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GOOD.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO
[Economic Development Corp Meeting]
ORDER AT 6 0 3 AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE REPUBLIC, WHICH EXPANDS UNDER GOD, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
UH, ROLL CALL MEMBERS STARTING TO MY RIGHT LINDSEY RICHARDSON.
PRESENT SCOTT, VERY PRESENT SHERRY PAY, PRESENT FRANCIS VAUGHN PRESENT.
ALL RIGHT NOW, UH, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE CLUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, C E D C WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON MONDAY THE 19TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 22ND AT 6:00 PM AT THE CITY HALL OR THE CITY OF CLO, TEXAS 77, 5 31.
THE CITY LOCATED AT 1 0 1, 1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS AT SUCH TIME AND PLACE THE C E D C BOARD DIRECTORS WILL RECEIVE INPUT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE FOLLOWING CEDC PROJECTS, LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE, $100,000 IN TOTAL FUNDING TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THE CITY COMMUNITY BRANDING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES.
75,000 IN TOTAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE, DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND COMPLIMENTARY BRANDING FOR TWO DDC CONSTRUCTION REMEDIATION AT FIRE STATION.
NUMBER ONE, $150,000 IN TOTAL POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR VARIOUS CORRECTIVE ACTIONS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS AND FIRE STATION.
NUMBER ONE, INCLUDING FORENSIC ENGINEERING SERVICES, ELECTRICAL, AND H V A C REPAIRS AS WELL AS MOISTURE DAMAGE REMEDIATION RELATED TO SAID DEFECTS, RENOVATION AND INCENTIVIZATION $50,000 IN TOTAL FUNDING FOR REIMBURSING GRANTS TO QUALIFYING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH RENOVATION AND SIGN REHABILITATION COSTS, COMMUNITY SIGNAGE, $60,000 FOR COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION SIGNAGE AT THE VARIOUS ENTRY POINTS TO THE CITY.
INTERESTED CITIZENS OF THE CITY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME NOTICE OF TWO SEPARATE RESOLUTION READINGS AUTHORIZING THE CEDC PROJECTS BY THE SEC INCLUDE CITY COUNCIL NOTICES HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT ITS FIRST RESOLUTION READING DURING A REGULAR MEETING ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM IN ITS SECOND RESOLUTION READING DURING A REGULAR MEETING ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2022 AT 7:00 PM AT FLUTE CITY HALL, 1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET, FLUTE, TEXAS 77, 5 31.
SO MOVE ON TO EDC PROJECTS AND FISCAL YEAR TWO, ALL, UH, I PUT NOTE THAT THERE'S NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T TO MAKE COMMENT.
SO IS THAT THE POINT WHERE IT WAS OPEN FOR COMMENTS BASICALLY? YES, SIR.
SO WE HAVE NOBODY CHOOSING TO MAKE COMMENT NOBODY'S YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING, WRITE THAT.
SO AT THIS POINT WE MOVE TO EACH OF THESE RESOLUTIONS.
RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH 2 0 2 2, A RESOLUTION OF THE CLUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONTAINING A PREAMBLE, APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 AND 2023.
AND PROVIDING THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BEING ENFORCED FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND ADOPTION, THE LOCAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE.
ARE WE VOTING ON EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY OR ARE WE JUST SO NEED TO CLOSE THE FLOOR? YEAH.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? OR WE JUST, OKAY.
THIS TIME WE WILL CLOSE THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN PICK UP, UH, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR MINUTES.
SO WE ARE BEGINNING THE ACTUAL EDC MEETING AT 6 0 8.
SO THEN AT THAT POINT WE'RE MOVING TO THIS RESOLUTION, CORRECT? UH, YOU'RE GONNA AGENDA AGENDA AND THEN THE RESOLUTIONS, THE WRONG CONSENT AGENDA.
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AGENDA HOLD NO SECOND BACK UP THE BACK PAGE.WELL WAIT, HOW WE CLOSE BACK? YEAH.
YOU READ THIS THOUGH, CORRECT? NO, NO, NO, NO.
YEAH, WE HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST PART.
THAT, BUT THIS ALL CORRELATES TO THAT.
SO THAT, SO I'M NOT DOING OKAY.
SO NOW WE HAVE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'RE GOING HERE AND THEN HERE'S YOUR, OKAY.
SO, SO I'M NOT, SO I DON'T NEED TO READ THESE NOT, NO, NOT YET.
WE ARE ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING? SO BOTH MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
OH, FRANCIS HIT THE BUTTON FIRST.
I THINK SECOND, MY FRANCIS ONE.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT NOW TO ACTION ITEMS, ACTION.
I A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT EDC RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 1, 2, 2, 2, APPROVING THE LOCAL BUSINESS AS ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE FOR THE 2022, THE 2023 BUDGET YEAR.
SO AT THIS POINT, CJ, WE'RE JUST TAKING, JUST TAKING A VOTE ON IT.
YEAH, YOU'RE GONNA BE THAT TOP.
SO WE ARE GOING, SO WE ARE READING, NOT THAT, NOT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT, BUT THE TWO HIGHLIGHTED SECTION.
THAT'S A RESOLUTION RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 1, 2, 2, A RESOLUTION OF THE CLUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONTAINING A PREAMBLE, APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 TO 2023.
AND PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT FROM BE ENFORCE FROM AND AFTER IT'S PASSAGE IN ADOPTION, LOCAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE.
AND THIS IS THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM WE USE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE'VE BUDGETED A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CHANGE OUR BUDGET IF WE NEED TO.
SAME AS WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
THIS, THIS IS A INITIATIVE LOCAL BUSINESS FOR IF WE HAD, LET'S SAY A BUSINESS THAT WANTED TO RELOCATE, EXPAND, DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THIS GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO GO IN AND DO THAT.
ALSO, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO REDO THE FRONT OF THEIR SEPARATES, THAT'S SEPARATE COMING IN.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION? SOMEONE MOTION BY PRINCIPAL SECOND, BOTH PAID, JUST DREW TOTAL.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ITEM B CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT EDC RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO TWO DASH 2 0 2 2 APPROVING THE COMMUNITY BRANDING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES.
MOMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 2, 2, 2, A RESOLUTION OF THE CLUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONTAINING A PREAMBLE, APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 AND 2023 IN PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE ENFORCE FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND ADOPTION, THE COMMUNITY BRANDING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION SOBO MOTION BY THE MAYOR.
IF YOU RECALL, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN 2018 FOR 2019.
AND THEN WE GOT SIGNED LINE BY COVID.
UH, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET, UH, THE, BUT THE H HJC UH, WELL, NOT, NOT HJC.
UH, THIS IS FOR RETAIL RECRUITMENT AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING.
THE, AND I CANNOT REMOVE IT ANYWAY, BUT THIS IS FOR THAT EFFORT.
AND THEN ALSO TO HELP CREATE, UH, BRANDING FOR THE CITY.
SO WE HAVE IT FIRMED FOR IT AND WE DID, WE ENGAGE 'EM IN 2019.
WE PROBABLY NEED TO REVISIT IT CUZ I GET A FILL IN THE INITIAL AGREEMENT PROBABLY EXPIRED.
SO, SO NO FUNDS HAVE CURRENT HAD BEEN SPENT.
YEAH, WE, NO, WE CAN'T EXPEND FUNDS RELATED TO THESE PROJECTS UNTIL COUNCIL'S DONE THEIR TWO READINGS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
ACTION ITEM C CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT EDC RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO THREE DASH 2 0 2 2 APPROVING CONSTRUCTION AND REMEDIATION AT THE FIRE STATION AS PART OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FIRE STATION PROJECT.
AND THIS IS A CARRYOVER OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE HAD.
THE RESOLUTION OF THE CLUE ECONOMIC
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DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONTAINING A PREAMBLE, APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022 TO 2023.AND PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE ENFORCED FROM AN AFTER ITS PASSAGE PASSAGE IN ADOPTION, THE CONSTRUCTION AND REMEDIATION OF THE FIRE STATION FROM PROJECT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SHALL MOVE A SECOND.
THIS IS A CARRY OVER THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PREVIOUS TWO BUDGETS TO HELP WITH THE CONSTRUCTION REMEDIATION.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ARE MILES AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY HAVE EVERYTHING JUST ABOUT WRAPPED UP, BUT WE WANTED TO CARRY THE FUNDS FOR JUST IN CASE WE FOUND ANOTHER, UH, SOMETHING UNDERNEATH THE ROCK AND THEY ARE ADEQUATE.
YEAH, WE THINK THAT THAT'S MORE ADEQUATE FUND.
THAT'S WELL THEY'RE ALSO IS A POSSIBILITY.
THIS COULD BE REFUNDED AT SOME POINT IN TIME, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE ARE GOING TO SEEK, UH, LEGAL ADDRESS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW MR. GOOD.
THIS ISN'T THE NEW FIRE STATION.
THIS IS A FIRE STATION ON WESLEY.
WE'RE HAVING THIS MANY ISSUES AT THE NEW FIRE STATION.
OH, WE'VE BEEN HAVING SINCE THE BEGINNING.
WHEN YOU GOT ABOUT THREE DAYS, WE'LL GO OVER.
I DON'T HAVE THREE DAYS RIGHT NOW.
ACTION ITEM D GENERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT EDC RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 4 20 22, APPROVING A RENOVATION INCENTIVIZATION PROJECT FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 BUDGET YEAR.
RESOLUTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONTAINING A PREAMBLE, APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022, 2023.
AND PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE ENFORCED FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE IN ADOPTION, THE RENOVATION INCENTIVIZATION PROJECT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL DO A MOTION MOTION BY SHERRY PAY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY LINDSEY RICHARDSON, IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH THOSE NAMES, UH, MAYOR, DO YOU WANT JUST THIS STANDARD RENOVATION, PROJECT AND SIGNAGE TO RENOVATION THAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT EARLIER? THIS IS THE, THE TRADITIONAL, WELL, THIS IS THE ONE FOR THE, OF THE PAIN AND 50,000 A YEAR ENOUGH.
WE'VE THAT'S THE LAST FEW YEARS.
YEAH, THE LAST WE'VE NOT HAD THAT MANY REQUESTS.
SO, UH, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY INCREASE IT IF WE NEED TO.
AND LARGELY, BECAUSE THIS IS A ONE FOR A LIMITED SCOPE ONE, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE AROUND 10,000 A PERSON MATCH.
IT'S A MATCH UP TO 10, SO FIVE FROM OUR END.
SO THAT'S, IF YOU HAD, THEY WERE ALL MAXES.
THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS WE, WE LIKE THAT.
AND THEN SINCE THEN MAX FIVE OR 6, 6, 6.
SO THAT'S NINE, APPROXIMATELY NINE PROJECTS.
EVERYBODY GOT THE MAX AND THEN ON LARGER PROJECTS, WE'VE GONE BACK AND DONE LIKE A THREE 80 AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ACTUALLY WE'VE GOT A RENOVATION, A THREE 80 AGREEMENT TIED TO A PROPERTY RENOVATION.
WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU GUYS IN COUPLE WEEKS IF WE CAN EVER GET NUMBERS IN DOWN.
IF THEY WANT BUILD A CASINO, WE'LL DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
ACTION ITEM E CONSIDER AS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT EDC RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO FIVE DEBT 2022 COMMUNITY SIGNAGE AT VARIOUS ENTRY POINTS TO THE CITY RE RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 5 2 0 2 2 A RESOLUTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CONTAINING A PREAMBLE, APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, 2022, 2023.
AND PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE ENFORCED FROM AFTER ITS PASSAGE IN ADOPTION, THE COMMUNITY GATEWAY SIGNAGE INITIATIVE.
AND THIS IS AGAIN AS CARRYOVER FUNDING, WE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING THE SIGNAGE AT 3 32 MAIN THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU SEE THE CITY FROM THE HIGHWAY.
UM, WE HAVEN'T REALLY IDENTIFIED A DESIGN.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE A WHOLE LOT WITH IT.
UH, BUT THIS IS TO CARRY THAT FUNDING AGAIN.
AND HOPEFULLY COMING OUTTA THE BRANDING INITIATIVE, WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AND POSSIBLY ALSO DELIVERABLE THAT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT THE LIABLE CENTERS TEAM BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK ON OUR VISIT.
SO A LACK OF SIGNAGE OR LACK OF TRAINING POINT, THE IDEA ABOUT CREATING A SENSE OF TRIED THROUGH CLUE.
YOU DON'T REALIZE YOU DROVE THROUGH CLUE.
IS THE THERE'S A LOT OF THEM MM-HMM
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
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TO APPROVE? I NO.A MOTION MOTION BY SHERRY PAY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL SECOND SECOND BY FRANCIS JUAN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
THAT BRINGS US TO, I HAVE A FIVE ADJOURN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MAYOR? GOT IT, MAYOR.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.