1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,700 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the economic development partnership board meeting 2 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:18,000 for the month of October. My name is John Bain, CPA. I'm the interim 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,760 chair for this board. And I think we have a pretty decent agenda 4 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,360 this morning. And before we get into it, I think we have 5 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:31,720 two new people that are with us this morning I'd like to acknowledge. 6 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:38,440 We have a new board member, Lee Ramsey, and we also have a new economic development staff 7 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:44,560 member, Kay Brown-Patrick. If you could at least tell us who you are, 8 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:49,000 what you represent, and maybe give us about a minute's worth of wonderful information, 9 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,560 I think that will be a great deal. You first, Lee. 10 00:00:53,560 --> 00:01:00,280 Well, I'm excited to be part of this, so thank you guys for allowing me to be. 11 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:06,720 I'm owner of Orson Holdings, based here in Denton, and we have a few operating companies. 12 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:13,560 I grew up here in Denton. I have been married for 20 years, and I have 13 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:21,520 a senior in high school daughter and a freshman in high school son, and my daughter is going 14 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:27,960 off to OSU next year, and just love doing business in Denton, and glad to get to serve 15 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:34,120 with a lot of really familiar faces and leaders in the community, so thank you guys. 16 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,360 Thank you, Lee. Kay. 17 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:43,160 Well, thank you for the introduction, Mr. Baines, and I'll just briefly, I'm Kay Brown-Patrick, 18 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:49,240 the new business development administrator. I have been in economic development for 10 19 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,600 years. I am a proud graduate from the University of North Texas. I received my master's in 20 00:01:53,600 --> 00:02:00,000 public administration there, and so I'm happy to be here, back working, where my career 21 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,360 and my pathway to public administration began, and I'm looking forward to working with you 22 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,200 all. Thank you, Kay, and welcome aboard. 23 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,560 Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we have, I believe, 24 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:21,200 six items on the agenda, and the first item on the agenda is EDP 20-47. We're to receive 25 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:26,840 nominations and elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson of economic development partnership 26 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:39,400 board for the coming year, 2020 through 2021. We will now accept nominations from the floor. 27 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:47,840 And just as a brief statement, I want to let everyone know what the chair's role is, particularly 28 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:54,860 because we recently adopted the new work plan, and we're working through the strategic plan, 29 00:02:54,860 --> 00:03:05,180 and so the chair of the EDP not only leads the meetings, but you also will be asked to 30 00:03:05,180 --> 00:03:12,380 attend monthly work group meetings, and then you might also be asked to attend some of 31 00:03:12,380 --> 00:03:17,680 our recruitment, retention, and expansion meetings that may occur throughout the year. 32 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:23,060 You also work with our team over here at the city department to review the agendas, making 33 00:03:23,060 --> 00:03:29,280 sure that the board's priorities get addressed and that they're properly posted and agenda 34 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:36,660 items are clear, and then as well as meeting with staff on an as-needed basis to help provide 35 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:41,760 insight or give direction regarding any issues or strategies that we're working through with 36 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:49,600 the board. So with that, I will turn the floor back over to the board to discuss and make 37 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,960 nominations. Let me ask for a point of clarification here, 38 00:03:53,960 --> 00:04:00,840 so should we ask for a chair nomination first and then a vice chair or should we get them 39 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:07,660 as a combination? I think we'd prefer them as separate motions 40 00:04:07,660 --> 00:04:15,620 and votes would be the cleanest. Thank you. 41 00:04:15,620 --> 00:04:20,400 Katie Briggs. Thank you. I would like to see if the vice 42 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:25,800 chair, Mr. Baines, would like to move up to chair. I would love to nominate you if you 43 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:34,880 would accept the position. I would not turn away your nomination. 44 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:39,540 Then I would like to nominate John Baines, please, for the chair of the economic development 45 00:04:39,540 --> 00:04:42,320 board. We have a nomination on the floor. Do we 46 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:44,360 hear a second? Second. 47 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,920 Second. Let me see. I couldn't tell who seconded first. 48 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:54,640 Mark McClellan seconded and then also Bob Ames. Okay. We have a motion on the second. 49 00:04:54,640 --> 00:05:03,960 Do we have any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor of selecting John 50 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:08,480 Baines as the chair for the coming year, we'll need to show a vote by hands. 51 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:15,880 Sorry, can you vote by name? Can you see everyone and call out their names individually? 52 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,640 I should call them off? Yes. 53 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:27,080 Starting from the top then, Erica, do we go with everyone? 54 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:33,880 Okay. Bob Ames. I enthusiastically vote for John Baines. 55 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:39,960 Thank you. Let's see. Tony Clark? 56 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:47,080 The same, John. I for me. Okay. Jill Jester? 57 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:52,560 Aye. Of course, Keely, you made the motion, so 58 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:59,080 I take that as a support. Yes, I still stand with my original decision. 59 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,800 Thank you. Jason Tomlinson? 60 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,360 Aye. Lee Ramsey? 61 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:10,360 Yes. Mark, you did the second, so I take it that 62 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,600 you're in favor? Yes. 63 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:18,800 Did we get everyone, Jessica? I believe Steve Edgar is on the line. 64 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:23,200 I'm sorry. Sorry, I forgot. I didn't see your picture there, Steve. 65 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:29,720 Steve, there's a motion on the floor in a second to have John Baines serve as the chair 66 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:35,280 for the coming year. I was a strong yes until I was not -- 67 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:42,040 I was not recognized by the nominee. I am still a strong yes. 68 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,680 Thank you, Steve. Thank you very much. 69 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:53,640 And John, you need to vote. And because? 70 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:59,440 You're a board member. All right. I find it a little strange voting 71 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:11,760 for myself, but I will. Okay. Let's see. 72 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:17,120 So are there any votes against? I don't think we heard any. 73 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:21,240 That was everyone. Okay. So we have a unanimous vote there. 74 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:26,320 Thank you very much. The next vote, motion we need is for a vice 75 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:31,520 chair. Do we hear a nomination? Jason, you have someone? 76 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:37,940 If she's interested, I would like to nominate Jill Jester as vice chair. 77 00:07:37,940 --> 00:07:46,720 Okay. Are you interested, Jill Jester? 78 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:55,360 If there are no other nominations and feel I'm best to serve, I would definitely serve. 79 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:00,000 So how do we do this, Jessica? Do we continue to ask for nominations from 80 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,680 the floor? You can. 81 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:09,680 Okay. Keely? I would just like to second the recommendation 82 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:16,000 for Jill Jester as vice chair. Okay. We have a motion and a second. 83 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:21,120 Let's see. Do we have any other nominations from the floor? 84 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:28,720 Okay. Hearing none, we'll do the roll call once again for confirmation. 85 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:37,040 Let's see. We'll start with Bob Ains. I just as enthusiastically vote I for Jill 86 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:38,960 Jester. Wonderful. 87 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:52,320 Tony Clark? Let's see. Keely Briggs? Yes. Jill Jester? I will abstain. 88 00:08:52,320 --> 00:09:00,400 Okay. Jason Tomlinson? Aye. Lee Ramsey? Yes. 89 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:10,240 Mark McClellan? Yes. Okay. So we have, what's that, six. 90 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:17,120 And I also will vote in favor of Jill Jester that makes seven in favor and one abstention. 91 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,120 Steve. Steve. 92 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:26,240 Steve. At some point this becomes personal, man. 93 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:33,840 What am I going to do? What am I going to do? I'm known for being quiet. 94 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,600 I absolutely support Jill Jester. All right. Thank you, Steve. 95 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:44,960 Thank you. Thank you for dealing with the shortcomings of the newly appointed chair. 96 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:51,440 Let's see. Did we miss anyone? Did we get everyone? 97 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:57,120 I think we got everyone. Did we miss anyone? Okay. 98 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:03,760 So I believe that we have a anonymous selection for Jill Jester as vice chair. 99 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,680 Yes. Okay. 100 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:13,120 Let's say then moving on to the next EDP item, Jessica. 101 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:22,320 Let's see. We have EDP 20-044. This is to consider the approval of the 102 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:30,240 minutes of the September 9th, 2020 meeting. So a copy of the draft minutes are included 103 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:35,680 in your packet for consideration. If there are any amendments or changes, let us know. 104 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,480 Do we have a motion from the floor? 105 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:55,520 Move to approve the minutes. We have a motion. Do we have a second? 106 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:56,800 Second. Jill Jester. 107 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:01,280 Jill Jester, second. Do any discussion of the minutes as presented? 108 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:10,160 Hearing none, all in favor of approving the minutes as presented, we're going to do a roll call. 109 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,120 Once again. Bob Ames. 110 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,880 Aye. Let's see. Tony Clark. 111 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,320 Aye. Keely Briggs. 112 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,160 Yes. Jill Jester. 113 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:28,400 Aye. Steve Edgar. 114 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,840 Aye. Jason Tomlinson. 115 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,800 Aye. Lee Ramsey. 116 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:40,640 Abstain since I wasn't at the meeting. Okay. Thank you. And Mark McClellan. 117 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:49,920 Aye. Okay. The minutes have been approved. And moving on to the next agenda item. 118 00:11:49,920 --> 00:12:02,480 Receive a report, excuse me, EDP 20-048. Receive a report, hold a discussion, and appoint or 119 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:08,000 reappoint members of the Downtown Economic Development Committee. And I believe, Jessica, 120 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,240 you told me you would take over the discussion on this particular item. 121 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:20,080 Yes, sir. So if you'll remember correctly, last year, this board adopted a new policy for the 122 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:25,520 Downtown Economic Development Committee, previously known as the Downtown Task Force. With that, 123 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:31,920 you established terms for the Downtown Economic Development Committee members. They drew lots, 124 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:37,840 and half of the board served one-year terms in their initial term. And so those board members 125 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:44,080 are eligible for reappointment this year. We surveyed those members and received positive 126 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:49,360 feedback from all of them that they all wished to continue to join. So presented to you for 127 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:56,160 your consideration would be the appointment of Peggy Capps, John Cartwright, Hank Dickinson, 128 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:01,840 Brock McKnight, Alex Payne, and Michael Talley to serve on the Downtown Economic Development 129 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:08,880 Committee. And then in addition, the Economic Development Partnership Board also appoints 130 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:16,240 a member of this committee to serve as the chair of the Downtown Committee. That position was held 131 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:25,120 by Marty Rivers. And so with Marty turning out on EDP, that leaves his seat open on the Downtown 132 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:31,200 Committee as well. And so we are seeking a nomination from the membership of the Partnership Board to 133 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:36,560 serve as your representative and the chair of the Downtown Committee. 134 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:47,920 Jessica, would it be appropriate to take a look at the matrix that you presented in the packet 135 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:52,800 just to refresh everyone on what we're doing and who's involved? 136 00:13:52,800 --> 00:14:00,080 Sure. I don't have that pulled up. It is provided in the packet, so I would have to leave it to 137 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,840 everyone to look at that in the packet. 138 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:14,160 So just for a sake of clarification, you had mentioned that Marty was chairing that committee? 139 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:15,460 Yes. 140 00:14:15,460 --> 00:14:17,840 Will he continue to chair that committee? 141 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:23,760 No. He served as the Economic Development Partnership Board 142 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:28,800 representative on the Downtown Committee. So since he is no longer on the Partnership Board, 143 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,680 he is no longer chairing the Downtown Committee. 144 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:37,520 So how will we handle the appointment? 145 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:44,880 You will need to select a nominee from your membership on the Partnership Board, 146 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,920 and that person serves as the chair of the Downtown Committee. 147 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:54,080 Okay. So continuing this dialogue then, so is that something we do today or is that something 148 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,720 we do offline or is that something we do this morning? 149 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:03,120 If it pleases the board, you can do it this morning. If you do not have a nominee or a 150 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:09,040 member that's willing to serve, we could certainly put it on a future agenda, but the Downtown 151 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:15,520 Economic Development Committee will likely meet again before this board does. It doesn't mean the 152 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:24,640 seat has to be filled, but they're working without a chair until this board appoints one for them. 153 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,560 Let me, I don't know if this is proper protocol or not, but 154 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:36,560 does anyone here on the board have an interest in serving on that committee? 155 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:52,880 So don't everyone raise your hand at the same time. So with that being the case, 156 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:59,200 Jessica, it looks like we may need to make a few phone calls and just find out 157 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,680 and before the next meeting we can make that appointment. 158 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:11,120 Okay. Do you wish to move forward with the additional appointments of the board members 159 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:17,520 that have reached or that finished their first year term? That was Peggy Capps, John Cartwright, 160 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,880 Hank Dickinson, Brock McKnight, Alex Payne, and Michael Talley. 161 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:28,320 So they would not be the complete committee, but they would just be continuing 162 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:35,280 for another year? For two years. For two more years? Yes. Okay. I don't see why not, 163 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,520 unless someone has an objection to them continuing. 164 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:48,560 Mr. Chairman, I would make a motion that we approve those nominees for their two-year term. 165 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:56,960 I would second. I have a motion on the floor in a second to approve the slate of 166 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:05,920 committee members for the next two years. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? 167 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:17,280 Hearing none, all in favor, we'll do a roll call once again. Bob Ains? Aye. Tony Clark? Aye. 168 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:30,240 Keely Briggs? Yes. Jill Jester? Aye. Steve Edgar? Aye. Jason Tomlinson? Aye. Lee Ramsey? 169 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:44,080 Aye. And Mark McClellan? Aye. Okay. And yourself, Mr. Chair. Okay. All right. I'm in agreement that 170 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:50,160 they should continue as well. So it looks like we have a unanimous agreement that the slate of 171 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:54,160 committee people would continue to serve in that capacity for the next two years. 172 00:17:54,160 --> 00:18:06,080 And we also need to get a chair from this committee to sit on that board. And so after 173 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:12,640 my deadline tomorrow, we will look at making some phone calls to see who might be willing to 174 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:26,240 assume that role. I believe we're done with that agenda item. The next agenda item is EDP 20-050. 175 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:32,960 Receive a report. Hold a discussion. Give staff direction regarding a business retention and 176 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:39,040 expansion program plan for economic development. And Jessica, I believe you're, once again, 177 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:46,800 are one of your staff. We're going to take care of this discussion. Yes. So what I always appreciate 178 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:53,120 is that someone else will be presenting an item. So I'm going to turn it over to Kay Brown-Patrick, 179 00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:58,800 as you all met Kay earlier. Kay is our new business development administrator. And I think she's been 180 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:07,600 here now four weeks with us. And she had one goal from day one, and that was to look at the city's 181 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:15,600 business retention and expansion plan, revamp it, do a deep dive into what we can do better to better 182 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:20,000 serve our business community. So Kay has been hard at work doing that for the past few weeks. 183 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:25,360 And we want to get the board's feedback. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to Kay 184 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:32,800 and let her present her initial work to you guys. Thank you. Thank you, Jessica. So I am going to be 185 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:40,240 discussing what our efforts are going to look like in regards to our business retention expansion 186 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:46,640 program. I reviewed the previous plan. I believe it was dated from 2017 and identified some 187 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:56,080 opportunities for enhancement and finding a more intensive and robust manner to support our 188 00:19:56,080 --> 00:20:03,280 businesses. So that coupled with what the strategic plan identified as opportunities for enhancement 189 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:18,800 as well. I'm sorry, this slide, this is stuck. But the strategic plan identified some opportunities 190 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:30,960 as well for enhancement. And so we took what the strategic plan said and created an outline. Now, 191 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:37,200 this is going to be the directive that we use coupled with your feedback to finalize the BRE 192 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:43,040 plan. But the strategic plan specifically pointed out prioritizing our efforts based on strategic 193 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:49,520 areas in the community, as well as diversifying the business size, the industry type, and the 194 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:55,840 location, and then also structuring the efforts to serve several purposes. I think in the past, 195 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:01,360 the BRE efforts have been more focused on just visits and making contact with the businesses, 196 00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:07,120 as opposed to you'll see in the outline, we're going to have a little more activity in ways to 197 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:12,480 touch the businesses because we may not be able to visit all businesses in a cycle, but we will be 198 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:20,640 able to create opportunities for us to engage the businesses. So here's the mission in brief, 199 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,960 identify and address the local business needs by providing them with quality assistance 200 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:32,080 and access to resources in order to retain them and help them expand. What you'll see here as well 201 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:40,160 is that the expand component is not just focused on businesses that are existing and helping them 202 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:45,600 become larger, but also focusing on our startups and entrepreneurs and helping them expand as well. 203 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:51,760 In the past, the expansion has been focused on expanding our larger businesses to include more 204 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:58,000 employment opportunities and jobs, but we want to ensure that that expand includes expanding, 205 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:03,520 assisting our startups and our entrepreneurs. So goal number one, and the goals are in no 206 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:09,040 particular order, is to establish and build relationships with our local employers to better 207 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:14,400 understand their business needs, challenges, and their opportunities for expansion and growth. 208 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:22,320 Goal two is to provide us with better information and understanding for our stakeholders and leaders 209 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:29,040 as like you all in regards to the strengths and weaknesses of our business climate, and this will 210 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:35,280 help us to refine any policies or programs that we have in regards to our efforts to support our 211 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:42,560 businesses. Goal number three, foster more employment opportunities, and this goal enables us to 212 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:50,080 prevent a reduction of job losses. And then goal four, provide assistance to businesses 213 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:56,320 to help them overcome any challenges that they may have, and this is particularly regarding if 214 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:02,080 something like COVID-19 were to happen again, setting them up for resiliency and sustainability 215 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:08,640 if something like this were to happen in the future. Goal five, providing support for our 216 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:15,440 minority businesses and hub, and this item is particularly pointed out in the strategic plan 217 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:20,320 to address inclusivity in regards to our efforts to support businesses in the community. 218 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:29,040 And then goal six is to develop a collaborative relationship with our stakeholders so we can have 219 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:36,960 a comprehensive long-range retention and expansion activity and events. And I have been meeting 220 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:43,360 with stakeholders from day one since I came to the city of Denton, and I will say that everyone 221 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:50,240 is doing what they do great, but they are doing it in silo, and I think there's power in numbers, 222 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:58,480 so I really want the goal for a collaborative and more cohesive effort to better support our 223 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:05,520 businesses and create a synergy for our businesses and our support efforts. So here you see for our 224 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:14,400 implementation is in progress, engaging the stakeholders. I have met with NCTC, TWA Entrepreneurs 225 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:22,400 Center, UNT's Murphy Center, United Way, Texas Workforce Solutions, many stakeholders that I 226 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:27,760 thought were important, and then Jessica added to the list, and I am wanting to hear from you all 227 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:33,840 in regards to if there's anyone that you think that I should probably connect with. I have not 228 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:40,240 made a connection with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. I'm not sure if that's still a thing 229 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:45,120 in the community or not, and then also have not been able to connect with the Denton Black 230 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:50,400 Chamber of Commerce. But outside of that, I have been consistently meeting with the stakeholders, 231 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:55,360 and then we're reviewing the draft outline. That's what we're doing today, and that's going 232 00:24:55,360 --> 00:25:01,760 to assist us in going back and revising what the final plan is going to look like. Our goal is to 233 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:08,640 bring that back to you all in November, and then workshop it to council for approval in December. 234 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:15,920 Business selection and visits is going to be important in determining what businesses we visit, 235 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:21,520 who are our targets. I think we really need to focus on first cycle on the businesses that have 236 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:28,240 never been touched. If we've had several visits to the same businesses repeatedly, we need to 237 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:34,720 look at connecting with businesses that have not had any visits or been contacted in the past, 238 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:42,160 and also engaging businesses in advance. What we think support for the minority-owned businesses 239 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:47,600 and the hub businesses looks like may not be what they actually need, so making the introductory 240 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:53,120 contact with them to say, "We're building a plan to support you in the community. What does that 241 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:58,000 look like so we can ensure that we include that?" And then just diversifying our efforts. Like I 242 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,280 stated earlier in regards to the sizes, large, medium, small, and startups and entrepreneurs. 243 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:08,720 In the past, it had been just downtown, large, medium, and then small, and it didn't really 244 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:14,400 encompass any startups, and so we want to make sure that we identify and support those businesses 245 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:20,720 in the plan as well. Here is a list of the activities and initiatives. Early on, I mentioned 246 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:27,680 the strategic plan stating the expanding what the BRE plan will look like as opposed to just being 247 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:34,800 about visits. You see there, I have a number there, a goal between 10 to 15 per size, and that's the 248 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:43,360 large, medium, small startup. The goal previously was 72, I believe, when it was presented previously, 249 00:26:43,360 --> 00:26:48,880 and so we want to keep within that and make it realistic, and you'll see in a couple of slides 250 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:55,040 down the cycle that I'll mention in regards to what cycle those businesses will take place on. 251 00:26:55,040 --> 00:27:00,880 And then we have here networking opportunities. Virtual roundtables are a big thing right now in 252 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,840 regards to business engagement, and so just connecting businesses with one another and then 253 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:13,120 with city leaders is important. In the past, city council has gone on the visits with staff, and so 254 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:18,480 we wanted to make sure we included them in our efforts but in a more formalized, direct way, 255 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,800 so we're going to provide some opportunity for them to engage with the businesses in their 256 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:30,320 district by hosting city council business forums by district, and I'll talk about that a little later. 257 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:36,640 And then the business allies, it's just the cohort that I spoke about and the 258 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:41,920 collaborative efforts for everyone. Everyone that I've met with, like I stated, is doing everything 259 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:46,960 great, but I think it's going to be important that we all come to the table on a consistent 260 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:53,440 basis to discuss our efforts so that we're not duplicating anything and make the businesses aware 261 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:59,120 of the resources that are out there because there's some amazing resources available to them, 262 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:04,720 and I think it's important that we let them know that. And then here, just assessing our results 263 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:09,200 and evaluating the program after we've done our visits. These are some quantitative and 264 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:16,480 qualitative efforts, and the qualitative are fluid. They can change if we are asking the 265 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:22,160 questions and obtaining the data, and we don't think that we're actually getting the information 266 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:27,920 that we need in order to evaluate our program, then we can go back and re-evaluate those, 267 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:32,640 but I wanted to give you a list of some examples of how we will assess the results when we come 268 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:39,680 back to communicate the program and the results and the success of the program. And this is the 269 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:45,440 time that I mentioned, so the program, the visitation cycle that we have, we have the vision 270 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:51,360 of January to August, so that we're not doing visits all year round. We are doing the visits 271 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:58,480 in that visitation cycle. We are addressing any challenges that they may have, but we need a time 272 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:03,120 in the cycle to evaluate the data that we collected. One, we're evaluating the program, 273 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:09,520 and then two, evaluating the business climate. And in that cycle, you see there the district 274 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:16,400 business forums, May to September, and then September will be the at-large forum for the 275 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:22,400 at-large positions, because we have the districts, we're going to hold the forums by district, 276 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:29,280 and then the at-large positions will be one big one in September. That's our goal, and I want 277 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:35,600 your feedback on that as well. So that was quick and brief, but again, it's just an outline to 278 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:42,560 get us to where we want to go to finalize a program. And so with that, I am open to your 279 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:57,280 comments and questions and feedback. Thank you, Kay, for that presentation, 280 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:04,240 and now we open the floor to see if there are any questions from any of the partnership board members. 281 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:14,160 I see Kimmy Briggs with your hand. Welcome, Kay. Really glad to have you here. I appreciate that 282 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:21,360 presentation. It was fantastic. I don't really have any comments, just to say that I am really 283 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:26,400 excited about all the work that you've put into it and the opportunities here for retention. 284 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:34,480 I think it's fantastic, and I agree with the goals that you have, and so I'm excited about it. Thank 285 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:43,680 you so much. Thank you. Kay, I would also like to say thank you for your outreach. I took your email 286 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:48,000 and communicated it to the leadership of the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce, and you should 287 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:56,080 be hearing from them shortly. Tony Clark. Thanks, Mr. Chair. I would like to welcome Kay as well. 288 00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:03,280 Quick question. So it seems like a lot of these businesses that you're going to target are members 289 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:09,360 of the Denton Chamber, the Black Chamber, Hispanic Chamber. What conversations or coordinations have 290 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:16,560 you been making with those entities to parallel maybe the similar efforts on their part to do the 291 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,960 same thing? Is this going to be kind of a joint effort? Is this something the city is going to 292 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:28,240 run with? Is it going to be collaboration with us or with the city and the chambers to accomplish? 293 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:33,200 I think it's a great mission, but just curious about your conversations or your thoughts there. 294 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:39,840 Yeah, great question. So I have had the pleasure of meeting with Erika on several occasions. We've 295 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:45,600 discussed that, and so the business visits and the targets have not necessarily been determined, 296 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:50,240 but we will include the businesses from those chambers, and there will be joint visits. So 297 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:57,920 it's not necessarily that we're targeting just members of the chambers, but it's the business 298 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:03,680 community at large. So we will include the Texas Workforce Solutions. If we're visiting an entrepreneur, 299 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:08,960 we'll include maybe someone from Stoke or TWU Entrepreneurs Center. So it depends on the visit 300 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:14,240 and the business type and maybe their needs that we have identified in our pre-survey or our 301 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:22,160 pre-conversation, who goes on the visit. And if I could, I'll expand on it a little bit. Kay, 302 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:27,680 she's trying to catch up, but I don't know that she's watched all of our discussions related to 303 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:32,000 the strategic plan and the chamber contract just yet, but we have talked about this, that our goal 304 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:39,680 is not to duplicate efforts or be inefficient in our work with the chamber. This is a partnership, 305 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:44,320 and Erika and I, and I know Kay and Erika have had those discussions, and Charlie and I have 306 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:50,240 had many discussions, is that our goal is to have Kay serve as the lead project manager over this 307 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:55,440 particular program, but she's not operating in isolation. So she's doing this in conjunction 308 00:32:55,440 --> 00:33:01,360 and coordination with the chamber, with the black chamber, with Hispanic chamber, with TWU, with 309 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:06,560 many other representatives in the community to really give a comprehensive view of the business 310 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:12,240 climate in Denton. That's information that can be shared with the chamber. That's information that 311 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:17,200 can be shared with the city council, with this board, but really to get a comprehensive view 312 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:23,600 of this program. But I hope Kay didn't go back and watch 20 hours of EDP meetings just yet. We 313 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:35,760 want her to come back, so that's the second month task. Do we have any more questions from the floor? 314 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:43,360 Kay, thank you once again for your presentation, and we look forward to 315 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,320 working with you throughout this coming year. Perfect, thank you. 316 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:54,800 Let's see, do we need any type of acknowledgement on that report, Jessica, 317 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:59,360 or do we just need to move forward to the next agenda item? Well, today we just wanted to make 318 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:04,320 sure that this board had an opportunity to provide input, ask questions, give direction, 319 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:11,360 make sure that we were tracking on what the expectations were, and then we'll work very 320 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:18,160 diligently over the next month to put together the full plan, and we'll bring that back to the 321 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:24,720 board as your November meeting, and then we'll go forward from there. But no, no action today. 322 00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:29,920 Thank you. Kaylee, I see your hand up. Yeah, I did come up with a question. 323 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:36,800 So I know that on our annual updates, or just our updates, it had goals for retention visits 324 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:44,000 in the past. Is that going to stay the same? Are we going to increase the percentages needed, 325 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:52,480 or have we just kind of done away with that? So in the past, the way that our plans were set up, 326 00:34:52,480 --> 00:35:00,080 our strategic reporting was a kind of hard number. What Kay and I have talked about is focusing on 327 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:05,760 quality and making sure that we're hitting businesses that have identified one. Kay identified 328 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:10,400 a whole group of businesses that were sort of the never been touched businesses that we want to make 329 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:18,400 sure that we get those visits. And so we also have more team members, Dan here, who also is working 330 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:23,920 on the BRE items with Kay. So we're going to try and do more and increase our visits, but we're also 331 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:30,560 trying to increase our touch points. So not just one-on-one visits, but holding forums. An example 332 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:37,920 might be something that came up during COVID was that I had a lot of questions for bankers. 333 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:43,840 And so it was really nice to have a network of bankers that I could reach out to and say, hey, 334 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:48,960 what are you guys experiencing or what are you seeing? And so we want to encourage those types 335 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:53,440 of touch points where it's not necessarily a formal visit, but where there's a group of 336 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:59,840 within a sector maybe working together, we can hold a strategic kind of forum with those individuals. 337 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:06,080 All right. Sounds good. Thank you. And Kay, I wanted to say that 338 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:13,040 I'm in the midst of my most difficult deadline, which ends tomorrow. And so I will digest your 339 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:18,000 presentation and get back with you with some Q&A. Certainly. 340 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:31,120 Let's see. Moving on, on our agenda item. Let's see. We have EDP 20-049. 341 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:36,800 Receive a report, hold discussion, and give staff direction regarding the meeting dates 342 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:42,560 and times for fiscal year 2021. Is that you again, Jessica? 343 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:49,120 That's me again. So as required by the city secretary's office here in Denton, every board 344 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:56,000 must adopt their annual meeting schedule. This partnership board meets on the second Wednesday 345 00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:02,640 of the month at 11 a.m. So I have provided those dates to you in your packet, the next meeting 346 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:08,080 occurring on November 11th. And then I've scheduled those out through next September. So we do it on 347 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:15,120 the fiscal year basis, so October through September. All of those meetings, I do send out calendar 348 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:21,040 appointments to everyone. I try and do it at least a month in advance. I sent out an email to everyone 349 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:26,480 recently asking if you had another member of your team that helps manage your calendar to just make 350 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:32,480 sure that I have that person's information, just so I can make sure to copy them in as needed. 351 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:40,480 And then I will say we'll more than likely continue meeting remotely for the foreseeable future. So I 352 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,760 just want to let everyone know that because I always get questions every month about when we're 353 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:50,800 going to get back in person, but this will likely continue for a while. And so I know that leaves a 354 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:56,960 little bit more wiggle room in everyone's schedules in terms of not having to travel to and from city 355 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:04,240 halls. So just want to let everyone know those facts. But with that, we will need to adopt the 356 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:11,920 official meeting schedule for this board. - Do I hear a motion from the floor to adopt this meeting 357 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:24,000 schedule? - So moved. - Mark McClellan made the motion. - I'll second. - That's you, Steve, Edgar? 358 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:33,680 - Lee Ramsey. - Oh, Lee, okay. I'm sorry. Second is Lee Ramsey. Let's see. Is there any discussion of 359 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:41,520 the meeting dates that have been listed? Okay. Hearing none, all in favor signify with a 360 00:38:41,520 --> 00:39:03,600 roll call vote. Let's see. Tony Clark? - Aye. - Gil Jester? - Aye. - Jason Tomlinson? - Aye. - Lee Ramsey? - Aye. - Mark McClellan? - Aye. - Keeley Briggs? - Aye. 361 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:14,080 - Steve Edgar? - Aye. - John Baines? - Aye. - So we have unanimous consent for the meeting dates for the 2021 362 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,600 EDP partnership board meeting schedule. 363 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:31,760 Let's see. We've got about one more item on the list and Jessica, typically I know what 364 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:38,160 Marty would do from time to time if we were, and by the way, Marty, I know you're out there 365 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:44,000 watching and listening. We miss you, buddy. And so anytime you want to come and hang out and sit in 366 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:49,040 front of the, you know, the economic development office, please do that. We'd love to see your face. 367 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:59,680 Let's see. Jessica, I'll give you the option of kind of emphasizing the things that you feel 368 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:06,480 are most important for the partnership board today. - Sure. Just know that we have included in your 369 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:12,960 packet the quarterly stand report. Interesting, some very interesting data in there. If you haven't 370 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,840 gotten a chance to take a look at that, I think one of the most fascinating things that we look at 371 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:23,920 every month, let me see if I can get to the right page, is at the bottom of page five of that report 372 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:29,520 is permits. And I'd encourage everyone to kind of take a look at that as we're nearing the end 373 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:34,800 of the, we just finished the 19-20 fiscal year and looking at the level of growth 374 00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:42,880 in residential permits in the city of Denton, it's always astonishing. And so we are very interested 375 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:48,960 in that final census number. And then we will also be moving forward with a new report. 376 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:56,240 We are in the process of building out our reporting platforms right now in terms of the 377 00:40:56,240 --> 00:41:01,680 strategic plan reporting. Once city council has finalized that and adopted it, you'll be seeing 378 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:06,560 a little bit of a different report from the team that will include an update, a regular update 379 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:11,440 on the implementation items for the strategic plan. So we're waiting for final adoption, 380 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:15,600 but we're actually in the process of doing the preliminary build out of that platform 381 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:21,280 right now, which takes a lot of time and effort and discussions among the team and assigning 382 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:26,000 project managers and all of those things. But we're going to have a really fun tool that we'll be 383 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:31,360 able to provide very regular updates to this board on those efforts. And then I know Charlie has 384 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:37,360 included his report as well. And so I'll defer to Charlie as it relates to the chamber report. 385 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:42,400 Charlie, before you do that, Jessica, I did have a question. I'm on page five. 386 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:48,880 Yes. Please tell us what, what in particular stood out to you regarding the permits and other 387 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:56,240 statistics that are presented there. So I think that what is most fascinating, one is the increase 388 00:41:56,240 --> 00:42:03,920 in the continued value in permits and construction that is occurring in and around Denton. So if you 389 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:13,600 look at the value in the far right hand column, it has value in year to date. And so in the fiscal 390 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:22,720 year, 1819, there was $363 million in added value in 1920. It was $534 million in added value. 391 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:29,760 That's a huge number in terms of growth of residential value in the community. And then 392 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:37,920 if you also follow along, you can see that in 1819 and 1920, we had one year, 1800 plus permits, 393 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:45,200 residential permits. And then in 1920, almost 1600 residential permits that had been filed. 394 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:52,320 Those are incredible growth numbers when we continue to see, you know, housing growing and 395 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:59,120 the population growing and jobs coming to the Metroplex and the demand on, on our, you know, 396 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:03,360 public services and those sorts of things. And so that's a number that we track really closely to 397 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:08,960 make sure that we're aware of where, where's the population going and what does that look like when 398 00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:14,800 they get here? Thank you, Jessica, for emphasizing it. I think it's always good to hear some good 399 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:22,720 news and to, you know, give us a reason to smile for being here in the city of Denton. 400 00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:27,280 And thank you, Charlie, for your patience. Would you please give us a report? 401 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:35,200 Well, I've written it and provided it to you, but I think I would like to refer to Erika 402 00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:41,520 right now to give you an announcement. And actually I can make that announcement 403 00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:46,560 if that's all right. So Erika headed up our selection committee on behalf of the chamber 404 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:54,640 for a new economic development vice chair. And we had most excellent resumes coming in. We narrowed 405 00:43:54,640 --> 00:44:01,600 it down to three finalists that came up here to Denton. And I'm very excited to announce that we 406 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:09,840 have extended an offer that has been accepted to Corey Lacey. And he plans on starting October 26th. 407 00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:17,760 He comes with decades of experience in economic development on behalf of Emory, Texas city of 408 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:24,400 Rowlett. And most recently he has been president of the best Southwest partnership in Duncanville 409 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:30,240 that is an association of 40 plus organizations, including cities, businesses and community 410 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:36,560 partners, as far as economic development, etc. So we are very excited to have him on board and 411 00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:42,880 look forward to seeing him at these meetings. Thank you. Exciting news. Thank you very much. 412 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:48,320 With that, I'll go back into retirement and I'd like to thank each of you for 413 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:54,560 allowing me the opportunity to work with you at Denton. And I've really enjoyed it and got to meet 414 00:44:54,560 --> 00:45:01,600 a lot of really neat people, or at least got to see them all on zoom anyway. But I really have 415 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:09,360 enjoyed it. And as I told you last time, your future is just extremely bright. You've got so 416 00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:15,280 many good things going for you. And with this new strategic plan, it's going to really set Denton off 417 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:22,080 into a whirlwind. So you might want to get the ADP to buy everybody tennis shoes. 418 00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:28,400 Thank you for allowing me to be a part of you early, we're going to miss you. 419 00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:34,160 Thank you for all your efforts, sir, very, very much. 420 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:39,280 Erica, did you have anything else you'd like to bring to our attention? 421 00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:50,800 I do not. I, again, just want to thank Charlie for the dedicated work that he brought to 422 00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:56,240 Denton over the past 10 months, the way that he was able to easily come in and build relationships 423 00:45:56,240 --> 00:46:03,120 and get up to speed. His presence here has meant a lot to this chamber. I'm really appreciative 424 00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:10,480 of the search committee in our search for the new economic development VP here. And I appreciate 425 00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:15,680 Charlie's assessment that the future is bright. We knew going in that there was going to be a big 426 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:20,320 opportunity for whoever stepped into these shoes. And we're just excited to get into the next phase. 427 00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,160 Although, if we could get Charlie to stay on with us, we sure would try. 428 00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:32,800 Well, I think we're at the end of our agenda, ladies and gentlemen. And I'd like to thank each 429 00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:39,200 of you for your time and your investment to make the Economic Development Partnership Board better. 430 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:50,000 A special thanks to all the city staff and the ex officio members. And a special thanks to Steve 431 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:55,360 Edgar for his presence today. Thank you, Steve. That's a good recovery. 432 00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:05,840 We have a motion on the forge for adjournment. Do I hear a second? 433 00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:11,440 Second. Okay, we have a motion and a second now. Now, 434 00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,000 Jessica, you're going to make us do the hand call and we'll be okay. 435 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:20,080 You're good. I think it's unanimous. All right, good deal. Thanks, everyone. Have a good week. 436 00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:26,720 And we look forward to everything for the coming month. Thank you. God bless. Thank you, Jessica.