WEBVTT 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:57.000 [PAUSE] 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.570 As many of you are probably familiar, the city assumed 00:01:00.570 --> 00:01:03.000 management of the space on October 1st. 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.000 And just to give you some perspective on where we were on 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:09.439 September 1st under the Dallas Entrepreneur Center's 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:10.000 management, 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:14.680 they were listing 37 members in the space as of September 1 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:15.000 . 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:19.120 And as of October 10th, 27 folks have renewed their 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:22.000 membership and we've recruited three new members, 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.760 all of which are technology or technology-enabled 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:27.000 businesses. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.060 And a breakdown of those memberships is there are 10 co- 00:01:30.060 --> 00:01:32.000 working members, 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:35.400 which means they have access to the space from 8 a.m. to 5 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:37.000 p.m. Monday through Friday, 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.489 and they can sit down in the open desk space for their work 00:01:40.489 --> 00:01:42.000 and collaboration. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.000 Then there are eight people who have dedicated desks, 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:48.290 which means they identify where they want to sit and they 00:01:48.290 --> 00:01:50.000 're assigned to the same desk, 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.329 and they can leave some of their stuff there, their 00:01:52.329 --> 00:01:55.000 computers, they have small file cabinets. 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:59.219 Then we have nine folks in offices. There are actually 00:01:59.219 --> 00:02:01.000 eight separate offices. 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:05.280 One of them was being occupied by the deck staffer who was 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:06.000 there, 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:08.560 but we had a potential member who was interested in the 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:09.000 office. 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.020 And so on October 1st, we went ahead and signed him up for 00:02:13.020 --> 00:02:15.000 a membership in that office. 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:17.460 And then we actually have two people who are sharing one 00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:18.000 office. 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.000 So that's how we end up with nine. 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.360 Then there's also a category of membership that's called 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:24.000 virtual, 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:27.319 which means that people pay a lower membership rate and 00:02:27.319 --> 00:02:30.000 they have certain privileges, 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:34.000 but they're not as broad as a co-working membership. 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.129 And as of right now, we're standing at a little over 60% of 00:02:37.129 --> 00:02:39.000 the businesses in the space 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.000 that are technology or technology-enabled. 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:47.409 To quickly update you on the request for proposals that was 00:02:47.409 --> 00:02:50.000 put out for the management of the space, 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:54.080 that RFP closed on October 3rd, and the evaluation 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:55.000 committee has met, 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:58.990 and we plan to make a recommendation to council on October 00:02:58.990 --> 00:03:01.000 24th regarding RFP. 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.979 That's all I have for the update, and I'm glad to answer 00:03:04.979 --> 00:03:08.000 questions if anybody has any. 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:18.000 [ Inaudible ] 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:21.000 Most of them were not. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:27.800 The majority of the people who didn't renew had -- they had 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.000 -- I don't know how I want to say -- it's not lower -- 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.069 they were mentorship members or virtual members is the way 00:03:34.069 --> 00:03:35.000 I can put that. 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.930 So they were less engaged, they're not folks that are in 00:03:37.930 --> 00:03:39.000 the space every day, 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:42.710 and a number of them we were not even able to reach in all 00:03:42.710 --> 00:03:45.000 of our attempts to contact them. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.300 So they were not folks that were actively engaged in the 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:51.000 space anyway, the majority of them. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.000 >> I had a question, please. 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:57.120 >> Mr. Baines, I've been instructed to make sure I call out 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:00.000 everybody's name for the television. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:01.000 >> All right. 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.000 I'm John Baines from the Black Chamber of Commerce. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:06.000 My question is this. 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:12.500 The Dallas Entrepreneur Center was the entity that was 00:04:12.500 --> 00:04:15.000 contracted with? 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:16.000 >> Yes, sir. 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.410 >> Are they in the -- in the offering to be renewed or are 00:04:19.410 --> 00:04:22.000 we going to completely exclude them? 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:25.000 >> No, they -- their contract was not renewed. 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:30.389 They were eligible to respond to the RFP should they choose 00:04:30.389 --> 00:04:31.000 to. 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.000 >> Do we know how many RFPs we received? 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:37.329 >> Since we're actively in the RFP process, I can't discuss 00:04:37.329 --> 00:04:41.000 that since I'm on the review committee. 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.300 >> Were there some things in particular that we were not 00:04:44.300 --> 00:04:48.000 happy with or some things that we were looking for? 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:53.220 >> I think that there was a feeling that there needed to be 00:04:53.220 --> 00:04:56.000 a little bit more specificity about what the goals 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:59.430 and objectives and measurements were for the entity that 00:04:59.430 --> 00:05:01.000 was running the space. 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.230 And so we've learned from that and whether the city 00:05:04.230 --> 00:05:08.000 continues its management or we contract with someone else, 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.879 another entity to do the management, those things are going 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.000 to be very clearly outlined and included in the contract 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:15.000 from the beginning. 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:16.000 >> Thank you. 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.000 >> You're welcome. 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:22.000 >> Anybody else have any questions? 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:26.000 >> I had a question. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.759 When we contract with somebody to move in there, are we 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:31.000 keeping track of where they're coming from? 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:35.250 And I guess specifically are they moving from somebody else 00:05:35.250 --> 00:05:38.860 's office that they're leasing in downtown or somewhere else 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:39.000 in the city 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.449 and moving into Stoke and creating a vacant space in 00:05:42.449 --> 00:05:46.000 somebody else's building or are they new to town? 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:49.930 >> So there's a mix of all different scenarios that people 00:05:49.930 --> 00:05:53.310 are coming from and when we do visit with people about 00:05:53.310 --> 00:05:55.000 their desire to be a member, 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.000 that's one of the first things that we ask them. 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:00.759 And some of the most recent members, the three that have 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:04.329 been recruited, one was a company that came from another 00:06:04.329 --> 00:06:06.000 community outside of Denton. 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:11.000 And one of them I know in particular had a home office. 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.199 So none of the three that we've recruited, and I can't say 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.000 for sure about the third one, but I do know those two, 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:20.189 neither of them moved out of any other commercial space in 00:06:20.189 --> 00:06:22.000 the community to join Stoke. 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:24.490 >> I think that's good information to keep track of and 00:06:24.490 --> 00:06:25.000 share. 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.389 Just somebody's going from a home office to that space and 00:06:28.389 --> 00:06:31.759 they're actually growing or expanding or moving from 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.000 another community. 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.000 I think that's what that is there for. 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.000 >> Okay. 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.000 Any other comments or questions? 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:42.000 All right. 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:45.000 I guess we can move on to our next report. 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.000 >> Okay. 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:53.160 I will be giving you all a quick overview of Denton's 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:58.000 Amazon headquarters second location response. 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.069 And I think most of us are aware that Amazon made a big 00:07:01.069 --> 00:07:04.319 announcement on September 7th that it's going to be 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.000 searching for a second headquarters location, 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:09.000 that they're abbreviating HQ2. 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:13.779 And that project is expected to bring more than $5 billion 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:17.000 in investment and more than $50,000 -- I'm sorry -- 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:21.000 50,000 high-paying jobs over a 15-year phased rollout. 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:24.000 So it's a transformative project, clearly. 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.970 And the way that they announced the search garnered a lot 00:07:27.970 --> 00:07:32.000 of attention and a lot of competition all across the U.S. 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.000 as well as Canada and Mexico. 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:39.850 So the company in their RFP, they actually specified that 00:07:39.850 --> 00:07:43.000 they only wanted to accept one proposal per region. 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:46.709 And they said per metropolitan statistical area, which is 00:07:46.709 --> 00:07:49.000 just a fancy way of saying region. 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:53.699 So for us here in the DFW Metroplex, the Dallas Regional 00:07:53.699 --> 00:07:57.629 Chamber is the entity that's compiling all of the different 00:07:57.629 --> 00:07:59.000 responses from the municipalities 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:04.870 and will be ultimately submitting our regional response to 00:08:04.870 --> 00:08:06.000 Amazon. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:10.589 And as you guys saw in the backup, I outlined a little bit 00:08:10.589 --> 00:08:14.709 what our typical thought process is when we get any kind of 00:08:14.709 --> 00:08:15.000 RFP, 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:18.019 not just a significant one like this, but the first thing 00:08:18.019 --> 00:08:22.160 that we start with is whether the project aligns with Dent 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:23.000 on's target industries 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:27.850 and recruitment preferences as specified in our 2016 00:08:27.850 --> 00:08:31.699 economic development incentive policy that's adopted by the 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:33.000 council. 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:36.000 And clearly this project was a target industry. 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:38.000 It's a corporate headquarters. 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:40.000 It's a significant project. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:43.000 So that was obviously met right out of the box. 00:08:43.000 --> 00:08:46.389 And so then we move on to make sure that we meet the 00:08:46.389 --> 00:08:50.000 project's minimum requirements for response. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.090 And I've listed those here and they're pretty 00:08:52.090 --> 00:08:53.000 straightforward. 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:57.379 And we are obviously well within all of those basic 00:08:57.379 --> 00:08:59.000 requirements. 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:02.299 And so we've moved on then to look at what their key 00:09:02.299 --> 00:09:05.840 preferences and decision drivers are when they're going to 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:07.000 be making their decision. 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:11.659 And these are the things that they put forward in the RFP 00:09:11.659 --> 00:09:16.539 that we had to examine and outline in our response for them 00:09:16.539 --> 00:09:17.000 . 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:21.080 So robust workforce, a big part of that clearly in Denton 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:25.000 is our universities that we have here in the community. 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:29.029 And a strong university system was specifically stated in 00:09:29.029 --> 00:09:32.509 the proposal or in their request for proposals as something 00:09:32.509 --> 00:09:34.000 that was a must for them. 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:37.000 Logistics and transportation connectivity. 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:41.100 I mean, we all know that we're in a prime strategic spot on 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:43.000 35 and 380. 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:47.590 But in Amazon's case, connectivity meant something more to 00:09:47.590 --> 00:09:49.000 them than that. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.000 They're interested in transit options. 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:55.870 They're interested in active transportation like bike plans 00:09:55.870 --> 00:09:59.919 and walk plans and accessibility in different ways outside 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:01.000 of car travel. 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:06.000 And we have we have a lot to offer in that realm. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.820 And then the council has placed a priority on active 00:10:08.820 --> 00:10:10.000 transportation. 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:13.330 So we were able to work with our transportation department 00:10:13.330 --> 00:10:16.320 and the bike and pedestrian coordinator to pull that 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:18.000 information together. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:23.259 We offered them to 100 plus acre essentially greenfield 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:26.480 sites, one on the northern side of town and one on the 00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:28.000 southern side of town. 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.470 And then because they expressed a preference for creative 00:10:31.470 --> 00:10:35.090 options and we know that they have done infill redevelop 00:10:35.090 --> 00:10:37.000 ment projects in Seattle, 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:41.009 we put forward a third what we were calling a bonus site in 00:10:41.009 --> 00:10:43.000 our downtown core area. 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.080 And it wouldn't stand alone, but it could be paired with 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:49.860 either one of the two greenfield sites to make an 00:10:49.860 --> 00:10:53.000 interesting final option for them. 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:57.409 Time to operations obviously includes the readiness of the 00:10:57.409 --> 00:11:01.429 site, our utilities to the site, is fiber infrastructure 00:11:01.429 --> 00:11:02.000 there? 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:04.870 Are they going to be able to move through the permitting 00:11:04.870 --> 00:11:06.000 process quickly? 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.000 And so we address that for them in our response. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.000 Low capital and operating costs. 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:13.889 Obviously, this is important to any business that's going 00:11:13.889 --> 00:11:15.000 to be a key driver. 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:19.139 And you were competitive with other communities in the 00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:22.000 region as far as our tax structure. 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.500 And we do have an advantage in that Denton does not have 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:27.179 any special taxing districts like some folks have community 00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:30.529 college or hospital or water districts that that have 00:11:30.529 --> 00:11:34.000 another layer of taxation on top of that economic 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:35.000 incentives. 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.000 Clearly, we have programs and options that we can consider 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:41.000 for a project of this size. 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:44.000 And we were closely in touch with the county. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:47.289 We were in touch with folks at the state level to make sure 00:11:47.289 --> 00:11:51.659 that we were comprehensively looking at a package that we 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:55.000 could offer them as far as incentives. 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:59.700 And you all are very familiar with the process of how that 00:11:59.700 --> 00:12:03.500 would work if it came to the point of actually a 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:06.320 negotiation. This board would hear about that first and 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.000 then make recommendations to the city council. 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.820 Cultural community fit. We think this is a really strong 00:12:11.820 --> 00:12:15.000 selling point for Denton in terms of this project. 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:18.009 We're a location that can attract and retain tech talent. 00:12:18.009 --> 00:12:20.000 That's what they need. 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:24.000 They're interested in quality of life and quality of place. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:27.269 They specifically reference sustainability efforts and I 00:12:27.269 --> 00:12:30.059 think we're all familiar with the efforts of Denton 00:12:30.059 --> 00:12:33.000 municipal electric to provide renewable power. 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.070 We have phenomenal recycling programs, methane capture 00:12:37.070 --> 00:12:40.799 programs at the landfill, and our community places a 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:44.730 priority on that and that makes us very well aligned with 00:12:44.730 --> 00:12:49.000 Amazon's corporate values in terms of sustainability. 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:52.009 We have a fantastic music and art scene and overall our 00:12:52.009 --> 00:12:55.159 quality of life is very high with the relatively low cost 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:56.000 of living. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:00.299 So given all of those things, we're very competitive and we 00:13:00.299 --> 00:13:04.000 were excited to pull together a lot of partners. 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:07.490 Staff worked very hard on collecting the materials that we 00:13:07.490 --> 00:13:10.879 needed for the response and we were able to turn those into 00:13:10.879 --> 00:13:14.000 the Dallas Regional Chamber on September 29th. 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:17.539 And we did have a very positive response from the Dallas 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:21.210 Regional Chamber about our submission and I'm happy to be 00:13:21.210 --> 00:13:23.000 able to share that with you. 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:27.529 And the regional proposal, the overall proposal is going to 00:13:27.529 --> 00:13:33.000 be turned into Amazon by October 19th. That's the deadline. 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:36.590 In addition to our official response, we wanted to have a 00:13:36.590 --> 00:13:40.250 little bit more control over what we were sharing with them 00:13:40.250 --> 00:13:43.539 in addition to just sending it to the Dallas Regional 00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:45.000 Chamber to submit. 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.049 So in thinking about how we might be able to correspond a 00:13:48.049 --> 00:13:51.200 little bit more directly or communicate with Amazon more 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:56.000 directly, one of our community business partners, Jasadi, 00:13:56.000 --> 00:14:00.220 reached out to us to have a conversation about setting up a 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:05.000 website that was directed at Amazon and would be able to 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.000 highlight more about our community from a visual standpoint 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:11.000 and provide some more tailored information. 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:14.250 So we've been working with them to get that website 00:14:14.250 --> 00:14:18.159 prepared and it's going to launch either later this week or 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:21.529 the early part of next week so that it will be up prior to 00:14:21.529 --> 00:14:24.000 the official deadline of the 19th. 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:28.320 And we've also worked with the CVB and some other folks in 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:32.639 the community to start a social media campaign using the 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:37.000 hashtag #HQ2DentonTexas in which we've asked members of the 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:40.509 community to take pictures about things that they love 00:14:40.509 --> 00:14:41.000 about Denton, 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:43.960 you know, what makes this place home to them and some 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:47.320 things that they think folks from Amazon might enjoy about 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:50.519 the community too and then hashtag it with that tag as well 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:53.460 as tagging Amazon so that they can see that we've got a 00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:56.000 little bit of a social media campaign going. 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:00.549 And I think once the website launches, there's going to be 00:15:00.549 --> 00:15:05.200 some renewed efforts to get that social media campaign ramp 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:06.000 ed up. 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:09.149 As far as next steps, the mayors of Dallas and Fort Worth 00:15:09.149 --> 00:15:12.529 have called a meeting of regional mayors today, and the may 00:15:12.529 --> 00:15:15.509 ors are going to meet and hear a presentation from the 00:15:15.509 --> 00:15:18.850 Dallas Regional Chamber about exactly what their pitch is 00:15:18.850 --> 00:15:21.000 going to look like. 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.470 They're not going to be disclosing any specific information 00:15:24.470 --> 00:15:27.970 about responses from the communities, but they'll give them 00:15:27.970 --> 00:15:31.080 an overview of what the regional data will look like and 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.049 give them a chance to ask some questions about how the 00:15:34.049 --> 00:15:36.000 region is going to be pitched. 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:39.009 Then subsequently, and there's no date set for this yet, 00:15:39.009 --> 00:15:42.730 but the Dallas Regional Chamber will do a similar kind of 00:15:42.730 --> 00:15:45.590 meeting with economic developers from the responding 00:15:45.590 --> 00:15:48.360 communities so that we have a chance to see how they've 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.000 assembled our materials. 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:53.090 Then there are a whole bunch of steps in between, but we 00:15:53.090 --> 00:15:56.490 don't have any concrete information aside from Amazon says 00:15:56.490 --> 00:16:00.000 that they're going to make a decision in 2018. 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:05.980 So that's how we got to where we are now, and I'm happy to 00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:12.000 answer questions that y'all have about the process. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:15.000 What are the odds? 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:18.000 They're long, Marty, they're long. 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.000 I have three questions. 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:25.000 Mr. Baines, John Baines, the black chamber. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:29.000 How are we, how are we protecting our competitive privacy. 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.990 Well, the Dallas Regional Chamber staff I spoke 00:16:32.990 --> 00:16:37.559 specifically to them about this, and they are a private 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:42.429 organization they're not subject to open records requests 00:16:42.429 --> 00:16:47.080 so anything that is returned to them from us, they're not 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:49.000 disclosing they're protecting the information 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:53.039 from the communities. And as a city entity we have, there 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:56.899 are some exemptions to what we would have to disclose if it 00:16:56.899 --> 00:17:00.730 's an economic development project and I'm going to stop 00:17:00.730 --> 00:17:05.000 right there and if I go any further, I'm sure Jennifer will 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:08.000 have words for me so if you want to add 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:20.000 Jennifer though that's great. I would just add that any 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.000 information that would hurt you competitively is going to 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.000 be withheld from public information. 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:24.210 So, will there be subsequent submissions, or is this one 00:17:24.210 --> 00:17:28.190 time you have to get home run with the first pitch. So 00:17:28.190 --> 00:17:32.569 these things go through rounds, and if my best guess is 00:17:32.569 --> 00:17:36.420 that they'll take in the initial submissions, and then the 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.000 company will narrow it 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.450 down to a handful of regions that they would like to look 00:17:41.450 --> 00:17:44.869 at. And then they'll probably cut it down to just a couple 00:17:44.869 --> 00:17:47.819 of regions and then they'll be looking at communities 00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:50.000 specifically within the regions. 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.990 And each time you go through around their further requests 00:17:53.990 --> 00:17:58.220 for information, and their site visits and there, there's a 00:17:58.220 --> 00:18:02.200 whole lot of information exchanged but as of right now, we 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:06.170 've, we've put forward what we've been asked for up to this 00:18:06.170 --> 00:18:08.000 point, but there will definitely 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:13.059 if we keep moving through the process will will have to 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:16.000 respond to a lot more requests. 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:20.000 I had, I didn't want more. 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:24.440 But it was actually I was hoping to hear from Peter built 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:30.000 TW and you and as to what their general impression. 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.220 I'll take a quick and then I'll let them speak for 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:37.349 themselves but we did get, I believe it ended up being 18 00:18:37.349 --> 00:18:41.650 letters of support from folks ranging from our district 64 00:18:41.650 --> 00:18:45.609 representative to some of our largest taxpayers in Denton 00:18:45.609 --> 00:18:47.000 to the leaders of all of 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:51.450 our institutions of higher education to our illustrious 00:18:51.450 --> 00:18:56.150 superintendent of D ISD over here, the chamber board, and a 00:18:56.150 --> 00:19:00.000 number of our tech companies so we had a broad. 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:03.930 The other thing that I thought was interesting too was we 00:19:03.930 --> 00:19:07.660 had a letter of support from the Cook County judge and a 00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:11.730 number of communities, north of us in support of our bid, 00:19:11.730 --> 00:19:15.450 which I think is a great example of the fact that people 00:19:15.450 --> 00:19:17.000 realize there are going to be a lot of spillover benefits 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.000 to the 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:20.400 surrounding communities wherever this project ends up loc 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:23.509 ating. It's not just going to affect or benefit the one 00:19:23.509 --> 00:19:25.000 community that it's in. 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:28.619 So support was broad, I'll say that and then if 00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:32.000 representatives want to speak on that. 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:34.000 We, we did. 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:37.359 You did submit a letter of support, it was limited in what 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:40.000 we could support we couldn't support any. 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:45.400 I mean we couldn't provide any ancillary attachments or 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:51.140 appendices so we, but we did submit I thought a significant 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:53.000 letter of support. 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.000 We did as well. 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:58.099 By the way, relative to that I don't know if that's okay it 00:19:58.099 --> 00:20:01.400 wasn't Tom McCoy, Vice President research at university of 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.000 Texas. 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:07.029 And by the, at the same time I think it's fair to disclose 00:20:07.029 --> 00:20:11.980 that we were asked to provide letters of support for not 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:17.259 just them, but other communities in the Dallas Fort Worth 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.000 area. 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:23.000 Jim, do you have any comments? I'm sorry I left off Dr. 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.000 Wilson. 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:26.779 Thank you, Jamie Wilson, Superintendent of Schools, Nipmah 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.000 ISD. 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:30.809 Our letter of support was simply the significance and 00:20:30.809 --> 00:20:35.990 importance of job creation in our community and creating a 00:20:35.990 --> 00:20:38.000 workforce for them should they choose to relocate. 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:42.069 So it was, we sat and talked to it with our trustees a 00:20:42.069 --> 00:20:46.049 little bit and then got on the letters as quickly as 00:20:46.049 --> 00:20:51.000 possible so we'll see what happens. 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:54.000 Councilwoman Briggs has a question. 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:57.839 It's not, it's going back to the website. Could you give a 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:00.799 little bit more details on that is that going to be like a 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:03.880 city of Denton website or is it separate from, and is it, 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:05.000 can you just go into. 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:08.759 Yeah, it's, it's separate from the city of Denton and 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:12.819 actually just I is hosting it and designing it with content 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:16.779 input from the city's ED department the CVB so it's really 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:19.000 a collaborative effort. 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:23.000 They just, they felt very strongly about this project. 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:26.180 And it's great to have their perspective as a tech company. 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:29.250 So we've broken it down into four different categories and 00:21:29.250 --> 00:21:31.920 I wish it were at a point where I could show it to y'all 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:35.000 but I'll make sure to send the link as soon as it's up. 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:38.900 So we're talking about our workforce we're talking about 00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:42.720 our connectivity we're talking there's a section about 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:46.069 created and done that features some of our larger 00:21:46.069 --> 00:21:50.069 businesses some of our tech businesses, just a little bit 00:21:50.069 --> 00:21:53.000 more of a field and a formal response. 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:56.809 And there are a lot of videos and great pictures so it's 00:21:56.809 --> 00:22:00.980 real visual. And then we're also going to have a password 00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:05.150 protected part of the site where we can actually upload our 00:22:05.150 --> 00:22:07.000 official response. 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:10.710 That's only going to be available to the company, so that 00:22:10.710 --> 00:22:14.049 they can see exactly what we submitted to the Dallas 00:22:14.049 --> 00:22:17.779 regional chamber to so it's public facing and then it will 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:20.000 be private for them as well. 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:23.849 And the conversation about, you know, we've, we've poured a 00:22:23.849 --> 00:22:27.119 lot of effort into this website and it's a Squarespace 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:30.359 hosted site so you know it's it's very easy to work with 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:32.000 very easy to update. 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:35.309 We can transition that into a recruitment site for other 00:22:35.309 --> 00:22:39.130 tech companies at the end of this project. So, all of the 00:22:39.130 --> 00:22:44.000 effort will be able to be translated into another purpose. 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:47.000 When this part of it it's finished. 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:51.630 We had some chamber folks that went out actually out to 00:22:51.630 --> 00:22:57.000 Amazon, Adam was one out there he wasn't here how did that. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:23:01.000 What was he able to do out there, Chuck. 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:05.700 I'm not sure that he changed history or that he was mainly 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:09.990 trying to get a logistical view of it. He was out there on 00:23:09.990 --> 00:23:11.000 a site already. 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:17.000 So he took the extra credit chronology with this. 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:21.000 Was that a visit to a distribution center or. 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:26.000 He went to the headquarters. Okay. 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:34.319 He was out there, making his calls and happened to be out 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:41.000 there during this time was able to stop by. 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:50.000 It was not necessarily directly lined up with this. 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:55.220 He was he was not doing anything that was off the record or 00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:58.000 wasn't with anybody else. 00:23:58.000 --> 00:24:01.009 He did have some interesting pictures and there's some, 00:24:01.009 --> 00:24:04.730 there's a pretty massive structure downtown that I'm not 00:24:04.730 --> 00:24:09.000 sure what it is but he plans on replacing that. 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:15.000 That's going to be quite an interesting proposal. 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:20.000 Any other questions or comments. 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.000 Thanks, Caroline. Thank you. 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:26.240 Our next agenda item is a discussion on the leadership dent 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.000 in class tourism dedicated transportation research project. 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:33.359 And we have Kim Phillips, who's the vice president of our 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:37.000 convention and visitors bureau to give the presentation. 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:39.000 Thanks, Kim. 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:41.000 Good morning, everyone. 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.000 I'm going to see if I can do this. 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.000 There we go. 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:48.000 All right. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:55.099 In your last meeting last month, councilmember Hutzpeth 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:59.349 asked for a briefing on what's going on as far as 00:24:59.349 --> 00:25:04.000 conversation regarding tourist dedicated tourist 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:06.000 transportation. 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:09.759 And so I thought I would just give you it was unknown to 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:13.869 this group at the time that the leadership dent in class is 00:25:13.869 --> 00:25:18.000 actually carrying this particular topic this year. 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:21.470 And so I just wanted to give you an update as to where we 00:25:21.470 --> 00:25:22.000 are. 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:29.000 So, how. 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:39.000 I think if you're just saying next. 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:43.900 Okay, so here's background on how the how this particular 00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:49.000 project ended up with leadership dent in the first place. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:52.579 The Denton Convention Center is going to be opening as you 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:54.000 know, next month. 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:58.000 And we're already I mean, we've been marketing Denton 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:02.039 specifically to larger convention groups that our new 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:06.319 center will be able to accommodate new business that we've 00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:10.000 never been able to attract to Denton before. 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:15.250 And one of the first the primary things that our clients 00:26:15.250 --> 00:26:20.779 are asking for or they are identifying as a need is getting 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:26.630 from the convention center into the heart of Denton, which 00:26:26.630 --> 00:26:32.000 is primarily perceived to be the downtown area. 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:35.299 Most of you have probably attended conferences and you know 00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:38.480 that you don't just go into the convention center and stay 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:40.000 there most of the time. 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:44.180 There are activities that happen either after sessions or 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:48.099 over a lot of times those are group activities where the 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:52.269 entire conference all the delegates will be moved from one 00:26:52.269 --> 00:26:56.119 point to another in order to participate in an offsite 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:57.000 activity. 00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.450 That's very common and in fact it's it's tremendously 00:27:00.450 --> 00:27:03.000 uncommon for that not to be the case. 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.539 And so our meeting planners and our clients are asking 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:11.569 about how do you intend to move our group from the 00:27:11.569 --> 00:27:16.619 convention center into other areas within the city offsite 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:18.000 locations. 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:22.180 So the need was identified pretty quickly as this is 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:26.839 something we really need to make a priority of our thought 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:31.109 process is how are we going to address this servicing 00:27:31.109 --> 00:27:32.000 request. 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:42.900 And all of you are familiar with the welcome center that's 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:48.690 on the downtown square. That is also a project of the CBB 00:27:48.690 --> 00:27:49.829 but that was given the light of day by a an intensive 00:27:49.829 --> 00:27:51.150 research project that was conducted during the class of 00:27:51.150 --> 00:27:53.000 2012 leadership didn't. 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:56.000 Yay, Joe was in that class. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:28:00.589 And that class did a really really great job of a lot of 00:28:00.589 --> 00:28:05.279 research and ended up by the conclusion of their class 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:10.299 putting together a very well thought out well researched 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:16.000 and well prepared proposed business plan to actually start 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:21.000 and sustain a visitor information center for Denton. 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:29.769 So having that history having that history I approached 00:28:29.769 --> 00:28:34.619 Chuck and the leadership didn't organization as and pitch 00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:38.599 the idea that hey would this be a possibility for 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:43.470 leadership didn't to take on a similar type of study but 00:28:43.470 --> 00:28:49.000 focused on tourism a dedicated tourism transportation. 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:53.130 And the class after it went through the vetting process 00:28:53.130 --> 00:28:57.529 with leadership didn't the class opted to use this as their 00:28:57.529 --> 00:29:00.000 2018 class project. 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:04.759 So this is where we are right now this is where the class 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:09.339 is they are researching and doing personal visitor 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:14.839 transportation experiences so anywhere they go anywhere any 00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:19.900 vacations they go on or conferences that they attend they 00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:24.039 're making special note of what transportation is available 00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.000 to them. 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:29.289 What they experience as far as being convention delegates 00:29:29.289 --> 00:29:33.569 or just tourists in a destination and they are researching 00:29:33.569 --> 00:29:38.269 in a similar vein as the class of 2012 did for the visitor 00:29:38.269 --> 00:29:43.259 centers looking at cities that look like didn't but that 00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:46.000 have addressed this need in their communities. 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:50.049 And so they're looking at the operational structures the 00:29:50.049 --> 00:29:54.190 financing how they determine routes who all is involved in 00:29:54.190 --> 00:29:58.150 this is it private is it a collaboration between public 00:29:58.150 --> 00:30:00.000 private partnership. 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.440 And if they have this system whoever was involved in 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:07.119 setting it up what would they do different what did they 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:10.880 learn how can we learn from their mistakes and looking at 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:12.000 our project. 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:15.859 And at the conclusion of their project this class plans to 00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:19.900 be able to suggest some recommendations whether it'll look 00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:23.509 like a business plan or not I don't think they've quite 00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:26.869 fleshed that out but their idea is to be able to make 00:30:26.869 --> 00:30:29.000 reservations back to us. 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:33.170 This is a picture that just shows you some of the some of 00:30:33.170 --> 00:30:37.670 the different transportation systems that this class is 00:30:37.670 --> 00:30:41.839 looking at at this point in time up at the top you see all 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:45.000 the trolley from Scottsdale Arizona. 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:50.390 The double decker Austin buses that drive around in Austin 00:30:50.390 --> 00:30:55.339 and then you've got the San Antonio trolley most of you 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:59.230 have probably experienced that one. The one in the far 00:30:59.230 --> 00:31:00.450 right corner is interesting that is Milo and Milo is in Ar 00:31:00.450 --> 00:31:03.000 lington and is a driverless shuttle. 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:19.000 And it drives up and down the sidewalks and moves people. 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.230 It's a very small one so it's obviously not meant to move a 00:31:19.230 --> 00:31:19.500 convention of 500 delegates to downtown, but it is an 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.730 ongoing solution that moves visitors around their 00:31:19.730 --> 00:31:20.000 entertainment district. 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:23.680 And then, just to give you the comparison this is a 00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:27.960 colleague of Julie sent this to us from Stuart, Florida, 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:31.890 and I wanted to include it just to let you know that even 00:31:31.890 --> 00:31:36.990 little tiny towns of 17,000 people are having to address 00:31:36.990 --> 00:31:43.009 tourism transportation needs, very very specific versus 00:31:43.009 --> 00:31:48.000 just the standard public transportation. 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:53.559 And then, let's see, and I believe that is it so the class 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:56.480 project and leadership didn't class project we are not 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:59.440 really moving forward on anything, giving them time to 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:02.619 conduct the research but they will make their presentation 00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:06.089 on April the fifth, the location for that presentation is 00:32:06.089 --> 00:32:07.000 yet to be determined. 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:10.009 But if you'd like to mark your calendars I know that the 00:32:10.009 --> 00:32:13.450 class will be inviting council members and other leadership 00:32:13.450 --> 00:32:16.700 in the community to hear their presentation and then that 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:20.000 that class will actually graduated the end of April. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:25.250 And what happens with their project presentation after that 00:32:25.250 --> 00:32:30.049 remains to be seen but we're excited about getting their 00:32:30.049 --> 00:32:35.589 research. So, that concludes my presentation if anybody has 00:32:35.589 --> 00:32:37.000 any questions. 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:40.000 Questions or comments. 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:45.000 Thank you. All right, thanks Kim appreciate it. 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:50.309 So, is the convention center opening up in November? Yes, 00:32:50.309 --> 00:32:53.279 it should be their original target date was mid November 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:56.130 like November 16th ish but probably the end of November 00:32:56.130 --> 00:32:58.450 they actually have business booked in there the first week 00:32:58.450 --> 00:33:03.000 of December so they've kind of got a goal they got to meet 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:04.000 now. 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:07.329 So, we're booking business and they're like crazy though it 00:33:07.329 --> 00:33:09.000 's selling very very well. 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:16.000 Top of mind and meeting planners. So, thank you. 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:21.109 All right, as we move on we don't have a need for a closed 00:33:21.109 --> 00:33:22.000 meeting. 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:25.019 This morning, but we need to go ahead and start with our 00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.000 regular meeting. 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:32.490 And the first item to address is electing a chair and a 00:33:32.490 --> 00:33:39.000 vice chair to our board for this next fiscal year. 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:52.000 So, with that I guess I'll take nominations. 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:56.869 There's been a motion by Mr. Fox on a second by Carolyn 00:33:56.869 --> 00:33:58.000 Simmons. 00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:03.000 Is there any discussion. 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:09.000 Say, call the question please. All those in favor. 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:12.000 Any opposed. 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.780 All right. We also need to elect a vice chair to serve in 00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:22.000 my absence I guess I'll take nominations for that as well. 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.809 For the record, we need to announce that the motion did 00:34:24.809 --> 00:34:28.000 pass and that Marty Rivers has been selected as the chair. 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.000 Okay. 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:37.070 The motion did pass and Marty Rivers has been selected as 00:34:37.070 --> 00:34:38.000 chair. 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:43.000 We need to elect a vice chair. 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:45.000 Entertain nominations. 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:51.000 Councilman Briggs. 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:56.789 I have a motion and a second to nominate Mr. Baines as vice 00:34:56.789 --> 00:34:58.000 chair. 00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:01.000 Any discussion. 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:09.000 Chance. 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:12.000 The post. 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:18.800 All right. We have accepted john Baines as the vice chair 00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:20.000 of the board. 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:24.000 Congratulations. 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:27.000 All right. 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:32.079 Next up is staff reports. We have those and those have been 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:35.940 mailed out earlier in your minutes and you should have had 00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:39.710 a chance to review those I'm sure everybody's been through 00:35:39.710 --> 00:35:41.000 those thoroughly. 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:44.940 Anybody have any questions for staff or comments or 00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:46.000 suggestions. 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:49.000 In a busy month. 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:53.750 If we don't have any things to talk about on that we will 00:35:53.750 --> 00:35:59.150 move on to the minutes of our last meeting on September 13 00:35:59.150 --> 00:36:04.360 th and we need to accept those minutes and I would entertain 00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:06.000 a motion for that. 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:08.000 Motion from Carol Anne. 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:11.000 The second from Keely. 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:16.000 Any more discussion or questions on the minutes. 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:19.000 All those in favor say aye. 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:22.000 All those opposed. 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:25.000 Looks like the minutes are approved. 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:29.000 And we have finished our agenda for the day. 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:32.869 There's an option for us to ask for anything to be on our 00:36:32.869 --> 00:36:36.900 agenda for next month is anybody have any items that need 00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:40.000 to be added or things we need to talk about. 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:47.409 Concluding items correct. I have a question. So we hear 00:36:47.409 --> 00:36:50.039 about how art and music are really important to make our 00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:53.000 community unique and I'm just curious if we've ever in this 00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:58.230 committee done studies or research about how local art and 00:36:58.230 --> 00:37:01.000 music affect economic development within our community. 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:06.389 Do we have any actual numbers or any kind of studies that 00:37:06.389 --> 00:37:08.000 we have done. 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:12.409 I know that there was a report that was compiled by Michael 00:37:12.409 --> 00:37:16.440 Seaman and part of his PhD work his dissertation that 00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:19.000 looked into that very thing. 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:22.070 And I think that Julie Glover probably has a copy of it 00:37:22.070 --> 00:37:25.349 that we would be glad to share with the group, because it 00:37:25.349 --> 00:37:27.000 does speak to that issue. 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:32.519 That's the only research that I know that's been done on 00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:35.000 that specific to dentin. 00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.579 I think it's probably it's two years old. I just got the 00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:44.000 sign that it's two years old. So relatively recent. 00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:51.000 Okay. 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.000 Okay. 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:57.000 Okay. 00:37:57.000 --> 00:38:02.000 Okay, I'll reach out to them. 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:06.000 Okay, great. Thank you. 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:11.829 I have signed my form. Is there anything else I need before 00:38:11.829 --> 00:38:15.000 being sworn in and this being my first. 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:17.000 Thanks for good. 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.000 Good. 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.000 Thanks for that. 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:31.309 All right, I guess we'll conclude the meeting at why 00:38:31.309 --> 00:38:36.159 everybody's here. And I know everybody's busy and it's hard 00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.389 for me to get here we need to get here about 10 till 11 so 00:38:36.389 --> 00:38:36.570 we can get situated we have to start this thing on 00:38:36.570 --> 00:38:36.800 television at 11 o'clock so it's the last couple times I 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:39.289 know it's new for everybody so if we can make an extra 00:38:39.289 --> 00:38:42.409 effort I had to set my reminder earlier to make sure that I 00:38:42.409 --> 00:38:44.000 get here so be great. 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:48.250 And keep that in mind. And I'm sure we have a large viewing 00:38:48.250 --> 00:38:53.000 audience that is patiently waiting for us. 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:56.219 We don't want to let them down so with that we'll call the 00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:59.630 meeting adjourned I appreciate everybody being here and 00:38:59.630 --> 00:39:01.000 thanks for your help.