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[South Dallas Fair Park Opportunity Fund Regular Meeting on October 27, 2025.]
ORDER.UH, IT IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 27TH.
THE TIME IS 6:02 PM AND I'LL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL, UH, MYSELF.
LEANDER T JOHNSON PRESENT MR. JUAN SIGNS.
CC AND CARION? MS. CC AND CARION DESTINY KUMU.
MS. V BROOKS PRESENT? MR. DOUGLAS DUN SAVAGE.
MR. AMY FREEMAN PRESENT? MR. TRENT HUGHES PRESENT AND MR. CAR ENRIQUEZ PRESENT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.
UH, WE ARE GOING THROUGH ROLL CALL, CC AND CARION.
CC, CAN YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE IF YOU CAN HEAR US, PLEASE? CC, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
UH, JUST CAN YOU JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE? I'LL CALL YOUR NAME AGAIN.
CC AND CARION DISTRICT SEVEN PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025.
EVERYBODY SHOULD RECEIVE THOSE IN THEIR BOARD PACKET MATERIALS.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, OR COMMENTS ON THAT? NO.
IS THERE MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO MOVED BY, UH, CHAIR ENRIQUEZ.
CHAIRWOMAN SIMS. UH, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THIS EVENING? WE DID HAVE, UH, MR. JAMES MCGEE WHO SIGNED UP, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S ON MR. MCGEE.
ARE YOU, UH, PRESENT WITH US? UH, IF SO, CAN YOU JUST ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE, MR. JAMES MCGEE? MR. JAMES MCGEE? HEARING NONE.
SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE A PAUSE HERE AND TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE A NEW BOARD MEMBER, UH, FROM DISTRICT 11.
UH, AND THAT IS MS. AMY FREEMAN.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU, UH, A PART OF THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD.
UM, AND SO, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS JUST TAKE 60 SECONDS TO ALLOW YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF, UH, OBVIOUSLY WHAT DISTRICT YOU'RE FROM, UH, WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING.
UH, JUST KIND OF GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
I AM A, UM, CORPORATE TRAINER OR TECHNICAL WRITER FOR A LIVING.
I'VE, UM, BORN AND RAISED IN DALLAS.
UM, THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING, SO I WAS JUST RECENTLY, UM, APPROVED.
WE'LL, WE'LL JUMP INTO IT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT YOU'LL, YOU'LL START TO PICK UP THE RHYTHM OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND GOT A COUPLE OF SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN.
ONE CHAIRED BY, UH, UH, CHAIRMAN CARL ENRIQUEZ AND ANOTHER ONE BY, UH, CHAIRWOMAN KIMBERLY SIMS. SO, UH, FEEL FREE, UH, IS YOU START TO, UH, UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, AND HOW YOU CAN PLUG IN AND, AND HOW YOU CAN BEST FIT.
UH, FEEL FREE TO JOIN ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES.
SO, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
WE ARE, ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND, UH, CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
ALRIGHT, NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS STAFF UPDATES FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, MR. NICHOLAS RA.
UH, WE WILL HAVE THREE ITEMS, UH, ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
WE'LL START WITH A REVIEW OF THE OCTOBER 9TH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFO SESSION, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE UPDATE ON THE NOFA RELEASE.
AND, UH, WE'LL ROUND OUT WITH AN UPDATE ON A COUPLE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
DALLAS EXAMINER AND MALCOLM'S APPOINT.
SO, UH, NICHOLAS, I'LL LET YOU, UH, TAKE OVER.
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YOU, MR. CHAIR.UM, DELLA, COULD YOU MOVE US TO SLIDE FOUR? OKAY.
SO, UH, I WANNA START TODAY'S UPDATE WITH THE REVIEW OF THE OCTOBER 9TH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INFO SESSION.
UM, I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS ATTENDED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE IT WAS A REALLY GREAT SUCCESS.
UH, JUST TO REMIND YOU ALL, UH, WE PARTNERED WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BASIL'S OFFICE, UH, TO HOST IT.
IT WAS AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
AND WHAT MADE THIS ONE DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER INFO SESSIONS IS WE FEATURED A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNER OF THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK INNOVATION CENTER.
UM, AND AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE HAD ABOUT 45 PEOPLE, RSVP, UH, OUR FINAL ATTENDANCE COUNT, WE HAD ABOUT 33.
ABOUT HALF OF THOSE WERE ONLINE AND HALF WERE IN ATTENDANCE IN PERSON.
UM, IT WAS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE THERE WHO HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT KIND OF NEXT STEPS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, HAVING THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNER WAS A REALLY KEY ELEMENT OF THIS PROGRAM.
UM, COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, DELLA? AND SO, UH, AND IT, AND IT KIND OF, UH, BECOME, BECAME CLEAR WHEN I, UH, LINKED UP WITH DARSA, WHO RUNS THE SOUTH DALLAS FIRE PARK INNOVATION CENTER TO KIND OF TALK TO HER ABOUT FOLLOW UPS.
SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE HAD TWO FOLLOW UPS COME FROM THAT INFO SESSION.
UH, ONE PERSON WHO I, WHO LITERALLY FOLLOWED ME BACK TO CITY HALL AND MET WITH ME THE AFTERNOON OF THE INFO SESSION, UH, SHE IS, IS KIND OF NOT READY TO JUMP INTO THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE HER SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RESOURCES SO SHE CAN KIND OF GET STARTED WITH DEFINING HER PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD SOMEONE ELSE REACH OUT WHO BASICALLY SAID THEY WEREN'T IN A POSITION TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION, BUT THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH ME IN THE NEW YEAR.
SO THOSE WERE TWO PRETTY GOOD LEADS THAT CAME OUT.
UM, I REACHED OUT TO THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK INNOVATION CENTER JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE FOLLOW UP WAS LIKE FROM OUR INFO SESSION.
AND SHE SAID THAT IT WAS, IT DEFINITELY YIELDED A LOT OF FOLLOW UP, UH, FROM A LOT OF EVENTS THAT SHE'S DONE.
SHE HAD THREE ATTENDEES SIGN UP FOR FREE COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS.
UH, ONE ATTENDEE BECAME A PAID MEMBER.
SO FOR LIKE 20 BUCKS A MONTH, THEY USE THAT AS THEIR OFFICE SPACE AND THEY GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES AND THE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDE THERE.
TWO ATTENDEES UTILIZED, UH, THE DAY PASSES THAT SHE PROVIDED AT THE INFO SESSION.
AND ONE ATTENDEE PARTICIPATED IN THEIR OPEN COWORKING DAY, WHICH IS KIND OF THEIR, THEY KIND OF OPENED THEIR DOORS UP TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY INVITE FOLKS FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA INSIDE THEIR SPACE TO KIND OF TRY OUT DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THEIR, UH, OF THEIR CENTER.
AND SO FROM HER PERSPECTIVE, SHE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY FRUITFUL.
IT'S REALLY GOOD, I THINK, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE TO KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT WAS A, A GOOD SUCCESS, I THINK, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE OCTOBER 9TH INFO SESSION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, IS THAT, I SEE A HAND, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHO THAT IS.
YES, THAT WAS MY HAND MS. CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I, YEAH, ATTENDED, UH, ONLINE AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT, UM, DIRECT INPUT FROM ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED.
THEY HAD GREAT QUESTIONS AND NICHOLAS AND THE TEAM DID SUCH A GREAT JOB, SO I REALLY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.
THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON THAT ITEM? I JUST WANNA REALLY QUICKLY JUST CHIME IN ON THE BACK OF THAT.
UH, NICHOLAS, YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB THERE.
UM, I WAS IN ATTENDANCE IN PERSON AND, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS, A LOT OF GREAT ENERGY.
YOU CAN TELL THAT FOLKS WERE ENGAGED AND I REALLY THOUGHT THAT THE INNOVATION CENTER DID A LOT TO ADD COLOR AND CONTEXT AROUND WHAT SUPPORT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT SERVICES AND, UH, A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IT'S HARD TO REALLY VISUALIZE WHAT THAT MEANS AND UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP YOU IN THE MEDIA TERM.
AND SO, UH, I THOUGHT THE COMBINATION OF YOU PRESENTING THE PROGRAM AND HAVING DARSA THERE TALK ABOUT WHAT COULD ACTUALLY BE DONE AND WHAT SOURCES AND RESOURCES WERE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE.
UH, AND I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE BORN OUT IN THE NUMBERS.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE FOLLOW-UPS AND FOLKS THAT SIGNED UP, UH, MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT? BECAUSE I THINK IF WE KEEP DOING THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP GAINING MOMENTUM.
WE HAD, YOU KNOW, NEARLY 40 PEOPLE,
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UH, YOU KNOW, COMBINED, UH, WITH IN PERSON AND ONLINE JOIN THIS.AND SO, UH, IF WE KEEP DOING THIS AND THE WORD KEEPS GETTING OUT, I THINK THAT COULD BE THE MOMENTUM THAT WE NEED.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONTINUE THIS? YEAH, THAT'S THE PLAN.
UM, THE PLAN IS FOR EACH ONE OF THE INFO SESSIONS TO HAVE KIND OF THAT INTEGRATED PIECE TO IT.
I THINK IT, IT WENT A LONG WAY.
UH, I DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM ONE OF THE ATTENDEES WHO, UH, SAID THEY REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK INNOVATION CENTERS STYLE OF PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT MADE THEM FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN ACCESSING THE SERVICES.
THEY SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE, UH, FOLKS WILL COME IN AND KIND OF NOT SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, AND THEY DIDN'T TELL ME THAT, UM, UH, AT THE INFO SESSION.
SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT RESPECT.
IS YOUR HAND STILL UP OR DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, MS. BROOKS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU.
AND I WANT TO ADD, WE HAVE TWO MORE PLANNED FOR THE YEAR.
SO WE HAVE ONE COMING UP IN FEBRUARY, WHICH WILL BE WITH VISTA BANK.
UM, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN JUNE THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE THOUGHT PUT TOGETHER YET, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'LL START PLANNING THAT CLOSER TOO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ON ITEM A? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM B.
AND SO, UH, YES, THIS NEXT UPDATE, UM, IS ABOUT THE FY 26 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NOFA JUST KIND OF OPENING.
AND SO I WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH, REVISIT SOME OF THE KIND OF BIG POINTS HERE, UM, AND THEN TALK ABOUT OUR FIRST, UH, INFO SESSION THAT WE HOSTED LAST WEEK.
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WAS JUST LAST WEEK.
UM, SO AS EVERYONE KNOWS, THE NOFA OPENED ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH AND CLOSES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5TH.
UM, WE HAVE TWO INFO SESSIONS PLANNED.
ONE THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK ON, UH, OCTOBER 23RD ON THURSDAY.
UM, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 20TH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE REPLICATED THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN FROM LAST YEAR'S IN OPA.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH, UH, OUR COMMS OFFICE HERE AT THE CITY TO DISSEMINATE A PRESS RELEASE TO 200 2400 MEDIA CONTACTS, IN PARTICULAR CONTACTS, UH, MEDIA GROUPS WITHIN SOUTH DALLAS, OR WE'RE SERVING THE AREA LIKE THE DALLAS WEEKLY, TEXAS METRO NEWS AND THE DALLAS FREE PRESS.
UH, WE'VE PROMOTED IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND ON THE WEBPAGE, UH, TOGETHER WITH D SEVEN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DISSEMINATE IT THROUGH, UH, OUR E-NEWSLETTER, UM, AND D SEVEN.
I DO APPRECIATE THEIR OUTREACH BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SHARING IT PRETTY WIDELY WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I DID SOME SEGMENTATION AND WE DID OUTREACH TO FORMER APPLICANTS, ANYONE WHO'S REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE ASKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM, THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO SEND THEM ALL REMINDERS.
AND SO, UH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO GRANT AND PHILANTHROPY NETWORKS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS OPPORTUNITY LISTED WITH ALL OF THEM.
AND SO WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS I'VE GOTTEN, I WOULD SAY THAT THE WORD IS DEFINITELY GETTING OUT.
UM, AND SO WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
SO WE HAD ONLY ONE MEDIA HIT THIS TIME, UH, FROM HOODLINE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, UH, MUCH YOU GUYS SPENT TIME, UH, HOW MUCH TIME YOU GUYS SPEND ONLINE, BUT HOODLINE IS ONE OF THOSE KIND OF HYPER-LOCAL, UM, ONLINE MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, THEY HAVE A PRESENCE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND THEY KIND OF HAVE THIS NATIONAL, UH, KIND OF ASPECT AS WELL.
I, I KIND OF HOLD THEM SIMILAR TO LIKE AXIOS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE REPORTING, BUT THEY DID PROVIDE THAT, UH, UH, A STORY ABOUT OUR NOFA OPENING.
AND WE HAD A REALLY GREAT SHOW OUT.
UH, WE HAD 27 PEOPLE, RSVP FOR THE FIRST, UH, NOFA INFO SESSION.
WE HAD ABOUT 25 PEOPLE SHOW UP.
NINE OF THOSE WERE ONLINE AND 16 WERE IN PERSON.
UH, IT WAS AT THE, UH, PARK SOUTH FAMILY, YMCA, UH, WHICH WAS A WONDERFUL LOCATION.
THE ROOM WORKED REALLY WELL, UM, AND IT WAS A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL, UM, SHOW.
AND THAT ROUNDS UP MY UPDATE FOR THE NOFA.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK, UH, FOR NICHOLAS ON THE NOFA RELEASE OR THE INFO SESSION? UM, I'LL SAY REAL QUICK, UM, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR LIKE REALLY HEARING EVERYBODY'S RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND THOUGHTS AND REALLY TAKING THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AS THEY PLANNED, UH, THESE INFO
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SESSIONS.UM, 'CAUSE THAT REALLY SHOWED, UM, AND I SEE THAT LIKE A LOT OF OUR SUGGESTIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, NICHOLAS, DO YOU, DO WE HAVE A LINE OF SIGHT ON WHAT RVS LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT INFO SESSION YET? I CANNOT REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IF YOU WANT THAT, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
YEAH, I WAS JUST MORE SO CURIOUS.
I'LL ALSO JUST, AND NICHOLAS DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THIS, BUT WE HAD A LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION FOR THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, SPEAKER.
SO TOMORROW I'LL BE TALKING TO ALL OF THE MAYOR CITY COUNCIL OFFICES ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO THERE'LL BE, IT WENT OUT AT A FRIDAY MEMO, SO THEY HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT THERE'LL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO SOME MORE DIRECT OUTREACH WITH CITY COUNCIL OFFICES TOO.
AND JUST FOR CLARITY, UH, UH, MR. PEKA, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN UPDATE WITH CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL STAFF TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SPECIFICALLY, SPECIFICALLY THE THE NOFA, CORRECT? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK? UH, ONE, ONE QUICK QUESTION.
WHERE'S THE, THE SECOND NOFA, WAS THAT ON HERE? UH, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ONE MORE RIGHT? ON NOVEMBER 20TH? YEAH.
UM, THE SECOND NOVEMBER 20TH AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
AND THAT WILL BE, UH, I PRESUME THAT WILL BE STREAMED IN, IN LIVE OPTIONS AS WELL? YEAH, IT'S GONNA HAVE THE VIRTUAL COMPONENT LIKE THE OTHER ONE.
FROM BEFORE THE BILINGUAL PIECE.
I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME BILINGUAL FLYERS.
UM, WILL IT BE AVAILABLE, UH, IN, IN SPANISH FOR, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT ARE BILINGUAL AS WELL? HOW, HOW DO, HOW ARE WE ATTACKING THAT? YEAH, SO THERE WAS ONE GENTLEMAN WHO, WHO WAS AT THE, UM, INFO SESSION, UH, ON THURSDAY WHO FOLLOWED UP WITH ME.
HE SPOKE SPANISH THOUGH, AND I TOLD HIM IF HE WAS, UH, IF HE WAS COMFORTABLE, HE'D BE HA I'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM IN SPANISH, BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY FINE.
UM, SO, BUT YEAH, I WAS LIKE, IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO NEEDS, UH, WHO NEEDS TO SPEAK IN SPANISH, WE CAN DO THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK, UH, ON THE NOFA? OKAY, I'M HEARING NONE.
SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER C.
UH, AND THIS WILL BE AN UPDATE ON PREVIOUS, UH, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UH, WE TOUCHED ON ONE LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH, THE DALLAS EXAMINER.
AND SO WE'LL GET A PROJECT AND UPDATE THERE, UH, AS WELL AS MALCOLM'S POINT, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH, BUT IF NOT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL COVER THAT AGAIN.
YEAH, SO JUST BRIEFLY, CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE DALLAS EXAMINER AGREEMENT, SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THE OWNER WAS VERY EXCITED AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THIS WILL BE THE PRIME, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT PROJECT OFF THE GROUND AND MOVING.
UM, AND THEN MALCOLM'S POINT PROJECT, WHICH IF YOU WOULD CALL IS THE NEW, ABOUT 4,000, 5,000 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL, UM, FACILITY.
IS THE FINANCING FINALLY CLOSED? UH, SO WE ARE LIVE WITH THAT PROJECT.
SHE'S INTENDING TO BREAK GROUND ASAP, THE FENCES ARE UP.
CITY CON INSPECTOR WAS OUT TODAY, SUPPOSEDLY.
UM, AND SHE'S ANTICIPATING HAVING THAT COMPLETE BY JUNE.
UM, SO THAT WILL BE REALLY GREAT AND IT'LL BE REALLY AWESOME TO SEE A PROJECT THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED ACTUALLY UP AND RUNNING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK FOR THAT PORTION? CHAIR, ENRIQUE.
UH, MS. SKA FOR THE MALCOLM'S POINT PROJECT, UH, BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME DELAYS IN THE FINANCING HAD, UH, CLOSING THE FINANCING, ET CETERA, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF PROGRAM AMENDMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT? I KNOW IT'S NOT GRANT RELATED, IT'S, IT'S MORE LOAN RELATED, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE AMENDED.
UM, SO, WELL, LET ME ANSWER THAT TWO WAYS.
NO, SHE THINKS SHE'LL MAKE THE DEADLINES BECAUSE HER CONSTRUCTION DEADLINE WAS DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
SO SHE SHOULD BE WELL UNDER THAT.
UM, WE WILL HAVE TO, SO IF YOU RECALL WHEN WE CLOSED OUR LOAN, WE WERE ACTUALLY SENIOR.
UM, AND SO WE WERE IN FIRST LIEN POSITION.
AS IT TURNS OUT, BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS, WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND SUBORDINATE BECAUSE TMF ACTUALLY CAME IN AT A MUCH HIGHER AMOUNT THAN WAS ORIGINALLY PENCILED.
UM, SO EVENTUALLY, ONCE THE PRO IT'S NOT OVERLY TIME SENSITIVE, UM, WE WILL HAVE TO GO AND SUBORDINATE, GET CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO SUBORDINATE BECAUSE WE ENVISION BEING SENIOR LENDER,
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UH, EXCELLENT.DO WE FORESEE THAT PROCESS CAUSING ANY DELAYS OR IS IT PRETTY SEAMLESS? NO, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO OUR ATTORNEYS ABOUT IT, AND WE HAVE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH WE BOTH TMF AND THE CITY AGREE FOR THE SUBORDINATION, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, I MEAN, JUST ALIGNING WITH WHAT WAS IN OUR LOAN AGREEMENTS WHERE IT'S 60% LEASED, UM, IS BASICALLY WHAT IT'S REQUIRING.
AND ONCE IT'S 60% LEASED, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SUBORDINATE.
WE, WE CONCEPTUALLY AGREE TO SUBORDINATE PENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, OF COURSE, BUT WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THERE.
THEN CHAIR RODRIGUEZ THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON THE MALCOLM'S POINT UPDATE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M SEEING NONE.
UM, SO, SO I JUST WANNA SAY REALLY QUICKLY, UM, ON THAT POINT, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH STAYING ON TOP OF NOT ONLY THE DALLAS EXAMINER, ESPECIALLY THE DALLAS EXAMINER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT DEMONSTRATES A WILLINGNESS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO, TO HONOR OUR COMMITMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET PROJECTS ACROSS THE LINE AND, AND DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN ON OUR, ON OUR SIDE TO HELP.
UH, NUMBER ONE, I THINK THAT'S A LONG, THERE GOES, THAT'S A LONG WAY TO, TO DO THAT.
SECONDLY, UM, UH, WELL, I WANNA THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
UH, I THINK MOST OF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD WHEN WE, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT MALCOLM'S POINT.
UH, AND THIS HAS BEEN QUITE SOME TIME AGO.
AND I THINK HEATHER, THIS STARTED BACK IN 2021.
IT'S BEEN, YOU YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE BOTH AROUND, BUT YES.
I MEAN THE, THE WINGSTOP VERSION OF THIS WAS FIVE YEARS AGO PROBABLY.
YEAH, I MEAN, IT WAS RIGHT WHEN YOU WERE FRESHLY APPOINTED, RIGHT? LIKE IT WAS SO IT WAS, YEAH, RIGHT AROUND, AROUND THAT TIME.
SO, UH, I I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, UH, IN THEIR HARD WORK AND JUST KEEPING THIS THING ON THE TRACKS.
'CAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS THING TO FALL APART.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ANDY DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR STICKING WITH IT, UH, ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY HAS GIVEN.
AND WE'RE FINALLY AT A POINT TO WHERE MALCOLM'S POINT IS ABOUT TO PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.
SO, UH, THAT'S FANTASTIC AND I, AND I THINK THAT THE, THE STAFF SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.
AND, UH, THE BOARD FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND, UH, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT NOT ONLY OUR NOFO PROJECTS, BUT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, UH, ALL THE MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE ATTENDED, UH, ALL THE CONTACTS THAT YOU'VE MADE AND PULLED IN TO STAFF, ALL THE IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, UH, I REALLY GET THE SENSE THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GAIN SOME MOMENTUM, UH, AND THINGS ARE STARTING TO COME TO, COME TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT, THAT WE HADN'T SEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVER, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN AROUND.
SO, UH, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR THAT.
UM, ONE QUICK THING I WANNA ADD JUST ON THE BACK OF THAT, LET'S, LET'S BE THINKING ABOUT WAYS AS TO HOW WE CAN SORT OF CAPITALIZE ON THIS MOMENTUM NOW.
RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH MALCOLM'S POINT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN, UH, WHEN HEATHER, SHE SAYS APRIL OR MAY, I'M GONNA SAY JUNE.
OKAY, JUST LET'S PUT REALISTIC EXPECT, I MEAN, SIX MONTHS IS PRETTY QUICK FOR OR EIGHT MONTHS.
PRETTY QUICK, QUICK FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.
MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME OF OUR INFO SESSIONS THERE.
UH, AND THAT COULD BE SORT OF A SHOWCASE OF, HEY, HERE'S WHAT THIS FUND IS ALL ABOUT, UH, AND HERE'S A MANIFESTATION OF, OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE FUND.
AND SO MAYBE WE THINK ABOUT WAYS TO, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, INNOVATION CENTER COME IN AND, AND, AND DO SOME THINGS OUT OF MOUNTAIN'S POINT TO GET SOME MORE VISIBILITY AND GAIN EVEN MORE MOMENTUM.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S TANGIBLE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, TOUCH, FEEL, REFER TO, THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN LOOK AND SEE AND SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, FUNDS ARE OUT THERE, LET ME TRY TO START MY BUSINESS OR LET ME TRY TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER IT IS I HAD IMAGINED.
SO, UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND CERTAINLY EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS AS TO ANY WAYS THAT WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON THE MOMENTUM, UH, AND, AND KEEP THINGS GOING AND KEEP FEATHERING IN, UH, SOME OF THE PROJECTS, SOME OF THE IDEAS, SOME OF THE CONTACTS, UH, SOME OF THE INFORMATION, UH, COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE, THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE, PLEASE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND KEEP FEEDING THAT TO CITY STAFF.
UM, CE DID I SEE YOUR HAND? I THINK SIMS HAD HER HAND UP FIRST.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL GO TO MS. SIMS, CHAIRWOMAN SIMS, AND THEN YOU CECE.
YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING WILL THERE BE, UM,
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A RIBBON CUTTING OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOOD FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXTRA COVERAGE.UM, AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH PIO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST MAYBE ONE OF THE, UH, LOCAL PAPERS, LIKE THE WEEKLY OR, UM, THE EXAMINER WOULD DO A FEATURE ARTICLE OR MORNING NEWS.
AND THEN PERHAPS, UM, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MARKETING BUDGET BACK AND FORTH, UM, AND I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A BANNER OR A SIGN THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT UP THAT, THAT COULD BE PUT UP AROUND THE BUSINESS BEFORE IT OPENS.
IT SAYS THAT THE PROJECT IS BEING FINANCED BY THE OPPORTUNITY FUND.
IS THAT A QUESTION FOR STAFF, MS. ANN? THAT IS A QUESTION AND A POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION TO SEE IF IT'S, IF, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
UH, SO THAT KIND OF GOES INTO WHAT I WAS GONNA SUGGEST.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, I CAN, WHATEVER CONTENT THAT WE WANNA COLLABORATE ON TO PUT OUT THROUGH DALLAS WEEKLY, UM, ANY OF THAT CAN BE MADE, IF ANYONE, I DON'T KNOW THE RULES AROUND THAT.
UM, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ME, BUT WE CAN HAVE A STORY WRITTEN, I CAN INTERVIEW STAFF OR MAYBE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
WE CAN MAKE REELS, TIKTOKS, WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE THINKING.
UM, I CAN GET THAT PUT OUT AT LEAST ON DALLAS WEEKLY FOR SURE.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY SCHEDULED YET, OR AT LEAST IT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED.
I AM CERTAIN THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING AND WE WILL GET THE BOARD INVITED TO THAT, UM, AND AGREED THAT WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO GET A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO REFLECT THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT.
SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO THINK THROUGH THAT.
UH, CHAIRWOMAN SIMS AND, UH, MS. IAN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK IDEAS, UH, FROM ANYBODY ON THAT POINT? NO PUN INTENDED TALKING.
IF WE CAN GET, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BAZ THERE, THAT'S, WE COULD GET COVERAGE.
WE WOULD DEFINITELY GET COVERAGE.
I AM CERTAIN HE WOULD LIKE TO BE THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A RIP AND CUTTINGS ARE A PRETTY EASY SELL FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO WE WILL WORK ON THAT TOO.
UH, DON'T FORGET THEIR PROCLAMATION.
WAS IT CHAIRWOMAN SIMS? YOU SAID A PROCLAMATION SAID DON'T FORGET THEIR PROCLAMATION.
CHAIRWOMAN SIMS. NOT A GREAT IDEA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK REALLY QUICKLY? I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MR. DAWKINS, YOUR ATTENDANCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. DAWKINS.
UH, IF THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS THEN UH, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE SEAT.
SO MOVED BY, UH, MS. UH, WAS THAT MS. OR MS. S CC? IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE INTERCHANGEABLE TONIGHT.
I'VE GOT YOU GUYS IN A LITTLE BOX ON THE CORNER.
I'VE GOT OUR, WE GOT OUR PRESENTATION MODE GOING, SO IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE.
WE'RE BOTH TRINITY ALUMNI, SO I THINK WE JUST ARE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTHS.
OKAY, WELL I THINK YOU GUYS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE THEN.
SO, UH, TRINITY UNIVERSITY, NO, TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL IN ELI.
WE WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL, BUT MANY YEARS APART.
I WILL SPARE EVERYONE THE HAKA.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE A, WE'LL HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, MY CHAIRWOMAN SIT IN A SECOND BY MISSING ION.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
UH, THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 6:32 PM WE WILL SEE EVERYBODY IN NOVEMBER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.