Sep 24, 2026 Midlothian Community Development Corporation

[* A portion of this meeting is without audio *]

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AND PRESENTED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING OPENED FOR DISCUSSION. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE BOARD CANNOT ACT ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF AND PLACED ON FUTURE ON A FUTURE AGENDA OR RESPONDED TO BY SOME OTHER COURSE. SO CONSIDER AN ACT UPON MINUTES. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE. THANK YOU.

[2026-111 Consider and act upon minutes from the Midlothian Community Development board meeting on August 27, 2026, and Special Called Meeting on September 10, 2026]

SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR WITH THE SIGN OF I I. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. SAME SIGN. THANK YOU. 2026 112

[2026-112 Receive Midlothian Community Development financial report]

RIGHT NOW WE'RE A LITTLE OVER BUDGET. AND THAT WAS DUE TO SOME LAND PURCHASES THAT WE DID.

AND WHAT ELSE IS ON THERE? MAINLY THE LAND PURCHASES THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR. BUT IT DOES LEAVE US WITH 2,820,871 REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES. SO OVERALL, YOU'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

YOUR EXPENDITURE, THE EXPENDITURE PAGE THAT IS JUST BREAKING OUT YOUR LAND ACQUISITION, YOUR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, YOUR INCENTIVES AND YOUR PROJECTS. THE TOTAL

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OKAY. TWO MONTHS IN A ROW. YEAH. SO, 2026-113. CONSIDER AN ACT UPON GRANT REQUEST FROM THE

[2026-113 Consider and act upon a grant request from the City of Midlothian marketing department for a supplemental holiday activity]

AND IT REALLY DID. I THINK IT REALLY DID BOOST THE MORALE OF THE BUSINESSES. WE DID A POST EVENT SURVEY THAT YEAR, AND THE BUSINESSES WERE VERY GRATEFUL. THEY WEREN'T REALLY ABLE TO SAY THAT. THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD GOTTEN MORE BUSINESS FROM THE ACTIVITY, BUT THEY DEFINITELY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS TOOK AWAY FROM THE ACTIVITY. AND THEN WE DID SORT OF A PARED DOWN VERSION LAST YEAR WITH DOING A, WITH SORT OF A SHOP, SMALL SATURDAY EVENT WHERE WE HAD ENTERTAINMENT AND AT HERITAGE PARK, AND WE HAD SOME MORE ACTIVITIES AND WE DID HAVE SOME TROLLEY RIDES ALONG WITH THAT AS WELL. SO THIS YEAR THERE WASN'T REALLY A BIG THOUGHT OF DOING THIS EVENT AGAIN. BUT MY, MY HEARTSTRINGS WERE KIND OF BEING TUGGED BY THE BUSINESSES AS I WOULD WALK IN AND THEY'D SAY, LORI, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR? AND ALSO IN WORKING WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF LOOKING AT THEIR CHALLENGES WITH DOING THE REALLY BIG EVENTS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WITH HERITAGE PLAZA, SORT OF BRAINSTORMED SOME IDEAS. SO THIS THIS PROPOSAL IS REALLY SORT OF A CONTINUATION OF MERRY AND BRIGHT, BUT THINK OF IT AS THE POP UP EDITION. SO TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM GOALS, IT WOULD HAPPEN DURING DECEMBER OF 2026 TO PROMOTE MIDLOTHIAN DOWNTOWN AS A DESTINATION, ENCOURAGING TOURISM TO THE AREA, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGING OUR LOCALS TO USE THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND THE RESTAURANTS DURING HOLIDAY SEASON. THE TARGET AUDIENCE WOULD BE OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS VISITORS TO THE AREA. A LOT OF PEOPLE

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TRADITIONALLY, PARKS AND RECREATION HAS DONE THE TREE LIGHTING ON DECEMBER 1ST. THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, AS WELL AS THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT UP PARADE ON DECEMBER 5TH. AND HEATHER'S HERE. SHE CAN BACK ME UP THAT THE FESTIVITIES FOR THE CHRISTMAS EVENT WERE REALLY NOT PRACTICAL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE HERITAGE PARK AND THEN ALL THE SPACE WE WOULD TAKE FOR THE FESTIVITIES ARE SPACE THAT PEOPLE WOULD PERCEIVE AS WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM PARKING. SO THAT'S WHERE THIS IDEA OF MAYBE JUST DOING SOME SMALL POP UPS TO SUPPLEMENT THE OTHER BIGGER EVENTS. AND THOSE WOULD BE DECEMBER 12TH FROM 1 TO 4.

SANTA PHOTOS AND LETTERS TO VETERANS TO TAKE PLACE AT CITY HALL, PROBABLY, OR MAYBE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LIBRARY. AND THAT WOULD BE A PROFESSIONAL SANTA AND, AND A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER WHERE THE PARTICIPANTS COULD GET THEIR THEIR SANTA PHOTOS RIGHT THERE AND TAKE THEM WITH THEM AND THEN DOING IT EARLIER IN THE DAY, PEOPLE COME, CAN COME DOWN, GO TO LUNCH BEFOREHAND OR GO TO DINNER AFTERWARDS. AND IT WOULD JUST BE SORT OF A DESTINATION FOR THEM TO COME TO, TO GET THEIR SANTA PHOTOS, STAY AWAY FROM THE BIG MALLS, STAY AWAY FROM SOME OF THE OTHER BIGGER ACTIVITIES, BUT BE ABLE TO COME AND, AND DO THE SANTA PHOTO EXPERIENCE IN DOWNTOWN MIDLOTHIAN. AND THEN THE SECOND EVENT WOULD BE DECEMBER 18TH AND 19TH FROM 5 TO 7:30 P.M. HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE RIDES AROUND THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE. IT WOULDN'T BE A VERY LONG RIDE, BUT THAT WOULD BE OKAY BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALLOW PROBABLY QUITE A FEW PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IN THAT TIME PERIOD. AND JUST AGAIN, SOMETHING TO DRAW PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THAT'S DIFFERENT AND GET THEM TO STAY AND, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RESTAURANTS. SO THE POP UP IDEA WOULD ALSO SORT OF ENCOMPASS MIDLOTHIAN IN A BROADER SENSE, BECAUSE WITH THE MARKETING OF THIS EVENT, WE WOULD EXPECT TO COORDINATE WITH THE CHAMBER, COORDINATE WITH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, AND SORT OF PUT A LIST TOGETHER OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN FIND IN MIDLOTHIAN. I ALREADY REACHED OUT TO BACK PORCH THEATER. THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO A PLAY IN DECEMBER, AND SO WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF PUT ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES UNDER ONE BIG UMBRELLA OF MERRY AND BRIGHT, AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE ACTIVITIES THAT PEOPLE THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. BUT THEN AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE BE SOMETHING TO BRING PEOPLE INSIDE, INSIDE OF MIDLOTHIAN, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE UNIQUE, UNIQUE EXPERIENCES. WE WOULD DISPLAY MERRY AND BRIGHT POSTERS ALL AROUND TOWN. WE WOULD USE DIGITAL ADVERTISING THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR SOCCER FEST. I DON'T KNOW WHY. VICTORIA. SHE WORE THE T SHIRT THIS YEAR, BUT SHE WAS OUR PARTNER IN DIGITAL ADVERTISING FOR SOCCER FEST. WE'D USE THE MIDLOTHIAN WEBSITE, OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, OUR NOW MAGAZINE, AND KBECKBEC RADIO AS JUST SOME OF THE MARKETING ACTIVITIES.

AND THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE THE POLE BANNERS FOR ABOUT $2,700 TO REPLACE SOME OF THE POLE BANNERS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. IT INCLUDES THE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE RIDES, SANTA CLAUS, THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE ADVERTISING FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 11,000 $411,450. AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. SO NOT THE 122 50 THAT'S SHOWN ON HERE. PARDON ME, THERE'S A 122 50 ON HERE. JUST MAKING SURE I WAS HAVING TROUBLE ADDING THAT UP TO I WAS TO OKAY, I WAS SITTING HERE LOOKING AT WHAT COMBINATION. YEAH. SOME OF THE EXPENSES ARE SORT OF IN FLUX RIGHT NOW. I DO KNOW WHAT I DO HAVE FIRM BIDS FOR, FIRM QUOTES FOR THE

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SO ON HERE IT SAYS, DO YOU PLAN TO INCREASE THE ATTENDANCE OR SIZE OF FUTURE EVENTS, OR IS THIS SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO? WELL, WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO DO IT EVERY YEAR, BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. SO AS FAR AS I WAS JUST I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SPENDING THE MONEY TO PUT THE BAND, YOU KNOW, TO BUY NEW BANNERS TO PUT ON, I ASSUME THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, I CAN SEE, HEY, YOU'RE GOING TO REUSE THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO THAT'S FOR SOME EXPENSE IN THAT. BUT IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE HESITANT TO WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN OR NOT. WELL, THAT WAS JUST THE DECORATING OF DOWNTOWN WILL CONTINUE TO IT'S ALL THE MERRY AND BRIGHT LOGO. YES, RIGHT NOW IT IS OKAY, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. WILL THAT CONTINUE YEAR AFTER YEAR? IT CAN. I MEAN, THESE BANNERS HAVE LASTED. WE'RE HAVING TO REPLACE QUITE A FEW OF THEM. SO I'M SAYING THEY'VE LASTED SOME OF THEM THREE YEARS, BUT IT'S LIKE A 2 OR 3 YEAR TIME FRAME FOR THOSE BANNERS. I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST READ OVER IT, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS THE SANTA AND THEN THE CARRIAGE RIDE. AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S A LOT FOR JUST TWO THINGS. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INCORPORATING WITH THE OTHER BUSINESSES AND EVENTS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM PROMOTE AS WELL AND MAKE IT FEEL BIGGER, LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON. I LIKE THAT IDEA OF IT. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I GOT.

SURE. HAVE I KNOW FOUNDERS ROW IS DOING SOMETHING REALLY NICE AGAIN THIS YEAR. HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH STEPHEN ABOUT WHAT HE MIGHT BE HAVING? SO WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH FOUNDERS ROW AND THEY ARE NOT PLANNING TO DO A BIG EVENT THIS YEAR. OH OKAY. THEY'VE LOST SOME. THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE PLANNING THAT, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. THEY'RE NOT REALLY LOST. BUT.

THEY'RE NOT PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU'VE GOTTEN WITH THE CHAMBER ABOUT IT. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT YET. I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL I IF I GOT APPROVAL AND THEN COORDINATE WITH WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING. OKAY. SO ARE YOU THEN ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING IT TOGETHER LIKE THIS PAST YEAR? WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE SEPARATE, BUT THAT WE COULD PROMOTE EACH OTHER'S ACTIVITIES. OKAY, OKAY.

I'M GOING TO TIE THOSE TWO THOUGHTS TOGETHER THAT WE'RE ALL HAVING. BECAUSE IF CHRISTMAS AT FOUNDERS ROW IS NOT HAPPENING, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE THAT EVENT. IT WAS SO FUN. IT WAS ALWAYS PACKED. IT KIND OF HAD THAT TASTE OF MIDLOTHIAN FEEL. YOU GOT IT. I'M PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, LIKE, LET'S CREATE SOMETHING THAT CAN LAST BECAUSE EVERYONE LOVES CHRISTMAS AND THAT BIG PARTY WAS AWESOME. SO I DIDN'T REALIZE THEY WEREN'T DOING IT EITHER. I WAS GOING TO SAY IT'S JUST DETRACT FROM CHRISTMAS AT FOUNDERS ROW, BUT I GUESS IT DOESN'T BECAUSE I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. AND WE USUALLY DO A BIG PARTY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARADE.

IT'S JUST THIS YEAR IS JUST NOT REALLY CONDUCIVE TO DOING THAT FOR SURE. BUT WHEN THAT WHEN THE PLAZA OPENS UP, I'M SURE IT WILL BE PROGRAMED. DEFINITELY. THAT WOULD BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS I'M ASSUMING THAT AFTER THE PARK IS DONE, THE PARADE WILL START BACK AND THEN THE HERITAGE PARK WOULD BE USED FOR DIFFERENT ENTERTAINMENTS. YEAH, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK FOR THAT.

COME ON UP. AND THE PARADE'S NOT GOING AWAY. THERE WILL BE A CHRISTMAS PARADE THIS YEAR WHEN THAT PARK OPENS. CHRISTMAS IS GOING TO BE HUGE. I KNOW WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT PLAZA AND THAT IS GOING TO I'M EXCUSE ME, BUT WE ARE GOING TO THROW UP CHRISTMAS ALL OVER DOWNTOWN. WE STARTED IT LAST YEAR AND WE. WE REALLY EXPANDED OUR DECORATIONS. BUT YES, WE WILL BE PROGRAMING THAT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO TRUST ME, WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT WHAT CHRISTMAS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT GRAND OPENING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. REGARDING ANY OTHER BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN, I KNOW THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT HAVE THEY ADDRESSED WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP OR THE IDEAS FOR IT? SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS VERY EASY ON THEM. I'M NOT ASKING THEM TO SIGN UP PER SE. SO THAT'S I I'VE DESIGNED THIS. SO IT'S REALLY JUST A BENEFIT

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[2026-114 Receive Executive Director update and direct staff as necessary • Grant subcommittee update • Drainage study for Mount Zion • Upcoming event dates]

THERE'S APPLICATION, DEADLINE, PRESENTATION, DIFFERENT DATE IN THE BOARD VOTE. I DON'T KNOW IF SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE CONFUSED, BUT THEN WHY DID WE VOTE ON THIS RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE THE CITY CAME FORWARD AND ASKED IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND LISTEN TO IT NOW, BECAUSE BY THE TIME THIS WAS DONE, IT WOULD BE NO BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN BECAUSE OF THE TIMING.

OKAY, SO YOU GUYS, MY EYES ARE SO DILATED RIGHT NOW I CAN BARELY READ. BUT WE, WE DID TALK ABOUT HAVING SORT OF, SHOULD I SAY BUCKETS. YOU KNOW, FOR PROMOTIONAL GRANTS. AND SO WE HAVE A FORM THAT CAN PROBABLY BE EXPECTATIONS ON HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THOSE.

SO NUMBER ONE, LEVEL ONE IS COMMUNITY STARTER, AND IT'S UP TO $5,000 OF A GRANT. WE WOULD BE REQUESTING UP TO 249 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THAT EVENT AND UP TO TEN VENDORS. SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE ON HOW I WE WORDED IT? SO IF WE GIVE A GRANT FOR UP TO $5,000 FOR AN EVENT, SAY, THEN WE'RE ASKING THEM TO HAVE AT LEAST 249 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE AND TEN PEOPLE AS VENDORS AT THAT EVENT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DOES THOSE WOULD BE OUR EXPECTATIONS, RIGHT. AND THEN IT GOES UP FROM THERE. LEVEL TWO, THE GROWING IMPACT IS FROM 5000 TO 10,000.

IT INCREASES THE ATTENDANCE BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A PER HEAD, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR ROI IN THIS CASE AS WELL. SO WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR 250 PEOPLE TO 499 IN ATTENDANCE, AND UP TO 25 VENDORS. SO MAKING THE EVENT A LITTLE BIT LARGER. OKAY. AND THEN WE LEVEL THREE IS OVER $10,000 TO 25,000. AND OF COURSE, IT INCREASES IN ATTENDANCE. AND THEN LEVEL FOUR WOULD BE 25,000 TO 50,000 WITH A 5000 PERSON MINIMUM AND UP TO 100 VENDORS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? HOW MANY HOW MANY EVENTS DID WE HAVE THIS YEAR THAT HAD 5000 PLUS? MIDLO FEST AND WORLD CUP HERITAGE? I, I DIDN'T COUNT ON WORLD CUP BECAUSE IT WAS NOT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE AGAIN.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU HAVE YOUR NUMBER COUNT? DON'T YOU REMEMBER? THAT VERY WELL. SO. I.

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VICTORIA, DID Y'ALL HAVE 8500? YEAH, THEY HAD 8500 PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S COMING AND GOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO IT REALLY YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. AND WE COULD 100 VENDORS IS A LOT TO ANNA'S POINT. WE COULD BUMP THAT DOWN TO 75. AT 150. SO IF THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT WISELY. YEAH. I MEAN, IF THE PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET THAT IT'S OBTAINABLE, IT IS OBTAINABLE. SO THAT'S YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST 100 IS A LOT FROM A NEOPHYTE LOOKING AT IT, 100 VENDORS LIKE, MY GOD, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO? BUT IF IT'S BEEN, IF WE'VE HIT THAT MARGIN BEFORE, I MEAN, LET'S DO IT. SO IS THERE DO WE HAVE TO OR WOULD IT BE GOOD TO SPELL OUT OR DEFINE A VENDOR WHEN THEY GO TO

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THAT TOP ONE VENDOR COMPOSITION REQUIREMENT. OKAY, 70% MUST BE RETAIL. AND AGAIN, BACK TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WALK AROUND WITH A, YOU KNOW, A CLICKER. YEAH. RIGHT. BOARD AND GO, OH, YOU DON'T COUNT. BOUNCE HOUSES ARE GOING TO COUNT AS A VENDOR, RIGHT? YEAH. I'M TELLING YOU, I JUST I LOVE IT WHEN YOU GIVE PEOPLE MORE THAN ENOUGH INFORMATION. SO JUST BY HAVING THIS ON THE BACK IS, IS KUDOS FOR ME TO EVERYBODY, TO THE TEAM FOR DOING THIS, COMING UP WITH THE LEVELS AND THEN JUST GIVING MORE EXPLANATION ON WHAT IT IS. IT KEEPS FROM A WHOLE LOT OF CONVERSATIONS. SO THAT'S GOOD. I THINK I'VE BEEN HERE FOR. ONE, I THINK WE DID NOT DIDN'T HAVE VENDORS. WELL, AND THEN TO THAT POINT, DID Y'ALL TALK ABOUT LIKE, WHAT IF IT'S A NEW EVENT? IS THERE LIKE A STARTER? YEAH, I MEAN, I SAW THE WORD STARTER. BUT I MEAN, DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY GO WITH THE AT THE LOWEST? LET'S GO. HEATHER. OKAY. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW EVENTS THAT DON'T HAVE VENDORS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS WE HAVE CONCERTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY VENDORS AT THEM. WE HAVE MOVIES, WE DON'T HAVE VENDORS AT THEM.

SO WHEN WE DO MOST OF OUR STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HANDFUL THAT WE DO VENDORS AT, BUT MOST OF OURS DO NOT INCLUDE VENDORS. NOW, I KNOW WE'RE THE CITY AND NOT SOMEONE ELSE TRYING TO PUT ON AN EVENT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING LIKE A MID LOW FEST, BUT FOR MOST OF OURS, WE DO NOT HAVE VENDORS AT OURS. LIKE, OH, I'M STILL ON. WE'RE KIND OF SPECIAL. SPECIAL. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN NOTE UNDER VENDOR COMPOSITION IS LIKE, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE VENDORS, OBVIOUSLY THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE IN THE APPLICATION. SO THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY APPLY TO THEM. THERE ARE, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, GRANTS THAT WE FUNDED THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE VENDORS. AND, BUT WE ALSO HELD BACK FROM GRANTING THEM, YOU KNOW, THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO IF WE CAN USE THIS AS, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGEMENT, I'M JUST JOKING.

OTHER BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST I THINK I THINK THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS JUST TO BE ENCOURAGING, TO HAVE TO MAKE IT LIKE MORE MIGHT BE BETTER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EVENT. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I LOVE THE MEXICAN FOOD TRUCK WITH MISTER SOFTEE, BUT IF YOU THROW ANOTHER ONE IN THERE, EVEN BETTER. I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT IN A LONGER LINE OR, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST SUPPOSED TO HOPEFULLY SERVE AS ENCOURAGEMENT AND A GUIDELINE THAT WE WOULD LIKE. THE VENDORS ARE PART OF THE QUALITY OF THE EVENT, RIGHT? IF YOU GO AND IT'S SUPER HOT AND YOU'RE SWEATING YOUR FACE OFF AND THERE'S ONE PLACE TO GET LEMONADE, LIKE THAT'S, THAT DOESN'T COME ACROSS VERY WELL. EVEN THOUGH YOUR KIDS HAD FUN, ALL YOU REMEMBER IS HOW HOT IT WAS AND HOW SWEATY, AND YOU HAD TO STAND IN LINE FOR THREE HOURS, YOU KNOW? SO THE IDEA IS TO HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER? AND IT'S TO, TO NOT KEEP PEOPLE FROM HAVING AN EVENT. BUT HOW CAN YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN A BIGGER ASPECT, MAYBE AND BRING, JUST BRING THE EXTRA, YOU KNOW, 8500 OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER MANY PEOPLE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THAT'S THE INTENT BEHIND IT. OKAY. SO. YEAH, MY ONLY QUESTION WAS I ON THIS LIKE MAJOR DESTINATION ONE ON LIKE A MENLO FEST, IS THERE ANY DATA THAT BACKS UP LIKE HOW MUCH OUR SALES TAX INCREASE FOR THAT WEEKEND VERSUS A NORMAL WEEKEND IN, IN TOWN? YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE INVESTING 25,000, ARE WE GETTING THAT RETURN AND NOT THAT THAT'S OUR ONLY DRIVING FACTOR, RIGHT? WE WANT TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THESE EVENTS FUN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY OF THAT BACK AND SHOWED HOW MUCH SALES TAX CAME IN ON THOSE WEEKENDS. YOU KNOW, AM I. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU FILE IT FOR THE WHOLE MONTH, BUT THE HOUR WE'VE ASKED THAT A MILLION TIMES AND WE ALWAYS WANT IT. BUT THE ANSWER HAS BEEN, WHAT'S THE THE YEAH. PLACER AI TECHNOLOGY IS WHAT THEY'VE GONE TO. THAT HELPS WITH THAT QUESTION. SO THEY CAN CALCULATE, GET BETTER NUMBERS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO AN EVENT. SO THAT'S BEEN KIND OF A MIDDLE ANSWER FOR US THAT THEY'RE. SORRY ON THE PLACER AI. WE CAN LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN GET DIFFERENT

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BEFORE THE EVENT, THEY CAME FROM HOME, THEY WENT BACK HOME OR THEY WENT TO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE THEY WENT TO A HOTEL OR THEY WENT TO A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT. SO WE CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA, DOESN'T SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET THAT PERSONAL. LIKE THEY WENT TO WALMART AND BOUGHT SOME NEW TENNIS SHOES. IT'S A, THEY WENT TO A RETAIL STORE IN THIS SECTION OF TOWN OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA, AT LEAST IF THEY CAME TO THE EVENT AND THEN WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND, YOU KNOW, MOST LIKELY SPENT FUNDING AND CREATED SOME MORE SALES TAX DOLLARS. SO IT'LL GIVE YOU A SECTION. YEAH, JUST KIND OF VIEW IT OUT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH, WE CAN START SHOWING YOU, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT WITH, WITH OUR BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE GETTING WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOTELS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE WORLD SERIES HERE QUITE A FEW TIMES, AND WE CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE GOING TO THE HOTEL AND WE CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT PEOPLE GOING TO OTHER CITIES, HOTELS, SO WE CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON, OR IF THEY WENT OUT AND ATE DINNER AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TRACK AND SEE WHAT WE HAD GOING ON WITH THE THE CITY LIMITS. AND THEY CAME IN, RIGHT? YES. YES, MA'AM. WE CAN. IT'S REALLY NEAT. SO IT HAS 8500 PEOPLE DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE CHILDREN. CORRECT. IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PHONE. BUT IT DOES HAVE A MARKER IN THERE. SO WHEN IT COUNTS A PERSON THEY MIGHT GIVE YOU A ONE, ONE PERSON MIGHT BE 1.3. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF OUR EVENTS, WE DO KNOW THAT THE NUMBER WE GOT IS NOT HOW MANY BECAUSE LIKE OUR EASTER HUNT, I MEAN, WE HAVE A MILLION CHILDREN THERE WITHOUT A CELL PHONE PINGING. SO ARE THERE ANY VENDORS THERE? DO WHAT? ARE THERE ANY VENDORS THERE? NO, NO, IT'S FREE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

VENDORS. SORRY. I'M GOING TO MAKE THEM. YOU'RE BUYING A RABBIT. OKAY. EVERYBODY'S BUYING A RABBIT. WE HAVE PINK AND GREEN RABBITS. KIDS, $50 JUST TO SPEAK TO THE VENDORS.

VENDORS LIKE FOOD TRUCKS. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT DOESN'T COUNT TOWARDS OUR SALES TAX DOLLARS.

IT'S WORTH. RIGHT. SO THOSE THINGS AREN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, ADDING TO SALES TAX REVENUE.

IT'S THOSE ARE THE, YOU KNOW, ENJOYABILITY OF THE EVENT. YEAH. IF YOU'RE USING LOCAL AND THE REGISTER. YES, YES. SO I THINK THAT THEY HAVE PRINTED OUT A LIST OF FOOD TRUCK VENDORS FOR ME BEFORE. SO IT, BUT SOMETHING IF WE HAD LIKE A LITTLE MEDIA KIT OR SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WANTING TO PUT ON EVENTS, IT'D BE GREAT FOR US TO PRINT OUT AND HAVE THEM. YEAH.

WELL, IF WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ALWAYS TRYING TO PROMOTE SHOP LOCAL. YEAH. WHAT IF, WHAT IF WE, I MEAN, I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE AND I DON'T WANT TO CLOG UP THE WHOLE NIGHT WITH THIS, BUT MAYBE IT'LL BE AN OFFSET. BUT IF WE HAVE AN OFFSET OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF TOWN THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING SALES TAX DOLLARS FROM, WHAT IF WE OFFERED AN INCENTIVE FOR LOCAL VENDORS TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT? MAYBE IT'S $50 CHEAPER. I'M NOT TRYING TO TELL THE CITY WHAT TO DO, BUT MAYBE IT'S CHEAPER BECAUSE YOU HAVE A MIDLOTHIAN REGISTRATION FOR YOUR BUSINESS, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET SALES TAX FROM YOU AND MAKE IT BACK EVEN SQUARE. I DON'T KNOW, JUST A PROPOSAL, JUST A THOUGHT OUT LOUD. BECAUSE IF WE'RE LOSING AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING IN A GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS. IT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON OUR SALES. BUT IF WE CAN INCENTIVIZE MORE LOCAL PEOPLE BECAUSE WE GET TO KEEP THOSE SALES TAX DOLLARS IN TOWN, I DON'T KNOW, JUST A THOUGHT. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY EVENTS WE'VE SPONSORED THE LAST FEW YEARS, LIKE ON AVERAGE, TEN, 15, 14? YEAH, YOU DO 14, 15 FOR THE CITY. AND THEN IT KIND OF DECREASED TO ABOUT SIX. YEAH, I'M JUST DOING MATH. RIGHT. IF WE ASSUME TWO OF THESE ARE BIG FOR THE CITY, RIGHT, 75 TO $100,000, I THINK OUR BUDGET WAS RIGHT AROUND 400,000. SO WE HAVE 300,000 LEFT FOR ALL THE OTHER SMALLER ONES, RIGHT? LIKE, DO YOU DO A BUNCH OF LEVEL THREES AND NOT VERY MANY LEVEL ONES? DO YOU DO A TON OF LEVEL ONES AND TWOS? LIKE THE WEIGHT OF THESE ALSO MATTERS, RIGHT? BIG EVENTS DRAW LOTS OF PEOPLE, BUT THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF THEM. HOW DO WE GET MORE SMALLER EVENTS? GIVE AWAY TO OTHER SMALLER ONES. AND WHAT ARE THE SMALLER EVENTS? THERE WAS A THERE WAS A HORSE. A HORSE RENAISSANCE FAIR. LIKE HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE MORE OF THOSE? BECAUSE THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS FOR OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? THOSE EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDS THEIR OWN EVENT TO LIKE, SHOULD WE START ENCOURAGING MORE STARTER GRANTS? YOU KNOW, I'M JUST DOING THE

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BUT I WANT TO ON THIS. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR INDIVIDUAL GRANT. YES, I KNOW THIS WILL REOPEN IN OCTOBER OCTOBER START BUDGET. IS THIS IMPROVING? IS THIS. OH NO THERE'S NOTHING. OKAY. YEAH. ARE YOU ALL GOOD WITH IT? GIVE US FEEDBACK. THE SUBCOMMITTEE CAN I CAN OR I CAN SEND ALL OF YOU ALL THE ADDITIONAL FOOTNOTE. AND IF Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH IT, WE'LL PUT IT ON THE WEB PAGE. YEAH. GOOD JOB TEAM. GOOD JOB. SO MOVING ON TO THE DRAINAGE STUDY, Y'ALL HAD ASKED ABOUT SEEING ABOUT A DRAINAGE STUDY. AND SO I WENT TO MIKE ADAMS, WHO IS THE GURU OF ALL THINGS ABOUT LIKE THAT FOR THE CITY. AND HE GAVE ME A COMPANY. THEY CAME BACK IN AT $67,000 FOR THE DRAINAGE STUDY. THEY RECOMMENDED. HE RECOMMENDED THEM BECAUSE THEY ALREADY DOING SOME DRAINAGE STUDIES, LIKE BECAUSE OF THE NEW RETENTION POND, THAT'S OVER THE REALLY BIG ONE. AND SO THEY KIND OF ALREADY HAVE THEIR FINGERS AROUND SOME STUFF. SO REALLY, I JUST NEED DIRECTION. I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH MOVING FORWARD ON IT JUST BUT YOU KNOW, THAT BIG OF AN EXPENDITURE, IT'LL GO BEFORE COUNCIL, THEY'LL HAVE TO APPROVE IT. AND SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE BID CAME BACK IN AT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? NOPE. NO, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO CONSIDER. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE PUSHBACK ON THIS WOULD BE MY QUESTION. SPEAKING OF WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, YEAH, I CAN SAY WHY I AGREE, BUT IF EVERYBODY AGREES AND GOOD. YEAH, WE'LL GET IT GOING. WELL, I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO GET IT GOING AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY. I, I DID ASK IF THAT SOUNDS. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE OVER 100. THAT'S WHAT MIKE SAID.

MIKE SAID. THAT'S, THAT'S REASONABLE FOR THIS TIME. YEAH. SO I AND THEY'LL BE KIND OF SET UP THAT IF WE NEED TO GO AND GET WITH A CERTAIN GROUP LIKE THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO, TO GET MORE INFORMATION OR TO GET APPROVAL, THEY'LL ALREADY HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE FOUNDATION OF THIS. SO IT MAY SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. SO IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD ACTUALLY. TELL US THE WHAT COULD BE BUILT OVER THERE IN A LOT OF WAYS. SO TO ME IT'S WORTH IT. OKAY, GREAT.

WELL, WE'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THE UPCOMING EVENTS REAL QUICKLY. OCTOBER 3RD WAS THE CHAMBER BINGO. WE STILL HAVE TICKETS FOR THAT. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO TO THAT, JUST LET ME KNOW. WE'LL GET YOU ON THE LIST. I THINK YOU HAVE TO DRESS IN AN 80S PANT SUIT OR WIN SUIT OR SOMETHING. SO, MIKE, I'M THINKING THAT'S YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING IN YOUR CLOSET. I GOT A COUPLE. YOU SHOULD. OH, YEAH. SO SOMEBODY SHOW UP IN THE 80S PANT SUIT, PLEASE. OH, IT'S NOT 80. SO IRON. THAT WAS LAST YEAR. SORRY. YOU CAN STILL WEAR IT. YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. SO

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OCTOBER 8TH IS THE STATE OF THE CITY LUNCHEON. WE HAVE A TABLE. IF YOU WANT TO GO, LET ME KNOW.

THAT'S 11 TO 1. ALSO ON OCTOBER 8TH, WE'D LIKE TO DO OUR FINAL MCD WORKSHOP FROM 3 TO 6. AND SO GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON THE CALENDAR. AND THEN THAT WAY OUR MEETING SCHEDULE SHOULD JUST GO BACK TO NORMAL. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NITTY GRITTY THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO GET INTO IS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO FUND AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED? YEP. OKAY.

AND THEN OCTOBER 31ST IS HERITAGE DAYS. I HAVE WE'LL HAVE A TENT. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A TENT. WE MAY JUST BE IN THE SUN. ELIZABETH ORDERED OUR TENT YESTERDAY OR TODAY, SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE HERE. BUT DREW IS SIGNED UP FOR NOON TO TWO. DEMETRIUS HAS SIGNED UP FOR 2 TO 4 OR 10 TO 10 TO NOON. WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT TO DO? WHATEVER. YOU COULD JUST SHOW UP WHENEVER YOU WANT. IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP TO BE UNDER THE TENT TO TALK ABOUT MC D AND PASS OUT STUFF, JUST REACH OUT TO ME. WE'LL GET YOU ON THERE. OKAY? AND THEN SAVE THE DATE FOR THE LIGHT UP PARADE. SO WE'VE JUST GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GIVE OUT OUR LIGHT UP STUFF THIS YEAR. DECEMBER 5TH. YEAH. WE DON'T GET TOGETHER THAT OFTEN. WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT STUFF IN BIG GROUPS. I NOW KNOW THAT. RIGHT? THE WORKSHOPS HAVE REALLY HAMMERED THAT HOME FOR ME. WHEN DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT MOUNT MOUNT ZION MORE? DO WE? ARE WE GOING TO OR DO WE WANT TO LIKE DIVE INTO IT? BECAUSE I WOULD RIGHT NOW IF EVERYBODY WANTED TO, BUT LIKE, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT NOW. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S GOT TO BE ON THE AGENDA, NOT WELL, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN THE WORKSHOP. YOU CAN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS, BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE DIRECTION AND HOW YOU WANT TO GO AND GIVE DIRECTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE AN AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THIS IS THAT IT FOR YOU? OKAY.

[2026-115 Receive City Council Liaison Report]

THEY'RE NOT OUT ALREADY. PARKING SIGNS. WELL, HEATHER'S GIVING ME A LOOK THAT TELLS ME IT MAY NOT BE HAPPENING ANYTIME SOON, BUT SOME SIGNAGE ANYWAYS. THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP DIRECT SOME PARKING. YEAH. SO TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, POINT PEOPLE ON WHERE TO PARK BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN A HIT WITH THE WITH ALL THAT BEING SHUT DOWN WITH HERITAGE, REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT DATA CENTERS, DIGITAL RANCH DID GET APPROVED THIS LAST TUESDAY. THIS IS A MASSIVE, MASSIVE PROJECT. IT'S SOUTH OF RAIL PORT KIND OF OVER OFF 875. SO VERY, VERY BIG PROJECT. THEY HAD A VERY GOOD, VERY COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION. IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE.

WE FINISHED THE TAX RATE PROCESS AND THE BUDGET. THE TAX RATE DID DROP A PENNY. SO WE'RE AT 0.64. AND I HAD ALREADY MENTIONED THE BOND TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE TWO PROPS FOR THE PARK. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. OH OH. AND THEN THE WALLS ARE GOING UP FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR. AND THEN THE FIRE ADMIN SHOULD BE DONE BY END OF YEAR, WHICH WOULD TRIGGER MC D MOVING OVER THERE. AND THEY'RE STILL THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY IN THE IN THE MEETING ACROSS THE HALL GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THAT PROCESS IS FOR THE MUSEUM AND THE TIMELINE. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND SO FORTH. NOW THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS

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YEAH. I MEAN CONSTRUCTION WISE, BUT NOT AN ONGOING NO. THEY STOCK IT FULL OF THOSE SERVERS.

AND IT'S IT'S UTILITIES. YEAH. YEAH. IT WAS VERY IT'S BEEN A VERY EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT IT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW I PERSONALLY HAD TO DO MY OWN RESEARCH TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHAT IS BECAUSE EVEN THE, THE FIRST DATA CENTER WE DID OUT HERE, IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM EVEN WHEN THEY THAT WENT IN AND HOW THEY BUILD THEM AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO IT'S, IT TAKES UP LESS AMOUNT OF WATER THAN WE, YOU KNOW, THE HOMES WOULD BE OVER THERE. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S REALLY PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHAT THEY CAN DO. SO WHAT WAS THE TIME FRAME ON THAT? LIKE, WAS THERE BECAUSE IT WAS ALL CONCEPTUAL DRAWING STILL, THERE'S LIKE THE, WELL, THE RENDERINGS THAT CAME TO US, SOME RENDERINGS, BUT THEY WEREN'T 100% FINALIZED. YEAH. THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHAT GOES IN FRONT OF US HAVE TO STICK TO PRETTY CLOSELY. SO IT'S YEAH, BUT THE TIMELINE, I'M NOT SURE I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THEY PLANNING ON EMPLOYING? BECAUSE LIKE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW. YEAH. AND THAT'S ONE.

YEAH, IT COULD BE LESS THAN 100 OR A COUPLE HUNDRED OR WHATEVER. I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS MASSIVE, MASSIVE, LIKE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS. BUT YEAH. GOTCHA. IT'S VERY INTERESTING. I CAN GET YOU ALL THE PRESENTATION IF Y'ALL WANT IT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, DID THEY GIVE ANY INCENTIVES FROM ANYBODY IN THE IN THE CITY? NO, WHICH IS PRETTY UNBELIEVABLE. SO 2 TO 3 YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST ONE WAS OPENED. RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I'M SITTING HERE THINKING OF ALL THE TIMELINES. YEAH. THEY'RE BUILT. THEY'RE PUTTING ROADS IN. I MEAN, IT'S THE WHOLE AREA OVER THERE. LIKE EVERYTHING'S KIND OF SHIFTING OF HOW THE HOW IT WILL RUN THROUGH. AND IT'S FOR 400 ACRES IN THE CITY AND THEN ANOTHER 400 ACRES OUTSIDE OF IT. SO IT'S. YEAH, BUT THERE AREN'T ANY. YES, YES. THANK YOU. WHICH IS A GOOD THING. YEAH. SO THEN THE OTHER 400 WILL 800 ACRES. IT'S THIS IS IT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST PROJECT IN EITHER A LONG TIME OR HISTORY. THE FIVE AND 663. I MEAN 875 AND 190. COOPER. YEAH. VIVI JONES 875.

IF YOU'RE COMING THAT WAY, IT'S AT THE SOUTH END. LIKE WHERE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON AN AERIAL LIKE RAIL PORTS HERE AND THEY'RE COMING OFF THE BOTTOM OF IT. BUT YOU WOULD COME THROUGH LIKE 875 TO VIVI JONES GOING UP HERE, AND THEN THE BOTTOM OF RAIL PORT UP HERE.

IT'S IT'S HUGE. THAT TURNS INTO A ONE LANE UP THERE WITH THAT BIG BLOCKER SIGN. YEAH. WHICH THEY'LL BE EXPANDING THAT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO GOOD. YEAH. IT REALLY WASN'T HOPING I WERE GOING TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. SO IT'S A LOT IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T. IT IS YEAH IT IS. CHECK IT OUT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T LIKE MISSPEAK ANY OF THE FACTS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO IT. SO UNTIL THE COUNCIL MEETING AND JUST CLICK ON THAT AGENDA ITEM AND WATCH IT. OH YEAH. VERY INTERESTING. THERE'S A LONG ONE THOUGH. IT IS. IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PRESENTATIONS I'VE SEEN AS FAR AS HOW THOROUGH IT WAS. AND I MEAN, THEY HAD EVERYTHING FROM DECIBELS OF SOUND TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW A LEAF BLOWER WAS, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I WAS WATCHING AND I WAS LIKE, 60 IS SO LOW IS THAT IT'S VERY QUIET. YEAH. SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS FOR ASKING QUESTIONS ON THAT. WELL, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR THAT. SO IT IS 656. AND THE BOARD

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