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SO IS THIS LIKE THE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO PRESS RECORD.
SO ANY MISTAKES WE MAKE ARE, UH, THAT'S THE FAMOUS LINE.
I DIDN'T PICK UP MATERIAL AND OVER THERE, COME ON, BOB.
I GUESS WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 22ND, 2022 TIF THREE MEDICAL DISTRICT MEETING, UM, WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY FOR THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE WITH THAT.
DO WE EVEN NEED TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A QUARTER? YEAH, WE CAN.
WE CAN WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK, ACTUALLY.
YOU'VE ALL BEEN GIVEN THE MINUTES.
WE WILL TABLE THOSE TO APPROVE THE NEXT MEETING.
IF YOU SEE ANY CHANGES, WE WILL MAKE THEM THEN.
SO WE WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO THE RICH RACER RESIGNED.
AND WE LOST KLEE BECAUSE SHE RAN.
SO I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA, FOLLOW UP ITEMS, AND THAT WOULD BE STAFF.
UM, SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING REGARDING VA TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT.
BASICALLY CAN VETERANS GET SOME KIND OF TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT AND THEY COULD USE TO PAY FOR DARK FAIRS OR OTHERWISE.
AND, UM, COURTNEY DID SOME GREAT RESEARCH FOR US, COURTNEY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SHARE WHAT YOU FOUND.
I KNOW WE PASSED OUT SOME INFORMATION AS WELL, BUT IF YOU WANT TO JUST RUN THROUGH THAT REAL QUICK, I DID, UM, UH, REACHED OUT TO SOME GENTLEMEN AT DART AND DART OFFERS DISCOUNTS FOR SENIORS AND THERE'S DISCOUNTS FOR PARATRANSIT, BUT THERE IS NOT A STIPEND THAT DAR OFFERS.
UM, BUT I DID PROVIDE AN LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INFORMATIONAL PACKET THAT I DID GET OFF OF THE VETERANS AFFAIRS WEBSITE.
AND IT KIND OF WALKS YOU THROUGH ELIGIBILITY AND HOW TO GET REIMBURSED THROUGH THE VA GIVES YOU THE MILEAGE RATE.
UM, I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT'VE BE SOME USEFUL INFORMATION, BUT, UM, I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO READ THROUGH THAT AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN EMAIL ME AND I'LL TRY TO FIND THE ANSWERS FOR YOU.
WELL, I'D LIKE I MADE THAT, I MADE THAT COMMENT BASED ON SOMEONE I KNOW WHO IS A VETERAN AND HE, HE GETS A TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT WHEN HE TRAVELS TO THE VA.
SO, YEAH, AND I, AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT HE'S NOT JUST UNIQUE THAT ALL VETERANS WHO TRAVEL GET, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER TERM STIPEND OR REIMBURSEMENT OR TRAVEL EXPENSE OR YEAH, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT THAT'S DONE THROUGH, UM, VETERANS AFFAIRS.
SO I GUESS THE BOTTOM LINE HAS, IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE VA, IF YOU GET 10 BUCKS, IF, IF, IF WE SET UP SOMETHING FOR DART AND THEY CHARGE THREE, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, UH, UNFAIR FOR THE, FOR THE VETERAN USING THAT SERVICE BECAUSE HE'S RECEIVING BENEFIT IS KIND OF THE WAY I'M THINKING ON THAT LINE.
SO NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, I GUESS THE VA, THE VETERAN WOULD USE THE BENEFIT TO PAY DARK.
IF WE SET UP SOMETHING WITH DARK TO, TO DO THE TRAVEL.
THANK YOU ALL READ THROUGH THAT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT? NOPE.
RIGHT THEN SIDEWALK AND TRANSMISSION LINES.
AND THE OTHER QUESTION CAME UP, OF COURSE, P AND L WAS REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION LINE ALONG WALNUTS, UM, THAT WORK'S BEEN FINISHED.
UH, THEY DID DISTURB SOME SIDEWALKS.
I THINK THAT WAS WHY THE QUESTION IS ABOUT CONNECTING SIDEWALKS TO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT IN THAT AREA.
UM, THEY DID DESERVE SOME SIDEWALKS, BUT REPLACE THOSE AS PART OF THE WORK.
SO, UM, THERE'S A FEW NEW PATCHES OF SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA, BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE, UM, IS STILL THERE.
UH, AND YEAH, SO I THINK THAT COMPLETELY FINISHED THAT WORK AND MOVED ON TO ANOTHER PROJECT.
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GOING ON.WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVING US ALL THE UPDATES TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'LL GET ONE MORE, KICK IT OVER THE DOOR AND NAMEC DEVELOPMENT TEAM OR, UH, OR THERE WE GO.
UH, SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN GIVING YOU UPDATES ON THE RIVER SET DEVELOPMENT AND OF COURSE THE HOME STILL CONTINUE TO GET BUILT OUT THERE.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE THE LATEST INFORMATION WE'VE GOT ON THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THEY'VE MOVED ON TO PHASE TWO.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME.
THEY STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN PHASE ONE, BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY FINISHED.
UM, JUST WAITING ON A COUPLE OF CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY ON, ON THE HOMES AND PHASE ONE PHASE TWO, WHICH IS 304 LOTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH FROM, UH, FROM BUCKINGHAM.
UM, 83 PERMITS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PULLED AND ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, 283 AND 2 21.
UM, SO THEY, UH, THEY'RE MOVING FAST.
UM, IN FACT, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND LABOR ISSUES THAT THE DEVELOPER HASN'T QUITE FINISHED THE LANDSCAPING IN PHASE TWO.
AND TYPICALLY WE WAIT TO ISSUE ANY PERMITS, FINISH THAT LANDSCAPING, BUT, UM, JUST DUE TO HOW LONG THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE AND, UM, ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING IN TERMS OF GETTING LANDSCAPE MATERIALS AND THEN LABOR TO INSTALL IT, WE WENT AHEAD AND STARTED ISSUING PERMITS THERE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD THE BUILDERS OFF ANY LONGER.
UH, SO THEY'VE GONE AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
OF COURSE WE KEEP, UH, UH, A BOND AND THE CASE THAT WORK DOESN'T GET FINISHED, BUT EVERY CONFIDENCE IT WILL GET FINISHED.
SO, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONTINUE TO PLOW AHEAD.
UM, COUPLE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU HERE OF THE WORK AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE FAIRLY RECENT.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF AN AERIAL SHOT, LOOKING ABOVE PHASE TWO NORTHWARD TOWARDS BUCKINGHAM.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THEN MOST OF PHASE ONE BASICALLY BUILT OUT.
I'LL SEE SOME OF THE TOWNHOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN PHASE TWO, UH, TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE THERE, AND THEN A FEW OTHER FOUNDATION, UH, FOUNDATIONS BEING POURED AND FRAMING GOING UP ON SOME OF THE HOMES IN PHASE TWO AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, UM, THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD.
WHAT'S THAT WAS THAT A DRONE SHOT.
UM, AND THESE ARE FROM THE, WE GOT THESE FROM THE DEVELOPER THEY'RE OUT THERE QUITE FREQUENTLY AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NICE SIGNAGE AND DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.
THESE ARE THE FOUR BUILDERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE STILL BUILDING IN RIVER SET.
UM, READ A NEWS ARTICLE RECENTLY THIS PAST WEEK IN, UH, DALLAS MORNING NEWS ABOUT PERMIT NEW SINGLE FAMILY PERMIT NUMBERS COMING OUT OF SOME OF THE NORTHERN SUBURBS, CELINA PROSPER FRISCO, UH, THAT HAVE DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY MONTH OVER MONTH, YOU KNOW, 30, 40% DECLINE NATIONWIDE.
WE HAD A 30% DECLINE IN MORTGAGE STARTS IN MAY.
OUR, OUR LOT INVENTORY IS STARTING TO REALLY RUN OUT.
I MEAN, ASIDE FROM RIVERSIDE AND SOME STUFF IN DISTRICT THREE AND A FEW SCATTERED THROUGHOUT GARLAND, UM, LOT, INVENTORY'S REALLY OUR CHALLENGE.
SO, UM, I THINK EVENTUALLY THINGS ARE GONNA SLOW DOWN HERE TOO, BUT I ALWAYS HIT THE SUBURBS FIRST, THE FAR OUT SUBURBS FIRST, AND THEN THINGS KIND OF SLOW DOWN FROM THERE, BUT FOR NOW THEY'RE BUILDING THEM AS FAST AS THEY CAN OR INTEREST RATES GO, GO TOO FAR OR PRAISING.
SO AS IT IS, I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THESE BUILDERS AND THEY DON'T HAVE LOTS.
THOSE ARE MAINLY SOLD IN RIVERSIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AFFECTING THIS AREA.
AND GARLAND OVERALL AS A HOUSING MARKET REMAINS STRONG EVEN THROUGH THE 2005, 2008 PROBLEMS. SO I JUST, I DON'T SEE IT STOPPING US MUCH.
I KNOW IN DISTRICT THREE, THERE'S A BRAND DOWN WATERHOUSE.
THEY HAVE I'VE DROVE BY THERE THE OTHER DAY.
THEY HAVEN'T STARTED BUILDING, THEY BUILT THESE SCREENING WALL, THEY GOT IT UP THERE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, UH, ANY CONSTRUCTIONS ON ANY HOMES STARTED AS OF YET, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOU BROUGHT UP, UM, WITH THIS INTEREST RATES AND THE INFLATION, THE SUPPLY CHAIN, UM, I'M HOPING THAT THAT PULTE SUBDIVISION DOESN'T GET, GET CAUGHT TAKING SEVERAL, SEVERAL YEARS.
MY BUSINESS HASN'T SLOWED DOWN.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID GARLAND HAS PROXIMITY
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ON ITS SIDE.YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 45, 30 OR LONGER DRIVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SUBURBS OR EVEN AT TODAY'S AVERAGES.
GARLAND IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE SUBURBS OF DALLAS AND NORTH TEXAS.
SO WHAT'S THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE ON A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RIGHT NOW, THREE 50, I BELIEVE IN GARLAND WAS WHAT, OH, NO, RIVERSIDE, FOUR-ISH 3 85.
BOARISH AS THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 3 85.
THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I'VE SEEN.
THEY HAVE SOME, IF YOU GET INTO THE FOUR BEDROOMS AND THE BIGGER ONE AND A HALF STORIES THAT ARE FOR 80 500,000, BUT THE, I MEAN THE INTRODUCTORY PRICE IS IN THE HIGH TWO HUNDREDS AND IT GOES UP QUICK FROM THERE.
YEAH, THEY'VE DONE WELL KIND OF, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SIZES AVAILABLE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS, DID WE HAVE ANY, UH, PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS FROM D CAD, AS FAR AS THE TEXTS, A BASER GENERALLY WE WOULD ABOUT AT THIS POINT, BUT THERE'S SO MANY PROTESTS THAT THE NUMBER WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING UNTIL MID JULY REALLY TO THEY'RE THEY'RE FAR BEHIND, BECAUSE EVERYBODY PROTESTED, I GOT A CERT I GOT TO CERTIFY BY JULY THE 17TH.
SO THEY'LL, YOU'LL GET SOME NUMBERS RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO WE'LL HAVE OUR CFO, MATT WILL COME AND UPDATE US AT THE NEXT MEETING IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, JUST TO REMIND ME THAT, THAT PINK AREA IN THAT FIRST, UH, RIVERSIDE, UH, THAT'LL BE WHAT PHASE THREE, THAT'S NOW GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL.
IT WAS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL MIXED USE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY TRIED IT REALLY BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE FOR A GOOD PAD SITE, COFFEE SHOP, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE SUCCESSFULLY REZONED IT TO RESIDENTIAL, I THINK ADDED IN 12 OR 15 WATTS AS PART OF THAT, THERE WAS DIRT MOVING OUT THERE A WEEK AGO, SO WE'RE NOT WAIT, NO ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? NO, THAT'S ALL ALL I HAD ON RIGHT NOW FOR THE FUN PART, THE MEDICAL DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS PROBABLY MET CLAIRE COB AND JACO SCHUSTER FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY'RE HERE TO SHARE SOME UPDATES ON THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THERE.
SO I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY, COME ON DOWN NEAR THE NEXT CONTESTANT.
LET'S JUST TAKE THE HELM, ERIC
SO CLEARLY IT WAS TALKING ABOUT TWO, THREE, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS KIND OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MEDICAL CENTER WITH THE CRITERION PARTNERSHIP AND OUR REDEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREAS.
JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT THE PROJECT COMPARTMENTALLY INCLUDE, LIKE YOU ALL LIVE UPSKILLING LIFESTYLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOME INITIAL PRIORITIES AND KIND OF MOVED FORWARD WITH THOSE PRIORITIES.
SO HERE'S KIND OF WHERE THOSE REDEVELOPMENT FOCUSING AREAS ALIGNED WITH OUR EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS.
SO UNDER THE WELLNESS, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR HEALTH CARE PARTNERS WITH UP-SKILLING.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE VA AND THEIR PROGRAMS FOR VETERAN EDUCATION, AS WELL AS BEING IN CONVERSATION WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AND JUST LEVERAGING OUR RELATIONSHIP, OBVIOUSLY WITH DALLAS COUNTY MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION AND ALSO T-MAC, UM, HERE IN NORTH TEXAS UNDER LIFESTYLE, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH OAK CLIFF BASED NONPROFIT VETERAN BLOCK, AND THEY'RE A COMMUNITY PLACEMAKING ORGANIZATION.
THEY DO A LOT OF TESTING OF URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS WITH, SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE'LL ALSO BE GOING INTO LIKE THE LEGAL STARTED THE LEGAL BEGINNINGS OF THE WELLNESS PART, INCLUDING LIKE RENEGOTIATING ON THE RIGHT OF ENTRY AND THE MOU TO TRANSFER THAT BAYLOR LAMP.
THE VA GOT BACK TO THE CITY OF CARLIN FOR A FUTURE PRODUCT.
AND THEN OUR WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR AREAS, BUSINESSES WHO ARE SUPPORTING OUR FEDERAL BLOCK EFFORTS AND THEN UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE PARTNERED WITH DART.
UM, WE CERTAINLY HAVE SIDEWALKS AND WALKABILITY AND ALIGNMENT WITH OUR TRAILER.
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SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.I'VE BROKEN THESE DOWN FURTHER.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WITH THE OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE A SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL.
UM, NOW HAVE THE MOST COMPETITIVE MEDICAL OFFICE TENANT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
AND DO YOU HAVE W AND THAT'S REALLY HELPING US MOVE TO OUR A HUNDRED, 120 BED HOSPITAL RECRUITMENT IN THE AREA.
AND THEN WITH BOTH OF THOSE TOGETHER, WE'LL LOOK AT WELLNESS PROGRAMMING AND RETAIL RECRUITMENT.
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, DESIRE FROM OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO LIKE ADJUST SOME OF THE AMENITIES IN THAT AREA TO KIND OF BETTER FIT THEIR LIFESTYLE WITH UPSKILLING.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A VETERAN WORKFORCE WORK PROGRAM AND OUR PARTNER WITH ELLIS COLLEGE AS PART OF THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
AND JUST KIND OF REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BRING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TOGETHER AND TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE BETTER THAT TREND REPORTING AND UPSKILLING ENVIRONMENT.
UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TRAINING SPACE AS A PARTNERSHIP AND LEARNING RESOURCES OR SUPPORT.
WE'RE ALSO OPTIMISTICALLY MOVING TOWARD A UNIVERSITY RECRUITMENT PROGRAM WHERE THAT'S A 10 TO 15 YEAR PROCESS WITH THE STATE WITH LIFESTYLE.
WE HAVE ENGAGED A BETTER BLOCKS OF ALL KINDS OF EXPERIMENT AND TESTS ARE URBAN PLAN.
UH, THE CITY'S ALSO ENGAGED STUDIO OUTSIDE.
THEY'RE DOING THE DOWNTOWN SQUARE.
THEY'RE BIG DALLAS, URBAN DESIGN GARNER.
THEY'VE DID LIKE THE 18 TO DISCOVERY CLAYBORNE FOR, SO THEY'RE REALLY KNOWN FOR MAKING THINGS VERY LIVABLE AND WALKABLE.
THEY'LL ALSO BE DOING LIKE AN INITIAL SERVING SITE PLAN FOR THE WELLNESS PARK, AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE MAKING SOME HISPANIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT STREET IMPROVEMENT BY WALKING THROUGH CONNECTIVITY.
AND WE ARE IN SO MANY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US WHERE PEOPLE JUST IT'S A CONSTANT THEME THAT WALKABILITY AND AUTHENTICITY THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA.
WE'VE ALSO DESIGNED WHO DID ALL OF OUR PARKS SIGN MASTER PLAN AND OUR DOWNTOWN LAKELAND SIGN TO HELP US EXTEND THAT BRANDING INTO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE A PIZZA CITY AESTHETIC THAT PEOPLE COME TO KNOW AND RECOGNIZE GARLAND WITH THAT OUR INITIAL PRIORITIES CAUSE IT'S A LOT, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT A PLAN HERE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY AWARE OF AS WE MOVE INTO REDEVELOPMENT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR BRAND STANDARD AND REALLY LIKE LEAN INTO THE AUTHENTIC, THE AUTHENTICITY AND THE THINGS THAT MAKE OUR ISLAND UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR DEVELOPMENT REFLECTS WHO WE ARE.
AND WE'VE KIND OF SAID LIKE WE'RE MAKERS, THIS IS A VERY DURING COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE THAT AUTHENTICITY THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.
IT'S ALSO A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE LIKE ARE VERY INSPIRATORY, LIKE ARLENE SHOWS UP TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY SPECIAL AND IMPORTANT TO BE MINDFUL OF WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT A PLACE IS GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE FOR STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS IS KIND OF LIKE OUR CREATIVE BRIEF THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH STUDIO OUTSIDE ON AS THEY HAD PLANNED THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE DISTRICT FOR INTERIOR SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS A LITTLE BIT, LET'S CLARIFY MARTIN WALTER, WALTER REED, AND MARIE CURIE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A FINISHING TECHNIQUE.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT, LIKE WE'RE PRESENTING THIS, BUT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A CITY PROJECT.
AND THERE'S NO WAY THAT I'D BE SAYING, OR, OR IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY COMING TOGETHER, I'M JUST THE PERSON WHO'S GOOD AT MAKING POWERPOINTS.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? I DID THE SURVEY AND I ASK A QUESTION, IS THE CITY APPARENTLY FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THE CITY OWNS THE STREETS.
SO WHATEVER WE DO MATCHES UP WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID WITH THE C AND THE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, LOOKING AT WIDENING A LOT OF THESE PATHWAYS.
SO SIX TO EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALKS THAT WITH THE STREETS DEPARTMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A CRUSHED LAST FINISHING WEEK THAT PAYS HOMAGE TO OUR MANUFACTURING HERITAGE, BUT WE'LL BRIGHTEN THE SIDEWALKS.
AND THE DISTRICT KIND OF BLUISH GREENISH TOWN IS THE INITIAL DESIGN AESTHETIC FOR THE EXTERIOR SIDEWALKS ON SHILOH AND WALNUT.
AND THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT COULD BE EXPANDED BEYOND.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A STAIN CONCRETE FINISH AGAIN, LIKE KIND OF PLAYING INTO THE, THE DUCK CREEK, THE BLUE AND KIND OF THIS HEALING PATTERN.
THERE'S THE SIGNAGE FROM DOWNTOWN.
AND THAT'S KIND OF OUR SIGNAGE AS IT WAS IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
OUR PLANS DIDN'T LOOK BACK AT, UM, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE MADE SINCE THEN, AND ALSO BEING LIKE, I'D LOVE TO NOTE, IF YOU HAD SAID WE'D SEEN THEIR INTERIOR RENOVATIONS THAT FLORES HEALTH PARK HAS DONE.
IT'S A TOTALLY NEW INTERIOR OF THAT, THOSE OLD BAYLOR MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS.
THERE'S KIND OF A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THEIR TEST, MY OWN ACTION, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE INTERIOR, BUT IT'S JUST REALLY A STUNNING PRESENTATION AND IT REALLY FEELS VERY MODERN AND CLEAN IN THERE.
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EASY TO GET AROUND NOW WITH CREATIVE PLACEMAKING, UH, WITH THE, OUR VALORIS PARTNERS, WE ARE LOOKING AT A LARGE SCALE ART FIX A ONE CLARE OF ART AND THAT'S PLAZA THREE, IT'LL BE A CORNER WRAP IN THE RURAL CORNER OF THE BUILDING.IT'S ABOUT 3,800 SQUARE FOOT, BUT IT PROVIDES VISUAL LIKE A VISUAL MARKER TO BOTH WALNUT AND SHILOH.
AND THE ARTISTS THAT WE'VE PRELIMINARY ENGAGED IF HALEY RYAN, SHE'S A DALLAS BASED ARTISTS AND ART TEACHER, THESE ARE, THIS IS A SAMPLING OF HER WORK.
AND SHE'S A GREAT STORYTELLER THAT USES LOCAL BOTANICALS AND FLORALS.
THE CORNER WRAP, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A BISHOP ARTS AND IT WAS A MURAL THAT CREATED THE CATALYST FOR DEVELOPING BISHOP LANE.
SO SHE HAS A BIG NAME, ARTISTS, PEOPLE COME TO SEE HER WORK.
SHE'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY AND OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE TWO DIFFERENT COHORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE CAN BUILD CAPACITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS, WITH THE WORKING ARTIST AND THE CHILDREN CAN LIKE BOTH OBSERVE AND LEARN FROM HER.
WILL THERE BE INPUT AS FAR AS DESIGN FROM THE CITY FROM COMMUNITY, OR WE'RE DOING IT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN? SO THERE IS.
UM, SO TO JUST TO BE SPECIFIC ON THAT QUESTION, THERE IS LIKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PROCESS WHEN YOU HAVE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER, THEN WHEN IT'S A PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLICLY FUNDED.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SCENARIO THAN MAYBE, BUT WE, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION AND WE'RE VERY CLOSELY WORKING WITH ARTS AND CULTURE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE IN ATLANTA.
THE OTHER AREA THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, THIS ONE WOULD BE A 20, 22 PROJECTS, OR MAYBE A 20, 23, 24 PROJECTS WOULD BE THE PANELS ON FIVE 30.
AND LIKE THESE ARE JUST CON CONCEPTUAL IDEAS.
WE REALLY KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT THE THEMES OF FORUMS AND HEALING, AND LIKE HAVE BUILT THE RFP TO REFLECT THAT GARLAND FIRE REAL BRAND, AND LIKE REALLY KIND OF JUST THINK ABOUT HOW WE, THE CITY ARE REFLECTED.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST CONCEPTUAL, THIS IS NOT REAL AT THIS POINT, BUT IT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF IN THE VISUAL DIRECTION.
THE OTHER ONE THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, THIS IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER AT WALNUT VILLAGE AND THE PROPERTIES YOU MANAGE BY QUITE AN ASSOCIATES, WE HAVEN'T USED, UM, ARTISTS ALLOCATE DESIGN.
SO SIMILARLY SHE WOULD HOLD TWO CO-WORKERS FOR KIDS AND WILL THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS BEEN SO KIND AND LIKE SO GOOD AT WORKING WITH US.
WE'RE JUST HAVING A SLOWER START THAN WE WOULD HAVE WANTED GETTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE WORKING IN, UM, MAYBE SOME TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, LIKE A VINYL STYLE ART APPLICATION, JUST TO KIND OF TEST THE PROOF OF CONCEPT, BUT WE'D BE LOOKING AT PUTTING THE WORD GARLAND ON THE SIDE OF THIS, THE FAMILY DOLLAR FACING FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND IF YOU TOOK THE BETTER BLOCK SURVEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL A BETTER BLOCK IS AN URBAN DESIGN NONPROFIT.
AND THEY REALLY KIND OF ARE WHERE, OR THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH OUR STUDIO OUTSIDE PARTNERS.
SO ALL OF THE INPUT AND DATA WILL BE NOT ONLY FOR THE BETTER BLOCK PROJECT, BUT INFORM THE URBAN DESIGN.
THERE'LL BE A SECONDARY OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE URBAN DESIGN PROCESS WHEN WE HAVE THE BETTER BLOCK EVENTS.
AND THIS IS JUST LIKE KIND OF A INTERESTING WAY TO BRING STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER AND REALLY SHOW THAT WE'RE DOING STUFF.
A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE DO, ESPECIALLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE THREE TO FIVE YEAR PROJECTS.
SO SEEING THIS IMMEDIATE IMPACT, I REALLY JUST SAY, PER NOT ONLY PROVIDE THAT INPUT OPPORTUNITY, THAT REALLY LETS PEOPLE KIND OF GET IN THERE AND SEE THAT THINGS ARE MOVING.
SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS IT'S A HUNDRED DAYS, 120 DAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECT.
SO THE SURVEY IS LIVE, IT'S LIVE FOOD FRIDAY.
YOU CAN PLEASE TAKE AND SHARE IF YOU CAN.
AND I KNOW IMPORTANT, UM, LIKE SHAREABLE, SOCIAL MEDIA MATERIALS AND, UM, ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND VIETNAMESE.
IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE THOSE ON YOUR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA, OR THEY NEED EMAIL WITH SEARCHING THE UNIT.
SO THE PROJECT TIMELINE THAT STARTED KICKED OFF WAS ON MAY 26TH.
WE'LL MOVE INTO A DESIGN REVIEW, UM, RIGHT THERE THAT WEEK OF 4TH OF JULY, THEY'LL BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE PROJECT THAT MAY NOT BE HERE ON SITE, BUT IT WILL BE IN THEIR DALLAS OFFICE, AUGUST EIGHT.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE INITIAL KICKOFF EVENT, OCTOBER 7TH AND EIGHT.
UH, WE ARE PLANNING ON PROGRAMMING THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS IN OCTOBER AFTER THAT.
AND WE HAVE SOME PRIVATE PARTNER, UM, LIKE BIG, LIKE LARGE RETAILERS THAT WERE ALMOST CLOSE TO FINALIZING WHAT THAT PROGRAMMING WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT I THINK WOULD BRING A LOT OF GOOD BRANDS.
AND THEY'RE BOTH VETERANS OF THE PROJECT SITE THAT WAS SELECTED IS THIS CLARA BARTON BOULEVARD.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THERE IS KIND OF LIKE, UH, LIKE A LINEAR STREET PARK.
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SO WE'LL KIND OF SHUT DOWN THE STREET AND DO THIS.AND THIS IS PART OF THE STUDIO OUTSIDE DESIGN PROPOSAL IS TO MAKE CLARA BARTON, A SINGLE LANE EACH WAY TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC AND REALLY FOCUS ON THAT WALKABILITY AND MAKE IT A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AREA FOR PEOPLE VISITING THE MEDICAL OFFICE.
THE OTHER ADVANTAGE OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IT'S REALLY GOING TO POWER SOME OF OUR GRANT FUNDING, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VA AND OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND ALIGNMENT WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COLORS.
SO THAT'S LIKE A REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT AND A GREAT WAY, AGAIN, TO ENGAGE NOT ONLY OUR RESIDENTS, BUT TO HOPEFULLY GET SOME MORE MONEY IN THIS AREA FOR REDEVELOPMENT, OUR INITIAL REDEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREA.
I'M SURE YOU COULD TELL IS KIND OF THAT WALNUT CLARA BARTON CORRIDOR.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH STUDIO OUTSIDE FOR SOME TO DO SOME FACADE IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT 2301 WEST WALNUT MIGHT LOOK LIKE THIS.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST MOOD BOARDS THAT THEY'RE USING TO HELP US CREATE MULTIPLE CONCEPTS THAT WE CAN THEN PRESENT WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO YOU CAN REALLY GET THIS AIR.
I FREQUENTLY BUY ENTIRE CUPS OF MANGOES FROM FRIGERATOR AT UMASS.
AND I THINK LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S THE OPINION OF STUDIO OUTSIDE OF PEOPLE JUST KNEW, LIKE FROM THE OUTSIDE, HOW GOOD THEY WERE ON THE INSIDE, IT WOULD REALLY HELP, UM, BUSINESS REVITALIZATION IN THIS AREA.
SAME THING WITH, UH, THE LITTLE BARBECUE CHICKEN PLACE RIGHT THERE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A FACADE IMPROVEMENT WITH THEM, AND I LOVE THIS MOOD BOARD BECAUSE THAT BOTTOM CENTER PHOTO IS THEIR LOCATION IN THE IRVING MEDICAL DISTRICT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE UPDATED GRAPHICS, THE MORE MODERN AESTHETIC AND HOW THAT KIND OF CHANGES THE FEEL OF THE AREA.
SO THE BIG QUESTION, PROJECT PHASING AND TIMELINE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A TIMELINE OF WHERE WE STARTED AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UM, WE HAD, WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED WORKING HERE, WE DID SOME SCOPING.
WE'RE NOW ENGAGED WITH STUDIO OUTSIDE AND BETTER BLOG OR MOVING INTO THAT PUBLIC ART, THE RFP DESIGN AND APPROVAL PROCESS AND ALIGNMENT, AND START GETTING THIS, THE SOCK CONCEPTS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT BEGINNING, STARTING WORK HERE AT THE END OF JUNE, EARLY JULY.
AND THEN ONCE THAT SURVEY IS COMPLETE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE RFP FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM CONSTRUCTOR, SORRY, QUICK WINS ACTION PLAN.
UM, ALLOWED US TO UPGRADE THE LINING.
YOU CAN SEE THAT PICTURE WITH THE RAIN THAT WAS TAKEN AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT IN THE RAIN, AND IT JUST LOOKS TOTALLY LIT UP.
UM, WE WORKED WITH GPL TO, TO CHANGE THE LIGHT BULB WATTAGE, AND THEY'RE NOT 400 WATT BULBS.
WE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS PART OF THEIR SAFETY PLAN.
UM, WE'VE MADE SOME TEMPORARY MEETING IMPROVEMENTS, REALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT THANKS TO OUR PARTS DEPARTMENT THAT CAME IN THERE AND ADDED THE ROCKS.
AND YOU CAN SEE OUR DROUGHT AND FREEZE RESISTANT PLANTS THERE NOW.
AND WE HAD ALSO GONE IN AND TRIMMED UP ALL THE TREES.
THERE WAS SOME CONTRACT CONFUSION ON THE RESPONSIBILITY IN MEDIA AND THE CITY'S TAKEN OVER THAT RESPONSIBILITY, CHANGE OUR TENANT OFFICE SPACE FOR OUR JLL, THE LEASING COMPANY TO BROKERAGE THAT FOR VARIANT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THAT MEETING LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER IT FROM THAT INITIAL PICTURE, LIKE WHERE ALL THE PLANS COULD DIE, WE'VE GONE IN, UM, PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE, THE SPRINKLER, THE IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEM, THE IRRIGATION LINE WAS NO LONGER WORKING.
SO THIS REALLY ALLOWED OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO BE LIKE, OH, MUCH LOWER MAINTENANCE, MEDIUM, UM, TO DO THE CO-BRANDING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AND THE VA, AND REALLY JUST GET THAT MEDICAL OCCUPANT, THAT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL RECRUITMENT PROCESS.
AND I THINK WE CAN PLAY TO PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE TENANT INCENTIVES AND THOSE QUICK WIN, LIKE HER APPEAL ITEMS. WE'VE GONE FROM 40% TO NEARLY 80% OCCUPANCY IN OUR MEDICAL OFFICERS, THE CITY OR OUTSIDE IN THAT KICKOFF PROCESS NEXT WEEK.
AND I THINK I JUST ALWAYS LIKE TO ITERATE HOW MANY DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT THE CITY OF BERLANDER INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT JUST US, BUT WE'LL BE DOING THE TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, ALL OF THE ASSESSMENTS, THE MASTER PLAN AND SCHEMATICS AND THE GRAPHICS AND MODELING FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT 30 AND NOT LOOKS LIKE PROJECTS, PHASE ONE, URBAN DESIGN, MASTER PLANNING.
SO WE'LL BEGIN THAT ENGINEERING SURVEY IN JULY.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DA OF COURSE, ON THAT FOR ALL OF THE LEGAL LIABILITY AND RIGHT OF ENTRY.
UM, WE SHOULD HAVE THE 50% CONCEPT DESIGN AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK IN OCTOBER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A 90% PRESENTATION OF THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT ALIGNS WITH THOSE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH A BETTER BLOG.
UM, WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL SCHEMATICS IN DECEMBER.
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DEADLINE AT THIS POINT IS THAT, UH, WHEN WE GET THE ENGINEERING DONE THE, TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING RFP FOR PROJECT PHASE THREE.AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT NOW, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE STRAIGHT FROM URBAN DESIGN TO CONSTRUCTION, WITHOUT AN INTERRUPTION TO GO BACK INTO THAT PROCESS.
IN REGARDS TO RETAIL RECRUITMENT, HAS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO A COMMISSARY BEING ESTABLISH AT, AT, AT THE GARLIC FACILITY? NOT AT THIS TIME.
AND LIKE, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE OUT, THE VA HAS A PROJECT SCHEDULE, THEY WERE MOVING SOME OF THEIR ELDER CARE THERE, THEIR HOSPICE CARE, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT THEY HAVE ON THE, BUT I THINK EARLIER IN THE TIF, UM, MEETING PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT I BROUGHT THIS UP PREVIOUSLY, THE NEAREST COMMISSARY IS THE ONE OFF OF WALTON WALK IN DALLAS.
SO WE BUILD IN THIS BIG ELABORATE CAMPUS TO ATTRACT ALL OF THE VA'S AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
IT JUST GIVE FOOD FOR THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING A COMMISSARY THERE THAT WILL ALSO SURVEY BIBLE RETAIL FOR, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT IS SERVING AS WELL.
SO, UM, IS THERE, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY CON UH, CONVERSATION OF WHAT IS THE STATION? I REMEMBER THAT WE HAD THAT, UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO SPECIFIC LOCATION YET, BUT DEFINITELY WE CAN WORK WITH THE RIGHT.
UM, CAUSE SINCE WE AT THE VERY INFANCY STAGE STATE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, REAL ESTATE AND THE LAND, I JUST, INSTEAD OF SOMEONE HAVING TO DRIVE WAY OUT TO WALTON WALKER, WHY, WHY NOT HAVE THAT AS A CONVERSATION PIECE OR, OR A RETAIL SPOT PIECE, RIGHT.
I JUST, I JUST THOUGHT I RAISED THAT, THAT QUESTION THAT BEGAN IS THAT BEING DISCUSSED OR, OR ANY THOUGHT AND GENTLEMEN WITH INTERESTING TRAINEES SPACE.
AND ALSO HE WAS THINKING TO BRING SOME OF THOSE RETAIL SPACE, THAT FACILITY, THE SHY THOUGH, YOU'RE REFERRING TO LIKE, UH, LIKE A MILITARY, JUST LIKE THE ONE OFF A WALL, WALTER.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF VETERANS IN METROPLEX.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WRECKS YOU PROBABLY KNEW BETTER THAN ME.
HOW MANY VA'S WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY LIMITS? I THINK THERE'S QUITE A FEW.
AND I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE WAY OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALTON WALKER.
YOU GO COME RIGHT HERE TO GARLAND TO GO TO A, TO A COMMISSARY.
SO I JUST, I THOUGHT I'D BRING THAT UP.
OR HE SAID THAT, THAT IDEA UP SINCE WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED RETAILS SPACES RIGHT NOW, SO, OKAY.
WELL, A COUPLE OF THEM, FIRST OF ALL, THAT, IF WE IDENTIFIED, IF WE DEFINED THE TARGET AUDIENCE IN THE DISTRICT, UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT, UH, SURVEYS, ARE THEY ALL ELECTRONIC? ARE WE DOING ANY IN PERSON? UM, THIS IS, UH, I'D HATE FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY OR DIFF TELL THEM WHO THEY ARE.
THIS IS WHO YOU ARE BASED ON WHATEVER WE COME UP WITH.
AND THEY GO GO LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? UH, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT US.
WHAT'D YOU GET THAT FROM? UM, AND LIKE THIS BETTER BLOCK SURGERY IS A HUGE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
SO NOT ONLY IT IS, WE DO LIKE WE DID A VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON KICKOFF BACK IN MAY.
AND THEN WE DID A, UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF VIRTUAL, LIKE THINGS TO OUR PMR DEPARTMENT.
BUT WE ALSO, AS A TEAM AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BETTER BLOCK OF BLOCK, BLOCK AREA AND DONE LIKE AT-HOME FLYER DROP OFF.
THE REASON THIS CONCERNS ME IS, UH, WE WENT THROUGH A UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT WE WENT INTO THE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN AND OF COURSE, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUGHT ALL THESE COMPUTERS FOR THE KIDS AND THEY HAD COMPUTERS AT HOME, BUT NO ACCESS TO WIFI OR INTERNET.
SO, UH, ABOUT HALF OF THE STUDENT POPULATION, AS WELL AS HOUSTON FOR DOORSTOPS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT.
SO IT'S SOME OF THE SIMPLE STUFF THAT WE JUST ASSUME THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMPUTERS, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE SURVEY QUESTIONS VIA COMPUTER OR A CELL PHONE OR SOMETHING.
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EVENTS, WE'VE HAD THE PRINTED SURVEYS IN THREE LANGUAGES FOR PEOPLE TO FILL OUT ON SITE.AND WE'VE ALSO HAD THOSE ON OUR BLOG FOR SOME OF OUR POPULATION THAT HAS MAYBE THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE.
SO I DUNNO, THIS IS, UH, OVERLAPS ONE OR TWO, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, BUT HAVE THEY GOTTEN INVOLVED IN THIS PHASE THAT I HAVE.
ANYTHING ELSE, MR. CHAIR? SO I HAVE NOTHING ELSE ON THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE IN THAT ONE? THE ONE THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE TIP FUND IS NOT FUNDING ANY OF WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AS YET FROM PRIOR CIP MONEY THAT HAD BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
AND SO, UH, WE STILL, WHILE THE TIF IS ACCUMULATING MONEY, WE STILL HAVEN'T REALLY TOUCHED ANY OF IT.
SO, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY NEXT MEETING, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE TIF, UM, FOR FUTURE USE THAT SORT OF THING, WE HAVEN'T, THAT FUND IS UNTOUCHED AT THIS POINT.
SO, UM, AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS, UH, THAT WAS DELIBERATE.
WE WANTED TO LET IT ACCUMULATE SOME MONEY BEFORE WE STARTED DRAWING IT DOWN.
SO, UM, THIS IS PRIOR CIP MONEY THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE BETTER.
JUSTIN MENTIONED A WHILE AGO ABOUT, UH, THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PEOPLE, I GUESS, POINTING MORE OR DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AND AMENITIES THERE, IS THAT A PART OF THIS OVERALL MOVEMENT? OKAY.
IT IS, UM, PROBABLY OUR LARGEST CHALLENGE AT THIS POINT IS THERE'S ZERO VACANCY, BUT WE KNOW IS THAT AS WE IMPROVE THIS DISTRICT, LIKE THE MARKET DEMAND WILL CHANGE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE DO HAVE, LIKE, I WORKED WITH A COUPLE OF RETAILERS AND THEN WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE OUR RETAIL RECRUITMENT STRATEGY WHERE THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE READY AND INTERESTED.
IT'S JUST REALLY GETTING WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRST AND YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT RETAIL.
AND ONE QUESTION, DO WE HAVE ANY MOVEMENT ON, I NOTICED THAT THEY WERE CLEARING ONE OF THE LOTS ALONG SHILOH THAT IS THAT, UM, YEAH, WE DID ISSUE A SITE PERMIT FOR A MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER ALL THE DATA THERE.
I JUST, I SAW THE OTHER DAY THAT WE'RE MOVING DIRT NOW.
THEY THEY'VE GOT THEIR PERMIT, SO THEY'RE MOVING DIRT.
UH, AND THEY HAVE THEIR FUNDING IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR TIMELINE IS, BUT WE CAN GET THAT.
AND THIS IS THE LARGE LOT THAT FRONTS WALNUT STILL AVAILABLE THERE OR IS IT, IT IS YES.
THAT'S THE SIX ACRES ON SIX ACRES ON WALNUT THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIGHT BEHIND THE OFFICE BUILDINGS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN KIND OF IDENTIFIES THAT SIX ACRES AS FUTURE HOSPITAL LOCATIONS.
SO, UH, WE HAVEN'T REZONED IT.
WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE ANYTHING WITH IT BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP IT IN RESERVE BASICALLY FOR WHATEVER FUTURE, HOPEFULLY HOSPITAL, BUT, UM, IT'S STILL AVAILABLE.
THE OWNERSHIP HASN'T CHANGED EITHER.
THE OWNERS ARE ACTUALLY REFINANCING.
UM, I'LL GET A BETTER TIMELINE FOR THE APARTMENT OR THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT.
UH, THEY JUST BARELY GOT STARTED ON IT FOOD FOR THOUGHT A LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND I'M SURE A LOT OF THE VETERANS HAVE IF THEIR CONCENTRATION OF VETERANS ARE IN GARLAND HAVE GRANDKIDS, CHILDREN.
SO A THOUGHT IS SOME OF THE FUTURE THINGS IS A VETERAN, BRING A GRANDCHILD TO AN EVENT.
AND I KNOW HISTORICALLY YOU ALWAYS CREATE AN AUDIENCE WHEN YOU INVITE CHILDREN AND GRANDPARENTS OR PARENTS.
AND IN SPECIALIZE IN THAT, IN THAT GROUP, DID EVERYBODY SIT IN ON THE BLOCK MEETING? I KNOW IT WAS SENT OUT TO US, BUT DID, DID EVERYBODY ATTENDED, UM, WE SET UP THAT OUTSIDE MEDICAL OFFICE SPACE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUCCESSFUL.
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AND IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST.SO IT'S, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OCTOBER EVENT TO SEE JUST EXACTLY WHAT THEY BRING.
ANYTHING ELSE ON UPDATES? ALL RIGHT.
SO NEXT ITEM WOULD BE FUTURE MEETING DATES.
THERE WILL, UH, THE JULY, JULY 27 AND MY ANNIVERSARY IS THE 25TH.
UH, WE WILL, WE'LL TALK BUDGET AT THAT MEETING AND HAVE MATH HERE TO GO THROUGH, UH, DECAF VALUES, WHAT THE CERTIFIED FOR STILL WITH US.
AND SO, UH, KIND OF BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
DOES ANYBODY SEE ANY CONFLICTS WITH THE TWO DATES? 27TH OF JULY? THAT IS A WEDNESDAY.
I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE A WEDNESDAY.
DO WE, DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS? I KNOW YOU SAID THEY WOULD BE COMING, BUT IF WE GET THEM, CAN WE POSSIBLY STILL MEET ON POSSIBLY STILL ON THAT DAY? IF ANY, COME IN.
UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KEEP YOU GUYS POSTED IF THERE'S ANY, ANY NEW APPOINTMENTS COME IN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WHAT IS IT ROUGHLY ABOUT A MONTH? YEAH.
I CAN'T BE THAT DIFFICULT TO SHANGHAI PEOPLE TAKING MY PARTY.
THEY, THEY HELPED US LINE AND SINKER.
SO IT CAN'T BE THAT HARD TO GET MORE PEOPLE.
THERE'S A SUCKER BORN EVERY DAY UP THERE IT'S GONNA WORK.
SO, I MEAN, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT DATE FOR NOW.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO MOVE IT, WE HAVE TO MOVE IT.
THE THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN AUGUST SCHOOL STARTS AUGUST EIGHT.
SO YEAH, MY KIDS ARE OLD ENOUGH, BUT IT BECOMES A PROBLEM THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST FOR PORCH PARTIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WILL BE HAPPENING ALL THAT WEEK.
SO WELL, WE'LL PLAY THAT ONE BY A YEAR.
AND I HAVE NOTHING IN OCTOBER.
SCHOOL STARTS AUGUST 8TH THIS YEAR, BUT WE GET OUT BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY NEXT YEAR.
SO THINK BACK ON THE NORMAL, WE'RE NOT PUTTING THAT ONE ON RECORD, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YES, WE DO HAVE A COURTROOM.
DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND APPROVE THE MINUTES? YEAH, NO, WE CAN.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT IT.
WE KNOW NOW THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, DOES ANYBODY SEE ANYTHING IN THE MINUTES TO CHANGE? I COULDN'T REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK.
IT'S CLEAR AS MUD MAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY BOB.
WHAT HAVE THE SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.
SEE, WE DID SOMETHING WE'RE OFFICIAL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UH, ON THE BUDGET, IS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US ANY INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING? UH, THIS COME READY TO LIST? JUST CAUSE I KNOW THAT I'M LINKED, THE NUMBERS ARE COMING IN FROM THE CAT JOSE.
IF WE, IF WE GET THE NUMBERS THAT LATE, IT'S GOING TO BE CRUNCH TIME, PERIOD.
SO WE WILL BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
I HOPE THAT I'LL CALL US A JOURNEY.