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[Call to Order - Determine if a Quorum is Present]
WE WILL NOW CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM UM, I WILL CALL THE ROLE TO DETERMINE IF A QUORUM IS PRESENT.AND ALICIA, CHRISTINE AND CASEY DO CAN, WILL WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE INDICATION AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE? ALRIGHT, I GUESS WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE FIRST.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, 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 IN INDIVISIBLE.
TAMMY, DO YOU MIND PRAYING? DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS TODAY.
AND LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ARRIVING SAFELY.
AND LORD WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST GIVE US DISCERNMENT AND WI WISDOM OF WHAT IS BEST FOR THIS, UM, CITY.
AND LORD, I JUST THANK YOU THAT WE ALL GET TO REPRESENT AUBREY.
AND SO FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
[Community Announcements]
ALRIGHT, COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE HAVE A COUPLE, UH, THE NEXT PREACH, OUR JUNCTION FARMER'S MARKET IS SATURDAY, JULY 4TH AT THE VETERANS PARK IN DOWNTOWN AUBREY AT VETERANS AND VENDORS CAN SIGN UP TO SELL BY CONTACTING THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SUMMER MUSIC SERIES.
IT WILL HAVE ITS NEXT CONCERT ON SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH, 20TH AT VETERANS PARK IN DOWNTOWN AUBREY.
WITH ONE MORE CONCERT FOLLOWING ON JULY 18TH, BUSINESSES CAN SIGN UP FOR VENDOR SPACES AT ANY UPCOMING CONCERT, SPECIAL EVENT, AND OR FARMER'S MARKET BY CONTACTING THE CITY PARKS AND RECREATION APARTMENT VIA THE CITY WEBSITE OR GET DETAILS ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.
THE NEXT AUBREY THREE 80 AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON IS ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH AT 11:30 AM AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT HERE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD?
[Consent Items]
ALL RIGHT.CONSENT ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE TWO ON THERE.
APPROVED MINUTES FROM MAY 12TH, 2026 NDD BOARD MEETING AND APPROVE THE APRIL, 2026 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? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MOTION BY TIM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
[New Business]
NEW BUSINESS CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON TARGET IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR 1 1 1 NORTH HIGHWAY 3 77 IN AUBREY, TEXAS.CHRISTINE, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US SOME INFORMATION? YES, I'D BE HAPPY TO.
SORRY THAT CAME UP QUICKER THAN I THOUGHT.
SO OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNTRY VIEW IS NOT HERE YET, BUT UM, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND AND GET STARTED.
AND IF SHE COMES IN WHILE WE'RE PRESENTING, I'LL LET HER INTRODUCE HERSELF.
SALMONS WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE.
SHE'S OUT, UM, OF POCKET, BUT THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THEIR GRANT APPLICATION.
AND, UM, SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A GRANT FOR A FACADE AND EXTERIOR, UM, LANDSCAPING AND WHAT'S UNDER OUR CATEGORIES CONSIDERED A PARKING AND DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS THEIR PATIO AND DEMOLITION OF THE FRONT PORCH IN THE AWNING.
SO IT'S A, THE COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BUDGET COSTS WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS THAT YOU RECEIVED.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO DO THOSE.
THIS IS ON, UM, TISDALE STREET AT 3 77.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT IS THE DESIGN THEY WANT TO USE.
UM, THEY HAVE CHOSEN, UM, OUT OF THE TWO BEDS SHE RECEIVED, SHE DID CHOOSE, UM, A CONTRACTOR THAT WILL BE ABLE TO INSTALL ALL OF THIS AND THEY'LL ALSO INSTALL THE FENCE.
UM, IT'S A REALLY PRETTY, IT'S VERY NICE CONCEPT IMPROVEMENT.
AND THE LIGHTING AND EVERYTHING IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE GRANT REQUEST.
IS IT THE SAME CONTRACTOR? YES, THE SAME CONTRACTOR WILL DO THE FENCE, BUT THE FENCING COMES FROM A DIFFERENT SUPPLIER AS IT WAS NOTED.
I THINK SHE NOTED THAT ON THE BID.
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EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WILL BE ALL AROUND IT.THIS BUILDING DOES FACE THREE SIDES OF THE STREET.
IT'S VISIBLE FROM THE FRONT SIDE AND THE BACK.
UM, AND IT IS, THE FENCING WILL BE ABOUT 48 TO 50 INCHES TALL.
IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY AN EASEMENT THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE A TIGHT SQUEEZE, BUT THEY DO TAKE THEIR ANIMALS OUT BACK AND THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE 'EM OUT AND THEY HAVE 'EM ON LEASH WHEN THEY DO IT NOW, BUT THIS WILL BE A LOT EASIER FOR THEM TO TAKE THEM OUT IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING WHEN THEY NEED TO GO OUT AND USE THE BATHROOM.
SO THOSE TOTAL FACADE AND LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ARE $53,616 AND 32 CENTS.
UM, THIS EXCLUDES THAT CONTRACTOR FEE 'CAUSE WE DO NOT PAY FEES IN OUR GRANT.
SO THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT, UM, IS THAT IT WILL IMPROVE, UH, AN AGING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S ALONG HIGHWAY 3 77, OUR MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
AND THIS WILL MEET THE GOALS FOR THE FACADE AND EXTERIOR UPGRADES IN A MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
UM, AND THE PURPOSE OF OUR GRANT, AND IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE BUSINESS AND IT WILL PROVIDE LOCAL VET SERVICES TO A GROWING RESIDENT SPACE AND KEEP, UH, THE BUSINESS ACTIVITY HERE IN AUBREY, WHICH AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS KEEP THEM DOING BUSINESS HERE IN AUBREY.
THEY'RE GONNA GO GRAB A TACO NEXT DOOR OR THEY'LL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO SHOP AND DINE AND, AND THAT WHILE THEY'RE HERE DOING THEIR BUSINESS FOR, FOR THINGS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO POINT ALL OF THAT OUT.
THE TOTAL ELIGIBLE COST REQUESTED IS, UM, THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR BEING REQUESTED IS $26,808 AND 16 CENTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, UHUH STRAIGHTFORWARD? LOOKS GOOD.
WELL THEN DO I HAVE A MOTION I TO APPROVE THE, SORRY, HOLD ON.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TARGET IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR 1 1 1 NORTH HIGHWAY 3 77 AND THE AMOUNT APPROVED FOR THE GRANT, WHICH IS $26,808 AND 16 CENTS.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GRANT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, CONSIDERING TAKING ACTION ON TARGET IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR 2 0 2 SOUTH MAIN STREET IN AUBREY, TEXAS.
ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM DO MELO, MIT PATEL.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THEY OPENED, UH, THEIR BUSINESS IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.
THEY HAVE A SMALLER DINING ROOM THAN MOST RESTAURANTS HERE.
AND THEY CAME TO US IN SEPTEMBER OF 24 FOR A GRANT REQUEST TO FIX UP THE BUILDING THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN.
UM, IN A, A FEW MONTHS AGO, THE BUILDING ADJACENT TO THEM BECAME VACANT.
THERE WERE PREVIOUS DOORS THERE THAT, UM, WALKED, THAT OPENED UP THE SPACE TO EACH OTHER.
SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THEIR DINING ROOM.
SO IF YOU SEE IN THIS DRAWING HERE, UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A RESTROOM IN THAT BACK PART OF THAT DINING ROOM.
SO THEY WOULD REOPEN THOSE SPACES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE THAT JUST HAD SOME BRICK AND OTHER, UM, I THINK WOOD WAS PUT OVER SOME OF IT.
UM, SO THEY WOULD ALSO DO AN INTERIOR RENOVATION OF THE BATHROOM PAINTING AT THE INTERIOR EXTERIOR.
THEY WOULD ALSO DO EXIT DOOR SAFETY BY INSTALLING PANIC HARDWARE AND THEY WOULD EXTEND HVAC DUCT.
SO ALL OF THAT WAS IN YOUR GRANT APPLICATION.
I DID HAVE TO SEND YOU A CORRECTION.
I HOPE YOU ALL SAW THAT WITH THE CORRECTED BUDGET AMOUNT.
SO THERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES FOR YOU.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A NICE UPGRADE TO THE SPACE THAT AIR DUCT WILL RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE, UH, CEILING OF THE SECOND SPACE.
AND, UH, THAT ONE ON THE RIGHT IS OBVIOUSLY BOTTOM RIGHT IS WHAT IT IS NOW.
AND THE FLOORING WILL BE LEVELED AND REFINISHED.
UM, THEY DO HAVE TO LEVEL THAT FLOOR.
AND THEN, UM, THOSE WALL SPACES WILL BE OPENED.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF JUST THE RESTROOM DESIGN IN THE BACK DOOR, WHICH WILL BE A REALLY GOOD IMPROVEMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR SAFETY TO SAFETY EXITS.
UM, AND THE FRONT FACADE, THE WHITE WILL BE PAINTED ORANGE TO MATCH.
SO IT WILL BE PAINTED THE SAME COLOR.
UM, WE EXCLUDE INTERIOR REPAINTING FOR OUR GRANT.
WE DO NOT COVER THE, SOME OF THE INTERIOR, UM, AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT WAS TAKEN OUT, UM, IN ANY OTHER, WE DO NOT COVER ANY OTHER FEES.
SO THE TOTAL ELIGIBLE COST REQUEST IS $27,875.
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WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL EXPAND THE EXISTING BUSINESS AND CONTRIBUTE TO ITS GROWTH AND ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO ITS NEEDS FOR SPACE.UM, THIS MEETING, UM, THIS MEETS THE GOALS OF THE FACADE AND INTERIOR UPGRADES IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT.
UM, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT PROGRAM, THE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS WILL, UM, RESULT FROM THE EXPANSION BECAUSE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WAITING TO GET IN FOR SEATS.
AND THIS BUSINESS CURRENTLY CLICKS SALES TAX AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE OVERALL CITY AND MDD SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE MITT TO COME UP HERE IN CASE Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT HIS BUSINESS AND ABOUT SOME OF THIS EXPANSION AND THE NEED FOR IT.
YOU WANNA CUT? THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
UH, I HAD REQUESTED FOR THE GRAND AMOUNT FOR THE FIRST TIME WHENEVER WE OPENED THOSE MIS CLASS.
UH, AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT RESPONSE AND SUPPORT OVERALL FROM THE CITY, FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE PEOPLE.
THEY LOVE US, THEY LOVE OUR FOOD, AND THIS GAVE US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND NEXT DOOR.
THIS EXPANSION IS MAINLY TO FOCUS ON GIVING OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS MORE DINING AREA THAN MORE TO FOCUS ON, UH, THE REVENUE IT'S GONNA BRING.
I, I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR REVENUE OVERALL, BUT IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE CONSIDERING HOW COMFORTABLE IT WOULD BE FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO SIT, COME IN, DINE IN, AND NOT FEEL LIKE YOU ARE RUSHED TO GET OUT OF THE RESTAURANT TO SIT OTHER PEOPLE.
UH, RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, UH, REHEARSAL DINNER REQUEST THAT WE CAN, IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE, WHICH WE WERE NOT ABLE TO.
BUT BECAUSE OF THIS EXPANSION WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE DINNERS ACCOMMODATE, LIKE PEOPLE COMING IN, UH, DINING IN.
AND UH, ANOTHER THING WAS, SINCE OUR LIMITED SITTING IN OUR EXISTING DINING, WE HAD TO FOCUS MORE ON OUR ONLINE SALES WHERE WE EXPANDED THROUGH UBER EATS, DOORDASH.
RECENTLY WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW WEBSITE WITH OUR OWN APP FOR ANDROID FOR IOS.
YOU CAN GO TO PLAY STORE AND APP STORE DOWNLOADED AND START ORDERING ONLINE TO START EARNING REWARDS AS WELL.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXPANSIONS ABOUT THE REMODELING, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
UM, HOW MANY, I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THAT IT WON'T GENERATE MORE REVENUE 'CAUSE
SO HOW MANY, UM, TABLES DO YOU HAVE NOW? AND THEN HOW MANY WILL YOU ADD? THE EXISTING, UH, DINING AREA HAS 60, UH, 12 AT THE BAR AND 48, UH, THE TABLES AND CHAIRS.
THE NEW, THE, THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN HAVE IS 99 PEOPLE.
IT'S, WE ARE EXPECTING A GROWTH BASED ON, BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA BE REMOVING FEW MORE TABLES AND CHAIRS FROM THE EXISTING, UH, DINING AREA AS WELL MM-HMM
SO THAT THERE IS MORE SPACE TO MOVE AROUND AND ADD THAT TO THE NEW ONES.
BUT JUST BECAUSE OF PRIVATE PARTIES, LIKE I SAID, LIKE REAL 13 HOURS, WE EXPECT LIKE 15 TO 30% MORE REV IN REVENUE.
BUT OUR MAIN FOCUS IS STILL GONNA BE TO ACCOMMODATE OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND THEN TO ADD EXTRA, LIKE IF THERE ARE PRIVATE EVENTS MM-HMM
BUT IF WE HAVE LIKE CUSTOMERS ALREADY SITTING DOWN THERE, OR IF WE THINK THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WITHOUT EXISTING CUSTOMERS FEELING LIKE UNCOMFORTABLE SITTING IN THERE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MM-HMM
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION.
I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
YEAH, I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT IT DOES ADD THE BUFFET OR I MEAN THE, UH, LIKE THE PRIVATE VENUE PARK IS, YEAH.
I MEAN THAT IT'S EASIER TO SERVE 30 PEOPLE INSTEAD OF 30.
WE RECENTLY HAD A REHEARSAL DINNER, UH, I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO, WHICH, FROM WHICH WE LEARNED THAT OKAY, WE, WE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE, LIKE, BECAUSE IT WAS FOR 50 PEOPLE.
AND THEN WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, IF WE HAVE 50 PEOPLE, SHOULD WE SIT REST OF THE PEOPLE AT THE BAR? SHOULD WE KEEP IT OPEN? WE TRIED TO DO THAT.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU HAVE
AND, UH, WE HAVE ONE MORE UPCOMING IN OCTOBER FOR WHICH THEY HAVE ALREADY BOOKED US.
LIKE, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE ARE EXPANDING.
SO NOW WAS THE REHEARSAL DINNER RELATED TO ONE OF THE WEDDING VENUES AROUND HERE? HAVE THEY REACHED
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OUT TO YOU GUYS? UH, THEY FOUND THE FIRST ONE, UH, IT WAS, I THINK THE, IT'S CALLED THE SPRINGS.THE WEDDING VENUE IS CALLED SPRINGS.
THEY CAME TO LOOK AT THE VENUE, THE WEDDING VENUE, AND THEY JUST FOUND US ONLINE THE FIRST TIME.
SO THE HUSBAND AND THE WIFE, THEY LOVED OUR FOOD WHENEVER THEY VISITED US THE FIRST TIME.
AND THEY WERE LIKE, OKAY, WE WANT TO BRING OUR WHOLE FAMILY TO YOUR RESTAURANT.
I WERE LIKE, OKAY, THAT SHOULD BE GREAT.
ALL THE DRINKS, THE FOOD, EVERYTHING.
AND THE SECOND, LIKE THE, THE ONE WHICH IS UPCOMING IN OCTOBER, UH, THEY STOPPED BY THE LAST WEEKEND JUST TO TRY, TRY OUR FOOD OUT.
AND EVEN THEY FOUND US ONLINE.
SO YEAH, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE HOPING IT WOULD HAPPEN.
UH, WE, I HAVE BEEN TRACKING OUR, UM, GOOGLE SEARCHES, HOW PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIND US, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I SEE A NEW FACE AT THE RESTAURANT, I TEND TO ASK LIKE, HEY, HOW DID YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT US? YOU KNOW, LIKE, IS IT YOUR FIRST TIME? AND THEY'RE LIKE, I JUST GOOGLE RESTAURANT NEAR ME.
LIKE, WOW, I, I SAW MY STATS ONLINE.
IT'S EVERYTHING MORE THAN 50% I WOULD SAY.
IT'S LIKE JUST RESTAURANT NEAR ME OR RESTAURANT IN AUBREY, AND THEY COME TWO HOURS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ASK THIS OR NOT, BUT ARE YOU PART OF THE CHAMBER? YES.
I WONDER TOO, JUST GOING TO THE CHAMBER WEBSITE TOO, THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE AS WELL.
YEAH, HE'S CATERED LUNCHEONS TOO.
HAS, HE'S CATERED OUR LUNCHEONS AND THEN THEY'VE CATERED LUNCHEONS TO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
THEY'RE REALLY GETTING OUT THERE AFTER, ESPECIALLY AFTER I CATER LIKE ALL THE SCHOOLS, UH, FOR THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, UH, WE GOT LIKE, FOR ALMOST I THINK A WEEK OR TWO WEEKS, WE GOT LIKE SO MANY NEW FACES BECAUSE WHENEVER I WAS, I WAS PERSONALLY THERE FOR EACH SCHOOL VISITING THEM, TRYING TO SEE LIKE IF THEY HAVE HEARD ABOUT US, HOW DID THEY LIKE OUR FOOD, HOW DID THEY LIKE THE SERVICE AND EVERYTHING.
I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE, LIKE, WE WERE STILL NOT DISCOVERED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, LIKE IN OPRY STILL.
LIKE, SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD THING.
THEY, THEY GOT OUR BUSINESS CARDS.
THEY WERE LIKE, EVEN JOB OPPORTUNITIES WERE THERE.
SO, UM, PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING AT THE SCHOOL, THEY WERE LIKE, ARE YOU ALL HIRING? DO YOU HAVE ANY DAYTIME JOBS IN THE NIGHTTIME? AND LIKE, SO WOW.
THEY WERE ABLE TO CONTACT US BECAUSE OF THAT AS WELL.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
THANK YOU MIT, THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND YOUR INPUT.
MAKING ME FEEL ALL WARM AND FUZZY.
BUT
SEEING SOMEONE LIKE MIT AND HIS FAMILY HUSTLING AND DOING ALL THE HARD WORK, BUILDING A SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, MIT IS NOT A RESTAURATEUR FROM, UH, HIS TRAINING.
HE HAS A GREAT FATHER-IN-LAW TEACHING HIM AND HIS, HIS WIFE HAD THE FAMILY RESTAURATEUR EXPERIENCE.
SO, UM, I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS RESTAURANT AND OF MIT, I, YOU HAVE BEEN A SHINING STAR IN OUR GRANT PROGRAM BECAUSE OF YOUR DETAIL IN YOUR GRANTS APPLICATIONS, WHICH I APPRECIATE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU, I WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO, DO ALL THAT HARD WORK YOU DID, UM, THE FIRST TIME.
AND THEN HE, HE CAME READY THIS TIME AND HIS GRANT WAS ALL SET AND I'M THE ONE THAT MESSED UP THE AMOUNT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.
SO AS FAR AS THIS GRANT GOES, UM, WE, WE DID DISCUSS, AND, AND I MENTIONED THAT THIS, UH, RESTAURANT HAS RECEIVED, THIS BUSINESS HAS RECEIVED A GRANT.
THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS NOT, UM, IT IS OWNED BY THE SAME OWNERSHIP, HOWEVER, IT IS AN EXPANSION.
UM, OUR BUDGET FOR GRANTS IN THIS YEAR IS $200,000 SO FAR WITH, UM, THE ONE YOU JUST APPROVED, AND IF YOU APPROVED THIS ONE AND THE TWO THREE YOU'VE APPROVED PRE PRIOR THIS YEAR WE ARE AT, UM, 105,000, UH, $458 IN GRANTS.
SO WE DO HAVE THE AMOUNT IN THE BUDGET.
UM, WE HAVE THREE MORE MONTHS FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS SHOULD THEY REQUEST ONE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE AMOUNTS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED, WE'LL JUST, THAT JUST ROLLS OVER TO WHEN WE'RE, IF WE HAVEN'T REIMBURSED IT BY THE TIME OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS, UM, IF THESE PROJECTS DON'T GET DONE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, WE JUST ROLL THAT AMOUNT OVER.
IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE NEXT YEAR.
UM, SO, SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WANTED Y'ALL TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND TOO.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE DONE GRANTS IN THE, UH, WHERE THEY'VE HAD EXCEPTIONS, LIKE OUR ONE WE DID FOR THE SHERMAN DRIVE, WE HAD, WE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE CONDITIONS MM-HMM
THEY HAVE TO MEET BEFORE THEY CAN GET THAT REIMBURSEMENT.
UM, SO YOU ALL CAN, UH, MAKE A COUPLE OF DECISIONS TONIGHT WHETHER OR NOT YOU
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WANT TO HAVE A TIME PERIOD WHEN THIS GETS RE REIMBURSED OR SINCE WE'RE WITHIN THE BUDGET OF THIS YEAR, UH, STILL WITHIN THAT BUDGET OF 200,000, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT, HOW, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU ALL FEEL.BUT SEPTEMBER OF 26 WOULD BE THE 24 MONTH PERIOD ENDING THAT 24 MONTHS.
AND HOW, AND YOU THINK IT, I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN FOR OUR, UH, BUILDING TO, UH, START EVEN RENOVATION.
SO I MEAN, IT'S PROBABLY GONNA END UP BEING THAT TIMEFRAME FOR THE FULL TWO YEARS BY THE TIME MITT WOULD GET, WOULD GET RECEIPTS TO US AND EVERYTHING.
UM, IT'D BE OCTOBER, MAYBE BEFORE WE WOULD FINALIZE ALL THE RECEIPTS AND REIMBURSE THE GRANT.
BECAUSE THIS LAST, THE LAST ONE WE TOOK WAS, WE PROVED IT SEPTEMBER 24.
WE DIDN'T REIMBURSE HIM UNTIL JULY OF 25, SO WOW.
BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THE CONSTRUCTION TOOK AND JUST DIFFERENT PROJECT DELAYS.
SO I THINK, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW YOUR BUDGET, YOU'RE SAFE WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.
WELL, AND WE, UM, SHOULD BE FINE ON THAT.
AND ALICIA, YOU SAID IT WAS OKAY TOO? YEAH.
SO IT WOULDN'T SET ANY TYPE OF A PRECEDENT.
YOU HAVE SOME DIFFERENT FACTORS HERE.
LIKE CHRISTINE MENTIONED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME OWNER, IT IS A DIFFERENT BUILDING.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT AS YOU'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, IF A FUTURE REQUEST WERE TO COME IN AND IT HAS BEEN A, YOU KNOW, BUSY GRANT YEAR, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND GO, WE HAVE OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WE NEED TO GIVE PRIORITY TO.
WHEREAS HERE YOU HAVE ESSENTIALLY HALF YOUR BUDGET LEFT.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS YOU CAN LOOK AT, UM, IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TONIGHT.
DO WE HAVE TO ISSUE A WAIVER AT SOME, LIKE IF IT DOES COME IN EARLY, WE DON'T HAVE, IF IT, IF IT'S BEFORE THE 24 MONTHS, DO WE HAVE TO YOU DO A WAIVER OR WE JUST SAY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BUDGET AND IT'S A DIFFERENT PROPERTY, WE CAN THAT'S CORRECT.
SO YOU'RE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US THAT WE CAN DO.
THERE, RIGHT, THERE ARE SPECIFICS WE CAN MENTION SO WE DON'T HAVE TO YES.
AND SO THAT'S ALL WITHIN, UM, KIND OF YOUR MINUTES AND YOUR, YOUR HEARING QUOTE UNQUOTE HEARING THIS EVENING.
UM, THE, THE INFORMATION THAT CHRISTINA HAS PRESENTED TO YOU, KIND OF ALL OF THOSE FACTORS THAT YOU CAN LOOK TO.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I DO NOT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE 2 0 2 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND THE APPROVED AMOUNT? OH MAN.
THE AMOUNT APPROVED FOR THE GRANT, WHICH IS, IT'S 27,075.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? SORRY.
'CAUSE IT'S WRONG ON YOUR
JUST PLEASE NOTE THAT CORRECTION, THAT THE PACKET WAS, HAD THE WRONG AMOUNT IN IT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE 2 0 2 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND THE AMOUNT APPROVED FOR THE GRANT, WHICH IS $27,875? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED 20 26, 20 27 MDD FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
SO I PUT A PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU.
THANKS MIN, THANKS FOR COMING.
OH, UM, IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE SLIDE THAT SAYS INCREASE DECREASE JUSTIFICATIONS.
SO THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ON THE BUDGET.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING WORK SESSIONS WITH THE COUNCIL THIS MONTH AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SHOW YOU THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT I HAVE, UM, PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND CITY MANAGER.
AND SO, UM, I WANT YOU ALL TO GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK OR ANY INPUT.
UH, IF YOU SEE ANYTHING ON THE BUDGET I PUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, I WENT AHEAD AND GAVE Y'ALL PAPER THIS TIME 'CAUSE I FIGURE YOU MIGHT WANNA MAKE SOME NOTES.
BUT, UM, BASICALLY IF WE, I'LL GO THROUGH THESE LINE INCREASE AND DECREASE, UM, JUSTIFICATIONS.
BUT I JUST WANNA MENTION TO YOU ON, THERE'S A ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION OF THE BUDGET ON YOUR FRONT PAGE THAT THOSE ARE PENDING CHART, UH, PENDING INCREASES BASED ON WHAT GETS DECIDED ON, UM, ANY KIND OF COLA
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AND ANY COUNSEL DIRECTIONS.UM, AND OF COURSE THAT ALL CHANGES ANY KIND OF THE INSURANCE OR TMRS OR ANY OF THOSE AMOUNTS.
SO, UM, JUST KNOW THAT, THAT, UH, WHEN I COME BACK TO YOU WITH FINAL APPROVALS, UM, I'LL HAVE ALL OF THAT UPDATED TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
AND SO IN THAT LINE, THE NEXT LINE THERE, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE, UM, TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
SO IN THAT BUDGET LINE, UH, I DID INCREASE IT SLIGHTLY.
WE ACTUALLY, UH, MAY BE DOING A DENTON COUNTY BOOTH AT, UM, THE ICSC, LAS VEGAS NEXT YEAR.
WE DON'T KNOW, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OF US, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS WORK COOPERATIVELY, DENTON COUNTY ONES, I SHOULD SAY WORK COOPERATIVELY, UM, TOGETHER.
AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, UM, COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.
SO IF THAT HAPPENS, UM, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE A REASON TO, UH, FOR ME TO ATTEND ICSC IN LAS VEGAS.
I'VE NOT REALLY ATTENDED BEFORE THEN, BUT, UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THAT, UH, TRAVEL INCREASE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY OFFICE SUPPLIES WITH SO MUCH ONLINE, WE'RE JUST SPENDING A LITTLE BIT LESS BUILDING MAINTENANCE.
I'M KEEPING IT THE SAME RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, IF ANYTHING COMES UP ON THAT WITH OUR PROPERTIES, UH, WE WILL IN, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU AND IF WE NEED TO GO OVER THE AMOUNT THAT'S BUDGETED, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE AMOUNT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR IT, I BELIEVE IS, UM, SUFFICIENT.
UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT QUITE USED, UM, YOU KNOW, IS 41,000 BUDGET AND WE'VE ONLY USED UNDER $10,000.
UM, SO FINGERS CROSSED, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAJOR
BUT, UM, SO THAT, UH, THAT LINE ITEM THERE.
AND THEN ELECTRIC AND GAS, AGAIN, JUST DECREASING IT 'CAUSE THE MUSEUM, UM, IS MOSTLY WHAT WE'RE PAYING THE GAS, THE BUILDING OF THE NEXT DOOR TO US.
AND THEY'RE NOT IN THERE AS OFTEN.
UM, SO UNLESS WE START USING OR TURNING ELECTRIC AND GAS ON AT THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET AT THE RESTAURANT JUST FOR SHOWING PURPOSES OR ANYTHING ELSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THAT.
BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT RIGHT NOW.
NOW THIS IS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
CAN YOU SCROLL UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, CASEY? THANK YOU TO, OH, SORRY.
I MEANT
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER THIS YEAR WE HAD A LOT MORE, UH, PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT SERVICES WE DID.
SO WE INCREASED IT MIDYEAR AND IT WAS ABOUT 149,000 TOTAL WHAT WE INCREASED IT TO.
SO WE'VE, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THAT AGREEMENT ALREADY SET IN OUR BUDGET, THAT'LL, IF WE DON'T SPEND IT ALL IN THIS FISCAL, IT'LL ROLL OVER.
SO NEXT YEAR, UNLESS WE DO ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR A BUILDING CONCEPT PLAN OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, UM, I'M ANTICIPATING THAT LINE ITEM WILL GO DOWN 51,000.
SO IT'LL BE ABOUT $98,000, UM, IS WHAT I BUDGETED FOR IT.
BUT THE, WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT IS ALL OF OUR LEGAL SERVICES, INCLUDING A RATE INCREASE THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED OF, UM, BUT ESTIMATED, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TIME WE'RE SPENDING WITH LEGAL.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE PUT UNDER OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LAST YEAR THAT I'D LIKE TO REPEAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
ONE OF THEM BEING THE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM.
UM, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT WE COULD, UM, CONTRACT WITH TARSHA HEARNS WHO DID OUR ACCELERATOR PROGRAM.
SHE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WOULD, UM, HAVE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ACCELERATOR, UM, SERVICE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM SERVICES FOR GROWING BUSINESSES OR, YOU KNOW, MORE ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES, UM, IF WE GET INTEREST FOR THAT.
IF WE DON'T, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE LOCAL ACCELERATOR STARTUP PROGRAM.
BUT IT WOULD, THE PROPOSAL WOULD INCLUDE HER WORKING ON SOME OF THAT, UM, FOR US TO WHERE SHE CAN HELP RECRUIT SOME OF THOSE EITHER ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES OR WE CAN WORK ON THOSE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO GET THEM INTO THE PROGRAM MORE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE PROGRAM UNDER THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
AND THEN WE, UM, HAVE SOME OTHER OPTIONS.
I THINK THAT WILL COME UP, UM, NEXT YEAR FOR, LIKE I SAID, BUILDING DESIGN SERVICES.
IF WE NEED NEW DATA DEMOGRAPHICS DONE, UH, WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE COMPANY THAT'S BEEN HELPING US WITH THAT.
SEE IF THEY CAN DO SOME OF THOSE SERVICES FOR US, CONTINUE AS WE GROW, LOOK AT THAT, UH, PRIMARY TRADE AREA, HELP US WITH THOSE, UM, DETERMINING THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS.
'CAUSE THEY'VE GOT ALL THOSE DATA SYSTEMS THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
UM, AND IT'S SOMETIMES LESS EXPENSIVE TO USE THEM THAN IT WOULD BE TO GET A WHOLE PLATFORM FOR OUR DATA ANALYSIS.
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SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON, I SENT YOU ALL I HAVE IN YOUR HANDOUTS TOO, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT ONE OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROGRAMS THAT, UM, TARSHA HAD GIVEN ME.UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT SHE CAN DO, IT'S THE SHEET WITH THE BLUE BORDERS HERE, THIS ONE.
SO I I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET, YOU KNOW, UM, A LITTLE DIRECTION FROM Y'ALL IF THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION WITH THOSE TYPES OF SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES.
I'M ALSO WORKING TO TRY AND, UM, WORK WITH THE CHAMBER MORE TO PARTNER ON SOME IN-HOUSE SERVICES WE CAN DO FOR ON SMALLER SCALE.
UM, YOU KNOW, MORE QUARTERLY, UM, ROUND TABLE, MORE EDUCATIONAL TYPE EVENTS, BUT THAT THEIR MEMBERS CAN BENEFIT FROM AS WELL.
BUT THESE WOULD BE FAR MORE FOCUSED.
AND THEN, UM, SPECIAL SERVICES, THAT LINE ITEM, AGAIN, IT'S OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER.
UM, OUR CHAMBER PART-TIME ASSISTANT HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO ME.
SHE'S REALLY HELPING KEEP UP WITH, UM, UPDATES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO GET MADE.
UM, SHE'S LEARNING SOME OF THE SYSTEMS THAT I WAS, YOU KNOW, USING FOR UPDATING OUR PROPERTY SITE, UM, FOR DOING, YOU KNOW, WEBSITE UPDATES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH.
UM, AND SHE'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL THAT WAY.
AND, UM, THAT INCREASE LOOKS LOW CONSIDERING.
BUT REMEMBER IF WE WENT AGAIN MIDYEAR, WE SAID WE WERE GONNA INCREASE IT FROM 1500 TO 8,500 AND THEN, UM, SO TECHNICALLY IF YOU COUNT THAT MIDYEAR AMOUNT, IT'S JUST A 6,500 INCREASE.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT LOOKS AWAY.
AND THEN INSURANCE, OBVIOUSLY HAVING MORE PROPERTY IS REQUIRING THAT WE HAVE MORE INSURANCE.
UM, SO DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I THINK THAT'S A GOOD AMOUNT DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR BUILDING AND GETTING A TENANT IN THERE AND THE TYPE OF TENANT INSURANCE COULD INCREASE.
IF THAT HAPPENS, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
UM, SO MEETINGS JUST INCREASE THAT ABOUT $500 JUST 'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT OR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SOME SORT, WE WANNA CATER IT IN.
OR IF WE HAVE TO RENT SOMEPLACE TO USE FOR, YOU KNOW, BIGGER SPACE, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THEN THE GRANT MATCH AND THE, UM, THE MUNICIPAL PROJECTS AND INCENTIVES, UM, THOSE ARE STAYING THE SAME.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN A GOOD BUDGET RANGE FOR THOSE, SO I DIDN'T REALLY INCREASE THEM.
AGAIN, IF BIGGER PROJECTS COME UP, WE'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO ADD TO IT.
THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT OUR BUDGET IS WE CAN ALWAYS INCREASE WHEN NEEDED.
UM, MARKETING, I INCREASED IT BY ABOUT $5,000.
THIS GIVES US MORE LEVERAGE FOR CHOOSING SPONSORSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, WEBSITE UPDATES THAT MAY NEED TO BE DONE.
UM, ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES COME OUR WAY, UH, WITH PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE, UM, INCREASING THEIR CIRCULATION AND WANTING TO, IT HELPS US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT AUBREY.
AND AGAIN, THE MORE WE CAN TELL PEOPLE ABOUT AUBREY, I MEAN, YOU HEARD MITT SAY EARLIER, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT HIM.
BUT IF WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION IN OUR LOCAL MAGAZINES ABOUT, UM, SHOPPING LOCAL, DINING LOCAL, THAT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL.
AND THEN PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, TRADE SHOWS AND PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
UM, WHEN WE NEED SPECIFIC SHOTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, TIM HAS BEEN AWESOME TO DONATE A LOT OF HIS TIME, BUT SOMETIMES HE'S BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY.
SO IF I'M IN A PINCH SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR TECHNOLOGY PROMOTIONAL VIDEO.
AGAIN, THIS IS OUR EQUIPMENT DATA PROGRAMS. UM, THERE IS A, A PROGRAM THAT, AGAIN, TARSHA HAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM AND IT WOULD BE A WAY FOR US TO, IT'S A ONLINE USING AI, BUT IT WOULD BE A WAY FOR A SMALL BUSINESS TO COME TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEY FILL OUT SOME SORT OF A QUESTIONNAIRE.
THEY CAN TELL US WHAT RESOURCES THEY NEED.
UM, WITH THE USE AND THE HELP OF AI, WE CAN PACKAGE TOGETHER ALL THE RESOURCES THEY WOULD NEED TO, YOU KNOW, USE.
UM, AND THEN IT GIVES US THAT PROFILE AS WELL.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT OUR ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE, UM, USING OR NEEDING.
AND THEN WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND HELP THEM MORE WITH MORE, UH, FOCUSED ASSISTANCE.
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SO, UM, THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, SHE'S GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MEET AND TALK ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S, UH, THE BID IS UNDER FORWARD IS, IS AROUND 3,500 I THINK RIGHT NOW.SO AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THAT, USE IT, BE A PART OF THAT PILOT, UM, AND THEN IT COULD, YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST KIND OF GROW FROM THERE.
UH, FROM THERE, THAT'S THE INITIAL SETUP.
FROM THERE, IT'S EACH, EACH YEAR MAINTAINING IT IS LESS THAN THAT.
SO, UM, IT'S UH, A USEFUL TOOL.
IT'S AGAIN, HELPING US EDUCATE AND PUT INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO A PERSON THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME IN DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
UM, AND CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT, UM, WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.
UH, VIDEO UPDATES ARE ALSO IN THIS LINE ITEM.
UM, ALTHOUGH I'D LIKE TO TRY AND GET A VIDEO UPDATE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT IN TECHNOLOGY, BUT AGAIN, NEXT YEAR YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
OR IF WE WANNA DO SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIFIC VIDEO CLIPS, UM, WITH OUR FOOTAGE, UM, AND UH, DATA INFORMATION.
IF WE COME ACROSS ANOTHER DATA PROGRAM THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN USING PLACER AI, BUT IF WE COME ACROSS ANOTHER ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS WITHIN OUR BUDGET, POSSIBLY MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE IT.
UM, SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT LINE INCREASE.
AND OVERALL THE TOTAL DECREASE, UM, IS $53,000 IN COMPARISON.
AND THEN OUR INCREASE, UM, AND OUR INCREASE WAS ONLY 22,350.
SO REALLY WE'RE DECREASING OUR BUDGET BY ABOUT $30,650 OVERALL.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON YOUR HANDOUT THAT I GAVE YOU, UM, THE OVERALL BUDGET INCOME VERSUS EXPENSES LEAVES US WITH A SURPLUS OF ABOUT $142,541 IF WE WERE TO SPEND EVERYTHING IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET AND IF OUR INCOME WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
SO I ALSO SUPPLIED YOU WITH OUR MEMBERSHIPS AND OUR TRAVEL TRAINING BREAKDOWN.
UM, YOU'LL SEE ONE PROGRAM ON THERE ALSO.
IT SAYS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
IT'S BEEN SOMETHING OF INTEREST THAT I'VE NOT EVER BEEN ABLE TO GET TO IT BECAUSE I WAS DOING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION, BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS ALSO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED.
UM, SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD PROGRAM TO LOOK INTO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THERE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS? I'M CONFUSED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AT 1.278 INCREASE IN OUR REVENUE, IT'S ACTUALLY FLAT.
I I WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE IN ESTIMATING OUR SALES TAX.
WELL, I MEAN ON HERE IT SAYS WE THE INCREASE IS THAT, SO, UM, NO, THAT'S NOT AN INCREASE.
I'M SORRY, ON THAT PARTICULAR SPREADSHEET, THAT'S NOT AN INCREASE IN OUR INCOME.
THIS IS AN INCREASE INCOME SPREADSHEET.
OR AN INCREASE IN DECREASE JUSTIFICATION.
I WANTED YOU TO SEE WHAT INCOME I CALLED IT OUT FROM THIS HERE.
SO THAT'S THE INCOME WE'RE ESTIMATING, RIGHT? SO WHY ARE WE ASSUMING ZERO GROWTH IN OUR TAX REVENUE? THAT SEEMS VERY CONSERVATIVE.
UM, I DID NOT ASSUME ZERO GROWTH.
I PUT IT'S $4,000 INCREASE ACTUALLY THIS YEAR THAT IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, THE SALES TAX ALONE IS 111,000.
I MEAN 1,000,100, 116,000 AND I ESTIMATED 1,120,000.
AGAIN, I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE LESS THAN 1% WE'RE GROWING FASTER.
I WOULD HOPE THAT NOW WAS THERE IN THIS BUDGET, DID WE GET AN INFLATED AMOUNT FROM LIKE A REFUND AGAIN, LIKE WE DID HERE BEFORE? SO WE HAD, WE LARGE AUDITS, WE HAD, WE HAD ABOUT 200 SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AUDITS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AUDIT.
SO, SO THIS BASELINE DOES NOT INCLUDE, SO TECHNICALLY IT'S A $200,000 INCREASE IN YEAH.
RIGHT? SO IT'S ACTUALLY A 20% INCREASE, WHICH SOUNDS A LOT BETTER THAN
YES, I'M GOING WITH THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, BUT YES, OUR AUDITS HAVE DECREASED.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT'S SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD NUMBER INSTEAD OF 9%.
UM, THE OTHER THING I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL SINCE WE HAD A BUNCH OF INCREASES SINCE THE APPROVED BUDGET LINE THAT'S ON HERE AND THEN YOU'RE REFERENCING
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STUFF RELATIVE TO THE APPROVED, NOT THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY YOU'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS IN THERE.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY PRODUCE THE NEW APPROVED BUDGET LINE ITEMS? YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WAS AN ORIGINAL BUDGET.
SO LIKE WHERE, WHERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVED SOMETHING ON? UM, UM, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR MARCH UM, PACKETS THAT IT WOULD BE ON YOUR COMPUTER FROM MAR THE MARCH MEETING I BELIEVE IS WHEN WE DID SOME MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU ALL APPROVED.
UM, TIM YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THAT MEETING.
WAS IT MARCH? VERY POSSIBLE
SO LIKE IF UNDER, UM, SO LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL WE RAISED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, IS THAT ONE THAT WE INCREASED? YES.
SO INSTEAD OF, WHAT I'M ASKING IS INSTEAD OF 65,500, WHICH IS THE APPROVED, THE ORIGINAL NUMBER, WHATEVER IT IS NOW, 110,000 OR WHATEVER YOU SAID, IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THAT WERE COMPARING THAT NUMBER TO THE NEW NUMBER.
YEAH, I MEAN I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT THE MONEY IS ON THIS.
MIKE HAD NOT DONE THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS ON THIS BECAUSE TYPICALLY FOR OUR BUDGET, UM, HE DOES IT WITH THE CITY'S MIDYEAR.
I'LL ASK HIM TO DO ANOTHER ONE WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT I GAVE HIM IN THERE AND I'LL EMAIL THAT TO Y'ALL.
AND THEN I'LL ASK HIM IF HE CAN DO THAT.
UM, IN INCODE, THIS IS DONE IN A SYSTEM CALLED INCODE.
SO I'LL ASK HIM IF HE CAN CHANGE IT IN THERE.
IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A SEPARATE UH, SHEET FOR YOU THAT SHOWS THAT INCREASED AMOUNT YOU ALL APPROVED.
UH, BUT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
AND I APOLOGIZE THAT IS NOT ON THIS SPREADSHEET, BUT IF YOU LOOK OUT TO THE RIGHT, UM, IT'S A LITTLE BETTER SUMMARY OF THE INCREASE IN THIS RIGHT HAND COLUMN FROM WHAT IS ACTUALLY ON THIS SPREADSHEET HERE.
BUT THAT, BUT THAT INCREASES WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS OF IS THAT OH, UPDATED AS OF MAY 15TH MM-HMM
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE INCREASED IT TO.
THIS INCREASE IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN IS BASICALLY WHAT'S ON THIS SPREADSHEET.
IT'S JUST HERE ON THIS SPREADSHEET FOR YOU TO SEE THE ORIGINAL LINE ITEM OF WHAT WE APPROVED AND IN IS IN YOUR APPROVED BUDGET.
AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED AMOUNT AND WHAT'S ON THIS SPREADSHEET.
SO SEE WHERE'S CONFUSING IS, YEAH, IT SAID 65,500 AND THEN THE NEW ONE SAYS 98,000 MM-HMM
AND YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A $32,000 INCREASE.
BUT YES, IN THE SUPPORT STUFF YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A DECREASE BECAUSE, AND THE SUPPORT STUFF, I WAS REMINDING YOU OF AN APPROVAL THAT Y'ALL MADE THAT DIDN'T REFLECT ON HERE.
SO YOU JUST HAVE THAT I THINK.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
SO LET ME TALK TO MIKE AND SEE IF I CAN GET THAT DONE.
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE A CUSTOM ONE FOR ME THAT, UM, SO YES, I'LL DO THAT.
BUT FOR MORE APPLES TO APPLES, THIS IS THE APPLE STEP
BUT I DO WANT Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SEE ONCE WE PAY SOME BILLS, 'CAUSE THIS IS AS OF, THIS IS AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH.
RIGHT? SO, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY PULL THE WORKSHEETS FOR US TO WORK ON WHEN YOU GET SOME BILLS COMING IN AFTER SOME OF THESE AGREEMENTS START OR WE FINISH IT LIKE OUR CSL CONTRACT MM-HMM
AND ONCE WE START WITH PARKHILL AGAIN ON THE CONCEPT PLANNING, YOU'RE GONNA BE OVER BUDGET IN THAT LINE ITEM MM-HMM
AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF THAT INCREASE WE APPROVED IN MARCH.
SO, UM OH THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THEN THAT'S OUR NEW BASELINE AND YES, IF YOU'RE TELLING US WE'RE LOSE, WE'RE CUTTING IT BACK OR ADDING TO THAT, AT LEAST WE KNOW OKAY, WHAT WAS EXACTLY THAT WE SPENT.
AND YOU'LL HAVE A, EACH MONTH YOUR STATEMENT SHOWS WHAT YOUR YEAR TO DATE IS, SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT THAT TOO.
AND YOUR MONTHLY BALANCE FOR, I MEAN YOUR APRIL'S FINANCIALS MM-HMM
IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE IT TO THIS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS STILL LOOKS LOWER FOR YEAR TO DATE MM-HMM
BECAUSE IT'S THE END OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS ALWAYS CONFUSING 'CAUSE WHEN THEY PULL THAT WORKSHEET FOR US, THEY PULL IT IN MARCH AND WE ONLY HAVE UP THROUGH FEBRUARY.
SO IT'S NOT AS, AS ACCURATE OR AS CURRENT.
SO, UM, SO I'LL RELOAD YOUR, UM, SHARE FOLDER, UM, AND I'LL LET Y'ALL KNOW WHEN I'VE PUT IT IN THERE OR I'LL EMAIL IT TO Y'ALL, ONE OR THE OTHER JUST SO Y'ALL HAVE IT.
BUT, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS TIM.
OH, SO THE OTHER THING I DID WANNA SH TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS THE VIDEO UPDATE.
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UM, WILL YOU PULL THOSE SLIDES UP? THANK YOU.SO OUR VIDEO HAS, WAS DONE FILMING WAS DONE TWO YEARS AGO.
ALL THE EDITS WERE DONE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE CHANGED A LOT AND WE'RE GONNA BE CHANGING A LOT, UM, IN SOME OF OUR GRAPHICS ON THIS VIDEO.
SO WHEN WE, WE ARE DOWNTOWN HAS CHANGED SOME OF THE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE IS THE OLD STAGE, THE OLD PARK, UM, THE, IT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
OUR BUILDING WILL NO LONGER HAVE THE AWNING AFTER NEXT MONTH.
SO, AND WE WILL HAVE A MORE IMPROVED, UM, BRICK WORK.
SO I THINK ONCE ALL THAT'S DONE, WE CAN HAVE THE PROPOSAL THAT I HAVE IN HERE FOR YOU ON THE PRICING RIGHT HERE, UH, FOR THE UPDATE IS, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO JUST GO OVER WITH YOU.
WE HAVE IT IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.
WE, WE'VE NOT USED ALL OF OUR TECHNOLOGY BUDGET AND VIDEO BUDGET.
SO IF HE CAN COME FILM, UM, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, ONCE WE HAVE SOME THINGS FINISHED, UM, AND THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE SOME ITEMS FINISHED.
UH, THEIR GROUNDS WILL LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT.
HE WILL BE ABLE TO DO A HALF DAY FILMING AND BECAUSE IT'S ALL NEAR EACH OTHER, EVERYTHING WE NEED FILMED, UM, HE CAN GET IT DONE WITHIN THAT HALF DAY AND GET A LOT OF FOOTAGE, NEW FOOTAGE IN THE RANGE.
ALSO THE UM, CHAPARRAL CENTER THAT THE HIGH POINT WHERE THE WALMART WILL GO IS, IS GONNA BE ABLE, IT'LL BE LOOKING DIFFERENT, UM, AND LOOKS DIFFERENT NOW FROM WHEN HE FILMED IT HAS ALL THE HOUSING THERE.
SO THESE ARE SOME SLIDES THAT WOULD HAVE MOTION GRAPHICS, WHICH AGAIN, THAT'S, THIS IS THE PART THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THE, IT COSTS TO CHANGE EACH MOTION GRAPHIC SLIDE 'CAUSE THERE'S MORE WORK INVOLVED IN IT.
UM, SO ASIDE FROM THE FOOTAGE UPDATES, THESE WOULD BE FIVE SLIDES THAT WE WOULD CHANGE AND UPDATE JUST BECAUSE THEY LOOK DIFFERENT.
UM, SO YEAH, THEY DO
SO EVERYTHING IS CHANGED IN JUST A YEAR AND A HALF, UM, TWO YEARS OF FILMING FOR SURE.
SO THIS WOULD BE REPLACED WITH AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF THE SCHOOL.
UM, THIS WOULD BE REPLACED WITH AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF THE SCHOOL AND I'D GET THE UPDATED NUMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT AND THEN THIS SLIDE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE, IT WOULD SHOW DIRT MOVED AND HOUSES AND UM, A LOT MORE HOUSING AND WE COULD PUT MORE ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THERE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY GET SOME FINAL PLATS APPROVED.
SO, UM, AND THE SCHOOL WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT AGAIN IN THAT SHOT.
SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE, UM, NEEDING TO DO JUST TO KEEP FRESH.
AND SINCE WE HAVE NOT REALLY SPENT THAT MUCH ON TECHNOLOGY, I'M THINKING THAT'S THE BEST USE OF OUR FUNDS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? NO, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVE THIS.
SO THIS IS JUST, RIGHT, THIS WAS JUST DISCUSSION.
GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION AND, UM, SO NOW THAT YOU KNOW, I KNOW ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS AND SO IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, THE ALBA ACCELERATED, CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? WE DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE THAT RIGHT NOW.
LIKE WHAT, WHAT WE WANNA THINK ABOUT DOING.
IT'S JUST KIND OF THE OPTIONS THAT SHE'S GIVING US.
IT'S OPTIONS, BUT SHE CAN ALSO CUSTOMIZE IT.
SO I REALLY JUST NEED A DIRECTION ON WHAT, LIKE ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH UP TO, YOU KNOW, AN AGREEMENT UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND THEN WE CAN CATER THAT AND CUSTOMIZE IT, UH, BASED ON WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, SHE CAN DO IN THAT AMOUNT.
UM, SHE HAD THREE DIFFERENT SUBSETS OF, OF PROGRAMS TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT REALLY I, I FEEL LIKE OUR NEEDS ARE STILL, UM, NEEDING TO BE CUSTOMIZED WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE ACCELERATOR TYPE PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF OUR BUSINESS BASE AND, UM, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR EITHER EXISTING BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE OR FOR MORE ENTREPRENEURS TO PARTICIPATE.
DO Y'ALL HAVE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OPINIONS ON THAT? THAT I'M A BIG FAN? YEAH.
UM, SPEAKING OF THAT, CAN SHE COME BACK AND MAYBE TALK TO US ABOUT SOME SUCCESSES FROM THE LAST PROGRAM OR FEEDBACK OR? YES, I'LL SEE.
I'LL SEE IF SHE CAN COME BACK IN JULY.
WE DID HAVE SOME GOOD FEEDBACK.
UM, I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER RIGHT NOW TOO ON MAYBE SOME, UH, IDEAS THAT WE CAN TAKE FORWARD WITH THEIR HELPING, UH, WORK WITH THEM, COLLABORATING WITH THEM
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ON THEIR PROGRAMMING.THAT WILL JUST BE A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT WE WERE DOING WITH THIS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM.
UM, SO WORKING WITH JANA ON THAT, UM, AND HAVE TALKED WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT HOLLY AND I MET WITH, UM, THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND, AND JANA TO TALK ABOUT SOME IDEAS.
SO, UM, ALL THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.
BUT AS FAR AS HER COMING BACK, I'LL BE SEEING HER NEXT WEEK, UM, AT A CONFERENCE AND I'LL TALK TO HER AND SEE IF SHE CAN COME BACK TO THAT JULY MEETING.
UM, AN AMOUNT I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THAT PARTICULAR AGREEMENT WOULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO 30 BECAUSE WE COULD, IF WE DIDN'T END UP DOING ONE OF THE HIGHER LEVEL ACCEL ACCELERATORS, UM, WE WOULD SCALE BACK.
UM, BUT I SEE, I SEE NOW THE, IT'S FOR ESTABLISHED BUSINESSES AND IT HELPS 'EM INCORPORATE AI AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE WAS A LITTLE MORE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST KIND OF LOOK AT, UM, A COMFORTABLE AMOUNT THAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS, YOU KNOW.
MOST OF OUR SERVICE PUBLIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS ARE AROUND 25 TO 30 AND I FEEL LIKE YEAR ROUND WE WOULD GET MORE, I COULD WORK MORE WITH HER ON SOME YEAR ROUND INITIATIVES TO, IN ADDITION TO ACCELERATOR WORK.
UM, SO WELL AND IN THEORY, THIS COULD BE A REALLY HIGH, HIGH ROI TYPE PROGRAM.
SENDING MONEY TOWARDS A RETURN PROGRAM IS, I'M A FAN OF FOR SURE.
ESPECIALLY GOING FROM WE, WE DID THE NEW BUSINESSES GOING TO, AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO GOING BACK TO SUPPORT THE OLDER ESTABLISHED BUSINESS THAT I THINK THAT'S AWESOME.
UM, SO, AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE THAT HOLLY AND I HAVE DISCUSSED AND, AND WE NEED TO, WE CAN PUT IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, BUT I DO, TO TIM'S POINT, WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOME FORECASTING OF OUR SALES TAX, UM, PLUS OPTIONS LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DOWN THE LINE THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
HOLLY AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS PLAN SO WE, WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR FUNDING.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, HILLTOP COME AND SPEAK TO US IN THE PAST, IT'S PROBABLY TIME AGAIN TO HAVE THEM COME TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ON THE FORECAST, UM, AND CONSIDERATION OF THE, THE PROJECTS WE HAVE DOWN THE LINE.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY AFFECT Y'ALL APPROVING THE BUDGET OR ANYTHING FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
BUT WE ALSO, WE CAN HAVE HIM COME BACK LIKE SAY AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OR SOME OTHER TIME, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE GET THROUGH SOME OF THIS BUDGET STUFF.
UM, AND LOOK AT TRULY THE STRATEGY FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BOUGHT PROPERTY, WE HAVE ALL THESE IDEAS AND, AND CONCEPTS WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
UM, BUT WHAT'S THE BEST PATH FORWARD MM-HMM
AND GET NUMBERS OUT THERE SO THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN INCOME, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN, UM, EXPENSES WHEN WE COME TO SOME OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT MORE BACK, LIKE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND HOPEFULLY SOON.
AND THEN THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE BUILT PARK HILL.
SO WE'LL HAVE MORE THINGS COMING IN SOON SO WE CAN YEAH.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE JUST TAKING OUR, TAKING OUR STEPS AND MOVING IN THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO AND THE NEXT BEST PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BEING AN R HAVE ROI AND HAVE AN IMPACT, UM, AND HELP US, YOU KNOW, IN CREATING SOME OF THESE SPACES, UM, THAT WE LACK THAT RIGHT NOW WE LACK, WE ARE GETTING SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE.
UM, WE'VE MADE SOME ADDITIONS ON OUR SITE SELECTION PAGE FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENTS OUT ON REDFERN.
UM, WE'VE ADDED MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OTHERS THAT ARE COMING UP ON 3 77 OR GETTING THERE.
SO THERE WILL BE INVENTORY FOR SPACES HERE IN AUBREY.
IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RECRUITING AND, UM, GETTING THOSE FILLED.
BUT WE ARE TALKING TO BROKERS ALL THE TIME, SO.
HAVE THE, UM, SINCE WE'VE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO GIVE GRANTS AWAY.
HA HAVE YOU BEEN GETTING LIKE UNSOLICITED PEOPLE THAT HAVE HEARD THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AND SAYING, WOW, OR, OR HOW ARE THESE COMING ORGANICALLY OR THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOREVER? LIKE, LIKE, LIKE THE VET.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE THAT, IF THEY'RE GONNA TURN THAT IN, I LOVE THAT VET.
SO HOW, HOW DID THAT, LIKE HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? SO HOW CAN WE TELL US WE'RE OPEN? SHE, SHE DID HEAR ABOUT OUR PROGRAM JUST FROM A VISIT I MADE TO THEM A YEAR AGO.
UM, AND THEY HAPPENED TO BE GOING THROUGH PLANS TO
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REMODEL AND SO I MENTIONED THE GRANT AND SHE CAME BACK TO ME THIS SPRING AND HAD AN IDEA AND UM, WANTED TO APPLY.AND SO A LOT OF IT IS ME INFORMING THE BUSINESSES WHEN I VISIT WITH THEM.
UM, LUCY, SHE HAD ACTUALLY ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO, HAD ASKED ME ABOUT THEM AND FINALLY HAD A PLAN TOGETHER.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY'RE WAITING TO GET THEIR PLAN TOGETHER OR THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE FIGURE OUT THEIR FINANCING FOR THEIR PART.
UM, THE SIGN GRANT, UM, HAS BEEN AGAIN, JUST AWARENESS OF ME LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WE'VE PUT THINGS ON OUR FACEBOOK.
UM, I PLAN TO CONTINUE, UH, PUTTING MORE THINGS OUT THERE ABOUT OUR GRANT PROGRAM.
SO Y'ALL TALKING TO PEOPLE HELPS BECAUSE THEY, THEY FIND OUT ABOUT IT.
BUT Y'ALL AS A BOARD IN TERMS OF YOUR PROMOTION OF WHAT WE DO IS CRITICAL, UM, TO EVERYTHING WE DO.
UM, LETTING BUSINESSES KNOW ABOUT OUR SPACE OVER IN THE TENANT PROPOSAL ONLINE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE 2 0 4, 2 0 8, ALL OF THAT IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S TAKEN ALL OF US.
BUT AGAIN, UM, I THINK THE MORE WE DO, THE MORE 'CAUSE THE MORE WE DO RIGHT AND CORRECT THAT LOOK GOOD MM-HMM
'CAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
I MEAN, YEAH,
I MEAN I WAS LOOKING AT THAT AMOUNT COMPARED TO THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD WHAT OUR NET, UM, GAIN WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AND I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT WENT DOWN
THE PREVIOUS BOARDS HAVE HAVE BEEN DILIGENT ABOUT SAVING SURE.
THE MONEY FOR THE RESERVES AND BEEN CONSERVATIVE AND THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE NOW.
UM, IT'S ALSO REALLY EXCELLENT THAT THEY CHOSE TO DO AN MDD IN 2014.
UM, BECAUSE IT REALLY, UH, LOOKING FORWARD AT WHAT AUBREY WAS WITH THE WAY AUBREY WAS GROWING HAS REALLY BENEFITED AUBREY TO HAVE THAT SALES TAX IN THE ETJ.
SO, UM, WHICH IS AGAIN JUST A BIG PORTION OF UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST OUR HALF CENT THAT WE GET IN OUR BUDGET, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR THE CITY TOO.
BUT, UM, I WILL GET ON THOSE OTHER CORRECTIONS AND SEND THAT OUT AND, UM, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON Y'ALL TO HELP ME STRAIGHTEN OUT THESE NUMBERS
[Staff Report]
ALRIGHT, I GUESS WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE STAFF REPORT.SO STAFF REPORT, JUST REAL QUICK, UH, I GAVE Y'ALL YOUR ACTIVITY REPORT.
HOPEFULLY Y'ALL FOUND THAT IN YOUR, IT'S THIS ONE.
UM, SO WE HAD A GOOD TRADE SHOW, UH, WELL EVENT THAT WHERE, WHERE WE DID AN EXHIBIT WAS THE DENTON COUNTY STATE OF DENTON COUNTY.
UM, AND THAT WAS A GOOD EVENT.
SO A LOT OF LOCAL BROKERS, FOLKS FROM THAT DO A LOT OF BUSINESS AROUND DENTON COUNTY, WHICH IS NICE BECAUSE A LOT OF STUFF WE GO TO IS IN DALLAS OR FORT WORTH.
AND A LOT OF THOSE BROKERS ARE BASED THERE AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY BASED HERE.
SO THESE WERE DENTON COUNTY BASED, UM, BROKERS AND RESIDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, LIVE AND WORK HERE.
AND I'VE ALREADY HAD A VISIT WITH ONE BROKER THAT, A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY THAT WAS THERE THAT CAME TO SEE ME AFTERWARDS, AFTER LEARNING MORE ABOUT AUBREY.
SO, UM, IT WAS KIND OF SURPRISING HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THE AUBREY AREA IN OUR NITON COUNTY.
I WAS KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, HI, WE'RE HERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD, DENISE UP IN PILOT POINT FOR SURE.
AND OUR WHOLE THREE 70, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THAT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE 3 77 CORRIDOR AND THE GROWTH THAT WE HAVE HERE.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S COURSE INTERESTED IN 35 AND YEAH.
TOLL ROAD AND ALL THESE PLACES THAT ARE MAJOR EXPRESSWAYS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IS JUST HAPPENING ON THIS CORRIDOR ALONE.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT WAS GOOD.
UM, SO THAT, UH, APPRECIATE HOLLY AND MAYOR PRO TEM JOINING FOR THAT.
UM, THEY DID SOME REALLY GOOD HANDSHAKING AND SMILING AND HELPED OUT.
UM, WE DID GET OUR CONTRACT SIGNED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.
IT WILL START, THEY'RE CHECKING ON SOME SUB SCHEDULES.
UM, THEY SHOULD START EITHER NEXT WEEK OR THE NEXT, UM, THEY NEED TO FIND OUT WHEN SOME OF THOSE SUBS CAN GET GOING ON SOME OF THAT DEMOLITION.
UM, BUT THEY WILL START ON THAT AWNING FIRST AND THEN THAT FRONT FACADE OF THE MASON WORK AND, AND WORK THEIR WAY AROUND.
UM, THE MASON WORK IS THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK AND WILL TAKE THE LONGEST TIME.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT TO GET THAT REPAIRED.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, ONCE WE GET PAST THAT, ERIC WITH PARK HILL SAID WE CAN GET STARTED ON THAT CONCEPT PLAN.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO, UH, WE'LL DECIDE, UM,
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HOW WE WANNA DO THOSE WORK, THAT WORK SESSION ON THE CONCEPT PLANNING.UM, IF WE WANNA JUST, YOU KNOW, INVITE SOME KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO A WORK SESSION WITH US AND YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM IDEAS AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHAT WE WANT THE BUILDING USE FOR, UM, AT THE 2 0 5 2 0 9 LOCATION.
AND THEN, UM, CSL, THE FE SPORTS FEASIBILITY.
THEY SAID THAT THE REPORT SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN JUNE OR MID-JUNE.
UM, SO HE CAN COME BACK AND PRESENT TO US.
AND AGAIN, WE CAN DECIDE WHEN WE WANT THAT TO BE.
I DO KNOW HE'S ON VACATION MID-JULY, SO, UM, PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT OUR CALENDARS AND SEE IF WE WANNA DO A SPECIAL MEETING FOR JUST THAT PRESENTATION, HOLLY, OR IF YOU WANNA INCLUDE IT IN THE AUGUST MEETING.
I'M JUST NOT SURE, UM, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE BEST, WHAT Y'ALL THINK WOULD BE BEST.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE CHAMBER LUNCHEONS NEXT WEEK.
I DO HAVE THE TEDC MIDYEAR CONFERENCE IN PLANO.
DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL BE HERE TO USE MY TICKET.
SO, UM, IF HOLLY, ARE YOU USING YOUR TICKET? YEAH.
I WENT AHEAD AND TOLD THEM THREE, IF Y'ALL CAN'T MAKE IT, SOME CITY HALL FOLKS, CASEY CAN GO USE MY TICKET.
SO THEY WERE, UM, SO THEY WERE ASKING WHAT WAS FOR LUNCH, SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE REALLY GOOD BARBECUE.
UM, AND THEN THREE 80 GUIDE, UH, THEY HAVE NEW OWNERS HAVE BEEN, UH, REVITAL REVIVING THE MAGAZINE AND SOME DISTRIBUTION AND THEY'RE REALLY, UM, WANTING TO GET MORE LOCAL ARTICLES AND GET MORE COMMUNITIES ADVERTISING IN THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A PAGE NEXT MONTH AND I WILL GET INFORMATION.
I'M GONNA WORK WITH THE CITY ON, IT'LL BE THE MDD DOING THE PAGE, BUT WE'LL PUT SOME INFORMATION ON THE CITY, UM, PROGRAMS IN THERE AS WELL.
'CAUSE AGAIN, ANYBODY COMING TO AUBREY, THEIR SALES TAX STAYS HERE.
SO THERE IT BEHOOVES US TO ADVERTISE COMING TO AUBREY FOR SOME EVENTS AND THINGS TO GET THEIR DOLLARS HERE, UM, AND CREATE MORE AWARENESS BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD, LIKE, I, I CAN'T SAY IT AGAIN ENOUGH, MITT SAID THERE'S PEOPLE WHO JUST, WHO LIVE HERE AND HAVEN'T EVEN DISCOVERED HIS RESTAURANT YET.
SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE ARE PROMOTING OUR DOWNTOWN AND, AND OUR PROPERTIES.
UM, SO AS FAR AS THAT GOES, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL TRY AND GET, UM, GET SOME GOOD METRICS ON THAT AFTER THAT.
UM, THERE IS A NEW MURAL ON THE FIRE STATION, DUNNO IF Y'ALL SAW THAT, BUT ODESSA HELM WHO DID OUR MURAL, SHE DID THAT ONE AS WELL.
UM, SO WE MAY FEATURE THAT IN THE HEAD.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY COME ALONG WELL.
SO REALLY REVIVES AND CASEY WORKED ON THAT, UH, PROJECT, SO GOOD JOB.
YEAH, SO THE CITY'S DOING THAT OUT OF PARKS IMPROVEMENTS AND, UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, IT'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND CHANGING AND SO, UM, IT'S EXCITING.
UH, I THINK IT'S ONLY GONNA HELP US WITH THAT TENANT PROPOSAL.
UM, ALL THE PARKING THAT'S GETTING ADDED THE STAGE WILL GET A NAME WRITTEN ACROSS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE JUST HELPING US WITH MORE ATTRACTION OF, OF MORE PEOPLE AND, AND DIVERSE BUSINESSES.
SO WITH THAT, THE TENANT PROPOSAL IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
PLEASE SHARE THAT LINK WITH ANY POTENTIAL RESTAURATEUR OR EXISTING RESTAURATEUR THAT YOU KNOW, THAT MAY WANT A SECOND LOCATION.
I HAVE TARGETED ABOUT SIX, UM, PREVIOUS PEOPLE WHO'VE CONTACTED US.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE PEOPLE COME BACK TO US WHO HAD LOOKED AT THE BUILDING WHEN IT WAS FOR SALE PREVIOUSLY AND WERE INTERESTED.
SO, UM, OUR DEADLINE'S JULY 16TH, WE CAN EXTEND THAT.
UM, BECAUSE WITH THE BUILDING CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION STARTING LATER, WE MAY WANT TO EXTEND THAT A LITTLE LATER TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE TIME TO SEE IT AS A DARK SHELL.
SO, UM, REALLY THIS IS A FLUID PROCESS
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING PATIENT AND JUST AGAIN, WORD OF MOUTH AND YOU ALL, UM, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS REALLY HUGE AND THAT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE STAFF REPORT? NO, JUST, UH, THE MAIN STREET PROPERTY LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
Y'ALL DRIVEN BY THE CITY'S BEEN HARD AT WORK.
IT'S REALLY, IT'S A REALLY PRETTY LOT.
WITH ALL THOSE BIG TREES, IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND YOU KNOW, THE LOT AT NINE 16 IS REALLY PRETTY WHEN THAT, WHEN WE DO NEXT STEP.
ALSO, JUST ANOTHER UPDATE IS I GOTTA GET THE RFP OUT FOR, UH, R-F-Q-R-F-P OUT FOR DEMOLITION OF THAT PROPERTY, THE AUBREY AUTO PARTS STORE.
UM, IT HAD, IT HAS ASBESTOS THAT HAS TO BE REMOVED, SO THAT'S A BIGGER PROJECT JOB, A BIGGER JOB THAN JUST A REGULAR DEMOLITION.
SO I'M WORKING ON THAT
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LAUNCHED SO WHEN THAT COMES DOWN, IT'LL BE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LOT THAT'S FULL OF TREES AND BEAUTIFUL GRASS.AND THEN YOU GET TO SEE, COME AROUND THAT CORNER AND THEN YOU SEE THE MURAL.
UM, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTINE?
[Future Agenda Requests]
OKAY, FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS.UM, THE TWO THAT I HEARD EARLIER WAS TARA SHOULD HAVE COME AND A TALKED TO AT A MEETING.
FOLLOW UP ON THE ACCELERATOR? YEAH.
AND THEN FORECASTING OF SALES AND TAX AND PROJECTS AND PRESENTATION OF THE FEASIBILITY.
WILL HE HA WILL IT BE READY? YES, HE'S, HE'LL BE READY.
UH, WHENEVER WE GET THAT MOM'S BUILDING GOING.
UM, HE JUST ASKS THAT WE WAIT TILL WE GET THAT GOING BEFORE HE STARTED ON THE CONCEPT PLANNING.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT DATES WORK OUT.
UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA, I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE ALL BUSY TOO, SO I WANNA BE SURE IF WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, MAYBE WE MAKE IT WORTH, YOU KNOW, OUR TIME AND DO TWO THINGS IN THE WORK SESSION.
MAKE IT A WORK SESSION, UM, AND THEN DO THE ACTUAL REGULAR MEETINGS ON THEIR REGULAR DATES.
I DON'T KNOW WHOSE VACATION SCHEDULES OR WHAT, BUT OKAY.
UM, WE DO WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, YOU ALL MADE YOUR DECISIONS NICE.
ALRIGHT, SO THEN DO I HAVE A MEETING, A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING.
I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE 7 0 7.
I SECOND THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
MOTION BY BROOKS SECOND BY TAMMY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE IS FIVE TO ZERO.
TECHNICALLY AFTER RAISES HAND OR.