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GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEETING. IT IS EIGHT O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY, JULY 18TH 2023 WE'RE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 2 22 NORTH TENNESSEE STREET HERE IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. THIS TIME I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. OUR MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE ON TV TO RESPECT HIM CHANNEL 16. A T AND T U VERSE 10 99 AND YOU CAN WATCH US ONLINE. UH FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY AGENDA ISLANDS? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME. SEEING NONE WILL GO INTO
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THE CONSENT ITEMS. 23 THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE NON CONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEY MAY BE TAKEN UP INDIVIDUALLY BY ANY BOARD MEMBER ACTUALLY ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM WHICH IS THE 23 0556 THE MINUTES OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. MEETING OF JUNE 2020 23. OUR NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THOSE I MOVED TO APPROVE. 2ND 2ND. MOTION BY MR HOUSELY SECOND BY MR DENNISON. YES, TRIBUTES. THAT'S GOOD.INNOCENT BROKE HIS SO I SEE. I SEE. YES, FAVOR. RAISE YOUR HANDS. MOTION PASSES. NEXT WE
[Board and Liaison Updates City of McKinney Chamber of Commerce Community Development Corporation Visit McKinney MEDC Committee Updates Board Chairman]
HAVE REPORTS FIRST ITEM. UM. BOARDING THE LIAISON UPDATES AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW WE HAVE MARKETING. I KNOW THAT JULIE'S HERE. I'M HERE. YEAH WE MET JULY 7TH. WE REVIEWED THE Q TWO SPONSORSHIPS AND EVENTS. WE DISCUSSED THE BDC PROPERTY SIGNAGE AND THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY PLANNING IS UNDERWAY. FINANCE. THE FINANCE MEETING THIS MONTH WAS CANCELED. REAL ESTATE. YES SIR. WE MET LAST WEDNESDAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS TO DISCUSS IN OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. LATER ON IN THE MORNING. AND GOVERNANCE. WE ALSO HAD A MEETING AND WE DISCUSSED AMONG OTHER THINGS, REPORTING STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OTHER MEMBERS OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND WE'LL SEE THE. HOW GROWTH OF SOME OF THAT TODAY WITH THE REPORTS THAT ARE GIVEN THROUGH PETER AND VARIOUS STUFF MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR US TODAY. NEXT WE HAVE BRIAN. THE INNOVATION COMMITTEE ALSO MET. THAT'S SOMETHING. I'M SORRY. SO THAT WAS RELATED TO WHAT'S WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR PROJECT ROCKET, WHICH IS AROUND THE INNOVATION ACCELERATION. GREAT SESSION. VERY GOOD. MR GRIMES. CITY MCKINNEY. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN, MR PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS PAUL GRAHAM CITY MANAGER. A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO SHARE WITH YOU. IT'LL BE BRIEF. WE ARE LAST WEEK WE WERE IN WASHINGTON, D C, VISITING WITH OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE ELECTED DELEGATION IN WASHINGTON. WE MET WITH SENATORS CRUZ AND CORNYN AS WELL AS CONGRESSMAN KEITH SELF. WE ALSO MET WITH SOME FAA STAFF . THE MAIN SUBJECT, OF COURSE, WAS MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT. AND SPECIFICALLY RECALIBRATING THE COUNCIL'S GOING THROUGH RECALIBRATION OF THE AMBITION WITH RESPECT TO MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT, WE CONVEYED THAT WE ALSO CONVEYED TO THE FAA THAT WE, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY IS STILL VERY INTERESTED IN PURSUING. PASSENGER SERVICE AND WHATEVER METHOD WE CAN THAT MAKES SENSE AND IS REASONABLE AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. EVALUATING HOW TO RECALIBRATE, UM AND PURSUE OR PROCEED BEYOND THAT. SO IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. VERY VERY GOOD RECEPTION. GOOD DISCUSSIONS, AND WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM. ALSO ON AUGUST 11TH. WE WILL BE IN THIS ROOM FOR OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE ANNUAL BUDGET. THIS IS THE PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, BUDGETS ARE CYCLES.THEY ARE CIRCLES, NOT LINES LINEAR. SO WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. WE GO AROUND AND AROUND AUGUST AND EARLY AUGUST, WE PRESENT THE BUDGET TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CITY COUNCIL, THEN HAVE ABOUT A MONTH. FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS TO DELIBERATE THIS DECIDE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET. AND THEN IN MID SEPTEMBER, EARLY TO MID SEPTEMBER, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, THE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THE BUDGET WE WILL KICK WILL BE OFF
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TO THE RACES FOR OCTOBER. 1ST. SO MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT, BUT AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE LOTS OF ASKED . WE HAD 14 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS AND ASKS, AND WE HAD ABOUT 7,000,006 AND A HALF $7 MILLION TO OFFER IN OUR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST. THAT IS THAT'S MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING SERVICE LINE SERVICE EFFORT, PLUS ADDITIONAL, WHETHER IT'S A NEW EMPLOYEES OR NEW SERVICES OR WHATEVER. AND INVARIABLY, YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE HAVE FAR MORE AND ASKS THAN WE HAVE IN MONEY IS AVAILABLE, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND WE'RE CURRENTLY FINALIZING THAT PROCESS. PREPARE FOR AUGUST 11TH. I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LISA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. GOOD MORNING BOARD CHAIR PRESIDENT.
UM SEVERAL THINGS HAPPENING. ONE OF THEM IS HAPPENING TODAY. WE HAVE OUR QUARTERLY LUNCHEON WITH WITH SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO A INTERVIEW WITH OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT, DR UM, SEAN PRATT. AND SOME OF HIS CABINET TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE DISTRICT. SO WE'RE EXCITED. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME REVIEW A LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY ON OUR REGISTRATION LIST. UM ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF OUR AUGUST 22ND OR NEXT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. UM WE WILL BE HEARING UPDATES FROM MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PRESIDENT PETER TOKER, AS WELL AS MCKINNEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND CINDY WILL BE SPEAKING AS WELL. IT WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE TO THE PUBLIC INTO THE BUSINESSES AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN IN BOTH OF THOSE REGARDS, SO LOVE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE FOR THAT. UM WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NEW COMMUNITY FACING WEBSITE. WE USED TO OPERATE ONE CALLED MCKINNEY ONLINE DOT COM. IT WAS REALLY A FANTASTIC RESOURCE AND TOOL FOR A LOT OF OUR CONSUMER FACING BUSINESSES, RETAIL RESTAURANTS, SERVICE ORIENTED BUSINESSES REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THEIR SERVICES AND A NEWS AND THINGS THAT ARE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. WE HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING A REDESIGN. THAT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING TO INTEGRATE SOME THINGS INTO THE WEBSITE TO MAKE THE USER EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND TO NAVIGATE, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH. WE'RE DOING A SOFT LAUNCH ON JULY 26TH FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING MCKINNEY TODAY .COM. AND THEN WE'LL DO A MASSIVE LAUNCH ON AUGUST 18TH FOR THE WEBSITE, BUT IT ALSO COINCIDES WITH OUR ANNUAL READER'S CHOICE AWARDS THAT ARE BEST OF MCKINNEY. WE HAVE ABOUT 55 CATEGORIES WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN VOTE. WHO THEY THINK OF THE BEST, UM RESTAURANTS AND ROOFERS AND AGAIN A LOT OF THE RETAIL SORT OF SERVICE ORIENTED TYPE BUSINESSES THAT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MARKET AND TO THE COMMUNITY WHO THEY ARE AND HELP THEIR BUSINESS GROW. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS OUR ANNUAL NEW TEACHER. WELCOME. BREAKFAST WILL BE AUGUST, THE SECOND SO WE'RE KIND OF BUSY IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT CAN'T BELIEVE SCHOOL IS ALREADY STARTING IN SUMMER HAS FLOWN BY, BUT WE'LL BE WELCOMING ABOUT CHILDREN, 50 TO 300 NEW TEACHERS TO MSD, INCLUDING, UM, I THINK THEY HAVE A NEW CAMPUS OPENING THIS YEAR. INTERNET EVOLVES SO SUPER EXCITING. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? SUPERMARKET OR SOMETHING OPENING TODAY, TOO. RIGHT THERE IS THERE'S A LITTLE SUPERMARKET HAS THREE LETTERS. UM DOWN THE STREET. WE ACTUALLY MOVED OUR QUARTERLY LUNCHEON TO ACCOMMODATE THAT RIBBON CUTTING SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE BOTH THEY COULD COME AND GET INFORMATION AND ALSO MAKE IT TO THE 1 30 RIBBON CUTTING FOR HCB. SO YOU GOT A GOOD LEADERSHIP CLASS THIS YEAR. WE DO WE HAVE A VERY SOLID LEADERSHIP CLASS. WANNA THANK ACTUALLY, JULIE WILLIAMS AND BRIAN MAN'S I. THEY LED THE EFFORT ON CREATING A BETTER PROCESS FOR HOW WE SELECT THAT GROUP. UM AND YEAH, THEY WILL BE STARTING WITH THERE. WE HAVE A RECEPTION COMING UP WITH THE BODY SHOP BEGINNING OF AUGUST.
THE DATE ESCAPES ME RIGHT NOW ATTEMPT. THEY WILL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'VE MEMORIZED OUR CHAMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS. WORK CITED ABOUT THAT, TOO. AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THEIR LEADERSHIP RETREAT. BUT IT IS A VERY SOLID CLASS. I THINK IT WAS SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM. IT IS. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE PROGRAM AND AGAIN WE HAD A NUMBER OF APPLICANTS. WHICH WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY AGAIN BECAUSE WE'VE UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO REALLY BUILD A STRONG CLASS. AND, UM WE HAD SECOND TIME APPLICANTS GET BACK IN THIS YEAR, SO FANTASTIC,
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ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. CDC, CINDY. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MR PRESIDENT. CINDI SNIVEL M C D. C A COUPLE OF UPDATES AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. IT'S A BUSY TIME FOR CDC. THE BOARD MET YESTERDAY FOR A STRATEGIC PRIORITY DISCUSSION AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY, SO LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH A D. C AND OUR CITY PARTNERS AS WE APPROACH A NEW FISCAL YEAR. WE ALSO SPEND SOME TIME REVIEWING THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAD FUNDED AGAINST OUR EXISTING PRIORITIES. AND I'VE ATTACHED THAT RECAP TO THE AGENDA FOR YOUR REVIEW AS WELL. WE MADE A WEEK FROM THURSDAY AND AT THAT TIME THERE WILL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SEVEN PROJECT GRANTS THAT WERE RECEIVED DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. THE BOARD WILL ALSO TAKE ACTION ON 11 PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNITY EVENT GRANTS, UM, FOR FALLEN EARLY SPRING EVENTS. WE'RE ACCEPTING RETAIL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH, THOSE WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST AND THEN THE LAST THING I MENTIONED ON THE TOPS FRONT, IT WAS STILL WORKING TOWARD A TEMPORARY CEO IN AUGUST, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TESTING THEIR EQUIPMENT IN THE BREWERY AND THINGS ARE GOING WELL ON THAT FRONT. CANNING TESTING WILL BE THIS WEEK OR NEXT. UM THEY DID ENCOUNTER SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES ON ONE OF THE OLD BUILDINGS THAT WILL BECOME THE TAP ROOM ON THAT CAMPUS, SO THAT MAY PUSH THE FINAL COMPLETION DATE BACK A BIT, BUT WORKING TO MAKE PROGRESS AGAINST THAT AS WELL.AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. AND. I HAVE NO COMMENTS. LET'S JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF THIS MCKINNEY.
SORRY. GOOD MORNING. I'M FILLING IN FOR ERIN WARNER. TODAY. HE IS OUT. MY NAME IS ALICIA HAMBURG VISIT MCKINNEY. HE IS ATTENDING DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. UM IT'S BEING HELD THIS YEAR IN DALLAS. SO WE GOT LUCKY YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR SO QUICK REPORT FROM US. WE HAVE TWO THINGS COMING UP AND DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL. THE CI EVENTS COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
MONDAY IS THE EVENT OVER AT STICKS. THEY MOVED INTO SIX THIS YEAR SINCE STEPS WASN'T QUITE READY. UM SO THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT A DRUM. EXPEL THEM BEFORE CORES. THEY'RE PRETTY EXCITED. THERE'S ONE CORE THAT'S NOT TOURING THIS THIS SUMMER, SO THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING. SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD, UM, GOOD EVENT AND THAT STARTS AT 4 30 MONDAY AND THEN TUESDAY IS THEIR BIG EVENT OVER AT THE MISTY STADIUM THAT IS BEING HELD . I BELIEVE IT STARTS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT EIGHT CORES. THEY'RE DOING THEIR COMPETITION. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OTHER THING TO REPORT, UM AARON AND ONE OF OUR SALES MANAGERS ARE THEY WILL BE ATTENDING CONNECT MARKETPLACE IN AUGUST, SO THEY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS IN ON SPORTS RELATED TOURISM. ALONG WITH OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. THEY PUT TOGETHER SOME INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH ALL OF THOSE PLANNERS COMING IN.
SO THEY CAN BOOK THEIR SPORTS BUSINESS HERE IN MCKINNEY AND FOCUS ON AARON WILL BE ATTENDING AN NC DOUBLE A SYMPOSIUM TO TRY AND ATTRACT MORE OF THOSE HIGH LEVEL CHAMPIONSHIPS D 12 AND THREE HERE IN MCKINNEY, AND THAT IS IT ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
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ALRIGHT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE BDC MENTAL REPORTS 23 558 THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT ON THE ORGANIZATION. WE HAD A VERY, VERY BUSY MONTH. A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH PROJECT ACTIVITY. NEW PROJECTS COMING IN HAVING A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH COUNTERPARTS AND THE BROKERS INSIDE SELECTION. UH WORLD COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS OF EVERYTHING . SO WE HAD A TEAM MIKE, OUR NEW PROJECT MANAGER, MIKE WILKES AND MICHAEL TELLING THE MIX. WE CALL THEM WE ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF MIXED TBC SO THEY WENT TO A INNOVATION. THAT STARTUP CONFERENCE COLLISION THAT IS ONE OF THE LARGER CONFERENCES GEARED SOLELY TOWARDS PROMOTING VC STARTUPS, STARTUP TECH COMPANIES AND WE HAD A GREAT SHOWING AT THE SHOW GOT A LOT OF PROSPECTS FROM THE SHOW. TOWARDS OUR INNOVATION FUND, AND IT'S ACTUALLY A CONFERENCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY DOING A BOOTH OR SOMETHING OUT IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT JUST REALLY[00:15:07]
VALUABLE CONFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT LOOKING FOR STARTUPS AND YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE IN THE VEIN OF THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM, SO WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AT THAT CONFERENCE AND THEN ALSO MADISON CLARK, OUR DIRECTOR OF MINISTER , RETENTION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WENT TO A PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSE. UM, WITH BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION INTERNATIONAL. THEY DO A LOT OF TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE B R E WORLD, SO SHE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THAT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SIDE. AND THEN A LOT OF JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL. A LOT OF MEETINGS A LOT OF THINGS AND WE'RE GONNA BREAK UP OUR REPORTS A LITTLE BIT HERE SO YOU CAN GET MORE IN DEPTH. LOOK AT SOME THINGS, SO WE'LL HAVE, UM MICHAEL TALLY DO OUR MONTHLY METRICS REPORT. GOOD MORNING. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF CHANGES WE'VE MADE TO THIS AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH LUKE, OUR MARKETING MANAGER TO PUT SOME MORE INFORMATION ON HERE, BUT ACTIVE PROJECT PIPELINE YOU'VE SEEN FROM THE PAST 23 COMMUNITY FORUMS IS WHERE ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH OUR CANCEL THE AMAZONS ABOUT HOW TO BETTER KIND OF GET IN FRONT OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS AND REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE IMPACTED BY WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE D. C FAM TOURS, TRADE SHOWS AND MISSIONS AND ER VISITS AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. CURRENT CONTRACT, CURRENT CONTRACTS THAT ARE THAT HAVE BEEN EXECUTED AND CONTRACT SPENDING ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE ADDITION OF THE INNOVATION FUND, SO WE'LL START PUTTING APPLICATIONS FROM THE PAST MONTH AND INCLUDING YEAR TODAY YOU'LL SEE THAT REALLY BUMP AFTER THE COLLISION CONFERENCE IN JUNE, SO WE THINK MIKE AND I HAD CLOSE TO 100 LEADS TO FOLLOW UP ON AFTER THAT. AND THEN ECOSYSTEM EVENTS. SO IF WE'RE ATTENDING A CONFERENCE, WHETHER IT BE LOCAL OR INTERNATIONAL OR JUST DOMESTIC TRAVEL WILL PUT THAT ON THERE AS WELL. THAT COULD BE PITCH OF IN. IT COULD BE A NETWORKING EVENT, BUT WE'LL START INCLUDING MORE OF THOSE IN THE ECOSYSTEM EVENTS AND THEN CLOSED INNOVATION FUND PROJECTS . SO ONE YEAR TODAY CLOSED, THAT MEANS THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED IN THREE PENDING WERE USUALLY THAT'S EITHER IN. THAT'S DONE WITH LEGAL, BUT IT'S EITHER SITTING IN OUR ON OUR SIDE FOR FROM OUR CUPS ARE ON THEIR SIDE. SO WE HAVE THREE PINNING THERE AND THEN THE TARGET ACTIVE PROJECTS IS 10, WHICH IS A LITTLE MISLEADING IN THE SENSE THAT WE NEED 10 ACTIVE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR, BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT'S NOT JUST ACTIVE, BUT WHAT WE'VE WORKED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, SO HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.NO LUKE WILL COME UP AND DO A REVIEW OF OUR MARKETING HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH. RIGHT? GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. ALL THIS INFORMATION IS IN OUR MARKETING REPORT ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA BUT WANTED TO PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT. I BELIEVE OUR MARKETING DECISIONS ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR DATA. AND SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF WEBSITE TRAFFIC.
SOME PAGES THAT ARE VISITED. YOU CAN SEE THAT ARE INSTAGRAM LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK. FOLLOWING IS INCREASING SLOWLY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. WE'RE GAINING TRACTION AND WE'VE LEARNED A FEW THINGS ABOUT SOME OF OUR TOP PERFORMING PIECES OF CONTENT OR AUDIO VERSION OF THE MCKINNEY MOMENTUM PODCAST RECENTLY CLICKED OVER 250 DOWNLOADS IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. ON YOUTUBE, THE SAME CONTENT HIT 311 VIEWS IN THE PAST 30 DAYS. AND SO WE'RE SEEING SOME GOOD GROWTH.
THERE IS SOME GOOD ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT CONTENT, NOTABLY, WHAT RESONATES REALLY WELL IS WHEN WE COINCIDE THAT PIECE OF MARKETING COLLATERAL WITH OTHER EVENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, DREW REESE AND I LS GUMMIES. THE LAUNCH OF THAT PODCAST COINCIDED WITH THEIR GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH THEN LED INTO THE BIO EVENT IN BOSTON, WHICH WAS A LIFE SCIENCE CONFERENCE. AND SO WHEN WE CAN GAIN TRACTION AND MOMENTUM PARDON THE PUN, BUT WE CAN GAIN TRACTION WITH ALL OF THAT CONTENT WORKING TOGETHER IS REALLY A HELPFUL CONTENT ENGINE AND SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF HOW THINGS ARE PERFORMING AGAIN. MORE DETAILS AND DATA IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE MARKETING REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO STAY IN PRETTY QUESTIONS. WOULD YOU SAY FROM A COMMENT PERSPECTIVE AGAIN? THE PODCAST IS FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT.
NEXT WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE BOARD COMMENTS. THIS
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TIME WE'RE GOING EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551071 SUB PROGRAM TO CONSULTATION. GENERAL COUNCIL ON ANY WORK SESSIONS. SPECIAL REGULAR SESSION AGENDA ITEM RECORDING CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY CLIENT ADVICE ASSISTED BY THE DELIBERATION OF DISCUSSION OF SAID ITEMS AS NEEDED, AND LEGAL CONSULTATION ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS 551072 REAL PROPERTY. SECTION 551087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ALWAYS POSTED ON[00:20:01]
THE AGENDA. 551074 PERSONAL MATTERS IN THE DC PRESIDENT. MANAGER REVIEW REVIEW AT THIS TIME. IT IS 8 20 IN THE MORNING* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.