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[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the Baytown Municipal Development District's Fiscal Year 2020-21 Proposed Budget.]
LEVELS.WOULD MDD BE A PARTICIPANT IN THAT OR NOT IN ANY WAY POTENTIALLY? UM, WE, SO THE, THE BEST PROCESS WOULD PROBABLY BE FOR THEM TO SUBMIT A HOT GRANT APPLICATION, AND THAT WILL GIVE US A LOT OF DATA.
IF IT DOESN'T, WE COULD LOOK AT OTHER SOURCES.
MDD, THERE'S ENOUGH AND UNFORESEEN THAT IF WE NEEDED TO MIDYEAR, WE COULD COVER IT IF, IF NEEDED.
HAS MDD FUNDED THAT BEFORE? IT WAS, IT HAS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT LAST TIME I SAW IT, IT WAS A HOT, YEAH, I BELIEVE ONE YEAR WE DID OUT OF MDD.
SO AS THE EVENT TRANSITIONED OVER THE YEARS, IT BECAME LESS HOT ELIGIBLE.
AND SO I BELIEVE THE LAST YEAR IT WAS HERE, WE DID SOME OUT OF EITHER MDD OR GENERAL FUNDING.
WELL, SO THE, MY MAIN, MY MAIN POINT IS IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR MDD FUNDING.
AND SO, UH, COACH OLIN CONTACTED ME, UM, I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, THEY'RE, LOOK, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR A $25,000 PARTICIPATION.
UH, MAINLY THIS IS, I JUST PRETTY MUCH PROMOTION OF, OF THE EVENT ITSELF.
UM, THE EVENT IS NOW MORE A HOUSTON AREA EVENT.
IT HAS BEEN HOSTED IN LAKE CITY, UM, I BELIEVE EITHER IN, UH, SUGARLAND OR KATY.
UM, AND NOW KIND OF, IT'S, IT'S NOT EVERY, LIKE IT USED TO BE EVERY OTHER YEAR.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS ACTUALLY EVERY YEAR HERE IN BAYTOWN.
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NOW WE'RE LOOKING LIKE MAYBE EVERY THREE YEARS OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, SALT WARS STADIUM WOULD BE THE HOST OF THAT TYPE OF, UM, EVENT.SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR, FOR US TO CONSIDER.
UM, I'LL, I WILL GET WITH, WITH, UH, COACH OLAND AND HAVE HIM SUBMIT THE APPROPRIATE APPLICATION AND THEN WE MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
IT'S PRETTY SMALL, BUT IT, IT'S PRETTY GOOD EVENT TO HAVE HERE IN MAY COUNTY.
UH, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT FOR NEXT SPRING? OR? IT WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE, UH, NEXT SPRING.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE TIME, BUT, BUT IT WASN'T ASKED THAT, THAT, THAT OCCURRED SINCE OUR LAST MED MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
SO I HAD A SIMILAR COMMENT AT THE LAST MEETING, AND IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM AND THE BAYTOWN REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, RICK, WE HAD THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 10 TO 12 YEARS, AND WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE OUT THE DOOR AND SUCCESSFUL.
SO WHAT, WHAT STEPS ARE WE GONNA TAKE? I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT THAT WE HAVE $150,000 TO WORK WITH, BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO DIFFERENT AND WHAT STEPS ARE WE GONNA TAKE TO BE SURE THAT THIS IS SUCCESSFUL AND WE CAN GET THESE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR? AND, UH, BECAUSE WE, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH SUCCESS WITH THE, WITH THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, PART OF THE LIMITING FACTORS I THINK THAT I'D ATTRIBUTE TO, UH, PAST POLICY, PARTICULARLY AS IT APPLIES TO THE FACADE PROGRAM, UH, I THINK REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE NATURE OF THAT FACADE PROGRAM TO BEGIN WITH, IS VERY NARROW IN ITS SCOPE.
I THINK WHAT THIS DOES IS OPENS UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION, UH, WITH BUSINESSES ABOUT THE POTENTIAL MDD UH, PARTICIPATION.
UH, SO NOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT BEING ABLE TO HELP WITH REGARD TO SPRINKLERS OR, UH, FACADE OR IT COULD BE, UH, VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT ARE REALLY NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET A BUSINESS, UH, UP AND GOING.
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES, FIVE, $10,000 CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHETHER THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY GONNA VENTURE OR NOT.
SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WHATEVER, UH, PARTICIPATION WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING IS GONNA SUPPLANT, UH, BANK OR, UH, HEAVIER FINANCING, UH, TOOLS.
BUT, UH, WE THINK THAT, UH, ONE, IT DEMONSTRATES THE GENUINE, UH, INTEREST THAT THE CITY HAS IN PROMOTING BUSINESS, PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE HARDER FOR FOLKS TO INVEST IN.
UH, AND THEN, UH, TWO, IT PROVIDES PROBABLY THAT MARGIN OF SUPPORT THAT MAY IN MANY INSTANCES MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA VENTURE OR NOT, WHETHER THEY CAN DO THAT.
AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY DESIGNED AND FOCUSED ON SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS, THE KIND THAT WE REALLY WANT TO PROMOTE IN OUR, UH, OUR HISTORIC AREAS OF TOWN.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN THE, UH, PROCESS AND REALLY WHAT, WHAT MEASURES YOU TAKE HERE TONIGHT, WHAT APPROVALS YOU GIVE TO THIS, UH, TONIGHT WE'LL DETERMINE OUR ABILITY THEN TO GO FORWARD AND TO DEVELOP AND PROMULGATE THE RULES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND DEVELOP A MARKETING OR OUTREACH, UH, CAMPAIGN TO, UH, TO BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
AND I, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, $150,000 WE COULD APPLY ALL THE SPRINKLERS AND YOU MIGHT GET TWO OF THEM DONE.
SO IF YOU TAKE A, A SMALLER MICRO APPROACH WITH MICRO BUSINESSES AND WE KIND OF SPREAD IT AROUND, IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT.
AND, UH, I, I JUST, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT $150,000 STILL IN THE FUND, THAT WE'RE REALLY PROACTIVE AND WE REALLY GET THESE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAY SOME ECONOMIC, THE ECONOMIC CLIENT IS CLIMATE IS NOW IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND, AND GET THE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR TO, TO HELP FOLKS ABSOLUTELY GET GOING IN, IN WHICHEVER DIRECTION THEY, IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE FOR US SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND A LITTLE BIT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, NIMBLENESS TO, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, I THINK THE VERY NATURE OF THE FACADE PROGRAM IN THE PAST WAS, WELL, A LITTLE LIMITING.
BECAUSE I MEAN, IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE QUITE LITERALLY THAT I'M REALLY ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR THIS IF IT HAS TO DO WITH GUSTING UP MY, THE FACADE OF MY BUILDING YEAH.
INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY, UH, HELPING ME MAKE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT I NEED TO OPEN A BUSINESS.
AND IT, AND IT WAS A LITTLE ONEROUS.
SO THE, THE MORE BUSINESS FRIENDLY, THIS CAN BE, THE BETTER AND I THINK THE MORE EFFECTIVE IT IT WOULD BE, AND IT IS SUCCESSFUL, THE M-D-D-M-A DECIDE TO BROADEN, UH, THAT PARTICIPATION.
ESPECIALLY AS TIMES GET A LITTLE BETTER.
SO RICK, NOW THIS INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, ALL AREAS, RIGHT? NOT JUST LIMITED TO TEXAS AVENUE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS A QUESTION BEFORE
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AS WELL TO, UM, SOME OF THE AREAS DOWN IN ON, UH, MARKET STREET THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS.THE, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THAT WE CAN RESPOND NO MATTER WHERE, UH, A BUSINESS IS OR A BUILDING IS INSIDE THE CITY, WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO A PARTICULARLY EMPOWERMENT ZONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE CAN, WE CAN FIND AN OPPORTUNITY ON MARKET STREET AND, AND, UH, PARTICIPATE JUST LIKE WE COULD ON TEXAS AVENUE.
UM, SO LET ME CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE HAS BEEN NO ONE, UH, SIGNED UP TO, TO SPEAK.
UH, SO, UH, AND I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FY 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET.
[b. Consider a resolution adopting the Baytown Municipal Development District Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget.]
TWO B, WHICH I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED.UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE BUDGET AS WRITTEN TODAY, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SO, SO WITH THAT, WE JUST ENTERTAIN ONE MOTION FOR TWO B.
IT'S NOT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM TWO B, MOTION OR APPROVE.
SECOND, WE HAVE MOTION TO SECOND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED? UH, I GUESS OTHER THAN MAYBE SOME OTHER UN UNFORESEEN INITIATIVES THAT MAY POP UP.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED ITEM THREE A, WE
[a. Receive the MDD Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2020.]
RECEIVED THE MDD QUARTERLY FISCAL, UH, FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORT.THANK SO MUCH MR. PRESIDENT, HAVING JUST DEALT WITH NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
LET'S SPEND A LITTLE MOMENT THINKING ABOUT THE CURRENT YEAR.
UH, IF WE START WITH OUR REVENUE POSITION.
WE ARE, UH, HAVE RECOVERED ABOUT 49% OF ANTICIPATED REVENUES AS LARGELY SALES TAX, AS YOU KNOW.
AND THE REASON IT'S NOT 50% IS, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, AT LEAST SOME OF YOU, THAT, THAT WE HAD AN ADJUSTMENT MADE IN JANUARY, UH, BY THE, UH, STATE CONTROLLER TO THE, UH, SALES TAX, WHICH HAS AFFECTED, UH, COLLECTIONS SLIGHTLY.
UH, BUT OVERALL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, AT LEAST, SALE TAX WERE ROBUST.
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.
AND I WOULD COUNSEL CAUTION, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, UH, THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 WILL, UH, BEAR ON OUR SALES TAX COLLECTIONS.
UH, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE NOT BEING AS SUCCESSFUL IN TERMS OF GETTING MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
UM, AS YOUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, I'M NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THAT GIVEN THE CURRENT CLIMATE.
UH, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS, PARTICULARLY WITH SOME OF THE PARKS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T, UH, YET, UH, EXPANDED MUCH MONEY INCLUDE THE CITIZENS BANK BUILDING, UH, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS ONGOING.
UH, AND ALSO FUNDS THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL PICK THAT UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE, UH, LATTER HALF OF THE YEAR AND INTO NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S AS MUCH AS I HAVE TO OFFER MR. PRESIDENT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE WILL CONSIDER THE REPORT RECEIVED.
[a. Recess into and conduct an executive session pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate the purchase of real property for a development project.]
RECESS AND IN, IN, UH, RECESS INTO AND CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 TO LIBERATE THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FOR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.NOT YET OPEN MEDIUM, THE BAYTOWN MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND ANNOUNCE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5 5 1 0.102 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
NO ACTION WAS, UH, TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
[a. The next Baytown Municipal Development District meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 2, 2020, at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas, 77520. ]
MANAGER'S REPORT AND THAT'S THE LAST ITEM.I HAVE NOTHING AT THIS TIME BOARD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET.
WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
UH, BEING THAT, UH, MBD HAS MET ALL, OR HAS ADDRESSED AND TAKEN APPROPRIATE ACTION ON POST ALL THE POSTED AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.
UH, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.