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OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 8:05 A.M.
AND WE WILL. YOU ALL PLEASE STAND. WE'LL HAVE OUR INVOCATION AND THEN THE PLEDGES.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MORNING. WE THANK YOU FOR THE INDIVIDUALS HERE TODAY WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. FATHER, WE JUST ASK FOR CLARITY AND THOUGHT IN MIND AS WE CONSIDER ITEMS FOR TODAY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE ASK YOU TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND THOSE SERVING THIS COUNTRY IN FOREIGN FIELDS. WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT THEM AND BRING THEM HOME SAFELY. WE ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONORED WITH TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE. TEXAS. ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT THING WE'LL HEAR, REMARKS FROM ITEM TWO WILL BE TO HEAR REMARKS FROM OUR VISITORS IF WE HAVE ANY. SO NOW THAT WE SEE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY
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REMARKS, WE'LL GO TO. ITEM 4.1 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON JUNE 4TH THROUGH THIS SEVENTH. WAIT A MINUTE. JUNE I'M SORRY, 26TH AND AUGUST 20TH AND 21ST OF 2026. ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? SO THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS TO[5. BUSINESS ITEMS]
DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST FINANCIALS. I THINK WE HAVE STAYED HERE TO DO THAT. HELLO. SORRY. GOOD MORNING. SO REALLY QUICKLY I'M GOING TO. I NEED TO DO SOMETHING.TO. ONE ONE. BUT THIS IS JUST. AS WE GO ALONG. I AND AND. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ANY. SO I'LL I'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR MINUTES.
I MEAN OUR FINANCIALS. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE ON THE
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AGENDA WILL BE OUR 5.2, WHICH IS DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERED. THE BOARD VICE CHAIR I'M GOING TO MAKE A NOMINATION FOR TRAVIS RICHARDS. WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT ALREADY. AND ALL I NEED IS A SECOND, UNLESS TRAVIS HAS ANYTHING TO ADD OR SAY. OKAY. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.ANY OPPOSED? WE'LL HAVE TRAVIS AS OUR VP. ITEM NUMBER 5.3. WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM TRINITY VALLEY ELECTRIC CO-OP.
NOW. OH, YOU GOT THE GOOD SIDE FROM THERE. YEAH. ALRIGHT. OH, PERFECT. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU.
PRESENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND.
WITH THAT PROPERTY. TYPEKIT. GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT THAT. THE ORIGINAL. ASK ON THIS WAS ABOUT 17 ACRES, WASN'T IT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
YES. AND IT WAS AND IT WAS. Y'ALL HAD IT DIFFERENT STAGED ON HERE DIFFERENTLY THAN IT IS HERE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. WITH WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU GUYS LAST TIME. STAYING AWAY FROM THAT POINT. MOVED IT TOWARDS THAT BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT. AND IT SHOWS THE. AWAY FROM. AND SO IT DOES SHOW IT. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. AND SO WE DEFINITELY.
TRIED TO. LOOKING FOR A SECOND VALLEY, A LITTLE PROPERTY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SERVE THE CUSTOMER. SO YOU. SOMETIMES YOU. CAN USE THAT ONE RIGHT THERE. SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT REPRESENTS THE PROPOSED AND. YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND DESIRE TO SERVE AND SERVE.
CUSTOMERS. AND PRESENTED TO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT IS THAT AN ENCORE LINE WHERE WE ALL OWN THAT LINE? THAT WILL BE ALL FOR THE WAY IT WORKS IS THAT'S A TRANSMISSION LINE. IS WITHIN THAT TRACK. OR PROPOSING TO. TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN YOU GO TO THAT. WE HAVE A PUBLIC. SO THERE. BUT THEIR TRANSMISSION LINE RUNS FROM THE. 429. THE THE SUBSTATION ON. 429 AND THEN THROUGH THE WOULD GO THROUGH THE FLOODPLAIN OF THE AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK RIGHT THERE, TRANSMISSION LINES. RIGHT. OKAY.
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AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IS THAT WHERE WE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT? AND SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE PROPERTY AND. WHY, WHY. THAT, THAT. 1895. AT THIS POINT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE IN. ONE OF THOSE. RIGHT. SO YOU WANT TO YOU KNOW. YOU CAN JUST SO YOU FEEL. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? YOU KNOW, FOR THIS 100. 1500. 40. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS. BUT MOST OF THE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE.VALLEY. THAT IS USUALLY GIVEN THAT YOU. KNOW THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO. DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT? BUT YOU. ARE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT READY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT WHAT NOT TO DO. THIS IS. IT. SO. 381,000. 2003. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LAND ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND SO THE THREE. IS IN RATHER THAN COMING BACK TO.
THE BOTTOM AND. AND AND USING THAT. THAT THAT THAT THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS OR NOT. I HOPE YOU CAN. THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS, IF YOU TALK TO THE OTHER MAJOR PROPERTY OWNER OUT THERE, ABOUT 15 TO 20 ACRES OF THEIR PROPERTY, WE HAVE. THEY SAID, THE UNIQUENESS OF WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, AT LEAST THE BENEFIT BECAUSE OF WHERE AND NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY, YOU. KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE 15 AND PARTNERS AND ENTREPRENEURS TO RUN. THAT. AND ESPECIALLY WITH. ALL THIS. AND ON ONE SIDE OF
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THE HOUSE AND. AND. THE. YOU KNOW. THE.DEVELOPMENT OF THE. TECHNOLOGY. BUT YEAH, WE HAVE. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM FOR YOU THIS MORNING. BUT IF YOU DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THEM, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT. AND I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HE'S REFERRING TO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT THERE'S SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A REAL CLEAR BENEFIT FOR, I MEAN, IF WE NEED THE SUBSTATION, I MEAN, LIKE BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FLOODPLAIN IS A, IS A HUGE DEAL, HUGE DEAL. BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR OPTIONS ARE IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN A SUBSTATION, WE GOT TO PUT IN THE BIG TRANSMISSION LINES. AND IN THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT ON SPACE. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE OCCUPIED BY ANYTHING ANYWAY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE FLOODPLAIN. SO THAT'S GOOD. WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE HELPFUL IS THAT IF YOU COULD LIKE, I'M JUST ENVISIONING, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, GETTING LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE IN THIS BUSINESS, YOU KNOW HOW THIS GOES, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET ALL MAD ABOUT LIKE, WE DON'T NEED A SUBSTATION. WE DON'T, WHY ARE WE EVEN DOING THIS? AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET ON FACEBOOK AND START GRIPING AND COMPLAINING AND EVERYTHING. SO I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE FOLKS, IF YOU CAN, LIKE. FOR THE LOCATION OF LIKE, IF WE NEED A SUBSTATION, THIS IS A GOOD, I THINK YOU'VE LAID OUT WHY THIS WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION. CAN YOU CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIKE ANSWERING THE FIRST QUESTION OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, WE DON'T WANT A SUBSTATION AT ALL. CAN YOU KIND OF HELP FRAME UP THE STORY ABOUT LIKE, THIS IS WHY THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT THING. THIS IS WHY WE NEED THIS SUBSTATION, AND THIS IS ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR TERRELL THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, TALK TO SOME OF THESE NIMBY GUYS AND, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HELP THEM QUELL THE QUELL THE MOB A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE CURRENT STATE, THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES TO COME INTO THIS AREA, THERE'S A, THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T SERVE THE SCALE OF EVEN THE SCALE RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL THIS IS BECAUSE WE DO WE DEAL WITH THIS EVERY DAY. AND LIKE, THIS IS ALREADY JUST ON OUR SEVERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO HAVE HEAVY POWER PLANTS AND THE POWER OF WHAT KIND OF. POWER REQUEST NOW IS MORE THAN SOME OF OUR EXISTING LOCATIONS. ONE PERSON'S POWER REQUEST. SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF INQUIRIES YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN THIS AREA. AND SO HAVING A SUBSTATION THAT'S CLOSE TO THIS AREA. IS GOING TO TEND TO INCREASE. SO YEAH. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL GROWTH. AND ALSO. DUE TO GET A LOT OUT THERE, WHETHER WHETHER YOU GET RETAIL, WHETHER YOU ARE TRANSACTIONS, YOU COULD, YOU COULD WALK PROPERLY OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ABILITY OR WHATEVER YOU WANT. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS. AND ALSO, I THINK. TRANSFORMATION OF THE AREA IS. TYPEKIT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO. DO SOME TRAFFIC, BUT IT'S NO EXCUSE FOR EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES. SO YEAH, IT'S TELL ME IF THIS IS TELL ME IF THIS IS TRUE. I'M JUST KIND OF FRAMING UP THE STORY IN MY MIND THAT IT'S LIKE, LOOK, THIS WE ALL KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT IS COMING TO TERRELL AND THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS VERY, VERY PRIME REAL ESTATE IN THIS AREA. THIS IS WHERE NATURALLY, LIKE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IT'S LIKE, THIS IS WHERE IT'S ALL GOING TO BE HEADED. THIS IS THE DIRECTION PUTTING THIS
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THING HERE AND LIKE GETTING THE SUBSTATION IN PLACE, PERIOD AND PUTTING IT HERE. THIS GIVES US OPTIONS. THIS GIVES US CHOICE. IT'S LIKE IF WE DON'T DO THIS, IF WE DON'T PUT IN THIS POWER INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE LIMITED ABOUT THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES, THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT. IF WE DO THIS, THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US OPTIONS. THIS IS GOING TO PUT US IN CONTROL ABOUT WHAT COMES IN THERE AS OPPOSED TO IF WE DON'T DO IT, THE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING, AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE STOPPED. BUT WE IT MIGHT NOT BE THE KIND THAT WE WANT. THIS GIVES US THE CHOICE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST YEAH, LIKE I SAID, JUST A. SO WE'RE NOT YEAH. WE HAVE ONCOR HERE. SO. WE ALSO THINK THAT WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE AREA TOO, BECAUSE NOW THE CUSTOMER SAYS, YEAH, OKAY. AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT COMING IN OVER HERE IN 2018 BENEFITS. GOING TO BE THERE. BUT THE THING THAT REALLY COMES DOWN TO. YEAH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO, WE CAN GET OUR ASSETS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THAT RIGHT. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A. GOOD IDEAS AND WE. AND SO THE BENEFIT IS WHEN THEY ARE.THEY'RE MINUTES AWAY FROM WHEREVER. AND SO I REALLY LIKE THIS CONTRACT. AND YEAH. YEAH.
NOT REALLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT. THAT LEARNED A LITTLE SOMETHING. THAT'S GOOD.
I CAN AGREE WITH TRAVIS. WHAT HE WAS SAYING ABOUT JUST I'M ALWAYS THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE GETTING AHEAD OF THAT WITH QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE AND BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WELL. SO AND.
IS THERE ANY OTHER STUFF THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PARTICULARLY LIKE WORRIED ABOUT? LIKE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT SUBSTATIONS OR ARE THEY NOISY? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE OPTION. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY DON'T SAY THAT WORD. EVERYBODY GETS EVERYBODY GETS NERVOUS ABOUT THOSE. BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THINKING. AND SO IT'S. YEAH. OKAY. AND SO AND I THINK THAT YOUR COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, TRINITY VALLEY BEING MORE OF A COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE THIS. HEY GUYS, THIS IS A GROUP THAT IS GOING TO ENGAGE WITH US ON ANYTHING THAT COMES UP LIKE THAT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THESE ARE FOLKS THAT LIVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, SOME BIG GIANT, FACELESS CORPORATION FROM A MILLION MILES AWAY. SO, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. INTERESTING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I JUST I WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS MAY EVENTUALLY SERVE VERSUS IT BEING ADDITIONAL ELECTRICITY FOR OAK RIDGE OR RURAL COMMUNITIES. SO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT TERRELL AND THE EDC. SO I CAN I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT'S A. BIG DEAL. OKAY. OKAY. TEASER.
THE TEASER. THERE'S A TEASER. YEAH. WE'RE. PROBABLY AT ONE. CARE ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THAT.
FACILITY AND EVERYTHING. AND WE JUST READ THIS, THIS. REALIZED THIS ISN'T THE TYPE OF GRAPHIC HERE, BUT. YOU. JUST LIKE TO BE ABLE TO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
AND NOW WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 5.4, WHICH IS UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES. AND THIS WILL BE A TIME HE DEVELOPED THIS SPREADSHEET WITH THE. AND IT'S IT DOES COME WITH
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NOTES. I DIDN'T WHEN I SENT Y'ALL THIS. I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE NOTES, BUT I HAD A SUGGESTION FROM MR. MESSER TO INCLUDE THOSE. SO IN YOUR END OF THE MONTH REPORT, I'LL START INCLUDING THOSE NOTES WITH THEM. AND IT'LL KIND OF TELL YOU HOW WE DECIDED THAT WE'RE 25% OF THE WAY DONE OR 30 OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO, TY, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD. AND SO THIS IS A A LIST OF INITIATIVES THAT CAME OUT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT. I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 30 INITIATIVES. AND THESE AREN'T DIRECTLY FROM THE THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS. SO ONE, LOOKING THROUGH THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE ON THIS LIST IS A CORRECT SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN PLANNING PROCESS. BUT ALSO IF THERE'S WE HAVE ADDED THE THE PROGRESS AS A PERCENTAGE THERE FOR YOU TO SEE. SO EVERY MONTH YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE WE DID THE, THE PRIORITY A, B AND C THAT CAME OUT OF OUR MEETING. AND JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE THERE'S PROGRESS MADE ON A B RATHER THAN AN A, DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT WORKING ON IT. IT'S JUST MEANING THAT AT SOME POINT IT WAS THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN WORK ON MAYBE A B OR C ITEM. SO NEXT TIME YOU SEE THIS, WE WILL INCLUDE THE STATUS UPDATES, WHICH WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.AND I HAVE THOSE HERE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THIS LIST THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, INQUIRE ABOUT, BUT WE WILL INCLUDE THE STATUS FOR THE NEXT DISCUSSION SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SO WITH THAT, I'LL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY OF THESE FURTHER. IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO BE CHANGED, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AS WELL. THE FIRST QUESTION IS THE. ANY OPPORTUNITIES. I LOOK AT THIS AND I SEE THAT WE'VE GOT. I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT. IN IN 25% OR 90% DONE ON ON 20 THINGS DOES NOT GIVE US THE BENEFIT OF BEING 100% DONE ON ONE THING. SURE.
SO I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS THAT AS YOU HAVE GOTTEN INTO THIS AND NOW WE'VE GOT AS I LOOK AT THESE GREEN LINES, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PLATES SPINNING. NOW, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, STOP ON THIS RIGHT NOW AND REINVEST WHATEVER TIME AND ENERGY WE WERE DOING ON THIS BACK INTO SOMETHING ELSE TO GET IT MATERIALLY DONE? IS THERE ANY DO YOU DO YOU SEE ANY OPPORTUNITIES OF THAT POTENTIALLY? I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES DEFINITIVELY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A CONVERSATION WITH OUR BOARD. THESE WERE THE INITIATIVES THAT Y'ALL GAVE US. AND IT'S OUR JOB TO GO OUT THERE AND EXECUTE THOSE. AS YOU SEE IT RIGHT NOW, THE HARDEST PART IS GETTING IT STARTED. AND SO YOU'LL SEE PROBABLY A LOT OF THESE THINGS TAKING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO START UP BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FRAMEWORKS, THEY'RE THE POLICIES, THEY'RE THE THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT ONCE THOSE ARE UP AND GOING, THEN THEY KIND OF RUN THEMSELVES. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, IF, IF I NOTICE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT MAKING THE PROGRESS WE NEED TO ON SOMETHING, MAYBE I BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD AND SEE IF WE NEED TO EITHER PUSH IT OR MAKE CHANGES. BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION WITH THIS, TRAVIS, IS LET'S, YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT, HEY, LET'S, LET'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THE NOW WE'VE GOT THE FRAMEWORK. NOW LET'S PUT THE PLAN IN PLACE, GET THE DATES IN PLACE, AND LET'S GO WITH THAT. AND NOW WE CAN CALL THAT FINISHED. WELL, SO AND THEN WE'RE. YEAH. SO THE, THE LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET, YOU KNOW, I DO THIS TO MY TEAM ALL THE TIME. THEY HATE IT AND THEY DON'T HATE IT. THEY JUST ARE SICK OF SEEING IT. OKAY. TWO BITS OF ADVICE IS THAT LIKE. ADVICE NUMBER ONE IS JUST THIS KIND OF GOES BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT DO NOT BE, YOU KNOW, IS THE VERY RECENTLY APPOINTED VICE CHAIR OF THIS ESTEEMED BODY. I MEAN, LIKE THE I WILL GIVE YOU ENCOURAGEMENT AND PERMISSION AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO, TO IF WE START GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE, HEY, MAN, WE'VE GOT ALL THESE A PRIORITIES AND THERE'S SOME OF THESE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED, LIKE BE VERY, IT IS VERY OKAY FOR YOU TO SAY THE FASTEST WAY FOR US TO GET THIS
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STUFF DONE IS FOR US TO FINISH THIS ONE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.AND SO THAT'S OKAY. IF YOU PUSH BACK, IF WE START ASKING QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT ASSESSMENT, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE. THE SECOND THING, AND THIS IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT I WOULD BE. I WOULD BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRESS BAR ABOUT WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF DONE. AND SO MY LITTLE SQUARE THAT I DRAW HERE FOR, LIKE I SAID, I DO THIS AT WORK ALL THE TIME AND THEY'VE SEEN A MILLION TIMES.
IS THAT. YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU GOT THIS BIG SQUARE. THIS REPRESENTS EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS EVERYTHING WE GOT TO GET DONE, DONE FOR MOST OF THIS STUFF, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SO MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE NEW. IT'S NOT FILLING IN THE ENTIRE SCREEN. IT IS JUST FILLING IN THIS FIRST 80%, RIGHT? LIKE THIS IS DONE EVEN THOUGH IT'S LIKE, HEY, SO LIKE WHATEVER THIS, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST LIKE PICK ONE THAT LIKE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL, LIKE PROGRAMING THING OR WHATEVER THAT LIKE, OBVIOUSLY WE ALL HAVE A GRAND VISION OF WHAT THIS CAN BE IN THE FUTURE. THE WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT IS BY ITERATING. AND WE CAN'T ITERATE UNTIL WE GET TO THAT FIRST POINT WHERE IT IS FINISHED. AND SO I JUST AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRESS BARS AND STUFF, JUST REALIZE THAT IT'S LIKE, HEY, DONE FOR, FOR US WHERE WE CAN CHECK THE BOX IS LIKE, IT'S 80% GOOD, MAN. AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK AROUND TO OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES NEXT YEAR, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION OF IS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR US TO FILL IN THIS NEXT BOX, RIGHT? LIKE, OKAY, LET'S MAKE ANOTHER ITERATION ON THIS AND LET'S MAKE IT 20% BETTER. OR IS THE RIGHT THING TO SAY, HEY, DUDE, THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. LET'S LET IT COOK FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. BUT JUST THE, WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY BIG MINDED AND ENTHUSIASTIC VISIONARY PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE GIVING YOU GUYS ADVICE AND ASKING FOR STUFF. WE REALLY NEED Y'ALL TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE BOOTS, ON THE GROUND, THAT ARE IN TOUCH WITH REALITY TO BE LIKE, HEY, YOU ASKED US TO, YOU KNOW, ESTABLISH A SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COHORT PROVIDING EDUCATION, MENTORSHIP, AND NETWORKING. IT'S LIKE, IT'S DONE. WE'VE DONE IT. I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, BUT IT DOES EXIST. AND THAT WAS OUR CHARGE. AND SO WE HAVE GOTTEN THAT DONE AND WE HAVE GOTTEN STARTED. SO JUST BE THAT'S MY ONLY ASK IS JUST LIKE, BE, YOU KNOW, BE AGGRESSIVE ON, ON LIKE, OKAY, CHECK THE BOX. DON'T BE AFRAID TO CHECK THE BOX AND SAY CHECKING THIS BOX DOES NOT MEAN IT HAS ACHIEVED ITS EPITOME OF EVERYTHING THAT IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S MY GOOD ADVICE FROM THE NEWLY APPOINTED VICE CHAIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I LOVE THE DASHBOARD, THOUGH. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S HELPFUL. YEAH. OH YEAH.
SAME QUESTION. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU SEE A PARTICULAR LIKE SPECIFIC HELP THAT YOU NEED? AS OF RIGHT NOW? I THINK THE ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT IT CAN BE SO VAST AND HOW WE DO IT, WE'RE STILL EVALUATING DIFFERENT THIRD PARTY OPTIONS. WE'RE LOOKING AT, AS YOU'RE SAYING, ONCE YOU START IT, IT'S NEVER DONE. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S IT'S HELPED. WE'RE JUST AS WE START GETTING CLOSER AND BUILDING OUT THIS PROGRAM, OPEN COMMUNICATION ON EXACTLY HOW WE WANT TO START AND THEN GROW IT. TO GO BACK TO THE COOKING POINT, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS TO GO IN THE CAKE. OKAY, SO WE ACTUALLY WENT TO A FACILITY WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT'S ON THE THAT'S ON THE, ON THE LIST. WE HAVE NOT DONE TOURS OF WE HAVE A THREE OR 4 OR 5 OF THEM. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW MANY THERE IS ON THE LIST OF THAT HAVE GOOD PROGRAMS. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS COMPANIES THAT COME IN AND DO THAT FOR CITIES.
AND WE'VE DONE SOME EVALUATION WITH THAT AS WELL. I'M NOT SAYING WE WANT TO DO THAT, BUT IT WOULD MAY TURN OUT THAT WE USE THEIR EXPERTISE. AND I THINK SO I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN LIKE TOURING SOME FACILITIES FIRST, AND THEN THE NEED OF BRINGING A COMPANY IN. IT'S GREAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE OF OUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE FIRST, JUST TO KIND OF SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY I AGREE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? JUST AN UPDATE FOR YOU. SO THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. SO NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 5.5. AN UPDATE ON OUR THE BRAND BUILDING. YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, THE REALLY GOOD NEWS ABOUT THAT IS YOU SEE IN THAT LETTER IS THAT BUILDING CONTAINED NO ASBESTOS. THAT'S GOOD. UNBELIEVABLE. THAT'S GREAT. AND SO I DID LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT FROM THE INSPECTOR THAT THE INSPECTOR WAS OUT OF CANNONDALE. SO THIS IS NOT LOCAL. SO BUT I THINK THAT'S GOOD SOMETIMES THAT YOU GET
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SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE TO COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT. ANYWAY, BESIDE THE THINGS BUILT BEFORE 1960 TEND TO NOT HAVE ASBESTOS. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE BIG ASBESTOS BELT OR DEAL WAS BETWEEN 60 AND ABOUT 80, AND SOME OF THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CONTAINED ASBESTOS WAS STILL IN THE DISTRIBUTION PIPELINE UNTIL ABOUT 85 OR SO. YOU CAN STILL BUY IT TODAY IF YOU BUY IT FROM OVERSEAS, BUT WITH ASBESTOS IN IT. BUT 99% OF YOUR CONTRACTORS DON'T USE IT ANYMORE. ANYWAY. NEXT IS THE THE FLOOR PLANS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THIS IS LEVEL ONE. THEY DID PUT IN THE, THE RETAIL SPACE. WE TALKED ABOUT FOR THE BOTTOM FOR THE FOR FIRST FLOOR.LEFT THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC ENTRY OFF OF MOORE AVENUE INTO A, A RECEPTION AREA WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN A LITTLE BIT FOR TWO AND THREE, IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THOSE FOLKS, THEY CAN BE DIRECTED EITHER BY TOUCH SCREEN OR BY A PERSON SITTING THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT PREPARED. EITHER WAY. THE TWO RETAIL SPACES ARE ARE SET UP EITHER FOR RESTAURANT OR RETAIL SALES. THEY THEY DO HAVE RIGHT NOW THE IDEA OF DOORS OPENING INTO THE CATHERINE STREET PARKLET. I DID TALK TO THE PADDOCK BOARD ABOUT IT TO GET THEIR COMMITMENT TO THAT, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED TO THE PARKLET, THEN THIS DESIGN WITH THE DOORS GOING THAT WAY DOESN'T WORK.
RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALSO ASKED AUDREY AND BETH WITH DSGN TO HAVE A PLAN B, JUST IN CASE THE PARKLET DOESN'T GO. WE DID LEAVE THE TRAINING FACILITY ON THE FIRST FLOOR BECAUSE OF EASE OF ENTRANCE, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE REST OF THE OFFICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S DOWN THERE. IF IT'S AFTER HOURS ON A SATURDAY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT USE THE CURRENT CHAMBER BUILDING AFTER HOURS. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES. WE HAVE SPANISH CLASSES, WE HAVE INSURANCE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THE MEDICAL FOLKS THAT SELL MEDICARE, YOU KNOW, USE IT AFTER. SO ANYWAY, THERE'S. AND THEN YOU'LL EITHER WE'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT CONTINUE TO USE THAT. SO HERE'S THE FIRST FLOOR, SECOND FLOOR. IS. CHARGE FOR THE FACILITY ON THE TABLE, NOT IF THEY'RE A MEMBER. OKAY. THE SECOND FLOOR HAS OFFICE SPACES FOR LEASE. WE HAVE A FEW THERE. WE ALSO HAVE CO-WORKING SPACE. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE BIG OPEN AREA. WE DECIDED TO LEAVE THAT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN SET UP A CO-WORKING AREA THERE, HAVE IT ALL THE SPACE, OPEN FURNITURE, WHATEVER YOU NEED THERE. TO SIT, DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. YOU COULD ALSO HAVE THE THE OFFICES, SOME OF IT COULD BE RENTED FOR PRIVACY.
IF YOU NEED TO DO SOME SHARED OFFICE SPACE. AND WITH THIS OPEN AREA, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 YEARS AFTER WE'RE IN THERE AND WE NEED TO BUILD MORE OFFICE SPACE BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEED FOR MORE LEASE SPACE, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD THAT ON. SO YEAH. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S SECOND FLOOR PLAN RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THE THIRD FLOOR IS WHERE THE CHAMBER AND THE EDC WILL BE.
AND THOSE WERE BASICALLY THE, THE SAME AS WE HAD THEM THE FIRST TIME THAT WE, WE DREW PICTURES FOR IT OR THEY DESIGNED IT, THE TOP LEFT CORNER, THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM.
WE COULD MAKE THAT TRAINING. WE CAN WE'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN UNTIL WE GET MORE INTO DETAILS. BUT THE BIG THING FOR YOU GUYS TODAY IS IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND GET GOING. I LIKE IT A LOT. I. PADDOCK IS ON BOARD WITH THE OUTSIDE CONCEPT SO THEY ARE ON BOARD. CATHERINE PARK. OKAY, SO YOU YEAH, IT'S THAT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T, IT DOESN'T MATTER. YOU WERE WE WERE GOING TO DO THE PARK BEFORE Y'ALL BOUGHT THE BUILDING. SO WE'RE GOOD. WE ENCOURAGED ALL TO BUY THE BUILDING BECAUSE CAN BE SO AMAZING. WELL, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU GO BACK TO
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THE FIRST FLOOR WITH, WITH THE, I THINK THEY JUST BE MAN, IF THAT, YOU KNOW, IF ONE OF THESE OR BOTH OF THEM EVEN ARE COFFEE SHOP TO RESTAURANT TO WINE BAR TO WHATEVER OPENING OUT INTO THAT PARKLET, I THINK WILL JUST BE IT'S JUST A GREAT DEAL. GREAT CONCEPT FOR US. SO.ANYWAY, I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SENT OUT, LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO ALL THE CURRENT TENANTS THAT WE WILL NOT BE RENEWING THEIR LEASE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT, THE MOST BEING THAT THEIR BUSINESS WILL BE COMPLETELY DISTURBED FOR ONE FULL YEAR WHILE ALL THIS IS DONE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID PUT IN THE LETTER, WE, WE PUT IN A LIST OF OTHER OPTIONS FOR THEM TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS LEASING OFFICES AND IF THEY WANTED TO LEASE SOME OF THE SPACE AVAILABLE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WE GAVE THEM A DATE OF WHEN WE WOULD START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THAT. SO. ALL RIGHT, THE ONLY THING I SEE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO BE BROKEN UP COMPLETELY. IT'S WHERE THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF LITTLE CONNECTOR HALLWAY ALONG A, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO IF YOU NEED TO ACCESS THE TRAINING ROOM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO WALK. YEAH. OUTSIDE ALL AROUND. I MEAN, JUST FOR FUNCTIONAL PURPOSES, THERE'D BE A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON SPACE, WHICH WOULD BE A HALLWAY OR SOME KIND OF CONNECTOR BETWEEN. THESE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BROKEN, RIGHT? WITH JUST ONE POINT OF ENTRY IN OR OUT, THAT MIGHT END UP BEING A FIRE CODE OR INGRESS EGRESS OR SOMETHING ELSE. IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE DOOR COMING IN AND OUT IN THE FRONT AND IN THE WHAT I'VE SEEN, I MEAN, LIKE, I'M NOT A REAL ESTATE PERSON, I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT. BUT WHAT I'VE SEEN, WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IN SOME OF THESE PLACES IS WHERE IT'S LIKE YOU WOULD MAYBE HAVE LIKE LEASE SPACE A AND LEASE SPACE B, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAD SOME KIND OF A HALLWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT GOING ACROSS THE BACK WHERE IT'S LIKE THOSE TWO WOULD KIND OF SHARE LIKE A RESTROOM, LIKE WHERE IT'S LIKE, HEY, YOU KIND OF LEAVE THE COFFEE SHOP AND WALK INTO THE BACK AND THERE'S A COFFEE SHOP OR THERE'S A RESTROOM THAT IS SHARED BY THE COFFEE SHOP AND THE WINE BAR OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT IS THERE. AND THEN YOU HAVE, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO THE, THE OTHER PLACES. AND THEN YEAH, THAT MAYBE THAT'S IMPRACTICAL FOR SOME REASON. BUT I DO THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YEAH, WE, WE HAVE STARTED EVALUATING THAT WITH OUR ARCHITECTS JUST BECAUSE THE INGRESS EGRESS PIECE OF IT. AND SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT AN OPTION FOR EITHER THAT HALLWAY CONNECTION OR JUST, I MEAN, TRUE FIRE ACCESSIBILITY. YEAH. AND SO YES, THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THAT. NOW. I DO HAPPEN TO KNOW FOR SURE THAT HAVING ONE POINT OF SUCCESS WILL BE A FIRE CODE ISSUE FOR SURE. YEAH, WE'RE THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS THERE. IF WE IF YOU GUYS LIKE THE DESIGN TODAY, OF WHICH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HEARING YOU DO THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO START BREAKING GET START GETTING INTO FIRE CODES. YEAH. THEY'RE GOING TO START GETTING INTO ALL THAT. AND, AND I'M, WE DID MENTION TO LIKE, AS TY SAID, THAT IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN CONNECT THOSE IN SOME WAY? AND SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL GO TO WORK ON THAT. SO ANYWAY, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET GOING ON THIS, THEN WE'LL LET AUDREY AND BETH KNOW THAT IT'S TIME TO TO ROLL AND LOOKS AWESOME. WELL, WE'LL BRING IT BRING YOU UP TO DATE AS THINGS PROGRESS. OKAY, THIS IS ITEM TEN ON HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE ON ITEM TEN IS HOW CAN YOU TAKE ME BACK TO THE MINUTES THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU?
[6. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING]
IT'S WELL EXECUTIVE SESSIONS NEXT. SO YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS ADJOURNED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING. 6.1 SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION FIVE FIVE. 1.087 DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS.BUT CAN WE GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.