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IT IS NOW 2:55.[Special Economic Development on June 3, 2024.]
I CALLED A SPECIAL AD HOC SPECIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO ORDER AT 2:56.WE ARE IN OR WE'RE IN SESSION.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A STATE LEGISLATOR.
SO THEREFORE CLIFFORD SPARKS HERE.
SO DO WE ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATOR? YOU SHOULD HAVE A MEMO.
SO I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE CLERK QUESTION.
SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST ONE I SEE COUNCILMAN RIDLEY.
YES. QUESTION ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
DID YOU GET THE MEMO? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.
SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO CONTINUE TO BROADBAND SERVICE AS A CRITICAL UTILITY? AND WHY IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN THE STATED FEDERAL OBJECTIVE OF PRIORITIZING BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS? SO THANK YOU.
CLIFFORD SPARKS, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THANK YOU, MR. RIDLEY, FOR THE QUESTION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, AND THESE WERE JUST RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TO ME, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE STATE LEVEL, THERE'S STILL AN APPROPRIATION PROCESS TO BE HAD. WHY THE FEDERAL SOUNDS DIFFERENT THAN THE STATE? NOT ENTIRELY SURE, BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
WELL, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME, PARTICULARLY SINCE IT'S NOTATED IN BOLD IN PARENTHESES ON THE JANUARY 9TH, 2024 MEMO, THAT THE CONTINUED TO BROADBAND SERVICE IS A CRITICAL UTILITY APPLIES TO BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THEY OUGHT TO BE THE SAME IN BOTH.
OKAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO STATE MY CONTINUING OPPOSITION TO THE SECOND BULLET POINT, INCLUDING REFERENCE TO CASINO GAMING AND SPORTS WAGERING.
YOU GOT A QUESTION? NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID.
JUST. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY NOW THAT WE'VE ASKED ENOUGH QUESTIONS THAT WE PAUSED IT.
I KNOW THAT SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE READY TO GO FORWARD.
BUT NOW THAT I'VE GOT THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, I DO WANT TO MAKE IT ON PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I AM IN FAVOR BECAUSE I CAN NOW SEE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS CAN RECEIVE.
BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE IS IN THAT PRIORITY IS THAT GAMBLING IF POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS THE IDEA BEFORE HAS TO BE IN CITIES WITH 1 MILLION PEOPLE OR MORE NOT ALLOW IT TO BE IN CITIES THAT ARE LESS THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE THAT WILL NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE SECURITY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING THAT COULD BE THE MAGNITUDE THAT WHAT WOULD COME TO TEXAS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LAS VEGAS STRIP.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S DESTINATION IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE INSIDE OF A CITY THAT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF DOING THAT WORK AND I THINK 1 MILLION PEOPLE ARE BIGGER IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND THAT MIGHT BE IN DETAILS LATER.
[INAUDIBLE] COULD I ASK THE QUESTION OF MR. RIDLEY RESTATE HIS HIS HIS QUESTION OR HIS COMMENT? MR. RIDLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER WITH RESPECT TO THE SECOND BULLET? YES. WITH THE GAMBLING.
YES. THAT I AM IN OPPOSITION TO INCLUDING IN THE SECOND BULLET ANY MENTION OF CASINO GAMING AND SPORTS WAGERING SO THAT IT WOULD JUST READ EXPAND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW THE TAX BASE AND GENERATE REVENUE STREAMS FOR CITY PRIORITIES.
I, FEEL A LITTLE BIT I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DATA.
I DON'T I DIDN'T AUTHORIZE OR ASK ANYONE TO DO AN IMPACT STUDY ON THE JOBS AND THE IMPACT ON OR THE CLIENTELE THAT TENDS TO SUPPORT THAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY AND I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE ON OUR ROLLS ASKING US FOR HELP YOU KNOW, WITH HOUSING AND JOBS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND IF THERE HOW MUCH OF THEIR MONEY HISTORICALLY, IF YOU DO A, COMPARISON STUDY, HOW MUCH OF THEIR MONEY IS GOING INTO THESE CASINOS? AND THEN BECAUSE I DON'T I WANT US TO BE CLEAR, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE IN THAT SITUATION, EVERYBODY ALWAYS FEELS LIKE, OH, I CAN MAKE $1 MILLION IF I GO HERE, BUT IT TAKES YOU ALMOST A MILLION TO MAKE A MILLION.
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THEIR CLIENTELE LOOKS LIKE, I JUST DON'T THINK A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO WOULD BE IN THERE ARE GOING INTO CASINOS.BUT I DO SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JUST AS A CHAIR, JUST AS WE'RE JUST CONVERSING.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? SO THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
YES. THE QUESTION WAS, ARE WE JUST DISCUSSING.
I DID WANT TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THE STATEMENT MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY.
I'M JUST ASKING, WHAT ARE WE DOING? JUST LISTENING. NO, WE'RE NOT LISTENING RIGHT NOW.
THE LEGISLATOR, CHAIRMAN MRS. MENDELSOHN, SAID THAT SOME COMMITTEE WAS NOT BRIEFED ON THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO ALL COMMITTEES AND SAID, WHAT IS YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY? SO THEREFORE, IF YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY, WE'RE GOING TO SEND THAT TO THE LEGISLATOR.
SO THEREFORE IN WORDSMITH WE NEED TO DO WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DONE TODAY.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET ME SAY THIS.
SINCE YOU SAID CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN SAID SHE WANTED ALL THESE COMMITTEES TO GIVE INPUT.
THIS IS WHAT MY INPUT IS GOING TO BE.
MY INPUT IS THAT THE COMMITTEE THAT YOU ALL SERVE ON THIS AD HOC LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE RESPECTS THE INPUT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THERE IS NO WORDSMITHING THAT EXCLUDE WHAT WAS INPUTTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER COMMITTEES.
SO IF YOU ALL WOULD TAKE THAT BACK, THAT WOULD HELP US.
WE DISCUSSED THAT AND THE WORDS I THE WORDS SHOULD BE WE.
WE AS A COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SO THEREFORE WE WILL MAKE SURE THE WORD WE IS THERE.
THANK YOU. YOUR COMMITTEE IS THE AD HOC LEGISLATIVE AND THEY'RE THE ONES TURNING IN THE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU NOT BEING AN I.
THANK YOU. I CHAIRMAN WEST, I HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT. OH, MY GOSH.
ALL RIGHT. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE ON LACK OF WORDSMITHING.
I DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND I DO DISAGREE.
I DO AGREE WITH CHAIRMAN NARVAEZ ON THE CASINO GAMBLING AND SPORTS WAGERING ACTIVITIES.
I THINK IF WE ARE IF THE STATE IS GOING TO DO IT, THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT AND I THINK IF THEY'RE IF THAT HAPPENS, WE AS A CITY NEED TO BE READY TO ACCEPT IT AND REGULATE IT AND REAP THE BENEFITS OF THE TAXATION OF IT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN OUR CITY, NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY, BECAUSE IT WON'T BE OUR CITY, NOT GET THE SALES TAX REVENUE THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR OUR PENSION AND ALL OF OUR OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND SO WHY, IF THE STATE'S GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY, WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW WE SUPPORT IT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR IT.
AS A CITY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ZONING IN PLACE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SAFETY MECHANISMS IN PLACE.
WE'VE GOT THE WORKFORCE THAT'S READY FOR IT.
AND THE REST I SUPPORT THE REST OF [INAUDIBLE] TOO AND CHAIRMAN BAZALDUA, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I AM ALSO FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF MAINTAINING GAMBLING AS A PRIORITY, BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S, IN MY OPINION, NOT IN THE SAME DISCUSSION THAT THEY'LL BE HAVING IN AUSTIN.
THIS ISN'T A MERIT BASED ARGUMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SUPPORT GAMBLING.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE LEGISLATORS DOWN AT THE LEGISLATURE WILL DEBATE.
WHAT I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS, JUST AS WAS MENTIONED, FOR US TO BE AT THE GROUND LEVEL OF THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION, FOR US TO ARTICULATE WHY THIS WOULD BE IMPORTANT OR WHAT WEIGH IN, WE SHOULD AS A LOCALITY HAVE, WHETHER THAT BE ENFORCEMENT, WHETHER THAT BE THE A CLAWBACK, WHETHER THAT BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING. SO I WANT TO MAKE IT REAL CLEAR THAT I THINK THAT IT'S BEEN KIND OF CONFLATED WHEN I'VE HEARD IT TALKED ABOUT AROUND THIS BODY BEFORE, THAT IT'S ABOUT THE ACTUAL MERIT OF SHOULD WE HAVE GAMBLING HERE OR NOT.
THAT'S A STATE DECISION AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GET INTO THE STATE'S FUNCTION.
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CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO BE WELL EQUIPPED, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL MANDATES ARE GOING TO BE PROPERLY FUNDED, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE LEGISLATURE LOVES TO DO.SO I JUST WANT US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, AND WE'RE ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ANY POTENTIAL NEW REVENUE SOURCE THAT'S STATEWIDE AND THAT IS NOT JUST WITH GAMBLING, THAT'S WITH MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION, THAT'S WITH ANY OTHER FEE STRUCTURE THAT THAT COMES UP JUST AS WAS INTENDED WITH OUR LOTTERY TO FUND OUR EDUCATION.
AND WE KNOW OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION IS I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE LOTTERY IS NOT PAYING FOR OUR SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE NOT MISSTEPS IN THE FUTURE AND WE DON'T HAVE A REPEAT OF THE LOTTERY AND THE FAILED PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FUNDING AT THE STATE.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LEGISLATION GOING FORWARD.
SO I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ARGUMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THERE.
OKAY WITH THAT? I GOT MISS [INAUDIBLE].
YEAH. ARE YOU SURE? NO. HE'S NOT.
LET ME GO TO MENDELSOHN, [INAUDIBLE] WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? COUNCILWOMAN. BLACKMON.
THANK YOU. I GUESS I SAID MY PIECE THIS MORNING ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, BUT THE ONE THING THAT I'M HERE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT IS THE GAMING AND I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE. IT'S JUST THAT I'M LOOKING AT IT FOR A FUNDING STREAM TO PAY OUR PENSION.
LIKE THEY SAY, IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE TABLE, YOU'RE FOR DINNER.
SO THAT'S JUST THE THING IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE READY FOR IT IN ALL ACCOUNTS.
GROW OUR TAX BASE THAT GENERATES INCOME.
SO THAT WAS ALL I WAS COMING HERE FOR THIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN MORENO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATOR? I'M WAITING FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
OKAY. CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT A STATE LEGISLATOR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? DO WE WANT TO HEAD INTO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATION? YES. OKAY.
SO, CLIFFORD, WITH RESPECT TO THE THIRD BULLET, ENSURE PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS IS SERVING.
RESIDENTS AND INDUSTRY ARE EFFECTIVE IN TRANSPARENT.
WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT? OR WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT THAT'S INTENDED TO ADDRESS? COUNCILMAN RIDLEY THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH STAFF ON BECAUSE I'M NOT FULLY AWARE OF WHAT PROBLEMS, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS DURING COVID THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAD.
BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
OKAY. IF IT'S JUST A LOOK BACK TO COVID, I WONDER WHY IT'S RELEVANT FOR TODAY'S AGENDA.
BUT IF YOU COULD GET BACK WITH ME TO IDENTIFY WHAT KIND OF PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESSES THIS ADDRESSES, IS THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR JUST WHAT IS THIS? I WILL CHECK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
MR. SPARKS, ONE OF THE KEY POINTS HERE IS THE STRENGTHENING THE DALLAS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE AND SUPPORT THIS MALL, THE GROWTH OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND I WANT TO KNOW IF FROM A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE, IF THIS INCLUDES SUPPORTING CHILD CARE EFFORTS.
IN MY OPINION, IT WOULD AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A TREND IN THE WORKFORCE AT THE STATE LEVEL, TO LOOK INTO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AS I MENTIONED TO COUNCILMEMBER RIDLEY, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS COMING OUT OF THE COVID RELIEF EFFORTS WHERE WE EVERYONE WAS EXPOSED, YOU KNOW, WE SAW A LOT OF HOLES IN GAPS IN DIFFERENT SPACES.
SO FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FOR DOWN IN AUSTIN.
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WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE THROUGH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY.BUT AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPOSITION, IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, BUT ALSO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN PROMOTE ANY EFFORTS THAT DO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ANY CHILDCARE EFFORTS.
RIGHT. OKAY. YES AND ONCE IT'S ONCE THIS CLEARS THE COUNCIL PROCESS.
THAT'S WHEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WORK ON THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FOR ANY LEGISLATION.
OKAY. SO, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD SUBMIT THAT WE THERE'S IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ANY LANGUAGE IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ABOUT SUPPORTING CHILDCARE BUSINESSES AND FOR BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT ACCESS TO EARLY CHILD CARE.
THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE INCLUDED.
THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU.
ANYONE ELSE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING DOWN HERE THAT SHE JUST MENTIONED? WHICH? WILL YOU PUT IN AN OPEN RECORD? WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION, PLEASE.
THE QUESTION. LET ME GET THIS QUESTION OUT HERE.
I'M SIMPLY ASKING ABOUT THE PROCESS.
IF COUNCILWOMAN JUST MADE A RECOMMENDATION AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, WHAT IN WHAT SPACE CAN WE SUBMIT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OR REQUESTS AS IT RELATES TO THIS TODAY, AT WHAT TIME, SIR? RIGHT NOW AND BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY, ARE YOU GOING TO DO 1 TO 5:00 TOMORROW? WE'RE NOT GOING TO THE NEXT.
TODAY WAS THE END OF THE PROBLEMS YOU WANT TO PUT ON THIS COMMITTEE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOU GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
WE SEND YOU THE MEMO OUT AND SAY ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE STATE LEGISLATORS, SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE THAT AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT TODAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. 5:00 TODAY, LET ME FINISH.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT TODAY, YOU DO IT BY 5:00 TOMORROW.
OKAY. SO GIVE ME SOME DIRECTION.
OKAY. LET'S DO IT BY 5:00 TOMORROW.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, SIR? YES. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, WELL, 5:00 TOMORROW BEING TUESDAY.
I'M FINE WITH THAT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW CHAIRWOMAN HAD THE COMMENT, AND I DO TOO.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE SO GREATLY APPRECIATED, CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? MR. CHAIR, ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE PRIORITIES TODAY OR WHAT'S THE PLAN? WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND THESE PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW, TODAY.
SO I'M GIVING EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE TO IT, WE CAN ADD ON TODAY.
SO I'M NOT PREPARED TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY, OUT OF COMMITTEE, TILL I GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
OKAY. SO THEREFORE, CLIFFORD, YOU DID.
THERE WAS TWO OPTIONS THAT I HEAR FROM YOU, CHAIRMAN.
BACKGAMMON. RIGHT. YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, FOR THE SECOND BULLET.
BUT I ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE THIRD AND FIFTH BULLETS MEAN AND WHY, IN THE CASE OF THE FIFTH ONE, ISN'T CONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
SO CLIFFORD'S NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER THOSE TODAY.
MR. CLIFFORD, YOU'RE NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER TODAY? THAT'S CORRECT. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? 24 HOURS. HEY, 24 HOURS.
SO WITHIN 24 HOURS, HE WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
OKAY, SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO 24 HOURS FROM NOW? WE'RE GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY.
WHEN IS THE NEXT MEETING, CLIFFORD? THE NEXT MEETING WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL AUGUST.
THAT'S FINE. YEAH. WE HAD TO CALL ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING.
OKAY. SO WOULD EVERYBODY GOT THAT? WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY, OKAY.
WITH THAT DEPUTY MAYOR, ANIMAL CAUTION CHAIR.
ALL I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS THAT IF I HAD A RECOMMENDATION THAT'S GOING TO BE SUBMITTED TOMORROW, THAT MEANS IT CAN'T GO TO MR. CLIFFORD AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON THIS SHEET OF PAPER RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW, YOU HEAR ME, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE MR. CLIFFORD CANNOT ANSWER.
COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMEMBER QUESTION TODAY, SO HE CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
WE GOT TO CALL ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THESE ITEMS? WE ITEM THERE STILL WILL BE.
HOLD ON UNTIL THE NEXT SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
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IT IS NOW 3:16.WE CALL THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO ADJOURN.
WAIT FIVE MINUTES AND WE CAN OPEN IT AGAIN.
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