WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.700 Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the economic development partnership board meeting 00:00:12.700 --> 00:00:18.000 for the month of October. My name is John Bain, CPA. I'm the interim 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.760 chair for this board. And I think we have a pretty decent agenda 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:27.360 this morning. And before we get into it, I think we have 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:31.720 two new people that are with us this morning I'd like to acknowledge. 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 00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:44.560 member, Kay Brown-Patrick. If you could at least tell us who you are, 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:49.000 what you represent, and maybe give us about a minute's worth of wonderful information, 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.560 I think that will be a great deal. You first, Lee. 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. 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. 00:01:06.720 --> 00:01:13.560 I grew up here in Denton. I have been married for 20 years, and I have 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 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 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:34.120 with a lot of really familiar faces and leaders in the community, so thank you guys. 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:37.360 Thank you, Lee. Kay. 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, 00:01:43.160 --> 00:01:49.240 the new business development administrator. I have been in economic development for 10 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 00:01:53.600 --> 00:02:00.000 public administration there, and so I'm happy to be here, back working, where my career 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:05.360 and my pathway to public administration began, and I'm looking forward to working with you 00:02:05.360 --> 00:02:08.200 all. Thank you, Kay, and welcome aboard. 00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:11.560 Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we have, I believe, 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 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:26.840 nominations and elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson of economic development partnership 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:39.400 board for the coming year, 2020 through 2021. We will now accept nominations from the floor. 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 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:54.860 because we recently adopted the new work plan, and we're working through the strategic plan, 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 00:03:05.180 --> 00:03:12.380 attend monthly work group meetings, and then you might also be asked to attend some of 00:03:12.380 --> 00:03:17.680 our recruitment, retention, and expansion meetings that may occur throughout the year. 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 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:29.280 sure that the board's priorities get addressed and that they're properly posted and agenda 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 00:03:36.660 --> 00:03:41.760 insight or give direction regarding any issues or strategies that we're working through with 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 00:03:49.600 --> 00:03:53.960 nominations. Let me ask for a point of clarification here, 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 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:07.660 as a combination? I think we'd prefer them as separate motions 00:04:07.660 --> 00:04:15.620 and votes would be the cleanest. Thank you. 00:04:15.620 --> 00:04:20.400 Katie Briggs. Thank you. I would like to see if the vice 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 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:34.880 would accept the position. I would not turn away your nomination. 00:04:34.880 --> 00:04:39.540 Then I would like to nominate John Baines, please, for the chair of the economic development 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:42.320 board. We have a nomination on the floor. Do we 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:44.360 hear a second? Second. 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:48.920 Second. Let me see. I couldn't tell who seconded first. 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:54.640 Mark McClellan seconded and then also Bob Ames. Okay. We have a motion on the second. 00:04:54.640 --> 00:05:03.960 Do we have any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor of selecting John 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. 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:15.880 Sorry, can you vote by name? Can you see everyone and call out their names individually? 00:05:15.880 --> 00:05:19.640 I should call them off? Yes. 00:05:19.640 --> 00:05:27.080 Starting from the top then, Erica, do we go with everyone? 00:05:27.080 --> 00:05:33.880 Okay. Bob Ames. I enthusiastically vote for John Baines. 00:05:33.880 --> 00:05:39.960 Thank you. Let's see. Tony Clark? 00:05:39.960 --> 00:05:47.080 The same, John. I for me. Okay. Jill Jester? 00:05:47.080 --> 00:05:52.560 Aye. Of course, Keely, you made the motion, so 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:59.080 I take that as a support. Yes, I still stand with my original decision. 00:05:59.080 --> 00:06:02.800 Thank you. Jason Tomlinson? 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:06.360 Aye. Lee Ramsey? 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:10.360 Yes. Mark, you did the second, so I take it that 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:13.600 you're in favor? Yes. 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:18.800 Did we get everyone, Jessica? I believe Steve Edgar is on the line. 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:23.200 I'm sorry. Sorry, I forgot. I didn't see your picture there, Steve. 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 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:35.280 for the coming year. I was a strong yes until I was not -- 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:42.040 I was not recognized by the nominee. I am still a strong yes. 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:45.680 Thank you, Steve. Thank you very much. 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:53.640 And John, you need to vote. And because? 00:06:53.640 --> 00:06:59.440 You're a board member. All right. I find it a little strange voting 00:06:59.440 --> 00:07:11.760 for myself, but I will. Okay. Let's see. 00:07:11.760 --> 00:07:17.120 So are there any votes against? I don't think we heard any. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:21.240 That was everyone. Okay. So we have a unanimous vote there. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:26.320 Thank you very much. The next vote, motion we need is for a vice 00:07:26.320 --> 00:07:31.520 chair. Do we hear a nomination? Jason, you have someone? 00:07:31.520 --> 00:07:37.940 If she's interested, I would like to nominate Jill Jester as vice chair. 00:07:37.940 --> 00:07:46.720 Okay. Are you interested, Jill Jester? 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. 00:07:55.360 --> 00:08:00.000 So how do we do this, Jessica? Do we continue to ask for nominations from 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.680 the floor? You can. 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:09.680 Okay. Keely? I would just like to second the recommendation 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:16.000 for Jill Jester as vice chair. Okay. We have a motion and a second. 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:21.120 Let's see. Do we have any other nominations from the floor? 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:28.720 Okay. Hearing none, we'll do the roll call once again for confirmation. 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 00:08:37.040 --> 00:08:38.960 Jester. Wonderful. 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:52.320 Tony Clark? Let's see. Keely Briggs? Yes. Jill Jester? I will abstain. 00:08:52.320 --> 00:09:00.400 Okay. Jason Tomlinson? Aye. Lee Ramsey? Yes. 00:09:00.400 --> 00:09:10.240 Mark McClellan? Yes. Okay. So we have, what's that, six. 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. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.120 Steve. Steve. 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:26.240 Steve. At some point this becomes personal, man. 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. 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:37.600 I absolutely support Jill Jester. All right. Thank you, Steve. 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:44.960 Thank you. Thank you for dealing with the shortcomings of the newly appointed chair. 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:51.440 Let's see. Did we miss anyone? Did we get everyone? 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:57.120 I think we got everyone. Did we miss anyone? Okay. 00:09:57.120 --> 00:10:03.760 So I believe that we have a anonymous selection for Jill Jester as vice chair. 00:10:03.760 --> 00:10:07.680 Yes. Okay. 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:13.120 Let's say then moving on to the next EDP item, Jessica. 00:10:14.400 --> 00:10:22.320 Let's see. We have EDP 20-044. This is to consider the approval of the 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:30.240 minutes of the September 9th, 2020 meeting. So a copy of the draft minutes are included 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:35.680 in your packet for consideration. If there are any amendments or changes, let us know. 00:10:41.280 --> 00:10:44.480 Do we have a motion from the floor? 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:55.520 Move to approve the minutes. We have a motion. Do we have a second? 00:10:55.520 --> 00:10:56.800 Second. Jill Jester. 00:10:56.800 --> 00:11:01.280 Jill Jester, second. Do any discussion of the minutes as presented? 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. 00:11:11.280 --> 00:11:13.120 Once again. Bob Ames. 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.880 Aye. Let's see. Tony Clark. 00:11:16.880 --> 00:11:20.320 Aye. Keely Briggs. 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:24.160 Yes. Jill Jester. 00:11:24.160 --> 00:11:28.400 Aye. Steve Edgar. 00:11:28.400 --> 00:11:31.840 Aye. Jason Tomlinson. 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:34.800 Aye. Lee Ramsey. 00:11:34.800 --> 00:11:40.640 Abstain since I wasn't at the meeting. Okay. Thank you. And Mark McClellan. 00:11:41.280 --> 00:11:49.920 Aye. Okay. The minutes have been approved. And moving on to the next agenda item. 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 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:08.000 reappoint members of the Downtown Economic Development Committee. And I believe, Jessica, 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:12.240 you told me you would take over the discussion on this particular item. 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 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:25.520 Downtown Economic Development Committee, previously known as the Downtown Task Force. With that, 00:12:25.520 --> 00:12:31.920 you established terms for the Downtown Economic Development Committee members. They drew lots, 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 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:44.080 are eligible for reappointment this year. We surveyed those members and received positive 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 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:56.160 your consideration would be the appointment of Peggy Capps, John Cartwright, Hank Dickinson, 00:12:56.160 --> 00:13:01.840 Brock McKnight, Alex Payne, and Michael Talley to serve on the Downtown Economic Development 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:08.880 Committee. And then in addition, the Economic Development Partnership Board also appoints 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 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 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 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:36.560 serve as your representative and the chair of the Downtown Committee. 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 00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:52.800 just to refresh everyone on what we're doing and who's involved? 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 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.840 everyone to look at that in the packet. 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:14.160 So just for a sake of clarification, you had mentioned that Marty was chairing that committee? 00:14:14.160 --> 00:14:15.460 Yes. 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:17.840 Will he continue to chair that committee? 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:23.760 No. He served as the Economic Development Partnership Board 00:14:23.760 --> 00:14:28.800 representative on the Downtown Committee. So since he is no longer on the Partnership Board, 00:14:28.800 --> 00:14:31.680 he is no longer chairing the Downtown Committee. 00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:37.520 So how will we handle the appointment? 00:14:37.520 --> 00:14:44.880 You will need to select a nominee from your membership on the Partnership Board, 00:14:44.880 --> 00:14:47.920 and that person serves as the chair of the Downtown Committee. 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 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:56.720 we do offline or is that something we do this morning? 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 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 00:15:09.040 --> 00:15:15.520 Economic Development Committee will likely meet again before this board does. It doesn't mean the 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. 00:15:26.880 --> 00:15:30.560 Let me, I don't know if this is proper protocol or not, but 00:15:30.560 --> 00:15:36.560 does anyone here on the board have an interest in serving on that committee? 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, 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 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:03.680 and before the next meeting we can make that appointment. 00:16:03.680 --> 00:16:11.120 Okay. Do you wish to move forward with the additional appointments of the board members 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:17.520 that have reached or that finished their first year term? That was Peggy Capps, John Cartwright, 00:16:17.520 --> 00:16:20.880 Hank Dickinson, Brock McKnight, Alex Payne, and Michael Talley. 00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:28.320 So they would not be the complete committee, but they would just be continuing 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, 00:16:35.280 --> 00:16:39.520 unless someone has an objection to them continuing. 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. 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 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:05.920 committee members for the next two years. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? 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. 00:17:18.320 --> 00:17:30.240 Keely Briggs? Yes. Jill Jester? Aye. Steve Edgar? Aye. Jason Tomlinson? Aye. Lee Ramsey? 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 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 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:54.160 committee people would continue to serve in that capacity for the next two years. 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 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 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. 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:32.960 Receive a report. Hold a discussion. Give staff direction regarding a business retention and 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:39.040 expansion program plan for economic development. And Jessica, I believe you're, once again, 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 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, 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 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 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 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. 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 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 00:19:32.800 --> 00:19:40.240 discussing what our efforts are going to look like in regards to our business retention expansion 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:46.640 program. I reviewed the previous plan. I believe it was dated from 2017 and identified some 00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:56.080 opportunities for enhancement and finding a more intensive and robust manner to support our 00:19:56.080 --> 00:20:03.280 businesses. So that coupled with what the strategic plan identified as opportunities for enhancement 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 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, 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 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:43.040 plan. But the strategic plan specifically pointed out prioritizing our efforts based on strategic 00:20:43.040 --> 00:20:49.520 areas in the community, as well as diversifying the business size, the industry type, and the 00:20:49.520 --> 00:20:55.840 location, and then also structuring the efforts to serve several purposes. I think in the past, 00:20:55.840 --> 00:21:01.360 the BRE efforts have been more focused on just visits and making contact with the businesses, 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 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 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, 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:24.960 identify and address the local business needs by providing them with quality assistance 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 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 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:45.600 become larger, but also focusing on our startups and entrepreneurs and helping them expand as well. 00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:51.760 In the past, the expansion has been focused on expanding our larger businesses to include more 00:21:51.760 --> 00:21:58.000 employment opportunities and jobs, but we want to ensure that that expand includes expanding, 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:03.520 assisting our startups and our entrepreneurs. So goal number one, and the goals are in no 00:22:03.520 --> 00:22:09.040 particular order, is to establish and build relationships with our local employers to better 00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:14.400 understand their business needs, challenges, and their opportunities for expansion and growth. 00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:22.320 Goal two is to provide us with better information and understanding for our stakeholders and leaders 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 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 00:22:35.280 --> 00:22:42.560 businesses. Goal number three, foster more employment opportunities, and this goal enables us to 00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:50.080 prevent a reduction of job losses. And then goal four, provide assistance to businesses 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:56.320 to help them overcome any challenges that they may have, and this is particularly regarding if 00:22:56.320 --> 00:23:02.080 something like COVID-19 were to happen again, setting them up for resiliency and sustainability 00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:08.640 if something like this were to happen in the future. Goal five, providing support for our 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:15.440 minority businesses and hub, and this item is particularly pointed out in the strategic plan 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:20.320 to address inclusivity in regards to our efforts to support businesses in the community. 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 00:23:29.040 --> 00:23:36.960 a comprehensive long-range retention and expansion activity and events. And I have been meeting 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 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, 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 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 00:24:05.520 --> 00:24:14.400 implementation is in progress, engaging the stakeholders. I have met with NCTC, TWA Entrepreneurs 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:22.400 Center, UNT's Murphy Center, United Way, Texas Workforce Solutions, many stakeholders that I 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 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 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 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 00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:50.400 Chamber of Commerce. But outside of that, I have been consistently meeting with the stakeholders, 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 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 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. 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:15.920 Business selection and visits is going to be important in determining what businesses we visit, 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 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 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, 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:42.160 and also engaging businesses in advance. What we think support for the minority-owned businesses 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 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 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 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:03.280 stated earlier in regards to the sizes, large, medium, small, and startups and entrepreneurs. 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 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 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 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 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 00:26:34.800 --> 00:26:43.360 large, medium, small startup. The goal previously was 72, I believe, when it was presented previously, 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 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. 00:26:55.040 --> 00:27:00.880 And then we have here networking opportunities. Virtual roundtables are a big thing right now in 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:05.840 regards to business engagement, and so just connecting businesses with one another and then 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 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, 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 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. 00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:36.640 And then the business allies, it's just the cohort that I spoke about and the 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:41.920 collaborative efforts for everyone. Everyone that I've met with, like I stated, is doing everything 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 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 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:59.120 of the resources that are out there because there's some amazing resources available to them, 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 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:09.200 and evaluating the program after we've done our visits. These are some quantitative and 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:16.480 qualitative efforts, and the qualitative are fluid. They can change if we are asking the 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:03.120 in the cycle to evaluate the data that we collected. One, we're evaluating the program, 00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:09.520 and then two, evaluating the business climate. And in that cycle, you see there the district 00:29:09.520 --> 00:29:16.400 business forums, May to September, and then September will be the at-large forum for the 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, 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 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 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 00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:57.280 comments and questions and feedback. Thank you, Kay, for that presentation, 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. 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 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 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. 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 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 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:48.000 and communicated it to the leadership of the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce, and you should 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. 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 00:31:03.280 --> 00:31:09.360 of the Denton Chamber, the Black Chamber, Hispanic Chamber. What conversations or coordinations have 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 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 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? 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. 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 00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:45.600 discussed that, and so the business visits and the targets have not necessarily been determined, 00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:50.240 but we will include the businesses from those chambers, and there will be joint visits. So 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 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, 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 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 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, 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 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 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, 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 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 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:55.440 particular program, but she's not operating in isolation. So she's doing this in conjunction 00:32:55.440 --> 00:33:01.360 and coordination with the chamber, with the black chamber, with Hispanic chamber, with TWU, with 00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:06.560 many other representatives in the community to really give a comprehensive view of the business 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 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 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 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? 00:33:35.760 --> 00:33:43.360 Kay, thank you once again for your presentation, and we look forward to 00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:46.320 working with you throughout this coming year. Perfect, thank you. 00:33:47.760 --> 00:33:54.800 Let's see, do we need any type of acknowledgement on that report, Jessica, 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 00:33:59.360 --> 00:34:04.320 sure that this board had an opportunity to provide input, ask questions, give direction, 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 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 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. 00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:29.920 Thank you. Kaylee, I see your hand up. Yeah, I did come up with a question. 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 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, 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, 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 00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:05.760 quality and making sure that we're hitting businesses that have identified one. Kay identified 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 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 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 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 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. 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, 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 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 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. 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:06.080 All right. Sounds good. Thank you. And Kay, I wanted to say that 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 00:36:13.040 --> 00:36:18.000 presentation and get back with you with some Q&A. Certainly. 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. 00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:36.800 Receive a report, hold discussion, and give staff direction regarding the meeting dates 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:42.560 and times for fiscal year 2021. Is that you again, Jessica? 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 00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:56.000 must adopt their annual meeting schedule. This partnership board meets on the second Wednesday 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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 00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:24.000 schedule? - So moved. - Mark McClellan made the motion. - I'll second. - That's you, Steve, Edgar? 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 00:38:33.680 --> 00:38:41.520 the meeting dates that have been listed? Okay. Hearing none, all in favor signify with a 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. 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 00:39:14.080 --> 00:39:17.600 EDP partnership board meeting schedule. 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 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 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 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. 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 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 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:12.960 packet the quarterly stand report. Interesting, some very interesting data in there. If you haven't 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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 00:40:56.240 --> 00:41:01.680 strategic plan reporting. Once city council has finalized that and adopted it, you'll be seeing 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 00:41:06.560 --> 00:41:11.440 on the implementation items for the strategic plan. So we're waiting for final adoption, 00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:15.600 but we're actually in the process of doing the preliminary build out of that platform 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 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 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 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. 00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:42.400 Charlie, before you do that, Jessica, I did have a question. I'm on page five. 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 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 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 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 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. 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 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, 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:45.200 residential permits. And then in 1920, almost 1600 residential permits that had been filed. 00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:52.320 Those are incredible growth numbers when we continue to see, you know, housing growing and 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, 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 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 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 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. 00:43:22.720 --> 00:43:27.280 And thank you, Charlie, for your patience. Would you please give us a report? 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 00:43:35.200 --> 00:43:41.520 right now to give you an announcement. And actually I can make that announcement 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 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 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 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. 00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:17.760 He comes with decades of experience in economic development on behalf of Emory, Texas city of 00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:24.400 Rowlett. And most recently he has been president of the best Southwest partnership in Duncanville 00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:30.240 that is an association of 40 plus organizations, including cities, businesses and community 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 00:44:36.560 --> 00:44:42.880 look forward to seeing him at these meetings. Thank you. Exciting news. Thank you very much. 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 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 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 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 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 00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:22.080 into a whirlwind. So you might want to get the ADP to buy everybody tennis shoes. 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. 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:34.160 Thank you for all your efforts, sir, very, very much. 00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:39.280 Erica, did you have anything else you'd like to bring to our attention? 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 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 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 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 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 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. 00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:24.160 Although, if we could get Charlie to stay on with us, we sure would try. 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 00:46:32.800 --> 00:46:39.200 of you for your time and your investment to make the Economic Development Partnership Board better. 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 00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:55.360 Edgar for his presence today. Thank you, Steve. That's a good recovery. 00:47:02.720 --> 00:47:05.840 We have a motion on the forge for adjournment. Do I hear a second? 00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:11.440 Second. Okay, we have a motion and a second now. Now, 00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:14.000 Jessica, you're going to make us do the hand call and we'll be okay. 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. 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.