* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM. STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIALIST CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, ITEM [2 (a) Discuss the proposed Texas Parkway/Cartwright Road Façade Improvement Program. Proposed presenter: Aubrey Nettles, Executive Director of Economic Development] NUMBER TWO, OR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT ROAD FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY AUBREY NETTLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I MEAN ECONOMIC SERVICES. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL TONIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE BACKGROUND AND COMPONENTS OF THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM. AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO MAKE A FEW KEY CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE I PUT THIS FORWARD FOR FORMAL COUNCIL APPROVAL. AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER, THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR, IT'S A PRIORITY CORRIDOR FOR BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY ALIKE AS THE EPICENTER OF GROWTH FROM MISSOURI CITY HAS CONTINUED TO MOVE TO HIGHWAY SIX AND TOWARD FORTMAN TOLLWAY COUNCIL HAS RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO FOCUS EFFORTS ON ENCOURAGING REDEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION WITHIN THE CITY'S CORE COUNSEL MADE THE STRATEGIC CHOICE TO EARMARK $1.5 MILLION FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR IN FISCAL YEAR 21. THEY ALSO APPOINTED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS WITHIN THE CORRIDOR. I HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE EVALUATED SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT RE PROMOTE REVITALIZATION AND REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CORRIDOR. AND THIS PROGRAM HAS RANKED AS THEIR TOP PRIORITY IN DISCUSSING THE PROGRAM WITH THE COMMITTEE, THEY EXPRESSED A FIRM DESIRE TO ESTABLISH UNIFORMITY THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR AND PROVIDE A PRIORITY FACADE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY FELT WOULD HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT. THE CORRIDOR ITSELF. WE ALSO TOOK THE DRAFT PROGRAM TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WHO SUPPORTED THE PROGRAM AND ASKED US TO CONSIDER A PER PROJECT CAP IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE PROGRAM, SEVERAL LARGER REACH. AND THEY ALSO WANTED US TO LOOK AT REQUIRING THOSE WHO RECEIVED FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR INVESTMENTS IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY. THIS MAP HIGHLIGHTS THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THAT'S TEXAS PARKWAY FROM 98 TO CARTWRIGHT ROAD AND CARTWRIGHT ROAD FROM TEXAS PARKWAY TO FM 10 92. AND LOOKING AT THE COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM TO BE CONSIDERED APPLICANTS WILL NEED TO CLEARLY AND FULLY OUTLINE THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY WILL BE DOING. AND THE ASSOCIATED COSTS, THE CITY WILL REIMBURSE UP TO SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF COSTS FOR ACCEPTED PROJECTS. ADDITIONALLY, ACCEPTED PROJECTS, OR RECEIVED WAVE PERMIT FEES UPFRONT. THEY WILL THEN BE ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE SCORED BY AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PRIORITY PROJECTS SELECTED AND ADHERENCE TO THE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS. THESE WERE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, BUT WERE LATER PREEMPTED BY THE STATE LEGISLATOR TWO LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AGO. THIS WAS WHEN THE CITY WAS TOLD BY THE STATE THAT WE COULD NO LONGER DICTATE BUILDING MATERIALS AND OTHER REGULATIONS IN LINE. HOWEVER, SINCE WE WILL BE INCENTIVIZING THESE PROGRAMS, WE'RE ALLOWED TO ENFORCE THESE GUIDELINES IN THIS PROGRAM. IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT THE PRIORITIZED PROJECTS AND THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS, WE'LL ALSO BE EVALUATING AVAILABLE FUNDS. WE CONSIDERED PROPERTIES MISS ALSO BE ACTIVELY ON THE MARKET OR OCCUPIED. THEY MUST BE BUILT AFTER TWO, BEFORE 2000 TO BE CONSIDERED. THEY CAN NOT HAVE ANY OPEN CODE VIOLATIONS UNLESS THE CODE VIOLATION WILL BE FIXED THROUGH ONE OF THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS. AND EACH OF THE PROGRAM, UM, APPLICATIONS WILL GO THROUGH CITY COUNCIL FOR FORMAL APPROVAL. APPLICANTS WILL HAVE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE IMPROVEMENTS AND SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT. AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DONE, THE APPLICANT MUST RETAIN OWNERSHIP OR AGREED TO TRANSFER OWNER. [00:05:01] THE AGREEMENT TO NEW OWNERSHIP IS SOLD WITHIN THAT TWO YEAR TIMEFRAME. THEY MUST ALSO AGREE TO MAINTAIN THEIR IMPROVEMENTS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS AT MINIMUM, OR AGREE TO PAY BACK A PRO-RATA SHARE OF THE REIMBURSEMENT RECEIVED. IF THEY RECEIVE AN R PROCESS OR A CODE VIOLATION. DURING THAT TIME HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THIS PROGRAM. THOSE MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK ARE DEEMED PRIORITY PROJECTS BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEY FELT THAT THOSE WOULD BE THE ONES THAT WOULD REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD. COUNSEL HAS EARMARKED $1.5 MILLION FOR THE CORRIDOR. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO TONIGHT IS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT WE WANT TO SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROGRAM. WHEN SPEAKING TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BASED ON THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'VE LOOKED AT THUS FAR AND IT'S PRIORITY, THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS $1 MILLION FOR THIS PROGRAM. OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED FOR THE PROGRAM ARE $208,000 THAT THE CDBG IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING FOR A SOFT FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND THE TOURIST FUND CAN ALSO BE UTILIZED FOR FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. IF APPROPRIATE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ASKED US TO CONSIDER A PER PROJECT CAP SO THAT THE FUNDS RECEIVED, UM, FOR THIS PROGRAM CAN ESSENTIALLY BE STRETCHED FURTHER BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ABOUT DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER DOING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE RECOMMENDING A $200,000 HER PROJECT KAT FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE ALSO RECOMMEND A CLAWBACK FOR THE PROJECTS THAT RECEIVED FUNDING, THAT IF THEY RECEIVE A CODE VIOLATION WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER RECEIVING FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY BACK A PRO RATA SHARE OF THE FUNDS RECEIVED. WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS SLIDE FOR DISCUSSION, BUT WANTED TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD. I WILL ASK THAT AFTER RECEIVING YOUR FEEDBACK, THAT YOU TAKE A FORMAL VOTE ON THIS ITEM, AND IT WILL TAKE TWO READINGS FOR FORMAL VOTE. AS SOON AS THAT SECOND VOTE IS DONE, THIS PROGRAM WILL GO LIVE AND WE'LL BEGIN REVIEWING APPLICATIONS. AND ONCE WE BEGAN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS, THEY WILL EACH COME TO YOU FOR APPROVAL. I WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ON COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS. THANK YOU, AUDREY. I JUST DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE ON YOUR PRESENTATION. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP? OKAY. UM, I BELIEVE EACH CHOICE WHEN WE HAD DRAFTED THIS COMMITTEE OUT, DO WE SAY THAT IT WAS GOING TO CART, RIGHT? IT WAS CONNECTS THEM TO DALLAS ROAD, NOT AT 10 92. RIGHT. SO I THINK THE WAY THAT I'LL REALLY HAVE SHOWN HERE ON THE MAP, IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE COMING DOWN ON CAR RIDE FROM TEXAS PARKWAY AND IT STOPS AT 10 92. SO WE JUST NEEDED TO FURTHER DOWN. CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO I JUST, ONE MORE THING. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A SHOPPING CENTER THAT WAS HERE, UM, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ALLOCATED $400,000 OR SO. SO WHEN WE GO BACK TO THIS 200 OR, UM, YEAH, LIKE 200,000 PER PROJECT, I KNOW THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN PUT, YOU KNOW, PULLED OUT BECAUSE I GUESS, I GUESS THE TERMINOLOGY IS THEY'VE BEEN EXPIRED. SO ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT'S COMING FORWARD NOW, ONCE THE COUNCIL APPROVED THIS, WILL THAT BE 200,000 PER PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, NOT 400 OR 500 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. CAN YOU CLARIFY? THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR THAT PROJECT IN PARTICULAR, THAT WAS A MAJOR RENOVATION OF AN ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER. AND IF SOMEONE WERE TO BRING A PROJECT OF THAT SIZE TO ME AT THIS POINT, I WOULD TELL THEM THAT I FELT THAT IT WAS LARGER THAN THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM AND ASK THAT WE TAKE THAT DIRECTLY TO THE TOURIST BOARD SO THAT WE COULD PARTICIPATE AT THE LARGER LEVEL. I'M AFRAID THAT IF WE TOOK A PROJECT OF THAT SCALE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, IT WOULD EAT THROUGH THE FENCE TOO QUICKLY. AND SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE HAVE REALLY THREE OPTIONS HERE. THERE'S THE LOWEST LEVEL OF FUNDING, WHICH IS FOR CDBG OR FOR FACADE IMPROVEMENTS. THERE'S THE MID-LEVEL, WHICH IS THIS PROGRAM. AND THEN IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL WITH JUST THE CHURCH. [00:10:01] SO WITHIN A 1.5 MILLION, UH, DIVIDE THAT BY 200,000, HOW MANY PROJECTS CAN YOU GET DONE WITH THIS? IT WAS JUST 1 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD RECOMMENDED. IT WOULD BE FIVE. AND SO, UM, THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT ESSENTIALLY WAS PREPARING TO BE ABLE TO DO FIVE PROJECTS. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A $200,000 PER PROJECT, WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE WITH A MAGNITUDE OF A SHOPPING CENTER THAT WANTS TO FIX, I SEE THAT WE ONLY HAVE 1.5 MILLION, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO WHERE WOULD, SO WOULD WE DROP DOWN SOME OF THE REQUESTS OF THE 200 OR DO WE GET A DISH? DO WE PAY THEM ADDITIONALLY IN 400 OR WHATEVER? I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE THAT PROJECT, THE TOURIST BOARD INSTEAD OF THE DRESSING IT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT PROGRAM, THIS PROGRAM IS A SMALLER SCALE AND I THINK THE TOURIST BOARD CAN HANDLE THE LARGER SCALE, COMPLETE REMODEL REDO OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. WHEREAS THIS PROGRAM IS FOR MORE OF A MEDIUM SIZE RENOVATION. UM, 200,000 TIMES FIVE IS A MILLION, RIGHT, BUT THAT'S PROVIDED THAT EACH PROJECT WERE TWO EQUAL TO 200. IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS, EXCUSE ME, YOU HAVE SOME, SOME LOW COST ITEMS, PAINTING AND SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT TAKE IT TO A 200, WHICH OBVIOUSLY STRETCHES THE DOLLAR AUBREY. I KNOW IN OUR MEETING, WE, UM, THROUGHOUT THERE POSSIBLY GETTING SOME, UM, UH, ESTIMATES FROM CONTRACTORS. WERE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT? WE'RE WORKING ON THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. AND THE FIRST RESPONSE WE RECEIVED WAS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT IT'S GOING TO VARY GREATLY DEPENDENT ON THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY, BUT WE, UH, WE STILL WANTED TO PURSUE THAT TO GET A BETTER IDEA. AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT, WHAT THOSE FINDINGS ARE? OKAY. THANK YOU. DOESN'T PER PROJECT. AND CAN I ASSUME THAT IF THAT PROJECT INCLUDES A PAINTING AND SIGNAGE, THAT'S A PROJECT IT'S NOT A PROJECT FOR PAINTING OR PROJECT FOR SIGNAGE, THAT'S COMBINED AS ONE, UH, ONE REQUEST THE 200,000 AN HOUR MINUTE. YEAH. MAYOR THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, FIRST OF ALL, WAS OUR FIRST MEETING IN AUBREY LED IT VERY WELL. UM, WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THESE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS WOULD HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME THAT WE ARE NOT JUST CUTTING CHECKS. WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE IN SYNC WITH OUR VISION, MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN SYNC WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT. UM, WE PUT A LOT OF PROTECTION IN THERE TOO, TO THE POINT EARLIER ABOUT CLAWBACKS AND WHATNOT. WE PUT SOME BOUNDARIES IN IT, UM, SO THAT WE AS A CITY ARE SAFE, BUT ALSO EVERYONE'S VESTED. SO I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE AND THINK AUBREY FOR THAT MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE LAST WEEK, I WAS WONDERING, WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE THE APPLICATION CROSS PROCESS. AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS FOR US? YES. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE MANAGING THE APPLICATION PROCESS. I HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES NOW, SO IT'S A DEPARTMENT OF THREE AND I'LL BE WORKING ALONGSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS. AND WHENEVER WE RECEIVE APPLICATIONS, WE'LL BE REVIEWING THAT IN TANDEM BECAUSE HAVING THEIR SIDE OF THE HOUSE, REVIEWING IT AS WELL WILL BE CRUCIAL. ONCE WE HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE READY TO GO BEFORE COUNCIL I'LL BE TAKING. THANK YOU. I'LL BE, I DO WANT TO, I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP IN OUR MEETING AND I DID BRING THIS UP AGAIN IN ANOTHER MEETING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE, JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT THESE, UM, THE PARKING LOTS, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS, THE TRASH THAT ACCUMULATES IN THE PARKING LOT. I, YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS THEN, AND I DO STAND BY THIS. I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE BUILT IN HERE WHERE THERE IS SOME TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IT, DAILY TRASH PICKUP FOR THESE, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENTS ARE THESE, THESE, UM, UH, SHOPPING CENTERS THAT WANT THIS MONEY. I, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THAT IS BUILT INTO THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET THIS MONEY. MAY I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M IN LINE WITH ARBERY'S REPORT. [00:15:01] UH, THE C UH, CDAC COMMITTEE DID MEET THIS PAST WEEK AND, UM, THE MONIES FOR THE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS OF 208,000 HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE. WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH NOW, UH, LEADING UP TO OUR NEXT MEETING TO HAVE, UH, WELL ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND, AND DEAL WITH THIS, UM, OFFLINE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO WORK THROUGH THE PARTICULARS OF THE PROGRAM. UH, AS FAR AS CDBG IS CONCERNED, UH, IN DEALING WITH HUD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, BUT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A ANOTHER $208,000 OF, OF RESOURCES TO PLAY WITH. AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT AND EMPHASIZE IS THAT, UM, PER THIS PROGRAM OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES HAVE TO, UH, PUT FORTH THE MONEY FIRST AND THEN THEY WOULD BE REIMBURSED UP TO 75%. SO, UH, THE DETERMINING FACTOR AS TO WHAT UP TO 75%, UH, IS, IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED. YEAH. SO THIS $1.5 MILLION IS ONE TIME, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT TO YOU? I THINK THIS WILL BE A CONTINUED CONVERSATION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH THIS $1.5 MILLION REALLY IMPACTS THE CORRIDOR. AND IT'S MY INTENTION TO BRING A BUDGET REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE-TIME REQUESTS FOR FUNDING. SO IF THERE'S A ADDITIONAL REQUEST, WILL THAT GO TO THE CHEERS? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE, UM, REALLY HOW THE TOURIST PERFORMS AND THE FUNDS AND THE UTTERS AND HOW WE'RE DOING BUDGET WISE FOR THE RUNTIME BUDGET REQUESTS. BUT IT WOULD BE MY INTENTION TO SEE, UM, THIS PERFORM REALLY WELL AND BE ABLE TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FENCE. SO FOR A PERFORMANCE, WHILE ARE YOU PUTTING IN THE NEXT BUDGET TO ALLOCATE SOME MONEY? SO THIS WAY THAT THIS FACADE PROGRAM CONTINUES, YES. THAT'S THE GOAL, RIGHT? YES, MEREDITH AND ALSO WE'LL LOOK AT IT FROM ONE TIME SOURCE. WE DO STILL HAVE ABOUT 37, 30 8% UNBALANCED THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY TAP IF IT'S VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING FORWARD. DO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU? IS IT, IS THE PARKS FACILITY BUILDING? IS THAT COMING OUT OF TOURS ONE? YES. IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE TARS ONE. THAT'S CORRECT. WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE COUNCIL VOTED IN TERMS OF BOARD VOTED FOR IT TO BE IN THERE. WHEN WAS THAT LONG? UH, 2019, I BELIEVE TO, YEAH. HOW MUCH IS THAT COMING UP? I DON'T 2 MILLION, I BELIEVE TO ROUGHLY TWO, FIVE, I BELIEVE. AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR, UH, THE INTENT IS THAT YOU'LL SEE PROPERTY VALUES GO UP AND THEN MONEY COMING UP AS, AS GOING BACK INTO THE TOURS AND IT'S SELF-FULFILLING AND REGENERATING MY INTO IT. UM, I AGREE FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE YOU KUDOS. I THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME PRESENTING IN FRONT OF US, DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE COMMITTEE FOR COMING UP WITH THIS PROGRAM TO HELP BUILD THE CORRIDOR THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT FOR SO LONG. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DO WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU PLAN TO MARKET THIS PROGRAM AND MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED AS WELL AS BUSINESS OWNERS. HOW DO YOU PLAN TO DO THAT? YES MA'AM. SO WE ALREADY HAVE AN, BASICALLY A DRAFT OF THE PROGRAM GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER, WHICH IS GOING OUT SOMETIME THIS WEEK. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A ASSOCIATE COUNSEL OF THOSE IT'S GONNA GO LIVE THE NEXT MORNING. IT HAS TO HAVE TWO VOTES. IT HAS TO GO THROUGH TWICE, BUT AS SOON AS THAT'S DONE, WE'LL BE READY FOR THAT TO GO LIVE. WE'LL ALSO HAVE IT ON THE MESSAGE BOARDS AND TO BE ABLE TO REALLY, UM, GET THE WORD OUT AND SPREAD THE WORD. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON BUILDING OUR RAPPORT WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL. AND SO JUST BUILDING UP THAT RAPPORT AND MY INTENTION IS TO DEVELOP A NEWSLETTER WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. AND SO AS WE CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM BETTER, BUT AT THIS TIME I'M VERY MUCH DEPENDENT ON COMMUNICATIONS AND THEY'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB AT HELPING ME SPREAD THE WORD. YEAH. I HAD A FEW OTHER COMMENTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE AUBREY TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE TWO OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE 1.5, THE REMAINING 500,000, IF YOU COULD SPEAK ON THAT, BUT I HAD A FEW WORDS AFTER THAT. SURE. SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A RESTAURANT PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT IS IS IT IS A WAY FOR THIS CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE CAPITAL COSTS THAT GO INTO OPENING A NEW RESTAURANT, APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING. BUT THE ONLY ITEM THAT WAS POSTED WAS A FACADE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. THEREFORE, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT THAT ON [00:20:01] A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY, WELL, A RESTAURANT, UH, PROGRAM AND BEAUTIFICATION, OR, UH, THE OTHER, UM, REMAINDER OF THE 500,000 AND, UH, DEFINITELY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT I WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE ALSO MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS THAT, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE KIND OF A BALANCED APPROACH BY ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ENGAGE THE TERRORS ON THOSE LARGER PROJECTS, SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE DID, UH, OR OFFERED, UH, FOR DANNY WYNN AND HIS PROJECT CAN REVISIT THAT AS WELL AS THE OTHER LARGER TIER, UH, PROJECTS, BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE KIND OF A BOTH AND APPROACH, UH, TO, TO THIS. AND, UH, I WANTED TO ALSO SAY, REMEMBER THAT THE 1.5 MILLION REALLOCATED LAST YEAR THROUGH A FINANCIAL BUDGET COMMITTEE TO ENSURE THAT THESE TYPES OF DOLLARS, WE WERE TRYING TO GET THIS GOING LAST FISCAL YEAR, OF COURSE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AUBREY ON BOARD, BUT THE INTENT FOR US TAKING IT AWAY FROM THAT SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY DOING THIS TO HAVE MORE OF AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON THE BUSINESSES, ON THE CORRIDOR, UH, THAT WOULD BE REAL TIME. AND IT WOULDN'T BE KIND OF A LONG-TERM OR HOPE THAT YOU GET THESE DOLLARS. THESE ARE, IF THEY QUALIFY, GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO THOSE BUSINESSES, THAT QUALIFY. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, UH, AND, UH, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE, A LOT TO IT IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, BUT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MEAN, I, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE LETTING OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS MONEY IS GOING TO GO RIGHT BACK INTO OUR, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT CORE. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU ALL. AND SO IN YOUR NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU SHOW COUNCIL CONSIDERATION NUMBER FIRST THROUGH 15TH, SO COME TOWARDS US TO VOTE ON YES, BILL. IS THAT GOING TO BE THE FIRST MEETING OR THE SECOND MEETING? SO IT STICKS TO, IT NEEDS TWO GOATS, AND THEN IT WILL GO LIVE NOVEMBER 16TH. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. I'M SORRY IF YOU MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT, UM, DO YOU HAVE A APPROXIMATE, UM, AMOUNT OF, I GUESS, HOW DOES THAT THIS, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY COMPANIES WILL POSSIBLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ASSISTANCE? I THINK IT WILL BE WE'LL END UP BEING ABLE TO HELP FIVE OR SIX, W WE'VE HAD SEVERAL THAT HAVE REACHED OUT THAT ARE INTERESTED BEFORE EVEN PROMOTING THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS WONDERFUL, BUT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE WHAT I WOULD DETERMINE TO BE TOO LARGE FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND I WILL RECOMMEND THAT THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH, UH, US TO PROPOSE AN AGREEMENT THROUGH THE CHURCH. OKAY. THAT'S FAIR. THANK YOU. YOU'LL HAVE THE COMMITTEE MOMENT RIGHT DURING THIS PROCESS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL IN HELPING ME TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS SKIN IN THE GAME AND IT'S A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT APPROACH. THANK YOU SO MUCH REAL QUICK BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I DO HAVE AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION. UH, THERE'S 2.67 MILLION, UH, ON THE PARKS PROJECT. OH, YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE [3. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] ARE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE TIME IS 5:53 PM. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 THAT 0.071 AND SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 OF THE TEXAS CODE 7:44 PM. [4. RECONVENE] INSTEAD OF COUNSELORS NOW, AND THE OPEN SESSION, IS THERE A MOTION, UM, MAYOR I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSULTANT'S RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INTERVIEWING THE TOP EIGHT CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY MANAGER POSITION. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY, NO, GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THERE ARE NO OTHER FURTHER BUSINESSES. THE TIME IS 7:45 PM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.