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6:39 PM UM, UPON RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE P TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDERGROUND INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTIES AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UM, NEED TO, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW E D C BOARD MEMBER, MR. JEFFREY SPOR.
SO WE'LL HAVE OUR ROLL CALL AND WE'LL START WITH THE MAYOR DOWN THERE.
PRESENT JEFFREY'S FOUR PRESENT,
VINCENT LEE PRESENT FRANCIS BOND PRESENT.
CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF MINUTES FROM THE JULY 12TH MEETING.
UM, HAS EVERYBODY LOOKED AT 'EM? AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES? I MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, ALL IN FAVOR? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
OH, IS HE ON HIS WAY'S? A BASEBALL GAME NOW? OH, GREAT.
ITEM THREE, BUSINESS ITEMS, UH, CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE F Y 2324 FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, I DON'T DUNNO ANYTHING ABOUT, BUT, OKAY.
MR. SNIPES IS A AWAY ON A FAMILY EMERGENCY, AND I BELIEVE MR. DUNCAN IS GONNA STEP IN AND PHYLLIS USE.
SO, UH, MR. SNIPES PREPARED A, UM, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, UM, TO REVIEW, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UH, I GUESS THE FIRST SLIDE, I DON'T HAVE THE CONTROLLER, ROSIE.
UM, NOW IT HAS THIS, UH, AS HIGHLIGHTS, ACTUALLY, THIS DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THIS 'CAUSE THIS IS TALKING MORE ABOUT OUR, UM, UH, PROPERTY
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TA PROPERTY TAX BASE.UH, THE E D C GETS ALL THEIR MONEY FROM SALES TAX AND ONLY SALES TAX, BUT IT IS NOTABLE THAT, UH, WE'VE SEEN A, A LARGE INCREASE IN THE PROPERTY TAX BASE, UH, AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, UH, FOR THE CITY.
AND THAT WE'RE IN A GROWING, WE'RE STILL IN A GROWING MODE.
THEY'RE STILL GROWING OVER AT, UH, SPECIFICALLY COLLEGE PARK AND WOOD SHORE, MORE HOUSES COMING IN, MORE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THEN IN, IN ADDITION, UM, UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, HE HAS HERE 300% GROWTH SINCE 2012.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OC INCLUDE IS MOVING DEFINITELY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS GROWING, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OLD, UM, SAYING IT'S A ROOFTOPS BRING RETAIL, UH, THAT IS, UH, USUALLY PARTIALLY TRUE.
UH, BUT WE DID SEE SOME, UH, DURING COVID WE HAD A QUITE A BIT A SPIKE ACTUALLY IN SALES TAX BECAUSE, UH, WHEN PEOPLE BUY THINGS ONLINE, UH, THE SALES TAX GOES TO WHEREVER THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE BUYING THINGS ONLINE.
UH, WHEN PEOPLE BUY THINGS IN THE STORE, WE GET THE SALES TAX GOES TO WHEREVER THE STORE IS LOCATED.
SO, UH, CJ DID NOTE THAT THERE WAS SOME DROP BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY BUYING THINGS AT STORES MORE, WHICH WOULD BE MORE THINGS IN LAKE JACKSON, UH, THAN THEY WERE AT COVID SITTING HOME BUYING EVERYTHING ONLINE.
UH, BUT STILL, UH, DESPITE THAT, UM, UH, HE HAS PROJECTED THAT, UH, WE WILL HAVE A INCREASE IN OUR SALES TAX REVENUE, UH, THIS COMING YEAR OVER THE PRESENT YEAR.
UM, AND OTHER HIGHLIGHTS HE WANTED TO, UM, UH, POINT OUT IS THAT THE, UH, WE PURCHASED A PROPERTY ON, UH, A PLANTATION, UH, HOPEFULLY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, HELPING TO DEVELOP A, A DOWNTOWN, UH, CITY OF CLUT.
ALSO, WE'VE COMPLETED THE LIVABLE SITTERS.
WHAT PROPERTY IS THAT? THAT IS THE PROPERTY AT PLANTATION IN MAINE.
UM, NO, THAT'S THE, NO, WHICH, THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE.
THAT THE FRUIT STAMP, WHAT THEY CALL THE FRUIT STAMP, THE PROPERTY THAT WE OWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PASTURE BACK THERE.
IT'S WHAT, WHAT THEY CALL BUMPY ROAD.
IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THAT, UH, WHAT THEY CALL BUMPY ROAD THERE.
WE OWN THE, WE OWN THE BUMPY ROAD RIGHT AWAY, DOWN TO THE LIFT STATION.
THIS WILL GIVE US THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO IT TO CREATE A ROAD THROUGH THERE.
AND ALSO, PROBABLY SEVERAL OF Y'ALL, UM, PARTICIPATED IN LIVABLE CENTERS, UH, THAT WAS COMPLETED.
AND THE FINAL STUDY HAS BEEN DONE.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S COPIES OF IT IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PAGE THROUGH IT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OVERHAULING THE, UM, THE WEBSITE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT, UH, SLIDE THERE, UM, AND IT SHOWS THE, THE ASSESSED VALUE, UH, OF, UH, ALL PROPERTY, REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF CLUT, AND THEN THE, UH, TAX RATE.
AND SO, UM, AS THE ASSESSED VALUE GOES UP, THE ACTUAL TAX RATE AS A NUMBER GOES DOWN, UH, TO, UM, EQUAL AS MUCH, OR BASICALLY THE SAME, A LITTLE BIT MORE REVENUE THAN WE'VE HAD IN YEARS PAST.
WE'RE LIMITED CAPPED ON HOW MUCH INCREASE OF REVENUE WE CAN HAVE.
SO, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S INVERSE RELATIONSHIP.
THE MORE OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUE GOES UP, THAT ACTUALLY THE LOWER THE PERCENTAGE GOES, WHICH IS GENERALLY BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.
HEY, CHRIS, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, THE INCREASE FROM 23 TO 24 WAS SUBSTANTIAL.
ANY IDEA WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THAT SPIKE THERE? THE REAL APPRAISALS, THE APPRAISAL? MOSTLY THE REA APPRAISAL.
IT WAS NOT, UH, I, THERE WAS SOME, I MEAN, THERE WAS SOME NEW ASSESSED VALUE, BUT I THINK IT WAS MOSTLY EXISTING, UH, PROPERTY THAT JUST THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WENT UP.
ACCORDING TO THE APPRAISAL LAW OFFICE.
THE PROPERTY IN BRAZORIA COUNTY WAS EXTREMELY UNDERVALUED, AND THEY SUPPOSEDLY BROUGHT IT UP TO, I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT I SEE ON TV.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ADVERTISING PROPERTY ALL OVER THE PLACE FOR 15, 12, 15, $20,000 AN ACRE ALL OVER TEXAS.
BUT SUPPOSEDLY THE STUFF IN BRA COUNTY WORTH $40,000 TAXES MM-HMM.
BUT THE, THE, THE, UM, UH, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT GIVES US THAT, UH, PROVIDES THAT NUMBER TO THE CITY.
UH, AND THE, THE CERTIFIED NUMBER THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US FOR BUDGET PURPOSES FOR THE CITY IS NINE, ABOUT $900 MILLION, WHICH IS, UH, MUCH HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.
WE WERE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS FOR A LITTLE WHILE TILL, TILL PEOPLE STARTED PROTESTING.
WE, WE WERE, WE, OUR FIRST INITIAL APPRAISED VALUE CAME OUT AT JUST OVER A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CITY OF FLUTE COMPARED TO IN 2012, I THINK IT WAS 264,000 OR SOMETHING, 268,000.
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SO THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE.SO MOVING TO THE, UH, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
STILL GOING OVER THE, I GUESS THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR REVIEW.
UH, THEY'RE DEVELOPING, UH, AT THE, UH, 2 88 B IN STRATTON RIDGE, THAT OLD SHOPPING CENTER, THE OLD SAFEWAY SHOPPING CENTER, I THINK IT WAS, UM, THAT SAFEWAY BUILDING IS BEING, UH, DEVELOPED INTO A, UH, INTERNAL STORAGE FACILITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN STORE THEIR STUFF.
BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S INDOORS AIR CONDITIONED, AND WILL APPARENTLY HAVE A REALLY NICE, UH, LOOK FROM THE OUTSIDE.
AND ALSO THEY'RE BUILDING A, UM, UH, PLANS TO BUILD A NEW, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE WITH FAST FOOD SERVICE, UH, AS A PAD SITE IN FRONT OF THAT, UH, THAT SAFEWAY, THE OLD SAFEWAY STORE, UM, UH, KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN IS COMING TO DIXIE DRIVE IN FRONT OF THE OLD KROGER'S, I GUESS I SHOULD CALL IT OLLIE'S NOW.
I ALWAYS THINK IT WAS THE OLD KROGER'S.
UM, WE, UH, COMPLETED THE AGREEMENT TO, UH, THE, THE, UM, WHEN THE KROGER CAME IN, THERE WAS A, A LONG TERM, UH, INCENTIVE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY AGREED TO MAKE CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO, UM, UH, THE DEVELOPER.
UM, AND SO, UH, CJ HAD WORKED OUT A DEAL WITH THEM TO, TO PAY THAT OFF, UH, EARLY.
UM, AND SO, UH, UM, AND THAT WILL FREE UP THEN, UH, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE FOR OTHER INCENTIVES, OTHER THREE EIGHTIES AND, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH PROGRESS, BECAUSE THE, THE KROGER HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE, THERE WERE, THERE'S BEEN A FEW, UH, THREE 80 AGREEMENTS, UH, ON DIXIE DRIVE FOR SHOPPING CENTERS TO RENOVATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE HAVE ONE COMING UP NOW WHERE, UH, I THINK THE OLD LAX CENTER.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN DEVELOPMENT ALONG DIXIE DRIVE WITH SOME NEW TENANTS AND SOME NEW BUSINESSES, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.
AND PART OF THAT HAS BEEN, UH, WE'VE DONE SOME THREE-YEAR AGREEMENTS FOR, UH, REMODELING AND, AND FOR SIGNAGE AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IF YOU GO UP AND DOWN DIXIE DRIVE, YOU MAY SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN IT DID MAYBE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
UM, THE SEEMINGLY NEVER ENDING, UM, UH, REPAIRS AND CORRECTION OF THE FIRE STATION, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE ROAD ON THAT.
UM, WE ALWAYS GET SURPRISED WHEN WE THINK WE FIXED EVERYTHING, THEN SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP.
BUT, UH, UM, MR. HAYSLIP IS, UH, IS, UH, BEEN HANDS ON THAT A LOT, AND HE HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, AND I THINK THAT THEY'VE, WITH HIS HELP, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOCK OUT THE MAJOR PROBLEMS AND THE DEFICIENCIES FROM THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
UM, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, UH, BOTH, UH, DOUG KIRK AND, UH, D H K, THE COLLEGE PARK AND WOOD SHORE, UM, WORKING WITH THEM ON, UM, PLANS AND INCENTIVES TO INCREASE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THERE'S MORE HOUSING COMING SOON ON BOTH OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK THE, I THINK THE GROWTH OF HOUSING IN THOSE, IN THOSE AREAS HAVE PRODUCED QUITE A BIT OF, UM, UH, BENEFIT TO THE CITY, BOTH REVENUE AND, AND OTHERWISE RIGHT.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT HE HAD AS THE HIGHLIGHTS.
AND IF Y'ALL FORGIVE ME, YOU KNOW, LIKE I JUST FOUND OUT I HAD THIS ASSIGNMENT JUST NOT VERY LONG AGO, WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO.
SO IF, IF, UH, IF MY PRESENTATION SEEMS A LITTLE LACKING, THAT MIGHT BE A PART OF THE REASON.
THE NEXT, UH, NEXT PAGE, THIS IS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, UH, THE REVENUE, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT LESS, UH, SALES TAX COMING FROM ONLINE SALES AND PEOPLE RETURNING TO, YOU KNOW, BRICK AND MORTAR RETAIL.
AND BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT BRICK AND MORTAR IS IN LAKE JACKSON, UH, JUST AS A CONSERVATIVE, UM, UH, ESTIMATE, RIGHT? BUDGETS ARE ALWAYS KIND OF ESTIMATES ON A REVENUE.
UH, BUT, UH, CJ'S PUT IN A, A, A SMALL DECREASE IN REVENUE, UM, BASED ON THAT.
AND THAT, UH, BECAUSE INTEREST RATES ARE UP, THEN THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE IN OUR, IN OUR INTEREST ON OUR SAVINGS AND THE, THE MONEY WE HAVE ON, UH, IN CASH.
UH, AND, AND THE BUDGET THAT CJ HAS PROPOSED.
UH, HE'S PUTTING BUDGET TO DRAW ON THE RESERVES, UH, JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS COMING UP THAT, UH, UH, WE HOPE WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE HAVE BUDGETED FUNDS FOR THAT.
IF, AS WE GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES,
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UM, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE, ABLE TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE.SO, PROPOSED BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR PROJECTS.
UM, AS I POINT OUT IN DIXIE DRIVE AND SOME OTHER PLACES, UH, WE'VE GIVEN SOME SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND RENOVATION GRANTS FOR, YOU KNOW, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, RENOVATION AND, UH, SIGNS, SIGNAGE.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD CONTINUE, UH, AS BASICALLY THE SAME LEVEL BUDGET AS LAST YEAR.
UM, THERE ARE SOME, UH, SOME CONVERSATIONS AND SOME POTENTIAL, UH, REAL PROPERTY THAT, UH, MIGHT COME UP THAT, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT, UH, WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, THE CITY AND OR THE E D C MAY, UH, NEED TO HAVE SOME FUNDS AVAILABLE TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL PURCHASES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE PURCHASE OF, UH, PROPERTY OVER ON NEXT TO BUMPY ROAD.
UH, THERE'S SOME OTHER, UM, UH, PROPERTIES, UH, THAT, UM, THE ON THE HORIZON.
AND SO, UH, CJ HAS BUDGETED, UM, SOME CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FUNDS FOR THAT POTENTIAL.
UM, A NEW POTENTIAL E-COMMERCE INITIATIVE, UM, $2,500 PER BUSINESS, UP TO 10 BUSINESSES, UH, TO, UH, HELP BRICK AND MORTAR, UH, STORES TRANSITION TO ONLINE SALES, UH, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, CREATE THAT SECOND, UM, UH, OPTION TO HOPEFULLY INCREASE THE SALES AND INCREASE REVENUES.
AND THEN ALSO ONE OF THE BUDGETED ITEMS IS WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE LIVABLE CENTERS PROGRAM.
UM, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT THEY, UH, IS A, UM, UH, PLACEMAKING MONUMENT.
AND BASICALLY PLACEMAKING IS, UH, YOU CREATE A PLACE IN YOUR CITY, UH, THAT'S UNIQUE, THAT'S A UNIQUE PLACE THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE TO BE, TO HANG OUT, UH, GATHER, SPEND MONEY, EAT, DINE, WHATEVER.
UH, JUST KIND OF A CENTRAL LOCATION, A LITTLE BIT LIKE, UM, THE OLD, WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER LIKE YOUR OLD TRADITIONAL DOWNTOWN WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF THOSE PLACES LIKE CITY CENTER OR THE PLACES OVER IN SUGAR LAND WHERE THEY HAVE KIND OF MIXED USE AND THEY DO A PLACEMAKING WHERE THERE'S LIKE, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THIS, THIS PLACE FEATURES THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEND TIME.
RIGHT? AND, UH, UH, LIBERAL CENTERS HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT.
AND, UM, UH, ONE OF THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT WAS TO HAVE A, UH, HAVE A MONUMENT.
UM, AND THOSE ARE BASICALLY LIKE LARGE SIGNAGE, BASICALLY, THAT YOU COULD SEE FROM 3 32, SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, YOU COULD SAY, OH, OH, THERE'S CLUE AND THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON OVER THERE.
SO, UM, CJ'S PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW THAT, UH, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE, YOU KNOW, E D C AND THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO DECIDE IF THAT'S A, WHAT, WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND GET PLANS AND DO ALL OF THAT.
UH, BUT JUST AS A, UM, PERSPECTIVE, UM, UH, BUDGETING PURPOSES, UH, HE HAS SOME DOLLAR DOLLARS IN FOR THAT.
SO NOW I NOTICED IN THE, IN THE, UM, IN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION VERSUS THE ACTUAL PRINTED OUT DOCUMENTS, I NOTICED THERE'S SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE NUMBERS.
SO, UM, THE BUDGET, UH, PRESENTED FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION FOR PASSING WOULD BE THE ACTUAL THIS DOCUMENT HERE, NOT THE POWERPOINT.
UM, 'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE DOLLAR FIGURES, AND YOU HAVE TO SETTLE ON ONE.
AND I THINK THIS IS THE, THE, THE PRINTED OUT VERSION IS THE FINAL VERSION THAT THE CJ HAS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR, UM, UM, YOUR HANDOUT HERE, UM, ON PAGE TWO, YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL PROJECTED REVENUES, UH, CJ HAS THAT AS, UH, 1.214, $1,214,610 MM-HMM.
AND I THINK IT HAD 1.175 ON THE, ON THE POWERPOINT.
UH, BUT THE, THE HANDOUT IS THE MORE UPTODATE NUMBERS.
SO, UH, IT HAS PROJECTED REVENUES OF $1,000,214 AND $214,610.
AND, UM, UH, TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF $1,345,905.
UM, IF YOU, UM, TURN TO THE, LET'S SEE, NOT THE THIRD PAGE, LET,
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SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX OF BOTH WAYS.UH, THE, THE BIGGEST ITEM THAT, THAT WE HAVE IS THE, IS THE CAPITAL OUTLAY THAT HE HAS BUDGETED, HAS A TOTAL, UH, CAPITAL OUTLAY OF, UH, 500,000.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE, UM, UH, 300,000 FOR, UH, POSSIBLE REAL PROPERTY PURCHASES.
AND THEN ANOTHER 200,000 FOR THE POTENTIAL LIVABLE CENTERS, UM, MONUMENT OR SOME FUNCTIONS RELATED TO THE LIVABLE CENTERS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, ON EXPENDITURES, UH, BENEFITS OF 10,000 SERVICES OF 17,500, UH, SUNDRY ITEMS, 152,000, UH, DEBT.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT DEBT WOULD BE DEBT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELATED TO THE FIRE STATION, THE CAPITAL OUTLAY OF, UM, 500,000.
AND THEN THE, UM, UH, TRANSFERS OF 632,000.
SO LET ME SEE WHERE WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE ALL THAT CAME FROM.
THOSE ARE COS CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION, THE 6 32.
I HATE TO FLIP BACK AND FORTH, BUT ON THE, ON THE POWERPOINT IT HAS MORE, I THINK THE, I THINK THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, THE POWERPOINT AND THE HANDOUT IS THE, UM, PROJECTED REVENUE.
UM, BUT IF YOU GO THROUGH THE, UM, UH, THE, UH, LET'S SEE, DO Y'ALL HAVE A PRINTOUT? Y'ALL HAVE A PRINTOUT OF THE POWERPOINT ALSO.
UM, IF YOU LOOK UNDER, UH, EXPENDITURES, THE, UH, SPECIAL PROJECTS, UH, WOULD BE THE, UH, E D C RENOVATION INCENTIVES OF, UH, 50,000.
THAT'S THE SIMILAR TO THE, TO THE DIXIE DRIVE PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD BE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, SIGNAGE, THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, GRANTS THAT WE DO.
UM, STRATEGIC PLANNING, UH, 50,000 THAT'S RELATED TO THE LIVABLE CENTERS AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THAT.
UH, I'M SORRY, UH, EX, I'M SORRY.
E D C BUDGET EXPENDITURE DETAIL ON THE POWERPOINT NEXT TO THE LAST TWO PAGES OF THE BIG HANDOUT.
I'M SORRY, I'M BACK ON THE POWERPOINT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UH, THE, UM, I, I'M SORRY, GO DOWN ONE MORE PAGE.
IT'S, SO YOU HAVE THE, UH, CAPITAL, UH, EXPENDITURES, UM, AND THERE'S, UM, DOWNTOWN PROJECT OF 200,000, AND THEN OTHER PROJECTS OF 100,000 PROPERTY PURCHASE OF 300 AND POP YEAH.
SO, UM, UH, THOSE ARE THE, THE, THE BIG FIGURES IN THE, IN THE BUDGET THAT, UH, WE'RE PROJECTING.
OF COURSE, THOSE MAY OR MAY NOT COME TO FRUITION.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT, UH, WE'RE EXPECTED THAT, UH, THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WILL COME UP OVER THE NEXT FI FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND JUST AS A, AS A PLACEHOLDER IN THE BUDGET, UH, PROJECT THAT THE, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEED TO SPEND THIS COMING YEAR.
OH, I MEAN, AS WITH ANY PROPERTY PURCHASE IN THE CITY, ORLU, THE, UH, THE CITY CAN ONLY PAY, UH, THE APPRAISED VALUE.
SO IF SOMEBODY, IF, IF THERE'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT COMES UP THAT WE WANT, THAT SOMEBODY WANTS FIVE TIMES WHAT IT'S WORTH, WE CAN'T BUY IT.
SO THAT MAY NOT, THAT MAY NEVER GET SPENT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW THAT GOES.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, UM, UM, UM, LIKE
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I SAID, LIKE I WAS SAYING THAT THE, THE OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WITH THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANTS, THAT, THAT NUMBER, I THINK IS STAYING AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, UH, ON THIS BUDGET.UH, AND THE, THE BIG ITEMS ARE, UH, PROJECTING THAT WE MAY, UH, HAVE SOME OF THESE EXPENSES, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME FORWARD, UH, OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, UH, IF THERE'S ANY LAND PURCHASE REAL ESTATE PURCHASE, IT HAS TO BE APPRAISED AND WE CAN ONLY PAY THE APPRAISED VALUE.
WE CAN'T PAY ANY, ANY BONUS OR ANY EXTRA WITH REGARD TO THAT.
AND SO I HAVE VERY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT IF Y'ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, LIKE HE SAID THERE, THERE, THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAM ADDED THIS YEAR, THE E-COMMERCE, IT WAS A $2,500 FOR UP TO 10 BUSINESSES, AND THEY HAVE TO BE CLUE BUSINESSES.
THEY CAN'T BE LIKE JACKSON BUSINESS, OBVIOUSLY.
SO OUR TOTAL OVERALL BUDGET NUMBER IS THAT THE, ON THE LAST PAGE TOTAL EXPENDITURE IS 1.392.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER AND VOTE ON RIGHT THERE.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE SPENT TWO 20 ON THAT PROPERTY ON PLANTATION.
IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? HUH? WE SPENT 220 GRAND ON THE YES.
WELL, THAT PLUS OTHER PROJECTS COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, COULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE, BUT I THINK THAT, I DON'T THINK WE PAID, I DON'T THINK WE PAID TWO 20.
I THINK WE PAID 1 78 OR ONE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS EIGHT, SEVEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHEN DID THAT COME OUT OF, ON THE PRIOR YEAR? YOU CAME IN IN 22 BUDGET 23.
THAT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE THEN THAT TWO 20, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT'S THE BUCKET WE SHOULD COME OUTTA.
YEAH, RIGHT THERE IT SAYS THAT PROPERTY 200,000.
SO MAYBE THAT IS WHAT WE PAID FOR THAT, UNLESS THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE PAID FOR.
WELL, I MEAN, THEY, THEY DID SOME RENOVATION ON THE PIECE THAT WE HAD OVER HERE AS WELL ON THE PIECE ACROSS THE STREET.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS BUDGETED AT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT, I DON'T HAVE THAT COMPLETE, BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW TWO 20 IN, JUST 200 IN THE ADOPTED AMOUNT, AND THEN TWO 20 IN THE PROJECTED AMOUNT.
CHAIRMAN FRANCIS, I'M MOVING, ACCEPT THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED.
SECOND, I THINK, I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A SECOND HERE.
UM, SO WE HAVE A, A, A MOTION, A FIRST, UH, FIRST MOTION, AND A SECOND MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE EEC.
UM, SO ITEM B IS CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR THE E D C PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 20 23 24, TRIGGERING THE 60 DAY REQUIREMENT FOR DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOR PROJECTS, INCLUDING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE, PROJECT, COVID RECOVERY PROGRAM, PROJECT RENOVATION, INCENTIVIZATION PROJECT AND E-COMMERCE INITIATIVE.
SO THE, THE PROCEDURE FOR THE E D C, THE E D C HAS TO GO THROUGH SPECIFIC STEPS TO DO PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, UH, TO BUSINESSES, DEVELOPERS OR WHATEVER.
SO ANYTIME THERE'S AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PAID, UH, THERE'S A REQUIRED BY LAW STATUTORY, UH, PROCESS THAT'S REQUIRED.
AND SO YOU'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, DO A PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING THE PROJECT IN THE NEWSPAPER AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND DESCRIBE THE PROJECT IN DETAIL AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT AND HAVE FEEDBACK ON THE, ON THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
THEN, UH, THE E D C, IF THE E D C APPROVES THE PROJECT, THEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL,
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AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THE PROJECT AS WELL.UH, BUT WE JUST RECOMMEND IS ALL WE DO.
UM, BY THE WAY, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION.
BUT, BUT ANYWAY, SO, AND HAVE SOME FINDINGS THAT IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD AND CREATES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT ANYWAY, SO YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
NOW, USUALLY IF YOU HAVE A BIG PROJECT, UM, LET'S SAY THE KROGER PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU'D HAVE PUBLIC HEARING AND EVERYTHING JUST ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE LIKE THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANT INITIATIVE WHERE WE HAVE SMALL AMOUNT OF, UH, MATCHING GRANTS FOR, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS TO FACADE GRANT OR, OR THINGS THAT SMALL BUSINESS, UH, DOES THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM MONEY.
WE, WE PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER IN, IN A PROGRAM, RIGHT? SO THE PROJECT WOULD BE NOT EACH INDIVIDUAL APPLICANT, UM, IT'S THE, THE PROJECT IN GENERAL, OKAY.
OF THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE UP TO SO MANY DOLLARS OF GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES FOR CERTAIN REASONS.
AND SO WE'VE HAD THE SMALL BUSINESS AS ASSISTANT INITIATIVE, AND THAT'S MOSTLY LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DIXIE DRIVE TYPE DEAL, UH, COVID RECOVERY PROGRAM THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST, UH, RENOVATION INCENTIVE PROJECTS, AND THEN THE NEW, UH, POTENTIAL PROJECT OF THE E-COMMERCE INITIATIVE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY IS, UH, JUST TO SET A DATE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN WE COME TO THAT PUBLIC HEARING, Y'ALL HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, Y'ALL WILL DECIDE IF YOU WANNA DO ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.
ALL OF 'EM, NONE OF 'EM, YOU KNOW, SO JUST 'CAUSE WE'RE PUTTING IT ON THE FOR PUBLIC HEARING DOESN'T MEAN THAT Y'ALL WILL APPROVE IT.
AND THESE ARE SOME THAT WERE DONE.
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, COVID RECOVERY PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S ONE THAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT COVID IS ISSUED.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL STILL WANNA DO A COVID RECOVERY PROGRAM, RIGHT? THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
BUT I THINK, I THINK CJ PUT THESE ON BECAUSE IT'S THE ONE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, PLUS THE E-COMMERCE.
AND, UH, SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING WOULD BE THAT Y'ALL, UH, SET A, UM, UH, DATE FOR A, UH, OR Y'ALL AGREED TO SET IT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THAT THAT DATE CAN'T BE UNTIL THE NEW, UH, UNTIL THE NEW BUDGET GOES INTO EFFECT.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AFTER OCTOBER 1ST.
I DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSED DATE? ROSIE, DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSED DATE? UH, I PUT IT ON THERE THE FIRST, FIRST OR SECOND, THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER, OR WHENEVER YOU, ANYBODY HERE HAVE A PREFERENCE? FIRST WEEK OR SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER? YOU DO IT ON THE SECOND TUESDAY.
WORK THE FIRST, FIRST TUESDAY OF OCTOBER.
SHOULD SIR, HOW YOU HAVE TO CALL ANYBODY? YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE SCOTT'S HERE.
YOU'RE GONNA BE OUT TOWN THE WHOLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
WELL, DO Y'ALL PREFER THE FIRST WEEK OR DO Y'ALL WANT TO GIVE HIM A, LET'S GIVE HIM A CHANCE UNTIL THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER.
I MOVED SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER.
IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE COUNCIL MEETS ON THURSDAY.
OH, MAKE SURE YOU BRING CAKE, EVERYBODY.
I'LL SEND YOU MY AMAZON WISH LIST.
SO MR. BURNER, SEND US YOUR WESLEY.
I THINK MR. BERNER MADE THE MOTION, CORRECT? YES.
AND NOW WHEN YOU SECOND, I SECOND.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND.