVER US.

JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF THE US FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE TO THE TEXAS FLAG.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, THE TEXAS FLAG, TEXAS.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS, TEXAS ONE DAY UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

ALRIGHT, SO THAT MOVES

[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, LASTING LOT LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM AND SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

NOT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR STAFF.

ANY SPEAKER MAKING PERSONAL ATTACKS OR USING VULGAR OR PROFANE LANGUAGE SHALL FORFEIT HIS OR HER REMAINING TIME AND SHALL BE SEATED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

THE CITY COUNCIL MAY NOT DELIBERATE.

I ACTUALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE DMD MAY NOT DELIBERATE.

ALRIGHT.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE.

MR. SCOTT.

SCOTT SCHRADER.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY HERE.

UH, SCOTT SCHRADER.

I LIVE ON CALENDAR DRIVE HERE IN DICKINSON.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

ONE, UH, THE FIRST THING I HOPE THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER TERM LIMITS.

UH, IN 2020, WE HAD A CHARTER AMENDMENT, THE CITIZENS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED TERM LIMITS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I WOULD HOPE DMD WOULD CONSIDER, UH, SIMILAR TERMS, MAYBE, MAYBE A TOTAL OF EIGHT YEARS ON THAT.

UH, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED IT BEFORE AND IT WAS TAKEN OFF THE AGENDA.

NUMBER TWO IS, IS ABOUT THESE FUNDING OF THESE PROJECTS.

AND THERE'S SOME GREAT PROJECTS I'VE SEEN SOME IN, IN IN THE PAST.

I AGREED WITH SOME I DIDN'T AGREE WITH.

AT THIS POINT THOUGH, I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHY THE DMD WAS ESTABLISHED.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPLEMENT THE CITY BUDGET, BASICALLY.

UH, PLEASE FIRE EMS CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

I THINK SOMEWHERE WE'VE GOT OFF THE RAIL ON THAT.

BUT MY CONCERN HERE AT THIS POINT, IF Y'ALL HAVE WATCHED CITY COUNCIL, WE'VE GOT SOME SERIOUS FINANCIAL CONCERNS WITH THE CITY.

OUR FUND BALANCE IS PROBABLY 12, 13% PROJECTED TO BE THIS YEAR.

UH, ALSO YOU LOOK AT OUR SALES TAX REVENUES DOWN ABOUT 13% FOR THE YEAR.

SO I, I HOPE Y'ALL WILL TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU APPROVE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

IT'S HARD TO SAY NO TO 'EM.

THERE, THERE'S SOME GREAT PROJECTS I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE HAD TO SAY NO AT, AT, AT CITY COUNCIL TO SOME OF THIS STUFF.

AND, UH, I HOPE Y'ALL WILL LOOK AT THAT AND, AND JUST REMEMBER OUR FUND BALANCE, A HEALTHY CITY, UH, OUR CITY POLICY SAYS WE SHOULD HAVE A 25% FUND BALANCE.

WE'RE WAY SHORT OF THAT.

AND, AND I'M THINKING IT'S GONNA TAKE YEARS TO GET THAT BACK IN THERE.

UH, PLEASE REMEMBER ALL THESE THINGS WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU MR. SCHRADER.

AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON.

IS DID ANYBODY ELSE HERE? I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE SIGN UP.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

ALL RIGHTY.

SO NEXT IS

[4. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS]

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

BOARD COMMENTS.

WHAT IS THAT? HUH? BOARD COMMENTS.

BOARD COMMENTS.

GOT IT.

SO WE CHANGED THE TITLE OF THAT.

I'M LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GETTING? ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS ON, UH, BOARD MEMBER BLACKSHIRE.

ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE ANY COMMENTS TONIGHT? I HAVE NOTHING, MR. DIETZ.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE A BIG CROWD OUT TONIGHT.

UH, WELCOME.

UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS TO GET TO, SO, UH, LET'S DO IT.

AWESOME.

AND AS FAR AS MYSELF, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, SHOP LOCAL.

WE NEED THAT SALES TAX DOLLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY MORE NOW, MORE THAN EVER.

HOPEFULLY OUR GROCERY STORE

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WILL BE OPEN SOON.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON

[5. CONSENT AGENDA]

TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE BY THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

I HAD LIKE TO, UH, PULL FIVE A DOWN FOR SEPARATE, UH, OKAY.

SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

AND, UH, ALSO FIVE D.

MR. BLACKSHIRE, ANY? NO OBJECTION.

NO.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MONTHLY ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE FEE TRANSFER REQUEST FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 2025? I'M SORRY, DID WE CAN TAKE THE THREE.

DID FIVE B GET PULLED? I THINK THAT'S WHAT MR. DIETZ WAS SAYING.

HE SAID FIVE A AND FIVE D IS IN OH, D I'M SORRY, DOG.

FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.

SURE.

SO THEN WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE REST BEING THE REST.

FIVE B, FIVE C AND FIVE E.

RIGHT.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

UP, WE'LL TALK ABOUT FIVE A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE DICKINSON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION.

PERRY CARRIES.

[5.A Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Dickinson Management District No.1 regular meeting held on November 13, 2025.]

NUMBER ONE, REGULAR MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025.

SIR, THE REASON I PULL THAT DOWN IS THAT, UH, IN THAT MEETING WE WERE HANDED A HARD COPY OF THE, UH, FINANCIAL REPORT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, AND SO THE FINANCIAL REPORT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OR THE MINUTES.

SO I'M, I'M PROPOSING THAT, UH, IN THIS CASE THAT WE ADD THAT FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, TO THE MINUTES.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? NOPE.

UM, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT THEN, OR IS THAT THE MOTION? I'LL MOVE THAT.

UH, WE APPROVED PERFECT.

THE, THE MINUTES THAT WERE ISSUED, UH, TO INCLUDE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THAT, UH, REPORTING PERIOD.

ANY OPPOSE OR, SORRY, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, PERIOD ENDING 11, 20, 25.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

AND FIVE D CONSIDERATION

[5.D Consideration and possible action to approve the Financial Report for FY26 Period Ending 11/2025.]

WELL, HERE AGAIN, UM, DO YOU WANT A MOTION BEFORE WE HAVE DISCUSSION? I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE DISCUSSION IF WE CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE IN A SECOND AND THEN DISCUSSION.

YEAH.

I HAVE A, A, WELL, I'M NOT SURE.

I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WELL DO IT FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION.

I'LL APPROVE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST DOING, TAKING THE MOTION FOR A DISCUSSION.

I ALWAYS MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE, AND IF, IF YOU WANT TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE MAKING THAT MOTION, DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU WILL NECESSARILY VOTE.

YES.

IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER, YOU CAN SAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THE SAKE OF DISCUSSION.

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, OF FEELING BETTER, IT'S A MATTER OF THAT WE GOT THESE TWO FINANCIAL REPORTS AS WE WALKED INTO THE DIOCESE.

10 MINUTES TO SIX.

AND SO THEN, SO THEN MAYBE IT'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE THEM.

SO, SO MAYBE IT'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE APPROVAL OF THIS, THE 1130 TO NEXT TIME FINANCIALS TO THE NEXT MEETING.

YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD GO FOR THAT.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO SEE US, UH, MAKE SURE AS A BOARD THAT WE ARE INSISTING THAT THE FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE AS UP TO DATE AS CAN BE.

IN OTHER WORDS, I KNOW THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO CLOSE OUT A MONTH, BUT AT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE TWO MONTHS BEHIND.

SO ANOTHER THING IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S PROPER AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS AND THE BOARD BEING INFORMED ON, ON THE FINANCIAL REPORTS, BUT IT OUGHT, IT OUGHT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE, UH, AGENDA WHEN THE AGENDA'S POSTED.

UM, AND I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A, AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST.

UM,

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IT USUALLY IS, SIR.

WELL, IT HADN'T BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD.

THEY ACTUALLY, THEY ARE ATTACHED IN PEAK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T GET YOUR COPY, BUT I ATTACHED THEM.

WELL, I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD SINCE SEPTEMBER, SO, AND ALSO THE TWO MONTHS LAG IN FINANCIALS IS BECAUSE WE DID SALES TAX ON A TWO MONTH LAG.

SO WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED DECEMBER SALES TAX YET.

YEAH, I, THAT'S FINE.

I JUST, UH, AM MAKING A STATEMENT THAT AS A BOARD, WE, WE NEED TO GET, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON AND WE HAVE BEEN AGREEMENT, WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, THOUGH, WALL AND, AND THEY ARE 30 DAYS BEHIND.

YOU HAVE TO WAIT.

NO, I, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ONLY JANUARY 29TH TODAY.

THE MONTH IS NOT OVER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT DECEMBER TO SHOW US.

I GET YOUR POINT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FINANCIALS TILL WE WALKED IN THE ROOM.

YOU MADE THAT POINT.

SO WE HAVE 'EM NOW WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE.

I'M, I'M SAYING THAT WE GOT, UH, WE GOT SEPTEMBER MONTH ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH.

WE GOT, I GUESS MONTH ENDING OCTOBER AND OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER MONTH, ENDING NOVEMBER AS WE WALKED INTO THE ROOM TODAY, SIR, AND ALL I'M REITERATING AND HAVING THE DISCUSSION IS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T ORDER.

WAS THERE A MOTION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION? NO, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

AND IF I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THEY WERE NOT IN THE PACKET, I WOULD'VE EMAILED THEM TO YOU.

I EMAILED MR. BLACKER.

DO I NOT HAVE THE FLOOR ANYMORE? I THINK I, YOU AND I DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE THE MEETING AND I UNDERSTAND, AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT, WALLY, WE UNDERSTAND WE DIDN'T HAVE WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS TIME AND WE'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE IT.

AND SO NOW WE HAVE TIME TO REVIEW IT BEFORE WE APPROVE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

DO I HAVE THE FLOOR OR DO YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? THERE WAS NO MOTION FOR ANYBODY TO HAVE THE FLOOR.

MAY I HAVE THE FLOOR? GO AHEAD.

MY ONLY POINT IN BRINGING IT UP WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT AND IN SYNC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.

YES, SIR.

AND THE FACT THAT, UH, I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT TO THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE MEETING DOES NOT, UH, SATISFY IN, IN MY MIND THE FACT THAT THIS OUGHT, WE OUGHT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND THIS OUGHT, WE OUGHT TO HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION SO THAT NOT ONLY THE REST OF THE BOARD KNOWS, BUT THE PUBLIC KNOWS.

SO THAT, THAT'S, UH, THAT WAS MY INTENT.

YES.

SO DO YOU NEED, UM, A MOTION TO POST, A MOTION TO, UH, POSTPONE, POSTPONE THE CONSIDERATION UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING? CAN WE GET A CHANCE TO LOOK IT OVER? I MOVE THAT WE, UH, UH, POSTPONE A, UH, APPROVAL OF THE, UH, FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER UNTIL THE BOARD, UH, HAS A CHANCE TO, UH, REVIEW SAID REPORTS.

SO UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE THE NEXT MEETING UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.

YEAH.

I SECOND THAT, UH, DISCUSSION POINT.

SO, SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THOSE THREE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FIVE D FROM, FROM LAST, FROM LAST MEETING, CORRECT.

THIS IS FIVE D IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 PERIOD ENDING 11 20, 25.

YEP.

ALRIGHT.

YES, SIR.

WHICH WOULD INCLUDE THE ONES.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ME RIGHT AWAY TO SAY THAT WE MAY HAVE EVEN HAD TO POSTPONE THIS MEETING A COUPLE WEEKS OR A WEEK BECAUSE IF THEY DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION IN THE SOFTWARE BY THE END OF THAT BUSINESS DAY, THEN WE COULDN'T HAVE THIS MEETING TODAY.

MM-HMM .

ALRIGHT, NUMBER SIX, MEE.

CAN I MAKE A STAFF COMMENT REGARDING PEAK IN THAT, UH, SOFTWARE? YES.

THAT'S, UH, RELATIVE TO THE, TO THIS, YES.

I'M NOT AN IT PERSON, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET ON THE RECORD THAT PEAK, THE SOFTWARE COMPANY HAD A, UM, A SHUTDOWN OR SOME, WHATEVER YOU WOULD CALL IT THAT GOT, IT, WAS INCAPABLE OF DOING ITS JOB.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT AN IT PERSON.

I DON'T KNOW IF MINA'S HERE, SIR.

GOOD POINT.

WAS THERE WE A CONVERSATION? THERE WAS NATIONWIDE, THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE OUTAGE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT OUT THERE, THAT IF THERE WAS A LAPSE AND SOMETHING, IF SOMEONE ENTERED SOMETHING INTO PEAK AND THEN IT DIDN'T MAKE IT, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY HAD A NATIONWIDE OUTAGE AND WE LOST A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WE HAD TO GET THAT CORRECTED.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST BRING THAT UP FROM STAFF PERSPECTIVE.

AND JUST SO THE CITIZENS ARE AWARE, I DID HAVE PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH MR. OLIVER AND MR. MAGGI MAGNO WHEN THIS OUTAGE HAPPENED.

UM, THEY CONTACTED

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AND ALAN WAS COMING FROM A CONFERENCE, CAME BACK TO THE CITY, FIXED IT ENOUGH TO GET THE AGENDA UPLOADED AND TOLD US THAT THE FINANCIALS WOULD BE EMAILED SEPARATELY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND WE DIDN'T GET THOSE FINANCIALS UNTIL WE GOT HERE TONIGHT.

AND I THINK IT WAS ALL THE JUST IN, WE'RE ALL HUMAN.

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES, THINGS HAPPEN WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

SO THANK YOU.

OLD BUSINESS CONSIDERATION.

I'M

[8. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION(S) (Part 1 of 2)]

SORRY, MADAM CHAIR.

AT THIS TIME, CAN I ASK FOR A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ACTUALLY GO TO, UH, ITEM EIGHT B AND EIGHT C, THOSE TWO CLOSED SESSIONS BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE ITEMS UNDER SIX AND SEVEN? YES SIR.

CAN I GET A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE, THE RULES AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR EIGHT B AND C? YES, SIR.

BUT NOT EIGHT A.

CORRECT.

WE CAN DO EIGHT A AFTER WE FINISH UP WITH SECTIONS SIX AND SEVEN, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE, UH, MOVE INTO ITEM EIGHT, B AND C, SUSPEND THE RULES SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT.

AND INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'LL, I'LL SECOND IT.

UH, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE WAITING ON RESULTS OF, UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

UM, I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING NOW.

RIGHT.

EXECUTIVE SESSION AT, UH, THE DICKINSON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL NOW HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISION OF CHAPTER 5 5 1 GOVERNMENT CODE VERNON TEXAS CODES ANNOTATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN AT 6:20 PM SO THE TIME IS, SORRY, TIME IS NOW SEVEN OH SEVEN.

AND WE CALL THIS, UH, WE RESUME FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO, UM, THE DICKINSON MANAGEMENT, LET'S SEE.

WE NEED TO DO ACTION ITEMS. NINE, B, AND C.

NO, WE'RE GOING BACK TO SIX.

ACTUALLY, WE GO BACK TO SIX A.

SIX A.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET IT TOGETHER.

CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE A LOAN AGREEMENT WITH DICKINSON PLAZA, LLC.

SIX.

[6.A Consideration and possible action to approve a loan agreement with Dickinson Plaza LLC.]

WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM V MISRA.

UH, THANK YOU BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.

AS YOU KNOW, DICKINSON PLAZA, LLC IS INVESTING SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE CAPITAL TO TRANSFORM A LONG VACANT RESTAURANT PROPERTY INTO A HIGH TRAFFIC TAX PRODUCING DESTINATION ANCHORED BY ESTELLA'S FRESH BRUNCH, A PROVEN REGIONAL OPERATOR TO ADDRESS THE COMMENT OF THE FIRST GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE THIS EVENING, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE DMD IS TO STIMULATE LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCE BUSINESS ACTIVITY WITHIN DICKINSON BY MAKING LOANS.

THE AGREEMENT DRAFTED BY CITY ATTORNEY MR. DO IS NOT A GRANT.

IT IS, IT IS A LOAN USING UNUSED BUS BUDGETED FUNDS FOR GATORS CANTINA THAT IS TIED TO PERFORMANCE METRICS OF DI DICKINSON RECEIVING NEW JOBS, NEW SALES TAX, AND INCREASED PROPERTY VALUE.

THIS AGREEMENT GIVES THE DISTRICT EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTION TO, TO SHOW GOOD FAITH.

WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN CONSTRUCTION AND THIS PARTNERSHIP ALLOWS US TO DELIVER A HIGHER QUALITY PROJECT AND THEREFORE HIGHER QUALITY TENANTS LIKE STELLA'S, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE CITY, THE DMD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR YEARS TO COME.

ALRIGHT, NEW BUSINESS ITEM SEVEN EIGHT CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR LOAN OR GRANT OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR THE HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 2026 STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE LOAN AGREEMENT.

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ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

[7.A Consideration and possible action to approve an Application for Loan or Grant of Public Money for the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church 2026 Strawberry Festival.]

AND I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

UM, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WELL, IN THIS ATMOSPHERE OF, UH, PHYSICAL, UH, RESTRAINT DUE TO, UH, BUDGETARY CONCERNS FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOT APPROVE THE, UH, GRANT.

RIGHT? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[7.B Consideration and possible action to approve an Application for Loan or Grant of Public Money for Higher Up Texas, Inc.]

SEVEN B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR LOAN OR GRANT OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR HIGHER UP TEXAS INCORPORATED.

AND I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, HILLARY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, GO AHEAD.

OH, OKAY.

GOOD EVENING.

HIGHER UP.

TEXAS IS A PROGRAM HEADQUARTERED IN HI IN DICKINSON, TEXAS AND SERVING GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS CITY, LAMAR AND DICKINSON.

WE OWN A PROPERTY AND ARE PAYING TAXES IN THE CITY OF DICKINSON.

WE'VE ACQUIRED THE FORMER DICKINSON, MANAGE THE DICKINSON, THE WATER DISTRICT BUILDING, AND HAVE RENOVATED IT AND HAVE BROUGHT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH HIGHER E SORRY, THEY'RE ACCESSING BETTER CAREERS AND UPWARD MOBILITY AND BREAKING THEIR OWN POVERTY CYCLES.

WE SEE IT NONSTOP IN OUR PROGRAM, AND THESE FUNDS ARE HELPING US PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE THIS WONDERFUL TRAJECTORY WE'VE DONE IN DICKINSON.

AND I HAVE A STUDENT HERE FROM OUR PROGRAM WHO IS A PRODUCT OF OUR PROGRAM, AND SHE HAS A BRIEF, UM, THING TO, TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS GENESIS SALAZAR.

SO I WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO HIGHER UP TEXAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THIS PROGRAM HAD TAUGHT ME ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS, LIKE ADVOCATING, NETWORKING WITHIN MY COMMUNITY, UH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UNDERSTANDING CREDIT, AND SO MUCH MORE.

BUT WHAT TRULY SHAPED ME WERE THE HUT CORE VALUES.

HUT HAS TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE HONEST, HOW TO HAVE INTEGRITY, HOW TO HAVE GRIT, HOPEFULNESS, EAGERNESS AND READINESS.

AND SO, LIKE MANY YOUNG PEOPLE, I HAD BIG DREAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I WAS SO SCARED TO SEE WHAT WOULD COME AFTER HIGHER UP.

TEXAS HAS BEEN THAT SAFETY NET THROUGH MS. KIM AND MS. GRAHAM.

THEY HAVE SUPPORTED ME.

THEY HAVE GIVEN ME FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT HAVE HELPED ME DURING MY YOUNG ADULTHOOD.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I GRADUATED IN THE CLASS OF 2022.

I EARNED MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AT COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND BY 2023.

AND THEN AT 2024, AT THE AGE OF 20, I WAS ACCEPTED TO THE BSN PROGRAM AT UTMB FOR NURSING.

UM, MS. GRAHAM AND MS. KIM HAVE CONTINUOUSLY SHOWN SO MUCH SUPPORT AND THEY ARE THE SUPPORT THAT HAVE GIVEN ME, UM, THE CHANCE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE UP AND ADVANCE IN MY CAREER.

NOW I AM AT SAN JACK, UM, PURSUING MY ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN RADIOLOGY AND HOPEFULLY EVENTS INTO MRI AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE.

UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT HIGHER UP TE TEXAS DOESN'T JUST SHOW US LIFE SKILLS, BUT IT CHANGES LIVES.

IT CHANGED MY LIFE.

UM, IT GIVES YOUNG ADULTS THE TOOLS, THE GUIDANCE AND E COURAGE TO FACE CHALLENGES.

AND WE NEED SUPPORTERS LIKE YOU TO HELP US CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE BACK TO THAT VITAL, UM, WORK.

UM, YOUNG STUDENTS THAT ARE NAVIGATING THE UNCERTAINTIES OF YOUNG ADULTHOOD.

AND WITH YOUR HELP, MORE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN FIND THEIR FOOTING, UM, GAIN CONFIDENCE AND ACHIEVE DREAMS LIKE I DID.

GREAT JOB.

WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? UM, ECHOING WHAT, UH, WHAT WAS SAID, UH, ON THE LAST BALLOT AND, UM, JUST REITERATING THAT OUR BUDGET ITEMS WILL BE IN, IN, IN THE PACKET FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE FUTURE.

UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UM, TO DENY THIS, THIS NUMBER SECOND.

ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY, HILLARY, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A, A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.

YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR THE STUDENTS.

I'VE SEEN IT

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MYSELF.

WE JUST AS A CITY, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD, AND MAY THE MAYOR SPEAK AT COUNCIL WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA TIGHTEN THE PURSE STRINGS WHEN, WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE IT.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE THE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS HAVE TO BE CUT BECAUSE OF IT.

UM, BUT PLEASE KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING 'CAUSE IT'S AMAZING AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WE CAN FIND FUNDS FOR THIS.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GENERATE SOME BUSINESSES AND SALES TAX IN THIS COMMUNITY TO, TO HELP THESE ORGANIZATIONS AGAIN AT SOME POINT.

OR, YOU KNOW, BRING IN THE BUSINESSES THAT YOU CAN GO AND ASK FOR THIS KIND OF DOLLAR SPONSORSHIP.

AND THEY DON'T BAT AN I TO YOU.

THEY MIGHT GIVE YOU 10 GRAND MORE, RIGHT? SO, UM, THANKS FOR COMING.

SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN C, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR LOAN OF GRANT OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR M-M-D-D-S COLONY LLC.

ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES.

[7.C Consideration and possible action to approve an Application for Loan of Grant of Public Money for MDDS Bay Colony LLC.]

IT'S A PLEASURE.

AND LET'S SEE, I DID HAVE SOMEBODY SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON SEVEN C.

IS THAT RON ELLEN? IS THAT YOU SIR? YEAH, THAT'S ME.

GO AHEAD.

ALRIGHT, UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

MY NAME'S RON ALAN.

I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF A COMMERCIAL RETAIL PROPERTY OFF OF FIVE 17 CALLED BAY COLONY.

A LOT OF YOU GUYS MIGHT BE, UH, FAMILIAR WITH THE CENTER.

THIS IS WHERE, UH, TJ REEDS CURRENTLY IS TODAY.

UH, AND A LOT OF OTHER LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, AT THAT SITE, WHICH, UM, ARE ACTUALLY HERE TODAY.

I'VE BROUGHT SOME BOX TENANTS HERE.

UM, THE ISSUE HERE IS, IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

THERE'S JUST NOT GREAT VISIBILITY FROM FIVE 17 FOR OUR, UM, BUSINESSES.

UM, THEY STRIVE ON VISIBILITY, UH, TO, TO IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS.

SO, FUNNY STORY, MATT HAD ACTUALLY CONNECTED WITH ME AND, AND MENTIONED HE'S BEEN TO THE SITE MANY TIMES AND DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THAT, UH, ONE OF THE TENANTS WAS THERE.

UM, SO REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO, UH, REQUEST A 50 50 COST SHARE FOR, UH, MONUMENT SIGNAGE.

THE SIGN IS GONNA BE CLOSE TO ABOUT $25,000 AND UH, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA DO IS GREATLY INCREASE THE VISIBILITY FOR THE TENANTS AT THE SITE, UH, ULTIMATELY DRIVING SALES, UH, IMPROVING THE SMALL BUSINESS, AND, UH, IMPROVING THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN DICKINSON.

WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? I MOVE THAT WE, UH, DENY THE GRANT.

UH, TO ME IT OUGHT TO BE, UH, UH, BETWEEN THE, UH, LANDLORD AND THE TENANTS AS FAR AS, UH, FUNDING ON A 50 50 PARTNERSHIP.

SECOND THAT, ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY, WELL, ANY NOS ALL MOTION CARRIES.

ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEM SEVEN, SORRY, EIGHT A.

THE DICKINSON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL NOW HOLD A CLOSE HISTORICAL SEVEN D MA.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

B, MY BAD.

UH,

[7.D Consideration and possible action to approve an Application for Loan or Grant of Public Money for the Dickinson Historical Society]

ALRIGHT.

70 CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR LOAN OR GRANT OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR THE DIS DICKINSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

AND MR. LANGFORD, YOU ARE UP.

THAT RIGHT? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.

WOW.

YEAH, YOU'LL GET THE PITCH ANYWAY.

, AS YOU KNOW, THE DIXON HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPERATES THE MUSEUM, THE OLD DICKENS DEPOT.

UH, EACH YEAR WE HAVE AN ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENT CALLED WINE AND ROSES.

AGAIN, APRIL 30TH OF THIS YEAR, YOU'RE INVITED TO COME AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE YOU TO REPEAT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST TO PON SPONSORSHIP OF THIS EVENT.

THE FUNDS ARE USED TO CONTINUE TO RESTORE THE DEPOT FOR THE DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE BARRELL.

UM, OUR GOAL IS TO GET THE MUSEUM BACK IN OPERATION WHERE PEOPLE WILL COME WITH AT ONE TIME.

UH, IT WAS A TOURIST ATTRACTION ON THE MAP THERE SIGNS ON THE FREEWAY THAT DIRECTED PEOPLE TO THE MUSEUM, BUT IT, IT NEEDS SOME SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION ON THE INSIDE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT THESE DAYS, IS TO GET THE MUSEUM BACK UP AND RUNNING.

SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND I'VE GOT MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD HERE TONIGHT ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. LING FOR ALRIGHT.

WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? IT'S THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY, IS

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YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CITY OWNED CLARIFICATION.

THE CITY DOES OWN ALL THE PROPERTY OUT THERE, UH, BUT OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CITY IS TO OPERATE THE MUSEUM.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INSIDE THE EXHIBITS AND THINGS THAT ARE ON DISPLAY.

THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

THE CITY TAKES CARE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE FACILITIES.

I MAKE A MOTION DISCUSSION.

NO, GO AHEAD.

MAKE A MOTION.

THIS APPLICATION FOR LOAN BE APPROVED.

NO .

NEED ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU .

I'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD SINCE FIVE 30 THIS MORNING.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.

[8. EXECUTIVE (CLOSED) SESSION(S) (Part 2 of 2) ]

ITEM EIGHT A.

THE DICKINSON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WILL NOW HOLD A CLOSED EXECUTIVE MEETING PURSUANT TO THE PROVISION OF CHAPTER 5 5 1 GOVERNMENT CODE VERNON TEXAS CODES ANNOTATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN, UH, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MATTERS, DELIBERATIONS ON BOARD APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DMD DISTRICT.

NUMBER ONE, POSITION THREE.