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GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU.AND THANK YOU EVERYONE, UH, FOR JOINING US FOR THE TURF MEETING.
UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TURF NUMBER ONE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
UH, NOTICE HAS BEEN, UH, GIVEN TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNTOWN'S CHURCH.
WE'LL HOLD A MEETING IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 23RD AT 3:00 PM AT THE PORT ARTHUR CITY HALL FIFTH FLOOR.
THE ADDRESS IS 44 40 FOURTH STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77,640.
AND THIS MEETING WILL ALSO BE HELD BY TELEPHONIC AND VIDEO CONFERENCE.
IN ADDITION TO ALLOW PERSONS TO BE IN ATTENDANCE, A QUORUM OF THE TURF BOARD, WHICH WE HAVE, WILL BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CITY.
UH, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE FIFTH FLOOR.
THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING IN PERSON OR ABOUT DIALING IN ONE OF THESE FOLLOWING TO FREE NUMBERS.
AND THE NUMBERS MEETING ID IS 8 41 1 6 1 1 6 0 6 7, AND THE PASSCODE IS 6 3 7 45.
UH, SINCE THAT'S BEEN, UH, FORMALLY INTRODUCED, I WILL NOW ASK, UH, IF,
[1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.]
UH, MAYOR BART, WOULD YOU BRING US IN AN INVOCATION, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGION, AND THEN WE'LL START THE MEETING.FATHER GOD IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THAT WE APPROACH YOUR THRONE OF GRACE AND MERCY.
DEAR GOD, WITH HUMBLED HEARTS, DEAR GOD, THANKING YOU.
FOR ALL OF YOUR MANYFOLD BLESSINGS, WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD PERMEATE OUR BEING WITH YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS MEETING, DEAR GOD, AND ALLOW US TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THIS CHURCH ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL AND YOUR WAY.
WE THANK YOU, DEAR GOD, ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE, AND WE THANK YOU EVEN IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT WE KNOW.
YOU ARE YET GOING TO DO THESE ANOTHER BLESSINGS.
WE ARE ASKING THY SON JESUS NAME, FOR A SAKE WE PRAY.
I PLEDGE JESUS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[2. Establishment of quorum and call to order.]
UH, KELLY, OUR CITY SECRETARY WOODSON.WOULD YOU ESTABLISH A QUO? YES.
UH, CHAIRMAN, UH, THOMAS KEN, LAW COUNCIL MEMBER CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLOTTE MOSES, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
MICHAEL SHANE, CYNICAL COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER JAMES GAMBLE.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.
UH, COMMISSIONER JOSEPH JOHNSON.
COMMISSIONER RANDY T. MARTIN, PORT OF PORT ARTHUR, NAVIGATION DISTRICT HERE.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QU THANK YOU.
[3. Approval of Minutes from the previous Downtown Tax Reinvestment Zone TIRZ# 1 Board Meeting held on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 3: 00 p.m.]
ATTORNEY.NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER THREE, THE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT MIN MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS DOWNTOWN TAX REINVESTMENT ZONE, CHURCH NUMBER ONE BOARD, WHICH WAS HELD ON FEBRUARY THE SECOND, 2023.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
IT WAS MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY THE SECOND 2023 AT 3:00 PM ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
NEXT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING DOWNTOWN CHURCH INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE CHURCH NUMBER ONE, NEW WEBSITE AND MARKETING PLAN.
WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE STATUS OF OUR WEBSITE AND MARKETING PLAN.
UM, THE BOARD, UH, ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH, UH, THE NERD FAMILY, UH, PRODUCTIONS, UH, TO, UH, PREPARE A WEBSITE AND TO REPRESENT AND, AND TO START WORKING ON PHASES FOR A MARKETING PLAN.
IN THAT CONTRACT, WE ARE IN PHASE ONE, AND, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION OF THE WEBSITE.
WE DID TALK ABOUT IT AT THE LAST MEETING, AND SOME UPDATES WERE MADE.
AND, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE, UH, DISCUSS THE MARKETING PLAN AND, UH, MOVE FORWARD ON ANY ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO THAT.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE IS APPEARING ON ZOOM AT THIS TIME.
UH, I'M NOT SURE SIR, SAYING THAT HE'S THERE, BUT, UH, HE WAS THERE A MOMENT AGO.
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MR. HUNTER? YEAH.UM, CAN WE SEE IF HE'S ON MUTE OR NOT? HE WAS PRESENT A MOMENT AGO.
I DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH HIS.
WELL, I, I GUESS WHOEVER, DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY TO GET IN CONTACT WITH HIM TO SEE IF WE CAN GET HIM ON OR, AND WE CAN JUST COME BACK TO THAT OR, YES.
MS. MOORE IS GOING TO BE CONTACTING HIM NOW TO, I GUESS TO JUST MAKE SURE HIS CONNECTION IS BACK.
HE, HE JUST TEXTED ME AND SAID, ZOOM JUST CRASHED.
SO, UH, IT'S A WILL OF THE BOARD.
YOU GUYS WANNA GO BACK AND JUST COME BACK TO THAT? UH, YES, SIR.
AND WE CAN CONTINUE THIS MEETING.
WE WILL COME BACK TO NUMBER FOUR.
UH, NUMBER FIVE, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING CURRENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE, TURF NUMBER ONE.
UH, VAL, WOULD YOU LEAD US INTO THAT? YES.
ON THE LAST TIME THAT WE MET, WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT IDEAS REGARDING PROJECTS.
UM, THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, HAVE MAINLY BEEN SURROUNDING THE AURORA DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE FROM THAT AND, UH, THE MAYOR OR THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MAY KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THAT THERE IS AN INTENT TO GET STARTED ON THAT PROJECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, THAT'S THE COMMUNICATIONS WE'VE HAD, UM, ABOUT THOSE.
THAT'S, THAT'S OUR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
UM, WE ARE, UH, TRYING TO GET THEM TO, UH, COME IN AND KIND OF GIVE US A UPDATE.
AND I KNOW THEY'VE PROBABLY TALKED TO STAFF.
THE CITY MANAGER ISN'T HERE AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I THINK HE CAN GIVE THAT UPDATE THAT THEY DO HAVE AN INTENTION ON GETTING STARTED SOON.
UM, THAT IS OUR MAJOR PROJECT.
AND THEN, UM, WE WANNA TALK ABOUT ANY ACTION ITEMS THAT WE CAN DO, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO FACILITATE OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF FIVE AND SIX.
YOU KNOW, FIVE IS TO TALK ABOUT CURRENT PROJECTS, WHICH OUR ONLY MAJOR CURRENT PROJECT IS THE AURORA, UM, WHICH IS ALSO A SUBSIDIARY, I GUESS, OF MOTIVA.
BUT IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME IS, UH, WE ARE INCORPORATING THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, WHICH WILL BE, UH, ON THE, UH, WEBSITE AS WELL.
AND, UH, WAYS JUST CONSIDERING WAYS TO, UH, IMPROVE DOWNTOWN.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AS OUR MAJOR PROJECT.
SO, BUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, UM, OR ANY NEW INFORMATION FROM AURORA.
SO WE'RE GONNA WAIT FOR THE MANAGER TO COME BACK AND GIVE US HIS INPUT ON WHAT HE HAD SUGGESTED AND LAST MEETING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES.
AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM, FROM WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE NOT SPOKEN WITH THEM DIRECTLY, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE GAINED FROM THE MANAGER IS THAT THEY DO INTEND ON STARTING THEIR, UH, PROJECT BACK UP.
AS WE KNOW THERE WILL BE MOVING INTO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, POSSIBLY IN DECEMBER, I THINK, AND I THINK HE'S COMING BACK UP AS WELL.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT IS THE PLAN THAT IS, IT'S DECEMBER THAT THEY'LL BE MOVING INTO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
NOW, LET ME PAM TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE MEETING THAT, UM, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, UM, WHICH THE MAYOR WAS PRESENT AT, UM, THE MAYOR DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE CEO OF MOTIVA, UM, WHO DID, UM, INFORM US THAT THE PROJECT WILL RESUME IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, THE BUILDING, THE FOCUS OF CONCENTRATION WHEN THEY DO RESUME WORK WILL BE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, AS THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THEIR STAFF WILL ACTUALLY BE HOUSED, UM, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UPON COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, THAT WAS PRIMARILY THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED AT THAT LUNCHEON THAT I ATTENDED.
UM, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN FURTHER DISCUSSION, OF COURSE, WITH THE MAYOR, UM, BUT THAT WAS IN JUST PRETTY MUCH THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE MOTIVA CEO AT THAT TIME.
AND MIGHT I ADD, UH, HE WAS, UH, JEFF, UH, UH, UH, RINGLER, UH, CEO.
HE WAS REALLY RELUCTANT ABOUT GIVING ME A SPECIFIC DATE.
THAT'S WHAT I KEPT REQUESTING AND WANTED TO KNOW.
BUT, UH, EVIDENTLY HIS BOARD HAS NOT GIVEN HIM SOME INFORMATION, BUT HE DID TELL ME THAT WITHIN ANOTHER MONTH OR SO, IT IS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH NOW THAT HE WOULD GET BACK WITH ME.
SO ALL I CAN ACTUALLY DO IS AVAIL MYSELF TO WHEN HE WOULD GET BACK.
BUT, UH, HE DID ASSURE US THAT THE PROJECT IS, HAS NOT BEEN, UH, TOTALLY VACATED, SO TO SPEAK.
YOU KNOW, IT IS, IS, IS IT'S, IT'S ON THEIR, UH, UH, RADAR, IF YOU WILL.
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UH, THE, UH, DATES AND, AND TIMING OF IT IS NOT ANYTHING THAT HE WAS AT LIBERTY TO, UH, DISCUSS.AND BECAUSE OF, OF, UH, I WOULD SAY THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE BA BASICALLY DEVELOPED WITH EACH OTHER OVER THE PAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS.
UH, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HEAR A LIE, AND I DON'T THINK YOU ALL DO, YOU KNOW.
SO ALL WE KNOW IS THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND HOPEFULLY BY, UH, THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE SHOULD SEE SOME SIGN OF, UH, THEM RETURNING THERE.
BUT THEY DID HAVE A CONCERN, A STRUCTURAL, UH, ENGINEERING, STRUCTURAL, UH, CONCERN WITH THE ADAMS BUILDING ON THE WORLD TRADES BUILDING.
AND HE SAID SOMETHING THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW PRIOR TO GOING INTO IT, BUT ONCE THEY GUTTED IT AND BEGAN TO STUDY SOME OF THE, UH, STRUCTURAL DESIGN, I THINK THAT THEY, UH, LEARNED SOME THINGS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEIR BIG CONCERN IS.
OH, THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS EXPRESSED TO US.
AND, AND, AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS, AND THEN THEY'LL BE READY TO PROCEED.
UM, OH, I JUST HAD ONE LITTLE THING TO ADD TO WHAT I SAID.
AND ALSO ONCE, ONCE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, FORMER HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY MOVE INTO THERE, THAT THAT WILL BECOME TAXABLE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR, THAT WILL BE MORE INCOME INTO THE TURS BECAUSE ONCE THAT TRANSFER OF, OF POSSESSION TAKES PLACE, THEN THAT WILL GO ON THE TAX ROLL.
SO WE WILL AT LEAST SEE AN INCREASE JUST FROM THAT, UH, FOR THE NEXT TAX YEAR.
UH, BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE IS MR. HUNTER, ARE YOU, YOU ON? I AM.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? WE, WE CAN HEAR
[4. Discussion and possible action regarding Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ# 1) New Website & Marketing Plan.]
YOU.UH, I GUESS WE CAN GO BACK TO NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE, UH, ACTIONS REGARDING THE DOWNTOWN, UH, TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE, TURF NUMBER ONE, NEW WEBSITE AND MARKETING PLAN.
UM, MR. HUNTER, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, IF YOU WANT TO TELL US HOW YOU WANT TO GUIDE US THROUGH THIS, UH, THIS, THIS WEBSITE, AND WITH ADDITIONAL CHANGES THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN? UH, DO WE DO THAT, VAL? IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO, OKAY.
I'LL NEED THE HOST TO ALLOW IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE THE WEBSITE PULLED UP RIGHT THERE.
AM I SEEING THAT PROPERLY? YES.
WELL, IF YOU GUYS HAVE IT PULLED UP, I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH IT AND I CAN SEE IF WE STAY ON THE LIVE SCREEN FOR THE CAMERA.
IS THAT GONNA BE OKAY, GUYS? WE OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND ME GETTING CONNECTED TODAY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO APPEAR THERE IN PERSON, UM, HAVING TO RESCHEDULE IT.
MY, I HAD AN OPTOMETRIST APPOINTMENT THAT I COULDN'T GET INTO UNTIL THE END OF JUNE, SO I HAD TO GET IN THERE TODAY.
SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL PATIENCE, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME APPEAR, UH, VIRTUALLY TODAY.
UH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THE HOMEPAGE OF THE, UH, THE WEBSITE THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.
UH, IF, IF I CAN GET YOU TO SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, ONE OF THE FIRST CHANGES THAT WE MADE, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM WERE TO MAKE THE IMAGES HYPERLINK.
SO IF YOU CLICK ON ANY OF THOSE IMAGES, THEY WILL REDIRECT AND OPEN A NEW BROWSER BACK TO THAT ENTITY'S WEBSITE PAGE.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET 'EM FOR ALL OF THE FIVE ENTITIES THERE.
YOU CAN CLICK THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM.
WE DID DO SOME QC ON THIS TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL WORKED.
NOW, IF YOU SCROLL BACK TO THE TOP UNDER PROJECT, SINCE DON'T HAVE ANY CURRENT PROJECTS, THERE'S GONNA BE A DROPDOWN.
AND THIS WAS FROM, UH, THESE ARE THE AVAILABLE PROPERTIES.
GO AHEAD AND CLICK THAT LINK THERE.
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SO THIS IS A DIRECT TIE IN FROM THE EDC WEBSITE.THEY WERE S SLS MEETING AND SUGGESTED THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT ANYONE RESEARCHING THE PORT OFFICER CHARGE.
SO WE INCORPORATED IT DIRECTLY INTO THE SITE.
THAT WAY YOU WON'T HAVE TO GO OFFSITE SINCE IT'S WITHIN THE SAME JURISDICTION FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
I WILL BE, I, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THE BACK END OF THIS SOFTWARE TO SEE IF WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET A PLUG INTO, ROTATE THE MAP AND MAKE IT TIGHTER ON SPECIFICALLY JUST THE TURN ZONE.
BUT THAT WILL BE IN THE FINAL UPDATE.
SCROLL TO THE TOP AND GO AHEAD AND CLICK ABOUT, NOW, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT MR. KINLOCK A WAS TO ADD A BORDER AROUND THE HEADSHOT.
SO WE TIGHTENED THE HEADSHOT FOR THIS PAGE.
AND IF YOU HOVER OVER THE ABOUT, I'M ON THERE TWICE, BUT I'M ON THERE TWICE, NICK.
SO I, I GUESS, YEAH, I GUESS YOU HAD, YOU GOT SOMEBODY EMAIL YET? OH, OKAY.
UH, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, EVIL TWIN.
MY EVIL TWIN, YES, IT'S A LOT.
THEY DO RIGHT AND CLICK ON CASE STUDIES.
NOW, THE MARKET RESEARCH AND THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN WERE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PULL DIRECTLY FROM THE PORT ARTHUR WEBSITE.
WE INCORPORATED SOME OF THAT INFORMATION HERE, AND IF YOU CLICK ON THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PLAN, IT WILL OPEN IN A PDF THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY VIEW THERE ON THE SITE.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO ABOUT, AND SCROLL DOWN TO ABOUT A BOARD AND CLICK THERE.
NOW, THE REASON WE HAVE IT IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, AS WE HAVE IT TIED INTO A DATABASE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE UPDATED BY YOUR STAFF ONCE WE TURN THE WEBSITE OVER TO YOU GUYS.
THAT WAY, ANYTIME THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO BOARD MEMBERS OR ANY OF THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, YOU WON'T BE WAITING ON ME TO DO IT.
YOU'LL HAVE SOMEBODY RIGHT THERE THAT JUST CAN LOG IN AND CLICK A BOX AND FILL IT IN.
NOW HOVER YOUR MESS UP AND GO TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
NOW, THESE WERE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE JUST PULLED TO SHOW YOU, UM, A WAY WHERE YOU COULD GO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT AREN'T TAXING INSTITUTES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE TURS.
AND WITH EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST GONNA BE A DATABASE THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN, IF THEY CAN FILL OUT A SPREADSHEET, THEY CAN UPDATE THIS ENTIRE WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU CLICK ON READ MORE UNDER LET'S GO TO MOTIVA, IT CAN OPEN TO A PAGE SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH ONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT YOU ADD TO THE DATABASE.
UM, AND THERE YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIAL THANKS, UH, ANY CURRENT PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, ANYTHING THAT TIES INTO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITHIN TURS AND HOW IT TIES BACK INTO THAT ORGANIZATION.
NOW, IF YOU GO TO CONTACT, GO AHEAD TO CLICK CONTACT.
THIS WAS WHERE WE WANT TO START BUILDING THE DATABASE FOR THE MARKETING PLAN.
UNDER THE CONTACT FORM, WE JUST HAVE YOUR BASIC INFORMATION, NAME, PHONE NUMBER.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S REQUIRED AN EMAIL IS THAT'S USUALLY THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE WILL GIVE UP WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED, AND THE EASIEST ONE TO CONTACT AND, AND YOU DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
WE ALSO PUT SOME CHECK BOXES IN THERE TO KIND OF NARROW DOWN THE MARKETING PLAN WHEN YOU ARE AV TESTING DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND WHICH GROUPS YOU'RE WANTING TO HIT, WHICH, WHICH WITH WHICH PLAN, HAVING A FUNNEL THAT YOU CAN SPREAD THEM INTO MAKES IT EXPONENTIALLY MORE EFFECTIVE.
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AND ONE THING THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE MAKING A HUGE UPDATE ON, I SAW THE, THE LAST MEETING WHERE THE ASSESS CENTENNIAL WEBSITE WAS, IS JUST TREMENDOUS IN ALL THE AMOUNT OF HISTORY THAT THEY HAVE THERE.WE WILL BE ABLE TO POPULATE THIS PAGE SO MUCH QUICKER THAN I HOPED.
TURNS OUT THE REASON I COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF ANYBODY AT THE MUSEUM IS THEY WERE TOO BUSY WORKING ON THAT STUFF WITH CONTINUAL PRESENTATION.
SO GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON, UH, FAQ.
I'M FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WHEN IT'S SPELLED OUT.
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE DATABASE DRIVEN.
SO I KNOW MR. TURNER SAID LAST, AT THE LAST MEETING, THEY WOULD BE WORKING ON THE FAQS.
SO WOULD THIS BE A DATABASE DRIVEN? AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST SEND A A SPREADSHEET OVER, HAVE IT FILLED OUT, AND THEN QUICKLY UPDATE IT.
NOW WHEN ONE PAGE THAT'S NOT VISIBLE, UNLESS YOU TYPE IT IN, IN YOUR ADDRESS BAR AFTER P A T I R Z BACKSLASH, TYPE IN THE WORK LOGO.
NOW, IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, THESE WERE JUST PRELIMINARY DESIGNS THAT WE HAD FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOGOS, AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON WHICH DIRECTION YOU GUYS WERE WANTING TO GO WITH.
SORRY, ANY, UH, SUGGESTIONS, UH, DIRECTORS, WE GOT A CONSENSUS HOW YOU FEEL, COACH, HOW DO YOU FEEL? WHICH DESIGN YOU, YOU WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD THEN BRING FORWARD? WANT TO GO DOWN THE LINE? UH, YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, CHAIR MR. CHAIRMAN.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WAS, WOULD BE, UH, SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, ICON, UH, OR THE ICONS OF PICTURES THAT THEY HAVE ON THAT SECOND ONE WITH THE, UH, BRIDGE, UM, INDUSTRY, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU ALL HAVE, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE, AT, ON THE, AT THE PAVILION FROM, FROM YOUR, UH, YOUR BOARD THAT'S ON THE PAVILION MM-HMM.
UM, THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION.
I YOU DON'T, Y'ALL, YOU ALL DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF WHAT'S NO, UH, AT THE PAVILION ON THE, ON THE, UH, BOARD THAT'S, I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THE NIGHT BOARD, BUT, UH, KNOW YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF, OF THE, UH, BRIDGE AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, A PICTURE OF INDUSTRY, THEN YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF, UM, OF, UH, THE, UH, PLEASURE ISLAND ICON AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, COACH GAM, I, WHAT JOE IS SAYING SOUNDS GREAT TO ME.
UH, I'M REALLY NOT, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'M SERIOUS.
THE MIC COACH, HE PUSH THAT MIC.
I THOUGHT I WAS BUSTING PEOPLES LEO DRAMA.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I KIND OF AGREE WITH, UH, WHAT JOE HAS SAID BECAUSE, UH, WHAT HE'S, AND WHAT HE'S SEEING IS SOMETHING THAT DEPICTS A PICTURE OF WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, UH,
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YOU KNOW, WITH THIS TEARS, UH, BOARD IS TO SHOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY AND THE MOVEMENT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE.UM, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT, UM, LOGO WHERE THEY HAD THE BLUE, WHATEVER MM-HMM.
YEAH, THAT ONE, THAT'S, I THINK, AGREE.
YOU SEE THE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND TO ME, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND ACRONYMS. UM, IF YOU DON'T TELL WHAT THE ACRONYM IS, THEY'LL LOOK AT PORT ARTHUR, T R Z AND BE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S THAT? MM-HMM.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ARE SPELLING OUT, UM, TAX IT IS INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ACRONYM T I R Z SOMEWHERE THERE, BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER.
UM, YOU, YOU WANT THE, THE WEBSITE LOOKS GREAT.
UM, UH, I THINK THAT IT'S INTERACTIVE.
UM, OUR, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO CLICK IN DIFFERENT AREAS, WHAT WE REQUESTED IS DONE.
UM, OUR PICTURES AND PHOTOS OF THE BOARD, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS GONNA BE CHANGE, IT'LL BE CHANGING, UM, THERE.
BUT BASICALLY BEING ABLE TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT WHAT TURS IS AND WHAT IT'S DOING.
I SEE THOSE, THOSE THINGS THERE.
UH, OUR THING WOULD JUST BE KIND OF ON OUR PART IS, UH, DECIDING UPON THE, UH, ACTUAL, I LIKE THE BUILD IT, SHIP IT RAIL, IT, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS.
THE EDCS KIND OF BUILD IT, SHIP IT, RELET I'M TAKING, THAT JUST COMES RIGHT OFF THE HEAD.
SO THAT KIND OF THING NEEDS TO BE, TO BE TIED INTO THE LOGO FOR TURS.
AND SO, UH, SEEING THE BRIDGE, THE OIL AND MAKES SENSE, BUT WE JUST NEED TO PUT TURS SOMEWHERE, T I R Z, AND THEN THEY'LL KNOW TAX INCREMENT, REINVESTMENT ZONE, PORT ARTHUR, YOU KNOW, TIE IT ALL IN AS, UM, COMMISSIONER HAS STATED.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE HEADED SOMEWHERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO NICK FOR TAKING THE TIME TO AT LEAST GET OUR WEBSITE IN A WAY, IN A MANNER THAT SOMEONE CAN AT LEAST KNOW WHAT TURNS IS, UM, ON THE WEBSITE, UM, AND SEEING WHAT WE DO, ESPECIALLY BEING ABLE TO BE INTERACTIVE WITH THE, GOING TO THE DIFFERENT PLACES AND LOCATIONS, AND SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO GET UP, GET ON THE WEBSITE AND SAYING, WHAT ABOUT THIS AREA, THIS AREA? AND BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT THAT'S DONE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOSES, UH, COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
I CONCUR WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL SAID, BUT MR. NICK, UH, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE DESIGN WORK, JUST A SUGGESTION FROM ME.
I WOULD LOOK AT EACH ENTITY THAT'S ON THE BOARD AND PULL SOMETHING FROM THEIR DESIGN THAT SHOWS THE ENTITIES THAT'S ON THE BOARD.
SO I'M GONNA NEED A, A SHIP OR A ANCHOR SOMEWHERE ON THE DESIGN, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND MAYBE WITH THE COUNTY, MAYBE THE, THE A COURTHOUSE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE SURROUNDED BY WATER, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT, A PICTURE OF WATER OR YEAH, SOMETHING WATER, MAYBE GRIPS OF TIDES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND GOING BACK TO WHAT, UH, UH, COUNCIL, UH, WOMAN, UH, MOSES WAS SAYING IS, UH, KNOWING WHAT THE TURS IS, MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE, THE FIRST LETTER IN EVERY WORD THAT MAKES TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, THE ACRONYM MAYBE LARGER AND BOLDER, PERHAPS.
NOT BE TOO MUCH, BUT JUST ENOUGH TO, SO THE, THE READER CAN IDENTIFY WITH THE, THE ACRONYM TURS AND HOW IT, IT CAME TO PASS WITH TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT, OR WHAT IT MEANS.
UH, WHICH, WHICH STATEMENT? NICK, UH, YOUR COMMISSIONER JOHNSON OR COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT STATEMENT THAT MS. MOSES WAS MAKING.
THESE ARE ALL GREAT SUGGESTIONS.
I'LL DEFINITELY, UM, YOU GUYS ARE ANSWERING A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.
I MEAN, I WANTED TO INCORPORATE IT AS MUCH AS EACH ENTITY.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHEN I'M LOOKING AT LOGOS, I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW IT MAKES THE LOGOS WORK, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT THOSE ENTITIES DO.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE ANCHORS AND THE PAVILION MM-HMM.
I DIDN'T HEAR THE LAST THING THAT YOU SAID.
UH, BASICALLY I WAS, UM, PIGGYBACKING OFF OF WHAT COMMISSIONER, UM, AND MY
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JOHNSON JOHNSON SAID, HE WAS BASICALLY SAYING, CAPITALIZING THE T UM, AND THE EYE, AND TO MAKE IT LARGER RATHER THAN, AND I WAS SAYING BASICALLY DON'T, PARENTHESES WOULD NOT LOOK GOOD.UH, PUTTING TURS IN PARENTHESES ON THE SIDE OF THAT WOULD JUST KIND OF THROW THAT OFF.
SO MAYBE CAPITALIZING THE FIRST LETTER IN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, MAKING IT LARGER, BOLD PEOPLE WILL GET THE MESSAGE THAT THAT IS.
AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT ACRO, UM, ACRONYM SEPARATELY, BUT YET TOGETHER, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT RO A RIBBON OVER IT AND SAID TURS ESTABLISHED AND THE YEAR YOU GUYS STARTED.
OH, BUT AS WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE GIVING ME SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS.
Y'ALL ARE MAKING MY JOB SO EASY.
I LIKE COLOR SPOT ON THE, THE BLUE AND THE BLUE.
UM, AND, AND THEN EVEN THOUGH IT'S BLUE FOR BOYS
OH, WELL, LORD, SEE, THEY'RE GONNA GET YOU ALL OVER.
THEY GONNA GET YOU ALL OVER NICK.
UH, I LIKE THE BLUE AND I LIKE THIS BLE.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD TAKE IN CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE DIRECTORS, UH, I WILL SURELY, UH, CONCUR WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
SO, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GIVING US A START ON THIS WEBSITE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL.
SO, UH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU PERSONALLY AND GIVING US A START.
NOW, UM, I THINK THAT WE GONNA GIVE, YEAH, YEAH.
UH, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND, AND, AND, UH, YES, SIR.
ONE OTHER THING TOO, IF, AND, AND FEEL FREE TO, UH, LOOK AT THE, UH, SABINE NATURES NAVIGATION DISTRICT LOGO.
UM, I THINK THAT WOULD KIND OF, UM, HELP IN TERMS OF PUTTING, UH, COMMISSIONER MARTIN'S BOAT ON THERE.
AND, AND SO, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH Y'ALL.
I ACTUALLY, MY COMPANY I STARTED RIGHT OUTTA COLLEGE, WAS TO DIGITIZE RECORDS, AND Y'ALL ARE OUR FIRST BIG CLIENT.
I'M GLAD WE GAVE YOU YOUR FIRST SHOT.
UM, AND, UH, IN TERMS OF THE RIBBON, UM, IN TERMS OF THE YEAR ESTABLISHED, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UH, COULD YOU GIVE US ONE THAT HAS THE RIBBON, MAYBE AT THE TOP AND WITHIN ONE, MAYBE AT THE BOTTOM, AN IMAGE SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF CHOOSE WHICH ONE THAT LOOKS, YOU KNOW, BETTER? WHAT, WHAT WE'LL DO, WHAT I'LL DO FROM HERE IS TAKE ALL THE SUGGESTIONS THAT I'VE GOT.
AND I'LL ACTUALLY PROBABLY COME, IT'LL PROBABLY BE THREE DIFFERENT REVISIONS OF, OF THE SAME LOGO, UM, THAT WAY I CAN GET ALL THE ICONOGRAPHY IN THERE.
I WANNA GO CHECK OUT THAT PAVILION.
SO I'M, I'M PROBABLY GONNA HOP OFF THE PHONE WITH YOU GUYS AND JUST GO HOP AND, AND GO CHECK IT OUT TO SEE EXACTLY WHICH IMAGES ARE, ARE ON.
UM, THE, THE NEW, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW SIGN, WHERE WITH THE YEAH, THE SIGNAGE.
THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY NICE.
YEAH, I GO DOWN THERE PRETTY MUCH EVERY NIGHT.
SO I'LL, I'LL GET, I'LL GET ALL THESE IDEAS WORKED TOGETHER IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT IMAGES, GIVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT REVISIONS TO YOU GUYS, AND THEN, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL SETTLE ALONG THE PERFECT ONE, OKAY? OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, DIRECTORS, STAFF.
UH, NEXT ARE WE GONNA GO FOLLOW AGENDA AS PRINTED? WE GONNA GO TO NUMBER SIX, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE, EXCUSE ME.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MOSES.
UM, HAVE WE MADE A PAYMENT TO OUR, UH, DESIGNER? NO.
OR DO WE NEED TO HANDLE THAT IN THIS MEETING? YEAH, WELL, WHAT, WITH THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE? YEAH.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO EXEC AND, UH, YOU HAVE SOME THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS.
I HAVE THE, UM, THE INVOICE, IF Y'ALL WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND WE CAN COME BACK WITH ANY MOTION.
DO YOU WANNA DO THAT? RIGHT? I DIDN'T THINK WE WANTED TO DO IT UP HERE OPENLY LIKE THAT.
WELL, WE HAVE IT POSTED WHERE YOU CAN TAKE ACTION, BUT IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK WITH THE MOTION, WE HAVE THE INVOICE.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S THE WILL? WHAT, HOW DO, HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL? I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT WE TABLE IT, I MEAN, FOR NOW, AND THEN PUT IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AND WE CAN COME BACK, COME OUT A MOTION BECAUSE IT IS POSTED WHERE YOU CAN TAKE ACTION SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GET IT IN.
OH, WE DON'T HAVE THE INVOICE.
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EXACTLY.CAN MAKE I, WE HAVE THE, YEAH, WE HAVE THE, ON THE AGENDA.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE, HAVE THE, DON'T HAVE ACTION, THE ACTION ALL.
[6. Discussion and possible action regarding future projects for the Downtown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone ( TIRZ# 1).]
GO TO, UH, NUMBER SIX, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING FUTURE PROJECTS FOR THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE.UH, VAL, I BELIEVE MR. PERK, UM, MADE, HE'S WALKING RIGHT IN.
UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE TWO BASICALLY ITEMS THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, THE TWO MOTIVA BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING RENOVATED AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMING ONLINE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND SO THIS LAST ITEM IS JUST TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTS.
ONE OF THE NOTES THAT I HAD FROM THE LAST MEETING IS THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, THROUGH THE MANAGER OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WORKING WITH THE CITY ENGINEER WITH WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, UH, TO SEE WHAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN ADD FOR THE, OH, THERE'S A CITY MANAGER,
SO, UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO, UH, DO SOMETHING, UH, DIFFERENT.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY, IS THAT THE TURS BOARD IS GONNA COME UP WITH A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
AND SO SOME OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, EVEN IF THEY'RE BASIC, WE WANNA HAVE A PLAN FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UM, WE ARE HOPING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTS, HOPEFULLY BY OUR APRIL MEETING, THAT, UH, IF I'M SAYING THIS RIGHT MANAGER, CORRECT ME, THE CITY ENGINEER, THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT, CAN KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT PROJECTS WE CAN DO WITHIN THE ZONE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN ASSIST WITH AND PART PARTICIPATE IN ALONG MAYBE WITH THE CITY.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA ADD THAT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.
SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT THIS YEAR.
SO, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE WAS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN I GUESS I'LL ASK OUR ATTORNEY,
YOU'RE GONNA GET INFORMATION HERE THIS WEEK FOR YOU TO BE IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET.
BUT THE TEX DOT HAS, HAS COME OUT WITH, THROUGH A STUDY WITH, UH, TEXAS A AND M.
THEY, THEY COMPLETED THE STUDY, WHICH IS CALLED, UH, TEXAS, TEXAS DELIVERS 2050, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE, THE FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS THROUGH YEAR 2050.
AND IN THAT, IN THAT PLAN, IT HAS, IT HAS THE, UH, ALL THE, ALL THE PORTS AND, AND WHERE THE, WHERE THE PORTS ARE.
ALL THE PORT PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE STATE, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS ALSO HAS ALL THE RAIL PROJECTS AND ALL THE, ALL ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, UM, I'M NOT TRY, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET YOU A, A COPY OF, OF THE PROJECT THROUGH A LINK.
BUT THEN ALSO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU, UH, LITTLE, LITTLE PIECES OF THE PROJECT THAT DEALS WITH THE PORT, ESPECIALLY THE PORT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRY TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WITH THE, UH, WITH THE PORT TO TRY TO SEE IF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS, HAS ON THE BOOKS, IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE SOME OF THESE PORT PROJECTS TO MOVE THEM UP THE CHAIN.
FOR INSTANCE, IF IT'S A PORT PROJECT THAT TECH STOCK IS CONSIDERING FUNDING, MAY NOT HAVE ALL THAT FUNDING OR TECH STOCK MAY NOT BE WANTING TO FUND THAT, THAT PROJECT FULLY OR AT THIS TIME, LIKE IT MAY BE FUNDED 20 YEARS OUT.
IF, IF WE, IF IT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT COULD AFFECT THE, THE, THE TERRORISTS, IF WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT FUND AND BRING THAT, BRING THAT MONEY UP, MOVE IT UP TO CHAIN SO WE CAN GET IT ON THE, GET IT ON THE BOOKS AND TECH STOCK.
THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM MOVING IT UP.
IF YOU, YOU PROVIDE THE FUNDING FIRST, AND THAT'S WHAT TECH STOCK WILL DO.
THEY WILL, THEY WILL, IF YOU CAN IN AN AGREEMENT WHERE YOU PROVIDE THE FUNDING, THEN THEY'LL MOVE THAT PROJECT UP AND THEN THEY'LL PAY YOU BACK THE MONEY WHEN THE PROJECT COMES ONLINE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, WHO LIVED, UH, OR BEEN IN NORTH NORTH TEXAS AREA, THE BIG TOLL ROAD 1 21 THAT HAVE, WHERE ALL YOU SEE ALL THE GROWTH IS IN, IN NORTH TEXAS, ALL THAT STUFF, FROM F FRISCO TO, TO ALL OF ALL OF ALL OF THAT AREA THERE, 25, WELL, IT HAD TO BEEN 30 YEARS AGO.
30 YEARS AGO, THAT AREA, THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE GETTING READY, GETTING READY TO, TO GROW.
AND SO WHAT, ALL THE CITIES IN THAT, IN THAT AREA, HE, EVEN LITTLE CITIES LIKE CORINS THAT HAD 300 PEOPLE AT, AT THAT POINT, EVERYBODY, THEY GOT ON THE ROADS EVERY, EVERY CITY TO TOUCH 1 21.
THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR PRO RIDER SHARE WOULD BE FOR, FOR DOING THAT TOLL ROW.
AND SO WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO, THEY WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY AND A LOT OF THEM ISSUED BONDS TO PUT THE MONEY UP FOR THAT.
AND THEY MOVED IT TO NUMBER ONE ON THE, ON THE ON TEXT DOT ROW.
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THEY END UP GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A TEXT DOT ROW.BUT WHEN YOU MOVE THE MONEY, WHEN YOU DECIDE YOU'RE GONNA PAY THE MONEY, THEN YOUR PROJECT MOVES UP AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO 1 21.
SO, SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF MODEL WE WANT TO SEE IF, IF WE CAN DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT, WE MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, BUT GIVES US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
AND WE HAVE THE PERFECT PLAN TO DO IT BECAUSE TECHSTAR HAS, HAS THEIR PLAN.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS, PORT PROJECTS, RAIL PROJECTS.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE WHOLE TRANSPORTATION MODEL FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THEY KNOW WHAT PROJECTS THEY'RE GOING TO FUND.
AND I THINK, I THINK WE HAD 15 PROJECTS, UH, FROM THE PORT ON THE LIST FROM, FROM, FROM FROM OUR PORT.
WE HAD LIKE 15 PROJECTS THAT ARE THERE, UH, FOR FUNDING, WAITING ON FUNDING FROM, FROM THE STATE.
SO, SO, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET YOU THAT INFORMATION SO THAT, SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE IT, YOU'LL GET THE FULL PLAN, BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THE PART THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS US ALSO.
CAUSE IT'S SOME OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT CAN HELP.
FOR INSTANCE, IN THIS AREA HERE, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE PLAN IN THIS AREA HERE, YOU GOT A LOT OF FREIGHT AND A LOT OF THAT FREIGHT, IT COMES IN FROM BOTH THE PORT AND FROM OTHER PLACES.
AND THEN THAT JUST TRUCKED OUT.
WELL, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THEY'RE HAVING WITH, WITH FREIGHT YARDS AND STUFF IS THE TRUCKERS DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO PARK THE TRUCKS.
AND, YOU KNOW, E EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE TO SPEND THE NIGHT, AND SO, SO NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT STATE IS INCENTIVIZING OUR TRUCK YARDS WHERE THEY CAN, WHERE THEY CAN LEAVE, LEAVE THE TRUCKS WHERE THEY CAN LEAVE THE TRUCKS, GO LOAD THE TRUCKS UP, AND THEN LEAVING THE THINGS LIKE OUT HERE BY, BY THE PORT OUT THERE, THOSE TYPE OF YARDS RIGHT THERE.
THEY DON'T AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU GOTTA HAVE THE TRUCKING, YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA, THEY GOTTA, UH, LEAVE THOSE TRUCKS SOMEWHERE.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS AND, AND YOU KNOW, IN THOSE YARDS THEY GET TAXED.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PLAN.
THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT YOU GUYS CAN THINK OF THAT WOULD HELP, BUT DEFINITELY FOR SURE, WE'RE GOING TO, GOING TO GIVE YOU THE, THE PIECES OF, OF THIS, THIS PLAN.
CUZ THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT THE, THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS COME OUT WITHIN IN 25 YEARS.
QUESTIONS? DIRECTORS, ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PUT YOUR MIC, I'M SORRY.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT ART HAS PRESENTED TO US IN TERMS OF A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT, UH, ARE, HAVE EITHER BEEN ONLINE, ONLINE OR WILL BE ONLINE.
UM, IN, UM, IN, AT THE, UH, LAST UH, NAVIGATION MEETING, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON THIS WATERWAY.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'VE SURPASSED A HUNDRED BILLION AND UH, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED TOTAL TO 44 BILLION, YET THE ONES UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE AT 30.4 BILLION.
AND THE ONES THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE AT 26 BILLION.
SO WE HAVE TO BE IN A POSITION IN ORDER TO MAKE SOME OF THIS MONEY.
AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE HERE AND WHO THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE.
AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPERATIVE, WELL FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK ART AND, AND MANAGEMENT, CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR GETTING TO THIS POINT.
BUT I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTING TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF, UH, OF ART SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TO BE READY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REAL MONEY AND WE HAVE SURPASSED A HUNDRED BILLION AND THE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON, THEY KNOW IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
IF ANY OF YOU WANT A COPY OF THIS, I'LL BE YOU.
I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU.
UH, SOME VERY, UH, INFORMATIVE, UH, INFORMATION.
WELL WE JUST GOTTA TAP IN, FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTORS YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NO.
[7. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
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EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0 7 2 TO DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE A REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES AND OR EXPANSION OF THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TURF NUMBER ONE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.AND ALSO NUMBER B, EXCUSE ME, LETTER B IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0 8 7 TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, TURF NUMBER ONE IN PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
WE WILL NOW RETIRE INTO, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE AFTER WE ARE CONDUCTING OUR BUSINESS.
WE'RE, WE'RE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO RE-ESTABLISH THE QUORUM, UH, CITY, SECRET CITY ATTORNEY.
WOULD YOU DO THAT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS KEN, LAW CHAIRMAN, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HERE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLOTTE MOSES, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR MAYOR.
MAYOR THURMAN BARIT, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.
MICHAEL SHANE, SENEGAL COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER JAMES GAMBLE.
JEFFERSON COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN.
SABINE NATURE'S NAVIGATION DISTRICT HERE.
RANDY MARTIN, COMMISSIONER PORT OF PORT ARTHUR NAVIGATION DISTRICT HERE.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM? OKAY.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE A MOTION THAT'S COMING OUTTA EXEC THAT YOU ARE GONNA READ FOR US AND WE'RE GONNA GET A, GET IT ON THE FLOOR AND GET A SECOND.
OKAY? THE MOTION OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION IS TO, UH, AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF INVOICE, UH, 1256 TO, UH, NERD FAMILY PRODUCTIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,900.
OKAY, WE MAY HAVE A SECOND ON THAT.
THERE WAS MOTION IS SECOND THAT WE APPROVED NERD FAMILY PRODUCTION.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL NOW CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED THE AYES HAVE IT.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE, I'LL NOW UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
SECOND IS MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFIED BY SAYING AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED THIS MEETING AND AURS INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE IS NOW OVER.