* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] ALRIGHT, [I. COMMENCEMENT] WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT SIX 30. LET'S RISE FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO 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. THANK YOU. WE'LL DO OUR ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CALVIN SHIFFLET. PRESENT, JEFFREY . PRESENT OZZIE DUARTE. PRESENT. SCOTT BERRY. PRESENT ANY BURNER PRESENT. VINCE SISE PRESENT, FRANCIS VAUGHN PRESENT. THANK YOU. MOVE [II. BUSINESS ITEMS] OUR BUSINESS ITEMS ITEM A CONSIDERATION AND CONSTABLE ACTION TO ADOPT CEDC, RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH 2026 APPROVING THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR THE USE OF SPECIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE ONLINE BUSINESS PLATFORM ENHANCEMENT GRANT APPLICATIONS FROM JASON BURLESON FROM MAMMOTH LAKE, TEXAS. LOCATED AT THREE 30 NORTH DIXIE DRIVE, BUILDING F MR. BURLESON'S HERE HE HAS A PRESENTATION TO MAKE AS WELL. THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST TIME OFFERING THE E-COMMERCE GRANT. OKAY. AND, UH, MR. BURLESON, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME'S JASON BURLESON. I'M THE OWNER OF THE TEXAS AND JUST WANTED GIVE YOU LITTLE INFORMATION OUT THERE AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE DOING THE WEBSITE HERE INCLUDE AND BRING Y'ALL MORE TAX MONEY. SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE THE MAMMOTH GROUP WITHIN THE MAMMOTH GROUP. THERE WE GO. UH, I'M, UH, DURING THIS PRESENTATION I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF AND I'LL GO OVER THE FOUR PILLARS OF MAMMOTH, WHICH IS MAMMOTH LAKE, TEXAS MAMMOTH DIVE ACADEMY, SOUTHEAST TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY DIVING AND DV EIGHT. OUR 5 0 1 C3, UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE IS A SEPARATE ENTITY. UM, THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN TAX ID NUMBER AND LISTED WITH THE STATE, UH, JASON, NATIVE TEXAN, BORN IN SAN ANTONIO AIR FORCE VETERAN. UH, I'VE GOT A BACHELOR APPLIED SCIENCE FROM TEXAS A AND M, UH, GRADUATE OF THE OCEAN CORPORATION COMMERCIAL DIVE SCHOOL. I HAVE AN MBA FROM TEXAS A AND M, UH, THE A SNT LEVEL THREE ULTRASOUND AND LEVEL TWO MAGNETIC PARTICLE, WHICH WE DO A LOT AT NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING. AND THAT'S WHERE MY BACKGROUND WITH THE PLANTS AND COMMERCIAL DIVING IS. I'M ALSO A PAD IDC STAFF INSTRUCTOR, UH, SDI, INSTRUCTOR, TRAINER, AND A NOW A INSTRUCTOR. THE LAST THREE ARE ALL PERTAINING TO DIVING. UH, ONE THING THAT, UH, THERE ARE ONLY 950, UH, SDI INSTRUCTOR TRAINERS IN THE WORLD, AND MAMMOTH HAS THREE OF THEM ON STAFF. UH, THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS MAMMOTH LAKE, TEXAS. UM, WE CREATED, UH, MAMMOTH LAKE, TEXAS BACK IN JANUARY OF 2020. UM, IT WAS, UH, FORMED UNDER MAMMOTH LAKE RECREATIONAL PARK AND WE DO DBA AS MAMMOTH LAKE TEXAS. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A 65 ACRE DEDICATED SCUBA PARK LOCATED HERE IN KLU. UM, ITS FORMALLY A VME SANDPIT UNTIL THE DISCOVERY OF THE COLOMBIAN MAMMOTH AND WHEN THEY FOUND THE MAMMOTH SKULL THAT'S, WE GAVE IT ITS NAME. UH, SINCE TAKING OVER IN 2020, WE AVERAGE BETWEEN 30 504,000 VISITORS TO THE LAKE TO GO DIVING. UM, EATING AT RESTAURANTS, STAYING AT HOTELS, AND USING THE LAKE. UH, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH, UH, 12 OF THE HOUSTON AREA DIVE SHOPS THAT THEY BRING THEIR CUSTOMERS TO THE LAKE, UH, FOR CERTIFICATION AND OTHER TRAINING. WE ARE ALSO LISTED AS A TEXAS A M GALVESTON TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH THEY COME, UH, DURING THE, THEIR SEMESTERS AND DO ALL THEIR TRAINING AT THE LAKE. UH, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE IMAGES WE HAVE DOWN THERE OF, UH, ITEMS DOWN THERE. IF YOU SEE THAT BIG FISH, THAT'S THE AMERICAN PADDLE FISH THAT WAS, UH, INTRODUCED TO THE LAKE. UH, IT'S ON AVERAGE ABOUT SEVEN FOOT LONG. UH, THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED ITEMS SUNK IN THE LAKE FOR YOU TO VISIT. OUR NEXT PILLAR IS MAMMOTH DIVE ACADEMY. THIS IS WHERE WE DO ALL OF OUR TRAINING. UM, WE'RE AN INSTRUCTOR TRAINER FACILITY, WHICH MEANS WE CAN TAKE SOMEBODY FROM OPEN WATER, WHICH IS ENTRY LEVEL, ALL THE WAY UP TO INSTRUCTION SO THAT THEY CAN TEACH SCUBA, UH, ON THEIR OWN. WE OFFER 125 DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS, UM, DO AIR FILLS SKILLS, UH, GEAR SERVICE. UH, WE CURRENTLY, UH, WE'RE USING THE LAKE JACKSON REC CENTER, UH, SWIMMING FOR OUR CONFINED WATER SESSIONS. AND THIS, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IN 2021 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, UH, CERTIFYING STUDENTS, OUR FIRST YEAR WAS 29 STUDENTS. UH, LAST [00:05:01] YEAR AT THE END OF 2025, WE WERE AVERAGING 419 CERTIFIED DIVERS A YEAR AT THE LAKE AND EVER INCREASING. OUR THIRD PILLAR IS THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY DIVING. I HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DIVE TEAM. WE TRAIN OVER 22 DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS IN PUBLIC SAFETY DIVING. THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT GO OUT AND RECOVER EVIDENCE, BODIES, CARS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY DO A MAJORITY OF THEIR TRAINING IN THE LAKE BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, ABILITY TO CREATE SCENARIOS THAT THEY CAN CONTROL. AND, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUSES AND THE CAVE SYSTEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, WE CAN DO ERDI ONE, WHICH IS THE ENTRY LEVEL ALL THE WAY TO INSTRUCTOR. AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS, UH, CREATE PUTTING AN INSTRUCTOR IN EVERY DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR OWN IN-HOUSE TRAINING AND THEN COME TO US AT THE FINAL PART OF IT TO GET, UH, QUALIFIED. WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, CREATING THE BRAZORIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DIVE TEAM. UH, WE'VE PUT THROUGH EIGHT MEMBERS SO FAR, UM, WE'RE EVER INCREASING ON THAT AND WE COVER THEIR GEAR, UM, TANK MAINTENANCE TRAINING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. UH, WE ALSO HAVE AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT WE PUT ON ONCE A YEAR WHERE WE HAVE OVER 150 DIVERS, UH, INCLUDING STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL, AND COUNTY, UH, DIVERS TO COME IN AND PARTICIPATE WHERE WE DO, UH, TRAINING ON THERE. UH, IF YOU LOOK ON THAT CENTER PICTURE THERE, WE DO A FULL FACE MASK. IT HAS A SONAR ON IT AND THAT SONAR CAN GIVE THOSE TWO CLEAR PICTURES ON EITHER SIDE. AND THOSE ARE WHAT WE USE TO GO OUT AND SEARCH FOR. OUR LAST PILLAR IS DEVIATE, WHICH, UH, DEVIATE IS OUR NON-PROFIT, WHICH TEACHES, UH, VETERANS WITH RATINGS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT, UH, HAVE HAD INJURIES TO SCUBA DIVE AT NO CHARGE. WE DO THEIR ENTRY LEVEL PLUS A BUDDY AT NO COST TO THEM. UH, BENEFITS OF SCUBA DIVING, THESE ARE JUST SO THINGS TO PUT OUT THERE. UM, IT HELPS WITH MUSCLE MOVEMENT 'CAUSE YOU'RE WEIGHTLESS, UH, IT HELPS WITH PTSD AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, OUR PROCESS, USUALLY WHEN GETTING CERTIFIED, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, SO YOU DO AN E-LEARNING PROPORTION, YOU COME TO THE LAKE, YOU DO THE CLASSROOM, WE DO A CONFINED WATER SESSION, AND THEN WE JUMP IN THE LAKE FOR OPEN WATER. AND ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE TRADE AND YOU'RE CERTIFIED, WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THE WEBSITE CHANGES. UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UM, PREVIOUS PERSON APPROACHED US FROM THE CITY. UH, THEY SCOURED OUR WEBSITE AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS ALL LAKE JACKSON. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REFERENCES TO CLUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND SO THEY PROPOSED THAT IF WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND BRING BACK OUR ONLINE SALES TO CLUT THAT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD BENEFIT FOR BOTH THE CITY AND MYSELF. UM, SO WE'VE REMOVED, UH, LAKE JACKSON AS A LAKE LOCATION AND REPLACED WITH KLU. WE'VE MOVED THE DI DIVE ACADEMY ONLINE STORE TO KLU FOR THE SALES TAX. UH, WE'VE ADDED THE CITY OF CLU TO OUR PARTNER PAGE AND LINKED TO THEIR TOURISM PAGE. UH, WE'VE CHANGED THE POS SYSTEM TO THE PLU ADDRESS. THIS WAS A BIG UNDERGOING WAS, UM, GETTING ALL THOSE ADDRESSES LINED UP FOR CLU BECAUSE OUR MAILING ADDRESS IS STILL LAKE JACKSON. SO IT WAS DIFFICULT IN THAT PROCESS, BUT WE'VE ABLE TO CHANGE OUR CREDIT CARD PROCESSING OVER TO THE CITY OF CLUT. SO THE CITY OF CLUT WILL BE RECEIVING SOME SALES TAX? NO, UH, WE DID A COMPLETE REDESIGN OF THE WEBSITE TO FOCUS MORE AS A DESTINATION INSTEAD OF A TRAINING FACILITY. WE LOOK AT IT AS A DESTINATION TO BRING IN MORE PEOPLE TO THE CITY. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL, UH, PAGE THAT, UH, WE HAD. WE'VE GOTTEN RID OF THAT. AND THIS IS OUR NEW HOMEPAGE THAT, UH, PUTS BUTTONS THERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE DAY PASSES ONLINE. THEY CAN ALSO SIGN THEIR WAIVERS THAT COULD BUY GEAR, UH, PURCHASE CLASSES AND UH, PURCHASE AIR FILLS AND ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED AS YOU SEE THE DAY PASSES. AND THEN ALSO THE GEAR. AND THEN THIS IS OUR PARTNERS THAT WE ARE AFFILIATED WITH THROUGHOUT, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS. UM, THIS LAST MONTH IN JANUARY, WE WERE ABLE TO PICK UP A NEW PARTNER IN CURE SOUTH. SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH ELITE DIVING AND CURE SOUTH, WHICH WILL ALLOWED US TO PROVIDE TRIPS AND THEN ALSO IDCS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, SIGN UP FOR CLASSES AND EVERYTHING THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND THE CITY WILL BENEFIT FROM THOSE CELLS ON THERE. AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? [00:10:03] I HAVE A QUESTION. YES SIR. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE WHO'S NEVER DONE IT BEFORE TO GET CERTIFIED? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST THEM TO DO THE ENTRY LEVEL PACKAGE? SO RIGHT NOW WE CHARGE 4 99 AND WHAT THAT INCLUDES, YOU ACTUALLY GET TWO CERTIFICATIONS OUT OF THAT. SO YOU GET A, YOU DO E-LEARNING, WHICH USUALLY TAKES ABOUT FOUR TO SIX HOURS. THEN YOU COME TO THE SHOP AND WE DO A CLASSROOM SESSION TO GO OVER ALL THE E-LEARNING AND THEN GO OVER THE EQUIPMENT AND TEACH YOU HOW TO SET IT UP, HOW TO USE IT, HOW IT WORKS. AND THEN WE JUMP IN THE CONFINED WATER WHERE WE PRACTICE ALL THE SKILLS LIKE MASS REMOVAL, UH, REGULATOR RECOVERY, ALL THE SAFETY STUFF. AND THEN WE GET OUT INTO THE LAKE AND THEN PUT ALL THOSE SKILLS TO WORK. AND THEN USUALLY IT'S A FIVE DAY PROCESS. COOL. AND THEN WITH THAT, UH, OPEN WATER SERVE, YOU ALSO GET NITROX, WHICH NITROX IS, UH, A BENEFICIAL, IT JUST LEAVES, IT'S GOT MORE OXYGEN IN YOUR GAS SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE BREATHING YOU CAN STAY DOWN LONGER AND THEN ALSO REDUCES YOUR, UH, SURFACE ARM FULL TIME. THAT'S HOW IT GOES. ALRIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? NO MOVE. NOT SO MOVED. SECOND, MAYOR SECOND. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? VERY WELL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? NOT THAT IAIN. I NOTE THAT KENNY BERG ABSTAINED THE RESOLUTION. WELL, NEVERMIND. I, I'M SORRY. NOT THIS ONE. ALRIGHT. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM B, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT CEDC RESOLUTION NUMBER TWO. APPLICATION SUBMITTED FROM THE USE OF SPECIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM FOR ASSIGNED GRANT APPLICATION FROM JEREMY VIS FOR TJ'S CAR WASH LOCATED AT 9 32 WEST PLANTATION DRIVES. BELIEVE YOUR, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL THE BOARD ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION? NO CLAIM. I MEAN WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE THE, THE SIGNAGE THAT'S UP THERE THAT IS CURRENTLY UP THERE FOR PROBABLY THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT HAS DETERIORATED AND FADED AND TURNED BLACK. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO, UH, REPLACE THAT SIGNAGE. SO IT'S, UH, SHINES BRIGHT AT NIGHT AND TRACKS CUSTOMERS. MR. SKA HAS TWO, OR MISKA HAS TWO QUOTES. UM, I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH QUOTE YOU WERE. UH, GO, UH, REFER TO GO WITH, UH, CO-SIGNS. CO-SIGNS. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO HIS REQUEST WOULD BE A MATCH TO THE TEN THOUSAND TEN THOUSAND SEVEN 70? YEAH. BOTH OF THEM ARE UNDER 11,000. YES SIR. ALRIGHT. AND HE DID INCLUDE A NOTE IN HIS APPLICATION ALSO ABOUT A THIRD QUOTE. IT'S REALLY VERY DIFFICULT TO GET SIGNED CONTRACTORS DOWN HERE. YEAH. SOMEBODY YOU DON'T WANT THE GUYS I USED FIVE YEARS AGO AND IT WOULD BE UP TO 50%. CORRECT. UP TO 50%. UP TO 50%. UP TO 50%. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS THE 10,000. THAT'S TOTAL AMOUNT. SO WE MATCH, TAKE, OKAY. THINK OUTAGE IS 6,000. WE UP TO 6,000. CORRECT. SO WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION, IF YOU WOULD NOTE THAT YOU'RE DOING 50% OF THE QUOTED COSTS FOR THE GULF SCIENCE BID FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THIS, UH, UH, RESOLUTION UP TO 50% OF THE GULF COAST SIGN MOTION? SECOND. SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. SO THEN THIS, IS THIS THE ONE YOU WERE TRYING TO CATCH ME ON TO BE FILLED IN? OKAY. YEAH. SO THE AMOUNT WOULD BE, UH, 53 85. 44. OKAY. PERFECT. ALRIGHT, ITEM C, CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT CEDC RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 3 26. VENTING AND CLARIFYING SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. SO THERE'VE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAD IN PLACE. UH, WE SAT DOWN WITH, UH, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE [00:15:01] CITY ATTORNEY, UH, TO KIND OF MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR IN THE PROPOSED, UH, 10 STEPS OR 10 GUIDELINES THAT ARE PRESENTED, I'M SORRY, 14, UH, ARE SUBMITTED FOR YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING THIS TO THE FRONT OF THE APPLICATION PACKET TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR FOR ALL INVOLVED. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CJ MOTION? NO. VOTE. MOTION BY MEMBERSHIP. WE SECOND. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY WARREN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? AND MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT IS IT CORRECT? CJ? YES, SIR. WE WILL ADJOURN AT 6 46. THANK YOU EVERYONE. MOTION. MOTION MADE. MOTION MADE AND SECONDED. MOTION BY COUNCIL MAYOR JEREMY. ALL FAVOR. SEE YOU BUD. UNANIMOUS. OKAY. SORRY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.