1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,440 Good morning it's Wednesday September 9th my name is Marty Rivers I will call 2 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:19,440 the Economic Development Partnership Board to order thank you everyone for 3 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:25,440 being here today we've got a few things on our agenda and we'll go ahead before 4 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:30,160 we before we get started on that Jessica has some new folks that she would like 5 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:38,660 to introduce yes so somewhere on your screen is the face of Dan Rosenfield so 6 00:00:38,660 --> 00:00:44,280 Dan has now been with us I think this is Dan's second week on the job and he is a 7 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:49,520 new analyst in our department and so you will be seeing more of Dan in the 8 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,040 future but I wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to say hi and see 9 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,400 his face and then I also want to acknowledge a special guest that we have 10 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,880 in our meeting today so if Mayor Watts if you want to turn on your camera and 11 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:11,840 join us briefly we have a little bit of a surprise for the board today well this 12 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,020 might I hope this surprise doesn't me showing up doesn't ruin the board 13 00:01:16,020 --> 00:01:22,480 meeting no you know hey I tell you we've got a I've got a proclamation I want to 14 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:29,400 read for Marty Rivers and I want to say a few words before and after I read it 15 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,100 because these proclamations you know they're they're wordy they're legalese 16 00:01:32,100 --> 00:01:36,200 they're the same kind of words but I really just want to first thank you 17 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:41,280 Marty for just the many years of service on the Economic Development Partnership 18 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,660 Board I mean you've been a stalwart member you were for six years got off 19 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:50,880 came back on and just your service to the community in this capacity has just 20 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:56,160 been phenomenal and I think it's made a huge impact so I just want to take the 21 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,920 time personally to thank you for that and I saw you lean back in your chair so 22 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:02,800 I know you're getting you're getting a little bit uncomfortable but that's okay 23 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,680 that's all right you're looking for votes now oh we can't we can't talk 24 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:12,360 about that with city resources now Marty don't you know don't get me don't end it 25 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,960 before it starts so anyway I want to read this proclamation then Jessica if 26 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,520 it's okay I would just like to give the anybody on the on the board and who's on 27 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,120 the call just an opportunity to share some of their thoughts as well if that's 28 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,280 okay don't don't want to hijack the meeting but I think this is important to 29 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:33,040 recognize people who people like Marty who really who really been just a great 30 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:39,520 community leader for Denton so this is a proclamation by the mayor of the city of 31 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,800 Denton whereas in recognition of Marty Rivers for his service and leadership to 32 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,680 the Denton community and whereas mr. Rivers served on the Denton economic 33 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:53,200 development partnership board of directors from 2006 to 2012 and then 34 00:02:53,200 --> 00:03:00,360 2014 to 2020 and has served as chair and vice chair of the EDP board during his 35 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:05,200 tenure and whereas mr. Rivers has also served on the downtown economic 36 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,000 development task force including serving as chair the downtown Denton TURS board 37 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:14,560 the Denton charter review committee the citizens bond review advisory committee 38 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:19,480 and the zoning board of adjustments for the city of Denton and whereas mr. 39 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,680 Rivers has tirelessly championed economic development and support of the 40 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,880 Denton business community and whereas mr. Rivers has provided great benefit to 41 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:32,800 Denton through countless volunteer hours in support of the city of Denton the 42 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,360 Denton economic development partnership and the Denton Chamber of Commerce 43 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,800 Denton economic development partnership board excuse me and the Denton chamber 44 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,700 of commerce and whereas the city of Denton is extremely grateful to mr. 45 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:48,160 Rivers for his selfless leadership and service to the city of Denton including 46 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,680 his unmatched contributions to economic development and the entire business 47 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:58,680 community in Denton now therefore I Chris Watts mayor of the city of Denton 48 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:04,960 Texas do hereby declare and proclaim today September the 9th 2020 as Marty 49 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:13,440 Rivers day in the city of Denton that's right and urge all citizens to recognize 50 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,760 and honor the many contributions of Marty Rivers to the community and to the 51 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:22,620 city of Denton so thank you Marty for just all your time and service and I and 52 00:04:22,620 --> 00:04:26,980 I'm sure that this will not be the last we see of you and you're in capacities 53 00:04:26,980 --> 00:04:30,680 of leadership for our community so I just that's all just give him a big warm 54 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:41,860 round of applause so if anybody I just open it up and then I'll scoot on out 55 00:04:41,860 --> 00:04:45,480 after the comments but Marty again congratulations and thank you and when I 56 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,200 looked at those dates I thought we've we've been serving about the same time 57 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,960 in different capacities so I really do appreciate that because I know how how 58 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:59,600 much time it requires and and how many times people catch you in public and 59 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,840 talk to you about things that are going on so again thank you very much 60 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:07,000 anybody want to comment and Jessica I'll let you sort of acknowledge people who 61 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:11,880 who raised her hand I'll get on mute now 62 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:21,920 counselor Briggs thank you yeah I know that we haven't served that long together 63 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:27,880 in your long service of dedication but I have enjoyed serving with you that time 64 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:32,200 that we have here I've learned a lot from listening to you and your questions 65 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:38,880 and and you go beyond and above for our community and I appreciate that and 66 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:44,400 thank you and thank you for making the city better for your dedication to do 67 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:56,960 that John a good morning I would just like to extend to Marty Rivers a great 68 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:03,720 big thank you thank you thank you I have really enjoyed working with you 69 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:08,200 these many years and one of the things I like about you the most Marty is you 70 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:14,680 always come prepared and I know on some of these boards and commissions it is 71 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:20,320 kind of easy just to kind of just come in and do your do but you really go 72 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:27,080 beyond the the the required measure and you always want to do a good job and I 73 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:31,240 just commend you for that and it's for me it's just been an honor to work with 74 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:38,280 you and wishing nothing but success as you go to your next board thank you 75 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:49,880 Jill I just want to say I've served with Marty Rivers and a couple of different 76 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:55,160 capacities and some of the words that come to mind when I think of Marty 77 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:04,720 Rivers is smart passionate loyal honest and humble and I have asked him to step 78 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,680 up where he has already paid his dues he has already served his time to be 79 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,080 someone who has thought of as a pillar of this community and yet he always 80 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:19,960 answers I want to do what we need to do no matter what capacity that is in and 81 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:28,640 his humbleness has always hit me right where it counts as something that is 82 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:34,840 important in a leader I want to say that I don't think the city of Denton would 83 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:41,440 be as good of a place to live without Marty Rivers and I know that I will 84 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:47,120 never be able to repay the goodness that he has shown in helping me in my roles 85 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:54,280 and in help helping educate me where he has been before and I have not and so I 86 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,920 just want to say on behalf of your friends your family and the community 87 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:04,800 you are very much appreciated and we are all in a better place and we love you 88 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:20,440 Marty did anyone else ready to move on yeah I'm already real quick I want to 89 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,240 echo and thank the mayor for the proclamation and just echo what 90 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,680 everybody said as a fellow banker I'm proud of what you've done for our 91 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:34,140 community and you are a real asset so thanks for all you've done looking 92 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:40,600 forward to many more years of your service thank you thank you Marty thank 93 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,240 you mayor I appreciate that I've never been more surprised and then I'm 94 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:50,160 fighting back tears it means a lot to me so thank you so wonderful you betcha you 95 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:56,800 bet thank you for all the kind words I've enjoyed the ED board more than 96 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:02,400 anything I think I've volunteered for just because of the work that we've done 97 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:08,520 and and really to make the city a even better place than it is and I appreciate 98 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,880 and I've many of you on this screen and people before me or my mentors and 99 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:17,040 people we've worked with alongside a lot of different things and I'm just 100 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:22,920 excited to be a part of it so thank you thank you so much I appreciate it thank 101 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:29,640 you Marty congratulations thank you I probably still have to take out the 102 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:34,800 trash at home when I get home tonight we'll have the proclamation delivered to 103 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,400 you Marty we'll see if we can use that as an excuse to get out of that today 104 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:49,240 that's exciting thank you so much we'll get on with our meeting going forward and 105 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:57,160 our first item up for agenda is EDP 20-039 consider approval of the minutes 106 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:03,000 from August 12th meeting entertain any motions 107 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:21,960 we've got a motion for mark and a second from Jill any further discussion I will 108 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:29,240 hearing that I'll go around the horn so to speak and ask for confirmations of 109 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:35,840 for against I guess we didn't take a roll call when we got started forgot to do 110 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:41,120 that all right Bob you're up on my list first 111 00:10:41,120 --> 00:11:01,640 Bob Ames is Jesse I'm John yes Tony Jill here we're voting this time on our 112 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:17,040 minutes yes yes yes yes yes Jason yes mark 113 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:38,320 Mark you in favor yes sorry in close 114 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:47,000 first we can't hear you there you go I got a laptop yesterday I'm having issues 115 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:54,000 so I'm a yes thank you so much appreciate that all right our next item 116 00:11:54,000 --> 00:12:01,720 is EDP 20-032 receive a report hold the discussion give staff direction on the 117 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:06,440 economic development partnership and the proposed contract between the City of 118 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,240 Denton and the Denton Chamber of Commerce 119 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:16,320 right so some of you have already seen and/or participated in this presentation 120 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,800 multiple times but I'm gonna go through it pretty quickly just to keep the 121 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,500 partnership board apprised on what we have been working on so give me one 122 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:29,080 second I'll pull up the presentation so as you know the city and the chamber 123 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:34,440 have a ongoing partnership and where we divide responsibilities related to our 124 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:39,760 economic development efforts and that partnership actually began in 1986 and 125 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:44,120 that was the first version of the agreement and it's changed over time 126 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:48,600 currently and the city provides funds for the administration of the chamber's 127 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:52,680 Office of Economic Development and the primary responsibilities include the 128 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:56,480 prospect generation activities marketing activities in support of the Small 129 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:00,720 Business Development Center over the past few years the city and the chamber 130 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:05,000 have worked together to improve the agreement and clarify roles and define 131 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:11,000 responsibilities so this year the plan changed a little bit because we were 132 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,800 going through the strategic planning process so throughout the past year as 133 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:19,240 you know of course we've engaged stakeholders and drafted our new 134 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:23,200 strategic plan which we will provide an update on the status of that later in 135 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:28,320 the meeting but the strategic plan really became the new guideposts from 136 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,500 which our strategies and our work plans are being developed so both for the 137 00:13:32,500 --> 00:13:36,640 chamber and the city cooperatively working through that implementation 138 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,360 matrix that you all have received to determine what needs to be our focus 139 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,560 areas going forward so just as a reminder of what are those underlying 140 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:50,160 principles for the strategic plan and that includes core resiliency future 141 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:54,840 focused inclusive growth entrepreneurial spirit and cultural vitality and we 142 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,080 focused on three goals accelerating recovery in a post COVID environment 143 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:03,880 fostering growth and strengthening community inclusion so with those things 144 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,120 in mind and the strategic plan nearing completion that we started working 145 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,200 towards aligning the partnership agreement with those goals and 146 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:17,520 strategies so we focused on resetting those applications and evaluating the 147 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:22,040 relationship in that new context and creating shared goals and objectives we 148 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:26,120 also focused on increasing and improving communication between agencies in order 149 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,960 to remove barriers to success and think that's really important and we'll talk 150 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,520 about how we're going to do that a little bit differently moving forward 151 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:38,640 but really we were focused on on transparency openness a sense of trust 152 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:43,280 and really developing a singular team mentality instead of two separate 153 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:48,440 offices working on the same project it's it's one team working together so we 154 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:53,080 came up with this abbreviated matrix that you see here where we aligned the 155 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,840 responsibilities based on the skill sets and the staff and and the major projects 156 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:02,240 and priorities that each entity could perform and so we assigned primary 157 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:07,560 responsibilities to each entity and that those include items that that team is 158 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,760 fully responsible for so those are those cradle to grave projects that they might 159 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,120 need assistance from another staff member but they're gonna serve as the 160 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:21,360 primary project managers in those joint efforts those are projects where those 161 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:25,360 entities are going to be the lead agency but they're gonna have to rely on the 162 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:30,560 expertise or relationships or resources that the other might have access to and 163 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:34,680 then lastly our cooperative efforts are the areas where we work together and 164 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,800 that a project manager might get a sign from either or or there might be a 165 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,160 cooperative group working together but really we thought this was a great 166 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:48,160 breakdown to show how we can work together so we drafted a work plan 167 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:52,560 that's included in your backup that really ties each of the efforts that 168 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:57,920 we're doing over the next year and for that for the chambers agreement it ties 169 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:02,240 all of those work plan items directly back to specific items in the strategic 170 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:06,440 plan like I said that became the guidepost for how we were going to work 171 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:11,120 towards implementation so we started by identifying what goals were important 172 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:15,720 what focus areas were important and what efforts were those primary year one 173 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,640 items in the implementation matrix that need to be needed to be addressed and so 174 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:24,960 those are broken down and on each of the project areas you saw on this slide are 175 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:29,680 broken down this way and so I'm not gonna go through all of those because 176 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,160 it's quite a number of pages and it's pretty detailed but just to give you a 177 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,680 sampling of how we worked through that process and why the agreement looks a 178 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,880 little bit different is because of that focus on tying work plan items to the 179 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:46,160 strategic goals and tasks and all similar process is being done on the 180 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:53,400 city side as well for the city staff so in terms of defining success we're 181 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:58,440 changing and how we're going to really define success before we had a very 182 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:04,200 specific metric based approach and instead we want to adopt and focus on 183 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:08,520 implementation of the strategic plan and to do that we have to recognize that it 184 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:13,720 requires collaboration so we can't say that one person or one entity is fully 185 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:19,200 responsible it's about a collaborative approach and then we want to focus on 186 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:24,200 consistent engagement with the business community on decisions and policies that 187 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:28,880 impact them and then we also want to hold ourselves and each other accountable 188 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:33,160 for implementing the strategic plan and staying on task and staying focused on 189 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,040 those goals and strategies and with that we have to maintain a set schedule of 190 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:41,440 meetings check-ins and reportings that all kind of detail on the next slide and 191 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:46,140 then the last two I think are incredibly important and that is open 192 00:17:46,140 --> 00:17:51,840 communication and frequent interactions excuse me and that's because like I said 193 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:57,360 our goal is to function fully as one team not as two separate teams but one 194 00:17:57,360 --> 00:18:01,920 team together so we have to communicate and make sure that everyone knows who's 195 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:07,440 doing what and why certain projects or assignments are being divided among the 196 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:12,560 team and then the development aspect of this is that we have to stay focused on 197 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:17,000 our key outcomes which are job creation talent retention a streamlined 198 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,040 development process and that our economic development efforts benefit 199 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:26,240 both the city and the chamber so in terms of documenting success like I said 200 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,920 we're switching from a metric based approach to an outcome oriented approach 201 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,560 metrics are still going to be tracked but they're not going to be required for 202 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:38,800 compliance in the contract because like I said we're shifting that implementation 203 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:44,120 strategy to focus on the strategic plan and the underlying goals and outcomes 204 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:48,680 identified in the strategic plan so with that we've established regular dialogues 205 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,520 to focus on that openness and collaboration and the establishment of a 206 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,120 singular team so that includes weekly stand-up meetings between myself and 207 00:18:56,120 --> 00:19:01,120 the and Charlie or the new future VP of economic development with the chamber 208 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:05,800 and monthly staff progress meetings we're putting together a work group 209 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,360 that's going to include the chair of the partnership board utility staff city 210 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:14,000 management the chamber president so that everyone is up to date on where we are 211 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:19,720 on implementation it also includes a singular integrated quarterly economic 212 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,320 development report that will be delivered to all of the entities and 213 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,440 that work to support economic development so whether it's the 214 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:30,400 partnership board city management city council or chamber board that reporting 215 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:35,560 is going to be done really focused on not who's doing but what but what's 216 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:39,600 getting done which is a very big difference in how we've reported in the 217 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:44,240 past and then lastly we'll be scheduling semi annual presentations of 218 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:48,320 implementation progress and economic development efforts to the city council 219 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,680 in the chamber board if they're so interested just to make sure that 220 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:56,920 everyone has an opportunity to see what's happening the changes that are 221 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:03,240 going and really where we're focusing our efforts and our priorities we felt 222 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:08,080 this was the best way to communicate the message so the agreement that you have 223 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:13,000 in your backup is a one-year agreement that will begin October 1st 2020 224 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:17,520 ending September 30th 2021 it does include an option for a one-year 225 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:22,320 extension if both parties agree and the funding mechanism is a little bit 226 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:27,600 different chamber is going to have an established goal of raising a hundred 227 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,680 and twenty five thousand in private contributions in the city will match a 228 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,320 hundred and twenty five thousand and there is a clause in the contract that 229 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,360 the city and the chamber agree to work together if that funding goal needs to 230 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:42,320 be reviewed during the term of the agreement we wanted to make sure that we 231 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,320 we set ourselves up for success and knowing that this is such a significant 232 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:51,280 change in this particular agreement that we had the opportunities to sit back 233 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,600 down together and talk about how how progress is going in terms of the 234 00:20:55,600 --> 00:21:00,160 fundraising as well and then lastly is that work plan gets adopted as part of 235 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,280 the agreement which includes the schedule of meetings and reports so we'll 236 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:12,220 be able to define and document how we're doing going forward and so our our goal 237 00:21:12,220 --> 00:21:18,820 today is to get the EDP rectus sorry to review the ED the contract with the EDP 238 00:21:18,820 --> 00:21:22,840 and get your recommendation and if it's a affirmative recommendation we'll move 239 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:27,800 on to City Council and City Council will have the ordinance and agreement on the 240 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:34,360 September 15th council agenda for consideration so with that I will stop 241 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:43,840 sharing and open it up to questions if there are any I do know many of you have 242 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,640 seen this and and heard this so 243 00:21:52,080 --> 00:22:00,400 okay no questions just a comment that I really love this I think that the one 244 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:07,840 team shared goals is really great idea I'm excited about the the future of this 245 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:13,560 relationship I think it's it's it's pretty exciting you know we have the 246 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,320 strategic plan and the key focused areas all of those have been through council 247 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:22,000 it's a document it's approved I think this is a fantastic way to go about this 248 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:27,800 so I just wanted to put it out there that I'm pretty excited about this 249 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:35,820 John one question and one comment I would like to say congratulations on such 250 00:22:35,820 --> 00:22:39,880 a wonderful document it's very impressive a lot of work has gone into it 251 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:49,280 I can tell the the only question I had was was the hundred twenty five thousand 252 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:57,860 from the chamber is that a doable goal every year I see Erica shaking her head 253 00:22:57,860 --> 00:23:07,400 okay so the previous contract called for seventy five thousand dollars and we had 254 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,720 been raising depending on the year maybe eighty to eighty five thousand and so we 255 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,960 the chambers got some work to do especially in light of the current 256 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:23,320 environment but I think the consensus is with our new strategic plan once that 257 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:33,560 gets adopted in a form and when we are able to hire a permanent vice president 258 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:38,160 of economic development in place we're gonna have to go get after it and get 259 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:42,240 the community involved and we think that'll that'll be very positive one of 260 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:48,360 the skill sets that we're looking for in a new chamber staff person is is 261 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:56,820 fundraising and and connections in the Metroplex so good point we got a lot of 262 00:23:56,820 --> 00:24:03,040 work to do and we think we're up to for the challenge thank you sir we knocking 263 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:14,200 on your door saying put me down no yes I I didn't have a question but I just 264 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:19,400 wanted to commend especially Jessica Erica and Charlie all of them are on 265 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:25,880 this call this was not an easy task in light of COVID and the shortfall that 266 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:31,620 the city is facing how to press forward as I sincerely believe we need to do 267 00:24:31,620 --> 00:24:37,720 with economic development and I just want to thank those three and city staff 268 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,720 and the chamber volunteers that met weekly to hammer this out in light of 269 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:47,800 where we are financially in light of the new strategic plan and the 270 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:53,960 partnership and so and I appreciate mr. Baines your comment it was a lot of of 271 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:59,160 work and coming together and really putting our community first and so I 272 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,880 thought that that's a very valid question as far as can we raise that 273 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:08,000 amount you know we are biting off a big chunk more than we normally have done 274 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,700 however we all very deeply feel that this is something very important to the 275 00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:18,280 didn't community as a whole and so we are committed to doing what we can to 276 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:22,720 max these goals and certainly would not take it on if we did not think it 277 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:27,520 possible and in everyone's best interest so again just thank you especially to 278 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:32,340 Jessica and Erica you guys really came to the table and made this work thank 279 00:25:32,340 --> 00:25:38,920 you Jill as chair of the Chamber of Commerce board would you tell them that 280 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:44,720 it was presented to the board so this has been presented to our board of 281 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:49,480 directors which are elected by the seven to eight hundred businesses members that 282 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,520 we have here in the community and that has been approved and that buy-in is 283 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,560 very important especially with the fundraising component that is included 284 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:04,080 we've also had a past chair of the board update just this morning wherein we also 285 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:09,320 went through what this relationship looks like what our obligations are just 286 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:14,240 wanting to make sure that everyone knows what we are taking on in our partnership 287 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:19,560 and coming to the table and working just like the city does towards economic 288 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:26,440 development I also had the opportunity as well as Erica and Jessica to present 289 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:31,200 this during a work session to City Council and as far as I can recall it 290 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:36,120 was only positive as far as the changes that have been made in the progress that 291 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:41,360 has been made and it's been I truly and I said this before to City Council I 292 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:46,360 truly believe that we are entering a new era of our partnership and I think it 293 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:52,560 just really opens up a lot of doors and in new ways that we can market our 294 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:57,400 account so that we get the best businesses and the best jobs possible 295 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:08,200 thanks anybody else have any questions or comments all right good job Jessica on 296 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:12,960 the presentation that was very thorough appreciate everybody's hard work we'll 297 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:18,680 move on to the we have to do a recommendation yes so that we can move 298 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:23,160 it forward and have it on the council agenda next week we would appreciate a 299 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:32,560 recommendation all right Keeley so would that need a a motion to approve the 300 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:41,920 recommendation okay well I'll make it I'll second we have a motion for Keeley 301 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:50,280 in a second from John any further discussion all right all those and well 302 00:27:50,280 --> 00:28:02,200 we got to go around the board again don't we all right Bob I John I Tony I 303 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:22,000 Jill I Keeley yes Chris I Jesse I Jason I Mark and I'm an I as well all right 304 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:27,280 motion carries thank you so much good job and I think Steve when I do we get 305 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:35,520 Steve oh Steve moved on me down the bottom Steve I don't know this this whole 306 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:45,440 Marty Rivers day I might have a different opinion on this thing I thank you you're 307 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:49,480 picked your picture square moved in your pictures gone so I'm sorry I missed you 308 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:57,040 there all right our next item is EDP 20 - 0 4 0 receive report whole discussion 309 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,560 give staff direction regarding the nomination and selection of business 310 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:09,600 recipients for the annual business awards so if the board remembers at our 311 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:15,160 last meeting we discussed oh sorry Jill is this not if this is being broadcast 312 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:19,800 should this part be broadcast since we're discussing who's going to be 313 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:33,320 presented an award we have broadcast it in the past oh okay then no surprise for 314 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,720 everyone okay so you all three people that are watching please keep this a 315 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:48,080 secret so the board at our last meeting we discussed potential nominees so staff 316 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:53,520 has gone through and done a lot of research on various contribution for the 317 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:58,280 businesses if you'll also recall we talked about that we won't be holding the 318 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:05,200 breakfast annual breakfast this year so we're going to work on a virtual award 319 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,720 and so we're still working out the details on that but we're certainly 320 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,880 going to make sure that the businesses are honored appropriately and so I'm 321 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:17,280 going to share the screen now and I do apologize there is going to be a lot of 322 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:21,120 information on your screen it's also in your backup it's probably easier to 323 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:26,800 follow along if you have it available in the agenda packet I'm going to go ahead 324 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:31,760 and bring it up so these were the nominees for the large and business 325 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:39,480 awards Aldi Fisher 59 Jostens Peterbilt and US cold storage and all of those 326 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:44,400 nominees met a number of the criteria that's required for the business award 327 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:50,160 I'm not going to go through all of these in details and just to let everyone know 328 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:55,160 again that they all of the businesses met some of the criteria and I'm going 329 00:30:55,160 --> 00:31:00,800 to scroll down and just so we can highlight some of those and some are 330 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:06,040 newer businesses some have been headquartered here for some time and 331 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:12,480 many local and a lot of local involvement in terms of leadership whether 332 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:18,040 that's in in their field or in environmental stewardship and then 333 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:23,920 certainly all of the businesses have very large tax value contributions being 334 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:29,960 very large facilities and contributions to the community in that way and also 335 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:37,200 have a very large number of employees and have significant investments in the 336 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:45,080 community and so it's are there any questions and I'll bring it down just 337 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:50,640 so I can see everyone questions related to the large businesses and I do have 338 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:56,360 Erica and Christina here with me they did a lot of the heavy lifting on the 339 00:31:56,360 --> 00:32:01,200 research so if there are questions I may need to defer to them and you remind us 340 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:13,520 who's won the last few years yes let me get to that page in mine so in 2019 the 341 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:20,520 winner was embassy sweets and in 2018 the it was target distribution center in 342 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:29,520 2017 it was Victor Technologies 2016 Safran 2015 flowers baking 2014 Tetra 343 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:35,800 pack the only previous winner that's on the current list was Peter built Peter 344 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:42,200 built one back in 2008 but we received a nomination again this year as they had 345 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:49,480 made a significant contribution to the cove it's fun to help support the 346 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,120 community 347 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:59,480 Kaylee I have a question about Fisher 59 and I could just be going off of memory 348 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:05,280 because we we did hear a lot of these but under environmental and energy 349 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:11,160 design I I thought they were building an LED facility or they were doing some 350 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:17,880 type of a building that had energy efficient pretty strong energy 351 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:24,760 efficiency and some technology in it am I am I mistaken they were when we 352 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:29,760 initially talked to them they were looking at getting a bronze and lead uh-huh but 353 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:36,040 I didn't find any information with them actually getting that oh okay okay well 354 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:40,040 sometimes it takes a time to get the certification but that doesn't 355 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,800 necessarily mean that it wasn't built in that way so I was just I was just 356 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:49,400 curious that's because it wasn't on here so but thank you 357 00:33:51,800 --> 00:34:01,880 any other questions comments I didn't that was a lot of information that did 358 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:07,160 you and I've read this and I've forgotten it did you show how much Peter 359 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:13,640 built donated to the covert fund with United Way I don't think we have the 360 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:19,960 exact number listening I was gonna say I bet we have someone on the call who 361 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:26,840 knows the answer and Peter goes been here 40 years not 30 and we we converted 362 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:37,320 our entire facility to LED lighting three years ago so Jill I'll make a 363 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:41,920 comment as I will on on both of the sections I kind of went through and did 364 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:47,600 my own scoring because I just I like numbers and as far as which you know 365 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:53,480 boxes are ticked and what I'll say is first of all of course we are so lucky 366 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:58,680 to have each of these employers in our city and are very grateful for all of 367 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:05,080 the good work that they do what I found was that Peter built really stood out as 368 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:13,880 you know as far as our criteria had far more ticks of the box than some of the 369 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:19,360 others you know I think I brought up in the last meeting a concern about someone 370 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:23,280 winning an award twice however we're looking at the past year and at least 371 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:29,420 from what I'm seeing from the materials gathered it seems that Peter built has 372 00:35:29,420 --> 00:35:40,920 has led the way by far as far as what information we've been given anybody else 373 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:49,000 have any comments or questions or does anybody want to make a motion that was 374 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:56,200 sounded almost like one Jill Keely has her hand raised yes I I agree and with 375 00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:02,660 that and so I will make a motion to approve Peter built as the 2020 as the 376 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:11,680 2020 large large business further large business recognition award or business 377 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:17,480 recognition award yeah I'll second that all right we have a motion by Keely and 378 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:26,280 a second by John any discussion I'm gonna just comment that as long as I've 379 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:31,800 been on this board Peter built has been the gold standard for the kind of 380 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:37,240 companies that we want in Denton as far as their employment base their 381 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:42,960 investment into the city and and to the people of the city they they're annually 382 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:49,880 the largest group of folks corporately and individually to you not donating to 383 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:54,960 United Way it is super involved and I can't think of a better company to do 384 00:36:54,960 --> 00:37:01,240 that so thank you Peter built and I will go back around the horn again starting 385 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:10,760 with Bob for Peter build is that what we're voting yeah voting on here okay 386 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:25,880 John yes Tony yes Jill I Keely yes Chris maybe you want to 387 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:44,440 abstain Jesse I Jason I Mark all right and Steve yes and thank you and I'm an 388 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:52,000 eye as well motion carries and so the next discussion to small business of the 389 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:58,680 year yes and let me pull the evaluation criteria back up and move down to our 390 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:04,200 small businesses so we received a number of nominations for small businesses and 391 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:09,280 those included Armadillo Ilwerks bearded monk chestnut tree John Williams's 392 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,820 businesses Eastside Oak Street Miss Angeline's as one go key pools just 393 00:38:13,820 --> 00:38:18,560 Saudi surf pro of Denton 10-1 cheese and United Way of Denton County and I will 394 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:26,120 say that just Saudi was nominated and selected by the downtown and Economic 395 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,840 Development Committee just so that this board knows that they have already been 396 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:38,440 selected for the downtown award but same thing we had gosh a lot of things that 397 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,080 we learned about these businesses in the process I think Christina was in charge 398 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:48,080 of the small business research I'm not sure I'm looking to see if that's that's 399 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:57,120 the case but we had a large large amount of community support and outreach by all 400 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:03,760 of these businesses really helping each other out particularly this year many 401 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:09,240 giving donations or working to find creative solutions for their employees 402 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:15,800 throughout coved and and and keep their businesses not just going but some of 403 00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:21,960 them even really thriving in it in a new environment and many we have some newer 404 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:27,080 businesses others that are a little bit more established and older that have 405 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:35,720 been here for a while and all represent and leadership in in the community very 406 00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:42,200 involved we have board members I think Main Street chamber board members and 407 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,440 Terz board members that are all represented by our downtown businesses 408 00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:53,000 and very successful in terms of innovation and and technology and how 409 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:58,120 they create a unique environment many of the reasons people come to Denton are 410 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:05,280 these businesses and their big draws in terms of tourism and visitors also have 411 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:10,360 significant environmental stewardship from some of the businesses as well as 412 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:16,680 helping to revitalize downtown things like Miss Angelin's opening in the past 413 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:23,040 year that was renovation of an old house that was located next to Eastside and 414 00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,840 then because they're much smaller they don't have as much tax value 415 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,560 contribution they're much smaller footprints but know that most of these 416 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:34,960 businesses are also contributing sales tax or they're drawing visitors into our 417 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:39,560 downtown area or other parts of the community and contributing in other ways 418 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:44,680 that it's really hard to quantify and so with that I'm going to take down this 419 00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:50,600 list and and know that one's a lot of information as well so I do apologize 420 00:40:50,600 --> 00:41:01,640 for the tiny print and I hope everyone could read it oh and our path we've only 421 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:05,800 done this award for one year and law as TACA was the first recipient of that 422 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:19,160 award all right Keely comment I know that United Way is on here as a list of small 423 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:24,040 business and it's different and I know that we allowed that to be on but 424 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,960 although they've done magnificent things for our community and our city would not 425 00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:33,200 have made it through this time without them I feel like if we wanted to 426 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:38,240 nominate them we should select a nonprofit organization and keep it in 427 00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:43,200 that category because we have a lot of small businesses here that are very 428 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:49,160 deserving of this award at this year I believe so that would be my my first 429 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:55,680 comment as far as the United Way I they should be recognized in some form or 430 00:41:55,680 --> 00:42:00,760 fashion for sure but I don't know that this award is the one to do it thank 431 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:05,160 you I think Jill had her hand up next I know everyone's waiting with bated breath 432 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:11,680 to hear what my scoring system revealed to me that I will share with you all but 433 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:18,040 with my scoring system what I came up with was a clear finalist group and then 434 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:23,880 what I think in my scoring system hit most of the boxes just to start the 435 00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:31,600 conversation what I found was that East Side Oak Street, Miss Angelina's, Serve Pro 436 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:37,480 of Denton and United Way of Denton County definitely hit most of our 437 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:45,580 criteria as far as what I was able to discern and in my scoring edged out of 438 00:42:45,580 --> 00:42:50,480 all of these again wonderful businesses and you're absolutely right these 439 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:55,680 businesses are the reasons that people want to come here and live here but I 440 00:42:55,680 --> 00:43:01,920 found that Serve Pro ticks most of those boxes so that was my analysis and I'm 441 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:08,640 looking forward to hearing everyone else's conversation thank you Jill John 442 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:19,480 yes this is a this is a speak it with forked tongue comment Christina although 443 00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:24,680 I don't want to put you on the spot I really want to rely on your expertise 444 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:32,400 you know you you were digging around in the in the depths so in your digging who 445 00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:37,760 really stood out to you and you know I'm just interested because I didn't spend 446 00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:42,240 as much time as you did I just wanted to get your impression 447 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:54,440 well I think there's there's many great small businesses downtown they've all 448 00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:57,760 done an excellent job pulling through this time that we've gone through the 449 00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:06,480 last few months we did have a really outstanding job done by Jasadi I haven't 450 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,880 had an opportunity to do much with Serve Pro but like Jill pointed out they do 451 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:20,920 check a lot of the boxes thank you I take by your silence that was the end of 452 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:29,360 your your comments okay thank you Jill I just have a comment I'm so sorry that I 453 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:33,520 did want to make to the entire group as far as looking forward I did notice that 454 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:39,400 six of the nine that are nominated are all like right around the square and I 455 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:42,160 know that there are other small businesses of course that are also 456 00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,920 deserving of being nominated so I would just encourage us to remember this next 457 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:51,600 year and to you know maybe think outside that the people that we run into most 458 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:56,840 often just to make sure that we are canvassing all of the city of Denton but 459 00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:05,040 that's just something I noticed thank you the as Jessica mentioned the 460 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:11,320 downtown task force the committee that's a subcommittee of this group did pick 461 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:15,760 Jasadi as the downtown business of the year so I think that we've got them 462 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:20,360 covered sounds like there may be a way for the city to do another award for 463 00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:26,280 United Way which would be a really good opportunity to thank them for all the 464 00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:32,320 hard work they're doing right now and I would I don't think we could pick anybody 465 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:38,480 on this list that I would disagree with but I think I would the two that stood 466 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:45,720 out to me here John Williams group of bars and Sir Pro so I would recommend 467 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:56,280 one of those two as well I think John has been hit particularly hard during 468 00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:06,720 the covert 19 but prior to that his enterprise was quite thriving and quite 469 00:46:06,720 --> 00:46:12,520 quite an attraction to to downtown so I would kind of like to throw my my vote 470 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:19,240 behind John Williams group and the associated businesses there they're with 471 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:29,160 you Lee I will as well I know that the last time I recommended chestnut tree 472 00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:34,880 and still stand behind that and all the businesses here on on the list and I 473 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:40,440 appreciate Jill's comment about looking beyond the square that is valid and duly 474 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:50,240 noted for sure but I also have been following the struggle of Mr. Williams 475 00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:55,160 and how he cares about his employees and all the different innovative ideas and 476 00:46:55,160 --> 00:47:00,920 things that he has come up with to make sure that they are still working and so 477 00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:10,560 I am I would also like to throw my name behind that company as well those 478 00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:20,120 businesses John's John would you like to make a motion to that effect I would 479 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:26,360 motion that the John Williams and his companies be the nominee for the small 480 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:34,800 business award of the year and Keely I will second okay we have a motion and a 481 00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:44,560 second any further discussion all right go around the hoard again Bob John 482 00:47:44,560 --> 00:48:04,720 Williams group all right John I Tony Jill I Keely yes Chris I Jesse I Jason 483 00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:18,720 Mark and Steve I all right and I'm an I motion carries good work thank you staff 484 00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:23,000 for gathering all that information I know that's not something you can just go 485 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:28,000 out and find easily so appreciate all the hard work putting that in there I 486 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:34,200 think we've got some really great winners for that and appreciate all the 487 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:44,160 discussion our last item or second to last is EDP 20 - 0 4 3 receive a report 488 00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:48,000 hold discussion and give us the status of the economic development strategic 489 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:57,480 plan so when we last left you in August we were moving the strategic plan and 490 00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:02,520 the recommendations for funding options that this board made forward to City 491 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:07,740 Council we held a work session with City Council on August 18th and that was very 492 00:49:07,740 --> 00:49:12,880 in-depth and we went through a lot of items and received back quite a few 493 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:18,640 questions and items that staff are still working on so our plan is to bring back 494 00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:23,220 the strategic plan and with some updates and responses to questions to City 495 00:49:23,220 --> 00:49:27,840 Council for a second work session later in September we're scheduled 496 00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:32,680 tentatively for September 22nd and we're working with TIP to make sure that we 497 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:39,360 get all of those questions and outstanding items answered and but I of 498 00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,460 course Councilmember Davis and Councilmember Briggs are here in the 499 00:49:42,460 --> 00:49:46,040 meeting today and can correct me if I'm wrong but really the underlying 500 00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:50,240 principles of the plan the guiding principles the goals and strategies 501 00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:55,880 really had a lot of support and and so we're working on some finer details but 502 00:49:55,880 --> 00:50:02,000 the structure of the plan and and kind of the process moving forward we're very 503 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:06,960 favorably received so I'll certainly defer to the council members if 504 00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:12,000 they have any additional comments or a different interpretation from the 505 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:23,400 meeting okay comments questions they know it's coming back to them so they 506 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:27,360 have a lot more time to spend with the strategic plan in terms of the staff 507 00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:33,560 perspective we are still working around building our work plans going forward 508 00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:37,200 and our reporting mechanisms so throughout the month of September we're 509 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:42,080 doing a deep dive into the implementation matrix and specific 510 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:45,840 metrics that we'll want to be tracking and how we'll be bringing those back and 511 00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:50,440 reporting those to you so we're hopeful that by our October meeting we'll have 512 00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:55,600 maybe the first version the first draft of those reporting mechanisms that I 513 00:50:55,600 --> 00:51:01,180 talked about in front of you or at least some concept of those they do take quite 514 00:51:01,180 --> 00:51:04,240 a bit of time and we are looking at implementing some different technologies 515 00:51:04,240 --> 00:51:08,100 into those so we were working through those that's why Dan is here with us 516 00:51:08,100 --> 00:51:13,600 he's helping us really process all of that as well and but then moving forward 517 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:18,920 into our next fiscal year we're going to be doing much more heavy reporting and 518 00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:23,640 checking in on that implementation matrix and I'm regularly checking in to 519 00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:27,280 make sure that we're we're meeting the expectations and we're tracking where we 520 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,080 thought we'd be tracking in terms of implementation and then if there's 521 00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:34,200 something that needs to be changed or we prioritize that we're able to do that on 522 00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:45,760 a regular basis so are there I've had three cups of coffee so bear with me um 523 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:51,880 can you help remind us what kind of numbers are being considered by council 524 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:59,120 as far as utilizing the existing utility system fund balance and then what do we 525 00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:02,920 have any kind of expectation as far as what the five percent of the utility 526 00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:07,040 system in the future might look like so we kind of have an idea of what are the 527 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:11,960 numbers we're talking about going into this fund yearly sure I didn't bring 528 00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:15,940 that with me and I don't want to give you a number but I can send that to you 529 00:52:15,940 --> 00:52:19,500 I can send that to the whole group as a reminder of what then what the values 530 00:52:19,500 --> 00:52:22,680 were that we were talking about I apologize that I don't have that in 531 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:26,040 front of me no and I just want to say also good job on the presentation 532 00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:30,920 because the the attention that is being given by City Council to the economic 533 00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:34,840 development fund that you know those of us that are looking at this constantly 534 00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:38,520 know is absolutely necessary to even the playing field and get us in the 535 00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:43,720 ballpark so I also just want to say thank you to Keely Jesse our City 536 00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:53,800 Council and thank you Jessica and all the numbers people Jesse thanks Marty 537 00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:57,640 just kind of piggybacking off of that if y'all hadn't had the chance to watch that 538 00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:03,440 City Council work session I'll echo what Jessica said about the response being 539 00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:07,520 very positive from the council but as you might imagine the big questions out 540 00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:12,200 there were how do we fund the economic development fund at what levels and how 541 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:17,280 aggressively just like we talked about in this group and some of y'all are in 542 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:22,800 sectors where you represent big big power buyers you big utility users big 543 00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:28,400 ratepayers folks who have a seat at that table and we need to hear from on how we 544 00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:34,840 use those utility funds some of you have a lot of contact with the residential 545 00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:39,080 ratepayers you're lending to folks who are buying houses you're you're talking 546 00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:42,880 to people who need to have a sit at that table as well so we need to hear from 547 00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:47,880 everybody before we make that decision on how to fund that with either their 548 00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:51,520 ratepayer dollars or their taxpayer dollars or something in between so if 549 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:54,840 you have a chance to go back and watch that council conversation I really 550 00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:59,040 encourage you to kind of key in on the questions that we're trying to answer on 551 00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:03,960 behalf of the constituents and let us know what you think and I'm happy to 552 00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:10,480 send a link out to that meeting to this board as well as that will include the 553 00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:15,920 the numbers that Jill requested so I can do that this afternoon 554 00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:23,320 Haley thank you yeah I am just want to kind of echo what council member Davis 555 00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:28,440 said and generally council we were all in favor and know how important it is to 556 00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:33,760 have a fund but there were some questions as you'll notice and see on 557 00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:41,440 setting goals and in tying certain metrics to to the fund if that was to be 558 00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:50,480 given out so any feedback we could get it would be really helpful I just don't 559 00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:56,880 mind just add that over the years we've talked about developing a larger larger 560 00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:05,440 fund to be able to help us compete with our neighboring cities so I think the 561 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:11,280 consensus is that we need to have that I think how we get there you know it's 562 00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:14,640 gonna be a lot of great discussion from City Council I don't think anybody wants 563 00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:22,760 to do anything that'll put that burden on our homeowners you know that I think 564 00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:26,640 the businesses can generate that income themselves and however you get there but 565 00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:32,080 consensus is we need to get there somehow and we've tried in the past and 566 00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:37,600 I appreciate City Council and staff picking up the ball and running with 567 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:43,000 this and hope we can get somewhere soon because we got a lot of even in COVID 568 00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:50,600 we've got a lot of momentum going right now so this level any other questions or 569 00:55:50,600 --> 00:56:01,560 comments thank you thank you thank you our last item is EDP 20-041 staff 570 00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:07,080 reports Charlie and Erica do you guys have some information to pass along to 571 00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:20,160 us yes we've had a we've had a busy time the last several months so I think in 572 00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:27,760 June we submitted 11 Christina correct me if I'm wrong I think we did 11 RFIs in 573 00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:36,440 June and nine in July and we only did two or three but we also had we also had 574 00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:40,920 two site visits in August and we got another site visit coming up next week 575 00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:46,840 and I mean it's it we've been really active it's there's been a lot of 576 00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:53,760 activity and and then we're talking to folks that fit into our in into the 577 00:56:53,760 --> 00:57:02,360 strategic plan we're talking with a data center that is been very active in 578 00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:09,640 talking with DME and and we've made a non-binding we've sent them a 579 00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:16,920 non-binding agreement that just so they can know where where they could land but 580 00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:20,400 they're in New York and they can't leave because if they leave they got to be 581 00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:25,520 quarantined for two two weeks so we don't know when they'll be able to come 582 00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:31,660 in for a site visit but we found several sites for them to to look at when they 583 00:57:31,660 --> 00:57:38,520 come in and but there's just there's just a lot of activity as you know we've 584 00:57:38,520 --> 00:57:45,000 got about a million three and spec buildings either under construction or 585 00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:50,440 already completed and that's generating a lot of activity and a lot of interest 586 00:57:50,440 --> 00:58:00,040 in it we we've had one site visit that they came in to look at I mean initially 587 00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:05,720 we'd submitted one of the spec buildings but they really liked the development 588 00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:09,320 that the folks were doing so now they're looking at doing a build a suit rather 589 00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:16,240 than buying one of the spec buildings so you know there's there's just a lot of 590 00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:22,200 activity I mean our the future of Denton looks very very bright that we probably 591 00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:29,320 ought to get sunglasses to pass out to everyone all right thank you 592 00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:35,360 Erica Erica anything to add to that no I was I was gonna ask Charlie to talk 593 00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:40,200 about all the responses that we've been on but I just want to say I really 594 00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:46,640 appreciate the engagement of this committee and again Jessica and City 595 00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:51,720 Council members I know that but by now we can recite most of these plans in our 596 00:58:51,720 --> 00:58:56,880 sleep we've gone over it multiple times but I would I would agree with everyone 597 00:58:56,880 --> 00:59:02,240 else that we are moving into a new area era as far as economic development the 598 00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:08,400 engagement level is exciting and it's my honor to be a part of it and happy 599 00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:18,920 Marty Rivers day yes is there any other questions for Charlie or Erica I did 600 00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:23,560 have a question for Charlie so Charlie just to make sure I was listening 601 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:28,200 properly you've not really had physical visits but you've been doing virtual 602 00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:36,440 visits primarily is that correct oh well we've had we've had some site visits of 603 00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:43,080 actual visits we've done some virtual but we've had and the one next week will 604 00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:48,560 be an actual will be a combination they're going to come look at the site 605 00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:55,280 and then we're going to do a virtual zoom call with utilities and incentives 606 00:59:55,280 --> 01:00:03,680 and and all of that information but we've had several Christine and I've 607 01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:12,120 been on several zoom calls with with that company several times thank you 608 01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:22,560 very much any other questions all right I think we got to the end of our agenda 609 01:00:22,560 --> 01:00:27,560 I'm the only one that rolls off so you guys get to meet back here next month 610 01:00:27,560 --> 01:00:34,920 and I may go play golf or something like that or work I enjoyed working with 611 01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:40,960 everybody appreciate everybody's input and discussions and know you guys will 612 01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:47,320 move on and thank you for the kind words I appreciate it and with that we'll call 613 01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:50,280 this meeting adjourned