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WE'LL NOW CALL[Call to Order - Determine if a Quorum is Present]
THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:01 PM UH, WE WILL DETERMINE IF A QUORUM IS PRESENT.PLEASE SAY YOU'RE HERE WHEN I CALL.
THE OTHER GUESTS THAT WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER GUESTS TONIGHT WE HAVE CHRISTINE GOSSETT, ANNABEL ACKLEY, AND BAILEY TO POS.
SORRY, I WAS BRINGING UP A NAME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW,
AND ALL RIGHT, WILL WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE INVITATION? AARON, WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR US? YES.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL COME TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO SERVICE OF THE GREAT CITY OF OPRY, UH, PLEASE BLESS US ALL WITH SAFE TRAVELS HOME IN JESUS NAME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, UNDERG GOD INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
[Community Announcements]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE HAVE THE AUBREY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEM DECEMBER 17TH AT 11:30 AM AT RANCHO DE LA ROCA ON BLACKJACK ROAD.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT? NOTHING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? NOPE.
[Consent Items]
DOES ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THAT IS THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025 MDD BOARD MEETING AND THE 2025 OCTOBER FINANCIAL REPORT.I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TIM, A SECOND BY TODD.
CONSENT AGENDA PASSES SIX TO ZERO NEW
[New Business]
BUSINESS ITEMS. UH, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY.OKAY, SO YOU JUST RECEIVED YOUR INCENTIVE POLICY DRAFT.
HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE CHANGES OR UPDATES FOR YOU.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND REMINDER, THIS WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND THEY WILL MAKE THE FINAL APPROVAL.
UM, SO IT WILL FROM US, IT WILL GO THERE, THEY'LL REVIEW IT.
THEIR ATTORNEY WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME CHANGES AND THEN THEY'LL ADOPT IT.
UH, AND IT HAS TO BE RENEWED BY JANUARY OF 2026.
SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK UNDER THE, THERE'S A LOT OF ITEM.
YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR, UH, FOLDER IF Y'ALL WANNA PULL IT UP IN YOUR SHARED FOLDER.
BUT, UM, THE ITEMS IN RED ARE THE EDITS AND SUGGESTIONS, SO JUST WANNA MAKE IT EASIER ON YOU TO LOOK AT THAT.
BUT, UM, THE UPDATED GENERAL PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES, THE MAIN CHANGE THERE IS THAT I ADDED OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF HELP GUIDE, UH, WHAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, GOALS ARE, UM, PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS.
THAT'S BASED OFF OF, AGAIN, CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND, AND WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT COMMERCIAL GROWTH.
UM, THEN WE, IF YOU GO TO ANOTHER COUPLE PAGES OVER THERE IS, UM, I'VE ADDED THE SALES TAX REBATES AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REBATES AS OPTIONS FOR INCENTIVES WE CAN USE, UM, FOR PROJECTS.
UM, SO JUST, AGAIN, THIS IS ASIDE FROM OUR GRANT POLICIES.
UM, WE DO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT IN, UM, THE DRAFT.
IT'S NOT IN THIS DRAFT COPY, BUT WE DO MAKE NOTE IN THIS, UM, POLICY THAT OUR GRANTS ARE A SEPARATE INCENTIVE.
UM, AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS JUST ADDED THE PEDESTRIAN AND PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE IN BUSINESS DISTRICTS BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING AS AN MDD THAT WE CAN DO AND TO ENHANCE OUR BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, UM, LOANS AND GRANTS, THERE'S REALLY, WE JUST CHANGE THE, WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE
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THAT THE LANGUAGE THERE IS APPLYING TO, UM, ANY LOANS AND GRANTS THE CITY CAN DO.UM, 'CAUSE THEY CAN DO DA COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE CAN, AND THEN FAST TRACK CITY SERVICES, AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO THE CITY.
THEY DO OFFER FAST TRACK AS A REGULAR, UM, PROCEDURE.
UH, BUT JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
THEN WHEN WE GET DOWN TO PAGE, I DON'T HAVE THESE PAGES NUMBERED, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UNDER SPECIALTY ENTERTAINMENT, UH, RESTAURANT.
AND, UM, THAT AGAIN IS THE CITY CAN TAKE THESE INCENTIVES INTO CONSIDERATION AND THEY HAVE A MINIMUM.
UM, SO THAT'S THE CITY'S MINIMUM.
AND THEN, UM, WE CAN, I RECOMMEND THAT WE UP UPDATE OR UP INCREASE THE GREASE TRAP REBATE FROM 7,500 TO 10,000.
AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING CITY OR MDD CAN DO AND WE CAN CONSIDER, BUT THE GREASE TRAPS ARE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
SO I JUST THINK WITH COST OF INFLATION, UM, THOSE ARE, THAT'S A REASON THAT WE WOULD WANT TO INCREASE THAT.
AND THEN I ADDED IN THE SECTION C SALE LEASE OR EXCHANGE OF LAND OR BUILDINGS AS IT APPLIES TO THE MDD BECAUSE THIS IS, AGAIN, SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS AN MDD BECAUSE WE CAN PURCHASE PROPERTIES.
UM, SO WE CAN USE THOSE PROPERTIES IN THAT LAND AS PART OF SOME INCENTIVES.
AND THOSE USES CAN BE BUILD A SUIT OR LEASE BACK A FREE OR REDUCED COST OF LAND FREE OR REDUCED COST OF BUILDINGS OR LAND LEASING.
SO, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A MATRIX IN THERE FOR THE PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES.
AGAIN, THIS JUST HELPS THE USER WHO'S LOOKING TO APPLY FOR AN INCENTIVE THAT JUST HELPS THEM KIND OF SEE WHAT APPLIES TO, UM, THEIR INDUSTRY OR THEIR CATEGORY AND WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN BE CONSIDERED.
AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS JUST THINGS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED.
NOTHING LOCKS THIS IN AS, HEY, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE, SO JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU OF THAT.
AND EVERYTHING IS TAKEN ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SO, UM, THEN ON E THAT PROJECT DESCRIPTION, INCLUDING, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT THIS GETS ADDED TO THE APPLICATION BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPACTS THAT A PROJECT CAN HAVE AND IT'S HELPFUL TO THOSE REVIEWING THESE, THESE APPLICATIONS, UM, TO SEE SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS.
AND, AND MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING IN THERE, BUT THEY WOULD AT LEAST HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME IDEAS OF THE VALUE TAXABLE VALUES OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR HOW MANY JOBS THEY'RE BRINGING.
THOSE TYPES OF, UM, DATA THAT AND POINTS THAT ARE GONNA HELP IN THE REVIEW PROCESS JUST TO MEASURE IMPACT.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE IT FITS WITH THE GOALS OF THE INCENTIVE POLICY AND THE PRIORITIES.
SO THE LAST PART, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION, YOU'LL JUST NOTE THAT I ADDED IN THE HOT TAX, THE HOTEL TAX REBATE AND THE SALES TAX REBATE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD IT IN THOSE DIFFERENT SECTIONS AND THE APPLICATION CHANGES.
AND THEN I JUST ADDED SOME CLAUSES AT THE END.
UM, AGAIN, JUST COVERING ALL THE BASES.
UM, SO THE APPLICANTS UNDERSTAND, UM, THE REVIEW PROCESS AND, AND HOW, UM, HOW EVERYTHING GETS CONSIDERED AND THAT THEY'VE READ THE APPLICATION AND THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUPPLYING ALL THE INFORMATION THEY CAN SUPPLY.
SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE MORE THOROUGH INCENTIVE, UH, ADDITIONS TO THE INCENTIVE POLICY THAN WE HAD, UM, THE LAST ROUND, WHICH WAS 2024.
BUT, UM, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WE TAKE FORWARD TO THE CITY.
UM, AND YOU SAID THAT THIS HAS TO BE DONE BY, THIS HAS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL BY JANUARY? JANUARY? YES.
SO ONCE, ONCE YOU ALL REVIEW IT, IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES I WOULD MAKE, WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES OR I MEAN, IF Y'ALL APPROVE IT TONIGHT OR APPROVE OF CONDITIONS, THEN WE SEND IT ON TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW AND THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'LL HAVE CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
THERE ARE CITY COUNCILS AFTER OUR MEETING IN JANUARY, RIGHT? YES.
SO IF WE NEEDED TO TABLE IT UNTIL NEXT TIME AT SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW IT SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME SINCE FROM IN 40 MINUTES, UM, WE CAN WAIT AND TABLE IT TILL NEXT MEETING.
WELL THAT COULD PUSH IT BACK BECAUSE THEIR, THEIR LEGAL'S GONNA, OUR LEGAL HAS REVIEWED THIS, SO, UM, THEIR LEGAL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME TIME TO REVIEW IT.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING ABOUT THE DE MEETING THAT JANUARY
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DEADLINE AND WHY, WHAT ARE, WHAT'S THE REASONING FOR THE JANUARY DEADLINE? FOR WHAT THE JANUARY DEADLINE? IS IT LIKE MID BREAK? IT'S THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT WE UPDATED EVERY TWO YEARS IN JANUARY.SO THIS, UM, THE POLICY DID NOT CHA OTHER THAN WE DIDN'T TAKE ANYTHING OUT FROM THE OLD POLICY AND EVERYTHING THAT I JUST COVERED WITH Y'ALL AND WHAT'S IN THOSE BULLET POINTS IS WHAT WE ADDED.
AND SO OUR LEGAL HAS REVIEWED IT THOROUGHLY AND THEY'VE GIVEN US FEEDBACK ON, YOU KNOW, TO, FOR CLARIFICATION WHERE WE NEEDED IT FOR MDD VERSUS CITY.
I'M SURE THAT THE CITY'S LEGAL MAY HAVE A COUPLE CHANGES, UM, THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD ADOPT, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S UP TO CITY COUNCIL ON, UH, BUT CITY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS AND UM, THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL LOOKED AT IT AND THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION AND IF Y'ALL JUST NEED A FEW MORE MINUTES, THAT'S FINE.
THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE, I KNOW I WASN'T HERE BEFORE, BUT WHERE IT SAYS THE CITY AND OR THE MDD MAY CONSIDER, FOR EXAMPLE, SALES TAX REBATES FOR PROJECTS WITH A MINIMUM OF 500,000, BLAH.
WHAT, WHAT DELINEATES WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY ON THAT? WELL, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE PROJECT AND WHERE IT IS, I'M SORRY.
IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE PROJECT AND WHERE IT IS BECAUSE THE CITY CAN ONLY GIVE INCENTIVES IN THE CITY LIMITS.
SO IF IT'S ETJ, THAT'S GONNA FALL ON US.
SO JUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WHEN Y'ALL ARE REVIEWING THINGS.
SO BASICALLY THAT LANGUAGE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE GOT THE WHOLE PLACE COVERED.
AND YOU'LL NOTE IN THERE A LOT OF IT SAYS CITY AND OR MDD AND THAT IS FOR THAT VERY REASON THAT CITI CANNOT, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THEY'RE PARTNERING WITH US ON SOMETHING, BUT THEY CANNOT GIVE THOSE INCENTIVES IN THE ETJ.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
'CAUSE THAT DOES CLARIFY THAT FOR
AND THEN THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN'T DO.
'CAUSE LIKE CITY FEES WE DON'T AND WE DON'T CHARGE CITY FEES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T DO A VALOREM AND WE DO NOT DO PROPERTY BUSINESS PROPERTY TAX, SO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING AND HOTEL TAX, THAT'S AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO THE CITY.
SO, BUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS CAN BE PUT IN COMBINATION IN AN AGREEMENT OR AN INCENTIVE POLICY, UM, DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT.
SO YOU CAN COMBINE THE INCENTIVES.
UM, AND IT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT JUST MAKES IT MAYBE A BETTER OFFER, A BETTER INCENTIVE.
SO CUT AND DRY THAT IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.
UH, WE, THIS IS WHERE THE PARTNERSHIP COMES IN, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE HAD OUR INCENTIVE POLICY KIND OF AS A JOINT POLICY, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY AND THE WHOLESALE LEASE IN EXCHANGE OF LAND WAS ADDED BECAUSE AS I RECALL IN 2024, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT.
SO MD DEAN, WE NOW HAVE PROPERTY THAT WE CAN USE.
SO WE HAD TO, I FELT WE NEEDED A CLAUSE IN THERE AND I, OUR LEGAL REVIEWED THAT AND FEELS LIKE THAT'S ADEQUATE.
AND AGAIN, IF THE CITY REVIEWS SOMETHING AND SEES THEY NEED TO ADD SOMETHING, THEY WILL.
I I, I NOTICED WHEN I WAS REDOING WHEN DOING THIS, WE'VE JUST HAD A LOT HAPPEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO IN REVIEWING THAT POLICY, I REALIZED, WOW, WE, WE HAVE A LOT MORE WE COULD.
SO AS WE GROW AND WE'VE GOT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN DONE, THERE'S JUST A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT DOING.
SO IT'S A GOOD THING THAT IT'S GETTING LONGER.
BESIDES, BESIDES GREASE TRAPS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S KIND OF STOOD OUT ON APPLICATIONS THAT'S BEEN KIND OF HAMMERED BY INFLATION THAT WE SHOULD, WELL PER OUR GRANT, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD BRING BACK FOR REVIEW IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE CAN DO THAT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
I CAN'T REALLY COVER IT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THE CITY AND AND MDD CAN ALWAYS CONSIDER GOING ABOVE WHAT'S LISTED.
THAT'S WHY THIS, THIS WHOLE POLICY WILL NOTICE THE LANGUAGE GIVES, GIVES THAT FLEXIBILITY OF CONSIDERING, UM, YOU KNOW, ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.
SO I THINK ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
UM, 'CAUSE THINGS ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH CONSTRUCTION.
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LET'S GO.ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TO READ OVER IT? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF POLICY? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY.
I WILL SECOND, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT SAY, GO TO AS PRESENTED AND GO TO COUNCIL TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW? I DON'T THINK SO.
THE PROCEDURE IS, SO I THINK THAT'S FINE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TODD, A SECOND BY AARON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RIGHT? VOTE IT.
CONSENT AGENDA PASSES SIX TO ZERO.
SO CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE A, A HOTEL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND AMATEUR SPORTS FACILITY FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH CSL NOT TO EXCEED $70,000 AND CONSIDER AN OPTION TO ADD A COMPONENT TO THE AMATEUR SPORTS FACILITY FEASIBILITY STUDY.
SO ANOTHER LONG DOCUMENT YOU ALL RECEIVED, BUT, UM, WE, WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS AS A TARGET OF OUR, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN AND FOR THIS YEAR AS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.
SO CSL HAS DONE, UH, NUMEROUS STUDIES IN THE AREA.
THEY'RE BASED, UM, IN THE AREA AND ALSO STATE IN, IN MINNEAPOLIS.
UM, SO THEY GOT BACK TO ME WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, IT IS WRITTEN TO DO A HOTEL DEVELOPMENT AND AN OUTDOOR SPORTS, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, AN INDOOR SPORTS FACILITY FEASIBILITY STUDY.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX BUILT AND THE USE OF THAT IN, IN OTHER SPORTS VENUES OR COMPLEXES FACILITIES IN, IN AUBREY, WHETHER IT BE ISD OR OTHER, UM, COULD ALSO IMPACT THAT HOTEL, UM, POTENTIAL HOTEL BUSINESS.
SO, UM, IF WE WANTED TO INCLUDE A STUDY OF THAT OUTDOOR COMPLEX AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE SPORTS, UM, MARKET, THE TOURISM AND HOTEL MARKET, WE CAN ADD THAT ON FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10,000.
SO WE COULD GO UP TO 80,000 ON THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND HAVE ALL THREE OF THOSE COMPONENTS.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES OR, UM, TWEAKS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE TO THIS, UM, FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THIS PROPOSAL, I, I CAN GO BACK TO THEM AND NEGOTIATE THIS UP TO THAT AMOUNT YOU ALL ALLOW.
AND, UM, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE GOALS OF OUR STUDY ARE WHAT YOU ALL ARE EXPECTING AND THAT WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED AND WOULD BE BEST.
BUT GIVEN THE, THE FACT THAT THE SPORTS COMPLEX IS UPCOMING, UM, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN IT COMES TO HOTELS FOR SURE.
WAS EVERYBODY ABLE TO READ OVER IT? THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF WORDING, BUT, UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? PRETTY ROBUST.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IT'S LACKING IN YOUR OPINION? WELL, I DO, I DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS TO, OF, OF THE, UM, OF THE CSL REP THAT BASICALLY I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDER THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD AND I UNDERSTOOD.
SO THEY WOULD LOOK AT SITES FOR, FOR FACILITIES, BUT THEY DO NOT DO A, A SITE SELECTION PROCESS IS MUCH DIFFERENT AND MORE EXPENSIVE.
BUT WHAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT'S FEASIBLE HERE IN THIS AREA? UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA ACTUALLY GO OUT AND SELECT A SITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THEY, THEY LOOK AT POTENTIAL, UM, AND THEN THEY LOOK AT THE AREA OF WHAT'S ALREADY HERE.
AND SO THEY TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD THAT DIFFERENCE, THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT AND ACTUALLY FINDING LAND AND YOU SAID IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 OR SO TO INCORPORATE BASICALLY THE RESEARCH OF THE PARKS AND REC, THE OUTDOOR COMPLEX MM-HMM
OF HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT GOING TO BE INSTALLED.
AND WHAT, WELL, AND, AND THEY CAN INCLUDE IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESS SHOULD SPORTS, BUSINESS AND EVENTS COULD WE GO AFTER WITH THAT TYPE OF COMPLEX? WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHO ARE THE USERS, UM, WHO COULD BE, UM, ALSO HELP, YOU KNOW, FEES, THEY LOOK AT FEES, THEY LOOK AT THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT, UM, THE TYPE TYPES OF YEAR SEASONAL, UM, YEAR ROUND, WHAT TYPES OF USE AND HOW THAT IMPACTS ECONOMICS AROUND IN THE AREA AROUND IT.
UM, SO IT COULD BE USEFUL INFORMATION
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FOR PLANNING, UM, FROM TOURISM STANDPOINT IN PLANNING.I AGREE, ESPECIALLY WHEN, ESPECIALLY ONCE YOU START LIKE LISTENING, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL HELP WITH THE, WITH THEM ON THE OUTDOOR FACILITIES.
AND, AND SOME PEOPLE, SOME CITIES HAVE DONE STUDIES WHERE YOU FIND OUT, OH, YOU'RE SATURATED IN THIS OR THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT MAY, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR WHAT IS NEEDED MIGHT BE DIFFERENT MM-HMM
UM, SO IT'S DEFINITELY, IT'S A STEP, A NEXT STEP IN LEVEL ABOVE WHAT WAS DONE IN THE MASTER PLAN, UH, FOR PARKS AND REC, WHICH IS WHY I SHARED THAT MASTER PLAN WITH Y ALL SO Y'ALL COULD SEE WHAT OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES AND THINGS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THAT.
BUT, UM, THE STUDY, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, BUT IF WE LET, IF IT LAPSED AND SAY NOTHING HAPPENED IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO SOME TWEAKING OF THE STUDY.
MAYBE SOME DATA, RECHECK SOME DATA, BUT, BUT THE BULK OF IT'LL BE DONE.
AND FOR THE MOST PART, UM, SO YEAH, THERE WOULD BE SOME REFRESHING OF THE DATA THAT, UM, THAT THEY WOULD DO.
LIKE IF THEY HAD CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATION COSTS IN THERE, THAT WOULD CHANGE IN FIVE YEARS.
SO THERE WOULD BE SOME THINGS I WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND SOME THOUGHTS, AND I'M ENTIRELY OPEN TO WHAT ANYBODY THINKS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE HOTEL STUDY'S A NO BRAINER.
IT'S IN THE COMP PLAN, THE CITY'S COMP PLAN TALKING ABOUT LIMITED HOTELS AND WE JUST NEED THAT.
NO, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, ACTUALLY.
THE $10,000 ADDED, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WE, IT'S, WE'VE PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE WITH THE PROJECT, BUT I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
UM, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CONVINCED ON DOING THE STUDY FOR THE INDOOR NEEDS TO BE DONE.
NOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, WE DO HAVE THE NEW COMP PLAN.
A LOT OF THE LAND HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO BE OTHER THINGS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE LAND, BUT I'M SURE THEY WOULD TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
TWO, SINCE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO UPDATE THIS IN THREE TO FIVE, THERE'S NO WAY WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS WE'RE GONNA GET ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY DONE FOR SOMETHING THAT BIG.
IF YOU LOOKED AT ALL THE EXAMPLES, THEY GIVE THEIR 10 TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR FACILITIES IN 200 TO 2 MILLION PERSON VENUES.
UM, SO I, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT AS A SUGGESTION THAT DOING, AND I GET THAT WE WOULD PAY MORE LATER.
WE'D PAY AN EXTRA 20 GRAND IF WE DECIDED NEXT YEAR TO DO THE OTHER ONE.
SO, SO YOU HAVE TO WEIGH THAT.
UM, WITH THE HOTEL STUDY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S AUBREY'S GOT GOING GREAT ARE WEDDING VENUES AND B AND BS.
RIGHT? AND WE REALLY WANT TO HELP ENCOURAGE THAT AND DO ALL THAT.
AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THIS HOTEL STUDY WOULD HELP PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT'S KIND OF SYNERGISTIC WITH WHAT'S ALREADY HERE AS OPPOSED TO, BECAUSE I'M SURE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WILL HAVE A FEAR THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOSE SOME BUSINESS IF THEIR HOTEL, YOU KNOW, HOTEL COMES IN.
I'M SURE THE WEDDING VENUES WOULD LOVE IT.
MAYBE NOT THE B AND BS AS MUCH.
SO I WOULD LOVE IT IF THEY COULD GIVE SOME GUIDANCE OR INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN GROW THAT BUSINESS ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A HOTEL.
OR MAYBE WE'LL FIND OUT WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE BED AND BREAKFAST.
BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THAT'S PART OF THE SCOPE.
I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY DETAILED, BUT THAT IS A VERY SPECIFIC REQUEST.
SO WHEN I GO, WHATEVER Y'ALL DECIDE, WHEN I GO BACK TO THEM, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GIVEN, UH, WE'VE GOT A THRESHOLD OF A FEE THAT WE CAN NEGOTIATE.
SO, UM, A LOT OF TIMES THEY CAN TWEAK THESE PROPOSALS TO FIT THAT.
NOW I DO UNDERSTAND FROM JUST TALKING TO HIM, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE INVENTORY THAT THEY'RE MEASURING WHEN THEY DO THE HOTEL STUDY THAT WOULD TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF HOTEL BRAND AND SIZE COULD WE FEASIBLY ABSORB.
UM, SO, BUT I'LL CONFIRM ALL OF THAT JUST BECAUSE I DO, IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
BUT I, I BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF, I KNOW IN TALKING WITH HIM, THAT'S PART OF WHAT, UM, THEY'LL HAVE TO STUDY AND LOOK AT, UM, WHAT IS EXISTING AND WHERE IS THAT POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, UM, IN THOSE, YOU KNOW, IN THAT VENUE BUSINESS OR THE WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO DURING THE WEEK, UM, TO FILL THE HOTEL.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL FIND WHERE OUR GAPS ARE, UH, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE GAPS, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THESE FEASIBILITY STUDIES, THEY TAKE,
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YOU KNOW, FOUR MONTHS THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING INTO SOME DEEP DIVES ON DATA AND THEY TALK TO, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE HERE ON THE GROUND AND THEN THEY'RE TALKING TO POTENTIAL OPERATORS AND, AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT.SO, UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON SPLITTING IT UP OR NOT? LIKE I SAID, I'M TOTALLY OPEN EITHER WAY.
I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
I, I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF DOING IT, BUT I ALSO THINK THE ONES THAT THEY DID GIVE US ARE BIGGER THAN WHAT WE NEED.
AND I THINK THEY'LL FIND THAT AND SHOW AND, AND WE ALSO NEED TO GIVE THEM AN IDEA THAT WE DON'T WANT SOMETHING THAT BIG, WE NEED SOMETHING I UNDERSTANDABLY TO THIS AREA, UM, BECAUSE THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT AT THIS POINT.
UM, WHICH I THINK THEY'LL UNDER, I THINK THEY DID DO THE NORTH LAKE STUDY MM-HMM
FOR, FOR THAT FACILITY, WHICH IS LIKE 16 COURTS.
UM, EIGHT BASKETBALL, 16 VOLLEYBALL, AND THEN IT'S GOT A LOT MORE TO IT.
IT'S GOT A WHOLE RETAIL COMPLEX COMPONENT AND UH, IT'S LARGE.
SO I CAN ASK THEM FOR MORE SPECIFICS IF YOU'D FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.
I CAN ASK THEM FOR SOME SMALLER PROJECT EXAMPLES.
BUT ALSO JUST AGAIN, REITERATE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT THAT MILLION, DO YOU KNOW MM-HMM
UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF THE SMALLER, AND, AND THEY DO KNOW IT'S AMATEUR SPORTS.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE, BUT, UM, THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FROM THEM JUST LOOKING AT THIS MARKET THAT MAY GIVE US BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THEY WILL COME BACK AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU FEASIBLY CAN HANDLE.
UM, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, OF THEM GETTING HERE AND GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S THAT'S HERE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL KNOW KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA TOO AND WHAT'S COMING IN AND WHAT'S FUTURE.
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY ASK MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UM, AND COME BACK TO Y'ALL WITH SOME OF THAT.
UM, OR WHEN WE GET THE AGREEMENT LETTER, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU'D REVIEW THAT AND APPROVE THAT.
UM, IF YOU WANTED TO DO, DO IT THAT WAY INSTEAD OF, 'CAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IS YOU'RE APPROVING ME TO NEGOTIATE IT AND THEN JUST MOVE FORWARD MM-HMM
AND DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THEIR COST FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE, THE P THREE REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST, UH, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE INCLUDED HERE.
UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IF AN OPERATOR EXPRESSED AN INTEREST? WELL, ESSENTIALLY THEY PACKAGE TOGETHER, THAT'S THE WHOLE DELIVERABLE.
BUT THEN THAT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR AMMUNITION AT THAT POINT.
OTHERWISE WE JUST HAVE SOMETHING THEORETICAL.
WE HAVE SCHEMATICS, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA YEP.
OF WHAT WE CAN DO THAT TOO, DO KIND OF YEAH.
BUT WE NEED TO GET IT IN FRONT OF A CERTAIN AUDIENCE AT THAT POINT.
SO THEN WE'RE GOING FISHING MM-HMM
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL HERE.
SO PART OF THEIR VALUE SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE THAT THEY HAVE THIS IMMENSE NETWORK OF DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS THAT THEN WE CAN START GOING THROUGH THAT ROLODEX MM-HMM
TO SEE HOW CAN THIS ACTUALLY MATERIALIZE.
SO IF THAT IS A STANDALONE SERVICE OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I'D BE INTERESTED TO, PAGE 52.
HOW MUCH THAT IS, CAN THEY BUNDLE IT IN? YEAH.
BECAUSE IT SAYS ADDITIONAL OPTIONS ARE OPTIONAL SERVICES, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE AND CORRECT PROPOSAL.
THAT TO SEEMS LIKE THE NEXT ACTION STEP.
SO HOW CAN HELP US FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS? I DID ASK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, HE SAID IT'S GONNA RANGE AND DEPEND ON WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT THAT SCOPE WOULD BE.
BUT, UM, I'M NOT GONNA GUESS WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL FEE WOULD BE, BUT UM, IF THEY GO INTO DETAIL, LIKE SITE ANALYSIS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE IS GOING TO BE, UM, THAT ADDITIONAL FEE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN ROLL THAT INTO THIS SCOPE MM-HMM
AND KEEP US IN THAT THRESHOLD.
OF WHERE WE'RE, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THEY CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF A, AN A LA CARTE.
SO MAYBE WHEN WE RECEIVE THE PRODUCT OR THE DELIVERABLE, IF WE'RE LIKE, THIS IS WONDERFUL INFORMATION.
LIKE WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? I THINK THEY COULD, AND THEN WE COULD REENGAGE AND MAYBE IF WE CAN HAVE AN IDEA OF PRICING AHEAD OF TIME, THEN WE ARE, WE ALREADY KIND OF HAVE INTERNALIZED, YOU MEAN BEFORE THEY DO THIS, BEFORE WE ENGAGE WITH THEM SOME RANGE.
MAYBE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THEY'VE FACILITATED IT PAST THE DELIVERABLE FOR OTHER, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH CATALYST, YOU KNOW, THEY MM-HMM
DID PRESENTATIONS AND THE, THE PRODUCT AND THEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR US YEAH.
SO IF, I MEAN, 70 TO $80,000 IS A LOT
SO TO COME OUT OF IT WITH SOME ACTION STEPS AND SOMETHING THAT'S
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NEXT STEP RATHER THAN JUST HERE'S A NICE $80,000 THICK PIECE OF PAPERAND MAYBE IT WILL, THEY'LL CONCLUDE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR 55 GRAND THEY'LL SAY, THERE'S NO WAY YOU NEED TO EVEN WORRY ABOUT THAT.
DOUBT BECAUSE THE NORTH LAKE THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DALLAS STARS COMPLEX, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
NORTH LAKE'S ONLY LIKE SIX SQUARE MILES, BUT IT SITS RIGHT NEXT TO TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND IS RIGHT ON 1 21 AND 35.
SO, SO THE ECONOMICS OF THAT VERSUS THE ECONOMICS OF WHAT'S AROUND HERE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, THERE'S ALMOST NO COMPARABLE BETWEEN, LET ME, LET ME OFFER THIS.
BECAUSE Y'ALL DO HAVE A LOT OF POINTED QUESTIONS.
I, I ASKED HIM IF HE COULD TRY TO BE ON A ZOOM TONIGHT FOR THIS MEETING, BUT HE HAD ANOTHER OBLIGATION.
IF Y'ALL ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AS IT IS, WE CAN ASK HIM TO PRESENT VIA ZOOM.
'CAUSE HE'S UP IN MINNESOTA, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN Y'ALL COULD ASK, THEY COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, THEN I CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TALK TO HIM ABOUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
AND THEN WE COULD, I COULD ASK HIM IF HE CAN BE ON OUR NEXT MEETING THROUGH ZOOM AND THEN HE CAN PRESENT SOME MORE OPTIONS, INFORMATION.
UM, AND THEN THAT MIGHT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
THAT'S, OR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, I CAN TRY TO GET SOME OF THESE ANSWERS BACK AND BRING IT BACK, BUT I STILL, I FEEL LIKE, EXCUSE ME, UM, AFTER I TALK TO HIM AGAIN, AFTER I GIVE HIM SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, I MIGHT GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO HAVE HIM IN A MEETING PRESENTING TO Y'ALL, OR I CAN GET HIM TO REWRITE SOME OF THIS AND, AND EDIT THE PROPOSAL TO FIT SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND THE QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE CAN TWEAK THE PROPOSAL FOR THAT.
IS THAT SOMETHING Y'ALL WANNA DO? YEAH, I'D LOVE, LOVE TO HAVE A CALL WITH HIM.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE DON'T WANNA DO IT.
WE, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IS WORTH WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.
BUT I, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT WE'RE, WE WANT TO DO SOME COMBINATION OF THIS.
WELL THERE'S, AND THERE'S A LOT TO THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE THROWN IN THE HOTEL, WE'VE THROWN IN THE SPORTS, WE'VE NOW LOOKED AT THE OUTDOOR SPORTS COMPLEXES ADDING TO IT.
IT'S A, IT'S A MIX, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU ALL ARE GETTING SOME OF THE ANSWERS TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF HE CAN ANSWER 'EM, HE CAN.
AND IF NOT HE CAN, HE CAN GET BACK TO US.
'CAUSE ANOTHER QUESTION OR PUT IT IN A PROPOSAL, BUT SURE.
BECAUSE ANOTHER QUESTION IMMEDIATELY NOW COMES TO MIND IS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S $25,000 OF SYNERGIES IF YOU, WHERE THEY SAY IF YOU BREAK IT OUT, THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
LIKE IT'S 92,000 IF YOU DO IT SEPARATE YEAH.
SO WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL SYNERGIES? I MEAN, ARE THEY USING THE SAME DATA TWICE? ARE THEY, YEAH.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF SYNERGIES.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF CURIOUS.
YOU YOU UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION? MM-HMM
I'M JUST, UM, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I, I THINK THERE'S JUST, I NEED TO, TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM HIM ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S QUESTIONS BEFORE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE Y'ALL.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THE STUFF WE, WE OVERLAP AND IT COULD BE DEMOGRAPHICS, ET CETERA.
AND IT COULD BE AFTER WE HAVE DISCUSSION THAT THE SCOPE CHANGES A LITTLE BIT, THAT MAY CHANGE THE FEE.
BUT, UM, LET ME HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH HIM AND THEN I'LL GET WITH HOLLY AND UM, KINDA UPDATE HER AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE WANNA DO FOR THE NEXT STEP FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
I JUST WANNA BE SURE Y'ALL GOT THIS REQUEST, THIS, UM, PROPOSAL.
'CAUSE Y'ALL HAD, WE DID DEFINITELY MADE IT A PRIORITY.
AND I DIDN'T WANNA LET TOO MANY MORE TIME.
AND AND WE DO AND WE DO WANNA DO THE HOTEL.
AND WE WANNA GET ROLLING ON IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO GET, WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, I THINK JUST FOR THAT PRICE TAG, WE JUST WANT CLARIFICATION ON IT'S A YES.
I MEAN, THIS IS A, IT'S GONNA BE A SUBSTANTIAL STUDY AND SO YOU WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE READY AND THAT YOU'VE GOT THE INFORMATION YOU'RE GONNA GET THE SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING.
SO DO WE NEED TO HAVE TABLE A MOTION TO TABLE? YES.
IF SOMEONE COULD DO A MOTION TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT, UM, MEETING.
I MOTION TO TABLE THE, UH, CONSIDERING TAKING ACTION ON THE UN AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, UH, CONTRACT WITH CSLI SECOND THAT MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
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ADD THIS AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING? YES, I HAVE IT AS A, I HAVE NO, I HAVE IT NOTED.[Staff Report ]
REPORT, RECEIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE NOVEMBER, 2025 STAFF ACTIVITY REPORT.SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, OH, HOLD ON.
SO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT NORMALLY IS IN YOUR FOLDER GIVEN TO Y'ALL.
AND I APOLOGIZE, I'VE, UM, DID NOT GET THAT ALL COMPLETED BEFORE THIS MEETING, BUT YOU'LL GET IT, YOU'LL GET A COPY OF THE USUAL REPORT.
UM, BUT YOU DID GET THE HIGHEST PERFORMING, UH, POST IN YOUR NOVEMBER, I MEAN YEAH, YOUR NOVEMBER ACTIVITY STAFF REPORT.
UM, SO OUR AUBREY LOCAL BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM PROMOTIONS ARE STILL ONGOING.
WE ARE EXTENDING THE DEADLINE.
WE HAVE SIX APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE ARE, ONE OF THEM IS FROM THE, UM, CHAMBER MEMBER.
THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS IS JUST OUTSIDE, LITERALLY JUST OUTSIDE THE, UH, ETJ CITY LIMITS.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING AND, AND WE TALKED AND WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER, UM, UH, 20% OF THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CLASS MEMBERS BE, UH, ALLOWED IN FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, TWEAKING THAT.
AND TARSHA AND I, UM, DECIDED THAT WOULD ALSO BE A GREAT WAY TO DO SOME, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FUTURE RECRUITMENT OR ANYTHING.
UM, THE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, LEARN MORE ABOUT AUBREY, THEY'RE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING TO MOVE HERE.
SO, UM, THE, ALSO THE DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18TH WE SWITCHED, WE MOVED IT BACK, UH, UH, TO THE NEXT WEEK.
SO THAT GIVES PEOPLE A LITTLE MORE TIME.
IT LITERALLY TAKES LIKE 10 MINUTES TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.
UM, IF YOU HAVE BUSINESSES THAT YOU KNOW OF OR ENTREPRENEURS STILL TELL THEM THERE'S TIME, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD SPEAKERS LINED UP.
UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO OFFER A COUPLE OF NIGHTS THAT ARE, WILL BE OPEN TO OTHERS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY IN THE PROGRAM, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE A PART OF THE CHAMBER, THEIR LOCAL BUSINESS, THEY WANNA COME TO THAT ONE NIGHT.
IT ALSO HELPS INTRODUCE THEM TO THE PROGRAM, THE CONCEPT, AND THEN HELPS US FOR FUTURE RECRUITMENT FOR THESE PROGRAMS. UM, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE LINED UP 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE HELPING US OUT ON A PANEL FOR, UM, FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP AND UM, OR HOW TO TURN YOUR BUSINESS INTO A FRANCHISE.
SO SOME REALLY GOOD STUFF AND GOOD INFORMATION.
UM, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, Y'ALL CAN ATTEND THOSE CLASSES TOO.
UM, JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU DO.
'CAUSE THEN I CAN DO A POST POSSIBLE CURE QUORUM IF I HAVE MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR OF YOU
SO JUST LET ME KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
ALSO, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME DINNER AND WANNA BE SURE EVERYBODY HAS FOOD.
UM, BUT THOSE START JANUARY 7TH.
SO, UM, AND WE'LL UH, JUST KEEP PUSHING IT OUT.
SO IF YOU, UM, IF YOU WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL IN THAT WORD OF MOUTH, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
SO THE NEXT THING IS OUR WEBSITE.
YOU SAW THE LINK, HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, AND THE HOMEPAGE, UM, IS GOT A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON IT.
THAT'S OF COURSE INFORMATION PEOPLE LOOK FOR IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT AUBREY.
UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SCROLL THAT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT? BAILEY? THANK YOU.
SO OUR VIDEO THERE, WE'VE GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LINKS TO OUR PROGRAMS AND, AND OTHER, UH, LISTINGS AND SITES THERE.
UM, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE MORE, UM, WE HAVE THE DATA, UM, FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND FROM OUR, OUR NUMBERS AND AND FIGURES THAT WE UPDATE USUALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND OUR PDF OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS THE NEWEST THING WE ADDED TO THIS PAGE.
AND WHAT WE HOPE WE'LL PLAN TO DO, AND I'M WORKING, I'VE GOTTA WORK WITH CATALYST ON THIS.
I NEED TO GET A LITTLE MORE ABRIDGED VERSION OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, 'CAUSE IT'S A 68 PAGE PDF OR NO, IT'S EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
UM, IT'S AN AWFUL LONG PDF TO LINK.
SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE PARTS OF IT AND HAVE THAT LINK THERE AVAILABLE.
BUT DEFINITELY, UM, GIVES A FIRST LOOK AT OUR, OUR PRIORITIES OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THEN ALL THOSE LINK TO THOSE FOUR BARS UNDERNEATH, UM, THEY LINK TO THE DIFFERENT, UH, PIECES OF, UH, DATA AND INFORMATION AND PAGES.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAD A TIME TO LOOK AT IT.
UM, THIS SITE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE EVOLVING AS WE GET NEW PHOTOS.
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THE SITE.UM, IF YOU GO UP TO THE TOP RIGHT, THAT BUSINESS BLOG THERE, UM, THIS WILL BE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, ONCE A MONTH FOR NOW.
WE CAN PUT A BLOG ON THERE EITHER ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS OR ONES ABOUT LOCAL SHOPPING.
UM, JUST AGAIN, USING IT AS A WAY TO HELP INFORM AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC.
THAT BLOG CAN LINK FROM OUR FACEBOOK.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S TOPICS Y'ALL HAVE FOR A BLOG OR YOU WOULD WANNA HELP WRITE ONE, I'M OPEN TO THAT.
UM, Y'ALL CAN SAY, HEY, I HAVE AN IDEA AND SHOOT ME A, SHOOT ME A BLOG.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE SITE.
SOME OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS OR TWEAK YOU'D LIKE SEEING OR LIKE TO HAVE DONE, PLEASE EMAIL ME.
'CAUSE I PROBABLY WON'T REMEMBER IT FROM DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
UM, BUT IF YOU'LL EMAIL ME AND I CAN SEND THAT ON TO OUR WEBMASTER, UM, AND THEN SHE CAN WORK ON THAT.
BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GO LIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
UM, IF Y'ALL HAD SOME CHANGES, SHE COULD MAKE 'EM PROBABLY THIS WEEK.
SHE'S PRETTY QUICK AT MAKING HER CHANGES.
UM, AND UM, THAT'S WHY I REALLY LIKE HER 'CAUSE SHE PRETTY MUCH RESPONDS TO MOST OF OUR REQUESTS WITHIN 24 HOURS, SO IF NOT SOONER.
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS OVERALL THAT YOU JUST, DOES IT LOAD THAT FAST? 'CAUSE THAT IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE HOW QUICKLY IT LOADS, YOU KNOW, LIKE FROM PAGE TO PAGE.
SHE PUT US ON A NEWS, UM, SHE MOVED US OVER FROM THE SITE SERVER.
WHAT TODD HELP ME HERE WITH THE LANGUAGE.
AND IT DOES, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOES LOAD FASTER.
WAIT, I LIKE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GRAPHICS ON HERE THAT ARE, IT'S QUICK BIG.
WE'LL GET BAILEY,
UM, OR IF ANYBODY OR IF ANYBODY'S WATCHING HAS ANY FEEDBACK ON IT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
WE'VE TRIED TO, WE WANTED TO COMPLIMENT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE DI WE, WE HAVE OUR OWN BRANDING AND, AND, BUT WE'RE OUR PART OF THE CITY SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF COMPLIMENT SOME OF THAT.
BUT WE ALSO WANT 'EM TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE, THEY'RE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE.
THE CITIES OR THE RE MDD SITES.
SO, UM, I DO THINK THAT IT'S, I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.
AND THESE PHOTOS, A LOT OF CAME FROM OUR VIDEO.
SO, UM, TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO BUILD UP YOUR, UM, YOUR PHOTO COLLECTION,
DOWNTOWN LOOKS SO SMALL, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO IT IS PROBABLY TIME TO DO SOME MORE PHOTO UPLOAD, PHOTO STOCK UPDATING.
UM, SO I'M GONNA BE LOOKING FOR SOME OF THAT.
UM, NOT GONNA SAY ANY NAMES IF ANYBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME.
BUT ANYWAY,
BUT, UM, OR IF YOU COME ACROSS A REALLY COOL PHOTO, LIKE BAILEY HAS SOME GOOD ONES SHE'S TAKEN AND I ALWAYS ASK HER IF I HAVE PERMISSION TO USE IT.
SO, UM, DID Y'ALL SEE THE COOL ONE SHE DID OF THE LIGHT UP, THE LIT UP PEANUT DRYER? OH, THAT WAS YOURS.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT LOOKS VERY GOOD.
I HAVE, OKAY, I HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT FOR AN ANGLE.
I WOULD LOVE WHETHER BAILEY WANTS TO STAY LATE AFTER WORK AND IT, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.
TIM, I CAN TELL YOU THE ANGLE I'D LIKE MY LITTLE PHONE CAMERA DOES NOT, I CAN TAKE IT WITH MY PHONE CAMERA AND GO HERE, RE REDO THIS
BUT MY PHONE CAMERA DOES NOT HAVE THE QUALITY.
WELL Y GAVE, I LOVE THE WEBSITE.
Y'ALL GAVE US SOME GOOD SITES TO LOOK AT AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S INPUT ON THAT.
AND UM, THAT GAVE US SOME GOOD IDEAS.
BUT, BUT MELISSA IS GREAT AT WHAT SHE DOES AND SHE'S VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FOR CHRISTINE? LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
I LOVE THE VIDEO EMBEDDED IN THERE.
CONSIDER ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO ATTEND THE ICSC RED RIVER EVENT.
THAT WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT'S IN SAN ANTONIO.
WELL NO, BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAUL OUR STUFF DOWN THERE.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I'M, I'M, I KNOW IT'S TWO DAYS LONG.
NOT EASY FOR A BOARD MEMBER TO GET TO.
SO I WAS TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY ASKING OUR CHAMBER EXEC TO ATTEND WITH ME, UM, BECAUSE SHE DOES KNOW AUBREY'S GROWTH AND WHAT WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND WHAT WOULD,
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YOU KNOW, WHAT'S NEEDED AND SHE COULD HELP TALK TO THOSE REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE I-I-C-S-E IF I HAVE TO STEP AWAY FOR GOING TO GO VISIT A TARGET TARGETED RETAIL WE WANT.OR IF I'VE GOT AN APPOINTMENT WITH SOMEONE ELSE THERE, DEVELOPERS MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITH ME, I CAN LEAVE THE BOOTH AND, AND HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, GET MORE WORD OUT ABOUT AUBREY.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT BY YOURSELF, IT'S TARGETED.
AND SO YEAH, AARON'S BEEN, YOU CAN'T DO IT BY YOURSELF.
SO YEAH, REALLY WE'LL EITHER DRIVE DOWN THERE, UM, BUT I'LL HAVE TO GET HER.
I, I MAY HAVE TO HAVE THE EXPENSES FOR LIKE A HOTEL ROOM, MEALS, UM, MOST LIKELY DRIVE IN THE SAME CAR.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A BIGGER VEHICLE, THE ONE OF OUR CITY VEHICLES.
'CAUSE I GOTTA HAUL ALL THE JUNK UNLESS I SHIP IT.
SO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE SINCE IT'S, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE Y'ALL'S, WE HAVE Y'ALL KIND OF PLANNED IN THERE, BUT WITH IT BEING NOT A BOARD MEMBER, I WANTED TO GET YOUR CONSENT.
I WOULD APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
THAT WASN'T THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO APPROVE THE STAFF REPORT.
SO THE ADDITION MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO ATTEND THE ICSC PASSES SIX TO 0 5 6.
SORRY, WHO LEFT? DID YOU DECIDE? WE NEVER HAVE A FULL DEAL, SO IT'S, I KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WROTE DOWN FIVE ON THE VERY FIRST ITEM Y'ALL DID.
I WROTE FIVE AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
Y'ALL KNOW HOW QUICK I HAVE TO COUNT THAT EVERY TIME.
SORRY, I GOT, GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED THERE.
[Future Agenda Requests]
I HAVE, UM, CSL JOIN OUR NEXT MEETING OR BRING UP OTHER, UM, BRING UP AN, JUST TALK ABOUT CSL OR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IN OTHER WORDS.SO JUST, I'M GONNA PUT FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR YOU.
I REVIEW, I THINK THAT'S BEST.
I JUST WROTE THAT DOWN REAL QUICK.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE? OKAY.
WE WILL BE HAVING, UM, A DATE HOPEFULLY RECOMMENDED SOON FOR A JOINT SESSION BETWEEN COUNCIL AND MDD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'D BE BEFORE ONE OF OUR MEETINGS OR A SEPARATE NIGHT, BUT I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
UM, THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, BUT WHAT, OR I GUESS MAYBE IT IS, UM, THE R-F-Q-R-F-P.
IS IT COMING? HOW'S IT COMING? OH, UM, YES.
THAT'LL BE COMING TO Y'ALL IN JAN, JANUARY HOPEFULLY.
FOR, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A RECOMMENDATION AT THAT, HOPEFULLY JANUARY.
WELL I'LL LOOK AT OUR MEETING DATES JANUARY OR FEBRUARY.
I'LL PUT IT DOWN AND THEN IF WE NEED TO MOVE IT OUT, WE CAN, I MEAN IF WE, WE CAN ALSO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TOO IF WE HAVE TO.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ADD? ALRIGHT, VERY NEAT.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING SECTION 5 5 1 0 8 7 DELIBERATION REGARDING ECONOMIC NEGOTIATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THEN SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY HIGHWAY 3 77 COMMERCIAL DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND ETJ COMMERCIAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:50 PM I SO MOVE I SECOND MOTION BY TEN SECOND BY JAMIE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE AUBREY MDD BOARD IS NOW RECONVENE OR IS NOW RECONVENED INTO OPEN SESSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION? A MOTION TO RECONVENE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY TAMMY, A SECOND BY AARON.
CAN I GET A TIME ON THAT? THANK YOU.
UM, I MOTION BY AARON, APPLICANT BY TAMMY TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 7 32.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? FIVE TO ZERO.
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I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT 10, UH, TODD LEFT EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:19 PM ARE THERE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH? OKAY.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? MOTION TO ADJOURN AT 7 33.
I SECOND I HAVE A MOTION BY AARON IS SECOND BY JAMIE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MEETING IS VOTE IS FIVE TO ZERO.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:33 PM.