[Call to Order]
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CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:02 PM UM, I'M GOING TO DETERMINE IF THE CORPS IS PRESENT.
UM, WILL EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVITATIONS? END THE CLINICAL EVENING.
DEAR LORI, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THAT YOU'VE BEEN HAVING.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
PLEASE OVERSEE, UM, OUR MEETING TODAY AND, UH, BLESS US ALL WITH SAVED JOURNEYS.
OF 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.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD WON AN INDIVISIBLE.
[Community Announcements]
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE HAVE THE SUMMER MUSIC SERIES THIS SATURDAY EVENING IN VETERANS PARK STARTS AT FIVE SIX.
UM, UM, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON ON MAY 21ST AT 11 8:30 AM THAT'S WITH GAN IVY.
UH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD LETTING MIND? NOPE.
[Consent Items]
MOVING TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. UM, THERE'S APPROVED MINUTES OF THE APRIL 8TH, 2025 MEETING, AN APPROVED MARCH, 2025 MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.DOES ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? ITEM ITEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. AGENDA ITEMS. I SECOND MAY I HAVE A MOTION BY KIM BY VOTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
CONSENT AGENDA PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
[New Business]
CONSIDERING AN OFFER RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUBREY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AUTHORIZING A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS ON HAND TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED THERE TO, OKAY, THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND YOU ALL, UM, REVIEWED AND, AND WENT IN, IT WENT INTO A CONTRACT IN APRIL AND IT WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO Y'ALL FOR A PURCHASE OF $350,000.THIS IS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AND IT WOULD BE UNDER AUTHORIZED UNDER PROJECT SECTION 5 0 5 0.158 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
AND WE'LL BE USING THESE FUNDS THAT ARE ON HAND TO MAKE THE PURCHASE.
SO, UM, WE WILL USE 350,000 OUT OF THE RESERVE ACCOUNT.
SO IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THOSE.
THAT 350 DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PRICE AND COST.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? UM, THAT WAS, WE PUT DOWN 3,500 IN EARNEST MONEY.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AMOUNT IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE, BUT YOU WANT ME TO LOOK IN THE CONTRACT REAL QUICK? NO, SEE, I CAN FIND IT.
UM, IT SAYS HERE THAT IT'S 350,000 PLUS DISTRICT FLOATING COSTS.
WAS, UM, IS THAT AS, IS, IS THERE FEASIBILITY PERIOD? NO, IT'S AS IS AS ASSETS.
SO, BUT IT, IT SHOULD BE ABOUT 10,000.
WELL, YEAH, SO 30% PERCENT, YEAH, BUT WE DID PUT DOWN 3,500 EARNEST MONEY.
SO, AND SO THAT WILL, UM, GO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL NEXT WEEK AT THEIR MEETING AND THERE WILL BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT AS WELL THAT WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE.
UM, AND COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO PROVE FOR THAT MONEY TO COME OUT FROM RESERVE TO BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER S OR ANYTHING ON IT? NO.SO YOU JUST NEED NO, READ THIS RESOLUTION.
OH, LET ME PULL THE, POP THE RESOLUTION UP THERE FOR Y'ALL.
JUST TO, WE DID MAKE A FEW CHANGES AND TWEAKS TO THE ONE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP TO THE ONE THAT WAS IN YOUR BACKGROUND BACKUP.
AND IT WAS THIS PARAGRAPH HERE FOR THE PROJECT AT 4 0 7 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
AND ALSO THE AMOUNT, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE USING TO PURCHASE AS WELL AS, UM, WE CORRECTED HOLLY, I CORRECTED THE SIGNING NAME ON THE RESOLUTION.
THE ONE Y'ALL HAD IN YOUR BACKUP FOLDER WAS THE NAME WAS SLIGHTLY BACKWARDS
I'M GONNA READ THIS, RE THIS MOTION AND THEN YOU CAN SAY, SO MOVED OR HOWEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO IT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION? 9 9 5 DASH 26 OF THE BOARD OF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZED THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE EXPENDITURE OF CLIENTS ON HAND IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET FOR $350,000 FROM RESERVES TO BE ADDED TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROJECT.
HAVE MOTION BY AARON IN A SECOND BY BROOKS.
ITEM PASSES THIS FIVE TO ZERO ALL CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON RESIGNATION OF BOARD MEMBER PLACED BY VICE PRESIDENT MIKE ROWING.
MIKE BROWNING OFFICIALLY RESIGNED AS A MAY 9TH DUE TO BEING ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WE REALLY ARE GONNA MISS HIM, BUT WE'RE EXCITED THAT HE'S GOING TO DO THAT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESIGNATION? RESIGNATION OF MIKE BROWNIE, PLEASE? BY AND VICE PRESIDENT.
HEADING PASSES FIVE TO ZERO, CONSIDER AND APPOINT A NEW VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE AUBREY M DD BOARD.
YOU HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR A VICE PRESIDENT? AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, Y'ALL CAN NOMINATE YOURSELVES.
SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO STEP UP INTO THAT POSITION, YOU MAY DO SO.
WHAT ARE THE, UM, DUTIES? THE MOST IMPORTANT DUTY IS YOU BACK UP THE PRESIDENT,
IF SHE CANNOT BE AVAILABLE FOR MEETINGS, THE VICE PRESIDENT DOES STEP IN AND LEAD THE MEETING.
UM, THERE'S ALSO SIGNER RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE BANK AND SOME OTHER DUTIES THAT BACK UP THE PRESIDENT.
BUT AS FAR AS OFFICIAL, NOT TOO
UM, I, I, I NOW MYSELF AS THE, UM, MOST TENURED BOARD MEMBER THAT'S NOT IN A POSITION WITH, UH, NOT ALREADY AN OFFICER.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER NON-AG? I ATE MYSELF AS WELL.
YOU'LL HAVE TO HOLD A VOTE FOR EITHER ONE.
YOU ALSO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOURSELF.
PLEASE DO THAT BECAUSE ANY, IF YOU ABSTAIN, IT'S STILL A NO, IT DOES.
THERE IS NO ABSTAINING AS A NO.
SO WE, WE HAVE
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YES.WE DO NEED TO GET OUTTA HERE TONIGHT.
OKAY, SO I HAVE TIM AND TODD ON THE FLOOR NOMINATIONS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? NO.
ALL THOSE FOR TIM? RAISE YOUR HAND.
THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED AND IT WILL BE POSTED ONLINE SO SHE'LL KNOW
OKAY, SO TIM HEMAN, CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU GOTTA CALL FOR AN OFFICIAL MOTION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TIM HETMAN THE POSITION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT? I MAKE A MOTION.
I SAY I WANNA MOVE, CONSIDER
SHALL, CONSIDERING THE ACTION ON AN AMENDED RESOLUTION DESIGNATING BOARD MEMBERS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN FOR FUNDS FOR THE MBD BANKING AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS, OKAY, THAT RESOLUTION DIDN'T PULL IT UP.
UM, THERE'S YOUR, NOPE, THAT'S THE WRONG ONE.
SEE IF I CAN GO FIND THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE SIGNER.
HERE'S YOUR RESOLUTION FOR THE BANK SIGNERS 9 9 5 DASH 27.
AND THIS ONE DOES GET SIGNED BY.
UM, WE'LL JUST ADD IN RIGHT NOW.
TIM'S NAME AND I'LL GET THIS PRINTED AND HOLLY WILL SIGN THIS.
AND THEN IT GOES TO CITY SECRETARY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING DESIGNATED BOARD MEMBERS? HOLLY DREW, PRESIDENT TIM HYMAN, VICE PRESIDENT AARON BOGAR SECRETARY TO SIGN FOR FUNDS FOR THE MED BANKING AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNT.
WHO, WHO MADE THE FIRST MOTION? AARON MADE? I HAVE A MOTION BY AARON, SECOND BY TODD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
I PASSES FIVE TO ZERO STAFF REPORT.
UM, THAT'S A, THAT WAS A, THE OPPORTUNITY.
[Staff Report]
SO WE ARE ON TO STAFF REPORT, AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HAD THIS IN YOUR, UM, PACKET.SO IT'S JUST THE UPDATE ON THE STAFF ACTIVITY, WHICH HAS BEEN THE USUAL.
UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY NEW BUSINESSES OPEN OR CLOSE IN APRIL, SO, BUT I HAPPILY REPORT THAT WE WILL IN MAY, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE SOME GRANT UPDATES, PROJECT UPDATES, AND ONE OF THEM IS THE RESTAURANT ACROSS THE STREET, UM, THAT WE GAVE A GRANT TO.
AND WE'LL SETTLE OUT THAT GRANT ONCE THEY OPEN.
BUT, UM, WE'LL EXPECT THAT IN THIS MONTH.
THE OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE JUST FOR YOU TO SEE.
BUT, UM, JUST QUICKLY ON THE OTHER GRANT UPDATE, WE DO HAVE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE CAR WASH THAT, UM, YOU ALL WILL SEE AS YOU DRIVE BY IT.
YOU'LL SEE THE FACADE AND THE CHANNEL LETTERING HAS BEEN CHANGED, BUT, UM, UH, THEY'LL BE GETTING READY FOR THE, THE MONUMENT SIGN ON THE GROUND TO GET UPDATED.
THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON A COUPLE OF APPROVALS.
AND SO ONCE ALL THESE PERMITS GET ISSUED AND THESE APPROVALS ARE MADE, I'LL BE SETTLING UP ON THAT, UM, AND BRING BACK A REPORT TO Y'ALL ON THOSE GRANTS, UM, COMPLETION OF THOSE GRANTS.
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BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO OUR, UM, REPORT, I DO WANT TO ASK Y'ALL ABOUT THE JUNE MEETING DATE.UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RESCHEDULE THAT SO THAT OUR, UH, BOND ATTORNEY CAN ATTEND THE MEETING.
UM, THOSE ARE, UH, HE NEEDS, HE CAN'T COME ON THE SECOND TUESDAYS OF THE MONTH.
HE HAS ANOTHER MEETING AND HE'S IN AUSTIN.
SO YOU'LL BE MEETING WITH US VIA ZOOM, UM, WHEN WE DO MEET, BUT I JUST NEEDED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE NOW SO WE COULD TRY TO GET SOME DATES.
I KNOW ANNABEL IS NOT AVAILABLE, UM, JUNE 17TH, RIGHT? ANABEL? YES.
BUT THOSE OTHER DATES PRETTY MUCH IN JUNE OPEN? YES.
SO WE COULD DO, WE COULD TRY TO DO THAT MONDAY BEFORE USUAL MEETING DATE OR WEEK THE NINTH, OR WE COULD TRY TO DO THE DAY AFTER THAT WEDNESDAY.
UM, USUALLY THE, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ARE OPEN ON MONDAY, OR THEY CAN BE OPEN, EVEN THOUGH THE LIBRARY'S CLOSED, WE CAN HAVE THEM OPEN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER'S FORCE.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETIMES A GOOD NIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE, UM, OTHER RESERVATIONS IN THERE.
SO DO Y'ALL WANT TO SHOOT FOR THE NINTH? NO.
I'D HAVE TO CHECK THE AVAILABILITY OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING OR ANYTHING IN THERE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IF THAT'S THE CASE.
IS ANYONE OF, ARE Y'ALL AVAILABLE ON, WHAT IS THAT? THE 16TH OF JUNE.
UM, I'LL JUST CHECK WITH, UH, CHECK A COUPLE THINGS AND I'LL GET BACK TO Y'ALL.
UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD SOME GOOD POSTS IN APRIL WITH DNL FARMING HOME BEING THE HIGHEST PERFORMING ONE, UH, WITH 4,385 VIEWS IN REACH OF 2,623.
THEY SHARED IT 6 800, 683 ENGAGEMENTS.
YES, THEY DID SHARE IT THANK TO THANKS TO THEM FOR DOING THAT.
UM, AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO GET THAT POST.
AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY'D BEEN A HERE SINCE 1988.
I MEAN, AND AUBREY WAS THEIR FIRST FIRST STORE, SO IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
UM, SO THESE POSTS I'M MAKING ABOUT THESE BUSINESSES AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE MORE ORGANIC POSTS WHERE I TAKE, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THE PHOTO, WE AREN'T USING IT, MAKING IT LOOK LIKE AN AD, THEY'RE REALLY PERFORMING WELL.
SO, UM, I'VE GOT A FEW MORE IN THE QUEUE TO GO OUT AND WE'LL GET THOSE GOING OUT.
UM, AND OUR WEBSITE IS PERFORMING PRETTY WELL.
I'M ABLE TO SEE LIKE WHAT PAGES THEY'RE VISITING THE MOST.
UM, THAT SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT WAS IN YOUR, UH, FOLDER AS WELL.
Y'ALL CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, BUT AS WE PUSH STUFF OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUSH OUR WEBSITE OUT, WE NOTICE THE UPTICK IN SOME OF THOSE PAGE VISITS, SO CAN, CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
UM, THE BROKER TOUR RESERVATIONS AND RSVP BEING ON THE WEBSITE HELP PUSH UP SOME PAGE VISITS AND AWARENESS.
UM, THE VIDEO IS NOW ON THAT PAGE, UM, THE HOMEPAGE AND, UH, SO WE'LL KEEP WATCHING FOR MORE.
AND JUST REAL QUICK, WHILE WE'RE ON MARKETING, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANNA SHOW Y'ALL THE AD WE DID, WE STARTED BACK OUR CITY LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE ADS.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE, I THINK THAT'LL COME OUT SEPTEMBER.
SO I, THIS IS FOR THE MAY ONE, AND I, I HAD IT MORE OF A MOTHER'S DAY TYPE, AND THEN WE'LL DO LIKE A FATHER'S DAY.
I'VE GOT A FEW DIFFERENT BUSINESS PHOTOS IN THAT AD THAT'LL COME OUT IN JUNE.
AND UM, THAT'S ALSO ONLINE, BY THE WAY.
AND WHEN I POSTED THE PHOTO OF JULIA'S ON THE FRONT AND GOT THAT, THAT PERFORMED REALLY WELL TOO ON THE POST.
SO, UM, BROKER TOUR, WE HAD A VERY GOOD BROKER TOUR.
THANK YOU, TIM, FOR TAKING PICTURES.
THANK YOU, HOLLY AND ERIN FOR HELPING WITH JUST GREETING AND NETWORKING AND INTRODUCING PEOPLE AND BEING HOSTESS WITH THE MOST ASES BECAUSE WE, WE NEEDED TO, IT WAS A GOOD NETWORKING GROUP.
I THINK PEOPLE REALLY CONNECTED AND JUST STAYED AFTER, AFTER THE BUS DROPPED EVERYBODY BACK OFF DOWNTOWN, THEY STAYED AND TALKED AND, UM, I THINK MADE NEW, NEW CONNECTIONS, MET NEW BROKERS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAD NOT MET BROKERS, MEETING BROKERS, WHICH IS GOOD.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY HAD A CLIENT
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THAT HAD A CERTAIN NEED OR PROPERTY.UM, WE HAD GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE VIDEO AND THE TOUR.
JUST PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED IT.
AND, UM, THEY LOVED THE BUILDING, THE NEW BUILDING AT, AT TWO 16 SOUTH MAINE.
THEY JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT RENOVATION WAS AWESOME.
SO THANK YOU TO THE MCCUTCHEN FOR, UH, LETTING US LOOK INSIDE THOSE, HAVE THOSE AIRBNBS OPEN AND TOO, YEAH, AND TO TAMMY FOR EQUINE INSTINCTS, ALLOWING US TO BE THERE IN THE, UH, VENUE FOR SURE.
AND SO, UM, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
I THINK ABOUT 35, UH, TOTAL ENDED UP COMING AND, AND ON THE BUS, I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS CLOSER TO 35, BUT I THINK MAYBE 40 IN THE ROOM AT THAT ONE TIME.
BUT, UM, I, I THINK THAT, UH, WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP, I'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, CONTACTS FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT DID COME.
SOME PEOPLE HAD NOT TOURED AUBREY BEFORE OR REALLY ENGAGED WITH US BEFORE.
OTHERS WERE BROKERS WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH.
UM, AND SO I HOPE TO JUST CONTINUE TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE BROKERS AND NOW THEY KNOW SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS.
UM, THERE, I WANNA TELL Y'ALL ABOUT A TRAINING THAT IS, UH, FOR SALES TAX, UH, WORKSHOP.
I'M GONNA JUST PASS THIS AROUND IF Y'ALL WANNA MARK THE DATE.
THERE IS ONE IN OCTOBER 17TH IN DALLAS.
UM, TYPE B AND C EDCS ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS TRAINING.
ANABEL, I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU KNOW IF IT, I THINK M DDS, UM, WE WENT AND WE HAD AT LEAST THE, I KNOW FOR AN MDD, LIKE I HAVE TO GO EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND SO THE LAST TIME I WENT WAS WITH HOLLY AND THAT WAS SEPTEMBER OF 23, I THINK IS WHEN WE WENT.
UM, SO BOARD MEMBERS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO.
I, I COUNT AS THE TRAINED PERSON AND OUR ATTORNEYS TRAIN, BUT IF IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EDC AND TYPE A BOARDS, I THINK THEY HAVE TO GO EVERY TWO YEARS.
BUT, UM, IF YOU WANNA GO, IT'S A GOOD EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, CAN REGISTER YOU AND STUFF.
IT'S JUST, I THINK HOLLY CAN SAY SHE, UM, SO JUST MARK, IF YOU WANNA GO THINK ABOUT IT, I WANT Y'ALL TO MARK THAT DOWN IN YOUR CALENDAR.
LET ME KNOW AND I'LL GET YOU REGISTERED.
BUT UM, IT'S NOT TILL OCTOBER.
IT'S NOT TILL OCTOBER, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF CONFERENCES AND TRAVEL IN OCTOBER.
I KNOW LIKE EVERY CONFERENCE I HAVE IS IN OCTOBER.
UM, SO I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR NOW.
UM, WHAT ELSE? THERE WAS ONE THAT I WOULD CHOOSE TO GO TO.
I'D DO THE EMAIL OVER THAT, THE OH, THE ONE IN OCTOBER.
YEAH, STATE CONFERENCE FOR TML IS GOOD.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE DATES FOR THAT.
I'LL GET THAT FOR Y'ALL NEXT TIME.
IF, IF THERE'S A BOARD MEMBER THAT REALLY JUST WANTS TO GO AND LEARN THERE, WE'LL JUST IT STAND FOR EML TEXAS MUNICIPAL.
Y'ALL SHOULD BE GETTING LIKE, DO Y'ALL GET T EMAILS? OKAY.
UM, LET ME, LEMME CHECK ON THAT.
WELL, NO, Y'ALL BEEN, BROOKS, DO YOU GET 'EM? TML EMAILS.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT WHEN Y'ALL GOT ADDED TO THE BOARD, WE NEED TO GO IN AND ADD Y'ALL AS TML MEMBERS.
APPARENTLY IT'S JUST FOR THE FEMALE BOARD MEMBERS.
LET ME CHECK, UM, ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A PROCESS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
UM, DO YOU GET ANY, ANY PANELS?
SO THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON STAFF REPORT OR DOING OR GOOD JOB ON THAT, ON THE BROKER TOUR.
IT WAS, THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK.
I LOVE DOING TOURS LIKE THAT AND IT'S FUN TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, YOU'RE NOTICING IN OUR SALES TAX AND USE ALLOCATIONS, THE RECEIPTS, WE ARE HAVING SOME LARGER GROSS PAYMENTS BECAUSE OF AUDITS THROUGH THAT ARE HAPPENING STATEWIDE.
SO I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT.
UM, COMING IN, IT'S A GOOD THING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, OKAY, SO WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, I'M GONNA YOU PASS THOSE ON, ERIN, PLEASE.
THOSE ARE PLANS AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO DO SOME KINDA LANDSCAPING, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE BUILDING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE GROUNDS FOR A WHILE.
AND WE JUST, OTHER THAN THE MURAL, WE JUST HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING.
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THAT OUR, UM, BUILDING SUBCOMMITTEE HAD TALKED ABOUT A FEW THINGS, BUT WE KIND OF DISSOLVED IT A LITTLE BIT.UM, SO MY, MY CONVERSATION RECENTLY WITH A LOCAL AUBREY, UH, AUBREY RESIDENT WAS THAT SHE CAME TO ME THROUGH, MET THROUGH ANOTHER PERSON THAT WE KNOW IN COMMON AND SHE WANTED TO HELP US WITH SOME KIND OF DESIGN, UH, FOR SOME LANDSCAPE.
SHE AND I TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGES TO THIS LOT IN THE FUTURE.
SO ANYTHING WE PUT IN WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO REUSE, UM, IN A DIFFERENT WAY OR MAYBE IN A DIFFERENT SPOT DOWNTOWN SOMEWHERE.
AND SO SHE CAME UP WITH SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, IDEAS, BUT SHE DID THIS DESIGN AND DRAWING PRO BONO.
SHE IS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, SO THANK YOU TO HER FOR THAT.
UM, BUT SHE JUST WANTS TO HELP.
AND SO, UH, IT'S BEEN A, A LITTLE BIT OF A, A LONG CONVERSATION.
WE'VE HAD
SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU HER, SOME OF HER IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, AGAIN, SOME OF THESE COULD BE SIMPLE.
WE DO HAVE A MAINTENANCE LINE ITEM FOR LANDSCAPING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE NOT USED ANY OF THAT YET FOR MAJOR LANDSCAPING, JUST FOR LITTLE PLANTS AND STUFF THAT WE BUY.
BUT OTHERWISE, UM, WE DO HAVE AN A, A LINE ITEM FOR MAINTENANCE AND, EXCUSE ME, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH Y'ALL WOULD WANT TO DO, UM, IF YOU LOOK, IT'S KIND OF SMALL PRINT, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT THE TOP DESCRIPTION WITH ALL THE, YOU KNOW, WITH USING SOME TABLES AND PICNIC TABLES AND DOING SOME GRADING ON THE LOT, UM, A LITTLE MORE DETAILED, IT'S, IT CAME TO AN ESTIMATED 15,000.
AGAIN, SHE'S JUST DOING ESTIMATES OF WHAT SHE KNOWS SOME COSTS ARE, BUT NOTHING'S BEEN BID OUT.
UM, AND THEN IF WE WENT AND DID SOMETHING ON THAT PLATFORM, THAT CONCRETE PLATFORM OUT THERE AND WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING MORE STURDY, UM, LIKE A COVER OF SOME SORT THAT, THAT TOTAL ESTIMATE WAS 18,500.
NOW THE GOOD THING IS SHE'S FLEXIBLE.
SHE GAVE US OPTIONS THAT COULD BE FLEXIBLE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING.
UM, WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, JUST LANDSCAPE BEDS AROUND THE BUILDING JUST TO KINDA HELP WITH SOME OF THAT.
UM, IT WOULD KIND OF HELP OFFSET THE MURAL, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO PROTECT THAT MURAL FROM ANY WEED EATING.
AND SO WHEN THEY COME BY WITH THAT WEED EATER, IT'S JUST WHACKING THAT PAINT.
SO IF WE PUT A LANDSCAPE BED AND ROCKS AND STUFF OVER IT, THAT'S GONNA PROTECT THE, THE PAINT JOB MORE.
UM, IT ALSO WOULD KIND OF HELP OFFSET THE, AND JUST HELP IT POP ALSO, JUST IT'S REAL UNEVEN AND THERE'S AN EXPOSED PIPE OVER HERE AT THE MUSEUM.
UM, WE COULD FILL SOME OF THAT IN AND, AND JUST SET SOME PLANTS THERE, UM, THAT ARE MORE STURDY FOR THE SUN AND DON'T NEED AS MUCH WATER.
UH, DO SOME DECOMPOSED GRANITE HERE AND THERE.
SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A, A DESIGN THAT KIND OF MADE IT ALMOST LIKE THIS WAS A LITTLE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY THAT YOU COULD GET TO THE CONCRETE PAD AND THERE COULD BE LIKE STREAM LIGHTS ON THE POND, CONCRETE PAD AND THERE COULD BE SALES OVER IT OR, OR IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING MORE STURDY, LIKE A METAL COVERING.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION IF Y'ALL WOULD WANT TO SEE SOMETHING MORE DETAILED ON THAT.
BUT, AND, AND CONSIDER THAT LATER OR, BUT FOR NOW SAY HEY, LET'S GET THESE LANDSCAPE BED THINGS DONE OR WHATEVER.
UM, THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THIS.
SO 3, 3 5 DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CHAMBER BUILDING THOUGH, RIGHT? THAT WASN'T BUDGETED IN THERE.
WHERE ARE YOU TALKING THE ESTIMATE? ON, ON THE
THE 18 FIVE HAS A MORE STURDY COVER OVER THAT CONCRETE PAD INSTEAD OF JUST SALES
SO, UM, AND THEN THIS, SHE GAVE ME THIS JUST TO SHOW LIKE THE AREA OF THE MUSEUM ON THAT SIDE THAT FACES THE STREET AND STUFF.
BUT, UM, THAT'S IF WE WOULD WANNA DO SOMETHING WITH THAT AREA, OTHERWISE WE COULD JUST DO THE LANDSCAPE BED BEHIND IT.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S REALLY, IT'S KIND OF ROUGH LOOKING ON THE SIDES AND BEHIND.
UM, OUR BUILDING KIND OF GOES DOWNHILL ON THE BACK AND THE AIR CONDITIONERS THERE, THERE'D BE A LITTLE MORE GRADING INVOLVED IN THE BACK SIDE OF BUILDING.
BUT UM, WE'D BE GRATEFUL HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S TALKING ABOUT CONTINUING THAT
ESPECIALLY IF, UH, MUSIC IN THE PARK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR ME TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
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PICNIC TABLES AND STRING LIGHTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SIT MM-HMMGOING ON WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SALES CAN GET GREAT PRICING.
UM, WHAT THE SALES SALES, OH YEAH, YEAH.
I DO NEED TO ALSO TALK TO PARKS AND MAKE SURE THEY WOULD BE, AND I, I NEED TO TALK WITH UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ONLY FOR THE REASON THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING THERE, WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT SOMETHING THEY WOULD REQUIRE FROM A, AROUND THE CONCRETE PAD IS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN CONCERNED WITH, WITH STEPPING UP AND DOWN.
SO I, I MEAN IF WE DID IT RIGHT, I COULD SEE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE UTILIZED DURING PEANUT FESTIVAL MEAT CONCERTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, BUT THEY MAY WANT US TO DO A LITTLE MORE LEVELING OF THE GROUND BEFORE THEY WOULD INVITE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY OR PICNICKING.
BUT, BUT UM, AND THAT CAN BE A NEXT PHASE TOO.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE FULL DECISION TONIGHT ON THAT IF Y'ALL WANNA, OR THE UH, FLORAL BEAUTIFICATION AND ALL THIS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE ADDITIONAL UH, FLOWERS ONE FOR SURE.
DO THEY MAINTENANCE THOSE
UM, AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS WE WOULD HAVE LESS WEED EATING TO BE DONE IF WE HAD FIRE BED ROCK ROCKS LIKE RIVER ROCK.
'CAUSE THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO TREAT IT FOR SOME WEEDS.
WE DO HAVE A LAND RIGHT NOW, PARKS AND REC STAFF MOW AND WEED EAT.
BUT OUR OTHER PROPERTY WE HAVE, WE HAVE A CONS, A LANDSCAPE COMPANY LIKE FOR REFRESHERS THE MOLD.
UM, SO AND THAT COULD BE, IF WE HIRED A LANDSCAPE COMPANY TO PUT ALL THIS IN, THEY COULD PROBABLY GIVE US, YOU KNOW, FOR COMING BACK EVERY SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR TO REFRESH, HASN'T IT? WELL IT'S GOT IRRIGATION.
RIGHT NOW OUR LITTLE WATER HOSE THAT I'VE GOT IS SERVING ME WELL FOR JUST THE LITTLE PLANTS WE HAVE.
SO THAT'S WHY SHE WAS SUGGESTING TOO THE YUCCA TYPE PLANTS AND THE THINGS THAT DON'T REQUIRE MUCH WATER BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE OF A ZERO ESCAPEE TYPE PLAN.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE IRRIGATION THAT WATERS THOSE WEEDS.
THEY JUST GROW ON THEIR OWN BEAUTIFULLY.
THIS AREA DOES NOT HAVE A LACK FOR, FOR UH, GREEN, GREEN WHEAT.
SO 'CAUSE THAT IS NOT REALLY A LAWN OUT THERE THAT IS MOSTLY JUST NATIVE.
SO WHAT WOULD THAT BE? JUST GRASS, UM, IN BETWEEN THEM.
WE COULD LEAVE THE GRASS OR IF WE WANTED TO GRADE IT, IT SAYS CRUSH GRANITE.
IF WE WANTED TO GRADE IT AND PUT CRUSH GRANITE YOU CAN TOO.
SO YOU, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, YOU'VE GOT OPTIONS UP HERE OF HUH.
A RENDERING OF THAT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE.
WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? WELL, UH, FOR, FOR MY PURPOSE TONIGHT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS IF Y'ALL DO WANNA SEE SOME LANDSCAPE BEDS AROUND THE BUILDING, I COULD AT LEAST GET THAT STARTED.
THE GRADING IN THE MIDDLE AND THE GRASS REMOVAL AND ALL THAT IS GONNA BE A LOT MORE WORK.
AND UM, AND THAT IS GONNA BE MORE EXPENSIVE AND COSTLY.
AND I DO THINK IF YOU WANNA SEE A RENDERING, WE CAN ASK HER FOR THAT MORE, MORE OF A, WELL I THINK IF YOU DO IT INTERVIEW ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT I MEAN SHE HAS ESTIMATES HERE.
WELL THE BOTTOM ONE JUST HAS TO, HAS THIS PAGE STRUCTURE.
THAT'S ALL THAT'S ADDED ON THAT.
SO THE TOP PART IT IS DOING THE TOP PART NOW.
AND SEE HOW WELL IT GETS UTILIZED.
I MEAN I THINK DEFINITELY SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, UM, TO PROTECT THE MURAL AND TO KEEP THOSE WEEDS DOWN.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION, THIS DOESN'T SHOW THE MURAL WOULD BE
I NEED TO HAVE HER ADD IT YEAH.
I NEED TO HAVE HER ADD THE OTHER SIDE.
I, UM, YEAH, THAT WAS THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE TWO BUILDINGS.
BUT UM, TO HER DEFENSE, I THINK I HAD TOLD HER I HAD, WHICH BY THE WAY, THE LANDFILL COMPANY HAD CALLED ABOUT DOING THAT AND PUTTING DOWN SOME JUST WHITE ROCKWOOD HADN'T CALLED ME BACK.
SO I THINK WE COULD JUST HAVE HER ADD TO THAT LINE OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT VERY WIDE, JUST THE LENGTH OF THE BUILDING.
UM, BUT UM, WE COULD NO, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I WOULD JUST, I WOULD, I MEAN IF I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, SEE HOW WELL IT GETS UTILIZED USING IT, PEOPLE DO THEN ADD THE STRICT SHAPE STRUCTURE AT A LATER DATE.
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YEAH.SO LET ME, UM, ALSO, I'M GONNA RUN IT BY PARKS AND MAKE SURE IN TERMS OF THE, IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, MAKE SURE WITH THIS GRADING, UM, THAT WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT IN THE WAY THEY, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S, UH, I, THEY MAY WANT, THEY MAY HAVE SOME STAFF THAT THEY WANT TO WORK ON IT TOO.
SO I COULD CHECK ON THAT TOO AND GET BACK TO Y'ALL.
BUT MAIN THING IS I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, IS THIS SOMETHING Y'ALL WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? OKAY.
I THINK SO, BUT I, I, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE GRAB GRAVEL IN THE MIDDLE.
WE DON'T JUST DO THE FIRE POT.
YOU WANT THE YOU WANT THE GRAVEL.
GO AHEAD AND DO THE WHOLE THING.
I THINK IT'S BOTH, UM, STREAM.
IT IS, WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF POST PUT UP THERE FOR STRING LIGHTS, BUT I GUESS YOU COULD ATTACH SALES LATER.
IT SAYS, IT SAYS SAIL LIGHTS SLASH LIGHTS.
I THINK YOUR LIGHTS ARE PROBABLY SUN STATE SALES.
SALES ARE THE LIGHTS AT LEAST GETS ME A NICE AESTHETIC IN THE EVENING TIME.
YOU LIKE RING HOOKS AND ATTACH TO THE BUILDING.
WHICH ALREADY OUT THERE YOU DID THE RIGHT.
UM, THAT'S AN EASY, YOU JUST GET THOSE A HUNDRED FOOT THINGS.
ALL THE GRADING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY, IS THERE POWER? UM, THERE WAS A POWER POST THAT WE TOOK.
THERE WAS, THAT WE TOOK DOWN, UM, THERE IS A, A NEW OUTLET HERE ON TOP OF THE BUILDING THAT WE COULD STRING IT ACROSS, UM, AND LOOP IT THAT WAY.
SO I JUST NEED TO, IF Y'ALL ARE WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PART, I JUST NEED TO START WORKING ON SOME OF THE LOGISTICS.
UM, AND WE'VE GOT A FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, UH, MAINTEN MANAGER HERE AND HE, HE CAN HELP ME KIND OF LOOK AT THIS AND SEE, BUT, AND SEE IF THE COMPANY THAT'S DOING OUR LANDSCAPING NOW CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THE INSTALL.
OTHERWISE SHE SAID SHE'S GOT SOME, UM, PEOPLE SHE CAN REFER.
BUT, UM, LOCAL EVENTS, UM, YEAH, IN TERMS OF THE PLANT STUFF.
BUT THERE'S SOME INSTALL THAT'S GONNA ACROSS THE STREET.
THE LOMA IS 10 LANE
UH, I'LL DO SOME CALLS, UM, TO SOME, WE'LL SHOOT THIS OVER TO DEREK.
AND MAKE SURE THAT HE TAKES THAT ESTIMATES IN LINE.
I MEAN SHE HAS RIVER ROCK WHERE THE PLANTS ARE GONNA BE.
DID YOU BOTH GRANT FOR EVERYWHERE ELSE? YEAH, HE, THIS WHOLE THING TRYING TO BE, SO THE MAIN THING I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK ON, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH PARKS BEFORE ABOUT THE PLATFORM AND PUTTING ANYTHING ON OR PUTTING ANYTHING ON IT THAT WOULD DRAW PEOPLE TO IT.
MAKING SURE THE FOOTING AROUND IT IS SAFE BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY WHERE IT IS UNEVEN AND IT'S, AND THEY'VE NOT EVER WANTED TO REALLY PUT TOO MANY THINGS UP THERE JUST BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN DIFFERENT PLACES.
BUT IF YOU PUT STRING LIGHTS AND STUFF UP THERE, I THINK THAT JUST IN THE MIDDLE.
OH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDINGS.
YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CONCRETE PAD.
SO THE MAYOR EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PUTTING A BUILDING THERE.
SO WE CAN WE'LL, TOO PERMANENT.
SO YOU'RE TALKING STRING LINES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS.
IT'S NOT THAT DRIVEWAY IS SO WONKY AND THEY'RE REALLY LONG.
SOME OF THOSE FOOD TRUCKS LIKE THAT TRAILER, IF THEY HAVE A TRAILER FOOD TRUCK, LIKE THE PIZZA PLACE COULDN'T FIT ON THERE.
AND THEN WE'RE SAYING THAT WE CAN USE RIGHT.
A LITTLE PAIR AND MAINTENANCE LINE ITEM THAT HAS
THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT CAME FOR THIS.
WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE LINE ITEM.
IT SAYS REPAIRS THE MAINTENANCE 14,000 IS THE BUDGET WE SPENT 22.
SO WE CAN RUN IT THROUGH THERE.
UM, I SEE WE'RE ALREADY ALMOST WE WELL ALSO, YEAH.
KEEP IN MIND IF Y'ALL GO OVER ONE LINE ITEM AND YOU'RE UNDER ANOTHER, AS LONG AS OUR BOTTOM LINE DOES NOT ON THE PROGRAM PIECES DOESN'T GO ABOVE, WE'RE GOOD.
I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
SO WE, THERE'S SOME LINE ITEMS WE WILL NOT REACH OUR BUDGET IN.
SO, UM, BROOKS HAD A GOOD POINT AND TO GO AHEAD AND PUT GRANITE AROUND THE, THE, AROUND THE AREA.
THAT WAY WE CAN LEVEL THAT OUT.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YEAH, I MEAN THAT 'CAUSE THAT WAY THEY COULD USE IT FOR FESTIVALS AND STUFF IN, IN THE TIME BEING.
SO, UM, LET ME, LET ME GET TO WORK THEN ON,
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UM, BROOKS, WILL YOU COPY ME WHEN YOU SEND THAT TO, IS IT LOMA? OKAY.WE NEED TO, 'CAUSE I DO NEED TO GET SOME, I'LL GET SOME QUOTES AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
BUT I DO WANT TO, UM, I'LL REPORT BACK TO Y'ALL TOO.
I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR WHAT, A YEAR NOW.
SO, AND THANK YOU TO TO ERIN FOR NOT THIS ERA A DIFFERENT
UM, AS FAR AS ANYTHING ELSE, UM, FOR STAFF REPORT, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING.
UM, JUST WANNA POINT OUT, I FORGOT TO POINT THIS OUT.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT MARKETING MATERIALS.
I UPDATED THIS CARD JUST A LITTLE BIT.
I HAVE MORE THESE, IF Y'ALL WANNA PUT 'EM OUT ANYWHERE, UM, WE'LL TAKE 'EM SOMEWHERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT WANT SOME FOR YOURSELF TAKE, YOU CAN TAKE WHAT'S ON THE TABLE.
IS THERE ANY FUTURE IN THE ITEMS OR ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER? ANY FEATURES IN THE ITEMS? UM, NOT RIGHT.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 0 1.THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY DOWNTIME DEVELOPMENT.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:44 PM I MAKE A MOTION TO CONVENE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:44 PM I MOTION MY PO A SECOND BACK BROOKS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[Reconvene into Open Session]
WE ARE RECONVENING INTO OPEN SESSION.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION? I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 60 9:00 PM I'LL SECOND.
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I DO NEED TO ADD TO THE WEB, THE WEBSITE TO THAT.
I FORGOT TO MENTION IT EARLIER.
DID YOU ALREADY MENTION THE FARMER'S MARKET WITH THE OH.
AND, AND I'LL BRING Y'ALL SURVEY.
I I CAN BRING Y'ALL THE, I CAN ASK THEM IF THEY ARE READY TO SHOW THE PLAN.
HAVE WEBSITE IN FARMER'S MARKET FARMER.
Y'ALL HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? I MOVE TO ADJOURN AT DICK'S.
ALL TAYLOR, FIVE AND ZERO MEETING IS AJOUR.