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YOU DON'T FORGET.[Call to Order - Determine if a Quorum is Present]
THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:02 PM I WILL CALL, UM, I'LL DETERMINE IF A COURT IS PRESENT.UM, DO WE HAVE ANY GUESTS HERE? WE, YES WE ARE.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? WHAT CAN I GET? Y'ALL'S NAMES? TAMMY.
WILL EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF AUBREY.
UM, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU SEE OVER THIS MEETING TODAY.
AND AGAIN, WE JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS NATION UNDER GOD WITH THE AND JUSTICE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE IN PRINCIPLE.
WE HAVE, MS. BLACKBURN IS LEAVING US TONIGHT AND SO CHRISTINE HAS A SWEET LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU AND THANK FOR YOUR, OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOU BEING ON THE BOARD.
YOU GUYS DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
WELL, IT'S JUST A LITTLE REMEMBRANCE OF AUBREY, SO YOU'LL NEVER FORGET US
BUT, UM, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMITMENT.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE COMMITTED A LOT OF TIME IN OTHER COMMITTEES AS WELL, SO YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT, UM, MEMBER AND YOUR INPUT HAS BEEN VALUABLE AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR ADVICE ON MY BARN SWALLOW NEST.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING A FEW MINUTES TO LET US RECOGNIZE YOU,
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE NOTE THAT BRENDA LEFT AT 6:05 PM I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE GUEST.
[Community Announcements]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.THE AUBREY M DDS BUSINESS RESOURCE FAIR LUNCH AND LEARN IN COOPERATION WITH THE 303 80 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 11:30 AM TO 1:30 PM HERE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, THERE'S ALSO THE BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE KERR COUNTY RELIEF FUND IN DOWNTOWN AUBREY THIS FRIDAY AT VETERANS PARK FROM FIVE 30 TO NINE 30.
AND THEY WILL HAVE SOME LIVE BANDS AND FUN THINGS THAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN THE PEANUT FESTIVAL IS SATURDAY OCTOBER 4TH IN DOWNTOWN AUBREY AT VETERANS PARK.
WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS INPUT, UM, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS,
[Consent Items]
IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE AUGUST 12TH, 2025 MDD BOARD MEETING.APPROVE THE JULY STAFF ACTIVITY REPORT.
APPROVE THE 20 JULY, 2025 FINANCIAL REPORT.
ANYBODY WANT TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? ITEM AGENDA.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
CONSENT AGENDA PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
[Executive Session]
INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.I'M GONNA, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:06 PM I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE CONCESSION AT 6:06 PM I SECOND THE MOTION.
I'M GOING TO READ THIS OUT LOUD THOUGH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 5 1.
THE BOARD WILL RECESS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING HIGH POINT RANCH.
AND THEN WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
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INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.[Reconvene into Open Session]
THE MDD BOARD IS NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION? I MAKE A MOTION TO CONVENE TO OPEN SESSION AT 6:35 PM I SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
[New Business]
NEW BUSINESS.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.
PLACE SIX AND PLACE SEVEN TO THE BOARD FOR A TWO YEAR TERM EXPIRING IN 20, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REAPPOINTED, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF HOLLY DREW PLACE SIX AND TIM HYMAN.
TERMS TO THE AUBREY MDD BOARD EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.
I WOULD MAKE THE FIRST OR SECOND
I HAVE A MOTION BY TODD, A SECOND BY AARON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? CAN WE VOTE FOR I DIDN'T PASS THIS FIVE TO ZERO.
YES, SHE, I WAS VOTING FOR, I WAS VOTING FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE TO, FOR YOU, YOU HAVE TO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM.
SO Y'ALL BETTER VOTE FOR SOME.
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE RE RESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR BLACKBURN.
AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE AUBREY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BRENDA BLACKBURN IS MOVING, SO SHE RESIGNED AS OF EFFECTIVE 9 30 20 25.
WE ALSO HAD PLACE, UH, FIVE OPEN, WHICH IS YOUR NEXT ITEM.
BUT I, WE HAVE TWO APPLICANTS HERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM, LET THEM COME UP AND TELL THEM A LITTLE, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED WITH THAT ITEM.
SO JAMIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP FIRST, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE YOUR ADDRESS? HELLO? MY ADDRESS? YES.
I LIVE HERE IN RE I LIVE, UH, SEVEN 80 COUNTRYSIDE.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I OWN AND OPERATE A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
UM, MY HUSBAND KINDA OVERSEES LIKE ALL OF THE GUYS, BUT I HANDLE ALL OF LIKE THE BACKEND PAPERWORK.
I DO ALL THE SUBS, ALL THE ACCOUNTING.
I MEAN, I KIND OF RUN THE BUSINESS TOO, BUT, UM, SO I DO THAT.
AND THEN, UH, PRIOR TO THAT I, UH, RAN CARE NOW CLINICS, THE URGENT CARE CLINICS I OWNED, I DIDN'T OWN THEM, SORRY.
UM, I RAN 12 OR 13 CLINICS OF THAT.
I ALSO WORKED AT THE CORPORATE OFFICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, UM, PRIOR TO THAT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO STEP INTO THIS SITUATION? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL.
I WAS ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED TO APPLY BUT, UM, OR REACHED OUT TO, TO APPLY.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE IN CONSTRUCTION AND I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO BE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND SEE HOW THE CITY GROWS AND WHEN WE HAVE LIVED HERE FOR SO LONG, IT HAS GROWN LIKE CRAZY SINCE WE'VE LIVED HERE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS PRETTY COOL.
SORRY, I'M STILL ON WORK CLOTHES.
AND TAMMY DEWITT IS OUR NEXT APPLICANT.
HELLO, I AM TAMMY DET, LIKE TAKING A DOG TO DET, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
IT'S MY HUSBAND'S DUTCH AND SO
UM, WE'RE AT 500 COUNTRYSIDE AND I MOVED HERE IN 2020.
I LIVED IN MCKINNEY FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
I WAS, UH, I CURRENTLY AM A MARKETING COORDINATOR FOR A NON-INSURANCE BENEFITS COMPANY AND I WAS PART OF THE, IN MCKINNEY I WAS PART OF THE CHAMBER AND AMBASSADOR.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF, UM, JUST BOARDS ALONG THE WAY.
I'VE NEVER DONE DEVELOPMENT BEFORE, SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING NEW.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED JUST SEEING THE GROWTH IN MCKINNEY AND BEING A PART OF AUBREY AND SEEING IT GROW AND JUST WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS AS WELL.
SO, AND I'VE JUST DONE VARIOUS JOBS THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, SO YEAH.
BUT THIS IS WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW.
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ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE SAY A QUESTION THAT I THINK SHE KIND GO FOR IT.WILL YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON PLEASE? SORRY, MINE'S ON.
SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAS MOTIVATED YOU? I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU PARTICIPATED IN CITY THINGS MM-HMM
AND MCKINNEY AND I MEAN, WE GET ALL THAT AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY'VE BEEN.
SO WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO JUMP INTO OUR LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANNA SEE IT GROW, SEE IT GROW WELL, UM, I DID THE AUBREY CITIZENS UNIVERSITY AND IT REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS ON THE CHAMBER SIDE SO I WAS MORE OF AN AMBASSADOR TO THE BUSINESSES.
SO THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY.
ANYTHING ELSE? DID YOU ENJOY THE AUBREY CITIZENS UNIVERSITY? I DID.
OKAY, SO, UM, THIS ITEM WILL BE FOR PLACE TWO, UM, WHICH HAS A TERM EXPIRING, UM, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026 BECAUSE BRENDA HAD SERVED IN THAT SEAT FOR, UM, ONE YEAR.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION AND A RECOMMENDATION APPOINTMENT FOR PLACE TWO ON THE AUBREY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD EXPIRING IN SEPTEMBER 30TH ON IN 2026.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A, I KNOW, I KNOW.
IT JUST GOT REALLY COMPLICATED.
SO MOVED, BUT I MAKE THE MOTION.
CAN YOU SEE THAT TO I MAKE A MOTION TO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING THE RESIGNATION OF DIRECTOR BLACKBURN AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPOINTMENT.
AND WHO DO YOU RECOMMEND THE PERSON? JAMIE
SO, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE STUFF THAT WAS SENT TO ME REALLY LATE AND DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE, LET SEE WHICH ONE WAS WHERE.
THAT WAS IN YOUR BOARD PORTALS.
UH, BUT IT WAS IN YOUR BOARD PORTALS AND I WAS NOT ALERTED UNTIL TODAY THAT, UM, THE ATTACHMENT WASN'T READABLE.
SO JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT IF YOU'RE EVER HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR BOARD PORTALS, I NEED TO KNOW ENOUGH IN ADVANCE.
SEE WHAT WE CAN SWITCH FOR Y'ALL'S.
SEE, DO YOU STILL WANT DO THAT? YEP.
THAT'S PART OF THE
YOU GET A PRETTY LITTLE SHINY LAPTOP.
THE MOTION SECOND BY TODD ALL.
CAN WE CLARIFY THAT IS FOR JAMIE? YES.
AND ACCEPT RESIGNATION? THAT'S CORRECT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING AUBREY MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT APPOINTMENT PLACE.
SO NOW WE NEED ANOTHER APPOINTMENT.
SO THIS POSITION, UM, IS FOR TWO YEARS.
IT WAS PLACE FIVE VACATED BY MIKE BROWNING WHEN HE WENT ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS POSITION WILL HAVE A TWO YEAR EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, FOR, OH, HOLD ON.
DO I HAVE A MOTION OR A RECOMMENDATION? A RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENT FOR PLACE FIVE ON THE AUBREY KNOWN CIVIL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOARD EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027.
I WOULD RECOMMEND TAMMY REPLACE FIVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SO ARE YOU MAKING THAT MOTION? MOTION? I MAKE THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT, ADAM.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT ON THE AGENDA IT SAYS WE ARE GONNA HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DEBATE THEIR, OH NO.
NO, EXECUTIVE SESSION IS ALWAYS AN OPTION.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO IF YOU HAD TO GO IN AND OKAY.
DISCERN MORE, THEN YOU HAVE THAT OPTION.
SAME WITH EVERY ITEM ON THERE IF YOU NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCERN ANYTHING IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE MAKING A MOTION OR WHATEVER.
SO JUST SO YOU KNOW,
AND THERE IS TRAINING THAT COMES
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WITH BEING A BOARD MEMBER.I GUESS WE'LL HAVE A REFRESH ON SOME RETRAINING IN THE FALL MEETINGS.
SO, UM,
AND AGAIN, THAT BOARD PORTAL ISSUE, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.
UM, IT'S A MICROSOFT ISSUE, YOU KNOW, THEY DID AN UPDATE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THEN WE'LL BLAME IT ON MICROSOFT.
BUT, UM, WE DO NEED TO, TO, UH, WE, IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH YOUR BOOKS, YOUR LAPTOPS WILL LET ME KNOW, UM, AND I'LL GET SOMEONE ON IT.
MOVING ON TO CONSIDER INTAKE ACTION REGARDING ELECTING A PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY FOR A WARRANT ONE YEAR TERM OF OFFICE EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, AND DESIGNATING THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO SIGN FOR FUNDS FOR BANKING AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS.
OKAY, SO THIS IS THE FUN PART.
AGAIN, YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF OR YOU CAN NOMINATE YOUR, YOUR FOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBER.
WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THESE STEP BY STEP.
TAKE A NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, TAKE A NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT, TAKE A NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY PER YOUR BYLAWS.
THESE ARE ONE YEAR TERMS, BUT YOU CAN, THEY, THEY AREN'T LIMITED TO.
YOU CAN SERVE MORE THAN ONE CONSECUTIVELY.
SO, SO WHEN MIKE LEFT, WE HAD TO, HE WAS PRESIDENT VICE.
SO WE THEN WE HAD TO ASSIGN SOMEBODY AS VICE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE LEFT.
SO WE HAD TO FILL THAT POSITION.
YEAH, TIM IS VICE PRESIDENT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS MONTH.
AND THEN Y'ALL'S POSITIONS, ALL YOUR OFFICER POSITIONS ALL START OCTOBER 1ST.
SO I KNOW IT GETS VERY CONFUSING, SO, UM, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO NOMINATE EVERY YEAR.
RIGHT? SO WE WILL START BY TAKING NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICER OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.
DO I HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? I NOMINATE HOLLY DREW AS PRESIDENT.
I'M A MOTION BY TODD IN A SECOND BY AARON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES.
I SHOULD DO FIVE TO ONE ARE SWEET.
I CALL FOR MOTION TO ELECT BLANK FOR VICE PRESIDENT
WELL SEE IF THERE'S NOMINATIONS AND THEN WE'LL DO THE MOTION.
IF SOMEONE CAN NOMINATE, SOMEONE CAN NOMINATE A VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT.
Y'ALL DON'T KNOW Y'ALL DON'T BE SHY.
HEY, ANYBODY WANTED TO BE VICE PRESIDENT? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE TODD
CAN WE JUST GO AHEAD AND MA DO THE, YEAH, I'M JUST, WAS THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? JUST DID YOU WANT, DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANNA BE IT, THAT'S FINE.
YOU HAVE TO GO SIGN THE PAPERS AGAIN? YEAH.
I, I'LL SECOND SIGNATURE THINGS.
SO WE HAVE A NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR FOR TODD DAVIS, CORRECT? YEP.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? THERE'S FOUR.
OKAY, NOW YOU, IF THERE'S NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOTION.
DO I HAVE A, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ELECT TODD FOR VICE PRESIDENT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ELECT TODD AS VICE PRESIDENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
I OKAY, NOW YOU NEED A SECRETARY.
I CALL FOR A NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE QUID PRO QUO
DO YOU WANNA DO IT? YOU'RE OUTTA ORDER.
YOU WANT
WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR BROOKE DOY.
AND WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR AARON BOGAR.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? DO WE HAVE A A VOTE? I KNOW.
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TO THINK OF HOW TO DO WORD THIS.ALL RIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR BROOKE DOY.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, YOU HAVE TO VOTE, ERIN.
'CAUSE IT'S A, I MEAN, YOUR VOTE IS, IS IS A NO IF YOU DON'T VOTE.
SO THAT, JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, YOU'RE, IF YOU, THAT MOTION PASSES.
SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR ERIN BOGAR.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, HE'S NOT EVEN GONNA VOTE.
SO HE IS STILL ABSTAIN THOUGH.
SO I CALL FOR A MOTION TO ELECT AARON BOGAR FOR SECRETARY.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ELECT AARON BOGAR AS SECRETARY
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
SO I'LL GET WITH ALL OF YOU AFTER THIS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NEXT.
UM, SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, WHICH WE HAD TO MAKE A CHANGE TODAY DUE TO SOME LANGUAGE ON THAT, UM, IS THE NEXT, OH, SORRY, HOLLY, GO AHEAD.
I DIDN'T, I JUMPED AHEAD ON THAT.
SO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION REGARDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUBREY, WHICH IS RIGHT? YES.
IF YOU ALL WOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THAT.
WHAT THIS AGREEMENT IS, IS WHEN YOU ARE, UM, WHEN YOU ARE SIGNING FOR THE FINANCIALS AND THE BANK ACCOUNTS, THIS IS WHAT, UH, GIVES AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY FOR HANDLING OUR FINANCIALS MONTHLY, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, CITY PERSONNEL TO ASSIST WITH ONSITE MEETINGS, LIVE STREAMING AND PRODUCTION, WHICH IS BAILEY, EXCUSE ME, THIS, THIS AGREEMENT CURRENTLY EXPIRES EVERY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT A LITTLE MORE EFFICIENT, WE CAN CHANGE THIS AGREEMENT TO BE, UM, AUTO RENEWED UNTIL EITHER PARTY TERMINATES IT OR SOMETHING CHANGES AND WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND APPROVE IT, LIKE AN AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU'LL LOOK IN THE BLUE PART ON THAT AGREEMENT, AND IT WAS, UM, EDITED TO READ.
UM, THIS AGREEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE END OF THE CURRENT TERM AND SHALL AUTOMATICALLY RENEW ANNUALLY UNLESS TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
SO EITHER PARTY MAY TERMINATE THIS AGREEMENT AT THE TIME OF ANNUAL RENEWAL BY PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE OF TERMINATION BY THE OTHER PARTY AT LEAST 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE RENEWAL DATE.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE TERMINATED AT ANY TIME UPON THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF BOTH PARTIES.
SO, UM, THAT WAS THE CHANGE THAT WE MADE.
UH, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND ALSO OUR ATTORNEYS HERE, AND SHE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALL, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
YES, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, UH, BEFORE I CAME ALONG MM-HMM
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY YEARS, BUT, BUT THIS IS SO THAT MIKE CAN HANDLE OUR FINANCIALS AND THEY PAY OUR BILLS.
AND WE, UM, BUT YOU ALL ARE STILL SIGNERS ON THE ACCOUNT, UM, WHEN WE HAVE LARGER ACTIVITY OR TRANSACTIONS.
THEY HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION FOR A TARGETED IMPROVEMENT GRANT APPLICATION FOR 7 0 5 SHERMAN DRIVE.
SO, UM, IF YOU'LL PULL UP THE POWERPOINT, PLEASE.
WE DO HAVE OUR GRANT APPLICANT HERE, MATT, WITH 75 DEGREES.
UM, THE APPLICATION IS FOR A DEMOLITION AT 7 0 5 WEST SHERMAN DRIVE, WHICH IS JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN, JUST EAST, UH, ONE, TWO LOTS OVER FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND IT CURRENTLY HAS SOME STRUCTURES ON THE LOT.
IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO THERE ARE STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY NOW,
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AND THEY WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS OTHER MATERIALS AND, UM, TRASH.AND IT'LL CLEAR THE LOT FOR FUTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY.
THE, UM, GRANT APPLICANT DOES PLAN TO GET, UH, APPLY FOR REZONING.
SO ONCE, UM, ALL OF THAT'S DONE, THAT, THAT WILL BE FOR FUTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THE DEMOLITION COSTS ARE $37,500.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE UP TO 50% IS 18,750 THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS WOULD BE THAT, UM, IT WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO A LARGE PARCEL THAT'S ALSO, UM, A WEST ENTRY CORRIDOR FOR DOWNTOWN AUBREY AND BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND IT WILL BECOME A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR BUSINESS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND WILL BE, AS I MENTIONED, THEY'LL BE REQUESTING A, A ZONING CHANGE.
SO, UM, OUR APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? WHAT'S IT CURRENTLY ZONED AS? WHAT'S THE CURRENT ZONING? IT'S CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S BEEN, IT'S HAD SOME HOMES ON IT.
DO YOU WANNA COME UP AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND JUST, HEY GUYS.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A FUN, UH, COUNCIL
UM, MY BUSINESS PARTNER, HIS NAME IS AARON CASEY.
HE OWNS ABOUT 60 ACRES OFF OF BLACKJACK, UM, WHERE HIS FAMILY LIVES.
AND WE, UH, WE ACTUALLY GREW UP HERE IN NORTH TEXAS AND RICHARDSON AND PLANO PLAYING SOCCER TOGETHER.
AND WE ENDED UP PLAYING SOCCER TOGETHER AT TCU.
AND WE, UH, WE RUN OUR OWN BUSINESSES.
AND WE CAME TOGETHER ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO TO START DEVELOPING REAL ESTATE.
AND ONE OF THE FIRST PROPERTIES WE PURCHASED WAS HERE IN AUBREY, UH, 7 0 5 SHERMAN, UH, WHICH IS THAT LITTLE FARM HOME BETWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DOWNTOWN.
UH, IT'S ABOUT, SITS ON ABOUT FOUR ACRES AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BUY THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE FOR MANY YEARS.
AND THEY WERE UNWILLING TO SELL AND FINALLY THEY REACHED OUT AND SOLD IT TO US.
UM, IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROPERTY, IT'S BEEN AN EYESORE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS.
AND SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP IT AND DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE CITY, UH, RESTAURANT, RETAIL, THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S GONNA TAKE US PROBABLY TWO YEARS BEFORE A SHOVEL GOES IN THE GROUND, PROBABLY CLOSE TO TWO YEARS.
SO WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE LEARNED ABOUT THESE GRANTS AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IT WOULD BE IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO GET THIS CLEAN SOON.
AND, AND MAYBE IF WE GOT SOME HELP, WE COULD DO THAT PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO I DO PROBABLY NEED TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS FROM 7 0 5 'CAUSE YOU'LL BE CLEARING THE LOT NEXT TO SEVEN.
NO, UH, 7 0 5 IS THE CORRECT ADDRESS.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE OWN.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE OWN 7 0 3 AND 7 0 5 NOW.
AND TOGETHER IT'S SIX ACRES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP.
ANY QUESTIONS? USE IT TO OUR EARS.
SO WAS THE PLAN TO DEMO THE EXISTING HOUSE AND WAS THERE LIKE TWO TRAILER HOUSES ON IT AS WELL, WHEN HAUL THOSE OFF? YEAH, IT'S BASICALLY TO SCRAPE THE LAND CLEAN AND HAUL ALL OF THAT OFF.
UM, TO WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE A, A LOT READY TO BE DEVELOPED.
IS EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH THAT? THAT'S THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THE OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO I BROUGHT THAT BACK UP FOR YOU.
SO AS IN PAST, UM, FOR, IF, JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST AND THEN, UH, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY FROM THE AUDIENCE AND THEN YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE ITEM APPROVAL.
WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:59 PM DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:59 PM
DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE GRANT? PRETTY ASKED THAT, BUT SORRY.
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HOW WAS SIMPLEST GRANTWE, WE DO HAVE A CAVEAT THOUGH THAT IF FOR SOME REASON, UM, THE, AND THIS WOULD BE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN OUR POLICY, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THIS DOES NOT GET REZONED OR, UM, IF IT IS, IF THEY DO NOT PUT A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ON THERE, THAT QUALIFIES IN OUR GRANTS.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE APPLICANT ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF, IF THAT HAPPENED.
SO HE'S GOT, THEY'VE GOT SOME STEPS TO GO THROUGH ON THE CITY SIDE WITH THE ZONING.
SO, AND IS IT CONTINGENT ON, I MEAN, SINCE IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL, DOES THE ZONING HAVE TO HAPPEN FIRST? 'CAUSE CAN WE ONLY, CAN'T WE ONLY DO COMMERCIAL? WE WE CAN DO COMMERCIAL, BUT WE CAN ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE CAN ALSO DO THAT WITH THE INTENT THAT IF IT, AND SO IT'S LONG AS IT, AND THE UNDERSTANDING DEPENDS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
AND, AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S IN OUR POLICY THAT ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAS IN THE GRANT APPLICATION OR PRESENTED OR DOESN'T HAPPEN, UH, THEY HAVE TO REIMBURSE THAT MONEY.
SO, AND HE IS, THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF THAT.
SO, UM, WE WILL TAKE THIS TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE'LL HAVE A READING AT THE COUNCIL MEETING IN, UH, SEPTEMBER.
WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL READING AND APPROVAL OR, OR CONDITIONS WITH APPROVAL, WHATEVER COUNCIL DECIDES IN, UM, OCTOBER.
BUT JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, THAT IS ALWAYS A PART OF OUR PROCESS THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT, GET THAT MONEY BACK IF IT'S NOT USED AS THE INTENT.
IS THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GRANT REQUEST? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GRANT REQUEST.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TODD, A SECOND BY BROOKS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
[Future Agenda Requests]
FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU PLACED ON THE FUTURE AGENDA? WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE NOVEMBER MEETING, UM, AT THE NEXT, THE CHANGING THE DATE FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
OR A JOINT MEETING? FOR OUR MEETING.
AND, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? UM, YES.
WE'LL DO SOME TRAINING AND EXECUTIVE EX, UM, WE'LL NEED, WE'LL NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR DOWNTOWN PURCHASES.
UM, I'LL COME BACK TO Y'ALL WITH SOME UPDATES AND SOME REQUESTS FOR OUR PRO DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
SO I'LL PUT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THEN WE DO, UM, HOLLY, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT CHARLES DOING A PRESENTATION AS YES.
AND SO WE MAY DO OUR TRAINING, UM, AND WE MAY BREAK OUR TRAINING UP LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, BUT OCTOBER, MAYBE LOOK FOR THAT.
CHARLES WANTS TO COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT, UM, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH THE CITY AND JUST KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE.
SO, AND THEN SINCE WE'LL HAVE TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS, JUST KIND OF GIVE EVERYBODY A RUNDOWN OF WHAT NEW THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW, SO HE'LL BE, HE'LL BE GLAD TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
I DO, UH, DO WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? MM-HMM.
WE DON'T HAVE A GOAL SETTING SESSION.
WE DON'T HAVE GOLD SESSION SETTING SECTION UHHUH.
YOU KEEP SAYING, SO THE MEETING WE HAD WITH CATALYST LAST WEEK WAS BROAD, RIGHT? GENERAL, JUST REVIEWING THE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS THAT WE HAD PUT IN PLACE, WHATEVER TIME THAT WAS.
SO WHAT IS OUR NEXT OFFICIAL, LIKE STAMP THE NEW OBJECTIVES AND GOALS? UM, WELL FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, I CAN PUT SOME FOR, BASED ON THAT WORK SESSION THAT Y'ALL HAD WITH CATALYST, I CAN PUT TOGETHER THOSE GOALS AND THEN WE
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CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THOSE, UM, AT A FUTURE MEETING IF YOU WANT TO DECIDE THOSE.UM, WHAT, HOW Y'ALL WANNA PRIORITIZE ALL THAT.
SO IF IT HELPS KIND OF STREAMLINE EFFORTS.
WE NEED A, WE NEED A TIMELINE OF THOSE GOALS AND A WORK PLAN AND I CAN, I CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER BASED ON THAT DISCUSSION.
MAYBE NEXT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER AFTER WE GET SOME TRAINING DONE.
AND IT WOULD HELP YOU TO KNOW AND HELP OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS COMING ON TO KNOW A LITTLE MORE.
AND THEN I THINK IN, IN, IN THOSE FUTURE MEETINGS, THIS REMAINING OF THIS YEAR, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.
SO I'LL PUT ON HERE, UM, IN DECEMBER.
CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON THE BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT WE YEAH.
UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'VE GOT THAT'LL, UH, TOMORROW IN OUR, SHE'LL BE HERE TOMORROW JUST HELPING OUT.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE SURVEY ON THE BUSINESS, UH, ACCELERATOR PROGRAM.
UM, SO I CAN BRING Y'ALL BACK AN UPDATE ON WHAT THOSE TOPICS WILL BE, UM, AND WHAT DATE, UM, IT'LL START.
BUT WE'RE GONNA GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM BUSINESSES FIRST ON WHAT TIME WORKS, TIME OF DAY, IS IT ONLINE? WOULD IT BE BETTER IN PERSON? THAT KINDA THING.
AND MAYBE THE SPEAKERS FOR THE CLASSES.
UM, THAT'S, YES, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT.
WE'RE THE FACILITATOR THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH IS GONNA DO THAT SURVEY, PUT, THEN WE'RE GONNA DECIDE THOSE, SEE WHAT THE NEED IS, AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
AND SO I'LL COME BACK TO Y'ALL WITH A SCHEDULE THE CLASSES AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET EVERYBODY'S HELP PROMOTING THAT OUT TO SOME MM-HMM
FOLKS THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE PROGRAM.
I, AND THEN I THINK, DID I MISS YOUR STAFF REPORT? IT WAS IN THE, UM, UH, CONSENT.
WELL, UH, AND IT WAS ATTACHED IN YOUR JULY STAFF REPORT, BUT IT'S FINE.
Y'ALL PROVE THAT IN CONSENT, SELF UPDATE.
I DID THAT AND IT SHOULD HAVE SAID AUGUST.
ANGELA, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IS BECAUSE THE JULY FINANCIAL, SO DO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND FIX THAT? NO, NO, NO.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.
WE'LL JUST MAKE CORRECTION TO AUGUST IN THE MINUTES I'LL CORRECT IT, BUT YES, YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PORTAL, SO, OKAY.
AND IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THE STUFF THAT'S IN THERE, LET ME KNOW.
HE, HE PICKED BOUNCE AWAY, FIGURED YOU OUT.
YOU HAVE THE TAP ON THE LINE ITEM TO REVEAL EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? OH MY GOD, THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF.
LIKE I GOT SO MANY PAPERS, I'M LOSING TRACK OVER HERE.
READY? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WHAT TIME? AT 7:08 PM VOTE IS FIVE TO ZERO.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:08 PM AWESOME.