* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. TESTING. THERE YOU [00:00:01] GO. TESTING. OKAY. SO HOLLY, IF YOU WANNA GET STARTED, JUST WANNA GET SURE. ALL RIGHT, [Call to Order] WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 8:01 PM UM, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME WHEN I CALL. PLEASE SAY HERE WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME TO DETERMINE IF WE HAVE A QUORUM. HOLLY DREW. HERE. MIKE BROWNIE. HERE. AARON BOGAR. HERE. BROOKS STOY. HERE. BRENDA BLACKBURN. HERE. TODD DAVIS. HERE. TIM HYMAN HERE. AWESOME. DOES ANY THERE COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY. VERY AWESOME. CITIZEN INPUT. ARE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? WHY ARE YOU LOOKING ? 'CAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE. UM, MOVING [Consent Items] ON TO CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE APPROVED MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 10TH, 2024. THE NDD BOARD AND APPROVE NOVEMBER, 2024 MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? CONSENT AGENDA? CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, CONSENT ITEMS? I'M GONNA, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. I SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY TODD. I SECOND BY BRENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SEVEN. WE HAVE TO KEEP PASSES. CONSENT. AGENDA PASSES. SEVEN TO ZERO. [New Business] ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS. WE ARE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEARING. CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION FOR A TARGET IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION FOR NINE 30 HIGHWAY 3 77 SOUTH. OKAY, SO IF BAILEY WOULD PLEASE PUT THE SLIDE PRESENTATION UP FOR THE GRANT. UH, WE DO HAVE OUR GRANT RECIPIENT HERE OR APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT. BRIAN COLEMAN FROM HIGHWAY 3 77. CAR WASH. AND BAILEY'S GONNA PUT UP THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR US. SO, UM, YOU ALL CAN SEE YOU HAD THIS IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET I SHARED WITH YOU THROUGH THE SHARED FOLDER. UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE HIGHWAY 3 77 CAR WASH THAT IS LOCATED AT NINE 30 SOUTH HIGHWAY 3 7 7. YEAH, I KNOW WHERE IT'S, UM, AND WE ARE, UM, LOOKING AT A FACADE IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS GRANT THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE BLUE AWNING THAT YOU SEE. YOU CAN GO TO THE, ONCE YOU'RE OPEN, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. BAILEY, PLEASE. UM, THE AWNING, THE LETTERS ON THE AWNING, THE REPAINTING PRESSURE WASHING, DEMOLITION, THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED. SOME OF THE LIGHTING UNDERNEATH THE AWNING. UM, COVERS OVER THE CAR WASH. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A NEW SIGN THAT WOULD BE PUT OUT FRONT, WHICH WOULD BE A MONUMENT SIGN. SO IF YOU ALL LOOK IN YOUR, UH, PACKET, IF YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR SCREEN, SO YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP TOO. IT'S GOT THE PHOTOS, THE DRAWINGS, PHOTOS OF EXISTING PROPERTY IN THE DRAWINGS. SO IN ALL THE PROJECT TOTAL COST IS $26,542 57 CENTS. AND THAT DOES INCLUDE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. SO THE ASK FOR ELIGIBLE ITEMS IS, OF COURSE, I ONLY PRINTED THAT SECOND PAGE, BUT IT IS, UH, $11,491 AND 39 CENTS. SO THE APPLICATION DOES MEET THE GOALS OF THE TARGETED IMPROVEMENT POLICY. IT DOES, UH, THOSE ELIGIBLE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED, UH, DO MEET THE, UM, REQUIREMENTS. THE ASK IS FOR UP TO 50%, UM, OF THOSE ELIGIBLE ITEMS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS DONE PRIOR TO THE GRANT. BUT, UM, HE'S BEEN TALKING WITH US STAFF AND, UH, SINCE LAST SUMMER AND HAS BEEN GETTING, UM, SOME QUOTES I PROVIDED YOU WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. SO I DO HAVE HARD COPIES THOUGH OF THE, OF THE SIGN IMPROVEMENTS IF YOU NEED TO SEE THOSE. UM, AND THE HARD COPIES OF THE 'CAUSE. SEE, WE SEEM TO BE HAVING OLD TECH TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH OUR POWERPOINT GOING ON, WHICH IS OKAY. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT'S NOT WORKING TONIGHT. JUST HAVE TO WALK ON YOUR MICROSOFT. OH, I DO. OH GOSH. OKAY. WELL, UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO GO DOWN? IT WON'T LET YOU CLICK ON ANY PART OF THAT. ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITHOUT THE SLIDES UP THERE? YEAH. OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK YOU. BAILEY. WE'RE JUST GONNA, THEY'VE GOT IT IN THEIR, THEIR, [00:05:01] UM, PORTAL OR THEIR COMPUTER. SO, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE OLD SIGN OUT FRONT MM-HMM . AND THEN THERE'S THE CAR WASH LETTERING, UH, THAT'S BEEN KIND OF FALLING OFF AND IT'S NOT MUCH, THERE'S NOT MUCH WHITE LETTERING ANYMORE. SO THE NEW LETTERING WILL GO IN THE CENTER OF THE CAR WASH BUILDING AND WE'LL BE RED ON BLUE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A NEW SIGN. UM, THAT WILL BE A BRAND NEW MONUMENT SIGN WITH NEW, MORE WITH NEW FOUNDATION BASE, CONCRETE BASE FOUNDATION, NEW BRICK, AND A NEW CABINET. SIGN UP, TOP DOUBLE SIDED. AND IT'LL HAVE LED LIGHTS ON THE INSIDE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO, UH, THIS SIGN ORDINANCE WAS GIVEN TO THE CONTRACTING COMPANY, UH, TO FOLLOW THE NEW SIGN ORDINANCE POLICY. AND, UM, STAFF HAS PREVIEWED, OF COURSE, NOTHING GETS REVIEWED AND PERMIT UNTIL PERMITS ARE SUBMITTED. UM, SO THE APPLICANT WILL SUBMIT PERMITS. UM, AND THEN IF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COME UP STAFF AT CITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PLAN, WE WILL WE'LL REVIEW ANY CONCERNS WITH THE APPLICANT THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARILY REVIEWED. SO THAT'S ALL ON THE PRESENTATION. SO YOU WANNA OPEN PUBLIC HEARING? OH, I THOUGHT I DID. SORRY. NO, WE JUST WERE, I WAS JUST DOING PRESENTATION. OH, HERE WE GO. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:08 PM DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC CO HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR APPLICANTS AT THIS TIME? WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 8:08 PM DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GRANT? SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH THAT SIGN, THE THINGS THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT BEFORE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED? YES. THE SIGN ORDINANCES THAT WE WERE, WELL, WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT CORRECT SIGN ORDINANCE. AND I SPOKE WITH OUR APPLICANT, EXPLAINED OUR NEW SIGN ORDINANCE, UH, IN AUBREY AND WHAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND, AND THE COUNCIL AND THE GOALS OF THAT ORDINANCE ARE. AND THAT IS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UM, THESE DESIGNS ON MONUMENT SIGNS. AND SO ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS WERE GIVEN AND, AND THEY CAME BACK WITH THIS RENDERING THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR PACKET. OKAY. SO SINCE THIS GOES UP AND ABOVE THE 10,000, WE'LL NEED TO TAKE THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. YES. THIS WILL HAVE TO, ONCE YOU ALL REVIEW IT, WHATEVER YOUR GRANT RECOMMENDATION IS, IF IT'S OVER $10,000, IT'S GOING TO GO TO COUNSEL, UH, FOR A READING, AND THEN THEY'LL DO A FINAL APPROVAL. UH, THEY'LL DO A READING AT THE MEETING NEXT WEEK AND THEN A FINAL APPROVAL IN FEBRUARY. BUT OUR APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO START, UH, AFTER THAT HE CAN START PROCESS OF GETTING THE WORK DONE. SO, AND HE'S HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? RICK, ANY QUESTIONS? , HE'S WORKED REALLY HARD ON THANK YOU ON THIS GRANT. YES, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. IS IS THE CITY GONNA CHARGE FOR A DEMO OF THE SIGN AND ASSIGNED PERMIT? THEY, SO I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS INVOICE GOING, THEY CHARGED A DEMOLITION PERMIT FEE , AND THERE IS A SIGNED PERMIT FEE. YES. THANK CHRISTINE. I KNOW I'M NOT MAKING THOSE RULES SINCE THAT'S OUR BUDGET. THAT IS NOT IN OUR PURVIEW. , THAT IS NOT IN OUR PURVIEW NOR UH OKAY. RULES I SAW. BUT, UM, BUT YES, BUT WE DO NOT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, TOO, WE DON'T COVER PERMITS IN OUR GRANTS AND THAT'S IN OUR APPLICATION. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOME EL INELIGIBLE ITEMS IN THE FIRST SPREADSHEET I GAVE YOU. UM, SO THAT, THAT $11,491 AND 39 CENTS IS NOT INCLUDING ANY, ANY OF THE PERMIT FEES AND RIGHT. SO, UM, THAT IS JUST FOR WHAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR MOVING IT THROUGH THE NEXT, SINCE IT'S WHAT, A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SOME ODD 1000 491 39. YEP, EXACTLY. THAT MUCH ABOVE IT. BEYOND, LIKE TYPICALLY WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE, SO IF WE, IF WE DID 10, WE COULD JUST, AND IT'S DONE BECAUSE, WELL, I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT, IT DOESN'T GO TO COUNCIL. NOW HOW MUCH LONGER DOES OUR, WELL ACTUALLY THIS ONE WAS NOW ENOUGH. HOLD ON. THIS ONE WOULD JUST LIKE THE RESTAURANT GRANT. RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT DOES NOT, WE DO NOT HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS, BECAUSE THIS FALLS UNDER THE 1 5 1 OR 1 5 8. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT, UH, PART OF THOSE ONE 5.151 THROUGH 1 5 8, UM, [00:10:01] IMPROVEMENT OF CODES THAT THE STATUTES THAT I'VE EXPLAINED Y'ALL EARLIER. BUT AS MENTIONED IN DISCUSSION, IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE'S SOME GRANTS THAT WE CAN APPLY, UM, THAT WE COULD APPROVE AT 10,000 OR LESS. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER OKAY. DISCUSSION. BUT IT'S LIKE MID SITUATION. SO WE CAN APPROVE IT TONIGHT AND THEN GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS TOMORROW NIGHT. IT'LL GO TO CITY COUNCIL TOMORROW NIGHT. WELL, IT'LL GO NEXT WEEK. I MEAN, NEXT WEEK I'M SORRY, BUT, UM, BUT HE CAN GO AHEAD AND START AS LONG AS WE APPROVE, HE, HE CAN GO AHEAD AND START THE APPLICANTS CANNOT START ANYTHING UNTIL WE GIVE APPROVAL. AND THEN OF COURSE IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. SO UNTIL HE COMES BACK TO ME WITH RECEIPTS. RIGHT. AND IF IT GETS FINAL APPROVAL, BUT IT HAS TO RUN THROUGH THE PROCESS FIRST. AND IF WE GIVE HIM, IF WE GIVE, IF WE SAY TONIGHT WE SAY YES, THEN HE CAN GO AHEAD AND START AND KNOWING THAT WE WILL HELP HIM. WELL HE WAIT, WE HAVE TO COUNSEL, WELL, I'M SORRY COUNSEL. SO JUST TRUST ME IN THAT WE, I'M SORRY. YEAH. SO JUST KNOW THAT AGAIN, THE PROCESS IS, AND, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH BRIAN, WE'VE GOT TO APPROVE IT HERE FIRST. HE CAN'T START ANY WORK UNTIL I GIVE HIM THE GO AHEAD, WHICH IS, AND THAT COMES FROM US. SO I MEAN, IT COMES FROM ME. I'LL SAY, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED, YOU CAN, UM, START YOUR WORK. AND SHE WAS JUST ASKING, REIMBURSED THE DELAY FOR HOW MUCH EXTRA TIME THAT CAUSES OUR APPLICANT FROM HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL STEPS BECAUSE IT'S OVER AND ABOVE 10,000. WHICH IS WHY I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY MAKING THAT REVISION. YEAH. RIGHT. SO THAT IT COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE BREATHING ROOM. BUT IT WOULD HELP THE PROCESS ALREADY TO GIVE ROLAND, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR GRANT APPLICATION, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, THERE WOULD STILL BE A NEED TO GO TO COUNCIL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS LOWER THAN I THINK IF IT'S UNDER 10,000, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL, BUT YEAH. BUT AT THE RESTAURANT YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD TELL ME. IT'S 11,000, RIGHT? 4 9 1 9 39 . BUT IT'S ALL REIMBURSABLE COSTS. YES, IT'S ALL REIMBURSED. IT'S GONNA HOLD UP CONSTRUCTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IT'S REIMBURSABLE, BUT I CAN'T START ANYTHING UNTIL HE HIM TO GO HILL. RIGHT. BUT IT COULD BE AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, THROUGH THE COUNCIL. WELL, IF WE GO THROUGH TWO READINGS, IT'S NEXT WEEK AND THEN, AND THEN I CAN GET IT ON. IF THEY HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING BETWEEN FEBRUARY, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY'S MEETING, I CAN GET IT ON A SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA. BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THAT STATE STATUTE REQUIREMENT. SO IT GOES THROUGH US, THEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THEY JUST LIKE THE RESTAURANT GRANT. OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S OVER 10,000. OKAY. MM-HMM . SO IF IT WAS UNDER 10,000, THEN WE, IT, IT WOULD JUST BE HERE AND DONE. RIGHT. AND IF WE'RE DOING THE FULL AMOUNT OVER 10,000, IT HAS TO BE READ AT COUNCIL TWICE DUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THEN IT'S GOOD. YOU DID OUR PUBLIC HEARING HERE, SO YOU JUST DID THE PUBLIC HEARING AN EXTRA FEW WEEKS TO GET STARTED. WORTH THE THOUSAND HUNDRED DOLLARS. AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT I WAS GETTING AT. LOOK AT WHAT WE SHOW YOU. I'M TRYING TO GET A SIGN IN DECEMBER, NOT OF LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE. OH WOW. MADE IT BEFORE. SO I'VE BEEN WAITING OVER A YEAR AND IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH Y'ALL. RIGHT. THE SIGN COMPANY. I WENT WITH DRUG ME OUT FOR SIX MONTHS AND I FINALLY LIKE WENT TO ANOTHER SIGN COMPANY. I'M LIKE, YOU'RE DRAGGING THIS OUT. MM-HMM . AND THEN THERE'S BEEN CHANGES IN ORDINANCES HERE AT THE CITY WHERE MY NEWER SIGN GUY'S GONNA DO MY SIGN. HE'S LIKE, WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH. SO EVERYTHING IS DRUG OUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN I EXPECTED. I WAS HOPING LAST FISCAL YEAR TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. OKAY. UM, BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR A WHILE IS MY WHOLE POINT. OKAY. OKAY. SO, SO ANOTHER COUPLE, ANOTHER YEAH. DEAL. IT'S GONNA BE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR ANYWAY, SO. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. WELL, THANK YOU. THANKS. I MEAN, HE'S, WE'VE BEEN TALKING, WE APPRECIATE LAST JULY. DO YOU THINK I'M IN A HURRY TO SPEND MONEY IS ? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING SINCE LAST JULY, JUNE OR JULY HE CAME INTO MY OFFICE WITH Y BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ACTIVELY DO SOMETHING SINCE TWO DECEMBERS AGO. WOW. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST, OH MY GOSH. YEAH. AND IT IS, IT IS CONFUSING ON THESE STATUTES AND WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO AND ALL THESE, BECAUSE THERE STILL ARE GOING TO BE SOME PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON UNTIL WE GET ANOTHER, UNTIL WE GET A PROGRAM ORDINANCE CREATED, UM, IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, UH, ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, AS OUR RESOLUTION IS WRITTEN, HAS TO GO TO COUNSEL IF IT'S OVER 10,000, EVEN IF IT'S BETWEEN 10 AND 30 MM-HMM . UM, SO AGAIN, JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. BUT, UM, THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT BRIAN HAS PLANS TO FIX AND DO AND HAS COME FORWARD ASKING FOR. THANK YOU. PERFECT. [00:15:02] SO IT'S UP TO Y'ALL. YEAH. DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? I'LL, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GRANT FOR THE FULL AMOUNT. 11,004 $91 AND 39 CENTS. I SECOND THAT MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION BY BROOK. THE SECOND IS BY TODD TJ. SORRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. MOTION. THE VOTE PASSES. SEVEN TO ZERO. EIGHT TO ZERO. COUNT. I GET. OKAY. SO, ALRIGHT. SO SEVEN TO ZERO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. OKAY. AND REAL QUICK, UM, I JUST HAVE MY STAFF REPORT FOR YOU, WHICH, UM, YOU ALL RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET, UH, FOR THE DECEMBER ACTIVITY REPORT. AND THE ONLY, YOU ALSO STAY THROUGH THE REST, DO THE REST OF THIS. BUT I THINK IT'S, EVERYTHING FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE IS, IS COMPLETE. I'M ALLOWED TO TIME OUT. I KNOW STARE. I HAVE AN HOUR DRIVE TO GET BACK HOME. WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN. WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. SO BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, I'M NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT, SHE'S WATCHING, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF PULL UP THE PACKET OR NOT. UM, ON JUST THE STAFF REPORT, THE LAST PAGE, UM, AND THERE'S A SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT THAT'S A PDF ON THERE. IT SHOULD BE ON THERE. IT'S GOOD INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE TRAFFIC. I LIKE THAT. YES. [Staff Report] YES. SO, UM, JUST REAL QUICK, THE STAFF REPORT, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE MORE ACTIVITY ON, UM, SOME PROPERTIES AND WHAT'S BECOMING AVAILABLE. UM, YOU HAVE THAT ON YOUR LIST IN THE GRAPHIC THAT'S THERE, UH, IN THE HANDOUT. UM, AND THEN IT SHOULD BE THERE SHOULD, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN THERE SHOULD. YEAH. OH, YAY. THERE IT IS. OKAY. SO, UM, AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND UPDATES, I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD, UH, A EQUINE INSTINCTS GALLERY, WHICH IS IN TWO 16 SOUTH MAIN STREET ALONG MAIN STREET SUITES. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN THEIR OCCUPANCY PERMITS AND THEY'VE BEEN OPENED. BUT THE EQUINE INDUSTRY OR EQUINE NC GALLERY WILL OPEN, UH, DO A, A MORE, UH, SHE HAS SOFT OPENING IN DECEMBER, BUT SHE'LL HAVE SOMETHING MORE IN FEBRUARY, MARCH WHERE SHE OPENS REGULAR HOURS AND HAVE, HAS A GRAND OPENING AND SO FORTH. UM, TALL MARTIAL ARTS DID ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WERE MOVING OUT OF THEIR AUBREY LOCATION GOING DOWN HIGHWAY 3 77 TO I BELIEVE KRUGER, BILL OR CROSSROADS. NOT SURE. IT'S NEXT TO HOODS AND PAWS. AND THERE'S VILLE, THERE'S SOME FLEX OFFICE SPACE THERE THAT HAVE LARGER ROOMS AND OR LARGER OPEN SPACES. SO MAKES, MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO MOVE TO THAT LOCATION, I'M SURE AS THEY GROW. UH, THEY'VE BEEN IN AUBREY A LONG TIME, BUT AGAIN, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE PLACES TO PUT SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXPANDING. UM, SO, UH, THIS END OF THIS MONTH, I'LL BE GOING TO ICSC, WHICH IS THE IN UH, SHOW IN DALLAS FOR A LOT OF RETAIL, UM, RESTAURANT, COMMERCIAL BUSINESS, UM, BROKERS AND FRANCHISES AND BRANDS THAT WILL BE THERE. UH, I DO HAVE ONE BOARD MEMBER, MIKE BROWNING HAS CONFIRMED TO ATTEND WITH ME. AARON BOGAR IS GOING TO TRY AND COME FOR ONE DAY OF THE EXPO TO GIVE US A BREAK. AND IT'S A LONG DAY. IT'S A LOT OF, UM, TALKING AND WALKING WITH TALKING AND WALKING TO THE BOOTHS. AND, UM, WE HAVE A BOOTH THAT WILL FEATURE, UH, I'VE GOT ANOTHER BANNER SET UP. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW AND FEATURE ABOUT AUBREY AND WHAT'S COMING. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND I DO HAVE A TRAINING AT THE END OF, JUST BEFORE THAT SHOW THAT'S IN BRYAN COLLEGE STATION. SO I'LL BE OUT OF THE OFFICE, UH, AT TRAINING IN THE SHOW THE WEEK OF JUNE, JANUARY 26TH. I'LL BE LEAVING THAT 26TH. AND THEN I'LL BE, UM, BACK IN THE OFFICE PHYSICALLY THAT FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. SO, UM, EVERY MONTH I PUT DOWN THERE THE, THE PAYMENT THAT CE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE FOR OUR SALES TAX. SO YOU ALL CAN KIND OF KEEP UP WITH THAT. UM, I'VE BEEN STARTING TO HAVE MORE BROKER AND DEVELOP DEVELOPER CALLS AND JUST BUSINESSES CALLING. SO HAVE A COUPLE MEETINGS THIS WEEK. UM, SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING AND AS MIKE POINTED OUT, WE DO HAVE MORE, UM, NUMBERS SHOWING UP IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ARE INCREASING, WHICH IS GOOD. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER REACH ON SOME OF OUR ENGAGEMENT OR POSTS AND SOME HIGHER ENGAGEMENT. ONE OF THE TRENDS I'M NOTICING IS THAT WHEN WE FEATURE A BUSINESS OR WE HAVE THE PICTURES, I GO IN AND TAKE AND INFORMATION THAT [00:20:01] I'M POSTING FIRSTHAND, RATHER THAN JUST SHARING, UM, OR PICTURES THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE AN AD. UM, THOSE TEND TO GET MORE FOLLOWING, UM, AND MORE ENGAGEMENT INTERACTION THAN, THAN SOME OF THOSE, EVEN THE ONE I CREATED THAT LOOKED KIND OF LIKE AN AD A LITTLE BIT COULD HAVE, I GUESS IF YOU'RE SCROLLING PAST IT. UM, IT DIDN'T GET NEAR AS MUCH AS ENGAGEMENT AS THE ONES THAT ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE, THE BUSINESS OWNERS. SO TRYING TO KEEP UP SOME TRENDS WITH THAT. UH, AND JUST A REGULAR POSTING, UM, FOR, FOR THAT REASON. AND OUR WEBSITE, AGAIN, GAINED TRAFFIC IN ON THAT HOMEPAGE AFTER I DID THE POST ABOUT SHOPPING LOCAL AND GAVE OUR WEBSITE ADDRESS OUT. UM, SO WATCHING THOSE TRENDS, WATCHING THAT WITH OUR WEBSITE TRAFFIC. BUT OTHERWISE, UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE STAFF REPORT UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR THE STAFF REPORT. COOL. HOLLY? UM, WHEN YOU GET READY TO DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ A SINCE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THAT ONE, RIGHT? OR NUMBER ONE, YOU JUST DO 12 ALL RIGHT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.001. OH WAIT, SORRY. WE DIDN'T FUTURE AGENDA. OH MAN. Y'ALL GET ME TOO EXCITED. SORRY ABOUT THAT. [Future Agenda Requests] FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS. UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS? NO, NOTHING. UH, YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE WORK SESSION THAT YOU WANT ON FUTURE, FUTURE AGENDA, WE CAN DO THAT. NO, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WITH THE FIRE SPRINKLERS, UM, YEAH. DOWNTOWN MM-HMM. SUPPRESSION. AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE DOWNTOWN KIND OF CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD YEAH. I MEAN, GETTING THAT DONE AND MAKING THOSE, UM, BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, MORE APPEALING YEAH. TO RENT OR TO PURCHASE THOSE BUILDINGS. UM, WHEN WE DO START DOING MORE WORK DOWNTOWN, AT LEAST THERE'LL BE SOMETHING DOWNTOWN ALREADY THERE ESTABLISHED, UM, THAT MAKES, THAT WILL MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE APPEALING. SO IT MAY BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO GO AHEAD AND DO SOME KIND OF GRANT FOR, UM, THE IONS THAT ARE ALREADY HAVE YEAH. DONE THE EXPANSE AS WELL AS THE, WHOEVER OWNS THOSE BUILDINGS NOW OR WHOEVER'S TRYING TO PURCHASE THOSE BUILDINGS YEAH. CAN APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS. AND THEN WE CANNOT RETROACTIVELY GIVE MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BUILT. UM, AS FAR AS A SUPPRESSION SYSTEM THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT IN. WE CANNOT, YEAH. WE CAN'T DO RETROACTIVE. UM, BUT IF FOR FUTURE, FUTURE FOR FUTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT GRANTS FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION OR CERTAIN TYPES OF GRANTS FOR THAT, UH, BECAUSE THERE STILL ARE BUILDINGS THAT DON'T HAVE IT. RIGHT. UM, BUT, UH, WE CAN DO THAT. AND THEN DO Y'ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE GRANT, THE 30,000, UH, THE MAKING THE ORDINANCE? YES. BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE TO BE AN ORDINANCE. CITY COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IN ORDER FOR Y'ALL TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE GRANTS UNLESS IT DOESN'T FIT IN A CERTAIN STATUTE. UM, OKAY. AND THEY WERE, YEAH, I WOULD SAY, WELL, YES, WE NEED TO ADD THAT TO IT. OKAY. SO WE CAN GET THAT STARTED. AND DO WE NEED TO DO THE CLEANING WITH THE BYLAWS ON AN AGENDA ITEM FOR OURSELVES? UM, WE'LL DO THAT. IF I GET IT READY, I'LL JUST DO BYLAWS REVISIONS. UM, BUT IF I HAVE IT READY, BUT WE'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE BYLAWS AS A, AS A BOARD ABSOLUTELY. AND GIVE OUR, OUR MM-HMM . AND HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, UNBIASED RUN THROUGH. AND THEN YEAH. IF, IF THERE'S OTHER INPUT FROM OTHER ENTITIES YEAH. WE CAN HAVE EVERYBODY THAT'S FINE. DO A RUN THROUGH AND GIVE INPUT AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK WITH AN ITEM FOR, FOR PROPOSED, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA SEE YOU NITPICK FOR, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED BYLAWS REVISIONS. YEAH. UM, SO I'LL WHAT I'LL PROBABLY WE'LL HAVE STAFF LOOK AT IT. Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT IT, SEND YOUR INPUT, SEND TO COUNSEL AND I CAN, I CAN PREPARE A PRESENTATION FOR THE SUGGESTED REVISIONS AND I'LL WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEY ON THAT, ON WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO ADVISING THEM. ALSO, I'LL WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEY. SO WE SHOULD EMAIL US TO YOU IF WE DO IT. YES, YES. AND I'LL PRO I'LL EMAIL Y'ALL REMIND YOU. OKAY. BUT I'LL ALSO WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEY ON GETTING, UM, AN ORDINANCE, UH, TOGETHER THAT WOULD ALLOW US, THE CITY, US TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I'LL TALK WITH, WITH CHARLES AND THEM ABOUT THAT, WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IF WE WANT TO CREATE AN ORDINANCE, UM, FOR US TO APPROVE THE GRANTS. OH, OKAY. YEAH. UP TO 30,000. UM, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, UM, FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU FELT LIKE [00:25:01] FOR THE NEXT MEETING? UM, NOT SPECIFICALLY. IT'S ALSO BROAD RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I THINK JUST IMPENDING THE STRATEGIC PLAN, EVERYTHING JUST FEELS VERY HIGH LEVEL. YES. AND IT, SO THINGS START GETTING MORE GRANULAR. YEAH. CAN'T REALLY, ESPECIALLY AFTER HEARING WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE DRAINAGE STUDY. I MEAN THAT REALLY DOES KIND OF PROBABLY CHANGE A LOT OF THINGS. MM-HMM . I WOULD THINK, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THE MASTER PLAN. YEAH. AND WHAT'S THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN AND THEN KIND OF BITE THAT IN CHUNKS AND GO, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA START AT THIS END OF THE MAIN STREET OR WE'RE GONNA START AT THIS END, OR WE GONNA START ON THE WEST SIDE. YEAH. REVERSE ENGINEER WHERE YOUR PARKING'S GONNA BE. YOU CAN'T DISPLACE RESIDENTS. I MEAN, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED, BUT I MEAN, IF, IF WE KNOW WHAT THE MASTER PLAN IS, THEN WE CAN KIND OF SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE AREA WE WANT FOCUS, WHETHER IT'S THE PARK OR, SO DOES THE PARK HAVE ITS OWN INDEPENDENT PLAN THAT'S PART OF THE PARKS PLAN. YOU'RE KIND OF CONFUSING. YES. IT'S PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. WOULD Y'ALL LIKE LEANNE TO DO A PRESENTATION, PERHAPS PLAN ON THE MASTER PLANS FOR THE FUTURE AND DOWNTOWN? YES. THAT WOULD BE VERY, 'CAUSE SHE DID THAT FOR US A WHILE AGO, BUT THEY, NONE OF THEM WERE HERE. RIGHT. SO LET'S I THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. IT WAS VERY SELECTED. YEAH. UNTIL YOU'RE SWIMMING. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. WE'LL DO THAT. YEAH. 'CAUSE THAT WOULD AT LEAST GET US, RIGHT. ONE OF THE PUZZLE PIECES. YES. YES. AND SHE CAN ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS. SHE DOESN'T TALK OVER THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE CAN ANSWER A LOT OF QUES SHE'S FULL OF INFORMATION. WE'RE A RESOURCE FOR THEM ALREADY WITH FARMER'S MARKET AND STUFF. AND MAYBE SHE'LL HAVE SOME INPUT ON THE FARMER'S MARKET BY THEN TOO. YEAH. YES. WHEN THAT COMES BACK, I'LL BE DEFINITELY BRINGING THAT BACK TO Y'ALL WHEN IT'S READY. I JUST, IT'S NOT READY YET. CAN WE, CAN WE ASK HER TO MAKE LIKE A FORMAL PRESENTATION OF SOME KIND OR? YEAH, SHE CAN DO THAT. SHE CAN, I MEAN, I'LL ASK HER PRESENTATION WAS SHE HAD A FULL, YEAH, SHE HAD A PRESENTATION LAST TIME. SO I'LL JUST ASK HER TO DO ANOTHER UPDATE PRESENTATION AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS. DO YOU AND TALKING ABOUT MASTER PLAN, THE MA THE MASTER DOWNTOWN PLAN. YEAH, I'VE GOT THAT. IS THERE AN A TA ON THE, THAT'S THE, UM, NO, RODNEY CAGLE IS WORKING WITH, HE AND I ARE WORKING ON THAT SINCE HE'S OVER THAT PART OF PARKS, UH, ACTIVITIES AND COORDINATION. RIGHT NOW HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UM, FIRM AND I MEET WITH THEM WHEN, WHEN NEEDED ON ANY KIND OF INPUT. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WORKING, THEY'VE HAD TO GET SOME OTHER PLANS. UM, AS, AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, SOME OF THOSE PLANS HAD TO BE, SURVEYS HAD TO BE DONE. SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT. SO, UH, BUT THEY HAD TOLD US IT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE MONTHS, THREE TO FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAME BACK WITH THE FIRST CONCEPT. SO, UM, COULD, COULD WE GET AN UPDATE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM, UH, NOT FOR ACTION OR NOT JUST ON WHERE WE ARE WITH RESULTS FROM, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M WORKING, I JUST DID THE VIDEO VIDEO FOOTAGE. VIDEO, THE VIDEO SHOWS. OH, NEON CLOUD. NEON CLOUD. I'LL HAVE THAT. YOU CAN BRING US AN UPDATE ON, I SHOULD HAVE WHEN WE START SEEING SOME, I SHOULD HAVE A VERSION TO START EDITING BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. WHICH, UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S HOPING TO HAVE IT BY THE END OF JANUARY, THE WHOLE THING DONE. BUT I SHOULD HAVE A VERSION BY THE END OF JANUARY, THE FIRST PART. SO MAYBE AN UPDATE OR SOMETHING LIKE, OH YES, I'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT. IF NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF NIE NEON CLOUD IS WHO WE HIRED HERE TO SHOW YOU . SORRY. YEAH. AND I CAN PUT, WE WERE HERE WHEN WE VOTED. YEAH. DID LUKE POWELL EVER GET BACK WITH YOU ON, UH, THE RENDERINGS FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL? I GOT WHAT I COULD AND WHAT WE COULD TRY TO USE IF, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING GRAPHICS AND VIDEOS AND RIGHT. SO WE ARE DOING THE, WE'RE I'M GONNA SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH ON THIS VIDEO, UH, EDIT. BUT I DID GET WHAT I COULD. YES, YOU'RE OVER HERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. DON'T LIKE, I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T TALK TO YOU BECAUSE I KEEP LOOKING OVER HERE. OVER HERE. SORRY. UM, I WON'T HOLD IT AGAIN. YEAH. SO A LOT OF, UH, THOSE THINGS WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING IN, SOME OF THAT PEOPLE BE ON VACATION AND STUFF, BUT I DID NEON CLOUD AND YOU'LL NOTICE ON YOUR LAST COUPLE OF REPORTS I HAD IN EDITING, SO OKAY. IS I HAVE ALL ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. ALRIGHT. NOW [EXECUTIVE SESSION] WE ARE GOING TO RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 DO OH OH ONE. THE BOARD WILL RECESS IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. DO I HAVE A, WE ARE GONNA RESET AT 8 31. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:31 PM I'LL SECOND WITH THAT. I HAVE A MOTION BY AARON, SECOND BY OH, MOTION BY MIKE, SECOND BY AARON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT. [00:30:01] VOTE IS SEVEN TO ZERO. OKAY. WHY? WE'RE GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION GUYS. YES. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN HEAR US. OH, AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE HAVE TO, I SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY BROOKS. A SECOND BY TODD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WHAT TIME? AT NINE 13. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. SEVEN TO ZERO. GOODNIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.