* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:06] OKAY. GOOD CITY MANAGER. WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UH, OUR MEETING NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CHURCH, NUMBER ONE. WE'LL HOLD A MEETING ON THE FIFTH FLOOR TODAY, DECEMBER THE 15TH, 2022 AT 3:00 PM AT THE PORT ARTHUR CITY HALL, FIFTH FLOOR. THE ADDRESS IS 4 44 FOURTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77 640. THIS MEETING WILL ALSO BE HELD BY TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO CONFERENCE. IN ADDITION TO LOUD PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE, A QUORUM OF THE TURF BOARD WILL BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CITY, UH, COUNCIL'S CHAMBER ON THE FIFTH FLOOR. UH, THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO DISCUSS AND ADOPT SUCH ORDERS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS, AND TAKE DIRECTION TO INDIRECTION ACTIONS MAY BE NECESSARY. UH, WE WILL FOLLOW THE AGENDA AS PRINTED. [1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. ] THE FIRST THING WILL, WHAT HAVE IS THE INVOCATION, THE PLEDGE OF LE. THAT WILL BE BY COMMISSIONER UH, MARTIN. AND THEN WE'LL GO STRAIGHT INTO OUR AGENDA AS PRINTED. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MARTIN. MOST GRACIOUS GOD, OUR FATHER, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO MAKE IT HERE SAFELY. FOLLOW WE ASK AND THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE US WITH CLARITY. GIVE US A MOTIVATION TODAY. HEAVEN THE FATHER, TO GET SOMETHING DONE. THESE ARE MANY OTHER BLESSINGS WE DO. ASK AND PRAY. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. THANK YOU. OUR PLEDGE, PLEDGE LEISURE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER MARTIN. UH, [2. Establishment of quorum and call to order. ] NEXT WE WOULD ESTABLISH A QUORUM. UH, MADAM ATTORNEY, PLEASE PUT YOUR, OR PUT YOUR, UH, MICHAEL CHAIRMAN THOMAS KINLAW. COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. PRESENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLOTTE MOSES, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. MAYOR THURMAN BARTEE, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER MICHAEL SHANE SENEGAL. JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER JAMES GAMBLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, DRAINAGE DISTRICT SEVEN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JOSEPH JOHNSON. SABINE NACHES, NAVIGATION DISTRICT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER RANDY T. MARTIN PORTER, PORT ARTHUR, NAVIGATION DISTRICT HERE. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UH, CITY ATTORNEY. NEXT [3. Approval of Minutes from the previous Reinvestment Zone TIRZ #1 Board Meeting held on November 14, 2022. ] WE HAVE NUMBER THREE, APPROVE OF THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS REINVESTMENT ZONE. SEARCH NUMBER ONE BOARD, UH, MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER THE 14TH, 2022. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES? MOVE HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND, THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 14TH, 2022. UH, ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. NEXT [4. Discussion and possible action on Reinvestment Zone TIRZ #1 Marketing Plan. ] WE HAVE NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION OR REINVESTMENT ZONE TURF NUMBER ONE, MARKETING PLAN, UH, CITY ATTORNEY. WHERE ARE WE AT ON THAT? YES. UM, TODAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. UM, THE GROUP HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, UH, HAVING SOMEONE, UH, HELP US WITH THE DETAILED MARKETING PLAN. UM, THAT THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANTED TO GO INTO TO GET MORE, UM, KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE TURS, UM, AND THE LOCATION AND WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. SO TODAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY, UM, MR. NICK HUNTER, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF NFP. UM, HE HAS RECENTLY PUT TOGETHER A VERY DETAILED REPORT, AND IN FACT, IT'S EVEN BEEN UPDATED A LITTLE BIT MORE TODAY. BUT IF WE COULD ASK MR. HUNTER TO COME UP. UM, AND I ALSO HAVE COPIES OF HIS, UH, UPDATED REPORT AND, UM, IT'S ALSO ON THE, UH, OVERHEAD AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE HIS PRESENTATION OF THE, UH, IDEAS THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR US. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. I'M NICK HUNTER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF NERD FAMILY PRODUCTIONS. UH, ONE OF THE TENANTS OVER IN THE PRESS BUILDING, AND THIS IS OUR MARKETING PROPOSAL TO BRING NEW BUSINESSES HERE THROUGH THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. UH, WITH THE DETERS, UH, THE, YOU GUYS HAVE A TON OF AMENITIES AND RESOURCES THAT YOU GUYS WILL BE OFFERING TO THE NEW BUSINESSES THAT YOU WANNA BRING HERE. UM, AND WHEW, SORRY. TOO MANY COFFEE. TOO MANY TOO MUCH COFFEE. I'M TRYING TO SLOW MYSELF DOWN CUZ I KNOW I TEND TO TALK FAST, SO BEAR WITH ME JUST A SECOND. UM, THE CITY CAN ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES AND INVESTMENTS LEADING TO INCREASED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND HIGHER EMPLOYMENT. UH, THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR MARKETING THE BENEFITS [00:05:01] OF THE TUR ZONE TO BRING BUSINESSES HERE TO PORT ARTHUR. FIRST STEP IS UPDATING THE WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NOW IS BASIC LANDING PAGE, UH, THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'S WEBSITE. WE WOULD PROPOSE BUILDING A ENTIRE NEW WEBSITE THAT GOES AND SHOWS YOU GUYS EXACTLY ALL THE BENEFITS AND SPECIFICALLY, UM, THE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE DOING WITH THE TERRA ZONE. IT NEEDS TO BE BRIEF AND INFORMATIVE SO YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFORMATION THERE AT ONE STEP. UM, THE REAL THING THAT'S GONNA PUSH IT IS GONNA BE THE AUTHENTICITY. AND WITH THE AUTHENTICITY THAT'S GONNA BE TO PROMOTE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE TERRA ZONE AND THE RESOURCES. UM, AND HAVING, HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU GUYS HELP NARRATE THE STORY OF PORT ARTHUR AND WHAT THE REINVESTMENT ZONE WILL BRING TO THE CITY. NOW, THE LAST PART, AND THIS IS WHERE WE SPECIALIZE IN, IS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR THE WEBSITE WILL BE TO CREATE A LEAD GENERATION PROCESS. UM, EVERY STEP OF THE WEBSITE, THERE'S GONNA BE A PSYCHOLOGICAL INPUT TO WHERE WE ARE THERE TO EXTRACT INFORMATION, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MAILING LIST OR OTHER ASPECTS TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT THOSE LEADS TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM INTO THE CITY. THE SECOND ASPECT IS GONNA BE WHAT I ACTUALLY SPECIALIZE IN, AND THAT'S VIDEO. WE'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE A SERIES OF PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS THAT WILL NOT ONLY SHOWCASE WHAT THE TUR ZONE BRINGS, BUT WHAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR IS DOING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO BRING OTHER BUSINESSES OUT HERE. NOW, THIS IS A QUICK STORYBOARD THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OF A BASIC IDEA THAT WE WOULD HAVE AS A THEME THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR THROUGHOUT THE, THE, UH, THE VIDEO AND THE PROP AND THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN. IT STARTS WITH, UH, 3D ANIMATION OF A GLOBE TO SET THE STANDARD THAT YOU CAN START HERE IN PORT ARTHUR AND GROW YOUR BUSINESS GLOBALLY. UH, ZOOMS IN ON TEXAS AND FOCUSES ON THE TEXAS ECONOMY. THEN WE'LL ZOOM A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IN ON THE OUTLINE OF THE TUR ZONE, AND WE'LL HAVE A TRANSITION TO A DRONE SHOT WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY TAKE THE DRONE THROUGHOUT THE TUR ZONE AND PAUSE ON SOME SPECIFIC ASPECTS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, LIKE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, VACANT LIGHTS THAT YOU'D BE ABLE TO BUILD ON. UM, AND THEN SHOW YOU HOW WE WOULD SHOW THAT TRANSFORMATION OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S THERE AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN THE NEW BUSINESSES COME. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HIGHLIGHT THE PORT AND THE RAILWAY SYSTEM TO SHOW THE BENEFITS OF ALREADY BEING HERE, UH, AND THEN THE FADES OUT TO THE GULF. NOW, THROUGHOUT THIS PROMOTIONAL VIDEO, UM, LIKE I SAID, THE AUTHENTICITY IS REALLY WHAT SELLS IT. SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD GET SOME PARTICIPATION FROM, UH, CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REALLY FAMOUS GUY I KNOW NAMED JAMES GAMBLE THAT WON A COUPLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT MIGHT WANT TO LEND HIS VOICE TO IT. WE MIGHT KNOW HIM, WE MIGHT NOT. UM, SO WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY, UH, HELP TELL THAT STORY. AND THE, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND HAVE HELPED GET IT TO THIS SPOT. UH, NOW ANOTHER ASPECT OF IT WILL BE TO BRING LIVE EVENTS HERE AND WITH THE LIVE EVENTS THAT GIVES YOU MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARKETING. ONE, YOU HAVE THE EVENTS THAT YOU CAN LIVE STREAM AND WI AND LIVE STREAMING IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET A, UH, QUICK AUDIENCE REACH AND TO BUILD OFF OF THAT, UM, WHETHER IT BE TRADE SHOWS, UM, SPEAKERS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, AND USE THAT TO HELP MARKET THE TURS. UH, AND THE BIGGEST ASPECT IS THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT OF IT. SO WE WILL DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN THAT OUTLINES THE GOALS AND THE OBJECTIVES FOR YOU OF YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING EFFORTS AND HOW THEY ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE PORT AUTHORS. NOW WE'LL IDENTIFY THE MOST RELEVANT PLATFORMS AND THE MEDIA CHANNELS OR THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS FOR REACH, FOR REACHING YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND CREATING THE ACCOUNTS AND MAKING SURE ALL THE ACCOUNTS ARE POPULATED PROPERLY WITH THE RIGHT IN INFORMATION. THE LAST THING WILL BE TO PROMOTE YOUR CONTENT THROUGH ORGANIC AND PAID ADVERTISING. NOW, THIS COULD BE INFLUENCER MARKETING DIRECT ADS, BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP PUSH THAT MESSAGE. LASTLY, WE WILL USE TRADITIONAL MEDIA. SO WE ALREADY HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LOCAL MEDIA AND SOME REGIONAL TRADE, UM, MAGAZINES THAT WILL HELP UTILIZE TO PUSH THE STORY. IN CONCLUSION, OUR VISION IS TO HELP TRANSFORM DOWNTOWN PORT ARTHUR INTO A THRIVING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ZONE. BUT MY MISSION IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS AND TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE BEST PLAN THAT'LL HELP BR UH, BRING BUSINESSES TO THE TUR ZONE. THANK YOU. OKAY. QUESTIONS, UH, DIRECTORS. WELL, UH, UH, I, I STARTED OFF YOUR TESTIMONIES OF YOUR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. UH, I THINK THAT'S VERY VITAL TO YOUR VIDEOS. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COACH GAMBLE, SOME OF THOSE GUYS THAT'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THE CITY USED TO BE AND WHERE WERE WE GOING WITH THE TURS. UM, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU THINK, UH, WILL BE THE BEST WAY [00:10:01] TO GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN OTHER THAN JUST THE VIDEOS? WELL, IT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S GONNA BE A FIVE-PART PLAN. IT'S NOT JUST THE VIDEOS, IT'S FROM THE WEBSITE, TRADITIONAL MEDIA, AND THEN WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, THEY'LL OBVIOUSLY BE DIFFERENT INCENTIVES THAN YOU'LL HAVE FOR NATIONAL, NATIONAL COMPANIES, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO COME OUTSIDE OF THE REGION, THERE'S GONNA BE TARGETED EFFORTS MADE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, WHETHER IT BE LINKEDIN, UM, INSTAGRAM, WHATEVER SITE IS GONNA GIVE US THE BEST RESULTS. YEAH. BECAUSE WHAT I DID, AND PREVIOUSLY, I, I WENT ON OTHER, UH, CITY'S TOURS, UH, WEBSITES AND, AND THEY PUT ALL THE INCENTIVES THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE HOPEFULLY TO PROVIDE TO COMPANIES THAT WANT TO COME DOWN. UH, THEY PUT THE, THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THAT CITY. I SEE THAT YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER. THOSE THINGS I THINK WILL BE THE ONES THAT'S GONNA GRAVITATE OR GET THOSE BUSINESSES TO WANT TO COME DOWNTOWN. SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE IN THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF UH, ABSOLUTELY. AND EMPHASIZE THEM ON FORWARD THINKING PROGRESS. YEAH. BECAUSE WE WANT TO, WE WANT THEM TO COME IN TO PORT ARTHUR DOWNTOWN AREA. QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCIL? OH, I HAVE, I THINK THEY HAVE THEIR LICENSE. GOT QUESTIONS. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. UH, I, I JUST WANT TO SAY, SO, OKAY. YEAH. COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MOSES. YES, NICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UH, CHAIRMAN. UM, I JUST, I'M JUST, UH, EXCITED TO SEE THAT IT'S SOMETHING ON PAPER AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO GO FORWARD AND KNOW, UM, OF COURSE OUR, UM, I'M GONNA TEASE THE MANAGER ON THIS, THIS THE WEBSITE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UPDATING IS THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS GONNA BE A DIFFERENT COST THAN THE TURS WEBSITE. NO, WHAT I'M SAYING IS BRING IT OFF OF THE CITY WEBSITE AND JUST HAVE ITS OWN, HAVE THE TURS BE ITS OWN WEBSITE BECAUSE THE CITY'S WEBSITE NEEDS SOME HELP. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, WELL, WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE NEXT MONTH, , AND IT DOES. BUT ANYWAY, , THE VIDEOING, THE, UM, LIVE EVENTS, THE SOCIAL MEDIA, I MEAN, ALL OF THIS TELLS THE STORY OF PORT ARTHUR AND, UH, OR IT PUTS IN A POSITION AND PLAN TO TELL OUR STORY OF WHAT TEZ OFFERS AND WHERE WE ARE. WHAT I REALLY LIKED WAS WHEN YOU, UM, AND THESE ARE JUST COMMENTS. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS CAUSE I'M EXCITED, UM, BECAUSE MARKETING ADVERTISING IS EVERYTHING. I THINK WHEN YOU PUT ON THE, UM, IS THAT, IS THAT OUR PICTURES RIGHT HERE, Y'ALL, HE'S ALREADY MADE A BLUE THING. THAT'S OUR PICTURES THOUGH, TO SHOW WHO THE TOURIST BOARD IS AND WHAT WE DO. I THINK THE, UM, LOCATING FOR SOMEONE TO GO IN AND INTERACTIVELY SEE THE TURS AREA AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THAT AREA AND SAY, MAYBE I'D LIKE THAT AREA TO PUT MY NEW BUSINESS IN, OR TO BE ABLE TO PINPOINT THAT AND SEE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE OR WHAT. UM, ONCE YOU CLICK ON IT, BE ABLE TO KNOW, THEN IT'S AVAILABLE, WHO OWNS IT, HOW YOU CAN CONTACT THAT PERSON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LINK WOULD ENTAIL, BUT THOSE ARE SOME REALLY, UM, UM, THAT'S JUST BRILLIANT TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND SEE THAT, UH, INTERACTIVE MAP ON A WEBSITE AND BE ABLE TO GO IN AND SELECT A SITE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE TOURS FOR A POSSIBLE BUSINESS. UM, SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL DO, THE FIRST STEP OBVIOUSLY, IS GONNA BE MARKET RESEARCH. SO WHEN WE DEVELOP THE 3D MAP AND THE, ALL THE ANIMATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE ON THE WEBSITE, THAT'LL BE, UH, CUSTOMER DRIVEN, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU GO IN, IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS, LET'S SAY YOU'RE A A AUTO PARTS MANUFACTURER, RIGHT? YOU'LL GO AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THAT WELL IT'S GONNA BE, AND IT'LL PROVIDE THAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION. OKAY. AND WE'LL PULL, AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE POPULATE THAT DATA WITH IT WILL BE PULLED DIRECTLY FROM, FROM J CAN. EXACTLY. SO THAT'S THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT MY THOUGHTS WERE. SO IF SOMEONE IS INTERACTIVELY LOOKING, THEY HAVE A WAY THEY'RE NOT JUST GONNA WEBSITE THAT STILL AND YOU HAVE JUST SOME INFORMATION THERE. I LIKE THAT YOU'LL, WHOEVER'S LOOKING FOR A BUSINESS WILL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHO HAS IT, UM, UM, WHO'S THE OWNER, HOW I CAN POSSIBLY GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY. I CAN CLICK ON THAT ADDRESS, CLICK ON THAT, AND BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE. THAT BRINGS US, US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY OF WHERE ALL THE OTHER TOURIST BOARDS, UH, COUNCILMAN KENAGE, YOU WERE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT TUR, SOME TURS BOARDS, UH, AND WITHOUT THROUGHOUT TEXAS DON'T HAVE THAT. YEAH. THEY DON'T HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP. THEY, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNERS ON THIS WHO'S ACTUALLY IN CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY DO A LOT OF 3D RENDERS BEFORE THEY, THEY DO OBVIOUSLY DO THE WORK, UM, IS TO IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE 3D RENDERING TO WHERE THEY'LL BE PRE-RENDERED ASSETS, BUILDINGS, FURNITURE. YES. YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF TO WHERE THEY CAN GO IN AND BUILD IT HOW THEY WANT TO RIGHT THERE ON THE WEBSITE. YEAH, GREAT. AND WE'LL GET TO TELL OUR STORY AGAIN. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT LIKE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LIKE COACH GAMBLE, THAT HAVE BEEN IN PORT ARTHUR ALL THEIR LIVES AND CAN TELL THE STORY AND NARRATE ABOUT THIS CITY. YEAH. I MEAN, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH MORE JUST SINCE AUGUST, [00:15:01] SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. I MEAN, THIS PLACE IS FILLED WITH HISTORIANS. I MEAN, NOBODY IN PORT ARTHUR FORGETS ANYTHING. I MEAN, WAY FROM, FROM THE DAYS THAT MLK WALKED DOWN PROCTOR. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. IT, IT'S, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH, UM, SINCE WE MOVED HERE IN AUGUST AND IT IS, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HELP TELL IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GONNA PAY FOR IT, BUT I SAW THAT. THANK YOU. I MEAN, SPREAD IT OUT OVER A COUPLE CHECKS. OH, . WELL, WE ARE GOOD WITH THE MANAGE ABOUT THAT. , I JUST HAD, I HAD, UM, ONE QUESTION, IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND. UH, YOUR MARKETING PLAN, IS THERE A DIRECT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE MARKETING TOWARDS? YES. SO WHEN WE DO, SO, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE MARKET RESEARCH, RIGHT? SO IT, WHEN WE, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS ALWAYS SPECIFIED TO A SPECIFIC GROUP. WHEN WE DO THE MARKET RESEARCH, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHICH GROUPS ARE GONNA HAVE THE EASIEST PAIN POINT, SO TO SPEAK, TO, UH, PENETRATE FROM THERE, THEN THE CONTENT IS DESIGNED AROUND WHATEVER EMOTION IS GONNA ELICIT WHATEVER ACTION WE WANT IN THEM, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. WELL, I GUESS WHAT I JUST WANT US TO KEEP IN MIND THAT PORT ARTHUR'S AN INDUSTRIAL TOWN AND THERE'S A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL, UH, PARTNERS THAT'S WOULD IN THE AREA THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME INTO PORT ARTHUR. AND THAT'S A GOOD BASE TO BUILD OFF OF. YOU KNOW, YOU GET WITH LIKE, SAY THE, UH, CHAMBER HAD A, A MEETING YESTERDAY, BILLIONS, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BILLIONS OF PROJECTS, I MEAN MM-HMM. , THESE PROJECTS ARE COMING INTO THE AREA AND THOSE CONTRACTORS, THEY NEED SOMEWHERE TO SET UP, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT, DEFINITELY I'M NOT CUTTING RETAIL OR RESTAURANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M NOT LOOKING DOWN ON THOSE, BUT I AM SAYING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT INDUSTRIAL REALLY, REALLY HEAVY. ALRIGHT, QUICK QUESTION. YEAH. UH, JUST, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WEBSITE, BUT YOU'RE ALSO ALSO TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME VIDEOS THAT AT THE LAST PART OF IT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NEWS CHANNELS. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET TO SEE THE WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT HAPPEN TO SEE THE WEBSITE, THEY'LL KNOW BECAUSE OF THE COMMERCIALS OR WHATEVER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMERCIALS YOU'LL BE HAVING ON THE TELEVISION. SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER MEDIUM, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN ALSO LOOP THEM BACK AROUND TO THE WEBSITE AND TO CONTACT US. YEAH, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. AWESOME. MM-HMM. , I GUESS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS AND I GUESS WE'LL BE GETTING WITH YOU SHORTLY. ALL RIGHT. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, NUMBER [5. Update regarding the expansion of Reinvestment Zone TIRZ #1 Boundaries. ] FIVE, UPDATING REGARDING THE EXPANSION, REINVESTMENT ZONE TURF NUMBER ONE, BOUNDARIES, UH, CITY ATTORNEY. UH, JUST BRIEFLY ON THE BOUNDARIES, WE'VE RE WE'VE UPDATED THE BOUNDARIES, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN ON THIS, THIS ITEM IN THE NEXT ONE. WE'RE WORKING WITH FREEZING NICKELS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING LINES UP. UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE UPDATING THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE NEW BOUNDARIES, AND IF WE HAVE TO DO AN UPDATE TO THAT, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU. UH, WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE WORK WITH OUR MARKETING PLAN, THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THAT IN THE GI S FORMAT AND SOMETHING WHERE WHEN, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN HE UPDATES, UH, STARTS IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO ZOOM IN AND SEE EXACTLY WHERE THEY CAN GO, UM, UH, WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH FREEZING NICKELS AND STEADY PLANNING STAFF TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BOUNDARIES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. UH, DIRECTORS. ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT? OKAY. NO [6. Discussion and possible action on Reinvestment Zone TIRZ #1 Project Plan. ] QUESTIONS. WE'RE GO TO NUMBER SIX. UH, DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS ON REINVESTMENT ZONE TURF NUMBER ONE, PROJECT PLAN, CITY ATTORNEY. YES. JUST VERY BRIEFLY WITH REGARD TO THE PROJECT PLAN, UM, THE CITY MANAGER AND MS. LANGFORD AND MYSELF, WE WERE, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS AND INCLUDING YOU ALL WITH FREEZING NICHOLS BECAUSE WE'VE, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN HAS TO HAVE AN UPDATE. AND SO IN UPDATING THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, THEY HAVE OUR PROJECT PLAN AND WE ARE GOING TO GET THOSE DOCUMENTS WHERE THEY, THEY, THEY COORDINATE, THEY'RE COORDINATED TOGETHER TO SHOW ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE DOING. SO, UM, THE, THOSE WORKSHOPS, WE, WE HAD THE FIRST LITTLE MEETING IN NOVEMBER, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FREEZING NICKELS DID THEIR PRESENTATION. AND I THINK THAT WE ARE CLEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA UPDATE THE DOWNTOWN PLAN. SO, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF MS. LANGFORD OR THE MANAGER WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. UM, TODAY, UM, I ACTUALLY SAT IN ON A MEETING AND, UM, AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, WE DID BROACH UPON, UM, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE UPDATES TO THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN. WE ARE [00:20:01] LOOKING FOR A FUNDING SOURCE THAT WOULD HELP TO SUPPLEMENT, UM, THIS UPDATE. UM, WE WILL MEET FURTHER AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, UM, TO BEGIN PLANNING AND GETTING A, AN APPLICATION OUT. IT'S FOR A NON-COMPETITIVE GRANT THAT CAN HELP US TO GET STARTED ON THIS, UM, VERY SHORTLY. SO, UM, WE WILL BEGIN THOSE DISCUSSIONS AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR SO WE CAN BEGIN THIS PROCESS. OKAY. WELL, CITY MANAGER, UH, I THINK, UH, THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, BUT, UH, I KNOW WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT PLAN ARE WE GONNA ATTACK FIRST? I KNOW WE WERE INSTRUCTED AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO COME BACK TO THIS, THIS BOARD AND SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN COME TOGETHER AND FIND OUT WHICH TOP THREE WE WE NEED TO, UH, ADDRESS. SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WAIT ON YOUR, YOUR PLAN AND THEN I GUESS WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WE WILL DEFINITELY COME BACK TO THE TES COMMITTEE, UM, TO SEE WHERE THE PRIORITIES LIE. SO WHEN DEVELOPING THE SCOPE OF, UM, WORK AS IT RELATES TO THE GRANT APPLICATION, WE ARE VERY CLEAR ON WHAT OUR FOCUS WILL BE. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOSES? YEAH. CHAIRMAN, ARE WE GOING TO, UH, MAYBE I SHOULD BE ASKING, ARE WE GONNA TAKE ANY ACTION OR PREPARE TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THE MARKETING PLAN TO GET, WE ALL KEPT SAYING WE WANT TO GET IT MOVING. YEAH. SO I JUST GOT A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE, NOT SIT ON IT FOR ANOTHER MONTH, AND THEN WE WAIT ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS SEEING WHAT OUR OH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE HAD A LITTLE QUICK EXECUTIVE SESSION AND MAYBE WHEN WE COME OUT, WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. WE HAD SOME INFORMATION IN THERE, WE WERE GONNA, BUT YES, WE, WE CAN ADDRESS, UM, ENTERING INTO SOMETHING. UH, BUT WE, IF WE DID A LITTLE QUICK EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE HAD SOME INFO TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK OUT AND ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. WE ARE POSTED WHERE WE CAN DO SOMETHING. OKAY. WE ARE POSTED, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING, WE JUST HAVE A LITTLE VERY QUICK EXECUTIVE SESSION TO GIVE YOU SOME INFO. OKAY. UM, BUT WE CAN COME BACK AND IT IS POSTED WHERE YOU CAN DO POSSIBLE ACTION IF YOU'D LIKE. OKAY. SO THEY WOULD ALSO COME WITH ITEMIZED ITEMS THAT HE'S GONNA, THAT COMES WITH THAT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UH, ARE WE OKAY, UH, DIRECTORS GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN POSSIBLY COME BACK TO THE DIOCESE AND, UH, TAKE ACTION ON IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE AND, AND NOT WAIT ANOTHER MONTH, RIGHT? IS THAT THE, THE CONSENSUS OF THE, THE DIRECTORS? THAT'S ALL YOU OKAY WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT. UM, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, VAL? UH, NO. JUST KEEP [7. EXECUTIVE SESSION: ] OKAY. EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN GO UP HERE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWNSTAIRS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA SEE IF THAT ROOM IS UNLOCKED. ALL RIGHT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 55,172 TO DISCUSS, TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE A REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES AND OR EXPANSION OF THE DOWNTOWN TURF INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TURF NUMBER ONE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, ALSO SUB B IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 55,187 TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE CHURCH NUMBER ONE IN PORT ARTHUR. UH, WE WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS 3 49 TO CONTINUE OUR MEETING. SO WE'LL TAKE A RECESS, UH, AND THEN RETURN AFTER, UH, OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU. RECORDING STOPPED IN PROGRESS. OKAY, GUYS, UH, WE READY? UH, THANK YOU. AND, UH, AND ALLOWING US TO, TO RETURN BACK FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, THE TIME IS 4 43 AND WE DO HAVE AN ITEM THAT WE, UH, WANT TO TAKE ACTION ON. UH, CITY ATTORNEY. WOULD YOU READ THAT, UH, MOTION AND WE CAN GET IT ON THE FLOOR, PLEASE? YES. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT, UH, FOR PHASE PHASE ONE, UM, AGREEMENT WITH NFP IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 7,500. SO MOVE MR. CHAIR. SO MOVED BY THE MAYOR, BART SECOND. SECOND HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL WARMING. MOSES, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT AT THIS TIME? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I NOW CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT. UH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, CITY ATTORNEY? NO, SIR. OKAY. QUESTIONS, UH, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE MEETING? IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, I NOW CALL FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 4 44. UH, UM, THIS, IT IS BEEN MOVE AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 4 44. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE, THOSE OPPOSED? THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE TURF MEETING. THANK [00:25:01] YOU. RECORDING STOPPED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.