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EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO,[Trinity River Corridor Local Government Corporation Board on February 15, 2022. ]
UH, THE TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION MEETING.THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF, UH, 2022, AND GOOD TO BE HERE.
I WANNA WELCOME ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS THIS MORNING.
UH, THREE OF US ARE HERE ON CITY HALL, UM, GARY EK, OUR SECRETARY, ED EDDIE ALTO, OUR TREASURER AND ONLINE.
UH, WE HAVE DIANE BUTLER, OUR VICE CHAIR, ANDREW QUICK SAW, SARAH JACKSON AND RENEE MARTINEZ.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND THEN, UH, THE MEMBER, SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, STAFF AT THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY.
SO GLAD TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
HOPE EVERYBODY'S SAFE, WARM, WHAT HAVE YOU, WHEREVER YOU MIGHT BE.
WE'LL FOLLOW THE AGENDA AS IS PRINTED, UM, THAT YOU ARE WELCOME,
WE, I PRESUME WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, ESELLA.
UH, GARY, IF YOU WOULD SHARE OUR MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER, 2021.
SO IN YOUR BOARD PACKET ARE THE, ARE THE MINUTES FROM OUR NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DATED, WRONG,
SO, UH, I'LL PRESENT THESE FOR APPROVAL, AS DOES ANYONE, UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES OTHER THAN THE DATE, THE CORRECTION OF THE DATE AT THE TOP NOVEMBER, 2021? WELL, THEN CAN I GET A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? MINUTES AS CORRECTED? MOTION TO APPROVE? YEAH, MOTION TO APPROVE IF CORRECTED.
AND SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES, UM, AS CORRECTED WITH THE DATE, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2021.
UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.
THANK YOU ESELLA, UH, FOR THOSE MINUTES.
UM, THIRD ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON, GOING BACK AND FORTH OVER FOR WELL OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS, AT LEAST SINCE MY CHAIRMANSHIP, WHICH IS THE INFAMOUS OR FAMOUS SCHEDULE D.
SCHEDULE D IS A DOCUMENT THAT, IT'S BASICALLY A DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE THAT, UH, IS REQUIRED, HAS BEEN THE DOC IN THE DOCUMENTS OR THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TRINITY, UH, BETWEEN US, THE LGC AND THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY.
UM, AFTER MUCH REVIEW, UH, FROM AND IN CONSULTATION, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY AND CITY STAFF, INCLUDING THE CITY ATTORNEYS, UM, THIS IS OUR PROPOSED, YOU SEE, IT'S PROPOSED THERE.
UH, TRINITY RIVER, UH, EXHIBIT D, UH, THIS MOST RECENT ITERATION DATED 2 25 22.
IT GIVES THE FIRST, UH, BEFORE THE, THE FIRST THREE OR FOUR PARAGRAPHS ARE WHAT WE, UM, IS THE, THE MEAT OF THE DOCUMENT, THE GENERAL PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR, UM, FOLLOWING.
I DID ASK THAT WE INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND, THE PUBLIC WOULD UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT THE PROCESS IS, AND IT'S DOCUMENTED HERE IN THIS SCHEDULE D.
SO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, I HOPE THAT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS EVEN BEFORE YOU RECEIVE SOME OF IT.
LA YOU RECEIVED THE FINAL VERSION LAST NIGHT, AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ANY INPUT AT THIS POINT, UH, WE SURELY WANT TO HEAR IT.
AND WE, IF WE WANT TO ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
AND THEN IF, UH, WITH THOSE CHANGES, I'D LIKE TO, UH, HAVE US TO ACCEPT, UM, THIS PROPOSED NEW SCHEDULE D FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK AS A WHOLE.
UM, CHAIR PARKER, I, UH, MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE SCHEDULE D
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COURT.I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED AS IT'S WRITTEN.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
PASTOR PARKER, RIGHT? A SECOND FROM DIANE BUTLER.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY? WELL, IF NONE, THEN IT'S BEEN MOVED.
AND SECOND THAT WE ACCEPT, UH, THIS DOCUMENT IS TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR, LGC, EXHIBIT D, UH, DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR? WOULD YOU VOTE BY SAYING AYE? AYE.
NOW, IF I WAS IN MY CHURCH, I'D START CRYING RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE THIS
IT IS GONE SO MUCH, AND IT TAKES THREE MINUTES TO GET IT APPROVED.
YOU KNOW WHERE I COME FROM? YOU SHOUT
AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU.
AND I DO GET MY LITTLE SHOUT AT LATER, SINCE THAT'S NOT A PUBLICLY APPROPRIATE AT THIS, IN THIS FORUM,
BUT THANK YOU, UM, FOR, FOR THE WORK, ALL THOSE WHO'VE BEEN DOING THIS BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, THEN PASTOR PARKER, IF I MAY, ON BEHALF OF THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR THANKS FOR THE APPROVAL.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO I SECOND YOUR, UH, APPRECIATION, SIR, FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
AND, UH, ABOVE MOORE, IF YOU COULD BERTONI, IF YOU, I'M, I WAS HARD PRESSED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE LOGISTIC, THE, UH, THE SOUND HERE IN THE ROOM, BUT MAYBE IF YOU COULD TURN YOUR VOLUME UP WHEN IT'S TIME OR, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
I HAVEN'T, I DON'T NEED A HEARING AID JUST YET, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE.
LET'S MOVE TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
UM, IT'S, WE ARE REQUIRED IN OUR CONTRACT AND OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TPC.
UH, AS YOU SEE THERE, OUR AGREEMENT, UM, SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO REENGAGE OR WE HAVE TO EXTEND TPCS UH, REQUIRED FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES FOR THE PHASE ONE PREMISES.
IT EXPIRES IN APRIL, 2020, UM, AND WE WANT TO EXTEND IT.
THE CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR US TO EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU WILL, IN YOUR BOARD PACKAGE, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THIS, UM, THE ARTICLE FIVE FUNDING FOR PHASE ONE PREMISES.
AND THIS SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO ITEM J IN THE, UH, SO IT'S ARTICLE FIVE SEC.
YEAH, SECTION FIVE ONE AND PARAGRAPH J.
THE CONSERVANCY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE LGC TO COMPLETE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE PREMISES, AND THEREFORE AGREES TO MAKE GOOD EFFORTS TO COMPLETE PHASE ONE PREMISES FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SOON AS PRACTICAL PRACTICABLE WITH THE GOAL OF COMPLETING THE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES FOR THE PHASE ONE PREMISES.
WITHIN FOUR YEARS OF THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, SUBJECT TO THE LG C'S PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT, THE CONSERVANCY SHALL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE PHASE ONE PREMISES FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.
AND SO, UM, BECAUSE WE WILL NOT MEET, UM, IN AUGUST PER OUR APPROVED SCHEDULE FROM, UM, BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 2022, WE, I NEEDED YOUR, UM, YOUR REVIEW OF THIS AND YOUR PERMISSION TO, UM, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT FOR AN EXTENSION AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION FIVE 1.1 J.
SO I GUESS I WANNA HEAR SOME DISCUSSION QUESTIONS,
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UM, ABOUT THAT.DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR OFFERING, THIS PARTICULAR EXTENSION? SO, SO WHAT'S DRIVING THE TWO YEAR TIMEFRAME? WHAT'S DRIVING OUR TIMELINE THAT THE TWO YEARS VERSUS THREE YEARS VERSUS ONE YEAR? SIMPLY THIS DOCUMENT, THE APPROVED CONTRACT, IT JUST SAYS THAT WE ARE THE INITIAL CONTRACT, WHICH WAS, UM, FROM 18 EXPIRES THIS YEAR IN APRIL.
AND SO WE'RE, I'M SURE THAT WE CAN EXTEND IT BEYOND TWO YEARS IN 24 IF NECESSARY.
BUT ACCORDING TO THIS, THE, UH, THE STATED CONTRACT HERE, WE ARE ALLOWED TO EXTEND AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS.
SO PASTOR PARKER, I WOULD JUST, I WOULD JUST ASK, UM, TONY, UM, DOES HE HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THIS TIMEFRAME? OKAY, TONY, I'M ON.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND FUNDRAISING, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH A COVID ERA THAT CAUGHT US TO USE LIKE SECOND, UM, CURRENT.
TONY, COULD YOU YES, SIR, I'M STRUGGLING.
SO ANDREW ASKED, MAYBE YOU COULD UP THE VOLUME OR TALK A LITTLE LOUDER.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST A TECHNICAL PROBLEM ON OUR END OR WHAT.
SO WHY DON'T YOU START AGAIN, WHATEVER YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY AND, UH, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
I GOT MIC TO MOUTH THERE, SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS BETTER.
UM, APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE QUESTION ASKED.
UM, WE, WE DID AS ANYONE ELSE IN DEVELOPMENT STRUGGLE WITH BIT WITH COVID AND THE INABILITY TO REACH FOLKS, BUT, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY, WE'RE 106, 116 MILLION OFF, UH, OUR 200 MILLION GOAL.
AND SO WE ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND, UH, THAT WAS REALLY ACHIEVED IN THE QUIET PHASE.
AND SO AS THIS IS A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE IN ENGAGING OUR DONOR COMMUNITY, UM, I THINK WE'LL MAKE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
WE'LL FULLY ALIGN WITH WHERE THE PROJECT HAS MOVED.
UH, I WOULD SUGGEST WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE ONLINE IS SPEAKING THAT WHOEVER'S CONTROLLING THE CITY HALL FEED MUTES IT.
I CAN HEAR IT RIGHT NOW AS I'M TALKING.
JUST, JUST WHEN SOMEBODY HAS AN EXTENDED BIT OF TALKING AS, AS TONY JUST DID, IF YOU MUTE IT, I THINK IT'LL BE EASIER FOR THE SPEAKER, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD.
I KNOW NEXT ON THE AGENDA, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE A, A PRESENTATION.
I JUST SUGGEST THE CITY HALL FEED MUTES DURING THAT TIME.
IS THAT A LITTLE BETTER? OKAY.
I DON'T HEAR MYSELF RIGHT NOW.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO OFFERING THIS EXTENSION TO THE TPC? REALLY WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS GIVE, GIVE ME AS THE CHAIR THE PERMISSION BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME, SOME WORDING.
UM, UH, SO I WANT WHAT IS REQUIRED THAT I AS THE CHAIR OFFER WRITTEN CONSENT.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE LAST, THE LAST SENTENCE IN, UH, PARAGRAPH CHASE IS SUBJECT TO THE LG C'S.
PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT, THE CONSERVANCY SHALL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS.
AND SO, UM, I, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR PERMISSION TO PROVIDE THAT WRITTEN CONSENT FOR AN EXTENSION OF TWO YEARS TO, UH, APRIL, 2024.
YOU NEED A MOTION OR? YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU PROVIDE WRITTEN CONSENT, UM, WITH AN EXTENSION UP TO APRIL OF 2024.
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I'LL, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, UH, DR.AL SECOND, UM, THAT TO PRO OFF, ALLOW THE, THE CHAIR TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXTENSION AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 5.1 J, PARAGRAPH J TO EXTEND THE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES UNTIL APRIL 20TH, 2024.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR, FOR THAT.
AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT BEFORE APRIL 20TH.
NOT MY, OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 22ND.
WE PROBABLY, WE WOULD'VE DONE IT THEN, BUT THERE'S TWO DAYS AND I WANNA STAY IN COMPLIANCE
I KEEP MY LITTLE JOB NUMBER SIX.
UM, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY, UH, FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT AND ANNUAL REPORT.
AND SO WE'LL BE IN THE HANDS OF TONY MOORE, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF T OF TRINITY PARK, AND, UH, SARAH FLETCHER AND MARCUS RASCHE.
UH, SARAH FLETCHER, CFO WILL GO OVER THE FINANCES.
I KNOW TONY HAS A LOUDER VOICE THAN I DO, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I WAS COMING THROUGH.
UM, SO LAST WEEK WE SUBMITTED OUR FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIALS TO THE LGC, SPECIFICALLY TO, UM, THE TREASURER AND TO, UH, MEMBER DIANE BUTLER.
UM, DO Y'ALL HAVE THE PA THE PACKET WITH YOU? IS IT, WAS IT INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET? YES.
UM, OF NOTE FOR FOURTH QUARTER IS WE HAD AN INCREASE IN THE REVENUES IN GRANTS.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THOSE WERE FOR HARALD SMITHS PARK, GIVEN BY, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.
UH, HILLCREST HAMMOND, UH, FORD AND COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION.
THAT IS TO FURTHER, UM, FURTHER THE, UH, BUILDING OF HAROLD SIMMONS PARK AND ALL THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, WITH EXPENSES.
UH, YOU'LL NOTE THAT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WENT UP FROM THE LAST REPORT IN, UH, THIRD QUARTER, AND THAT WAS DUE TO PROGRESSING DESIGN WITH MVVA AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT ATTORNEY CAN ADDRESS IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND, AND MOVEMENT ON THE COMMUNITY VISION PLAN, UH, FOR HAROLD SIMMONS PARK IN THE WEST DALLAS AREA.
WITH THAT, WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH $16 MILLION OF CASH ON HAND.
UM, WE EXPECT IN 2022 TO GET AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION OF CASH PLEDGE PAYMENTS TOWARDS SATISFYING PLEDGES, UM, WITH AVAILABLE CASH OF 2020 2 MILLION PROJECTED WITH, UH, NO NEW GIFTS.
UM, FORECASTED CASH NEEDS FOR 2022 ARE ROUGHLY 15.5 MILLION.
THAT, AGAIN, IS TO ADVANCE THE, UH, HAROLD SIMMONS PARK DESIGN AND TO BEGIN SOME, UH, HAROLD SIMMONS PARK, UH, PUBLIC DIALOGUE AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING.
UM, OUR ANTICIPATED INFLOWS, UH, TOTAL ABOUT 75 MILLION.
THAT IS PART OF THE 116 MILLION RAISE TO DATE THAT TONY SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
SO OVERALL, WE ARE IN A GOOD CASH POSITION AS WE START 2022 AND FULLY ANTICIPATE TO HAVE ALL THE CASH NEEDS MET TO IMPLEMENT OUR BUSINESS PLAN GOING FORWARD.
WHAT QUESTIONS CAN I ANSWER? NAME THOSE FOUR FOUNDATIONS AGAIN FOR THE GRANTS.
HILLCREST HAMMOND COMMUNITY AND FORD COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION.
THOSE FOUR? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
SH SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
YOU MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY VISION PLAN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S COMING UNDER THE, YOU MENTIONED THAT.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO PASTOR PARKER, I, I HAVE THAT ROLLED
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INTO THE ANNUAL REPORT.YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO THAT NOW OR ADDRESS IT IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS NOW, WELL, WE CAN DO IT LATER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCIALS, GARY? JUST THAT THE, UH, THE ACTUAL SPEND, ONCE AGAIN, LOWER THAN THE BUDGET IT'S BEEN, DO WE EXPECT THAT THAT TRAJECTORY WILL CONTINUE? OR IS, IS THAT A, A, IS, IS THAT A CIRCUMSTANCE OF, OF OUR SITUATION WITH THE PANDEMIC AND SUCH? IT'S A CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
IT'S ALSO, WE HAD, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE CONSERVANCY HAD A LEADERSHIP CHANGE THIS YEAR.
SO AS WE HAD OUR NEW CEO GET ON BOARD, UM, WE HAD, YOU HAD TO GET HIM UP TO SPEED.
SO THAT DID SLOW OUR PROGRESS A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR IN, EXCUSE ME, LAST YEAR IN 2021.
UM, NOW THAT TONY IS FULLY ON BOARD, WE ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD AND EXPECT THE EXPENDITURES TO, UH, TRACK MORE WITH WHAT'S BUDGETED FOR 2022.
AS IT RELATES TO THE CONTRIBUTION, SINCE THE, WE ONLY RECEIVED 40%, YOU ONLY RECEIVED 40% OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WAS THE, IS THAT 21 MILLION, HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE ANTICIPATED BUDGET GIVING OR CONTRIBUTIONS? HOW'D YOU DETERMINE THAT? AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED TO SAY IT WAS TO GET IT TO ONLY 40%? SO, THA THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, PASTOR PARKER.
UM, WHEN WE DO OUR BUDGETING PROCESS, WHICH HAPPENS IN THE FALL, UM, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION IN FALL OF 2020, UH, THAT THE PANDEMIC WOULD ACTUALLY, UH, CEASE AND IT STOPPED.
UH, SO WE'VE BEEN IN TALKS WITH TWO LARGE FOUNDATIONS ABOUT GIVING LARGE GIFTS TO HAROLD SIMMONS PARK, UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND BELIEVE THOSE DONATIONS WILL ULTIMATELY COME THROUGH.
HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, THOSE FOUNDATIONS HAVE CHOSEN TO CONTINUE TO GIVE TO, UM, HEALTH RELATED CAUSES AND NOT GIVE TO OTHER CAUSES AT THIS TIME IN 2021.
SO IT'S NOT THAT THOSE DONATIONS ARE GOING AWAY NECESSARILY, IT'S JUST A TIMING DIFFERENCE.
BUT WE ARE, UM, IN FULL DIALOGUE AND EXPECT TO HAVE SOME MOVEMENT AGAIN, HOPEFULLY, UH, THIS YEAR IN 2022.
PASTOR PARKER, IF I MAY JUST ADD TO THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD AS WE START TO ADVANCE THE PARK ON THE DESIGN AND BOUNDARIES THAT THIS MOMENTUM WILL PICK UP AND WE'RE NOW MORE ACTIVELY ENGAGING, UM, DURING THE COVID ERA.
UH, TO SARAH'S POINT EARLIER, UM, WE'RE A LITTLE SENSITIVE IN MEET ABOUT MEETING WITH FOLKS, SO, UM, WE'RE FEELING, WE'RE FEELING STRONG THAT THIS WILL EVENT WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD MOMENTUM MOVING FORWARD IN THIS YEAR.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION, TONY.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE RECENT, UH, PASSING OF THE CONVENTION CENTER PLAY IN DOWNTOWN AND, AND JUST THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT'S GONNA BE REDEVELOPED, ARE YOU HEARING ANY OR TALKING, HAVE YOU HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH PEOPLE ABOUT THIS? JUST A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE PARK AND ITS NEED? AND YOU CAN ADDRESS THIS LATER IF YOU WANT, BUT I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY POSITIVE THAT, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE SUCH A VIBRANT, UM, CONVENTION CENTER COMPONENT DOWNTOWN.
Y YOU KNOW, DIANA, I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THAT.
UH, HAVING WORKED IN OTHER MARKETS FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER AS A DRIVER, UM, I THINK THAT CONVENTION AREAS VISITING IN THE WORLD CLASS CONVENTION WILL NEED PLACES TO GO AND SEE, AND LITERALLY WHERE THE PARK IS GOING TO BE LOCATED IS, IS SO CLOSE.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, THE CHAMBER AND HOW WE CAN, UH, BE AN ASSET IN CONNECTING AND BE, UM, AN ORGANIC CONNECTION FOR FOLKS VISITING THE DALLAS MARKET.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU, THE POTENTIAL EXISTS, BUT I THINK IT'S THE INFANCY STAGES RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE ANXIOUSLY HOPING THIS MATURES AND HOW WE CAN, UM, BE A PART OF THIS RISING TIDE TO THAT.
DIANE, I HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF, I GUESS I WAS ON SOME REVIEW COMMITTEE, A COUPLE OF THESE THINGS THAT THE, THE DESIGNERS PUT TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO THERE IS SOME, AT LEAST MINIMUM SOME AWARENESS OF THE, THE POSSIBLE SYNERGY BETWEEN THE PARK AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
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IS THAT THAT, UM, SOME OTHER THINGS COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN FINANCIALLY, WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT MAY, UM, FOLK WOULD SEE THE, THE FOLK WITHIN THE CITY AND PUBLIC WOULD SEE THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF SOME FUNDING OR WHAT HAVE YOU FOR THE PARK ITSELF.SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I'M PROBABLY, NO, I'M NOT PROBABLY DREAMING, I KNOW I'M DREAMING, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO BE SAID THAT SOME CONNECTIVITY ISSUES THAT, THAT COULD BE LEVERAGED IN, IN THAT REGARD.
YEAH, IT'S, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S ALL VERY POSITIVE.
IT IS JUST, I, UM, I WAS EXCITED.
I I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THAT, THAT IT PASSED AT THE LEVEL THAT IT DID INDEED.
WHAT, $3 BILLION IN INVESTMENT? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? YEAH, TWO OR 3 BILLION.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY THAT, THAT CANNOT IMPACT.
AND, UH, THOSE TWO PROJECTS WORK TOGETHER, SO WE'LL BE EXPLORING THAT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET TO THE ANNUAL REPORT? ABOUT THE BUDGET? I MEAN ABOUT THE, THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES? I'M SORRY, NOT BUDGET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT SAID, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU GUYS BUDGETED BASED ON, AND THE, THE ANTICIPATION OF COVID ENDING.
DO YOU, DO YOU SEE ANY, UM, PANDEMIC HAS NOT OFFICIALLY ENDED YET.
DO YOU SEE THINGS OPENING UP A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR 2022 IN TERMS OF GIVING? I'M NOT TALKING IN TERMS OF THE PANDEMIC.
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE HECK IS GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT.
UM, I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO MY, MY FUNDRAISING COLLEAGUES TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT.
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT AT A FUTURE MEETING.
UM, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE PANDEMIC IS COMING TO AN END OR NOT, THERE'S OTHER STRESSORS IN THE ECONOMY SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, INFLATION AND GEO GEOPOLITICAL RISK, UM, ACROSS THE WORLD.
SO, UM, WE ARE KEEPING OUR PULSE ON THAT AND, UH, TRYING TO PIVOT ACCORDINGLY.
UM, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS A FUNDRAISING REPORT, UM, MORE DISTINCTLY IN THE FUTURE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT, IF THERE'S NO MORE ANY, THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT, TONY.
UH, SPECIFIC TO THE ATTORNEY PARK, UM, LGC UPDATE, UH, 2021, PHASE ONE PREMISES OF THE ARROW SIMMONS PARK ANNUAL REPORT, UH, THE FIRST PARAGRAPH ADDRESS, UH, SOME PROGRESS MADE WITH LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF A YOU, UH, MR. VINCENT PARKER TO THE LGC UH, TRANSITION WITH, UH, MOLLY CARROLL AS CITY LIAISONS AND, AND MYSELF WITH THE TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY.
UM, I, I WILL SAY THAT IN MY SHORT TENURE, I HAVE, UH, ENJOYED THE COLLABORATION AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP PROVIDE, BOTH FROM THE CITY AND THE LGC AND CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS, UM, CONTINUED, UH, COLLABORATION AS WE WORK TOGETHER FOR THIS TRANSFORM TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT.
UM, ALSO MENTIONED IS THE, OUR APPRECIATION TO THE CITY AND THE LGC IN INCORPORATING THE RON KIRK BRIDGE, THE CONTINENTAL PLAZA, UM, GATEWAY, AND THE FELIX LADO PLAZA INTO THE FOOTPRINT OF THE PARK.
AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR FIRST PARAGRAPH WAS THE, UM, MERE ERIC JOHNSON'S LETTER IN DECEMBER 15TH, 2021 TO THE HONORABLE PETE, BUT SECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION STATING THAT PARKS, AND I'LL QUOTE SUCH AS THE HARSMAN PARK, SERVES AS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVE A CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND WE, WE SEE THAT AS A, AS A STRONG SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT AND A STATEMENT OF MOMENTUM AS THE PART MOVES FORWARD.
GENERAL REPORT TO THE LGC IS BROKEN UP IN FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST ONE IS COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SPECIFIC TO THAT, OUR COMMUNICATION HAS IN 2021 WAS SOMEWHAT, UM, VIRAL AS WELL AS IN PERSON, BUT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE COMMUNICATION HAD TO DO WITH, UM, THE APPRECIATION AGAIN FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE RON KIRK BRIDGE, THE CONTINENTAL GATEWAY, THE FELIX
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ZA PLAZA.WE HAD A COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO OVER 200, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, RESIDENTS AND, AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS, UH, THIS ASSET MEANS TO THEM, HOW THEY'RE USING THIS AREA, AND HOW WE COULD INCORPORATE THIS IN THE PARK IN A MEANINGFUL MANNER.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, THE RON KIRK BRIDGE AND THE FELIX ADA AREA IS ACTIVELY USED BY OUR WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY FOR KINANE.
IT'S ACTIVELY USED AS A GREEN SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE AND ENGAGE THE RIVERFRONT.
AND SO WE ONLY THINK THIS WILL INCREASE TREMENDOUSLY.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY VOICED OF INTEREST IS, UM, THEY HAVE A HALF OF SPORT COURT IS EXPANDING THAT SPORT COURT AND EXPANDING THE SPORT OPPORTUNITIES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THEY SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SKATE PARK THEY SPOKE ABOUT AS WELL IN THE HOT SUMMER, MONTHS OF SUMMER, HAVING COOL DOWN WATER FEATURES.
AND SO WE'VE LISTENED TO THEM AND ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR PLAN.
AND THEY WERE ALSO VERY, UM, ADAMANT AND THEY'RE REQUESTING MORE FAMILY CENTERED OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING ON THE BRIDGE, SUCH AS MUSIC, FOOD, AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENTS.
AND SO WE'RE CERTAINLY INCORPORATING THAT IN, IN INTO OUR THOUGHT PROCESS WITH THE DESIGN.
ALSO UNDER OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION WAS, AS S MENTIONED EARLIER, WORK WITH THE WEST DALLAS VISION PLAN.
AND THE WEST DALLAS VISION PLAN IS A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY LED VISION PLAN STEERED BY AN 18 MEMBER GROUP FROM THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTING 14 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THIS GROUP IS, IS EMPOWERED AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BUILDERS OF HOPE, CCDC AS THE LEAD, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN PULLING THIS TOGETHER WHERE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE A VOICE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE UNITY IN UNDERSTANDING, UM, INITIATIVES, HOW THE PARK WILL IMPACT THEIR SPACE AND DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT THE CITY'S WORKING ON.
BUT THIS IS A COMMUNITY LED, UH, THE TPC IS IS JUST, UH, PLAYING A SUPPORTIVE ROLE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THIS REGARD.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT AS THIS PARK GETS ESTABLISHED AND THE MOVEMENTS IS HAPPENING IN WEST, THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ORGANIZED AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP MADE UP OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, UM, AROUND THE AREA.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE WEST DALLAS VISION PLAN BEFORE I MOVE ON? THANK YOU.
AND SO ON THE FUND FUNDRAISING, AS SARAH MENTIONED, UM, 2021, WE HAD ABOUT EIGHT, UH, $10.8 MILLION RAISED, BRINGING OUR TOTAL TO 160 MILLION OF 200 MILLION AND TO DIANE'S QUEST.
AND WE, WE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE AS THE PARK CONTINUES TO GET ADVANCED.
UM, AND WE'LL BE MOVING OUT IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY.
THE THIRD CATEGORY OF THIS, UH, UH, SUMMARY IS FINANCE.
UM, MOST OF HER EXPENDITURES FOR 2021 WAS WHERE OUR STAFF ENGAGE OUR DESIGNERS TO ADVANCE THE DESIGN OF THE PARK.
UM, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE ARE AT ABOUT 35% AND MOVING IN, IN SPECIFIC AREAS.
UH, ALSO TIED TO THIS FINANCE REPORT IS THE ABILITY OF THE PARK TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC, THE, THE, THE CITY'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH PRIOR HEAD DR. ERIC JOHNSON IN FIGURING OUT A, UM, A FUNDING MODEL, UM, FOR, FOR THE PARK, UM, WITH THE ABSENCE OF DR. ERIC JOHNSON.
UM, WE'RE, UH, EXCITED TO WORK WITH, UH, MAG AS WE MOVE ALONG AND IN SEEING HOW THE PARK, UM, WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD SOME NEW CAPACITIES IN TERMS OF A, UM, A FUNDING MODEL.
WE'RE ALSO IN 2021 AND WORKING WITH, UH, LGC CHAIR PASTOR PARKER AND CITY LIAISON SOMALI CARROLL, WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT AND MICHAEL MORRIS'S, UH, TEAM IN UNDERSTANDING HOW FROM THE FEDERAL FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE POINT OF VIEW, THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK CAN BE CONNECTED WITH EXISTING EFFORTS OUT OF HIS OFFICE, EXISTING EFFORTS TO REIT COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDE CONNECTIVITIES TO COMMUNITIES, WHETHER THROUGH PATHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND MEANS OF, UM, CONNECTIONS BY WALKING, JOGGING AND VIKING.
AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE CONTINUING, UM, UH, WITH THE ANTICIPATED FUNDING OF THE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TOWARDS DALLAS, WHERE WE'RE CERTAINLY CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO SEE HOW A
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PARK CAN BE TREMENDOUSLY ENHANCED THROUGH THOSE OFFICES.THE FOURTH AREA OF THE UP OF THE SUMMARY HAS TO DO WITH PLANNING AND DESIGNING.
UM, TONY, WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT.
TONY, COULD I INTERRUPT YOU JUST FOR A SECOND? UM, YES, SIR.
I THINK I WANNA GO BACK TO THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH UNDER THE FINANCE, AND I JUST, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR, AND, AND I DON'T WANNA, AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT O AND M PIECE IS AND, UM, AND HOW, AND SOME, SOME OF THE GIFTS ARE TIED TO AN O AND M PLAN.
COULD YOU JUST SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THAT OR SARAH? CERTAINLY.
UM, OPERATION MAINTENANCE IN ANY PARK IS THE KILL IS HEELS FOR ANY PARK.
UM, A LOT OF PUBLIC PARKS OPEN WITH GREAT FANFARE FOR THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS, AND USUALLY AROUND YEAR FIVE IS WHEN YOU START TO SEE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, DEPLETION FROM WEAR AND TEAR FROM VISITATIONS.
YOU KNOW, STUFF DON'T GET PAINTED AS OFTEN AS IT SHOULD.
AND, AND THE, THE MAINTENANCE STARTS TO FALTER CRITICAL FOR US THAT THE HAROLD SIMMONS PARK CONTINUES TO OPERATE WITH, UH, WITH A DEGREE OF EXCELLENCE INTO PERPETUITY.
AND SO THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE IS A CRITICAL PART OF WHAT WE DO AND FIGURING OUT THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ONE FROM A, FROM A NUMERIC POINT OF VIEW IN THAT WE CLEARLY KNOW WHAT THE ANNUAL BUDGET WILL BE.
AND SECOND, FROM A FUNDING POINT OF VIEW, UM, IN THE PARK SYSTEM, YOU CAN'T RAISE, UH, YOU CAN'T GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE TO COVER YOUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
AND SO YOU MUST HAVE, UM, A ROBUST, UH, PLAN.
AND WITH THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE HARL SIMMONS PARK WILL HAVE FOR THE DALLAS COMMUNITY CURRENTLY FORECASTED AS $6 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS, UM, FIGURING OUT THIS OPERATION MAINTENANCE IS CRITICAL AND HOW WE CAN DO SO WHETHER THROUGH A TIF OR OTHER OTHER FUNDING MECHANISM IS, IS IMPORTANT FOR US.
AND SO WE'RE ADVANCING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE, THE CITY'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE ADVANCING THESE CONVERSATIONS IN ANY AND EVERY ASPECT WE CAN.
UM, YOU CAN, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OUR OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE CAN BE COVERED THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC NEEDS, BUT YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO FUNDRAISE FOR THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
SO WE'RE BEING CREATIVE, WE'RE BEING INNOVATIVE IN FIGURING OUT DIFFERENT MODELS IN WHICH OUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, UM, CAN BE FUNDED.
UM, THIS IS CRITICAL FOR US AND AN IMPORTANT AGENDA FOR 2022.
I JUST WANTED SOME GENERAL, UH, FOR YOU.
YOU DID WHAT I ASKED YOU TO DO, WHICH WAS TO SHED, 'CAUSE THAT, THAT THIS WHOLE O AND M PIECE IS JUST HUGE.
UM, A HUGE PIECE THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER AND THAT TPC IS, IS HAVING TO NAVIGATE.
AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS GOING ON, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS AREA OF, OF O AND M AND, AND TRYING TO FIGURE THAT THING OUT.
SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
JUST WANTED YOU TO HIGHLIGHT IT FOR US.
I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS THERE, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, EXHIBIT D, THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE ALLOWS US, UM, WITH A PATH FORWARD AND AS WE GO FORWARD WITH PERMITTING AND, AND LAYING OUT THE, THE SCHEDULE.
AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE APPROVAL.
UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR DESIGNERS, UH, MICHAEL VAN BERG AND ASSOCIATES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR LAND DONATION, UM, ON THE, ON THE EAST OVERLOOK ON RIVER RIVERFRONT AND, AND GETTING THAT LAND INCORPORATED.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON, ON OUR BOUNDARIES ON THE WEST AND OUR, AS WE DESIGN TO THOSE NEW AREAS.
AND SO, UM, 2022 IS, IS A CRITICAL AREA AS WE ADVANCE THOSE INITIATIVES.
AND, UM, WANT TO CLOSE BY JUST THANKING THE LGC AND THE CITY OF DALLAS IN ADVANCE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND HELP AS WE MOVE THESE, UM, AGENDAS 22.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS AS POLICE? I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHAT CAN YOU, CAN YOU, UM, DISCUSS AT THIS POINT THE, WHERE THE LAND DONATION ON THE EAST OVERLOOK STANDS? CERTAINLY, UM, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A ROUGHLY A FIVE AND A HALF ACRE, UM, DONATION AREA, UM, SPECIFIC SANDWICH BETWEEN THE, THE JAIL AND THE MARGARET HUNT HILL BRIDGE.
AND, UM, WE ARE FORTUNE AND APPRECIATIVE TO THE LANDOWNERS.
IT'S INTERNALLY REFERRED TO AS A 5 0 5 THAT HAS DONATED THIS LAND FOR US.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR DESIGNERS AND HAVE GOTTEN TO ABOUT 35%
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ON THAT SPACE.AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC HURDLES OUTLINED BY THE LANDOWNER FOR US TO ACHIEVE IN MOVING TOWARDS THIS FULL DONATION.
AND WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE LANDOWNERS AND ACCOMPLISHING THOSE.
AND WE HAVE REGULAR CONVERSATIONS AND, AND SO IT'S, IT'S MOVING ALONG PER, PER THE LANDOWNER'S REQUIREMENTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, THINGS WE WANT TPC TO, TO TAKE NOTE OF PRIORITIES THAT ARE NOT MAYBE NOT LISTED OR YOU WANT MORE INFORMATIONAL? ALL RIGHT.
I THINK PASTOR PARKER, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IS SARAH, THAT IT WAS JUST THAT THOROUGH OF A PRESENTATION THAT THERE'S VERY LEFT LITTLE TO BE ASKED.
SO THANK YOU ALL TO, UH, TPC FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING TO KEEP THIS PROJECT GOING.
ALRIGHT, THEN, UM, WITH THAT SAID, WE, WE ARE COMPLETED OUR AT LEAST AGENDA NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER SIX, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, UH, SARAH FLETCHER AND MARCUS ROCHE, AND OF COURSE TONY MOORE, NEW CEOI GUESS YOU'RE NOT NEW ANYMORE, BROTHER.
YOU, YOU, YOU ARE IN THIS THING NOW, SO WHATEVER NEWNESS HAS WORN OFF.
UM, AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE.
I, I DO WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF AND I, I DO WANT TO THANK I JUST TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THE, THE THREE LIAISONS MEET EVERY OTHER WEEK.
UH, AND, AND SO I, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON, A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
SOME WE CAN SHARE, SOME WE CAN'T.
SO MOLLY CARROLL AS THE CITY LIAISON, MYSELF, AS THE LGC LIAISON AND TONY MOORE AND AND TPC STAFF, THESE PERSONS, WE EVERY OTHER, EVERY OTHER WEEK WE ARE MEETING, UM, TO ATTEMPT TO STAY ABREAST OF THE HAPPENINGS, UM, AND, AND GET UPDATES SPECIFICALLY FROM TPC AND OFFER OUR COUNCIL ADVICE.
AND SO THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE THREE ENTITIES IS GOING VERY WELL, AND I'M PLEASED WITH THAT.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT, UH, IT IS OCCURRING AND THAT THERE IS PART OF THE REASONS WHY MAYBE THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I HAD A BOARD MEETING WITH MY BOARD AT THE CHURCH, THE OTHER, OTHER SON, UH, OTHER DAY, AND THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS.
AND I HAVE ONE PARTICULAR DEACON WHO, WHO ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING AND HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
AND I SAID, BROTHER, YOU SURE YOU ALL RIGHT? I EVEN HAD CALLED HIS NAME.
HE SAID, PASTOR, YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, UH, OF COURSE THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, COMMENTS, PRIORITIES THAT YOU SEE WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THIS PART, AND SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR PARTNER, UM, CONTRACTED PARTNER, TPC, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO, TO, TO ANY OF US, THE THREE LIAISONS.
AND WE CAN ASK, YOU CAN ASK AND ANSWER OR POINT OUT RAISE ISSUES THAT, UM, UM, MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN RAISED.
I, THIS BOARD IS A BOARD, IT'S NOT ONE INDIVIDUAL, ME THE CHAIR, AND I, I LIKE COLLECTIVE, UH, WORK AND SOME OF THIS IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.
SO I LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE AROUND ME THAT KNOW WHAT THEY TALKING ABOUT AND DOING.
AND UH, SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU THAT AND JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO REACH OUT, WHETHER IT'S TO ME OR TO MOLLY OR TO TONY, UM, IN THEIR VARIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE, I PRESUME THERE ARE NO OPEN MICROPHONE SPEAKERS.
AND WITH THAT SAID, OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 22ND, UH, 2022.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD THAT WE WOULD UPDATE AND PLANS THAT, THAT ARE EXCITING.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE OR ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS, ANYTHING OUR BOARD MEMBERS WANNA SAY CRICKETS AGAIN.
AND SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU AGAIN.
UH, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AT 10:53 AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, APPRECIATE YOU.
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YOU.