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YEAH. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. READY? ALL RIGHT, CALL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. TOM
[ Special Economic Development Corporation Board on March 2, 2026.]
DORRINGTON HERE MARTY DOUGLAS HERE, JONATHAN WEBB HERE CARRIE KEATON HERE. JERRY PRITCHARD HERE. JERRY BRYANT HERE. WILLIAM CLEMENS HERE. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WOULD STAND WITH ME, TOM, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN PRAYER? BLESSED. CITY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US WISDOM AND DIRECTION AND RIGHTEOUS AND JUST DECISIONS FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING EVERYONE, OUR CITY STAFF, ESPECIALLY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THANK YOU. PROTECTING OUR MILITARY AND OUR SOLDIERS. THANK. WE PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM AS HE SENDS JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN.WILL YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, MAY BE SEATED. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN PARTICIPATION? OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS? WE DO NOT. WE DO NOT. ALRIGHT. BOARD COMMENTS. ANY BOARD COMMENTS TONIGHT BOARD MAY TAKE A REPORT ABOUT ITEMS AND COMMUNITY OF INTEREST DURING A MEETING IN THE GOVERNING BODY, WITHOUT HAVING GIVEN NOTICE AND REPORT ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST. SO IF YOU ALL DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS, ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT THEN WE'LL GO TO STAFF UPDATES AND REPORTS. OKAY. SO ITEM ONE IS JUST AN FYI. WE HAVE THE JOB FAIR NOW SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6TH, 2026 FROM 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. IT AGAIN WILL BE AT THE ADMIN BUILDING OVER AT THE ISD. THEY HAVE GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HOST US FOR FREE AGAIN, AND SO WE'VE STARTED MARKETING THIS EVENT. WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE WILL I BELIEVE. DID I ALREADY SEND YOU THE GRAPHICS AND THE FLIER? OKAY, I ALREADY SENT THAT OVER TO YOU. PLEASE SHARE OUR LINKS. ONE FOR EMPLOYERS TO REGISTER TO APPLY TO HAVE A BOOTH. THAT LINK IS NOW OPEN AND THE LINK TO REGISTER AS AS A JOB SEEKER IS OPEN, WE DON'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO DO THAT FOR A WHILE. IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT PEOPLE REGISTER, BUT IT HELPS US GET AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE THERE FOR OUR EMPLOYERS. ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK IT'S LAST YEAR WE HAD SUCH GREAT TRACTION WITH THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE THE CHAMBER, WE SPONSORED THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT WAS BASICALLY JUST THE EMPLOYERS AND MAYBE A FEW CANDIDATES LAST YEAR, PARTNERING WITH THE EDC MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE ALONG WITH THE ISD. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. YES, EVERYTHING'S GOES BETTER WHEN WE PARTNER, DOESN'T IT? YEAH IT DOES. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. WE HAVE STARTED FEATURING A DOWNTOWN A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ONCE A MONTH AS PART OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT. THESE ARE KIND OF THE PILLARS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO FOCUS ON. WE WANTED TO FEATURE ONE MONTHLY. WE WANTED TO HAVE IT STRUCTURED AND MEASURABLE. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN THE TALKING POINT OF REVITALIZATION, SO WE WANTED IT TO BE FOCUSED ON THAT. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WHY DOWNTOWN WE ARE WANTING TO DEFINE THE DISTRICT.
AND THIS PROGRAM BRINGS AWARENESS TO DOWNTOWN THAT I THINK I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED REALLY TO LEARN HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN ALVARADO THAT DON'T REALIZE WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN.
LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY AREA THAT THE BOARD AND COUNCIL HAS WANTED TO FOCUS ON FOR A WHILE NOW. AND BUT WITH THIS PROGRAM FOCUSING MAINLY ON DOWNTOWN, THE MEASURABLE IMPACT IS A LITTLE BIT GREATER. AND THEN ALSO WE JUST WANTED TO BRING AWARENESS, LIKE I SAID, TO THE AREA, INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOWN HERE CURRENTLY. AND YEAH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BRING SOME FOOT TRAFFIC TO THEM. WILL YOU HIT THE NEXT THE BUTTON PLEASE? THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE WE STARTED IN JANUARY AND THIS IS OUR MOST RECENT SPOTLIGHT. THIS IS G AND L WITH THE POST THAT WE DID.
THEY WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED ALMOST 32,000 VIEWS. NEARLY 80% OF THOSE VIEWS WERE
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NON-FOLLOWERS. WE RECEIVED 293 INTERACTIONS IN TOTAL. SO 198 LIKES, 51 HEARTS, 31 COMMENTS, AND 13 SHARES. I SPOKE. WERE THEY THE MAJORITY WAS WAS REALLY GOOD. THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAD SOMETHING NEGATIVE TO SAY, BUT OVERALL IT WAS REALLY GOOD. AND THE WORLD WE'RE IN, RIGHT? YEAH. SOCIAL MEDIA. RIGHT. BUT I SPOKE WITH GREG AND ASKED HIM HOW HE FELT ABOUT IT. HE WAS REALLY GLAD THAT WE WE CHOSE HIM FOR OUR SPOTLIGHT. HE REALLY LIKED THAT WE WE HAD SELECTED HIM AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL INCREASE THEIR BUSINESS OR AT LEAST BRING AWARENESS TO THEIR BEING A ACE HARDWARE RIGHT HERE IN TOWN. LET ME GO AHEAD AND HIT THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHY THIS MATTERS? AGAIN, IT'S INCREASING BUSINESS VISIBILITY. WE'RE STRENGTHENING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE. WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TO COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THIS AND THAT AND US HELP THEM.AND, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER WE CAN. IT BUILDS DOWNTOWN BRAND IDENTITY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, LIKE I'VE SAID ALREADY, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN ALVARADO THAT DON'T REALIZE WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN SQUARE. AND TO ME THAT'S SHOCKING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, SUPPORTS THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, CONCERNS? I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THIS. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO WE DON'T HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA. SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEW BUSINESS AND UPDATE CONSIDERATION AND GUIDANCE ON THE DOWNTOWN WELCOME SIGN AND LANDSCAPING FOR PROJECT 303 EAST COLLEGE STREET. YES. SO IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE. I BELIEVE WE LAST BROUGHT IT IN NOVEMBER. IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY. WILL YOU HIT THE SLIDE? SO IF YOU'VE DRIVEN PAST THE PROPERTY I DIDN'T GET A PICTURE OF IT. I SHOULD HAVE. BUT IF YOU'VE DRIVEN PAST THE PROPERTY DEMO WAS COMPLETED. THEY'VE PULLED UP ALL THE CONCRETE OR AS MUCH AS THEY COULD PULL UP. THEY'VE REMOVED QUITE A FEW TREES. THEY DID KEEP SOME, BUT WE MAINLY FOCUSED ON GETTING RID OF. I THINK THEY REFER TO THEM AS SCRUB TREES. I HOPE I'M CORRECT. SO WE GOT RID OF THOSE. SO AND AS YOU KNOW, WE REACHED OUT TO TREES FOR TEXAS FOR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS IN REGARDS TO THE TREES WE WANTED TO PLANT THERE AND THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING THIS SEASON. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE WAITING UNTIL FALL. SO I THINK SHE SAID AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, THEY'LL START PUSHING OUT AGAIN, SHE SAID. IT'S A SLOW, SLOW YEAR AND THEY'VE SEEN A DECREASE JUST ACROSS THE BOARD AS FAR AS THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS FOR OTHER PROJECTS GO. SO HOPEFULLY IN THE FALL WE CAN HAVE THE ANSWER THAT WE'RE WANTING, WHICH IS THEY WILL FUND OUR OUR PROJECT. AND SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO SELECT THE MONUMENT SIGN, MOVE FORWARD WITH LANDSCAPING AND, YOU KNOW, THE TREES AND THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
WE ALSO, I FORGOT TO MENTION WE DID COMPLETE THE BORE AS WELL TO CONNECT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO THE CITY WATER. IS THERE ALREADY CITY WATER IN THAT AREA? THERE'S CONNECTION NOW. YES. YEAH, WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE THEM CONNECT. YEP. CONNECT THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. SO IN NOVEMBER WE KIND OF BROUGHT IT DOWN. WE HAD WE HAD SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR YOU GUYS. BUT THIS IS THESE WERE THE TOP TWO THAT Y'ALL WERE INTERESTED IN. AND THEN YOU SEE THE PRICING THERE I KNOW Y'ALL WANTED ME TO FIND OUT THE PRICE OF ADDING THE IRON BUTTERFLY. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS COMPANY THAT WE WERE GETTING QUOTES TO BECAME A LITTLE UNRESPONSIVE TOWARDS THE END OF MY CORRESPONDENCE WITH THEM, SO I NEVER GOT THE PRICING FROM THEM. BUT THERE IS ANOTHER COMPANY THAT HAS QUOTED A SMALL MONARCH. AND HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND. I WROTE IT DOWN. OH YEAH, 1500 TO 2000. AND THAT WAS FOR IT WAS SMALLER. I REMEMBER THAT, A THREE BY FIVE MONARCH. SO IF WE WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIGGER, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE AND THE MATERIAL WOULD BE IRON THREE BY FIVE, LIKE THREE FOOT BY FIVE FOOT, THREE FOOT BY
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FIVE FOOT. AND IT WAS HOW MUCH? 1500 TO 2000. AND THEN WE ALSO DISCUSSED OPTION NUMBER TWO OVER HERE AND WHAT THE REPLACEMENT COST WOULD BE. BASICALLY, IT WOULD COST THE SIGN A LITTLE BIT UNDER WHAT THE SIGN WOULD BE FOR REPLACEMENT. YEAH, EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE ON BOTH ON ANYTHING THAT WE DO KNOW. THAT WAS JUST THAT OPTION TOO, BECAUSE SO THE PILLARS ARE WOOD AND THEN DARN IT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT MATERIAL IS CALLED, BUT IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A HARD FOAM. AND THAT'S WHAT THE ACTUAL SIGN PORTION IS MADE OUT OF. YEAH. AND AND SO EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. OKAY. THAT. YES. THAT'S WHAT THAT COMPANY. YES. THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY SAID 3 TO 5 YEARS. BUT THE MATERIALS NEED TO BE BETTER. SO. WELL, WE DID DO A LITTLE MORE DIGGING AND WE SPOKE WITH OUR LOCAL HISTORIAN AND TRIED TO GET AN IDEA OF MAYBE ANOTHER OPTION TO BRING, IF YOU'LL PUSH. YEAH, IF YOU'LL GO. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS SORT OF THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GOING WITH THE CONCEPT. IT'S A LITTLE MORE HISTORICAL. THE QUOTE THAT I GOT FROM THIS OTHER COMPANY, MH SIGNS, PROVIDED WELL, THESE THIS COST $26,550. IT'S FOR A TEN BY 14 DOUBLE SIDED. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WE'VE GOT SOME. OKAY. WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE MATERIALS HERE. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, IT IS NOT ONE WHOLE PIECE OF STONE. IT IS SEEMED. SO IT THE LOOK WILL PROBABLY BE VERY CLOSE TO THIS AND IT'S KIND OF ROUTED OUT INTO THE STONE. RIGHT. YEAH.THAT WOULD BE THE SAME. YEAH. SO I THINK 26 WELL I'LL LET YOU GUYS DISCUSS. AND THEN THE AND THEN IT'S ALSO IT'S GOT LONGEVITY. YEAH. SO THIS IS BASICALLY LIFETIME I MEAN YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID A TORNADO OR SOMEONE RUNNING INTO IT WITH THEIR VEHICLE. RIGHT. YEAH. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, THIS IS WITH THAT CAR. THEY GET TO PAY FOR IT. SO. YEAH. YEAH. IT WOULDN'T LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS. BUT THIS IS THE THEME THAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING FOR. IT ALIGNS A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH WHAT BOTH OF THEM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT EITHER OR ON THIS. YES. SO THAT'S A SELECTION EITHER ONE HE HAS GRACIOUSLY BROUGHT THESE AND HE'S NOT HERE TODAY. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO COME BUT HE WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS HE'S AVAILABLE BY PHONE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO CALL HIM. YEAH, I, I LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT STONE.
AND THEN IT'S, IT'S KIND OF RENDERED OUT IN THERE. AND YOUR LONGEVITY IS GREAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO VERY LITTLE MAINTENANCE. YEAH. LITTLE MAINTENANCE. MORE HISTORICAL FEEL. YEAH. I THINK BELLE MEADE ALSO HAS ONE THAT'S KIND OF SIMILAR TO THIS LESS LESS BRICK, BUT IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THIS THAT'S A MORE DURABLE THAN THE SENATE RIGHT THERE. SO THIS IS OUTLINED THE OUTLINE. YEAH. AND THEN YOU TAKE A BREAK TO GO AROUND IT. WHAT WAS THAT CARRY I WAS GOING TO SAY THE OUTLINE. DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE THE SUN OR DOES IT. NO, NO THIS IS JUST SPIDERWEBS OR WHATEVER. THOSE ARE WHATEVER WE WANT. YEAH. WE THIS IS BASICALLY JUST TRYING TO GET THE, THE VISUAL ACROSS OF THE RED BRICK AND THE STEAMED STONE. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF DECORATION. I MEAN, OR I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD PICK WHATEVER YOU WANT ON THAT. AS FAR AS DESIGN. YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. IT LOOKS BETTER THAN THAT RED BRICK. AND WHO WILL MAINTAIN IT SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SO WE I THE PLAN WOULD BE TO BUDGET IN OUR EDC BUDGET MAINTENANCE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IT GETS MAINTAINED. AND IT'S NOT QUITE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE WOULD. WE'RE NOT REPLACING IT EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS. NO THESE THIS THIS ONE HAS A 50 TO 100 YEAR, MAYBE EVEN MORE LIFESPAN. YEAH. SO HOW OLD THIS ONE IS? OH, I'M NOT SURE I DO NOT. I WISH I DID, THAT'S WHAT. YEAH. SO WHAT IS THIS CENTER STONE HERE. THAT WOULD BE THE SEAMED STONE. THE SEAMED. SORRY. IT'S A CASTING STONE. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED. AND LIKE I WAS EXPLAINING EARLIER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ME. IT'S NOT
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GOING TO BE JUST ONE BIG PIECE. IT WILL BE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THERE SEEMED TOGETHER. YEAH THAT'S FINE. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND WE CAN SEND BLAST IT TO CLEAN IT. OH YEAH. OKAY.IT'S GOING TO OUTLIVE ANY OF US. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. IT'LL OUTLIVE ALL OF US. YEAH. JUST DON'T COME ONLY IN THAT SIZE. THE BIG ONE, I. THAT'S JUST A SAMPLE. I THINK THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THAT. THOSE ARE THE ONLY SIZE THAT THEY COME IN. DO THEY COME SMALLER OR BIGGER OR WHATEVER? THEY COULD PROBABLY CUT IT TO WHATEVER SIZE WE WOULD LIKE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT. YOU CAN SEE HERE UP IN THERE, THEY HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SIZES AS FAR AS THE THE SEAMED CAST STONE, ONE FOOT BY TWO FOOT ON THOSE. SO YES, THEY CAN BE MULTIPLE SIZES. YOU SEE RIGHT THERE ON THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT SIGN, SEE WHERE THAT STUFF IS ALREADY WASHED DOWN AND STAINED IT. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A BETTER THING TO PUT THERE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT SHOW AND IT CAN BE WASHED BETTER. YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU'RE SAYING HAVE THE SEAMED CAST STONE GO FURTHER DOWN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND THEN THE, THE BRICK AROUND IT. OKAY. THE, THE VERY BOTTOM WITH THE BRICK. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE ALREADY WASHING DOWN IT. YEAH. THAT'S BIRD POOP DOWN THERE. YEAH. YOU KNOW A GOOD PRESSURE WASHING COMPANY WOULD BE ABLE TO BRIGHTEN UP BECAUSE YOU SEE LIKE THE DARK YOU SEE UP ABOVE AS WELL ON THE, THE WHITE AREA WHERE IT'S BLACKENED AND PRESSURE WASHING COMPANY COULD CLEAN THAT OFF. YEAH MOST LIKELY. AND YEAH PROBABLY THE SAME WITH WHAT'S BELOW. BUT IT'S JUST A HOW SOON WE HOW OFTEN WE WOULD HAVE TO PRESSURE WASH WOULD BE THE QUESTION. SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE IT.
THAT'S IT'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN HAVING TO REPLACE IT. SO YEAH. BUT HITTING THAT ONCE A YEAR OR TWICE A YEAR, THAT'S EASIER TO WASH DOWN THAN BRICK BECAUSE IT'S NOT ROUGH. RIGHT.
BUT YOU THINK IT SHOULD GO. THIS PORTION SHOULD GO FURTHER DOWN. NO. YEAH. YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR RED TRIM AND SEPARATE THEM RIGHT THERE. OKAY. BUT THEN THE BOTTOM PART I THINK NEEDS TO BE THE OTHER. YEAH. THIS HERE IN HERE. YEAH. WE'D NEED TO SEE IF THERE'S A PRICE DIFFERENCE ON THAT. YEAH WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPTION. YEAH. SO IF WHAT DOES THIS COST COMPARED TO OPTION ONE FROM PREVIOUS. SO YEAH IT'S LESS. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE THAT WITH THE. AND THIS ONE IS THE STUCCO. YEAH. SO IT'S I PREFER THE BRICK OVER THE STUCCO. YEAH I THINK THAT'S I LOVE THAT I THINK IT'S GREAT. IT'S MORE AFFORDABLE AND MORE DURABLE. YOU JUST INFORMATION. WE'RE JUST GETTING GUIDANCE. SO SO I THINK ONE OTHER THING WE WOULD NEED FROM YOU IS OKAY SO EVERYONE WANTS TO GO THIS DIRECTION BRICK. SO WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO COME BACK WITH TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS? WE HAVE THIS OPTION, BUT THEN ANOTHER ONE WITH THE CAST STONE BELOW THE SEAM OF BRICK OR. WELL, I'M. YEAH, IF HE WANTS TO DO THAT, IT'S FINE. BUT I'M LOOKING AT THIS. THIS IS ON A SLOPE AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOT THE BRICK AT THE BOTTOM. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE WANT TO. THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE. THE WORK IS GOING TO GIVE THE GOOD FOUNDATION. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO. OKAY. GO BACK WITH THIS THEN. THAT'S SUPPORTING.
YEAH. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT. IT WON'T BE THAT. YEAH. IT WOULD WOULDN'T BE THAT TALL WOULD IT. RIGHT. NO NO NOT NOT THIS TALL. IF YOU PUT ON A LEVEL SPOT AND RIGHT WHERE THAT, THAT BOTTOM ROW IS WOULD BE SITTING, SOMEBODY LIT. IT NEEDS TO BE LIT. IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE LIT WITH LIGHTS TOWARD IT. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THE SOLAR LIGHTS THAT WE DISCUSSED. NOT BACK LIT. NOTHING ON THE SIGN. I WOULD JUST KEEP THE MAINTENANCE UP ON IT. AND ANOTHER THING WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS BRING, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN FOR WHAT WOULD GO ON.
THE CAT SEEMED CAST STONE. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR DO YOU WANT US TO BRING YOU BACK A COUPLE OPTIONS? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS THERE ABOUT THE WORDING? YEAH, THE NOT ONLY THE WORDING BUT YOU SEE HOW THEY HAVE LIKE KIND OF THAT SUN DESIGN. SEE THAT DEAL AT THE TOP? YEAH. WE CAN CHANGE ALL THAT. PUT THAT OUT AND PUT AN A IN THERE. OH I LIKE THAT. OH I LIKE THAT IDEA TOO. YEAH THAT'S TRUE I LIKE THAT DO THAT. WE COULD DO I LIKE THE A I ALSO LIKE LIKE STATE OF TEXAS OUTLINE. YEAH. IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT EITHER ONE WOULD BE WOULD BE I'D BE FINE WITH YOU. WE'RE ADVERTISING ALVARADO THOUGH, SO THAT'S TRUE I AGREE. DO THE SO SO FAR. YEAH OKAY. BUT YEAH. YEAH THAT'S. YEAH A I WOULD SAY THE A HORSE AND BUGGY. HORSE AND BUGGY AND THEN WHAT WAS THE THIRD ONE. WELCOME TO DOWNTOWN ALVARADO. WHAT DO YOU WANT IT TO SAY. WELCOME TO HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ALVARADO. YEAH. IT'S PERFECT FOR ME OKAY. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT ADDING THE ESTABLISHED WELCOME TO A TOWN.
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YEAH. ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR IT WAS ESTABLISHED. WOULD BE A GOOD AD AS WELL. NO, HE'S GOT JOKES. WELCOME TO HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ALVARADO. JUST LIKE THAT ONE'S WRITTEN FOR THEIR CITY. MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE ESTABLISHED YEAR. AND THEN THE A OR THE LOGO, THE CITY LOGO OR THE CITY LOGO WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH. NO LOGO? NO, I SAY NO ON THE LOGO. OH, YOU DID BRING A COUPLE OPTIONS. SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT MIGHT CHANGE. OKAY, WE'LL BRING YOU A COUPLE OPTIONS, SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OKAY. SO JUST THE LOGO AND MAYBE JUST THE STATE OF TEXAS OUTLINE OKAY. LIKE A STAR HORSE AND BUGGY OKAY. WELL WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR Y'ALL. OKAY. CAN I MAKE A. SORRY. WHAT WAS THAT? CAN I MAKE A COMMENT OR STATEMENT ABOUT THE THEM CLEANING THAT UP? SO THEY CLEANED IT UP. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. AND THEN IT RAINED.AND NOW IT'S FLOODING. SO BY CLOSER TO WHERE THE BREAD FACTORY IS AND IT'S NOW HOLDING WATER WHERE IT DID NOT. YEAH. WE WILL BE BACKFILLING TO MAKE IT MORE LEVEL OKAY. YES. SO THAT WILL DRAIN. YEAH. YES. I'M WE'RE I'M WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SAW THAT. NO. THAT'S GOOD. I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T NOTICE IT WAS FLOODING. YEAH. SO BUT WE WE TALKED WITH PARKS AND THEY'RE GOING TO LEVEL IT OUT OKAY. YEAH. NOW WE KNOW THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO DO. LEVELING IS IMPORTANT. DO YOU HAVE THE GUIDANCE YOU NEED ON THAT? I WILL COME BACK AND LOOK AT THAT OKAY GREAT. AWESOME. ON THIS WHERE THEY'RE CALLING SPIDER WEBBING. IT'S KIND OF THE ART DECO CORNER PIECES HERE. IF WE HAVE SOMETHING YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT TO HAVE SOME DESIGN SOMETHING THERE THAT GIVES A PATTERN. OKAY. SOME DEPTH TO HELP FRAME IT. SOMETHING THAT WOULD FRAME IT. YEAH. WE'LL GET A COUPLE OPTIONS THERE. I'M THINKING WE'LL HAVE THREE OPTIONS. WE'LL BRING YOU THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS RENDITIONS.
AND YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION FROM THERE. ALL RIGHT OKAY OKAY. SO NOW LET'S WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE BOARD MAY CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS. AND SO DO I JUST NEED TO LIST THE MATTERS OR DO I NEED TO READ THOSE? WHAT DO YOU NEED ME TO READ? READ THE TITLE. SO WE'RE GOING UNDER 551.087 TO TALK ABOUT PROJECT YELLOW SUBMARINE PROJECT EARTH. WILL YOU STATE THE TIME? YEAH I THINK OH NO IT'S GREAT. OKAY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. WE RECONVENE AT 725. BACK IN GENERAL SESSION. AND THEN WE NEED TO HAVE TO CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE PROJECT YELLOW SUBMARINE AND AUTHORIZE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND OR CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT CONSENT, WITH THE UPDATED GUIDANCE RECEIVED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION. I SECOND OKAY, TOM MADE THE MOTION AND JOHN SECONDED. SO ALL IN FAVOR? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IT PASSES AS
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