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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING THE ORDER AT SIX 30.
[I. COMMENCEMENT ]
PLEASE JOIN ME IN STANDING AND FACING THE FLAG PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[II. PUBLIC HEARING ]
NEXT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM TWO, PUBLIC HEARING.NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE INCLUDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
C E D C WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON TUESDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER 23RD, 2023 AT 6:30 PM AT THE CITY HALL OF THE CITY OF CLU, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
THE CITY LOCATED AT 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 OF DIRECTORS WILL RECEIVE INPUT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE FOLLOWING, C E D C PROJECTS.
LOCUS LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANT INITIATIVE, $100,000 IN TOTAL FUNDING TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THE CITY.
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BRANDING INITIATIVE.
$75,000 IN TOTAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE AND DEVELOP A ECONOMIC STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND COMPLIMENTARY BRANDING FOR INCLUDE, INCLUDE E D C RENOVATION INCENTIVIZATION, $50,000 IN TOTAL FUNDING, REIMBURSING GRANTS TO QUALIFYING SMALL BUSINESSES WITH RENOVATION AND SIGNED REHABILITATION COSTS.
$25,000 FOR 10 BUSINESSES TO TRANSITION ONLINE.
INTERESTED CITIZENS OF THE CITY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME, UH, NOTICE OF TWO SEPARATE RESOLUTION READINGS AUTHORIZING THE C E E C PROJECTS BY KLU CITY COUNCIL.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE KLUT CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT ITS FIRST RESOLUTION READING DURING A REGULAR MEETING ON OCTOBER 12TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM AND IT'S SECOND RESOLUTION READING DURING A REGULAR MEETING ON OCT ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2023 AT 7:00 PM AT KLUT CITY HALL.
1 0 8 EAST MAIN STREET, KLUT, TEXAS 7 7 5 3 1.
ALRIGHT, WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE, WE JUST CLOSE IT UP.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, CLOSE CODE APPEARANCE.
WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY JUST FOUR.
[III. CONSENT AGENDA ]
THEN MOVING TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.FIRST ITEM ARE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023.
UH, POSTPONE THIS ITEM OR THERE'S A CLEAR LETTER FOR CORRECTED MINUTES? YES.
[IV. ACTION ITEMS ]
ITEM FOUR, ACTION ITEMS, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT E D C RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH 2 0 2 3 APPROVING THE LOCAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE FOR THE 2023 2024 BUDGET YEAR SMALL BUSINESS.BASICALLY SOMETHING THAT HELPS OUR,
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SORRY.BUT BASICALLY TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESS AND MAY REQUIRE CASES PLACEHOLDER.
AND THIS, THIS TARGETING TOWARDS RELOCATION LOCATION? YES.
POTENTIALLY STARTUPS THAT MIGHT BE COMING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED.
ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, MOVE TO A VOTE.
ACTION ITEM B, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT E D C RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 2 2 0 2 3.
APPROVING THE COMMUNITY BRANDING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVES.
THIS WOULD BE A RESUMPTION OF OUR WORK THAT WE BEGAN ACTUALLY BACK IN 2019 AND PUT ON POSTPONEMENT DUE TO THE COVID, UH, INITIATIVE, BUT BASICALLY TO HELP US DEVELOP A LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE CITY AND CO-BRAND THAT WORKED THAT WITH CO-BRANDING THE CITY AND THE E D C.
SO THAT, UH, WE HAVE A UNIFORM SET UP.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF LOGOS, A VARIETY OF HEAD HEADLINERS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON ONE, ONE PAGE AND THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS THE SAME AND FEELS THE SAME.
AND SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS.
SO WE'D HAVE A LONG-TERM VISION AND A LONG-TERM BRAND.
DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY ENGAGED DO THAT OR WE'VE WORKED IN THE PAST WITH A FIRM CALLED, UH, CATALYST OUTTA DALLAS.
WE WOULD R THAT THIS TIME THOUGH, JUST TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE CLOSER.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR A.
ACTION ITEM C, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT E D C RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO THREE DASH 2023 APPROVING CONSTRUCTION AND REMEDIATION AT THE FIRE STATION AS PART OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FIRE STATION BUDGET, WE, UH, AS PLAYING, CONTINUE PLAYING WHACK-A-MOLE AT FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE.
AND SO, UH, WE THINK WE ARE OVER THE HUMP AND PASSED THE NEED FOR THIS.
WE WANTED TO INCLUDE FUNDS JUST IN CASE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS LIKE A FLOOR FAILS OR WE HAVE A FIRE IN THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, UH, RELATED TO AN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED AC SYSTEM, WHICH IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.
BUT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANYTHING.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF REPAIRING THE FLOOR AND, UH, WE ARE HAVE ENGAGED WITH H G R JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK THE H V A C SYSTEM.
IDEALLY, I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION'S GONNA COME BACK THAT WE ULTIMATELY REPLACE THE H V A C SYSTEM WITH SOMETHING, UH, MORE UNIFORM INSTEAD OF SEVEN UNITS SPREAD ACROSS FOUR ZONES.
SO, SO WE DO HAVE UPCOMING COSTS.
WE THINK WE MIGHT, WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH.
SO I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE DONE A TON OF WORK ON THE H V A C SYSTEM, A TON OF WORK ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
WE'VE REMEDIATED MOST OF THE MOISTURE, AL ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF THE MOISTURE ISSUES WE'VE INSTALLED THE ROOF FENCE, WE'VE DONE, WE'VE CORRECTED THE DRAINAGE ISSUES OUT FRONT.
UM, SO WE THINK WE'RE OVER THE HUMP AT THAT FACILITY, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE YET.
CAN YOU VEER SECOND? NO, I'M CONFUSED.
I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE WELL, I DO, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION OKAY.
UNTIL WE CAN PROCEED THE DISCUSSION.
WELL IT JUST, IT SAYS, UM, APPROVING CONSTRUCTION AND REMEDIATION AT THE FIRE STATION.
BUT THAT'S, IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS ON THIS ACTUAL RESOLUTION? 'CAUSE I'M NOT READING IT NOW.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE.
IT IS MISSING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHAT THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS MORE LIKE THE INCENTIVE.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT THE ARE THEY IN THE WRONG ORDER FOR US? NO,
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NO.WE WE'RE MISSING NUMBER THREE IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE YES.
ON THE AGENDA AND THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE.
SO RECOMMEND WE PASS THAT ITEM.
SO LET'S JUST NOTE, SO 0 1 0 1 MATCHES ZERO TWO MATCHES ZERO THREE DOES NOT MATCH.
FOUR MATCHES MATCH AND FOUR MATCHES.
WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY THE RESOLUTION MATCHES THE THIRD ITEM.
IT'S, THERE'S A, WE INCLUDED AN ITEM IN THERE ON THE FIRE STATION THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR.
CAN WE QUICKLY DRAW ONE UP? NO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON THE ACTUAL PUBLIC NOTICE.
SO IT ACTUALLY, WE'VE INCLUDED AN ITEM THAT WE, I THINK WE ENDED UP PULLING OFF AT THE LAST MINUTE BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE WE WERE NOT GONNA NEED THE MONEY TO DO THAT.
SO, SO, SO DO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE IN THE NEGATIVE FOR THIS MOTION THAT WE JUST PASSED? WELL THAT'S, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
JUST HAVE HIM, JUST HAVE THEM, UH, REVISE THEIR MOTION TO TABLE IT.
HE'S ALREADY PULLED HIS MOTION.
WOULD YOU MIND REVISING THE MOTION? ALRIGHT.
MOTION BY ANY BURDENS OF TABLE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ITEM, THE CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT E D C RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO FOUR DASH 2 0 2 3 APPROVING AN E-COMMERCE INITIATIVE BUSINESS.
SO THIS, UH, PROCESS, UH, BASICALLY WOULD SET UP A GRANT PROGRAM FOR UP TO 10 SMALL BUSINESSES TO LAUNCH ONLINE E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS, UH, TO GIVE THEM MORE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE MARKET.
UM, A LOT OF YOUR SMALL MOM AND POPS AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD SOMEBODY TO PUT TOGETHER A WEBSITE AND PUT TOGETHER AN E-COMMERCE PLATFORM THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO ACTUALLY FUNCTION ONLINE.
UM, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SOME OF THE ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD AT THE CHAMBER AND ALSO THE HISPANIC CHAMBER.
AND SO WE FELT LIKE THIS ACTUALLY CAME AS A SUGGESTION OF ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, AND THE MORE WE LOOKED AT IT AND TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT DENNISON HAS DONE WITH THIS, UH, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A GREAT MOVE, UH, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE STATE HAS TRANSITIONED THE POINT OF SALE SALES TAX TO THE POINT FROM THE POINT OF DESTINA OR POINT OF DELIVERY TO POINT OF POINT OF SALE TO POINT OF DELIVERY, UH, WHICH WOULD HELP US IF WE HAVE THOSE ORDERS COMING IN TO CLUT AND DELIVERED WITHIN CLU.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
ARE THERE ANY UPDATES BEFORE WE LEAVE, UH, KFC'S UNDERWAY? UH, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU WANNA VISIT OFFLINE, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW.