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[I. CALL TO ORDER, CALL OF ROLL]
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND BRING THE, UH, MEETING TO ORDER HERE.
WELL, HAPPY TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.
UH, THIS IS GONNA, UH, WE'RE GONNA START THE EVC MEETING HERE, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026.
IT IS 4 0 1 AND, UH, WE'LL DO A LITTLE, UH, ROLL CALL HERE.
ABSENT RUSSELLS MURPHY, ABSENT JEFF LADING HERE.
HE RESIGNED AND RESIGNED AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE, UH, EMAIL AND THE TIME AND THE SERVICE THAT HE DID PUT IN.
[II. CITIZEN COMMENTS]
NOW AS FAR AS, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A, UH, CITIZEN COMMENT, UH, ON FILE HERE.SO, MS. LINDA AD WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP NOW OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL THE AGENDA ITEM COMES UP THAT YOU WERE WANTING TO DISCUSS? YOU BE TALKING NOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
IS SHE SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA, ADAM? UM, I'M THE REZONING SPEAKING THE REZONING OF DON, BUT IF I CAN TALK NOW, NOT THAT I WOULDN'T WANNA HANG OUT HERE, BUT I COULD GO HOME TO MY NEW DOG.
SO THE, WHAT I WANTED TO TO MENTION IS, W WHEN I SAW THE AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THE REZONING OF DON DRIVE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW PREVIOUSLY WE HAD BEEN PLANNING ON MAKING THAT LIKE A LITTLE DOMAIN TYPE AREA, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THIS AIRS, CAN YOU CLOSE YOUR MOUTH BECAUSE THE AUDIENCE ON THE, THEY NOT THIS AUDIENCE.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, THAT'S STILL THE INTENT OR IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR INTENT WAS ABOUT THE TALKING ABOUT REZONING, BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAKING BRONCO THE COMMERCIAL AREA RATHER THAN DAWN DRIVE.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THING THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL BEFORE YOU GO AHEAD AND MAKE TOO MANY PLANS ABOUT A CHANGING FROM DAWN TO, UM, FROM, FROM BRONCO OR DAWN OR WHATEVER.
BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY MY MAIN POINT.
MY MAIN POINT IS RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS WORKING AND HAS BEEN WORKING FOR TWO YEARS NOW.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, DESIGNATE WHAT THE CITY'S DESIRED USE OF PROPERTY IS.
AND SO THAT IS KIND OF LIKE STEP ONE BEFORE ZONING.
SO RIGHT NOW, SINCE THE CITY IS WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR NEW FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT YOU GUYS AND COUNCIL WANTS TO DO WITH DAWN OR BRONCO AND GET THAT ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP BEFORE YOU, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THE REZONING ASPECT BECAUSE IF, IF SOMETHING IS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IF IT'S DESIGNATED FOR ONE USE AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO USE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE, THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A TWO HEARING PROCESS.
THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH P AND D AND THEN THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH COUNSEL AND THEY NEED TO GET, UH, A SUPER MAJORITY OF COUNSEL TO APPROVE IT.
SO WHATEVER IS ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS KIND OF, IS KIND OF CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND IT CAN JUST NOT NECESSARILY BE A DETERRENCE, BUT BE A, AN IMPEDIMENT TIMEWISE.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BRING UP THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP THING, LIKE TO GET IN ON IT NOW IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT REZONING OR WHATEVER.
AND THAT'S ALL I REALLY APPRECIATE, LINDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE, WE KNOW YOU PUT IN A LOT OF TIME, SO THANKS FOR COMING BY.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO, UH, WITH THAT NO OTHER, UH, CITIZEN COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, ROUTINE REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL LIAISON, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR, UH, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
UH, FEEL FREE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UH, HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
UH, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE EDC, MY NAME IS ISAAC TURNER AND I'M SERVING AS YOUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
UM, I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE AND TO WORK WITH THE STAFF THAT'S HERE.
YOU HAVE ME ALL OF MY SECOND DAY.
I THINK IT IS TECHNICALLY MY SECOND DAY, SO I'M STILL NEW.
I DO KNOW WHERE THE RESTROOM IS AND SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, I WAS EXCITED THAT LAG VISTA HAD AN EDC.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE STILL YOUNG AND, UH, FUNDING I'M SURE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL
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BE TANTAMOUNT IN YOUR MIND NOW AND PROBABLY INTO THE FUTURE.I CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A FUNCTIONING, UH, WELL-FUNCTIONING EDC UH, IS KIND OF THE STANDARD FOR ATTRACTING DESIRABLE BUSINESSES.
AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION YET.
I I THINK THAT THAT'S A LITTLE EARLY, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU ALL COME UP WITH AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING.
I DON'T GET AHEAD OF COUNCIL, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING IN A JOINT MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING, HAVING A STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL VERY SOON AND THAT'LL KIND OF GIMME MY DIRECT MARCHING ORDERS OF WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
UH, I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE STAFF AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM ME, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I JUST WANT TO COME IN AND SHOW MY FACE WHILE YOU ARE ALREADY GATHERED, AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP VERY MUCH OF YOUR TIME AT ALL.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
EVERYBODY'S VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR TALENT IN TOWN AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.
[III.a. Routine reports from City Council Liaison.]
UH, DO WE HAVE A REPORT, UH, FROM THE CITY COUNCIL LIAISON OVER THERE? UM, MS. NORMA, SORRY, I WAS ON STAFF REPORT AND I WENT OKAY.UM, WHAT TRANSPIRED, AND I JUST WANTED THE EDC TO UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT WAS HAPPENING THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN PRIOR YEARS, WAS THAT WE SEPARATED ITEMS THAT WERE ONGOING, UH, EXPENSE, SUCH AS HAVING JENNIFER AND ERIC HERE, RIGHT? UH, VERSUS WHAT WOULD BE WHAT THEY CALLED A, UH, DECISION PACKAGE, WHICH WAS A ONE TIME, UH, REQUEST.
UM, ON THAT I DID MENTION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT, UH, UH, THAT I WAS AWARE OF A, THE SUBCOMMITTEE ACTIVELY WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE EDC AND THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS GONNA BE BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSAL FROM, UH, AN ORGANIZATION TO HELP PULL TOGETHER A DEVELOPMENT.
I ESTIMATED THAT DECISION PACKAGE TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND $50,000.
UM, AND SO, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET AS WE KNOW IT, I HAVE MENTIONED IT, I HAVE SAID THAT, UH, POTENTIALLY THE EDC MIGHT, UH, HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FORTHCOMING.
AND SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU, UH, KNOW THAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, I'M ALWAYS ABOUT, UH, PLAN A, PLAN B, UM, AS THE LIAISON.
UM, UH, WE ALSO HAD, UM, I KNOW WE HAVE A, A DID WE HAVE THE GRANT REPORT IN HERE? YES.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE GRANT REPORT, I KNOW THAT, UM, MS. MCCOY WAS LOOKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE.
UM, AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT, UH, TO, TO SEE IF, IF THE EDC WOULD CONSIDER, UM, UH, ASKING STAFF IF IT IS Y'ALL'S POSITION TO SEE, ASK HER TO GO AFTER PLANNING GRANTS, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT VERY THING.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, I THINK, UM, THAT, AND THERE'S A LOT ABOUT, UM, UH, PARKS GOING ON.
UM, OH, I WILL BE TOMORROW EVENING.
ALSO ADDRESSING, UH, PAC, UM, THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, UH, COLLABORATING WITH THE EDC IN TERMS OF FUTURE ASPECTS AS WELL.
UH, SO ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE ME TO FURTHER, UM, PASS ON TO P REC TOMORROW NIGHT, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO I WOULD THINK AFTER THAT THEN Y'ALL, UH, ONCE WE GET, UM, SETTLED A LITTLE BIT, THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FROM MY SIDE.
THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS GONNA BE AN EXCITING PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
[III.b. Routine reports from City Staff.]
ROUTINE REPORT FROM CITY STAFF.UM, EDC MEMBERS, MAYOR PRO, TIM OWEN.
UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE, UH, MYSELF AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR ON LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY, WE ATTENDED A RETAIL LIVE SOUTH CENTRAL TRADE SHOW IN AUSTIN.
WE VISITED WITH 42 RETAILERS AND MET DIRECTLY WITH 17 TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT LOG VISTA AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE DOING FOLLOW UP PHONE CALLS, EMAILS ARE BEING CONDUCTED THIS WEEK.
UM, I'M WORKING ON SCHEDULING NEXT BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, LOOKING FOR A DATE ABOUT OCTOBER, LATE OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER.
UM, DID SPEAK WITH THE GRANT WRITER AS, UM, MAYOR
UM, SHE WANTED TO IDENTIFY SOME POTENTIAL
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GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD BE PRESENTED BACK TO THE EDC FOR A POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF MATCHING FUNDS.SO SHE KIND OF HAS THAT ON THE RADAR.
SO SHE WILL BE BRINGING SOME THINGS BACK FOR A POSSIBILITY FOR MATCHING FUNDS.
UH, MET WITH OPPORTUNE NELSON, THE REGIONAL PARTNERS GROUP TO DISCUSS A COORDINATING TOURING VISIT OF LAG VISTA.
THAT TOUR IS PROBABLY GONNA TAKE PLACE ABOUT THE FIRST WEEK IN NOVEMBER ON THE CITY OPERATIONS SIDE.
I WOULD TOUCH ON SOME OF MAYOR PRO TESS.
UM, UH, COMMENTS THAT CITY'S FFY 20 26, 20 27 BUDGET PROCESSES NEARING COMPLETION.
THE BUDGET IS SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED ON THE SEPTEMBER 17TH CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
UM, I INTERVIEWED AND HIRED TWO CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS.
ONE IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TOMORROW.
WE'RE WAITING ON COMPLETION OF A BACKGROUND CHECK, BUT THE SECOND CANDIDATE BEFORE ESTABLISHING A START DATE, UH, THE NEW HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.
UH, WE STARTED, WE HAVE A CONTRACTED FINANCE ASSISTANT THAT STARTED TODAY IN FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO, TO ASSIST WITH SOME INITIATIVE AND PRIORITIES IN FINANCE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS.
[III.c. Routine reports from Chamber of Commerce. - Executive Director, Allison Sargent]
UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UH, HAD A CONFLICT, UH, IN THE TIMING TODAY.SO, UH, I WAS SENT SOME UPDATES ON THE CHAMBER'S BEHALF.
UH, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, READ A FEW THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP, UH, ON THE, UH, FOR THE, FOR A CHAMBER UPDATE THERE, UH, LOOKS LIKE THE CHAMBER HOSTED A NETWORKING EVENT AT FLAT CREEK WINERY, A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE LAKEN, WHICH WAS PRETTY AMAZING ACTUALLY.
IT'S A REALLY AMAZING FACILITY.
UM, SUPPORTED THE, UH, L-V-I-S-D YOUTH NIGHT AT HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FOR THE FIRST FOOTBALL GAME.
UH, WELCOMED IN A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS, UH, EXPANDING THE, THE REACH OF THE NORTH SHORE NAVIGATOR, FURTHER INTO LEANDER CEDAR PARK AND MORE LOCATIONS.
UM, STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UH, SOCIAL TOURISM ANALYTICS ARE SUPER HIGH.
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ALMOST A 60,000 VIEWS ON, UH, SOCIAL, WHICH IS PRETTY WILD.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO A, UH, AI CLASS.
WE MIGHT, UH, KNOW A FEW PEOPLE THAT, UH, SHOW UP AT THAT, UH,
BUT, UH, IT, IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF FUN, UH, LEARNING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY TOGETHER.
SO, UM, THAT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF IT.
UH, J TOWNS, OH, WELL, J TOWN STREET FAIR, UH, LUCKY DUCK, UH, DERBY TASTE OF THE, UH, TASTE OF NORTH LAKE TRAVIS, SEPTEMBER 26TH.
AND, UH, STAY AT THE ISD DINNER AT NORTH LAKE CHURCH SEPTEMBER 30TH.
SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE GOT FOR THE CHAMBER RIGHT NOW.
DON'T YOU HAVE A, UH, CANDIDATE NIGHT? UH, CANDIDATES NIGHT? YES.
UH, NOT SURE WHAT THE DATE IS ON THAT ONE, BUT, UH, THAT WILL BE PENDING AND LOOKING.
[IV.1. Discussion and possible action regarding the EDC workplan.]
GOOD FOR NOW.AND LET'S SEE, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS, UH, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE EVC WORK PLAN.
SO WE GOTTA GET TO WORK, I GUESS, SO WE NEED TO MAKE A PLAN.
UM, I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHY THOSE WORDS ARE GOING TOGETHER, BUT, UH, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'VE, UH, OUR SUBCOMMITTEES HAD A LITTLE DISCUSSION, UM, LOOKING AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP.
DAVID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING TO THAT? IT MIGHT BE FIRST CLARIFICATION FROM NORMA DUE TO OUR MEMBERS UP HERE.
DO WE NEED TO WAIT AN ENTIRE SESSION TO ALSO DISCUSS, OR IS THE WORK PLAN COHESIVE ENOUGH TO BRING UP STAFFING ISSUES? NOT STAFFING ISSUES, BUT MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD, SINCE WE HAVE HAD SOME RESIGNATIONS AND WE'VE HAD ISSUES KEEPING A QUORUM, IS, IS THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD, THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR? SO IN TERMS OF A WORK PLAN, UM, WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, LET ME, LET ME BACK UP.
'CAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT, UM, ED VERSUS THE EDC.
UM, SO FOR THE EDC, YOU HAVE A, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT YOU, UM, MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD HAVE, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTINUED FROM PRIOR E DAC RIGHT? THAT ARE NOW FLOWING.
SO, UH, POTENTIALLY IDENTIFYING IF THERE'S ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE CARRYING FORWARD, UH, YOU KNOW, NO MORE THAN THREE OF THOSE OR SOMETHING.
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FROM THERE, THIS, UH, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION MEANS THAT Y'ALL CAN ALSO TAKE A LITTLE TIME, UH, PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT, UM, LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND AS YOU'RE GAINING, UH, NEW MEMBERS TO BEGIN TO DISCUSS ABOUT BIG PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.SO, UH, WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM LEAVES IT OPEN FOR Y'ALL TO REALLY DISCUSS WHERE YOUR FOCUS IS, RIGHT? SHORT TERM, LONG TERM.
AND YOU'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UH, I WILL JUST SAY, JUST DUE TO, UH, SCHEDULES AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE PAST, WE'VE, UM, EEC FORMALLY HAS DONE EITHER A HALF DAY, UH, AT THE LIBRARY OR SOMETHING.
EDC IS A LITTLE MORE FORMAL, IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, OR WE ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD A YEAR, HAVEN'T WE DONE WHERE WE DID IT IN A SERIES.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE JUST ALLOCATED 30 MINUTES OF TIME EVERY MEETING TO, UM, HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
UM, ONCE Y'ALL DECIDE THAT, THEN JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN THIS, HERE'S OUR MAIN GOALS, THEN YOU JUST FORWARD THAT LITTLE REPORT TO YOUR LIAISON AND I PUT IT ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW.
YEAH, THAT WAS, UH, PART OF MY QUESTION THERE AT THE END AS FAR AS THE MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF, OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, CONSIDERING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, IF WE'RE ALL GONNA BE TOGETHER WORKING ON SOMETHING, WE NEED TO HAVE THE PROPER NOTICES AND, YOU KNOW, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT.
UM, NOW IN THIS NEW, UH, EDC ENVIRONMENT, UM, ALSO IF, IF THERE'S, UH, WE HAVE A FEW THINGS WITH BUDGET SEASON HERE THAT WE WANNA, UH, FOCUS ON, BUT ALSO IS, IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE A WORK PLAN FROM EDC? IS THAT BEEN MENTIONED OR IS THAT KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING THERE THAT, THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF KEEP UP WITH HIS FIRST TIMELINES THERE? UM, SO IN, UM, UNDER THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, THE, UH, ORDINANCE HAD THAT THE, UH, EDC OR THE ED DAC NEEDED TO DO A REPORT EACH YEAR, RIGHT? UH, NORMALLY IN THE SUMMER IS WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN, OCCUR, JUNE OR JULY.
UM, I NEED TO GO BACK THROUGH THE CHARTER DOCUMENTS THAT'S DICTATED BY THE EDCS CHARTER DOCUMENTS.
UM, BUT HENCE PART OF WHY I WAS STATING, UM, IF ANY KIND OF PLANNING OR THOUGHT PROCESS, I CAN NOTIFY COUNCIL THROUGH THE DISCUSSION BOARD AND ACTUALLY ON THE EDC, UH, FORUM AS WELL.
SO IN THIS CASE, WHILE WE'RE GETTING OUR SEA LEGS, I JUST, I SUSPECT IT'S GONNA BE AN ONGOING MINI REPORT, UM, TO COUNSEL, UH, THROUGH THE LIAISON REPORTS, I'M ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH COUNSEL ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU GO, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE US TO DO THIS OR THAT, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO CARRY THAT TO THEM, AND THEN, UH, THEY WOULD ANSWER BACK.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FORMALITY OF THE PROCESS.
ONE LAST I, UM, THOUGHT THOUGH THAT I DIDN'T WANNA EXPRESS IS THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, MS. MCCOY CONTINUALLY LOOKS FOR, UH, PLANNING GRANTS.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE, UH, MENTIONED EARLY ON.
I DID TALK ABOUT PLANNING GRANTS FOR, UH, THE PROJECT, THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
THERE'S ALSO STRATEGIC PLANNING GRANTS JUST IN GENERAL SO THAT WE COULD HAVE AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR.
SO IF THAT OCCURS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER, UH, MORE FORMAL, UH, PROFESSIONALLY FACILITATED PROJECT AT THAT TIME.
UM, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO THIS YEAR, POTENTIALLY THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
UH, AND, AND THEN WE NEED TO ALSO, UH, POST WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF MEETINGS AND THINGS, FIVE BUSINESS DAYS.
AND ERIC, YEAH, I WANT TO TOUCH TOO, ON THE WORK PLAN, IT KIND OF LIKE MR. TURNER'S IDEA HERE, AND I'M, WE CAN, WE CAN, IT'S UP TO YOU, NOT ME, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CHARGE MR.
BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
YOU CAN GET COUNCIL'S INITIATIVES OF WHAT THEY WANT EDC TO KIND OF LOOK AT, BUT THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE UP FOR THE BODY THERE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT.
YOU TALKING ABOUT HAVING A JOINT, UM, UM, STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
DON, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS OR JEFF ON, UH, WORK PLAN SO FAR? THINGS YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO? THINGS YOU, UH, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, FEELINGS? WELL, WE DISCUSSED, YEAH, WE DISCUSSED, UH, SEVERAL THINGS THE OTHER DAY WHEN AT LEAST THREE OF US MET.
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AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, MY POINT I THINK WAS THAT WE NEED TO SET SOME PRIORITIES AND UNDER THOSE PRIORITIES THEN WE NEED TO DIS DISCUSS HOW, HOW IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED.AND I, I DON'T KNOW, I, I'VE, I'VE PRESENTED TWO OR THREE TIMES A COUPLE OF PRIORITIES THAT, UH, THAT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE S STRONG FOR US TO, TO FOLLOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT PROBABLY WE SHOULD DISCUSS THOSE AS WELL AS ANY THAT, UH, YOU OR, OR DAVID OR JEFF OR, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE AND, AND GET ON THE ROAD.
I FEEL THAT MOST OF US ARE IN ALIGNMENT ON WHAT, I MEAN, THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO WASN'T AT THAT CURRENTLY, BUT THE, THE CITY CENTER, THERE'S JUST, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE CAN GET FROM THE GRANTS AND THERE'S NO REASON NOT TO EXPLORE THAT IN A STRATEGY SESSION WITH THE CITY, WHICH I THINK WE HAVE TO FORMALLY ALL AGREE THAT THERE'S CONSENSUS.
SO I ASSUME WE HAVE THAT, BUT IF NOT, I, I THINK ALL OF US ARE IN CONSENSUS.
WE DO WANT TO SET UP THAT STRATEGIC MEETING.
UM, AND THEN, I MEAN, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT STRATEGIC MEETING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WOULD REALLY HELP NOT SPIN OUR WHEELS ON ANYTHING.
LIKE WE, IN THIS LAST WEEK, I GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT BUS, FOUR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE WILLING TO PUT IN MONEY TO HELP WITH A BIKE PROJECT RIGHT DOWN THE STREET ON DON TO HELP BUILD OUT THAT AREA THAT'S ALREADY CITY PROPERTY.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED AND IT STILL FALLS IN LINE WITH THE CITY CENTER.
THIS IS THE ONLY AREA IN LAGO VISTA THAT HAS A, A COHESIVE SIDEWALK AND KIDS CAN GET TO.
THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS TO THIS, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THAT STRATEGIC SESSION BECAUSE THERE'S NOT HISTORICALLY BEEN GREAT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND PARKS AND REC SUPER ON BOARD WITH THAT IDEA SO FAR.
I'LL BE AT THE MEETING TOMORROW IF ANY OF YOU CAN MAKE IT ALSO.
UH, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES I REFERENCED IS GONNA GO THERE.
BUT I, I THINK WE'RE REALLY EARLY ON AND IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO GET AS MUCH CONSENSUS ACROSS THE BOARD AS WE CAN.
SO AS FAR AS WORK SESSION ITEMS, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
WELL, I THINK ALSO THAT, UH, WE SHOULD, I WAS A LITTLE BIT CAUGHT BACK BY ONE OF, UH, LINDA'S STATEMENTS, LINDA AIRS STATEMENTS.
UM, BUT IF THERE, IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF CLOUD OF DOUBT AS TO, UH, THE WAY WE SHOULD MOVE AHEAD WITH CERTAIN THINGS, THEN I THINK THAT WE NEED TO THRASH THAT OUT ALSO AND, AND DEFINE OUR POINT OF VIEW AS FAR AS IT GOES, AND THEN EXPRESS THAT TO THE, THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHO, WHOEVER ELSE NEEDS TO HEAR IT.
UH, THE QUESTION ABOUT A CITY CENTER, UH, BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITY OF BRONCO LANE, UH, BEING, YOU KNOW, A POSSIBLE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DEFINE WHAT OUR CONCEPT OF A CITY CENTER IS AND WHAT THE IDEAL, UH, PROFILE OF THAT MIGHT BE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST AS YOU MENTIONED THE BUSINESS ABOUT, UH, UH, ACCESSIBLE IN SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I MEAN, YOU, WE NEED TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED SOMETHING THAT'S WALKABLE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT, THAT MAINTAINS THINGS WITHIN, UH, EASY ACCESS AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING, WHICH I FRANKLY DON'T SEE ON BRONCO LANE.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THERE'S A, THERE'S A SORT OF A DISPARATE, UH, THERE ARE DISPARATE POINTS OF VIEW THERE THAT WE NEED TO SORT OF START TO SETTLE DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE AHEAD AS A CITY.
WE'VE GROWN IN POPULATION OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS.
THAT POPULATION THERE, THAT GROWTH HAS SLOWED DOWN.
BUT WE STILL NEED TO FACE THE FUTURE AND, AND HAVE SOME PLANS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, INCREASINGLY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE, THE YOUNGER, UH, FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY, THEY COME IN WITH GREAT IDEAS AND SAY, WELL, WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU KNOW, BUT, SO THAT, THAT'S UP TO US INCUMBENT ON US NOW THAT WE ARE EDC.
THANKS FOR FILLING THAT OUT MORE.
I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID IS EVERYTHING I LEFT OUT.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I INTENDED BY THE NOT SPINNING OUR WHEELS PORTION.
THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK WE CAN DO.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EFFICIENT BECAUSE IF, IF BRONCO IS GOING TO BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS DECIDED AND WE MISSED THE BOAT, ALRIGHT, WE'RE, WE HAVE SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS TO ADDRESS ON THAT FRONT, AND EVERY PROBLEM
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HAS A SOLUTION, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A STRONG POINT, BUT YOU NEED TO STICK YOUR TOE INTO IT.AND, AND MAYBE, UH, THERE, THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENT FIELD OF BRONCO LANE THAN THERE IS DON DRIVE, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, BRONCO CAN DEVELOP MORE COMMERCIALLY.
MAYBE IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT COMMERCIALS EXCLUDED FROM DON DRIVE, BUT IT'S MORE OF A COMMUNITY YEAH.
AND SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND DEFINING WHAT, WHAT THESE AREAS ARE AND WHAT THEY MEAN TO PEOPLE ARE, IT ALSO MATTERS A TON IF WE ARE GETTING GRANTS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE GRANTS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE.
SO IF WE'RE TACKLING THIS APPROACH OF CITY CENTER AND ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, OVER HERE, EASY TO ARTICULATE, YEAH.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE THOROUGHFARE AND THE ACCESS AND ANY TRAILS IF IT'S OVER THERE.
ANY GRANTS WE'RE GETTING ARE GONNA HAVE SOME SORT OF STRENGTHS TIED TO 'EM.
AND GENERALLY IT'S A PERMANENT COMMITMENT OF MAINTENANCE.
BEATING A DEAD HORSE AT THIS POINT.
AND GRANTS ARE REALLY ABOUT TELLING A STORY ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO, TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING IF WE'RE GONNA TELL THAT STORY.
SO COMMUNICATION IS, UH, PARAMOUNT.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, SOME AMAZING AREAS TO, UH, WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE 'EM THE WAY THAT WE WANT 'EM HERE THAT, UH, REFLECT LAGO VISTA.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? ALRIGHT, UH,
[IV.2. Approval of the July 14, 2026, EDC regular meeting minutes.]
MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, APPROVAL OF THE JULY 14TH, 2026 EDC, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE? I APPROVE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CLEANUP.
IF YOU'LL READ THROUGH THE AI INSERTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF IN THERE THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T BELONG, LIKE PERIODS AFTER EVERY WORD AND, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF STRANGE THINGS.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, MAKE SOME CORRECTIONS THERE? WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW TO, TO SAY TAKE OUT THE STUFF THAT DOESN'T BELONG, BUT, YEAH, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE NOTES ACTUALLY, MYSELF.
DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT THERE, ERIC? I DIDN'T.
AND I THINK YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE IT WITH THE EDITS ON IT SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT, BECAUSE I THINK WE BEEN SITTING HERE FOR A FEW MONTHS.
I'LL, I'LL APPROVE IT WITH, UH, REVISION TO THE FORMATTING TO A MORE, UH, TRADITIONAL APPROACH.
I ACTUALLY, I KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED.
I WAS USING A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAT'S NOT AI THAT IS GOING FROM MAC TO YEAH.
UH, ANYBODY GOT A SECOND TO, UH, A SECOND? SORRY.
[IV.3. Discussion and possible action regarding a recommendation to the Planning & Zoning Commission concerning the zoning of Dawn Dr.]
THREE, DISCUSSION.UH, REGARDING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONCERNING THE ZONING OF DON DRIVE.
UH, THIS IS WHAT, UH, LINDA SAW ON THE, UM, AGENDA AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE ALREADY JUST TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS JUST THIS AREA WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
I, I JUST WANNA BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT.
DID WE ACTUALLY TAKE A VOTE TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES FROM LAST TIME? NO, WE DIDN'T.
YEAH, I THINK YOU BYPASSED THAT.
IF I COULD GIVE EVERYBODY A COPY.
I NEED THE, WHAT THOSE STRING STRIATIONS MEAN.
YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT'S ON THE CITY WEBSITE AS FAR AS A ZONING MAP OF, OF LAGO VISTA.
AND I, WHAT YOU SEE DOWN BELOW IS WHAT IS IN THE UPPER LEFT AND TAKES FOR FRIGGING EVER TO GET, EXCUSE ME, MOVE, MOVE EVERYTHING DOWN TO WHAT YOU WANNA SEE, AND THEN BACK UP TO SEE WHAT THAT MEANS, RIGHT.
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SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THE MAJ MAJORITY OF DON DRIVE, WHAT WE WERE INTERESTED IN, UH, IS ZONED EITHER C ONE A OR C ONE C AS YOU CAN TELL.AND THEN IF ANYBODY IS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE USES THAT CAN BE HAD IN THOSE, I ALSO HAVE THAT TABLE.
UH, YEAH, IF, IF YOU'D READ THOSE OFF, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I, I DON'T HAVE MULTIPLE COPIES, BUT I HAVE A COPY EVEN IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE STRETCH, THIS RIGHT HERE AND WHAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AT YEAH.
UM, CURRENTLY IT'S, IT'S C ONE A AND C ONE A.
WELL, THERE'S, FRANKLY, THIS NEEDS TO BE, I WOULD, I THINK PROBABLY GONE OVER AND IMPROVED SOMEWHAT, BUT IT'S ALL PRETTY COMMER IN WHENEVER YOU SEE A C THAT MEANS COMMERCIAL, ALL RIGHT? AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMMERCIALITY, BUT THERE IS A, THERE'S A PUBLISHED LIST OF WHAT YOU CAN DO IN EACH, UH, SUB ZONE, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY.
AND THAT'S ALL IN, IF YOU WANNA FIND IT, IT'S ALL IN THE, UH, ORDINANCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE, THE CITY, UH, WEBSITE.
AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO NUMBER 14, WHICH IS ZONING.
AND UNDER 14 ZONING YOU HAVE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THE TABLES, UH, THAT YOU CAN GET THE STUFF.
AND C ONE YOU CAN HAVE IT IS ACCESSORY BUILDING USE AMPHITHEATER, ANTIQUE SHOP, APARTMENT, HOTEL, UH, AUTO WASH, TUP BAKERY.
IN OTHER WORDS, ALL SORTS OF SMALL, UH, RETAIL TYPE ORIENTED BUSINESSES OR OFFICE, UH, SORT OF THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THOSE, THOSE AREAS.
UM, SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND C ONE TWO IS VERY MINOR, OR, OR C TWO IS VERY MINOR.
IT ADDS A FEW OTHER THINGS LIKE AMUSEMENT ARCADE AND AMUSEMENT PARK AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT, NOT A LOT, BUT I HAVE THAT TABLE HERE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ACTUALLY RESIDENTIAL RIGHT THERE, BUT I HADN'T DONE THE, UH, HOMEWORK YET TO, IT'S STRANGELY ENOUGH RESIDENT.
AND THIS WAS, I THINK, UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY, I DON'T KNOW THE MIND OF THE PEOPLE WHO ORIGINALLY LAID IT OUT, BUT ACROSS THE STREET IS RESIDENTIAL.
AND THAT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
SO ONE THING THAT, UH, BACK WHEN, WHEN I WAS ON PLANNING AND ZONING AND, UM, DISCUSSING WITH ROY JAMBO, UM, WHO WAS WITH US AT THAT TIME, UH, IT WOULD BE PRETTY EASY AND, AND PRETTY RECOMMENDABLE TO MAKE A GOOD BIT OF THIS, UH, UH, MIXED USAGE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU WHAT'S INVOLVED NECESSARILY IN THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A DESIGNATION REALLY OF MIXED USAGE.
BUT, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, UH, THAT WE COULD PLAN TO DO.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SAY, IN ESPECIALLY THIS PARCEL THAT'S BE BELOW US HERE, ACROSS THUNDERBIRD, UM, AT LEAST I'VE ENVISIONED PERHAPS, UH, SORT OF A EUROPEAN TYPE THING WHERE YOU HAVE, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF A MULTI-STORY BUILDING AND THEN RESIDENTIAL, UH, ON ABOVE THAT.
AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE MIXED USE, UH, PERMISSION.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I REALLY THINK THAT, THAT WE SHOULD PERMIT THE POSSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, OF THAT HAPPENING.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T, IF, IF WE WERE TO CHANGE ANYTHING, I WOULD CHANGE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, BUT THAT'S, UM, SINCE THERE ARE ALREADY A LOT OF HOUSES BUILT THERE MM-HMM
THAT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT MIXED USE WILL ENABLE, UH, DEVELOPERS AND SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW TO BE MORE FEASIBLE.
AND, AND, UH, KIND OF GROW THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET TO, TO, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAD A, I HAD A, I WENT IN TO SEE JORDAN, WHO UNHA IS NO LONGER WITH US ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS, UH, BEFORE SHE LEFT.
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UH, GOT SOME VERY GOOD INFORMATION, UH, THAT PERHAPS I SHOULD SHARE.AND I DON'T KNOW, TO ME IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WHEN, AND, AND I GUESS WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ZONING, SO IT'S OKAY TO DISCUSS THIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS VERY CONFUSING.
OKAY? IT'S CALLED IF YOU, WHAT, WHAT THE ACTUAL DESIGNATION OF THIS AREA, INCLUDING OUR AREA HERE, WHERE WE ARE, AND THE PART DOWN BELOW US, OKAY? WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND ALL THAT STUFF IS ACTUALLY KNOWN AS TRAVIS PLAZA.
AND IF YOU'VE, IF YOU'VE GONE UP AND DOWN TRAVIS PLAZA HERE, YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS ON THE FRONT SIDE AND BACK SIDE.
AND THEN THERE APPEARS TO BE A MIDDLE PART THAT WE OFTEN THINK OF, AT LEAST IN THIS PART OF IT AS A PARKING LOT.
OTHER PEOPLE CALL IT THE LANDING STRIP.
AND THERE ARE EVEN STORIES ABOUT ACTUALLY PLANES, YOU KNOW, LITTLE SMALL PLANES USED TO LAND THERE AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT.
THAT, AND MAYBE AN OLD WIVES TALE WILD WEST OF, UH, LAGO VISTA, HUH? YEAH.
BUT IT CONCERNED ME BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, NOW PERSONAL, UH, ATTESTATION I HAVE, BEING A REALTOR, I HAVE A LOT FOR SALE ON.
THAT'S A LOT ON THIS SIDE DOWN THERE.
OKAY? NOW, IF THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE LOTS ON THE FRONT AND ON THE BACK, AND THEY'RE NOT THE SAME PEOPLE OWN OUT TO THE CENTER, AND IF I HAVE A PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT AND I WANNA DO SOMETHING WITH IT, HOW'S ANYBODY GONNA GET TO MY PROPERTY? RIGHT? MM-HMM
IF YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO CROSS SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY, YOU REALLY CAN'T CROSS IT.
WELL, I FOUND OUT, AND, AND JORDAN GAVE ME THE ORIGINAL, A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PLANT, AND THERE IS A SPACE, A LANDING STRIP DOWN THE MIDDLE IN BOTH SECTIONS.
THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE, PER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND, BUT IT PERMITS, UH, UH, LET'S SAY COMMON USAGE.
SO THAT'S A BIG RELIEF, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU PUT A ROAD IN THERE BASICALLY, OR SOME KIND OF WALKWAY OR SOMETHING.
AND, AND IT, IT'S REALLY KIND OF STRANGE.
UH, I THINK WE ALL HAVE SEEN, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S WISE TO, AND I'M, I WON'T MENTION THAT AND MENTION TO SOMEBODY PRIVATELY, BUT SOMEBODY HAS PAVED PART OF THE ONE THAT'S BELOW US ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THUNDERBIRD, AND THEY'VE CHAINED IT OFF, CAN'T DO THAT
GET, GOTTA GET OUT IN FRONT OF THAT MAYBE.
AND I, I SAID, WELL, WHY, WHY IS IT PERMITTED? AND, AND THE ANSWER WAS, NOBODY'S COMPLAINED.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IN MIND.
UH, AND THAT'S, I THINK, VERY INTERESTING RIGHT NOW, UH, IF WE CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, USING THIS AREA, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE HAVE IN IN MIND HAVE TO HAVE IN MIND.
NOW THAT, THAT SET, THAT TO ME IS A MAJOR THING SETTLED IN MY MIND.
WE HAVE TO SAY, WELL, WE AS A CITY REALLY WANT THIS TO EVOLVE INTO ANOTHER THING.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BLOCK THAT OFF.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IN THE WORLD DO WE KEEP THE PEOPLE WHO OWN, INDIVIDUALLY OWN ALL OF THOSE LOTS, FROM PUTTING IN WHATEVER IS PERMITTED IN C ONE SELLING TO SOMEBODY SO THAT THEY COULD PUT IN A, A LITTLE, A LITTLE OPERATION WHEN WE WE'RE ENVISIONING SOMETHING BIGGER.
BUT HOW DO YOU DO THAT WITHOUT COMPENSATING THEM FOR IT? RIGHT? SO IT'S EITHER TIME, URGENCY THAT WE'VE GOTTA DO IT BEFORE, BEFORE THEY GET TURNED INTO SOMETHING ELSE, OR WE'VE GOTTA SAY, WELL, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS THAT WE'LL WORK AROUND IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO, TO DETERMINE, BUT THE MAIN THING IS, IS THAT IT'S COMMERCIAL.
AND, UH, AND ANOTHER THING THAT'S VERY CONFUSING
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IS THAT THAT'S ONE AREA IN LAGO VISTA THAT EVEN THE POA DOESN'T KNOW IF IT BELONGS TO IT OR NOT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE WERE FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE POA AT ONE TIME, AND, UH, WE HELP SOMEBODY WITH A LOT THERE AND SAID, ARE THEY IN THE POA? AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT DEPENDS.DO THEY WANNA BE OR HAS IT HISTORICALLY BEEN? THAT'S A QUESTION MARK.
SO ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING NEEDS TO BE, UH, INVESTIGATED AND RESOLVED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT, IT'S, THERE'S A THEME GOING ON AS FAR AS, UH, WORK PLAN, COMMUNICATION, WHERE ARE WE HEADED? SO I THINK ALL THESE THINGS TIE INTO THE REALLY THE SAME THING.
UM, AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UH, DAVID, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT AREA OVER THERE.
I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE MIXED USE.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A LOT OF PROPERTIES IN LAGO THAT ARE IN A WEIRD SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED INTO MIXED USE.
AND IT HAS BEEN RECORDED ON DEEDS OR PLATS AS SUCH, BUT IT'S NOT ZONED THAT WAY.
AND THEN EVEN THIS MAP, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IT ONLINE.
SO WHEN I'VE WORKED WITH PEOPLE UNDER TITLE OR UNDER SURVEYING, IT'S, THERE ARE THINGS TO BE DONE THERE, AND WE KIND OF HAVE TO REALLY DOUBLE CHECK OUR WORK ANYTIME WE'RE YEAH.
I, I, I, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BECAUSE ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WENT, WENT TO TALK TO JORDAN WAS THAT A PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT A CUSTOMER OF MINE WHO WANTS TO SELL IT A PROPERTY THAT'S ON LOMAN FORD, IF YOU GO TO THE, THIS MAP, IT'S ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL.
IT WAS BOUGHT THIS COMMERCIAL, WE WANNA SELL IT AS COMMERCIAL.
AND I, AND I SAID, JORDAN, I, YOU KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND BY THE WAY, THAT AREA INCLUDES THE, WHERE THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT'S RESIDENTIAL.
UM, AND SHE SAID SHE LOOKED ON HER COMPUTER AND SHE SAID, NO, NO, THAT'S COMMERCIAL.
I SAID, EXCUSE ME, LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT'S ON THE CITY MAP.
OR, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S THING.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, DAVID, I CAN, I CAN PILE ONTO THAT AGAIN, THAT WE EVEN RECENTLY PASSED SOME FOOD MOBILE VENDOR RELATED ORDINANCES, WHICH ARE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE OF ZONING DISCREPANCIES WE HAVE ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN.
AND THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION.
I'M GONNA GO NOT GOING INTO IT, BUT JUST REALLY THAT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DON DRIVE, IF YOU SEE THE LITTLE BLUE STRIP ON THERE, THAT'S ONE THAT I'LL TALK TOMORROW ABOUT.
BUT IT IS REALLY INTERESTING THAT IT'S CHOSEN TO SEE ONE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S PLANNING ON DOING DIFFERENTLY.
AND THAT'S AGAIN, JUST WHY WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A STRATEGIC SESSION TO COMMUNICATE.
WHEN YOU SAY THE BLUE, DO YOU MEAN THIS, THIS LIGHTER BLUE OVER YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'S WHICH IS CURRENTLY A, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY OWNED BY THE CITY.
AND IT'S ALSO A BUNCH OF VIOLATIONS, BUT YEAH.
WELL, THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN BE DONE THERE.
I THINK THAT ACTUALLY THAT PROPERTY MAY HAVE EVEN MADE ITS WAY INTO OUR GRANT STORY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY NAVIGATE THROUGH TOWN FROM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT HERE TOO, SO, MM-HMM
UM, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF, UH, GOOD IDEAS THERE.
I, I, I FELT THAT SOMEBODY WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
I, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, LET Y'ALL KNOW BE, UH, THE FLUME AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE PART OF WHAT HAS, UH, BEEN ONGOING AND IT CURRENTLY RESIDES AT PLANNING AND ZONING.
I THINK IT WAS HANDED OFF TO CITY COUNCIL.
CITY COUNCIL IS WAITING TO GET THROUGH BUDGET, AND THEN WILL IT BE ADDRESSING THAT.
SO IF THERE ARE, UM, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THERE IS ALSO THE ACTUAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH, UH, ALSO ADDRESSES THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP MM-HMM
AND SO THROUGH THE, TO Y'ALL'S POINT, THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAVE, UH, BEEN HEARING, UH, TRADITIONALLY IS A CITY CENTER AND A VIBRANT COMMERCIAL AREA, UM,
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WITH THE, I, THE, THE SPECIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.SO JUST, YOU KNOW, LETTING THAT BE KNOWN THROUGH THAT, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AS THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND, AND, AND Y'ALL'S WORK CONTINUES.
ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE ON THAT, FEEL FREE TO PASS 'EM FORWARD.
UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN PASS 'EM THROUGH ME.
IT IS ALWAYS GREAT WHENEVER YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ACTUAL ORGANIZATION SPEAK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND ALSO, UM, BRING THAT FORWARD AS A BODY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATIONS OF THE WANTS THAT Y'ALL SEE IN TERMS OF THE VISION FOR THE CITY.
JEFF, ANY THOUGHTS? I'VE GOT A LOT OF THOUGHTS.
BUT, UH, I'M GONNA GET MY HEAD TOGETHER ON THIS ONE.
I, I, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS.
WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ON THIS.
AND, UH, I THINK SOME, SOME OF IT MAKES SENSE.
I THINK SOME OF IT, WE'RE PUTTING THE CART IN FRONT OF THE HORSE.
I THINK THIS TOWN REALLY NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A VISION OF, OF HOW IT WANTS TO BE SEEN AND WHAT WE'RE ABOUT, AND A REAL SOLID CONCEPT.
NOT TALK ABOUT IT, NOT HAVE MEETINGS, NOT HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES, NOT HAVE ALL THIS CRAZY CRAP AND REALLY DO SOMETHING.
PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I THINK PEOPLE'S GOOD INTENTIONS ARE GREAT, BUT I THINK WE CAN PAVE THE STREET WITH 'EM OUT HERE.
I LOVED IT THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT.
I LOVED THE WHOLE THOUGHT OF, OF DEVELOPING THIS WHOLE AREA INTO A COMMERCIAL AREA WITH A REAL VISION.
GO IN OTHER TOWNS, WHAT DO WE HAVE? WHAT DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE BIG BEAUTIFUL COURTHOUSE.
BELIEVE ME, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING SURROUNDS IT.
IN MOST OF TEXAS, SMALL, SMALL TOWNS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN? MISSING THAT, OR CAN WE COME UP WITH THE, I'D LOVE TO SAY, LET'S COME UP WITH THE FUNDS THAT HAVE A BIG COURTHOUSE, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
WE HAVE TOO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT MM-HMM
UM, BUT, UH, I, I JUST TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS TOWN'S GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH A CONCEPT, GO WITH IT, AND DON'T TURN BACK.
AND I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH, ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN, SMART PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH VISION THAT, THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN.
AND THIS IS ONE GUY RIGHT HERE, I, I TRULY BELIEVE HAS A VISION.
WHEN, WHEN DID WE TALK TWO YEARS AGO? JESUS.
HE LAID IT ALL OUT FOR ME, AND I LOVED THE WHOLE CONCEPT, BUT I THINK, UH, I THINK TALKING ABOUT IT'S IS, IS IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING.
IT'S ALWAYS COME UP WITH A HARD, THERE'S NO MONEY.
NO, I, I, I, UH, I CAN COMPLETELY AGREE.
UH, THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THE EDC, IS IT GIVES US, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A ABILITY TO, TO MOVE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY SOME EXCITING THINGS COMING UP.
[IV.4. Discussion and possible action regarding the proposed installation of a deer mosaic artwork.]
OF, UH, IDENTITY AND HOW WE SEE OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY, THAT KIND OF LEADS INTO OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM A LITTLE BIT, UH, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF A DEAR MOSAIC ARTWORK.WHAT'S, UH, YEAH, SO, UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, UH, TO COLLABORATE, UH, WITH, UH, A DEVELOPER AND, UH, BUILDING OWNER IN TOWN.
UM, DAVID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT? I HONESTLY DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY OTHER THAN THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY PRIME OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EDC TO SHOW LIKE, HEY, WE'RE HERE.
WE CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT THIS BRIDGE WHERE THERE'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THERE'S OTHER, UH, GROUPS IN TOWN THAT ARE WANTING TO HELP EVEN PARKS AND REC, BUT THE EDC CAN BE THE GLUE THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS ALL THIS TOGETHER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT.
I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SPOKEN TO THESE GROUPS YET.
UH, THE ARTIST AND WHOEVER'S PROVIDING HAD ANY OF YOU YET, BECAUSE IF NOT, I CAN REACH OUT TO THEM.
I THINK ANY, ANY CONTINUED FORWARD MOTION, IT'S GOOD THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT MORE DETAILS ON WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT IT TAKES AND THE COST AND ALL THAT.
BUT, UH, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE, UM, THAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA CREATE, YOU KNOW, THESE PLACEMAKING AREAS IN THE CITY.
UH, FIND SOME WAYS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IDENTITY OF LAGO VISTA.
THE DEER MOSAIC CAME UP AGAIN AND IS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS ON E DAC, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT REPRESENTS LA VISTA? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF THINGS DO, UM,
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YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, UH, BUT THE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HADN'T ACTUALLY BEEN CREATED YET THAT WE'RE KNOWN FOR, IS THE DEER IN THE AREA.SO IT SEEMED LIKE JUST A GOOD KIND OF PLACEHOLDER RIGHT THERE, UH, AS WE KINDA DISCOVER EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, NORMA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ON THAT? SORRY, I'M TAKING MY PRIVILEGES AS BEING AN AD HOC MEMBER.
UM, SO KLVB BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL A DONATED ART PIECE, WHICH IS A, UH, BEAUTIFUL BUCK, UH, IN METAL AND, AND A CACTUS WITH IT, WHICH WILL BE PLACED AT, UH, BOGGY FORD IN LOMAN FORD.
I BELIEVE IN THE OH, WONDERFUL.
UM, AND SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT HAS, UH, ALONG THAT IS A COMPLIMENTARY TO WHAT Y'ALL ARE DISCUSSING HERE.
SO JUST THE DISCUSSION OF IT ITSELF SEEMS TO HAVE HAD AN IMPACT COMING UP.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE Y'ALL AWARE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE A PICTURE OF IT, IT'S IN THE LAST COUNCIL PACKET.
DID COUNCIL MOVE TO IT? IT'S APPROVED AND ALREADY CLEAR TO GO? OR DO WE STILL NEED TO STEP IN TO HELP SOLIDIFY THE PRIVATE PARTNER OR THE PUBLIC PRIVATE AGREEMENT? TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, DAVID, I WAS ONLINE AND TRYING TO ASSIST WITH MY MOM AT THE TIME,
SO I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY, BUT I CAN PULL THAT UP, UH, WHILE WE'RE TALKING AND GET THE SPECIFICS OF IT.
I, I THOUGHT, POOR RECOLLECTION, BUT I THOUGHT THAT IT WASN'T QUITE DONE AND WE NEEDED TO ACTUALLY ARTICULATE HOW IT WAS GONNA GO THROUGH.
BUT YOU WOULD PROBABLY REMEMBER BETTER THAN ME AT THE, THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
UH, BUT I DO KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND IT, YOU KNOW, JUST IN THAT'S GREAT TERMS OF, UM, SEEING AN ARC PIECE LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE DID DO IS, UM, RUN WITH THE, UM, ART PIECES THAT KLVB PUT FORWARD.
SO, UM, AND, UM, IN REGARD TO LAGO VISTA, UM, EVOLVING IN TERMS OF ITS DESTINATION OF ART HERE, I THINK IS REALLY NEAT BECAUSE WE HAD THE, THE PRIOR MURALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE TOWN REALLY KINDA NEAT.
I THINK ALSO IT WAS MENTIONED, AND THIS IS SLIGHTLY ADJACENT, I FEEL LIKE IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE ITEM LISTED HERE, KLVB MAY NEED ASSISTANCE IN GOING INTO THE 5 0 3 C TO HAVE A REAL ACTUAL STRUCTURE.
AND THAT, I THINK IS WHERE I GOT THIS ISSUE FROM.
IT WOULD REALLY STREAMLINE THE PROCESS OF A LOT OF THEIR WORK IN THE TOWN.
I'VE OFFERED SOME HELP ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANYTHING ELSE ANYONE WANTS TO HOP ONTO.
I DON'T MIND TAKING IT, BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WANNA EXPLORE, KIND OF HAVING ON HAND IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DRIVE OR SOMETHING WITH THE EDC OF HERE'S INFORMATION GUIDES OR ANYTHING TO HELP BUSINESSES THAT WANNA WORK HERE OF HERE'S HOW WE NEED YOU TO BE ABLE TO WORK HERE, HERE, HERE'S WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU.
SO THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THIS PROCESS OF REACHING OUT TO HELP FACILITATE THE REQUIREMENTS.
WE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TALK TO.
IT'S GONNA BE REALLY GREAT THOUGH.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE WANNA SEE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY IN, IN SOME OF THESE LINE ITEMS. AND, AND THEY'RE REALLY FUN.
SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE COMMUNICATE AND WORK TOGETHER TO, UM, BE ON THE SAME PAGE, THE MM-HMM
MORE SUCCESSFUL, IT'LL BE GOOD.
UH, THIS DEER THING IS THIS, IS THIS PART OF, WHEN WE TALKED MONTHS AGO ABOUT, UH, HU IN THE HIPPOS AND ALL? A LITTLE BIT YES.
IT WAS KIND OF TIED INTO SOME OF THAT.
I THINK AT THAT TIME, UH, I THINK, I THINK I WAS ONE OF 'EM TO DISCUSS GOING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE POPULACE HERE.
DID WE EVER DO THAT? DID WE PUT OUT, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT.
I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE ART SECTOR, AND THEY WERE PRETTY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE DEER.
YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS CAME OUT OF THAT, OR, OR WHAT I MEAN MORE THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, ARTISTS IN TOWN AND SUCH, I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHO WE'RE, WE'RE SERVING HERE.
WE'RE SERVING THE, THE POPULACE HERE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO GO TO THE POPULACE.
I THINK WE NEED TO TALK TO THE, THE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? GIVE US YOUR INPUT.
AND I KNOW THAT'S A, THAT'S A REACH SOMETIMES 'CAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO GET INVOLVED, IT SEEMS LIKE.
BUT, UH, I THINK WE'VE GOTTA AT LEAST GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE.
I'M AGAINST THE DEER, OR IT COULD BE A CHIPMUNK, I DON'T CARE.
IT COULD BE ANYTHING, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE WHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND HAVE WE REALLY DONE THAT? HAVE WE GIVEN THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
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TO, TO SPARK UP THE CONVERSATION AND PUT THEIR 2 CENTS IN? I MEAN, THE DEER THING IS KIND OF GOT PUSHED HERE, AND I'M NOT AGAINST IT.LIKE I SAY, I, I'M, I'M NOT AGAINST DEER.
BUT, UH, I'M, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY FOR GETTING PEOPLE, UH, THAT, TO HAVE THEIR OPINION ON THIS STUFF TOO.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.
THERE'S BEEN FEEDBACK OVER, YOU KNOW, THE LAST YEAR I GUESS, OR EIGHT MONTHS OR WHATEVER THE TIMELINE HAS BEEN.
UM, WHAT IS TIME ANYMORE? I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
I THINK THAT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FINAL, LIKE THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, THAT WE NEED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M SEEING A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF A, A MOSAIC ARTWORK.
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE'S A PLAN.
BEYOND WHAT I'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT OR HEARD ABOUT.
I MEAN, I'VE MISSED A MEETING OR TWO GRANTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW, DID YOU TALK ABOUT THE LAST MEETING? NO.
NO, THIS IS, WELL, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT, THAT JUST CAME UP WITH ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS AND, UM, I GUESS BUILDING OWNERS IN TOWN.
THEY WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
WE'RE WILLING TO HELP CONTRIBUTE AND PUT FUNDS TOWARDS IT.
THIS IS, IT'S A BALL THAT STARTED ROLLING ON ITS OWN, BUT WE ARE SO FRESH THAT YOU KNOW, IT, WE KIND OF HAVE TO STEP IN AND BE LIKE, HEY, WE, WE CAN HELP WITH THAT AND KEEP THAT MOMENTUM.
AS YOU WERE SAYING, IT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
SO, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW I'LL, AND WHY I'LL GATHER THE DATA FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
AND, AND I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO DEFINE THAT, BUT, UH, ONE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS TODAY IS BECAUSE IT'S A DIRECTION WE'RE HEADING AND IT'S PART OF THE STORY WE'RE TELLING.
AND, UH, COULD BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR US TO EMBRACE AS WE GET MORE DETAIL ON IT.
SO, SO WE'RE NOT DECIDING ON DEERE TODAY? NO.
UM, THE ACTION WOULD BE IF WE WANNA REACH OUT, AND THIS IS ANYTHING FURTHER IF THE COUNCIL NEEDS IT, BUT IT, THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AS WE KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS WORKFLOWS GONNA LOOK LIKE.
AND AS THE BALL IS ROLLING, IT'S EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID.
I DON'T THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN ISSUE OF PEOPLE WANTING MORE ARTWORK AROUND TOWN.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE THAT POLLING AND CONTINUE THAT AS ONE OF OUR DRIVING FACTORS TO GET OTHER BUSINESSES INVOLVED.
'CAUSE PEOPLE LIKE OUR BUSINESSES WILL PUT IN MONEY AND THAT IT CAN BE PART OF OUR FUNDING, OR AT LEAST AWARENESS OF MM-HMM
WE HAVE A VERY CREATIVE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO ME, ANYTIME A SUBJECT LIKE THIS COMES UP, THE RESPONSE IS ALWAYS SO POSITIVE, JUST THAT WE WANT TO, UH, SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE HERE IN LAGO VISTA AND WHETHER IT IS A DEER OR A CHIPMUNK OR
I MEAN, THEY HAD HUGE BUFFALO IN IT.
THEY HAD THE TRADITIONAL LOOKING BUFFALO, THEN THEY HAD A PSYCHEDELIC BUFFALO.
THEY HAD ONE THAT WAS ALL A PIECES OF GLO OR A MIRROR.
THE WAY THEY HAD DONE IT, THEY VERY CREATIVE, VERY ARTISTIC, AND IT EVERY CORNER REALLY SHINE, OUTSHINE THE NEXT ONE.
AND IT WAS ALL IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA OF TOWN.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT.
SO I THINK IF YOU'RE GONNA DO DEER, UH, OR ANYTHING, WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER GETS, GETS DECIDED.
I THINK THERE'S GOTTA BE A, A THOUGHT ON HOW IT'S GONNA LOOK TOO.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOTTA HAVE A, A THEME.
IT'S GOTTA HAVE THIS THING, IT'S GOTTA BE SNAPPY, YOU KNOW? SO, AND IF BUSINESSES ARE GONNA THROW IN ON THIS THING, AND UH, OF COURSE IT'S ALL ABOUT THEM MAKING MORE MONEY AND BEING INVOLVED IN ALL THAT.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE AN ASSOCIATION WITH KLVB WOULD BE MM-HMM
SO KLVB DID HAVE IT, IT WAS ITEM, UM, X 0.2.
SO 10.2 IN THE LAST COUNCIL PACKET.
UM, AND I BELIEVE, UH, DAVID, YOUR RECOLLECTION IS RIGHT IN THAT, UM, IN ORDER TO FACILITATE IT, THERE NEEDED TO BE A STRUCTURE WITH, UH, KLVB IN ORDER TO ACCEPT IT, UM, OR POTENTIALLY ARRANGE FOR THE CITY TO ACCEPT THE ARTWORK, ET CETERA.
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CAN ACCEPT THE ARTWORK AND FACILITATE THAT.WELL, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I, UH, I LOOKED INTO WHAT THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS SIZE DEER WOULD BE IF WE WANTED TO BE KNOWN FOR THAT.
AND IT'S A LITTLE, LITTLE TOO BIG.
I THINK IT'S BIGGER THAN LOGO VISTA ACTUALLY.
SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG AS MR. CHAIR.
CAN, CAN YOU READ IN THE GRANT WRITER, SHE'S ON A, HAS ANOTHER MEETING SHE'S ON NOW, IF YOU CAN READ HER IN BEFORE THE TBA DUCT.
I, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE TO, UH, OKAY.
UH, MOVING TO DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON GRANT WRITER MS. BRITTANY MCCOY.
ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
I'M ABOUT TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY, UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT I WAS AT MAKING SURE THAT WHEN I PRESENT THE GRANTS, I SHOW A PIPELINE.
SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS REPORT STARTING FOR THIS YEAR, AUGUST TO AUGUST, WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE FUNDING AMOUNT, THE DEADLINE, UM, THE APPROACH THAT I WANNA TAKE TO IT, AND THEN WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IT MAY HAVE TO THE CITY'S PERSONNEL GET FUNDED.
SO ONE OF ONE IN PARTICULAR HAS PARKS AND REC CARRYING A LOT OF THE WEIGHT IF IT IS FUNDED.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT DEPARTMENT WITH DAVID'S DEPARTURE, ET CETERA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE IN EVERY REPORT MOVING FORWARD.
AND I'LL JUST MAKE IT A CONTINUOUS BUILD ON THE LAST ONE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND THEN IT'LL INCLUDE ANY, WE MAY HAVE MISSED ANY WE PASSED ON, THE ONES WE SUBMITTED, AND THEN THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, ESSENTIALLY.
I THINK, I THINK A BIG PART OF, YEAH, I THINK A BIG PART OF, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE GRANTS IS AGAIN, ABOUT THE STORY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP, THE JOURNEY, THE PLAN, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE STILL TYING INTO THE SAME, UM, THEME TODAY.
UH, SO BRITTANY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT THEY'RE FUNNELING IN THROUGH, UH, THE GRANT EFFORTS THAT ARE THERE SO THAT WE HAVE A, A UNIFIED FOCUS THERE.
AND DO FEEL FREE TO TELL ME, I KNOW JUSTIN, YOU AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET ONE-ON-ONE YET, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY FOCAL AREAS OTHER THAN WHAT I HAVE LISTED.
UM, AND I'LL START WITH THAT ACTUALLY.
UM, IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THE PDF THAT I SENT, I HAVE, AND THESE ARE COURTESY OF MS. NORMA
I WILL SAY THESE ARE NOT IN THE ORDER OR ANY PARTICULAR ORDER, BUT DON DRIVE IS LISTED AS NUMBER ONE.
I HAVE BRONCO LANE, AND THAT'S FOR PARKS AND RECREATION IS NUMBER TWO.
AND THEN DEPARTMENT WIDE, UM, AREAS OF CONCERN FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND THEN I WENT AHEAD AND ADDED, UM, SUNSET PARK TO THAT SINCE DAVID AND I HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND LIGHTING AND OTHER, UM, UPDATES TO SUNSET PARK IN THE PAST.
SO IT MADE SENSE TO GO AHEAD AND ROLL THAT IN.
SO I HAVE SIX GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND MY ASK FOR YOU GUYS IS TO GIVE ME A YES OR NO TO GOING AFTER THESE OF COURSE.
BUT ALSO IF YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH IN MIND OR SOMETHING ELSE YOU PREFER, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CONVERSATION YOU GUYS WERE HAVING WHEN I GOT ON, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU PREFER, IT'S PERFECTLY FINE WITH ME, JUST LET ME KNOW AND I CAN SHIFT MY FOCUS ON THOSE.
SO FIRST WE HAVE THE TEXAS PARKS, UM, WILDLIFE, UH, WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY OUTDOOR OUTREACH PROGRAM.
AND I WANNA SAY WE LOOKED AT THIS ONE BEFORE, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT NONE OF THESE DEADLINES ARE AROUND THE CORNER, THANKFULLY EITHER, EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE IN OCTOBER, BUT WE STILL HAVE A GOOD BIT OF TIME ON THAT ONE.
SO I WANTED TO TRY TO FIND SOME THAT WERE PUSHED OUT JUST A BIT.
THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED ON SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU GUYS WANT ME TO PRIORITIZE.
AGAIN, I HAVE A A SCOPE FOR ALL OF THESE, BUT IF YOU WANNA CHANGE AGAIN, NOT A PROBLEM.
SO ANYWAY, I'LL START WITH NUMBER ONE.
THE WALMART SPARK, GOOD LOCAL GRANT.
I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL HEARD OF THIS ONE.
IT'S A SMALLER GRANT, BUT YOU CAN APPLY EVERY SINGLE MONTH AND IF YOU GET FUNDING ONE MONTH, YOU CAN STILL APPLY FOR IT AGAIN.
BUT THIS IS REALLY GOOD TO JUST GET SMALLER THINGS DONE.
AND SO MY THOUGHT WITH IT WAS TO USE IT AT SUNSET PARK AND TO ADD TO THE ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, AND BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING THERE.
AND SO MY THOUGHT WAS TO DO THAT BEFORE NOVEMBER.
THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP APPLYING, AND AGAIN, WE CAN CHANGE THE SCOPE IN FUTURE MONTHS IF YOU GUYS WANNA JUST KEEP GOING AFTER IT.
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AND JUST AS AN FYI, THIS ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THE WALMART IN YOUR LOCAL AREA, SO THAT MANAGER SPECIFICALLY IS WHO YOU'D WORK WITH IN BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP.BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS ONE.
UM, HAVE YOU GUYS RECEIVED YOUR IRS DETERMINATION LETTER YET FOR THE
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'LL APPROVE PEOPLE IN A COUPLE DAYS AND SOMETIMES IT'LL TAKE SIX MONTHS OR SEVEN MONTHS.
UM, AND I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS ONE, IT'S PREFERRED THAT IT'S A NONPROFIT, BUT WE CAN DO THIS ONE THROUGH THE CITY.
AND MOVING ON TO THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, LOOKING AT SUNSET PARK FOR THIS ONE, WITH OUTDOOR ACCESS, UM, BEING THE FOCUS, WE CAN GET ANYWHERE FROM 5,000 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
UM, THE WAY THIS IS STRUCTURED THOUGH IS THAT IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.
SO A LOT OF FEDERAL GRANTS ARE THAT WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, SAY WE GET AN ENGINEER OR AN ARCHITECT TO COME SCOPE A PROJECT FOR US, THE CITY PAYS IT, AND THEN THE CITY IS REIMBURSED BY THE GRANT.
SO MY MAIN ASK HERE WOULD BE IS, IS IF THAT IS OKAY, ESSENTIALLY.
UM, SO IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT.
THEY WOULD PAY WHATEVER WE SUBMITTED INVOICE AFTER BEING AWARDED.
THEY GIVE YOU THE MONEY RIGHT BACK.
AND SO OF COURSE THIS COULD BE THE CITY OR THE E DAC.
AND I WON'T MAKE YOU GUYS SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO ME TALK THROUGH THE PERSONNEL IMPACT, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT AT THE END OF EACH BRITTANY, THIS IS, THIS IS DON RO.
UM, IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION, WOULD IT BE A THING WHERE YOU WOULD KNOW THAT YOU HAD THE GRANT IN YOUR POCKET BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU MADE A COMMITMENT TO CONTRACT, UH, DEVELOPER OR WHATEVER, KNOWING THAT YOU WILL GET REIMBURSED? YES.
SO SOME GRANTS, THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO, UH, UM, OCCUR ANY COSTS BEFORE BEING FUNDED.
SO IF, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THIS ONE, IF YOU GUYS WERE INTERESTED, I WOULD JUST REACH OUT TO THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND CONFIRM THEIR SPECIFIC, UH, PREFERENCE.
SOME WILL LET YOU SUBMIT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LET'S SAY AN ARCHITECT DID A QUOTE FIVE MONTHS AGO, SO I'M GONNA LET YOU STILL SUBMIT IT AND HAVE THAT AS COVERED SOME WANT.
SO REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST HAVE THAT EMAIL THAT SAYS YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED AND THEN YOU CAN START.
BUT, SO IF YOU WANT ME TO CHECK ON THAT FOR THIS PROGRAM, I CAN YEAH, I THINK THAT'D BE, UH, GOOD TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER THERE.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED FROM US AT THIS POINT TO, ASIDE FROM DIRECTION IT, YOU MENTIONED THE AWARDING, THE, UM, IRS LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, I GUESS IS, BUT YEAH, WE COULDN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDING ON THAT.
BUT, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA PREVENT US FROM MOVING FORWARD ON ANY OF THIS? DO WE NEED, WHAT IS, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED THERE IN THAT RESPECT? THE ONLY ISSUE WOULD BE IF YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO LETTER YET, WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO APPLY THROUGH THE CITY.
BUT I TRIED TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES THAT LET US DO EITHER OR.
SO IT WON'T STOP US FROM JUST GOING AHEAD AND APPLYING.
WE'LL JUST DO IT THROUGH THE CITY INSTEAD.
MOST GRANTS THAT ALLOW FOR NONPROFITS, THEY EITHER HAVE YOU JUST UPLOAD A COPY OF THE LETTER OR THEY WILL ASK YOU TO SEARCH BY EIN AND THEN CONFIRM THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE MM-HMM.
UM, GUIDESTAR THAT YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT AS A NONPROFIT JUST TO SHOW PROOF, ALMOST LIKE PROVIDING A SOCIAL FOR YOURSELF IF YOU'RE APPLYING TO SOMETHING.
WE CAN FIND GRANTS THROUGH THE CITY UNTIL YOU GUYS DO HAVE IT.
WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING OFF TOPIC.
I'LL COME BACK TO, UH, REAL QUICK, BRITTANY, I'M SORRY.
BUT, UH, QUESTION IS HAVE, HAVE WE ACTUALLY APPLIED FOR, WHAT'S THE, THE 5 0 1 C3 AND RIGHT, ALL OF THAT SORT OF THING.
THE, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY STATUS ON THAT CORPORATION? YEAH, ON THE FILINGS OR A CORPORATION? YES.
BUT HAS THE ATTORNEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY, OR SOME OFFICIAL APPLIED FOR THE 5 0 1 C3 FOR THE CORPORATION, NOT THE CITY.
I'M SEEING IT NOW COMING FROM AND THEY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, I THINK THAT'S WHAT SHE'S, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT
WELL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ON ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM.
I ASKED TO TALK ABOUT APPLYING FOR A DIFFERENT, BUT I WAS JUST CLARIFY CLARIFYING BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT WAS, THAT SEEMS TO BE HANGING THAT WE NEED TO RESOLVE.
IF IT'S, I GONNA SAY IF THIS'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THE TWO MAIN THINGS YOU WANNA TRY TO GET FOR E EVEN IF IT'S A 5 0 1 C SIX OR A C3 IS, UM, APPROVAL THROUGH THE STATE AND THEN APPROVAL THROUGH THE IRS.
SO JUST STARTING THOSE TWO PROCESSES.
THE ANNOYING THING IS WITH THE IRS, DEPENDING ON WHAT NAME,
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UH, IS A POINT OF CONTACT AND WHAT PHYSICAL ADDRESS YOU PUT ON THERE COULD SLOW YOU DOWN BECAUSE THEY MAY MAIL SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ADDRESS THAT YOU JUST AREN'T AWARE.SO IT COULD BE, YOU COULD HAVE A LETTER AT CITY HALL SAYING TO CHANGE YOUR ANSWER TO NUMBER TWO AND NOBODY WOULD KNOW.
SO YOU, IF IF IT WAS APPLIED FOR, THERE COULD BE SOMETHING SITTING OUT THERE.
THEY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB FOR IT TO BE A FEDERAL AGENCY OF KEEPING YOU INFORMED
BUT ALSO IF YOU GUYS WANT ME TO HELP WITH THAT, I WILL.
BRITTANY, IN YOUR, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT, UH, WHAT IS THE MOST BENEFICIAL THING FOR US TO, TO WORK ON FIRST? DEFINITELY GETTING WITH THE IRS.
UM, AND I HAVE A LIST ON MY GOOGLE DRIVE I CAN SEND, IT HAS THE EXACT LINKS.
I WANNA SAY IT'S PAY.GOV YOU GO TO, TO REGISTER WITH THE IRS.
BUT IF IT IS STARTED AND YOU GO TO SEARCH FOR THE ORGANIZATION, IT WILL POP UP AND SAY, THAT ONE'S ALREADY CREATED.
SO THAT WILL AT LEAST LET YOU KNOW THAT SOMEBODY STARTED, WHETHER IT WAS THE ATTORNEY OR YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THE CITY.
BUT GETTING THAT IT, IT CAN TAKE TIME.
SOMETIMES THEY APPROVE PEOPLE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES SIX MONTHS.
I LITERALLY WATCHED SOMEBODY WAIT EIGHT MONTHS AND THEN THEY GOT A LETTER THAT SAID THEY SKIPPED, UM, THEY SKIPPED A QUESTION OR IT WAS, IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE WITH WHAT THEY APPLIED SENT TO THE STATE AND THAT THEY WOULD GET A REFUND CHECK FOR THEIR APPLICATION IN FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO SOMEBODY'S GOTTA CHECK THE MAIL.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE, TO MAKE SURE IT GETS FILED AND THEN SOMEBODY RECEIVE IT, CITY HALL
THEN I WOULD DEFINITELY GET WITH WHOEVER PHYSICALLY GETS THE MAIL AND JUST LET THEM KNOW LIKE, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FROM THE IRS AND IF YOU HAVE OR HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.
I WORK NOT, I JUST TRY TO GET ONLINE AND START THE PROCESS AGAIN.
DID YOU, DID YOU WANNA TOUCH ON SOME, DID YOU WANNA TOUCH ON SOME OF THE, UH, THE OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE ON THE LIST? YEAH, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THEM QUICKLY.
UM, SINCE THEY WILL BE THROUGH THE CITY, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A GUYS AN IDEA OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE NUMBER THREE, YOU CAN GET UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND WITH THAT ONE.
UH, MOST AWARDS END UP BEING AROUND 25,000.
I LOOKED AT SOME OF THEIR PAST, UM, GRANTS FOR COMMUNITIES THAT THEY FUNDED.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS AROUND TRYING TO GET SOLAR LIGHTING AT SUNSET PARK AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS.
YOU KNOW, SCROLL THROUGH TO NUMBER FOUR.
THIS ONE IS, UH, RECREATIONAL TRAILS GRANT, SINCE WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, NUMBER FIVE IS WITH THE USDA.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST AND I JUST HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB OF SOLIDIFYING HOW YOU GUYS FEEL ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE WAY IT IS ESSENTIALLY IS THERE IS A LOAN AND A GRANT.
SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY WANTS TO APPLY FOR A LOAN, BUT IT KEEPS YOU FROM NEEDING MATCH.
SO THIS IS A WAY YOU CAN GET A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND MAJORITY OF IT IS THROUGH A LOAN.
AND THE WAY THEY LOOK AT IT IS YOU APPLY FOR THE LOAN, YOU GET APPROVED, AND THEY ALSO GIVE YOU A GRANT THAT IS CONSIDERED THE MATCH PART OF IT.
SO THE GRANT WOULD BE ABOUT 20% OF WHATEVER IT IS YOU ASKED FOR IN THE LOAN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT THAT WOULD GIVE THE CITY ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRY TO APPLY FOR JUST BECAUSE THE CITY'S NOT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME OR CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, ON PAPER ACCORDING TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS ANY IS COMPARED TO SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO I KEEP BRINGING THAT ONE BACK UP BECAUSE AS LONG AS THERE'S MONEY STILL THAT HASN'T BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THAT PROGRAM, IT STAYS THERE AND IT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.
SO I ALWAYS PUT IT ON THE LIST TO AT LEAST TRY.
UM, SORT OF THE SAME THING WITH THIS EDA PROGRAM.
WE DID LOOK AT THIS BEFORE AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING SOME MA UH, SOME MATCH THIS TIME AROUND.
IF WE DO, WE REALLY DO NEED TO GO FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER LARGE POT OF MONEY.
BUT IF WE DON'T, AGAIN, NOT A BIG DEAL, WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, BUT LONG STORY SHORT, FIVE AND SIX WOULD BE THE HIGH DOLLAR OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO I WOULD PRIORITIZE THOSE TWO IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND THOSE.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON THE CITY PERSONNEL IF WE WERE FUNDED.
OBVIOUSLY I HAD HELP, BUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, KEEPING UP WITH FUNDS COMING IN, KEEPING UP WITH RECEIPTS, ET CETERA, THAT WOULD IMPACT, UH, FINANCE AND IF IT'S SUNSET PARK, IT WOULD IMPACT THE PERSONNEL AND PARKS AND REC, ET CETERA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY ON THAT AND MAKE SURE I DIDN'T LEAVE OUT ANY INFORMATION.
AND YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY END THERE LAST FEW STATEMENTS, UH, ONE THROUGH FOUR IF YOU WOULD, GUYS, WE'LL JUST REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE SCOPE THAT I PUT FORWARD FOR EACH.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THE PERSONNEL IMPACT WOULD HAVE ON EACH DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY.
AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU PREFER I APPLY FOR OTHER THAN WHAT I HAVE
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HERE.BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TIME AND IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO SWITCH GEARS AND SEE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING WORKING IN THE PORTAL FOR THE IRSI CAN CHECK THAT TOO.
I MEAN, IT'S FIVE MINUTE THING AND THEN COME BACK TO THE LIST SINCE WE HAVE TIME BEFORE THIS EVEN FIRST DEADLINE COMES UP.
THERE'S THAT, THERE'S THE LAST ONE TOO, THE NUMBER SIX, THE EDA PUBLIC WORKS.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT SHE WAS JUST MENTIONING? OKAY, GOT IT.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE BECAUSE THERE'S OKAY.
ROLLED IT IN THERE WITH I SEE OF THOSE ARE BIGGER OPTIONS, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM IF WE HAD THAT OR NOT TO GO FOR THAT ONE.
THAT WAS THE ONLY CAVEAT FOR IT.
YES, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOVE YOUR ASSISTANCE IN CHECKING ON THESE THINGS AND SUBMITTING WHAT IS NECESSARY.
AND BRITTANY REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU MORE, UH, THIS WEEK AND, UH, MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THERE.
UM, I THINK TWO, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SET THE MEETING WITH, UH, MR. ISAAC TURNER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK THAT'S STEP ONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND THEN THAT'LL HELP US.
I THINK ALSO WITH SOME OF THIS DIRECTION FROM THE GRANTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE STORY WE'RE TELLING AND GIVING YOU THE APPROVALS NECESSARY.
BUT DEFINITELY WE NEED TO GET THOSE FILINGS DONE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT STUFF'S COMING IN.
OTHERWISE IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF HANGING OUT THERE, NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY, UH, PULL THE TRIGGER ON ANY OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL PUT THAT FIRST ON MY LIST TO CONFIRM, UH, WHERE YOU GUYS ARE WITH THAT.
AGAIN, IT'LL SHOW UP IF ANYTHING'S BEEN SUBMITTED AT ALL.
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH BRITTANY.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, MR. AND WE STILL NOT GOOD? JENNIFER CHURCH, BRI ON THE A RP NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE THE WORKSHOPS.
JENNIFER CAN TOUCH ON IT SET UP FOR THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE THE FOUR WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED.
SO, UM, IN TALKING WITH MS. MCCOY, UM, THEY WILL START, UM, THE FOUR WEDNESDAYS, OCTOBER THE 14TH, THE 21ST, THE 28TH AND NOVEMBER 4TH FROM 10 TO 11 HERE AT, UM, IN CHAMBER COUNCILS.
SO, UM, I HAVE ALREADY UPLOADED THEM ONTO THE CITY WEBSITE.
I'LL SEND THE INFORMATION TO THE CHAMBER SO THEY CAN ALSO PUT IT ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, SO, AND THEN JUST INVITING OUT, SO I'LL REACH OUT TO LIKE THE LIONS CLUB AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL SO THEY CAN PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT.
UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE Y'ALL JOIN US AS WELL AND IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT OR HELP WITH ANY OF THAT, JUST LET ME KNOW.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT MS. MCCOY? UM, I DON'T THINK SO.
UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT ME JUST JOINING VIRTUALLY THAT WAY SHE WASN'T ON HER OWN.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF A A RP WOULD WANT A SCOPE CHANGE IF I SAID WE WERE JUST GOING TO LIKE, LEAD IT VIRTUALLY.
SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF EACH OTHER.
THEY WILL HAVE A WORKBOOK THAT COINCIDES WITH ALL FOUR WORKSHOPS TO JUST BRING WITH IT.
SO WE'LL IMPLEMENT, WE'LL GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION AND THIS IS BASED OFF OF FEMA INFORMATION THAT A A RP PROVIDES.
SO THIS IS TRIED AND TRUE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT RANDOM.
UM, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE WORKSHEETS FOR EACH PART TO SAY, OKAY, WHO'S GONNA BE MY QUOTE UNQUOTE BUDDY IF THIS HAPPENS, WHO AM I GONNA CONTACT IF THIS HAPPENS? DO I HAVE ALL THE EMERGENCY NUMBERS I NEED? THEY'LL HAVE A CARD TO PRINT OUT AND PUT OR TO PUT ON THE REFRIGERATOR.
UM, AND THEY'LL HAVE, AGAIN, A BUDDY CARD.
THEY'LL HAVE A CHEAT SHEET FOR THE FRIDGE AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE THAT WORKBOOK TO KEEP WITH THEM.
AGAIN, THIS IS AIMED AT ELDERLY.
SO HAVING EVERYTHING IN WRITING AND IN FRONT OF THEM WHEN THEY NEED IT AND NOT DOING, LIKE I KNOW AT LEAST MY GRANDPARENTS DO AND WAITING UNTIL, YOU KNOW, KATRINA IS IN TOWN TO SAY, OH WAIT A MINUTE,
YEAH, I THINK I CAN SAY I'VE GOT SOME FRIENDS AT THE ALLIANCE CLUB.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SENIORS THERE AND, UH, WE'D, I'D BE GLAD TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOMETHING TO HELP YOU OUT.
AND THEN I'LL, ONE OF THE THINGS IS FOR PEOPLE TO CALL ME FOR TRANSPORTATION.
SO I WILL BE PUTTING OUT INFORMATION SO THEY CAN UTILIZE CAB METRO, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, FROM THEIR HOUSES ARE DIFFERENT THINGS TO MAKE IT OUT TO THE FOUR FREE EVENTS.
BUT, SO IF I DIDN'T STATE IT, THE GOAL OR PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO BE A SORT OF IN BETWEEN WITH THE REFERENCE ALWAYS BEING TO AUSTIN.
AND I SEE THAT IN A LOT OF SMALLER COMMUNITIES, IT'S ALWAYS, WELL, THIS IS IN DALLAS, THIS IS IN NEW ORLEANS.
BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET THERE OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE OR LIKE THE BRIDGE IS BLOCKED, LIKE WITH THE FLOOD, THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
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TRY TO BE AN IN-BETWEEN, IF GOD FORBID SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING HAPPENS AGAIN WHERE YOU CAN'T GET TO AUSTIN OR YOU CAN'T EVEN EVEN GET, YOU KNOW, TO CEDAR PARK FOR EXAMPLE.WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS MORE WITH YOU.
AND, UH, I THINK A LOT'S GONNA START HAPPENING PRETTY QUICK AS WE HAVE SOME OF THESE PLANNING SESSIONS.
SO, UH, WE SHOULD SEE THE, UH, TO JEFF'S POINT ACTUALLY GET SOME, UH, STUFF DONE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO
[IV.5. Discussion and possible action regarding proposed funding for the TBA Douglas proposal.]
UH, LAST THING TO COVER IS DISCUSSION.POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PROPOSED FUNDING, UH, FOR THE TBA DOUGLAS PROPOSAL.
AND UH, LUCKILY OUR LIAISON, UH, WAS KIND ENOUGH TO, UH, MENTION THIS, UH, APPROXIMATE BUDGET FOR, UH, WHAT WOULD WORK TO, TO GET SOMEBODY LIKE THIS INVOLVED.
BASICALLY TBA DOUGLAS, THEY'VE COME IN HERE.
UH, WHEN WE WERE E DAC, UH, WE ALSO HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT, THAT MET WITH THEM.
AND BASICALLY THEY COME ALONGSIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE VISIONS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE STORIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TELL IN, IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THEY HELP US MAKE THAT A REALITY.
SO IT'S, UH, THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN, UH, SINE IN OTHER AREAS AND I THINK THEY'VE SUBMITTED SOME INTERESTING THINGS THERE.
BUT, UH, SEEMED LIKE FROM OUR MEETING THAT IT WAS A RESOUNDING UH, KIND OF OPTIMISM, UM, WITH THEM BEING INVOLVED IN HELPING US KIND OF PLAN OUT SOME OF THIS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK MAYBE IT WOULD EVEN BE GOOD TO HAVE THEM COME BACK AND DISCUSS THIS WITH US IN PERSON AGAIN OR HAVE MORE OF AN OPEN DETAILED MEETING ON IT.
BUT, UM, WANT TO AT LEAST ADDRESS THAT THIS IS HERE AND, UH, SEE IF ANYBODY HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON IT.
MR. DAVID, I DON'T THINK WE GOT ANY REAL WORD ON THE FUNDING ASPECT OF IT.
'CAUSE THE CITY'S VERY TIGHT RIGHT NOW.
UH, DOES OUR LIAISON HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION SHE COULD PROVIDE? IF I CAN SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUDGET ISN'T SOLIDIFIED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17TH.
UM, SO WE'RE DOING SOME LAST MINUTE, UM, ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY COME IN.
UM, IT, WE HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE AN EDC MEETING WHERE Y'ALL COULD PUT FORWARD AN OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS TO GO ON AS A DECISION PACKAGE.
SO I DID MENTION THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL WERE GOING TO DISCUSS.
UM, SO, UH, AS A, UM, DISCUSSION AND, UM, ACTION FOR ME TO PRESENT THAT FORWARD AS FOR CONSIDERATION, UM, COULD BE ONE OF THE, THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAD THIS EVENING.
UM, THE OTHER THAT I WAS MENTIONING, UH, WHEN MS. MCCOY WAS, UH, UH, ONLINE WAS AS A PLAN B, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR, UH, GRANTS TO HELP WITH THAT ASSISTIVE PLANNING AS WELL.
AND A PLAN C IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN HELPING, UH, TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING IN REGARD TO THE FUTURE LAND MIS MAP AND, UH, THE PARKING AREAS AND THE VARIOUS OWNERS AND ALL OF THAT KINDA STUFF.
WHEN A, UH, TBA DOUGLAS IS ENGAGED, I BELIEVE PART OF THEIR, UH, PROGRAMMING IS TO HELP REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS IN ORDER FOR A, UM, UH, UH, DEVELOPER TO COME IN MM-HMM
AND TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING.
UM, SO, UH, NOW IN TERMS OF, UH, I THINK THEIR, UH, PROJECT OR WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS UNDER 50,000, SO WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT PROCUREMENT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THERE NEEDS TO BE REALLY ADDITIONAL BIDS, ET CETERA.
UM, SO THIS IS TRULY A CONVERSATION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND THE EDC, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF IT AND WHERE Y'ALL PLANNING OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE GOING FORWARD.
UM, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL, UM, ON FUNDING THAT IS STILL, UM, UP IN THE AIR, UH, BECAUSE I DID MENTION IT, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE Y'ALL'S OFFICIAL, UH, DIRECTIVE TO ASK THAT IT BE PUT IN AS A DECISION PACKAGE.
DOM, I, I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS AND I, I
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THINK IT'S, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, NEXT STEP TO DO WHAT, UH, JEFF BROUGHT UP, GET, GET SOMETHING DONE.AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT PRICE POINT, YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULD COVER THIS MAY ALSO BE GOOD FOR OTHER THINGS.
WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US EXACTLY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS IS A FORMAL PROPOSITION FROM EDC.
UM, SO, UH, TYPICALLY Y'ALL WOULD HAVE A, UH, VOTE UP HERE THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD MM-HMM
SO A MOTION AND, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE OFFICIAL PROCESS.
UM, THE SECOND IS, UM, UH, THAT WITH THAT, THAT, UH, JUST LETTING ME KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD.
AND THE THIRD PART OF THAT IS EITHER A LETTER OR AN EMAIL WITH THE, UH, STATED OUTCOME OF THAT.
THAT'S THE FINAL, UH, OFFICIAL, UH, PIECE OF THIS THAT WOULD HAVE A COPY TO OUR, UM, STAFF LIAISON AS WELL AS YOUR COUNCIL LIAISON SO THAT WE CAN GET IT ONTO THE AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED.
AND THAT'S SEPTEMBER 14TH? 14TH OR SEVEN 17TH.
I THINK IT'S, UH, OUR NEXT MEETING IN THE 17TH, 17TH, 17TH, SEPTEMBER 17TH.
UH, BUT COUNT 10 BAYS BACK FROM THAT IN ORDER TO GET IT ON.
SO WE ARE, I, I THINK IT, YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED WITH THE MM-HMM
UM, UH, PROPOSAL IN THE PACKET.
SO SIMPLY, UM, HAVING A, A EMAIL FROM Y'ALL WITH THAT ATTACHED TO PUT FORWARD, I THINK WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, PUT THIS FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WITH THE BACKING OF THE EDC.
AND, UM, AND IF WE NEED, LET'S SEE, I'M TRYING TO DO THE MATH HERE OVER THE DAYS 'CAUSE WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING LOW ON TIME.
UM, WE NEED TO SET UP A MEETING WITH, UH, MR. ISAAC TURNER.
WE NEED TO ALSO BE ABLE TO TURN IN, UH, A FEW THINGS SO THAT THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED IN THE BUDGET.
SO, UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ACTION ITEMS FOR SURE.
WAIT A MINUTE, YOU WOULD YOU GO, HE, WE JUST BASICALLY, NOW THAT WE HAVE PUT FORTH OFFICIALLY THAT WE WANT TO DO IT, YOU NEED BASICALLY AN EMAIL FROM RIGHT? THE, THE PRE THE CHAIR, RIGHT.
AND, UH, THE INTENDED OUTCOME, THE STATED OUTCOME THAT YOU MENTIONED.
I'M SORRY, THE STATED OUTCOME.
THE THIRD, THE THIRD THING I THINK WAS C THAT YOU MENTIONED.
OH, WE EXPECT TO GET FROM THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL THAT GOES WITH IT IN ORDER TO PUT IT, UH, IN THEIR PROPOSAL.
WELL WE HAVE THAT RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO WE BASICALLY NEED THE EMAIL, CORRECT? LET'S DO IT.
SOMETIMES
UM, WELL I THINK WE'VE APPROVED THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SEEING WHERE THAT GOES.
[IV.6. Discussion and update on Grant Writer.]
RIGHT ALONG.NEGLECTED TO GET JENNIFER TO MENTION HER.
I GOT ONE MORE, JUST A REMINDER THAT, UM, THE NEXT EVENT WE HAVE COMING UP IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE SIXTH FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30.
IT'S GONNA BE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
SHE'S HERE IN THE, UM, PARKING LOT.
JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW FOR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS FOR THE EDC.
SO, UM, I THINK THREE OF YOU, WELL, MR. YOU KNOW, DAVID WILL BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL, SO HE WOULD BE OFF JOHN TO RESIGN, UH, RESIGNED.
AND, UM, JEFF, UM, YES, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE.
YOUR, UM, TERM IS UP ON FOR THE, UH, IF WHEN I'M IN ON COUNCIL, THE STATE ACTUALLY CONTEMPLATES IT, IT, IT GENERALLY EXPECTS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE ON THE BOARD.
THEY WOULD STILL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE NEED TO VOTE.
I'M, I'M FINE WITH US VOTING ON IT IF IT IS NOT THE WILL FOR ME TO BE UP HERE, BUT I, I DON'T BELIEVE I ACTUALLY HAVE TO RESIGN IN NOVEMBER.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED.
I'M GONNA TELL YOUR TERM COMES UP RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS OUR CHARTER DECEMBER, AND THEN JEFF'S FILLED TERM IS UP IN DECEMBER AS WELL.
SO, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT COMING UP AND, AND WE'LL IRON OUT ALL THE, THE DETAILS THERE.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PERSPECTIVE DEVELOPERS, UH, THAT WE TALK TO, ANYBODY THAT
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MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, THIS PROJECT AND THIS AND THIS DEAL WITH DOUGLAS.DOUGLAS, NOT, NOT TRYING TO BE IGNORANT HERE OR NOT, BUT, UH, THERE, THERE BASICALLY DOING A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT DOWN, DOWN TO, UH, WHAT IS THE CANYON DRIVE? MM-HMM
DOWN TO CANYON DRIVE TO PUT, TO PUT EVERYTHING THAT DON'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS NOW.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS WHAT DOUGLAS IS GONNA DO.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HIRING HIM FOR.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WHAT I THOUGHT I ALREADY KNEW.
AND, UH, HAVE WE TALKED TO ANY DEVELOPERS? HAVE WE REACHED OUT? IS THERE ANY, ANYTHING AT ALL? OR, OR IS THAT KIND OF PUTTING THE CART IN FRONT OF THE HORSE? I I KNOW ONCE WE, I KNOW ONCE DOUGLAS COMES IN, IF WE CAN GET THE MONEY APPROVED AND WE CAN GET THEM ON THEIR WAY AND WE CAN GET THAT STUDY IN OUR HAND, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BE SHOWING DEVELOPERS AND SAY, HEY, LOOK AT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND ET CETERA, AND MAYBE GET SOMEONE INTERESTED BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA TAKE IT SERIOUSLY THEN? I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR THING FOR A DEVELOPER TO COME IN AND TAKE THIS ON.
THIS IS GONNA BE PRETTY BIG MONEY.
I I CAN ADDRESS THAT IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO, UH, A PART OF WHAT IS ATTRACTIVE ABOUT A COMPANY LIKE TBA DOUGLAS DOING THIS IS THAT THEY'VE REALLY SET IT UP SO THAT IT'S ATTRACTIVE FOR DEVELOPERS TO, TO GET INVOLVED.
SO ONCE ALL THOSE PIECES ARE THERE AND THERE'S A LANE, THEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THAT POINT WE CAN LOOK AT WHO'S INTERESTED AND WHO WOULD BE THE BEST FIT TO DO IT.
BUT, UH, IT'S AN ESSENTIAL, UH, PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT ALL OF THE, UH, LANES ARE THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO GO DOWN AND, AND SIGN UP FOR PROJECTS OF THE SCOPE AND, AND THEY HAVE CONTACTS.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE YOUR LIPS MOVE
ALRIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT SAID, UH, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP THIS CALL.
THE, UH, MEETING ADJOURNS, UH, I HAVE, I HAVE ONE MORE REQUEST.
AND, AND THIS IS NOT ANYTHING BIG, BUT I, I, SINCE THE EDCI THINK IS GOING TO BECOME A SERIOUS, UH, ENTITY IN CITY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME OF OUR MEMBERS ATTENDING SOME OF THE TML CONFERENCES.
YOU, YOU'VE BEEN TO, YOU'VE BEEN TO THEM.
THEY, THEY PRIMARILY CONCENTRATE ON SMALL CITIES IN TEXAS AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN AND IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL.
BUT IT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF TRAVEL MONEY.
I THINK YOU CAN PASS IT ON TO A LIAISON.
SHE COULD TAKE THAT TO FULL COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT, DOM.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING IN TURN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.