1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,080 To have four new board members that were recently appointed 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:04,799 . 3 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:08,919 The two new council seats are Keely Briggs and 4 00:00:08,919 --> 00:00:12,720 Juara Hudsbeth that are present today. 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:18,600 Bob Eames has come on board as our aviation expert. 6 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,679 And Jill Jester, an attorney in the city of Denton, 7 00:00:22,679 --> 00:00:25,879 is a chamber nominee, so she's not here today. 8 00:00:25,879 --> 00:00:29,920 But she will be joining us on our board as well. 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,119 So we want to thank you all and welcome all the new folks. 10 00:00:33,119 --> 00:00:36,600 And with that, we'll get started with our reports. 11 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:51,439 >> Marty, we have Stoke up first, is that correct? 12 00:00:51,439 --> 00:00:52,439 >> Mm-hm. >> Okay. 13 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,640 >> Hey, good morning, ADP board members. 14 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,359 I am Caroline Booth, Director of Economic Development. 15 00:01:03,359 --> 00:01:05,739 And I'm going to be giving you an update about the 16 00:01:05,739 --> 00:01:07,159 transition of the Stoke 17 00:01:07,159 --> 00:01:10,439 Entrepreneur Center from the management of the Dallas 18 00:01:10,439 --> 00:01:12,200 Entrepreneur Center to 19 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,719 the management of the city. 20 00:01:14,719 --> 00:01:19,459 And for our two new council members of the ADP board, you 21 00:01:19,459 --> 00:01:20,239 've already heard this. 22 00:01:20,239 --> 00:01:22,680 So you can tune out just for a few minutes. 23 00:01:27,159 --> 00:01:32,519 So when we were directed at the end of August to transition 24 00:01:32,519 --> 00:01:33,560 the management 25 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,340 of Stoke from the deck to the city, we determined quickly 26 00:01:37,340 --> 00:01:39,159 that our top priority 27 00:01:39,159 --> 00:01:42,400 during the transition needed to be ensuring continuity of 28 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:43,400 service for 29 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,319 the existing member businesses, of which there are 38 30 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:48,280 businesses and 31 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,319 60 employees working in the space. 32 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,579 And so in order to communicate to the current members what 33 00:01:55,579 --> 00:01:56,640 we are doing in order 34 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,379 to ensure a smooth transition, we've held a couple of 35 00:01:59,379 --> 00:02:00,959 member meetings so far and 36 00:02:00,959 --> 00:02:04,159 have another one scheduled for September 22nd. 37 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:08,000 All the current members of Stoke can remain in the facility 38 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,520 if they choose to. 39 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,180 The pricing structure for membership and the operating 40 00:02:12,180 --> 00:02:14,960 hours are going to stay the same. 41 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,069 We have issued a request for proposals for new options for 42 00:02:19,069 --> 00:02:20,000 management. 43 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,400 And I'll talk more about the RFP in a few minutes. 44 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,060 And as I said, we're going to be holding the next member 45 00:02:26,060 --> 00:02:27,159 meeting, which will be the 46 00:02:27,159 --> 00:02:31,639 final one before the transition occurs on October 1st. 47 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,840 And just a reminder, as always during our meetings, if you 48 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,039 all have questions during 49 00:02:38,039 --> 00:02:40,819 the presentations, please just indicate that and I'll 50 00:02:40,819 --> 00:02:42,120 answer things as we go along. 51 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:47,639 We've put together a transition team to make sure that we 52 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,240 get all of the details 53 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:52,000 covered to keep things running smoothly. 54 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,360 I'm serving as the primary coordinator for the transition. 55 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,360 We have Paul Deshardin from tech services with the city. 56 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,599 Jamie Lindsay from customer service and Carrie Montz from 57 00:03:03,599 --> 00:03:04,479 libraries. 58 00:03:04,479 --> 00:03:08,360 They're going to be kind of the primary on the ground team. 59 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,639 Paul will handle technology related issues. 60 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,919 Jamie's going to be handling billing, customer service. 61 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,110 And Carrie will be dealing primarily with programming and 62 00:03:18,110 --> 00:03:19,400 events in the space. 63 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,039 And then we have a number of other folks from the legal 64 00:03:23,039 --> 00:03:24,759 department, the finance department. 65 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,659 And of course from economic development, particularly 66 00:03:29,659 --> 00:03:30,599 Michelle Coughlin, 67 00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:34,159 who's going to be continuing in her role with billing and 68 00:03:34,159 --> 00:03:36,759 coordinating with facilities and the landlord. 69 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:39,990 And then Julie Glover is going to be taking over the social 70 00:03:39,990 --> 00:03:40,560 media and 71 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,479 website portions of what needs to be done. 72 00:03:45,479 --> 00:03:48,460 So there are legal considerations, fiscal considerations, 73 00:03:48,460 --> 00:03:50,080 and operational considerations. 74 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,819 And I'm not going to delve into a whole lot of this right 75 00:03:52,819 --> 00:03:54,520 now in the interest of time. 76 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,639 But if anybody has any specific questions, do let me know. 77 00:03:57,639 --> 00:04:00,919 But please rest assured that our legal team is covering all 78 00:04:00,919 --> 00:04:02,919 of the things that need to be taken care of. 79 00:04:02,919 --> 00:04:07,849 And we're working closely with finance to ensure good 80 00:04:07,849 --> 00:04:09,039 reporting 81 00:04:09,039 --> 00:04:13,039 about all of the expenditures and revenues that are related 82 00:04:13,039 --> 00:04:13,879 to STOKE. 83 00:04:13,879 --> 00:04:18,279 The operational side is really, we're really having to dig 84 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:18,959 into that and 85 00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:21,029 make sure that we're not missing anything and these are 86 00:04:21,029 --> 00:04:23,519 just kind of the general areas that we're 87 00:04:23,519 --> 00:04:26,839 covering and making plans for on the operations side. 88 00:04:28,879 --> 00:04:32,459 The RFP was issued yesterday and the way that we've 89 00:04:32,459 --> 00:04:33,079 designed it, 90 00:04:33,079 --> 00:04:36,199 it's going to allow for a wide range of proposals. 91 00:04:36,199 --> 00:04:39,980 Everything from management of a couple of aspects of the 92 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:41,839 space like programming and 93 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,250 recruiting all the way up to a sublease from the city 94 00:04:45,250 --> 00:04:47,879 taking over the entire operations of the space or 95 00:04:47,879 --> 00:04:51,009 even an assignment of the lease which of course would 96 00:04:51,009 --> 00:04:53,279 require approval of the landlord. 97 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,769 But we're just throwing it out there to see kind of what 98 00:04:57,769 --> 00:05:00,399 the market is going to bring forward on it. 99 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:04,180 And just because we're asking for RFPs doesn't mean that we 100 00:05:04,180 --> 00:05:06,439 'll necessarily accept any of the proposals. 101 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:09,949 If nothing is the right fit, we don't have to go forward 102 00:05:09,949 --> 00:05:10,720 with it. 103 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,870 We just want to make sure that we know what options are out 104 00:05:13,870 --> 00:05:14,480 there. 105 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:19,040 And there was some concern that the proposals would be sort 106 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:20,560 of a low bid situation, 107 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,399 which is not the case with requests for proposal like this. 108 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:28,110 Anything that's proposed will be reviewed on the business 109 00:05:28,110 --> 00:05:29,680 model comprehensively and 110 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,120 on the group's financial stability, it's not just going to 111 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:35,519 be on who offers the lowest price of service. 112 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,680 We've put together an evaluation committee. 113 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,639 You can see the members up there. 114 00:05:42,639 --> 00:05:45,910 This is going to be vetted at the highest levels of the 115 00:05:45,910 --> 00:05:47,399 city organization. 116 00:05:47,399 --> 00:05:50,920 And if we find something that we think would be appropriate 117 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,720 to bring forward to the council, 118 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:58,879 we will be doing that to let them give their opinions and 119 00:05:58,879 --> 00:06:01,600 thoughts on the proposal. 120 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,259 And then if we find the perfect one and everything goes 121 00:06:05,259 --> 00:06:06,639 like we want it to, 122 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:10,279 we would hope to have a new manager taking over whatever 123 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,670 aspects of the management they would be doing in December 124 00:06:13,670 --> 00:06:14,800 of this year. 125 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:18,649 Because we know that we can make a smooth transition in the 126 00:06:18,649 --> 00:06:19,720 interim, but 127 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,560 running a co-working space is not the city's core business. 128 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,319 And so we want to make sure that we're doing it the right 129 00:06:25,319 --> 00:06:28,600 way while we're following all of the council's direction. 130 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,620 So again, we're focusing on continuity of service for our 131 00:06:32,620 --> 00:06:35,680 current members during the transition. 132 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,459 Pulling in folks from a lot of different departments to 133 00:06:38,459 --> 00:06:40,560 make sure that the transition is smooth. 134 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,120 And we have issued an RFP to test the market and see what 135 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:46,639 might be out there for management options. 136 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:49,519 And I'm glad to answer any questions that anybody has. 137 00:06:54,079 --> 00:06:55,120 >> Anybody have any questions? 138 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,079 I had one question. 139 00:06:58,079 --> 00:07:03,009 Is there really any discussion on the types of businesses 140 00:07:03,009 --> 00:07:05,279 that we'll contract with or 141 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:09,389 went to in there, there had been some I guess concerns 142 00:07:09,389 --> 00:07:13,319 about their entrepreneurial businesses or whatnot in the 143 00:07:13,319 --> 00:07:14,040 past. 144 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,399 >> Yeah, there's been a lot of discussion about that. 145 00:07:16,399 --> 00:07:19,579 And clearly the council's direction at this time is to 146 00:07:19,579 --> 00:07:21,720 focus on recruiting technology and 147 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,879 technology enabled businesses into this space. 148 00:07:24,879 --> 00:07:27,540 So that's what we're going to be doing from this point 149 00:07:27,540 --> 00:07:28,120 forward. 150 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:33,480 And in fact, have been focused on that since March when we 151 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:34,800 did an update to the council. 152 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,360 So that direction will continue. 153 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,560 However, there was not an appetite for making anybody who's 154 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,639 currently in the space leave the space. 155 00:07:47,639 --> 00:07:48,639 Anything else? 156 00:07:51,519 --> 00:07:53,040 >> All right, thank you. 157 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:58,379 And we're looking at item 17, 047, which is to discuss the 158 00:07:58,379 --> 00:07:58,920 Denton 159 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,399 economic development contract with the Denton Chamber of 160 00:08:01,399 --> 00:08:02,000 Commerce. 161 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:02,500 >> Okay. 162 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,959 >> Thank you for reading that because I didn't bring my 163 00:08:05,959 --> 00:08:06,600 agenda up here. 164 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,500 Okay, I know many of you in the room are familiar with the 165 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:17,759 relationship between the Chamber of Commerce and the City 166 00:08:17,759 --> 00:08:18,399 of Denton. 167 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:22,670 But just for background, for those of you who are new, 1986 168 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:24,720 was the first year that the city and 169 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,339 the chamber entered into a partnership regarding economic 170 00:08:28,339 --> 00:08:29,399 development. 171 00:08:29,399 --> 00:08:32,500 And the current structure is that the city provides funds 172 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:35,750 for administration and operations of the Chamber's Office 173 00:08:35,750 --> 00:08:37,279 of Economic Development. 174 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:40,370 And those funds go to cover personnel costs, prospect 175 00:08:40,370 --> 00:08:41,679 generation activities and 176 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,840 marketing, and small business development center support. 177 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,240 As you have heard in presentations before today, the 178 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,669 chamber has requested $238,000 in funding for the upcoming 179 00:08:53,669 --> 00:08:54,440 fiscal year. 180 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:02,049 And as some of you have heard in prior work sessions to the 181 00:09:02,049 --> 00:09:02,480 council, 182 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,620 staff has drafted an agreement for the fiscal year that 183 00:09:06,620 --> 00:09:09,399 includes the following changes. 184 00:09:09,399 --> 00:09:13,080 Adding specific goals, deliverables, and metrics for the 185 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:16,320 chamber related to developing an annual comprehensive 186 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:17,759 marketing plan, 187 00:09:17,759 --> 00:09:20,470 recruiting prospective companies in Denton's target 188 00:09:20,470 --> 00:09:22,919 industries, serving as the point of contact and 189 00:09:22,919 --> 00:09:26,149 coordinating responses to leads from brokers and site 190 00:09:26,149 --> 00:09:29,519 selectors and solicitation of private sector funds. 191 00:09:29,519 --> 00:09:33,659 And I do want to point out that those four broad categories 192 00:09:33,659 --> 00:09:36,480 remain the same from this year's contract and 193 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,440 prior year's contracts as the primary functions that the 194 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:42,320 Chamber's Office of Economic Development serves. 195 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:43,639 Those haven't changed. 196 00:09:43,639 --> 00:09:48,299 What we've done is based on what their goals were for the 197 00:09:48,299 --> 00:09:49,799 coming year and 198 00:09:51,399 --> 00:09:54,059 the metrics that we can apply to those goals, we've just 199 00:09:54,059 --> 00:09:55,799 outlined those in the agreement. 200 00:09:55,799 --> 00:09:59,610 And there's a copy of the agreement in everybody's backup, 201 00:09:59,610 --> 00:10:02,720 so I'm assuming everyone's had a chance to look at it. 202 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,539 And the other thing that we've done is enhanced the clauses 203 00:10:05,539 --> 00:10:08,909 regarding financial reporting, insurance requirements, and 204 00:10:08,909 --> 00:10:09,679 indemnity. 205 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,519 And those changes were made to bring the agreement in line 206 00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:18,200 with other standard agreements that the city enters into. 207 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,049 The Chamber Board reviewed the draft contract on August 31 208 00:10:22,049 --> 00:10:22,480 st, and 209 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:25,909 we did get a couple of comments or questions back related 210 00:10:25,909 --> 00:10:28,440 to a couple of things in the contract. 211 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:33,399 One of them being we had put a metric of a 20% increase in 212 00:10:33,399 --> 00:10:37,200 page views and unique users for dentonadp.com. 213 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,990 And I think the thought was that that was okay for this 214 00:10:40,990 --> 00:10:41,799 contract, but 215 00:10:41,799 --> 00:10:45,059 wouldn't be a sustainable percentage of increase over time, 216 00:10:45,059 --> 00:10:46,399 and I agree with that. 217 00:10:46,399 --> 00:10:50,059 And so we're focusing on what we're working on for this 218 00:10:50,059 --> 00:10:50,519 year, and 219 00:10:50,519 --> 00:10:54,029 then we'll discuss future year metrics at the appropriate 220 00:10:54,029 --> 00:10:54,600 time. 221 00:10:54,600 --> 00:11:00,730 And there was also a question around the disclosure of 222 00:11:00,730 --> 00:11:01,600 leads and 223 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,769 where they come from and the company's names in the case of 224 00:11:05,769 --> 00:11:09,840 an NDA or a non-disclosure agreement needing to be signed. 225 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:15,620 And we assured everybody that if the Chamber's asked to 226 00:11:15,620 --> 00:11:18,080 sign an NDA to be able to receive information, 227 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,360 that the city will be able to enter into the same NDA so 228 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,320 that we can have free exchange of that information. 229 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,000 The next step for the agreement is that it will go to the 230 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,470 city council for a vote on September 19th, so that's next 231 00:11:35,470 --> 00:11:36,440 Tuesday. 232 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,059 And during the work session that we presented to council 233 00:11:40,059 --> 00:11:41,360 about the contract, 234 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,480 we were directed to evaluate options and costs for the 235 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:47,720 provision of marketing and prospect generation activities, 236 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,950 including bringing the function into the city or 237 00:11:49,950 --> 00:11:51,759 contracting with other providers. 238 00:11:51,759 --> 00:11:55,200 So we have been tasked to do that and we will be working on 239 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,460 that in the coming months and bringing that information 240 00:11:58,460 --> 00:11:59,519 back to council. 241 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:02,179 So glad to answer any questions about that if anybody has 242 00:12:02,179 --> 00:12:02,559 them. 243 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,879 >> Carolyn, I think one of the concerns with the contact 244 00:12:10,879 --> 00:12:18,639 information is a lot of these people are looking for 245 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:23,789 a single point of contact and for their initial entry into 246 00:12:23,789 --> 00:12:24,720 a city. 247 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:29,120 And I think it can muddy the water or 248 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,269 it can drive somebody away if we've got too many people 249 00:12:32,269 --> 00:12:34,360 trying to make contact with you. 250 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:41,120 So my thought on that is that this wouldn't be 251 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,529 reporting the contacts to the city so that the city could 252 00:12:44,529 --> 00:12:45,600 contact them. 253 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,340 This would be reporting the contacts so that we're aware of 254 00:12:49,340 --> 00:12:50,639 what's going on. 255 00:12:50,639 --> 00:12:52,240 Yeah, because I completely agree. 256 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,899 We don't want, if there's already been a contact and a 257 00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:56,600 relationship established, 258 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,289 the intention is not to try to shoehorn ourselves in there, 259 00:13:00,289 --> 00:13:02,960 it's just to be aware of the activities. 260 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,080 >> I think we're fine with that. 261 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:04,580 >> Okay. 262 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,440 >> Anybody else have any other questions? 263 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:17,409 I think those questions were asked and I guess answered 264 00:13:17,409 --> 00:13:18,120 appropriately. 265 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:23,080 So if we don't have any other questions, 266 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:27,059 I guess we'll move forward to the next report on the 267 00:13:27,059 --> 00:13:28,679 downtown turfs. 268 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:31,720 >> It's not the next one. 269 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,669 >> Okay, Christina, I might get Christina to come up here 270 00:13:35,669 --> 00:13:36,320 and help me with this one. 271 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:47,399 Okay, so everybody is aware that there has been a lot of 272 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:51,360 discussion about the downtown TIF over the summer. 273 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:55,659 And we have been working to gather different kinds of 274 00:13:55,659 --> 00:13:58,000 information to try to address some of the concerns and 275 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:03,000 questions that have come up from citizens and stakeholders 276 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,840 and council members. 277 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,879 And one of the tracks that we're taking that's been 278 00:14:08,879 --> 00:14:09,559 interesting for 279 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,440 me to find out a little bit more about this is to look at 280 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,480 what capital improvement projects 281 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,740 are planned within the downtown turfs or downtown TIF 282 00:14:18,740 --> 00:14:21,000 district for the next five years. 283 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,649 And these are things that are in various stages of planning 284 00:14:24,649 --> 00:14:24,919 . 285 00:14:24,919 --> 00:14:26,960 Some of them have funding sources identified. 286 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,360 Some of them don't. 287 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,580 But what we wanted to do was reach out to all of the 288 00:14:31,580 --> 00:14:34,629 different departments that might have this type of project 289 00:14:34,629 --> 00:14:34,840 and 290 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:38,059 kind of bring them all together in one place to say, here's 291 00:14:38,059 --> 00:14:39,679 what's already planned. 292 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:42,360 And just so we have the information, we know what kind of 293 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:47,950 projects we can look forward to in the next five years in 294 00:14:47,950 --> 00:14:48,679 that area. 295 00:14:48,679 --> 00:14:52,259 And then we wanted to run this by different stakeholder 296 00:14:52,259 --> 00:14:52,960 groups, 297 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:57,070 the CDP board, Main Street Association, Downtown Task Force 298 00:14:57,070 --> 00:14:58,879 , the Downtown TIF board. 299 00:14:58,879 --> 00:15:02,250 To kind of get feedback and hopefully do a little bit of 300 00:15:02,250 --> 00:15:04,240 ranking of these projects. 301 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,559 This is the first time that I have made this presentation. 302 00:15:07,559 --> 00:15:09,759 So I'm going to ask for y'all's patience. 303 00:15:09,759 --> 00:15:13,659 And if I have to have Christina come up and help me with 304 00:15:13,659 --> 00:15:15,360 the map, I'm going to get her to do that. 305 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:16,879 And she looks really excited about it. 306 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,960 So I just gave you the background right there. 307 00:15:23,759 --> 00:15:27,799 So this is what we have come up with for 308 00:15:27,799 --> 00:15:32,570 an overview of the planned CIP projects in the downtown TUR 309 00:15:32,570 --> 00:15:33,039 S. 310 00:15:33,039 --> 00:15:38,470 You can see that the actual district is shaded in blue 311 00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:39,399 there so 312 00:15:39,399 --> 00:15:42,629 we can get oriented about the area that we're talking about 313 00:15:42,629 --> 00:15:42,879 . 314 00:15:42,879 --> 00:15:46,179 And then there's a nice key for all of the little colorful 315 00:15:46,179 --> 00:15:47,600 dots that are there. 316 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:52,809 And I think everybody, I don't think you guys have a copy 317 00:15:52,809 --> 00:15:54,360 of this in your packet. 318 00:15:55,639 --> 00:15:58,500 But I see Jim looking at this massive PowerPoint 319 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:00,759 presentation that's a great 320 00:16:00,759 --> 00:16:03,690 history of all of the downtown plans that I'm not going to 321 00:16:03,690 --> 00:16:05,039 subject you all to today. 322 00:16:05,039 --> 00:16:06,600 But you have it there if you want to read through it. 323 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,159 So this presentation is not in your backup. 324 00:16:10,159 --> 00:16:11,720 So if you want to look at it, it's here. 325 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:18,960 But you do have a spreadsheet in front of you that 326 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:24,720 has corresponding color coding to the key up here. 327 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,639 And it has a text description of all of the projects. 328 00:16:27,639 --> 00:16:31,399 So you can kind of follow along that way as well. 329 00:16:31,399 --> 00:16:34,059 And we are open to suggestions about how to make this 330 00:16:34,059 --> 00:16:34,559 better. 331 00:16:34,559 --> 00:16:36,120 [LAUGH] 332 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,600 Okay, so we'll start with the northwest section. 333 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,919 Again, the key over there remains the same. 334 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:49,200 It's the area from Carroll Boulevard in the west, 335 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,860 Parkway on the north, Locust on the east, and Hickory on 336 00:16:52,860 --> 00:16:53,799 the south. 337 00:16:53,799 --> 00:16:58,779 The purple markers identify drainage upgrades to the Hick 338 00:16:58,779 --> 00:16:59,960 ory system and 339 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:02,399 the Parkway laterals system. 340 00:17:02,399 --> 00:17:06,559 So you can see the purple lines there. 341 00:17:06,559 --> 00:17:08,880 The dark green markers at the top and 342 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,480 in the middle indicate where new sidewalks are planned. 343 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:16,440 That's Parkway on the south side from Elm to Locust and 344 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,160 next to the City Hall West building on McKinney. 345 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,799 The aqua marker is the parking lot where Old Central Fire 346 00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:27,240 Station was located. 347 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,759 And I think folks are familiar with the fact that the plan 348 00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:31,920 is to 349 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,119 increase parking capacity there, gonna be 86 spaces, 350 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:37,079 improved safety, landscaping, 351 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:39,880 and aesthetic enhancements. 352 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,599 Get that paved. 353 00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:42,480 >> When's that happening? 354 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,440 >> I don't know if you guys have any updates on when that 355 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,079 might be happening. 356 00:17:49,079 --> 00:17:53,599 The parking lot behind the Old Central Fire Station. 357 00:17:53,599 --> 00:17:55,880 >> I actually just put in an email and asked for the 358 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:56,359 timeframe. 359 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,589 It's in the next couple of months and it will be back to 360 00:17:58,589 --> 00:17:59,200 council. 361 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:00,759 >> Okay, so next couple of months. 362 00:18:00,759 --> 00:18:03,960 >> It's gonna be paved in the next couple of months? 363 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,200 >> Was that- >> It's going to be paved in the next couple 364 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:07,559 of months? 365 00:18:07,559 --> 00:18:08,440 >> Yes. >> That's awesome. 366 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:09,759 >> We've got it on the street right now. 367 00:18:09,759 --> 00:18:13,559 >> Okay, so that's moving along. 368 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:17,559 The yellow marker indicates new street lights and 369 00:18:17,559 --> 00:18:20,539 that will be around that parking lot part of those 370 00:18:20,539 --> 00:18:21,720 improvements. 371 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,160 The blue markers are for new water lines and 372 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,039 the orange markers are for wastewater collection lines. 373 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:38,359 Okay, it's the northeast section bounded by McKinney to the 374 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:38,839 north, 375 00:18:38,839 --> 00:18:43,460 Bradshaw to the east, Hickory to the south, and Austin to 376 00:18:43,460 --> 00:18:44,480 the west. 377 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,839 We've got green markers up at the top and down there in the 378 00:18:48,839 --> 00:18:49,599 middle for 379 00:18:49,599 --> 00:18:53,380 new sidewalks that we're gonna provide connectivity between 380 00:18:53,380 --> 00:18:54,640 City Hall parking and 381 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:55,960 the Oak-Hickory corridor. 382 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:03,369 The green markers on the left side of the map on Austin 383 00:19:03,369 --> 00:19:03,960 Street. 384 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:08,559 That's also a new sidewalk adjacent to where the food truck 385 00:19:08,559 --> 00:19:09,440 park is. 386 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:14,369 Blue marker on the left is to provide a larger water line 387 00:19:14,369 --> 00:19:16,799 along Austin and 388 00:19:16,799 --> 00:19:18,440 McKinney to Mulberry. 389 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:19,160 Does that work? 390 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:19,960 Yeah, okay. 391 00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:26,480 Aqua marker is for improvements on the parking lot at McKin 392 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:27,319 ney, Oakland, and 393 00:19:27,319 --> 00:19:29,839 Oak Street across from Oak Street Draft House and the 394 00:19:29,839 --> 00:19:30,640 Municipal Complex. 395 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,559 So that's the big parking lot right across the street here. 396 00:19:34,559 --> 00:19:39,460 The brown marker indicates upgrades to approximately 1,000 397 00:19:39,460 --> 00:19:40,680 feet of electric line 398 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:46,200 on McKinney and other electrical upgrades in that area. 399 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,920 And then the purple markers are identifying drainage 400 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:50,880 upgrades. 401 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:01,150 Southwest section, border there is Hickory on the north, 402 00:20:01,150 --> 00:20:02,680 Locust on the east, 403 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,769 Prairie, and Sycamore on the south, and Carroll to the west 404 00:20:06,769 --> 00:20:07,079 . 405 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,220 So we have got more drainage upgrades here to alleviate 406 00:20:11,220 --> 00:20:14,279 flooding in the area and 407 00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:16,359 make box culvert improvements. 408 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,720 Dark green, I don't see dark green on there. 409 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:22,519 Christina? 410 00:20:26,519 --> 00:20:28,839 Okay, well if you all see it, that's good. 411 00:20:28,839 --> 00:20:30,519 >> It's just a lot of- 412 00:20:30,519 --> 00:20:32,680 >> Sidewalk improvements. 413 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,049 Okay, yellow markers indicate new street lights at the 414 00:20:36,049 --> 00:20:37,799 county historical park. 415 00:20:39,039 --> 00:20:43,089 The red marker identifies street reconstruction on Hickory 416 00:20:43,089 --> 00:20:46,400 from Cedar to Elm and Elm to Locust. 417 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:50,809 And that's going to increase OCI, which I should remember 418 00:20:50,809 --> 00:20:52,559 what OCI stands for. 419 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,359 Overall condition index or how good or bad the road is. 420 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:06,930 And then I have a note here that the orange markers are 421 00:21:06,930 --> 00:21:08,000 wastewater collection. 422 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,079 That's a repeat from a prior slide. 423 00:21:10,079 --> 00:21:13,200 Okay, we're just seeing them on the map again. 424 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:19,410 And the brown marker is more underground electric utility 425 00:21:19,410 --> 00:21:21,319 improvements. 426 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:23,839 It's a lot of work. 427 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:31,000 Okay, finally, southeast section of the TIF, 428 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,660 which is bordered by Hickory on the north and Prairie on 429 00:21:33,660 --> 00:21:34,400 the south. 430 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,990 This section has the fewest amount of CIP projects planned 431 00:21:38,990 --> 00:21:41,079 in the next five years. 432 00:21:41,079 --> 00:21:44,859 And there's another note here that says areas of the TIRs 433 00:21:44,859 --> 00:21:46,359 that were not shown on 434 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,130 this slide or any of the prior slides do not have any 435 00:21:49,130 --> 00:21:51,039 improvements identified within 436 00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:51,880 the next five years. 437 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:57,240 So the drainage and water lines in purple and blue have 438 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,920 been shown on prior slides. 439 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:06,559 Yellow is indicating new extended service 440 00:22:06,559 --> 00:22:09,730 to the industrial street apartments at 404 Industrial, that 441 00:22:09,730 --> 00:22:10,799 's street lighting. 442 00:22:10,799 --> 00:22:16,359 Okay, and then the orange lines is wastewater collection 443 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:17,440 improvement. 444 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,269 And the light green marker is for a new pocket park on 445 00:22:21,269 --> 00:22:22,440 Industrial Street. 446 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,519 Which is currently, the space is there and 447 00:22:28,519 --> 00:22:33,119 believe it's decorated with wood chips at this point. 448 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,880 So I know that's a very quick overview. 449 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,579 You guys have the small amount of detail that we have about 450 00:22:40,579 --> 00:22:41,799 these projects on 451 00:22:41,799 --> 00:22:43,039 the spreadsheet. 452 00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:47,650 And so basically what I would like to get from the group is 453 00:22:47,650 --> 00:22:48,519 kind of, 454 00:22:48,519 --> 00:22:52,089 are there certain types of projects that you would like to 455 00:22:52,089 --> 00:22:53,200 see prioritized 456 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,119 over others? 457 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,279 What do you think brings the most value? 458 00:22:58,279 --> 00:23:01,160 Just any of your thoughts on this so that we can collect 459 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,720 that information and 460 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,880 give it back to the council when we're gonna be talking 461 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,720 about the downtown TIF 462 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,000 again on October 10th. 463 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:15,500 Yes, ma'am. 464 00:23:16,559 --> 00:23:20,640 >> So are the projects listed, are any of the projects 465 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:21,759 identified in other 466 00:23:21,759 --> 00:23:26,279 city departments and are they prioritized in the list? 467 00:23:26,279 --> 00:23:28,000 >> Okay, so I'm gonna repeat your question. 468 00:23:29,039 --> 00:23:32,920 Council member Briggs was asking if any of these projects 469 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,599 are identified on project 470 00:23:35,599 --> 00:23:38,529 lists in other departments and if they're prioritized in 471 00:23:38,529 --> 00:23:39,160 any way. 472 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:43,079 And the answer to are they identified in other departments 473 00:23:43,079 --> 00:23:43,519 is yes. 474 00:23:43,519 --> 00:23:47,000 Because we reached out to all of the departments that have 475 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:47,839 capital improvement 476 00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:51,359 type projects to collect this information from them. 477 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,549 Because part of what I was gathering from listening to all 478 00:23:55,549 --> 00:23:57,400 of the discussion is 479 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:01,769 that the city has planned a lot of investment in the 480 00:24:01,769 --> 00:24:04,039 downtown TIF area already. 481 00:24:04,039 --> 00:24:07,170 But we haven't done a good job of kind of getting all of 482 00:24:07,170 --> 00:24:08,880 that into one spot and 483 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,839 saying here's what's on the books that we've already 484 00:24:11,839 --> 00:24:13,440 planned to do in the area 485 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,400 from a capital standpoint. 486 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,799 So this was the effort to start collecting that. 487 00:24:18,799 --> 00:24:22,640 As far as prioritization within the departments, 488 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,359 I don't have a good answer for that right now. 489 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,619 I don't know if our city management in the back table has 490 00:24:29,619 --> 00:24:30,960 any comments about that. 491 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:36,160 But I don't know right now what their prioritization is. 492 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,599 >> We're going through that process right now. 493 00:24:37,599 --> 00:24:41,740 We got a committee set up that's basically overlaying all 494 00:24:41,740 --> 00:24:42,839 infrastructure projects, 495 00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:44,799 park projects, that sort of thing. 496 00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:48,920 And then we will be looking for overlap as well. 497 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,799 I think the one project that is probably the most discussed 498 00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:54,119 , I know the mayor and 499 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,779 possibly the council members is that very large drainage 500 00:24:56,779 --> 00:24:57,720 project downtown, 501 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,319 which that's basically pipe. 502 00:25:01,319 --> 00:25:05,039 There's several dozen, a couple hundred home structures 503 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:06,359 that are taken right out 504 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:07,079 of floodplains. 505 00:25:07,079 --> 00:25:09,160 So we're working on the finance for that right now. 506 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:13,900 And we've got a two or three year plan to get that entire 507 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:14,720 culvert box and 508 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,799 get funding in it together. 509 00:25:16,799 --> 00:25:20,509 >> Okay, so city manager Heilman was saying that there's 510 00:25:20,509 --> 00:25:22,480 been a committee formed to 511 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,720 oversee and coordinate CIP projects across the city, 512 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,599 including the ones in this area. 513 00:25:27,599 --> 00:25:31,480 And they're working on prioritization and funding and 514 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:32,400 finance and 515 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,000 those kinds of things, so, yes ma'am. 516 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,269 >> So on that, on the other financing part, so on the 517 00:25:39,269 --> 00:25:42,359 projects that have been reviewed, 518 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,990 have they also gone through the process to see if they 519 00:25:45,990 --> 00:25:47,039 qualify for, 520 00:25:47,039 --> 00:25:50,599 like say, call grants and things like that ahead of time or 521 00:25:50,599 --> 00:25:51,359 is that? 522 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:52,400 >> That would be something that we would have to ask at the 523 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:52,960 departmental level. 524 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,039 This was really just kind of a high level sweep of 525 00:25:56,039 --> 00:25:58,640 information just on the projects 526 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,880 that are within the area. 527 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:02,160 That's a great question. 528 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,000 And I'm sure that that's something that the CIP committee 529 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,720 would be factoring in, 530 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,420 if there are grants available and different funding sources 531 00:26:10,420 --> 00:26:10,680 . 532 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,940 >> Yeah, there could be some opportunities for sidewalk 533 00:26:12,940 --> 00:26:13,759 grants in some of these areas 534 00:26:13,759 --> 00:26:17,069 and possibly TechStops wanting to talk just about turning 535 00:26:17,069 --> 00:26:18,640 back in home of Locust. 536 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,170 We've not really engaged in that discussion too far right 537 00:26:21,170 --> 00:26:23,079 now over fixing the underground 538 00:26:23,079 --> 00:26:26,519 infrastructure, but beyond that, there's probably not a lot 539 00:26:26,519 --> 00:26:27,640 of opportunity. 540 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,559 We'll continue to look for any sidewalk opportunities at 541 00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:32,319 all, but other than with 542 00:26:32,319 --> 00:26:34,680 Locust and they all might see a whole lot of opportunity to 543 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:36,160 get caught in funds right now. 544 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,980 >> Okay, so if it's possible to look for grant funding, we 545 00:26:39,980 --> 00:26:40,480 'll do it. 546 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,640 But there might not be a whole lot of options in that area. 547 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,150 >> And all of these projects that we just went through 548 00:26:47,150 --> 00:26:50,599 would be eligible for funds from the TIF? 549 00:26:50,599 --> 00:26:51,099 >> Yes, sir. 550 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:54,980 >> Councilman. 551 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,640 >> My question would be, and I solicit everyone's thoughts, 552 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,839 how to reconcile, 553 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:05,849 when you're talking about prioritizing, it's how to 554 00:27:05,849 --> 00:27:06,680 reconcile those. 555 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,319 So understanding the parking lot, and I don't disagree with 556 00:27:10,319 --> 00:27:11,680 the parking lot, but 557 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,559 how do you reconcile that against incomplete sidewalks 558 00:27:16,559 --> 00:27:19,119 versus the parking lot being paid? 559 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:23,680 Right, so if you're looking at round numbers, $800,000 for 560 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:24,160 a parking lot, 561 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,390 I know that's already in the works, but I'm going to use it 562 00:27:26,390 --> 00:27:27,160 as an example. 563 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,880 And there's, for example, I just walked it, so 564 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:37,480 if you look at Carroll and Sycamore, which runs straight to 565 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:37,599 UNT, 566 00:27:37,599 --> 00:27:42,500 it's a straight shot all the way to UNT, all the way to 567 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:43,799 downtown, or to local settlement, 568 00:27:43,799 --> 00:27:47,779 that sort of thing, right at the historic park, just past 569 00:27:47,779 --> 00:27:48,519 the parking lot, 570 00:27:48,519 --> 00:27:53,000 the sidewalk ends, and is incomplete right along there, all 571 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,319 the way to the bank. 572 00:27:55,319 --> 00:27:57,759 And then it picks back up. 573 00:27:57,759 --> 00:28:02,230 And so that segment, where we have, it's highlighted every 574 00:28:02,230 --> 00:28:02,559 weekend, 575 00:28:02,559 --> 00:28:04,200 because we have a community market there. 576 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,779 We're inviting kids and families out to that area every 577 00:28:07,779 --> 00:28:08,759 Saturday. 578 00:28:08,759 --> 00:28:12,460 And as they're going to those, there's stores on the other 579 00:28:12,460 --> 00:28:13,240 side of the street, 580 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:17,059 and that entire sidewalk on the other side of Sycamore is 581 00:28:17,059 --> 00:28:18,880 in serious disrepair. 582 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:23,480 So for me, I just want to understand how this body wants to 583 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:23,480 , 584 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:29,319 if we have an existing park like Fitzgravel, that's not 585 00:28:29,319 --> 00:28:30,559 great. 586 00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:34,700 But we also have large segments where there's no sidewalk, 587 00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:36,039 or it's segmented. 588 00:28:36,039 --> 00:28:40,779 Do we want to focus on bridging those gaps first to show 589 00:28:40,779 --> 00:28:41,559 some success, 590 00:28:41,559 --> 00:28:44,849 some progress, and then come back and get the larger 591 00:28:44,849 --> 00:28:45,759 projects? 592 00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:50,759 That's just, I have an opinion, but I want to know how 593 00:28:50,759 --> 00:28:53,400 everyone else is doing. 594 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:58,329 OK, so just for the folks who are maybe streaming or 595 00:28:58,329 --> 00:29:00,200 watching this later, 596 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,970 Councilmember Hudspeth put the question to the group about 597 00:29:03,970 --> 00:29:05,039 prioritization 598 00:29:05,039 --> 00:29:07,640 of one type of project over another. 599 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:11,960 So I think the question was for the board here. 600 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,279 Well, I guess I would back up. 601 00:29:15,279 --> 00:29:16,279 That's a good point. 602 00:29:16,279 --> 00:29:20,549 If you fixed a parking lot, and the sidewalks aren't walk 603 00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:21,960 able to get from the parking lot 604 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:26,599 to a business or downtown or whatever, then that doesn't 605 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:28,720 help very many people. 606 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,799 We have a couple of-- 607 00:29:30,799 --> 00:29:35,930 I guess the TIF board can help prioritize that by 608 00:29:35,930 --> 00:29:37,160 recommending projects 609 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,200 to be completed inside the TIF. 610 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,759 That's what the TIF board is there for. 611 00:29:40,759 --> 00:29:46,319 So they would be the board you would go to to decide what 612 00:29:46,319 --> 00:29:49,519 the TIF would consider a priority. 613 00:29:49,519 --> 00:29:53,519 That's a group of elected people. 614 00:29:53,519 --> 00:29:57,720 And then our Economic Development Partnership Board has a 615 00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:59,000 subcommittee called 616 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,559 the Downtown Economic Development Task Force. 617 00:30:02,559 --> 00:30:06,109 And we have already been through this exercise, and we 618 00:30:06,109 --> 00:30:07,680 asked the TIRS, 619 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,960 the TIF board asked that group, what are our priorities? 620 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,619 Because those are homeowners and business owners and people 621 00:30:14,619 --> 00:30:15,819 that are living and walking 622 00:30:15,819 --> 00:30:16,880 and doing that thing. 623 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,190 And parking and sidewalks and lighting are the number one 624 00:30:20,190 --> 00:30:21,640 priorities for that. 625 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,440 So how you pick which one you're doing there. 626 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,460 And I'll point out on Mulberry Street from Industrial to 627 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:30,119 Belle Avenue, 628 00:30:30,119 --> 00:30:36,869 I wish that was on this list because that's the side of the 629 00:30:36,869 --> 00:30:38,119 Denrykker Chronicle parking 630 00:30:38,119 --> 00:30:41,299 and trash cans over there that we're fixing to have a large 631 00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:42,960 development over there. 632 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:45,359 And that goes down to that large department complex. 633 00:30:45,359 --> 00:30:48,720 It's on the corner of Mulberry and Belle. 634 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,480 And if you're walking back up towards the courthouse or 635 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,240 west, it's a pretty bad sidewalk. 636 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:55,400 There's not one on the other side. 637 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:59,119 So we have some groups in place, I guess I would say that 638 00:30:59,119 --> 00:31:00,240 to ask that other than that, 639 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:04,200 I guess this is how it gets funded. 640 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,099 So I think I think I said earlier that we're going to be 641 00:31:07,099 --> 00:31:08,920 taking the same information to 642 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,440 the Downtown Task Force. 643 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,940 And we did very much appreciate the feedback that we got in 644 00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:15,799 prior meetings from the task 645 00:31:15,799 --> 00:31:19,710 force but wanted to also share these things that are 646 00:31:19,710 --> 00:31:21,480 already on the on the books. 647 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,029 Councilmember Hadsworth, I believe you are a new member of 648 00:31:24,029 --> 00:31:25,400 the Downtown TIF Board. 649 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:26,400 Is that right? 650 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:27,400 That's correct. 651 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,559 Okay, so you're gonna get to hear this a bunch of times. 652 00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:35,450 We're gonna need you to tell us what we need to do because 653 00:31:35,450 --> 00:31:37,599 you're gonna have all of this 654 00:31:37,599 --> 00:31:38,599 information. 655 00:31:38,599 --> 00:31:42,599 Does anybody have any other comments or questions about any 656 00:31:42,599 --> 00:31:43,359 of this? 657 00:31:43,359 --> 00:31:46,279 But I heard parking lighting and sidewalks. 658 00:31:46,279 --> 00:31:49,079 Well, it's all in here. 659 00:31:49,079 --> 00:31:52,019 The utilities and drainage aren't as exciting, but those 660 00:31:52,019 --> 00:31:55,319 are important too for a lot of reasons. 661 00:31:55,319 --> 00:32:00,230 I guess a couple things popped out in the report that we 662 00:32:00,230 --> 00:32:02,160 were presented with the large 663 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:07,559 building on the corner of Oak and Carroll that's in the 664 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:10,240 picture that's in here. 665 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,440 That was opened in July of 2004. 666 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:14,440 Okay. 667 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,240 Just 2005 on there. 668 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,960 I'll change that. 669 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:21,960 Inside information. 670 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,680 Yeah, you might be familiar with that project. 671 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:29,680 Thank you, Marty. 672 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:38,940 Anybody else have any questions or comments on the TIF/TERS 673 00:32:38,940 --> 00:32:42,559 downtown projects? 674 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:43,559 Yes, ma'am. 675 00:32:43,559 --> 00:32:44,369 So there's been conversations about the Downtown Reinvest 676 00:32:44,369 --> 00:32:44,559 ment Grant and funding mechanisms 677 00:32:44,559 --> 00:32:45,559 for that. 678 00:32:45,559 --> 00:32:46,559 Is this still a possibility? 679 00:32:46,559 --> 00:33:08,440 Yes, the question was about the Downtown Reinvestment Grant 680 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,519 Program and its funding sources. 681 00:33:11,519 --> 00:33:13,880 There was an item on the council's agenda about that last 682 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,200 night and a change was made 683 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:22,769 to not dedicate $100,000 of mixed beverage taxes to that 684 00:33:22,769 --> 00:33:25,559 fund in the coming fiscal year 685 00:33:25,559 --> 00:33:27,480 and beyond. 686 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,759 That does not mean that the program is gone. 687 00:33:30,759 --> 00:33:33,940 It just means that that revenue source is not going to be 688 00:33:33,940 --> 00:33:35,519 used to fund it anymore. 689 00:33:35,519 --> 00:33:38,599 And what we have been tasked with is to try to identify 690 00:33:38,599 --> 00:33:40,859 some potential alternative sources 691 00:33:40,859 --> 00:33:45,890 of funding because it is a valuable program and a lot of 692 00:33:45,890 --> 00:33:48,559 folks have seen the value in 693 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:51,200 it and want to see it continue. 694 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,819 We have been talking with our legal department and they 695 00:33:55,819 --> 00:33:58,720 have assured us that we can use TIF 696 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,480 funds to fund the grant program. 697 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:06,089 The one thing that would change is if we use TIF funds to 698 00:34:06,089 --> 00:34:08,719 fund it, the projects have to 699 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,030 be within the TIF boundary, which makes sense, but the 700 00:34:12,030 --> 00:34:14,280 current boundary is the DTIP area, 701 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,000 which is slightly different than the TIF zone. 702 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,840 So that would be a little bit of a change. 703 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:22,840 It's smaller. 704 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:23,840 A little bit. 705 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,320 I wish I had a map. 706 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,199 We've got some that overlay them on each other, but yes, 707 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:31,000 the TIF is a little bit smaller than 708 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,320 the DTIP area. 709 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,400 But yes, that is an option for funding for the program. 710 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,239 So I'm going to make sure we're clear on this. 711 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:44,739 The legal counsel is saying that we can use TIF funds for 712 00:34:44,739 --> 00:34:46,519 private projects? 713 00:34:46,519 --> 00:34:47,519 To make grants, yes. 714 00:34:47,519 --> 00:34:52,639 I mean, that's part that's allowed under this statute. 715 00:34:52,639 --> 00:34:56,579 There's an example of one of those grants on page 15 of 716 00:34:56,579 --> 00:34:58,760 this presentation that shows 717 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,949 the old warehouse on the left side and then what was 718 00:35:02,949 --> 00:35:06,880 changed into three different restaurants. 719 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:13,449 They got a $10,000 grant for utility upgrades so they could 720 00:35:13,449 --> 00:35:16,679 add bathrooms and electricity. 721 00:35:16,679 --> 00:35:18,159 Erica would like to say something. 722 00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:22,719 I was going to say that page 17 has the overlay of the TIF. 723 00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:27,000 Page 17 in your massive slide presentation. 724 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:35,440 Thank you for the reminder. 725 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:40,340 So then city staff would go to the TIF board and ask, I 726 00:35:40,340 --> 00:35:43,280 guess recommend that they set aside 727 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:46,639 funding from that to continue that if they want to. 728 00:35:46,639 --> 00:35:47,639 That's correct. 729 00:35:47,639 --> 00:35:49,940 That would definitely be something that would be run 730 00:35:49,940 --> 00:35:51,480 through the TIF board first and we'd 731 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,980 have to kind of figure out how the existing grant program 732 00:35:55,980 --> 00:35:58,239 process might need to change 733 00:35:58,239 --> 00:35:59,840 in order to make that feasible. 734 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,329 But yes, that would be the first step there would be to go 735 00:36:03,329 --> 00:36:04,519 to the TIF board. 736 00:36:04,519 --> 00:36:08,230 As a reminder that those grant funds, if they were over $10 737 00:36:08,230 --> 00:36:10,440 ,000 would come to this board 738 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,760 for approval and then on to city council. 739 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,400 So that would take that out of here. 740 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:21,300 Caroline, do you have a list of all of the projects that 741 00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:24,159 have benefited from these funds? 742 00:36:24,159 --> 00:36:26,440 From the downtown reinvestment grant funds? 743 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:27,440 Absolutely. 744 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,429 I don't have it right now, but if that's something that y' 745 00:36:30,429 --> 00:36:32,400 all want me to email to you, we'd be 746 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:33,400 glad to. 747 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,039 I'd like for the council to see it. 748 00:36:36,039 --> 00:36:37,039 Okay. 749 00:36:37,039 --> 00:36:38,039 Sure. 750 00:36:38,039 --> 00:36:39,039 We can provide that to them. 751 00:36:39,039 --> 00:36:40,039 Okay. 752 00:36:40,039 --> 00:36:41,039 Thank you. 753 00:36:41,039 --> 00:36:42,039 You're welcome. 754 00:36:42,039 --> 00:36:48,079 All right, any more questions or comments? 755 00:36:48,079 --> 00:36:54,030 Move on to the next agenda item, 1749, to discuss the 756 00:36:54,030 --> 00:36:56,320 economic development department's 757 00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:00,440 strategic plan for 2017-18. 758 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,039 Okay. 759 00:37:02,039 --> 00:37:10,199 So a full copy of the plan was included in your backup. 760 00:37:10,199 --> 00:37:14,019 I'm just going to hit the highlights for you to keep us 761 00:37:14,019 --> 00:37:15,280 moving here. 762 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,400 But economic development staff began working on a 763 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,000 department level strategic plan during 764 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:25,760 the city's 2017 budget and strategic planning process. 765 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:29,579 And the place where we started was with our department's 766 00:37:29,579 --> 00:37:30,719 core values. 767 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,969 And then we organized the objectives and action steps that 768 00:37:33,969 --> 00:37:35,760 we were going to take during the 769 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,360 year under four overarching goals. 770 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,019 And we feel like this plan aligns with the city's new 771 00:37:42,019 --> 00:37:44,440 emphasis on transparency, accountability 772 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:48,630 and responsiveness and it spans a period from May 1st of 773 00:37:48,630 --> 00:37:51,159 this year to September 30th 774 00:37:51,159 --> 00:37:56,079 of next year so it's kind of an 18-month strategic plan. 775 00:37:56,079 --> 00:37:59,679 As far as what we've identified as our departmental core 776 00:37:59,679 --> 00:38:02,840 values, we're ethical, we're transparent, 777 00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:06,989 we're responsive, we're collaborative, we're community- 778 00:38:06,989 --> 00:38:09,119 focused and we're creative. 779 00:38:09,119 --> 00:38:14,019 And I think that these align very well with the city's core 780 00:38:14,019 --> 00:38:16,480 values that have been identified 781 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:22,849 which are transparency, fiscal responsibility and integrity 782 00:38:22,849 --> 00:38:26,199 and customer service. 783 00:38:26,199 --> 00:38:28,320 I need to learn those first. 784 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,199 Write it down. 785 00:38:32,199 --> 00:38:35,860 To walk you quickly through our goals, goal one is business 786 00:38:35,860 --> 00:38:37,860 development which we identify 787 00:38:37,860 --> 00:38:41,329 as expanding Denton's economy through retention and 788 00:38:41,329 --> 00:38:43,840 expansion of current employers and through 789 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,710 the location of new businesses in our target industry 790 00:38:47,710 --> 00:38:48,599 sectors. 791 00:38:48,599 --> 00:38:52,090 Goal two is entrepreneurship in which we foster Denton's 792 00:38:52,090 --> 00:38:55,079 thriving culture of business, technology 793 00:38:55,079 --> 00:38:58,670 and artistic creation and innovation by building on our 794 00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:01,719 higher education and community resources. 795 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:05,030 Goal three is workforce development in which we want to 796 00:39:05,030 --> 00:39:07,320 develop, attract and keep skilled 797 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:11,090 and talented workers to support our existing and future 798 00:39:11,090 --> 00:39:12,119 employers. 799 00:39:12,119 --> 00:39:14,280 Goal four is community relations. 800 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,159 We want to build relationships with Denton residents and 801 00:39:17,159 --> 00:39:18,800 businesses through outreach, 802 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:23,199 education and engagement. 803 00:39:23,199 --> 00:39:25,980 And in the interest of time, I'm not going to go through 804 00:39:25,980 --> 00:39:27,639 each objective and action step 805 00:39:27,639 --> 00:39:28,639 one by one. 806 00:39:28,639 --> 00:39:30,719 You have them in your backup and I'm glad to answer any 807 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:32,079 questions that you have about 808 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:33,079 them. 809 00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:35,599 So I just want to point out that each goal that we've 810 00:39:35,599 --> 00:39:37,360 identified has those supporting 811 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:41,000 objectives, action steps and performance measures and that 812 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,880 each action step in the plan has 813 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,949 an economic development staff member assigned to complete 814 00:39:45,949 --> 00:39:47,420 it and a deadline by which it 815 00:39:47,420 --> 00:39:50,239 must be completed. 816 00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:54,380 We've developed and I say staff, but Christina Davis has 817 00:39:54,380 --> 00:39:57,059 developed an in-house system using 818 00:39:57,059 --> 00:40:00,800 access for logging and reporting on our activities so that 819 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,000 we have a central place to compile 820 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:07,760 all of the data and generate some reports on that. 821 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,179 And also that our performance measures in this plan are 822 00:40:10,179 --> 00:40:11,559 incorporated into the city's 823 00:40:11,559 --> 00:40:14,760 strategic plan, both for continuity and for ease of 824 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,000 reporting because we need to report 825 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,400 for our own purposes to share with this board and with 826 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,400 other interested parties. 827 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,420 But then the city's strategic plan has certain reporting 828 00:40:25,420 --> 00:40:27,280 requirements as well and so we've 829 00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:31,059 made sure that those are integrated so we're not reporting 830 00:40:31,059 --> 00:40:32,800 on one set for one group and 831 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,559 another set for another group. 832 00:40:35,559 --> 00:40:36,559 And that's it. 833 00:40:36,559 --> 00:40:40,750 So glad to answer any questions about that that you all 834 00:40:40,750 --> 00:40:41,519 have. 835 00:40:41,519 --> 00:40:46,840 A question on the entrepreneurship part of the plan. 836 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,829 On our performance measure, we have a 10% increase in 837 00:40:49,829 --> 00:40:51,639 business participation in small 838 00:40:51,639 --> 00:40:52,639 business programs. 839 00:40:52,639 --> 00:40:56,239 How do you measure that? 840 00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:59,550 So what we're doing there is in the small business programs 841 00:40:59,550 --> 00:41:01,119 that we're talking about 842 00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:05,199 is the overarching one is the shop dentin program. 843 00:41:05,199 --> 00:41:10,130 And then so that's an education and merchant participation 844 00:41:10,130 --> 00:41:10,960 program. 845 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,489 So we know right now how many merchants are participating 846 00:41:13,489 --> 00:41:14,079 in that. 847 00:41:14,079 --> 00:41:15,800 So we have a baseline. 848 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:19,440 And then as Christina implements her excellent marketing 849 00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,519 plan that she's put together for 850 00:41:21,519 --> 00:41:24,480 small business programs, we'll be able to add new 851 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,760 businesses and see where we increase 852 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,639 to over that baseline. 853 00:41:28,639 --> 00:41:32,280 And the same thing with participation in shop small 854 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,320 Saturday and our national small business 855 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,679 week activities. 856 00:41:37,679 --> 00:41:41,059 We've done shop small Saturday for four years. 857 00:41:41,059 --> 00:41:44,050 So we have information about the participation levels 858 00:41:44,050 --> 00:41:46,039 historically there and we can gauge 859 00:41:46,039 --> 00:41:48,159 the increase this year. 860 00:41:48,159 --> 00:41:53,059 And our small business week national small business week 861 00:41:53,059 --> 00:41:54,920 activities, including our TCB 862 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,739 and little d conference that we had the first year of that 863 00:41:57,739 --> 00:41:58,440 last year. 864 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,929 So we know participation there and again can judge our 865 00:42:01,929 --> 00:42:04,280 increase based on what we have this 866 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:10,480 year. 867 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,119 Anybody else have any questions? 868 00:42:13,119 --> 00:42:15,320 Everybody went through it thoroughly and did such a good 869 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:15,639 job. 870 00:42:15,639 --> 00:42:18,639 Nobody had any questions about it. 871 00:42:18,639 --> 00:42:21,599 I'm sure that's exactly what happened. 872 00:42:21,599 --> 00:42:24,960 If you have questions later, I'm always glad to answer them 873 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:25,239 . 874 00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:28,920 So I think that's it for my presentations. 875 00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:33,059 That is all of our work session items and we'll move on to 876 00:42:33,059 --> 00:42:35,400 our regular regular meeting, 877 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:39,590 which in the first item is to consider approval the minutes 878 00:42:39,590 --> 00:42:42,760 for July 12 2017 meeting and I 879 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:43,760 would 880 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:48,280 have a motion to approve. 881 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,679 I hear a second. 882 00:42:50,679 --> 00:42:51,679 Second. 883 00:42:51,679 --> 00:42:53,480 The motion and a second. 884 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:57,639 Any discussion on the minutes? 885 00:42:57,639 --> 00:43:00,039 All those in favor say aye. 886 00:43:00,039 --> 00:43:03,320 Any opposed? 887 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:07,179 Naints are approved and we have a staff activity report 888 00:43:07,179 --> 00:43:11,480 item number 1750 from Adam. 889 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:18,679 Morning board members. 890 00:43:18,679 --> 00:43:20,480 Morning. 891 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,480 Morning. 892 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:26,550 On new activity for for the month, new site minutes 893 00:43:26,550 --> 00:43:29,760 conducted a site visit we had to conducted 894 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:33,420 a site visit for project UTV, which is a manufacturer of 895 00:43:33,420 --> 00:43:34,920 utility vehicles. 896 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,969 They're looking for 25, roughly 25 acres to construct a 897 00:43:37,969 --> 00:43:39,760 minimum of a 300,000 square foot 898 00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:44,039 facility and that will be about 50 new jobs. 899 00:43:44,039 --> 00:43:46,539 We also have a site visit from project partner, who is a 900 00:43:46,539 --> 00:43:48,199 distribution company for riffing 901 00:43:48,199 --> 00:43:52,190 products looking at five to 10 acre sites with two to three 902 00:43:52,190 --> 00:43:54,280 acres used for outside storage 903 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:58,469 area to construct a 20,000 square foot facility and they 904 00:43:58,469 --> 00:44:00,599 prefer to be located along highway 905 00:44:00,599 --> 00:44:04,800 380, which we did show them a site up in that area. 906 00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:08,769 We had another site visit who's already been here several 907 00:44:08,769 --> 00:44:10,360 times and this this one was mainly 908 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:15,000 to meet with city officials and Caroline had set up 909 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:15,840 everybody that they needed to meet 910 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,119 with from the city that one is products railroad. 911 00:44:19,119 --> 00:44:21,269 That is one that we've been working on for several months 912 00:44:21,269 --> 00:44:22,960 now and we're getting very, 913 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:24,599 very close. 914 00:44:24,599 --> 00:44:28,179 They're looking at purchasing 40 acres out in the West Park 915 00:44:28,179 --> 00:44:29,960 industrial park to construct 916 00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:33,199 a 500,000 square foot cold storage and distribution plant. 917 00:44:33,199 --> 00:44:37,139 It will be about 150 new jobs, minimum of 35 million 918 00:44:37,139 --> 00:44:39,360 capital investments and they will 919 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:43,389 be the first major user of the Kansas City Southern Rail 920 00:44:43,389 --> 00:44:44,960 line through Denton. 921 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,780 Marketing trips and events conducted a type one marketing 922 00:44:47,780 --> 00:44:49,239 trip, which to refresh your 923 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,360 memory type one marketing trips are where we go to a major 924 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,000 metropolitan area and make 925 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:57,260 our own appointments with consultants and C level 926 00:44:57,260 --> 00:45:00,159 executives and brokers and site selectors. 927 00:45:00,159 --> 00:45:03,280 This particular trip was to Chicago where we had six 928 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:04,119 meetings. 929 00:45:04,119 --> 00:45:07,559 The first one was Avenue Advisory Group. 930 00:45:07,559 --> 00:45:10,880 Mike Bennett was the actually the head consultant on the 931 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,719 big Toyota project that landed in Frisco. 932 00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:16,789 He started his own firm now, which is Avenue Advisory Group 933 00:45:16,789 --> 00:45:18,599 and has hired 30 people since 934 00:45:18,599 --> 00:45:20,960 then. 935 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:21,960 C.B. 936 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,079 Richard Ellis, Chicago, Chris Shostock. 937 00:45:25,079 --> 00:45:29,980 He is the contact who led us to the Sally Beauty expansion 938 00:45:29,980 --> 00:45:30,980 last year. 939 00:45:30,980 --> 00:45:34,489 He was representing that project and represents them in 940 00:45:34,489 --> 00:45:36,280 other locations as well. 941 00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,800 Four others, Cresa Partners, Cushman and Wakefield, Kate Mc 942 00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,679 Enroe Consulting and Newmark Grubnight 943 00:45:40,679 --> 00:45:43,159 Frank. 944 00:45:43,159 --> 00:45:46,260 Another event we attended the Team Texas VIP membership 945 00:45:46,260 --> 00:45:48,119 event at Global Life Stadium. 946 00:45:48,119 --> 00:45:50,599 Team Texas is a membership driven organization. 947 00:45:50,599 --> 00:45:53,719 There's about 104 communities across the state of Texas. 948 00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:57,559 We are a paying member and we go to their events and broker 949 00:45:57,559 --> 00:45:59,719 consultant forums and things 950 00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:00,960 like that. 951 00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:04,179 This particular one, they did have consultants with Colors 952 00:46:04,179 --> 00:46:06,519 International from downtown Dallas, 953 00:46:06,519 --> 00:46:10,659 which are working a project that we have been involved with 954 00:46:10,659 --> 00:46:12,880 since day one, which started 955 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:17,030 about six months ago called Project Bulk, which we are in 956 00:46:17,030 --> 00:46:18,960 the final running for. 957 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,099 We attended the Southern Economic Development Council's 958 00:46:21,099 --> 00:46:22,000 annual conference. 959 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,920 Key contacts there include Ernst & Young, Location 960 00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,360 Investment Services Group, Mike Barnes 961 00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:30,880 Group who is down in the San Antonio area, and EAIC, which 962 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,039 is European American Investment 963 00:46:33,039 --> 00:46:37,940 Council, in which they facilitate European projects to the 964 00:46:37,940 --> 00:46:39,039 United States. 965 00:46:39,039 --> 00:46:41,699 Also next month, we're sponsoring one of their annual 966 00:46:41,699 --> 00:46:43,039 events that's going to be hosted 967 00:46:43,039 --> 00:46:45,809 in downtown Dallas, where they will have 6 to 12 aerospace 968 00:46:45,809 --> 00:46:47,000 and aviation companies in 969 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:52,150 attendance from Europe, who all have interest in expansion 970 00:46:52,150 --> 00:46:54,360 into the Texas market. 971 00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,449 Social media and our website, we've been, as you all know, 972 00:46:56,449 --> 00:46:57,400 we've been trying to put 973 00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:02,480 a big push on social media and website presence. 974 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:06,219 With our posts and social media, in particular on LinkedIn 975 00:47:06,219 --> 00:47:08,639 this month, but along with Facebook 976 00:47:08,639 --> 00:47:14,929 and Twitter, we've had just over 10,300 views for the month 977 00:47:14,929 --> 00:47:15,320 . 978 00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:19,099 Upcoming marketing trips, one that we just did last Friday 979 00:47:19,099 --> 00:47:20,840 was Netcar Expo, where we 980 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,159 did have a big debt in booth, and I'll get you a better 981 00:47:23,159 --> 00:47:24,400 report on that one as soon as 982 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,920 we put together all the outcomes from that one. 983 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:30,900 This coming Friday, the DFW marketing team is having a 984 00:47:30,900 --> 00:47:33,320 local broker day, where five communities 985 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:38,250 get together and we go visit four local brokerage firms 986 00:47:38,250 --> 00:47:39,920 down in Dallas. 987 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,679 The IEDC annual conference, which is International Economic 988 00:47:42,679 --> 00:47:44,119 Development Council, and the Site 989 00:47:44,119 --> 00:47:47,079 Selectors Guild Fall Forum. 990 00:47:47,079 --> 00:47:48,840 That concludes my report. 991 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:53,000 Does anybody have any questions? 992 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,000 Thank you. 993 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:55,000 >> Thank you. 994 00:47:55,000 --> 00:47:57,559 Thanks Adam, appreciate it. 995 00:47:57,559 --> 00:48:02,929 Our last item on the agenda is our August 17th minutes, or 996 00:48:02,929 --> 00:48:05,639 August 16th minutes from 997 00:48:05,639 --> 00:48:08,760 our impromptu meeting last month. 998 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:13,000 So I need to receive a motion on approval of those minutes. 999 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,000 >> I'll make a motion to approve. 1000 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:18,400 >> A motion and a second. 1001 00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:21,400 Any further discussion? 1002 00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:22,880 All those in favor say aye. 1003 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:23,880 >> Aye. 1004 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:24,880 >> Any opposed? 1005 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:29,159 The minutes are approved. 1006 00:48:29,159 --> 00:48:33,010 And any, I think this is an opportunity for any items that 1007 00:48:33,010 --> 00:48:34,840 we need to place on our next 1008 00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:39,769 meeting agenda, if anybody has anything we need to do that, 1009 00:48:39,769 --> 00:48:41,880 or any comments for the good 1010 00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:44,880 of the order. 1011 00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:48,380 >> I have one. 1012 00:48:48,380 --> 00:48:52,420 We are going to be responding to the request for proposals 1013 00:48:52,420 --> 00:48:54,920 for Amazon's second headquarters 1014 00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:56,280 location. 1015 00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:58,949 And I believe that I sent an email out to the group just 1016 00:48:58,949 --> 00:49:00,400 giving everyone a heads up 1017 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,679 that we were going to be doing that. 1018 00:49:02,679 --> 00:49:06,500 So we will be reaching out to various folks around this 1019 00:49:06,500 --> 00:49:09,039 table and in this room if we haven't 1020 00:49:09,039 --> 00:49:12,099 already to help put that response together because it's 1021 00:49:12,099 --> 00:49:13,800 going to have to be a community 1022 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:14,800 effort. 1023 00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,579 And it's pretty exciting to think that Denton actually 1024 00:49:18,579 --> 00:49:21,440 meets all of the minimum qualifications 1025 00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:22,440 that they have. 1026 00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:27,349 So we're going to be competing and putting our best face 1027 00:49:27,349 --> 00:49:28,079 forward. 1028 00:49:28,079 --> 00:49:33,679 So stay tuned for more information on that. 1029 00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:34,679 >> Thank you. 1030 00:49:34,679 --> 00:49:35,679 Your order. 1031 00:49:35,679 --> 00:49:36,679 >> Thank you. 1032 00:49:36,679 --> 00:49:37,679 I would like to see a conversation. 1033 00:49:37,679 --> 00:49:42,960 So we're probably around numbers four months out from the 1034 00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:45,079 embassy opening up. 1035 00:49:45,079 --> 00:49:51,079 I'd like to see this body have that conversation on future 1036 00:49:51,079 --> 00:49:52,280 conventions, tours that are going 1037 00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:53,280 to be coming downtown. 1038 00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:54,280 There's buses. 1039 00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:57,280 For example, I thought about it specifically. 1040 00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:00,989 FEMA had five charter buses that they park at the old movie 1041 00:50:00,989 --> 00:50:02,840 theater at Golden Triangle 1042 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:03,840 Mall. 1043 00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:04,840 And I just thought about that. 1044 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:05,840 That's FEMA. 1045 00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:07,840 I don't know if that's with the Houston thing. 1046 00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:12,010 But if that was a group in town, where do we park those 1047 00:50:12,010 --> 00:50:12,840 buses? 1048 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:16,239 Where do we kind of get guidance that way to make sure they 1049 00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:17,800 have a great experience 1050 00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:18,800 first and out? 1051 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:22,610 So I think this body may have some insight into how to -- 1052 00:50:22,610 --> 00:50:26,440 am I wrong? 1053 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:30,230 >> So that sounds like a report from Kim Phillips from the 1054 00:50:30,230 --> 00:50:30,800 CVB. 1055 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:33,670 So maybe we'll get you on the agenda for next month to 1056 00:50:33,670 --> 00:50:35,739 address the council member's question 1057 00:50:35,739 --> 00:50:36,739 about that? 1058 00:50:36,739 --> 00:50:37,739 Okay. 1059 00:50:37,739 --> 00:50:42,719 >> And correct me if I'm wrong, the leadership project is 1060 00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:45,519 how to get people back and forth 1061 00:50:45,519 --> 00:50:49,159 from the convention center to different parts of the city. 1062 00:50:49,159 --> 00:50:50,159 So that will be kind of a neat deal. 1063 00:50:50,159 --> 00:50:53,590 >> There's a very intense research project underway right 1064 00:50:53,590 --> 00:50:56,079 now by the leadership class. 1065 00:50:56,079 --> 00:50:59,000 >> Okay, Kim, we'll get you on there. 1066 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:00,000 >> Okay. 1067 00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:01,000 Thank you. 1068 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,000 >> You'd have to be here next month. 1069 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:03,000 Good idea. 1070 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:04,000 Anybody else? 1071 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:08,039 All right. 1072 00:51:08,039 --> 00:51:12,000 I guess we'll call this meeting adjourned at 1158 a.m. 1073 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:15,000 Got it done in under an hour. 1074 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,000 >> Good job. 1075 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,000 >> Thank you. 1076 00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:17,000 Thanks for being here.