* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [I. CALL TO ORDER, CALL OF ROLL] [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET, UH, STARTED SEMI PROMPTLY, 4 0 1, UH, PM HERE, OCTOBER 13TH. ALL RIGHT. CALL TO ORDER. JUSTIN LOCK. THAT'S ME. I AM HERE. UH, DON JOHN DRO HERE. DAVID ALKIN HERE. UH, WE HAVE COREY AND JOHN WHO HAVE, UH, RESIGNATIONS. THEY'RE STILL ON THE LIST HERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE TODAY. SO THEN WE HAVE, UH, JEFF SLOTTING PRESENT, AND RUSS MURPHY IS OUT. UH, AND WE WISH HIM THE BEST FOR THE REASONS WHY HE'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ASSISTANT COMMENTS TODAY? NO, SIR. NO ASSISTANT COMMENTS HAVE SIGNED UP. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE'LL JUST, UH, GET CLICKING ALONG HERE. THEN. UH, [III.a. Routine reports from City Council Liaison.] ROUTINE REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL LIAISON, NORMA OWEN. THANK YOU, UH, CHAIR. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND IF Y'ALL WILL BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I, UM, I'M USING A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY THIS INFORMATION TO Y'ALL. UM, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE FROM COUNCIL. I PLACED SOME INFORMATION ON THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION FORUM REGARDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. YOU HEARD, UH, LINDA, YOU COME AND TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THAT. BRIEFLY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BEGIN CONNECTING SEVERAL PIECES OF WORK THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING KIND OF SEPARATELY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. UH, WHAT IS HAPPENING ACTUALLY WITH PAC, WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO WE WANT, UH, DEVELOPMENT TO GO AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO I WOULD, I DO WANNA SAY THE FLUME IS NOT ZONING. UM, IT DOESN'T IN ITSELF APPROVE ANYTHING, RIGHT? IT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE YOU WANT THINGS TO BE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, UH, JUST WANT TO BRING Y'ALL TO Y'ALL'S AWARENESS. WHERE DOES THE CITY ACTUALLY WANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY? WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY MAKES SENSE THERE? AND WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER CONDITIONS WOULD HAVE TO EXIST, EXIST FOR IT TO SUCCEED? AND I THINK REALLY THAT'S THE ED C'S MISSION. UH, AND WHAT HAS Y'ALL HERE TODAY? I, UM, IN THAT, AND WHAT I PUT ON THE COUNCIL FORUM IS AN ACTUAL ANALYSIS OF HOW MUCH ACREAGE THAT WE'RE COM, UH, UH, OUTLINING FOR COMMERCIAL OR MIXED USE OR NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVITY COMPARED TO WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE PREFERABLE TO MOVE US TOWARD WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY. SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER AS BEST AS I CAN, ONE-ON-ONE. BUT THAT IS A, AN ENORMOUS HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THAT DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION IF YOU SEE SOMETHING. THIS IS AS IF YOU SEE SOMETHING ON THERE, SAY SOMETHING, UM, IN ORDER TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY IDEAS THAT Y'ALL LOOKING TO PURSUE, THAT WE GO AHEAD AND, AND BUILD THAT IN FROM THE GET GO. OKAY. UM, THEN LASTLY, UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH A SERIES OF STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, UH, THE COUNCIL WILL BE COMING UP WITH THEIRS. UH, BUT RIGHT AFTER THAT IS, UH, I AM HOPING THAT WE PULL TOGETHER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BOLT RIGHT UP TO IT. THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE CHAMBER, UM, AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT HELP US TO ESTABLISH WHERE WE'RE GOING, UH, WHO ALL DO WE NEED TO HAVE TOGETHER. SO WITH THAT, HAVING JUST, UH, A VERY TARGETED, UH, UH, PLAN GOING FOR NOW UNTIL THEN, UH, MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN TERMS OF YOUR FOCUS. I KNOW THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE GOING ON, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT Y'ALL DECIDE. UH, LASTLY, I'LL SAY THAT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD OR YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO CONVEY TO COUNSEL, PLEASE DIRECTLY JUST SAY, LIAISON NORMA, PLEASE ASK THE COUNSEL. AND I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. IF THERE'S A MORE FORMAL REQUEST, PLEASE EMAIL IT TO ME AND I'LL GET IT UP THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, MS. NORMA, WE APPRECIATE YOU. UM, ALRIGHT. [III.b. Routine reports from City Staff.] ROUTINE REPORT FROM C STAFF. ERIC ZINO. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, FIRST GIVE SOME PERSONNEL UPDATES. UM, WE HAVE OUR CODE COMPLIANCE. REBECCA, REBECCA HAMILTON JOINED THE CITY AS OUR NEW CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER. UH, VICTORIA GILLIAN JOINED AS THE CITY'S HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER. UH, WE DID HAVE SOME P PRELIMINARY MEETINGS WITH FREEZING NICHOLS ABOUT POTENTIAL CONTRA CONTRACT ASSISTANCE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE SUPPORT FOR THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT. NOTHING HAS BEEN SIGNED ON THAT YET, BUT STILL IN CONTRACT TALKS WITH THEM. UM, EMERGENCY [00:05:01] PREPAREDNESS, THE CITY OF LAG VISTA'S NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP SERIES MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 2026 A A RP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE GRANT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN OCTOBER THE 14TH, 2026. THIS INITIATIVE FOCUS ON STRAIGHTENING COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AWARENESS AND NEIGHBORHOOD RE RESILIENCE. AND THAT IS STARTS TO TOMORROW HERE. OCTOBER 14TH, UM, THE CITY OF LAG VISTA, I THINK OF THE LAST COUNCIL, RECEIVED A TOURISM FRIENDLY DESIGNATION, RECOGNIZED THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, AND PROMOTING LAG VISTA AS A DESTINATION. MET WITH KELLY PERKY REFUGE MANAGER FOR THE B BALCONES CANYONLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. WOW. SO THAT'S A LONG TITLE TO DISCUSS. POTENTIAL COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD SUPPORT TOURISM, OUTDOOR RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. JOINED MAYOR SAINT SOME THIS MORNING PRESENTING PLAQUE APPRECIATE TO LAG VISTA STARBUCKS, UH, RECOGNIZED AND CONTINUE TO CONDUCT CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT OF LAG VISTA COMMUNITY COORDINATE, PLAN, VISIT, AND TOUR OF LAVILLE WITH KERRY BAILEY, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS RETENTION, EXPANSION OF OPPORTUNITY AUSTIN. THIS VISIT WILL FOCUS ON REVIEWING AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY THAT ALIGN WITH RETAILER AND BUSINESS REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATION AND SITE SELECTION NEEDS. SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH MARLENE POOLER, HOPE I'M NOT MISSING HER LAST NAME UP. UH, THE PARKS AND REC, REC PARKS AND REC ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO CUS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL GRANT FUND OPPORTUNITY AND WAYS PARKS AND RECORD INITIATIVES CAN COME PLANT AND SUPPORT THE CITY'S TOURISM DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. UM, WITH THAT, I THINK JENNIFER HAD A FEW UPDATES, SO JUST IF YOU UPDATE ON SOME UPCOMING EVENTS. FIRST OFF, UM, I GUESS I'LL FINISH OFF THOUGH. WE JUST HAD NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR CAMP COMING. IT'S THOSE WHO HELPED US CLEAN UP AS WELL. IT WAS A GREAT TIME. WE HAD AN ARCHERY TAG AND IT REALLY HELPED PULL IN THE OLDER KIDS. SO THE OBJECTIVE WAS MET, UM, AND I THINK THEY HAD A LOT OF FUN. AND PD DID WIN THE, UM, BATTLE OF THE BADGE FOR THIS YEAR. , UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE A A RP, SO IT'S THE NEXT FOUR WEDNESDAYS, THE OCTOBER 14TH THROUGH NOVEMBER THE FOURTH, UM, MOVIES ON THE GREEN. WE HAVE HOCUS POCUS COMING UP THIS FRIDAY, THE GOONIES FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE 13TH. AND THEN THE GRINCH WILL BE FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 11TH. UM, THIS WEEKEND WE DO HAVE THE LOG VISTA TRASH OFF. SO IT HAPPENS RIGHT HERE, UM, NEXT TO THE LIBRARY. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING IS ON MONDAY, DECEMBER THE SEVENTH. SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF CLOSING OFF THE YEAR. SOUNDS GOOD. OH, JEFF, GO. YES. IT'S ONLY A ONE DAY EVENT THIS YEAR. WHAT'S THE TIME? IT'S FROM SEVEN TO ONE, BUT I WILL LOOK THAT UP TO MAKE SURE. I KNOW IT'S OVER WITH AT ONE. I'M NOT SURE IF IT STARTS AT SEVEN OR EIGHT. SOUNDS GREAT. MUCH APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT. UH, MOVING [III.c. Routine reports from Chamber of Commerce. - Executive Director, Allison Sargent] ON. ROUTINE REPORTS FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALLISON. SERGEANT, COME ON UP. THANK YOU. YOU GOT IT? CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? ? UM, ALL RIGHT. UH, WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON BRUISING BALLOONS RIGHT NOW. THAT'S OUR MAIN FOCUS, PULLING THAT OFF, MAKING IT HAPPEN. IT WILL BE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT BARQUET PARK. UH, SO WE ARE, THAT'S JUST OUR PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE. UH, WE JUST FINISHED UP A BIG FESTIVAL IN JONESTOWN J TOWN STREET FAIR. UM, IT WAS A SUCCESS. UH, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND CO-HOSTED THAT EVENT. I HAD ABOUT 1300 AND, UH, 34 PEOPLE, I THINK IS WHAT WE SAID, UH, AT THAT EVENT. UM, AND IT WAS A HOT, SUCCESSFUL DAY. UH, TOMORROW, THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF THE NEWSPAPER WILL BE DELIVERED ALL OVER TOWN. UH, SO MAKE SURE YOU PICK THAT ONE UP OF, UH, ABOUT OUR, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA HAS GROWN QUITE A BIT, ABOUT 15% IN THE LAST 20 DAYS. UH, WE'RE GETTING, UM, 243,000, UH, VIEWS IN THE LAST 28 DAYS. UM, AND WE'VE GROWN BY 166 NEW FOLLOWERS. SO OUR, UM, REACH TO THE AREA AND WE'RE, WE'RE PROMOTING OUTSIDE OF THE AREA, TRYING TO GET AUSTIN JONESTOWN LANDER, CEDAR PARK TO NOTICE WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT HERE. UM, BUT ALSO JUST CONNECTING OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES TO EACH OTHER AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. UM, SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE PUT SOME MORE STATS OUT THERE TO SHOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, UM, HOW MANY CLICKS WE'RE GETTING ON THINGS. UM, OUR NEW WEBSITE, BRUISE AND BALLOONS.COM, ALSO A IS PRETTY AWESOME. IT TRACKS, UH, AND PROMOTES, UH, OVERNIGHT STAYS BECAUSE AIRBNB AND VRBO IS, IS, [00:10:01] UH, INTEGRATED INTO IT. SO YOU CAN BOOK YOUR OVERNIGHT STAY AND WE CAN KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE KIND OF STAYING FOR THAT EVENT. IF THEY BOOK THROUGH THE SITE, UM, WITH THEIR TICKET SALES. IT'S ALSO TRACKING, UM, ALL OF, YOU KNOW, JUST THE, THE CLICKS AND, UH, EYES ON THE, ON THE EVENT TOO. SO WE HAVE, UM, A LOT MORE DATA WE CAN PROVIDE TO YOU, UH, WITH THAT. UM, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT, IT'S PRETTY NEAT HOW IT WORKS. UM, WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING? ANYTHING? ? SOUNDS GOOD. THAT'S ABOUT IT. YEAH, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE. UH, BUT YEAH, SO GRAB YOUR NEWSPAPER TOMORROW. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MR. TRUE. I FAILED TO REALIZE TOO, OUR, OUR LEGAL IS ON. CHRISTINA IS ON, GLAD TO JOIN US. AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW, ANY OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, BUT WANT TO MAKE, MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, AT THE LAST COUNCILMAN, UH, CITY MANAGER RUN JOYS IN CITY COUNCIL, UH, PUT RUN JOY IN AS OUR CITY MANAGER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF MR. JOY WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING. I JUST WANNA WAVE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. JOY. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ACTUALLY, UM, ERIC, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU TOO, IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM OR SOMETHING WE WANTED TO ADDRESS WITH OUR LEGAL TODAY. SHE'S FOR THE, UH, 5 0 1 3 3 AND ALSO MAYBE SOME OF THE TBA DOUGLASS. UM, I'M, I THINK THAT'S KINDA WHAT I, I HAD HER, ME AND HER TALKED ABOUT, OR I SENT HER AN EMAIL ABOUT. OKAY. UM, I THINK I'M TOTALLY GOOD WITH JUMPING AROUND [IV.2. Discussion and possible action regarding 501(c)(3) recommendations.] A LITTLE BIT. UH, IF WE WANNA START WITH, UH, ITEM TWO, DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING 5 0 1 C3 RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START THAT. GO ONE, THEN. LET ME UPDATE THIS REAL QUICK. GO BACK. THANKS. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. UM, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS CAME UP IS AS WE APPROACH PROJECTS AND WE LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT THE EDC CAN DO, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS TO USE A 5 0 1 C3. UM, SO WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IF WE SHOULD ACTUALLY, UH, AT ANY TIME CREATE OUR OWN 5 0 1 C3 OR, UH, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ALSO TO PARTNER WITH OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS. SO, OKAY. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE ED SORRY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ECHO. UM, THE EDC CAN CREATE OR BECOME ITS OWN 5 0 1 C3. SO YOU CAN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT DESIGNATION YET OFFICIALLY THROUGH THE I-R-S-E-D-C CAN SUBMIT THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK TO GET THAT ACTUAL, UH, TAX TAXING ENTITY ASSIGNED TO YOU. UM, UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, UNDER CHAPTER, UH, CHAPTERS 5 0 1 AND, AND 5 0 5, YOU ARE CREATED AS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION. THAT'S JUST EDC IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION. UM, SO THE, UNDER THE TEXAS BUSINESS CODE, THE NONPROFIT PORTIONS APPLY. IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF CONFLICT, THEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE APPLY. BUT YOU ARE A NONPROFIT. I SUGGEST GOING AHEAD AND GETTING THAT IRS STATUS. MOST EVCS HAVE IT, AND THAT WAY THAT IS, YOU HAVE THAT OFFICIAL DESIGNATION. UM, I THINK ERIC COULD PROBABLY GET THAT PAPERWORK STARTED, HIM AND ROBIN. UM, AND THEN I CAN LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S IN INTACT IF Y'ALL WANT TO, UH, PROCEED WITH, WITH DOING SO AND GETTING THAT, UM, FORMAL DESIGNATION. I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES, UM, OTHER THAN, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE, I MEAN, YOU ARE TECHNICALLY CREATED AS A NONPROFIT. UM, THE COUNCIL'S ALWAYS GOING TO ULTIMATELY APPROVE ALL YOUR EXPENDITURES . SO, UM, BUT, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST GO AHEAD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT FIRST STEP. SOUNDS GOOD. UH, DON HAS A COMMENT. OKAY. HI. YES. HI. UM, THERE ARE, UH, SOME ENTITIES THAT HAVE, I'M GOING TO GIVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE, THE LIONS CLUB HERE. UH MM-HMM . WE HAVE A 5 0 1 C3 FOR OUR, FOR, UH, LET'S SAY CHARITABLE BRANCH, AND THEN A 5 0 1 C FOUR FOR ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH. DOES IT MAKE ANY, ANY SENSE TO HAVE BOTH OR, UH, DOES THE CITY'S DESIGNATION AS A NONPROFIT BASICALLY TAKE CARE OF THE, THE NEED FOR THE 5 0 1 C FOUR? AND WE SHOULD JUST GO FOR THE 5 0 1 3? UM, I DON'T THINK, I MEAN, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED THE C FOUR. UM, FOR SURE. GO AHEAD AND GET THE C3, BUT I, I DON'T, UM, KNOW IF YOU NECESSARILY NEED THE, THE C FOUR. OKAY. BUT I CAN DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. THANK YOU. WELCOME. COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSPECTIVE ON, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR, UH, WHAT A 5 0 1 [00:15:01] C3 CAN DO THAT THE EDC CAN'T, AND AT WHAT POINT WE NEED TO REALLY ENGAGE WITH THAT? THERE'S NOTHING DIFFERENT. IT'S A TAX, IT'S A TAX DESIGNATION. IT'S BASICALLY HOW YOU WOULD, LIKE, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA FILE TAXES, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY GIVING YOU THAT FORMAL DESIGNATION. IT'S A 5 0 1 C3 UNDER THE, THE IRS CODE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? LIKE, IT'S NOT GONNA ALLOW YOU TO DO ANYTHING. I MEAN, YOU ARE A NONPROFIT BASED UPON YOUR CREATION UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE AND, UM, TEXAS BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE. BUT, UH, I GUESS MORE SPECIFICALLY, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, I MEAN, WOULD WE BE CREATING A SEPARATE ENTITY UNDERNEATH THAT EDC OR UNDERNEATH OUR EDC, RIGHT? NO, YOU ARE. IT WOULD BE THE EDC AS THE BODY THAT YOU ARE FILING, UH, JUST HAVING THAT 5 0 1 C3 STATUS APPLIED TO YOU. GOT IT. IT WOULD NOT BE, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TWO SEPARATE TYPES OF ENTITIES. THAT'S GREAT. IF I, IF I'M, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK THE, PROBABLY THE ATTRACT ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE 5 0 1 C3 IS BASICALLY, UH, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR GRANTS FROM, UH, CERTAIN CORPORATIONS, THEY, THEY WANT TO PROTECT THEIR BOTTOM LINE BY, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE, THAT THE ENTITY THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH IS A, IS A GUARANTEED, UH, CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. AND THE 5 0 1 C3, I THINK PROVIDES THAT PROOF, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MAIN BENEFITS. MM-HMM . RIGHT? LIKE YOU WOULD, YEAH, IT'S, YOU'RE, YES. DAVID COMMENT, UH, SOMETHING I WANT TO BE, I WANT CLARIFICATION ON IS WHO, WHAT PART OF THE ENTITY OR OUR STRUCTURE WILL BE DOING THE REPORTING AND FILING, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME GRANTS OR BUSINESSES THAT WILL NEED TO SEE 5 0 3, BUT WE ALSO CAN PARTNER, LIKE FOR SAY, WITH THE CHAMBER, IF THERE NEEDS, ONE OF THE BENEFITS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS THAT WE CAN CREATE THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND OPERATING AGREEMENTS TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT OF THIS. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE EXTRA WORK FOR OURSELVES IF WE'RE NOT EVEN GAINING ENOUGH BENEFIT FROM IT. SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE A LITTLE CONTEXT ON? I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT, BUT USUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE WHOEVER IS DOING YOUR, UM, MIGHT BE ULTIMATELY A COMBINATION OF YOUR EDC STAFF, WHICH WOULD BE ERIC AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT WORKING TOGETHER ON ANY KIND OF REPORTS TO ANY KIND OF TAXING REPORTS. BUT, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S USUALLY WHOEVER'S HANDLING YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. YEAH. ANOTHER REASON WHY I, UH, ASKED THE FIRST QUESTION TOO, WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU CAN ACTUALLY CREATE A FOR-PROFIT UNDERNEATH A 5 0 1 C3 WON'T, YOU CANNOT BE A FOR-PROFIT. OKAY. AS YOU ARE UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION. OKAY, GOT IT. YEP. MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE PAST WAS THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN BRANCHES THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY PULL OFF OF THOSE AS FAR AS ENTITIES AS LONG AS THEY WERE FILED IN. BUT THAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE TO SOMETHING OUT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. BUT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, YOU ARE, YOU ARE CREATED ONLY AS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION. SO, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? A RANGE OF FILINGS WOULD BE ONLY NONPROFIT. LIKE, UH, DON MENTIONED THE 5 0 1 C FOUR OR OTHER, UH, NONPROFIT TYPES, RIGHT? LIKE YOU WOULD ONLY FIVE. I DON'T, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK TO SEE IF THE EDC CAN FILE AS A FIVE OH C FOUR. YOU DEFINITELY CAN FILE AS A 5 0 1 C3. I'M NOT. I'D HAVE TO SEE IF THERE'S IN THE ANY ELIGIBILITY FOR A FIVE FOR A C FOUR. OKAY. IT SOUNDS GOOD. IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AND GET IT DONE. SO, UM, IT'S BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, DAVID BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT. WE DON'T HAVE A, YOU KNOW, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ARM RIGHT NOW. UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST PROCESS, I GUESS, FOR THAT? UM, MS. NORMA, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT? SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME CAPACITY WITHIN, UM, MCCOY SERVICES, UH, THAT SHE CAN ASSIST, UH, JUST FROM AN INITIAL IF NEEDED. UM, I WOULD SAY THAT A REQUEST IS, UH, GIVEN TO THE CITY MANAGER. HE CAN THEN DEPLOY ALONG WITH, UM, ERIC AS DEPARTMENT HEAD ON THAT. UM, IF NICOLE OR CURRENT STAFF CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, THEN GREAT. IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, I THINK THE CONTRACT WITH MCCOY CONSULTING COULD, UH, HELP SHORE UP ANY ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE OR [00:20:01] QUESTION NEEDS IN REGARD TO THE 5 0 1 C3. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE IRS IS VERY HELPFUL AS WELL. SO THAT WOULD JUST BE CURRENT STUFF. SO IF YOU WOULD, UH, DO I HAVE THAT RIGHT? UM, MR. INTERIM CITY MANAGER, ROY, RON BONY, I'M CALLING YOU ROY, I'M PUTTING YOU THINGS . UM, SO, UM, UH, THEY WERE ASKING JUST HOW DO THEY GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, GET THE PAPERWORK STARTED BASED ON A DECISION, AND I JUST BASICALLY SAID TO SEND BOTH YOU AND ERIC A EMAIL. YES. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. JUST DIDN'T, DON'T WANNA ASSUME ANYTHING AS WE TALK THROUGH THIS. SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ON WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO, I JUST MENTIONED THAT THE, UH, OUR BYLAWS STATE THAT THE CORPORATION SHALL CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES. THE CORPORATION'S FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING RECORDS SHALL BE MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW, BUT IT'S, WE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY. OH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, DON. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU BET. OKAY. WE ALREADY HAVE IT FIGURED OUT. OKAY. LET'S MAKE A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE GO AHEAD AND WE GO ALONG WITH THIS. WE START THIS UP, WE DO THE PAPERWORK, AND WE PROCEED AND GET IT DONE FOR THE 5 0 1 C3. YES, SIR. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. A AYE. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. MM-HMM . UNANIMOUSLY. UNANIMOUSLY. UM, OKAY. AND LET'S SEE. THE NEXT ITEM WE'LL [IV.4. Discussion and possible action regarding proposed funding for the TBA Douglas proposal.] SKIP TO, UH, IS ITEM FOUR, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING PROPOSED FUNDING FOR THE TBA DOUGLAS PROPOSAL. RIGHT. UM, WHAT, UH, WHAT, WHAT COMMENTS DO YOU HAVE? UM, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT YOUR NAME. THERE. WAS IT? CHRISTINA? CHRISTINA. CHRISTINA. DEIR. SORRY. . SORRY ABOUT THAT. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. I JUST WANTED THE ONLY SECOND TIME Y'ALL HAD ME ATTEND, SO HOPE NO, IT'S PERFECT. NO, NO. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. UM, I, I FIGURED YOU MAY, MAY HAVE HAD SOME THOUGHTS COMING INTO THIS. I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO KIND OF SPEAK TO IT. I THINK SO, BECAUSE I, I KIND OF NEED TO KNOW I, WHAT YOU'RE WANTING ME TO TELL ME ABOUT IT. IS THIS, IS IT A FUNDING ON HOW, HOW YOU'RE LOOKING TO FUND IT? OR, OR YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL ITSELF? BECAUSE I THINK THE AGENDA HAS LISTED AS, AS FUNDING. AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS, UM, IF Y'ALL GOT, IS THIS PROPOSED, UH, REGARDING PROPOSED FUNDING FOR THE PROPOSAL? SO IS THERE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW TO PAY FOR IT, OR IS IT THE PROPOSAL ITSELF? SO, I, I, IT'S NOT, UH, AS MUCH THE PROPOSAL ITSELF, AT LEAST. OKAY. IN MY TURN, I, I THINK IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS THING. AGAIN, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE? AND DON HAS A THOUGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO, YEAH, I, I THINK THAT IN A PREVIOUS MEETING WE ASKED, UH, OUR LIAISON TO TAKE THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, WE WERE CONFIDENT THAT SHE WOULD GET THE $50,000. I'M SORRY, I HAD CLEAR MY THROAT. . I DID BRING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. UM, I'LL JUST GIVE A, A BRIEF UPDATE. OKAY. WE HAD, UH, BASICALLY THE CITY RECEIVED THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS THEY DID LAST YEAR. UM, BUT WITH NOW WE HAVE A FEW MORE EXPENSES. UM, AND SO THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE PUT ONTO A LIST. MM-HMM . UH, THAT LIST. UH, I DID ASK THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE PUT ON THAT LIST MM-HMM . THAT, UH, THE LIST WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND A MILLION TO A MILLION AND HALF IN FUNDING, UH, THAT EFFECTIVELY, UM, THE COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO, UH, JUST WATCH FOR PLACES WHERE SAVINGS OCCURRED, THAT THOSE REQUESTED OR NEEDED ITEMS COULD BE PURCHASED. AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT SITS RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THE, UM, QUESTIONS THAT I, UM, THOUGHT THAT Y'ALL MIGHT CONSIDER IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY PLANNING GRANTS OUT THERE THAT, UH, MAYBE, UH, MS. MCCOY MAY SEE ON THE PLANNING HORIZON THAT COULD ACCOMPLISH THAT GO FASTER. SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION FOR IT. SO IT'S ON A LIST. IT'S, UH, IF THE CITY IS ABLE TO SAVE THE MONEY, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE ITEMS ON THAT LIST BEGIN TO GET FUNDED. I THINK A BIG PART OF WHAT, UH, TBA DOUGLAS IS OFFERING TO DO IS ALSO HAVE CONVERSATIONS EVEN BEFORE WE FULLY ENGAGE WITH THAT COST. UM, SO [00:25:01] I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW THINGS COMING UP THIS WEEK WITH PAC AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT EVERYBODY'S VISIONS KIND OF ALIGN AS WELL AS FAR AS THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROPOSAL. UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF IN A GOOD WAY KIND OF CROSSING, UH, SIMILAR TERRITORY ON SOME IDEAS AND THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. UM, FOR ME, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS AND START USING THEM. OBVIOUSLY, LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, YOU, OUR TAX ID. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 5 0 1 C3. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, AND JUST, UH, UM, FOR EXAMPLE'S SAKE, IT GETS APPROVED AND WE HAVE, UH, 50,000 RATES ENGAGED IN SOME WAY FROM THE EDC. UH, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE TO ACTUALLY START WORKING MM-HMM . AND THAT'S TO YOU, CHRISTINA. I'M SORRY. THAT'S FAIR. OKAY. WELL, I THINK IF, UM, IF THE, IF THE COUNCIL PROVIDES THE FUNDING, THEN I THINK THEN IT, THEN Y'ALL WOULD APPROVE IT. AND THAT EXPENSES WORKED, UH, THROUGH THE CITY, ESSENTIALLY AS A LINE ITEM, EDC BUDGET ITEM. I DON'T KNOW, UH, IF THE COUNCIL HAS CREATED ANY KIND OF BUDGET MECHANISM FOR EDC OR IF Y'ALL BEEN TASKED WITH KIND OF CREATING THROUGH GRANTS, BECAUSE Y'ALL DO NOT HAVE YOUR, Y'ALL ARE NOT A SALES TAX EDC, CORRECT. Y'ALL ARE NOT, UM, RECEIVING SALES TAX FUNDS, CORRECT? NOT YET. CORRECT. OKAY. . OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, Y'ALL ARE AT THE MERCY OF WHAT COUNCIL CAN GIVE YOU AS PART OF A BUDGET OR WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO FUND THROUGH GRANTS. AND, AND THAT'S, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? YES, DAVID, AND, AND POTENTIALLY, UH, PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, WHICH OKAY. YEAH. PUBLIC, PRIVATE. UM, I THINK IF COUNCIL IS WILLING TO BUDGET FOR IT, THEN Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'LL BE CONVEYED TO Y'ALL. AND THEN Y'ALL APPROVE THIS, AND THEN COUNCIL APPROVES THE FUNDING AND, AND THEN THAT COMES FROM THE CITY. UM, IN THAT REGARD, UM, IF IT'S PART OF A GRANT, THEN I THINK WE JUST WORK WITH THAT. YOU APPLY FOR THE GRANT, UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE, YOU COULD KIND OF COUNT, COUNCIL WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE TO APPROVE IT 'CAUSE COUNCIL HAS APPROVAL AUTHORITY OVER YOUR, OVER YOUR, UM, ACTION OR YOUR, YOUR SPENDING ESSENTIALLY. UM, BUT IT WOULD BE KINDA HOW THAT, THOSE PARAMETERS OF THAT GRANT LOOK AS FAR AS RECEIVING FUNDS, IS IT A, YOU KNOW, AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT. IS IT A GRANT UPFRONT OR IS IT A REIMBURSABLE THING WHERE Y'ALL HAVE TO EXPEND AND THEN YOU GET REIMBURSED? AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS YOU'RE APPLYING FOR FUNDING IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE FUNDS TO EXPEND AT BEGINNING. SO I THINK IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS, UM, ON WHAT YOUR FUNDING MECHANISM ENDS UP BEING FOR, FOR THE GRANT. JEFF, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? UH, I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR NORMA. UM, IN THE CITY'S VAST CHEST OF CASH, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IT'S HE, RIGHT? WHAT, WHAT AREA CAN, CAN THEY ACTUALLY GIVE US, GIVE US FUNDS OUT OF WHAT AREA? HOT TAX? OR IS THAT NOT ALLOWED? I MEAN, WHAT'S ALLOWED THAT THE CITY CAN ACTUALLY FUND US WITH SOMETHING SO WE KNOW, SO WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE CAN FOCUS IN ON A LITTLE BIT AND MAYBE WORK ON, ON TRYING TO SWAY THAT A LITTLE BIT. GOOD. . SO, UM, TO CHRISTINA'S POINT, UM, WHAT I WAS, YOU KNOW, A PLANNING GRANT, RIGHT? UH, EFFECTIVELY, OR SOME PLANNING MONEY FROM THE CITY. AND, UH, WHERE THAT WOULD COME MOST LIKELY IS FROM, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE BUDGET WAS PRETTY SPARSE. I'VE SEEN THE LINE ITEMS IN THERE. SO IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT TO COME THROUGH. UM, IF SOMETHING ELSE OPENS UP, IT WOULD BE WHAT THEY WOULD CALL A BUDGET AMENDMENT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF ALONG THE WAY WE, THERE WERE, UM, UH, LET'S SAY EQUIPMENT NEEDS THAT WERE PUT IN, AND THEN WE FIND OUT LATER THAT WE DIDN'T NEED THOSE EQUIPMENT NEEDS AND IT ADDED UP TO 50,000, AND SO THEREFORE THEY DECIDED TO REALLOCATE IT TO A PLANNING GRANT FOR THE EDC, UH, THEN THERE WOULD BE ABU BUDGET AMENDMENT BY THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD PUT IT THERE. SO, UM, WE'RE STILL LEARNING, YOU KNOW, UM, AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE, UH, IN THE MIDST OF GETTING, AND I SAY WE, THE CITY IS, UH, [00:30:02] RE UM, IMPROVING THEIR CITY FINANCE STRUCTURE, UH, AND NEWER SOFTWARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT MAKE THIS CONVERSATION QUITE A BIT EASIER. UH, AT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL GOTTA KIND OF DIG, UH, BASED ON THE, UH, OLDER DATA SETS TO BE ABLE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE EDC? UM, CURRENTLY WE ARE UTILIZING AND HAVE BUDGETED EVERY BIT OF MONEY THAT'S COMING IN. UH, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A MILLION AND A HALF OR SO THAT'S LEFT OVER OF NEEDS AND WANTS THAT ARE KIND OF HANGING OUT THERE. WELL, THIS IS THE REASON WE TALKED ABOUT THE 5 0 1 C3. OKAY. WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A WAY TO GET INCOME IN HERE, AND WE'RE GONNA GET VERY CREATIVE. ME AND DON JUST ALL WE'VE BEEN TALKING AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE POWERS THAT BE AS A CORPORATION. OKAY. WE, OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING THE RIGHT WAY. UH, I THINK EVERYBODY SETTING UP HERE KNOWS THE CITY IS NOT GONNA GIVE US ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT. WE KNOW THAT. I WAS JUST ASKING THE QUESTION TO SEE IF, IF THERE IS A PLACE THAT WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING SOMETHING OR WE, WE NEED TO WORK ON SWAYING THE COUNCIL TO START GETTING SOME FUNDS COMING THIS WAY. UM, I'D BE HAPPY WITH A HUNDRED DOLLARS. YOU KNOW, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING. I MEAN, IF, IF WE, WITH A 5 0 1 C3, IF WE GET A CORPORATION THAT GRACES US WITH SOME CASH, OR MAYBE WE PUT ON SOME KIND OF PROJECT AND WE GO OUT TO THE BUSINESSES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE BEG, BORROW AND NOT STEAL, BUT QUITE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE MM-HMM . AND WE START GETTING SOME MONEY IN THAT WE CAN WORK WITH A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON THAT IT, IT OPENED IT UP TO WHERE WE COULD TAKE DONATIONS FROM CORPORATIONS LEGALLY. THE PAPERWORK, I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, AS FAR AS I GO, THE PAPERWORK'S PRETTY SIMPLE. ZERO IS ZERO. WE DO HAVE TO BRING THE NUMBERS IN OF WHAT WE TOOK IN. BUT THAT'S SIMPLE. AND QUITE HONESTLY, IT'S ON A COMPUTER PROGRAM, IT'S ABOUT A MINUTE, BOOP, BOOP, BOOP. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. AND, UH, I, I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING, MR. SECRETARY, I HATE TO LAY THAT ON YOU, BUT THAT'S KIND OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, I THINK, IF YOU DON'T MIND TAKING IT ON. YEAH, I THINK IT'S SIMPLE. I THINK WE CAN GET A VERY SIMPLE EXCEL PROGRAM AND WHATEVER WORKS WITH THE IRS AND THEN, AND IF EVERYTHING'S PUT IN THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS NOT GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY EASY. LET'S FACE IT. UH, YOU JUST HIT A BUTTON AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND HAND IT TO THE IRS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH. I, I KNOW I'M SIMPLIFYING IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT COMPLICATED. YOU KNOW, NORMA, SO PART OF THIS, AND YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT, UH, CITY COUNCIL'S PART OF THIS. EFFECTIVELY, Y'ALL WOULD CREATE A PLAN. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD SAY, HEY, UH, YOU KNOW, NORMA, PLEASE PASS THIS ON AS LIAISON. UH, UH, WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS ACTUALLY CREATE, WE WOULD LIKE THIS MUCH MONEY. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO USE IT FOR. MM-HMM . PLEASE. AND, UH, IF I CAN FURTHER STATE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME POTENTIAL I AM ANTICIPATING, UM, SHOULD IT REQUIRE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ON BONDS IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT, UM, THE CITY SPENDING AS A WHOLE. AND, UH, IT'S HELPFUL THAT EVEN LET'S SAY YOU WERE TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER NEXT MONTH, THAT IS NOT TOO SOON FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO STATE THAT. THANK YOU. I THINK TO FINISH MY THOUGHT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST, JUST BEAR WITH ME A LITTLE BIT. I, I, THIS IS JUST MY VISION OF THIS CORPORATION. I, I JUST TRULY FEEL AS A CORPORATION AND AS A BOARD, WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ON ACCOUNTING, GETTING THE PAPERWORK DONE, PRESENTING, UH, OUR VISION AND OUR IDEAS AND DIFFERENT THINGS TO THE COUNCIL. AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE YOU, AND, YOU KNOW, I DO, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES ON AND, AND, AND SHOW UP IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND DISCUSS THIS WITH THE COUNCIL AND ALL THAT. AND, UH, EASE, EASE UP ON NORMA A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW MM-HMM . AND THEN TAKE, TRY TO TAKE THE LOAD OFF OF ERIC AS WELL. I, I, I HEAR WELL, ERIC CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, AND I, I, IT SOUNDS GREAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I KNOW ERIC'S GOT, HE'S UP TO HIS ELBOWS AND STUFF. AND I THINK, I THINK AS A CORPORATION, I, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE I'M SEEING THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. THIS IS A CORPORATION, THIS IS PART OF THE CITY, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE CITY IN A SENSE. WE'RE, WE ARE A LEGAL CORPORATION MM-HMM . AND WE'RE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WE NEED TO TAKE THESE RESPONSIBILITIES ON. THAT'S JUST HOW I SEE IT. AND I, I THINK IF EVERYBODY, UH, KIND OF GETS THAT VISION A LITTLE BIT AND, AND WE'LL ALL TAKE THE WORKLOAD TOGETHER, I THINK WE CAN DO ALL THIS STUFF AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE A HASSLE AT ALL. YOU KNOW? I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, JEFF, JOHN, JUST MY THOUGHT, DID YOU HAVE A THOUGHT? YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SECOND WHAT, UH, JEFF IS SAYING, UH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK GOOD, LOOK AT THE BYLAWS. UH, WE ARE REQUIRED, THAT'S THE, THE, THE WORD IN THERE. [00:35:01] THE BOARD IS HEREBY REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE FOLLOWING DUTIES. AND, AND AMONG THOSE DUTIES ARE EXACTLY WHAT, UH, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AS, AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, TO LEAN ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A GOOD IDEA WHEN THINGS ARE, ARE TIGHT. BUT IT ALSO WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD GET THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY AT HEART. WE ARE A LEGITIMATE CORPORATION, PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW CORPORATIONS UNDER THE CITY OF LONGA VISTA. AND WE ARE CHARGED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NO LONGER AN ADVISORY BOARD. WE'RE CHARGED WITH HELPING IT HAPPEN. AND IT'D JUST BE NICE TO HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT, SO THAT WHENEVER ANYBODY WAS ABLE TO, UH, BE ON OUR SIDE, UNDERSTAND WE'RE ALL FRIENDS AND WE'RE, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL. THANK YOU. WELL SAID. THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, DAVID, DID YOU HAVE A THOUGHT JUST TO WRAP THAT UP WITH A BOW? I THINK WE HAVE GENERAL CONSENSUS TO REQUEST THAT YOU DO GIVE AT LEAST SOME LITTLE, WHEN YOU RECAP AT THE END OF COUNCIL SOME, SOME BRIEF LITTLE DEBRIEF OF THE EDC IS HERE TO ACTUALLY DO THIS. THEY'RE AN ACTUAL ENTITY NOW. MM-HMM . YOU DON'T BASICALLY REMISS ANYTHING FROM HOW EED EAC WAS, AND YOU'RE DISRESPECT, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. RIGHT. AND I HAVE, UH, I GUESS ONE MORE, UH, FOLLOW UP ACTUALLY, UH, FOR CHRISTINA AS WELL. UH, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS NOW, BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUNDING MECHANISMS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRANTS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, MAYBE, UH, FUNDRAISING OF SOME KIND. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT GETTING CREATIVE AND IMPLEMENTING THIS AND TRYING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN ALL THOSE THINGS. HOW WE REQUEST 'EM, WHERE WE PUT THOSE FUNDS, HOW WE ACCESS THEM, AND WHAT THE TIMELINES LOOK LIKE. IF WE MAKE COMMITMENTS ON PROJECTS AND FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT, HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. THERE MIGHT BE SOME, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME ALSO TOO, I WOULD PROBABLY ALSO SUGGEST THE, UH, COMPTROLLER HAS A LOT OF WEBINARS AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL THINGS AVAILABLE FOR FREE, AND THEY MAY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME STUFF OUT THERE ON CREATIVE FUNDING. UM, JUST 'CAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF EDCS THAT, THAT I I WORK WITH ARE SALES TAX BASED. SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF THEIR FUNDING IS ALREADY COMING THROUGH AND THEY'RE NOT AS, YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS A, A LITTLE BIT NEW FOR ME TOO, AS FAR AS THE CREATIVE FUNDING, UM, FOR THE BOARD. MM-HMM . SOUNDS GOOD. NO WORRIES. WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT JEFF, YOU WERE SAYING, WE JUST NEED TO BE INVOLVED AND BE DOING OUR OWN RESEARCH AND PREPARATION. AS WE GET EXCITED ABOUT THESE THINGS, WE NEED TO BE PULLED BY THE HORNS. THAT'S RIGHT. I LIKE IT. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I LOVE IT. UM, AND, AND REALLY ALL THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACTUALLY GET SOME WORK DONE, WHICH I THINK IS THE PRIMARY REASON WE HAVE AN E, D, C, YOU KNOW MM-HMM . SO, UM, WE WANNA DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. UM, AND WE DON'T WANNA WAIT AROUND FOR A YEAR TO FIGURE IT OUT. WE WANNA BE PROACTIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT STUFF. SO, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME GOOD CHANNELS AND WE ALL AGREE ON KIND OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FORWARD ON THAT AND SEE WHERE IT GOES. MM-HMM . UM, WITH THAT SAID, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG TO, AND CHRISTINA, IF YOU HAVE TO GO, I GUESS WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, SAY GOODBYE TO HER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, . YOU'RE WELCOME. I HAVE THE COUNSEL WILL BE HAPPY TO NOT PAY ME FOR ANY LONGER. . YEAH, . ALL RIGHT. TAKE CARE GUYS. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. BYE. OKAY. THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. I LIKE THAT. UM, [IV.1. Discussion and possible action to fill the unexpired terms of Corey Wright and Jonathan Awtry.] SO, UH, LET'S CIRCLE BACK TO LINE ITEM ONE, DISCUSSION PO POSSIBLE ACTION TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERMS OF COREY WRIGHT AND JOHN AUTRY. UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE WE WANT TO KEEP BEING PROACTIVE. WE DON'T WANNA WAIT TILL BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO COME UP WITH WHO'S GONNA FILL THESE POSITIONS. AND LORD FORBID, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, ONE OF US CAN'T MAKE IT. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE THE ONLY FOUR THAT CAN MAKE UP A QUORUM. MM-HMM . THAT, THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS BY THE BYLAWS THAT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS, MAYBE EVEN VOTE ON BRINGING IN A COUPLE PEOPLE. UM, [00:40:01] SO I GUESS FIRST I'D LIKE TO JUST OPEN IT UP TO Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS ON THAT AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, NORMA. OKAY. THERE HE IS. . THANK YOU. UM, NORMALLY THE WAY THAT THESE, UM, FOR THE EDC, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU DO NEED TO, UH, MAKE A FORMAL ACTION IN TERMS OF RECOGNIZING AND ACKNOWLEDGING OR ACCEPTING THE RESIGNATIONS THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY A VOTE. UH, THEN SECONDLY, YES. THEN YOU WOULD THEN NOMINATE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO FORWARD. THAT NOMINATION IS GIVEN, UH, TO ME, TO PUT ONTO THE NEXT AVAILABLE AGENDA IN ORDER TO GET THEM APPROVED. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OF COURSE, WE'RE ALREADY UP AGAINST, UH, UH, TOMA, UH, NOTICING. SO, UH, WHAT I WOULD DO IS TAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU PUT FORWARD AND STATE THAT IT IS COMING FROM THE EDC, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY, WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT WHAT Y'ALL, WHO Y'ALL PUT FORWARD. UM, THEN I WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT THEM PROBABLY ON THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER TO GET APPROVED. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. AND, AND DOES, UH, ANYBODY THAT WE'RE GONNA NOMINATE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE A APPLICATION READY AT THAT TIME AS FAR AS GONNA NOMINATE THEM? WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT IN NOVEMBER. WE NEED TO HAVE APPLICATION IN HAND AND READY TO GO. UM, THE APPLICATION WOULD, UH, UH, NEED TO BE WITH THE, UM, REQUEST FOR, UM, NOMINATION TO THE EDC. SO THAT SHOULD COME IN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY GOT IT ALREADY, YOU SHOULD HAVE IT. SO WE, WE DON'T, UH, NEED TO ASK THEM TO GO TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK THAT MOST OF US DID. NO, YOU WOULD PLEASE DO THAT. PLEASE DO THAT. YES. SO I HAVE, WE WILL WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT READY FOR NOVEMBER IF WE WANNA NOMINATE ANYBODY. THEY SHOULD. IF YOU'RE LISTENING RIGHT NOW AND YOU WANNA BE INVOLVED IN THE EDC, THEN GET YOUR PAPERWORK IN MM-HMM . AND WE WILL CONSIDER IT AND BE, UH, LOOKING AT IT, I GUESS THE NEXT MEETING TO REALLY MAKE A DECISION THERE IN A RECOMMENDATION. SO, AND MR. YOU KNOW, I NEED TO CHECK THAT, BUT I THINK APPLICATION BOARD COMMISSIONS HAS BEEN CLOSED. SO IF THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED AN APP ALREADY, THAT WOULDN'T BE FOR THE NEXT, YOU CAN'T SUBMIT ONE NOW FOR THE APPLICATION THEY CLOSED IN NOVEMBER TO NO, THEY DON'T NOVEMBER. YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M WRONG. IT'S NOVEMBER. SO THEY'RE STILL OPEN. YEAH. THEY NEED TO GET IN. RIGHT. AND THEN WITH THE, UH, UNFILLED POSITIONS TOO, I THINK THERE'S STILL A MONTH LAYOVER THERE, RIGHT? BETWEEN WHEN, NORMALLY IT WOULD BE IN JANUARY THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS TO HAVE AN EXPIRED TERM, THEY WOULD NEED TO, UH, REAPPLY OR SOMEBODY WOULD BE APPLYING FOR JANUARY ONE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE APPLICATIONS TO, UM, ERIC ZENO'S, UH, POINT IS THAT ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE THIS NEXT YEAR NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR APPLICATION IN BY NOVEMBER. NORMALLY A POINT, UH, WHEN I SAY NOVEMBER OF WHATEVER THE DEADLINE IS, I WANNA SAY NOVEMBER 15TH, IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN AT LEAST ONE PUT IN, UH, APPLICATION, UH, ON THE, THROUGH THE CITY, UH, PORTAL. UM, AGAIN, Y'ALL WOULD LOOK AT THOSE AND, UM, YOU WOULD WANT TO AS, UH, AS SOON AS THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO THINK THROUGH THIS, ERIC, NORMALLY THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN, HAD ALL THE APPLICATIONS IN HAND AND HAD THEM READY TO GO FOR THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER TO GO AHEAD AND GET NOMINATED. UH, THERE'S ANOTHER STEP IN HERE, UH, THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TRY TO LOOK AT THE TIMING. SO POTENTIALLY, ERIC AND, UM, MAYBE EVEN, UH, IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, ERIC, I CAN HELP LOOK AT THE TIMELINES BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER APPROVAL THAT HAS TO COME FROM Y'ALL. UM, THE EDC BOARD HAS TO PUT THE NOMINATION, UH, NOMINEES FORWARD. SO WE'RE GONNA VET 'EM, RIGHT. AND THEN PUT THE RECOMMENDATION FORWARD. THAT MAKES SENSE. WE, WE NEED TO CONSIDER TOO, I NEED TO LOOK 'EM UP, BUT IF THEY'RE FINE UNEXPIRED TERM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN COREY, AND THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE EXPIRED TO 2027, SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE, THEY WOULD BE RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THEY'RE EXPIRING THEIR TERMS. THAT IS CORRECT. SO DEPENDING ON IF, IF THEIR TERMS, UH, WERE NOT UP, I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT, UH, IN, AT THIS TIME, THEN THAT WOULD BE AN APPOINTMENT POSITION. IF, IF THEY WERE HAD AN, AN EXPIRATION, UM, IF THEIR TERM EXPIRED THIS YEAR, THEN THAT WOULD BE ONE YOU WOULD NOMINATE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEAR TERM. ALRIGHT, DON? YEAH, I, I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION, GOING BACK TO THE BYLAWS AGAIN, UH, SECTION 4.03 VACANCIES IN THE EVENT, UH, VACANCIES OCCUR [00:45:01] ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE REMAINING MEMBERS SHALL DETERMINE POTENTIAL NEW DIRECTORS APPLYING THE SAME CRITERIA AND QUALIFICATIONS SET OUT IN SECTION 4.02, WHICH IS RIGHT BESIDE IT, AND SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT MEMBERS. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL THEN APPOINT REPLACEMENTS FROM THE PERSONS RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD IN THE EVENT THE CITY COUNCIL REJECTS ALL RECOMMENDATIONS. THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE NEW POTENTIAL REPLACEMENTS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND NOWHERE DOES IT TALK ABOUT A TIMELINE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE WE'RE, WE ARE MANDATED TO REPLACE, UH, MEMBERS AND NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE TIMELINE AS IF THEY WERE NORMALLY APPLYING. THAT'S THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT. THERE, THERE'S NO TIMELINE MENTIONED EITHER IN 4.02 OR 4.03 SIMPLY SAYS YOU REPLACE 'EM. RIGHT? YEAH. I THINK THAT, UH, WE CAN GET MORE CLARITY ON THAT. I THINK THE IMPLEMENT, UH, IT'S IMPLYING THAT IF IT'S DURING TERM THAT WE WOULD, THERE'S THAT PROCESS OF RECOMMENDATION AND THEN, UM, WE BASICALLY JUST VOTE THEM IN AND CAN, UH, JUST SAY, WE WOULD LIKE THIS PERSON TO BE HERE AS A BOARD. IF IT GOES INTO THE NEXT TERM, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL SO THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVE IT. MM-HMM . I DID FIND THAT JOHN IS UP DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 AND COREY IS DECEMBER 31ST, 2027. GOT IT. BUT THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED NOW. I THINK THE SOONER THE BETTER IS LIKELY. SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T WAIT AND REPLACE ONE OF THEM FOR 2027. RIGHT. WE REPLACE THEM BOTH NOW. SO, SO JOHN, IF YOU REPLACED THEM IN NOVEMBER, THIS PERSON WILL STILL HAVE TO REAPPLY BECAUSE HE IS, HE WOULD BE UN EXPIRED TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2027 THEN. AND YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR SOMEBODY 2027 OF THE NEW TURN. YEAH. SO JUST BASICALLY TURN AROUND AND CHANGE, GIVE THE SAME INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION THE NEXT MONTH, AND IT JUST HAS TO BE PROCESSED. RIGHT. BUT IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T WAIT. NO, I THINK IT'S, WE DON'T WANNA, I DON'T THINK WE WANNA BURN ANY ANYMORE, UM, TIME, YOU KNOW? RIGHT. UH, IT'S, I THINK TIME IS VERY VALUABLE POINT. WE KEEP POINT MOVING FORWARD. MM-HMM . FORWARD. AND, UM, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, DONNA. I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU BET. AND THEN JEFF, JEFF, YOU HAD A, A COMMENT. YEAH. UH, COREY AND JONATHAN, YOU'VE GOT THE PAPERWORK FROM THEM THAT THEY'RE PULLING, THEY'RE RESIGNING. UH, YES. THEY DID SEND, UH, THEIR OFFICIAL RESIGNATIONS IN AND UH, I SUBMITTED THOSE AND THEY'RE FILED. SO THAT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF. YEAH. COOL. BUT A COURT, BUT ACCORDING TO NORMA, WE SHOULD BRING THAT UP AND VOTE ON, YEAH. SO FOR IT TO BE CONCLUDED, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. AND I THINK THE PHRASING HERE OF, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERMS, IT IS AN OUTRIGHT SAYING TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION. SO, BUT IT IS A STRETCH. IT, IT IS IN EFFORT TO FILL THOSE TERMS. I FEEL LIKE WE COULD MAKE A MOTION ON ACCEPTING THOSE RESIGNATIONS. BUT I I'M WELCOME TO BE CORRECTED. 'CAUSE IT'S A STRETCH. WHAT, I MEAN, WE CAN PLAY IT SAFE AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATIONS, I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT. I'LL MOVE DAVID'S POINT. HE SAID IT'S NOT A GENERALIZED TO ACCEPT IT. THAT'S KINDA WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? YEAH. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE JUST GET FILED. YEAH. RIGHT. I MADE THE MOTION THAT, UH, WE ACCEPT THOSE RESIGNATIONS. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UH, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WITH THAT SAID, I'VE GOT A, A YOUNG MAN, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON ABOUT 38, 39 SHARP CHARACTER. AND, UH, I'M GONNA, UH, TALK TO HIM AGAIN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AND I'LL, I'LL, IF I THINK HE'S GONNA GO AND I'LL BRING HIM FORWARD, THAT'S GREAT. GET, GET HIM TO FILL THAT APPLICATION YEAH. TOO, SO THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO INSERT ALSO THAT RATHER THAN DOING THIS, UH, SORT OF HIGGLY PIGGLY, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING IT THAT WAY, BUT WE SHOULD CONSIDER SOME FACTORS WHEN WE'RE RECOMMENDING PEOPLE. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A BAD IDEA FOR US TO TRY TO, TO RECRUIT A QUALIFIED WOMAN TO BE ON THE BOARD. UM, IT GIVES US A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW, UH, AND, UH, I THINK A POINT OF VIEW THAT WE'RE PROBABLY MISSING. AND NUMBER TWO, WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK INTO THE PERSON'S BACKGROUND, NOT JUST THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOOD AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BEHOOVE US GREATLY, I THINK, TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A BACKGROUND IN, IN HOSPITALITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS AND THAT SORT OF THING. AND SURELY WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE IN LOGAN VISTA THAT WOULD QUALIFY IN THAT AREA. SO WE MIGHT, MIGHT WANNA [00:50:01] GO SEEK PEOPLE UNDER CERTAIN PARAMETERS. JUST SAYING. TOTALLY LOVE IT. AND WE DO HAVE, UM, ONE, UH, FEMALE CANDIDATE THAT IS EXTREMELY, UH, QUALIFIED. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HER FILLING OUT AN APPLICATION, TALKING TO HER MORE TOO. SO WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME REALLY, UH, GREAT PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING AT ALL THIS AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY QUALIFIED FOLKS. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. UM, SO, UH, DAVID, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? OKAY. UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? UM, THREE. [IV.3. Discussion and possible action regarding the proposed installation of a deer mosaic artwork.] UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO, YEAH. DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF DEER MOSAIC ARTWORK. UM, WHETHER THAT'S SPECIFICALLY DEAR MOSAIC OR NOT, WE, IT STILL TO BE DETERMINED. I THINK WE, THAT CONVERSATION'S STILL OPEN FROM, UM, OUR LAST MEETING. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS IN THE RIGHT PLACES. UM, ALSO OUR CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO HOW WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH FUNDING WAS, I THINK, VERY RELEVANT TO THAT. SO, UH, THOSE ARE KIND OF THINGS I'M, WE CAN HAVE THE IDEAS, WE CAN HAVE THE PERFECT SPOT, BUT IF WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO, YOU KNOW, PULL THE TRIGGER AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN, THEN UH, WE'LL WE'LL JUST BE TREADING WATER SOME MORE. SO, UH, JEFF, GO AHEAD. IS THIS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY PUT STUFF UP ON DON? OH, UM, NOT NECESSARILY. I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE GREAT TO TALK TO ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY DO AMAZING WORK THAT'S SUCH AN ADDED BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. SO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM IN ON THE CONVERSATION. IS THAT WHERE WE GO? OH, I THINK ANOTHER SPOT WOULD BE GOOD FOR SURE. YEAH. I THINK WE START LOOKING AT SOME OTHER PLACEMAKING SPOTS IN TOWN AND, AND LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL THINGS THERE. LIKE HOW CAN WE REALLY EXPAND THROUGHOUT, UH, THE CITY. THAT'S KINDA MY OPINION AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, IS LIKE, LET'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY KIND OF PUT THESE, UH, THINGS AROUND TOWN A LITTLE MORE. IS THIS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIND VOLUNTEERS ON THAT OR WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY PAY SOMEONE TO DO THAT? I THINK WE LOOK AT BOTH. I THINK WE LOOK AT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED FOR THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE LOOK AT OUR VOLUNTEERS. I WOULD LOVE IT IF, YOU KNOW, WE HAD VOLUNTEERS OR PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US AND WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AS WELL. SO WE HAVE TO EXPLORE THAT A LITTLE BIT. BUT I THINK WE STAY OPEN-MINDED FOR SURE. AND NOT SAY THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. WE NEED TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, INFORMATION ON THAT MM-HMM . SO, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED MORE SPOTS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, IDEN IDENTIFY LOGO VISTA WITH THAT WE CAN SHOW UP AT THAT WE CAN APPRECIATE AND WE CAN GATHER AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY. SO, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THIS ARE JUST ANOTHER WAY TO REFLECT WHO WE ARE AS A CITY AND, UM, PLACES TO GO AND, AND ENJOY. SO, DAVID, STRUCTURALLY WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING. WE DON'T HAVE THE 5 0 1 STATUS QUITE YET, BUT FOR GOING FORWARDS SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, HOW DO WE WANT TO STRUCTURE THE ABILITY TO TAKE IN THESE PARTNERSHIPS? BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S A CITIZEN OR A BUSINESS OR A COMBINATION WHERE AN ARTIST MIGHT WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING, THEY DO NEED FUNDS AND A BUSINESS MIGHT WANT THEIR BUSINESS NAME ON IT. HOW DO WE START BUILDING UP THE STRUCTURE TO FACILITATE THESE THINGS? 'CAUSE I PERSONALLY THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE FASTEST WAY TO GET MORE OF THIS TO ITERATE BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE'S A BUNCH OF BUSINESSES ALREADY CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO THROW SOME OF THEIR MONEY. IT'S CROSS ADVERTISING, SO MM-HMM . HOW, HOW DO WE STRUCTURE THIS SO THAT IT'S NOT A, WE GET UP HERE AND SAY, YEAH, THIS WOULD BE COOL. YEAH. BUT LIKE, CAN TAKE ACTION, PUT THINGS ON THE AGENDA AND WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH ALREADY KNOW LIKE, HEY, WE ALL AGREE THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA FACILITATE IT. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE AN OPINION OR AN IDEA ON HOW WE WANNA DO THIS? WHETHER IT'S WE MAKE A PORTAL, A WEBSITE, IT HAS TO BE ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD. WELL, THAT'S ONLY US. GOOD POINT. YEAH. GREAT POINTS. AND SOME OF THAT TIES INTO A LITTLE BIT WHAT I WAS, UH, ASKING CHRISTINA EARLIER TOO, AS FAR AS LIKE, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH SOME OF THE MONEY THAT COMES IN, ESPECIALLY LIKE, AND, AND YOU BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT. WHAT IF A BUSINESS OR SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND DONATE OR TO MAKE THE PURCHASES, YOU KNOW, COUNT 'EM AS WRITE OFFS, OTHER PEOPLE WANNA VOLUNTEER. UM, WE DESIGNATED A, UH, MAYBE A PROPERTY OR A, A PIECE OF A PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OWNS. YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THAT POINT, IF, IF IT'S CITY OWNED, WE'D LIKELY NEED TO GO AND TO COUNCIL AND MAKE A PROPOSAL AND, UM, ASK THAT THEY APPROVE IT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IF IT'S ALSO, IF IT'S ON, UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IT REFLECTS THE CITY, I DON'T SEE PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO CLEAR UP IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START TAKING ACTION. FOR SURE. JEFF, I, LYNETTE, THIS JUST POPPED IN MY HEAD. [00:55:01] YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN, UH, OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS AND SUCH. DO WHAT I'M GONNA SUGGEST HERE. FOR SOME REASON, THIS PARK OVER IN HIGHLAND AND, AND, UH, BOGGY IS THAT BOWDEN BOW, BOWDEN, BOWDEN PARK. OKAY. LITTLE PARK. AND IT GETS CUTER. THEY, THEY'VE REALLY FIXED IT UP NICELY. I COULD SEE A SQUARE BUILT OUT OF BRICKS WITH BUSINESS NAMES ON THE BRICKS. WE SELL THAT. WE SELL THAT. MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GONNA DONATE. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THEIR NAME ON A BRICK. IT'S PART OF THE WHOLE ARTWORK. OKAY. AND I CAN SEE SOME PRANCING, DEER MOSAIC THINGS GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS THING. YEAH. OKAY. NOW, THAT'S THE WAY TO GET, THAT'S THE WAY TO, UH, TO GET THESE BUSINESSES INVOLVED. I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF THEIR NAME. I THINK IT'S, IT, IT, WITH ME, IT INSTILLS PERMANENT. MM-HMM . OKAY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE FOR A FEW GENERATIONS EASILY TO SEE. THESE BUSINESSES WERE INVOLVED WITH LOGO AND, UH, THEY WERE SERIOUS ABOUT IT. AND I THINK, UH, JUST THE CITIZENS ALONE WOULD LOOK AT IT. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GOOD FOR THEIR BUSINESS, LET ALONE, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, THEY'RE GONNA REMEMBER THOSE NAMES. I THINK THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT. LOVE IT. NO, I THINK IT'S GREAT. YOU PUT SOME MONEY, WE COULD DO THAT. AND I KNOW IT COSTS MONEY ON THE BRICKS, AND IT'S ALL PART OF IT THOUGH. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A COST INVOLVED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE THAT BIG A DEAL. AND THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT DO THAT, JUST THEY DO THAT AND WE CAN TALK TO THEM. LOVE IT. YEP. NO, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM, THAT ALSO TIES IN A LITTLE BIT TO, YOU KNOW, PAA LITTLE BIT. AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A, A BIG MEETING I THINK TOMORROW, AND THEY'VE BEEN MAKING SOME PLANS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS NOT ONLY WITH, YOU KNOW, TRAILS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ARTWORK. UH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEIR VISION IS AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE ALIGNING THERE. UH, SO I THINK THIS WEEK IS GONNA BE REALLY GOOD TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE. UM, WE GET ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT OUR VISION, WHAT WE CAN DO, AND THEN MM-HMM . IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. WE ALSO LOOK AT THESE MECHANISMS. UM, WE KEEP GOING BACK TO AS FAR AS THE FUNDING AND, AND HOW WE CAN FACILITATE THE PROJECTS AS THEY MOVE FORWARD. AND, UH, WE MIGHT ACTUALLY IN A SPOT TO START DOING SOME STUFF, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM . WHICH I KNOW WE ALL ARE DYING TO DO, YOU KNOW, SO ANOTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF COOL ABOUT THE BRICK THING IS WE'RE GIVING SOMETHING BACK TO THE BUSINESS. WE'RE NOT JUST HAND PUTTING OUR HANDS OUT AND SAY, GIVE ME THANK YOU AND ALL THAT. YEP. YOU'RE GONNA GET SOMETHING BACK. YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME VALUE IN THIS UNKNOWN COLOR. JUST A THOUGHT. YEP. NO, ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. UM, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT RIGHT NOW? OKAY. AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUMP UP [IV.6. Discussion and update regarding the Grant Writer report.] TO UH, ITEM SIX, DISCUSSION AND UPDATE REGARDING THE GRANT WRITER REPORT. UM, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME GREAT PROGRESS THERE. UM, ERIC, OR, UH, DOES ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK TO THAT RIGHT NOW? THANKS, BRENDA. WE, UH, SHE SENT THE UPDATE, UH, WASN'T ABLE TO GET ON, SO YOU HAVE THE UPDATE IN FRONT OF YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT, WE CAN GET ON TO HER. BUT, UM, SHE DID PROVIDE THE UPDATE. SHE JUST WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US, UM, UM, TODAY. GOOD. PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANNA GET TOO DEEP INTO THE, UH, GRANTS RIGHT NOW, JUST WITH SOME OF THESE, LIKE EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TYING TOGETHER, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO, THE FUNDING AND, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO IT. AND THAT'S WHAT THE GRANTS ARE ALL ABOUT. SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO SPIN OUR WHEELS ON THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, BRITTANY'S DONE SOME AMAZING WORK. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE PRIMED UP, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE A REALLY PRETTY GOOD IDEA ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO TELL A STORY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THESE GRANTS. UM, SO, UM, I THINK WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND SEE WHAT'S GOING FORWARD. GO AHEAD. ARE YOU, UH, ERIC, ARE YOU IN LIKE REALLY DIRECT CONTACT WITH HER? LIKE YOU TALK TO HER ON A REGULAR BASIS? UH, YES. COULD YOU INFORM HER, PLEASE THAT WE ARE GONNA DO THIS? 5 0 1 C AND UH, C3 AND I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE SO HAPPY SHE'S GONNA BE BEYOND HERSELF. 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S BEEN TYING HER HANDS A LITTLE BIT AND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A FEW TIMES AND SHE'S MENTIONED IT AND I, I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND SHE MIGHT AS WELL BE LOOKING THAT DIRECTION RIGHT NOW. WE'LL GET THE PAPERWORK DONE, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR HER AND US. OKAY. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, I THINK THE 5 0 1 C3 IS IMPORTANT ALSO. JUST, SHE'S DONE A LOT OF WORK. IT'S ALL THERE. WE KIND OF START OFF WITH A LOT OF VISION AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH HER TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, INTERACT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SAYING LIKE, THIS FITS, THIS DOESN'T FIT. AND, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO GET IN A BETTER RHYTHM OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD THERE. I SEE THE ITEMS SEVEN, YOU MIGHT WANNA TOUCH ON THAT. IMMEDIATE NEXT ACTIONS FOR BRITTANY, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY. 'CAUSE SHE DID OUTLINE NEXT ACTION AND SHE DID. I THINK, UH, KIND OF TELL ME AND MS. UH, PRO TIM ON THAT. YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL DON'T WANT HER TO PURSUE A GRANT, SHE KIND OF WANT HER DIRECT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T, SHE DON'T WANNA BE JUST OUT THERE. AND ONCE YOU DON'T WANT ONES, YOU DO WANT PR KIND OF TELL HER THAT, BUT SHE DID. I SEE. IMMEDIATE ACTION. [01:00:01] NEXT ACTIONS FOR BRITTANY, IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CAN GET BACK TO HER ON THOSE. OH, I'M THE REPORT GUY. MM-HMM . YOU SAID SIX AND SEVEN? NUMBER SEVEN. OH, NUMBER SEVEN. MM-HMM . IMMEDIATE NEXT. GOT I GOT IT. ALSO, NOTICE THAT SHE SIGNALED MISSED OPPORTUNITIES. YEAH, I DO WANNA KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT THE FIRST SEVERAL PAGES DO KIND OF LIST OUT A NUMBER OF CANCELED OR MISSED OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. MEETING ONCE A MONTH IS A HINDRANCE TO THAT. SO NOT TO STEER THE CONVERSATION, BUT I AM OPEN TO ANY EXTRA MEETINGS OR, YOU KNOW, SAME HERE. SMALLER GROUPS. YES. UH, TEXT WHENEVER. ABSOLUTELY. AND HOW MUCH, THIS IS KIND OF MORE OF A PROCESS AND LEGAL QUESTION I GUESS TOO, BUT HOW MUCH CAN WE ENGAGE OTHER CITIZENS IN SUBCOMMITTEES? LET'S SAY THAT THERE'S PARTICULAR GRANTS THAT MIGHT FIT SOMEBODY'S EXPERTISE AND THEY'RE JUST A CITIZEN. THEY HAVE GREAT INPUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SMALL NON QUORUM GROUP THAT'S A COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE THINGS. IS THERE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT? OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, SO I'M GONNA REFERENCE, UM, HOW BRITTANY WAS OPERATING LAST YEAR. SHE PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE ONE GRANT WAS A MATCH FOR ANOTHER. ALRIGHT? AND SO EFFECTIVELY WHAT WE LEARN BEST FOR HER IS THAT YES, COMMUNITY, UM, INDIVIDUALS CAN BRING TO OUR ATTENTION GRANTS THAT ARE COMING UP. UM, GENERALLY THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO THEN, UH, MAKE OR, UH, UH, HAVE ERIC AND BRITTANY BE AWARE OF THAT SO THAT SHE CAN DETERMINE HOW IT FITS WITH WHAT SHE'S ALREADY DOING. UM, THERE'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT ERIC AND JENNIFER WOULD HAVE TO, UH, ASSESS, AND THAT IS STAFFING CAPACITY, TIME TO, UH, DEPLOY ANY GIVEN GRANT THAT'S RECEIVED. SO THAT'S A TWO PART PROCESS. UM, I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, SOME PHENOMENAL TALENT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD PROBABLY OVERWHELM US WITH LOTS OF GRANTS. , AS I WAS LISTENING, I, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FOR CONSIDERATION YES. IS, UH, YOU HAVE THIS MEETING ONCE A MONTH, MAYBE A SMALLER, UH, I DON'T WANNA SAY EITHER, UH, EXECUTIVE TEAM OR, OR A GRANT TEAM. UH, THREE PEOPLE, UH, GET TOGETHER TO KIND OF, UM, HAVE A MEETING WITH, UM, ERIC AND JENNIFER ABOUT GRANTS. SO THEN YOU CAN GO THAT WAY. YOU HAVE TWO TIMES A MONTH TO DO THAT. JUST GET IT, UH, SET ON THE CALENDAR POTENTIALLY. NOW I AM OBLIGATING THOSE TWO WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS OVER THERE, SO I WILL LEAVE IT TO THEM, UH, UH, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S FEASIBLE. BUT THAT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD, COULD CONSIDER. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO, UM, GRANTS THAT BRITTANY'S ALREADY PURSUING, MAYBE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE NOT TIMED OUT, UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS GETTING OTHER ASSISTANCE INVOLVED IN HELPING US WITH, WITH THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS? I, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UH, THERE QUALIFICATIONS FOR COM COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP, UH, SOLICITED IN THE BYLAWS AGAIN, IT SAYS MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEED NOT BE MEMBERS OF THE LOGO VISTA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UNLESS REQUIRED TO, REQUIRED BY THESE BYLAWS OR BOARD RESOLUTION. CREATED A COMMITTEE SO YOU CAN EFFECTIVELY APPOINT ANYBODY THAT IS, UH, A MEMBER OF OUR CITY, UH, TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU DON. MM-HMM . AGAIN, YOU'RE ON IT. I LOVE IT. . JUST HAPPEN TO READ THE BYLAWS, YOUR STUFF. I KNOW. I LOVE IT. THAT'S AWESOME. OKAY. MM-HMM . THAT QUESTION'S ANSWERED. THAT'S EXCITING. MM-HMM . UM, ANY OTHER, UH, THERE, WAS THERE ANOTHER THOUGHT THERE? UH, NO, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT. THANK YOU. THE OTHER THOUGHT I HAD EARLIER WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE LIST REAL QUICK FOR BRITTANY. I MEAN, ANYTHING AROUND YOUTH SPORTS LIKE THE ONE ON THE 19TH, UH, THE GENERAL IDEA THAT A LOT OF IT'S BEEN GOING OVER IS MORE FACILITIES, MORE THINGS FOR THE YOUTH TO DO IN GENERAL. SO, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE IT IN OUR SCOPE TO LOOK AT THE RECYCLING PROGRAMS, MAYBE WE DON'T MUDDY THE WATERS. IT DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH NEXUS, BUT YOUTH SPORTS PARTICIPATION, UH, EVEN THE FIREHOUSE SUB PORTAL COMMUNITY, LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF THESE THINGS IN HERE. AND I WOULD JUST [01:05:01] SAY TO HER, AS LONG AS YOU CAN SEE A DIRECT NEXUS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT, THAT'S A NO-BRAINER BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS ARE OVERLAPPING REALLY EASILY WITH THAT BETWEEN PARKS AND OTHER BUSINESSES. AND THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COME FORWARD TO ME AT LEAST, THAT WANT TO THROW MONEY AT THE EDC WANNA DO IT IF IT'S INVOLVED FOR THE YOUTH. SO KEEP LOOKING AT THOSE. YEAH, I MIGHT GO AHEAD. I I HAD A QUESTION TOO. FOR ME, PRO TIM MOORE, AND I APOLOGIZE, I KNOW YOU SAID, AND I'VE BEEN, MY MIND HAVE BEEN A BLOG THE LAST MONTH. SO, UH, COUNCIL HAD THE LIST OF THE TB TBA DOUGLAS IS ON. SO IS IT WAS MATCHING FUNDS ON THAT LIST? 'CAUSE SOMETIMES ARE THEY, ARE THEY LOOKING AT JUST DOING BUDGET AMENDMENT? 'CAUSE BY, BY THE TIME WE GET TO A MATCHING FUND AND BRITTANY GETS IT AND WE GET IT TO COUNCIL, THE THE TIME IS LAPSED IS MATCHING FUNDS BEING CONSIDERED ON ANY OF THOSE. OKAY. EE EFFECTIVELY, AND I'LL JUST LET Y'ALL KNOW WHAT I, WHAT I STATED WAS THE TBA DOUGLAS WAS AN EXAMPLE AND I ASKED FOR A $50,000 ALLOCATION TO BE ON THAT LIST. THAT IS NOT A FUNDED LIST. THAT'S A IF MONEY CAN BE FOUND OR SAVED LIST. OKAY. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ITEMS, UH, ON THAT PARTICULAR LIST. SOME OF THEM ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO PUBLIC WORKS AND, YOU KNOW, OTHERS KINDS OF THINGS. SO, UH, AT THIS MOMENT, THERE WAS NOT ADDITIONAL AVAILABLE MONIES TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT LAST ONE AND A HALF MILLION FOR WHICH THIS PROPOSAL WAS, UH, PUT FORWARD. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? BA BASICALLY WHAT WHAT I STATED WAS THE TBA DOUGLAS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF AND ASKED FOR $50,000 TO BE PUT THERE. SO, UM, SO MATCHING FUNDS, SO ANY GRANT ON HER THAT HAS REQUIRES A MATCHING FUND WRITTEN SHOULD NOT BE PURSUING IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR MATCHING FUNDS. CORRECT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO NO, YES, THAT IS CORRECT. AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, THERE ARE NO MATCHING FUNDS. REAL QUICK, I LET, UNLESS IT'S RAISED BY THE EDC ITSELF, I WANNA LET DAVID FINISH THAT THOUGHT THERE. GO AHEAD. THAT WAS THE THOUGHT I HAD ON THE MATCH FUND. SOMETIMES IT SPECIFIES THAT IT HAS TO BE CITY MATCHED, BUT GENERALLY IT JUST SAYS MATCHED. SO EVEN IF THERE IS AN INSTANCE WHERE IT SAYS CITY MATCHED, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME AVENUE WHERE THE EDC IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET BUSINESSES TO FUND US, CAN PROVIDE THAT MONEY BACK TO THE CITY. I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SHELL GAME. IT SOUNDS KIND OF STUPID ON PAPER. SURE. BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT IS SOMETHING WE ALREADY HAVE AN AVAILABLE REV AVENUE TO DO. OKAY. JEFF, I WANT TO GO BACK TO, UH, DAVID'S IDEA OF MEETING MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH. AND, UH, I LIKE THAT IDEA A LOT. RIGHT NOW, I'D, I'D LIKE TO MEET TWO TIMES A MONTH, EVERY TWO WEEKS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, COUPLE MONTHS. AND I THINK WE CAN REALLY PUT A SHOT IN THE ARM OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE AND, AND BE ON TOP OF THIS TOGETHER SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE'RE GOING, WE'RE NOT WASTING TIME AND WE'RE NOT WASTING ENERGY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THESE THINGS GOING, IT STARTS TO SMOOTH OUT A LITTLE BIT. WE CAN GO BACK TO ONCE A MONTH. I THINK THE BYLAWS STATE WE HAVE TO MEET AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE THAT SAYS WE CAN'T MEET TWICE. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, UH, HAVE QUORUM. IF WE MEET OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, OUR TOMA TIME TIMELINE, WHICH IS, I CAN'T REMEMBER, IS IT SEVEN DAYS? 10 DAYS? SEVEN OR 10 DAYS? I HAVE TO LOOK IT BACK. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT. RIGHT? BUT DOES IT MEAN THAT WE CAN'T, UH, BE PROACTIVE OURSELVES, TALK TO EACH OTHER ONE-ON-ONE, TALK TO OTHER CITIZENS? WE HAVE, UH, UH, THE BULLETIN BOARD THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT THOSE IDEAS ON AS THEY DEVELOP SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. SO WE DO HAVE MECHANISMS TO DO THAT AND WE CAN WORK EVERY DAY IS, YOU KNOW, REALLY WE, I WANNA MAKE SURE TOO, UH, MR. CHAIR, WE, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE NEED TO STICK TO THE, WHEN WE ARE IN THESE MEETINGS, STICK TO THE AGENDA. WE ARE ON DISCUSSION, UPDATE REGARDING THE GRANT, WRITE A REPORT, AND WE WENT BACK TO, UM, SO WE NEED TO STICK TO AGENDA ITEM THAT WE ARE ON. I WAS GONNA SUGGEST WE READ IN THE, UH, THE EDC WORK PLAN, IF WE'RE GONNA FINISH OUT THIS, AS LONG AS WE'RE BEING STRETCHY, DISCUSS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE EDC 20 26, 20 27 WORK PLAN. THAT'S KIND OF REALLY WHAT WE GOT INTO AND I APPRECIATE YOU. UM, KEEP, WE KIND OF JUMPED AROUND A LITTLE BIT AT THE BEGINNING THERE, LIKE 3, 1, 5, 4, YOU KNOW. UH, SO YES, SO WE'RE ON, UM, BOTH OH FIVE FIVE. WE HAVEN'T CLOSED OUT. WHICH ONE WERE WE ON THERE? WE WERE ON SIX. SIX AND FIVE. OH FIVE. I THOUGHT WE WERE ON THREE. I WE'VE BEEN, THEY, THEY ALL OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT. WE'VE KIND OF BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH THERE. MM-HMM . BUT OKAY. BEING THAT WE'RE ON, UM, WE'RE GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT FOUR, I THINK FOR RIGHT NOW. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? YEAH. I THINK THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS AN ACTION [01:10:01] WE CAN TAKE THE, WE'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED THE CITY THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS. CANDIDLY, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY CHANCE OF FUNDING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE A CHANCE OF FUNDING IT. SO, AND WHILE BOTH ITEMS ARE OPEN IN RELATION TO THAT, I WOULD WANT TO SAY IF WE'RE MEETING TWICE A MONTH FOLLOWING SOMETHING CLOSE TO HOW COUNCIL HAS WORK SESSION MEETINGS, AND THEN SO WE CAN FOCUS ON THESE THINGS. BUT I DON'T WANT TO WASTE STAFF TIME IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE THEM SITTING HERE WHILE WE SPIN OUR WHEELS AND THINK WE'RE SMART. SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, THAT'S NOT AN INSULT TO ANYONE BUT ME. BUT I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE FOR US TO DO ON, UH, THE GRANT WRITER ON I AGREE WITH THAT. NUMBER SIX AT THE MOMENT. OKAY, SO WE'VE OFFICIALLY CLOSED OUT SIX AS WE KIND OF PREMATURELY WENT INTO FIVE THERE. MM-HMM . UM, I THINK [IV.5. Discussion and possible action regarding the EDC 2026-2027 workplan.] WE NEED TO FIVE DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, REGARDING THE UC WORK PLAN REALLY TIES INTO HOW MUCH CAN WE WORK, WHEN CAN WE GET TOGETHER? UM, LET'S CONTINUE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. UM, SO I'M PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I THINK WE NEED TO ESTABLISH SOME PRIORITIES. I WHY ARE WE MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? I WOULD SUGGEST TO, AND ONCE WE HAVE THOSE PRIORITIES, THEN WE MOVE ON. YOU GOT, YOU'RE GONNA BE FILLING TWO UNEXPIRED TERMS, SO I WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER FOR THOSE TWO COMMITTEE MINUTES BEFORE YOU SET ANY TYPE OF PRIORITIES FOR THAT. GET 'EM OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE PRIORITIES AS WELL. GREAT POINT, ERIC. YEAH, WE, WE REALLY WANT THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN HERE TO BE ABLE TO, TO A CERTAIN POINT. YEAH. TO BE ABLE TO DIALOGUE AND HAVE A FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND BRING, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA BE SITTING HERE, WE WANT 'EM HERE BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE. SO WE WANT 'EM INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. WELL, WE CAN LAUNCH IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LET, LET'S FACE IT, WE, WE MAKE UP QUORUM AND SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LAUNCH IT. MS. NORMA. I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, SO, UH, POTENTIALLY THERE'S A SHORT TERM AND A LONGER TERM, UH, COMING UP. SO SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES, UM, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE, UH, PROCESS ET CETERA THAT Y'ALL LOOKING TO DO. MM-HMM . THE REASON I'M SAYING, UM, THEN YOU HAVE LONGER TERM BECAUSE, UM, AFTER THE COUNCIL, UH, DOES THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN YOU LAUNCH INTO YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLAN, THAT INCLUDES ALSO THE CHAMBER BEING HIGHLY ACTIVE IN THAT. AND, UM, I THINK I HAD TWO OTHER ENTITIES ON THERE, BUT, UH, THE EDC, THE CITY, THE CHAMBER, THERE WAS ONE OTHER, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS FOUR. UM, SO YOU DON'T WANNA GET TOO, UH, FOCUSED DOWN. I THINK YOU WANNA MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR WHEN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN GOES, BUT TO BE READY FOR THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL HAVE SOME INITIATIVES THAT Y'ALL CAN GO AHEAD AND NAIL DOWN IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. RIGHT. STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, DOM, AND BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOMEBODY BEING HERE. YOU , UH, SINCE YOU HAVE GREAT INFLUENCE OVER THE NEWSPAPER AND, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN COMMITTEES, YOU THINK THAT, UH, GAYLENE COULD, UH, SORT OF HELP US WRITE A SEGMENT TO GO IN THE NEWSPAPER, HEY, HELP YOUR CITY. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATION IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE THE CITY SOMETHING. SUBMIT ANYTHING. OKAY. FOR YOU TO PUT EDITORIAL PROMISE ARTICLE IN. OKAY. YOU CAN WRITE IT THANKS. WILL EDIT IT AND MAKE IT FIT THE SPACE. I SEE HER EVERY WEEK, SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL TALK TO HER. YOU CAN MAKE IT A FEATURE. DID YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS CORPORATE, WE NEVER RECURRING SPOT THIS CORPORATION? YEAH, I'LL TALK TO HER. I MEAN, HONESTLY, IF WE'RE GONNA HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THE WAY WE HAVE TO, TO BE ABLE TO SELF-FUND AND OPERATE, IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD PLAN TO HAVE SOMETHING WEEKLY. ONE, TO MOTIVATE OURSELVES, BUT ALSO TO JUST AS STAY PRESENT BECAUSE HOLDING ATTENTION OR FIGHTING THE FACT THAT EC YOU KNOW, DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF POWER BEFORE. NO. AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE SWITCHED OVER. SO I, I TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER. DOING STUFF FOR THE YOUTH IS AN EASY, CLEAR TARGET THAT I DON'T THINK WOULD CHANGE REGARDLESS. SO IF WE NEED LIKE A, A SHORT TERM THING THERE, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE 100% BEHIND THAT IF WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN SCOPE MM-HMM . THAT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION OR MY [01:15:01] PERSONAL THOUGHTS. TOTALLY AGREE. WHAT I WOULD YOU WANT TO GET TOGETHER ON THAT AND GET THE FIRST ONE OUT? ARE YOU THE EDITOR NOW OF THE NEWSPAPER THING? NO, THE LIBRARY IS OH, REALLY? WHO'S DOING IT OVER THERE? GAYLENE. GAYLENE. OKAY. WELL LET'S GET TOGETHER. WE'LL GO OVER THERE AND, UH, WE'LL TRY TO SMOOSH THIS THING TOGETHER HAPPEN. RIGHT. AND IF THE FIRST ONE GOES OVER GOOD, WE'LL JUST KEEP ON DOING HER. THERE YOU GO. YEAH, I LIKE IT. CAN YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT PAGE YOU WANT ON? YEAH, THERE YOU GO. WELL, THAT'S REALLY SIMPLE. FRONT PAGE. . WHAT? YEAH. ALRIGHT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA CLOSE OUT, UH, THE WORK PLAN THERE, UM, FOR MY OWN NOTES FOR THE SAKE OF SECRETARY, WE WERE SPEAKING WITH ALLISON, SERGEANT WITH THE CHAMBER ABOUT NEWSPAPER THINGS, RIGHT? YES. THERE WE GO. YEP. UM, OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. AND, UH, SO, UH, DISCUSSION AND UPDATE FROM DONALD TRACY. UH, ACTION OR, UH, ITEM SEVEN. UH, HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. I THINK WE END UP PUTTING THIS BACK ON IN A, IN A FUTURE MONTH. UM, THERE IT IS PRETTY AMAZING WHAT A CC IS TRYING TO DO IN OUR AREA AND JUST IN AUSTIN ABROAD. AND THEY HAVE SOME AMAZING PROGRAMS THEY CAN BRING HERE. SO ON ANOTHER DAY WHEN HE CAN BE HERE, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. BUT FOR TODAY WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, CLOSE IT OUT AND, UH, THAT MEANS WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE HERE. MM-HMM . WE ARE ON TO [IV.8. Approval of the corrected July 14, 2026, EDC regular meeting minutes.] EIGHT APPROVAL OF CORRECTED JULY 14TH, 2026. EBC, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. MM-HMM . UM, DID SEE AND THAT WAS JUST THE, UM, THE LETTERING WAS YEAH. IT JUST HAD GOTTEN, YEAH. I WILL NO LONGER DO IT ON THE MAC. YEAH. THE, THE, IT WAS JUST A FORMATTING THING AND THAT LOOKED GOOD TO ME. DOES ANYBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO I MAKE A MOTION? WE APPROVE THE, UH, MINUTES FOR SECOND JULY 14TH, 2026. SECOND. ALRIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND THEN THE MINUTES. UH, [IV.9. Approval of the September 8, 2026, EDC regular meeting minutes.] NUMBER NINE, APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026 EDC, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I SECOND. THERE YOU GO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. GOOD. ALRIGHT, WELL JUST WANNA FINISH UP. SAY THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE. ANYBODY THAT'S LISTENING, ANYBODY THAT'S EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOING POSITIVE THINGS HERE IN OUR CITY. AND UH, JEFF, YOU WANNA SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING? HOLD ON THERE. WILD MAN. YEAH. , WE NEVER DID. I, I, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID AND, UH, JUST MAYBE CLARIFY OR MAYBE I CAN ABOUT THE MEETING EVERY TWO WEEKS. OKAY. THE 27TH TUESDAY, THAT'D BE, THE 27TH WOULD BE TWO WEEKS. IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE IT IS. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO MEET OFFICIALLY, WE CAN MEET HERE OFFICIALLY AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE OF COURSE HAVE FOUR OF US. AGAIN, I THINK EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS. I WANT TO DO IT. THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF SCHEDULING ON THE CITY STUFF. I, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT, I KNOW. WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT AFTER WE AGREE UPON THIS OR NOT. I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS, TEMPORARY BASIS, THEN WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS AND WE'LL WORK TO THE SCHEDULE. WE DON'T HAVE TO MEET ON A TUESDAY, WE CAN MEET THURSDAY. MM-HMM. WE'LL WORK IT IN. BUT LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU DO, ERIC, OR I'M NOT SURE WHO TO ASK FOR THAT. YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. I WOULD ADVISE THE CHAIR TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS THAT ON ONCE WE CLOSE THE MEETINGS. YES. I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT IN THERE. I APPRECIATE IT, JEFF. AND, UH, WELL, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE, UH, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO DO ANYTHING POSITIVE FOR LAGO VISTA, THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO DO IT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT FIVE 20. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.