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ALL RIGHT, WELL AT SIX O'CLOCK I WILL WELCOME YOU TO THE JANUARY 28TH, 2025 MEETING OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCE NUMBER THREE, BOARD.
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS BEAUTIFULLY DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT.
I LOVE IT, IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
YOU HAVE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.
WE HAVE NOBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON PAST NUMBER THREE, ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
A UPDATE ON 2025 BOND PROGRAM AND MEDICAL DISTRICT.
MR. MATT, GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.
WE HAVE REALLY THREE, FOUR ITEMS ON THE ITEMS OF INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT IN TO THE UPDATE ON 2025 BOND PROGRAM IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
AND THEN I'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SOUTH GAR, THE SOUTH GARLAND PORTION OF OUR, OUR TIFF.
AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE TWO ACTIONABLE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, THIS TIFF IS AN EXTREMELY LARGE TIFF.
YOU CAN SEE IT BASICALLY RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH SHILOH ROAD, PICKING UP ALL THE DATA CENTER CLUSTERS PLUS FOLLOWING HOLFORD OR UP IN THE NORTH SIDE OF GARLAND.
AND THEN THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES WERE THE MEDICAL DISTRICT WITH RIVER SETS SET AS KIND OF THE CATALYST TO BOOST REVENUES INTO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
AND THEN IT FOLLOWS SHILOH ROAD DOWN SOUTH TO PICK UP THE SOUTH PORTION OF, OF GARLAND WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF 6 35 BEING COMPLETE AT THE END OF 2025.
UM, THE CURRENT EXPIRATION DATE OF THIS TIFF IS DECEMBER 31ST, 2048.
AND THE LAST AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE BY THIS BOARD WAS TO CONTEMPLATE THE EXPANSION NORTH AND SOUTH OF SHILOH, BUT TO ENSURE THAT THE MEDICAL DISTRICT PORTION OF THE FUNDS REMAINED INTACT FOR MEDICAL DISTRICT PROJECTS AT THE TIME THAT WAS 50.8 MILLION FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND THE EXPANSIONS WERE ANTICIPATED TO BRING 157.2 MILLION FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH EXPANSIONS.
UH, LAST THING I WANTED TO NOTE IS WE WROTE THE PROJECT PLAN FAIRLY VAGUELY, AND THIS IS WAS BY DESIGN.
'CAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REAL SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO IDENTIFY, TO PUT INTO THE PLAN.
SO WE JUST KIND OF HAD A OVERARCHING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES AND PUT 157 MILLION IN THERE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS COMING BACK FOR AN AMENDMENT TO PUT AN ACTUAL PROJECT, THIS PARTICULAR ONE IN THE NORTH PART OF GARLAND.
BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT UPDATE ON THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THE BOND STUDY COMMITTEE, UH, TWO OF UH, TWO, TWO OF OUR MEMBERS WERE ACTUALLY, UH, A PART OF THAT BOND STUDY COMMITTEE.
AND IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT PROCESS, REALLY ENGAGED, A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATION.
AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT THEY SETTLED ON AS THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL FOR A BOND PACKAGE WITH FOUR PROPOSITIONS.
ONE BEING STREETS FOR $230 MILLION.
THERE'S KIND OF TWO COMPONENTS TO THAT STREET'S BUDGET.
ONE IS THERE'S TWO, THE $210 MILLION OF THAT IS GOING DIRECTLY TO PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX.
AND WHAT A PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX IS, IS A SCORING METHODOLOGY TO LOOK AT HOW GRADING YOUR, GRADING OUR RESIDENTIAL ROADS AND ALL OF OUR ROADS BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, A, A SCORE OF UP TO A HUNDRED.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE ENGAGED A CONSULTANT WHO USE A VERY GOOD TECHNOLOGY TO LOOK, NOT JUST JUST DRIVING THE ROADS TO SEE HOW THEY ARE, BUT USING, YOU KNOW, LASERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE EXACT RIGHT METHOD TO TREAT THIS ROAD.
AND WHAT IT CAME BACK TO SHOW IS WE NEED $210 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO INCREASE OUR PCI.
SO THIS MONEY IS SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR MOST OF IT'S GOING TOWARDS RESIDENTIAL ROADS AND OUR ALLEYS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT OUR ALLEYS IS WHAT WAS DRIVING OUR SCORE DOWN.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A 50 OUTTA A SCORE OF A HUNDRED.
SO THIS IS LOOKING TO GET AN IMPROVEMENT MUCH, UH, INTO THE SEVENTIES OVERALL FOR OUR, OUR PAVEMENT.
WE ALSO SET ASIDE $20 MILLION IN THIS PROPOSITION FOR GATEWAY AND CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS.
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THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF IT.WHEN YOU THINK OF THE STREETS, 210 MILLION, THAT'S THE, HOW WELL DOES IT DRIVE? IS IT, UH, WHAT KIND OF CONDITION IS IT IN? THE 20 MILLION FOR GATEWAY AND CORRIDORS IS THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS.
SEVERAL OF THEM ARE WITHIN THIS TIFF, THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND DOWN SOUTH BEING TWO REALLY IMPORTANT ONES.
AND IT'S A LOOK TO, YOU KNOW, REVAMP THE INTERSECTION SO THAT YOU HAVE BETTER SIGNAGE, ENTRY SCIENCE, THE CURB APPEAL IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT OF WHEN YOU ENTERED THE CITY.
THE SECOND PROPOSITION IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WAS 75 MILLION.
AND I'LL GO INTO IT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
BUT IN THIS, UH, PROP, WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE FOR LAND ASSEMBLY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, A REVITALIZATION PROGRAM, AND NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.
WE ALSO HAVE A CULTURAL ARTS FACILITY PROGRAM OF 25 MILLION.
AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT THIS IS CONTEMPLATING IS A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE GRANVILLE ARTS CENTER, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
A LOT OF, A LOT OF IT IS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH A DA AND THIS WILL BRING IT REALLY UP TO THE STANDARDS THAT IT DESERVES.
WE ALSO HAVE A PROP FOR PARKS AND RECREATION FOR 30 MILLION.
AND RIGHT NOW THIS IS, UH, REALLY SPECIFICALLY TIED TO PARKS AND RECREATION IN THE, UM, HARBOR POINT SECTION WHERE BASS PRO IS IN THAT AREA.
AND RIGHT NOW THE CONTEMPLATION IS, YOU KNOW, GETTING PUBLIC WATERFRONT ACCESS.
SO THINK THINGS LIKE A BOARDWALK.
AND I HAVE SOME IMAGERY OF SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT HAVE COME UP, BUT TRAILS AND OTHER THINGS FROM A PARK AND RECREATION STANDPOINT TO HELP DRIVE INVESTMENT FROM PRIVATE DEVELOPERS INTO THAT AREA.
SO THE TOTAL BOND PACKAGE IS 360 MILLION.
UH, COUNCIL IS SET TO CALL THAT ELECTION ON FEBRUARY 4TH, AND THAT ELECTION WILL BE IN MAY.
AND IN BIG BOLD AT THE BOTTOM, THERE IS NO TAX RATE INCREASE PROJECTED WITH THIS BOND PROGRAM, MATT.
AND HOW MUCH THE PREVIOUS, UH, BOND PACKAGE, HOW MUCH WAS THE TOTAL ON THAT ONE? IT WAS 423.
AND THIS BOND IS EXTREMELY DIFFERENT COMPARED TO THAT ONE.
ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS, UH, THE STREET'S PROPOSITION IN 2019 WAS REALLY FOR MAJOR CORRIDORS, LONG-TERM DIFFICULT PROJECTS.
SO THINK LIKE SHILOH ROAD, NAMAN SCHOOL ROAD WHERE THERE'S GOTTA BE A LOT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND A LOT OF OF PLANNING CIVIL ENGINEERING IN ORDER TO GET IT EXTENDED TO MAKING IT LARGER TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC.
THIS PROPOSITION IS JUST PA PAVEMENT CONDITION, IMPROVING THE PAVEMENT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL ROADS, TALKING ABOUT COM COMMENT, UH, AND, AND I ASKED MATT, UH, YOU MIGHT GO BACK TO THE, THE STREET PORTION OF THAT, UH, AND, AND LAST NIGHT, I THINK THE BIGGEST APPLAUSE THAT WE GOT OR SCOTT GOT WAS WHEN HE SAID, THIS IS A NO TAX INCREASE PROJECT.
AND THE PUBLIC SEEMED TO ENJOY THAT VERY MUCH.
AND SO THAT WAS THE KEY GOING INTO THAT, UH, ON THE STREETS I GUESS I SAID, WAS IT, IT'S NO TAXING.
AND I WAS GONNA ENCOURAGE THE REST OF THE BOARD TO BE SURE AND PASS THAT ON TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
IT'S, UH, OH, YOU MENTIONED TO US AS A, AS A GROUP, UH, THE PUTTING THE STREETS IN THIS RATHER THAN DOING IT ANNUALLY THROUGH THE CITY BUDGET IS MUCH MORE, UH, FRUGAL WITH WITH COST OF DOING THE WORK.
AND WE, WE WIND UP DOING THE SAME THING OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, BUT AT A MUCH MORE FRUGAL MEANS, UH, FROM A COST STANDPOINT.
WELL, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE ARE, HE HEAVILY RELIANT ON WHAT ARE CALLED TAX NOTES FOR OUR STREET FUNDING, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY PAID OFF WITHIN ONE ONE YEAR.
WELL, A STREET'S GOING TO LAST ANYWHERE DEPENDING ON THE PAVEMENT, UH, CONDITION, DEPENDING ON THE TREATMENT ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 20 YEARS.
SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BASICALLY PUT THE USEFUL LIFE TO TIE TO THAT AMORTIZATION TO SPREAD THE LENGTH OF IT OUT, FREEING UP THAT TAX NOTE FOR MORE SHORT TERM NEEDS LIKE A FIRE TRUCK OR A FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT AND HVAC GOES OUT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE STRATEGY WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
TO GO IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THE ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT BOND PROPOSITION.
THIS IS KIND OF THE BUCKETS THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED TO COME UP WITH THAT 75 MILLION.
SO UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, REALLY THREE AREAS WERE TARGETED.
HARBOR POINT, WHICH AGAIN IS THE BASH
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PRO AREA, THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS WITHIN THE TIFF AND SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE, WHICH IS ALSO IN THE TIF.AND I PUT IN, IN THE BREAKDOWN BELOW THE INCENTIVE.
RIGHT NOW THE ESTIMATE FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT PORTION OF THIS IS ABOUT 18 MILLION.
AND, AND THIS WAS TIED DIRECTLY TO TRYING TO GET A MEDICAL FACILITY RECRUITMENT BACK IN, RECRUITING A HOSPITAL BACK TO GARLAND.
AND WHERE THAT NUMBER WAS DERIVED FROM IS FROM PRIOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT ASSUMING THIS IS A $60 MILLION HOSPITAL, ABOUT 30% OF IT IS GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR, UM, A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO RECOUP DUE TO THE LOSS LOSSES IN OUR PAYOR MIX WITH OUR MEDICARE AND OUR CASH PAYERS WHO COME THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE, THE PREVIOUS FACILITY, WHICH WAS BAYLOR.
SO WE DO HAVE, UH, HEAVY, UM, TIF $3 WITHIN THIS ECONOMIC BOND.
AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT.
WE ALSO HAVE A CITYWIDE REVITALIZATION PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE LOOKING TO DO SEVERAL THINGS.
ONE, UH, SHOPPING CENTER MAY IMPROVING THE FACADES ON SHOPPING CENTERS FOR WILLING, YOU KNOW, WILLING PROPERTY OWNERS ALSO HOME IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WITH AN EXAMPLE THERE OF JUST BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A, A LARGER DOLLAR AMOUNT TO, TO BEAUTIFY THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE, OF GARLAND.
I'VE ALSO PUT A IMAGE OF THE BOARDWALK THAT I ALSO TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS IN THE PARKS AND REC PROP.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE RENDERING OF WHAT POSSIBLY MAY COULD OR COULD OCCUR THERE.
AND I'VE ALSO GOT A, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL NEXT, UH, UH, IMAGE OF THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS JUST, I BELIEVE THAT'S SOUTH OF THE VA HOSPITAL AND SOME LAND WE HAVE ACQUIRED, WHICH COULD BE A POTENTIAL SITE FOR A NEW HOSPITAL.
SO JUMPING RIGHT IN TO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT UPDATE, RIGHT NOW WE OWN ABOUT 10.58 ACRES IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AREA.
SO WE OWN REALLY TWO PARCELS ROUGHLY AT SEVEN.
SEVEN SEVEN WALTER REED, WHICH WERE, UH, MEDICAL FACILITIES THAT WE'VE SINCE DEMOLISHED.
AND THEN WHAT'S PICTURED THERE IS A 6.3 ACRE TRACK OFF FIVE 30 CLARA BARTON, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS WHERE WE'RE TARGETING FOR A FUTURE HOSPITAL ABOVE THAT.
AND ONE THING I WANNA POINT OUT, THIS IS JUST FOR DRAFT AND DISCUSSION PURPOSES, THIS BY NO MEANS WILL BE THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF THE HOSPITAL, BUT THIS WAS JUST EARLY RENDERINGS TO SHOW THAT YES, A HOSPITAL COULD FIT AT THAT SITE WITH ABOUT 67,000 SQUARE FOOT, YOU KNOW, WITH A SERVICE YARD.
AND THEN THAT YELLOW LITTLE TRIANGLE THERE AT THE TOPS, A LITTLE HELIPAD.
SO MOVING TO THE TIF, UM, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE TIF PLAN CONTEMPLATED THROUGH 2048, BRINGING IN ABOUT $50.8 MILLION TO THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
UH, I'LL GET INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL WHEN WE GET INTO THE NUMBERS, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THAT TO 88.7 MILLION FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
AND IF THAT COMES IN TWOFOLD, ONE, WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING THAT WE EXTEND THE, UH, TERMINATION DATE SEVEN YEARS IN THE TIFF.
SO FROM 2048, PUSHING THAT OUT FIVE YEARS SO THAT IT WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
AND SECOND, WE ARE GONNA BE PROPOSING A BORROWING AGAINST THE BALANCE THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE MEDICAL DISTRICT AND THIS WOULD REPAY THEM WITH A 3.5% INTEREST TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK WITH TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TIME VALUE OF MONEY.
SO THAT BRINGS IT TO 88.7 MILLION RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS WE ARE ENGAGED WITH A PRIVATE DEVELOPER AND A PRIVATE HOSPITAL OPERATOR.
WE'RE LOOKING TO, WE'RE CURRENTLY DRAFTING AND WORKING THROUGH CREATING AN EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT, WHICH THROUGH THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO UPDATE OUR FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND REALLY START GETTING INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF, OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PRIVATE DEVELOPER ON IF IT'S GOING TO WORK AND IF IT'S GONNA BE SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING FOR THE TIFF TO, UH, FOR THE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TIFF.
UH, THEY HAVE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST, BUT UH, THE COUNTY CAN MOVE A LITTLE SLOW, BUT YAKO AND HER TEAM ARE GONNA KEEP PRESSING ON THEM TO TRY TO GET THE COUNTY PARTICIPATION.
UH, THE COUNTY PARTICIPATION WOULD PROBABLY BRING IN WITH THE, IF Y'ALL APPROVED, THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE TIF WOULD BRING IN ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THE TIFF.
UM, WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS WITH BOTH PARKLAND AND THE VA HOSPITAL.
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WITH PARKLAND IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN LIKELY A MUST.UH, WE IN THE CITY OF GARLAND ARE IN WITHIN PARKLAND'S, UH, WHAT'S CALLED A HOSPITAL DISTRICT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU ARE IN A HOSPITAL DISTRICT THAT IS ALSO A TAXING ENTITY, WHICH PARKLAND IS ANOTHER TAXING ENTITY, CANNOT OPERATE WITHIN THAT HOSPITAL DISTRICT AS ANOTHER TAXING ENTITY.
SO THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, IT IS MORE TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE US SERVICES AND WE PROVIDE THEM SERVICES AND TO WORK MUTUALLY TOGETHER IF THIS GOES THROUGH AND WE BUILD A HOSPITAL.
CAN I PAUSE YOU FOR A, YOU SAID THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE.
WHEN YOU SAY THEY, YOU'RE REFERRING PARKLAND, SO WHAT OTHER IN, IN THIS INSIDE OF DALLAS COUNTY, WHAT TYPE? SIMILAR.
SOUTHWEST IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ONE.
SOUTHWEST HOSPITAL IS PARTNERED WITH PARKLAND.
THAT'S THE LARGEST ONE I CAN THINK OF.
U SOUTHWEST, UT SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, UT SOUTHWESTERN.
IF THERE ARE, I MEAN CHARITY, YOU WANT ME TO PAUSE AFTER EACH SECTION? WOULD THAT BE YEAH, THAT'D BE BEST.
'CAUSE QUICK CLARIFICATION THAT FROM 50 TO 88 AS WE ACCUMULATE MONEY, IS THAT, WILL THAT 50 ACCUMULATE UP TO THE 88.7 AS WE GO
ONE, IT'S BECAUSE WE EXTENDED THE TIF SO THEY WILL GENERATE MORE MONEY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE YEARS LEFT IN THE TIF.
BUT SECOND, AND I'LL GET INTO THIS, WHEN WE GET INTO UM, ITEM C, WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING TO BORROW SOME OF THE MONEY THAT IS ALREADY THERE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN GENERATED BY THE TIFF.
SO WHAT I AM PROPOSING IS THAT THE REST OF THE TIFF NOW NEEDS TO PAY THEM BACK WITH AN INTEREST RATE TO BRING IT BACK TO PRESENT VALUE OF WHAT THEY WOULD'VE EARNED IF THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN BORROWED AGAINST.
IS THAT WHY ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PART OF THE BOND ONLY 18 MILLION IS REQUESTED? I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAD IN MY HEAD THAT IT WOULD BE 50 MILLION REQUESTED THAT I THINK YOU'RE REQUESTING THE 18 MILLION IN THE BOND AND THEN MAYBE THE REPAYMENT IS WHAT GETS 50 MILLION BACK IN THE TIF FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT.
WELL ORIGINALLY BEFORE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOND PRO PROPOSITION WAS EVEN CONTEMPLATED, THE TIF WAS ONLY GOING TO HAVE 50.8 MILLION THROUGH 2048 FOR THE MEDICAL DISTRICT, WHICH WITH TIME VALUE AND MONEY, THAT'S PROBABLY REALLY 30 MILLION.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOND PROPOSITION WAS STRICTLY LOOKING TO CONTEMPLATE WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FROM A GAP FINANCING STANDPOINT IF A PRIVATE DEVELOPER WANTS TO COME HERE AND CONSTRUCT A HOSPITAL BASED OFF OF INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE HAD 18 MILLION.
THIS MONEY WE ARE SETTING ASIDE FOR OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE OTHER MASTER PLANS THAT AREN'T TALKED ABOUT HERE, BUT ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, SIGNAGE POSSIBILITY FOR MAYBE A A, A WELLNESS PARK IN PAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VA HOSPITAL.
SO ALL THE OTHER ECONOMIC INCENTIVES THAT WILL NEED TO HAPPEN IF A HOSPITAL COMES HERE, THERE WILL BE NEED FOR HOUSING BECAUSE IF WE DO GET A HOSPITAL, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF JOBS.
NURSES NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY, FAMILIES NEED TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY WHEN THEY COME.
SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE WHAT ARE BEING CONTEMPLATED WITH HERE.
SO WITH THE 18 MILLION, THE OTHER, THE OTHER BUCKETS OR PART OF THE PROJECT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ASK WHAT.
SO IF, LET'S ASSUME THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION FAILS, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION FAILS, THIS BUCKET OF MONEY WILL NEED TO BE USED FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A HOSPITAL.
SO THE 18 MILLION IS REALLY BASED JUST ON WHAT THE NEGOTIATIONS AT THIS POINT WOULD TAKE TO BRING THAT HOSPITAL.
THAT'S THAT 30%, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THAT WAS WAS JUST THE ESTIMATE THAT WE CAME UP WITH AT THE TIME.
REMEMBER THE PROPOSITION IS A TOTAL OF 75 MILLION.
AND WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE HAVE TO REACT AND TAKE O OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARISE.
SO IF WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS HOSPITAL AND THEY NEED 25 MILLION AND THAT BOND PROPOSITION IS THERE, WE MORE THAN LIKELY WILL LOOK TO COUNCIL TO SEE IF WE WANT TO DO THAT.
THAT WE HAD TO JUST KIND OF DRAW THE LINE AT SOME POINT.
AND WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT'S HARD BECAUSE IT'S
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NOT A SPECIFIC PROJECT.SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF RUN OFF ESTIMATES AND PROVIDE YOURSELF THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO REACT TO THE MARKET AS IT CHANGES.
IF, QUICK QUESTION MATT, UH, ON THE, UH, DEVELOPER FOR THE, UH, WHATEVER WE SEE WE VISUALIZE AS FAR AS THE HOSPITAL, WHAT MODEL OR PLAN DO YOU SEE OR HAVE THEY SHARED WITH YOU? WHAT WOULD MAKE IT VIABLE FOR THEM? IT'S STILL VERY EARLY IN THE DISCUSSION.
THAT'S WHAT THIS EXCLUSIVITY AGREEMENT WILL GET INTO IN THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT CAN MAKE IT WORK FOR THEM.
BUT WE KNOW WE WANT ACUTE CARE AND WE WANT KNOW, WE WANT AN EMERGENCY ROOM AND THEY KNOW THEY WOULD, WOULD ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.
IT'S JUST WHEN YOU GET INTO THINGS LIKE LABOR AND DELIVERY, CARDIOLOGY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, WE MORE THAN LIKELY ARE GOING TO HAVE AT FIRST STILL HAVE TO PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
UH, THE HOSPITAL WILL BE BUILT AND AT LEAST IN OUR CURRENT, UH, MINDS BUILT IN A WAY TO EXPAND.
SO WE, WE HAVE TO START SMALL SO IT'S VIABLE.
USUALLY THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF A HOSPITAL ARE EXTREMELY HARD BECAUSE ONE, THEY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CLIENTELE BUILT UP AND THEY HAVE HUGE FIXED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEBT, ELECTRIC BILLS, PAYING ALL THEIR DOCTORS, ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE, THAT'S WHERE THE GAP FINANCING COMES IN.
WE'RE LOOKING TO COVER THAT GAP TO GET THEM OFF THE GROUND AND RUNNING AND THEY'LL START SMALL.
SO THEY'RE SUSTAINABLE AND WITH THE ROOM TO GROW OVER TIME AS THEY GET MORE CLIENTELE IN.
SO IF, IF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SUCCESSFUL, THIS 18 MILLION IS A PROVISION.
IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 18 MILLION? IT STAYS.
THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I'M REALLY, REALLY WHAT I'M PROPOSING HERE IS TO PAY BACK BECAUSE OF THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY.
'CAUSE WE'RE BORROWING AGAINST THE MEDICAL DISTRICT WHEN WE GET FURTHER DOWN IN THE AGENDA.
SO, AND IT, I JUST REALIZED THAT IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE 18 MILLION THAT WASN'T ON PURPOSE.
ONE OF THE THINGS Y'ALL BROUGHT OUT IN THE, IN THE BOND TO US IS THAT WE HAVE TWO WAYS TO FINANCE AND THAT'S EITHER WITH TIFF MONEY OR WITH THE BOND MONEY, WHICH GIVES US UH, A LOT MORE, UH, ROOM FOR SUCCESS I WOULD SAY IN, IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE ONLY HAVE REALLY TWO PA OR THREE PATHS.
WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CASH JUST SITTING AROUND.
WHY NOT? WELL THOSE POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN, YOU KNOW,
AND THREE, WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, MOST OTHER CITIES HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A FOUR A OR FOUR B SALES TAX, WHICH IS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE IN DART, LEMME BACK UP 'CAUSE WE'RE IN THE DART SYSTEM.
1% OF OUR SALES TAX GOES TO DART CITIES THAT AREN'T IN DART RECEIVE 2% AND USUALLY WE'LL SET ASIDE 1% OF THAT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY COULD ISSUE BONDS BACKED BY SALES TAX, WHICH MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE WHEN IT COMES TO ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT'S BEING PASSED ALONG TO THE ACTUAL CONSUMERS.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY IN GARLAND, A GEO BOND BACKED BY PROPERTY TAXES IS THE ONLY ROUTE.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, WE'LL LET'S MOVE RIGHT ON TO SOUTH GARLAND AVENUE UPDATE THERE.
SO THE TARGET AREA IS THIS, UM, THIS AREA SHOWN HERE WITH THE COLORS AND WHAT, LET ME GO OVER THE COLOR COATING.
SO THE AREAS IN RED ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AT THIS TIME.
THE AREAS IN YELLOW, THE CITY OF GARLAND OWNS.
AND THE AREA IN GREEN, UH, THE DART DART OWNS, UH, NEXT TO IT IS A LIST OF ALL THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE ACQUIRED.
SO WE OWN, RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS IT, 34 ACRES OF LAND, UH, IN THE DART PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE WE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DART, ACTUALLY TWO INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT CONTEMPLATE THEM GIVING US $37 MILLION.
AND RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS TO DO A LAND SWAP WITH DART.
SO THAT AREA IN GREEN, WE WANT TO ACQUIRE THAT WITH
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THEIR MONEY THAT THEY HAVE.SO GENEROUSLY GIVEN US IN THESE, IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS TO CREATE ROUGHLY A 41.1 ACRE TRACK OF LAND WE OWN, WE ARE ALSO IN NEGOTIATIONS TO PICK UP ANOTHER 10 ACRES.
SO IN TOTAL WE'RE ANTICIPATING OVER 50 ACRES BEING ASSEMBLED IN THIS AREA FOR A LARGE DEVELOPMENT.
SO AFTER THAT LAND SWAP, MORE THAN LIKELY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS YOU, YOU CAN SOMEWHAT SEE IT HERE, THAT IS WHERE THE DART CURRENT TRANSIT CENTER IS.
AND THE REST OF THAT IS PARKING.
AND THAT IMAGE BASICALLY IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE TIME.
THEY, THEY SET THEMSELVES UP WITH A LOT OF PARKING THAT'S JUST NOT NEEDED.
AND THEY'RE IN THE SAME MINDSET AS US.
THEY WANNA SEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WITH THE LAND SWAP, WE WILL TAKE THAT PORTION OF THAT LAND ROUGHLY SIX ACRES AND MOVE THEM UP CLOSER TO WHERE THAT MALAY ROAD IS AND WHERE THAT RED BAR STARTS AND MOVE THEM UP THERE SORT OF OUT OF THE WAY OF THE ACREAGE.
AND THEN SEEK TO CREATE A MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DART TO CREATE A HUGE ECONOMIC PLAN THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY DRIVE DEVELOPMENT INTO THIS AREA.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST VISION UP NORTH 1, 6 30 FIVE'S DONE.
THAT BIG CHUNK IS THE OLD HYPER MART SITE.
IT'S RIGHT NOW THE STAGING AREA FOR, UH, 6 35.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THINGS LIKE MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY WITH A LARGE ANCHOR DOWN SOUTH WITH MIXED USE ALL AROUND IT.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE CONCEPTS WE'RE LOOKING TO GET HERE.
AND THE REASON IS, IS ONCE 6 35 IS COMPLETE, THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST GATEWAY INTO GARLAND FROM SOUTH GARLAND.
SO WE WANT IT TO BE A BIG BANG.
WE DON'T WANT IT TO JUST BE, YOU KNOW, THE COOKIE CUTTER MULTIFAMILY THERE.
WHEN YOU'RE ENTERING GARLAND, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA BESIDE WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO PUT THERE? WHAT DO YOU RETAIL CASINO, I COULDN'T AFFORD THAT
SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, UH, WITH OUR TEAM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER SOME RECRUITMENT PACKAGES AND GO OUT AND NETWORK AND KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING IN FRONT OF DEVELOPERS.
'CAUSE IT'S A LARGE, IT, IT, THE ASSEMBLY'S NOT YET DONE WHAT BASED ON THIS MAP, WE'RE NOT FINISHED.
IT'S GONNA END UP A GOOD, YOU KNOW, 50 ACRE CHUNK.
AND SO A LOT OF IT IS GONNA BE WITH, YOU KNOW, WE WANT IT TO BE A DESTINATION RATHER THAN JUST AN OCEAN OF OFFICE.
IT WE'D MUCH RATHER IT BE A TRUE MIXED USE THAT HAS SOME KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT OR DESTINATION COMPONENT TO IT.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF ALWAYS BEEN THE, THE MODEL FOR DOWN THERE.
EVEN EVEN BACK WHEN THE HYPER MART WAS ACQUIRED A LONG TIME AGO, THAT WAS KIND OF ALWAYS THE, THE UNDERLYING HOPE THAT THAT AREA WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'LL BE A, IT'LL BE KIND OF THE DANCE YOU DO WITH DEVELOPERS ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MARKET GONNA BEAR RIGHT NOW? UM, ARE THEY THE RIGHT PARTNER? ARE THEY BRING IN THE RIGHT THINGS TO US.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS, I'M NOT, WHAT ARE THE GRAY AREAS? SO THE BIG GRAY AREA RIGHT HERE IS A, IS A SUBSTATION.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT WAS.
SO, UM, THEY'RE IN THE WAY, BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE EXPENSIVE TO MOVE.
SO I, I I THINK THAT'S STAYING, YEAH.
AND THEN THE, THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS THE WATER TOWER RIGHT HERE.
I, I WAS TRYING TO GET MY BEARINGS IN THE AREA AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE FARTHER EAST, BUT I SEE IT NOW, SO.
HAS PLAN COMMISSION HEARD ANYTHING ON THESE PIECES AS FAR AS ZONING SO THAT IT'S PROTECTED WHERE WE DON'T GET, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON A PLAN DEVELOPMENT, A CITY INITIATED PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT AREA RIGHT NOW.
SO IN ORDER TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO IT WOULD BE A, HASN'T MADE IT TO US YET, BUT OKAY.
NO, IF IT HADN'T BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD YET, BUT IT WOULD PROTECT IT FROM ABSOLUTELY BECOMING JUST, I DON'T KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO DO STORAGE UNITS, YOU NAME IT.
I THINK WE'LL PASS THAT WHEN IT GETS TO US.
YEAH, WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE COME AND IT DIDN'T PASS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAVE A DRAFT, WE'RE EXPECTING KIND OF ANY DAY TO TO, TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE DRAFT AND GET THAT MOVING FORWARD.
SO YES, WE, WE AGREE WITH YOU.
DO WE HAVE AN OVERLAY? DO WE HAVE AN OVERLAY OF WHAT, UH, 6 35 IS GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY GET THROUGH RIGHT THERE? UH, I DO NOT.
THEIR WEBSITE IS, IS THEIR WEBSITE, IS IT, IT, IT'LL RUN YOU THROUGH IT.
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ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT IF YOU WANT.WELL, I'LL FIND THE LINK TO THAT AND SEND IT OUT.
THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO DO WITH HOW THIS LAYOUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT EVENTUALLY WINDS UP, I WOULD THINK.
YEAH, WE, WE KNOW WHAT THE ULTIMATE BOUNDARY ALREADY IS AND SO THAT'S KIND OF CONTEMPLATED IN, IN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE'RE WORKING ON.
YOU'VE GOT THE CLOVER LEAF THAT COMES UP THERE BY U-HAUL.
EVENTUALLY U-HAUL WANTS TO MOVE THEIR STOREFRONT TO THE POINT FACING GARLAND ROAD.
UM, SO YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR SALES PIECE THERE AND EVERYTHING RUNNING BACK WILL BE THEIR STORAGE.
UM, BUT THAT'S ALL GONNA BE COVERED PRETTY MUCH BY THE CLOVER LEAF.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT PART? Y'ALL ARE QUIET ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROOM.
WELL, SO HERE'S KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR SOUTH GARLAND.
WE'VE COVERED SOME OF THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, WE NEED TO COMPLETE SOME PARCEL ASSEMBLAGE.
UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE A MALAY ROAD REALIGNMENT.
AND RIGHT NOW THIS IS CONTEMPLATED TO KIND OF MOVE THIS UP TOWARDS LIKE THIS WAY.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, WE GOTTA FINALIZE THE ILA, UH, ILA WITH DART FOR THAT LAND SWAP, UH, WHICH WILL COMPLETE THAT ACQUISITION OF THE SIX ACRES.
AND THEN WE NEED TO START THE DESIGN OF THAT NEW BUS TRANSIT CENTER AND THEN WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH DART TO GET A MASTER PLAN OUT.
SO MATT WILL THAT, WILL THE CITY EVENTUALLY OWN THE LAND WHERE DART WILL BE? CORRECT.
AND THEY'LL LEASE IT BACK FROM US, OR NOW WE WILL JUST OWN IT.
IT IT'S GOING, IT IS GOING AWAY AND WE'RE MOVING THEM NORTH.
WE'RE BASICALLY SWAPPING LAND.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT OF OUR YELLOW.
AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BIG CHUNK OF THEIR, IT WILL BE THEIR LAND THEN TO CORRECT.
TAKE CARE OF PAY TAXES WITH NO TAXES.
WELL, THEY WON'T BE PAYING TAXES, BUT THEY'LL HAVE A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT.
WE CAN COLLECT TAXES ON THE BIGGER ONE.
THEY WON'T HAVE 200 EMPTY SPACES EVERY DAY.
WHAT WILL THEIR NEW SITE BE ACRE WISE? I DON'T THINK I'VE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF.
IT'S LITERALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND HARD TO SEE, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE FOOTPRINT THAT THEY'RE IN.
UHHUH
UM, AND SO THAT WAY THE IDEA IS THAT IT, AND, AND THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS, AT THEIR, THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL, THEIR STRATEGIC LEVEL IS INCORPORATING THESE, THESE TRANSFER STATIONS AND ANY OF THEIR TRANSIT STATIONS INTO, UM, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY WANT IT TO BE BUILT IN TO PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THEY WANT IT TO BE PART OF IT, NOT KIND OF THIS APPENDAGE.
SO IS THAT IT FOR SOUTH? THAT'S IT FOR SOUTH.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE THE, UH, ACTIONABLE ITEMS. AND WE'LL SPEND THE REST OF THE EVENING MOST, MORE THAN LIKELY TALKING ABOUT THE, SO THIS ITEM HERE IS TO CONSIDER UPDATE THE TIF THREE PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN TO INCLUDE A PROJECT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PROFESSIONAL AND YOUTH ATHLETIC COMPLEX LOCATED GENERALLY AT HOLFORD ROAD AND PRESIDENT GEORGE BURST TURNPIKE.
AND THEN ALSO UPDATING ALL REQUIRED SCHEDULES THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED PER THE CHAPTER THREE 11 OF THE TAX CODE, WHICH IS WHAT, UH, LEGALLY DEFINES WHAT WE CAN DO AS A TIFF.
SO TO JUMP RIGHT IN, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN, WORKS FOR OVER THREE YEARS NOW AND IT FEELS LIKE AN ETERNITY, BUT, UH, THE REASON WHY WE WERE LOOKING INTO THIS IS IT REALLY IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR GARLAND.
SO BASED OFF OF SOME OF THE, THE STUDIES THAT WE HAVE USED AND LOOKED AT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, THESE ARE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT THAT I THOUGHT Y'ALL MIGHT FIND INTERESTING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT GROWTH OF MAJOR US TEAM SPORTS, YOU CAN SEE SOCCER AT THIS TIME IS, UH, RIGHT NOW THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND REALLY ONE OF THE BIGGER THINGS IS THE AGE GROUP THAT WANTS TO LOOK AT AND WHO ARE FANS OF SOCCER.
IT'S TYPICALLY SOMEONE AT THE AGE OF 35, MEANING A LONG-TERM PROJECT WOULD PROBABLY BETTER SERVED FOR A YOUNGER AGE DEMOGRAPHIC WHO WATCHES THE SPORT AND VERSUS SOMEBODY THAT'S 57, 50, 49 AND 42 FOR THE OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS SUCH AS BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, HOCKEY, AND, UH, THE NBA BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
ALSO, UH, 73% OF HISPANICS ALSO CALL THEMSELVES SOCCER FANS, WHICH AS Y'ALL ALL KNOW, GARLAND HAS A LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION,
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WHICH MAKES IT CERTAINLY A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR A, FOR A PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM.OTHER GREAT INFLICTION POINTS IS, UH, IN 2026, UH, THE MEN'S WORLD CUP WILL BE COMING TO DALLAS AND THERE IS A STRONG LIKELIHOOD AGAIN IN 2031 THAT THE WOMAN'S WORLD CUP WILL ALSO BE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES WITH DALLAS PROBABLY RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
ARE WE TRYING TO GET THEM TO PLAY HERE? YES.
AND THAT'S WHERE THIS LEAD COMES IN.
SO WHAT THIS, AGAIN, THIS REQUEST HERE IS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SOCCER STADIUM FOR PROFESSIONAL AND YOUTH.
AND SO WHAT I'M DOING HERE IS JUST WALKING THROUGH WHO THE INDIVIDUALS ARE THAT ARE THIS PROFESSION, PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE.
SO THE PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE IS CALLED THE UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE OR USL FOR SHORT.
AND THERE'S A CHART OF ALL THE DIFFERENT LEAGUES THEY HAVE, UH, THE USL SUPER LEAGUE, THEY ACTUALLY KICKED OFF THIS SEASON.
THE WOMEN'S TEAM PLAYS AT THE COTTON BOWL.
THEY'RE CALLED DALLAS TRINITY.
UH, THE MEN'S LEAGUE, THE HIGHEST DIVISION OF THE MEN'S LEAGUE IS THE USL CHAMPIONSHIP.
AND THAT IS WHO WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH TO BRING A TEAM TO GARLAND.
THEY CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW HAVE 24 CLUBS, WOULD HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND TO 36, AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATION OVER HALF OF THE 60 MSA MARKETS, THEY PLAY ABOUT 34 GAMES A YEAR.
ROUGHLY HALF OF THOSE AT HOME AT GARLAND.
THE REST OF THE TIME THE, UH, THE STADIUM WOULD BE ACTIVATED FOR OTHER EVENTS, CONCERTS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY DOWN THE ROAD WE WOULD LOOK TO WANT TO EXPAND AND MAYBE PICK UP ANOTHER USL TEAM.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW IT WOULD BE USL CHAMPION TEAM.
I HAVE QUESTION, IS THIS SIMILAR TO THE TOYOTA STADIUM IN FRISCO? WOULD IT IT WOULD NOT BE THAT LARGE.
THAT'S A FAIRLY LARGE STADIUM.
THIS STADIUM THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING ONCE I GET INTO THE ACTUAL PROJECT, A 7,000 SEAT STADIUM, MORE LIKE FC DALLAS STADIUM THEN, SO WELL, SO THAT, THAT FC DALLAS IS EXPANDING TO 20,000.
THEY, WHEN THEY STARTED THEY WERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15.
SO THEY, THEY'RE THE MLS AND THEN, AND THEN THAT'S UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF U-S-U-S-A SOCCER, WHICH IS AN ENORMOUS ORGANIZATION.
AND SO, UH, USL IS A COMPONENT OF USA SOCCER AS WELL AS MLS AND ALL THE, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE YOUTH ACADEMY COMPONENTS IS AND WOMEN'S SOCCER NOW TOO.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LARGE ORGANIZATION WITH MULTIPLE LEAGUES.
AND SO MLS IS WHAT IS FC DALLAS.
SOCCER IS A KIND OF UNIQUE, ESPECIALLY FOR AMERICANS.
'CAUSE WE USUALLY JUST TEND TO THINK, YOU KNOW, MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AND, AND SOCCER BECAUSE IT, 'CAUSE IT'S ROOTED IN EUROPE AND IN SOUTH AMERICA TYPICALLY THERE'S LIKE A, A BRACKETING STRUCTURE WHERE TEAMS SAY IF YOU WERE A MINOR LEAGUE TEAM IN FRISCO, YOU COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE UP TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
YOU COULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE UP IF YOU WERE WINNING.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE MODEL THAT SOCCER'S BUILT OFF OF.
SO IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE TO AMERICANS 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
TO UNDERSTAND TED
'CAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE, THE WHOLE POINT OF EVEN CONTEMPLATING THIS IS TO DRIVE PEOPLE INTO GARLAND.
SO THE MORE IT IS ACTIVATED, THE BETTER.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE SOCCER COMPONENT.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS IMPORTANT TO RALLY, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY PRIDE AROUND SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY RALLIES AROUND A TEAM, PARTICULARLY IF IT'S YOUR HOMETOWN.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WE WANNA SEE CONCERTS, OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS, OTHER GATHERINGS THAT CAN BE ACTIVATED, UM, IN THIS SPACE YEAR ROUND.
SO THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE RETROFITTED FOR LIKE FOR FOOTBALL.
THIS WILL BE SOCCER ONLY SOCCER, YEAH.
GENERALLY THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH PUTTING FOOTBALL, UM, ON A SOCCER FIELD IS PARTICULARLY IN THE SAME SEASON, IS THE DAMAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WATCH ANY FOOTBALL GAME AND ALL THE DAMAGES IN BETWEEN THE HASH MARKS, THAT'S NOT REAL CONDUCIVE TO SAFE SOCCER PLAY.
UM, IN THE FIELD, SOCCER FIELDS ARE, ARE LARGER BY, BY QUITE A BIT.
AND SO GENERALLY WHEN IT'S A SOCCER SPECIFIC STADIUM, IT'S REAL DIFFICULT TO BRING A FOOTBALL TEAM IN.
NOW THERE IS CONTEMPLATED ANOTHER, ANOTHER FIELD, UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, ARTIFICIAL TURF THAT WE HAVE VISITED WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHER GROUPS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR TEAMS ON, UM, TO HELP WITH SOME OF THEIR, AS WE KNOW, SOME OF THEIR SCHEDULING CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE.
SO THERE IS A PROVISION FOR OTHER, OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT.
AND THIS HESKA, THIS IS GONNA HAVE THE CONCESSION STANDS AND, UH, ALL OF THAT.
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I, I JUST ADD TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS YOU HIT ON THE PREVIOUS, UH, SCREEN.WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY ALSO.
AND THEY'RE ALSO BIG SUCKER FANS.
MATTER OF FACT, THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN SUCKER TOURNAMENTS GOING ON HERE IN GARLAND.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON.
WE, WE ARE THE, WE FACILITATE THOSE THAT TOURNAMENT, UM, AT, AT WINTERS PARK WITH THEM.
AND THEY'RE A GREAT PARTNER AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
MATTER OF FACT, THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION IN THE SEVENTIES.
THEY, THEY WERE, UH, INVOLVED IN THAT AS A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW, BUT, SO NO, BETWEEN THE, THE HISPANIC POPULATION AND THE, AND THE ASIAN POPULATION WE'RE, WE'RE WELL INTO 60 SOMETHING PERCENT OF OUR CONSTITUENCY ARE, ARE LIKELY TO BE SOCCER FANS.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S VERY INTRIGUING TO THE TEAM.
KIND OF AN INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE GARLAND SOCCER ASSOCIATION TOO.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T RESEARCHED TO SEE IF THIS IS TRUE, BUT I WAS TOLD BY THE BY USL THAT, THAT, THAT IS THE OLDEST ACTIVE RUNNING ASSOCIATION IN TEXAS.
I GO THAT FAR BACK WITH 'EM ALL.
DO WE THINK THAT BEING SOCCER TOURNAMENT WOULD MOVE TO THIS FACILITY EVENTUALLY? OH, I WOULD THINK SO.
I MEAN, WE WANNA ELEVATE AND, AND THAT WOULD BE, SO THAT'S THE IDEA OF SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL FIELDS AROUND THE STADIUM, UH, IS THAT THOSE BECOME ACTIVATED WITH TOURNAMENTS.
THAT'S AN ECONOMIC, I MEAN THAT WAS KIND OF THE, THE ANCILLARY SIDE OF THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S REALLY A PROFESSIONAL AND YOUTH SOCCER, UH, COMPLEX.
AND THAT'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT SOCCER IS, IS THAT WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, KIDS THAT START OUT AT A YOUNG AGE CAN MATRICULATE THROUGH A SYSTEM AS FAR AS THEIR TALENT WILL TAKE 'EM.
PARKING'S, PARKING'S PROBABLY BECOMING A CHALLENGE AT WINTERS PARK TOO, ISN'T IT, FOR THE SOCCER? I THINK IT'S A CHALLENGE EVERYWHERE.
AND IT, AND IT'S A, YEAH, IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL, UM, LEVEL OF PLAY IN, IN THE ACADEMY.
IT'S ACTUALLY THROUGH THE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S THE E-C-L-E-C-N-L.
IT'S KIND OF THE, UH, AN ELITE LEVEL THAT, THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT RECREATIONAL, COMPETITIVE AND ACADEMY ELITE LEVEL, UH, BASED ON THE KIDS' TALENT IN, IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IS THERE ANY GONNA BE ANY OPTIONS OR VIABLE OPTIONS TO GO TO AND FROM USING, USING DART? NOT AT THIS TIME THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF THEIR ONE.
IT'S NOT NEAR ONE OF THEIR STANDARD ROUTES.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT MAYBE SOME GAME DAY EXPRESS ROUTES, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR WITH IT.
UM, THERE THERE'S GONNA BE A A, AT THIS POINT WE BELIEVE IT'S GONNA BE ADEQUATE SURFACE PARKING AROUND THE SOCCER COMPLEX.
UM, BUT THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A ROUTE PLANNED AT THIS TIME WITH DART, JUST TO CLARIFY,
SO WE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT WINNERS AND AUDUBON, WE, WE MIGHT RECRUIT, UH, LACROSSE TOURNAMENTS, WE MIGHT RE RECRUIT SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE THAT THE, THE LAST THING WE'D PROBABLY WANNA DO IS FOOTBALL.
BUT THAT, THAT MEANS THERE'S PROBABLY A DOZEN OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD PUT ON IT.
SO IT, IT IS INTENDED TO BE, UM, THE ACADEMY FIELDS AND THE STADIUM TO BE MULTI-USE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I WAS THINKING MORE OF A CRICKET, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR CRICKET.
CRICKET FIELD CRICKET PITCHES ARE AS, YOU KNOW, ENORMOUS
I WAS GONNA SAY THAT AREA IS GREAT FOR CRICKET.
LIKE NORTH, NORTH ROAD BECAUSE LIKE, LET US, YEAH,
HE, HE'LL LEAD THE CLUB STRATEGIC DIRECTION.
UH, HIS PARTNER IN THIS IS SAM MORTON, WHO'S A FORMER RADIO EXECUTIVE WHO WILL HANDLE ALL THINGS MARKETING, COMMUNICATION, SPONSORSHIPS.
AND THE, THE OTHER TWO OWNERSHIP GROUP PARTNERS IN WITHIN THIS ARE LUTHER, OT AND DAN MCCULLEN.
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OWNERS OF THE USL TEAM.SO YESTERDAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY, THEY WERE GONNA HAVE THEIR CORPORATE HOUSING OVER THERE TOO, RIGHT? NO.
THEIR HEADQUARTERS WILL BE THERE AND I'LL GET TO THE, SOME RENDERINGS OF IT THAT OF POSSIBILITIES.
THEIR HEADQUARTERS WILL BE AT THE SITE.
SO REAL QUICK, HERE'S THE, UH, SITE THAT WE ARE CONTEMPLATING FOR THIS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S GEORGE BUSH.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A ZOOMED OUT LOOK AT WHERE THIS SITE IS WITH THE USL DALLAS.
GO RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE SPRING CREEK RESERVE OFF FER ROAD AND UH, THE GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE.
AND THEN I'VE GOT A ZOOMED IN, UH, GOOGLE MAPS IMAGERY OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE SITE IS 64 ACRES, SO IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO REALLY, UH, CUT SOME OF IT OFF BACK RIGHT HERE INTO THE TREES.
AND UH, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS SITE IS 50 ACRES OF IT ARE, ARE UNDERNEATH A CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT CANNOT BE DEVELOPED FOR ANY COMMERCIAL USE.
UH, WHAT IT CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR IS RECREATIONAL USE, INCLUDING ATHLETIC FIELDS AND ASSOCIATED TRAINING AND SPEC SPECTATING FACILITIES.
SO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS UNIQUE, VERY UNIQUE AND CAN ONLY BE USED FOR SPECIFIC THINGS SUCH AS A USE SOCCER COMPLEX.
SO THERE IS 14 ACRES, BASICALLY LIKE A LITTLE L HERE THAT IS NOT UNDER THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT IS CALLED THE RESERVE TRACT THAT COULD BE SOLD OFF TO BASICALLY FUND THE FARM THAT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GEORGE BUSH.
SHE PUT THE ENTIRE THING UNDER A CONSERVATION EASEMENT WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY.
AND WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE CURRENT TRUST AND HAVE CLOSED ON THE, THIS PORTION OF THE LAND TO AMEND THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE LAND TO ALLOW FOR RECREATIONAL USE AS WELL AS HAVE THAT 14 ACRE TRACT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
SO TO GET INTO, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST RIGHT NOW A CURRENT DRAFT OF, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, HOW IS ALL THIS GONNA FIT IN? SO THAT WAS OF COURSE THE FIRST THING WE WERE LOOKING TO DO.
SO THIS IS A FIR THE FIRST KIND OF CONCEPT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS IN RED ARE THAT RES RESERVE TRACK THAT 14 ACRES THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A STADIUM, THE TEAMS HEADQUARTERS, UH, THE LITTLE ORANGE SQUARE ABOVE THAT IS RIGHT NOW A CONCEPT OF MAYBE A HOTEL WITH FLANK BY RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND OTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THERE.
HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH, UM, SOME PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND COMING UP WITH A CONCEPT PLAN FOR WHAT EXACTLY CAN GO THERE, WHAT CAN THE MARKET BEAR, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE THINGS TO GO THERE.
THIS WAS JUST THE CONCEPTS EARLY ON.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A LITTLE PLAZA AREA AS WELL AS WHAT'S CALLED SAL, WHICH IS UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T BIG SOCCER FANS LIKE ME, THIS TINY SOCCER
UH, RIGHT NOW IN THE CONCEPT THERE'S THIS DESIGN OF A, THIS SHOWING A LOT OF PARKING THAT'S THAT MORE THAN LIKELY WILL BE STATE TO BE TREES.
WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE OUT THE BAD TREES AND PUT THE GOOD TREES IN.
HE CAN PROBABLY SAY IT MORE ELEGANT COMING FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, BUT PUTTING, UH, THE TREES THAT AREN'T SO INVASIVE AND REALLY MAKING IT A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A WALKING TRAIL AND, AND AND CONNECTIVITY INTO THE SPRING CREEK PRESERVE.
UM, OTHER THINGS TO POINT OUT, UH, CONTEMPLATED WITHIN THIS DESIGN IS A HORFORD ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE GOTTA GET TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OFF OF GEORGE BUSH AS WELL AS AN EXTENSION OF NAMAN FOREST, WHICH RIGHT NOW DEAD ENDS, RIGHT? A YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEHIND I GUESS THAT IS LA FITNESS, BRINGING THAT ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO CONNECT TO HOLFORD.
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UH, WHAT ABOUT ARAPAHOE ROAD? SO THE TRAFFIC WOULD COME IN THROUGH THE HOLFORD? YEAH, THE INTENT IS RIGHT NOW BASED OFF OF OUR TRAFFIC STUDY, ARAPAHOE ROAD AND HOLFORD, THE INTENT IS TO PUSH TRAFFIC BACK OUT TO GEORGE BUSH OR OVER THROUGH NAMAN, OVER TO GARLAND ROAD.SO RIGHT NOW, BASED OFF OF OUR STUDIES, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ARAPAHOE TO SEE THE OVERFLOW.
ISN'T THAT PORTION OF HOLFORD EVENTUALLY GONNA BE REDONE ANYWAY? WELL, I MEAN NEEDS, THEY'VE BEEN TALKING EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY IS GOING TO BE REDONE
HOW, HOW MUCH OF HALFORD'S GONNA BE REDONE ON THIS PROJECT? NOT EVEN BASICALLY FROM FROM ABOUT THE DRIVEWAY OF SPRING CREEK PRESERVE THIS WAY.
AND THEN NAME AND FOREST IS DISCONNECTION RIGHT HERE AS WE HAVE THE SAME FLOODING PROBLEM ON THAT STREET AS WE DO ON THIS.
YEAH, BUT IF THEY'RE PUSHING THEM BACK TOWARDS GEORGE BUSH, RIGHT, THE THE TRAFFIC COUNTS RIGHT NOW AREN'T, AREN'T, IT'S, IT'S PASSED THROUGH TRAFFIC.
SO FROM A EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT AND WHICH ROADS TO IMPROVE, THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE CARS OUT AND IF YOU'RE LOCATIONS MUCH FASTER, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, THE NAME AND SCHOOL EXTENSION, THERE'S CREDIT UNION OF TEXAS TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THEN LIFETIME FITNESS DOWN HERE BELOW WHERE IT CURRENTLY ENDS NORTH.
AND YEAH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO, YOU GOT TWO WAYS OUT, THREE, THREE WAYS, BUT ONLY THE LOCALS KNOW THE THIRD WAY DOWN THE OTHER WAY.
BUT WE WANT TO, PD WOULD LIKELY PUSH ON THOSE TWO DIRECTIONS.
THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED IN MY MIND WAS WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH HARVARD ROAD.
SO THE OTHER CHART IS THE CONTEMPLATED BUDGET FOR ALL THIS.
SO THE, THE LAND ACQUISITION THE CITY PURCHASED UH, 64 ACRES FOR 10.8 MILLION UTILIZING THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM.
ALSO WITHIN THE 2019 BOND PROGRAM WAS WE WILL BE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS FOR THE NAME AND FOREST EXTENSION, HOLFORD IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS 26 MILLION.
AND THEN WHEN WE GET INTO THE STADIUM, THIS IS THE PIECE THAT UH, WE ARE CONTEMPLATING TONIGHT.
UH, FOR TIF NUMBER THREE, THE PROPOSAL IS UH, PROVIDING $43 MILLION, $4 MILLION OF A CASH WITH 38.9 MILLION BEING TIFF REVENUE BONDS.
THE UTILITY PORTION OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE PAID BY THE UTILITY FUNDS.
SO THE TOTAL STADIUM BUDGET IS 50 MILLION.
THE YOUTH AND RECREATION FACILITY.
SO ALL THE OTHER SOCCER FACILITIES, THE SIX SOCCER FACILITIES, THE PLAZA, THE PARKING WILL BE PAID FROM OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR A AS AN AMENDMENT WHICH IS 25 MILLION, WHICH WE WOULD BE ISSUING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AS WE TYPICALLY DO NO TAX RATE INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL OR ANY OF THIS.
BUT WE DID WANT TO PROVIDE THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ALL THIS, UH, ROADWAYS, UH, PARKING STADIUM 111.8 AND OF COURSE WE WON'T BE CONSTRUCTING ANY OF THE HOTELS OR MIXED USE OR RESIDENTIAL THAT WOULD BE A DEVELOPER'S OPPORTUNITY AND WE'LL BE LOOKING, UH, TO ENGAGE WITH THEM SHORTLY.
ONE QUESTION, DID USL PROVIDE ANYTHING FOR THAT LAND AREA? NO.
IN TERMS OF, SO NOT AT THIS POINT, BUT THERE IS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE OTHER 14 ACRES.
THAT'S A GONNA BE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT.
CURRENTLY WHERE WE STAND IN AND WHAT IS NOT MENTIONED HERE IS WE ARE CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TEAM.
I SHOULDN'T JUST SAY NO ABOUT LEASE PAYMENTS, ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
SO, UH, WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS AND I CAN SAY THIS, THAT THE, THE HIGHEST USL TEAM LEASE IS ABOUT $400,000.
THEY WILL BE WAY NORTH OF THAT.
AND THEY'VE AG AGREED CONCEPTUALLY TO A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER THAN THAT BECAUSE WE ARE FUNDING THE ENTIRE STADIUM.
AND THEY HAVE ALSO AGREED TO THIS CONCEPT OF HAVING WHAT WE ARE CALLING A CAPITAL RESERVE, WHICH WOULD AND WOULD BE OWNED BY THE CITY, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO PUT MONEY IN TO THIS RESERVE FOR NOT JUST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS, BUT HVAC SYSTEMS GO OUT, THAT TURF WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED MORE THAN LIKELY IN THREE YEARS.
WE DON'T WANT THE CITY ON THE HOOK FOR MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, SO THEY WOULD NEED TO PUT INTO THAT CAPITAL RESERVE.
SO I SHOULDN'T HAVE JUST SAID NO, I WAS, I WAS THINKING THE LAND PURCHASED, THE LAND PURCHASED THE CITY DID BECAUSE WE'D WANTED TO BUY THE LAND REGARDLESS OF THIS BECAUSE IT WAS JUST, IT'S JUST PROBABLY THE ONE GREEN SPACE AND GARLAND IS PRECIOUS.
AND TWO, TO BUY SOMETHING AND GET IT A USE OUT
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OF IT THAT HAS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, WE NEEDED TO GET A HOLD OF THIS LAND FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.IT'S JUST THAT THIS PROJECT SEEMS TO FIT VERY NICELY INTO WHAT IS ALLOWED ON THAT PROPERTY.
DO WE GET ANY FUNDING FROM THEIR TICKET SALE OR ANYTHING? THEY WILL RECEIVE ALL THE TICKET SALES.
WE, RIGHT NOW OUR CONCEPT IS TO HAVE A HIGH LEASE PAYMENT AND HAVE THEM PUT MONEY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
'CAUSE WE WANT IT TO BE A NICE SOCCER STADIUM, LONG TERM, TAKING PORTIONS OF THEIR REVENUE.
UH, WILL, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL EBB AND FLOW UP AND DOWN.
WE'RE LOOKING TO COVER FIXED COSTS WITH THIS ONGOING PAYMENTS SIMPLER, MORE RELIABLE.
AND ONE PORTION OF THIS THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED YET WOULD ALSO BE SALES TAX, CORRECT? THERE WILL BE HOTEL REVENUE, HOPEFULLY FOOD AND BEVERAGE, FOOD AND BEVERAGE SALES TAX, ELECTRIC TICKETS, ELECTRICITY.
SO I SEE THAT, I SEE MR. PERRY HERE.
I'M GONNA, I'M JUST, MATT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THAT L SHAPE PORTION WHERE WE TRYING TO ATTRACT HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
ARE WE, IS THERE ANY, ANY TYPE OF, ARE WE PROPOSING AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR THESE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS TO BE IN THAT, THAT L-SHAPED CORRIDOR? RIGHT NOW, THE MAJOR INCENTIVE THAT WE HAVE IS WE OWN THE LAND AND THERE'LL BE NEXT TO A STADIUM AND THERE'LL BE NEXT TO A STADIUM.
HERE'S ON CHANGED OUT ROADWAYS AND THERE WILL BE TRAFFIC OF 8,000 FAMILIES THERE AND FRONTAGE ON ONE 90.
I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP A TAB ON THESE INCENTIVES.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF IT'S GONNA GO HIGHER IN, IN REGARDS TO THESE OTHER POTENTIAL VENUES.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING TO KEEP TAB UP.
I WAS THERE TALKING TO MATT LAST NIGHT AND ABOUT THE NAMING AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHOSE NAME, BUT IT COULD BE A, UH, I TOLD HIM TO BE SURE AND KEEP SOME OF OUR LOCAL COMPANIES IN MIND WHEN THEY STARTED LOOKING.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT, I MEAN, AND I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION ON NAMING, WILL THIS BE A DALLAS NAMED TEAM? IS THIS A GARLAND NAMED TEAM? WHAT, WHAT'S THEIR MONIKER GONNA BE? BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE THE DALLAS COWBOYS WHO PLAY IN ARLINGTON.
HECK WHAT? THAT'S JERRY'S TEAM.
THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE SOME, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S A, THE TEAM NAME HAS NOT BEEN REVEALED YET.
THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT, UH, IN MAY.
AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO KIND OF RELEASE AND BUILD THEIR FAN BASE IN, IN A GRASSROOTS FASHION.
BUT UH, YES, IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE, NOT THE ARLINGTON COWBOYS AND IT'LL BE, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE MARKET, THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
BUT THEY'LL STILL BE GARLAND MENTIONED IN PLACES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO KIND OF DICTATE.
UH, BUT THAT'S THE OFFICIAL, BEFORE THE FULL NAME IS RELEASED, IT'S THE USL DALLAS TERRITORY FOR THE, FOR THE TEAM, FOR THAT TERRITORY.
IT'S AFTER THE BOND IS
SO THE, SO WE HAVE PROVIDED, THE YOKO'S TEAM HAS PROVIDED, DID SOME HOMEWORK AND LOOKED AT AND PROVIDING THEM A, A LOCAL LIST OF POTENTIAL SPONSORS.
UM, WHETHER THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY FROM NAMING RIGHTS ALL THE WAY TO SELLING.
I MEAN IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EVERY, EVERY STADIUM, EVERY PIECE OF REAL ESTATE'S FOR SALE.
AND SO THAT'S THE IDEA TO KEEP THAT TEAM, UM, INVIGORATED FINANCIALLY OVER TIME IS TO, AND WE PROVIDED A PRETTY GOOD LIST OF, OF WHO THOSE POTENTIAL FOLKS ARE THAT THEY COULD CALL ON THE GPNL GRENADES OR SOMETHING.
I WOULD SAY WE OWN, WE'LL OWN THE STADIUM THOUGH, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT, I MEAN IF THERE'S NAMING RIGHTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE PAYMENTS WOULD COME TO THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, THE, THE BULK OF THE, OF THAT IS THAT THE STABILITY OF THE, OF THE LEASE PAYMENT AND THE CAPITAL FUND IS ACTUALLY RIGHT.
MORE BENEFICIAL TO US THAN BEING BEHOLDEN TO WHETHER THEY HAVE A GOOD YEAR OR A BAD YEAR.
SO THOSE, ALL THOSE TYPES OF REVENUE SOURCES LIKELY STAY WITH THE TEAM IN SOME FASHION.
AND, AND THE LEASE PAYMENT IS WHAT WE CAN COUNT ON EVERY OH, I SEE.
IS THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I THINK SO.
SO, SO IT WOULDN'T, YOU WOULD ALLOW THEM THAT TO NEGOTIATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T OWN THE STADIUM? RIGHT.