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          ALLISON. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE WILL GET STARTED. GOOD TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE TODAY FOR 
          [I. CALL TO ORDER, CALL OF ROLL]
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. REGULAR MEETING SOON TO BE SDC. BUT WE'RE STILL EDT TODAY, WHICH. SO WE'LL ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS. BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL HERE. JUSTIN LOUCKS, CHAIR I AM HERE, JEFF. FLOODING WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. WE SEND HIM OUR BEST WISHES. JOHNATHAN AUTRY I AM HERE. HE IS HERE. DON JANDREAU HERE HERE RUSSELL MURPHY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. WE SEND HIM OUR BEST WISHES AS WELL. COREY RIGHT HERE AND MR. DAVID HERE. ALL RIGHT. STAFF LIAISON, ERIC ZAINO AND COUNCIL LIAISON NORMA. GOOD TO HAVE YOU ALL. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS TODAY? MR. SURE. WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO 
          [III.a. Routine reports from City Council Liaison.]
AHEAD AND GET RIGHT TO THE ROUTINE REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL LIAISON. SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU, MEMBERS, AS WE STAND TODAY, I'LL LET YOU KNOW THAT WE JUST HAD A MEETING. WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME BASIC PAPERWORK HURDLES TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE EDC EIN NUMBER AND GO AHEAD AND SET UP ACCOUNTS AND SIGNATORIES. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. I ESTIMATE THAT IT'LL TAKE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, MAYBE A MONTH AT THE MAX, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, BE TRANSFERRED OVER. Y'ALL WILL HAVE PLENTY OF NOTICE SO THAT Y'ALL KNOW, BECAUSE ONCE THAT HAPPENS, YOU THEN ARE UNDER TOMA AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. 
          UNTIL THEN, THEN YOU'LL GET TO STAY WHERE Y'ALL CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT PROJECTS, ETCETERA WHEN YOU BECOME THE EDC. BUT UNDER THE EDC RULES AND PROCEDURE. SO WITH THAT, I DID WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW. HERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT YOU MIGHT FIND INTERESTING AND THAT IS TODAY. THE BIDS WERE OPENED FOR THE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION PROJECT. WOO HOO. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST AS A COUNCIL MEMBER HERE, I JUST CHEERED THAT ON AND SAID, GREAT, WHEN CAN WE START? FOR YOU? YEAH, YEAH YEAH. START YESTERDAY. LET'S GET THAT DONE. 
          NEXT. DO YOU WANT TO SAY THAT I'M KEEPING EYES WIDE OPEN ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS GOING ON IN THE AREA IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE A LOT OF GAS STATIONS THAT ARE COMING AROUND. SO WE NEED LOTS OF TOURISM GUYS, I THINK, TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT US, TO SUPPORT THEM. THAT'S RIGHT. 
          WE'LL BE KNOWN FOR SOMETHING. YEAH, WE WILL BE KNOWN FOR THEM. SO THE COUNCIL IS GOING THROUGH SOME OF THEIR POLICY AND GOVERNANCE REVIEWS RIGHT NOW. SO I JUST ALWAYS ENCOURAGE FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT, TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO US, SEND THEM TO, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR JUST SUBMIT THEM THROUGH CITIZEN COMMENTS. BUT THE LAST THING THAT I AM GOING TO THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE OF IS THAT I HAVE ALREADY PUT FOR DISCUSSION FOR FEBRUARY 5TH, A TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY DISCUSSION, SPECIFICALLY IN REGARD TO E-BIKE BIKES AND THE RULES AROUND THAT. SO I STATE THAT I NOTICE THAT YOU'LL HAVE IT ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ME TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE ANY OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE PACKET IN TERMS OF Y'ALL'S CONCERNS OR WANTS ET-CETERA IN THAT REGARD. AND THANK YOU, MR. LOUCKS, FOR CHAIR LOUCKS FOR COMING BEFORE COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY GIVING US AN ADDRESS. IT IS TRULY APPRECIATED THAT SCOTT IS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE NOW HAVE A DEADLINE FEBRUARY 5TH. SO LOOKING FOR INPUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. 
          [III.b. Routine reports from City Staff.]
THANK YOU SO MUCH MISS NORMA. OKAY. ROUTINE REPORT FROM CITY STAFF ERIC ZITO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR THE NEW YEAR. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR TO APOLOGIES. I'M NOT CRYING. I'M SUFFERING WITH ALLERGIES. AND SO IT'S KIND OF MY EYES ARE WATERY. SO JUST BEAR WITH ME AND I WANT APOLOGIZE TO DAVID. I DIDN'T UPDATE MY CHART TO GET YOU ON THE AGENDA. AS FAR AS YOUR NAME ON THE TITLES FOR THE ON THE BOARD, SO I WOULD DEFINITELY UPDATE THIS ON MY APOLOGIES WHEN I SEND OUT THE AGENDA. I 
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DIDN'T HAVE YOU LISTED ON THERE. SO WE HELD A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH A COMPANY TO DISCUSS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. I ATTENDED A DEVELOPMENT MEETING. OF COURSE, JORDAN WAS IN THAT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7703 LOWMAN FORD, TO DISCUSS PROJECT WITH STAFF, ANSWER QUESTIONS, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, MET WITH A LOCAL RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER REGARDING A STARTUP BUSINESS HE IS PREPARING TO LAUNCH. MET WITH A LANDOWNER WITH TWO ZONED PROPERTY, LOMAS AND TRAVIS DRIVE, TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL USES AND QUESTIONS RELATED TO EXTENDING WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES. MET WITH MET WITH LAGO VISTA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR REGARDING THE WATER TOWER PAINTING AND LIGHTING INITIATIVE. KIND OF WANT TO LIGHT THE TOWER UP WHEN THE VIKINGS WIN. SO WE KIND OF WORKED ON THAT INITIATIVE, KIND OF THINK THAT'LL BE COOL. MET WITH PROPERTY OWNER OF COMMERCIAL SITE AT 839 BRONCO LANE TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THAT LOCATION. MET WITH NORTH LAKE COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR TO DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF LA VISTA AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVOLVEMENT WITH CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH. OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS FOR DECEMBER 2025 103,268. THE TOTAL FOR 2025 WAS 1,280,819 WAS AN EIGHT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 47,000 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. FROM THE EVENTS. MOVIES ON THE GREEN IS THIS FRIDAY. 538 DISNEY'S FROZEN THE NEXT MOVE IS ON THE GREEN WILL BE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH. SHE'S STARTING TO LOOK AT THE MUSIC ON THE GREEN SUMMER SERIES, CURRENTLY PLANNING AND FILLING OUT THE SUMMER MUSIC ON THE GREEN. LINE UP AND SCHEDULE. LOCAL FEST SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH. SAVE THE DATE HEADLINED AN ADDITIONAL DETAIL LATER THIS MONTH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR ME. BUT WE DO HAVE OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE JOINING, SO JORDAN'S GOING TO COME UP AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT CODE REWRITE AND AND DIAGNOSTICS. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD TO HAVE YOU, JORDAN. THANK YOU. SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IT WAS DISCUSSED AT. 
          SORRY IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. THE REASON NICHOLS IS OUR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT. THEY HAVE DONE A CODE DIAGNOSTIC, BASICALLY OUTLINING WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR CODE AND HOW WE NEED TO IMPROVE IT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY'RE IN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S KIND OF ADOPTED. THE FULL REPORT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON JANUARY 20TH. 
          PLANNING AND ZONING HAS ASKED THAT CITY COUNCIL APPOINT A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR ALL BOARDS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AND REWRITE PROCESS TO ATTEND, AND THE THE STIPULATIONS FOR HOW MANY, I THINK WILL BE DISCUSSED ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL HAVE A GIANT MEETING WHERE EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE INVOLVED CAN BE INVOLVED TO GO OVER THE REPORT ITSELF, ALL OF IT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE 20TH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET GUIDANCE ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD, WHETHER WE FIND A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO DO THE REWRITE, WHETHER WE DO IT IN-HOUSE, HOW WE DO IT IN-HOUSE, IF WE DO DO IT IN-HOUSE AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. SO ON THE 20TH, WHEN THAT REPORT IS OUT, WE WILL FARM IT OUT IN EVERY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. SOCIAL MEDIA CITY WEBSITE I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND BOARDS, DIRECT LINKS TO IT AND WE'LL MAKE IT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT. MUCH LIKE POLICY, THE CODE IS IMPORTANT AND THE CODE MATTERS. AND SO WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO BE A PART OF IT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. HOWEVER MUCH TIME YOU'RE WILLING TO COMMIT FOR FREE, I'LL TAKE IT. SO WE JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF IT. IF THERE'S ANYTHING, EVEN IF YOU CODE IS HARD BECAUSE IT'S TECHNICAL. IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH A CITY AND YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, I LOVE THE WAY THEY DID THIS, OR I LOVE THE WAY THAT THEIR EDC DOES THIS, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, LET US KNOW WHEN WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE WE CAN LOOK AT THEIR CODES AND WE CAN SEE HOW THEY ACHIEVE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND TRY TO FIND SOME WAY THAT CAN FIT OUR CITY AND DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT. AUSTIN DON'T WANT TO BE AUSTIN. BUT IF YOU LIKE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY DO, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE CAN FIT IT IN. AND SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER OR SIT DOWN, HAVE MEETINGS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. BUT WE JUST WANT BOARDS TO BE INFORMED AND PARKS IS GOING TO BE THE SAME SPIEL LATER THIS WEEK. SO ANY RIGHT NOW QUESTIONS CONCERNS. SO AND I KNOW THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS THINGS DEVELOP RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU STAND, DO YOU LEAN MORE TOWARDS AN IN-HOUSE FULL REWRITE? I ASKED THIS TO KIND OF PROMPT MYSELF OF HOW MUCH TIME I'M GOING TO PUSH, THAT WE GET INVOLVED IN IT. SO THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION. WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S THE DIRECTION, I'M NOT SURE. BUT MY GENERAL CONSENSUS HAS BEEN THAT WE NEED TO DO IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IT'S NOT 
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COOKIE CUTTER. IT FITS US. WE'RE ADDRESSING ISSUES. AND SO, YEAH, UNLESS SOMEBODY TELLS ME TO FARM IT OUT, NO, I'M FULL SUPPORT. THAT'S. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. ROUTINE REPORTS FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
          [III.c. Routine reports from Chamber of Commerce. - Executive Director, Allison Sargent]
ALLISON SERGEANT. HELLO. ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT LOTS OF THINGS TO TELL YOU. JUST A QUICK, BECAUSE THE E-BIKE THING CAME UP. I HAVE BEEN KIND OF ACTIVELY TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT POSSIBLY OFFERING AN E-BIKE SAFETY COURSE OR A BIKING SAFETY COURSE AT THE CHAMBER. AND SO I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WHO OWNS AN E-BIKE RENTAL COMPANY, AND THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED. THEY SAID THEY'D PREFER IF THE POLICE CAME TO SPEAK TO THE LAWS. AND SO I WANT TO ASK THEM IF THEY CAN COME AND GIVE US, LIKE, WHAT'S THE TRUE LOVE OF ALL OF THAT? LIKE HOW WHAT ARE WE ENFORCING AND WHAT ARE WE? HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? BUT THEY WOULD LOVE TO COME AND PARTICIPATE AND EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE IN LIKE HELP WITH FITTING HELMETS PROPERLY AND TALK ABOUT GENERAL BEST PRACTICES FOR E-BIKE SAFETY AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF E-BIKES AND LIKE LIKE LITTLE ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES OR LIKE, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL OF THEM AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY LEGAL AND WHERE. AND SO THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE A SPEAKING OF LIKE OF THIS, WE HAVE A BIG STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING AT THE END OF THE MONTH WITH OUR NEW BOARD. SO WE ARE GOING TO HASH OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT AND WHEN WE WANT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS FROM BETWEEN ALL OF US. AND WE JUST HAVE TO NARROW DOWN LIKE WHAT THE BANDWIDTH IS ON ALL OF THAT. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S COMING WITH SPECIFIC DATES ON A LOT OF THIS. SO A LOT OF THIS IS VERY BROAD, BUT IT IS WRITTEN INTO OUR MY PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN. OUR NORTH SHORE NAVIGATOR NEWSPAPER IS OFFICIALLY HAPPENING. OUR FIRST DISTRIBUTION WILL BE FEBRUARY 13TH. SO OUR BIG AWARDS GALA IS THAT WEEK. AND WE'RE PLANNING TO KIND OF THEME IT AND LAUNCH IT TO THAT. SO OUR COMMUNITY CHOICE AWARDS WHERE WE'RE GIVING AWAY, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESS AND BIG BUSINESS AND WHATNOT, WILL BE THAT SAME WEEK. 
          AND SO IT'LL BE A BIG, EXCITING LAUNCH FOR THAT. WE HAVE I COLLABORATED WITH THE LIBRARY. 
          SO OUR LOCAL LIBRARY LADIES ARE HELPING ME OUT. WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN AN EDITOR OF A NEWSPAPER IN HER PAST AND WORKED ON LAYOUTS, AND SHE IS NOW OUR EDITOR, AND WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS PUBLISHED BOOKS, AND SHE'S AN AUTHOR, AND SHE'S HELPING GATHER STORIES AND TALK TO OTHER LOCAL WRITERS IN TOWN. WE ALSO PUT ALL THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE JUST RECENTLY, AND THEN A SUBMISSION FORM. SO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN NOW WRITE ARTICLES FOR US. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN THERE, BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO SUBMIT ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE, INCLUDING PHOTOS. WE'RE WE'RE AT 12 PAGES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A PAGE. EACH CITY WILL HAVE A PAGE THAT ISD WILL HAVE A PAGE. THE PO WILL HAVE A HALF A PAGE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE OTHER COUPLE HOA'S AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO CONFIRM WITH US. SO WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE WITH HOW THIS IS COMING TOGETHER. IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. AND THEN IN MAY WE'LL HAVE AN EXTRA FOUR PAGES WITH SENIOR SHOUT OUTS SO PEOPLE CAN BUY LITTLE ADS FOR THEIR SENIORS. SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, WE HAVE ALL OF THAT NOW ON OUR WEBSITE. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR NETWORKING LUNCHEONS, TEN OF THEM. SO FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY IS KIND OF OUR AWARDS LUNCHEON, BUT IT COUNTS. SO THAT ONE THROUGH NOVEMBER AND THEN WE'RE ADDING IN. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY'D LIKE, WELL, I'D LIKE TO. THIS IS ALL GENERIC UNTIL WE SETTLE IT DOWN AT OUR MEETING. BUT THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. ADD IN MORE MIXERS AFTER HOURS MIXERS, BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE KEEP ASKING FOR. WE'LL STILL DO OUR BIG SIGNATURE EVENTS AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY. OR WE'RE GOING TO SIT DOWN WITH CHARLES HERE SOON AND GET AN MOU DRAFTED ON HOW WE WILL PARTNER WITH LOGO FEST AND BALLOONFEST AND ALL THE OTHER BIGGER EVENTS, AND HOW WE'LL BE. WORKING ON ALL OF OUR BIG SIGNATURE TOURISM DRIVING EVENTS. OF COURSE, STILL DO OUR LITTLE THINGS LIKE RIBBON CUTTINGS, WORKING ON ALL OF OUR SOCIAL GROWING, OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS. THEY'VE GROWN QUITE A BIT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND 
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SO THAT IS GOING WELL. WE'RE KO CROSS CITY COLLABORATING WITH OTHER CHAMBERS, SO LEANDER AND THE OTHER HILL COUNTRY CHAMBERS ACTIVELY TRYING TO MEET WITH THEM SO WE CAN KIND OF CROSS OUR BOUNDARIES A LITTLE BIT AND THEN BRINGING IN SOME YOUTH. I HAVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WORKING ON WRITING FOR THE NEWSPAPER AS WELL. SO THEY'LL BE ON THE PAGE AND THEN I'M SURE THAT WILL GROW INTO MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AT THE START OF THE YEAR HERE. AND OUR. VISION FOR THE FUTURE HERE. NEWSPAPER IS THE EXCITING THING. SO THANK YOU, ALLISON. TWO THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT REAL QUICK. FIRST, GO AHEAD JOHN. I WAS JUST I WAS GOING, WHAT WHAT SORT OF DISTRIBUTION ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE? HOW HOW IS THE DISTRIBUTION GOING TO BE HANDLED? WELL, 5000 COPIES DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO US. I'M REACHING OUT TO ALL OF THE PLACES. THERE ARE FOOT TRAFFIC. 
          SO LOWE'S, BROOKSHIRE BROTHERS, ALL THE RESTAURANTS, JUST SEEING WHO WILL ALLOW US TO DROP OFF A COUPLE HUNDRED COPIES HERE AND THERE. SO BETWEEN JOINT VENTURE LOGO JONESTOWN, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE MULTIPLE PLACES. I DON'T HAVE A CONFIRMATION OF AS MANY AS I WANT QUITE YET, BUT WE'RE WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I ALSO THOUGHT OF ME. IF WE CAN GET THESE BIKERS TO BE PAPER BOYS. YEAH, THERE WE GO. YEAH, JUST PUT THEM TO USE, GUYS. WE'RE JUST. WE'RE MERGING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THEY CAN COME PICK UP THEIR STACK AND THEIR ROUTE AND SIGN A WAIVER. OH, YEAH, I LOVE IT. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SOCIAL. I THINK YOU SHARED WITH ME. SOME OF THE VIEW NUMBERS WERE 40, 50,000. YEAH. WE'RE BRINGING A LOT OF SO WE HAVE AROUND 4000 FOLLOWERS TO THE CHAMBER PAGE ON OUR FACEBOOK. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHO'S LOOKING AT THEM, THE, THE ONE THAT I WAS SHARING WITH YOU WERE INSTAGRAM. BUT THE FACEBOOK ARE TRIPLE THAT. SO THEY'RE AROUND 100,000 VIEWS ON SOME OF THESE THINGS FROM. AND MOST OF THEM ARE NOT FOLLOWERS. THEY'RE NOT LOCAL. 
          OUR NEW YEAR'S PARTY, WE HAD MULTIPLE COUPLES SAY THEY WERE FROM OUT OF TOWN. THEY SAW IT ON TIKTOK, OR THEY SAW IT ON FACEBOOK, AND THEY SAID THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SAFE BECAUSE IT WAS PUT ON BY THE CHAMBER. AND THEY THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE RISKING ANYTHING GOING DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, SO THEY AND THESE PEOPLE CAME AND ONE OF THEM, I HAD TO DRIVE BACK TO THEIR AIRBNB BECAUSE THERE WERE NO UBERS OUT HERE. SO WE HAD PEOPLE STAYING IN, HAD SOME BEDS FOR THAT FOR SURE, WHICH I THINK IT WAS WHAT 10% WERE. ONLY 10% WERE MEMBERS. YEAH, WE HAD I THINK WE HAD 100 GUESTS AND ONLY ABOUT I THERE WERE NOT MANY MEMBERS. I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I THINK IT WAS LIKE 9 OR 10 OF THEM WERE MEMBERS AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS NOT. SO THEY'RE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR OUT OF TOWN. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE SCOPING OUT THE WEDDING VENUE, TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR IF THEY WANTED TO BOOK THERE. SO JUST EXPERIENCING AN EVENT AT THAT VENUE. SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY A GREAT TOURISM EVENT WHERE WE CAN TRACK WHERE PEOPLE WERE FROM. SO I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AND PULL ALL THOSE NUMBERS. BUT YEAH, I KNOW THAT IT WENT WELL. WE SOLD OUT. SO YEAH, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT CHAMBERS FIND SOME SUCCESS WITH OUTREACH. SO AS WE GO INTO THE NEW YEAR AND YOU KNOW, THE OUR, OUR MEMBERS AND THE CITY AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, IS TURNING OUT TO BE A GREAT OUTLET THAT WE'RE WE'RE REALLY NOTICING IT'S MOVING THE NEEDLE. SO THANK YOU, ALLISON. 
          [IV.1. Discussion of Wayfinding Signage initiative.]
APPRECIATE IT. AND WE'LL KEEP MOVING ALONG. WE'LL GET TO OUR FIRST DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THE DISCUSSION ON THE WAYFINDING SIGNAGE INITIATIVE. 
          LET'S SEE I THINK LAST WE LEFT OFF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BIDS MAYBE FROM SOME OTHER COMPANIES. 
          JORDAN, HAVE YOU ACTUALLY HEARD ANYTHING ON THAT? WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP AND SPEAKING TO IT IF YOU ON THE RFQ? YES, YES. SO WE HAVE REVIEWED ALL THE RFQS THAT WE RECEIVED. WELL THE SOCKS, THE RESPONSE TO OURS THERE WAS 94. SO IT TOOK US A BIT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. YEAH, I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO. IT SUCKED READING THEM, BUT IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT. SO 94 MOST CITIES, REGARDLESS OF SIZE, WILL TYPICALLY SEE 20 TO 40 ON THINGS LIKE THIS. WE GOT 94 AND THAT IS FANTASTIC. SO THEY'VE ALL BEEN GRADED. THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RANKED. AND THEN FROM THOSE RANKINGS WE'LL DO THE TOP 3 TO 5 FOR EVERY 
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CATEGORY. IT'S JUST A LOT TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY'S SCORE SHEETS MATCHED UP AND RANKED BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY, WHICH IS A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. I WOULD EXPECT NEXT MONTH WE COULD POSSIBLY COME WITH GENERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, WHICH WILL THEN ALLOW US TO REQUEST OUTSIDE OF GENERAL SERVICE FROM THOSE THAT APPROVED LIST. WONDERFUL. WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU SAW JUST IN GENERAL THAT YOU TOOK AWAY FROM THAT, SEEING SO MANY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, APPLICATIONS IS WAS THERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS? WERE A LOT OF THEM THE SAME IN CONCEPT OR. WELL, SO IT WAS A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS SO THEY DIDN'T GET TO PROPOSE ANYTHING. OKAY. GOT IT. THEY JUST SAID THIS IS WHO WE ARE. THIS IS WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU. OKAY. GENERALLY SPEAKING, I WANT TO SAY THAT A GOOD THREE QUARTERS OF THEM EXCELLENT SUBMISSIONS, WELL QUALIFIED PEOPLE WITH ALL THE CERTIFICATIONS YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED. IT'S LIKE ALPHABET SOUP BEHIND THEIR NAME. 
          THEY'VE BEEN IN CENTRAL TEXAS FOR A WHILE. PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE. WE ALREADY WORK WITH LCRA, CITY OF AUSTIN, STUFF LIKE THAT. AND SO IT WAS IT WAS QUALITY STUFF. WE DIDN'T GET A BUNCH OF WEIRD THINGS FROM OUT OF STATE THAT HAVE NO IDEA, LIKE GROUND OUT HERE. SO OVERALL IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. WE'RE JUST IT'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH. SO MY HOPE IS NEXT MONTH. HOW MANY DID WE GET LOCAL OR OR LOCAL ISH? I WOULD SAY A GOOD MAJORITY OF THEM WERE FROM THE AUSTIN AREA. A LOT OF ENGINEERING FIRMS HAVE HUBS OUT THERE. SO YOU'RE FREEZING NICKELS. YOU HAD KIMLEY-HORN YOU HAVE. THERE WAS A BUNCH I WANT TO SAY A LOT OF THEM WERE FROM A LOT OF THEM FROM TEXAS. A GOOD CHUNK OF THOSE FROM AUSTIN. WE HAD SOME FROM DALLAS, WE HAD SOME FROM HOUSTON AND A HANDFUL FROM SAN ANTONIO. BUT THEY WERE PRETTY. IT WAS PRETTY CONSOLIDATED TO TEXAS. SO IT'S IT'S GOOD. IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. IT'S AWESOME. DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE THE IT GETS CLOSER TO SUBMITTING IDEAS? SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE'LL TAKE GENERAL SERVICES CONTRACTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS JUST ESTABLISHES OUR CONTRACTOR LIST OR OUR CONSULTANT LIST. AND WE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THESE PEOPLE AT LIKE A STANDARD HOURLY RATE. WHATEVER IS DETERMINED IN THE CONTRACT TO GO OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT GENERAL SERVICE, YOU APPROACH THEM DIRECTLY AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO. 
          CAN YOU WRITE THIS CODE? WHATEVER THEY PROPOSE, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, YOU GO WITH IT. IF YOU'RE NOT OKAY WITH IT, YOU CAN GO ASK ANYONE ELSE ON THAT LIST NOT TO BEAT THEIR PRICE, BUT TO THEIR PRICE. AND IF YOU WHICHEVER, YOU'RE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU GO WITH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT IT OUT TO BID ANYMORE BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR OR A CONSULTANT LIST. SO MY HOPE AGAIN, FEBRUARY, WE CAN TAKE THE GENERAL CONTRACTS TO COUNCIL. THERE'S NO BECAUSE IT'S AN HOURLY SERVICE OR BUILD AN HOURLY RATE. THERE'S NO NECESSARILY COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WE NEVER HAVE TO USE THEM. BUT THEY'RE THERE IF YOU NEED THEM. AND THEN AFTER THAT, AT ANY POINT IN TIME, MR. ZENO CAN APPROACH ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE FOR WHATEVER REASON AND START NEGOTIATING, NOT NEGOTIATING. THAT'S THE WRONG WORD, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THAT. DISCUSSING, DISCUSSING THE SCOPE OF WORK. OKAY, THAT'S AN AWESOME UPDATE. THANK YOU. JOHN, JOHN. JOHN. JOHN. ALL RIGHT. I'LL I'LL COME AS LONG AS YOU. 
          AS LONG AS YOU INVITE ME TO DINNER. SO THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT LIST ESTABLISHED, I ASSUME THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TELL THEM WHAT WE NEED DONE. AND SO DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE, I GUESS, SHOULD RECOMMEND WHAT? THE SIGNS. WHAT WHAT ITEMS WE SHOULD USE, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, LIKE, WELL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE MASCOTS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING. WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIGNS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT ONCE THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO CAN DO IT, WE CAN GET GOING. I MEAN, ARE WE ARE WE INVOLVED IN THAT? WHO WHERE WILL THE NEW CORPORATION BE INVOLVED IN THAT AT ALL? ONE AND THE SAME. RIGHT. WELL, IT WILL BE. I MEAN THIS BECAUSE IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND WAYFINDING AND TOURISM. IT CAN ABSOLUTELY BE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. SO WHO'S ON IT NECESSARILY? I THINK IT'S UP TO YOU ALL AS A BOARD AS A WHOLE TO ENABLE FOR MY RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW TO PROCEED WITH IT. WE NEED TO DECIDE IF THE CITY WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK LIKE. YEAH. AND SO I WOULD SAY IT'S A BRANDING AND 
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WAYFINDING SCOPE OF WORK. AND WE CAN MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, AND I CAN WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE IT GENERIC ENOUGH. WE DON'T NEED TO REBRAND THE CITY, BUT WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT FITS IN WITH EVERYTHING ELSE AND COMES ALL TOGETHER. 
          AND THE PROPOSAL THAT I BELIEVE WAS SENT, OR THE OTHER PRODUCT THAT WAS SENT THAT WAS PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL, THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT THE DESIGN BEFORE THEY MOVED IN TO THE STANDARDS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT WOULD BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO START AS WELL. AND THEN THE OUTCOME WOULD BE SIMILAR, WHERE YOU GET A LIST OF OPTIONS. AND ESSENTIALLY WHEN MONEY COMES IN, BOOM, WE HAVE THE DESIGN SET, WE HAVE THE LOCATION, WE HAVE MONEY, LET'S GO. AND WE JUST START RACKING OUT PROJECTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT SAME THING WITH WE CAN DETERMINE EVEN THE STREET SIGN BLADES. AND I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN CITIES THAT HAVE A LITTLE THING OFF TO THE SIDE. THAT'S SOMETHING AS WELL THAT WE WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT INTEGRATES WITH EVERYTHING. AND AT THAT POINT WE CAN START DESIGNING IT IN AND PUBLIC WORKS CAN START REPLACING STUFF. SO WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND THEN MOVE INTO WHERE WE WANT IT. WHEN YOU SAY BLADES, I'M SORRY. SO THE BLADES. OH GOT IT. OKAY. OH OKAY. A LITTLE CITY. TOTALLY. IT'S SOMETHING OFF TO THE RIGHT. AND THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE. BUT JUST SOMETHING IDENTIFIED. SO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING WHERE YOU ARE, WHO'S YOU KNOW WHO'S DOING WHAT. AND IT IDENTIFIES HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I AM IN LOVE OR YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN TOWN OR IT'S JUST IT'S A WAYFINDING THING THAT YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT UNTIL YOU SEE ANOTHER CITY DO IT. AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, ISLAND, YOU ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE. YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHEN YOU'RE BETWEEN KYLE AND STREET SIGNS CHANGE AND IT COULD BE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT BRANDING KIND OF THING. LIKE YOU SAID. THAT'S GREAT. SO THE SCOPE CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE. BUT THAT'S BUT IT COULD BE PHASED IN. AND, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I ASK IS, YEAH, WE THAT CAME UP IN THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MONDAY AND AND THEY'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET SOME RECOGNITION THAT THEY'RE HERE. YOU KNOW. SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN GO AS FAST OR AS SLOW AS EVERYONE IS COMFORTABLE WITH. I DON'T HAVE MONEY AS A DEPARTMENT. AND IF IT HAS TO BE BROKEN UP OVER FISCAL YEARS, IT MIGHT TAKE A MINUTE. BUT WE CAN START THE PROCESS AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. CITY. CORRECT DESIGN GUIDELINE FOR SIGNS. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD START. AND WE NEED TO DO WE HAVE WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE BRANDING. WE HAVE THE LOGO. THAT'S A RED FLAG. WE HAVE. WELL WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PART OF THE TASK. THE WAY WE HANDLE THIS KIND OF ON THE PRIVATE SIDE HAS BEEN TO JUST WORK. YOU KNOW, IN MY FIRM WE HAVE A GRAPHIC DESIGNER. AND WE'LL ESSENTIALLY CREATE LIKE A DOCUMENT OF DESIGN GUIDELINES. AND YOU CAN DO THIS WITH A BUSINESS AS WELL FOR BRANDING. SURE. THE CITY IS NO DIFFERENT THAN A BUSINESS IN THAT SENSE. BUT THEN THERE ARE APPLICATIONS OF THAT BRANDING GUIDELINES THAT GO FAR BEYOND JUST LOGO. RIGHT? WE HAVE NONE OF THAT. BUT ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT. SPECIFIC COLORS, FONTS, SPECIFIC COLORS, WHEN AND WHERE YOU CAN AND CANNOT HAVE IT ON STUFF. VERY JUST VERY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES. IT I WOULD AGREE THAT THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO START. IT MAY NOT BE NECESSARILY A CONSULTANT THAT DOES THAT. I MEAN WE HAVE THE L FLAG, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. AND SO AT THAT POINT IT'S IF WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE FONT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND FIGURE IT OUT WITH MR. ZENO'S TEAM AND JUST SET THE BASELINE FOR, FOR DESIGN STANDARDS, BECAUSE WE ALREADY PAID FOR THE NEW LOGO. AND SO I WOULD HATE TO DOUBLE EFFORTS WHEN THE LOGO WAS DONE. 
          BRANDING GUIDELINES SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITH IT. RIGHT. BUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT HAPPENED THAT WAY. YEAH. IDEALLY LIKE YOU GET THE WHOLE PACKAGE AND THAT COULD WITH THE FONT THAT STARTS TO TRANSLATE INTO SIGNAGE. BUT THEN AS THE WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE PACKAGE WANTS TO GET DEVELOPED TOWARDS A CONSTRUCTION LEVEL, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED. 
          ESSENTIALLY A BRANDING GUIDELINE FOR SIGNAGE, WHICH IDENTIFIES EACH TYPE OF SIGN THAT MAY OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YEAH, SIZES, ESTHETICS. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I 
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BROUGHT THAT UP IS, IS THAT WE HAD A SPECIFIC REQUEST FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE WOULD SORT OF ADOPT A MASCOT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY. AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WISE TO INCLUDE THAT SORT OF THING IN THE SIGNAGE. NOT YUMMY. YOU COULD HAVE THE FLAG AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING. BUT ALSO, WOULD WE WANT TO INCLUDE OUR MASCOTS THAT BECOMES IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY. SO BUT I THINK THAT'S SOME, SOME GROUND WE NEED TO COVER. NOT TO FURTHER MUDDY THIS, BUT YEP, I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH A FEW DIFFERENT BUSINESS OWNERS AND EVEN THE NATURE RESERVE. ON THE WAYFINDING SIGN SIDE. AND THIS KIND OF LEADS INTO ANOTHER ONE OF THE ITEMS. THESE CAN BE A REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE EDC IF WE'RE MANAGING THEM. I ALSO LOOKED INTO ON THE HOT FUNDS SIDE, AS LONG AS IT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO THAT, I'LL TAP BACK INTO THAT LATER. BUT ASIDE FROM JUST THE BRANDING ASPECT OF HOW THE SIGNS ARE GOING TO LOOK, THERE'S EVEN MORE TO LOOK AT IT. IF WE'RE LEASING THE THE BLADES ESSENTIALLY, ON THE WAYFINDING SIDE, I'VE TALKED TO BUSINESSES WHO ARE ALL ABOUT THE IDEA FOR, YOU KNOW, READY TO GO ON THAT. 
          I JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THE NATURE RESERVE. AND THEY ALSO BARTER SYSTEM. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY NONE OF THIS IS CONCRETE FOR ANYTHING, BUT FEELING THE TESTING THE WATERS, THEY ARE WILLING TO BARTER USING THEIR PARKING SPACE. AS MORE SIGNAGE STILL IN OUR BRANDING IF THEY GET A LITTLE PIECE ON THEIR WAYFINDING. SO THERE'S JUST THERE'S ECONOMIC VALUE IN GENERAL TO IT. AND WHOEVER WE'RE CHOOSING AS, AS A COMPANY TO MANAGE THE WAYFINDING SIGNS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO MORE THAN JUST HERE. WE BUILT THE SIGNS AND THANK YOU. SEE YOU LATER. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO HAVE THIS AS SOME SORT OF REVENUE GENERATION, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHAT THEY DID IN KYLE NECESSARILY. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE CEDAR PARK. BUT IT'S YEAH, SORRY TO ADD MORE CONVERSATION, BUT THIS IS A WAY TO GET FUNDING. YEAH THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. GREAT COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. JORDAN I THINK WE NEED TO GET YOU A COMFY SEAT CLOSER UP TO THE FRONT NEXT TIME. BUT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE 
          [IV.2. Grant writer updates December - January.]
ON TO ITEM TWO. GRANT WRITER UPDATES DECEMBER THROUGH JANUARY. WE GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE WE ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ENJOY THE DAY. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE. NO THAT'S GREAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ERIC. DO YOU WANT TO HELP US GET UPDATED ON THAT? THE GRANT WRITER STUFF. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? YEAH, I THINK SHE PUT IN. WE HAVE AN UPDATE FOR A NORMAL UPDATE THAT SHE MEANT. MAYOR PRO TEM JUST GOT OFF THE ZOOM CALL WITH HER FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SOME GRANTS SHE WAS DOING. OH, GOOD. WELL, THEN MAYBE MISS PRO TEM CAN DO THAT. YEAH. OKAY. 
          HAPPY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO START IT OFF AND TO AS I SAY NET NET IT I BASICALLY SAID, BRITTANY, WE WANT A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT CAN ACT AS A FEMA DISASTER CENTER AS WELL. AND BY THE WAY, WE WANT IT ALL PAID FOR BY GRANTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY. AND SO NO LOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HERE YOU GO. GET TO WORK. YEAH. I REALLY WHEN I STATED THAT, LET ME JUST TELL YOU GUYS I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE STIPULATION ALL ALONG. I DIDN'T SAY KNOWING THAT THERE WERE ACTIVITIES THAT COULD BE WHAT WE WOULD CALL IN-KIND MATCHES. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ACTUAL DOLLARS DOLLARS. BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A IF NEEDED. WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT MATCHING FUNDS. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, BASICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ASKED HER TO PUT TOGETHER WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE GRANTS THAT CAN FUND A PROJECT, AND THOSE GRANTS END UP BEING MATCHES FOR THE OTHERS. ALL RIGHT. SO BRITTANY HAS ACTUALLY PUT THAT TOGETHER. IT'S AMAZING. AND I LOOK FORWARD WE WERE TALKING ABOUT I'D LIKE HER TO RUN THE INFORMATION THAT SHE'S PUT TOGETHER BY CHARLES. ERIC AND I GOT TO SEE IT TODAY. SHE'S 
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ACTUALLY GOTTEN FLOOR PLANS. SHE'S GOT SPECIFICATIONS FROM FEMA. WOW. I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF BUILDING THAT COULD BE RETROFITTED HERE IN LARGO? I DON'T THINK SO. IF WE ARE GOING TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DO WE HAVE ANY LAND THAT COULD ACTUALLY DO THAT IN ORDER TO GO AFTER FEMA FUNDING, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE 12,000FT■S FOR JUST O GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR THAT. WHAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WITH CITY HALL IS JUST UNDER 8000FT■S. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN IT BECOMES, ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, GO FOR A FULL BLOWN FACILITY THAT CAN ALSO BE A FEMA DISASTER? OR DO WE WANT TO REALLY LOOK AT COMMUNITY CENTER NOW? ALL OF THE DRAWINGS INCORPORATE A COUPLE OF LARGE ROOMS BUT ALSO SIDE ROOMS FOR EDUCATION, BUT ALSO WITH THE MIND OF A FULL KITCHEN IF AVAILABLE, IN ORDER TO NOT ONLY POTENTIALLY BE A WAY TO SERVICE SENIOR ACTIVITIES, KIDS ACTIVITIES, DIFFERENT ITEMS IN THE AREA, BUT ALSO MAYBE TO HAVE AN EXTENSION OF THE SCHOOL FOR THEIR CULINARY CLASSES TO BE ABLE TO DO PROJECTS. SO ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN BUILT INTO THIS ONE PROPOSAL. SO IT IS A LOFTY DREAM. WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME OUR WAY, BUT THIS ONE IS WELL DOWN THE ROAD, AND SHE'S ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE GRANTS THAT COULD FUND IT. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING AND ACTUALLY PULLING THEM DOWN IS IS A WHOLE NOTHER DEAL. BUT SHE'S DOING A YEOMAN'S JOB OF MOBILIZING NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT ALSO HAS REACHED OUT TO THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO GET SUPPORT LETTERS. SO I LIONS HOPE CENTER. 
          KALE, VB, ETC. IN ORDER TO PUT SOME REAL STAMINA BEHIND THESE PROCESSES. SO BASICALLY TODAY WHAT YOU SEE ARE THE SOME OF THE POINTS THAT WE COVERED IN THAT DISCUSSION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED ABOVE BOARD FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY ON THIS. 
          I PLAN TO PUT THINGS OUT ON THE COUNCIL FORUM RIGHT AS WE GO FORWARD, BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT GETTING GRANTS, YOU KNOW, THE REPORTING YOU GOT TO DO ONCE THOSE GRANT FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, YOU DO NOT MOVE THEM. ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES IF A SHIFT OR NEED EXISTS, THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE YOU CAN SHIFT FROM ONE IDEA TO ANOTHER AS LONG AS IT IS COMPLIMENTARY, ETC. MY STIPULATION WAS THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A TRANSPARENT PROCESS IF THAT HAPPENS. THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID DISCUSS IS SOME OF THESE GRANTS ARE BETTER SUITED FOR AN ADC TO GO AFTER THEM VERSUS THE CITY TO GO AFTER THEM. SO HENCE, AGAIN, A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE ADC AND THE CITY IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AND SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO GET AS CLOSE TO BEING FULLY FUNDED WITHOUT UTILIZING LOCAL TAX DOLLARS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE, QUITE FRANKLY, OUR CITIZENS HAVE BEEN PAYING FEDERAL AND TAX DOLLARS FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. WE'RE GOING AFTER TO BRING SOME OF THAT BACK. I HOPE THAT HELPS. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THAT'S AMAZING. IS THERE WAS THERE A DID YOU SAY THAT THERE WAS A PROPERTY OR AN AREA THAT MAYBE WAS BEING DESIGNATED FOR THIS THAT HAS AT LEAST BEEN IN DISCUSSION THAT IS WORTH MENTIONING? YOU KNOW, THE THE OVERARCHING WANT OF OUR CITIZENS IS TO HAVE IT SOMEWHERE HERE WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. AND SO, OF COURSE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW, OR DO WE REBUILD THE CITY HALL AND THEN MAKE SOMETHING ELSE, A COMMUNITY CENTER HERE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IS STILL KIND OF WE'RE WE'RE FILLING THAT OUT AND FORECASTING NEEDS. BUT SO YOU'VE GOT THE LAND THAT'S OVER HERE, THAT'S BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ETCETERA. I DO HAVE A COMPLETE LIST. ERIC WAS KIND ENOUGH TO RUN. IT ACTUALLY WAS ERIC DE LA CRUZ THAT HAD A FULL LIST OF ALL OF OUR CITY PROPERTIES THAT I HAVE IN MY HANDS. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE CITY PROPERTIES TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR US TO UTILIZE. YOU KNOW, BEYOND THAT, IT'S LIKE, WHAT DO WE NEED? WHERE DO WE WANT TO PUT IT? AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY A CAMPAIGN TO GO BY BECAUSE WITHIN THE GRANT IS ACTUALLY BUYING THE LAND FOR WHAT BRITTANY IS PUTTING FORWARD. IT'S MONEY TO BUY THE LAND TO PUT THIS ON. SO IF WE 
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DON'T NEED THAT THEN THAT JUST PUTS US FURTHER AHEAD. IF WE DO NEED THAT, WE'RE ALREADY ACCOUNTING FOR IT. IS THAT A LIST OF PROPERTY, SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US AT SOME POINT? YEAH, IT'S STRAIGHT OFF OF OF CAD. YEAH I DIDN'T, I WASN'T OH YOU JUST CAN'T DO A CAD SEARCH. OKAY, COOL. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I HAVE. I GOT A I GOT EXCITED WHEN, WHEN I, WHEN I SAW ALL OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF BEEN KIND OF LIKE THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM OUT THERE. 
          AND FINALLY I'M STARTING TO SEE SOME, SOME CONCRETE THINGS, SO AND I SO I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SALES PITCH. I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A COPY OF THIS. MY SUGGESTION HAS BEEN, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE THE PIECE OF LAND HERE THAT'S BETWEEN THE POLICE STATION AND THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE CITY. I'M SORRY. I MADE ONE OF THESE GUYS. 
          LAST YEAR. I SHARED. THANK YOU. WHAT IT IS, IS THIS IS ACTUALLY A THIS IS PRINT OUT FROM TCAT THE THE TRAVIS COUNTY ADJUSTMENT FOLKS. AND IT SHOWS THAT THAT THAT PIECE OF LAND AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED OR SHE HAS MENTIONED HERE THAT WE NEED 3 TO 5 ACRES AND THAT HAPPENS TO MEASURE. THERE ARE TWO PIECES ACTUALLY OF PROPERTY THERE. IF I CAN FIND MY COPY NOW, WHICH I HAVE RIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE PROPERTY 799190 AND 79298, WHICH UNHAPPILY THEY ONLY PUT IT ON THE LITTLE CHUNK. AND IT'S THAT WHAT'S HEAVILY OUTLINED THERE. AND IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE THE ATTACHED INFORMATION, THE GENERAL INFORMATION, ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES MEASURES 3.8909 ACRES, FOUR ACRES. AND THE OTHER ONE MEASURES. WHAT IS IT? 91.29 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASICALLY AROUND SIX ACRES. SO THAT'S GOT YOU'VE GOT THE LAND THERE. IT MAKES SENSE TO ME TO USE THAT LAND BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL OF THE CITY RELATED FUNCTIONS HERE IN THIS ONE AREA, SO THAT YOU HAVE IT WHERE THE LIBRARY COULD, YOU KNOW, USE SOME OF THE ROOMS AS OVERFLOW AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND ONE THING COULD FEED THE OTHER VERY EASILY. WE ALREADY OWN THE LAND, SO THAT'S MONEY WE COULD INVEST IN THE BUILDING RATHER THAN IN THE LAND. SO I JUST HANDING THAT OUT TO YOU, THAT'S MY SALES PITCH FOR THAT PIECE OF LAND. I'M SURE THAT WE HAVE OTHER LANDS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY. NOT THAT MANY, TO BE HONEST, BUT THAT'S THE RIGHT SIZE AND IT'S LOCATED IN THE RIGHT PLACE. THE OTHER THE OTHER THING THAT I HAD QUESTION I HAD ABOUT THE THE PROPOSAL, IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THE PAGE WHERE IT HAS A DRAWING OF A OF A, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A 12 ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. AND IT, IT SAYS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, EMERGENCY STORM SHELTER ZONE, EMERGENCY USE ONLY. AND I CHALLENGE THAT IN MY MIND. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ICC 500 SHELTER AND AN ICC 500 SHELTER. MY QUESTION WAS DOES IT IS IT CAN IT ONLY BE EXCLUSIVELY USED FOR EMERGENCIES, WHICH IS WHAT THAT SORT OF INDICATES. AND NO, IT DOESN'T. AND I HAVE ANOTHER PIECE OF PAPER HERE TO GIVE YOU FOR YOUR FOR YOUR PERUSAL. IF YOU HAND THAT ACROSS TO. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THE MOMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO FULLY DISCUSS THE WHOLE THING, BUT I'M ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT, AND I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO. NO DOUBT. THAT'S GREAT. NORMA, HOW AS DAC OR EDC, CAN WE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND HELP MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR TAKE ACTION? WELL, THE EDC IS GOING TO BE SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, RIGHT? THAT'S BECAUSE IN ORDER TO DO THIS PROJECT IN A FULLY 
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FUND THROUGH GRANTS, THE EDC WILL HAVE TO BE A COMPONENT OF THIS. SO IT IS GOING TO CREATE SOME VERY CLOSE CROSS COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH THE CITY. BUT ALSO THE OTHER IS THAT THE EDC CAN THEN ALSO BE A LIAISON IN REGARD TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPED US THROUGH. NOW AS WE GO THROUGH THE GRANTS, JUST LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO PUT INFORMATION OUT, DON WAS ABLE TO TAKE THAT AND ACTUALLY GO, HERE'S HOW THIS CAN HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO ALL THOSE IDEAS, THE MORE WE HAVE CONCRETE SPECIFICATIONS, WE CAN ROLL WITH THIS OKAY. THE OTHER IS AS WE COME UP AND AS YOU ALL SOLIDIFY IDEAS, WHETHER YOU'RE EDC OR THE EDC, EITHER ENTITY CAN PUT CAN PUT TOGETHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT GO BEFORE COUNCIL. RIGHT. AND SO KIND OF SIMILARLY IN TERMS OF TANDEM OF THE BIKE SAFETY, WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT THERE. BUT AS LONG AS I KNOW SOMETHING IS COMING, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS ON A FUTURE AGENDA LIST. I'LL WORK WITH Y'ALL Y'ALL WOULD LIKE, AND I WILL MAKE SURE THE PACKET INFORMATION IS PUT TOGETHER, PUT FORWARD AS A PROPOSAL. THE COUNCIL APPRECIATES ANY OF THAT WORK. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR GUYS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. IF DON REALLY THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. AND BY THE WAY, ON THE SHELTER, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT A SHELTER OR A CRISIS CENTER, IT REALLY THERE'S A STIPULATION FOR A 4000 SQUARE FOOT AREA OF IT THAT HAS GOT FORTIFICATION TO IT. RIGHT? SO NOT THE WHOLE THING. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT HAS TO BE ABSOLUTELY USED FOR DISASTERS ALL THE TIME, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ALL THE TIME. SO IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A MEETING ROOM OR WHATEVER FOR MOST TIMES, BUT FOR THE PROSPECT OF IT BEING AN EMERGENCY SHELTER, THEN THERE'S GOT TO BE SPECIFIC. CONSTRUCTIONS DETAILS TO MAKE IT SUCH AND BE ELIGIBLE. WELL, ANECDOTALLY, I MUST SAY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET STARTED WITH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. AND WE HAVE LAND, WE HAVE A NEED, WE HAVE A WANT, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL RALLY BEHIND AND WORK TOGETHER ON TO TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. ERIC, GO AHEAD. I JUST WANNA MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT ON THAT. I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL ROBERTS AND CHAIR PAUL ROBERTS BECAUSE HIM AND MAYOR PRO TEM ARE ONE. WHEN PAUL WAS ON COUNCIL, WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING US TO THIS POINT WITH A GRANT WRITER, PERIOD. SO FOR IT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AS ALWAYS. AND I WANT TO SAY SO BRITTANY IS ALSO SO DON'T JUST WAIT TILL THE MEETING SO YOU CAN SEE ME. SHE'S BEEN INSTRUCTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME, BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY IDEAS FEEDBACK, PLEASE SEND IT TO ME AND I'LL GET THAT TO HER. AND SHE WOULD DEFINITELY GET BACK. SHE'S JUST BEEN INSTRUCTED TO GO THROUGH ME. BUT PLEASE DO THAT. AND I THINK ME AND NORMAN, ME AND PRO TEM TALKED TO HER TODAY ABOUT HER CONTRACT CALLS FOR A VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON VISIT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET HER HERE FOR A TWO IN PERSON SO SHE CAN HAVE THE SAME WEEK OF AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. SO BUT PLEASE SEND ME ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT HER TO SEE OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR HER. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO SHARE WITH HER, GET HER POINTED IN THIS DIRECTION. AND I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD BE OPEN MINDED, BUT THIS IS EXCELLENT DIRECTION AND AND I TOTALLY SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. THANK YOU. I TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT. OKAY, OKAY. MOVE. OH GO AHEAD JOHN. 
          SO. COUNCILMAN OWENS, WITH THE 12,000FT■!S, WHY IS IT 12,000FT? IS THAT A POPULATION TYPE THING OR IT'S JUST A FEMA REQUIREMENT? IT'S JUST A FEMA REQUIREMENT. IF WE WERE TO GO AFTER THAT GRANT NOW AGAIN, WE DON'T YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT GRANT. IT'S JUST THAT THAT WOULD BE A LARGER GRANT BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE REALM OF PLUS OR -12 TO 15 MILLION ON THE TOP SIDE, BUT FOR THAT 12,000FT■S, F IF WE DO NOT WANT TO GO AFTER FEMA GRANT, THEN IT DOESN'T. I THINK THE STIPULATION COULD BE SMALLER. I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, THE REASON THAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS BUILDING BEING IN JUST UNDER 8000FT■S IS THAT I ASKED BECAUSE I IMAGINED IF WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE THE FUNDING FOR, LET'S SAY, A NEW CITY HALL, THAT POTENTIALLY THIS COULD SERVE AS A COMMUNITY CENTER HERE. AND IF SO, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE WANT TO RETROFIT ANY OF IT. SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY TOO SMALL RIGHT NOW IN ORDER TO FIT THE FEMA BILL. BUT IT'S IT'S AN OPTION. I THINK 12,000FT■S IS ACTUALLY A GOOD NUMBER. IT MIGHT SOUND LARGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE VERY FILLABLE AND 
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USABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY OF SOME KIND FOR TO STAGE AND EVERYTHING TO GO ON. MR. DAVID. SO BACK TO CROSS-POLLINATING HERE. I HELPED RUN EVENT CENTER'S 12,000 SQUARE FOOT GETS REALLY SMALL WHEN YOU HAVE ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE, AND ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY NEEDS, WE HAVE 12,000 PEOPLE HERE. I MEAN, SO 12,000 IS NOT THAT MUCH. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE DIP INTO IT BEING NOT JUST A BUILDING THAT SITS THERE IN CASE STUFF GOES WRONG, BUT IT'S AN EVENT CENTER. IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH. HERE, 12,000 IS NOT SMALL. AND YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ONE. YEAH THAT'S GREAT. I'M SURE WE COULD THROW A GREAT PARTY THERE TOO. YEAH, YEAH. AMEN. WHY NOT? MR. YOU SAID COME TO YOU WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. SO ONE OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS SHE PUT ON HERE WAS NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS AND SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THE CHAMBER. I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. LIKE WHAT WOULD THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOK LIKE TO PULL INTO THE GRANT WRITER? ACTUALLY, SHE CALLED ME. SHE LITERALLY JUST SAID THAT THE CITY CANNOT QUALIFY FOR GRANTS, CERTAIN GRANTS, AND THAT THEY NEED A 500, ONE, C, 3 OR 6 TO QUALIFY. 
          AND SO ASKED PERMISSION TO USE OUR NAME. AND SO I GAVE HER QUITE A FEW NAMES OF OTHER NON-PROFITS IN TOWN THAT REALLY WANT THIS COMMUNITY CENTER AND TO REACH OUT TO THEM. AND SO SHE KIND OF WAS PULLING TOGETHER ALL THOSE. BUT REALLY, LIKE, WE ARE KIND OF THE HEAD OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUT HERE AS WELL, YOU KNOW. SO IT WAS EASY FOR HER. SHE SAID IT'S REALLY EASY FOR HER TO APPLY UNDER OUR NAME, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT CAME FROM. BUT IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS, YEAH, YEAH. THERE YOU GO. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GET TO OUR LAST DISCUSSION ITEM DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVES. SO WE'VE ALREADY TOUCHED ON IT A COUPLE TIMES TONIGHT, WHICH I LOVE. SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH E-BIKES THAT HAVE COME UP, SOME OF IT ONLINE, SOME OF IT ON THE STREETS. OH, 
          [IV.3. Discuss future Economic Development Corporation.]
DID I WAS THREE OH DISCUSSION FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SORRY. DO WE HAVE MORE TO DISCUSS ON THAT EDC WE THINK YEAH, WE ADDRESSED THAT. I THINK WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER. SO I APOLOGIZE. BUT SO DISCUSSION ITEM THREE CHECK OKAY. WE'RE GOOD ON. SO FOR 
          [IV.4. Discussion and possible action on public safety and quality of life initiatives.]
DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION PUBLIC SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE ALREADY MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES TONIGHT IN REGARDS TO E-BIKES. DEFINITELY A HOT TOPIC IN THE COMMUNITY I THINK TWO ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DISCUSS IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GOLF CARTS, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO HAVE GOLF CART ROUTES OR IF WE WANT TO HAVE BIKING ROUTES IN GENERAL. IN ADDITION TO THE BIKE SAFETY, YOU KNOW, MAINLY WANT TO PROMOTE OUR OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE HERE IN THE AREA. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LAKE AND PARKS, AND A LOT OF THE REASON PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL AREA THAT WE'RE IN. SO WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PROMOTE SAFETY. WHILE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE ENJOYING. SO. YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, I THINK ALSO MAYBE THAT PLAYS INTO THE WAYFINDING SIGNS, SIGNAGE. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS IS KIND OF CROSS-POLLINATING AS WE GO THROUGH IT, I'M REALIZING THAT A LOT OF IT PLAYS TOGETHER WITH THE BRANDING EVEN OF TOWN, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LET'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT CERTAIN AREAS AS BEING DESIGNATED, YOU KNOW, SAFE AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO WATCH OUT FOR YOUNG BIKERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OBVIOUSLY, CHAMBER IS, YOU KNOW, ALLISON AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE WANTING TO INITIATE SOME SAFETY COURSES AND DO SOME THINGS. I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO REALLY FOCUS ON SAFETY AND HOW WE OUTLINE OUR ABILITY TO ENJOY THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS RELEVANT COMPLETELY, BUT SOMETHING THAT HAS CONTINUED TO STAY ON THE BACK OF MY MIND AFTER MOVING HERE HAS BEEN WALKABILITY OF A CITY, AND. THE OTHER THING I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST DAWNED ON ME, MAYBE AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, THERE ARE INTERCONNECTED TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE FOREST AND HILLS OUT HERE THAT AREN'T MARKED, LIT, OR WIDELY KNOWN ABOUT. ONE IN PARTICULAR, LIKE CONNECTS FROM OVER AT POST OAK ALL THE 
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WAY TO TESSERA. AND THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THESE INTERWEAVING THINGS THAT I'VE NEVER WALKED BUT TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE. THERE'S ALSO KIND OF LIKE MOTORBIKE TRAILS THAT PEOPLE CRUISE THROUGH, AND YOU GO TO THREE DIFFERENT PLACES. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL SINCE THIS IS A NATURAL. WE'RE KIND OF UP TO NATURAL PRESERVE. WE HAVE SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, HILL COUNTRY NATURAL RESOURCES. WE DON'T NEED TO ADD MORE CONCRETE NECESSARILY. BUT HOW DO WE MAKE THINGS MORE WALKABLE WITH THE TERRAIN THAT WE HAVE AND MAKE IT MORE PUBLIC, PUBLICLY KNOWN AND ACCESSIBLE? RIGHT. AND IT WOULD COST MONEY TO, TO BUILD OUT AND MAINTAIN TRAILS BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A PAIN. RIGHT. 
          BUT AND THEN THE OTHER ASPECT THAT COULD BE REALLY COOL IS SOME SORT OF SAFETY ASPECT OF THAT BY INCORPORATING SOME SORT OF LIGHTING, WHICH ALSO COSTS A DECENT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND MAINTENANCE. SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMEDAY. YEAH, THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD COMMENTS. I LOVE THAT, DAVID. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND DON'T TAKE THIS AS A DISSENT IN ANY WAY. I AGREE, A LOT OF THE TRAILS ACTUALLY ENCROACH ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES TOO, SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL OF WHICH PIECES. BUT IN ADDENDUM TO THAT, YOU MENTIONED MOTOR BIKE TRAILS. A LOT OF THOSE ARE EXCLUSIVELY PRIVATE. AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THE OWNERS OF LARGER LOTS REACH OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE PLANNING ON PUTTING UP SIGNS OF, HEY, NO TRESPASSING, DON'T COME HERE. 
          AND IT'S WHETHER IT WAS RIGHT OR NOT DOESN'T MATTER. IRRELEVANT GOING FORWARDS. 
          THERE'S ABOUT TO BE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO INTENDED ON RIDING THEIR DEVICES, WHO NOW WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RIDE THEM. THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE. SO JUST LITTLE E-BIKES RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE CURRENTLY THAT'S THE SMALL MICRO ISSUE THAT EVERYONE'S VERY FOCUSED ON. BUT IT WILL BECOME ATVS AND DIRT BIKES BECAUSE FOR A LONG TIME PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED FOR THIS. YEAH. AND AND THAT'S THAT'S A BIG FACTOR. IS THAT SO MUCH LAND OUT HERE IS THAT APPEARS TO BE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IT'S PRIVATE CITY OR COUNTY OR NATURAL PRESERVE IS JUST OWNED BY SOME RANDOM PERSON. AND YEAH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY MAYBE WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT APPROACHING SOME OF THOSE PRIVATE OWNERS FOR EASEMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOME PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP ON EASEMENTS AND CREATING SOME TRAILS. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE AT. MAYBE THERE'S ENOUGH TO KIND OF STRING SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR, FOR SOME PEOPLE, FOR WALKABILITY AND USE SOME OF THAT TERRAIN. I MEAN, ANYTIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING BEFORE BNA OR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL SCOPE, IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND NEGOTIATE IN GENERAL AND DRIVE THE COMMUNITY TO SOMETHING BENEFICIAL WE WANT. I MEAN, MORE CONCRETE DOES SUCK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SIDEWALKS HELP KIDS NOT GET RUN OVER, SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME PLACE TO EXPLORE THAT. YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY THAT SITS THAT CAN'T BE USED, AND I KEEP HARPING ON HOT FUNDS. BUT IF THERE ARE WAYS TO USE IT, AND IF WE HAD AN EVENT THAT WE SPECIFICALLY NEEDED SOME CITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, LIKE IF WE NEED THIS EMERGENCY CENTER SO THAT WE CAN THROW EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO PUT HEADS IN BEDS IF WE NEED. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS ONE. I'M EXPLICITLY NOT SUGGESTING THIS ONE. BUT FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WANTED SIDEWALKS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE LOG, A VISTA BIKE RALLY THAT STAYS ON SIDEWALKS LIKE THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO SKIN THE CATS HERE. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT SIDEWALKS ARE THE ANSWER, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK MAYBE SOME ROUTES WOULD BE INTERESTING TO PROPOSE, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR SAFETY SO KIDS CAN GET TO SCHOOL OR GET TO THE PARKS A LITTLE BIT EASIER, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE WHETHER IT'S AN E-BIKE OR WHETHER IT'S A PEDAL BIKE. I THINK YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE SAME KIND OF SAFETY CONCERNS, REALLY. SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD GET AHEAD OF, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ATTRACTION TO OUR CITY IF WHEN PEOPLE CAME AND STAYED, THEY COULD GET OUT, YOU KNOW, RENT A BIKE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, GET HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY GET DOWN TO LAKE ACCESS. EVEN IF THEY CAN'T GET LAKE ACCESS, THEY CAN AT LEAST GET AROUND TOWN AND FEEL LIKE THEY CAN COME OUT HERE AND ENJOY THAT ACTIVITY THAT BROUGHT US ALL OUT HERE TO LIVE. SO GO AHEAD, MR. STANHOPE. I ALSO WOULD SAY WHILE WE CONTINUE ON THIS INITIATIVE, WE WOULD WANT TO LOOP OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR AND AND PROBABLY KIND OF HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO THAT, TO THAT EFFECT, BUT DEFINITELY WANT TO GET THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR AND REC INVOLVED AS WELL IN THIS INITIATIVE. AGREED. YEAH. 
          AS WE START TALKING ABOUT THE TRAILS AND HOW EVERYTHING CONNECTS AND OUR OUR TERRAIN, 
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LIKE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, I STARTED THINKING I WAS LIKE, YEAH, THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP THERE TOO, FOR SURE. YEAH. OUT IN WASHINGTON, WHERE I'M ORIGINALLY FROM, THERE'S LIKE A, LIKE A NORTHWEST TRAILS ASSOCIATION. THAT'S LIKE A I THINK IT'S LIKE A NONPROFIT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST THAT HAVE AND THEY DEVELOPED A BIG BASE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND ALSO LIKE DO ANNUAL EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE VOLUNTEER TO LIKE, CLEAN UP TRAILS AND STUFF. THERE'S A LOT MORE NATURAL, LIKE PRESERVED AREAS OUT THERE AND OUT HERE IN THIS CITY IN PARTICULAR, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRIVATE OWNED LAND. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS, IF THERE'S ENOUGH BUY IN FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THAT AND CREATING KIND OF AN ASSOCIATION THAT STARTS TO OWN, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THE CITY OR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IF THINGS CAN KIND OF BE COLLABORATED TOGETHER LIKE THAT. YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY THE BUY IN. I'M GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON YOU. PEOPLE CAN BUY IN IN MULTIPLE WAYS, NOT JUST WITH THEIR VOICE AND NOT JUST WITH THEIR MONEY, BUT ALSO WHAT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD SUPPORT PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING DEVELOPMENT OUT HERE FOR THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE $0, SURE, BUT WE'LL ONLY EVER SEE SO MUCH MONEY FROM THE TAX SIDE. AND WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED A LOT OF THEIR TAX MONEY ELSEWHERE. BUT AND IT HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN USED IN A WAY THEY WANT. SO WHERE THEY CAN PUT INPUT, THERE'S A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD COME OUT SWEAT EQUITY. THEY'D COME OUT. 
          I MEAN, NOT NECESSARILY CAMPAIGN FOR US, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH WHERE PEOPLE CAN PUT THEIR $0.02 IN 100%. I THINK THAT THIS INITIATIVE COULD REQUIRE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF SOME KIND. YEAH. IF THERE'S ANY ANYTHING THAT HAS MULTI LEVEL TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ON EASEMENTS, YOU TALKING ABOUT TRAILS, POTENTIAL WALKABILITY ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BRANDING, SIGNAGE. I MEAN THERE'S A LOT TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT DISCUSSION ITEMS WITHIN IT. SO I DON'T KNOW I MEAN WITH WHAT'S THE CAN WE BUILD A SUBCOMMITTEE BEYOND JUST WHO IS ON IT OR DO WE JUST SAY THAT NEEDS TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, AS A SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO TO CUT THAT PIE? SO IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS YOU ASKING ME TO REACH OUT TO LIKE THE PRAC LIAISON OR WHATEVER. IT'S HELPFUL IF I HAVE A LITTLE SYNOPSIS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO AND KIND OF PATH FORWARD DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, I MEAN, JUST AS BUT A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, I THINK IS HELPFUL WHEN YOU START TALKING TO THE OTHER COMMITTEES. 
          THERE COULD BE SOME WHY THEY WANT TO TALK TO US, RIGHT. AND AND REALLY THAT THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          AND THEN THEN BOTH BODIES THEN AGREE, YOU KNOW TO REACH OUT NOW I'M GOING TO PUT THE OTHER AS DAVID IS GOING. OKAY. SO THE OTHER CAVEAT IS RIGHT NOW PRETTY SIMPLE TO DO WITH WITH THE EDC. IF THERE'S MORE THAN FOUR OF YOU, THEN THAT GETS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE WE GOT TO DO NOTICING. BUT AS LONG AS IT'S UNDER IT'S THREE OR LESS THEN YOU'RE OKAY OKAY, OKAY. MR. ROBERTS, CAN YOU CREATE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THIS BODY? MAYBE IT CAN BE TREATED HERE. THREE OVER THERE, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW. YES, BUT YOU CAN ALSO HAVE MEMBERS. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE'S SUBCOMMITTEE. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXPLORE THIS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK SOMEONE LIKE NORMA. SHE HAS THE THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE I DO AS WELL. SO IS THERE, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF THAT COULD BRING VALUE TO, TO THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES EFFORTS? FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN 2019, 2020. WHO DID ALL THE INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH FOR PRAC ON ALL OF THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES. I TRY TO IDENTIFY POCKET PARKS AND USES FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE THINKING, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. THAT'S ACTUALLY GOT TO THE HEART OF WHY I WAS ASKING TO LOVE. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A FEW CITIZENS I'VE TALKED TO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT VERY INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES. WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS MORE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND SO WE'LL WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. SO I'M. SO NORMA I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL THEN I GUESS AND WE'LL I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO TAKE ACTION IS TO DEVELOP THAT SUBCOMMITTEE. THE COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT GROUPS. 
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SO, SO, CHAIR, SO, YOU KNOW, AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT COMMUNICATION FLOWS IS, IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR ROUNDABOUT WHERE WE PULLED IN. COUNCILOR VENICE AND OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, DAVID, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RECENT. NOW I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WERE. AND I SAID, OH, YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW. OH, IT WAS A SKATE PARK. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A SKATE PARK. YEP. AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST AS QUICKLY, BASICALLY ONCE THERE'S AN INITIAL EMAIL, THEN I JUST KIND OF START PUTTING PEOPLE TOGETHER ON THERE. I LOVE THAT, SO I'LL JUST SAY NONE BETTER THAN COUNCILOR ROBERTS. ON MOBILIZING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT, JEFF, YOU MIGHT BE GOOD TO ADD FIRE WISE. YEAH, HE'S SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THESE THINGS. SO JUST HAVING A FEW, YOU KNOW, JUST ASKING PEOPLE FOR A FEW NAMES. HE'S OKAY. 
          YEAH. AND THEN I WILL TELL YOU THAT AS THE LAGO VISTA PROPERTY OWNER ASSOCIATION LIAISON, I WAS IN ONE OF THE MEETINGS WHERE A GENTLEMAN IN THE COMMUNITY AND I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET HIS NAME ACTUALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAP AND CONNECT TRAILS IN A CIRCLE AROUND OUR ENTIRE CITY. OH THAT'S WONDERFUL. YEAH. YOU REMEMBER? YEAH, I REMEMBER THERE WAS A I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS DURING THE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MR. DICK DURING THE TURN BACK TRAIL. HE WAS PART OF IT, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WHO MIGHT WANT TO REACH HIM, MAYBE HIS NAME. REACH OUT TO HIM. YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO TRY TO CONNECT ALL THE TRAILS, THE ONES THAT GO BY THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AS WELL, AND ALL THE WAY UP TO BALD MOUNTAIN. AND BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT, OUR ONE OF Y'ALL DID. I THINK YOU DID. SO MUCH OF IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WE HAVE 6689 ACRES IN OUR ETJ ALONE, NOT INCLUDING. GOLF LINKS, BUT YEAH, TRYING TO GET CONNECTIVITY, ESPECIALLY TO CONNECT ACROSS. 1431. RIGHT. WE DON'T TEX-DOT ISN'T GOING TO GO ALLOCATE IN THEIR BUDGET CYCLE A BUNCH OF MONEY FOR ONE OF THOSE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES ACROSS 1431 LIKE YOU HAVE GOING ACROSS I-37 ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. OH YEAH. PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. OKAY. THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING. YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD. BUT YOU GOT TO BE THINKING LONG. I MEAN, DON'T HESITATE TO THINK BEYOND OURSELVES. YOU KNOW, I WAS DEBATING SOMEBODY ON TEXAS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND VERY VOCAL CITIZEN. AND YOU KNOW, HE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING HIM OUT OF HE'S LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE WAS HE WAS CONTESTING THE $50,000, EXCUSE ME, THE 50,000 POPULATION, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR ETJ ANY ANNEXATION. RIGHT. AND I'M GOING TO TIE THIS INTO THIS AND OUR POPULATION AND I RAN THE NUMBERS IN THAT. THAT'S BASED ON, BY THE WAY, I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT NUMBER BEFORE. THAT'S BASED ON TOTAL NUMBER OF CURRENTLY ENTITLED. LOUISE. RIGHT. A SINGLE FAMILY HOME HAS ONE DUPLEX, HAS HALF A GAS STATION. MIGHT HAVE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE. THERE'S SOME CALCULATION. RIGHT. SCHOOLS HAVE MORE. SO ALL THOSE LOUISE TIMES 2.60. ANOTHER NUMBER IS 2.85. LCRA USES 2.60. WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, YOU COME OUT WITH THE CURRENT POPULATION. 
          AS OF 2024, OF ABOUT 13,300 AND SOMETHING PEOPLE A LOT OF MR. BASED ON THOSE VALUES THAT ARE PERMITTED METERS. MANY OF HE'S MAKING THE COMMENT ABOUT WELL YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFETIME BECAUSE I'M TURNING 52. I'M GETTING A LITTLE OLDER. YEAH. HOW LONG ARE WE TALKING. MID 2060S IS WHEN YOU WOULD REACH BUILD OUT BASED ON OUR HISTORICAL GROWTH RATE. RIGHT. 50,000. SO A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, RIGHT. AT ONE POINT YOU GET TO 50,000 PEOPLE. THAT'S A BIG TAX BASE. SO MAYBE THERE IS THAT FUTURE LONG TERM CONNECTIVITY VIA A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 31 TO VETERANS. ANYWAY, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THE PRESENTATION, SHE PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION 2223 I HAVE A COPY OF IT AND THERE'S OVER 300 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND VISITORS TO TONY'S CREDIT RESERVE. AND IT'S A PRESERVE, A RESERVE OVER THERE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THAT'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS. IT HAS. TOTALLY. AND JUST ONE MORE COMMENT, IF I MAY KIND OF JUMP BACK. YOU SAID YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOTEL TAXES. 
          HERE'S JUST SOMETHING OFF TOPIC I WANT TO THROW AT YOU GUYS. AND THE REASON I'M GOING TO GO OFF TOPIC IS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT BOUND BY THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ALL THE NORMAL FORMALITIES THAT THE OTHER COMMITTEES COMMISSIONS ARE UNDER OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. YEAH. AND IT IS THAT IDEAS FOR THOSE BEDS HAVE HEADS IN SPURRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SOME OF Y'ALL KNOW I HAVE A HOME IN ROCKPORT. I GET DOWN THERE, IF I'M LUCKY, 3 OR 4 NIGHTS A MONTH, WHICH IS 
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NOT AS MUCH AS I LIKE. I LOVE THE COASTAL FISH, BUT THEY DO SOMETHING THERE. IN YEAR 2 OR 3 OF THAT I WANT TO BROACH HERE. AND ALSO IT CAN MAKE ITS WAY OVER TO THE POA BECAUSE IT WILL INVOLVE POA INVOLVEMENT. THEY DO SOMETHING THAT I WOULD PROPOSE WE TRY TO DO HERE OVER AT BARQUET, AND IT IS WHAT THEY DO IS ON THE BEACH IN ROCKPORT. THEY HAVE A CHRISTMAS ON THE BEACH AFTER THAT, WHAT THEY CALL IT. BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THE ROAD DOWN THERE PARALLELS THE BEACH, AND THEN IT GOES IN AS IT GETS TO KEY LARGO, IT HAS IT LOOPS BACK SO YOU CAN GO DOWN, LOOPS BACK, BARK, YOU GO IN, IT LOOPS AROUND. AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE ALL THE BUSINESSES COME UP, BUSINESSES, THE HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS. THEY COME UP WITH DISPLAYS, CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS. AND THEY AS THE CARS ARE GOING IN, THEY'RE ASKING EVERYBODY, THEY GOT THE CLIPPER. WHERE ARE YOU FROM? WHAT CITY? WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR CITY? WHICH IS THAT'S HOW YOU JUSTIFY THE HOT BUTTON CONTRIBUTION. SO THEY'RE DOING THAT. AND THEN THEY, THEY ASK EVERY THEY HAVE A LITTLE SHORTWAVE AM, FM RADIO. YOU CAN BUY THOSE FOR 50 BUCKS A BOX. AND THEY'RE PLAYING AS YOU, THEY HAVE A, A PRERECORDED DISPLAY TALKING ABOUT EACH, PROMOTING EACH OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THEIR DISPLAYS. AND THEN ON THE WAY OUT, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ASK FOR WHO IS YOUR WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE, WHO WON? SO IT MAKES EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, THESE GUYS ARE GETTING COMPETITIVE. 
          THEY WANT TO WIN EVERY YEAR. THESE DISPLAYS GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER EVERY YEAR AND IT'S PRETTY COOL. SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT BE AN IDEA TO TOSS AROUND THE CHAMBER, THE CITY, THE POA, BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO USE THE POA PROPERTY WHERE THE CITY CAN DO THAT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT EVERYTHING IS SO COOL. NO. THAT'S WONDERFUL, I LOVE THAT AND I AGREE, WE NEED TO THINK BIG. ONE PROJECT I WANTED TO MENTION TO BEFORE WE BEFORE WE SHUT THINGS DOWN IS THE GREAT SPRINGS PROJECT. GO TO GREAT SPRINGS, PROJECT.ORG IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT. IT'S A 100 MILE TRAIL FROM OUR CAPITAL TO THE ALAMO. AND AS FAR AS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S THE LARGEST PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP IN HISTORY IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY AS FAR AS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, TEXAS DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC LAND. IT'S MOSTLY PRIVATE. SO IT'S TAKING QUITE A WHILE FOR THEM TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. BUT YOU CAN SOME OF IT, I BELIEVE, IS HORSE RIDING TRAILS. SOME OF IT YOU CAN HIKE. 
          I'M SURE THAT PEOPLE AS IT OPENS AND THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT COMES OUT, I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL TRY TO DO, YOU KNOW, FASTEST NFCS AND FASTEST FXN FASTEST KNOWN TIMES. EFEFCTS SORRY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF WE CAN GET 100 MILE TRAIL FROM THE CAPITOL TO THE ALAMO, I'M SURE THAT WE CAN GET ONE AROUND LAGO VISTA. YOU KNOW, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT CONVERSATIONS. WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED AND PUT TOGETHER THE RIGHT COMMITTEE THAT BELIEVES IN THIS AND WANTS TO TO BRING SOMETHING SPECIAL LIKE THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT SAID, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. SO I DON'T THINK I THINK WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOR WEEKS. IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY LAST WORDS, I'D BE OPEN TO HEARING THEM. I WOULD REQUEST ON THAT. JUST TO HIT THE NERVE OF THE CITIZENS ON THIS ENTIRE SUBJECT. SO BACK TO THE GROUND ROOT OF THIS IS THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS AND THE BIKES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO TODAY RIGHT THERE ON OUR STREETS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S LEGAL. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS LEGAL. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE OUR OUR POLICE CHIEF OR SOMEONE COME IN TO REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT THE LAWS ARE TODAY AND WHAT THEY WOULD OR WOULD NOT ENFORCE, RIGHT? SO THAT AS WE DO THIS, SIDEWALKS, CONCRETE, ALL THAT ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE TODAY IS GOING TO PLAY INTO ALL THIS. SO WE AT THE GROUND LEVEL, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO ENFORCE. AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT RIGHT, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET TO THOSE TRAILS? RIGHT? ARE THEY GOING TO RIDE ON OUR STREETS TO GET THERE, OR ARE THEY GOING TO PUT THEM ON A TRAILER TO GET THERE? RIGHT. SOME OF THEM WITH PEDAL BIKES, THOSE ARE LEGAL. THEY CAN, THEY CAN, THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH RIDE THEM ANYWHERE. THEY SHOULDN'T BE ON THE STREETS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, RIGHT. SO HOW HOW IS THE ENFORCEMENT, WHAT DOES THAT ENFORCEMENT LOOK LIKE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF BUILD THIS AROUND THAT AND PUT ORDINANCES IN PLACE TO BETTER HELP THE EFFORTS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE FUTURE. I APPRECIATE THAT, JOHN. AND I THINK, NORMA, TO GETTING THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR COUNCIL, I THINK WILL BE A GOOD START. MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME DIRECTION THAT COMES FROM COUNCIL TO. FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER. GO AHEAD. SO I'M GOING TO SAY REAL QUICK AS IT STANDS NOW, OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES DO NOT ADDRESS E-BIKES, RIGHT. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS LIKE IT JUST WASN'T ON OUR RADAR. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN CHRISTMAS HAPPENED. AND THEN IT WAS THERE 
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WERE TWO. NO. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE DID WHEN COUNCILOR ROBERTS WAS ON THE DAIS, WE WERE WE DID WORK AND UPGRADE THIS 35 MILE AN HOUR AND GOLF CARTS AND GOLF CARTS AND STUFF. AND, AND IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY THING TO HAPPEN. BUT THERE ARE SOME STIPULATIONS AROUND THAT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, THERE IS NOT ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY TO E-BIKES. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEN YOU HAVE A LEVEL OF IT WHERE TEXDOT TAKES OVER, RIGHT? IF IT GOES OVER 35 MILES AN HOUR AND, YOU KNOW, STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, ANY, ANY WHERE YOUR ADVISORY CAPACITY WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL IS IN HELPING TO ENVISION WHAT THAT AS COUNCILOR ROBERTS WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHAT THAT ENVISION MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 
          RIGHT. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HAVING THE TRAILS OR THE PLACES FOR THESE BIKES TO BE ABLE TO GO. SO ANYWAY, JUST MY $0.02. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BATTING IT AROUND, THOUGH. YEAH. I MEAN, YEAH. OH YEAH. ALL OF IT. ON THAT END NOTE, THERE IS INHERENT RIGHTS TO TRAVEL AND THERE'S AN INHERENT RESPONSIBILITY ON US AND THE CITY TO PROVIDE THEM A SAFE AREA TO DO THAT. SO ENFORCEMENT IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DONE. BUT BEFORE THAT, WE NEED TO BE PREVENTATIVE IN GENERAL. I MEAN, OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WHY GRAB THE HOT STOVE OVER AND OVER, RIGHT? TOTALLY. WELL, WITH THAT MEETING IS NOT ADJOURNED BECAUSE MR. I'M SORRY. I KNOW YOU'RE I AM PUTTING TOGETHER A AGENDA ITEM AND SOME PROPOSED EXAMPLES OF OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AGAIN IS FEBRUARY 5TH. BUT IF YOU ALL ARE AMENABLE TO IT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS OUT TO YOU ALL AS MEMBERS. AND THEN ANY FEEDBACK YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER FROM THEM WOULD BE APPRECIATED. YES, PLEASE. I LOVE IT. ALL RIGHT. EXCITING STUFF. THANK YOU ALL. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. YEEHAW!
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.