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AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER TO DETERMINE IF QUORUM IS PRESENT.I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL PRESENT AT HOLLY DREW.
JAMIE O OH, UH, BROOKE STORY HERE.
AND ANY GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? HI TASHA.
AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
YOU WANT ME TO PRETEND I'LL DO IT? SURE.
UM, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR TODAY.
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE SAFE TRAVELS HERE AND, UH, FOR SAFE TRAVELS HOME.
AND LORD, WE JUST PRAY, UM, THAT YOU GIVE US DISCERNMENT AND WISDOM AS WE JUST, UM, MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE WILL NOW SAY THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
WELL THE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND JUSTICE.
I PUT ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD ONE.
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH COMMUNITY
[Community Announcements]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.UH, THE NEXT AUBREY THREE 80 AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH AT 11:30 AM AT LA
WE HAVE THE SUMMIT SUMMER MUSIC SERIES.
WE'LL HAVE ITS NEXT CONCERT THIS SATURDAY ON JULY 18TH AT VETERANS PARK IN DOWNTOWN AUBREY.
THE NEXT FRUIT JAR JUNCTION FARMER'S MARKET IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST AT VETERANS PARK IN DOWNTOWN AUBREY AS WELL, UH, VETERANS PARK AND VENDORS CAN SIGN UP TO SELL BY CONTACTING THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
MAIN STREET MOTOR MOTOR FEST IS AUGUST 1ST IN DOWNTOWN AUBREY AT VETERANS PARK.
UH, BUSINESSES CAN SIGN UP FOR VENDOR SPACES AT ANY UPCOMING CONCERT, SPECIAL EVENT, OR THE FARMER'S MARKET BY CONTACTING OR BY CONTACTING THE CITY PARKS AND RECS DEPARTMENT VIA THE CITY WEBSITE OR GET DETAILS ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALRIGHT.
AND ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT, PRESENT WHO WOULD WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
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OUR CONSENT ITEMS. UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT APPROVING MINUTES OF JUNE 9TH, 2026 MDD BOARD MEETING.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DO I HAVE SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.
OH, YOU CAN MOVE ALL THE WANTS TO PULL ANYTHING.
UM, NEXT CONSENT ITEM IS APPROVE THE MAY, 2026 FINANCIAL REPORT AND THEN APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE AUBREY MDD VIDEO UPDATE FOR $12,186.
AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN A CONTRACT.
RIGHT? DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
MOTION PASSES FOR OH, ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS ITEMS.
[New Business]
UH, AUBREY LOCAL ACCELERATOR PROGRAM RECAP AND PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 26 TO 27.BEFORE TASHA COMES UP, I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE HER AND YES, YOU HAVE MET HER BEFORE SHE WAS OUR, UM,
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UM, FACILITATOR FOR THE PRO, UM, AUBREY LOCAL ACCELERATOR, UH, BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM.SHE IS, UH, THE OWNER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH STRATEGIES AND SHE'LL PRESENT AN OVERVIEW AND RECAP OF THE SURVEY THAT SHE RECEIVED BACK FROM THE CLASS ATTENDEES AND PROGRAM ATTENDEES.
AND WE'LL HAVE A BRIEF VIDEO FOR YOU, BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIVE HER ANY FEEDBACK, UM, OR ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR NEXT PROGRAM OR THE PROGRAM WE JUST EXPERIENCED.
SORRY, WHILE SHE'S PULLING THAT UP.
I WANNA, BEFORE I GET INTO THE SURVEY FEEDBACK, I FELT LIKE WE SHOULD SHARE THIS RECAP VIDEO.
HI, MY SISTER FOR THE, I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO BETTER MONEY, OUR MONEY TO BE BETTER.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW DO THE INSIDE MARKETING AND HOW TO TAKE, GET MORE FINANCES, EVERYTHING.
AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ME BECAUSE I LEARNED SO MANY THINGS FROM ALL THE, THAT I'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF MY BOARD MEMBERS.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST CLASSES THAT I HAVE EVER DONE.
SO YOU HEARD IT FROM A PARTICIPANT THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST CLASSES SHE HAS EVER DONE.
NOW IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ONLY CLASS SHE'S EVER DONE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT IS STILL GOOD TO HEAR THAT POSITIVE TYPE OF FEEDBACK FROM, UM, THE PARTICIPANTS.
I AM NOT GONNA GO THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE ON THIS ON SOME KEY AREAS THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE WERE THE TOPICS, UH, THAT WE COVERED.
SO THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK FOR THIS FIRST, AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU ATTENDED SOME OF THE SESSIONS, BUT THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK, BECAUSE THIS WAS OUR VERY FIRST ONE, IT WAS INDUSTRY AGNOSTIC.
THERE WERE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BUSINESS STAGES.
WE WANTED TO START WITH SOME FOUNDATIONAL THINGS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL NO MATTER WHAT STAGE.
SO WE LOOKED AT SOMETHING CALLED THE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS.
AND IN THE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS, WHAT YOU SEE HERE LISTED ARE THE KEY TOPIC AREAS THAT IT COVERED.
AND WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY, WE WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW VALUABLE THOSE TOPICS WERE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MAJORITY OF THEM WERE, WERE VALUABLE WITH ONLY TWO OF THEM BEING, YOU KNOW, NOT AS VALUABLE AS THE OTHERS.
UM, AND THE, THIS WAS JUST THE FEEDBACK ON THE PANELS MEMBERS.
I DID NOT PAY ANYONE TO GIVE ME A FIVE.
I DID NOT, I DIDN'T BRIBE ANYONE, BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PROGRAM BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS FOR AT LEAST LIKE 10, 15 YEARS.
SO IT IS A VERY, UM, FOUND, LIKE I SAID, FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAM THAT I HAVE DONE IN PREVIOUS, UM, ACCELERATORS.
SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY LIKE THE WORK.
I'LL LET YOU GUYS READ THAT LATER.
THIS ONE ISN'T IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH IT BEING THE VERY FIRST ONE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATING IN THIS.
THESE ARE YOUR MARKETERS, YOUR EVANGELISTS TO RECRUIT FOR THE NEXT PROGRAM.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO LEVERAGE THE TESTIMONIALS AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE PAST PARTICIPANTS AS WE RECRUIT FOR NEW ONES.
SO EVERYONE WHO COMPLETED AND, AND THERE WAS ONLY, THERE WERE, WHAT WAS IT? LIKE 11 GRADUATES AND ONLY ONE DIDN'T, UH, ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE, UM, SURVEY, UH, THAT DIDN'T SHOW UP.
SO THIS KIND OF SHARES WITH YOU THAT PEOPLE ENJOYED IT, THEY'RE LIKELY TO RECOMMEND OTHERS.
UM, IF WE CAN GO DOWN SOME MORE TO THE NEXT PAGE, UM, THIS IS
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VERY IMPORTANT.IF YOU CAN SCROLL UP A LITTLE BIT.
COMPARE TO BEFORE THE ACCELERATOR STARTED, HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR OVERALL SMALL BUSINESS SKILL LEVEL? THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION BECAUSE ANYTIME YOU DO AN ACCE, THIS IS AN ACCELERATE.
THE WORD ACCELERATE MEANS GO FAST, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING FORWARD AND IT MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD GROW BY TAKING THIS COURSE.
SO ANYTIME YOU DO A PROGRAM, YOU WANNA MEASURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, HOW THEY WERE WHEN THEY CAME AND HOW THEY WERE WHEN THEY LEFT.
AND SO THIS IS WHY THIS IMP THIS QUESTION WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A SKILL LEVEL PROGRESSION THAT WHEN THEY WALKED INTO THE DOOR ON THE FIRST DAY, THEIR SKILL LEVEL WAS HERE.
BY THE TIME THEY LEFT, THEIR SKILL LEVEL WAS THERE.
SO THIS SHARE, THIS TELLS YOU THAT THEY REALLY LEARNED SOMETHING.
THIS WAS AN APPLICATION BASED TYPE OF, UM, ACCELERATOR, NOT JUST A, A BUNCH OF PRESENTATIONS AND HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
UM, IF WE CAN GO DOWN TO, UH, TOPICS THAT YOU ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTED INTO YOUR BUSINESS BY THE END OF THE PROGRAM, THE WAY THE PROGRAM WAS STRUCTURED WAS AFTER THEY HAD, UM, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS.
SO THEY LITERALLY HAD ASSIGNMENTS WHERE, HEY, DO X COME BACK THE NEXT WEEK AND SHARE WITH US HOW IT WORKED OR WHAT DIDN'T WORK.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS QUESTION WAS IMPORTANT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST PEOPLE, UM, CLEARLY DEFINE THEIR TARGET AUDIENCE.
A LOT OF THEM REDEFINE THEIR VALUE PROPOSITION, MEANING MANY OF THEM CAME INTO THE PROGRAM NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT, WHAT MAKES THEM UNIQUE, WHAT IS THE VALUE OR BENEFIT THEY HAVE WITH THE, UM, THEIR TARGET AUDIENCE.
AND SO THIS JUST TELLS YOU, UH, WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND THEN I WANTED TO SKIP DOWN TO THE LAST ONE ABOUT THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
WHAT TANGIBLE OUTCOMES HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED BECAUSE OF PARTICIPATING IN ALBUM? GREATER CLARITY ON BUSINESS STRATEGY WAS THE NUMBER ONE, OR THE ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE SAID.
SO AGAIN, WE WANTED PEOPLE TO WALK AWAY WITH, HEY, I JUST DIDN'T SIT THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, SIX, EIGHT WEEKS OF CONTENT AND INFORMATION.
I LITERALLY WALKED OUT WITH INCREASING MY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE SOME TYPE OF OUTCOME IN MY BUSINESS.
SO THIS IS, THESE ARE GOOD INDICATORS HERE THAT THE PROGRAM ACTUALLY HELPED THEM.
SO I WILL, THAT'S THE LAST ONE I WANNA COVER.
I WILL PAUSE RIGHT THERE AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS OR COMMENT OR ANY FEE ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR THE AARON AND, UM, BROOKE.
IS IT BROOKE? YEAH, THAT I THINK YOU WERE, YOU ATTENDED ONE? I ATTENDED THE GRADUATION.
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY FEEDBACK OR THOUGHTS AROUND WHAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE.
OH, AND MIKE, UH, WHAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR THOUGHTS OPEN TO THAT.
UM, I GUESS HOW DID THIS ONE, HOW DID THIS PROGRAM KIND OF COMPARE WITH SOME PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE DONE IN OTHER LOCATIONS OR MUNICIPALITIES OR WHAT WAS THE TEMPERATURE FEEDBACK SIZE? YEAH.
IT, IT'S THE SAME, SIMILAR, UM, AGAIN, THIS WAS INDUSTRY AGNOSTIC AND THE DIFFERENT STAGE LEVELS.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE TRICKY.
WE HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED HAD ONLY BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, MAYBE TWO YEARS OR SO.
AND WE HAD MAYBE TWO OR THREE THAT HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 10, 15 YEARS.
SO IT'S ALWAYS TRICKY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE CONTENT THAT REACHES EVERYONE AT, AT WHERE THEY ARE.
AND SO COMPARING THIS TO OTHER PROGRAMS, IT'S, IT WAS RIGHT ON TARGET CONSIDERING THAT THERE WAS A MIX OF BUSINESS STAGES.
WILL YOU CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM OR DO THEY HAVE LIKE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN CONTACT IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YEAH.
AT THE END OF THE, UH, PROGRAM, WE DID ONE OTHER FOLLOW UP, I THINK IT WAS LIKE THREE MONTHS LATER, JUST AS A, AS A CHECK-IN.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WITH EVERYBODY, PEOPLE GET BUSY, YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET PEOPLE TO RESPOND BACK.
I THINK WE HEARD BACK FROM FOODIES AND UM,
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UM, BIRDIE WHO MAKES, UH, SHE MADE LIKE THE LOTIONS AND SOAPS AND THINGS.UM, BUT WE DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM ANY OTHERS.
IDEALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE UPCOMING, UM, YEAR, FISCAL YEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS EVEN IN THIS SURVEY, THE THINGS THEY SAID THEY WANTED WAS MORE COLLABORATION.
AND I KNOW CHRISTINA IS, IS CHRISTINA IS WORKING WITH AT THE CHAMBER ON SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER ENGAGE.
'CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS, AGAIN, THERE WERE TWO OR THREE PEOPLE IN THE COURSE WHOSE BUSINESS HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, THIS WAS GREAT, BUT WE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE FOR GROWTH ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
SO, UM, I KNOW CHRISTINE HAS SOME THINGS THAT SHE WANTS TO DO IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CHAMBER TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE AND FOLLOW UP.
SEE, WELL, IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT BUSINESS STRATEGY IS THE NUMBER ONE.
UM, I, MY EXPERIENCE IS A LOT OF, A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGY THAT THEY NEED TO MM-HMM.
IMPLEMENT OR, UM, MADE ME THINK THAT THEIR STRATEGY IS WORKING WELL FOR THEM.
AND THEN WHEN THEY GET NEW IDEAS OR, UM, REALLY GET A TRAJECTORY OF, HEY, MAYBE TRY TO DO, WHETHER IT'S MARKETING OR MM-HMM
MORE MANPOWER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND A, A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRATEGY, THEY SEE THEIR REVENUE SKYROCKET.
AND, UM, SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL THE BUSINESS STRATEGIES.
AND THAT'S WHY I WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT RECOMMENDING THE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S, IT HAS ALL THE SAME ELEMENTS OF A BUSINESS PLAN, BUT IT REALLY DOES FOCUS MORE LIKE ON YOUR STRATEGY.
IT HELPS YOU TO THINK MORE STRATEGICALLY ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS, WHEREAS THE BUSINESS PLAN IS KIND OF MORE OPERATIONAL AND SO, SO HIGH LEVEL.
UH, AND SO I FEEL LIKE BY USING THE BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS AND THEY HONING IN ON THOSE NINE KEY ELEMENTS, REALLY HELP THEM THINK OF, YOU KNOW, BEYOND THE DAY TO DAY.
'CAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING IN THE BUSINESS AND NOT ON THE BUSINESS.
UH, SO THAT, THAT, TO HELP THEM GET THAT CLARITY BY JUST Z HONING IN ON THOSE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE CANVAS, I THINK YOU SAW A COUPLE STUDENTS OR PARTICIPANTS THAT REALLY BENEFITED FROM THAT TIME TO FOCUS AND THINK AND STRATEGIZE.
UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, FOODIES, THEY WERE LIKE, SHE WAS ON IT
I MEAN, SHE IMPLEMENTED A LOT OF THE THINGS.
SHE WOULD COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, I DID THIS.
I I IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THE MARKETING AND THE AI, OR YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT X, Y, ZI KNOW SHE WAS ANOTHER ONE.
UM, HEATHER, WAS IT HEATHER? YEAH, HEATHER.
UM, SHE, SHE WAS LIKE THE VALUE PROPOSITION BECAUSE SHE'S A REALTOR.
SO I MEAN THAT'S LIKE AN EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE MARKET.
HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE YOURSELF? HOW DO YOU STAND OUT? AND BY HER THINKING MORE STRATEGICALLY AROUND HER VALUE PROPOSITION, SHE WAS ABLE TO GAIN MORE CLARITY ON HOW DO I POSITION MYSELF AS A REALTOR WITHIN THE MARKET SEGMENT.
AND SEAN, THERE'S SO MANY
YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS SURPRISING.
IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO ME, SALES AND MARKETING ARE ALWAYS THE TWO THAT ARE LIKE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE I PARTICIPATED BOTH AS A PRESENTER AND THAT'S THROUGH MY COMPANY AS WELL.
SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE CANVAS SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT INCLUDED, UM, ONE OF THE CLARITIES I LIKED WAS, AS YOU SAY, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE THIS GREAT IDEA FOR BUSINESS, BUT THEY DON'T STOP LONG ENOUGH TO SAY, REALLY, WHO ARE MY CUSTOMER BASE? WHAT IS MY CUSTOMER BASE? AND REALLY DIAL INTO THE EXACT CUSTOMERS THAT THEY SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON INSTEAD OF BUCK SHOTTING EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S ONE THING I FOUND VALUABLE.
UM, I THINK THEY LIKE THE CLASS THAT I TAUGHT ABOUT SALES AND MARKETING,
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AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE GOOD TOO, IS HOW TO CONVERT CUSTOMER, HOW TO CONVERT PROSPECTS TO CUSTOMERS, THAT SALES PROCESS, LEADING QUESTIONS, VALUE ADDED, UM, YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM.SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE IN A CARRY ON TO ANOTHER COURSE AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER WOULD BE GOOD.
I THINK JUST IN TALKING WITH SOME OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY AFTERWARDS, AS I'D SEE 'EM AT OTHER EVENTS, A LOT OF THEM WANT TO RECONNECT.
UM, MAYBE NOT MONTHLY, BUT THEY'D LIKE TO COME BACK TOGETHER AND JUST VISIT AND SEE HOW EVERYBODY'S DOING.
AND SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME, MAYBE A SMALL LITTLE, UH, MIXER, JUST INVITING THEM TO COME AFTER HOURS OR MAYBE SOME LUNCH OR A COFFEE OR SOMETHING.
SO YOU CAN MAKE IT, A LOT OF THEM RUN THE BUSINESSES OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
SOME HAVE FLEX FLOWERS, SOME HAVE OTHER JOBS AND THEY'RE RUNNING ADDITIONAL BUSINESS IN THEIR OFF TIME.
SO, UM, WE'LL JUST KINDA SEE WHAT WORKS AND, UH, ASK 'EM IF THEY CAN COME BACK AND THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FOR THIS NEXT PROGRAM TOO.
UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE A GROWTH ACCELERATOR KICKOFF, BUT WE MAY STILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS JUST FOUNDATIONAL BASE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS STILL IN THE AREA THAT WE HAVEN'T REACHED.
AND, AND I THINK THE, THE FINANCING PART AND THE REALIZATION TO GO TO A BRICK AND MORTAR FROM A HOME BUSINESS IS PRETTY LARGE STEP FROM A FINANCING, YOU KNOW, YOUR LEASE, YOUR TRIPLE NET LEASES, THE COST OF OF, OF, OF, OF HAVING A BRICK AND MORTAR CAN BE DAUNTING, ESPECIALLY TRANSITIONING FROM A SMALL, YOU KNOW, HOME-BASED BUSINESS.
SO WITHOUT A BUSINESS INCUBATOR WHERE YOU HAVE A LOW COST RENT, UH, FROM AN OFFICE, UM, ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS IN COLORADO, I OFFICED OUT OF AN INCUBATOR LIKE THAT WHERE YOU JUST PAID A RENT FOR A, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE UPFRONT, YOU KNOW, PERMITS AND, YOU KNOW, ROAD IMPACT FEES AND ALL THE OTHER ANCILLARY THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT.
SO WITHOUT THAT, IT'S VERY DAUNTING.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WE CAN HAVE A, A BUSINESS INCUBATOR COMPLEX THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH.
WHAT'S THAT? SO GIVE A MINUTE,
SORRY I DIDN'T, I WAS JUST, I ALL MY HEAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CHERIE OR ANYTHING? NO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU GUYS FOR SERVING, FOR BEING HERE.
HOW ARE YOU?
I'VE BEEN DOING FOR A WHILE, SO YEAH.
YEAH, WE PROBABLY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
INSTEAD OF A SERIES SERIES OR BIG COMMITMENTS, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT WE DO THINK THERE'S SOME POP POPUP TOPICS WITH THE GROWTH ACCELERATOR PIECE.
THAT WOULD HELP SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES.
AND IF YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM, YOU COULD STILL BENEFIT FROM IT.
SO, UM, I THINK I'M WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER TO TALK ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST A SURVEY OF OUR MEMBER BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST SEE WHAT TIMES WORK BETTER 'CAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL STARTS AND WHATEVER.
BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS SOME OF THOSE, UM, HAPPENING SOONER THAN LATER AND BEFORE THE NEXT ACCELERATOR PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'LL ALSO USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE IT.
UM, WE ARE SPONSORING THE SEPTEMBER CHAMBER BREAKFAST, BUT, UM, IF WE, UH, TARSHA ISS UN UNAVAILABLE TO ATTEND THAT BREAKFAST, NOT BREAKFAST LUNCH, BUT, UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS IT, WE'LL PLUG IT THERE IF WE, IF WE CAN'T CHANGE OUR MONTH WITH THE CHAMBER, I'M GONNA TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE WE'LL TRY TO UTILIZE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AT THE CHAMBER TO DO, UM, LIKE A PANEL DISCUSSION PRESENTATION ON THE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM AND SOME CLASS MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED AND JUST DO A QUESTION ANSWER AND KINDA LET EVERYBODY SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
UM, AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER WAY TO KIND OF REACH OUT TO MORE PEOPLE.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, IT'S ALL GOOD.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED 20 26, 20 27, UH, MDD PHYSICAL YEAR BUDGET.
SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SEE WHAT YOU SAW LAST MONTH.
I DO WANNA POINT OUT, UH, ONE SLIGHT CHANGE AND THAT IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS A SURPLUS LESS THAN THE ONE I PRESENTED TO YOU LAST MONTH, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF OUR INSURANCE.
NOW THAT WE HAVE BUILDINGS, UM, THAT COST HAD TO BE INCREASED.
UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO, AS WE, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR BUILDING AT 2 0 4, 2 0 8, IF WE GET A TENANT, THOSE THINGS WILL FLUCTUATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND I'LL COURSE KEEP YOU UPDATED.
BUT RIGHT NOW WITH OUR TML INSURANCE, UM, I DID HAVE TO TAKE, UM, TAKE SOME OF THOSE THINGS INTO
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CONSIDERATION.UM, SO OVERALL FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THE DECREASE IN EXPENSES WAS $124,520.
SO, UM, COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS, SO THAT'S GOOD.
WE'RE REALLY GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE BUDGET, UH, INCREASED DECREASE VALUES THAT YOU SAW LAST MONTH.
THE, THE MAIN ONE CHANGING WAS THE TML INSURANCE INCREASING BY $3,803.
AND, UM, TECHNOLOGY PROMOTIONAL VIDEO, AGAIN, INCREASE OUR TECHNOLOGY JUST BECAUSE AS WE CONTINUE TO FINISH PROJECTS WE MAY NEED TO UPDATE GRAPHICS IN THAT VIDEO.
BUT THE VIDEO PROPOSAL YOU JUST APPROVED IN THE CONSENT ITEMS, THAT'LL BE OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET 'CAUSE WE HAD THAT MONEY AND WE'LL, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, GET THE BULK OF THE FOOTAGE AND EVERYTHING DONE.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA LEAVE A BALANCE IN THERE, UM, IN THAT BUDGET FOR ANY OTHER PROMOTIONAL VIDEO OPPORTUNITIES TOO, UM, THAT WE MAY WANT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SINCE YOU SAW IT LAST? MM-HMM.
I HAVE ALL MY NOTES WITH ME IF YOU HAD A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
NO, THIS WILL GO, UM, IT, I'LL GIVE THIS TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND IT WILL GO INTO THE AUGUST, UM, BUDGET FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE WITH THEIR BUDGETS.
ON THAT CASE, UM, CAN I MAKE A MOTION OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 26 27 FISCAL BUDGET FOR THE MDDI MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL BUS BUDGET FOR 2026.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? MOTION PASSES FOR ZERO.
ALRIGHT, MOVING FORWARD, CONTINUE WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
[Staff Report]
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL NOW GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF STAFF ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS, PROJECT UPDATES, AND ANY UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.DO YOU MIND GOING TO THE STAFF REPORT DOCUMENT ON THE NEXT? THANK YOU.
SO I DO WANNA POINT OUT, I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO PRESENT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT.
UM, IT, IT'S JUST, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO GET PROJECTS GOING, THAT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT, UM, DOWN HERE ON THE, THE TOTEM POLE, SO TO SPEAK, FOR, UH, BUT I'M GONNA WORK WITH LEAH TOO TO HELP ME FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PRESENT THAT TO Y'ALL, IF NOT EVERY MONTH, EVERY QUARTER, JUST WITH OUR LATEST STATS.
UM, LEAH HAS BEEN HELPING ME WITH MORE AND MORE, UM, UPDATES AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR THE WEBSITE AND ALSO THE SITE SELECTION PAGE.
DUNNO IF YOU'ALL HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT LATELY, BUT WE HAVE MORE PROPERTIES LISTED.
OUR INVENTORY IS INCREASING, UM, IN AUBREY IN TERMS OF EITHER BUILDING SPACE OR LAND, UM, THAT WILL GET DEVELOPED.
I TELL EVERYBODY NOW'S THE TIME TO GET INTO AUBREY.
'CAUSE IN ABOUT THREE YEARS IT'S GONNA BE
IT'S JUST A GOOD TIME TO GET IN.
NOW IT'S, WE'RE LIKE AT THE, UM, AT THE ENTRY LEVEL HERE.
SO, UH, WE, WE JUST KEEP ADDING THOSE.
UM, WE, WE, AS THE PROJECTS GET APPROVED, UM, WE'LL PUT THOSE ON THE SITE SELECTION PAGE.
WE ALSO TRY NOT TO GIVE, WE, YOU MIGHT NOT NOTICE THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL ON THOSE 'CAUSE I WANT THEM TO REACH OUT TO THE BROKERS OR THE DEVELOPERS BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES CHANGES OR WE DON'T.
WE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THEY'RE USING THEIR CONTACTS TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.
THE DETAILS OF ANYTHING THAT MAY CHANGE ON A PROPERTY, SO, OR IS JUST MORE JUST MEANT FOR INFORMATIONAL.
UM, AND AGAIN, IF Y'ALL SEE A PROPERTY OUT THERE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, AS AN ETJ, JUST FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME.
IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY ONE, YOU SEE A SIGN OUT THERE.
IT'S A LOT OF TIMES HOW WE DISCOVER THE ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING UP FOR SALES.
WE'VE SEEN 'EM DRIVING BY OR WE'RE CHECKING DIFFERENT SITES, BUT, UM, A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE TOO AREN'T NECESSARILY IN OUR ETJ.
BUT, UM, IF YOU'LL SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO AS YOU SEE ONE LITTLE TAD BIT MORE, THERE YOU GO.
UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A PROJECT UPDATE, JUST BRIEF ONE BECAUSE I'LL COME BACK WITH MORE.
BUT, UM, THIS IS JUST THE BEFORE PHOTO.
IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY, YOU'VE SEEN THAT THEY'VE TAKEN THE AWNING OFF.
UM, THE INTERIOR NOW IS VERY WIDE OPEN.
UM, A LOT OF THE WOODWORK, UM, AND MILLWORK HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT.
A LOT OF THE DRY WALLS, THE WERE DOWN TO SOME STUDS, UM, IN THE BATHROOMS ESPECIALLY.
SO WE ARE, UH, IN THE FREEZER CAME OUT.
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GOING TO BE A GREAT SLATE FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND RELAY THEIR FLOOR PLAN, DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.THEY STARTED THE MASONRY WORK TODAY.
UM, IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE BY THERE, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PEEK THEY STARTED ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING, BUT, UM, THEY'LL BE REFRAMING, UM, THE WOOD IN THE FRONT.
AND AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, IN CASE ANYBODY ASKS, UM, THEY'RE GETTING US, WE GOTTA GET NEW GLASS.
SOME OF THAT WAS NOT, UM, GOOD ANY LONGER.
SO WE'RE GETTING NEW GLASS ON THAT 1, 2, 0 4 SIDE.
BUT THE, THERE'LL BE REFRAMING AND THAT PAINT THAT GOES ON IT AFTER THAT WILL BE A PRIMER.
IT IS NOT GONNA BE THE FINAL COLOR.
UM, THE TENANT WILL CHOOSE THEIR AWNING AND, AND COLOR DESIGN WITH US AND WITH APPROVAL BY, OF COURSE, CITY, BUT THEY HAVE TO ALSO FOLLOW THE DOWNTOWN DESIGN CODES.
SO JUST REMEMBER THAT AS WE GET QUESTIONS OR PEOPLE ASK, YOU KNOW, UM, I KNOW WHEN OTHER BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN HAVE CHANGED, THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS PERMANENT, BUT IT WASN'T.
IT WAS JUST A TRANSITIONAL PHASE UNTIL THE NEXT FINAL DESIGN.
SO, UM, JUST KNOW THAT, UM, WE WILL PROBABLY EXTEND, WE HAVE TO EXTEND THE RFP DEADLINE JUST BASED ON THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'RE ON NOW DUE TO SOME FINDINGS.
UM, AND HAVING TO TAKE OUT MORE INSIDE THE BUILDING.
UM, WE DEMO TOOK A FEW MORE DAYS, BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL PRETTY MUCH ON SCHEDULE.
UM, BUT WHEN WE DID FIND SOME THINGS THAT THEY WILL, UH, WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGE ORDERS, WE ARE STAYING WITHIN THE CONTINGENCY FUNDS RIGHT NOW.
BUT SHOULD SOME OF THOSE CHANGE ORDERS, UM, THAT WE AND FINDINGS FROM LAST WEEK, SHOULD THOSE TAKE MORE REPAIR THAN WERE BID ON FOR MASONRY, UM, WE'LL COME BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH YOU GUYS.
BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE KEEPING ME INFORMED.
YOU KNOW, IF WE, IF WE GO OVER THAT GROSS MAXIMUM PRICE, YOU'LL DEFINITELY, WE WILL COME BACK AND WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE MOVING ALONG AND IT, IT'S ALREADY JUST LOOKS SO MUCH BIGGER IN THERE.
IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW MUCH CHANGES WHEN YOU TAKE A CEILING OUT.
SO, UM, BUT WE ARE ARE DEFINITELY GETTING SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN SEEING IT BEFORE.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DO A WALKTHROUGH.
UH, THEY CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ME.
UM, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTED IN IT, UM, AND WANTS TO DO A WALKTHROUGH, THEY CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ME.
UM, WE CAN, I CAN ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS.
ONE, ONCE I DO THAT, ALL THOSE QUESTIONS THAT I GET ASKED, I'LL MAKE A, I'LL POST, UM, THE ANSWERS FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 'EM ARE JUST THE GENERAL QUESTIONS WE'RE GETTING, BUT WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE THE SAME CHANCE TO PUT THAT ALL IN THEIR, OR CONSIDER THAT WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING IN THEIR PROPOSAL.
BUT I'M LOOKING AT NEEDING TO PUSH THAT RFP DATE TO PROBABLY THE WEEK OF AUGUST 11TH OR NEXT MEETING.
UM, JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, REASSESS AFTER LOOKING AT IT AS A DARK SHELL.
I HOPE NEXT WEEK BE, I'VE, I'VE BEEN TOLD NEXT WEEK IS THE WEEK THAT WE CAN GET BACK IN THERE SAFELY DEPENDING ON WHERE THE MASONRY WORK IS BEING DONE.
I'LL JUST HAVE TO WORK AROUND IT.
BUT, UM, WE, WE MEET AGAIN TOMORROW.
WE'RE MEETING WEEKLY, UM, ON THE PROJECT AND WE'LL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW.
AND IF THERE'S ANY MAJOR NEW FINDINGS, I'LL DEFINITELY UPDATE YOU ALL, UH, IN THE EMAIL AS I'VE BEEN DOING.
AND IS THAT HELPFUL TO Y'ALL? MM-HMM
I ADDED SOME STUFF TO YOUR FOLDER TODAY THAT YOU MAY WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING ALONG AND IT'S, UM, OUR SALES TAX INCOME IS LOOKING GOOD OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STAYING STEADY.
WE DO HAVE A NEW BUSINESS OWNERSHIP.
UM, IT'S CALLED, IT'S THE I LOVE DONUTS LOCATION, UM, THERE NEXT TO SCRIBNER REAL ESTATE AND THE STAR CLEANERS, UM, NEW OWNER.
SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO MEET THEM, VERY NICE GENTLEMAN.
UM, HE AND HIS WIFE, UM, BOUGHT IT AND THEY'RE GONNA WORK ON DOING A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGING A BUSINESS JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE, SOME REMODEL AND THE NAME.
BUT I'LL LET THEM, UM, AGAIN, JUST INFORMED INFORMING THESE NEW BUSINESSES AND ALL THESE OTHER BUSINESSES ABOUT OUR GRANTS.
UM, THE BAHAMA BECK'S GOT THEIR SIGN UP TODAY, SO IF Y'ALL SEE THAT, UM, BUT WE ARE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING AN INCREASE IN INTEREST FROM BUSINESSES ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I NEEDED TO TELL YOU.
OH, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING OUR PRESENTATION MOST LIKELY FOR THE SPORTS AND HOTEL STUDY, UM, NEXT MONTH AT THE MEETING.
WE'LL PROBABLY MAKE IT A WORK SESSION AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, IT MAY BE FIVE 30, IF NOT WE CAN START AT SIX.
BUT I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL ABOUT, UH, WE'LL BE NEEDING TO LOOK AT ELECTING OUR OFFICERS AGAIN AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF WE GET TO DO AT THE END OF AUGUST AND
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SEP IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER MEETING.SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT, JUST REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE TERMS COMING UP, YOU SHOULD RECEIVE A LINK FOR REAPPLYING FOR IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN REAPPLYING, YOU'LL HAVE TO FILL THAT OUT.
SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR I DO JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO SHARE THAT LINK.
UM, PEOPLE, HAS ANYBODY SUBMITTED PROPOSALS? NO, WE HAVEN'T.
WE'VE NOT HAD ANYTHING PUT IN WRITING YET.
I'VE, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE PUSHED THE DEADLINE BACK, I THINK WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE, THEY WANTED TO SEE IT AS A DARK SHELL AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, UM, WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO DO AS THE TENANT? WHERE WOULD Y'ALL BE WILLING TO WORK WITH A TENANT? UH, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THAT BUILDING, ESPECIALLY ALL THE MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL.
SO WE DON'T WANT THAT SCARING IN ONE AWAY.
UM, 'CAUSE WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH TENANTS ON THAT AND I'VE LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT.
BUT I THINK WITH IT BEING IN A, A DARK SHELL NOW THAT IT, YOU VISION IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU GO IN THERE NOW, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE WALLS OUT AND OPENED UP.
SO I THINK, UM, I'VE HAD ABOUT FOUR CONVERSATIONS, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PAST, THE FIRST TIME WE POSTED IT EARLIER THIS YEAR AND JUST PEOPLE INTERESTED.
SO DEFINITELY, UM, HOPING THAT THEY'LL MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENT TO COME THROUGH FOR THE DARK SHELL.
AND AGAIN, Y'ALL SHARE IT OUT.
I SAW, I GOT A LOT OF SHARES ON FACEBOOK, WHICH WAS GREAT.
UM, FEEL FREE, I PUT IT ON MY LINKEDIN.
UM, Y'ALL CAN, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS, UM, ANY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THAT DO CONSTRUCTION FOR RESTAURANTS, FEEL FREE TO SHARE THAT OUT WITH THEM AND JUST ENCOURAGE THEM TO LET ANYONE KNOW.
ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING ELSE? ONE DAY AT A TIME? ONE DAY AT A TIME.
MAKING IN PROGRESS
YEAH, I THINK THAT IT'S EXCITING JUST TO SEE THE CHANGES AND I WAS DOWN THERE EARLIER ACTUALLY.
JUST GOT TO SEE THE MURALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO YEAH, IT, IT'S JUST GOOD TO SEE MOVEMENT.
SO YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY, UM, FEELING A LITTLE DIFFERENT, A LITTLE BUSIER WITH THE PEOPLE THERE AND THE ACTIVITIES.
SO, UM, WE'VE, AND THEN WHEN, WHEN OUR GRANT RECIPIENT STARTS THEIR PROJECT NEXT DOOR, THAT'S GONNA BE EVEN MORE EXCITING.
BUT, UM, JUST GETTING THE WORD OUT.
BUT OUR, OUR, OUR POST DID GET A LOT OF TRACTION ON THAT, ON THE BUILDING PROJECT, SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT, THAT SEE HOW MANY SHARES IT HAD AND HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU MUTED AND LOOKED AT IT.
BUT YOU ALL ARE THE PROPONENTS OF OUR PROJECTS.
SO
SO DEFINITELY KEEP ME INFORMED IF, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN INQUIRING, PASS 'EM ALONG.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT BE PLACED ON
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FUTURE AGENDAS? ANYONE MIGHT HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING? I'LL JUST PUT OUR, UM, BOARD APPOINTMENTS, OFFICER ELECTIONS AT SOME POINT.WE MAY BE READY FOR PARK HILL TO PRESENT CONCEPT PLANS FOR OUR BUILDING LOT AT 2 0 5.
UM, ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR CURRENT ONE
SO, UH, I'LL JUST PUT BUILDING CONCEPTS AND THEN, UM, WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING? OH, OUR STEP FEASIBILITY STUDY PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, WELL THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 6:40 PM MOTION TO ADUR THE MEETING AT 6:40 PM I HAVE A MOTION BY AARON.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.
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MOTION PASSES.