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>> I call to order the TIRZ meeting.
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This is a meeting for the tax
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reinvestment zone number one. We are in
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city council chambers at 222 North
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Tennessee St. McKinney Texas. 75069. So
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we have public comments on agenda
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items. Members, we have a public
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comment on agenda item and I like to
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invite Jack Harper to the podium,
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please. For a comment on agenda item.
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Sir, we have three minutes for you,
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sir. Thank you.
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>> My comments will be a lot less
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controversial than what you've heard
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recently. What I like to do is first
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thank staff. They have done an
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excellent job of visiting with us
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trying to come to solutions that will
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solve problems that are with the present
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TIRZ. There are some recommendations
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we are making. One of the
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recommendations we are up they are
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making is that, we are spending TIRZ
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funds in the downtown area in our group
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has four buildings in downtown, that we
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would like to request that you add in
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what you can do repairs to structure
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when needed and appropriate. Number two,
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we would like to make the comment that
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when you are setting the dollar amount
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to be made, it has been 25,000 in the
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past and in my conversations with any
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of your, that's a policy decision
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that's been recommended. And that you
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all recognize is not enough money to
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take care of a lot of things that need
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to be done. We would like to recommend
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to you that you go with a higher number
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, whatever staff might be recommending,
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but also put in a stipulation that in
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the appropriate case, that an agreement
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is made by members of the TIRZ board
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that member can be increased to
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whatever you feel like is appropriate.
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That would be very helpful. For
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example, in our case we were building
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damage from the water from the roads
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and repairs are going to be much more
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higher than that but probably in the
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vicinity of $150,000. So we are willing
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to front end those things. We have no
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problem with that, but we would like to
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work with the city maybe even do it
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where it's paid out over a period of
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years. Were you allowed to go for TIRZ
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- for X mana money or you can come for
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three years whatever. Thank you very
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much for your time. We appreciate what
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you do. And I personally probably more
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than anybody having been elected
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official in Plano for 12 years
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including Mayor, I wish you the best.
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>> Thank you. Okay first item 20-0636,
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minutes of tax increment reinvestment
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zone number one TIRZ-one board
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meeting as of May 19 TIRZ-one board
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meeting as of May 19, 2020. Any
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additions or corrections to the minutes?
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>> Motion to approve the minutes.
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>> I second the motion
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>> There is a motion and a second.
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>> Roll Call Vote: [inaudible]
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>> Okay. Item 20-0637 briefing and
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discussion regarding proposed TIRZ
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number one policy administration
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changes. >> Board member s
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[inaudible] I've got a great
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presentation I was can present you
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tonight. Going over some of the issues
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they would like to discuss regarding
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just some changes to the TIRZ policy
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with currently. Some of those will may
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be required changes to the project plan
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others will not. However due to time, I
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would be presenting those at a later
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date. If you would like to me hit the
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highlights were quick I can do so. But
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I can sorely wait and bring it back to
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another meeting. Go in depth and have a
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good discussion.
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> Sure. So some of the things we are
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look at doing is allowing additional
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eligible expenses for the as Mr. Harper
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was saying right now the TRC allows for
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fa ade renovations was up some internal
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interior demolitions. Some remediation.
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Staff would like to propose is actually
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including maybe a component for
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critical maintenance items, for those
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items structural and foundation wears
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electrical plumbing and mechanical and
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others. We would allow to grants with
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$50,000 cap grant each of those we
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matching grants. This would require
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changing the project plan. So that's
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one thing we would have to come back to
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to the TIRZ board for a change most
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likely we did for the sprinkler systems
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in the fire suppression category.
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Speaking of the fire suppression and
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what we would like to do we've been
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working with the fire department that
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she's on that. Under the allotment for
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they can underlies you bills create
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another allotment of $100,000 for at
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least maybe to grants for 50,000 each
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to address fire suppression system
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upgrades in historic buildings are on
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the square. Again those grants would be
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a 50-50 match. What we would like to
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before we route this particular grant
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proposal is to conduct a study to
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determine the unified plan for fire
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suppression upgrades are on the square.
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So if there was a row of buildings I
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could actually share a [inaudible] or
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something like that then we do it as a
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plan and set a piecemeal as may come in.
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A more unified plan will make more
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sense. The picture there is of a fire
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in McKinney Square in 1880s. We
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certainly don't want something like
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that happening again. Then, the last
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one we really want to talk about was
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carryover funning from year-to-year
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food currently we have $100,000
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allocated. That expires after the
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fiscal year. Currently, we are using
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pretty much that entire allotment of
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$100,000 for TIRZ project. What we
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would like to if there was some money
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left over is just carry that forward to
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the next fiscal year so that then opens
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up additional projects to qualify for
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the vacant underutilized
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projects. When we reach the cap the cat
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would not exceed $300,000 for the we
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would cap that in a carryover it would
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not apply to the critical maintenance
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or fire suppression. Just for the
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vacant underutilized which is what you
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have been looking at currently.
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> You know, that - - I think they
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go back into the general TIRZ funning
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right now. So there used for other
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projects that are not specifically for
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vacant underutilized projects.
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> So, again I'll be bringing Ellis
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back to you so we can have a much
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further debate and I can get your
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thoughts because I think we can do some
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great things that I like to talk you
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about at greater length at a later time.
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>> Does anybody have any questions?
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Go ahead, sir.
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>> Our speaker asked for earlier with
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there be way to actually have a
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policies where we look at projects
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[inaudible] actually do a multiyear
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award [inaudible] already allocate for
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a higher dollar amount[inaudible] go
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ahead and [inaudible]
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>> That something we can take a look
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at and have that information to you at
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the next meeting, exactly how that
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would look if we wanted to frontload
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large amounts of money and then not
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allow them to ask for additional TIRZ
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funding for that period of time
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>> That will come in the future.
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> Does anyone else have questions?
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>> Is this going to - - I know Mr.
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Harper is here, one of the issues was,
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there are foundation problems. And we
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are already doing work there. Wouldn't
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it be prudent to go follow through with
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that if were going to give more money,
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raise the cap, to do it now while we
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are doing that work in order to fix the
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foundation? If that's the direction we
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are headed.
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> You are already moving dirt so, why
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not.
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> Other questions?
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>> My concern would it concern loans
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[inaudible]. What happens to the
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businesses that next year need loans
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and we have already allocated
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[inaudible] going forward and now
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people can get loans because we
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allocated funds for that. Other
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businesses that now come forward
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[inaudible] allocated the funds because
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we've set that out two, three years I
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had. I would caution [inaudible].
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> What is your thought that
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>> Well, I think that was one of things
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that had concerns with. If we
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frontloaded it that way but we can
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certainlygo through the exercise with
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legal and the rest of the staff to
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Jesse of that something how exactly
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that would look but that is our
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concern, also. If we get too large with
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the grants then that does take money
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away to projects further on down the
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line.
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> Yes. You would be approving
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everything.
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>> It's going to come to us anyway.
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>> Right.
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> We can allocate more funds if we
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felt [inaudible].>> The thing about
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this project is, this is a foundation
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problem. This is causing structural
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problems to the building. You don't
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want that building to fall. Then you
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really have a big problem.
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>> So, that is where this changes the
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project plan would allow for that type
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of work to occur in the future.
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>> The only question I have is,
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[inaudible] on those other times?
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>> I think because they are larger
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than what we have right now they are
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$50,000 as opposed to 25,000 for the
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current vacant underutilized
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building for the we don't want to take,
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reserve is much money in the TIRZ for
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all the projects that we are thinking
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about these policies would, these
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policy changes what happened. We want
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to be mindful also we have several big
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projects coming down the line that are
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going to take millions of dollars. We
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have a City Hall site we know of
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probably using some other larger scale
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project development projects that we
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will be asking for some significant
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parts of TIRZ monies to make sure we
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have allocations for everybody and
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everything.
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>> [inaudible]
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>> Yes.
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>> I guess I need some clarity because
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council persons are talking about
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a specific project and I'm looking at a
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change in policy for multiple projects.
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So is a card I need?
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>> [Speaker off microphone]
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>> It's kind of a convoluted thing
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going on [inaudible]. Also specific
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project [inaudible]. How those to work
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>> Right. So I mean, we understand --
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issues or historic buildings deal with
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on a very frequent basis. They are not
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cheap as Mr. Harper realizes in those.
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So that is to where we would like to
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try to have more money available for
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those projects but we don't want to
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have too much of an amount of money
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because then we want to make sure we
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have enough money set aside these other
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much larger TIRZ projects.
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>> So I need some clarity from
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councilmember Franklin's comments. He
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was speaking of a specific project and
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I was making sure we were talking about
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a policy change. I just want to clarity
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on that. Thank you.
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>> Anything else for Mr. - -? This
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is our final item. Thank you, sir. Mr.
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Hauser no executive session? Motion to
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adjourn?
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>> So moved.
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>> Second.
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>> We are done. Thank you, all.
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>> [Event concluded]