1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,500 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Wednesday, May 12 meeting of the Economic 2 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:11,460 Development Partnership Board. 3 00:00:11,460 --> 00:00:17,460 We're so glad to have everyone available today, and for those looking in from the audience, 4 00:00:17,460 --> 00:00:20,020 we welcome you as well. 5 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:25,500 We have an agenda item with several items, the first of which is to consider the approval 6 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:30,000 of the minutes of April 14, 2021. 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:37,260 And I'll give everyone a chance to take a look and make sure that you have no concerns. 8 00:00:37,260 --> 00:00:42,860 And once you have reviewed them, please, we would entertain a motion to approve the minutes. 9 00:00:42,860 --> 00:00:49,140 I move approval of the minutes as presented. 10 00:00:49,140 --> 00:00:52,480 We have a motion to approve the minutes. 11 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:54,440 Do we have a second? 12 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,980 Jason Tomlinson seconds. 13 00:00:57,980 --> 00:01:05,100 And now discussion, do we have any discussion of the minutes as presented? 14 00:01:05,100 --> 00:01:12,640 Any changes, concerns? 15 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:17,820 Hearing none, seeing none, we'll do the, we'll do the visual vote. 16 00:01:17,820 --> 00:01:20,100 Jason Tomlinson, you. 17 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:21,100 Yes. 18 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:41,220 Tina Albert, I let's see, Jesse Davis, I, Joel Jester, I on a Clark, I Lee Ramsey. 19 00:01:41,220 --> 00:01:49,100 Now does Dr. Wilson vote, I forget, no sir, neither Pam or Dr. Wilson as ex officio members 20 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:50,660 vote, but you do. 21 00:01:50,660 --> 00:01:52,640 So we'll need your vote. 22 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,540 John Baines approves the minutes. 23 00:01:55,540 --> 00:02:02,160 I think we have a unanimous approval of minutes and we'll move on to the next agenda item. 24 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:12,060 EDP 21-019, receive a report, hold the discussion and give staff direction regarding an incentive 25 00:02:12,060 --> 00:02:17,300 application for Dynagrid Construction Group LLC. 26 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:20,740 And I believe Erica, you're on board for the presentation. 27 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:28,300 Yes, I'm just pulling the presentation up now. 28 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:36,300 Thank you. 29 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:38,220 Can everyone see the presentation? 30 00:02:38,220 --> 00:02:40,900 Yes, I can. 31 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:42,660 Well, good morning. 32 00:02:42,660 --> 00:02:46,460 My name's Erica Sullivan and I'm the analyst here at the city's economic development department. 33 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:51,700 And I'm going to be presenting an incentive application from Dynagrid and discussing possible 34 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:52,700 incentives. 35 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:59,220 The company itself, Dynagrid is a civil contractor that provides industry-leading civil construction 36 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:04,420 services to renewable and conventional energy markets throughout the United States. 37 00:03:04,420 --> 00:03:09,300 They're founded in 2012 and have a current annual revenue of 88 million. 38 00:03:09,300 --> 00:03:14,020 The company is seeking to move their corporate headquarters to Denton from Louisville. 39 00:03:14,020 --> 00:03:20,900 They currently employ 191 employees and plan to add 82 new jobs over the five-year period. 40 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:24,620 Total jobs are estimated at 273. 41 00:03:24,620 --> 00:03:29,180 They plan to invest in additional equipment and build a new facility here in Denton. 42 00:03:29,180 --> 00:03:32,940 And they are interested in our Denton location because the numerous suppliers and vendors 43 00:03:32,940 --> 00:03:39,700 that they have located here, the site location and ability to expand and construct a new 44 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:41,200 complex. 45 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:46,460 They have the option to add new jobs at their existing location in Louisville, but we prefer 46 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:51,980 to build a new facility here in Denton. 47 00:03:51,980 --> 00:03:56,780 The proposed facility will be at corporate headquarters and will be situated on a 15-acre 48 00:03:56,780 --> 00:03:59,820 site along Mosh Branch Road. 49 00:03:59,820 --> 00:04:06,460 Their goals are to reduce the impact of relocation, expansion and site improvement costs. 50 00:04:06,460 --> 00:04:15,340 They also have a goal of encouraging high-wage job creation through company expansion. 51 00:04:15,340 --> 00:04:17,640 They're proposing to build two buildings. 52 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:21,020 The first is a 30,000-square-foot office building. 53 00:04:21,020 --> 00:04:23,980 The second is a 10,000-square-foot shop building. 54 00:04:23,980 --> 00:04:26,820 You can see the rendering here. 55 00:04:26,820 --> 00:04:31,660 The complex will include a shop that will maintain the company-owned equipment and vehicles 56 00:04:31,660 --> 00:04:34,720 and will be the primary hub for their fleet. 57 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,100 And the corporate team will be housed in the main building, and this will be comprised 58 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:47,420 of accounting, executive, HR, safety and project management departments. 59 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:51,620 The main components of their application, they wish to construct and expand a corporate 60 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:53,780 headquarters facility. 61 00:04:53,780 --> 00:04:57,620 The targeted sector in our policy is renewable energy. 62 00:04:57,620 --> 00:05:02,260 Our new plan, targeted sector, the industry code that falls under that, is poured concrete 63 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:05,740 foundation instructor contractors. 64 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:12,700 Their projected capital investment is $6 million for improvements and business personal property. 65 00:05:12,700 --> 00:05:18,900 Jobs, as we discussed, are 191 will be relocated, 82 new jobs. 66 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:25,900 Their weighted average wage is $74,277, with a total payroll of $6.1 million. 67 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:30,020 It's roughly $1.2 per year. 68 00:05:30,020 --> 00:05:33,500 So in this table, you will see the job and wage information. 69 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:40,340 The jobs are added over a five-year period and will come to 82 when complete. 70 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:47,780 The wage data and average wage by job type is included in the table that follows below. 71 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:52,100 You will see that the number as well as the percentage is included. 72 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:55,180 Their weighted average annual wage, again, is $74,277. 73 00:05:55,180 --> 00:06:01,780 I want to point out that over 100% of their employees have wages above the Denton County 74 00:06:01,780 --> 00:06:04,620 average and median wages. 75 00:06:04,620 --> 00:06:14,580 You can also see that 62% are above the $65,000 wage category, and then another 54% fall under 76 00:06:14,580 --> 00:06:24,420 our policy's goals of increasing jobs in the $75,000 or more wage. 77 00:06:24,420 --> 00:06:28,820 In this table, you see the strategic plan alignment. 78 00:06:28,820 --> 00:06:35,260 You'll see that there's attracting new investment, targeting environmentally conscious businesses, 79 00:06:35,260 --> 00:06:41,060 and green marketing as well of the city's sustainability goals that are in line with 80 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:43,380 this project. 81 00:06:43,380 --> 00:06:51,700 The incentive policy general provisions and priority considerations are included in this 82 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:52,700 slide. 83 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:57,780 General provisions, this project creates quality jobs, and the targeted sector is the renewable 84 00:06:57,780 --> 00:07:03,100 energy as they cater towards this market as well as conventional markets. 85 00:07:03,100 --> 00:07:08,420 The applicable priority considerations include promoting business and community investment, 86 00:07:08,420 --> 00:07:14,500 expanding and diversifying the tax base, promoting public-private partnerships, increasing jobs 87 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:19,900 with wages above Denton County's median wages, an increasing percentage of jobs paying over 88 00:07:19,900 --> 00:07:26,620 $75,000, encouraging higher-skilled, knowledge-based jobs, engaging in sustainable practices and 89 00:07:26,620 --> 00:07:32,500 activities, and generating new customers for municipal activities. 90 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:36,820 Also included in the policy under the Chapter 380 program, you will see that they meet three 91 00:07:36,820 --> 00:07:40,180 of the five provisions. 92 00:07:40,180 --> 00:07:46,620 Under other considerations and additional considerations, they meet two of those, which we've mentioned 93 00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:47,620 here. 94 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:52,860 And then under the Economic Development Investment Fund, we require that an applicant meet two 95 00:07:52,860 --> 00:07:54,020 or three criteria. 96 00:07:54,020 --> 00:08:00,180 They meet two of the three criteria here. 97 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:05,300 You'll see a summary of the incentive proposal. 98 00:08:05,300 --> 00:08:09,940 The first part of the Chapter 380 grant is a relocation expansion grant in the amount 99 00:08:09,940 --> 00:08:16,580 of $40,000 that's being proposed, and this would allow to pay for reimbursement of relocation 100 00:08:16,580 --> 00:08:18,820 costs and site upgrades. 101 00:08:18,820 --> 00:08:25,860 The second is a stratified job-based performance grant, and that totals $109,500. 102 00:08:25,860 --> 00:08:30,540 And then there's additional consideration for employees living in Denton through a residency 103 00:08:30,540 --> 00:08:35,860 bonus grant of $19,500 that assumes 75%. 104 00:08:35,860 --> 00:08:41,460 And then a total Chapter 380 grant of $169,000. 105 00:08:41,460 --> 00:08:45,820 This would be accomplished through a Chapter 380 agreement with the Economic Development 106 00:08:45,820 --> 00:08:50,380 Investment Fund as its source of funds, and the agreement would include a limit on the 107 00:08:50,380 --> 00:08:54,420 term and cap on the funding amounts. 108 00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:58,380 This application, it would also be possible to nominate them to the Texas Enterprise Zone 109 00:08:58,380 --> 00:09:04,340 program if they wish to pursue that. 110 00:09:04,340 --> 00:09:08,700 In this table, you'll see the incentive in more detail and the project revenue that would 111 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:10,900 be generated from the project. 112 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:15,180 So again, it's broken down into the different components of the grant, so the expansion 113 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:20,900 grant, typically a one-time grant of $40,000, then you would have a job-based grant as jobs 114 00:09:20,900 --> 00:09:29,260 are added over the five-year term, followed by the residency bonus for a total of $169,000. 115 00:09:29,260 --> 00:09:33,540 And then in the table that follows, you see the estimated city revenue generated by the 116 00:09:33,540 --> 00:09:34,540 project. 117 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:40,380 And the first is the existing taxable value, which is land, and that comes to $75,670 over 118 00:09:40,380 --> 00:09:45,380 a 10-year term, and the revenue from improvements to building and business personal property 119 00:09:45,380 --> 00:09:49,180 would come to another $277,510. 120 00:09:49,180 --> 00:09:54,860 So the total property tax value over the 10-year term would be $353,180. 121 00:09:54,860 --> 00:10:02,180 What you'll see here is the proposed contractual cap for job-based positions. 122 00:10:02,180 --> 00:10:07,100 You'll also see the different categories that these are broken into, and the amount of grant 123 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:10,380 per job, which increases as the salary increases. 124 00:10:10,380 --> 00:10:16,580 Again, it would be $109,500, projected total jobs of $51,000, and these could come on at 125 00:10:16,580 --> 00:10:23,380 different times as long as they don't exceed the term or the cap. 126 00:10:23,380 --> 00:10:27,780 Over the benefits, the qualitative benefits of this project include quality jobs created 127 00:10:27,780 --> 00:10:32,940 and investment in human capital, the pipeline for university training programs and reduction 128 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:37,600 of brain drain, recruitment and expansion of a company, and diversifying and expanding 129 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,460 the tax base. 130 00:10:39,460 --> 00:10:43,900 The quantitative benefits include the 10-year total property tax revenue, which is estimated 131 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:53,580 at over $350,000, with a rate of return of 30.4%, and the payback period would be 3.4 132 00:10:53,580 --> 00:10:55,460 years. 133 00:10:55,460 --> 00:10:59,820 The summary and staff recommendation is a five-year performance-based incentive, again 134 00:10:59,820 --> 00:11:03,260 with a cap not to exceed $169,000. 135 00:11:03,260 --> 00:11:08,880 This is broken up into the expansion grant of $40,000, a stratified job-based grant for 136 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:18,300 new jobs up to $109,500, the residency bonus of $500 per employee for a total of $19,500, 137 00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:22,740 and then this would be funded via a Chapter 380 agreement using the Economic Development 138 00:11:22,740 --> 00:11:27,280 Investment Fund, and then if they wish to pursue the Texas Enterprise Zone program, 139 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,860 we could nominate them as an enterprise project. 140 00:11:30,860 --> 00:11:36,500 So the options and recommendations before the board today are to proceed with and recommend 141 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:42,300 the staff recommendation, to modify or create a new incentive recommendation, or to offer 142 00:11:42,300 --> 00:11:45,940 no incentive recommendation. 143 00:11:45,940 --> 00:11:47,460 Be happy to entertain questions. 144 00:11:47,460 --> 00:11:52,940 I'll take this down now. 145 00:11:52,940 --> 00:11:56,540 So Erica, what is the staff recommendation? 146 00:11:56,540 --> 00:12:05,140 The staff recommendation is the $169,000 grant, composed of the expansion grant of $40,000, 147 00:12:05,140 --> 00:12:10,940 the stratified job-based grant in the different categories of $109,000, and then we're estimating 148 00:12:10,940 --> 00:12:16,880 the residency bonus to be another $19,500. 149 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:17,880 Thank you. 150 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:23,180 Do we have any other questions from the floor, questions or comments? 151 00:12:23,180 --> 00:12:25,700 Jill Jester is being recognized. 152 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:26,780 Thank you. 153 00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:32,700 And who is here representing the entity to answer questions today, may I ask? 154 00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:37,780 We have Charlie Ferreira, which is the CEO and President of Dynagrid, and then Don Clark, 155 00:12:37,780 --> 00:12:39,180 the site work manager. 156 00:12:39,180 --> 00:12:44,500 Well, I want to thank you both for coming here today to make yourselves available to 157 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:45,500 us. 158 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:48,300 I mean, obviously, the numbers are the numbers. 159 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:52,740 It looks like a great opportunity to improve the quality of life here in Denton. 160 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:57,900 I do have a question, though, you know, it takes a village to make Denton a great place 161 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:02,860 to live and work in, and jobs are not the only way to contribute to the quality of life 162 00:13:02,860 --> 00:13:10,420 in Denton, but I didn't see in the application or presentation is any kind of community involvement 163 00:13:10,420 --> 00:13:12,740 or incentive to be involved in a nonprofit. 164 00:13:12,740 --> 00:13:17,100 I saw that you're not a member of the Chamber of Commerce as a fairly large business here 165 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:22,300 in Denton, but is there some kind of sponsorship or some kind of incentive? 166 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:30,300 You know, for those nonprofits that help our parks, help our elderly, help young people, 167 00:13:30,300 --> 00:13:36,100 help businesses, et cetera, can you kind of give us a little idea of what has happened 168 00:13:36,100 --> 00:13:41,500 and what's your vision in the future for that? 169 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:47,760 Sir, I think you may be muted. 170 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:52,500 I see you talking, but I can't hear you myself. 171 00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:53,500 Hold on. 172 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:54,500 Okay. 173 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,500 Can you hear me now? 174 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:56,500 Okay. 175 00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:57,500 No issues being part of the Denton community. 176 00:13:57,500 --> 00:14:06,340 Obviously, we've become part of the economic plan with you guys, and we will embed ourselves 177 00:14:06,340 --> 00:14:12,140 into the community like we have in Lewisville. 178 00:14:12,140 --> 00:14:18,500 I help out with the North Texas Food Bank on a monthly basis. 179 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:25,860 Have no issue helping people, you know, get a better life or help people less fortunate. 180 00:14:25,860 --> 00:14:31,620 And I think one of the things that has always been important to me is being a business owner, 181 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:37,500 and especially a business owner of a company like this, it's not all white collar jobs. 182 00:14:37,500 --> 00:14:38,500 It's everybody. 183 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:43,660 You know, you don't need a college education to make $100,000 a year in this company. 184 00:14:43,660 --> 00:14:51,940 You can make money, and it's important that everybody has the opportunity to succeed and 185 00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:55,860 not necessarily have a college degree or a higher degree. 186 00:14:55,860 --> 00:15:02,420 We have a lot of employees that have done very well with this company, and you can see 187 00:15:02,420 --> 00:15:09,940 by the average salaries that, you know, our workforce is probably comprised of 25% white 188 00:15:09,940 --> 00:15:17,340 collar, 75%, you know, operators, foremen, superintendents, craft, craft people. 189 00:15:17,340 --> 00:15:24,580 Well, I hope you all will consider joining the Chamber of Commerce as we try to lift 190 00:15:24,580 --> 00:15:29,460 up each other and explore other ways to get involved, and I know any of us would be happy 191 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:33,740 to have lunch or a cup of coffee to chat about those opportunities. 192 00:15:33,740 --> 00:15:34,740 Thank you very much. 193 00:15:34,740 --> 00:15:35,740 >> Thank you. 194 00:15:35,740 --> 00:15:36,740 >> Absolutely. 195 00:15:36,740 --> 00:15:42,500 >> Now, who was that that was just speaking? 196 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:43,500 I see one name. 197 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:45,340 I see Don Clark, but I see two people. 198 00:15:45,340 --> 00:15:46,340 I wasn't sure. 199 00:15:46,340 --> 00:15:47,340 >> I think that's really Ferreira. 200 00:15:47,340 --> 00:15:48,340 >> All right. 201 00:15:48,340 --> 00:15:49,340 I was speaking. 202 00:15:49,340 --> 00:15:50,340 >> Okay. 203 00:15:50,340 --> 00:15:54,060 So, Don Clark was speaking or Ferreira? 204 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:55,060 >> Ferreira. 205 00:15:55,060 --> 00:15:56,060 >> Oh, okay. 206 00:15:56,060 --> 00:15:57,060 Mr. Ferreira. 207 00:15:57,060 --> 00:16:00,340 >> I don't know who that is. 208 00:16:00,340 --> 00:16:02,660 >> Well, please forgive me. 209 00:16:02,660 --> 00:16:05,740 I heard the names, but I only saw one name on the screen. 210 00:16:05,740 --> 00:16:08,380 I wanted to kind of reiterate just a little bit. 211 00:16:08,380 --> 00:16:17,660 I think it's having lived in the Denton community since 1983, having been a businessman here 212 00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:26,460 in Denton since 1986, I think one of the things that I have seen that's really important is 213 00:16:26,460 --> 00:16:33,620 we like for our companies to do well, but we also like for them to contribute to the 214 00:16:33,620 --> 00:16:43,060 community and as Jill was saying, the nonprofit and organizations and memberships and that 215 00:16:43,060 --> 00:16:49,260 type of thing, and even though this particular application did not seem to address a lot 216 00:16:49,260 --> 00:16:54,560 of that, I think it would be good if maybe as an addendum, you would kind of give us 217 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:59,220 an idea of some of the things you would like to do and your company would like to do. 218 00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:02,700 I think we're all about helping. 219 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:07,420 So anything you would like to do to help the community, we would love to do work with you 220 00:17:07,420 --> 00:17:08,420 on that. 221 00:17:08,420 --> 00:17:12,480 So we would love to hear from you. 222 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:17,220 >> I would love the opportunity to go to your high schools and explain to kids that they 223 00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:22,340 don't have to go to college if they don't want to because college isn't necessarily 224 00:17:22,340 --> 00:17:29,540 for everybody and you can have a good life and a good career without having to go to 225 00:17:29,540 --> 00:17:30,540 college. 226 00:17:30,540 --> 00:17:34,140 >> You know, one of the -- we have an organization that I represent that's called the Denton 227 00:17:34,140 --> 00:17:40,340 Black Chamber of Commerce, as well as I'm a member of the Denton Chamber as well. 228 00:17:40,340 --> 00:17:47,020 And one of the programs we've been pushing is getting back into the trades. 229 00:17:47,020 --> 00:17:52,260 And because a lot of folks -- and hopefully nobody is hearing this and taking it the wrong 230 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:58,100 way, you can spend a lot of money and maybe not get as much return on your investment 231 00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:03,140 as you might like in the educational process. 232 00:18:03,140 --> 00:18:07,940 And so we want to see more folks win. 233 00:18:07,940 --> 00:18:13,100 And I think this type of opportunity would certainly do that where you have, you know, 234 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:20,380 the job opportunities that don't require a college degree and more training. 235 00:18:20,380 --> 00:18:24,780 And I'd like to hear a little bit, too, about the renewable energy. 236 00:18:24,780 --> 00:18:27,780 Tell us a little bit about that. 237 00:18:27,780 --> 00:18:34,320 >> We do a significant amount of work in the renewable energy market. 238 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:39,860 We're large in the solar wind markets, battery storage. 239 00:18:39,860 --> 00:18:46,620 We build the battery storage stations where they collect the energy and redistribute it. 240 00:18:46,620 --> 00:18:51,980 You know, the wind farms, the foundations, we do the civil portion of that. 241 00:18:51,980 --> 00:18:57,440 But we're heavily involved with that across the country, not just Texas, but with a number 242 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:58,440 of major places. 243 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:06,580 We work with Encore, you know, Brazos Electric, the municipal, the city of Garland, a lot 244 00:19:06,580 --> 00:19:11,660 of local agencies, American Electric Power, Vistra Energy. 245 00:19:11,660 --> 00:19:15,940 So, you know, we have great relationships in the space. 246 00:19:15,940 --> 00:19:19,860 And that type of work has been significantly increasing over the years. 247 00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:27,980 And we're, you know, considered a major player in our space for what we do for those markets. 248 00:19:27,980 --> 00:19:32,540 So, you know, we do what we can to help expand those. 249 00:19:32,540 --> 00:19:37,180 We're looking at utilizing solar power for some of our external lighting things in our 250 00:19:37,180 --> 00:19:40,980 new facility to practice what we preach as well. 251 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:48,420 But we're a major player in those markets, especially battery storage and solar. 252 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:49,420 Thank you for that. 253 00:19:49,420 --> 00:19:55,300 My ears peaked up when we talked about the renewable energy, but I wasn't sure what that 254 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:56,300 meant. 255 00:19:56,300 --> 00:20:00,220 And I'll give the ground to any others that would like to ask questions, because I tend 256 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:07,460 to talk a lot, so please forgive me. 257 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:14,580 Any other questions from the floor? 258 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:21,860 Hearing none, we'll entertain a recommendation, a motion on the recommendation of staff. 259 00:20:21,860 --> 00:20:23,260 Lee Ramsey? 260 00:20:23,260 --> 00:20:27,780 Yeah, I make a recommendation. 261 00:20:27,780 --> 00:20:34,900 We go with the staff's recommendation and move forward with the process and nominate 262 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:39,420 them for the Texas fund. 263 00:20:39,420 --> 00:20:41,900 Thank you guys for considering Denton Move Your Business. 264 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:43,300 We know there's a big cost to that. 265 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:45,260 It's not cheap to move your business. 266 00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:47,700 And that's way more than these incentives. 267 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:50,980 It's, yeah, we just want to do a little part to welcome you to Denton. 268 00:20:50,980 --> 00:20:51,980 Thanks, guys. 269 00:20:51,980 --> 00:20:52,980 Thank you. 270 00:20:52,980 --> 00:20:53,980 Thank you. 271 00:20:53,980 --> 00:20:54,980 We have a motion. 272 00:20:54,980 --> 00:20:56,300 We have a motion on the floor. 273 00:20:56,300 --> 00:20:57,580 Do we have a second? 274 00:20:57,580 --> 00:21:00,100 John, I'll second that, Lee. 275 00:21:00,100 --> 00:21:01,100 Great motion. 276 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:02,100 Absolutely. 277 00:21:02,100 --> 00:21:03,100 I agree. 278 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:04,660 It's an important move for us. 279 00:21:04,660 --> 00:21:06,500 Mark, thank you so much. 280 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,660 We have a motion and a second. 281 00:21:08,660 --> 00:21:15,820 Do we have any further discussion? 282 00:21:15,820 --> 00:21:24,260 Hearing none and seeing none, we're going to do the visual again. 283 00:21:24,260 --> 00:21:25,260 Jason? 284 00:21:25,260 --> 00:21:26,260 Aye. 285 00:21:26,260 --> 00:21:27,260 Tina? 286 00:21:27,260 --> 00:21:28,260 Aye. 287 00:21:28,260 --> 00:21:29,260 Jesse Davis? 288 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:30,260 Aye. 289 00:21:30,260 --> 00:21:31,260 Jill Jester? 290 00:21:31,260 --> 00:21:32,260 Aye. 291 00:21:32,260 --> 00:21:34,740 Tony Clark? 292 00:21:34,740 --> 00:21:36,060 Aye. 293 00:21:36,060 --> 00:21:39,060 Lee Ramsey? 294 00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:40,060 Aye. 295 00:21:40,060 --> 00:21:41,060 Steve Edgar? 296 00:21:41,060 --> 00:21:42,060 Aye. 297 00:21:42,060 --> 00:21:43,060 Mark McClellan? 298 00:21:43,060 --> 00:21:44,060 Aye. 299 00:21:44,060 --> 00:21:52,260 John Baines also gives an aye, so we have a unanimous approval of staff recommendation. 300 00:21:52,260 --> 00:21:56,260 And we'd like to thank you, gentlemen, for considering Denton. 301 00:21:56,260 --> 00:21:57,260 I'm sorry. 302 00:21:57,260 --> 00:21:59,380 Mr. Baines, did we get Mayor Hedspeth? 303 00:21:59,380 --> 00:22:04,020 He's not on the screen, but he is in the meeting. 304 00:22:04,020 --> 00:22:05,020 Oh. 305 00:22:05,020 --> 00:22:06,020 No. 306 00:22:06,020 --> 00:22:07,020 Yeah. 307 00:22:07,020 --> 00:22:08,020 No. 308 00:22:08,020 --> 00:22:12,940 I'm late to the party, and I'm an aye as well. 309 00:22:12,940 --> 00:22:13,940 Okay. 310 00:22:13,940 --> 00:22:15,740 Lee, how are you? 311 00:22:15,740 --> 00:22:16,860 All right. 312 00:22:16,860 --> 00:22:18,820 We also have Mayor Hedspeth. 313 00:22:18,820 --> 00:22:19,820 Welcome. 314 00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:20,820 Welcome, Mayor. 315 00:22:20,820 --> 00:22:21,820 My apologies. 316 00:22:21,820 --> 00:22:33,300 So, we have a unanimous recommendation for the incentive package to be given to Dynagrid 317 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:35,820 Construction LLC. 318 00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:39,940 And we extend the hardest of welcomes to you and look forward to working with you for many 319 00:22:39,940 --> 00:22:40,940 years to come. 320 00:22:40,940 --> 00:22:41,940 Thank you, sir. 321 00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:42,940 Thank you very much. 322 00:22:42,940 --> 00:22:43,940 We look forward to it as well. 323 00:22:43,940 --> 00:22:44,940 Appreciate the opportunity. 324 00:22:44,940 --> 00:22:45,940 You're welcome. 325 00:22:45,940 --> 00:22:52,620 All right, we're moving on to the next agenda item. 326 00:22:52,620 --> 00:22:53,860 And thank you, Erica, for that presentation. 327 00:22:53,860 --> 00:22:55,540 That was a good presentation. 328 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:56,540 Thank you. 329 00:22:56,540 --> 00:23:06,180 EDP 21-018, receive a report, hold a discussion, give staff direction regarding the annual 330 00:23:06,180 --> 00:23:08,340 business awards. 331 00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:10,900 All right. 332 00:23:10,900 --> 00:23:16,340 It's hard to believe that it has been a year almost since we've done the last business 333 00:23:16,340 --> 00:23:17,340 awards. 334 00:23:17,340 --> 00:23:23,460 But I'm going to turn it over to Kay Brown-Patrick, our business development administrator, to 335 00:23:23,460 --> 00:23:27,580 give a presentation, and will give us one second because Erica's actually at the control. 336 00:23:27,580 --> 00:23:35,060 So Erica will pull it up and then Kay will present. 337 00:23:35,060 --> 00:23:41,300 Good morning, everyone. 338 00:23:41,300 --> 00:23:44,980 Good morning. 339 00:23:44,980 --> 00:23:46,420 I have it pulled up on my screen as well. 340 00:23:46,420 --> 00:23:51,260 So let me pull it down because it's trying to show my presentation. 341 00:23:51,260 --> 00:23:58,540 So I wanted to come and Jessica, thank you for the opportunity to present this to discuss 342 00:23:58,540 --> 00:24:01,820 with you all the annual business awards. 343 00:24:01,820 --> 00:24:04,240 Next slide, Erica, please. 344 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:09,220 As you all may know, each year the board recognizes local businesses in the categories currently 345 00:24:09,220 --> 00:24:15,660 of small and large business for the recognition of awards, and on top of the city departments 346 00:24:15,660 --> 00:24:18,500 that recognize businesses as well. 347 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:24,020 What staff is seeking direction in is extending and adding additional business recognition 348 00:24:24,020 --> 00:24:31,180 categories in order to extend the recognition opportunities and also to redefine qualifying 349 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:35,860 businesses the numbers that will determine whether they are under the small and large 350 00:24:35,860 --> 00:24:37,660 business recognition awards. 351 00:24:37,660 --> 00:24:41,180 So I want to make sure that I point out, we're not getting rid of the small and large business 352 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:56,220 recognition categories, we're wanting to add additional categories. 353 00:24:56,220 --> 00:25:02,220 So okay, you're seeking direction, how do you want that communication? 354 00:25:02,220 --> 00:25:03,900 I have some additional slides. 355 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:07,900 So when I walk through, I'll propose the categories and then the numbers. 356 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:10,900 All right, thank you. 357 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:18,220 So currently, the category that you all utilize, the current categories is for small, they 358 00:25:18,220 --> 00:25:22,640 are less than 100 employees, and for large, it's over 100 employees. 359 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:28,540 So as you can see there in the city of Denton, the numbers of the businesses that fall in 360 00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:31,940 each one of those pockets of employee numbers. 361 00:25:31,940 --> 00:25:38,360 And so as you can see, the over 100 employees, 102 businesses, so only 102 businesses qualify 362 00:25:38,360 --> 00:25:45,120 currently to fall into the large category, and then almost 5,900 are in the small category. 363 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:52,260 So we're wanting to propose to redefine what qualifies a small business. 364 00:25:52,260 --> 00:25:57,940 And so we'll let you all determine that, but as you can see, the numbers, the numbers there, 365 00:25:57,940 --> 00:26:04,260 I think we would recommend small 1 to 49, and then adding additional, the 50, the over 366 00:26:04,260 --> 00:26:10,060 50 to the large, it'll only add 119 business, but then it will also provide some additional 367 00:26:10,060 --> 00:26:12,780 options in the large category. 368 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:15,860 Next slide, please. 369 00:26:15,860 --> 00:26:20,440 Also the proposed categories that we would like to add to the business awards is business 370 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:25,620 ally award, minority woman veteran owned business of the year award, and an entrepreneur of 371 00:26:25,620 --> 00:26:26,620 the year. 372 00:26:26,620 --> 00:26:34,780 And the coming slides will help define what will qualify these businesses. 373 00:26:34,780 --> 00:26:39,700 Currently this is the business awards criteria for the small and large business recognition 374 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:40,700 awards. 375 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:44,600 We will keep that criteria for all with the exception of the business ally award. 376 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:49,420 Each of the proposed awards will have this general criteria plus any applicable criteria 377 00:26:49,420 --> 00:26:55,220 that we will discuss in the following pages. 378 00:26:55,220 --> 00:26:59,500 For the business ally award, this business must be a business or organization that has 379 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:04,580 served as an ally in the community and supporting the business community. 380 00:27:04,580 --> 00:27:09,380 Their proposed criteria will be business support and connections, public or private education 381 00:27:09,380 --> 00:27:11,580 partnerships, and community relations. 382 00:27:11,580 --> 00:27:15,940 For business support and connections, what we're looking for there is that they support 383 00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:21,820 city policies and programs that support business businesses, they provide business education 384 00:27:21,820 --> 00:27:27,340 opportunities, they are developing new programs, even partnering with our public and private 385 00:27:27,340 --> 00:27:31,780 education partners regarding workforce, higher education. 386 00:27:31,780 --> 00:27:37,220 I know you guys just mentioned in the previous discussion about being involved in the community, 387 00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:41,980 and so that is also in addition to that, their level of commitment and involvement in the 388 00:27:41,980 --> 00:27:47,220 community as well. 389 00:27:47,220 --> 00:27:51,980 For the minority women veteran-owned business of the year, it's for a small business that 390 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:57,220 is owned by an ethnic minority, a woman, or a U.S. armed force veteran serving as the 391 00:27:57,220 --> 00:27:58,420 majority owner. 392 00:27:58,420 --> 00:28:05,340 They will have the general awards criteria we mentioned earlier, plus they must be recognized 393 00:28:05,340 --> 00:28:08,460 by the state as a MWBE or HUB certified business. 394 00:28:08,460 --> 00:28:13,220 So in addition to the general awards criteria that was listed earlier, this is in addition 395 00:28:13,220 --> 00:28:19,140 to the criteria for this particular award. 396 00:28:19,140 --> 00:28:24,300 And then lastly, for the proposed entrepreneur of the year, an individual or group of individuals 397 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:29,660 who have demonstrated a high level of entrepreneurial spirit, leadership, and determination and 398 00:28:29,660 --> 00:28:34,440 creativity in the community, and this award will have the same general awards criteria 399 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,060 as the small and large business recognitions. 400 00:28:38,060 --> 00:28:42,020 Also wanted to add, Erica, you can go to the next slide, also wanted to add the chamber 401 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:48,260 does have their awards as well, but this is just an extension to that, and the criteria 402 00:28:48,260 --> 00:28:54,660 is different, and also some of the chamber awards, you must be chamber members for some 403 00:28:54,660 --> 00:29:00,180 of those, and this is citywide, our business community at large. 404 00:29:00,180 --> 00:29:04,620 So the direction we're seeking is does the board want to amend the definition of large 405 00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:09,420 and small business or the small and large business recognition award categories, and 406 00:29:09,420 --> 00:29:14,940 then do you all want to add the additional proposed award categories? 407 00:29:14,940 --> 00:29:17,980 Ms. Kaye, I have a question. 408 00:29:17,980 --> 00:29:18,980 Yes. 409 00:29:18,980 --> 00:29:27,060 So just to kind of clarify the amendment, are you saying or are you seeking then from 410 00:29:27,060 --> 00:29:32,460 50 employees and higher is large business, is that what you're asking, just to clarify 411 00:29:32,460 --> 00:29:33,460 that? 412 00:29:33,460 --> 00:29:39,300 Is the board's, whatever the board would like, our recommendation would be that it would 413 00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:42,620 only add 119 businesses, but yes. 414 00:29:42,620 --> 00:29:48,020 Okay, I see, so you're redefining from 1 to 49 be small business, 15th grade or be large 415 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:49,020 business. 416 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:50,020 Yes. 417 00:29:50,020 --> 00:29:51,020 I understand. 418 00:29:51,020 --> 00:29:52,020 Okay. 419 00:29:52,020 --> 00:29:53,020 I just wanted to clarify. 420 00:29:53,020 --> 00:29:55,860 So how does a business be considered for an award? 421 00:29:55,860 --> 00:30:03,380 The process, so there's two different categories, so we have the city departments, they recommend 422 00:30:03,380 --> 00:30:08,780 some businesses that they've worked with throughout the community that they want to recognize. 423 00:30:08,780 --> 00:30:15,540 The EDP board for small and large recognition, they propose some businesses, and then also 424 00:30:15,540 --> 00:30:20,760 sometimes staff may nominate businesses, and what takes place is we bring those nominations 425 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:25,420 to the board, and then there's a discussion held amongst the board in regards to that. 426 00:30:25,420 --> 00:30:29,580 There's a sheet that's provided to you all in regards to that general award criteria 427 00:30:29,580 --> 00:30:34,100 that was listed to make sure that those businesses meet that criteria. 428 00:30:34,100 --> 00:30:39,180 Staff will contact those businesses and get information in regards to those questions. 429 00:30:39,180 --> 00:30:40,780 How many jobs have you created? 430 00:30:40,780 --> 00:30:44,900 What is your level of involvement in the community, and then we bring all that information package 431 00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:45,900 back to the board. 432 00:30:45,900 --> 00:30:47,980 Okay, I see. 433 00:30:47,980 --> 00:30:54,580 So businesses have to actually, I don't want to say apply, but provide information for 434 00:30:54,580 --> 00:30:55,580 your proposal? 435 00:30:55,580 --> 00:31:01,380 Yes, we will collect that information for your discussion. 436 00:31:01,380 --> 00:31:09,300 Just for the sake of reference, I believe, I know that Jimmy Mejia's company has received 437 00:31:09,300 --> 00:31:10,860 an award. 438 00:31:10,860 --> 00:31:17,700 Have any of the other individuals on this board, have their companies received an award? 439 00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:23,540 Yes, I think that was when I met Tina last year, was when I was presenting her with an 440 00:31:23,540 --> 00:31:34,740 award for Peter Builds, and I believe Lee has, Martino Group has, no, or Lynx has received 441 00:31:34,740 --> 00:31:41,780 one, and I think that may be all who's on the call, but Jimmy is on the call with us 442 00:31:41,780 --> 00:31:42,780 now. 443 00:31:42,780 --> 00:31:43,780 He was able to join us. 444 00:31:43,780 --> 00:31:52,740 Yeah, I would say, I personally think that redefining it for 15th grader is a good thing. 445 00:31:52,740 --> 00:31:58,780 I don't, I mean, there's a lot of competition from the 1 to 49, so you'd have to do a lot 446 00:31:58,780 --> 00:32:00,780 to stand out within that big group. 447 00:32:00,780 --> 00:32:01,780 I agree. 448 00:32:01,780 --> 00:32:05,020 Well, Tina, would you like to make that recommendation then? 449 00:32:05,020 --> 00:32:09,580 I do recommend that redefining from 15th grader be in large business. 450 00:32:09,580 --> 00:32:10,580 Okay. 451 00:32:10,580 --> 00:32:16,180 Do we have someone to second that motion? 452 00:32:16,180 --> 00:32:20,240 Second? 453 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,540 This is Jill Jester. 454 00:32:24,540 --> 00:32:33,020 Okay, don't mute me. 455 00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:34,020 Let's see. 456 00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:41,180 So, we have a motion and a second, and do we have any discussion before we take the 457 00:32:41,180 --> 00:32:42,180 vote? 458 00:32:42,180 --> 00:32:50,780 Chair Bain, are you going to do the two recommendations separately, because the additional recommendation 459 00:32:50,780 --> 00:32:51,780 was adding the... 460 00:32:51,780 --> 00:32:54,780 Yes, okay. 461 00:32:54,780 --> 00:32:59,540 Let's do this one first, and we'll do the other one in a second, how about that? 462 00:32:59,540 --> 00:33:00,540 Okay. 463 00:33:00,540 --> 00:33:08,900 I see no one opposed at this point for, excuse me, no discussion, so we'll entertain the 464 00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:09,900 vote. 465 00:33:09,900 --> 00:33:10,900 We'll take the vote. 466 00:33:10,900 --> 00:33:18,460 All in favor of making the change include 50 to 99 as a new category, signify by raising 467 00:33:18,460 --> 00:33:19,460 your hand. 468 00:33:19,460 --> 00:33:20,460 We'll do the vote. 469 00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:21,460 Let's see here. 470 00:33:21,460 --> 00:33:22,460 We're going to start with Jason. 471 00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:23,460 Jason? 472 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:24,460 All right. 473 00:33:24,460 --> 00:33:25,460 Tony Clark? 474 00:33:25,460 --> 00:33:26,460 Aye. 475 00:33:26,460 --> 00:33:27,460 Jill Jester? 476 00:33:27,460 --> 00:33:28,460 Aye. 477 00:33:28,460 --> 00:33:29,460 Jesse Davis? 478 00:33:29,460 --> 00:33:30,460 Aye. 479 00:33:30,460 --> 00:33:31,460 Tina Albert? 480 00:33:31,460 --> 00:33:32,460 Aye. 481 00:33:32,460 --> 00:33:33,460 Lee Ramsey? 482 00:33:33,460 --> 00:33:34,460 Okay, I see you. 483 00:33:34,460 --> 00:33:41,740 Steve Edgar? 484 00:33:41,740 --> 00:33:43,500 Aye. 485 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:44,500 Mark McClellan? 486 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:45,500 Aye. 487 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:46,500 Jimmy Mejia? 488 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:47,500 And then Mayor Hutspeth? 489 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:48,500 Aye. 490 00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:49,500 Okay. 491 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:58,380 So John Baines is also an aye, and so we're going to include another category, and then 492 00:33:58,380 --> 00:34:02,700 your second recommendation, Kay, is? 493 00:34:02,700 --> 00:34:07,860 The proposed expand the award categories to include Business Ally of the Year, Entrepreneur 494 00:34:07,860 --> 00:34:13,620 of the Year, and the Minority Women Veteran Owned Business of the Year categories. 495 00:34:13,620 --> 00:34:14,620 Okay. 496 00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:18,380 Chairman Baines, I'd like to make a couple of clarifications, if I could. 497 00:34:18,380 --> 00:34:20,980 Please, please make a clarification for us. 498 00:34:20,980 --> 00:34:21,980 Okay. 499 00:34:21,980 --> 00:34:28,420 First, I think that the, I saw a slide that said the Small Business Award from this board 500 00:34:28,420 --> 00:34:34,740 began in 2009, but I know that it has come about since I've been on the board, and I've 501 00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:36,860 not been on the board that long. 502 00:34:36,860 --> 00:34:37,860 It's 2019. 503 00:34:37,860 --> 00:34:38,860 That was a typo. 504 00:34:38,860 --> 00:34:39,860 That's okay. 505 00:34:39,860 --> 00:34:47,580 Secondly, I also wanted to clarify that our business awards with the Chamber this year, 506 00:34:47,580 --> 00:34:51,980 we have different categories that are similar to these, and you did not have to be a Chamber 507 00:34:51,980 --> 00:34:56,940 member, and actually several of the finalists are not Chamber members, just to let you know 508 00:34:56,940 --> 00:34:59,940 it is citywide. 509 00:34:59,940 --> 00:35:02,660 This would be a big change. 510 00:35:02,660 --> 00:35:08,540 I don't know how many of you all have attended the City of Denton awards, business awards, 511 00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:13,340 but typically you've got the fire department, and they give one award, and you've got the 512 00:35:13,340 --> 00:35:17,340 police department, and they give one award, the parks department, and they give one award. 513 00:35:17,340 --> 00:35:23,660 So I also would be interested to hear from our mayor and our mayor pro tem as far as 514 00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:28,780 if there's been any feedback, because, of course, if we keep expanding, then, of course, 515 00:35:28,780 --> 00:35:33,860 all of those other departments can expand as well, and is there any concern there as 516 00:35:33,860 --> 00:35:40,660 far as expanding the number that each department can give just in general, and then we can 517 00:35:40,660 --> 00:35:53,820 get down into the specifics of the individual proposed added awards? 518 00:35:53,820 --> 00:35:59,540 I'll defer if Mayor Hedsmith or Councilmember Davis, if you have any comments. 519 00:35:59,540 --> 00:36:09,100 If not, I can provide a little context, and so you're correct that we don't have a set 520 00:36:09,100 --> 00:36:13,620 number we're striving for, and in fact we went back and looked at our records. 521 00:36:13,620 --> 00:36:19,460 We always offer to all city departments, if they have a business that has stepped up and 522 00:36:19,460 --> 00:36:24,400 helped them in a particular year, what we found is that not every department gives an 523 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,400 award every year. 524 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:26,940 It kind of ebbs and flows. 525 00:36:26,940 --> 00:36:30,320 Sometimes we have more than others, and sometimes we have less. 526 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:37,180 So we don't have a particular number that we're trying to get to, and generally, if 527 00:36:37,180 --> 00:36:42,820 a department says we have two or three businesses that we want to nominate, we've allowed that 528 00:36:42,820 --> 00:36:43,820 to go forward. 529 00:36:43,820 --> 00:36:47,060 There was never a set number on the other department. 530 00:36:47,060 --> 00:36:48,060 I've never seen that. 531 00:36:48,060 --> 00:36:49,060 That's interesting. 532 00:36:49,060 --> 00:36:53,180 I've never seen that at the awards a department give more than one other than this board. 533 00:36:53,180 --> 00:37:00,660 Yeah, we've had a few instances where they kind of presented a joint award to two kind 534 00:37:00,660 --> 00:37:07,020 of groups together or to kind of a collective, maybe two companies that had worked together, 535 00:37:07,020 --> 00:37:09,580 but we haven't had a requirement. 536 00:37:09,580 --> 00:37:14,540 My only other concern would be that just the possibility that it would dilute the importance 537 00:37:14,540 --> 00:37:23,540 and the special or around one or two, but of course it's up to this board, and other 538 00:37:23,540 --> 00:37:28,620 than that, I would just say that we do need to make sure that we are in our lane as far 539 00:37:28,620 --> 00:37:32,900 as supporting economic development, and I'm not saying that these don't as we dive in 540 00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:40,060 deeper to the criteria that's been proposed, but that is what we do, and that's what we've 541 00:37:40,060 --> 00:37:46,100 been focused on in the past as far as who has been adding jobs to our business community, 542 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:52,140 and so that's kind of been the focus in the past, just making that notice we go forward 543 00:37:52,140 --> 00:37:54,980 in discussion. 544 00:37:54,980 --> 00:37:59,180 That point that you made right there is exactly why we wanted to bring these to the board 545 00:37:59,180 --> 00:38:04,740 for discussion and kind of get your feedback, particularly as Kay and I discussed, as these 546 00:38:04,740 --> 00:38:11,100 new categories kind of tie with some new areas that were identified in our strategic plan, 547 00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:14,700 so we thought that it was worth having this conversation and say, are we ready to make 548 00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:21,220 a little bit of a shift here, want your feedback, so certainly that exact thought is why we're 549 00:38:21,220 --> 00:38:22,220 here today. 550 00:38:22,220 --> 00:38:27,340 In particular, I'd like a little more drill down in the business ally, because that does 551 00:38:27,340 --> 00:38:31,460 seem like something that we have considered in the past as far as voting on the small 552 00:38:31,460 --> 00:38:33,300 or large business. 553 00:38:33,300 --> 00:38:38,020 The other two I can kind of see carved out a little easier, so maybe we can expand a 554 00:38:38,020 --> 00:38:44,380 little bit on what would differentiate who would win a small business of the year versus 555 00:38:44,380 --> 00:38:49,100 this carve out to be a business ally, because in my mind, whomever would win one of those 556 00:38:49,100 --> 00:38:54,580 big awards, the small or large business of the year for economic development, would also 557 00:38:54,580 --> 00:39:02,100 have these things built in as a necessary component, but I'll be listening. 558 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:07,540 Yeah, so currently for the small and large business recognitions, there is no criteria 559 00:39:07,540 --> 00:39:14,940 in there in regards to their support for business, for the economic development policies and 560 00:39:14,940 --> 00:39:19,340 programs, new development of program education opportunities, mentoring and training, so 561 00:39:19,340 --> 00:39:24,540 on that criteria sheet that was provided to the board, it kind of outlines that, and that's 562 00:39:24,540 --> 00:39:31,180 an additional category of criteria that's added to just the business ally category. 563 00:39:31,180 --> 00:39:34,920 That is not considered for the small and large businesses. 564 00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:39,500 There may be some crossover, you're absolutely correct, but particularly the business ally, 565 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:45,620 I'll use an example, not to say that there will be the award category, but for US aviation, 566 00:39:45,620 --> 00:39:51,980 they have created a workforce pathway program with the Indian ISD, so that's considered 567 00:39:51,980 --> 00:39:59,100 they're an ally, they create an allyship with Indian ISD, a business that may be open to 568 00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:07,260 creating internships for UNT and TWU, so that business ally category kind of has some things 569 00:40:07,260 --> 00:40:14,740 there that assist in differentiating between the large and small business categories. 570 00:40:14,740 --> 00:40:23,320 In these particular categories, I went through the strategic plan to look at, and it did, 571 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:28,500 it has a mention there of greater support of supporting entrepreneurs and recognizing 572 00:40:28,500 --> 00:40:33,180 entrepreneurs and minority-owned businesses and marketing and such, so they weren't randomly 573 00:40:33,180 --> 00:40:34,180 selected. 574 00:40:34,180 --> 00:40:39,100 Jessica's point, we try to tie it back to the things that were mentioned in the strategic 575 00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:44,700 plan that was passed by council last year, but to see your point, there may be some duplicates 576 00:40:44,700 --> 00:40:49,860 of effort from the chamber, but that's why these recommendations say adding and expanding 577 00:40:49,860 --> 00:40:55,180 opportunities to recognize businesses, as opposed to just one a year from the chamber 578 00:40:55,180 --> 00:40:56,180 awards. 579 00:40:56,180 --> 00:40:57,180 If I may comment? 580 00:40:57,180 --> 00:40:58,180 Go ahead, Tina, please. 581 00:40:58,180 --> 00:41:04,340 Well, that was my comment, because I'm not familiar with all the awards that the city 582 00:41:04,340 --> 00:41:09,620 gives, is this a duplication, are there other awards that are very similar to this? 583 00:41:09,620 --> 00:41:17,700 That's kind of my question, and then for me personally, on talking about the ally award 584 00:41:17,700 --> 00:41:25,340 versus small business, if a small business goes above and beyond, it includes these things 585 00:41:25,340 --> 00:41:31,300 that an ally does, and that's what makes them stand out even further for them to receive 586 00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:38,260 the small business award, so it would be, in my mind, hard to differentiate what is 587 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:43,620 an ally versus, you get the ally award, and then another company gets the small business 588 00:41:43,620 --> 00:41:48,180 award, or would the same company get both? 589 00:41:48,180 --> 00:41:53,020 If I could ask for a point of order here, if we're having a lot of discussion, and I 590 00:41:53,020 --> 00:41:57,140 think we ought to go ahead and make the motion, second it, and then have the discussion and 591 00:41:57,140 --> 00:42:07,420 include that so we can come to a conclusion, so can I get a motion to entertain the second 592 00:42:07,420 --> 00:42:12,180 recommendation from Patrick, please? 593 00:42:12,180 --> 00:42:17,420 I'll give the motion. 594 00:42:17,420 --> 00:42:21,340 Okay, Jimmy's making the motion, we need a second. 595 00:42:21,340 --> 00:42:22,340 Steve Ageroff, second. 596 00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:23,340 Thank you, Steve. 597 00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:24,340 And please continue the conversation. 598 00:42:24,340 --> 00:42:25,340 Thank you. 599 00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:35,100 And Chair, just so I'm clear on the motion, is the motion for all three proposed awards? 600 00:42:35,100 --> 00:42:36,100 That's correct. 601 00:42:36,100 --> 00:42:37,100 Okay. 602 00:42:37,100 --> 00:42:47,020 So, discussing the ally award, I tend to agree with Tina is, you know, a good business that's 603 00:42:47,020 --> 00:42:53,100 going to win that award is probably doing the things, it should be doing the things 604 00:42:53,100 --> 00:43:00,540 that are being asked of this ally award, because, you know, internships and all those things, 605 00:43:00,540 --> 00:43:04,620 that's just good business that we, that a lot of people already do. 606 00:43:04,620 --> 00:43:11,300 I think it kind of waters down the other awards, if you add this one, this particular one in, 607 00:43:11,300 --> 00:43:15,180 because it's all just good things that, that if you're involved in your community and doing 608 00:43:15,180 --> 00:43:21,420 business, and that's part of what makes you get recognized for the nomination of that award, 609 00:43:21,420 --> 00:43:22,420 just my opinion. 610 00:43:22,420 --> 00:43:31,100 If I may add for the patient as well, this award also includes organizations, so if an 611 00:43:31,100 --> 00:43:43,580 organization has an ally, like a United Way, NCTC has created business opportunities above 612 00:43:43,580 --> 00:43:51,860 and beyond or created a new program for business support based on our strategic plan, but also 613 00:43:51,860 --> 00:43:57,660 it opens the, it's the only award that allows organizations that have served as an ally 614 00:43:57,660 --> 00:44:01,540 to the business community to be recognized. 615 00:44:01,540 --> 00:44:05,740 So I would consider the business ally award to be more prestigious than the small business 616 00:44:05,740 --> 00:44:13,860 award, is that the path that we're going to take and that you're recommending? 617 00:44:13,860 --> 00:44:21,220 I'm not recommending any hierarchy, just that the award is added to the, to the, to the 618 00:44:21,220 --> 00:44:27,740 category list, but it is the only one that allows organizations to be recognized that 619 00:44:27,740 --> 00:44:36,620 have worked to, as an ally to the business community and not just the business. 620 00:44:36,620 --> 00:44:44,220 As a small business owner, I'm probably putting too much on the table here, but my time is 621 00:44:44,220 --> 00:44:53,860 is, is challenged and when I think of the, the kind of the universe that I'm in, there's 622 00:44:53,860 --> 00:45:01,980 a lot of businesses I'm not aware of and so to, for me to come up with a recommendation 623 00:45:01,980 --> 00:45:07,500 in these different categories with my other time commitments might be difficult and then 624 00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:14,380 if we were just rely on staff, then that's a different, that may be a different population. 625 00:45:14,380 --> 00:45:21,980 So as far as populating those that are going to be recognized, to me that's a big challenge, 626 00:45:21,980 --> 00:45:27,140 you know, taking the time and then having the understanding of these different categories 627 00:45:27,140 --> 00:45:32,420 and putting some, some names on the table, that takes a little bit of work and some time 628 00:45:32,420 --> 00:45:33,420 to do that. 629 00:45:33,420 --> 00:45:41,700 So I don't, I'm conflicted in that I rely on the, on the city recommendations, but at 630 00:45:41,700 --> 00:45:46,660 the same time, I realized I have some responsibility as well, you know, to, to put some names on 631 00:45:46,660 --> 00:45:47,660 the hat. 632 00:45:47,660 --> 00:45:52,420 So I'm just a little challenged when there's a little more work to do, a little more work 633 00:45:52,420 --> 00:45:54,020 to be done. 634 00:45:54,020 --> 00:45:57,380 So Mr. Davis. 635 00:45:57,380 --> 00:46:04,420 Thank you, Mr. Chair, you know, this is not the biggest problem in the world to have, 636 00:46:04,420 --> 00:46:09,280 but I am kind of concerned like Jill is with award creep, I guess, what you call it. 637 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:13,280 It's just, you know, we have so many people doing so many good things in the community. 638 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:17,980 We certainly want to recognize them all, but I'd be just as happy with just the small, 639 00:46:17,980 --> 00:46:22,900 large and then hub, the historically under utilized businesses, the minority woman or 640 00:46:22,900 --> 00:46:28,060 veteran owned businesses, I agree with some others that the other categories we're talking 641 00:46:28,060 --> 00:46:32,420 about entrepreneurial spirit, you know, that's job creation stuff, that's business creation 642 00:46:32,420 --> 00:46:37,260 stuff that that's baked in to the other things, the allies stuff that's kind of baked into 643 00:46:37,260 --> 00:46:41,380 the categories that we already have that make you the small business of the year, the large 644 00:46:41,380 --> 00:46:45,340 business of the year, or the hub business of the year. 645 00:46:45,340 --> 00:46:51,540 So I kind of prefer to keep it just at those, those three, I like the addition of recognizing 646 00:46:51,540 --> 00:46:57,940 some folks that maybe don't get as much recognition as they they deserve for historically deserved. 647 00:46:57,940 --> 00:47:03,920 But the others well intentioned, I think, but maybe a little bit, a little bit much 648 00:47:03,920 --> 00:47:08,460 we diluted just a little bit dilute the prestige of the other awards just a little bit when 649 00:47:08,460 --> 00:47:11,960 there's so many categories available. 650 00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:18,140 So Mayor Pro Tem, once again, to underscore your recommendation, then you just want the 651 00:47:18,140 --> 00:47:21,660 one rather than the other than all three. 652 00:47:21,660 --> 00:47:26,660 Yeah, just the just the one new one, we've redefined the other two, or I guess, reestablish 653 00:47:26,660 --> 00:47:31,780 re categorize the other two new criteria there, and just the one new one. 654 00:47:31,780 --> 00:47:36,740 So that would be either amendment to them, I can propose that as an amendment to the 655 00:47:36,740 --> 00:47:37,740 motion. 656 00:47:37,740 --> 00:47:40,460 However, the moment prefers. 657 00:47:40,460 --> 00:47:50,320 I think that makes that makes sense, I think you said it better than I did, Mayor Pro Tem. 658 00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:54,900 So you're making an amendment, then, instead of having those three categories, we'll just 659 00:47:54,900 --> 00:48:03,500 have the one for the woman on minority veteran category. 660 00:48:03,500 --> 00:48:04,500 Is that correct. 661 00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:05,500 That's correct. 662 00:48:05,500 --> 00:48:08,100 That's my best the amendment I'm offering. 663 00:48:08,100 --> 00:48:09,780 Okay, we have a friendly amendment. 664 00:48:09,780 --> 00:48:12,740 Do we have a second to the friendly amendment. 665 00:48:12,740 --> 00:48:15,580 I have a second. 666 00:48:15,580 --> 00:48:17,620 Okay, Tina Albert. 667 00:48:17,620 --> 00:48:18,620 Okay. 668 00:48:18,620 --> 00:48:20,660 Once again, any, any more discussion. 669 00:48:20,660 --> 00:48:27,940 I do have one more point I would like to make, though, please, if we're redefining small 670 00:48:27,940 --> 00:48:34,460 versus large with the number of employees, I believe Kay on your slide for the minority 671 00:48:34,460 --> 00:48:38,480 women in the veteran says one to 75 employees. 672 00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,660 So would you change that criteria for that award to be the one to 50. 673 00:48:41,660 --> 00:48:42,660 Yes, ma'am. 674 00:48:42,660 --> 00:48:43,660 Yes, ma'am. 675 00:48:43,660 --> 00:48:44,660 Okay. 676 00:48:44,660 --> 00:48:45,660 Thank you. 677 00:48:45,660 --> 00:48:46,660 That's my clarification. 678 00:48:46,660 --> 00:48:55,660 I wonder with that was necessary if that's necessary to limit the size. 679 00:48:55,660 --> 00:49:03,020 Yes, that's what I was gonna say is blowing it up. 680 00:49:03,020 --> 00:49:04,020 Yep. 681 00:49:04,020 --> 00:49:13,540 So as the dust settles, what are we going to do with the chair right now you have a 682 00:49:13,540 --> 00:49:19,340 main motion to approve all three categories, you have a an amendment to that motion for 683 00:49:19,340 --> 00:49:21,820 just the minority women owned and veteran owned business. 684 00:49:21,820 --> 00:49:24,980 So if you want to take action, you would vote first on the amendment. 685 00:49:24,980 --> 00:49:28,500 And if that's approved, then you'd have a second vote on the main motion. 686 00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:38,140 Okay, so let's let's follow our lead counsel here and let's vote on the friendly amendment 687 00:49:38,140 --> 00:49:42,500 to have just the one category without numbers. 688 00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:44,500 Okay. 689 00:49:44,500 --> 00:49:51,180 All in favor of the friendly amendment, we're going to go around Jason Thomson. 690 00:49:51,180 --> 00:49:52,180 Tina Albert. 691 00:49:52,180 --> 00:49:53,180 Aye. 692 00:49:53,180 --> 00:49:54,180 Jesse Davis. 693 00:49:54,180 --> 00:49:55,180 Aye. 694 00:49:55,180 --> 00:49:56,180 Jill Jester. 695 00:49:56,180 --> 00:49:57,180 Aye. 696 00:49:57,180 --> 00:49:58,180 Tony Clarke. 697 00:49:58,180 --> 00:49:59,180 Aye. 698 00:49:59,180 --> 00:50:00,180 Lee Ramsey. 699 00:50:00,180 --> 00:50:01,180 Aye. 700 00:50:01,180 --> 00:50:02,180 Steve Edgar. 701 00:50:02,180 --> 00:50:03,180 Aye. 702 00:50:03,180 --> 00:50:04,180 Mark McClellan. 703 00:50:04,180 --> 00:50:05,180 Aye. 704 00:50:05,180 --> 00:50:06,180 Jimmy Mejia. 705 00:50:06,180 --> 00:50:07,180 Aye. 706 00:50:07,180 --> 00:50:08,180 And Mayor Gerard Hutsmith. 707 00:50:08,180 --> 00:50:09,180 Aye. 708 00:50:09,180 --> 00:50:24,020 John Baines agrees to the friendly amendment so we have a unanimous approval of the friendly 709 00:50:24,020 --> 00:50:25,020 amendment. 710 00:50:25,020 --> 00:50:29,220 So let's go back to the main amendment to have all three. 711 00:50:29,220 --> 00:50:30,220 Isn't that correct counselor? 712 00:50:30,220 --> 00:50:35,020 So now yeah, the main motion now has been a change to just to a motion to approve the 713 00:50:35,020 --> 00:50:36,020 one category. 714 00:50:36,020 --> 00:50:37,820 So you'll have a vote on that motion. 715 00:50:37,820 --> 00:50:38,820 Okay. 716 00:50:38,820 --> 00:50:39,820 So we okay. 717 00:50:39,820 --> 00:50:42,860 So the friendly amendment changed the original. 718 00:50:42,860 --> 00:50:43,860 Yes. 719 00:50:43,860 --> 00:50:44,860 Oh shit. 720 00:50:44,860 --> 00:50:45,860 Okay. 721 00:50:45,860 --> 00:50:46,860 All right. 722 00:50:46,860 --> 00:50:50,620 So now we're going to vote to have the one category and we're going to go around once 723 00:50:50,620 --> 00:51:10,260 again Jason Tomlinson, Gerard Hutsmith, Jimmy Mejia, Mark McClellan, Steve Edgar, Lee Ramsey, 724 00:51:10,260 --> 00:51:20,460 Tina Albert, Jesse Davis, Jill Jester, Tony Clarke, John Baines says aye. 725 00:51:20,460 --> 00:51:25,780 So we have that one amendment and we're done with that particular presentation it looks 726 00:51:25,780 --> 00:51:26,780 like. 727 00:51:26,780 --> 00:51:27,780 I'll let you have some more Kay. 728 00:51:27,780 --> 00:51:28,780 All right. 729 00:51:28,780 --> 00:51:29,780 Thank you. 730 00:51:29,780 --> 00:51:30,780 And thank you. 731 00:51:30,780 --> 00:51:34,940 Thank you for your thoughtfulness and thank you for your inclusiveness. 732 00:51:34,940 --> 00:51:40,620 As a veteran you know sometimes I forget wait a minute you know let's have a little recognition 733 00:51:40,620 --> 00:51:42,820 here every once in a while. 734 00:51:42,820 --> 00:51:49,260 And then the woman owned businesses I mean this is a different category as well and thank 735 00:51:49,260 --> 00:51:53,860 you for taking the time and the thoughtfulness to be more inclusive. 736 00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:57,100 I want to echo that Kay. 737 00:51:57,100 --> 00:51:59,060 We appreciate ideas. 738 00:51:59,060 --> 00:52:02,940 Ideas are always good and we never want to be stuck in the same place. 739 00:52:02,940 --> 00:52:08,220 We always want to be moving forward so thank you so much and please please do continue 740 00:52:08,220 --> 00:52:10,180 to bring new ideas to us. 741 00:52:10,180 --> 00:52:12,360 Thank you. 742 00:52:12,360 --> 00:52:16,500 And thanks to all of the partnership board for taking the time to have a really meaningful 743 00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:17,500 discussion. 744 00:52:17,500 --> 00:52:19,940 Thank you so much. 745 00:52:19,940 --> 00:52:27,780 We're down to the last item of the of the agenda ADP 21 P 21 dash 0 17 staff report. 746 00:52:27,780 --> 00:52:30,260 Jessica Rogers. 747 00:52:30,260 --> 00:52:31,260 Yes sir. 748 00:52:31,260 --> 00:52:37,340 So you have in your packet the second quarter statistical trends and news of Denton report 749 00:52:37,340 --> 00:52:44,260 so I encourage you all to take a look at that and certainly reach out to us if anything 750 00:52:44,260 --> 00:52:45,260 pops out. 751 00:52:45,260 --> 00:52:50,060 We're really excited to get the census numbers hopefully before the next quarterly report 752 00:52:50,060 --> 00:52:53,060 and maybe make some updates on those. 753 00:52:53,060 --> 00:52:59,300 We're not quite sure when the city level data will become available fingers crossed sooner 754 00:52:59,300 --> 00:53:04,060 rather than later so that we'll be able to update some of those and we're also looking 755 00:53:04,060 --> 00:53:11,220 forward to some of our universities coming back fully in person next year and so certainly 756 00:53:11,220 --> 00:53:16,900 that'll influence our student residences and those sorts of things that we report and I'll 757 00:53:16,900 --> 00:53:22,940 just remind you that we do have that sort of we're tracking a couple key statistics 758 00:53:22,940 --> 00:53:29,500 related to covid recovery to keep in mind office rents things like sales tax collections 759 00:53:29,500 --> 00:53:34,180 things like that that we're really seeing some some very positive signs here in our 760 00:53:34,180 --> 00:53:35,980 local economy. 761 00:53:35,980 --> 00:53:41,500 I think we're going to have a great summer and you know hopefully by fall we'll see some 762 00:53:41,500 --> 00:53:45,540 some real stability returning to our local economy. 763 00:53:45,540 --> 00:53:54,500 So we're very excited about what we're seeing in some of these 2021 kind of early indicators 764 00:53:54,500 --> 00:53:59,880 and with that I will just say I'll throw in a comment and just let everyone know that 765 00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:07,020 about 1030 p.m. I don't remember the exact time councilmember Davis can correct me but 766 00:54:07,020 --> 00:54:12,540 the City Council did unanimously approve the ranch land incentive agreement that this board 767 00:54:12,540 --> 00:54:19,540 had seen back in December so we are very excited to welcome ranch land to Denton and for those 768 00:54:19,540 --> 00:54:26,360 of you who will be in attendance at the economic development partners reception investors reception 769 00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:31,900 this evening and the CEO of ranch land will be joining us so we're happy to introduce 770 00:54:31,900 --> 00:54:42,540 you to mr. Ken Davis just go ahead mr. Davis thank you chair I can just add something really 771 00:54:42,540 --> 00:54:48,740 quickly on the heels of that let y'all know what was important to council on the unanimous 772 00:54:48,740 --> 00:54:52,900 of everybody had their own reasons for voting voting yes right they had their own criteria 773 00:54:52,900 --> 00:54:58,100 and how they got to yes but it was interesting to see a new council with new faces folks 774 00:54:58,100 --> 00:55:02,540 with different lots of different priorities different things they ran on different things 775 00:55:02,540 --> 00:55:08,900 I want to talk about voting unanimously on an economic incentive to getting right there 776 00:55:08,900 --> 00:55:13,380 right out in front of it I thought that was interesting to see and some of the things 777 00:55:13,380 --> 00:55:19,980 that were important in the conversation were business practices corporate practices especially 778 00:55:19,980 --> 00:55:29,220 in the realm of food processing and meat processing ethical and sustainable and sustainable processing 779 00:55:29,220 --> 00:55:35,980 of meat that was important to council good wages was important to council the types of 780 00:55:35,980 --> 00:55:43,940 jobs we talked most about corporate jobs but of course they also do their logistics company 781 00:55:43,940 --> 00:55:47,660 right so they're going to have folks kind of not necessarily directly employed by them 782 00:55:47,660 --> 00:55:52,200 but a lot of transportation contractors and things so lots of different jobs across the 783 00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:56,900 spectrum coming here with that company but also that it was a corporate headquarters 784 00:55:56,900 --> 00:56:03,020 that was important to council that there was a large number of folks that would be hired 785 00:56:03,020 --> 00:56:07,140 our local market they're only bringing about seven people with them from their current 786 00:56:07,140 --> 00:56:11,460 location a large number of folks hired to work at their corporate headquarters which 787 00:56:11,460 --> 00:56:16,300 would be located in an otherwise disused building in Denton so all of those things kind of came 788 00:56:16,300 --> 00:56:21,220 together I think to result in that unanimous vote I thought it would be important for this 789 00:56:21,220 --> 00:56:27,740 board to know going forward the sorts of things council was was looking at thank you mayor 790 00:56:27,740 --> 00:56:33,420 pro tem I did have a couple of questions that I needed a little clarification on okay what's 791 00:56:33,420 --> 00:56:41,300 the do we have a projected date for the awards banquets awards program yes great question 792 00:56:41,300 --> 00:56:46,780 and so currently so staff is looking at two dates in location and so currently September 793 00:56:46,780 --> 00:56:52,260 10th was the date that was available on the third location when we were calling around 794 00:56:52,260 --> 00:56:59,740 and getting information so tentatively September 10th but when it is solidified to what you 795 00:56:59,740 --> 00:57:04,860 guys know and for those that are new it's typically a breakfast so if you're looking 796 00:57:04,860 --> 00:57:13,580 at maybe kind of tentatively blocking out that date on your calendar and uh I better 797 00:57:13,580 --> 00:57:20,620 approach him um where do we go to get updates on the progress of the road construction in 798 00:57:20,620 --> 00:57:28,500 the city I don't want to make you smile but I did want to I want to so um let me let me 799 00:57:28,500 --> 00:57:33,080 get my browser window up while we're talking um so I can give you the exact uh url but 800 00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:39,820 we have a construction update page we've got a road closures calendar we've got a construction 801 00:57:39,820 --> 00:57:45,860 interactive map um let me make sure I'm giving you the right web page and I can copy and 802 00:57:45,860 --> 00:57:51,500 paste it into the if you just google a city of denton understanding construction or city 803 00:57:51,500 --> 00:57:57,020 of denton improving denton you can find it and then I guess never mind I was gonna say 804 00:57:57,020 --> 00:58:01,700 I can put it in the chat but of course this is a a special city secure zoom where we don't 805 00:58:01,700 --> 00:58:08,780 have um offline chat that people can't see this is a it's a toma thing so um if you all 806 00:58:08,780 --> 00:58:12,900 email me I can send it to you but if you just google city of denton construction you'll 807 00:58:12,900 --> 00:58:18,820 find it pretty quickly thank you so much you should be improving denton.com should take 808 00:58:18,820 --> 00:58:23,980 you to the main page improving it kind of it kind of does oh you have to click around 809 00:58:23,980 --> 00:58:29,260 just a little bit to get to improving denton gives you a lot of the headlines that we want 810 00:58:29,260 --> 00:58:34,620 you to see right but they get to the click yeah to get to drill down to the the reports 811 00:58:34,620 --> 00:58:42,220 that you really want to see um just just google it'll find it you'll find it and in concluding 812 00:58:42,220 --> 00:58:48,860 um do we have any updates from the um from the universities and the schools on any changes 813 00:58:48,860 --> 00:58:53,060 we should expect. 814 00:58:53,060 --> 00:58:58,740 So John first of all good morning everybody it's good to see you all um some of you may 815 00:58:58,740 --> 00:59:05,520 have heard that um our lagrone academy our career center the atc is um becoming a standalone 816 00:59:05,520 --> 00:59:11,100 campus in years past we've had students you know do half a day at denton ryan geier or 817 00:59:11,100 --> 00:59:15,180 braswell and then you know return back to their comprehensive campus we're going to 818 00:59:15,180 --> 00:59:20,500 continue with that programming but we have a lot of our students who are not engaged 819 00:59:20,500 --> 00:59:25,500 in band choir orchestra athletics student government other leadership positions that 820 00:59:25,500 --> 00:59:30,020 um are are are interested in their careers and internships and those things and will 821 00:59:30,020 --> 00:59:35,900 be going to the lagrone academy full time uh starting in january um i mean starting 822 00:59:35,900 --> 00:59:43,460 in august and um in preparation for um an additional career center um for us to study 823 00:59:43,460 --> 00:59:49,020 the the viability of that in the eastern section of the district um and our next capital improvement 824 00:59:49,020 --> 00:59:53,500 project so um just wanted to wanted to put that out there because it's a different way 825 00:59:53,500 --> 00:59:59,180 we're offering courses uh moving forward so um really good career development kinds of 826 00:59:59,180 --> 01:00:04,740 things and i sent the links to our our latest uh our latest recipient of the incentives 827 01:00:04,740 --> 01:00:09,100 so a recommendation for the incentives i'll send those links this morning in an email 828 01:00:09,100 --> 01:00:14,940 thank you thank you superintendent any work from the university any updates quick updates 829 01:00:14,940 --> 01:00:25,220 go ahead i was just gonna say you know this has been a tiny time for all but we appreciate 830 01:00:25,220 --> 01:00:29,520 all the work and other students i think uh one thing i have to say is we we anticipate 831 01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:34,180 being back to permitting to normal procedures for the fall the summers will be some parts 832 01:00:34,180 --> 01:00:39,820 some on time we at twu at least uh we always have we've maintained students on campus we've 833 01:00:39,820 --> 01:00:45,460 been about a 24 percent uh on campus versus or hybrid versus about and online but we'll 834 01:00:45,460 --> 01:00:51,340 shift back to normal in the fall and our so far uh orientation numbers all those numbers 835 01:00:51,340 --> 01:00:57,860 look like they're on par for prior years so it looks good thank you thank you jason similar 836 01:00:57,860 --> 01:01:05,660 update with uh you and t we are expecting fall to be uh essentially fully back to normal 837 01:01:05,660 --> 01:01:12,140 uh july 4th is probably a good good transition date for for many of our operations and some 838 01:01:12,140 --> 01:01:16,260 of you may have heard the news that we just penned a brand new agreement with the university 839 01:01:16,260 --> 01:01:24,740 of texas austin for high performance computing uh needs a massive expansion of our programs 840 01:01:24,740 --> 01:01:30,740 and capabilities so we're very excited about the implications of that for our university 841 01:01:30,740 --> 01:01:39,460 community our research community especially jessica back to you and i think we'll conclude 842 01:01:39,460 --> 01:01:40,940 i i can't top all of that 843 01:01:40,940 --> 01:01:48,860 well thank everyone for taking out of your time and your schedule and for your participation 844 01:01:48,860 --> 01:01:55,260 and our efforts to make denton a good place to live work play and raise families thank 845 01:01:55,260 --> 01:02:02,820 you very much should we conclude yes sir you can adjourn all right we'll see you at the 846 01:02:02,820 --> 01:02:03,860 next meeting thank you