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[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
OCTOBER 21ST, 2024.NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:04 PM AND NUMBER TWO, OUR, UH, QUORUM OF COUNCIL.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
I PROBABLY COMMENTS.UH, CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR.
MR. ROSKI, UM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
MR. MAYOR, MR. ZA BROSKI SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM, UM, FOUR A.
MISSOURI CITY, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
DUMPING MORE MONEY INTO A MONEY PIT.
THIS GOLF COURSE IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
WHY DOES IT NEED ADDITIONAL CITY REVENUES FOR EXPANSION? SO-CALLED STORM DAMAGE WAS POOR SHODDY CONSTRUCTION DONE ORIGINALLY.
NOW YOU WANNA SAY YOU HAD STORM DAMAGE AT THE QUAIL VALLEY CENTER.
HOW MUCH OF IT WAS ALREADY PREEXISTING? HOW MUCH MORE MONEY DO WE NEED TO DUMP INTO THAT NONSENSE WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE ON CREEKWAY CIRCLE TELLING 'EM THEIR STREET IS A PRIVATE ROAD? OR EVEN HAVING ALL THESE MUD DISTRICTS ROBBING US BLINDS? GET YOUR PRIORITY STRAIGHT IN MISSOURI CITY AND CUT THE NONSENSE.
IF QUAIL VALLEY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF ITSELF, THEN IT SHOULD BE SOLD OFF, GIVEN, GIVEN A WHY, OR LET, LET EVEN DONALD TRUMP RUN IT.
IT'S DISGUSTING WHERE YOU'RE BLOWING THE MONEY.
WOW, MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[(a) Receive a Presentation - Receive a presentation on the findings and re...]
THANK YOU.ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FOUR A TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION OF THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY CENTER REMODELING AND EXPANSION FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A PRESENTATION BY SHAHI KUMAR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE FINDINGS OF THE GOLF COURSE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
UH, BEFORE I DO THAT, UH, JOHNNY ACE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND MYSELF WILL BE MAKING THIS PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT'S PRESENT HERE FROM YOU.
WE HAVE, UH, IF YOU COULD PLEASE RISE, UH, CHRIS MATH, UH, CATHERINE MAYERS AND NATIONAL PATEL, AS WELL AS, UH, OUR GOLF COURSE STAFF.
LIZ, UH, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF SALES AND, UH, MARKETING, AS WELL AS THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR HERE.
SO JUST TO RECAP THIS ITEM, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AT THE RETREAT, UH, BACK IN AUGUST 23, THE COUNCIL A ASKED US TO, UH, EVALUATE A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THE KEY OBJECTIVES WERE, WHILE THE GOLF COURSE AT THAT TIME WAS PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN, UH, FOR, UH, REMEDIATION, UH, LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF REMODELING AND EXPANSION AT THE CITY CENTER.
SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT ENHANCING THE SEATING CAPACITY AT THE EVENT CENTER, EXPANDING THE DINING, DINING AND THE RESTAURANT FOOTPRINT, WHICH DONNY'S GONNA TALK ABOUT IT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, INCORPORATE THE OPEN BAR AREA CONCEPT AND OVERALL ENHANCE THE USER EXPERIENCES TO MAXIMIZE REVENUE POTENTIAL.
UM, AS WE TOLD COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, UH, WE KICKED OFF THIS STUDY IN SEPTEMBER.
WITHIN 45 DAYS, WE HAVE COMPLETED THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY.
WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH WHAT THE STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
UH, I WANNA SAY THAT ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE COORDINATED THIS WITH THE, UH, VARIOUS INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER DEPARTMENTS, INTERNAL SERVICES, WHICH IS, UH, OUR FACILITIES TEAM FIRE AS WELL AS BUILDING SERVICES.
NOW, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE QUICKLY LOOKED AT WAS THE EXISTING BLUE BONNET ROOM ON LEVEL ONE.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO EXPAND IT AND HOW, HOW MUCH CAN WE DO IT? THE CURRENT CAPACITY IS 181 PEOPLE.
WE CAN EXPAND THIS TO A MAXIMUM OF 352.
NOW WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONSTRAINTS HERE.
UH, THERE'S EXISTING HVAC, UH, AND EVEN IF WE WERE TO FACTOR ALL THAT AND EXPAND IT, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE EXHIBIT, IT'S A LITTLE ODDLY SHAPED SPACE GIVEN THE COST OF EXPANSION IN THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF AND CONSULTANT IS NOT TO PURSUE THIS OPTION.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE EXISTING MAGNOLIA EVENT ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
THE CURRENT SEATING CAPACITY IS THREE 20.
WE CAN POSSIBLY EXPAND THIS TO 453 COST, LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 3.6 MILLION.
AGAIN, THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL COST ESTIMATES.
WITH THIS ONE, WE CAN DO IT WITHIN THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT WHILE THE OTHER PIECE OF THE GOLF COURSE OPERATIONS CAN BE IN, IN PLACE.
BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LOSE THE KITCHEN ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE IDEAL SPACE FOR AN EVENT CENTER.
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FOR THE SAME REASON WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING PURSUING THIS OPTION.ANOTHER RENDERING OF THAT LEVEL TWO, WHAT WE CALL OPTION B.
NOW, WHERE ARE WE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME AND TALK TO YOU IS ABOUT OPTION C, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL A NEW OPTION SOUTH OF WEST PATIO.
I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE CITY CENTER FOOTPRINT.
NOW WITH THIS ONE, THIS IS A NEW ADDITION OR AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING BUILDING.
HERE WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF A SEATING CAPACITY OF 500.
THE COST RANGE HERE IS ABOUT 4.2 MILLION.
NOW WITH THIS ONE, THERE ARE SOME REALLY POSITIVE THINGS.
THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE IS FOR AN IMMENSE EVENT CENTER OF ABOUT 500 SEATING CAPACITY WITH DANCE FLOOR THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.
THERE IS PRE-FUNCTION AND SUPPORT SPACE.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A WEDDING RECEPTION, SOME KIND OF A FOOD PREP AREA, YOU HAVE THAT, UH, YOU CAN USE THE EXISTING OPEN SPACE ON THE, UH, CITY CENTER PROPERTY, WHICH AGAIN, I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU IN THE NEXT SCREEN.
AND WE COULD BUILD THIS FACILITY WHILE WE ARE SUSTAINING NORMAL GOLF COURSE OPERATION WITH LESS DISRUPTION.
NOW, THE OTHER GOOD THING ABOUT THIS IS THE CURRENT KITCHEN THAT WE HAVE ON LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS EXPANSION.
UM, THERE WILL BE SOME MINOR, UH, WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF REROUTING THE CART PATHS THAT PROVIDES ACCESS FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THIS EVENT CENTER, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, UPGRADES TO THE RESTROOMS. SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING IS THE YELLOW FOOTPRINT IS WHERE THIS NEW, UH, EVENT CENTER WOULD BE.
IT WOULD BE CONNECTED PHYSICALLY TO THE EXISTING CITY CENTER SO THAT, UH, IT'LL BE ONE CONTIGUOUS BUILDING.
IT CAN USE THE KITCHEN THAT'S OUT THERE ALREADY ON LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE HERE, UH, THERE IS SOME CONCRETE THERE.
THAT'S THE CART PATHS LEADING FROM THE PARKING LOT INTO THE GOLF COURSE.
SO THOSE NEEDS TO BE RECONFIGURED, BUT THIS IS KIND OF A DEAD SPACE AT THIS TIME.
SO THIS WOULD BE A VERY LOGICAL, UH, USE OF SPACE.
NOW, ONE GREAT BENEFIT ABOUT IT IS THE PRICE TAG FOR THIS IS ABOUT 4.2 MILLION BECAUSE IT'S AN EXISTING SITE OUT THERE.
THERE IS PARKING, THERE IS OTHER ANCILLARY FACILITIES.
SHOULD YOU HAVE TO DO THIS AT SOMEWHERE ELSE, UH, OR CONSULTANTS ADVISE US THAT YOU PROBABLY COULD RUN INTO THE RANGE OF ABOUT 10 MILLION IF YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PARKING, UH, FOR THIS POTENTIAL EXPANSION.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS EXHIBIT, THERE IS PARKING IN FRONT OF THE CITY CENTER.
UH, IF YOU COST LAQUINTA, THERE IS ANOTHER TORN AND 60 SPACES.
EVEN WITH THIS PROPOSED EXPANSION, UH, IT DOES MEET THE BUILDING REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF THE PARKING SPACES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP HERE SHOULD WE WANT TO PURSUE THAT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE ABILITY FURTHER, NOT SOME GREEN SPACE THAT WE CAN SALVAGE FOR PARKING.
ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT IS THE CURRENT DINING AND, UH, RESTAURANT SPACE.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT ADEQUATE.
IT CAN CURRENTLY ACCOMMODATE 81 PEOPLE.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE OPTION TO EXPAND THE LOGICAL FOOTPRINT OF HOW THE BUILDING IS AND HOW MUCH CAN WE MAXIMIZE THAT SPACE.
THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THIS IS 1.4 MILLION.
THIS INCLUDES THE OPTION TO REMODEL THE BAR TO CREATE IT AS MORE AS AN OPEN SPACE.
THE PROS OF THIS ONE IS CURRENTLY PATIO IS USED ONLY IN THE WEATHER.
CONDITIONS ARE GOOD WITH THIS.
UH, OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, UH, THE OPENING THE BAR UP.
AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE TREND, IS TO INCORPORATE A VIRTUAL GOLF, UH, SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE BAR AREA WHERE YOU PRESENT THE OPTION TO A VIRTUAL GOLF.
AND WITH THIS OPTION, WE WILL STILL LEAVE SOME PATIO SPACE.
UH, WE ESTIMATE THAT TO BE AROUND 900 SQUARE FEET TO BE A WEIGHT TO PLACE ANY TENTS AND PRESERVE SOME OF THE PATIO SPACE THAT'S OUT THERE, POTENTIAL BAR REMODEL OPTIONS.
THE IDEA THAT'S BEING TOSSED AROUND IS TO KEEP IT AS AN OPEN BAR.
UH, THESE ARE, AGAIN, SOME CONCEPTS.
UH, THE DETAILS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT IN THE FINAL DESIGN, BUT IN THE PRICE TAG THAT WE HAVE GIVEN YOU THE NUMBER, APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILLION, THAT INCLUDES THE OPTIONS TO REMODEL THE BAR.
AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO DONNIE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND INPUT FROM STAFF THAT HAS GONE INTO MAKING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY STAFF FELT IT REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING THESE TWO OPTIONS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
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IS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING AT THE FACILITY.ONE OF THOSE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RESTAURANT ITSELF, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE 2020 NATIONAL GOLF FOUNDATION, UM, DID A STUDY WHERE THEY FOUND THAT 43% OF ALL REVENUE ACTUALLY CAME FROM FOOD AND BEVERAGE, WHETHER IT BE EVENTS AND THE RESTAURANT ITSELF.
THEY ALSO POINTED OUT DIRECTLY THAT THE PLACE WHERE WE WILL SEE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED REVENUE AND THAT GROWTH IS GONNA BE ON THAT FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND EVENT SIDE.
UM, THEY ALSO MADE THE, MADE IT A POINT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE BLUE BONNET GRILL CURRENTLY IN THE BAR AREA IS JUST TOO SMALL TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE GOLFERS AND THE NON-GOLFERS THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE.
CURRENTLY, THAT SPACE IS MADE UP OF 10 TABLES.
UM, THE OTHER THING THOUGH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESTAURANT IS THAT HERE IN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO, THE UH, LA QUINTA GOLF COURSE WILL BE COMPLETED.
AND WHEN WE SEE THAT FINISHED, WE WILL SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GOLFERS THAT WILL BE COMING AND USING THE GRILL, WANTING TO USE THAT RESTAURANT, WANTING TO BE IN THAT PRO SHOP.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR SOME GROWTH IN THE RESTAURANT AREA.
ON THE EVENT SIDE, UM, OUR STAFF ARE CURRENTLY SEEING, UM, FOUR TO FIVE CALLS A MONTH ASKING US IF WE HAVE THE AVAILABILITY FOR EVENTS THAT HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN FOUR TO 500 OR MORE PEOPLE, UM, THAT COULD BE INVOLVED.
AND THOSE ARE EVENTS THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SHARE WITH OTHER EVENT CENTERS, UH, THROUGHOUT, UM, OUR COUNTY.
UM, AND SO THE STAFF BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A DEMAND FOR THIS SIZE OF AN EVENT CENTER.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE CUSTOMERS WITH OUR FACILITY.
AND, UH, SO, SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THESE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IMPORTANT TO BRING BEFORE YOU SHASHI.
SO TONIGHT, UH, OUR GO AHEAD ON THIS ONE TOO, JOHNNY.
UM, JUST BEFORE WE GET TO OUR OFFICIAL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, I DID WANT TO GIVE EACH OF YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE REMEDIATION.
UM, WE TOLD YOU A WHILE AGO, THERE'LL BE ABOUT 45 DAYS ON THE REMEDIATION, AND I WANT TO COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW THAT AS OF FRIDAY, WE RECEIVED A NEGATIVE RESULT ON ALL MOLD IN THE FACILITY.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE ARE READY FOR PHASE TWO OF THAT REMEDIATION.
AND PHASE TWO WOULD ENTAIL THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.
IT WOULD ENTAIL US FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION ON FIXING THE ELEVATORS, FIXING THE, UM, THE FIRE, UM, SYSTEM, FIXING THE HVAC SYSTEM, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET BACK INTO THE FACILITY, ASAP, UM, WITH A FOCUS ON OPENING THE KITCHEN AND THE BLUE BONNET ROOM SO WE CAN START DOING, UM, FOOD SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SO IT'S, UH, WITH DONNY'S INPUT AND THE CONSULTANTS' INPUT, HERE'S OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU, UH, COUNSEL.
UH, AS DONNY MENTIONED, WE'VE FINISHED THE TEARING PIECE OF THE DAMAGE THAT HAS SUSTAINED.
WE'VE GOTTEN THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE READY TO PUT IT BACK.
NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO REMODEL, ESPECIALLY THE DINING AND THE BAR AREA, BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR INPUT FROM COUNCIL TO START THE NEXT STEP.
NOW, ONE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS, WHILE WE ARE WORKING ON THE EXPANSION OF THE DINING AREA, THE KITCHEN WILL BE, THE REMODEL CAN BE FINISHED, AND THEY CAN REPURPOSE BLUE BONNET ROOM TO SERVE AS AN INTERIM SERVING AREA WHILE THIS EXPANSION IS TAKING PLACE.
THAT'S THE OPTION THAT WE HAVE.
AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE PA OUTDOOR PATIO SPACE WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE.
NOW, IN TERMS OF THE EVENT CENTER OPTION, A EXPANDING BLUE BONNET IS NOT FEASIBLE.
OPTION B, EXPANDING MAGNOLIA ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR IS NOT FEASIBLE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR OPTION C, WHICH GIVES US THE 500 SEATING CAPACITY.
AND AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE BONNET SECOND FLOOR EXPANSION IS SOMETHING LIKE 3.6 MILLION, BUT YOU CAN ACHIEVE THIS FOR 4.2 MILLION.
WITH A 500 SEATING CAPACITY, THIS WILL BE LESS DISRUPTIVE.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, DONNY'S GONNA BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE WHOLE GOLF COURSE REBRANDING AND THE REVENUE OPTIONS OF, UH, UH, WHAT THIS WOULD DO IN TERMS OF A NEW EVENT CENTER WITH 500 SEATING CAPACITY.
SO HERE IS THE OPTION THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO COUNCIL.
UH, THESE ARE THE TWO FEASIBLE OPTIONS, EXPANDING THE DINING SPACE AS WELL AS THE EVENT CENTER WITH OPTION C.
IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN TWO PHASES.
EXPANDING THE DINING AND REMODEL NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW.
SO WE ARE SEEKING DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL IF THAT IS THE INTENT TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE READY TO START REBUILDING.
THE NEW EVENT CENTER THAT CAN COME AT, UH, CAN FOLLOW A LITTLE BIT LATER, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ANALYSIS THAT DONNY'S GONNA PRESENT
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IN NOVEMBER.THE WHOLE TEAM IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
I DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO, UH, SPEAK, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE DOING THE REMEDIATION, GETTING INTO THE, UH, UH, THE BLUE BONNET AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
UH, WHILE WE'RE DOING THE, UM, UH, THE REST OF THE REMEDIATION, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DID MENTION IS, UH, THE, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE US TO GET INTO THE PRO SHOP? I KNOW WE WERE TALKING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GAVE A TIME OF FOUR TO SIX MONTHS MAYBE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE, UH, UH, AREA UP FOR, FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC, AGAIN, USING THE BLUE BON ROOM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICES WHILE YOU'RE WORKING ON THE BAR AREA.
BUT DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY KIND OF A TIMELINE ON HOW, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE US TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE PRO SHOP? THE PRO SHOP WOULD BE ABLE TO BE OPENED IN THAT SAME TIME PERIOD OF THAT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS? UM, SO BLUE BONNET KITCHEN AND THE PRO SHOP WOULD BE OUR FIRST AREAS THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS, UH, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE AT THIS POINT HOW DEEP YOU WANT TO GET INTO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, BUT, UH, IN LOOKING AT THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, PROPOSED LAYOUT AND THE, THE, UH, THE VARIOUS AREAS, UH, I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH DOING THE GRILL AND THE BAR.
I THINK, UH, LIKE YOU SAY, WITH, UH, THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE THERE NOW, AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE GOLFERS AND NON-GOLFERS.
UH, SO WE NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WHEN WE OPEN UP THE LA QUINTA GOLF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO, UH, HAVE AN ADDITIONAL IMPACT ON, UH, ON USAGE OF THE, UH, OF THE GRILL AND THE, UH, AND THE, UH, THE BAR.
SO, UH, I THINK, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GREAT.
I, I HAVE, UH, SOME RESERVATIONS ON PUTTING THE EVENT CENTER WHERE IT'S AT.
UH, UH, ONLY BECAUSE I, I, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE TAKING AWAY FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY CENTER THAT WAS BUILT FOR A PARTICULAR REASON, AND ONE OF THOSE REASONS WASN'T AN EVENT CENTER.
SO TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE SIDE THERE, WHILE I'M SURE IT'LL BE AESTHETIC PLEASING, UH, I, I JUST THINK IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE COURSE OR OF THE, UH, CITY CENTER.
UH, AND I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT, BUT FOLLOW, UH, LIKE SUGAR LAND'S, UH, LEAD, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR STATE OF THE CITY, THEY DON'T HAVE A, UH, EVENT CENTER THAT THEY GO TO.
THEY GO TO A PRIVATE EVENT CENTER, THE MARRIOTT DOWN IN SUGAR LAND.
SO MY FEELING IS, UH, UNLESS WE CAN COME UP WITH, UH, SOME, UH, UH, SOME PRIVATE, UH, ENTERPRISE THAT MIGHT BE WILLING TO BUILD A, UH, AN EVENT CENTER AND A AND I GUESS A HOTEL SOMEWHERE IN THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, FORT BEND TOW ROAD, HIGHWAY SIX AREA, UH, WE SHOULD PURSUE THAT AND, AND AS A LAST RESORT COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WANNA PUT THE EVENT CENTER WHERE IT'S PROPOSED.
SO, UH, AND THEN AGAIN, THIS, THE, THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION IS WHERE ARE YOU GONNA GET THE $11.1 MILLION? UH, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, WELL, WE WON'T NEED 11 MILLION BECAUSE THERE'S TWO OF THE OPTIONS THAT YOU ELIMINATED.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WERE YOU GONNA GET THE 1.4 FOR THE, UH, UH, THE GRILL BAR AND THE GRILL, AND THE 4.6 4.2 MILLION, 4.6 4.2 4.2 FOR THE, UH, FOR OUR END EVENT CENTER? SO, UH, AND I THINK IF WE COME BACK TO THE CONCLUSION THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT WE WANT TO DO THE, UH, UH, THE EVENT CENTER AT, AT THE CITY CENTER LOCATION, YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, HAVE, UH, LAID OUT, THEN I THINK WE NEED TO, TO LOOK.
I, I JUST, AGAIN, UH, I, I HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S A DEMAND FOR LARGER, UH, VENUES, UH, THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING US, UH, ABOUT WEEKLY OR MONTHLY.
UH, BUT, UH, I, I DON'T WANT TO CHASE MAYBE DOLLARS AND SPEND 4.2 MILLION ON THE, UH, UH, ON THE, WITH THE GOAL
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OF, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UH, TO SATISFY AND HAVE THE NEED THAT'S, THAT'S THERE.SO THOSE ARE KIND OF MY, UH, MY THOUGHTS.
UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A VOTE OR JUST, UH, JUST COMMENTS.
SO I, I, I, BOTTOM LINE, I, I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE BAR AND THE GRILL, AND, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE STILL LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM IN THE, ON THE PATIO TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE, UH, ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON, ON THE PATIO TODAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, STAGING, UH, OF, UH, GOLF TOURNAMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT USES, UH, THE PATIO.
SO IT, IT APPEARS LIKE THERE'S STILL ENOUGH ROOM OUT THERE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, TH THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD.
UH, AND, UH, THE OTHER THING THAT, THAT I, AND I THINK I MENTIONED IT TO, UH, TO Y'ALL IS, UH, WE, WE'VE HAD A CONTINUAL COMPLAINT ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE MASONRY WALL OUTSIDE THE, UH, THE PATIO AREA.
UH, PEOPLE FROM THE PATIO OR FROM THE, THE, UH, THE GRILL CAN'T SEE THE GOLF COURSE.
ALL THEY SEE IS A BLANK MASONARY WALL.
SO MY THOUGHTS WHEN WE DO THE, THIS, UH, RECONSTRUCTION OR THE GRILL AND THE, UH, THE BARNA GRILL THAT, UH, WE LOOK AT, UH, MAYBE CUTTING DOWN THAT, UH, THAT MASONRY WALL TO A POINT WHERE IT'S, IT'S, UH, THE SAME AS IT AS THE, UH, THE HEIGHT IS ON THE OTHER AREA.
I KNOW THAT'S A MINOR AREA, BUT BELIEVE ME, EVER SINCE THE DAY THAT THAT PLACE WAS OPEN, I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PEOPLE IN THE GRILL SAYING, WHY IN THE HELL DID YOU PUT A MASONRY WALL WHERE WE, ALL WE DO IS SEE IT WHEN WE LOOK OUT FROM THE GRILL OR THE PATIO.
SO, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S, AND I, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST, BUT, UH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE US PURSUE WITH THAT I'VE RUN OUTTA SPIT.
EVERYBODY ELSE HAVE FOUR MINUTES, UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCILMAN RILEY.
UH, THANK YOU SHAHI FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND DONNIE, UM, MY QUESTIONS ARE WITH THE, THE AREA THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OPTION C FOR THE EXPANSION.
UM, WHAT TYPE OF, UH, DEMOLITION WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PLACE ON THE EXISTING EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING? WOULD IT CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE OUTSIDE? BECAUSE I'M SEEING WHERE IT IS ATTACHED, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A, LIKE, ALMOST LIKE A DETACHED TYPE SITUATION.
IT'S, UH, THE HALLWAY IS GONNA BE ATTACHED BETWEEN THE ONE BUILDING AND THE OTHER.
UH, I DON'T FORESEE A LOT OF EXTERIOR CHANGES HERE.
UH, AND UH, I HAVE THE ARCHITECT I CAN BRING IN FOR SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTION, BUT TO ANSWER, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE'LL WORK OUT IN THE FINAL DESIGN, BUT I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF EXTERIOR CHANGES THAT WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE TO INTEGRATE THESE TWO BUILDINGS.
AM I CORRECT, CHRIS? YES, YOUR HONOR.
AND WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED TIMEFRAME THAT THIS WOULD TAKE? IF, IF COUNSEL APPROVES NOW THIS EXTENSION, WE'RE LOOKING POSSIBLY 16 MONTHS.
UH, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, MAYBE TWO YEARS, CLOSE TO TWO YEARS.
DO WE GET TO MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON THIS? I'M SORRY, MA'AM.
DO WE GET TO MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON THIS
UM, 'CAUSE I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE RESTAURANT AND THE BAR AND WANTING TO SEE IT GROW TO BRING MORE REVENUE HERE.
UM, 'CAUSE IF WE'RE DOING BOTH OPTIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT $5.6 MILLION.
WHERE WOULD THOSE FUNDS COME FROM? AND ARE WE GOING TO ATTRACT THAT MUCH BUSINESS THAT IT'S GOING TO ABSORB THE COST THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN? AND IF SO, HOW LONG OF A PERIOD OF TIME ARE WE LOOKING TO SEE THOSE DOLLARS BEING REINVESTED AND GAIN THAT REVENUE BACK? SO THAT'S KIND OF MY, MY CONCERN.
AND THE, THE SECOND PART TO THAT, CAN THIS BE DONE SEPARATELY, THE EVENT CENTER OR THE BALL THE BAR AREA? BECAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL TALKED ABOUT TWO PHASES, BECAUSE I WANNA KNOW WHAT'S IN THE, BOTH THE OTHER TWO PHASES.
AND I'LL ANSWER THE LAST PIECE OF YOUR QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, YES, IT CAN BE DONE SEPARATELY.
WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DINING EXPANSION BECAUSE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW, THE WINDOW TO HAPPEN, THAT IS NOW IN FACT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING WE COME BACK AND DO THIS AS A PHASE TWO BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA TAKE A LONGER TIME TO DESIGN AND BID.
WHICH PART IS PHASE TWO? PHASE TWO IS THE, UH, THE FIND SEATING EVENTS, UH, EVENT.
EVENT, EVENT CENTER OR THE, UM, THE ROOM, THE OTHER, THE OPTION.
SEE WHAT WE CALL THE FIND SEATING HALL, SO TO SPEAK.
SO IMMEDIATELY WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THE
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REPAIRS TO THE ELEVATOR AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED.AND IN THIS OTHER PHASE, LOOKING TO DO THE BAR EXPANSION.
SO MY QUESTION STILL STANDS FOR CITY MANAGER.
WHERE'S THE 1.4 GOING TO COME FROM? IF COUNSEL MOVES FORWARD? IF COUNSEL DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH OPTIONS ON HOW TO FUND IT AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE HAVE NOT CREATED ALL THE POTENTIAL OPTIONS, BUT THERE ARE A VARIETY OF OPTIONS THAT WE WOULD PRESENT.
SO IF WE ARE MAKING A DECISION TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU GUYS DIRECTION, UM, THAT DIRECTION IS BASED ON IF WE SO CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PHASE.
WITH THE BAR EXPANSION, YOU'RE BRINGING IT BACK ESTIMATES AND COST WHAT FOR THE BAR EXPANSION? I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TAKE THAT FROM FUND BALANCE, THE 1.4 MILLION I WOULD RECOMMEND IF YOU WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT TONIGHT, TO TAKE IT FROM FUND BALANCE TO DO SO, BECAUSE THAT HAS PROVEN, UH, GIVEN THAT WE ARE STILL SEEING ABOUT 40% OF THE REVENUE THAT'S EARNED AT THE FACILITY COMING FROM THE BAR AREA, JUST ANECDOTALLY RUNNING SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
WE FEEL THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE COULD ABSORB.
SO WITH THAT NUMBER, I GO BACK TO YOU, DONNIE, THAT'S STILL A BIG NUMBER.
ALTHOUGH THERE'LL PROBABLY SOME WILL ENJOY THE OUTCOME OF THAT.
UM, BUT HERE'S THE CONCERN IS DO YOU HAVE, WHAT IS YOUR MARKETING STRATEGY? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT MY CONCERN IS WHAT MARKETING STRATEGY ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT THAT'S GOING TO CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE THAT THIS IS A DESTINATION STOP BY.
IT'S A BAR, IT'S A RESTAURANT, IT'S A DINING FACILITY.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE GOLFERS, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY STILL THINK IT'S PRIVATE.
UM, WHICH IS A CONCERN, UM, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 10, 15 YEARS NOW.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MARKETING STRATEGY.
AND THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, MORE THAN JUST SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CAPTURING REVENUE INTO ONE OF OUR FACILITIES THAT'S GOING TO MAKE UP, MAKE UP THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE, FROM THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE'RE GIVING THIS MONEY TO DO THIS, UH, PROJECT.
SO THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE THAT I'M HAVING WITH THAT.
ALTHOUGH I'M, I LOOK FORWARD, I LOVE THE OPTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT FORTH, UM, AND WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 'EM.
BUT AGAIN, HOW ARE THE VOTERS GOING TO SEE THIS AS A BENEFIT? ALRIGHT.
AND I SEE THAT I'M NOT, GIMME ONE SECOND.
UM, Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK WITH SOME ANSWERS ON THAT ONE.
I I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A RHETORICAL STATEMENT.
I, YEAH, I WASN'T SURE WHAT EXACTLY ONE I WAS JUST, BUT LET ME MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION.
UM, WHAT TYPE OF PARKING, 'CAUSE I SEE THAT WE'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME, SOME PARKING ADDITIONS.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE REPAVING AND RE RETRIP THAT AREA ACROSS THE STREET? IS IT GONNA ACCOMMODATE, ARE WE GONNA DO THIS IF WE DON'T DO THE EXPANSION OF THE, THE EVENT CENTER? OR IS THIS ANOTHER PHASE? YES.
SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, I'M TRYING TO GET IN.
GO TO THE, TO THE QUESTION ON THE PARKING.
THE ONLY REASON WE WOULD HAVE A NEED TO EXTEND OR INCREASE PARKING IS IF WE DO THE EVENT CENTER CAPACITY.
IF WE, UM, INCREASE THE CAPACITY, EVEN IF WE INCREASE THE CAPACITY, IT'S ALREADY BEEN STATED THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT PARKING THERE PER CODE, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME GREEN SPACE THERE THAT'S NOT BEING USED, WE COULD EASILY TURN THAT INTO ADDITIONAL PARKING IF NEED BE.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DOES THE INSURANCE FROM THE, THE DAMAGE, IS THERE ANY INSURANCE OR ANY OTHER COVERAGE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVEN'T TAPPED INTO THAT CAN COVER SOME OF THE COST FOR THE REBUILD AND REMODELING? AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT ONE.
UM, AT, AT THIS TIME, THERE WILL BE INSURANCE THAT WILL COVER A PORTION OF THE REMODEL FOR THE FACILITY.
UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WAITING FOR THE INSURER TO COME BACK OUT.
UM, THEY COULDN'T COME AND DO THEIR FINAL ASSESSMENT UNTIL AFTER THE MOLD REMEDIATION WAS COMPLETED.
AND SO NOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN AC ACCOMPLISHED, THEY'RE ABLE TO COME BACK OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND BE ABLE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BETTER NUMBER.
AND THOSE NUMBERS WOULD ONLY COVER BASICALLY WHAT WAS DAMAGED CORRECT.
IT WOULD NOT COVER ANY TYPE OF EXPANSION EVENT CENTER, UM, OR EVEN EXPANSION OF THE BAR.
IT WOULD ONLY COVER WHAT WAS DAMAGED AND WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO REPAIR.
NOW ALSO, PLEASE DO REMEMBER THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DAMAGED WAS THE
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BAR.AND SO THE WHOLE BAR IS GONE COMPLETELY.
UM, THE STORAGE ROOM BEHIND THE BAR IS COMPLETELY GUTTED.
UM, SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT LIKE THOSE THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THAT INSURANCE PROCESS.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE 4.2, THE 4.2 MILLION, UM, FOR THE EVENT CENTER.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I REALLY LIKE THE OPTION OF THE BAR EXPANSION BECAUSE THAT IS IMMEDIATE REVENUE THAT WE CAN CAPTURE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, SURROUNDING AREAS.
I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT NUMBER, THE 1.2, UM, MILLION.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, I'M, I'M PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO SAY MA NO.
TO THE EVENT CENTER RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT A BIT, A DIFFERENT PLAN TO CAPTURE THOSE DOLLARS.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR DIRECTION ON THE EVENT CENTER CAPACITY, UM, EXPANSION TONIGHT.
UM, THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED FOR INFORMATION.
WE WILL BE COMING BACK, UM, WITH THE FULL, UH, ASSESSMENT OF THE FINANCES, OF THE BRANDING, OF THE MARKETING, ALL OF THAT.
THIS IS NOT TIME SENSITIVE FOR THE, UM, UH, FOR THE EVENT CENTER CAPACITY EXPANSION.
UH, WE JUST WANTED IT TO PRESENT IT ALL TOGETHER WHEN WE HAD THE CONSULTANTS HERE.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO, TO GET ANGST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT, UM, GONNA BE TALKING IN DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
WE DO NOT NEED DECISIONS ON THAT.
WE WANNA GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON THAT.
THE ONLY THING THIS TIME SENSITIVE IS BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY IN THE CONSTRUCTION MODE AND WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO TEAR UP.
WHAT WE ARE PUTTING BACK TOGETHER WOULD BE THE DINING ROOM EXPANSION AREA.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR.
UH, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT ON TONIGHT.
WE REALLY ARE NOT HERE TO MAKE A DECISION ON A FULL EXPANSION.
UM, IN ALL HONESTY, WE REALLY JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, IN MY OPINION, IN ORDER TO MAKE SUCH A DETERMINATION ON THAT NUMBER, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE BASING SOME OF THESE JUST ON KIND OF A FEEL BECAUSE WE'RE RECEIVING FOUR TO FIVE CALLS PER WEEK ABOUT MORE ROOM.
I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR VERY OWN STATISTICS OF OUR GOLF COURSE.
IT WAS STATED HERE EARLIER THAT THE PLACE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT 10 PLUS YEARS.
UM, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, TRIED TO WATCH SOME TYPE OF STEADY INCREASES ON HOW WE ARE PERFORMING, UM, WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND SO FOR ME, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE AND ALSO LOOKING AT OUR RETURN ON INCOME.
UM, BEFORE WE MAKE SUCH A CRITICAL, UH, DECISION.
SO I'LL YIELD MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
BUT I DID WANT TO INQUIRE ABOUT WITH THE CURRENT, UM, DAMAGES THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PLAN? SO I HEARD YOU SAY THAT IT WOULD BE TO REBUILD BACK THE BAR.
I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT MOLD, MOLD REMEDIATION.
SO IS THIS, WHAT PAINT IS THIS CARPETING? WHAT IS, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT DOING WITH WHAT WE HAVE? WITH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? IF WE WANT TO JUST BUILD THE BUILDING BACK AS IS, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, UM, A FIXING OF THE FIRE, UM, SYSTEM.
UH, THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THERE WAS A BROWN OUT THAT, THAT BLEW THE PANEL ON THAT FIRE SYSTEM.
UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE HVAC SYSTEM.
THE ELEVATOR'S, UH, MAIN PANEL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, SO THAT HAS TO BE FIXED AS WELL.
AND THEN WE START GUTTING INTO THE ACTUAL, UM, MOLD REMEDIATION PART.
EVERY SINGLE FLOOR IN THAT FACILITY IS GONE.
AND IN SOME PLACES COMPLETELY GUTTED LIKE THE KITCHEN, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO DRYWALL IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE KITCHEN.
AND THEN ON TOP OF IT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, SOME OF THESE METAL STUDS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PAINT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PATCHING AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST GENERALLY JUST CLEANING ON, ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WILL TAKE? SO WE BELIEVE THAT FOR JUST THE BLUE BON ROOM, THE KITCHEN AND THE PRO SHOP AT LEAST WOULD BE FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN IF COUNSEL DECIDED TO IT, SAY WE WILL GO ON AND TAKE ON THE EXPANSION OF THE BAR AREA, JUST THE BAR AREA, NOT THE $4.2 MILLION EVENT CENTER, THE BAR AREA.
HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL TIME OR WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OTHER SECTIONS OPEN WHILE WE, UM, EXPAND THE BAR.
SO WE WOULD BE OPEN BACK IN FOUR
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TO SIX MONTHS WHILE WE EXPAND THE BAR IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT.THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR, UM, FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME.
RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR I APPROACH I CLAUSE.
UM, SO MY QUESTION, UM, HAS MORE TO DO WITH, OR MY COMMENT HAS MORE TO DO WITH, UM, THE DINING EXPANSION AND BAR REMODEL.
UM, IF WE LOOK AT JUST THE DINING EXPANSION AND, AND THE BAR REMODEL AND WE ADD THE, HAVE YOU, HAVE Y'ALL LOOKED AT THE RESTROOMS AS WELL? REMODELING THE RESTROOMS? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AND MAYOR PROAM.
UM, THE, ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS IT WILL BE MORE, UH, REQUIRED IF WE WERE TO ADD THE FIND SEATING CAPACITY, EVEN SPACE, THE REASON BEING THAT DICTATES MORE UPGRADES AND MORE RESTROOMS. BUT AS PART OF THIS ONE, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME CONCEPTUAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RESTROOM.
NOT A FULL OVERALL, IF YOU WERE TO JUST LOOK AT THE DINING EXPANSION, DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UM, KIND OF.
SO I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT DEFINITELY NEEDS, UH, AN UPGRADE.
UM, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE DINING EXPANSION BAR REMODEL AND THE, AND A RESTROOM UPGRADE.
UM, IT, IT, THE RESTROOMS, THE, THE WOMEN'S RESTROOMS ARE JUST VERY, VERY OUTDATED.
AND I WOULD SEE THAT THE RESTROOMS DINING AND, AND BAR WOULD, WOULD BE, UM, WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO START.
THE OTHER THING IS WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, IF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE THINK ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT REQUIRE EXPANDING OR ADDING AN EVENT CENTER, HAVE, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT WHAT THE COST OF THAT WOULD BE? NOT JUST SERVING STAFF, BUT ACTUAL STAFF THAT YOU'LL NEED ON THE TEAM TO MANAGE THE OPERATIONS OF HAVING MORE EVENTS, BIGGER EVENTS.
AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT STAFFING, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL, UM, STAFFING.
SO I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT THAT AND TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WE'RE PLANNING FORWARD.
BUT AGAIN, I WANNA REITERATE, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE, UM, DINING THE BAR AND RESTROOM, UH, REMODEL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER MARLES.
YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND THE VISION.
UM, WE NEED TO INVEST IN THIS ASSET, RIGHT? THIS IS AN AMENITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE INVESTED YEARS AGO, AND IT'S TIME TO DO A REFRESH, UM, TO COUNT TO MAYOR PRO TE'S POINT.
WE NEED SOME BASIC UPDATES DONE FIRST BEFORE WE START, YOU KNOW, DOING A BIGGER PICTURE THING, SINKS, LIGHTING, AUDIO, VISUAL, BATHROOMS, JUST IN GENERAL, THE OPTICS OF THE BUILDING WE NEED TO INVEST IN SO PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A, THIS IS OUR NEW HOME, RIGHT? OUR NEW, UH, AMENITY.
UM, I TOO SUPPORT THE DINING AND BAR.
UH, IT'S A RICH MARGIN BUSINESS SO WE CAN PROFIT FROM IT AND THEN REINVEST IN OUR PROPERTY.
UH, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON FAMILY DESTINATIONS, BUT WHAT I'M MISSING IS WHAT IS OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT? SO IF WE DO EXPAND, WHAT'S OUR PROFITS? IF WE DO EXPAND, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO BETTER TO BRING IN MORE BUSINESS SO WE CAN BE EVEN MORE PROFITABLE? SO I'M LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON, ON WHAT OUR BUSINESS PLAN IS.
NOT JUST EX YOU KNOW, BUILDING.
WHAT IS THE RESULT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? FINALLY, UM, JUST KINDA LOOKING OVER MY NOTES.
IF IT'S A, B OR C, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
UH, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT C AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BEST UTILIZE THIS ROOM.
PERHAPS IT'S OUR NEW EOC, RIGHT? THE LAST HURRICANE WE USED THAT PLACE FOR SLEEPOVERS, FOR THE, FOR THE GUARDS.
PERHAPS IT'S OUR NEW, UM, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS DURING STORMS. UM, OR A COMMAND CENTER AND LET'S EQUIP IT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
GENERATORS, UM, PROPER AV AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO WE CAN USE IT FOR MULTI-PURPOSES.
UH, LET'S CALL THAT SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR US.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAM BONNEY.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MAR.
UH, AND ACTUALLY I LOOK AT IT AS THREE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT QUAIL VALLEY, UH, CITY CENTER, THEY, OR THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE, BUT THERE ARE THREE ENTITIES.
UH, UH, IT'S THE GOLF COURSE, IT'S THE CITY CENTER ITSELF, AND IT'S THE GRILL, UH, THE RESTAURANT.
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AND SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS DINING EXPANSION AND BAR MODEL, UM, WITH THE INVESTMENT, UH, THAT IS BEING, UH, ESTIMATED.UM, HOWEVER I DO AGREE ALSO WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RULE IS THAT WE NEED TO DO SOME, SOME FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE OUR MONEY COMES FROM, BUT WE NEED TO BE PROJECTING, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WANT TO DO EVEN WITH THIS POTENTIAL OR PROPOSED EXPANSION.
IF, IF IT WERE TO BE THERE, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE, ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST LIKE, I THINK IT WAS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL SAYING, OH, WE GET ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE CALLS A DAY.
WELL, DO YOU HAVE THAT DATA? ARE YOU ALL TAKING THOSE, UH, NOTES AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE CALLED? HOW MANY, UH, HOW, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU HAVE MADE? UH, IF WE WOULD'VE HAD THAT FACILITY, UH, ESTABLISHED AT THAT TIME, UH, THAT WILL HELP US TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD, UH, MAKE THAT, OR AS IT WAS TALKED ABOUT, ROI, THAT $4.2 MILLION BACK PLUS RETAIN OUR, UH, STAY IN THE BLACK, UH, AS, AS A BUSINESS, UH, BECAUSE WE SAY WE WANNA FUNCTION AS A, A BUSINESS.
AND, AND SO THAT'S PART OF, OF RUNNING A BUSINESS.
UH, LASTLY, I THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO DO AN EXPANSION, I HEARD WHAT WAS STATED SHASHI ABOUT THE PARKING BEING ADEQUATE.
UM, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW IF WE WERE TO GO UP TO A 500 PERSON, UH, OR CAPACITY, UH, EXPANSION PLUS THE OTHER, UM, ROOMS THAT WE STILL WOULD HAVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
SO I BELIEVE PARKING IN THIS AREA WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS ISSUE.
YOU'D HAVE PEOPLE PARKING ON THE STREETS AND IT WOULD BE A, A BIG PROBLEM PLUS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOLFING, ET CETERA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THAT, AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR ANALYSIS AND, AND LOOKING BACK INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT PARKING ASPECT AND HOW THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED.
YEAH, THERE WAS ONE THING THAT, UH, AND I THINK I MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, UH, BUT I DIDN'T, IN TONIGHT'S, UH, PRESENTATION IS, UH, UH, A PIPELINE EASEMENT.
IS THERE A PIPELINE EASEMENT OVER THE, OR UNDER THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE, THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE TO PUT THE EVENT CENTER? I KNOW THAT THERE'S FITTINGS OUT THERE IN THAT AREA, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE ACTIVE OR NOT, BUT BEFORE WE START SAYING, WE'RE GONNA PUT SOMETHING THERE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PUT IT IN OVER SOME GAS OR PIPELINE.
SO, UH, I, I DUNNO, MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE, UH, WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS.
BUT YOU KNOW, TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU SAY, UH, THERE IS, UH, PIPELINES UNDERNEATH THERE THAT PUTS A WHOLE NEW, UH, LIGHT ON THE, UH, ON THE BALL GAMES.
SO JUST QUICKLY, COUNCIL MEMBER, EVEN BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE DESIGN, WE'LL DO WHAT'S CALLED A SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF THERE ARE PIPELINE EASEMENTS.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL DO IT ON ANY PROJECTS.
YEAH, TO ME, THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU DO BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON TO GO ANY FURTHER IF YOU'VE GOT THOSE PIPELINES SITTING UNDERNEATH THE, UH, THAT, THAT PROPERTY WHERE YOU'RE GONNA PUT THE EVENT CENTER.
UH, THE SECOND THING IS, UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, THE HVAC SYSTEM.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UH, PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS WE WANTED TO UPGRADE THE GENERATOR CAPACITY FOR THE WHOLE CITY CENTER SO THAT IF WE GET ANOTHER BARREL, WE DON'T GO THROUGH THIS SAME, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO AGAIN.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE ADEQUATE, UH, BACKUP CAPACITY TO, UH, ACCOMMODATE OUR NEEDS.
IN ADDITION, IT ALSO GIVES US THE, YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE CITY CENTER AS A COOLING STATION OR A WARMING STATION, UH, YOU KNOW, OR, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UH, UH, TO DO, UH, WELL ANYTHING THAT, UH, WHEN WE GET INTO SOME TYPE OF, OF, UH, CATASTROPHE, CATASTROPHE THAT UH, WE'VE GOT A FACILITY THERE THAT'S, UH, MULTIPURPOSE.
SO THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
UH, SO I GUESS I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDN'T COMMENT.
SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING, UH, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE SAYING UP HERE.
BUT I DO HAVE, UM, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW SASHA CAN ANSWER THIS OR DONNIE.
UM, WE HEARD IN THE, UM, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT THIS FACILITY WAS NOT BUILT APPROPRIATELY, UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT DAMAGES.
IS THAT ACT CORRECT? I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THIS, THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT TO THE STANDARDS, UH, WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION IS, IT WAS BUILT TO THE STANDARDS BECAUSE THE CITY APPROVED AND REVIEWED THE PLANTS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, BATTLE A LOT OF
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BUILDINGS SUSTAINED DAMAGES.UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BUILDING SUSTAINED DAMAGES, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS BUILT INADEQUATELY OR SOMETHING.
SO SINCE YOU'RE BEING AN ENGINEER, ANY BUILDING THAT YOU PUT OUT, INCLUDING HERE, UH, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERE WIND AND THE STORM THAT COMES IN, THIS COULD ALSO LEAK AND HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.
CORRECT? UH, FOR A FACT, I KNOW THAT THIS BUILDING, WE HAVE DONE SOME SERIOUS, UH, ROOF REPAIRS AND DAMAGES, UH, ROOF, UH, REPAIRS BECAUSE WE HAD SOME LEAKING ROOF HERE, SO I CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE FACT THAT THE CITY CENTER WAS BUILT APPROPRIATELY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS THAT DURING THAT TIME.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE GUYS AND BE DONE THAT WAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THAT UP.
SECOND OF ALL, I THINK GETTING THIS FACILITY UP TO UM, EXPAND TO OPEN IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK WE NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO GET THIS BACK UP.
AND IF I HEARD ONE OF YOU SAID CORRECTLY THAT WE HAVE A COURSE THAT'S GONNA BE FINISHED, SO WHEN THAT GETS FINISHED, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT MORE.
HOPING WE CAN'T PREDICT THE FUTURE, UM, HOPING THAT A LOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD COME IN TO THIS, INTO THIS COURSE AND START USING THAT.
WHEN WOULD BE THAT COMPLETION TIME? SO THE COMPLETION TIME OF THE LA QUINTA COURSE, UM, WILL BE THE FALL OF 2025.
AND MAYOR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, JUST DATA RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE ON THE EL DORADO COURSE, WE AVERAGE TYPICALLY ABOUT 3,500 ROUNDS PER MONTH ON THE LA QUINTA COURSE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE MORE LIKE 2200 ROUNDS PER MONTH.
WHEN LA QUINTA REOPENS AS A NEW COURSE, WE EXPECT THAT ROUND AMOUNT TO BE WELL ABOVE 3000.
CAN ONE OF, CAN DONNY OR CITY MANAGER NEW ANSWER? HOW DO, HOW DOES THIS FACILITY, THE OPERATIONS, HOW DO WE MAKE MONEY OR WE BREAK EVEN ON THIS? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE METHODS THAT WE USE TODAY TO BREAK EVEN OR MAKE, AND I CAN SPEAK TO, UM, SOME OF THE BREAK EVENS THAT, UH, THAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IN THE RESTAURANT ITSELF, UH, TYPICALLY OUR BREAK EVEN FOR A DAY IS TYPICALLY ABOUT $2,500, UM, IN THE RESTAURANT.
AND SO AS LONG AS WE'RE MEETING THAT MINIMUM, WE'RE, WE'RE BREAKING EVEN THERE AT THE RESTAURANT, OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE, OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TYPICALLY 5,000 ROUNDS GRAND TOTAL PER MONTH ON AN AVERAGE OF $35 PER ROUND.
AND SO AS LONG AS WE MEET THOSE TWO, THEN WE CAN ALSO BREAK EVEN THERE AS WELL ON THAT SIDE.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, UPSTAIRS BLUE BONNET ROOM OR THE DOWNSTAIRS ROOMS, THE RENTALS? I'VE, I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USING ALL UP AND DOWN, UH, EVENTS THAT'S GOING ON.
WHAT ABOUT FROM THERE? YEAH, TYPICALLY ON AN EVENT, OUR BREAK EVEN IS USUALLY $6,000.
AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A, AND THAT'S LIKE ON A 250 PERSON EVENT.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UH, TYPICALLY MOST OF OUR EVENTS ARE USUALLY IN THE 10 GRAND TO $13,000 RANGE.
SO, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, CITY MANAGER, I HAVE ASKED THAT FOR A REASON.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT MAKING MONEY, WHERE DO YOU GET THAT MONEY FROM? WHAT DO YOU TAKE IT OUTTA GENERAL FUND? OR WHERE DO WE, WHERE DO WE GET THAT MONEY? YES.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DON'T BREAK EVEN THERE IS A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IS THIS FACILITY CONSIDERED TO BE A SERVICE FACILITY OR IS THIS CONSIDERED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE USE TO MAKE SURE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, IS THIS CONSIDERED LIKE ANY OF OTHER PARKS THAT WE HAVE 22 OR 23 PARKS THAT WE HAVE? 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GENERATING INCOME OUT OF THIS, RIGHT? RIGHT.
OR IS THIS CONSIDERED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD GENERATE SOME SORT OF INCOME OR BREAKEVEN? WELL, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S A POLICY, UM, QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, IN SOME OF THE, A COUPLE OF THE CITIES THAT I'VE OPERATED IN THE GOLF COURSE WAS TREATED LIKE A, A REGULAR RECREATIONAL FACILITY.
UM, DONE SO BECAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN KEEP THE COST DOWN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY DON'T PLAY GOLF TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE.
SO IN THOSE TWO CITIES, IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT A REVENUE GENERATING ENTITY IN ONE OF THE OTHER CITIES, IT WAS PRIVATIZED, IT WAS PUT OUT, UM, FOR A PRIVATE ENTITY TO RUN IT.
BUT THE CITY HAD TO MAKE SUCH CONCESSIONS IN TERMS OF ALLOWING FOR USAGE, UM, FOR RESIDENTS, UM, THAT WE ENDED UP SUBSIDIZING IT QUITE A BIT.
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WAS, UM, JUST THAT IT WAS A REVENUE.WE TRIED TO OPERATE IT AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND WHERE YOU TRY TO RECOVER AS MUCH REVENUE AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD.
AND UNDER THE LGC, YOU'RE, WHAT WAS YOUR EXACT TITLE? CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE, CAO CA, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.
SO AS A CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, TODAY'S WITHIN TODAY'S POLICY, IS IT FAIR FOR ME TO SAY THAT YOUR JOB, ONE OF YOUR DUE DILIGENCE ON YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT FACILITIES RUNNING AND WE'RE BREAKING EVEN? OR IS IT JUST BUT THAT WE ARE STRIVING TO BREAK, WE'RE STRIVING TO BREAK IT.
RIGHT? IF IT'S NOT MAKING MONEY, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO BORROW MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO SUSTAIN THAT, WHATEVER THAT LOSS IS.
AND, AND I WOULDN'T SAY BORROW IT IS A TRANSFER.
SO IT IS A TRANSFER, IT'S NOT BORROWING.
THE REASON I ASK THAT IS THIS IS WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THIS DECISION TONIGHT.
THIS CITY CENTER AND THE PURCHASE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND THE CITY REC RECREATIONAL FACILITY WAS ALL CAME BEFORE CITIZENS.
THEY VOTED AND THEN IT WAS BUILT AND THEN IT STARTED USING, ONE THING I HEAR OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE PLAYING, I'M NOT A GOLFER, I DON'T PLAY GOLF, BUT WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IS FROM SUGAR CREEK COUNTRY CLUB OR SWEETWATER COUNTRY CLUB, THEY HAVE MOVED TOWARDS CO VALLEY, UM, WHICH IS A GREAT THING BECAUSE OF THE AMENITIES COULD BE COST, IT COULD BE MULTIPLE, UH, THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING AND THEY'RE FEELING LIKE IT IS A CENTRAL POINT, WHICH OFTEN TALK ABOUT DESTINATION.
WE DON'T HAVE A DESTINATION WHETHER WE WANT IT OR NOT.
THIS HAS BECOME A DESTINATION, IF YOU WILL, UM, UH, FOR MISSOURI CITY PER SE.
SO I THINK, UM, I GO BACK TO WHAT MAYOR PRO TIM TALKED ABOUT, IF WE ARE GETTING THAT CAR COURSE REDONE, AND WE, OF COURSE WE NEEDED TO GET BACK INTO THE OPERATIONS OF WHERE WE ARE, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BUILT THE FIRE STATION SIX, I WAS TOLD ON THE OPENING DAY IT WAS ALREADY LANDLOCKED.
SO WHEN WE'RE FUTURE THINKING, THINKING FORWARD, I THINK GOING BACK TO WHAT MAYOR PROTO HAD TALKED ABOUT, WE LOOKING AT THAT BAR BECAUSE IT IS A GEN, UH, A MONEY GENERATOR.
ALSO SPACING FOR DINING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, IF THEY'RE AROUND THE GOLF THAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE IS PACKED AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO SIT OUTSIDE.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE PRO, UH, THE PRO SHOP.
I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HUGE.
I'M NOT SURE, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS TO SEE HOW MUCH PRODUCT THAT WE'RE SELLING AND HOW MUCH WE'RE GENERATING.
IT COULD BE, UH, A LITTLE BIT SMALLER TO, UH, FIT SOME OF OURS.
AND I THINK GETTING BACK INTO THAT OPERATIONS WHILE THE, THE ATTACHED TO FACILITY, I THINK AT SOME POINT IN TIME AS A COUNCIL, UM, WE ALL NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT, GET SOME COMMUNITY INPUT AND KIND OF SEE WHAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT.
ONE THING, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY HAD TALKED ABOUT PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
I THINK WHILE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IS ALWAYS GREAT, BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NO COST TO THE CITIZENS, UH, OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, IF, IF, DO WE KNOW OR DO YOU KNOW, OR ARE YOU, ANY OF YOU AWARE OF ANY FACILITY THAT'S, UH, IN, IN THE CONTRACT THAT'S TODAY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TO BUILD A HOTEL OR AN EVENT CENTER? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY.
I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE TRIED TO KEEP, UH, INTEREST FROM THE DEVELOPER THAT WAS INITIALLY LOOKING AT THE PALACE, UM, CENTER, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANYTHING CONCRETE ON THAT.
SO MY COMMENT WOULD BE IS I, I MEAN I THINK THEY'VE BEEN CENTER IDEA THE WAY IT LOOKS.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO HAVE PROBABLY A COUPLE MORE, UH, MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS AND LOOKING AT THIS TO RE-LOOK AT IT.
I THINK AS A CITY OF CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE BY THE TIME WE HIT, I THINK TO SAY THAT WE AS A CITY, WE DON'T HAVE A FACILITY.
THIS IS NOT MY PERSONAL OPINION.
THIS IS WHAT I HEAR FROM OUTSIDE, THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STAFFORD CENTER, WHICH HAS ABOUT 900 PEOPLE CAPACITY.
THEY HAVE A HAUL OFF OF CASH ROAD.
AND THEN YOU HAVE MARRIOTT, WHICH IS BOOKED OUT FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND A HALF IN SUGARLAND.
UM, BECAUSE OF A LOT OF W WEDDING MENUS AND, AND DIFFERENT EVENTS.
THEN IT REALLY GETS BACK TO TEXAS SAFARI, UH, RANCH, WHICH THEY HAVE SEVERAL THINGS, BUT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THE DISTANCE AND THE TRAVEL GOING BACK AND FORTH, UM, I'VE HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY'D RATHER GO TO HOUSTON, UH, WHICH MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSER, UH, TO DO THOSE EVENTS.
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TOP MOST CAPACITY IS PROBABLY AROUND 320, IF YOU WILL, IN THAT PLACE.SO NOT JUST FOR STATE OF THE CITY, BUT I THINK WE'RE MISSING OUT ON THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT VENUES THAT WOULD'VE POSSIBLY COME HERE.
ESPECIALLY I THINK TO YOUR POINT EARLIER ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, WEDDINGS AND, AND CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS.
AND BECAUSE WE PROXIMITY TO, UH, FORT PATROL ROAD AND ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN HOUSTON FROM SIX 10, THE FIRST LIGHT WILL BE HIGHWAY SIX AND UH, AND UH, UH, FORT ROAD.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I WOULD SEE IN THE MEANTIME THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SOME PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, TO RE-LOOK AT THIS AND SEE HOW WE CAN GET SOME IDEAS AND TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
ALWAYS THERE'S GONNA BE A THING TO THE RESIDENTS IS THE COST.
THAT'S WHY I TALKED ABOUT IT HAS BECOME, WHETHER WE WANTED TO ADMIT IT OR NOT, A DESIGNATION IN MISSOURI CITY BECAUSE OF THIS BEING AN OPEN COURSE, EVEN THOUGH SIENNA COURSE IS CLOSE BY OR SWEETWATER IS CLOSE BY.
I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS WHERE IT IS.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT, BUT I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT YOU PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT IS A YEAR FROM NOW, OUR PATIO IS PACKED OR WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DINING SPACE OR ENOUGH BAR AREA.
SO I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
WHAT WOULD BE MY, MY HUMBLE SUGGESTION IS TO COME BACK AND WITH SOME MORE CONCRETE NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT, THEN WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THAT OPTION TO PUT IT BACK.
BUT I THINK GETTING THE PUBLIC TO IN THAT FACILITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, I THINK THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL YES, TO ALL OF US AS CITY.
BUT THEN AS YOU'RE THINKING TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD, SHAHI, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK THE NUMBER ONE, GOLF, THE GOLF, UM, PROS, OR NOT PROS, BUT PEOPLE WHO PLAY, THEY WANT TO COME BACK IN.
THEY WANT TO JUST SIT OUT THERE AND HAVE CONVERSATION OR FOOD.
SO I THINK WE CAN, WE'RE MISSING OUT ON THAT, SOME OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO FROM THERE.
JUST, JUST SOME CLOSING COMMENTS TO, TO REALLY GET US THINKING IN A, IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
MUCH LIKE THE CITY OVERALL IS MOVING FROM A BEDROOM COMMUNITY MORE INTO AN URBAN, UH, ENVIRONMENT.
SO LOOK AT THE, THE CITY CENTER IN THAT SAME VEIN, IT'S MOVING FROM A PRIVATE COUNTRY CLUB INTO MORE OF A PREMIER EVENT.
AND WITH THAT, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND, AND INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EMBARKING ON, WHETHER IT IS NAMING RIGHTS, WHETHER IT IS, UM, REACHING OUT TO OUR CORPORATIONS, HAVING THEM HAVE THEIR EVENTS AT THE FACILITY, LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL EVENTS TO HAVE THERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BAR AND SOME OF THAT, UH, EVENING ACTIVITY, FAMILY ACTIVITY.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE CITY CENTER OF YESTERDAY.
IT WILL BE THE CITY CENTER OF THE FUTURE WHERE WE ARE PROGRAMMING AND GETTING MORE ACTIVITY INTO THOSE, INTO THE FACILITY.
AND SO THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT I'M TASKING STAFF WITH AND MYSELF TO REALLY BE ABLE TO RETHINK THIS AND NOT REALLY LOOK AT IT, BUT MAINTAINING SOME OF THAT HISTORY AND SOME OF THAT CHARACTER, BUT ALSO PUSHING IT FORWARD TO BE MORE REVENUE, UH, PRODUCTIVE.
SINCE YOU SAID THAT, I PLACED MYSELF ON THE COMMENT, THERE IS A COURSE OUT IN FRISCO, TEXAS OR SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO IT THAT DOES HOUSES, UH, UM, DALLAS COWBOYS, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S IN FRISCO OR SOMEWHERE ELSE CLOSE BY IT, BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND KIND OF SEE HOW THAT PARTNERSHIP, WHICH BASICALLY I'M TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR MERCHANDISES IN THERE, THAT, THAT, THAT WHICH IS BASICALLY PAYING FOR SOME OF THESE THINGS.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THIS COME BACK, BUT I THINK IN THE MEANTIME, WE NEED TO GET THIS PLACE OPEN.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON ANYTHING OR, OR DO YOU KNOW THE DIRECTION? I, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMENTS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE, SO IT SOUNDED LIKE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A, A MOTION OR A VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE BAR AND DINING.
I PUT A MOTION, MY GUYS, IS THIS WORKING? ARE Y'ALL PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS? NO, THIS NOT SET FOR MOTION.
YOU CAN PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET.
YEAH, YOU HAVE A MOTION? YEAH.
WELL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT, UH, WE, UH, UH, GO FORWARD WITH THE, UM, PROJECT OF, UH, DOING THE, UH, THE MODIFICATIONS FOR
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THE BAR AND THE GRILL AND, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR.IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT, UH, WE EXPEDITE THE OPENING OF THE, UH, OF THE CITY CENTER, UH, FOR, UH, PUBLIC USE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND BY, UH, MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY.
SECONDED BY MAYOR PROTO KLAUSER.
SHOULD WE TAG UP TO $1.4 MILLION OR, UH, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
IS THAT YOUR AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? YES.
AND WHAT THAT IT'S GONNA COST 1.4 UP, UP TO ONE POINT, UP TO, OH, WELL, I GUESS MY QUESTION TOO, SACHI, IS HOW, UH, HOW, UM, UH, FIRM IS THAT, UH, THAT NUMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER? IT'D A, IT'S A GOOD NUMBER.
WE'VE HIRED COMPETENT CONSULTANTS AND I'VE ASKED THEM THREE TIMES.
THEY'VE SAID WE CAN DELIVER THAT FOR 1.4 MILLION.
AND I SEE CHRIS NODDING HIS HEAD THERE.
SO I, WE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THAT.
THEN I'D ADD, YEAH, I'D ADD TO MY, UH, MOTION THAT, UH, IT, UH, IT WOULD BE FOR AN EXPENDITURE UP TO 1.4 MILLION.
IS THAT STILL YOUR SECOND? YES.
WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP.
COUNCILOR MERU, I SEE YOU ON THE, BUT I, BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR RETURN'S GONNA BE.
I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT AMENITIES WE'RE GONNA DO.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR PLAN IS.
WE NEED MORE ROOM, WE NEED MORE AMENITIES.
BUT LIKE, WHAT'S OUR PLAN? PLAN FOR WHAT? EXPANSION OF THE BAR.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO FILL THE BAR.
WHAT'S OUR PLAN TO FILL THE RESTAURANT? OKAY.
WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT? IF I CUT A CHECK FOR 1.4 MILLION, WHAT'S MY RETURN? THANK YOU.
UM, ON NOVEMBER 18TH, UH, I WILL BE COMING BACK TO, UH, AN LGC MEETING THAT WILL BE PRESENTING A FULL BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE GOLF COURSE FOR THE EXPANSION, UM, AND ALSO FOR THE RESTAURANT AS WELL.
AND DOES IT INCLUDE KNOCKING DOWN THE WALL AND DOES IT HAVE THOSE WERE NEW ITEMS TONIGHT AND SO THEY WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET COST ON THOSE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM WHAT STAFF HAS REALLY, UM, ANALYZED AT THIS POINT.
AND WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL COST ESTIMATES FOR THOSE, THE RESTROOMS AND THE KNOCKING DOWN THE WALL.
UM, SO THE ONE UP TO THE 1.4 MILLION, WILL IT LOOK LIKE ONE OF THESE BAR OPTIONS OR ARE WE GONNA COME BACK
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THOSE ARE SOME RENDERINGS.
UH, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AT SOME POINT EARLY ON IN THE DESIGN.
WE'LL COME TO THIS BODY OF COUNCIL AND GIVE YOU A, A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF HOW IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GO BUILD THIS ONE WITHOUT YOUR INPUT AND POTENTIALLY SHARE SHARING AND GETTING THE INPUT OF THE PUBLIC AND THE CAR AND THE STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.
AND THEN MY, MY LAST QUESTION IS BACK OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER AND MAYBE MEMBERS OF FINANCE.
ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH TAKING THIS MONEY FROM OUR GENERAL FUND? ASIDE FROM NOT KNOWING REALLY WHAT OUR RETURN ON
UM, AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE LA KENTA, KENTA LAQUINTA GOLF COURSE WAS EVEN, UM, BEING REMODELED.
THAT STUDY IN 2020 RECOMMENDED, UM, RESTRUCTURE, UH, INCREASING THE, UM, RESTAURANT AREA, BUT IT WASN'T CONDUCIVE BECAUSE YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO TEAR UP THE FACILITY AT THAT TIME.
AND SO THEY SAID THAT THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING WORTH DOING AT THAT TIME.
SO THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE, WAS LOOKING AT THAT STUDY AND SAYING, BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE BURROW, THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO REALLY CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING THAT.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, WE ARE ANTICIPATING RECEIVING INSURANCE PROCEEDS THAT PAY FOR A BULK OF THIS.
WE ARE JUST SETTING UP TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $1.4 MILLION.
AND THE LAST QUOTE THAT WE HAD FROM INSURANCE PROCEEDS WAS APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE THAT WOULD BE COVERED.
PLUS YOU'RE NOW LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS FROM MOLD REMEDIATION THAT WOULD, UH, HOPEFULLY INSURANCE WILL ALSO PAY TOWARDS.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A FIRM NUMBER ON INSURANCE YET.
UM, UM, BUT WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT IS WHAT IS INSURANCE GONNA COVER? AND IT
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WILL COVER SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS WHY WE FELT THIS WAS A GOOD TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT EXPANDING.UM, BECAUSE HVAC IS, IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS THAT WE KNOW WERE DAMAGED.
AND SO HVAC IS GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE FACILITY.
THE OTHER IS, UM, THE AD SYSTEMS. SURE.
SO THERE'S DEFINITELY WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE JUST AS A PART OF THE, THE INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE ANTICIPATE.
SO LET ME, LET ME HAVE A CLARIFICATION.
THE 1.4 MILLION, UM, IS AN ADDITION IS AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT SEPARATE FROM THE INSURANCE? CORRECT.
SO WITH THIS 1.4 MILLION, THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE WAS TO PROCEED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION UP TO $1.4 MILLION FOR A NEW BAR RESTAURANT WITHOUT HAVING ANY ESTIMATES OF COST, WITHOUT HAVING ANY OF THE, THE ACTUAL DETAILS WRITTEN DOWN.
WHEN YOU SAY ESTIMATE OF COST, THAT IS THE COST.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WE HAVE NOT RUN THE NUMBERS TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME EAT LUNCH.
BECAUSE A PART OF ALL OF THIS WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL, IS INCREASING OUR FOOD, UH, MENU PRICES.
IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT CHANGING SOME OF THE MENU ITEMS. IT'S LOOKING AT, UH, A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK AS A PART OF OUR BUSINESS PLAN TO SHOW HOW VIABLE THIS FACILITY CAN BE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ANY ONE THING, BUT IT'S ALL CONNECTED.
AND DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS? UM, IS EVERYTHING IN THE BUDGET, THIS COMING UP BUDGET FOR STAFF FOR THIS NEW REBUILD AND REDESIGN AND SUPPLIES AND ALL OF THAT THINGS THAT WE LOST? YES.
THAT'S PART OF THAT'S GONNA BE RECOUP.
BUT KEEP IN MIND FOR AN EVENT CENTER, YOU STAFF BASED ON EVENTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF PART-TIME STAFF.
SO ANY PART-TIME STAFF THAT WE HAVE TO BRING ON FOR ANY INCREASED CAPACITY WILL BE COVERED BY EVENTS.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT EVENTS FOR THE, FOR THE BAR.
AGAIN, THE REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATE, THE VOLUME, THE INCREASE IN THE CAPACITY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE THAT WE SEE SHOULD OFFSET THE COST OF THE ADDITIONAL STAFF BECAUSE THERE STILL WILL BE PART-TIME STAFF.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS AS OF AS OF TODAY.
WE JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
AND IF, IF, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING.
UM, WE LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY OF IT.
THAT'S THE, ALL THIS WAS ABOUT WAS TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS EVEN FEASIBLE.
AND IF IT WAS DETERMINED, FEASIBLE, THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE, OKAY, WHAT DOES IT COST? WHAT IS THE RETURN? HOW, HOW DO WE SEE THIS WORKING? YEAH.
AND THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, IS MAKING A, A POSITIVE DECISION IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT WITHOUT SEEING ALL OF THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER AB BONNEY.
I JUST WANTED TO, JUST FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, UH, 'CAUSE I'M, I'M HEARING A LOT OF THINGS BEING STATED.
UH, AND SO I DON'T WANT US TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH FILLING AS IF WE'RE GIVING A BLANK CHECK TO STAFF.
UH, WE ARE MAKING AN INVESTMENT INTO OUR ASSET CITY ASSET, UM, WITH THE BELIEF THAT BY DOING THAT, IT'S GOING TO BRING THE TYPE OF REVENUE THAT WE'VE ALWAYS GENERATED, BUT ALSO MORE, UM, WE, WE, WE'VE DONE THE SAME THING WITH OUR GOLF COURSE, UH, EXPANDING LA QUINTA OR DOING THE CART PATHS OR WHATEVER WE'VE DONE TO INVEST INTO THAT FACILITY.
AND I CAN POINT TO OTHER, UH, HERE CITY HALL AND VARIOUS OTHER PLACES WE INVEST INTO OUR FACILITIES, CITY FACILITIES, UH, IN OUR CITY ASSETS.
BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK RELATIVE TO CLARITY'S SAKE IS IF WE DON'T GIVE YOU DIRECTION TO EXPAND THE BAR IN THE DINING AREA, WHAT WOULD BE STAFF'S POSITION AND HOW WOULD STAFF PROCEED? WE WOULD PROCEED WITH PUTTING THE BUILDING BACK INTO WHATEVER STATE THE INSURANCE WILL ALLOW US TO PUT THE BUILDING BACK INTO.
SO IN ESSENCE, WHATEVER, UH, WAS DAMAGED, WHATEVER, FIX IT TO BE FIXED, WE WOULD FIX IT.
SO IT WOULD BE BASICALLY THE SAME FACILITY THAT WE HAD LOOKS NEW WITH THE, JUST A LITTLE NEWER LOOKED YEAH.
LOOKS NEW BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE A FACELIFT BECAUSE OF ALL THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL WE WOULD DO.
AND SO WHAT STAFF IS, IS ASKING OF, OF COUNCIL, IF WE SO CHOSE, WAS TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY SINCE WE HAVE TO DO THE REMODELING ANYWAY, TO INVEST INTO THIS FACILITY TO MAKE IT BIGGER AND BETTER, UM, NOT JUST PUT COSMETICS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKEUP ON IT, IF YOU WILL.
AND, AND, AND ENABLE US TO BE ABLE TO PROGRAM
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IT MORE AND ADDRESS THE GOLFER VERSUS NON-GOLFERS BEING ABLE TO USE THE RESTAURANT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SPACE.I THINK WITH ALL, ANY TYPE OF DECISION, WHETHER IT'S SPENDING THE $10 OR IN THIS CASE ONE UP TO $1.4 MILLION CONSIDERATION, THAT IT IS HELPFUL TO HAVE NUMBERS AND INFORMATION AND DATA FOR US TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW.
UM, I I, I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE DONE THAT BY TELLING US WHAT THE RESTAURANT GENERATES THE BAR AND RESTAURANT GENERATES.
HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE CONCRETE FIGURES AND NUMBERS AND SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF COUNSEL IS COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS WITHOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION.
I AM PERSONALLY, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD HATE FOR THIS TO BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE VOTE ON AND IT, AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT GETS DELAYED FOR 90 DAYS.
SO, AND, UH, JUST ONE MORE, UH, QUICK POINT AND CLARIFICATION.
ANY PURCHASES AND PROCUREMENTS, WE'LL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY'S, UH, PROCESS AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
SO THOSE PURCHASES WILL STILL COME BACK TO THIS BODY FOR AUTHORIZATION.
YOU GOOD? NO, I WAS JUST, THAT, THAT WAS MY FINAL POINT.
THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE TOOK A VOTE ON THIS, UM, AND, AND IT FAILS, UM, WE COULDN'T LOOK AT RECONSIDERING THIS AGAIN FOR 90 DAYS.
IF WE, I MEAN, OF COURSE THERE IS A WAY, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE CHALLENGING TO, TO DO.
BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS WE NEED TO BE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO HAVE STAFF BRING US BACK THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, RIGHT? UH, THE, THE LONGER WE WAIT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WE'RE NOT GENERATING ANY REVENUE AND WE'RE NOT OPENING.
SO I JUST WANT US TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS, AS WE'RE LOOKING TO DELIBERATE.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, BONY, IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION THEN WHAT
SO THAT WAS ANSWERED AND EJO HAS JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION AROUND WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS, BUT WE'LL APPROVE UP TO 1.5.
IT'S IF IT'S VOTED UPON, AND THEN WE WILL SEE PLANS, WE WILL SEE SOME NUMBERS.
'CAUSE WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY WAS THE FEASIBILITY AND THEN THE COST.
WELL, TONIGHT WE'RE DOING BOTH.
SO NOW I, NOW I UNDERSTAND IT.
SINCE DONNIE OR UH, SHASHI SINCE YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, YOU SAID THERE'S TWO PEOPLE ON THE GOLF COURSE, UH, THAT ARE HERE.
AND THEN ALSO IF I CAN ASK THEM A QUESTION, IF THEY CAN COME UP.
IT'S JUST, I JUST WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I SAW IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK SOMEONE ELSE ALLUDED TO IT HERE EARLIER.
YOU KNOW, YOU SOMEONE, IT'S WRITTEN IN THERE THAT THERE'S FOUR TO FIVE CALLS A MONTH OR WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR EVENTS THAT, THAT ARE LARGER EVENTS.
IS THAT TRUE? YES, THAT IS TRUE.
AND I THINK, UM, CAN YOU TELL WHAT PERCENT OF BUSINESSES OR, OR WHAT'S A BALLPARK NUMBER? AND I, AND I'M NOT GONNA HOLD YOU TO IT, OKAY.
THAT WE'RE LOSING, UH, TWO OTHER NEARBY EVENT CENTERS.
SO FIRST OFF, OUR MAGNOLIA BALLROOM, UH, I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 320 PEOPLE.
SO KEEP IN MIND THAT IS WITHOUT A DANCE FLOOR, SO COMFORTABLY IN THE MAGNOLIA BALLROOM, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST ROOM RIGHT NOW, IT CAN HOLD TWO 70 WITH A DANCE FLOOR.
SO KEEP IN MIND WITH A DANCE FLOOR, IT IS NOT EVEN 300.
SO WHEN I SAY WE ARE LOSING ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE EVENTS PER MONTH, IT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE, I DON'T HAVE CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF THIS, UH, JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KEEP A TRACK.
UH, I USED, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I HAD AN ASSISTANT AND WITH MY ASSISTANT, SHE WOULD MAKE THOSE CALLS.
SHE WOULD KEEP AN EXCEL SHEET.
AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
UM, SO, BUT THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW IS LIKE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF, IF THE VOTING SHOULD BE ABOUT HOW EARLY CAN WE GET IN, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE RESTAURANT, UM, WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY.
LIKE IT IS LITERALLY OUR GOLF, OUR GOLF TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE MAKING THE MONEY.
UH, BUT OVERALL, THIS IS THE TIME.
IF WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, IF WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND, THIS IS, THIS IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT ALL THAT.
SO LET ME ASK YOU, ARE YOU OVER THE EVENTS OR ARE YOU OVER THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE? UH, SO FUNNY QUESTION.
UH, SO I WAS HIRED AS THE EVENT ON THE EVENT SIDE.
AND THEN, UM, WITH THINGS HAPPENING
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IN JUNE, I WAS ASKED TO BE INTERIM FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR.AND THEN WE HIRED OUR AMAZING FOOD AND BEVERAGE DIRECTOR RIGHT HERE, JENNIFER.
AND NOW I WAS ASKED TO BE PART OF THE GOLF SIDE.
SO I'M LIKE ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, LOVE IT.
UM, SO NOW BEING ON THE GOLF SIDE, I DO ASSIST WITH THE TOURNAMENTS AND SO, UH, IT'S GETTING A LOT BETTER AND THERE'S A LOT, IT WAS A LEARNING CURVE, BUT THE EVENTS RIGHT NOW, OUR TOURNAMENTS ARE GOING AMAZINGLY.
UH, SO I DO BELIEVE ONCE OUR LAQUINTA COURSE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CLOSING IN 2025, WITH THAT REMODELING, IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER WITH TWO COURSES.
OUR PLAN IS, WELL, THIS IS THE FUTURE, BUT THE PLAN IS, UH, ONE COURSE WILL BE USED FOR TOURNAMENTS.
THE OTHER COURSE WOULD BE FOR REGULAR PLAY.
UH, SO THERE IS POTENTIAL, LIKE I KNOW IT'S ALL A QUESTION MARK RIGHT NOW, BUT I PROMISE YOU IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER.
UM, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THINGS WERE A CERTAIN WAY, BUT THE COMMUNITY, IT'S GROWING.
IT'S A DIFFERENT GENERATION AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW.
SO IF THERE IS A TIME ABOUT EXPANSION, IF THAT'S EVEN A QUESTION, AND EVEN IF SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT IT, I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE TIME.
AND, UH, DON THE CENTER FIRST.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU, JENNIFER.
WHEN YOU STARTED HERE, WAS THE GOLF COURSE, UH, STILL OPERATING? NO.
SO I, MY FIRST DAY WAS JULY 15TH.
I WALKED IN, I WAS LIKE, IT'S KIND OF HOT IN HERE.
WHAT IS GOING ON? NO, UNDERSTOOD.
SO YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION HERE TO LOOK AT THAT BAR AREA TO EXPAND IT AND, AND THAT PATIO AREA TO BRING IT IN.
SO FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU'RE PROBABLY THE MO UH, SUBJECT EXPERT MORE THAN ANY OF US HERE, UH, WITH THIS TYPE OF ADDITION.
AND, AND I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THE MONEY ADDITION.
HOW DOES THIS BENEFIT THAT COURSE? WOULD IT BENEFIT? IT'S HUGE, UM, WITH ING OUTSIDE AND AT THE REC CENTER.
UM, BUT A LOT AT THE GOLF COURSE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO TONS OF PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR FEEDBACK AND THEY CANNOT WAIT TO GET BACK IN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SHARED THEIR VISION FOR IT AND, UM, HAVE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD LOVE TO EAT THERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SEATING.
I'VE HEARD THAT A LOT, UM, THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU PLAY A ROUND OF GOLF, WE COULD REALLY, UM, FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND GOLF COULD REALLY PARTNER TOGETHER FROM THE MOMENT THAT THEY COME TO THE COURSE AND THEY GET ON A GOLF CART AND WE HAVE MENUS UP.
WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LIKE BRINGING THEM BACK AND FORTH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO SEAT THEM RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THE MARKETING VISION IS BIG AND WE HAVE IT, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT A LOT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA ASKED A BIGGER QUESTION.
SO WHAT, SO HEARING THIS ASKING US TO COMMIT TO $1.4 MILLION, TELL ME, AND, AND I'M ASKING THE SAME QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THE ANSWER.
HOW WOULD THIS GET, GET US, WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE GET FROM THE OPTION OF THAT $1.4 MILLION? YOU'RE GONNA GET A COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE OPENNESS TO THE ACTUAL RESTAURANT AND TO THE BAR AREA ITSELF.
RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU FIRST ENTER INTO THAT FACILITY, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A LARGE BRICK WALL.
AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO EVEN REALIZE THAT THERE'S EVEN A RESTAURANT IN THAT FACILITY.
AND THEN FURTHERMORE, IT ALSO BLOCKS ONE OF THE BEST VIEWS IN ALL OF MISSOURI CITY, WHOLE 18 OF EL DORADO.
AND SO WE OPEN UP THAT WALL, WE EXPAND THAT BAR, IT PROVIDES US A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, IT PROVIDES US MORE ACTUAL BAR SPACE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANNA SIT AT THE BAR, THEY WANT TO TALK TO THE BARTENDER.
THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE TVS RIGHT ABOVE THE BAR AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR BEER AFTER WORK AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE AS A BAR.
SO WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN NUMBER ONE, MAKING SURE THAT THAT BAR ATMOSPHERE IS AVAILABLE IN THE EVENINGS.
BUT THEN ALSO, FURTHERMORE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROGRAM THIS NEW RESTAURANT SPACE.
SO I TOLD YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR BREAK EVEN IS $2,500, UM, PER, PER DAY RIGHT NOW.
UM, ON AVERAGE WE USUALLY CLEAR $70,000, UM, PER MONTH IN A 10 TABLE RESTAURANT.
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AMAZING.AND THAT JUST SPEAKS TO THE CALIBER OF THE STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED IN THAT SPACE.
WE KNOW THAT IF, IF WE GET THAT EXPANSION, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE INCREASED USE BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA ALSO, WE'RE ALSO GONNA INSTALL THE TRACKMAN, UM, DIGITAL GOLF, WHICH ALLOWS US NOT ONLY TO HAVE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, BUT THAT'S ALSO A TRAINING TOOL.
SO TRACKMAN ALLOWS OUR PROS TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE DURING THE REIGN AND BE ABLE TO TRAIN THEIR STUDENTS.
THEY'RE ABLE TO FIT CLUBS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO HELP, UM, PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR GOLF GAME.
AND SO THAT ALSO HELPS WITH THAT EXPANSION AS WELL.
SO, BUT, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT THAT YOU WOULD GET, BUT IT WOULD BE AN INCREASED ATMOSPHERE THAT'S, WE WILL GET THAT REVENUE.
SO I WILL YIELD BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, BUT BEFORE THAT, SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT, IF YOU DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WRITING IT DOWN, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A MINUTE.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COME BACK TO US WITH TY, I THINK FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BONY ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
AND WE ALL ASK VERY DETAILED SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
I THINK IF WE CAN GET THE ANSWERS TO THOSE, UH, UH, BE SPECIFIC, THEN I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US TO MOVE FURTHER ALONG.
WITH THAT I YIELD BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAD A FORECAST OF WHAT THE REVENUE WOULD BE, UH, UH, IF WE, UH, HAD THE EXPANDED BAR AND GRILL.
UH, I GUESS, UH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD POINT, NOT THE ONLY THING, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'D POINT TO AGAIN, IS WHEN WE, UH, OPEN UP THE LA QUINTA GOLF COURSE, THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, A DRIVER FOR MORE DEMAND.
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PLAYERS.
YOU'RE GOING, SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE.
UH, AND UH, I, I THINK JUST FROM, UH, UH, BEING AROUND THE, UH, THE, UH, THE BAR AND THE GRILL MORE, THE GRILL I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO HAVE A, A MEAL OR A BREAKFAST AND, UH, THEY JUST, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, UH, TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, THAT NEED.
UH, AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE SAY WE'LL BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.
MY COMMENT IS BUILD IT AND THEY'RE OUT THERE WAITING FOR IT TO COME.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, I CAN'T, UH, SAY THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, SOLID DOLLARS TO, UH, TO SAY HOW MUCH, UH, ADDITIONAL REVENUE WE'RE GONNA GET FOR THAT 1.4.
BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, IT'S, UH, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF INDICATORS THAT SAY THAT IT'S A GOOD, UH, INVESTMENT TO, UH, TO MAKE, TO UH, UH, SATISFY AND, AND SERVICE OUR, OUR CUSTOMERS.
SO, SO IF WE CAN HEAR THAT MOTION ONE MORE TIME, WHAT IT WAS.
YOU HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM KLAUSER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BAR AND DINING MODIFICATIONS AND TO EXPEDITE OPENINGS, UH, THE OPENING OF THE CITY CENTER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THOSE, UH, MODIFICATIONS ARE FOR A COST UP TO $1.4 MILLION.
AND OF COURSE, THAT IS SUBJECT OF COURSE TO THE CITY'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS THEY RELATE TO PROCUREMENT.
AND WE SAY NOT MORE THAN UP TO 1.4.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON THE QUEUE, DO YOU WANNA DO, UH, INDIVIDUALLY? YES, SIR.
THE MOTION CARRIES SIX TO ONE.
AND MAYOR, WHAT DONNY SHARED WITH US TONIGHT, JUST THE $70,000.
JUST LITTLE BITS AND PIECES OF WHERE WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN HOW IT'S GONNA WORK.
WE ON THE QUEUE? NO, IT'S BROKEN FOR.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY, CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING, MEREDITH? I REALLY BELIEVE, I THINK YOU HEARD IT FROM MOST EVERYONE.
WE NEED A PERFORMER OR SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A BUSINESS PLAN, BUT THAT FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT IS KEY.
WE REALLY NEED THAT MORE THAN, MORE THAN ANYTHING.
AND, AND IT WILL BE A PRO FORMA BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA BE NEW THAT WE HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED.
BUT IT WILL, YOU WILL GET THAT.
SINCE HE BROUGHT THAT UP, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BONNEY BROUGHT THAT UP.
ISN'T THAT ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM OUR, UH, PERFORMANCE? UH, WHAT IS THAT TITLE PERSON WE HAVE? NO, DON'T WE HAVE, WELL, VERTA DO WE HAVE, ISN'T THAT SOMETHING THAT SHE CAN PROVIDE THAT ACTUALLY SHE COULD, BUT WE ALSO, YOU ALSO APPROVED THE FINANCIAL, UH,
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE, I MEAN, NOT CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR, BUT ADMINISTRATIVE, A FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE LGC.AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD DEFINITELY BE TASKED WITH.
UM, SO THERE'S SINCE, UH, THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS IN HEARING, NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:29 PM.