1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,000 [PAUSE] 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:57,000 [PAUSE] 3 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:00,570 As many of you are probably familiar, the city assumed 4 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:03,000 management of the space on October 1st. 5 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,000 And just to give you some perspective on where we were on 6 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,439 September 1st under the Dallas Entrepreneur Center's 7 00:01:09,439 --> 00:01:10,000 management, 8 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,680 they were listing 37 members in the space as of September 1 9 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:15,000 . 10 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,120 And as of October 10th, 27 folks have renewed their 11 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,000 membership and we've recruited three new members, 12 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,760 all of which are technology or technology-enabled 13 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,000 businesses. 14 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,060 And a breakdown of those memberships is there are 10 co- 15 00:01:30,060 --> 00:01:32,000 working members, 16 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,400 which means they have access to the space from 8 a.m. to 5 17 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,000 p.m. Monday through Friday, 18 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,489 and they can sit down in the open desk space for their work 19 00:01:40,489 --> 00:01:42,000 and collaboration. 20 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,000 Then there are eight people who have dedicated desks, 21 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,290 which means they identify where they want to sit and they 22 00:01:48,290 --> 00:01:50,000 're assigned to the same desk, 23 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,329 and they can leave some of their stuff there, their 24 00:01:52,329 --> 00:01:55,000 computers, they have small file cabinets. 25 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:59,219 Then we have nine folks in offices. There are actually 26 00:01:59,219 --> 00:02:01,000 eight separate offices. 27 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,280 One of them was being occupied by the deck staffer who was 28 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:06,000 there, 29 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,560 but we had a potential member who was interested in the 30 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,000 office. 31 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,870 And so on October 1st, we went ahead and signed him up for 32 00:02:12,870 --> 00:02:15,000 a membership in that office. 33 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,460 And then we actually have two people who are sharing one 34 00:02:17,460 --> 00:02:18,000 office. 35 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 So that's how we end up with nine. 36 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,360 Then there's also a category of membership that's called 37 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,000 virtual, 38 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,319 which means that people pay a lower membership rate and 39 00:02:27,319 --> 00:02:30,000 they have certain privileges, 40 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,000 but they're not as broad as a co-working membership. 41 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,129 And as of right now, we're standing at a little over 60% of 42 00:02:37,129 --> 00:02:39,000 the businesses in the space 43 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,000 that are technology or technology-enabled. 44 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,409 To quickly update you on the request for proposals that was 45 00:02:47,409 --> 00:02:50,000 put out for the management of the space, 46 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,080 that RFP closed on October 3rd, and the evaluation 47 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,000 committee has met, 48 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,990 and we plan to make a recommendation to council on October 49 00:02:58,990 --> 00:03:01,000 24th regarding RFP. 50 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,979 That's all I have for the update, and I'm glad to answer 51 00:03:04,979 --> 00:03:08,000 questions if anybody has any. 52 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:18,000 [ Inaudible ] 53 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Most of them were not. 54 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:27,800 The majority of the people who didn't renew had -- they had 55 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,000 -- I don't know how I want to say -- it's not lower -- 56 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,069 they were mentorship members or virtual members is the way 57 00:03:34,069 --> 00:03:35,000 I can put that. 58 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,930 So they were less engaged, they're not folks that are in 59 00:03:37,930 --> 00:03:39,000 the space every day, 60 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,710 and a number of them we were not even able to reach in all 61 00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:45,000 of our attempts to contact them. 62 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,300 So they were not folks that were actively engaged in the 63 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:51,000 space anyway, the majority of them. 64 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 >> I had a question, please. 65 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,120 >> Mr. Baines, I've been instructed to make sure I call out 66 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,000 everybody's name for the television. 67 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 >> All right. 68 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,000 I'm John Baines from the Black Chamber of Commerce. 69 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 My question is this. 70 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:12,500 The Dallas Entrepreneur Center was the entity that was 71 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:15,000 contracted with? 72 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 >> Yes, sir. 73 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,410 >> Are they in the -- in the offering to be renewed or are 74 00:04:19,410 --> 00:04:22,000 we going to completely exclude them? 75 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,000 >> No, they -- their contract was not renewed. 76 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:30,389 They were eligible to respond to the RFP should they choose 77 00:04:30,389 --> 00:04:31,000 to. 78 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 >> Do we know how many RFPs we received? 79 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,329 >> Since we're actively in the RFP process, I can't discuss 80 00:04:37,329 --> 00:04:41,000 that since I'm on the review committee. 81 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,300 >> Were there some things in particular that we were not 82 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:48,000 happy with or some things that we were looking for? 83 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,220 >> I think that there was a feeling that there needed to be 84 00:04:53,220 --> 00:04:56,000 a little bit more specificity about what the goals 85 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,430 and objectives and measurements were for the entity that 86 00:04:59,430 --> 00:05:01,000 was running the space. 87 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,230 And so we've learned from that and whether the city 88 00:05:04,230 --> 00:05:08,000 continues its management or we contract with someone else, 89 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,879 another entity to do the management, those things are going 90 00:05:11,879 --> 00:05:14,000 to be very clearly outlined and included in the contract 91 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,000 from the beginning. 92 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,000 >> Thank you. 93 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 >> You're welcome. 94 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 >> Anybody else have any questions? 95 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,000 >> I had a question. 96 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,759 When we contract with somebody to move in there, are we 97 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:31,000 keeping track of where they're coming from? 98 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,250 And I guess specifically are they moving from somebody else 99 00:05:35,250 --> 00:05:38,860 's office that they're leasing in downtown or somewhere else 100 00:05:38,860 --> 00:05:39,000 in the city 101 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,449 and moving into Stoke and creating a vacant space in 102 00:05:42,449 --> 00:05:46,000 somebody else's building or are they new to town? 103 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,930 >> So there's a mix of all different scenarios that people 104 00:05:49,930 --> 00:05:53,310 are coming from and when we do visit with people about 105 00:05:53,310 --> 00:05:55,000 their desire to be a member, 106 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 that's one of the first things that we ask them. 107 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,759 And some of the most recent members, the three that have 108 00:06:00,759 --> 00:06:04,329 been recruited, one was a company that came from another 109 00:06:04,329 --> 00:06:06,000 community outside of Denton. 110 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,000 And one of them I know in particular had a home office. 111 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,199 So none of the three that we've recruited, and I can't say 112 00:06:14,199 --> 00:06:17,000 for sure about the third one, but I do know those two, 113 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,189 neither of them moved out of any other commercial space in 114 00:06:20,189 --> 00:06:22,000 the community to join Stoke. 115 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,490 >> I think that's good information to keep track of and 116 00:06:24,490 --> 00:06:25,000 share. 117 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,389 Just somebody's going from a home office to that space and 118 00:06:28,389 --> 00:06:31,759 they're actually growing or expanding or moving from 119 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:33,000 another community. 120 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,000 I think that's what that is there for. 121 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,000 >> Okay. 122 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Any other comments or questions? 123 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 All right. 124 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 I guess we can move on to our next report. 125 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 >> Okay. 126 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:53,160 I will be giving you all a quick overview of Denton's 127 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:58,000 Amazon headquarters second location response. 128 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,069 And I think most of us are aware that Amazon made a big 129 00:07:01,069 --> 00:07:04,319 announcement on September 7th that it's going to be 130 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:06,000 searching for a second headquarters location, 131 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:09,000 that they're abbreviating HQ2. 132 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,779 And that project is expected to bring more than $5 billion 133 00:07:13,779 --> 00:07:17,000 in investment and more than $50,000 -- I'm sorry -- 134 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:21,000 50,000 high-paying jobs over a 15-year phased rollout. 135 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 So it's a transformative project, clearly. 136 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,970 And the way that they announced the search garnered a lot 137 00:07:27,970 --> 00:07:32,000 of attention and a lot of competition all across the U.S. 138 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,000 as well as Canada and Mexico. 139 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:39,850 So the company in their RFP, they actually specified that 140 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:43,000 they only wanted to accept one proposal per region. 141 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,709 And they said per metropolitan statistical area, which is 142 00:07:46,709 --> 00:07:49,000 just a fancy way of saying region. 143 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:53,699 So for us here in the DFW Metroplex, the Dallas Regional 144 00:07:53,699 --> 00:07:57,629 Chamber is the entity that's compiling all of the different 145 00:07:57,629 --> 00:07:59,000 responses from the municipalities 146 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:04,870 and will be ultimately submitting our regional response to 147 00:08:04,870 --> 00:08:06,000 Amazon. 148 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,589 And as you guys saw in the backup, I outlined a little bit 149 00:08:10,589 --> 00:08:14,709 what our typical thought process is when we get any kind of 150 00:08:14,709 --> 00:08:15,000 RFP, 151 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,019 not just a significant one like this, but the first thing 152 00:08:18,019 --> 00:08:22,160 that we start with is whether the project aligns with Dent 153 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:23,000 on's target industries 154 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,850 and recruitment preferences as specified in our 2016 155 00:08:27,850 --> 00:08:31,699 economic development incentive policy that's adopted by the 156 00:08:31,699 --> 00:08:33,000 council. 157 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:36,000 And clearly this project was a target industry. 158 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 It's a corporate headquarters. 159 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 It's a significant project. 160 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,000 So that was obviously met right out of the box. 161 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,389 And so then we move on to make sure that we meet the 162 00:08:46,389 --> 00:08:50,000 project's minimum requirements for response. 163 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,090 And I've listed those here and they're pretty 164 00:08:52,090 --> 00:08:53,000 straightforward. 165 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,379 And we are obviously well within all of those basic 166 00:08:57,379 --> 00:08:59,000 requirements. 167 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,299 And so we've moved on then to look at what their key 168 00:09:02,299 --> 00:09:05,840 preferences and decision drivers are when they're going to 169 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:07,000 be making their decision. 170 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,659 And these are the things that they put forward in the RFP 171 00:09:11,659 --> 00:09:16,539 that we had to examine and outline in our response for them 172 00:09:16,539 --> 00:09:17,000 . 173 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,080 So robust workforce, a big part of that clearly in Denton 174 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:25,000 is our universities that we have here in the community. 175 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,029 And a strong university system was specifically stated in 176 00:09:29,029 --> 00:09:32,509 the proposal or in their request for proposals as something 177 00:09:32,509 --> 00:09:34,000 that was a must for them. 178 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Logistics and transportation connectivity. 179 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:41,100 I mean, we all know that we're in a prime strategic spot on 180 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:43,000 35 and 380. 181 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:47,590 But in Amazon's case, connectivity meant something more to 182 00:09:47,590 --> 00:09:49,000 them than that. 183 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,000 They're interested in transit options. 184 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,870 They're interested in active transportation like bike plans 185 00:09:55,870 --> 00:09:59,919 and walk plans and accessibility in different ways outside 186 00:09:59,919 --> 00:10:01,000 of car travel. 187 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:06,000 And we have we have a lot to offer in that realm. 188 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,820 And then the council has placed a priority on active 189 00:10:08,820 --> 00:10:10,000 transportation. 190 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,330 So we were able to work with our transportation department 191 00:10:13,330 --> 00:10:16,320 and the bike and pedestrian coordinator to pull that 192 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,000 information together. 193 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:23,259 We offered them to 100 plus acre essentially greenfield 194 00:10:23,259 --> 00:10:26,480 sites, one on the northern side of town and one on the 195 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,000 southern side of town. 196 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,470 And then because they expressed a preference for creative 197 00:10:31,470 --> 00:10:35,090 options and we know that they have done infill redevelop 198 00:10:35,090 --> 00:10:37,000 ment projects in Seattle, 199 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:41,009 we put forward a third what we were calling a bonus site in 200 00:10:41,009 --> 00:10:43,000 our downtown core area. 201 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,080 And it wouldn't stand alone, but it could be paired with 202 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,860 either one of the two greenfield sites to make an 203 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:53,000 interesting final option for them. 204 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,409 Time to operations obviously includes the readiness of the 205 00:10:57,409 --> 00:11:01,429 site, our utilities to the site, is fiber infrastructure 206 00:11:01,429 --> 00:11:02,000 there? 207 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,870 Are they going to be able to move through the permitting 208 00:11:04,870 --> 00:11:06,000 process quickly? 209 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,000 And so we address that for them in our response. 210 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Low capital and operating costs. 211 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,889 Obviously, this is important to any business that's going 212 00:11:13,889 --> 00:11:15,000 to be a key driver. 213 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,139 And you were competitive with other communities in the 214 00:11:19,139 --> 00:11:22,000 region as far as our tax structure. 215 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,500 And we do have an advantage in that Denton does not have 216 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:27,179 any special taxing districts like some folks have community 217 00:11:27,179 --> 00:11:30,529 college or hospital or water districts that that have 218 00:11:30,529 --> 00:11:34,000 another layer of taxation on top of that economic 219 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,000 incentives. 220 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:39,000 Clearly, we have programs and options that we can consider 221 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,000 for a project of this size. 222 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 And we were closely in touch with the county. 223 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,289 We were in touch with folks at the state level to make sure 224 00:11:47,289 --> 00:11:51,659 that we were comprehensively looking at a package that we 225 00:11:51,659 --> 00:11:55,000 could offer them as far as incentives. 226 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,700 And you all are very familiar with the process of how that 227 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:03,500 would work if it came to the point of actually a 228 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:06,320 negotiation. This board would hear about that first and 229 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,000 then make recommendations to the city council. 230 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,820 Cultural community fit. We think this is a really strong 231 00:12:11,820 --> 00:12:15,000 selling point for Denton in terms of this project. 232 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,009 We're a location that can attract and retain tech talent. 233 00:12:18,009 --> 00:12:20,000 That's what they need. 234 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 They're interested in quality of life and quality of place. 235 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,269 They specifically reference sustainability efforts and I 236 00:12:27,269 --> 00:12:30,059 think we're all familiar with the efforts of Denton 237 00:12:30,059 --> 00:12:33,000 municipal electric to provide renewable power. 238 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,070 We have phenomenal recycling programs, methane capture 239 00:12:37,070 --> 00:12:40,799 programs at the landfill, and our community places a 240 00:12:40,799 --> 00:12:44,730 priority on that and that makes us very well aligned with 241 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:49,000 Amazon's corporate values in terms of sustainability. 242 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,009 We have a fantastic music and art scene and overall our 243 00:12:52,009 --> 00:12:55,159 quality of life is very high with the relatively low cost 244 00:12:55,159 --> 00:12:56,000 of living. 245 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:00,299 So given all of those things, we're very competitive and we 246 00:13:00,299 --> 00:13:04,000 were excited to pull together a lot of partners. 247 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,490 Staff worked very hard on collecting the materials that we 248 00:13:07,490 --> 00:13:10,879 needed for the response and we were able to turn those into 249 00:13:10,879 --> 00:13:14,000 the Dallas Regional Chamber on September 29th. 250 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,539 And we did have a very positive response from the Dallas 251 00:13:17,539 --> 00:13:21,210 Regional Chamber about our submission and I'm happy to be 252 00:13:21,210 --> 00:13:23,000 able to share that with you. 253 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,529 And the regional proposal, the overall proposal is going to 254 00:13:27,529 --> 00:13:33,000 be turned into Amazon by October 19th. That's the deadline. 255 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,590 In addition to our official response, we wanted to have a 256 00:13:36,590 --> 00:13:40,250 little bit more control over what we were sharing with them 257 00:13:40,250 --> 00:13:43,539 in addition to just sending it to the Dallas Regional 258 00:13:43,539 --> 00:13:45,000 Chamber to submit. 259 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,049 So in thinking about how we might be able to correspond a 260 00:13:48,049 --> 00:13:51,200 little bit more directly or communicate with Amazon more 261 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:56,000 directly, one of our community business partners, Jasadi, 262 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,220 reached out to us to have a conversation about setting up a 263 00:14:00,220 --> 00:14:05,000 website that was directed at Amazon and would be able to 264 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,000 highlight more about our community from a visual standpoint 265 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,000 and provide some more tailored information. 266 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,250 So we've been working with them to get that website 267 00:14:14,250 --> 00:14:18,159 prepared and it's going to launch either later this week or 268 00:14:18,159 --> 00:14:21,529 the early part of next week so that it will be up prior to 269 00:14:21,529 --> 00:14:24,000 the official deadline of the 19th. 270 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,320 And we've also worked with the CVB and some other folks in 271 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,639 the community to start a social media campaign using the 272 00:14:32,639 --> 00:14:37,000 hashtag #HQ2DentonTexas in which we've asked members of the 273 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,509 community to take pictures about things that they love 274 00:14:40,509 --> 00:14:41,000 about Denton, 275 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,960 you know, what makes this place home to them and some 276 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,320 things that they think folks from Amazon might enjoy about 277 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,519 the community too and then hashtag it with that tag as well 278 00:14:50,519 --> 00:14:53,460 as tagging Amazon so that they can see that we've got a 279 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:56,000 little bit of a social media campaign going. 280 00:14:56,000 --> 00:15:00,549 And I think once the website launches, there's going to be 281 00:15:00,549 --> 00:15:05,200 some renewed efforts to get that social media campaign ramp 282 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:06,000 ed up. 283 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,149 As far as next steps, the mayors of Dallas and Fort Worth 284 00:15:09,149 --> 00:15:12,529 have called a meeting of regional mayors today, and the may 285 00:15:12,529 --> 00:15:15,509 ors are going to meet and hear a presentation from the 286 00:15:15,509 --> 00:15:18,850 Dallas Regional Chamber about exactly what their pitch is 287 00:15:18,850 --> 00:15:21,000 going to look like. 288 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,470 They're not going to be disclosing any specific information 289 00:15:24,470 --> 00:15:27,970 about responses from the communities, but they'll give them 290 00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:31,080 an overview of what the regional data will look like and 291 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,049 give them a chance to ask some questions about how the 292 00:15:34,049 --> 00:15:36,000 region is going to be pitched. 293 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,009 Then subsequently, and there's no date set for this yet, 294 00:15:39,009 --> 00:15:42,730 but the Dallas Regional Chamber will do a similar kind of 295 00:15:42,730 --> 00:15:45,590 meeting with economic developers from the responding 296 00:15:45,590 --> 00:15:48,360 communities so that we have a chance to see how they've 297 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:50,000 assembled our materials. 298 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,090 Then there are a whole bunch of steps in between, but we 299 00:15:53,090 --> 00:15:56,490 don't have any concrete information aside from Amazon says 300 00:15:56,490 --> 00:16:00,000 that they're going to make a decision in 2018. 301 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:05,980 So that's how we got to where we are now, and I'm happy to 302 00:16:05,980 --> 00:16:12,000 answer questions that y'all have about the process. 303 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 What are the odds? 304 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,000 They're long, Marty, they're long. 305 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,000 I have three questions. 306 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Mr. Baines, John Baines, the black chamber. 307 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:29,000 How are we, how are we protecting our competitive privacy. 308 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,990 Well, the Dallas Regional Chamber staff I spoke 309 00:16:32,990 --> 00:16:37,559 specifically to them about this, and they are a private 310 00:16:37,559 --> 00:16:42,429 organization they're not subject to open records requests 311 00:16:42,429 --> 00:16:47,080 so anything that is returned to them from us, they're not 312 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,000 disclosing they're protecting the information 313 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:53,039 from the communities. And as a city entity we have, there 314 00:16:53,039 --> 00:16:56,899 are some exemptions to what we would have to disclose if it 315 00:16:56,899 --> 00:17:00,730 's an economic development project and I'm going to stop 316 00:17:00,730 --> 00:17:05,000 right there and if I go any further, I'm sure Jennifer will 317 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,000 have words for me so if you want to add 318 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Jennifer though that's great. I would just add that any 319 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:20,000 information that would hurt you competitively is going to 320 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:20,000 be withheld from public information. 321 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,210 So, will there be subsequent submissions, or is this one 322 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:28,190 time you have to get home run with the first pitch. So 323 00:17:28,190 --> 00:17:32,569 these things go through rounds, and if my best guess is 324 00:17:32,569 --> 00:17:36,420 that they'll take in the initial submissions, and then the 325 00:17:36,420 --> 00:17:37,000 company will narrow it 326 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,450 down to a handful of regions that they would like to look 327 00:17:41,450 --> 00:17:44,869 at. And then they'll probably cut it down to just a couple 328 00:17:44,869 --> 00:17:47,819 of regions and then they'll be looking at communities 329 00:17:47,819 --> 00:17:50,000 specifically within the regions. 330 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,990 And each time you go through around their further requests 331 00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:58,220 for information, and their site visits and there, there's a 332 00:17:58,220 --> 00:18:02,200 whole lot of information exchanged but as of right now, we 333 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:06,170 've, we've put forward what we've been asked for up to this 334 00:18:06,170 --> 00:18:08,000 point, but there will definitely 335 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:13,059 if we keep moving through the process will will have to 336 00:18:13,059 --> 00:18:16,000 respond to a lot more requests. 337 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,000 I had, I didn't want more. 338 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,440 But it was actually I was hoping to hear from Peter built 339 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:30,000 TW and you and as to what their general impression. 340 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:33,220 I'll take a quick and then I'll let them speak for 341 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:37,349 themselves but we did get, I believe it ended up being 18 342 00:18:37,349 --> 00:18:41,650 letters of support from folks ranging from our district 64 343 00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:45,609 representative to some of our largest taxpayers in Denton 344 00:18:45,609 --> 00:18:47,000 to the leaders of all of 345 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,450 our institutions of higher education to our illustrious 346 00:18:51,450 --> 00:18:56,150 superintendent of D ISD over here, the chamber board, and a 347 00:18:56,150 --> 00:19:00,000 number of our tech companies so we had a broad. 348 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,930 The other thing that I thought was interesting too was we 349 00:19:03,930 --> 00:19:07,660 had a letter of support from the Cook County judge and a 350 00:19:07,660 --> 00:19:11,730 number of communities, north of us in support of our bid, 351 00:19:11,730 --> 00:19:15,450 which I think is a great example of the fact that people 352 00:19:15,450 --> 00:19:17,000 realize there are going to be a lot of spillover benefits 353 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:17,000 to the 354 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:20,400 surrounding communities wherever this project ends up loc 355 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,509 ating. It's not just going to affect or benefit the one 356 00:19:23,509 --> 00:19:25,000 community that it's in. 357 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,619 So support was broad, I'll say that and then if 358 00:19:28,619 --> 00:19:32,000 representatives want to speak on that. 359 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 We, we did. 360 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,359 You did submit a letter of support, it was limited in what 361 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,000 we could support we couldn't support any. 362 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:45,400 I mean we couldn't provide any ancillary attachments or 363 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:51,140 appendices so we, but we did submit I thought a significant 364 00:19:51,140 --> 00:19:53,000 letter of support. 365 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 We did as well. 366 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,099 By the way, relative to that I don't know if that's okay it 367 00:19:58,099 --> 00:20:01,400 wasn't Tom McCoy, Vice President research at university of 368 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,000 Texas. 369 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:07,029 And by the, at the same time I think it's fair to disclose 370 00:20:07,029 --> 00:20:11,980 that we were asked to provide letters of support for not 371 00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:17,259 just them, but other communities in the Dallas Fort Worth 372 00:20:17,259 --> 00:20:18,000 area. 373 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:23,000 Jim, do you have any comments? I'm sorry I left off Dr. 374 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:23,000 Wilson. 375 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,779 Thank you, Jamie Wilson, Superintendent of Schools, Nipmah 376 00:20:26,779 --> 00:20:27,000 ISD. 377 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,809 Our letter of support was simply the significance and 378 00:20:30,809 --> 00:20:35,990 importance of job creation in our community and creating a 379 00:20:35,990 --> 00:20:38,000 workforce for them should they choose to relocate. 380 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,069 So it was, we sat and talked to it with our trustees a 381 00:20:42,069 --> 00:20:46,049 little bit and then got on the letters as quickly as 382 00:20:46,049 --> 00:20:51,000 possible so we'll see what happens. 383 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Councilwoman Briggs has a question. 384 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,839 It's not, it's going back to the website. Could you give a 385 00:20:57,839 --> 00:21:00,799 little bit more details on that is that going to be like a 386 00:21:00,799 --> 00:21:03,880 city of Denton website or is it separate from, and is it, 387 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:05,000 can you just go into. 388 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,759 Yeah, it's, it's separate from the city of Denton and 389 00:21:08,759 --> 00:21:12,819 actually just I is hosting it and designing it with content 390 00:21:12,819 --> 00:21:16,779 input from the city's ED department the CVB so it's really 391 00:21:16,779 --> 00:21:19,000 a collaborative effort. 392 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:23,000 They just, they felt very strongly about this project. 393 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,180 And it's great to have their perspective as a tech company. 394 00:21:26,180 --> 00:21:29,250 So we've broken it down into four different categories and 395 00:21:29,250 --> 00:21:31,920 I wish it were at a point where I could show it to y'all 396 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:35,000 but I'll make sure to send the link as soon as it's up. 397 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,900 So we're talking about our workforce we're talking about 398 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:42,720 our connectivity we're talking there's a section about 399 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,069 created and done that features some of our larger 400 00:21:46,069 --> 00:21:50,069 businesses some of our tech businesses, just a little bit 401 00:21:50,069 --> 00:21:53,000 more of a field and a formal response. 402 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,809 And there are a lot of videos and great pictures so it's 403 00:21:56,809 --> 00:22:00,980 real visual. And then we're also going to have a password 404 00:22:00,980 --> 00:22:05,150 protected part of the site where we can actually upload our 405 00:22:05,150 --> 00:22:07,000 official response. 406 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,710 That's only going to be available to the company, so that 407 00:22:10,710 --> 00:22:14,049 they can see exactly what we submitted to the Dallas 408 00:22:14,049 --> 00:22:17,779 regional chamber to so it's public facing and then it will 409 00:22:17,779 --> 00:22:20,000 be private for them as well. 410 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,849 And the conversation about, you know, we've, we've poured a 411 00:22:23,849 --> 00:22:27,119 lot of effort into this website and it's a Squarespace 412 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,359 hosted site so you know it's it's very easy to work with 413 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,000 very easy to update. 414 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,309 We can transition that into a recruitment site for other 415 00:22:35,309 --> 00:22:39,130 tech companies at the end of this project. So, all of the 416 00:22:39,130 --> 00:22:44,000 effort will be able to be translated into another purpose. 417 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,000 When this part of it it's finished. 418 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,630 We had some chamber folks that went out actually out to 419 00:22:51,630 --> 00:22:57,000 Amazon, Adam was one out there he wasn't here how did that. 420 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,000 What was he able to do out there, Chuck. 421 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,700 I'm not sure that he changed history or that he was mainly 422 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:09,990 trying to get a logistical view of it. He was out there on 423 00:23:09,990 --> 00:23:11,000 a site already. 424 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:17,000 So he took the extra credit chronology with this. 425 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Was that a visit to a distribution center or. 426 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:26,000 He went to the headquarters. Okay. 427 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:34,319 He was out there, making his calls and happened to be out 428 00:23:34,319 --> 00:23:41,000 there during this time was able to stop by. 429 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:50,000 It was not necessarily directly lined up with this. 430 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:55,220 He was he was not doing anything that was off the record or 431 00:23:55,220 --> 00:23:58,000 wasn't with anybody else. 432 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,009 He did have some interesting pictures and there's some, 433 00:24:01,009 --> 00:24:04,730 there's a pretty massive structure downtown that I'm not 434 00:24:04,730 --> 00:24:09,000 sure what it is but he plans on replacing that. 435 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:15,000 That's going to be quite an interesting proposal. 436 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Any other questions or comments. 437 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000 Thanks, Caroline. Thank you. 438 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,240 Our next agenda item is a discussion on the leadership dent 439 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,000 in class tourism dedicated transportation research project. 440 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,359 And we have Kim Phillips, who's the vice president of our 441 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,000 convention and visitors bureau to give the presentation. 442 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,000 Thanks, Kim. 443 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Good morning, everyone. 444 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,000 I'm going to see if I can do this. 445 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,000 There we go. 446 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,000 All right. 447 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:55,099 In your last meeting last month, councilmember Hutzpeth 448 00:24:55,099 --> 00:24:59,349 asked for a briefing on what's going on as far as 449 00:24:59,349 --> 00:25:04,000 conversation regarding tourist dedicated tourist 450 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 transportation. 451 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,759 And so I thought I would just give you it was unknown to 452 00:25:09,759 --> 00:25:13,869 this group at the time that the leadership dent in class is 453 00:25:13,869 --> 00:25:18,000 actually carrying this particular topic this year. 454 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,470 And so I just wanted to give you an update as to where we 455 00:25:21,470 --> 00:25:22,000 are. 456 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:29,000 So, how. 457 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:39,000 I think if you're just saying next. 458 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:43,900 Okay, so here's background on how the how this particular 459 00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:49,000 project ended up with leadership dent in the first place. 460 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,579 The Denton Convention Center is going to be opening as you 461 00:25:52,579 --> 00:25:54,000 know, next month. 462 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,000 And we're already I mean, we've been marketing Denton 463 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,039 specifically to larger convention groups that our new 464 00:26:02,039 --> 00:26:06,319 center will be able to accommodate new business that we've 465 00:26:06,319 --> 00:26:10,000 never been able to attract to Denton before. 466 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:15,250 And one of the first the primary things that our clients 467 00:26:15,250 --> 00:26:20,779 are asking for or they are identifying as a need is getting 468 00:26:20,779 --> 00:26:26,630 from the convention center into the heart of Denton, which 469 00:26:26,630 --> 00:26:32,000 is primarily perceived to be the downtown area. 470 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,299 Most of you have probably attended conferences and you know 471 00:26:35,299 --> 00:26:38,480 that you don't just go into the convention center and stay 472 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,000 there most of the time. 473 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:44,180 There are activities that happen either after sessions or 474 00:26:44,180 --> 00:26:48,099 over a lot of times those are group activities where the 475 00:26:48,099 --> 00:26:52,269 entire conference all the delegates will be moved from one 476 00:26:52,269 --> 00:26:56,119 point to another in order to participate in an offsite 477 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:57,000 activity. 478 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,450 That's very common and in fact it's it's tremendously 479 00:27:00,450 --> 00:27:03,000 uncommon for that not to be the case. 480 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,539 And so our meeting planners and our clients are asking 481 00:27:07,539 --> 00:27:11,569 about how do you intend to move our group from the 482 00:27:11,569 --> 00:27:16,619 convention center into other areas within the city offsite 483 00:27:16,619 --> 00:27:18,000 locations. 484 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:22,180 So the need was identified pretty quickly as this is 485 00:27:22,180 --> 00:27:26,839 something we really need to make a priority of our thought 486 00:27:26,839 --> 00:27:31,109 process is how are we going to address this servicing 487 00:27:31,109 --> 00:27:32,000 request. 488 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:42,900 And all of you are familiar with the welcome center that's 489 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:48,690 on the downtown square. That is also a project of the CBB 490 00:27:48,690 --> 00:27:49,829 but that was given the light of day by a an intensive 491 00:27:49,829 --> 00:27:51,150 research project that was conducted during the class of 492 00:27:51,150 --> 00:27:53,000 2012 leadership didn't. 493 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:56,000 Yay, Joe was in that class. 494 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,589 And that class did a really really great job of a lot of 495 00:28:00,589 --> 00:28:05,279 research and ended up by the conclusion of their class 496 00:28:05,279 --> 00:28:10,299 putting together a very well thought out well researched 497 00:28:10,299 --> 00:28:16,000 and well prepared proposed business plan to actually start 498 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:21,000 and sustain a visitor information center for Denton. 499 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:29,769 So having that history having that history I approached 500 00:28:29,769 --> 00:28:34,619 Chuck and the leadership didn't organization as and pitch 501 00:28:34,619 --> 00:28:38,599 the idea that hey would this be a possibility for 502 00:28:38,599 --> 00:28:43,470 leadership didn't to take on a similar type of study but 503 00:28:43,470 --> 00:28:49,000 focused on tourism a dedicated tourism transportation. 504 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:53,130 And the class after it went through the vetting process 505 00:28:53,130 --> 00:28:57,529 with leadership didn't the class opted to use this as their 506 00:28:57,529 --> 00:29:00,000 2018 class project. 507 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:04,759 So this is where we are right now this is where the class 508 00:29:04,759 --> 00:29:09,339 is they are researching and doing personal visitor 509 00:29:09,339 --> 00:29:14,839 transportation experiences so anywhere they go anywhere any 510 00:29:14,839 --> 00:29:19,900 vacations they go on or conferences that they attend they 511 00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:24,039 're making special note of what transportation is available 512 00:29:24,039 --> 00:29:25,000 to them. 513 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,289 What they experience as far as being convention delegates 514 00:29:29,289 --> 00:29:33,569 or just tourists in a destination and they are researching 515 00:29:33,569 --> 00:29:38,269 in a similar vein as the class of 2012 did for the visitor 516 00:29:38,269 --> 00:29:43,259 centers looking at cities that look like didn't but that 517 00:29:43,259 --> 00:29:46,000 have addressed this need in their communities. 518 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,049 And so they're looking at the operational structures the 519 00:29:50,049 --> 00:29:54,190 financing how they determine routes who all is involved in 520 00:29:54,190 --> 00:29:58,150 this is it private is it a collaboration between public 521 00:29:58,150 --> 00:30:00,000 private partnership. 522 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,440 And if they have this system whoever was involved in 523 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,119 setting it up what would they do different what did they 524 00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:10,880 learn how can we learn from their mistakes and looking at 525 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,000 our project. 526 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,859 And at the conclusion of their project this class plans to 527 00:30:15,859 --> 00:30:19,900 be able to suggest some recommendations whether it'll look 528 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:23,509 like a business plan or not I don't think they've quite 529 00:30:23,509 --> 00:30:26,869 fleshed that out but their idea is to be able to make 530 00:30:26,869 --> 00:30:29,000 reservations back to us. 531 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:33,170 This is a picture that just shows you some of the some of 532 00:30:33,170 --> 00:30:37,670 the different transportation systems that this class is 533 00:30:37,670 --> 00:30:41,839 looking at at this point in time up at the top you see all 534 00:30:41,839 --> 00:30:45,000 the trolley from Scottsdale Arizona. 535 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:50,390 The double decker Austin buses that drive around in Austin 536 00:30:50,390 --> 00:30:55,339 and then you've got the San Antonio trolley most of you 537 00:30:55,339 --> 00:30:59,230 have probably experienced that one. The one in the far 538 00:30:59,230 --> 00:31:00,450 right corner is interesting that is Milo and Milo is in Ar 539 00:31:00,450 --> 00:31:03,000 lington and is a driverless shuttle. 540 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:19,000 And it drives up and down the sidewalks and moves people. 541 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:19,230 It's a very small one so it's obviously not meant to move a 542 00:31:19,230 --> 00:31:19,500 convention of 500 delegates to downtown, but it is an 543 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:19,730 ongoing solution that moves visitors around their 544 00:31:19,730 --> 00:31:20,000 entertainment district. 545 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,680 And then, just to give you the comparison this is a 546 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,960 colleague of Julie sent this to us from Stuart, Florida, 547 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,890 and I wanted to include it just to let you know that even 548 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:36,990 little tiny towns of 17,000 people are having to address 549 00:31:36,990 --> 00:31:43,009 tourism transportation needs, very very specific versus 550 00:31:43,009 --> 00:31:48,000 just the standard public transportation. 551 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:53,559 And then, let's see, and I believe that is it so the class 552 00:31:53,559 --> 00:31:56,480 project and leadership didn't class project we are not 553 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,440 really moving forward on anything, giving them time to 554 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,619 conduct the research but they will make their presentation 555 00:32:02,619 --> 00:32:06,089 on April the fifth, the location for that presentation is 556 00:32:06,089 --> 00:32:07,000 yet to be determined. 557 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,009 But if you'd like to mark your calendars I know that the 558 00:32:10,009 --> 00:32:13,450 class will be inviting council members and other leadership 559 00:32:13,450 --> 00:32:16,700 in the community to hear their presentation and then that 560 00:32:16,700 --> 00:32:20,000 that class will actually graduated the end of April. 561 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,250 And what happens with their project presentation after that 562 00:32:25,250 --> 00:32:30,049 remains to be seen but we're excited about getting their 563 00:32:30,049 --> 00:32:35,589 research. So, that concludes my presentation if anybody has 564 00:32:35,589 --> 00:32:37,000 any questions. 565 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:40,000 Questions or comments. 566 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:45,000 Thank you. All right, thanks Kim appreciate it. 567 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:50,309 So, is the convention center opening up in November? Yes, 568 00:32:50,309 --> 00:32:53,279 it should be their original target date was mid November 569 00:32:53,279 --> 00:32:56,130 like November 16th ish but probably the end of November 570 00:32:56,130 --> 00:32:58,450 they actually have business booked in there the first week 571 00:32:58,450 --> 00:33:03,000 of December so they've kind of got a goal they got to meet 572 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,000 now. 573 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,329 So, we're booking business and they're like crazy though it 574 00:33:07,329 --> 00:33:09,000 's selling very very well. 575 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:16,000 Top of mind and meeting planners. So, thank you. 576 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:21,109 All right, as we move on we don't have a need for a closed 577 00:33:21,109 --> 00:33:22,000 meeting. 578 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,019 This morning, but we need to go ahead and start with our 579 00:33:25,019 --> 00:33:26,000 regular meeting. 580 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:32,490 And the first item to address is electing a chair and a 581 00:33:32,490 --> 00:33:39,000 vice chair to our board for this next fiscal year. 582 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:52,000 So, with that I guess I'll take nominations. 583 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:56,869 There's been a motion by Mr. Fox on a second by Carolyn 584 00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:58,000 Simmons. 585 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:03,000 Is there any discussion. 586 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:09,000 Say, call the question please. All those in favor. 587 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000 Any opposed. 588 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,780 All right. We also need to elect a vice chair to serve in 589 00:34:16,780 --> 00:34:22,000 my absence I guess I'll take nominations for that as well. 590 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,809 For the record, we need to announce that the motion did 591 00:34:24,809 --> 00:34:28,000 pass and that Marty Rivers has been selected as the chair. 592 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,000 Okay. 593 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:37,070 The motion did pass and Marty Rivers has been selected as 594 00:34:37,070 --> 00:34:38,000 chair. 595 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:43,000 We need to elect a vice chair. 596 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,000 Entertain nominations. 597 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:51,000 Councilman Briggs. 598 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:56,789 I have a motion and a second to nominate Mr. Baines as vice 599 00:34:56,789 --> 00:34:58,000 chair. 600 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,000 Any discussion. 601 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:09,000 Chance. 602 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,000 The post. 603 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:18,800 All right. We have accepted john Baines as the vice chair 604 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:20,000 of the board. 605 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,000 Congratulations. 606 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000 All right. 607 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:32,079 Next up is staff reports. We have those and those have been 608 00:35:32,079 --> 00:35:35,940 mailed out earlier in your minutes and you should have had 609 00:35:35,940 --> 00:35:39,710 a chance to review those I'm sure everybody's been through 610 00:35:39,710 --> 00:35:41,000 those thoroughly. 611 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,940 Anybody have any questions for staff or comments or 612 00:35:44,940 --> 00:35:46,000 suggestions. 613 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,000 In a busy month. 614 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,750 If we don't have any things to talk about on that we will 615 00:35:53,750 --> 00:35:59,150 move on to the minutes of our last meeting on September 13 616 00:35:59,150 --> 00:36:04,360 th and we need to accept those minutes and I would entertain 617 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,000 a motion for that. 618 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,000 Motion from Carol Anne. 619 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000 The second from Keely. 620 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:16,000 Any more discussion or questions on the minutes. 621 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,000 All those in favor say aye. 622 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,000 All those opposed. 623 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,000 Looks like the minutes are approved. 624 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,000 And we have finished our agenda for the day. 625 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:32,869 There's an option for us to ask for anything to be on our 626 00:36:32,869 --> 00:36:36,900 agenda for next month is anybody have any items that need 627 00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:40,000 to be added or things we need to talk about. 628 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:47,409 Concluding items correct. I have a question. So we hear 629 00:36:47,409 --> 00:36:50,039 about how art and music are really important to make our 630 00:36:50,039 --> 00:36:53,000 community unique and I'm just curious if we've ever in this 631 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:58,230 committee done studies or research about how local art and 632 00:36:58,230 --> 00:37:01,000 music affect economic development within our community. 633 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:06,389 Do we have any actual numbers or any kind of studies that 634 00:37:06,389 --> 00:37:08,000 we have done. 635 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:12,409 I know that there was a report that was compiled by Michael 636 00:37:12,409 --> 00:37:16,440 Seaman and part of his PhD work his dissertation that 637 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,000 looked into that very thing. 638 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,070 And I think that Julie Glover probably has a copy of it 639 00:37:22,070 --> 00:37:25,349 that we would be glad to share with the group, because it 640 00:37:25,349 --> 00:37:27,000 does speak to that issue. 641 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:32,519 That's the only research that I know that's been done on 642 00:37:32,519 --> 00:37:35,000 that specific to dentin. 643 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,579 I think it's probably it's two years old. I just got the 644 00:37:38,579 --> 00:37:44,000 sign that it's two years old. So relatively recent. 645 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:51,000 Okay. 646 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,000 Okay. 647 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,000 Okay. 648 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:02,000 Okay, I'll reach out to them. 649 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:06,000 Okay, great. Thank you. 650 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:11,829 I have signed my form. Is there anything else I need before 651 00:38:11,829 --> 00:38:15,000 being sworn in and this being my first. 652 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,000 Thanks for good. 653 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,000 Good. 654 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000 Thanks for that. 655 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:31,309 All right, I guess we'll conclude the meeting at why 656 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:36,159 everybody's here. And I know everybody's busy and it's hard 657 00:38:36,159 --> 00:38:36,389 for me to get here we need to get here about 10 till 11 so 658 00:38:36,389 --> 00:38:36,570 we can get situated we have to start this thing on 659 00:38:36,570 --> 00:38:36,800 television at 11 o'clock so it's the last couple times I 660 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:39,289 know it's new for everybody so if we can make an extra 661 00:38:39,289 --> 00:38:42,409 effort I had to set my reminder earlier to make sure that I 662 00:38:42,409 --> 00:38:44,000 get here so be great. 663 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,250 And keep that in mind. And I'm sure we have a large viewing 664 00:38:48,250 --> 00:38:53,000 audience that is patiently waiting for us. 665 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,219 We don't want to let them down so with that we'll call the 666 00:38:56,219 --> 00:38:59,630 meeting adjourned I appreciate everybody being here and 667 00:38:59,630 --> 00:39:01,000 thanks for your help.