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          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. SORRY I'M RUNNING BEHIND, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 8:20 A.M. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH AN INVOCATION BY CARLTON TIDWELL. 
          LET'S PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE DAY TODAY FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER WE'RE HAVING. FATHER, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE HERE IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY WHO TAKE GREAT INTEREST IN TERRELL. WE PRAY TODAY THAT WE MAKE MINDFUL AND GOOD DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY. FATHER, WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, FOR THOSE IN SERVICE TO THIS NATION ABROAD, THAT YOU KEEP THEM SAFE AND BRING THEM HOME SOON. THROUGH JESUS THAT WE ASK THIS. AMEN. AMEN. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHERE WE WE ARE HEARING REMARKS FROM OUR VISITORS IF WE HAVE ANY. OKAY. SO SINCE WE HAVE NO REMARKS, 
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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS ADOPTION OF OUR MINUTES. 
          TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ON UNTIL EVERYBODY. SO 
          [5. BUSINESS ITEMS]
WE'LL GO DOWN TO NUMBER FIVE BUSINESS ITEMS 5.1. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APRIL FINANCIALS. ROBERT YOU PULLED THE FINANCIALS. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE PRINT BIG THIS MONTH SO THAT I CAN READ IT. THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR. 
          THE THE HEADLINE CONTINUES TO BE THE LAND SALE OF $464,000. THAT WAS NOT EXPECTED AND THAT HAPPENED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. AND THAT CONTINUES TO ROLL THROUGH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. INTEREST INCOME IS MORE THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BECAUSE OF OUR LIQUIDITY, AND IT'S CERTAINLY MORE THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO. THERE IS A NEGATIVE ON THE RAIL REPAIR ALLOCATION OF $95,000, IF YOU WILL RECALL THOSE SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE DECIDED TO PAY A PORTION OF THAT FROM BUSINESS RETENTION. SO IF WE PUT THAT 100,000 IN THERE, WE'D BE ABOUT WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE FOR THE YEAR. SO THAT WAS KIND OF LEVELS UP WITH WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. I THINK THE HEADLINE FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPLACING THE LAND SALES IS A PERFORMANCE OF THE SALES TAX. WHILE WE'RE AHEAD OF BUDGET, BECAUSE WE WERE REALLY CONSERVATIVE WHEN WE BUDGETED FOR SALES TAX, WE CONTINUE TO RUN BEHIND WHERE WE WERE LAST MONTH AND LAST YEAR. AND I THINK THIS IS A SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO, BECAUSE I THINK AND I KNOW THE CITY'S PROBABLY WATCHING A LOT CLOSER THAN WE ARE, BUT SALES TAX ARE BEHAVING IN AN INTERESTING WAY. THE LINE BELOW THAT YOU'LL SEE OUR SALES TAX REBATE IS UP $25,000 COMPARED TO WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR. WHAT THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO IS THE NEWER AREAS WHERE WE'RE GIVING THE REBATE TO THEIR SALES TAX ARE UP, WHICH MEANS OUR TRADITIONAL MARKETS THAT ARE AREN'T EARNING THE SALES REBATE ARE DOWN. SO THERE'S A DYNAMIC GOING ON THERE THAT I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND, BUT I THINK IT MERITS ATTENTION. SO ALL IN ALL, THEN OUR TOTAL INCOME YEAR TO DATE 2,000,817. WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF BUDGET 627,000 WITH ABOUT HALF OF THAT OR HALF, 500,000 OF THAT BEING THE LAND SALE WE ARE AHEAD OF LAST YEAR. 
          BUT IF YOU WERE TO TAKE OUT THE LAND SALE, WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT 100,000 OR SO DOWN. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STORY ON REVENUE. I THINK ON EXPENSES, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY BIG HEADLINES I NEED TO TALK ABOUT ON THE EXPENSES. WE'RE PRETTY MUCH IN LINE ON ALL OF OUR OUR EXPENSES THAT WE BUDGETED. THE ONE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE OUR BUSINESS RETENTION. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO WITH OUR RAIL CONTRACT, OUR EDC CONTRACT PAYABLE TO THE CHAMBER IS LESS THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. BUT BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN BECAUSE OF OUR STAFFING, AS WE STAFF UP, THAT WILL BECOME MORE IN LINE WITH BUDGET. SO ALL IN ALL, NET OPERATING INCOME $165,000 FOR THE MONTH, 1,000,005 FOR THE YEAR AHEAD OF BUDGET AHEAD OF LAST YEAR, BUT PRIMARILY DUE BECAUSE OF THE LAND SALE. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STORY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND I'D LIKE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS ABOUT THEM. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLACES THAT ARE GETTING THE REBATE AND NOT SORRY, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE 
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WHAT JUST EXPLAINED TO ME? LIKE, WHAT IS THE PLACES THAT ARE GETTING THIS TAX, THE SALES TAX REBATE VERSUS THE PLACES THAT ARE NOT OKAY, WHAT DO THEY HAVE? WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON? LIKE THE PLACES THAT ARE GETTING IT VERSUS THE ONES THAT ARE NOT? THIS COMES FROM THE CONTRACT THAT WAS DONE ABOUT. TEN YEARS AGO WITH THE CROSSROADS. SO THAT IS ALL CROSSROADS REVENUE THAT GETS THEY GET A SALES TAX REBATE. AND IT'S JUST THE DIFFERENCE ON WHAT'S WHO'S STOPPING AND SHOPPING AT THE CROSSROADS CROSSROADS VERSUS VERSUS THE REST OF THE CITY. SO I WOULD I GUESS MY ANSWER TO YOU WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 60 TO 70,000 CARS DOWN INTERSTATE 20, PULLING IN AND STOPPING ON THEIR WAY BETWEEN POINT A AND POINT B IS THE DIFFERENCE. AND SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE PLACES THAT ARE NOT THAT ARE DOWN RELATIVE TO OUR EXPECTATIONS? WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING AT YEAR OVER YEAR. SURE. TOTAL SALES TAX ARE DOWN, BUT OUR REBATE PAYABLE TO THEM IS UP. SO IF WE'RE PAYING THEM MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, THAT WOULD INDICATE THEIR SALES TAX ARE UP YEAR OVER YEAR. AND SINCE WE'RE DOWN OVERALL THAT MEANS EVERYBODY ELSE MUST BE DOWN MORE. YEAH YEAH YEAH. NO I'M I'M CATCHING THE INFERENCE. 
          AND SO YEAH. WHAT'S THE EXPIRATION ON THOSE REBATES. IS IT 2034. THAT WAS JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. WE ALL WE ALL LOOK FOR IT. IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT, THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, IAN, IF YOU'D SCROLL DOWN TO THE SCROLL DOWN A COUPLE OF MORE SHEETS PLEASE. NEXT ONE AND GO ONE MORE. OKAY. 
          IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE IF YOU'LL LOOK AT LINE ABOUT LINE 11 WHERE IT SAYS TOTAL COMMITTED. 
          THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED SOME KIND OF JOB GRANT OR SOMETHING TO US. THE NEXT ONE DOWN WHERE IT SAYS PROJECTS WORKING. THAT IS OUR OUR PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON OF WHAT YOU HADN'T GRANTED IT, YOU HADN'T VOTED ON ANY OF IT. WE JUST KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO THAT THEY'LL ASK FOR. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT, BUT WE JUST TRY TO PUT A NUMBER IN FOR YOU FOR CASH FLOW PURPOSES. AND NOW, IAN, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SHEET, PLEASE JUST REMEMBER THOSE TWO NUMBERS. 
          HE'S GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SHEET AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHERE THOSE PLUG IN. IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT PROJECTED INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, THERE'S THAT 1.3 MILLION. IF YOU LOOK AT PENDING PROJECTS, THERE'S AT 4.4 MILLION IN OUR CASH FLOW. SO YOU CAN STILL SEE EVEN IF WE WROTE THOSE CHECKS TODAY, WE'D STILL BE IN GREAT POSITION CASH FLOW WISE, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE IF ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS COME TRUE, THEY'D PROBABLY BE SPREAD OVER TEN YEARS. SO ANYWAY, JUST SEE, JUST SO Y'ALL CAN SEE HOW THOSE TIE TOGETHER. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIALS? SO I'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL FINANCIALS. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ANY SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. OKAY. 
          SO NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM 5.2 WHICH IS DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE TISD EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION REQUEST. YES, I SEE HIM. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING MEMBERS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS HAL RICHARDS. I LIVE AT FORT CARTWRIGHT STREET AND TERRA AMERICA, AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE TERRELL ISD EDUCATION WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING YOU TO. TWO GRANT. WE HAVE TWO GRANT CYCLES EVERY YEAR AT THE FOUNDATION. OUR GRANT CYCLE LAST YEAR. LAST FALL, WE AWARDED $246,000 IN GRANTS TO TO SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, $65,000 OF THAT CAME FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THE SPRING CYCLE, JUST THAT WE JUST PASSED. WE HAD 42 GRANT APPLICATIONS IN A PRETTY LONG MEETING. GOING THROUGH THOSE. WE AWARDED $241,000 IN GRANTS, WHICH EXCEEDED OUR BUDGET BY $41,000. WE HAD 200 $200,000 BUDGETED FOR THE SPRING GRANT CYCLE, AND WE SPENT 241,000. IT LEFT SOME GRANT. IT LEFT SOME APPLICATIONS, WHICH WE WE WERE VERY FAVORABLE ON, AND WE 
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REALLY WANTED TO. WE REALLY WANTED TO SUPPORT THEM, BUT WE. AND THE FACT THAT WE'D GONE OVER $41,000 OVER BUDGET, WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE COULD FUND THEM. AND I HAVE WITH ME, BILL SOCHA, WHO IS THE ENGINEERING AND ROBOTICS TEACHER AT TERRELL, IS ONE OF OUR SUPERSTAR TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT. I CAN TELL YOU OR KEEP IT DOWN. SO HE'S HE'S GOING TO RUN THROUGH EACH OF THESE PROJECTS AND EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL TO YOU, AND I'LL PASS THIS OUT TO YOU, IF THAT'S OKAY. FOR. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS. VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO YEAH, AS AL JOKED BEFORE, 12 YEAR AIR FORCE VETERAN MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND I TEACH AUTOMATION ROBOTICS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ENGINEERING. 
          THAT'S DUAL CREDIT THROUGH TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SO IT'S A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM. I'M ALSO HERE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT. A COUPLE OF GRANTS FROM OUR WELDING, OUR VERY AWESOME WELDING PROGRAM. WE HAD A NUMBER OF STUDENTS GO COMPETE AT THE STATE LEVEL THIS YEAR IN WELDING. AND THEY DID THEY, THEY ENDED UP COMING HOME WITH A COUPLE DIFFERENT AWARDS DESPITE A BIG LACK OF. HAVING THE SAME. HAVING THIS. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE. THE SPRING WEATHER'S BEEN. POLLENS BEEN KILLING ME DESPITE HAVING BEHIND. I WOULD SAY WHAT A LOT OF SCHOOLS DO IN EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL, GAS, WELDING RODS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE STILL WERE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH SOME AWARDS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT KIDS AND A LOT OF HEART AT TERRELL. THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE WELDING PROGRAM. I WOULD SAY THE WELDING PROGRAM IS DEFINITELY THE MOST BEHIND WHERE A LOT OF NOT ONLY INDUSTRY IS, BUT A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOLS AT THE COMPETITIVE LEVEL, JUST FROM A EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL SOURCING AND FUNDING STANDPOINT. SO FOR THE FIRST PAGE HERE, WHICH IS THIS ONE HERE WITH THE RED NUMBERS ON IT, FROM FOUNDATIONS TO FLIGHT, ELEVATING THE ENGINEERING AND ROBOTICS PATHWAY, THE BEST WAY FOR STUDENTS, SCHOLARS TO LEARN IN AND RECEIVE THE MOST IS THE EARLIER THAT THEY CAN BE ON THE SAME PATHWAY, THE BETTER THEY GET. AND WE'VE HAD A MAJOR DEFICIT FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THIS ACTUALLY WAS A GRANT THAT WAS PROPOSED AND BY OUR YOUNGEST ROBOTICS TEAM, WHICH WAS, HEY, WE REALLY WOULD LOVE IF OUR IF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS HAD BETTER PREPAREDNESS, HAD BETTER EQUIPMENT, SO THAT WHEN THEY GET TO US, THERE'S NOT SUCH A BIG JUMP FROM WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE TO WHAT WE DO THERE. SO. YEAH, THE PROJECT THAT ADDRESSES THE DIGITAL CEILING CREATED BY LIMITED HARDWARE, BY FUNDING SEVEN HIGH PERFORMANCE DESKTOPS. WE USE A LOT OF 3D DESIGN SOFTWARE AND A LOT OF THOSE THINGS THAT THE DISTRICT PURCHASES CHROMEBOOKS. 
          NONE OF THAT SOFTWARE RUNS ON A CHROMEBOOK, NONE OF THE FUSION DESIGN SOFTWARE. IF WE CHANGE OVER TO SOLIDWORKS, NONE OF THAT RUNS ON THOSE LAPTOPS. SO THEY WOULD THEY'RE ASKING FOR A FEW COMPUTERS AS WELL AS TO REPLACE SOME OUTDATED OLDER GENERATION OF VEX ROBOTICS. 
          BECAUSE WE TEACH VEX ROBOTICS AND THEY PHASE IN AND PHASE OUT STUFF ALL THE TIME. SO THEY'RE RUNNING VERY OLD EQUIPMENT. AS WELL AS TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF CODING SKILLS FOR THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE WE FIND THAT THAT'S INCREDIBLY MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THEIR ROBOTS PERFORMANCE AND THEIR JOB READY SKILLS AFTERWARDS. IF THEY KNOW CODING THAT ISN'T JUST DRAG AND DROP BLOCKING, BUT CODING THAT THEY'VE WRITING THEMSELVES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON THAT ONE OR ANY CLARIFICATIONS? I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO. OKAY. HOW MANY HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IN THIS PROGRAM? THERE ARE. I KNOW THAT MISS FORD HAS A FULL CLASS LOAD OF SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS, AND THOSE CLASSES ARE ABOUT, I THINK, 20 SOMETHING KIDS. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL, ABOUT A. I WANT TO SAY ABOUT 120 KIDS, GIVE OR TAKE, WITH EACH YEAR. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. JUST ESTIMATES. GOOD. WHO'S THE. SO FOR LET'S SAY YOU SNAP YOUR FINGERS AND YOU GET THESE NEW 
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DESKTOPS, 3D PRINTER, ALL THE STUFF YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THOSE UP AND RUNNING AND ACTUALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY WORK? THAT WOULD BE I'VE BEEN WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PERSON WHO WAS PROPOSING THIS. WE'RE VERY WE HAVE A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO I'D HAVE A HAND IN THAT PERSONALLY, BUT SO WOULD MISS FORD, OUR ROBOTICS TEACHER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO SHE CAME OUT OF, I THINK, 18 YEARS AS AN IT DIRECTOR FROM ROYSE CITY. SO SHE'S LIKE REALLY ON IT WITH A LOT OF THAT STUFF AND GETTING THINGS UP AND RUNNING FAST. DO Y'ALL HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE? LIKE, I MEAN, I JUST LIKE, SURE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE, I MEAN, LIKE THE SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, IT'S LIKE THIS PART GETTING THE STUFF. THIS IS THE EASY PART, RIGHT? RIGHT. ONCE IT'S THERE, IT'S JUST LIKE, AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN TO MY SHOP, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT A REAL DUSTY ROBOT THAT'S THERE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT COULD GET IT UP AND RUNNING. 
          AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO FALL IN THE SAME POSITION WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS 3D PRINTER, WE'VE GOT THESE GREAT THINGS. AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH, MAYBE NEXT SEMESTER WE'LL GET AROUND TO GETTING THOSE THINGS UP AND RUNNING. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I TOTALLY DO. I KNOW WITH THE DESKTOPS, THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AWAY. OUR IT GUYS ARE VERY VERSED IN THE SPECIFIC SOFTWARE THAT I'VE HAD TO STRUGGLE WITH FOR A FEW YEARS TO GET THEM APPROVED AND GET THEM INSTALLED AND GET THEM RUNNING, RIGHT. SO THAT'S A HURDLE WE'VE ALREADY CROSSED. SO GETTING THEIR GETTING THEIR SOFTWARE RUNNING AND UP AND RUNNING, THAT'S GOING TO BE A CINCH. THE UPGRADES TO THE ACTUAL ROBOTS, LIKE THE PRINTER ITSELF, THE 3D PRINTING MARKET AND THE I BELIEVE, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH BRAND, BUT THE BRAND OF PRINTER THAT WE'RE GOING WITH IS JUST ABOUT THE MOST USER FRIENDLY ONE THAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH, WHERE THEY CAN DESIGN IT, PROTOTYPE IT, AND RUN IT WITH VERY LITTLE FINE TUNING OR MESSING AROUND OR PLAYING AROUND. DOES THAT DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, IT DOES. I JUST IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND JUST SOMETHING THAT WHETHER IT'S IN THIS OR IN FUTURE ASKS FOR RESOURCES AND EVERYTHING. JUST ABSOLUTELY. I'VE LEARNED TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS OF MYSELF. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S AWESOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TRY TO TACKLE THE WELDING COMPETITION ONE AND THE WELDING WORKFORCE READINESS. I KNOW I KIND OF GAVE A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT WELDING IN GENERAL. THE FACILITY IS UNDER MAJOR RENOVATION OR WILL BE VERY SOON WITH THE WITH THE BOND. THAT'S A BIG AREA. THE CTE IS A BIG, BIG AREA IN THAT BOND IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS ALL KINDS OF OTHER FACILITY NEEDS FROM AC DRAINAGE, ALL KINDS OF MESS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT BOND HAS A LOT FOR SPECIFIC TECH. THEY'RE. THEY'RE KIND OF IT'S KIND OF BARE MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, AIR FILTRATION. I MEAN, WE SAY THAT'S BARE MINIMUM, BUT LIKE AIR FILTRATION AND ADDRESSING A LOT OF THOSE TYPE OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE FACILITY IS REALLY WHAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS. AND. THE COST BREAKDOWN HERE. NOW, THE WELDING WORKFORCE READINESS, I APOLOGIZE. THE WORKFORCE READINESS ONE WAS REALLY, WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN, IT WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO ADD 18,000 TO THE 15000 GRANT PREVIOUSLY SOURCED FOR A CNC PLASMA CUTTER, LIKE A PROPER SIZED PLASMA TABLE. I WAS INFORMED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT ALL GRANTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE, EXCEPT FOR, I THINK, A HANDFUL OF ACCEPTED OF EXCEPTIONS, ALL GRANTS, IF THEY'RE NOT SPENT THE YEAR THAT THEY ARE AWARDED, THEY ARE RETURNED BACK TO THE EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION. SO THAT 15,000 IS NOT GOING TO BE KEPT INTO NEXT YEAR. SO WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A SMALLER CNC PLASMA TABLE FOR UNDER 15,000 THAT STILL WILL. IT'S A LASER PLASMA WELDER. 
          THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND. AND HONESTLY. WITH THIS GRANT, IF THAT WAS TO BE AWARDED THE 18 THAT WOULD PROVIDE A SECOND ONE. THEY'RE BOTH AGAIN, THESE ARE VERY USER FRIENDLY. THEY'VE BEEN OUTFITTED THE SAME EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR WHO'S BEEN OUTFITTING ROYSE CITY, MESQUITE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, AND THEY'VE SEEN EXCEPTIONAL SUCCESS AS WELL AS THE MACHINES BEING USED LEFT AND RIGHT. I MEAN, THEY DON'T THEY DON'T WANT TO SELL STUFF THAT PEOPLE DON'T USE. SO THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT THAT THOSE SPECIALTY PARTS THAT COMES DOWN TO IT WHEN THEY GO TO THE WELDING COMPETITIONS, THOSE SPECIALTY HINGES, THOSE SPECIALTY PARTS FOR SMOKERS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS IS REALLY WHERE THIS COMES TO. AND IT DOESN'T REALLY NEED TO BE VERY BIG. TALKING WITH THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS GRANT, 
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SOMETHING THE SIZE OF THIS TABLE SOLVES 99% OF THE PROBLEMS WITH A SAFE ENCLOSURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS GRANT WAS WRITTEN TOWARDS WAS TO REPLACE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A WORKING, ANY WORKING CNC MACHINE FOR PLASMA CUTTING. SO OKAY, SO THIS IS WHAT THEY USE IN COMPETITION, CORRECT? YES, SIR. I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS DOES CATCO USE SOMETHING SIMILAR AND DOES NUCOR USE SOMETHING SIMILAR. YEAH YEAH YEAH. WE USE PLASMA TABLES AND CUTTERS THERE. SO YEAH ON A BIGGER SCALE YOU DON'T KNOW. 
          NOT US. OKAY. WE DO. OKAY. MY REASON FOR ASKING THAT IS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THESE YOUNG FOLKS LEAVE WITH THIS SKILL THAT IT'S PERTINENT TO A JOB IN GENERAL SOMEWHERE. THAT'S THAT'S WHY. YEAH, I SEE A LOT OF, I SEE A LOT OF ADS RIGHT NOW, WHICH ACTUALLY MAKES ME PRETTY HAPPY. SEE WORKFORCE COMMISSION ADS OR THINGS THAT ARE LIKE, HEY, AI WELD THAT FOR ME. HEY AI, TAKE THAT BOLT OFF FOR ME, YOU KNOW? AND IT'S LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU NEED HANDS ON, BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS MANUAL. SO THEY'RE LEARNING THE MANUAL SKILLS TO ACTUALLY RUN A BEAD OF WELD, BUT TO ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO RUN A MACHINE AT THE SAME TIME, THAT BECOMES A MUCH MORE VALUABLE EMPLOYEE. 
          FROM MY PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I WOULD I WOULD SAY I FEEL THAT WAY, BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY. WELDING COMPETITIONS ON THE NEXT PAGE. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE RAN INTO WHEN AS OUR AS WE'VE BEEN IMPROVING AND GROWING OUR WELDING PROGRAM, WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED AND IT'S EXPENSIVE TO TAKE THEM PLACES AND THEY HONESTLY RUN THROUGH THEIR BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW WHO SETS THE BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S LOOKING AND REALIZING HOW MUCH CERTAIN PROGRAMS USE MORE JUST AS A FACET OF THEIR VERY EXISTENCE. BUT WELDING IS VERY EXPENSIVE JUST TO PURCHASE THE GAS, THE RODS, AND TO REPLACE, I MEAN FLAT DISC SAFETY GEAR, THEY BURN THROUGH GLOVES ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS THAT THAT NEED REPLACING. AND SO THAT EATS UP ALMOST ALL THEIR BUDGET AND THEY'RE LEFT WITH ALMOST NOTHING TO GO TRAVEL THIS YEAR. THEY WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT A COUPLE PARENTS STEPPED UP AND HELPED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR KID COULD GO. BUT IF THERE. BUT REALLY, THE THING THAT SETS THEM APART IS THESE KIDS ARE LEARNING SKILLS ALIGNED WITH THE TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS TO ACHIEVE THEIR CERTIFICATIONS IN WELDING AND COMPETING. STUDENTS WHO GO AND COMPETE ALMOST ALWAYS PASS BOTH OF THOSE. THEY. THEY EXCEL IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND THEY. THEY CRUSH THEIR CERTIFICATIONS. BEING THERE AT THOSE COMPETITIONS AND FEELING THAT PRESSURE, YOU KNOW. BUT FUNDING FOR THIS WILL COVER TRANSPORTATION, LODGING AND RELATED EXPENSES THAT CURRENTLY ARE A BARRIER TO STUDENT PARTICIPATION. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE MAIN POINT OF THIS PROGRAM. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? OKAY. AND THE FINAL ONE, HEAVY EQUIPMENT MOBILITY RESTORATION. 
          THERE WAS A GRANT WRITTEN TO RESTORE A NUMBER OF OLDER EQUIPMENT THAT WAS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND ROBOTICS LABS. AND THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, WE REALIZED WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO MOVE ANY OF THIS EQUIPMENT. MOST OF IT, ESPECIALLY THE STAND UP JET KNEE MILLS. 
          THEY'RE EXTREMELY TOP HEAVY AND THEY'RE DANGEROUS TO MOVE WITHOUT SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD WORKING FORKLIFT EITHER. SO THIS GRANT WAS WAS WRITTEN TO PURCHASE A MOBILE GANTRY CRANE THAT IS MANEUVERABLE WITHIN THE SHOP ITSELF. BUT NOT ONLY WILL IT SERVE THE ROBOTICS AND MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WILL SERVE ANY CTE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS A HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO MOVE, OR WOULD HAVE TO BE PRIVATELY CONTRACTED TO MOVE. MOST OF THE STUFF IS. THE CRANE ITSELF IS RATED FOR 6,000 POUNDS, WHICH WILL MOVE ALMOST EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT IS MOVABLE ON THE CAMPUS. 
          AS OF RIGHT NOW. I THINK ASIDE FROM A COUPLE OF THE REALLY, REALLY HEAVY AUTOMOTIVE RACKS, BUT THOSE DON'T MOVE ANYWAYS. THOSE GET BOLTED TO THE GROUND AND DON'T EVER MOVE. OUR HAAS C AND C MACHINES, THOSE ARE ALSO BOLTED IN PLACE. THOSE ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT. BUT EVERY OTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FROM THE AG DEPARTMENT, THROUGH WELDING AND INTO AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS, CAN BE MOBILIZED AND THEN REPAIRED IF IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED AND SERVICED, BECAUSE A BIG A BIG DROP OFF. AND THIS IS REALLY ENDEMIC OF PRETTY MUCH ALL SCHOOLS, YOU PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT, THEN YOU DON'T SERVICE IT. AND THEN YOU GOT TO ASK AGAIN TO PURCHASE SOME MORE STUFF. SO THE GOAL OF THAT WAS TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE, MAINTAIN, MOVE, ORGANIZE AND CREATE A SAFER LEARNING AND A MORE EFFICIENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AS EQUIPMENT IS ADDED, REPLACED 
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SERVICE, THINGS LIKE THAT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. ON THE WELDING COMPETITIONS IS THIS DO TIST STUDENTS NORMALLY PARTICIPATE IN WELDING COMPETITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW LIKE A RANGE OF HOW MANY? MAYBE JUST CURIOUS. FROM TWO STUDENTS. YEAH. THIS GRANT SPECIFICALLY IS FOR TWO STUDENTS WHO ARE WANTING TO ACHIEVE HIGHER LEVEL OF COMPETITION THAT REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAVEL. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU BILL. THANK YOU. SO. WITH WITH WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE FOUNDATION WOULD HAVE FUNDED ALL OF THESE. YOU KNOW, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND, AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT WE HAD ALREADY OVERSPENT OUR BUDGET BY $41,000, AND WE JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE WE COULD GO ANY DEEPER. WE FELT REALLY COMFORTABLE BRINGING THIS TO YOU BECAUSE OF OUR, OUR, THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US IN THE PAST AND ALL OF THESE PRETTY EASY TO DIRECTLY LINK THEM WITH CAREER READINESS FOR ALL OF THEM. SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT THE FOUNDATION? WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR FUNDING. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO ITEM NUMBER SIX CALLS FOR US TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER IT. ARE WE READY TO MAKE A DECISION OR DO WE WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION ON IT? I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THIS MORE FOR CARLTON? WE. SO ASSUMING IF WE DID, IT GAVE THEM MONEY. WHAT IS THE WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE MOST MILEAGE OUT OF THIS? IN PARTICULAR, I'M THINKING OF JUST IN TERMS OF MARKETING, LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO INCLUDE. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A GOOD. THAT I THINK IT'S A GOOD MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          SEEMS LIKE IT'S VERY ALIGNED WITH THE PRIORITIES AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO THAT'S ALL REAL GOOD. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET LEVERAGE OUT OF IT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND THAT THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. AND THIS IS REALLY COOL STUFF. AND SO WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WE PREPARED TO DO? WHAT IS THE EDC PREPARED TO DO ON LIKE, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, THROW THESE KIDS A PARADE WHENEVER THEY GO WIN THIS COMPETITION AND ALL THAT STUFF, YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING? YEAH. AND THIS IS YOU'RE CORRECT, TRAVIS. THIS IS RIGHT IN OUR LANE. WHAT ARE WE PREPARED TO DO? YEAH. WHAT I WOULD DO WITH THE SCHOOL'S PERMISSION IS WE WOULD SEND ENN WITH VIDEO CAMERA WHEN THE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS BEING SET UP BEING USED, THE WHOLE DEAL WE OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THERE'LL BE SOME KIDS IN IT, WE'D HAVE TO GET THAT PERMISSION DONE. I DON'T THINK THAT'LL BE A PROBLEM. AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE VICTORIES LIKE THAT, I. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, YOU, YOU FUNDED THESE TWO KIDS TO GO AND WE'VE GOT A NATIONAL CHAMPION OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. 
          AND WE CAN AND WE CAN MOVE WITH THAT. AND IN FACT, I'M SURE THERE'S THERE'S TWO WELDING COMPANIES RIGHT HERE THAT MAY WANT FIRST JAB AT INTERVIEWING THEM FOR A JOB. SO WE WOULD BE LOCKED, WOULD BE LOCKED IN STEP WITH YOU ALL ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME, WE MAYBE EVEN MORE SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE GETTING. AND I THINK OLIVIA RICE, OF COURSE, IS AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATION SKILLS. AND Y'ALL COULD WE'D BE WE'D DO WHATEVER YOU WANTED US TO. BUT WE HAVE THE SAME. WE HAVE THE SAME NEED FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. SURE, ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT THAT IAN MADE ON OTHER ITEMS. BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IS JUST TO MAKE SURE AND JUST PUBLICIZE THE HECK OUT OF THIS AND, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ALL INDUSTRIES CAN, THIS WILL GO TO THE TDC OF THE TDC ADVERTISING LINE, WHICH IS DEVELOPERS AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE STATE. AND SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY. IT'S FITS. JUST LIKE TRAVIS SAID, IT FITS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. SO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I CAN SAY THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE BEING FROM NUCOR ON THE MANUFACTURING SIDE. AND WHEN I HEAR WELDING IN AND AND MOBILITY EQUIPMENT AND COMPETITIONS, I THINK ABOUT OUR WORKFORCE AND I THINK ABOUT BEING ONE OF THE BIGGER MANUFACTURERS. I KNOW WE HAVE SMALLER BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO I WAS, I TRIED NOT TO BE SO ON BOARD, BUT OF COURSE I GET EXCITED. I'M EXCITED. GOSH. ARE 
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YOU WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? WELL. YEAH. COME ON UP. COME ON UP. COME ON. MY NAME IS IDA HENRY. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. I AM LOVING. AT TERRELL ISD. MY BACKGROUND IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FORMERLY THE WORKPLACE LEARNING COORDINATOR FOR THE PATHWAY TO TECHNICAL EARLY COLLEGE FOR DISD VERY LONG TITLE. SO WHEN I CAME TO TERRELL, I SEE THAT THE CTE PROGRAM IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. EXCELLENT JOB. AND MY QUESTION NOT ONLY TO THE TEACHERS BUT TO THE STUDENTS WAS, OKAY, ONCE YOU GUYS WIN THE COMPETITION, YOU HAVE THESE AWESOME CERTIFICATIONS. WHAT DO WE DO WITH IT? AND IS IT STOPS THERE, RIGHT? WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. TERRELL. THE CITY OF TRURO HAS AN AWESOME MANUFACTURING AND WORKFORCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? LINKING IT TO TERRELL ISD. THERE'S A WAY TO LINK THAT THE PIPELINE TO THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT I DO. I CREATE APPRENTICESHIPS, JOBS AND ENTRY LEVEL JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, JOB SHADOWING, VOLUNTEERING, DO ALL OF THAT FOR THE ISD. DOCTOR WASHINGTON AND I WORK TOGETHER IN THE PAST. AND MY QUESTION, BECAUSE I MET WITH HER AND SHE'S LIKE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO. CLOSE THAT GAP, HOW TO CREATE A PIPELINE FOR THAT. SO WHAT I'VE DONE, I HAVE CREATED A PROPOSAL FOR THE TERRELL ISD, AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING A PROPOSAL TOGETHER FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE AND HOW TO LINK THE TWO TOGETHER WITH THAT. SO AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I HAVE A PASSION AS WELL. AND SO WHEN MR. RICHARDSON SAID, WELL, WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT AND IT SITS THERE, WE HAVE THE ROBOTICS, BUT NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO WORK IT. NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S WHEN THE INDUSTRY COMES IN. SO SOME INDUSTRY WILL COME IN AND SHOW THE STUDENTS HOW TO WORK IT BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THAT, RIGHT. THE INFORMATION AND THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT ROUTE FOR MANUFACTURING. AND LET'S BRING THAT IN TO TERRELL ISD. 
          CREATE A CAPSTONE IN ADDITION TO CREATING A CAPSTONE FOR THE END OF THE SEMESTER, WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS. THAT'S AN APPRENTICESHIP. THAT'S A JOB SHADOWING. THAT'S ALL OF THAT, RIGHT? AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THE STUDENTS SOCIAL SKILLS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE ENDS AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE YOUNGER, THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS ARE COMPROMISED BECAUSE ALL THEY'RE JUST ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO THE EYE CONTACT AND THE HANDSHAKE AND THE COMMUNICATION AND BEING ABLE TO PRESENT AND ALL OF THAT, ALL THAT HAS TO BE TAUGHT TO THE STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE TO TEACH THEM THEIR SOCIAL SKILLS, OBTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION AND. YEAH, WELL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR LETTING US. WELL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A GAP THAT'S HARD FOR US TO CLOSE. WE, WE, IT'S HARD FOR US TO KEEP UP WITH KIDS, BUT I WOULD BE GLAD TO MEET WITH YOU, YOU AND DOCTOR WASHINGTON, WHATEVER YOU WHOEVER YOU DEEM NECESSARY TO COME BY THE TERRELL CHAMBER OFFICE. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH Y'ALL SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON CLOSING THAT GAP. IT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO. YEAH. THANK YOU. THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING AND MR. HE. MR. BILL INVITED ME TO IT. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, I APOLOGIZE. BUT NO, WE'LL WE'LL JUST BLAME IT ON BILL. IT'S ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE TISD EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION REQUEST. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY. SO WE'LL CONSIDER VOTING FOR TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FROM THE TISD EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION. ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE THAT WE THAT WE THAT WE DO IT. OKAY. YEAH I'LL SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 5.3 AND UPDATE ON OUR PROJECT LIST. SOCIAL MEDIA STATS FROM APRIL 1ST TO MAY 12TH FOR THE AIRPORT. YES. WOULD YOU HAVE US MOVE TO ITEM? BACK TO THE PROJECT LIST AND PROJECT? AND THEN WE'LL GET TO YOUR ORDER. THIS WILL BE PRETTY QUICK, BUT I WILL GO OVER A 
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COUPLE. SORRY, I WILL GO OVER JUST A. NEXT PAGE. PLEASE KEEP GOING RIGHT THERE. OH, GO BACK ONE. THERE YOU GO. IF YOU'D MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIGGER FOR MY OLD EYES, I DO WANT TO GO OVER THE. OH, THERE WE GO. THE NEW PART OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS, THE ONLY YOU KNOW THE THE JOB GRANTS FOR IGG WERE APPROVED. BUT THEY'RE STILL BEING SIGNED. SO THAT'S JUST WHY I LEFT IT ON THERE. PROJECT PLYWOOD IS ON THE CLOCK TO START THEIR BUILDING. AND YOU SEE THE TWO TWO THINGS THAT WE APPROVED FOR THEM FOR 27. THE THREE THINGS EXCUSE ME, PROJECT THRUST FLIGHT IS AT THE AIRPORT. THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. I CAN'T GET INTO A LOT OF DETAILS WITH THAT. OUR NFI EXPANSION, THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO EXPAND. THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON WITH THEM RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT 3 TO 4 TIMES A YEAR. THEY ALWAYS ARE HAVING AN IDEA OF TRYING TO EXPAND. AND TERRELL, THEY LOVE TO BE HERE. PROJECT HILLWOOD IS A DEVELOPER LOOKING TO DO SOME STUFF WITH SOME LAND HERE. THE ENTRY SIGN AT HIGHWAY 80 AND 148 AND 205 THAT WAS PAID FOR BY THE EDC. WHENEVER IT WENT UP LATE 90S, EARLY 2000S, I DON'T REMEMBER. THEY'VE ASKED US TO COME BACK AND DO THAT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT. WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON SOME IDEAS TO BRING TO YOU GUYS. AND THEN AFTER IT GOES THROUGH YOU, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH IT FOR THEIR APPROVAL. AND THEN PROJECT STREAM IS ANOTHER DEVELOPER THAT'S WORKING ON SOME LAND HERE IN TERRELL TO DEVELOP IT INTO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND DISTRIBUTION. SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE STREAM RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THE THOSE ARE THE HANDFUL OF PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING ON. I DID MEET YESTERDAY WITH ANOTHER DEVELOPER. THEY BUILD SPEC BUILDINGS AND I WON'T GET INTO ANY MORE DETAIL EXCEPT SPECULATIVELY, THEY WANT TO BUILD A ONE POINT 2,000,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE AND I. SAID, OKAY, YOUR YOUR BIG BOYS AND GIRLS, IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT MUCH BUILDING ON THE GROUND SPECULATIVELY, THEN GOOD FOR YOU. SO. WE'LL AND THAT WAS AGAIN, THAT WAS YESTERDAY. SO IT'S NOT ON THIS LIST, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THERE. SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'D BE ON OUR AIRPORT ROAD. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. DEPENDING ON YOUR QUESTION I MAY HAVE TO DO THAT IN EXECUTIVE WHEN WE ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          BUT JUST A HIGH LEVEL WHERE WE ARE WITH THE PROJECTS. THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE. AND IAN, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN NOW, I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING OH, YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION. THE ENTRY SIGN AT 80 AND 148 AND 205. WHERE, WHERE EXACTLY IS THAT. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE THE WELCOME TO TERRELL USED TO BE. YES. WELCOME YOU. NOW YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SEE THE TOP OF IT AFTER TEX-DOT GOT DONE. GOTCHA. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO PUT A NEW ONE THERE. OKAY. MAKE IT LOOK NICE. AND IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO THE RESEARCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH OF THAT TEX-DOT HAS, IF TEX-DOT WILL GIVE US PART OF THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. THERE'S ALSO SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN THERE. THERE'S POWER IN THERE. THERE'S TREES THAT MAY HAVE TO BE MOVED. THERE'S DIRT. I MEAN, IT'S A SO IT'S A, IT IS IN ITS INFANCY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE ON ABOUT WHAT IT'LL COST. AND WITH ALL OF THAT BEING DONE THAT I TALKED ABOUT. SO YOU MENTIONED 90S. I WAS THINKING LIKE, THAT'S NOT THE SIGN THAT WAS UP THERE WHEN YOU SAID THE 90S, THOUGH. THAT'S WHERE MY MIND WENT. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THAT ONE WENT UP, BUT IT WAS I'VE BEEN CHAMBER IN EDC FOR 16 YEARS AND I KNOW IT WAS WELL BEFORE THAT. SO I JUST DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN THAT ONE WENT UP. BUT ANYWAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. JUST HAVE A FEW FUN UPDATES FOR Y'ALL. SO FIRST OF ALL, THESE ARE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STATS. THESE ARE FROM APRIL 1ST UNTIL I BELIEVE MAY 12TH, WHICH IS LIKE LAST MONDAY. OH, IT SAYS RIGHT THERE MAY 11TH. SO WE HAD 243 000 VIEWS ON THE PAGE BETWEEN 63000 VIEWERS, 209 
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FOLLOWERS, 1600 CONTENT INTERACTIONS AND TWO POINT SORRY ABOUT THAT. 2.3000 VISITS TO THE PAGE. SO SOCIAL MEDIA DID VERY WELL THIS PAST MONTH. IT HELPED THAT IF YOU FOLLOW US, WE'VE BEEN POSTING A LOT ABOUT OUR SECOND GENERATION BUILDINGS, ASKING JUST THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE. AND I THINK WHAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THAT IS PEOPLE REALLY LOVE LETTING THEIR VOICE BE HEARD, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS AWESOME FOR. AND WE GOT A LOT OF VERY VALUABLE INSIGHT FROM THAT. SO IT WAS VERY EXCITING. SO FIRST OFF, IF I COULD, AND THE ONE THING THAT I PROBABLY WOULD NOT COUNT ON IS TOPGOLF GOING IN AT THE APPLEBEE'S RESTAURANT BUILDING. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'LL FIT THERE. DOESN'T MEAN IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'LL FIT IN THAT BUILDING. SO ANYWAY, SO JUST A FEW QUICK UPDATES. SO I PRESENTED THESE. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I TOOK THE BOARD'S ADVICE AND WE JUST KIND OF CATERED SOME OF THE BODY COPY MORE TOWARDS OUR FLIGHT MANAGERS, PILOTS, DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE KIND OF MAKING THESE DECISIONS. SO I HAVE KIND OF TWEAKED AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BODY COPY ON ALL OF THEM. IF YOU WANT TO READ THESE YOURSELVES, THEY'RE ON THE PHYSICAL PACKETS. SO THAT IS ACROSS ALL THREE. AND TO COMPLEMENT THIS, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A VIDEO PROMOTING OUR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AND I WILL PULL THAT UP FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. THERE WE GO. JUST A SECOND. THERE WE GO. 
          MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IS THE SMARTEST CHOICE. FLYING INTO THE DFW AREA, MAINLY FOR THE REASON THAT IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BRAVO AIRSPACE. WE ARE UNPOWERED, SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE MET WITH LESS TRAFFIC TYPICALLY, AND YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE MET WITH GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE WHENEVER YOU STOP IN, WHETHER IT'S FOR SOME QUICK FUEL OR YOU'RE DROPPING OFF PASSENGERS. WE'RE HERE TO MEET YOU GUYS WITH GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE LOVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PILOTS AND PASSENGERS. THE AMENITIES TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PROVIDES IS WE HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL LOBBY WITH DEDICATION TO THE HISTORY OF THIS AIRPORT. 
          THIS AIRPORT USED TO BE A TRAINING GROUNDS FOR BRITISH PILOTS BACK IN WORLD WAR TWO. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU'LL SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL FLOORING THAT OVERLAYS TEXAS AND NEW ENGLAND. 
          AND IT REALLY PROVIDES A GREAT HISTORIC DETAIL, A LARGE, BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE ROOM FOR PILOTS AND EXECUTIVES TO MEET IN. WE DO HAVE A PILOTS LOUNGE FOR PILOTS TO REST AND COMPUTERS FOR PILOTS TO PRINT OUT ANYTHING FOR THEIR FLIGHT PLANNING. THE AIRPORT ITSELF HAS A GREAT LAYOUT AND DESIGN. RUNWAY IS 5000 FOOT. WE HAVE A TAXIWAY THAT STRETCHES THE FULL LENGTH, WHICH MAKES FOR EASY IN AND OUTS AND ACCESS TO OUR RAMP. WE HAVE GREAT GROUND SERVICES WITH FAST, QUICK TURNS, SOME INCENTIVES THAT THE FBO OFFERS IS. WE ARE PART OF THE CORPORATE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS MAINLY FOR OUR 90 OWNED OPERATORS THAT OFFER FUEL INCENTIVES. ALSO AN APP FIELD TRIP REWARDS PROVIDER, TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT STOP FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET INTO DALLAS. IF YOU HAVE MEETINGS. WE'RE REALLY ONLY ABOUT 45 MINUTES AWAY. YOU'LL ALWAYS BE PLEASED TO FLY IN A TERRIBLE AIRPORT. AND FOR, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO IS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE AIMING THIS AND THAT VIDEO SPECIFICALLY WILL BE AIMED TO, YOU KNOW, A LIST THAT KYLE DECOSTER AND HIS GROUP CAN GET FOR US ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING THEM AND SAYING, HEY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR AIRPORT? WELL, THIS IS GOING TO THEM. THIS IS WHERE IT'S HEADED BECAUSE AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY THAT HE USES, THEY'RE ONLY THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND ANYWAY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE THAT'LL HEAD DIRECTIONALLY. THERE. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS JUST ON THIS SECTION BEFORE I MOVE ON? OKAY, PERFECT. I HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M TRYING TO FOCUS MORE ON IN THE COMING FUTURE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY 
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FOCUSED ON OUR BIG MANUFACTURING AND OUR BIG COMPANIES AND THAT'S AWESOME. 
          AND YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THINGS FOR THEM AND WE WILL. BUT ALSO, I WANTED TO TAKE TIME AND HIGHLIGHT SOME SMALLER BUSINESSES AS WELL AND HIGHLIGHT JUST THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO I PUT TOGETHER A SMALL LITTLE PIECE ON TERRELL COFFEE CO DID VERY WELL ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PEOPLE REALLY LIKED IT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KIND OF WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON DOING MORE OF THESE IN THE FUTURE. SO I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT IT HERE. ORIGINALLY, WE FELT LED TO OPEN A MUSIC STORE IN ROCKWALL IN 2005. I AM A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN AND MUSIC INSTRUCTOR, LOVE MUSIC AND HELPING THOSE THAT WANT TO BE MUSICIANS. SO WE STARTED THAT. 
          BUT AFTER THAT, BEING A FAMILY THAT LOVES COFFEE, I KNEW THAT I ALWAYS WANTED TO INCORPORATE COFFEE INTO OUR MUSIC DIVISION. AND WHEN WE OPENED THIS LOCATION IN TERRELL IN 2022, WE DID SO SPECIFICALLY TO OPEN THE TERRELL COFFEE COMPANY, WHERE WE LOOK AT FOR LIKE STRONG SPECIALTY COFFEE. WE LOVE THE COFFEE SHOP BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY FANTASTIC REGULAR CUSTOMERS AND SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST PASSING THROUGH. AND WE ARE BLESSED ON A DAILY BASIS. WE LAUGH AND WE SMILE AND WE HAVE FUN WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. THE ONES WE KNOW, THE ONES THAT ARE NEW FRIENDS. WE LOVE IT. WE ALSO CRY, WE PRAY WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, AND WE EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF LIFE. AND THAT IS WHAT REALLY CUTS HOME TO OUR HEARTS AND OUR LOVE. WELL, GOOD. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO. SO IT WORKED. YEAH. IT WORKED. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ABOUT THIS ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS GOES THIS GOES TO TELLING OUR STORY. YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT WE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I THOUGHT THOSE WERE TWO EXCELLENT VIDEOS THAT HE PUT TOGETHER THAT IAN PUT TOGETHER AND WANTED YOU GUYS TO SEE THEM AND JUST KNOW THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PART OF BUSINESSES, WHETHER YOU'RE SITTING OUT THERE OR UP HERE, JUST KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE ALL OF YOU'RE ON THE LIST. HE WILL. WE'LL GET TO ALL OF YOU. AND BECAUSE WE NEED TO TELL OUR STORY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, TERRELL. AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF IT. SO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING FOR ME? AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM SIX WHERE 
          [6. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS  THE FOLLOWING: ]
WE'RE ADJOURNING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTION FIVE FIVE, ONE OF TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. 6.1 SECTION 551.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
          SECTION FIVE FIVE. 1.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS. THE TIME ISSO WE'RE GOING TO AT 1005, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, RECONVENE INTO 
          [7. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION,  IF ANY, ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ]
REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION IF ANY ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS. I'LL TAKE A I'LL I WILL MOVE THAT. WE OFFER 1.4 ON THE ON THE BUILDING AND I'LL GET IT CLOSE BY. WE'LL CLOSE BY JUNE 1ST. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. WE HAVE WE HAVE NO FURTHER BUSINESS IN OUR ADJOURNMENT 
          [8.  SET NEXT MEETING DATE ]
TIME. OH. THE NEXT MEETING IS 8.1 SCHEDULED JUNE 26TH. I DO HAVE A EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION MEETING THAT MORNING. SO I'M TRYING TO NAVIGATE. I MIGHT BE HERE AND THEN HAVE TO LEAVE OR I MIGHT NOT BE HERE. BUT I WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. OKAY. COULD WE POTENTIALLY WHAT? WE MOVED IT ALREADY. AND THIS WAS ON MY CALENDAR. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO OURS AT A DIFFERENT TIME IN THE DAY OR IF THAT ONE MOVES. SO WE'LL WE'LL ADJUST. 
          WE CAN, WE'LL ADJUST. WE'LL WORK ON IT. I'LL WORK WITH DAWN AND SEE WHAT THE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE FOR THAT DAY. WE MIGHT COULD DO A DO IT DURING LUNCH INSTEAD OF AND I CAN JUST, I CAN RUN OVER HERE. OKAY. I CAN RUN OVER HERE IF I NEEDED TO. JUNE 26TH. OKAY, SO ITEM NUMBER NINE, ADJOURN AT 1007. THANKS, EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.
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