[Call to Order - Determine if a Quorum is Present]
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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:00 PM OH.AND WE WILL, UM, DETERMINE IF THE COURT IS PRESENT.
WE ALSO HAVE ERIC HERE, BUT OOH, THAT'S ALL.
UM, YOU WANNA INTRODUCE OH, GO AHEAD.
UM, TO TOKIN TIME, I SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
ALL WILL WE NOW STAND AND PLEDGE? OH MY GOSH.
CAN WE NOW STAND AND SAY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN THE INVOCATION? TAMMY, DO YOU MIND PRAYING? SURE.
DAR MY FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE SAFE TRAVELS HERE AND SAFE TRAVELS HOME.
AND LORD, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD JUST GIVE US ONE WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS WE MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY OF AUBREY.
TO THE FLAG OF THE HIGHEST STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG HAVE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD.
[Community Announcements]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.THE NEXT AUBREY THREE 80 AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON IS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST AT 11:30 AM AT OAK AND IVY.
AUBREY'S HAUNTED HARVEST EVENT IS ON OCTOBER 31ST IN DOWNTOWN AUBREY ON MAIN STREET AND WILL KICK OFF AT 4:30 PM WITH THE RESCHEDULE OF THE PEANUT FESTIVAL PARADE, FOLLOWED BY A TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT AT 5:30 PM AND THEN A MOVIE IN VETERANS PARK AT 6:30 PM WITH FOOD CONTEST AND MUCH MORE FUN.
THE NEXT FRUIT DRUG JUNCTION FARMERS MARKET IS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT VETERANS PARK FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND IT'S HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUBRY FOR VETERANS EVENT ON THE SAME DAY, WHICH WILL START FESTIVITIES AT 10:00 AM TO SIGN UP FOR THE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
SEE DETAILS ON THIS IN ALL CITY EVENTS ON THE FACEBOOK OR THE WEBSITE.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? VERY GOOD CITIZEN INPUT.
ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS PRESENT WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? ALRIGHT, MOVING TO CONSENT
[Consent Items]
ITEMS. WE HAVE APPROVED MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 NDD BOARD MEETING AND APPROVE AUGUST 20TH, 2026 FINANCIAL REPORT.ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, DOES ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
CONSENT AGENDA PASSES FIVE TO ZERO.
I CALL FOR A MOTION TO RE TO CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 6:04 PM DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, DO YOU WANNA DO EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES.
DO HAVE A SECOND, TAMMY? I SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION VICE TAMMY, A SECOND BY TODD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.AND ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 0 1, THE BOARD WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY MAIN STREET PROPERTIES 9 1 6 US HIGHWAY 3 77, SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY MAIN STREET PROPERTIES NINE 16 US HIGHWAY 3 77, SECTION 5 5 1 0.087.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, MAIN STREET PROPERTIES 9 1 6 US HIGHWAY 3 77.
[Reconvene into Open Session]
BOARD IS NOW RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:47 PM I MAKE A MOTION TO RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION AT 6:47 PM I HAVE A MOTION BY TODD.
DO I HAVE SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION BY TODD, SECOND BY TAMMY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THIS VOTE IS FIVE TO ZERO.
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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO 6 47? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE CHRISTINE TO CHRISTINE TO BRING BACK PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR PROPERTIES DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO MOVED.DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'M WRITING IT.
I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE CHRISTINE TO SPEND UP TO $6,000 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY TO BUILD A FENCE ON A PROPERTY REFERENCED IN OUR PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THE MOTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RIGHT? VOTE IS FIVE TO ZERO.
[New Business]
ERIC JAMES WITH PARK HILL.WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS DRAFTED AFTER OUR INITIAL MEETINGS.
AND THE BOARD MAY PROVIDE ANY INPUT OR ASK QUESTIONS.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WHEN Y'ALL WERE IN Y'ALL'S MEETING.
THANK Y'ALL AGAIN FOR LETTING ME COME BEFORE Y'ALL AND KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE THE CONCEPT IS AT.
SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THE MEETINGS.
ACTUALLY THREE OF Y'ALL THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN IN THE MEETINGS DEVELOPING THIS, UH, CONCEPT, GETTING THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED, AND THEN HAVING THE FUN OF ACTUALLY GETTING TO KIND OF SKETCH AND LOOK AT THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING.
LET'S SEE IF THIS ACTUALLY WORKS.
SO TODAY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS LOOK AT WHERE THE CONCEPT IS AT, GET Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK.
AND SO REALLY TO KIND OF KICK IT OFF, THIS PROJECT WAS TAKEN AT WHAT IS THE WHY WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS GONNA BE UNIQUE TO 2 0 5, 2 0 9 SOUTH MAIN.
WHY PUT IT THROUGH OUR PRINCIPLE DRIVEN DESIGN APPROACH TO COME OUT WITH A WHAT, WHICH WAS GONNA BE ARCHITECTURE THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL FOR AUBREY AND FOR THAT LOCATION.
SO SOME OF THE WHYS THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE AND RESILIENCE.
I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT REALLY THAT JUST MEANS WE WANTED A BUILDING THAT'S STAND THE TEST OF TIME, JUST LIKE THE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET.
WE WANT THIS BUILDING TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT A HUNDRED, 200 YEARS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, SOMETHING THAT INSTILLED THE AUBREY VALUES IN STEWARDSHIP OF DOWNTOWN.
SO HERE'S THE SITE AS IT IS TODAY.
UM, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IT'S MAINLY PARKING LOT IN TWO INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS.
AND SO KIND OF KICKING OFF WITH SOME INITIAL, UH, IMAGERY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THIS IS AN EARLY CONCEPT OF A SITE PLAN SHOWING THE NEW TWO STORY BUILDING, UH, THAT WOULD HOUSE THE, UH, AUBREY NDD AND THE CHAMBER, ALONG WITH SOME RETAIL, UH, THE MUSEUM AND A CHAMBER SPACE LIKE THIS TO WHERE Y'ALL WOULD NO LONGER HAVE TO COME.
HERE Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL'S OWN DEDICATED CHAMBER SPACE.
SO RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, WHAT WE HAVE CREATED IS A CENTRAL LOBBY SPACE THAT WOULD GO UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR, AN EVENT SPACE AND BOARDROOM.
YOU'LL NOTICE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PLAN THAT MOST OF THE SPACES THAT WE'RE SHOWING, WE WANT THEM TO BE DUAL PURPOSE TO WHERE Y'ALL COULD TURN THEM INTO RENTABLE SPACE AND ACTUALLY HAVE AN INCOME DRIVEN PIECE OF, UH, REAL ESTATE, UH, AND NOT JUST BE SOMETHING THAT SITS EMPTY MAJORITY OF THE TIME.
UH, SO EVENT SPACE BOARDROOM, UH, TO THE SOUTH OF THAT IS THE MUSEUM.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME CONCEPT IMAGERY THAT WE DEVELOPED FOR THE MUSEUM.
WE HAVE AN INCUBATOR RETAIL SPACE.
UM, THIS IS ONE THAT IN DISCUSSION WITH CHRISTINE AND HOLLY AND OTHERS, IS HOW CAN WE CREATE A SPACE WITHIN THIS BUILDING THAT WOULD ALLOW SMALLER MOM AND POP STORES THAT ARE MAYBE OUT OF THEIR GARAGE OR THEIR HOUSE, GET A SMALL 10 BY 10, UH, FOOTPRINT.
THEY CAN'T AFFORD FULL RETAIL YET, BUT THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THAT KIND OF BRICK AND MORTAR AND BEGIN TO DEVELOP, UH, NEW BUSINESS THAT COULD MOVE TO OTHER SPOTS IN AUBRY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE RETAIL ON THE, UH, PLAN SOUTH SIDE WOULD BE A RESTAURANT BREW PUB, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE MORE, UM, ANCHORED THAT WOULD HAVE MORE OF A HISTORY.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO HAVE TRAFFIC CONTINUOUSLY AT THIS LOCATION.
UM, AS WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT SAME RETAIL SPACE WOULD ACTUALLY GO UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
UM, THIS WOULD ALLOW, IF YOU HAVE A RESTAURANT, THEN TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR PATIO SPACE THAT WOULD OVERLOOK THE PARK.
SO SPRING CONCERTS, SUMMER CONCERTS, PEOPLE COULD BE DINING UPSTAIRS, SEEING THE CONCERTS HAPPENING AT THE PARK.
THE MDD AND CHAMBER WOULD HAVE A SHARED SPACE.
OF COURSE, WHENEVER WE FULLY DESIGN IT OUT, THAT SHARED SPACE COULD BE BROKEN UP INTO MORE INDIVIDUAL.
BUT THE IDEA IS KIND OF THAT L-SHAPED WOULD BE THE SHARED SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO.
SUPPORT SPACE WOULD BE YOUR RESTROOMS, YOUR IDF,
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ELECTRICAL ROOMS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.AND THEN ON THE PLAN NORTH THERE YOU HAVE COWORKING SPACE, WHICH THAT SPACE WOULD BE, AGAIN, TO ALLOW ANY OF YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT DO WANT TO STAY WORKING OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THEY COULD COME RENT A SMALL OFFICE OR A CONFERENCE ROOM, BRING IN NEW, UH, BUSINESS PARTNERS AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN A MORE PROFESSIONAL, UH, LOCATION.
SO THESE ARE JUST GONNA BE SOME OF THE EARLY BLACK AND WHITE, UH, LINE DRAWINGS THAT JUST KINDA SHOW YOU WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE.
UH, WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT IS THE DOWNTOWN ARBERY, UH, HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT ARE THE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT DOWNTOWN ARBERY REQUIRES OF THE BUILDING, WHICH ALSO PLAYED A HUGE ROLE INTO IT.
THERE'S A FEW ITEMS THAT I THINK, UH, DURING OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO ASK FOR AT SOME POINT FROM THE CITY, UH, A VARIANCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE,
UH, BUT AT THIS TIME, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CURRENT DESIGN CODES.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ANYTHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC'S EYE THAT MIGHT VARY FROM THOSE.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEE REALLY BRINGING IN THAT, UH, KIND OF MORE ORNATE BRICK WORK THAT YOU SEE IN DOWNTOWN CURRENTLY.
UH, AND MAKING THIS KIND OF A DESTINATION SPOT.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST RENDERING, JUST SHOWING THAT SPACE KIND OF ACTIVATED WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE.
UH, AGAIN, THE OUTSIDE DECK ALLOWING FOR, UH, DINING AND OR OTHER TYPES OF EVENTS, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PROGRAM, UH, FOR THAT RETAIL SPACE WOULD BE.
UH, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A WALKABLE SPACE, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME TO THE PARK, TO GO TO THE SHOPS ACROSS THE STREET.
SO AGAIN, THIS PROJECT WAS NOT JUST ABOUT HOW DO WE ACTIVATE THIS SITE, BUT IT'S HOW DO WE DRAW PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN AUBERY TO ACTIVATE THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN.
UH, THIS WOULD BE LOOKING, UH, FROM MAIN STREET, KIND OF THAT FRONT FACADE VIEW, UH, JUST SHOWING THE DIFFERENT STOREFRONTS.
AND THEN THIS WOULD BE FACING THE PARK.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THE IDEA WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF MURAL ON THIS SIDE, WHETHER IT'S A WELCOME TO AUBERY, UM, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF MURAL THAT'S PUT ON.
WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FACING THE PARK, UH, TO GARNER ATTENTION AND GRAB EVERYONE TO SAY, HEY, I WANT TO GO OVER THERE.
UH, WHEN THEY'RE IN DOWNTOWN FOR A CONCERT, STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE.
UM, SO IF WE WANT TO GO TOWARDS CITY HALL SIDE, WE CAN DO MERRILL ON THAT SIDE AS WELL.
UM, THIS RIGHT NOW IS AN EARLY CONCEPTUAL IMAGE THAT WE DEVELOPED FOR THE MDD AND THE CHAMBER'S OFFICE SPACE.
SO BRINGING IN SOME OF THAT TURN OF THE CENTURY, UH, KIND OF WOOD AND WARMTH, UH, GIVING IT CHARACTER.
UH, KIND OF BRING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ELEVATED DESIGN.
AND THEN FOR THE MUSEUM, WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS MUSEUM A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY? HOW DO WE MAKE IT MORE INTERACTIVE? HOW DO WE ALLOW FOR MAYBE FUTURE FLEXIBILITY STORYTELLING? SO ALLOWING THIS TO KIND OF BE MORE OF A TIMELINE STORYTELLING WHERE PEOPLE COULD FLOW THROUGH THE SPACE, READ ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AUBREY, SEE SOME OF THOSE ARTIFACTS THAT Y'ALL CURRENTLY HAVE.
UH, COURSE HAVE IT BEHIND PROTECTIVE GLASS 'CAUSE NO ONE WANTS THINGS TO WALK AWAY.
UM, BUT WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT HOW DO WE MAKE THE MUSEUM ALSO A MULTIPURPOSE.
SO THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY OF LOOKING AT REARRANGING, UH, THE OVERALL MUSEUM TO ALLOW THERE TO BE KIND OF A COMMUNITY SPACE IN THE MIDDLE.
SO THAT ALLOWS NOT ONLY PEOPLE VISITING THE MUSEUM TO LOOK AT THE ARTIFACTS.
IT COULD BE RENTED OUT, IT COULD BE USED FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, IT COULD BE USED FOR BINGO NIGHT.
YOU HAVE A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT THAT SPACE COULD GO FOR.
AGAIN, THE IDEA FOR ALL THESE SPACES IS MULTIPURPOSE.
HOW CAN WE USE IT MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WEEK AND NOT JUST ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A MONTH I GUESS.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE END RIGHT NOW OF THE IMAGERY AND CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, DEVELOPED.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
THIS IS NOT CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
THIS IS JUST THOUGHT PROVOKING IMAGERY AND EARLY PLANS TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE COULD BE FOR DOWNTOWN AUBREY.
I, I'M JUST TRYING TO UN FIGURE OUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES DOWNTOWN IS PARKING OR LACK THEREOF.
AND THE CONCEPTION DESIGNS TAKE AWAY LIKE 15 TO 18 PARKING SPACES, AT LEAST THE WAY IT LOOKS.
HAVE YOU GOT, HAVE YOU, CAN YOU GIVE US KIND OF A SENSE FOR PER, YOU KNOW, BASED ON PER SQUARE FOOTER USAGE, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES THIS BUILDING WOULD NEED AND WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO FIND, FIGURE OUT WHERE TO FIND THAT PARKING SPACE? SO FOR DOWNTOWN AUBREY, THAT'S GONNA BE A TRICKY QUESTION 'CAUSE THERE'S ACTUALLY NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCE.
ONCE YOU GO INTO DOWNTOWN ZONES, THERE'S TYPICALLY NOT PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
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THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO WORK ON.UH, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS SITE, AND I CAN GO BACK, IS THAT IF IT IS DEEMED THAT THE MAIN SITE HERE, WE WANT TO KEEP ALL THOSE, UH, FRONT PARKING WHERE WE'RE SHOWING TREES AND KIND OF CONTINUING WHAT THE PARKS, UH, FRONTAGE.
WE CAN REPLACE THAT WITH PARKING AGAIN.
UM, WE'RE, I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
WE CAN SHIFT THE BUILDING, SHRINK IT, BRING THE PARKING BACK.
HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE STAYING THOUGH? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S TAKING A LOT AWAY, BUT I THINK WE ONLY TOOK ONE.
SO WE TOOK EVERYTHING THAT'S ALONG MAIN STREET AND THIS IMAGERY IS GONE.
SORRY, IN, IN THE PARKING LOT, YOU'RE, UH, LOSING THREE THREE ON EACH SIDE OR JUST THREE TOTAL? THREE TOTAL.
IT WASN'T MUCH FROM OUR PARKING LOT THAT WE PUT IN BECAUSE THERE WAS TWO ON THE PLAN NORTH SIDE THAT WE WERE GONNA BE TAKING AWAY AND THEN ONE ON THE PLAN SOUTH SIDE.
AND THE CITY JUST ADDED, UM, THERE'S OVER 200 PARKING SPACES BEHIND ALL OF THAT NOW.
MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? UM, THEY HAD 80, THEY HAD ADDED PREVIOUSLY THEN THEY JUST ADDED LIKE 137 MORE.
SO THERE'S WELL OVER 200 PARKING SPACES NOW BEHIND THE FIRE STATION, CITY HALL, AND ALONG THAT, UM, RAILROAD AREA.
PEANUT DRYER BE THE BREAK IS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH THE OTHER ONES DOWN THERE.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE FLOOR PLAN? YEAH.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LOOKS GOOD.
THAT RETAIL SPACE, THERE IS TWO STORY AS WELL.
SO THAT IF YOU SAW THE, THE ELEVATION, IT HAD THAT BALCONY UP TOP, HOW DO YOU GET TO THE SECOND FLOOR? IT WOULD BE THROUGH THE RETAIL SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
YOU, SO AGAIN, AT CONCEPTUAL, WE, BESIDES WHAT IS NEEDED FOR EGRESS PURPOSES, WE DON'T PUT IN THE ADDITIONAL STAIRS AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE.
BUT WITHIN THAT, UH, 1500, OR SORRY, ALMOST 2000 SQUARE FOOT SPACE ON LEVEL ONE HERE, YOU WOULD HAVE A STAIR ELEVATOR GOING UP.
SO IT CAN BE CONNECTED AND IT CAN ALSO BE SEPARATED IF NE IF, CAN WE MAKE IT TO WHERE, WELL YOU COULD SEPARATE IT, WE WOULD JUST WANT TO KIND OF LOOK AT HOW WOULD THAT WORK FOR THE SPACE.
AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY ABOUT RETAIL SPACE IN GENERAL IS THAT YOU MAKE IT FLEXIBLE.
YOU MAKE IT FLEXIBLE TO WHERE YOU CAN EASILY PUT UP WALLS, ADD ADDITIONAL STAIRS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO WHERE IF YOU WANT TWO TENANTS, YOU CAN HAVE THAT COMPARED TO ONE.
SO TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE ENTIRE FOOTPRINT, BOTH STORIES IS, IS THAT THE 84 60? IT IS 16,000 AND, UM, JUST SHY OF 17,000 SQUARE FEET.
OH, 8,000 IS JUST THE BOTTOM LEVEL.
8,000 IS THE 84 60 BOTTOM AND THEN 16.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.
WE HAD SENT ANOTHER QUESTION ASKED IF WE WEREN'T TO DO THE FULL TWO STORY PLAN AND WE HAD TO SCALE DOWN MM-HMM
MAYBE TO NOT HAVE, UM, THE FULL 16,000.
WHAT WOULD THAT, WHAT WHAT WOULD THE TWEAKS LOOK LIKE ON THAT? SO IF WE WANTED TO, THE WAY THAT WE DESIGNED THIS WAS ALSO IN TRADITIONAL BAY, UH, DESIGN.
SO EVERYTHING IS A 25 FOOT, UH, WIDE BAY IN THE NORTH SOUTH THAT YOU SEE THERE WE'RE 80 FOOT, UH, IN THE EAST WEST DIRECTION.
SO WE COULD EASILY REMOVE AN ENTIRE BAY.
UM, SO OF COURSE AS WE REMOVE BAYS, THAT'S JUST GONNA REMOVE PROGRAMS. SO THE EASIEST WAY TO PUT IT WOULD, WE WOULD PRETTY MUCH TAKE THE INCUBATOR KIND OF SPACE THERE, SQUISH THE BUILDING TOGETHER.
UM, SO YOU'D HAVE THE DEDICATED RETAIL, THE MUSEUM, UH, THE LOBBY AND THE EVENT BOARD SPACE, UH, ON THE PLAN NORTH INCUBATOR WOULD GO AWAY.
AND THEN ON THE UPPER FLOOR, WHAT WE'D END UP LOSING IS THAT, UH, RETAIL SPACE, WE'D ALLOW THE NDD CHAMBER SPACE BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IS NEEDED JUST TO MOVE SOUTH AND REDUCE THAT ENTIRE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
UM, SO THAT WOULD HELP REDUCE, I CAN'T DO THE MATH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING.
DID YOU WANT TO DIVE INTO THIS? UM, WE DO HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES MM-HMM
UM, JUST OPINION OF COST, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
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IT IS THAT COST AS WE ALL KNOW, CONSTRUCTION COST CHANGE.SO I THOUGHT ERIC WOULD SHOW Y'ALL SOME OF THOSE OPINIONS OF COST AND EXPLAIN HOW THAT CAN WORK.
IT SAYS STILL, BUT RESTAURANT'S NOT, WE JUST DO RETAIL AS A GENERAL RESTAURANTS.
HERE THAT'S EASY ENOUGH TO PUT IN GREASE TRAP AND LIKE ALL THE THINGS THERE AND THAT OF THE STREET, HE DESIGNED IT TOO TO WHERE LIKE THE BACK IS KIND OF ALSO GONNA BE PRETTY FACING.
SO THE BACK RIGHT NOW AT CONCEPTUAL, JUST NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUTURE'S BEING, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE ALLOWED IT TO HAVE, UH, DOORWAYS AND ENTRIES AND WE WILL END UP LOOKING AT THAT BEING STOREFRONTS THAT COULD ALSO FACE THE ALLEYWAY WITH THE IDEA OF ONE DAY AT THE FIRE STATION RELOCATES THE FIRE STATION COULD HAVE AN ADAPTIVE REUSE TO IT.
NOW YOU COULD ACTIVATE THAT ENTIRE ALLEYWAY AS A PEDESTRIAN SPACE.
UH, SO THIS WOULD HONESTLY GIVE THE BUILDING THREE FULL PEDESTRIAN FACES PLANNED SOUTH TOWARDS THE PARK, MAIN STREET AND THE ALLEYWAY.
UM, SO MAKING SURE IN THAT FASHION, UH, WE DO HAVE DOORS CURRENTLY BEING SHOWN THERE.
AND THEN ON THE UPPER FLOOR, MAKING SURE THAT THE WINDOWS THAT ARE ARTICULATED ON THE MAIN STREET SIDE OR SHOWING IN THE ALLEYWAY SIDE, OF COURSE NOT AT THE RESTROOM LOCATIONS.
WE WOULD LOOK AT A DIFFERENT KIND OF DESIGN THERE.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COST, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS IS NOT AN ESTIMATE, THIS IS JUST AN OPINION OF COST BASED OFF OF CURRENT MARKET DATA AND WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
SO YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, WE DO HAVE CONTINGENCIES BUILT IN, UH, JUST TO KIND OF HELP OFFSET THE UNKNOWNS AT A CONCEPTUAL LEVEL.
UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THOUGH, FOR THE BUILDING CORE AND SHELL, WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT $275 A SQUARE FOOT FOR 16,920 SQUARE FEET.
AND THEN FOR THE OWNER FINISH OUT, THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE COWORKING SPACE, THE CHAMBER SPACE, THE RESTROOMS, THE LOBBY MUSEUM, AND THE EVENT BOARD SPACE.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE RETAIL SPACE.
UM, WE HAVE THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE AT $155 FINISH OUT.
UM, THAT COULD THEN BE NEGOTIATED OF WHO'S REALLY FINISHING OUT WHAT SPACE TO WHAT LEVEL, WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM? UM, WE HAVE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, UH, THAT IS 26,000.
UM, I HAVE FOUND THOUGH, THAT IF YOU FIND TEACHERS, SOMETIMES THEY'LL COME DO THE DEMO FOR YOU FOR FREE JUST BECAUSE FRUSTRATION
UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE DO HAVE, UH, ESTIMATED LANDSCAPING RIGHT NOW, JUST A LITTLE OVER 300,000, UH, SITE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE ARE JUST SHY OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN OVERALL SITE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THE SUBTOTAL BUILDING AND SITE, UH, WE ARE SITTING AT 8.5, ALMOST 8.6 MILLION.
THAT DOES INCLUDE YOUR AV EQUIPMENT, YOUR FFF AND E AND FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT.
NOW FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE YOUR KITCHEN SPACE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE GREASE TRAP, GREASE TRAP, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR FRIDGES, THAT'S GONNA BE STUFF OF THAT NATURE.
THAT IS NOT THE KITCHEN SPACE FOR THE RETAIL.
THAT IS JUST FOR THE MD D'S OFFICE SPACE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
NO, BECAUSE IF THAT WAS COMMERCIAL, THAT'D BE CLOSE TO LIKE 600, $700,000 NOVA.
NOT JUST YOUR PURE EGGS AND STUFF.
NOT JUST CHRISTINE'S BREAK ROOM COST.
UM, BUT NO, SO A MAIN, IT'S JUST COFFEE, 63,000, JUST THE COFFEE
THE BUILDING ITSELF THOUGH, IF WE WERE HAVING A KITCHEN DEPENDING ON THE DESIGN, WOULD HAVE A GREASE TRAP.
UM, THAT'S JUST CODE REQUIREMENT AND SO WE'D HAVE IT IN PLACE.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, BELOW THAT ALMOST 8.6 MILLION ARE YOUR CONTINGENCIES.
UH, WE HAVE DESIGNED A CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY THAT AT THIS TIME AND CONCEPTUAL, WE ALWAYS KEEP AT 10%.
UH, AND THEN YOUR ESCALATION CONTINGENCY THIS, RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING MARKET WISE ABOUT 0.4% RISE IN COST PER MONTH, UM, ALL KINDA STUFF UNTIL CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
UM, SO AT THIS TIME WE ARE LOOKING AT IF WE WERE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, UH, ABOUT 4.8%, ROUGHLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN CONSTRUCTION OR ESCALATION CONTINGENCY.
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SO, AND DEPENDING ON THE MARKET, SOMETIMES WE'VE SEEN THOSE GO AWAY.AND THAT ENTIRE VALUE IS NOT SEEN, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHICH DIRECTION THE WIND IS BLOWING.
SO ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, AND I JUST WANT TO ASK IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP IS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD A CO-OP WORKING SPACE WORK, CO-LAB WORKING SPACE, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THOSE CAN BE DONE.
THOSE CAN BE DONE THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THEY CAN BE DONE THROUGH, YOU CAN CONTRACT WITH A PRIVATE ENTITY TO MANAGE THE SPACE AND RUN IT.
UM, AND IT WOULD BE MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN SOME OF OUR OTHER FEASIBILITY STUDIES WITH FACILITIES.
YOU, YOU HAVE A LEASE WITH A TENANT AND THEN THEY HANDLE IT FROM THERE.
UM, A RESTAURANT, RETAIL SPACE, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UM, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR DOING A P THREE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR PARTS OF THE BUILDING THAT WOULD, UM, BE LEASED TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE LEASED NECESSARILY THROUGH US.
THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT AN AGREEMENT CAN BE WRITTEN IF WE WERE TO GO THAT ROUTE OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE INVESTIGATED OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WHAT WE QUALIFY FOR IN CREDITS FOR, FOR BORROWING, UH, ON A BOND.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO FUND IT THROUGH CASH BOND LOANS, WAYS THAT WE'VE DONE OTHER PROJECTS.
AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE A BIG NUMBER TO SWALLOW, BUT WHEN YOU GET PARTNERSHIPS IN THERE, IT CAN HELP TAKE SOME OF THOSE COSTS DOWN FOR WHAT THE MDD WOULD ACTUALLY BE EXPENDING.
SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT EVERY, IT'S A BIG NUMBER TO SWALLOW AND I THINK THERE'S WAYS THAT YOU, YOU MAKE IT WORK.
AND, UM, THE COLAB WORKING SPACE IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN IN AUBREY FROM OUR ENTREPRENEURS.
THEY DON'T HAVE AN AFFORDABLE SPACE FOR JUST AN OFFICE OR TO INCUBATE A BUSINESS.
UM, THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT IDEA OF THE SMALL LITTLE RETAIL AREA WHERE IT'D BE LIKE A MARKETPLACE, UM, INDOOR MARKET, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INCUBATING BUSINESSES WHERE THEY'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE A BOOTH WEEK, UM, YOU KNOW, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OR SIX DAYS A WEEK INSTEAD OF JUST ONE MARKET A MONTH.
SO THOSE ARE WAYS THAT, THAT ALL BRINGS IN SOME INCOME AND ALSO HELPS US IN CREATING NEW PARTNERSHIPS, UM, WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN THE FUTURE.
ANYBODY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUICK QUESTION.
UNLIKE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE BUILDING, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WITH THE, THE FIRE STATION BEHIND IT AND WE HAVE THAT WALKABLE ALLEYWAY IN THE BACK FOR THAT EVENT SPACE, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT AS AN EVENT SPACE BOARDROOM, SAY A BAKERY OR SOMETHING WOULD WANT TO GO INTO THAT SPACE, WOULD THAT BE, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS CONCEPT AS IT CURRENTLY IS OR AS WE, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THAT SPACE? YES.
AND SO THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS BUILDING AND THE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT WHEN WE LAID IT OUT IS HOW DO WE MAKE EVERYTHING TO WHERE IT'S FUTURE READY? AND SO YES, IT'S A BOARDROOM TODAY.
IN THE FUTURE, IT COULD BE WHATEVER PROGRAM IT NEEDS TO BE.
I WILL SAY THAT WHATEVER THAT PROGRAM MIGHT BE, YES, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME SLAB CUTTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT WITH ANY TYPE OF RENOVATION TO MAKE THEIR PROGRAM AND THE EQUIPMENT THEY HAVE WORK.
UM, BUT WE COULD EASILY DO THAT.
SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS FROM YOUR SIDE THAT DURING SCHEMATIC DESIGN WHEN WE'RE REALLY GETTING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS GOING IS HOW FLEXIBLE DO WE WANT THE BUILDING? LET'S GO AHEAD AND UPSIZE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, SANITARY AND THE WATER LINES TO SAY, IF THIS BECAME FULLY RETAIL, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? MM-HMM
UM, UPSTAIRS, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE RETAIL ON THE WHOLE FIR UH, SECOND FLOOR, BUT ON THE FIRST FLOOR, LET'S LOOK AT THAT UPSIDE THAT NOW THAT ALLOWS FOR FUTURE FLEXIBILITY TO WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CUT AS MUCH, BUT IT'S MORE JUST NEW TAPS GOING INTO THE BUILDING.
SO, UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT'S EASILY ADDRESSED DURING THE DESIGN.
I JUST WANNA SAY THIS, I THINK THE DESIGN'S AMAZING.
IT'S KIND OF TAKEN LIKE A MENTAL PICTURE THAT WE'VE PROBABLY ALL HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
I KIND OF PUT IT ON PAPER, UH, AND IT, IT EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATION.
THAT'S WHAT I HAD HAD IDEAS ON MY HEAD, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, YOU KNOW, WAS A BIG QUESTION MARK.
BUT, UH, I MEAN THERE, THERE, THERE, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY HERE WITH THIS BUILDING.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU COULD SHRINK IT SMALLER, UH, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT.
YOU CAN LEAVE THE FIRST FLOOR THE SAME AS IT IS AND SHRINK THE SECOND FLOOR.
YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE LOBBY SOUTH AND THEN YOU HAVE A VARIOUS, UH, ELEVATIONS.
MAYBE THE NORTH END'S ONE STORY AND WILL KEEP THE TWO STORY DOWN ON THE PARK END.
IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO LOOK ONE STORY ON THE OTHER END BECAUSE YOU
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THANKS.I THINK, YEAH, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT IF YOU WANNA CHANGE THE ELEVATION, IT IS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT THE RETAIL SPACE COULD BE ONE FLOOR, WHICH A LOT OF RETAIL WOULD BE.
YOU OPEN UP THE SECOND FLOOR LIKE THAT, BUT THEN YOU DO GET TO KEEP THE INCUBATOR RETAIL AND THE COWORKING SPACE, WHICH COULD GENERATE ONE REVENUE AND TWO FUTURE BUSINESSES.
SO YEAH, YOU COULD, YOU COULD LOSE SOME SQUARE FOOTAGE WITHOUT LOSING REVENUE.
A REDUNDANT MEETING SPACE, RIGHT? YEAH.
UH, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF WORKED A LOT TO TRY TO MERGE THE CITY AND THE MDD.
SO Y'ALL HAVING YOUR OWN LIST WOULD BE IMPLICATION OF MM-HMM
THE BOARDROOM MOSTLY IS FOR THE CHAMBER, YOU KNOW, FOR CHAMBER EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THAT, AND, AND THE WHOLE REASON TOO, THE MUSEUM, IT MAY NOT STAY IN THAT BUILDING.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME THOUGHTS OF OTHER PLACES IT MIGHT GO.
BUT LIKE THAT WAS MADE SO THAT IT COULD ALL BE, IF WE NEED TO TAKE A WALL OUT, WE COULD TAKE A WALL OUT.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE BIG OLD AREA, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S WHAT HE, HE'S DONE REALLY GOOD WITH TRYING TO MAKE IT ALL EASY SO WE CAN CHANGE IT IF WE NEED TO.
THAT'S WHAT WORKED ON THIS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
BECAUSE YOU CAN MOVE THE LOBBY DOWN ONE SPACE.
SO THE ELEVATOR'S NOW IN THE MIDDLE IN THAT.
AND I, AND I DO LIKE CONCEPTUALLY IS WHERE YOU HAD IT AND I HAD TO MOVE IT.
AND I DO LIKE CONCEPTUALLY THAT WHERE YOU COULD USE THE MUSEUM AS AN EVENT SPACE.
I THINK PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO USE, I THINK THEY WOULD USE THAT OVER THE OTHER EVENT SPACE.
IF THEY HAD A CHOICE, I THINK THEY WOULD USE, USE THAT.
SO THEN THAT WOULD FREE, COULD FREE UP THAT SPACE FOR COWORK OR SOMETHING ELSE.
NO, I MEAN IT, THERE'S ONLY, IT DOES ALLOW, 'CAUSE YOU ALSO GET THE SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE SOMETIMES USE STUFF THAT YOU'D NEVER ENVISION, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY, THEY FIND THEIR OWN USE FOR IT.
AND THIS ALLOWS US TO ADAPT TO, OH, WE THOUGHT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THIS AND YOU REALLY WANT THIS.
AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY TO FIX THAT.
WELL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE, HOLLY AND LEAH AND OF COURSE SOME OF THE CITY STAFF THAT CAME TO THE MEETINGS AND MADE SURE THAT THEY GAVE THEIR INPUT AND KIND OF SOME OF THE DIRECTION THAT LED TO, UH, THE CONCEPT PACKAGE AS IT IS TODAY.
AND TO SEE THE PICTURES SO MUCH MORE TO GO
WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? UH, SO THE NEXT STEP IS I WILL KIND OF, IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS, DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
AND BY THE WAY, IF WE NEED TO, SINCE Y'ALL HAVE DIGITAL COPIES, WE CAN GIVE A TWO WEEK COMMENT PERIOD TO WHERE IF Y ALL WANT TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH IT, GIVE ANY FEEDBACK AND STUFF.
BUT ONCE WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS, WE WILL FINALIZE, UH, THE CONCEPT PACKAGE AND THEN HAVE THAT DELIVERABLE OVER TO Y'ALL.
UM, AND AT THAT POINT, UM, IT KIND OF ON Y'ALL'S DOORSTEP TO SEE WHAT'S THE NEXT STEPS AND HOW Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE THINGS MOVING FORWARD.
AND ANY AND ANYBODY ELSE'S COMMENT TOO, LIKE MM-HMM
UH, JUST EMAIL IT TO ME AND I'LL GET ALL THAT YOU FILED FOR ERIC.
AND THEN IF HE HAS TO REDO A LOT OF THINGS, HE'LL COME BACK AND PRESENT THAT AGAIN OR SEND IT TO, AND THEN WE'LL START WORKING ON TIMELINE OF HOW, WHEN AND HOW MUCH
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REPORT.WELL, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OTHER THAN, UH, WHAT WAS IN YOUR WRITTEN REPORT.
WE DID HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS AND, UM, STRATEGIC MEETINGS, UH, BUSINESS CONNECTIONS IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH WAS GOOD.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS THAT TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'VE GOT DEVELOPERS AND OTHER INDUSTRIES STARTING TO LOOK AT THE HIGH GROWTH AREAS WHERE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IS.
UM, AND WE JUST NEED, UM, TO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS WE GET MORE HOUSE TOPS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MORE INTEREST IN AUBREY FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN JUST RETAIL RESTAURANT.
BUT RETAIL RESTAURANT IS A BIG INTEREST.
SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE BIG ON THAT.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MY REPORT THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE.
WELL, WE ALSO, WE WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE CHRISTINE GOSSETT, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR COM, THE COMPLETION OF THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND TEXAS A AND M ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE CERTIFIED TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
THE CTED IS THE HIGHEST DISTINCTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND CREDIBILITY FOR THE TEXAS BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRAC PRACTITIONERS.
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AN EXPERT LED PEER-DRIVEN CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR E ACTIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS WITH CURRICULUM TAILORED MADE AND UNIQUE TO TEXAS.CHRISTINE FINISHED THE PROGRAM EARLIER THIS YEAR AND MISSED THE GRADUATION RECOGNITION THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK IN HOUSTON AT THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
SO TODAY WE WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE HER ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONGRATULATE HER, AND SHE HAS HER DIPLOMA.
AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME AND PUTTING ME THROUGH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU ALL MADE THAT DECISION AS A BOARD.
I'VE MADE GREAT CONNECTIONS IN OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND WE ALL SHARE INFO.
THERE, YOU SEE HOW THIS LOOKS? OKAY.
I A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? SO, ALRIGHT.
[Future Agenda Requests]
HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA REQUESTS? THE ONLY REQUEST I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT, UM, WELL IT'S A AGENDA REQUEST, BUT ALSO REMINDER WE WILL HAVE, UM, ANY EXCUSED ABSENCES.WE'LL START PUTTING THOSE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA EACH MONTH.
UM, TO KEEP UP WITH THAT PER CITY CHARTER.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN ABSENCE, UH, FOR A MEETING OR YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF TIME, PLEASE EMAIL ME.
IT'S THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO TRACK IT.
AND, UM, I'LL DOCUMENT THOSE AND WE'LL AGAIN PUT 'EM ON CONSENTS.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? ALRIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT SEVEN 20.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:20 PM.